kinir
Endand
had
ever
had.
His;
Income
was
placed
at
as
high
as
5,000,000
per
year
although
It
appears
difficult
to
ascertain
definitely
what
it
was.
His
Interests
In
clude
valuable
property
In
thei
heart
of
London
including
build-
J
lngs,
a
theatre
and
a
hotel,
mines
in
Wales,
ranches
In
Canada
and
the
Argentine,
the
holdings
of
duchies
as
well
as
other
Industrial
and
business
enterprises.
There
Is
much
speculation
as
to
the
exact
extent
of
his
wealth.
The
Duke
of
Windsor
will
now
receive
nothing..!
rqr$,.thewej$atc
f,
his
father,
the
late
King
oeorge.
whose
benlflclary
Is
named
Impersonally
as
the
reigning
monarch
now
George
VI,
the
second
son.
London
newspapers
gave
little
space
yesterday
to
the
movements
and
affairs
of
the
former
King,
some
ignoring
him
altogether.
Now
a
guest
at
the
chateau
of
Baron
Eugene
Rothschild
at
Voeslau
near
Vienna,
Edward
rose
late
in
the
morning
and
had
a
twenty-three
minute
long
distance
conversation
with
Mrs.
Wallls
Simpson.
Then
he
took
a
short
stroll
through
the
park
on
the
Rothschild
estate
and
played
a
round
of
golf.
Meantime,
It
Is
jnow
reported
that
the
ex-King
may
spend
Christmas
In
the
company
of
Mrs.
Simpson
at
the
castle
of
the
Arch
duchess
of
Hapsburg
near
Vienna.
An
Invitation
has
been
extended
to
the
American
divorcee.
Report
has
It
that,
soon
after
Mrs.
Simpson
gets
her
absolute
decree
of
divorce
on
April
27,
she
and
Edward
will
be
married
at
a
simple
and
niilet
peremonv
with
only
a
few
close
friends
attending.
New
King
Distressed
King
George
VI,
In
an
address
to
Parliament
yesterday
In
which
he
pledged
himself
to
uphold
the
honor
of
the
realm
and
the
happiness
of
the
people,
said
that
the
circumstances
of
his
accession
to
the
throne
had
caused
him
great
personal
distress.
The
new
King
and
Queen
with
their
daughters
are
still
In
resl-sidence
at
Piccadilly.
They
will
not
move
Into
Buckingham
Palace
until
extensive
alterations
are
made
there.
However,
the
King
attends
at
Buckingham
to
attend
to
mat
ters
of
state.
The
remarks
of
the
Archbishop
of
Canterbury
In
regard
to
the
"social
circle"
In
which
the
former
King
had
moved
caused
a
storm
in
the
American
colony
of
London
yesterday.
Today's
Weather
(
Ooveriuiioiit
Telegraph)
Terrace
Cloudy,
northeast
wind,
30.
Anyox
Raining,
southwest
wind,
38.
Hazclton
Cloudy,
calm,
23.
Smlthors
Part
cloudy,
calm,
frosty.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
oalm,
15.
Stewart
Snowing,
calm,
33,
ROOSEVELT
FORMALLY
RE-ELECTED
MONDAY
BY
ELECTORAL
COLLEGE
Stocks
in
New
Over
4
WASHINGTON,
Dec.
15:
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
was
of-
ficlally
re-elected
President
of
the
United
States
with
John
Nance
Garner
as
vlce-presl-
dent
when
531
members
of
the
electoral
college
assembled
In
the
capitals
yesterday
to
for-
mally
name
the
nation's
lead-
ers.
1
Late
Telegraphs
FOrE
HAS
RELAPSE
VATICAN
CITY
Pope
Pius
suffered
a
relapse
this
afternoon.
His
Holiness'
personal
phy-
.sician
administered
a
heart
sti
mulant.
HAS
HEADACHE
v
EN7.EFIELD,
Austria
Intensive
strain
of
the
past
week
kept
Former
King
Edward
VIII
In
bed
today
with
a
headache.
York
Go
Down
One
Million
Shares
Chang
Hands
Saturday
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
15:
Stook,
transactions
on
the
New
York
Exchange
in
Saturday's
short
session
totalled
1.240,000
shares.
The
downward
.movement
of
Friday
continued
with
the
inausinai
av-at
closing
180.92,
off
.18;
rails,
54.93,
off
.04,
and
utilities,
35.26,
off
.14.
The
Industrial
average
yesterday
was
up
.95;
rails,
off
.11,
and
utilities
up
.95.
ARE
HELD
BY
STORM
Two
Vessels,
Going
North
With
Relier
Supplies
For
Alaska,
Anchored
Near
Wrangell
KETCHIKAN,
Alaska,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
Winds
of
hurricane
Intensity
forced
the
steamer
Arctic
and
the
crippled
motorship
North
Star,
enroute
from
Seattle
to
Alaska
points
with
relief
supplies
due
to
the
maritime
workers'
strike
and
shipping
tie-up,
to
anchor
in
Scow
Bay
near
Wrangell
Monday.
The
North
Star's
propeller
and
rudder
were
damaged
in
an
Arctic
Ice
pack
near
Point
Barrow
to
which
point
it
had
recently
carried
goods
for
the
relief
of
near-starving
.Eskimos.
Power
Corp.
Pays
Dividend
Directors
Declare
Twenty-Five
Cent
Payment
on'
Common
Stock
MONTREAL
Dec.
15:
Power
Corporation
of
Canada
has
declared
an
Interim
dividend
of
25
cents
a
share
on
Its
common
stock,
payable
December
21
to
shareholders
of
record
December
5.
for
a
break
In
the
tie-up
remained
high.
The
only
issue
that
remains
to
be
settled
is
that
of
the
hiring
halls
and
indications
are
that
agreement
on
that
should
be
a
simple
matter.
The
other,
main
points
at
issue
have
been
Ironed
out.
.
,
ReresenteUves
vot
the
three
principal
Unions
and
owners
of
250
ships
which
are
tied
up
along
the
coast
were
In
conference
a
jood
deal
of
yesterday
and
are
again
in
session
today.
Progress
Great
Britain,
France
and
Italy
vas
evidently
being
made
in
their:
Among
Fourteen
Nations
Fail-
.legotlatlons
and
distinct
optlm
'sm
prevails.
Edward
S.
M:Gready,
assistant
ecretary
of
labor,
hopes
for
a
settlement
within
ten
days.
Harry
Bridges
Charges
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
15:
Saying
hat
he
did
not
expect
an
early
settlement,
Harry
Bridges,
stormy
longshoremen's
union
leader,
charred
in
New
York
yesterday
that
hlp-owners
.were
deliberately
prolonging
the
strike
on
the
Pacific
Coast
through
their
attitude.
He
predicted
the
establishment
of
a
National
Longshoremen's
Union
Including
workers
on
all
coasts.
Efforts
were
being
made
today
to
prevent
the
sailing
for
Europe
!of
the
liner
Washington
with
510
passengers
and
a
large
quantity
of
Christmas
mail.
Union
sources
say
that
seventy-
eight
vessels
and
13,000
workers
are
tied
up
on
account
oi
inc
strike
on
the
Atlantic
Coast.
Fruit
Tied
Up
SEATTLE,
Dec,
15:
Bananas
and
Japanese
oranges
for
the
Uni
ted
States,
which
have
been
un
loaded
at
Vancouver,
have
been
tied
up
In
railway
cars
after
frekht
handlers
refused
to
touch
l,hem.
They
were
declared
"un
air"
cargo.
France
and
Great
Britain
Work
To
End
Civil
War
'GENEVA,
Dec
14:
France
and
Great
Britain
ill
concentrate
their
energies
at
once
towards
bring
lne
about
an
early
end
to
the
This
Is
the
first
dividend
on
the
Spanish
civil
war
by
means
of
Junior
security
since
May
20,
1932.
when-
a
quarterly
disbursement
of
50
cents
a
share'
was
made:
During
the
fiscal
year
ended
June
30
last.
Power
Corporation
reported
earnings
of
50
cents
a
share
on
the
common,
as
against
42
cents
a
share
In
the
preceding
12
months.
At
the
same
time
equity
back
of
the
common
was
shown
at
$15.01
a
share,
as-against
$4.63
at
the
close
of
.'the
1935
year.
mediation,
the
League
of
Nations
Is
advised.
Italy
yesterday
announced
ac
ceptance
In
principle
of
the
Franco-British
mediation
plan
but
with
reservations
under
which
dip
lomatic
observers
felt
that
lmmedl
tate
poace
would
be
quite
Impossible.
Italy
said
It
favored
an
end
of
the
civil
-var
but
could
not
take
steps
which
would
embarrass
I
own
position.
LONDON,
Dec.
15:
One
of
the
moct
severe
storms
of
the
winter,
with
wind
velocity
of
70
miles
per
hour,
swept
In
from
th
Atlantic
Ocean
on
to
the
western
coast
of
England
late
yesterday
and
left
in
Its
wake
17
known
dead,
12
of
whom
were
on
one
small
boat
which
foundered,
many
In-
jured
and
large
property
da-
mage.
Numerous
vessels
sent
out
distress
signals
and
com-
munlcatlon
and
transporta-
tlon
facilities
were
badly
ham-
pered.
Ing
to
.Meet
War
Obligations
4
DEFAULT
ON
DEBTS
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec,
15:-Italy
followed
Great
Britain
and
France
last
night
by
announcing
it
would
default
on
war
debt
payments
due
today.
This
made
four
teen
nations
that
had
given
offi
cial
notice
of
intention
to
default
Italy
intimated
to
the
State
Department
that
it
regretted
It
was
not
In
a
position
to
offer
any
suggestion
as
to
either
part
or
full
payment.
The
French
answer
was
con
strued
by
the
State
Department
officials
as
meaning
that
Premier
"lum
had
the
will
but
not
the
Tay
to
meet
the
debt
owing
to
in
ternal
fiscal
committments.
Due
tr
his
program
of
expansion
he
ts
al
ready
faced
with
a
huge
deficit
TURKEY
FOR
UNCLE
SAM
Christmas
Consumption
Expected
To
Be
Double
That
Of
Last
Year
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Dec,
15:!
The
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
estimates
that
turkey
I
consumption
of
the
nation
this
Christmas
will
be
more
than
double
that
of
last
year,
the
reason
being
that
turkey
Is
almost
as
cheap
as
beef.
A
statistical
statement
yesterday
placed
cold
storage
holdings
of
turkey
yesterday
at
,18,550,000
pounds
as
compared
with
9,114,000
pounds
a
year
ago.
Seattle
Storm
Proves
Fatal
Three
At
Dead,
Sixteen
Injured
And
Least
200
Traffic
Accidents.
Counted
SEATTLE.
Dec
15:
Seattle
district
counted
three
dead,
sixteen
Injured
and
at
least
two
.
hundred
traffic
accidents
as
a
result
of
its
the
week-end
storm.
There
was
high
wind
and
heavy
rain,
-v
f
Today's
Weather
Tom
orrow
s
Tides
(8
AJW.)
lie
Trince
Rupert
Raining,
southeast
High
2:50
a.m.
19.1
ft;
wind,
C
miles
per'
hour;
barometer,
14:24.
p.m.
21.4
It.
29.72;
temperature,
40;
sea
Low
8:36
am.
8.1
ft,
rough.
21:11
p.m.
3.0
ft.:
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXV.,
r
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
15,
1936
PRICE:
5
CENTS
St40US
WINDSOR
.
WEALTHY
Abdicated
King
of
England
Believed
to
Have
Vast
Personal
Income
From
Many
Sources
Xmas
With
'Wally'
Wedding:
Plans
Are
Already
Being
Made
American
Colony
Aroused
LONDON,
Dec.
15:
The
former
King
Edward
VIII
may
have
to
undergo
a
means
test
before
any
Income
from
the
state
Is
settled
upon
him.
He
Is
known
to
have
a
large
personal
Income
and,
at
the
beginning
of
his
reign,
was
commonly
reported,
to
have
been
the
richest
SITUATION
IN
CHINA
NOW
PRINCESS
ROYAL
AT
WINDSOR
The
seldom
photographed
Princess
Royal,
sister
of
king
George,
Is
shown
above
as
she
inspected
the
Berkshire
branches
of
the
V.
A.
D,
at
Windsor.
With
her
Is
ths
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Berkshire,
A.
T.
Lloyd
and
in
the
back
behind
the
princess
is
her
son,
Lord
Lascelles.
General
Chiang
Kai
Shek
And
I
Other
Leaders
of
Nationalist
Government
Killed
by
Rebels
(STRIKE
END
IS
LOOMING:
indications
''Still
Appear
Hopeful
For
Ending
Tie-up
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
15:
In
dications
appear
hopeful
that
a
basis
of
settlement
for
the
marl-
time
workers'
strike
and
the
Pacific
Coast
shipping
tie-up
may
be
reached
within
the
next
few
days
between
the
shipowners
and
the
striking
workers.
It
was
the
.forty-seventh
day
of
the
strike
yesterday
and
prospects
FIERCE
STORM
SWEEPS
ENGLISH
WEST
COAST;
SEVEN1EEN
ARE
DEAD
!
MARTIAL
LAW
IS
PROCLAIMED
THROUGHOUT
COUNTRY
AFTER
COLD-BLOODED
SLAYING
SITUATION
IS
TENSE
WITH
JAPAN
AND
RUS
SIA
BOTH
WATCHING
CLOSELY.
SHANGHAI,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai
Shek
and
several
other
Chinese
military
leaders
were
killed
at
Sianfii
after
mutinous
communist-inclined
troops
had
rebelled,
Marshal
Chang
Hsueh-Liang
announced
by
radio
today.
Martial
law
was
proclaimed
throughout
China
by
the
Nanking
central
government
shortly
after
the
rebellious
marshal
had
announced
the
killing.
Cold-blooded
and
without
equivocation,
Chang
told
an
anxious-China
of
the
slaying
of
the
head
of
the
state.
His
statement
ended
intense
hopes
for
the
Premier's
safety.
It
followed
contradictory
reports
of
assassination
and
escape
of
Chiang
Kai
Shek
ever
since
last
Friday
when
he
was
detained
during
a
military
uprising
in
the
inner
provincial
capital,
his
captors
demanding
an
im
mediate
declaration
of
war
against
Japan.
In
the
hope
that
he
was
still
alive
Chinese
nationalist
troops
were
being
rushed
last
night
to
Sianfu.
Sot
his,
relief-
Marshal
Chang
also
announced
that
General
Chiang
Tso-Poin,
former
Chinese
ambassador
to
Tokyo;
General
Chiang
Fang
Chen
and
General
Chen
Cheng,
commander
of
bandit
suppression
forces,
were
also
killed.
The
situation
in
China
continues
extremely
tense.
Both
Tokyo
and
Moscow
are
watching
developments
closely.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
3.
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Johnston
Co.)
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B.
C.
Nickel,
.24.
Big
Missouri,
.51.
Bralorne,
7.55.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.042.
B
R.
X.,
.10.
Cariboo
Gold,
1.65.
Denitonla,
.11.
Dunwell,
,032.
Golconda,
.10
Vz.
Minto,
.19.
Morning
Star,
.02.
Noble
Five,
.04.
Pend
Oreille,
2
80.
Pioneer,
5.15.
Porter
Idaho,
.06.
Premier,
3.65,
Rrcves
McDonaM,
.37.
Reno,
1.25.
Relief
Arlington,
.31.
Reward,
MW
Salmon
Gold,
07
V.
Taylor
Bridge,
.07.
United
Empire,
.01.
Wayside,
.06
Vi.
Toronto'
Beattle,
1.24.
Central
Patricia,
4.80.
God3
lake,
1.00.
Int.
Nickel,
63.75,
Lee
Gold,
.06.
little
Long
Lac,
7.00.
,
McKsnzls
Red
Lake,
1.82.
Pickle
Crow,
7.25.
IV.l
LVe
Gold
Shore
1.47.
San
Antonla,
2.35.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2
60.
;
';
S'scoe,
4.30.
Ventures,
2.30.
M:Leod
Cockshutt,
5.00.
Oklend,
.54.
Mosher,
.66.
GUbtt,
.07.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.50.
May
Spiers,
37.
.Stadacona,
.90.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
10.
Francoeur,
1.10.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.5'2.
Perron,
2.24,
Mcneta
Porcupine,'
1.60.
Sladen
Malartlc,
163;;
Bouscadlllac,
.58.
'
"
Lapa
Cadlllac,;
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Morris
Klrkland,
.69.
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1
V4,
1
BACK
AT
CAPITOL
President
Roosevelt
In
Washington
After
Trip
to
South
America
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Dec,
15:
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Is
due
back
In
Washington
tonight
'
from
the
inter-American
peace
conference
at
Buenos
Aires.
He
will
immediately
set
to
work
on
pre
paring
his
Inauguration
address
and
his
next
message
to
Congress1
which
will
Include
his
plan
for
balancing
the
budget.
The
President
disembarked
from
the
cruiser
Indianapolis
Charleston
at
7:30
this
morning
to
a
twenty-one
gun
salute.
He
was
tanned
and
rested
in
appeax-lance
and
said
he
was
in
the
best
Chicago
Wheat
Prices
Away
Up
New
High
Mark
for
Recent
Years
Reached
in
Windy
City
Market.
Yesterday
I
!
CHICAGO,
Dec.
15:
WhMt
1
prices
on
the
Chicago
market
yei
'
terday
went
to
a
new
high
matJF
j
lor
recent
years.
In
Winnipeg
the
wheat
price
Jumped
the
limit
of
5c
today
to
$1.213e,
this
being
the
t
highest
price
In
seven
years.
1
King
of
Italy
Is
HI
in
Bed
ROME,
Dec.
15:
King
Victor
Emmanuel
of
Italy
is
under
-n
doctor's
care
suffering
from
.
an
attack
of
influenza
which
caused
him
to
'take
to
bed
yesterday.
His
indisposition
Is
described
as
being
"slight."