L C L.. r IN S0UTHr fun WoM on Vancouver Inland til itl In CHy UH.AL MAN'S HUP Dr, Nral Carter TrtU f Snow Con (Jitlon Down Coast " conditions on Vancouver ,i' the tod ot last week and . i: Nial Carter, director of the Rupert FUhtrlai Expeclmen-F .'..n. who rtlurrwd'to thr 'rdByfronl the south, it wa . rnliior nn th Ttlfltui v.. ...j... ai aucr icr went u from uom Vsneoavr yiink ing In Vancouver Monday k. Dr. Oartcr found the downtown like enormous uah tran$j)ortaUon and bus!- . arUcally suspended. The only were able to move were on i'''f part ot the Falrvlew Belt i'Utlling from the, foot ot ale Street Hill at Fourth Ave- i wn Oranvjlle. along Hastings p Main to the toot of the hill Dr Carter was unable to get his parents' home In the Heights section until eve-, then could only pay them it visit before catching the 'int night for here, "feet Intersections In Vancou-uncmployed men had found a occupation carrying people 'k through'the torrent of slush. W iworths. Telephone service Was curtailed. to the demands of convcrsa- .3 through lack of transportation :ir: the fact Uiat telephone opera-could not get to their switch-k' rd$ on Monday morning, night ffs having to continue on shift. Improving Today The storm situation in the south ; f the province was reported today la be rapidly Improving. Vancouver t! Victoria have .experienced con-uous rain since Monday and all' "graphic and train service has "n paralyzed since Sunday. Tmighfs i j.it at ,alr due from the 10:15. WM rinrrrt thW niorninT to be two 'hours and flf-'"'n minutes late which would bl"iR It in at 12:30 mfdnlght. COMMUNITY For Project as Objective For Coming Yrar She Premier Bennett Sees No Great Demand For Polling Contest Which Will Come in Due Course King And Woodsworth Heard OTTAWA, Jan. 24: (CP)-Debate on the Reply to the Sieech from the Throne in the House of Commons wound up with KL Hon. William Lyon Mackenzio King, Leader of the Opposition, the only Liberal speaking. He said he would welcome reform measures being Introduced rapidly, the Liberal party discussing them on their merits. , 1 x Premier R". B. Bennett announced t t i y t V TPHP election will take place In late sum- HAM. Hh.Kr 'merorearhfall ol tm wtfeewn worse, J. 8. Woodsworth. leader of the he city of Vancouver and' , Co-operative Commonwealth Fe- ymg a good atai. accenting."'" .t. ........... Oration, and number of Inde- , Raising of funds for the establish-' menfof a cpmmunUyhall In Prince j i. . Rupm w adopted by the Prince i ty stmo-wrSatflnlar 1o -spend nuDettSyroClobat a business lun ' V t k-tnd at the blolokl sta- cheon y.y M tu tbjecUve foi , Departure Bay. a short dls- yw A rmmendatlon ' island from Nanatmo llta H e(fpct from tne club acUvl. k j to return to Vancouver on u,( 0,14, Dr r. q. Urge. r ncess Elaine leaving Na- ehalrmJln. wu adopted. The assis-' u- ? O'clock Monday -narnln. uwt of the Rotary CTub and t t; absolutely Impossible for chamS.. of mmmi-rrf in the nro-' novc In the deep snow Id- jrct w, i0ugnl and forma. Sunday s WDdiatd, he set out o a Mrrk(. to take from Departure Bay to Na- chin of the project was suggested. 1. distance of two and a half uimate objective, so far as the t 10:30 pan Wading oyro CTub U concerned, to incorpor-ough snow which at poinU ale ,n the community nall project a ifted un to walst-deolh. It . j 1 1 t muntUlajn. Monday to get, A number of other matters of Nanalmo wharf and aboard but,neM uere deaU wlth at; amer where he spent Uie the luncheon Jack Bulger was a , guest. At next week's luncheon there will be anlmpromptu debate on the subject "Resolved that the Capital-1 islic System Has Been a Failure." I Stewart Man Is Arrested George Ponton to be Taken North On False Pretences Charge Gorge Fonton of Stewart was ar rested by provincial police officers 1 last night and will be returned to, suance of checks. ar- Amon the rivd " on c9dy !Z' stores closed in Van-! art where he followcd the 0Ccupa' -vcr were the Hudson Bav and I tion ot a barber. LIMERICK CONTEST Flnt Vrhf, Stilcripti"" 1 l).lly News, 1 Year Second Prite, Subscription to Ilally News, C Months Limerick must be original and must be signed by the author. Names of writers will not be published unless verse wins a prize. Many of verses submitted will be published. If thought of sufficient interest.. that there was no great demand for i an election which would come In due course. It Is now conceded that the ' pendents spoke briefly In the I Throne 8peech debate, welcoming reform legislation. OFFICERS DISMISSED Twelve Vancouver Policemen Loe Job City II xx Been Made "Vice Headquarters" VANCOUVER, Jan. SI: (CP) countenanced in Vancouver and allowed to run uncontrolled until the city hat become an international headqaarters for white lavers, bootlegs ers, gambler and confidence men. Chief of Police W. W. Foster reported to the police commLvMon at a meeting called to consider the cases of seventeen suspended police officers. Twelve officers were, dismissed, one was demoted and the cases of four others are still under John Bohlari Is Laid at Rest Funeral This Afternoon of Resident '. ' Of Twenty-Five Years' Standing Here The tuncral of the where he had been a patient fori weeks, took place this afternoon! 1 from the chapel of Hayner Bros.,' j undertakers, to Falrvlew Cemetery.' 1 Adjutant Lay cock of the Salvation !; Army officiated. The late Mr. Bohlan was 75 years 1 of age, n native of Sweden and had lived In Prince Rupert for some 25 j years, having come here from the j Yukon. ; Card of Thank Mrs. J. H. Duggan and family wth to thank.thclr many friends for the sympathy shown them in their recent bereavement. WObtnVAHP BANK DIRECTOR OTTAWA. Jan. 21: (CP) W. C Woodward of. Vancouver was among! seven directors of the Bank of Can adavelected today. K v nave sauea tivm line mr japau aboard the Hlye Maru. 1 from Vancouver to Osaka. Pound and Dollar Hold While Other Stewart for trial on a charge of ob-, nnhian. well known nlonecr of the drPS In some cases. talntng money by false pretences n d d ln tne wcclt at ! were unchanged 1st. 1. 1 - w . - , the thoroughfares on their j i' ,n connection with the Is- the Prince Rupert General Hospital Fonton had V K PUIIl M ill ItSl Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides wmln I nncc Rupert Rain. light High 4:30 sun. 19.4 ft , beast wind; barometer. 29.84; 18:37 pjn. 17.2 ft. prratute, 25; tea smooth. Low 10:53 am. li ft. 22:5 pm. 6.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XV . No, 25 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935 pRice: mi CENT 8 LECTION IN LATE SUMMER OR FALL PRINCESS ADELAIDE ACCIDENTALLY DAMAGED IN SOUTH Throne Speech Debate Wound Up At Ottawa in Quick Time; WEATHER Reform Legislation Welcomed Jts ' (Damaged in Collision 41 mm Steamer Prlnr:e.:3 Adelaide which had mishap in Vancouver harbor. VESSEL IS MORE ON FOUNDERED SERPENT Japanese Lumber, Ship. Abandoned Not AU Are Basking Sharks; Herman - j ---By-tCrewp Belleted t lUv - 1 Sunk In Pacific SEATTLE, Jan. 24: The Japan-jese freighter Hokuraan Maru, the lumber cargo of which shifted at ' the first of the week during a storm about 100 miles off Vancouver Isl-!and, is believed to have foundered. The coastguard cutter Che- Vlce and crime have been openly Man returned to port yesterday af TransUtocJllirWcai Identitx Confirmed In a letter to-Dr. Neal Carter, director of the Prince Rupert Fisheries Experimental Station. Fritz von Bothncr. a German translator, who recenUy sought further information and particulars as to the remains of the strange marine creature which was found last fall on ter searching the vicinity without Henry Island near here, states that finding any trace of the vessel. The forty-five members of the crew ot the Hokuman Maru who were rescued by the liner President he Is not entirely in favor of a gen era explanation that all so-called "sea serpents" which may be found are basking sharks. Dr. Carter, while away recently Jackson after abandoning their ship ,0 attend thf annuaj meetlng of Biological Board of Canada in Ot tawa, discussed the remains of the The Hokuman Maru was bound local creature with Dr. W. At Cle- mens, director of the Nanalmo Biological Station. They were both quite satisfied that the remains found here were those of a basking iark. A bulletin recently published by tne Biological Board of Canada on nil 1 j 1 I the subject of Canadian Atlantic IVlOneyS Are W eaK ! tauna describes , and Illustrates, !am(jng ' other .miTbie life, the bask- i Ing shark. Its habitat Is given. NEW YORK, Jan. 2 The Btittshiamons other regions, as the North pound, sterling held steady at $1.89 and South Pacific Ocean. It attains on the local foreign exchange mar- , a maximum length of at least forty ket today. The Canadian dollar also feet, often being 25 to 35 feet In held IU own at par. All other for- length. Hook -like gill rakers, such late John 1 c,8n mneys were weak with heavy as those found on the local creature. Metal prices are peculiar to the basking shark, the bulletin says. Measures Asking Survey And Construction of Highway To Alaska Are Before Congress WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 24: (CP) A survey of a proposed route for the international highway between United States and Alaska was proposed on Wednesday in a resolution introduced in the Senate by Senator McNary, Republican, or Oregon. The resolution would empower the President to negotiate an agreement with Canada for such a survey. The measure would also appropriate a sum of $2,-000,000 to construct a portion of the highway within Alaska and $200,000 for the proposed survey. A similar measure was introduced in the House of Representatives by Delegate Anthony Dimond, Democrat, ' Alaska. . v 4t Northern Steamer Has To Cancel Sailing As Result of Collision Struck Barge in Harbor of Southern Port and Injured Her Bow, Necessitating Going toEsquimaU ' . For Repairs While leaving Vancouver harbor shortly after 8 o'clock last evening for Prince Rupert and other north coait points, C. P. R. steamer Princess Adelaide, tapt. b. K. i Gray, collided with a barge in tow of the tug Etta Mac ; during heavy rain and mist The barge was only slightly t damaged but the Adelaide put back to Vancouver and, af- ' 1 ter discharging her cargo and put- Ann nTTmn ! ng her passengers back ashore. IVI linn HlrS proceeded to Esquimau for repairs ITIVSXIAU Ul LAM. U ARE COMING Local Elevator to be More Active This Year Than it Has Been For Long Time The British freighter Langlee-j he names of these boats. With 250 carloads of new grain now on the way here from the prairies, the policy of the Wheat Pool ' to her damaged stem. . It was announced this morning ' that the sailing of the Princess Adelaide had been cancelled and that the steamer Princess Norah, Capt. .Thomas Cliff, leaving Vancouver j Friday night for Skagway, would I make all the regular calls of the Excursion Postponed month to load aJtuU cargo pf raln j ..1,-,,,;;. la id e's sailing would mean post nonement until Fpbniarv 8 nr Vf. nt Kingdom or Continent. wUl be th. ; thp nrn,tl,rf .,!t h(, ,hl, Wlelr. third vessel to load here since the,end of the Normanna choru, nartv first of the but. according year to'from Ketchlkan which the Adelalde reports, she will be by no means the last to come here this spring. She is expected to be followed by other vessels soon after although, up to today, there was no official an nouncement available locally as to was to have gene north to pick up. now aDDears to be to keen the local . Snow General Throughout Province , - . -r . - r, ( house full as export shipments are nade from it and Indications arej that this is to be a more acUve sea- j son at the elevator than for several I 1 WEATHER IS MODERATING Y'esterday Vancouver Schools Reopening VANCOUVER, Jan. 24: The years. Eleven carloads were taken barometer was still low yesterday Into the elevator yesterday and to-1 and official forecasts were for mild- . night's mixed train from the east j er weather along the coast. is expected to bring ln more. Snow was general throughout the MEETING OF MUSIC CLUB; "American Music and Composers" was the subject of the Ladies' Music 31ub at its regular fortnightly .neetlng yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Max Heilbroner who read an interesting paper. Mrs. R. ' L. Mcintosh, the president, was ln the chair. The program was as follows: ' Piano solo. "Water Lily" (McDowell), Miss Margaret McCaffery. Vocal quartette. "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" (Blair). Mrs. J. H. I province yesterday. Prince George ' had tour Inches. j Schools of the city are reopening 1 after having been closed since the blizzard at the first of the week. In the Fraser Valley schools will not be reopening until Monday. APPLES GO TO EUROPE Washington State Preparing to Ship Half Million to Million Boxes To Germany YAKIMA, Wash.. Jan. 24: Yakima and Wenatchee Valley apple I Carson, Mrs. Robert Blance, Mrs. i growers are preparing to make a IShelford Darton and Mrs. C. E. Cul- ( shipment of half a million bushels Un. 'of apples to Germany. It Is possible 1 Violin solo. "Gypsy Love Song" Germany may take as many as a j (Herbert). Miss Nellie Lawrence. million bushels. Asa result, the Vocal solo, "Ah. Sweet Mystery of domestic price may be forced up !Life" (Herbert). Mrs. J. H. McLeod 25c per box. Piano solo. "Minuet" iBorowsky).' I Miss Ruth Gillies. 1 Guitar solo, "Souvenir d'Amer-lque" (Foster), Mis Elizabeth Currle. Today's Weather . Vocal solo. "Alar I Hear a Lover's Terrace Snowing, northeast 1 Flute" (Cadman), Miss L. Halllwell. wind, temperature, 8 above. 1 Piano solo. "Souvenir" (Jeffries), j Anyox Snowing, north wind, 15 ,Mrs. W. L. Stamford. 'above. I Accompanists for the afternoon.' Stewart Cloudy to snow, north were Mrs. W. L. Stamford. Miss Mar-1 wind. 9 above, jgaret McCaffery and Mrs. C. E.j Hazelton Cloudy, calm, 4 above. Cullln. j Smlthers Cloudy, calm, cold. Tea was served by the hostess at, Burns LakeSnowing, calm, zero. thf conclusion of the program. I Raining along Cariboo Road.