Fortification
of
Islands
and
Neutrality
of
Phillipinc
Among
AJatters
to
be
Ironed
Out
if
Plan
Goes
Through
TOKYO,
Dec.
23:
It
is
stated
in
authoritative
quarter;
here
that
the
Japanese
government
will
propose
a
treaty
with
the
United
States
to
preserve
friendly
relations
in
the
Pacific
arena.
The
treaty
would
deal
with
the
fortification
of
Pacific
Islands
and
would
provide
for
the
neutrality
of
the
Phillipine
Islands.
Both
of
these
questiom
have
been
more
or
less
sore
points
between
the
two
DEFENDS
ate
tribunal
to
defend
hlmscii
against
Impeachment
on
charges
of
attempting
to
coerce
members
of
the
legislature
In
regard
to
the
sugar
tax
bill
which
he
vetoed
yesterday.
The
veto
was
overridden
by
the
Senate
28
to
6
which
ind'xitc
that
the
pipage
of
the
ouster
of
Gomez
as
head
of
th?
government
Is
certain.
If
to.
It
will
be
KfZ
the
first
IllBk
time
nil".
in
the
v..w
history
of
-
KELTCG.
Idaho,
Dec
23:
A
heavy
Tall
of
sncw
made
It
necessary
for
ground
parties
enrd
yesterday
In
the
expedition
to
the
scene
or
the
crash
of
the
Western
Air
Express
mail
pl?'.it
men.-
here
to
return
yesterday.
Hiwovrr.
It
W3T
c"'?arer
today
and
the
searchers
are
out
again.
It
is
fcartd
that
the
heavy
snowfall
special
request.
concealed
the
wreckage.'
la!
which
Pilots
Joe
Llvermnro
and
A.
A.
Ilald
arc
bc-HeVetl
lo
haveibccn
killed
while
vhroute
frdrrf
Chicago
to
Seattle.
POUND
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL.
'DfcC
23:
(CP)
Fwneral
Notice
-The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$4.93
20-32
6n
the
Montreal
ex
change
market
yesterday.
The
funeral
of
the
late
Donald
McLcod
will
take
place
from
First
Presbyterian
Church.
Saturday
.at
2
n
m
.
npv.
W.
D.
Grant
Holling-
Kight
Killed
And
Thirty-Five
Hurt
In
Wreck
of
Train
CAPETOWN,
D.CC.
23:
rvr.cnns
were
killed
and
worth
officiating.
No
flowers
by,
shifting
4
i
INCOME
OF
CANADIAN
NATIONAL
WEALTH
IS
WELL
AHEAD
OF
1936
Impeachment
of
President
GomM
TORONTO.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
-
or
Cuba
Appears
Certain
Manufacturers
contributed
an
4
Veto
of
Susar
Tax
Over-
estimated
$1,467,873,000
to
the
i
Kidden
natural
wealth
of
Canada
dur-
ing
the
past
year.
Agriculture
lIAVANACuba..
Dec.
23
:-Jrest-
contributed
$749,068,000,
The
f
for-
total
Income
from
all
sburceS.
dent
Miguel
Mariano
Gomez,
i
..,,minxnt
iiwvor
wvpr't-
as
estimated
by
the
Canadian
.vri
hP
rr,U
of
am
attorney
to-
Press,
was
$4,545,000,000,
day
to
appear
before
a
Cuban
Sen
percent
higher
than
1935.
11
NUMEROUS
MINERS
DIE
Mine
ml....
I..
Iso-
ft..
in
Rosita
Explosion
Cuba
that
a
president
has
ever,
been
impeached.
A
majority
vote
of
the
Senate
will
decide.
Gomez
opposed
the
9c
sugar
tax
,on
the
ground
that
a
tax
of
such
a
nature
designed
to
rat:
funds
for
army
taught
schools
was
a
violation
of
democratic
principles.
The
tax
was
sponsored
by
Col.
Fulgcncio
BaptUta,
who
Is
described
as
Cuba's
"strong
man."
Search
Hampered
By
Heavy
Snows
May
II-
Impossible
Now
to
l-ocat-:
Wreckage
of
Dane
in
Idaliti
latcd
Section
of
Mexico
MEXICO
CITY,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Reports
reached
here
last
night
of
an
explosion
in
the
Rosita
coal
mine
In
an
Isolated
section
of
Coa-
buila
Province,
100
miles
from
Eaale
Pass.
Texas,
which
resulted
In
the
death
of
forty-s-sven
miners
Fnrt.v-ccvr.n
bodies
have
been
recovered
and
twenty-eight
othe:
men
hive
been
brought
out
alive
teven
In
such
a
serious
condition,
however,
that
they
may
die.
A
spark
Igniting
gas
in
the
mine
demolished1
one
shaft
and
released
poisonous
gasses.
five
Injured
In
the
wreck
of
a
C3-2ti',vn
to
Poit
Elizabeth
ex-press
train.
Weather
Forecast
ifiiHiUhMl.
tMousir
tho
courtesy
o
-,i
lm!nlon
Meteorological
nfeau
a
letorU
and
rrlnw!
Rupert.
af
SHst
U
ccimplled
from
observation
ta-
ttrji
o-t
8
a.m.
today
ana
covi
hoirr
period
cnaing
o
p
"
1
vwn
i
INSURGENTS
I
AREKILLED
Loyalists
Seems
to
be
OuUmartins
Rebels
in
Spanish
Civil
War
Fighting
Hundreds
Flying
Recapture
of
Oveido
imminent
Russian
and
French
Denials
MADRID,'
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Sixty
Insurgents
were
kilted
yesterday
when
government
soldiers
blew
up
a
blockhouse
on
the
outskirts
of
Madrid
which
they
were
occupying.
Other
rebels
were
killed
when
loyalist
forces
blew
up
a
trench.
Victories
In
ground
fighting
were
claimed
toy
the
loyalists
with
many
prtsoncts
taken
Including
numerous
Germans,
one
or
six
tanks
which
were
captured
from
the
Insurgents
was
said
to
.have
been
in
charge
of
an
Italian.
J
Rebel
lines
at
Oveldo
cracked
today
under
heavy
loyalist
bombardment
and
hundreds
of
Insur
gent,
soldiers
were
reported
in
flight
The
loyalists
have
been
trying
for
over
a
week
to
recapture
Oveldo,.
and
indications
are
that
tneymayV
soon
"be
'successful?
Dental
By
Moscow"
'
MOSCOW,
Dec.
23:
The
Soviet
government
yesterday
denied
the
report
that
thirteen
Russian
war-t
ships
were
being
dispatched
from
the
Black
Sea
to
the
protection
of
Russian
shipping
off
Spain
fol
lowing
the
alleged
sinking
by
In
surgent
warships
of
a
Sovl
motorshlp.
No
French
Planes
PARIS,
Dec.
23:
War
Minister
Pierre
Cote
yesterday
specifically
denied
the
report
In
a
Conserva
tive
Paris
newspaper
that
two
new-
French
war
planes
had
arrived
at
Barcelona
to
assist
the
Spanish
government
in
the
civil
war.
Re
traction
of
the
story
was
demanded
by
Cote.
NOTHING
TO
SAY
Alhcrta
Minister
Refers
Interviewers
to
Premier
in
Regard
To
Resignation
CALGARY.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
"I
have
nothing
to
say
about
It.
Yo'u
will
have
to
get
anything
from
the
Prnmlpr."
said
Hon
Charles.
C.
Premier
Aberhart,
being
In
Van
couver,
no
announcement
could
be
obtained
from
him,
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEG,
Dec.
23:
(CPi
Do
cember
wheat
closed
at
$1.2434
on
the
Winnipeg
market
on
Monday
ONLY
4fi4
BRITONS
PhOVU
ClAL
VICTORIA,
B.C.
L
J
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
She
High
9:33
a.m,
21.1
ft.
Prince
Rupert-
Raining,
south-cast
22:43
p.m.
17.8
ft.
wind.
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
Low
3:00
a.m.
8.4
ft.
29,fi3;i
sea
smooth.
16:24
p.m.
4.5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
IJR1TISI1
COLUAIJJIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV,,
No.
n37
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
23,
1936
PRICE:
3
CENTS
XTEK
JAPANESE-AMERICAN
PEACE
PACT
Tokyo
Planning
to
Suggest
Treaty
Which
Would
Make
Friendship
A-
2t,
Madame
Chiang
BEING
The
Puke
of
Windsor
Kai-Shek
Goes
To
Sianfu
City
TRUCE
DECLARED
NANKING,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
A
three-day
truce
in
the
Chinese
civil
war
was
declared
today.
NAMIflNO
rif
23-
ICP)
DiS
AGREEMENT
ROPOSED
Japanese
Permitted
To
Latest
picture
of
abdicated
Brit
h
monarch.
AROUSED
TO
FURY:
Attack
of
Church
Heads
on
Formed
King
Slirs
England
New
King:
Would
Silence
Attacks
LONDON,
Dec.
23:
the
Arch-
regarding
the
advice
of
members
I
blhoP
of
Canterbury
and
.Bishop
of
the
government
who
suggested
!
of
Bradford
yesterday
rallied
to
that
her
trip
would
only
.weaken
the
defence
,
of
the
Archbishop
of
,
their
hands,
Madame
cmang
.K.ai-
j
York
aJJ
blUer
resentment
was
ex-
Shek.
wile
oi
tne
rremier
oi
Operate
Another
Year
In
Waters
0
Siberia
No
Promises,
However,
Made
as
to
Future
After
That
Time
Negotiations
Had
Been
Held
up
by
Anti-Communist
Pact
MOSCOW,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Japan
has
been
given
the
right
to
continue
fishing
in
Siberian
waters
for
one
year.
Officials
of
the
Soviet
Foreign
Office,
which
has
been
hesitating
for
some
time,
approved
extension
of
the
expiring
agreement
but
made
no
promises
for
the
future.
Russia
had
previously
agreed
to
an
eight-year
renewal
but
negotiations
ended
abruptly
on
November
9
when
tho
Berlin-Tokvo
nact
ae-ainst
Communism
was
signed.
Tokyo
has
bpn
officially
advised
of
the
decision
of
the
Soviet
to
extend
the
agreement.
LEON
TROTSKY
ON
WAY
TO
MAKE
NEW
HOME
IN
MEXICO
OSLO,
Norway.
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Announcement
was
made
yesterday
that
Leon
'Trotsky',
exiled
Russian
Bol-
shevlst
leader,
who
has
been
Rented.
reiugevln.mostj4
.Jthe.
countries
of
the
world
and
whose
time
In
Norway
was
about
up.
sailed
on
Saturday
for
Vera
Cruz,
Mexico,
where
he
has
been
granted
a
permit
to
make
his
future
home.
He
Is
accompanied
by
his
wife
and
armed
guard.
Announcement
of
Trotsky's
departure
was
de-
Uberately
withheld
to
Insure
against
possible
demonstra-
tlons.
TRAGEDY
ATXMAS
One
Small
Child
Killed
in
San
Francisco
and
Six
Others
Injured
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Dec.
23:
One
who
has
been
held
capUw
China,
.
.
.
slx
other
children
ranging
in
age.
for
ten
days
by
Communist
rebels.
Eight
nlAtt
from
Edmonton
where
re-!
tremendously
wealthy.
Her
brother
thirty--oorts
had
been
flying
thick
and!ur
n
aiso
engaged
m
me
k,
tomorrow).
The
storm
on
the
Pacific
has
apparently
dispersed
and
It
U
becoming
coklor,
on
the
mainland.
Prince
Rupert
'District.
-
Fresh
winds,
mostly
easterly,
becoming
somewhat
colder
with
scattered
snow
flurries.
Wrxt
Coast
or
vancuuver
isl
and
Frerh
to
strong
winds
shift
fast
that
he
had
resigned
lroml"1-6U''""""10
B
''U"-u
result
In
the
early
release
of
the
government
Coupled
with
'the
report
of
thelCnlanB
nd
an
end
cf
clv11
ffiE
Uvvinf
nn
uns
nnftthnr
fhif
Ilrtn
vunuiuvu,
N.
E.
Tanner,
Speaker
of
the
Legislature
and
member
for
Card-ston,
would
succeed
Ross.
Premier
Offers
ti.i,
,
,
.
.
.
lro:n
rour
to
seven
were
injured
in
urenaergasr,
oiuari
Muraocn
mc-
Hsueh-
heads
aS...o
against
x
Former
or
King
...
Ed-
,
.
...
fllirprt
)
.
In
o
n
rnlllslnn
...,
,n(1
lhrnntnV
anri
.Tohn
wmum
iuiiufi
iviaicL
w.r.6
iLtonK.
left
yesterday
by
allanci
ward
yin.
Tiie
Coronation
pf
King-
at
-a
strett
intersectlon
here
last
Z
tTrTtrZZ
VI.lt
is
said
will
made
ni?ht.
The
chlldren
were
on
thelr
whn
U
hplno-
holrt
for
$13,000,000'
me
sign
iui
a
ivv.vai
ui
iCBlul,
...
wuy
w
a
wuisiuias
nee
ci.:t-
ransom.
me
oi
me
dhhu
jjcup.c
n
.......
...w...
It
was
later
reported
that
she
spiritual
renaissance
will
be
es-,
nr.
minister
of
minps
in
thfl
Al-iad
seen
her
husband
and
open-
berta
Social
Credit
government,
cd
negotiations.
A
member
of
the
on
his
nrriv.il
hprp
vestordav
btlSoon
family.
Madame
Chiang
is
His
Condolences
Calls
Personally
at
Hospital
To
Sympathize
with
Bereaved
And
Injured
Woman
and
dropped
to
$1.22
yesterday.
The;
OTTAWA,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
Chicago
price
was
off
2','bc
to
c
.
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mac
at
$1.3534.
ikenzle
King
called
personally
yes
terday
at
the
hospital
to
offer
his
sympathy
to
Mrjs.
Glroux
who
lost
CAPETOWN,
pec.
23:
(CP)
five
of
her
children
when
fire
lnir
lo
Westerly;-
with
scattered
jfiouth
Africa's
population
was
destroyed
herVmodest
home
In
ths
parine.
I
swelled
by
3.549
tmmlzrants
dur-
aiwwv.
-
.
....
....
....
..
.
Ouceh
Charloue
isianas
rresnnng
tne
urst
six
montns
or
liMts,
Winds,
pin
ciouuy
anu
juui
oi
wus
iiuiuuer
oniy
tot
were
1
1
niiuua.
i'ower
part
of
the
city,
she
her-rclf
suffering
serious
Injuries
In
sayed.
Lord
Beaverbrook's
Evening
Standard
rebuked
church
heads
for
their
renewed
attack
upon
the
started
throwing
stones
at
Christmas
time.
If
they
had
anything
to
say
it
should
have,
been
at
the
time
of
the
abdication
andjnot
now.
The
most
of
the
newspapers
con-
Today's
Weather
lOovprnnwMit,
Telegraphs)
'
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
wind,
6
miles
per
hour;
light
Xhe
Dally
Mail
expressed
opinion
Lftngara
Islandcloudy
nortn.
that
the
Archbishop
of
Yorks
re-
wlnd
5
mles
hour.
taro.
newed
attack
at
this
time
was
par-
met3r
29
4Q.
temperature,
38;
sea
Mcularly
out
of
place
at
this
season,
ny-derate.
It
urged
that
tne
aiiair
oi
fting
Dead
Trce
Point
(Clear,
light
Edward
be
forgotten.
-
notthetty
wind;,
bafohleter.
29.58:
The
Morning
Post
wondered
what
temperature.
33;
light
swell,
would
happen
If
all
churchmen
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
28.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
Bunrs
take
Bright
calm,
21.
Stewart
Snowlns.
calm,
32.
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
slder.the
Archbishpp
of
'
York'?.
at-;Daromeier'
la-w-
.,
,
(J
.
1
Vldtorla-Falr,
southerly
wind.
8
tack
in
poor
taste..,
From
Enzcf
eld;
Austria,
the
Duke
"jxr
hour;
barometer,
29
72
of
Windsor,
aroused
to
fury,
was
TT
Rfllng'v
4
mlles
r
touri
"-ometer,
reported
to
have
telephoned
to,
gjj'
London
with
a
view
to
Instituting
'
'
proceedings
for
legal
protection
!
against
such
attacks.
!
'Queen
Mary
and
King,
George!
,
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YORK
PIONEER
ISDEAD
Donald
McLeod,
Here
for
Twenty-
Seven
Years,
Passes
Away
At
Aire
of
Seventy-Five
Donald
McLecd.
.
another
of
Prlncftupeit'fc.
-well
.known
and
highly
esteemed
pioneer
citizens,
passed
away
at
10
o'clock
at
tho
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
In
falling
health
for
some
years,
his
condition
had
grown
steadily
worse
during
the
past
three
months
and
he
had
been
a
patient
in
the
hospital
for
less
than
a
month.
Seventy-five
years
of
age
and
born
in
Lochlnver,
Sutherland-shire",
Scotland,
the
late
Mr.
Mc
Leod
left
the
Old
Country
in
1907
and,
after
two
years
at
Kenora,
Ontario,
ame
to
Prince
Rupert
In
1909,
having
made
his
home
here
continuously
since
that
time.
Ho
was
engaged
in
the
shoe
business.
Ills
wife
and
family
came
here
In
1912
.
and
the
family
home
is
at
410
Sixth
Avenue
West.
The
bereaved
family,
to
whom
the
sympathy
of
many
friends
will
be
extended,
Includes
the
widow,
four
sans,
Murdo,
William,
Alex
(Toronto)
and
John,
and
three
daughters,
Mrs.
Christina
Pren-dergast
and
Annie
and
Netta.
There
are
also
four
grandchildren
Viola
Mary
and
Donald
Matthew
McLeod,
the
last
mentioned
hav
ing
been
bom
only
on
Sunday.
A
sister
of
deceased
Is
Mrs.
John
McRae
of
Kelwood,
Manitoba,
who
wa3
called
to
the
city
recently
and
Is
now
here
The
late
Mr.
McLeod
as
a
Presbyterian
and
a
staunch
Literal.
He
was
also
a
member
of
tho
Prince
Rupert
Pioneers'
Associa
tion,
The
funeral
will
take
place
Saturday
afternoon
from
First
Presbyterian
Church.
Seven
Thousand
Men
to
Benefit
Increased
Waccs
Will
Result
From
Decision
of
C.
N,
R.
to
Increase
Working
flours
In
Shops,
,
MONTREAL,
Dec.
23:
(CP)
About
7500
men
in
ten
shops
from
Moncton
to
Port
Mann
will
benefit
as
a
result
of
the
decision
of
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways,
as
announced
yesterday
by
Mcnir
vnov
r
no.
,rn,
rm
...
...
...
.wn.v,
icv.
o.
iv-r;-ii.e
me
presiaent
ana
cnairman
or
tne
were
reoortert
to
be
prenarlng
to,
Canadian
dollar
was
trading
at
a'
board
of
directors
S
J
Hunner.
Jumping
from
.
a
seconrj,
storey
use
their
Influence
to
silence
the
premium
of
3-32c
on
the
New
York1
ford,
to
restore
its
principal
shop3
window
of
the
blazing
house.
church
heads.
"
foreign
exchange
market
yesterday,
to
a
full
time,
basis.
o
ill
Oft