prince Rupert Clear, north I wind, four miles per hour; . baro-I meter, 30.32; temperature, 24; sea smooth. FxXlV No. 248. f were numerous slides COVCr- St the prarU pimn milln evfenslve length. Conditions were worse" anewt before exDerlenced on ie line lc Prt affected Is between In- ps and Bulkley Canyon, a dls- w over isn miles Kavex t Sherm ian. 4.000, 7.Cc and 6c, VMPAY'S SALI, A .' A. '"nerican Atlas iin. 2 8c and 6 c ., s . 12.000. 8.1c and 6c, VlUn - Vlnadian' ana 6c, Atlin. ''"'"1.'-;. . ." She vltTeV. Newspapers failed to publish. The theatre was closed. Service was restored spasmodically on Sunday. Freakish Week Prince RuDert's most freakish week of weather In years, which started on Tuesday with a wild 70-mlle an hour gale and developed Into one of the most torrential rainstorms the city and district has exDerlenced in years, culmin ated Friday night with a fall of wet snow which melted as it struck the ground and since then It has been largely clear and frosty, the V9I J t-1. lH 4A ' . . . . t . Mn. uiuc pussaoic ugciin tu-. first cola snap oi ine seaaun uw id reDalrs arp hplnc rushed n,itvi a minimum tpmncra- . " " O - I Ull m 1 'llPrP SO IJ1.. lt.1 I . ... I. .4 tU. r.t jv- o lupiuiy na pu.wuic.nuce reaaing aunng iai, ins"'1 U1 also see the clearing of j 24 above. The mountains are blan- II ,arie slide npar Inverness.! 1,00 ir a lnu; lpve! with snow. , ----- IHlhVU W ' - -" Jrrenas been no train cast from Rainfall for twenty-four hours 7ce RuPert since last Monday ending 4 a.m. Saturday had none in since Tuesday. Service led 4.44 Inches. winers nnn i i twwin man lor nere SLClne j Touted Via V9nnvor ith 7 pert was cmPlete,y ttw7 ; c "8nt and pwer i Saturday morning and 3 f(n ay' AU ,ndustrles deperi- r " "aq to suspend acti- Halibut Arrivals SATUItnAVS SALE I Storagi Flood waters, with the terminating of the rain, have been quickly receding, nature thus .aiding in the Job of repairing damage of various sorts which has been caused by the boisterous elements of the last few days. Prince Rupert's municipal water service, after having been cut off for about seven hours following the washing out of the main and emer Eency lines, was restored at o'clock Friday evening. tsslnner W. J. Alder Vylltf cnfr0 exnresscd appreciation ol the action of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage Co. in loaning Its chief engineer, J. E. Boddie as well as three of his assistants, in aid ing to get the snawauans u water pumping plant in operation and thus helping materially In speeding up the restoration of the municipal water service. T. H. . S Continued on Page 2 Mmln . TBHHI8p' SlEkt& t ' Two centuries ago, on September 22, 1735, Sir Robert Walpol'e took up his official olfice and residence at No. 10 Downing St., as , flre lord 'of hU majesty tre.asu y. Since that tkmec.he r pld rambling house has been the political heart of the British Em plre. TJils Is the prime, minister's study now occupied by Stanley Baldwin. The famous house takes on added Importance In view of the current Italo-Ethloplan dispute. Within its portals England's actions of the future are decided. RESULT IS UNSETTLED McGcer Leads by One so Far But Absentee Ballots Would Make Webster Winner VANCOUVER, Oct. 28: (CP) The official count for Vancouver-Burrard in the recent federal election, so far as it has proceeded, shows Mayor G. G. McGecr, Liberal candidate, leading Arnold Webster, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation candidate, by one vote but available figures 'on three absentee polls, from .which the actual votes themselves have not jet been received, give Webster a majority of three.' If these votes are ultimately accepted, counting will be resumed tomorrow by which time 'it is expected the ballots will have arrived. A judicial recount is certain no matter whom the returning officer declares elected and, in view of the close outcome, some Interesting technicalities may be raised before the issue is finally settled. Wife of District Light Keeper Dies Andrew . Martin of Dryad Pol Near Delia Bella is Bereaved By .Death of Mrs. Martin LINK WITH ETHIOPIA Hegina Mountlcs Have Old Field I Pieces Once Used in Abyssinia ! REGINA, Oct. 28: (CP) Reglna has a direct and historic link with the present Italo-Ethloplan war. They are contained In the Royal Canadian Mounted Police barracks here and are used as ornaments , before the memorial to members of the force killed in action. i , The discovery was made recently by Assistant Commissioner S. T. IWood after examining a news pic- jture showing an Ethiopian soldier engaged In firing fin ancient can non. He recognized it as exactly similar to three pieces at the bat: racks. A search through the records re vealed that the field guns had been used by Lord Napier of Magdala In his expedition to Abyssinia, as .'Ethiopia is better known, and had The facts of Britain's conquest of Abyssinia are not generally known. In 1868 King Theodore of Ethiopia threw the British ambassador and othr Europeans into prison, with out giving any explanation for his action. After unavailing efforts for their release an expedition was I (ordered. Point- The force consisted of 12 00(1 men. mostly engineers, and after a short campaign, Magdala, then the capital, was stormed by the British Word was received at offices of troops. Theodore was found dead the Marine Department at Digby under a pile of slain at the main Island today of the death In Vic- gate, scene of the fiercest fighting, torla yesterday of Mrs. Martin, wife ( Emperor Menelik, then a provl-of Andrew Martin, lighthouse, keep- slonal governor sympathetic to the er at Dryad Point, Just north of British, succeeded him. When Na- Belia Bella. Efforts are being maae pier evacuated the country the NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1935 BRITAIN VIGILANT UcxanfUla Still Bristles Despite E-isinf of Tension Italy .', Prepares For Advance LONDON, Oct. '28: (CP) Easing of the tension 'between Great Britain and Italy has not caused British, land and. sea forces to relax their vijilancelh. Egypt Alexandria's harbor bristles with Tlhtlnf craft and hospital ships. Anhore, there, is. unceasing activity. In the fUhtlnc tones, the Ita-llai rt niaklnt final preparations' to advance on two fronts while civilians at Makale' are evacuating the town. HER DEATH IS SUDDEN trs. W. D. Moxley, One of Prince Rupert's Most Highly Esteemed Women; Passes Away Death after a comparatively brief llness on Saturday afternoon at he. Prince Rupert General Hospital ilalmed Mrs, Hannah Moxley t wife of William D. Moxley, pioneer con ductor of the Canadian National Hallways. Having been confined to her1 home for several weeks, Mrs. Moxley only, last, week entered the hospital for surgical treatment and in operation had been performed a couple of days before she passed away. She was one of Prince Ru pert's best known and most highly esteemed women and news of her "demise is being learned by her nu merous friends with deep feelings of regret and sympathy for the be reaved. Married to Mr. Moxley In Ottawa September 12, 1912, deceased came to Prince Rupert immediately after her marriage and had made her'. home here ever since. She was a prominent worker and supporter of First Presbyterian Church, having been active both In the Ladle$' Aid and the Women's Missionary Society. In addition to the widower, Mrs. Moxley, who was born in Ottawa fifty-five years ago, Is survived by one daughter, Eleanor; a son, Robert; a sister, Mrs. R. J. Raabe of .if i Tomorrow's Tides High 2:14 a.m. 19.2 It. 13:55 p.m. 21.9 ft. Low 8:01 a.m. 7.8 ft. 20:41 pjn. 3.3 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS ONGSHOREMEN ARE HELD TO BLAME TO THOUSAND land ot Haiti Is Swept by Terrific Week-end Hurricane Idcsprcad Damage Done on Southern" Peninsula Of West Indian Republic in One of Worst Storms ; Ever Recorded PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct. 28: (CP) Official l.A n 1 l. 1 i. I iV-.. iivces esumaieci ounuay nigni, mat, at least uvvu uiuu- nd persons were dead or missing as a result of a hur- &ne which swept over tne soutnern peninsula ai tne ek-end. Widespread property damage was done, the rm beinc one of the worst in the history of this island public. Recedn Flood Water Reveals Much Damage to Railway; Train Service Held; Bad Power Tie-up INQUIRY FROM PREMIER Tho fnlfmvinrr jnlmrrnm wfic ronorvoA SflflirVlllV IlV Aty Commissioner W. J. Alder from Premier T..D. Pat io: "Please extend my sympathy to the citizens of rinct Rupert on account of the recent storm. Let me nnn if T nan lu nf sinv nssistnnco " The citv commis sioner wired, in reply to Mr. Pattullo, that everything las well in hand. RpwMinir flnnrl wntpr with cooler weather reveals much mrA evtnncivo rlntnnfrn nlhnir the line of the Canadian jational Railway in the lower Skeena Valley than had en at first expected and it may oe a weeK Deiore irauic in be resumed. During the height of the flood water the ilway track was covered lor miles wun waier, ai aume Hi to a depth of six feet, sec Br. men were rnwlns boats alone t grade. Bridges over the Kayex Bd Shames Pi vers and Lome ere washed out and there ftre numerous smaller bridges also irrled away. At some points, par $uiarly around Salvus, the track s washed out and elsewhere DEAD, MISSING Vcouver Strikers Are Misled ' i D. cm i i i . THE POLITICAL HEART OF BRITAIN oy unsouna ana uestructwe Leadership, Judge Davis Finds Report on Waterfront Trouble at Vancouver is Decisive In Tone Shipping Federation Justified and Powell River Company Found to Have Not Been Unfair OTTAWA, Oct. 28: (CP)-The Department of Labor today published the renort of Mr. Justice H. H. Davis nf the Supreme Court of Canada, blaming the longshoremen ior me Vancouver waterlront strike and maintaining that a majority of the Vancouver strikers had been misled by "unsound and destructive leadership." Mr. Justice Davis, who held a ' ' lengthy inquiry Into the strike, lid that the immediate cause Was refusal of the longshoremen to handle newsprint from Powell, River, maintaining that it was un- i j fair cargo. The commissioner held; I that the refusal to handle Powell. l&vtft, tat(ju was t ueuuuiaie vwi ui vAio l ii ik axicciueiib i ... word was receivea in tne city py by the longshoremen which en-! pnvaie mres iasi mgni 01 me titled the Shipping Federation to vesterday morning in Van- declare the agreement at an end,death on June 4." couver 01 Mrs. Kooeri wuuer uura, The wld0w 01 a el1 known ploneer report also finds that the Powell River Company was not un. Anglican Church mlsslpnary ot fair to labor -v - Ithls district, Mr. Gurd hlmself tiled w- ..,ZJ j,?-- ItearsvagdaTiirts-burled at MeUa- did Country Soccer SATURDAY SCORES English League First Division Arsenal 2, Preston Northend 1. Birmingham 4, Portsmouth 0. Blackburn Rovers 1, Everton 1. Chelsea 2, Bolton Wanderers 1. Grimsby Town 1, Middlesbrough 0. Leeds United 4, Aston Villa 2. Liverpool 3, Huddersfleld 0. Manchester City 2, Brentford 1. Stoke County 0, Derby County 0. Sunderland 5, Sheffield Wednes-. day 1. West Bromwich Albion 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1. Scottish League First Division Airdrieonlans 1, Third Lanark 2. Arbroath 2. Dunfermline 1. Clyde 1, Rangers 4. Dundee 6, Ayr 1. Hearts 4, Albion Rovers 2. Kilmarnock 2, Aberdeen 6. Motherwell 1, Celtic 2. Partick Thistle 2, Hibernians 1. Queen's Park 5, St. Johnstone 1. Queen of South 1, Hamilton 2. CLOSE CALL FROM FIRE hurled shells at mountain warriors 1 bmitners, at present in tne city, lurking In the passes. 'and three brothers, Frank Zleman longshoremen Have Narrow Escape or Prince Rupert and William and' snip " Herman Zieman of Ottawa. Her, Vancouver Takes Fire father, the late Carl Zleman. died . In Prince Rnnert. fnnrtAen vears VANCOUVER, Oct. 28: (CP) The engagement Is announced statnrriaw -i.j . i..... contact Mr. Martin to convey the guns were returned to England and of Audrey Beryl, daughter of Mr. He was released on bail of $20000 ' sad intelligence to him. Mr. Martin later sold to the Canadian govern- and. Mrs. Arnold T. Parkin, and , formerlv lived in Prince Rupert but ment, forming a part of the arma- William Rupert, second son bf Mr.'. D. c. Mcnae caii c,.,o Mrs. Gurd, Widow Of Missionary, Is Dead in Vancouver katla where, a daughter, Rita Is also interred. Mrs. Gurd will be laid at rest In Vancouver where a son, R. H. Gurd, well known as accountant at Casslar cannery on the Skeena River, resides. Deceased lived for years with her missionary husband at Kltkatla I arid was also in Metlakatla for 1 some time. .; Terrace Woman Dies In South Mrs. Frank Nightwine Was First , White Girl to be Born In Cariboo District Word has been received in the city of the death on Friday last at Duncan,. Vancouver Island, of Mrs. Frank Nightwine, a pioneer resident of the Kalum Lake district. Sixty-four years of age, Mrs. Nightwine suffered a stroke and passed away four days later. Mr. Nightwine was a pioneer placer miner of Kalum Lake and, with his wife, left Terrace last March for Duncan to make their home. Miss Caroline Shaw before her marriage, Mrs. Nightwine was the t first white girl born in the Cariboo district. REMAINING AT ANYOX W. F. Eve, postmaster at Anyox practically since the Inception ol the and Is burled here. mother Members of a longshore gang ago Her t0 word received here, be one oi died some years ago In Ottawa. jworkln? In the holds of the British the few pe0pie of the camp to re Funeral arrangements are in the fre8hter Frederika Lensen had' a . main there following the transfer hands of the B. C. Undertakers. narrow escape from death this. to the Consolidated Mining & The time of the funeral has not yet mornlnS ln an explosion of an oil smelting Co. Mr. Eve, it Is under-been set owing to deceased's tank wlth terrific force. Several stood, will operate the general daughter, Miss Eleanor Moxley, being unable to return home from her school teaching duties at Pacific 'on account of the railway tie-up. pmies were Duiged, spreading fire' store in addition to continuing the M) tne engine room. ELECTS JURY TRIAL Having been committed for trial by Magistrate McClymont in city police court on a charge of assaul; occasioning actual bodily harm. Joe Brown appeared before Judge w. r,. risner in countv court on post office. C. P. Ashmore, at pre-' sent general manager of the Gran-by Store, will go to Allenby, it is reported here. Today's Weather .... . ... ... . . . ,..,... .... iJomiutjr uuiwain Island iiiuuu f Fine uie and uHu clear. clear. Mrs. Martin came from me wuui. mem oi ine nana west new Force ana mrs, Aruiur urooKSDanK.-The morning on the Cardena for a busl- . fresh tn stmn nnrtheVi,, i There "is a son and a daughter. in the Rlel rebellion. I Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, fresh northerly wind; barometer, 30.28; temperature. 24; sea rough. Langara wedding will take place shortly: ness trip to Vancouver. sea sea chonnv choppy.