-
!
by
expressions
of
opinion
of
Secre
tary
of
the
Interior
Ickes,
Mayor
Foreign
Priests
and
.Missionaries,
Including
Number
of
Fioreiia
Laouardia
and
others
that
Canadians,
Leaving
Country
Following
power
rates
are
too
high
in
New
Starting
of
Boycott
.York
and
should
be
reduced,
utlll-
'ties
took
another
hammering
in
TOKIO,
Dec.
22:
(CP)
Incited
by
rumors
of
an
alleged
Srk'stoi
icrnVniie'the
rase
of
international
espionage
for
which
Roman
Catholic
general
trend
was
downward,
som
Church
fathers
were
blamed,
several
hundred
inhabitants
other
issues
showed
fair
suwiitj
of
the
Island
of
Amomofshima
destroyed
several
churches
The
day's
turnover
amounted
u
on
the
island,
according
to
reports
received
here
today.
It
f80000
"
c,0f"
!fSLlS
,s
said
that
a
boycott
has
been
started
against
Catholics
f
a'
Former
governor
Of
Reserve
Bank
ATI-ANTIC
CITY.
IX-
22.
The:
fuiwril
of
Eucnc
Iitack.
former:
governor
of
the
Federal
Reserve
j
-si-.
uwith.
occurred
hjMtsj
Today's
Stocks
Vancouver
Alexandria.
QlV
IlilJTlCW.
01.
II
f
Niekel.
29-Uiit
Mlswwri,
.33
Iliadlan.
SA.
Prikrn
11.7.
Ii
It.
Cons..
D
II
X.
Gold,
.10.
Cariboo.
1
.33.
Don
ton.
,
J.
Dunwcll.
.13.
Ororcla
HlW.
.OOty.
(iolronda.
30.
Glacier
Creek,
.01
Orange,
30.
Hercules.
01
H.
Indian.
.01.
Mlnto.
.10.
Meridian.
.12.
MornlnR
Star,
.0914.
National
Silver,
.03'.
Noble
Five
0M.
Pend
Oreille.
.43.
Porter
Idaho.
.07
Mr.
Premier.
1.41.
Ucward.
.03.
Reno.
1.11.
.Silver
Crest,
.OtVfc.
Salmon
Oold.
.09.
Taylor
Bridge,
.25.
Wayside.
.081'j.
Whitewater,
.04
V4t-
Wavcrly
Tangier,
.00V.
United
Fjnplrc,
.07.
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
1.Q4.
Chlbougamau,
.08
ft.
Lee
Oold,
MVt.
Oranada,
.10.
Inter.
Nickel.
22,70.
Macasaa,
2.50.
Nornnda,
32.ft0.
Hhcrrltt,
.44
Vi.
Slsco,
2.47.
McMillan,
.31.
Ventures.
.90.
Lake
Maron,
.01,
Teck
IIughca,'3.05'.'
Sudbury
Basin,
1.12.
Columario.
.11.
Rmcltcr
Oold,
,15,.
Can.
Malarllc,
.57.
Astoria
Rouyn,
.02
.
Hladacona.
.19
V.
.
Maple
Leaf.
.07.
Pickle
Crow,
1.82.
kong
Lnc
Lngoon,
.10.
Man.
At
Eastern,
.13.
-sand
that
foreign
priests
and
mU-,
17,12,
Aff
off
.39.
,Q
anf
and
bonds.
B5M
9553.
.
is.onar.es.
lnciuaing
a
numoer
oi
Canadian
Catholics,
are
evacuating
'
the
Island.
Buried
Thursday
Good
Work
For
.
.
.
.
.
kfT.aU.
wk
pLrr
Tharsday'.'He
wfts
sixty-
:nr
yean
of
age
Lheer
rund
Ut
S
1
-
p
tAl
T
:roro
u,k
iir-jwwrf
ii.
n.-.i
t.
v..t
t
t-i
1
WVU
I'VIIAil
U
u
ilUUI.1
1
vs
UV
Ml
I
Firms
and
Small
Amounts
!
Of
Cash
I
One
hundred
loaves
of
bread
have
been
promtwd
the
Salvation
Army
iter
thtrtr
Christmas
hampers
by
an
janonymoos
'
donor.
This
will
be
a
.treat
help
as
wtll
other
merchandise
,
Including
36
pounds
of
butter
from
ia
friend,
five
dollars
worth
of
milk
'tickets
from
Valentin's
Dairy,
a
fore
quarter
of
beef
from
Swift's,
I
$10
worth
of
groceries
from
Malklns,
Wo
sacks
of
potatoes
and
a
box
of
oranges
from
Mustallem's
Economy
Store
and
from
Edward
Llpsett
Ltd
cam
of
canned
goods.
Cash
donations
since
yesterday
arc:
I
Previously
acknowledged
$233
C
Anonymous
1.0C
A
Friend
1.0(,
II.
S
Wallace
&
Co.
Ltd.
5.00
.Mackenzie
Furniture
2.00;
Jeanne
and
John
2.00
Dr.
H.
O.
Johnsen
5.00
Twenty
Below
Zero
Weather
Reported
AtWhitehorseY.T.
The
Yukon
is
now
getting
its
first
cold
snap
of
the
winter,
according
to
weather
reports
received
by
the
j
Government
Telegraphs
today.
This
morning
White
Horse
reported
twenty
below
zero
temperature.
AGED
FOLK
ARE
SAVED
COBOURG,
Ont..
Dec
22:
(CP
Sixty-two
aged
men
and
women
were
rescued,
unharmed
early
this
t-iJL
...1.-..
.....,.
'!,
TTnlfori
Counties
House
of
Refuge,
u
mile
from
here
with
loss
of
$100,000.
WEATHER
REPORT
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Hazclton
Cloudy,
calm.
18.
Bmlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
15.
12.
Yesterday,
with
the
pre-hollday
ull
apparently
setting
in.
trading
was
quiet,
920.000
shares
changing
hands.
Industrial,
closed
at
9990.
up
.31;
raits.
35.6$.
off
.08:
utilities.
17X15,
off
,07.
and
bonds.
95.11.
of!
.12.
IS
UPHELD
Illinois
Supreme
Court
Denies
Appeal
of
Dr.
Alice
Wynrkoop
In
Murder
Case
I
SENTENCE
!
SPRINO
FIELD,
IU..
Dec.
22:'
Tlie
Supreme
Court
of
Illinois
has
,
upheld
the
conviction
and
sentence
:
of
twenty-five
years'
Imprisonment
;
Imposed
upon
the
elderly
Dr.
Alice
Wynckoop
for
the
murder
last
year
j
in
the
surgery
of
her
mansion
In
Chicago
of
her
daughter-in-law
Mrs.
Rhcta
Wynekoop.
The
Supreme
l
.ourt
found
that
there
was
no
evl-1
ience
to
support
the
theory
of
the
.
icfcncc
that
the
murder
had
been
:ommltted
by
a
prowler.
Food
Matinee
Big
Success
Heavy
Donations
of
Canned
Goods
Received
For
Distribution
Among
Needy
of
City
The
Capitol
Theatre
was
crowded
yestardny
afternoon
when
a
special
food
matinee
was
held
foi
relief
purposes.
Admission
was
in
the
form
of
unpcrlshable
foodstuffs
and,
besides
many
miscellaneous
articles,
no
less
than
fifty-seven
dozert
articles
of
canned
goods
were
received.
A
specially
arranged
picture
program
was
offered.
From
the
platform
Adjutant
Eva
The
same
as
elsewhere
In
the
north,
Lw).
of
thc
Salvatlon
Army
II
nas
dccii
a
very
nuiu
.mi
...
u.-
wh.h
u,,
hft
...
phari!.
of
,he
dls.
Yukon.
trlbutlon
of
the
articles
among
the
needy,
and
D.
O.
Borland,
manager
I
of
the
theatre,
expressed
apprecla-'
Hon
of
the
generous
support
accor-,dcd
by
the
public.
Omineca
Relief
Administration
Is
To
Be
Probed
I
!
VANDERHOOF
Dec.
22
Bannister,
member
of
a
recent
C.
C.
F.
unemployment
delegation
which
decapitating
the
Infant
wtth
a
sharp
fish
knife,
following
which
she
turned
thc
weapon
upon
herself,
inflicting
serious
injuries
in
the
abdomen
from
which
she
Is
now
recovering
at
the
Prince
Rupert
Oen-eral
Hospital.
Testimony
to
this
ef-
afternoon
Following
the
rash
act,
the
young
mother,
bleeding
profusely,
rushed
from
the
graveyard
to
the
home
of
Mrs.
Hevenor
whom
she
asked
to
go
for
her
(Nina's,
mother.
When
Mrs.
Spalding
arrived
she
found
Nina
lying
on
the
floor.
"I've
finished
It
killed
It
up
at
thc
graveyard
and
m
dying
too."
the
girl
gasped.
Mrs.
Spalding
then
ran
to
the
Denis
8raveynrc1,
Plcd
up
the
body
of
me
Daoy
ana
look
11
10
Airs,
iicv-
1
enor's
house,
1
Dr.
Dr.
C.
C.
H.
H.
Hanklnson,
Hanklnson,
interviewed
the
provincial
govern-!
who
per-ment
at
Victoria,
announces
that
a
formed
an
autopsy,
testified
that
full
Investigation
Into
the
admin-
death
had
been
due
to
hemmor-
istratlon
of
relief
In
Omineca
dls-
hagc.
practically
all
organs
of
the
trlct
has
been
promised.
throat
being
severed,
the
vertebrae
Today's
Weather
Today's
Tides
mm
mmln
I'rince
Rupert
Snowing,
light
High
2:57
am.
10.4
ft.
northerly
wind;
barometer.
29.70;
14:32
pjn.
203
ft.
Low
8:46
a.m.
8.6
ft.
temperature,
33;
sea
smooth.
21:18
phi.'
32
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIV.
NO.
297.
Vol
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
22,
1034
PHIC:
FIVE
CEN1S
CHUR&1ES
BURNED
DOWN
IN
JAPAN
ESCAPED
PRISONER
ADMITS
VANCOUVER
BANK
HOLD-
UP
Alleged
Espionage
Is
Cause
AntirCatholic
Activities
In
Orient
Utilities
Weak
Again
in
Mart
Statements
of
Public
Officials
lie.
t
carding
llich
Charcea
Cause
I
ur
Downward
Trend
!
KEW
YOnK.
Dec.
22:
Influenced
Chosen
To
Play
"Little
Nell".
,
J
apJ
Jm
HI
I
if
.
r
ili3sBBHE!
)l
Ett?
-gtv
Hfc
E.a
.2
B:
r.sc:
14
y
ar-cjd
English
girl
'"hosen
,a
play
tb'
plrt
of
Little
Nell
in
the
British
film
vnriicn
of
Charles-
Dickens
Old
Curiosity
Shop'
;Nina
Spalding's
Mother
Repeats
Statement
of
Girl
After
Slaying
Of
Child
in
Essington
Cemetery
MURDER
CHARGE
LAID
Information
charging
Nina
Spalding,
nineteen-year
old
Port
Essington
Indian
girl
with
the
murder
of
her
nine-month
old
son,
Wilfrid
Fr.ed
Spalding,
was
laid
this
morning
by
the
provincial
police
before
Stipendiary
Magistrate
Andrew
Thompson
and
a
warrant
for
her
arrest
was
issued.
The
warrant
will
be
executed
as
soon
as
the
girl,
who
is
a
patient
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
suffering
from
supposedly
self-inflicted
ab-1
dominal
stab
wounds,
is
sufficiently
recovered.
Meantime,
she
is
being
held
at
the
hospital
under
guard
of
po-ice
matrons.
She
is
progressing
favorably
and
the
attending
physician
expects
her
recovery.
"I've
finished
it.
I
killed
it
up
at
the
graveyard
and
I'm
dying
too."
Such
was
the
statement
made
by
Nina
Spalding,
nineteen-year
old
cripple
Indian
girl
of
Port
Essington,
to
her
mother,
Mrs.
Sarah
Spalding,
after
a
tragic
episode
on
Wednesday
of
this
week
at
the
Skeena
River
fishing
village
in
which
the
girl
is
alleged
to
have
slain
her
even
being
cut
into.
The
slash
was
about
three-quarters
of
an
inch
be
low
the
Adam's
Apple.
Death
was
instantaneous.
It
was
a
nonnal,
healthy
baby,
the
doctor
testified.
The
tragedy
occurred
at
the
whom
Nina
Spalding
had
lived
for!
leader.
years.
The
aunt
died
a
year
and
a
half
ago.
The
girl
has
a
deformed
back
owing
to
an
accident
when
she
was
a
baby.
Before
the
tragedy,
according
to
'he
police,
the
girl
sharpened
'the
mlfe
which
Is
aliened
to
have
been
rscd
in
the
slaying,
pfs
the
jchl(dJ
me
weapon
is
Known
as
a
fish
knife,
being
about
the
size
of
a
good-sized
butcher
knife.
Deputy
Coroner
A.
J.
Lancaster
presided
at
the
inquest.
Examina
tion
of
witnesses
was
conducted
by
f1
firnnnrnrk-n?
Ayo
Tfthp
Under
Hail
of
Bullets
Youth
Who
Made
Get-Away
From
Jail
in
Southern
(Juy
Last
Week
Was
One
of
Robbers
of
Bank
On
Monday
Last
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
22:
(CP)-James
Grant,
aged
23,
who
escaped
December
13
from
the
city
jail
where
he
was
awaiting
trial
on
a
charge
of
armed
robbery,
was
last
night
charged
with
participation
in
Monday's
hold-up
of
the
Slain
and
Prior
Street
branch
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal
after'
he
and
two
companions
had
been
captured
under
a
hail
ct
police
buiiets.
This
inomingj.
Grant
and
John
Oarvey,
one
of
the
.
.mpaniona,
pleaded
guilty
In
city
f
QreiPll
WeaKlieSS
police
court
to
robbing
the
bank
and
j
weie
remanded
until
December
27
for
sentence.
Ihe
trio
were
crossing
the
New!
Westminster
bridge
over
the
Fraser
River
in
an
automobile
last
evening
when
the
police
came
upon
them.
They
refused
to
stop
and
the
police
fired
a
score
of
shots
Into
their
car.
They
ducked
and
the
car
crashed
fcrtoi'trt-
sktefthe-
bridge-rafter
vnicn
uiey
were
apprenenuea
wun
.
further
resistance,
j
Nine
hundred
dollars
and
two
guns
were
found
In
the
car.
This
money,
after
being
identified
as
'part
of
the
loot,
was
ordered
by
Magistrate
McKay
to
be
returned
to
i
the
bank.
In
Monday's
bank
robbery
$2100
was
taken.
The
third
member
of
the
trio.
William
Riley,
aged
43,
driver
of
the
"car,
is
still
being
held
for
investi
gation.
It
Is
expected
charges
will
be
laid
against
him
also.
MISS
STEVENS
PASSES
AWAY
Daushter
of
Former
Minister
Trade
and
Commerce
'Dies
In
Montreal
Promotions
Of
Sea
Scouts
At
of
MONTREAL,
Dep.
22:
CPt
Miss
ijylvla
Stevens,
fourth
child
of
Hon.
and
Mrs.
II.
H.
Stevens,
died
in
hospital
here
Friday
after
a
long
Illness
following
an
operation.
Besides
her
parents,
she
Is
survived
by
two
brothers
and
two
sisters.
1
I
at
lU.
-
I
AW
a
o
Causes
Slump
In
Price
of
Silver
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
22:.
id')
-Weakness
In
London
asd
Shangiiat
caused
a
slump
of
almost
one'
cent:
hthe,.prkp,oillye
03
haslocal
metal"
market
yesterday.
It
stead
loU
up
at
53
He
today.
ROAD
WORK
PROGRESSES
Grading
to
Cloyah
Bay
to
be
Finished
in
About
a
Month
Surfacing
Follows
In
about
three
or
four
weeks
it
Is
jxpected
the
grading
of
the
Skeena
itiver
Highway
will
have
been
completed
to
Cloyah
Bay.
On
completion
of
the
grading,
the
camp
at
Jloyah
Bay
will
be
closed
down
and
the
crew
of
thlrty-slx
men
cut
at
east
in
half.
The
smaller
crew
will
carry
on
Uic
work
of
surfacing
the
road
to
Cloyah,
additional
appropriation
for
which
wa
recently
made,
j
In
about
a
couple
of
months
It
Is
ixpected
the
road
will
be
open
for
vehicular
traffic
as
far
as
Cloyah
Bay.
Burglarized
Mill;
Interior
Men
Are
Doing
Jail
Terms
W
J
11
Tilt
William
Bearman
and
Wesley
W
eeklV
lYleetinff
phU1,Ps
o
Aleza
Lake
in
the
Prince
O
'
George
George
district
district
have
have
been
been
each
each
sen-
sen-
I
,
,
,
fenced
to
five
days'
lmprlsonmenC
tA
A,
,
At
last
night's
weekly
meeting
of
.lth
hanJ
lahnT
tn
,nriHltlnn
Second
Prince
Rupert
Sea
Scout
jIlne
of
$10i
of
an
addltlonal
Troop,
Patrol
Leader
Hector
Mac-davs.
lmmlSQnmenf
f0P
hvm.,
Idonald
of
Curlew
patrol
was
pro-and
enterln
.
MwmUt
nt
A,M
grave
of
Mrs.
Maggie
Feak,
a
favor-.
moted
to
Troop
Leader.
Seconder
!jake.
neld
under
seizure,
by
the
For-
I
feet
came
out
at
the
inquest
Friday
lite
maternal
aunt
of
the
girl,
with
1
Peter
Rorvlk
was
appointed
patrol
'
I
...
..."
.;
rrpceeas
ai
wie
wi-ck
hi
uic
ocuure
servmfj:
Scout
Christmas
Hamper
barrels
inrfr(.
were
transferred
from
the
various:
stores
to
ma
si.
Anarew
s
uameami
j
Wall
whence
the
food
will
be,de-
leered
to
the
needy
on
Christmas
Eve.
'NEW
YORK
COITEK
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
22:
Copper
was
unchanged
at
Dc
per
pound
on
the
local
metal
market
yesterday.
Frank
Dockrlll
Jr.
left
on
last
eve
nlng's
train
for
his
home
at
Ttlkwa
Corp.
Robert
Gibson.
Indian
Agent
where
he
will
spend
the
Christmas
W.
E.
Colllson
attended
Uie
Inquest,
and
New
Year
holiday
season
with
William
Gilchrist
Is
foreman
of
the
his
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
F.
M.
Jury.
Dockrlll.
st
Branch
and
stealing
therefrom
ools
to
the
value
of
$25.
The
men
the
time
at
Prince
'
ACTIVITIES
OF
ItltlTISIt
AltMAMENT
FIRMS
TO
HE
ntOBEI)
nY
COMMISSION
1
k
LONDON.
Dec.
22:
rf!P,
4.
Prime
Minister
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
told
Pnrll.imnt
yesterday
that
a
royal
commls-
slon
would
be
set
up
(cj
Inquire
into
the
activities
of
British
nnnampnt
firm
m.
...
.
..
w
"