SMITHERS,
Dec
9:
The
large!
dairy
barn
on
the
Woodlawn
Dairy
firm
owned
by
Ocorge
Oulton
j
was
destroyed
by
fire
on
Satur-i
day
evening
about
5
o'clock.
Mr
Oulton
had
gone
Into
thei
hay
loft
with
a
lantern
to
throw!
tytta
hay
for
the
catUe
and
had'
hung
the
lantern
on
a
nail.
The
iarif
:rn
fell
off
and
landed
in
the
hay
which
immediately
took
flrej
and
clos-d
off
the
only
exit
from
he
hay
mow,
trapping
Mr.
Oulton
;
upstairs.
He
tried
to
kick
some,
beards
off
the
butfding
to
makej
ha
cxape
tut
was
unable
to
do!
a
but
there
was
an
opsnlng
high
j
In
the
peak
of
the
gable
where'
hay
is
drawn
up
on
a
cable
when
'
putting
hay
Into
the
loft
and'
from
which
opening
the
hay
cable
was
still
hanging,
left
there
fi.,m
tha
work
of
the
summer
Mr
Oulton
was
able
to
haul
himself
up
by
the
studding
and
bracing
until
he
reached
the
cable
and
slid
down
to
the
ground
about
30
fect
below.
He
only
got
out
In
:.tck
as
the
flames
"had
'
covered
the
whole
hay
loft
when
he
made
his
escape.
His
cattle
were
all
tied
ud
on
the
ground
floor
and
he
ran.
around
the
building
to
the
dooriy
J
If
n
.1
fl
to
let
the
cattle
out.
Fortunately
ftUlff
WaMS
tO
flaVe
DOtll
HlS
linn
tr
o
n-
i
1
w
--b
w.
.uio
Ytat
wits
yossui"
ng
the
road
near
the
place
In!
his
rar
saw
the
fire
and
nriWrf
"19
barn
door
at
the
same
time
Mr
Oulton
got
to
the
ground
uf
betwsen
them
they
managed
''
gei
all
the
stock
out
of
the
ton
although
the
fire
had
drop-
Pei
from
the
loft
and
the
trrour.d
Iter
was
afire
before
they
got
them
all
out.
The
barn,
which
was
70
fpi
tong,
as
well
as
the
large
silo
at
the
end
of
the
barn,
was
totally
dr
"
oyed
Mr
Oulton
was
alone
In
the
barn
af
the
time
but
his
cries
brought
n'"d
from,
j.
h.
Trcmbley,
Lib-
was
leading
Dr.
w.
Desros
cocjoi'
credit,
by
tt
night
following
Pwwlns!
al
by-clectlon.
140
votes
Monday's
MPT.
McKINNON
ARRIVES
Capt
Dan
McKlnnon
arrived
in
"le
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
Vancouver
to
assume
"ls
duties
as
resident
pilot,
having
recently
been
appointed
to
the
ca&l
pilotage
service.
ACE
PTABLE
DONATIONS
Two
very
acceptable
dona-
Hons
have
been
received.
One
was
from
the
Canadian
Na-
tlonal
Recreation
Association,
ered
to
individual
addresses.
The
other
was
a
gift
of
money.
All
were
equally
acceptable.
.
Cash
received
so
far
for
the
Salvation
Army
Christmas
campaign
includes:
M.
A
$
5.00
Previously
acknowledged
10.00
Total
$15
ed"
and
obscrveci
mai
at
no
ume;
a
gut
0r
live
nve-aonar
nam-
t
the
ouestlon
of
tne
crown,
Ders
of
erocerles
to
be
dellv-
-
I
w
overriding
the
government
ever
arisen,
.
.
Prime
Minister
Baldwin,
mcn-tionlnc
to
Parliament
today
the
discussion
with
the
King,
told
the
House
that
he
hoped
to
mane
a
statement
tomorrow
on
King
Ed-Rriward's
decision
regarding
his
to
marry
Mrs.
Simpson.
A
dramatic
debate
ensued.
On
all
(Continued
on
page
Four)
.
,4
JT
Montreal
hears
that
Canadian
VJekers,
Ltd..
of
that
city
has
signed
a
contract
to
supply
the
British
government
with
100
bombJ
lng
aeroplanes
at
a
total
cost
of
$1,800,000
as
a
result
of
negotiations
by
a
representative
of
the
Imperial
government.
Company
officials.
have
not
confirmed,
the
-report.
The
Canadian
Vlckers,
Ltd.,
drydock
aUjrjfe
the
Montreal
waterfront
as
seen
from,
the
air.
Is
shown
In
this
Canadian
Airways,
Ltd.,
photograph;
"the
light
bombing
aeroplane
Is"
one
of
the
fastest
and
most
recent
machines
:
built
for
the
British
government
In
an
extensive
air
construction
program.
British
government
plans
call
for
this
type
of
bomber
In
the
rearmament
drive.
Throne
and
Mrs.
Simpson;
No
Settlement
of
Crisis
as
Yet
LONDON,
Dec.
9:
King
Edward
wants
to
retain
the
throne
and
he
also
wants
to
have
Mrs.
Wallis
Warfield
Simpson.
This
he
is
said
to
have
intimated
last
night
at
Fort
Belvedere
in
a
conference
with
Prime
Minister
Stanley
Baldwin
at
which
his
two
brothers,
the
Duke
of
York
and
the
Duke
of
Kent,
were
both
present.
The
monarch
was
reported
to
have
put
the
.
responsibility
for
a
final
decision
on
the
question
back
on
Premier
Mi
Oulton
to
th
s!Pno
aithniiriBaldwLn
when
he
asked
that
the,
-he
was
not
able
to
do
anything
!
government
reconsider
its
stand
w
aid
him.
He
had
a
miraculous
escap-
from
the
fire
The
farm
Is
situated
at
the
b"dge
across
the
BulKey
River
we
mile
from
Smlthers
and
the
toe
lit
up
the
sky
for
some
time,
80
rapid
was
the
spread
of
the
toe
that
nothing
could
have
been
"one
towards
saving
the
bulld-'n3
There
was
about
55
tons
of
"ay
in
the
loft
at
the
time
of
the
fire
Mr
Oulton
carried
some
Insurance
on
the
building
but
noth-Jnn
on
the
hay
or
other
contents
his
loss
Is
a
severe
one.
Liberal
Still
Has
Lead
Over
Social
Credit
EDMONTON,
Dec,
9:
With
only
of
opposition
to
the
marriage
with
Mrs
Simpson
as
long
as
he
re-J
mnina
iflnap
tt
rrn:IHred.
AC-I
the
government
had
given
him
ad
vice
which
It
should
net
have
done.
However,
he
Intimated
that
he
did
not
Intend
to
defy
his
ministers
final
decision.
This
was
taken
to
Indicate
that
he
was
prepared
to
abdicate
unless
the
government
could
allow
him
some
means
of
marryins
Mrs.
Simpson.
"I
want
to
bs
a
King
like
my
father,"
Edward
is
said
to
have
declared
"and,
like
my
father,
I
want
to
have
a
harmy
home.
I
want
to
be
King
In
a
constitution-,
al
way
and
I
am
ready
to
devote
my
life
to
the
Empire."
1he
Morning
Tost,
supposedly
close
to
the
King,
complained
bitterly
today
that,
whether
the
King
remained
on
the
Throne
unwed
or
abdicated
and
married
the
woman
of
his
choice,
his
life
was
bound
to
be
unhappy.
The
Express
rejoiced
today
that
the
"constitutional
crisis
has
end
Alberta
Opens
Working
Camps
cordine
to
certain
reports,
mat
i
"""""'"''"
With
Financial
Assistance
By
Federal
Government
EDMONTON,
Dec.
9:
Hon.
Dr
W.
W.
Cross,
minister
of
relief,
an
nounced
.
last
night
that
thre
working
camps
wore
to
be
opened
at
once
in
the
Crow's
Nest
Pas.3
district.
The
work
to
be
carried
out
will
be
financed
by
federal
loans.
There
was
no
Indication
a
to
how
many
work
camps
would
ba
operated
in
the
province
thl.
winter.'
I
Late
Telegraphs
j
BABE
REJECTS
OFFEK
NEWYOKK
Babe
Ruth
has
definitely
rejected
an
offer
to
manage
the
Albany
Club
in
the
International
Baseball
League.
TROTSKY
TO
MEXICO
OSLO
The
Norwegian
government
announced
yesterday
that
the
authorities
of
Mexico
liad
agreed
to
give
residence
in
that
republic
to
Leon
Trotsky,
exiled
Russian
Bolshevik
leader,
whose
time
of
refuge
in
Norway
is
about
up.
KILLED
IN
PORTUGAL
LISBON
Forty
were
killed
and
200
injured
when
a
school
house
collapsed
last
night
in
a
town
near
here.
A
Catholic
Church
meeting
was
being
held.-
FRENCH
PLANE
DOWN
MADRID
The
Spanish
government
announced
last
night
that
a
rebel
scout
plane
had
shot
down
a
French
chartered
plane
over
Spanish
territory.
On
the
plane
were
two
newspapermen
and
a
Red
Cross
man.
None
were
killed.
Frank
Johnson
Of
Quick
Dies
Pioneer
of
Bulkley
Valley
Passes
j
Came
to
District
Before
Railway
SMITHERS,
Dec.
9:
Frank
Johnson
of
Quick,
wall
known
old
timer
and
cowboy
of
the
Bulkley
Valley,
died
In
the
Smlthers
hospital
Sunday.
lie
arrived
In
Hazel-ton
several
years
ahead
of
the
railway
and
has
been
In
the
district
ever
since
and
Is
well
known
throughout
the
Bulkley
Valley.
Funeral
Notice
4
4
..olio
Church.
Tom
Mooney
Has
54th
Birthday
Was
Twenty-First
Famous
Cali
fornia
Convict
Had
Spent
Behind
Bars
1
SAN
QUENTIN,
Cal.,
Dec.
9:
-
Tcm
Moaney,
serving
a
sentence
of
life
imprisonment
at
San
Quen-t
tin
Penitentiary
for
his
participation
in
the
fatal
Preparedness
Day
demonstrations
on
Market
Street
in
San
Francisco
In
1916,
had
his
fifty-fourth
birthday
yesterday,
It
being
his
twenty-first
behind
the
bars.
Mooney's
attor
news
announced
that
new
pro
ceedings
would
be
instituted
in
January
with
a
view
to
securing
him
a
parole.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Telegraphs)
Triple
Island
Overcast,
raining,
strong
southeast
wind,
light
chop.
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
raining,
southerly
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.97;
temperature,
42;
sea
moderate.
Dead
Tree
Point
OJoudy,
calm;
barometer,
30.72;
temperature,
38,
sea
smooth.
Estevart
Cloudy,
north
wind,
i
miles
per
hour;
barometer;
30.30.
Victoria
Raining,
sduu7jt
wind,
8
miles
par
hour;
barometer.
30.32.
Vancouver
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer,
30.28.
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
30.22.
?
Terrace
Ciouay,
cairn,
49.
Anyox
CJoudy,
calm,
24.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
25.
Hazel
ton
Cloudy,
calm,
16.
f
Smlthers,
Cloudy,
calm,
cold.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm
5
above.
I
BYLAW
FINALLY
ADOPTED
City
Commissioner
W,
Jt
Alder,
'ing
of
The
funeral
of-
Pierre,,
Olalzola
fitting
as
a
city
council
this
morn-1
unions,
LOS
ANGELES,
Dei,
:
Aimee
Semple
McPherson
had
her
say
In
1
court
yesterday
preparatory
tajtfce
(Siander
trial
which
Is
being
I
brough
t
against
her
by
Rheba
Crawford,
former
Broadway
act
ress.
I
The
Foursquare
Gospel
evangel
ist
Insisted
that
Miss
Crawford
had
started
all
the
trouble.
When
asked
If
It
was
true
that
she
(Mrs.
McPherson)
had
dreams
!due
to
alcohdoc
or
narcotic
inhibitions,
the
envangellst's
coun
sel
refused
to
permit
her
to
answer,
remarking
that
it
was
an
"insulting
question."
Weather
Forecast
(Furnished
throujn
the
courtesy
of
t!.e
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
it
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
Thla
tore-Mst
U
compiled
from
observations
taken
at
5
a.m.
today
and
covers
the
3d
ur
period
ending
5
pjn.
tomorrow).
Pressure
Is
falling
off
the
Nor-
"Jthern
coast
and
fair
weather
pre
vails
in
unusn
Columbia.
Prince
Rupert
District
Mostly
D
I
IDn
-
Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
Raining,
fresh
autheast
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
High
10:45
a.m.
19.9
ft.
barometer,
30.20
(steady);
temperature,
23:46
p.m.
17.1
ft.
42;
sea
choppy.
Low
4:28
a.m.
95
ft.
17:38
p.m.
5.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.
&va,
.
,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
9,
1936
PRICE:
5
CENTS
VU.
l
FOU&EEN
ARE
SMITHERS
HAS
FIRE
IJi
Barn
on
ucorgc
uuiton's
Dairy
Farm
is
Destroyed
Narrow
Escape
Trapped
in
Loft,
Interior
Milk
Operator
Nearly
Lost
Life
j
Report
100
Bombers
For
Britain
to
be
Built
in
Canada
IN
AIR
CRASH
Dutch
Air
Liner
Comes
Down
in
Flames
After
Leaving
Croydon
Port
i
;
'Juan
de
la
Cierva,
Inventor
of
Autogyro,
and
Admiral
Arvid
Lindman,
Former
Swedish
Secretary
Of
State,
Among
Those
Killed
;
CROYDON,
Eng.,
Dec.
9:
(CP)-At
least
fourteen
persons,
including
Jean
de
la
Vierva,
inventor
of
the
autogyro,
were
killed
today
in
a
Dutch
air
liner
which
crashed
and
burned
near
Croydon
airdrome
four
minutes
after
leaving
for
Amsterdam.
Fifteen
passengers
and
a
crew
of
four
were
aboard.
Five
were
dragged
from
the
burning
wreckage
and
rushed
to
hospital.
Admiral
Arvid
Lindman.
former
Swedish
Secretary
of
State,
was
another
prominent
victim.
Evangelist
Is
Insulted
Aimec's
Counsel
Refuses
to
Let
Her
Answer
Questions
Regarding
Alcoholic
or
Narcotic
Dreams
FLOOD
HAS
HUGE
TOLL
May
Never
be
Definitely
Known
How
Many
Have
Perished
In
Phllliplnes
MANILA,
Dec.
9:
(CP)
Except.,
for
the
general
knowledge
that
It
wilKfun
.-ft'elUliver
jixthpusand,-
there
was
no
definite
estimate
up
to
today
of
the
death
toll
left
by
flood
waters
of
the
Cayagan
River,
larg
est
In
the
Phllliplnes,
which
over
flowed
Into
the
Cayagan
farming
:area,
Army
advices
said.
Entire
populations
of
suburban
clusters
of
native
huts
were
wiped
out
In
what
was
called
the
greatest
disaster
the
Phllliplnes
had
ever
known
.
Authorities
feared
the
exact
toll
would
probably
never
be
known.
Fifty-four
villages
were
known
to
be
Inundated
In
the
most
populous
rural
section
of
Luzon
Island.
',
At
some
points
flood
waters
;
reached
a
height
of
six
feet
over
.
telephone
poles.
i
Pope
Pius
Is
Busy
at
Work
fair
and
mild
today.
Strong
south-
'
7
east
wind
and
probably
rain
VATICAN
CITY.
Dec.
9:
(CP)ii
Thursday.
pope
plus,
"much
better"
aftef-5a
Queen
Charlotte
Island
Fair
to-
paralytic
stroke,
Insisted
yesterday
day
followed
by
southerly
gales
;
upon
resuming
his'
full
routlnef
and
becoming
more
unsettled..
activity.
At
the
Insistence
of
his
West
Coast
Vancouver
Island
physicians,
however,
he
spent
the
Strong
to
moderate
west
to
south-;
day
In
bed.
The
Pontiff
was
In
ex-wost
winds,
Increasing
on
Thurs-
cellent
spirits
after
a
second
rest-day,
fair
and
mild.
(fui
night.
Pacific
Coast
Maritime
Workers'
,
Strike
About
Settled;
Only
One
Union
Fails
to
Make
Agreement
;
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Dec.
9:
The
maritime
workers'
,
strike,
which
has
paralyzed
shipping
on
the
Pacific
Coast
of
the
United
States
for
over
a
month
and
which
spread
J
to
Atlantic
and
Gulf
Coast
ports,
was
believed
last
night
to
be
closer
to
a
settlement
than
at
any
time
since
it
starred
forty
davs
ago.
One
only
unionmasters,
mates
and
pilots
naa
aiiea
to
reacn
'f""-"
ment
with
the
shipowners.
A
compromise
arrangement
was
said
to
have
been
settled
upon
j
between
the
shipowners
and
six
of
the
seven
principal
unions
whereby
lo?al
committee
would
be
established
In
each
port
consist-
00
wlll
take
plooe
tomorrow,
Thurs-1
ing
gave
final
reconsideration
and
j
owners
and
a
fede
federal
tftiiay,
at
9
o'clock
from.
the
Cath-
adoption
to
the
amended;
Trades
1
ld
committee
to
f
-
.
i
Licence
Bylaw.
.
i
Y'.V't
l
tlon
of
control
of
hiring
halls
appeared
to
be
weakening.
Last
night
there
was
a
mass
meeting
In
San
Francisco
at
which
representatives
of
both
sides
to
the
long
dispute
were
heard.
Mayor
John
F.
Dore,
who
had
travelled
a
representative
of
thei
from
Seattte
by
airplane,
was
ono
a
representative
of
the
of
the
speakers.
A
svmnathlzcr
mediator.
fettle
all
dls-
'putes.
The
deadlock
over
the
ques-
witli
the
strikers,
lie
reviewed
The
situation
as
he
saw
It
In
the
Puget
Sound
area.
.