B.C.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
A.M.)
wmln
prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
southeast
High
4:22
a.m.
21.1
ft.
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
16:56
p.m.
17.9
ft.
moderate.
Low
11:00
a.m.
4.7
ft.
29.36;
sea
23:00
p.m.
65
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
l.
XXVI,
No.
38.
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iv
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RltiiH
WARSHIPS
FIRE
1GHT
HUNDRED
errible
Holocaust
In
Manchukuan
City
While
New
Year
is
Celebrated
Jany
Women
and
Children
Dramatic
Resort
is
Razed
by
I
lames
Thirty
Other
Buildings
Also
Destroyed
TOKYO,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
Bodies
of
eight
hundred
cele-rants
of
Chinese
New
Year
have
been
recovered
from
he
ruins
of
a
theatre
at
Antung,
Manchukuo,
which
was
roved
last
night
by
fire,
Japanese)
News
Agency
today.
Some
were
burned
to
nth,
other
suffocated
and
many
trampled
down
in
the
wild
panic.
The
lire
broke
out1
lien
7500
persons
Jammed
into
the
Ecatre
to
celebrate
the
lunar
New
war
by
watching
a
dramatic
pre
mutation,
IMost
of
the
victims
were
Chinese
gbjects
of
Manchukuo
and
many
:
them
were
women
and
children.
iFrora
the
theatre
the
conflagra-
pn
spread
to
thirty
other,
bulld-
lAntung-
is-ff
clty?of
"nbout'250,000
trsons
on
the
Yaul
River
between
lanchukuo
and
Korea.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Telegraph)
IHazelton-
Clear,
calm,
18
above
fsmithers-
-Snowing,
calm,
'cool.
IBurns
Lake
Bright,
calm.
27
iTerrace
Cloudy,
calm.
26
above
tiyansh-
-Clear,
calm,
26
above.
I
Alice
Arm
Cloudv.
calm.
21
ve.
Anyox-
-Cloudy,
calm,
23
above
j
Ibtewart
-Cloudy,
calm.
22
above.
I
Victoria.
-Cloudy,
southeast
wind
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.90.
Estcvan
Ralnlne.
southerly
tod,
36
milAS
rwr
Vinnr-
Jvn-n.
r
29.50.
Prince
Georce
Cloudv?
baro-
fter
29.36:
southeast
wind,
4
f'lcs
per
hour,
triple
Island
Part
cloudy
("rthwest
Wind.
4
ml1ps
nor
hrmr-
BRht
swell.
LEara
Island
Part
cloudy
effy
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
urometer.
29.24:
tenmpmhirp
35-
podcrate
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
n.
barometer.
29.20:
ttvra.
in
re.
28:
P'.
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer
ou.
Weather
Forecast
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CHICAGO
WHEAT
vvr
oC
10
"
.
-4c
the
Flee
'rne
Chicago
1C
with
.May
at
Are
Among
Victims
When
said
dispatches
to
Domei
GIVES
LIE
TO
RUMOR
British
Government
Has
No
Intention
of
Ceding
Land
To
Germany
Announced
LOMVOX,
Feb.
15:
crt
Viscount
Cranborne,
Under
Secretary
for
Foreign
Affairs,
in
the
House
of
Commons,
gave
a
blunt
denial
today
to
reports
that
Great
Britain
was
preparing
to
cede
territory
to
Germany.
Lord
Cranborne
said,
as
previously
stated,
that
His
Majesty's
government
had
not
considered
and
was
not
considering
any
such
project.
Japanese
Family
Being
Deported
S.
Iwashita
With
Wife
and
Children
Leaving
Country
After
Being
Here
For
Years
S.
Iwashita
with
his
wife
and
family
will
leave
here
tomorrow
afternoon
on
the
Catala
for
Vancouver
where
they
will
board
a
trans-Paclflc
liner
on
February
20
for
Japan.
Iwashltoa
and
his
wife
were
ordered
deported
recently,
having
entered
the
country
illegally
years
ago.
The
children
were
born
here.
Former
Bishop
Of
Kootenay
Passes
lit.
Kcv.
Alexander
J.
Doull
Dies
In
Vernon
After
Illness
of
Three
Years
VEItNON,
Feb.
15;
(CP)
Rt.
Rev.
Alexander
Doull,
former
Bishop
6f
Kootenay
and
later
assistant
to
the
Bishop
of
Sheffield,
Eng.,
died
In
hospital
here
yesterday.
He
had
been
In
ill-health
since
his
return
here
following
his
retirement
from
the
post
in
England
In
1934.
''
4
Dll.
WKIll
WILL
FIGHT
FOR
IIKALTH
INSURANCE
EVEN
IF
HE
IS
BEATEN
VICTORIA,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
"I
would
rather
go
down
at
the
polls
fighting
for
health
Insurance
than
be
successful
without
It,"
declared
Hon.
Dr.
O.
M.
Weir,
provincial
secre-
tary,
In
announcing
this
af-
ternoon
that
he
was
not
con-
sldering
resigning.
PPTMP1?
PTTPPPT
PP.
lUHMnAV
TOPDIIAnv
ir
mo-r
DIE
IN
THE
A
TRE
BALKING
DIVORCE
New
Measure
in
British
Hous
I
Tightens
Early
Wedlock
Later
Decree
Measure
Now
Going
Through
House
of
Commons
in
Old
Country
LONDON,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
A
juartsr-century
after
a
Roya!
Commission
recommended
more
liberal'
divorce
laws,
a
bill
implementing
many
reforms
advocate;
fias
been
given
second
reading
ir
he
House
of
Commons
and
Is
now
?oing
through
the
committee
.stage.
The
bill,
written
by
A.
P.
Herbert,
M.P.,
noted
humorist
and
xuthor
of
"Holy
Deadlock,"
provides
that
a
petition
for
divorce
may
be
presented
either
by
husband
or
wife
on
the
ground
that
he
respondent:
,
Has
committed
adultery.
2.
Has
deserted
the
petltlone:
Tor
a
period
of
at
least
three
years
''
Has-
treated'
"the'
5petlii6net
vith
cruelty.
4.
Is
incurably
insane
and
has
been
continuously
a
certified
lun-vtlc
for
a
period
of
at
least
five
years
immediately
preceding
the
presentation
of
the
petition.
5.
Is
an
incurable
habitual
drunkard
and
has
for
at
least
three
years
been
separated
from
'he
petitioner
in
consequence
of
habiitual
drunkenness.
6.
Is
undergoing
Imprisonment
on
a
commuted
death
sentence.
In
one
way
the
new
bill
would
'mpose
new
restrictions
on
divorce
While
with
one
hand
it
seeks
to
sweep
away
the
period
of
six
months
between
a
decree
nisi
and
the
making
of
that
decree
absolute,
with
the
other
It
would
In
troduce
an
entirely
new
.time-limit
by
making
It
impossible
to
gain
a
divorce
on
any
grounds
whatso
ever
during
the
first
five
years
of
marriage.
In
supporting
this
feature
of
the
bill,
speakers
argued
that
dur
ing
the
first
five
years
of
mar
riage
young
people
deserved
to
be
protected
from
moods
and
Impulses
which,
if
allowed
to
bear
them
Immediately
Into
the
divorce
court
might
wreck
their
whole
future
lives.
After
the
measure
had
passed
its
second
reading,
Its
author
declared
he
and
his
supporters
real
'red
the
struggle
was
then
only
"reginnlng
In
committee,
but
that
it
looked
as
if
the
"walls
of
Jeri
cho
were
falling
at
last."
The
bli:
went
to
a
"standing
committee,''
the
grave
of
many
legislative
efforts
that
ran
coulnter
to
powerful
forces.
!
Church
Much
Opposed
For
generations
the
Church
of
England
has
been
opposed
to
divorce,
and
as
a
rule
the
nonconformist
churches
have
sided
with
the
established
church
in
the
matter.
Some
of
the
Anglican
clcrfry
have
not
only
declined
to
marry
divorced
persons,
but
have
even
refused
to
make
an
exception
in
favor
of
those
who
have
been
innocent
parUes
In
divorce
pro
cecdlngs.
Prior
to
1857
a
special
Act
of
Parliament
was
required
for
each
marriage
dissolved.
In
that
year
parliament
passed
an
act
empowering
the
courts
to
act
in
divorce
cases
and
naming
adultery
as
the
ground
for
such
action,
j
This
.
law,
however,
set
up
.a
"double
standard"
unequal
rights
for
women
which
stood
until
1923
,
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
i
WILLIAM
GREEN,
IS
EXPELLED
FROM
iMINE
WORKERS
UNION
4
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
The
United
Mine
Workers
Union
policy
commit-
tee
directed
union
officers
to-
day
to
expel
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
from
the
Union.
In
a
resolution,
the
committee
foundGreen
guilty
of
treason
and
betrayal
of
la-
bor,
its
principles
and
its
Ideals.
4
t
4-
!
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STOCKS
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S.
D.
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Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.32.
Big
Missouri,
.63.
Bralorne,
8.55.
B.
R.
Cons..
.062.i
T.
B.
R.
X....13.
,5
)
Cariboo
Quartz,
162,
Denonla.
.19.
Dun
well,
.03?.
V
polconda,
.11.
Minto.
.24.
Y
Meridian,
.06.
;L
.;
,
MomlngStarK03
vfjpN
Noble
Five,
.144.
T
Pend
Oreille,
4.15.
Pioneer,
6.40.
Porter
Idaho,
.12.
Premier,
3.95,
Reeves
McDonald,
1.30.
Reno,
1.18.
Relief
Arlington,
.30
2.
Reward,
.18.
Salmon
Gold,
.10.
Taylor1
Bridge,
.11
Vi.
Wayside,
.06
Y2,
Hedley
Amalgamated,;
.98'2.
Premier
Border,
.034.
Sftbak
Premier.
3.15.
Congress,
.122.
Silver
Crest.
.13.
Home
Gold,
.04.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.99,
Calmont,
1.43.
r
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.332.
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.31.
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.60.
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.69.
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.25.
Okalta,
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.36.
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.480.
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.87.
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64.50.
Lee
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.06.
Little
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7.65.
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McKenzie
Red
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L83.
Pickle
Crow,
8.45.
Red
ake
Gold
Shore,
1.50.
San
Antonio,
2.10.
Sherritt
Gordon,
3.15,
Slscoe,
5.90.
Smelters
Gold,
.08.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
205.
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.40.
W
Mosher,
.42.
"V
Gilbec,
.06.
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Red
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1.35!'
May
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.27.
Sullivan,
1.93.
Stadacona,
1.55.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.17.
Francceur,
1.29.
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Eastern',
,l3ia,
Moneta
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1.84.
Rubec,
.08.
Thompson
Cadillac,
1145.
Bailor.
.08.
Bankfleld,
1.43.
East
Malartlc,
1.76.
Preston
East
Dome.
1.37.
Hutchison
Lake,
.34.,
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
10:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.32'4
on
the
Vancouver
market
Saturday.
Today's
price
was
$1.30.
'
Insurgent
Flying
Machine
Tries
To
Hit
Couple
of
Destroyers
Off
Algeria
But
Missed
Mark
REBELS
ARE
ADVANCING
Insurgents
Are
Storming
Another
Spanish
Town
Hungry
Wo-
men
Parade
Barcelona
j
'
MADRID,
F?b.
15:
The
insurgents
claimed
Saturday
night,
tc
have
further
advanced
on
Madrid
:
from
the
southeast.
They
were
yesterday
storming
the
town
of
rganda,
16
miles
from
the
capital
The
government
announced
that,
since
the
siege
of
Madrid
started,
574
persons
had
been
killed
263
'children.
161
women
and
150
men.
j
There
had.been
1800
wounded.
Hungry
women
were
reported
tc
I
have
paraded
the
streets
of
Bar
celona,
a
Socialist
stronghold,
yes
terday,
demanding
food.
King
and
Queen
Are
Acclaimed
!
Their
Majesties
Appear
in
I'ubllt
I
For
First
Time
Since
Accession
LONDON,
Feb.
15:
King
George
VI
and
Queen
Elizabeth
made
their
first
public
appearance
together
In
London
Saturday
following
the
accession.
Thousands
of
loyal
subjects
lined
the
streets
to
cheer
them.
Princess
Royal
Leaves
Vienna
Emotions
Shown
as
Royal
Brother
And
Sister
Part
VIENNA,
Feb.
15:
The
Earl
and
Countess
of
Harewood
left
Vienna
Saturday
following
a
week's
visit
with
Princess
Royal's
brother,
the
former
King
Edward
VIII.
Both
Princess
Royal
and
the
former
King
were
deeply
affected
as
they
said
their
farewells
at
the
railway
station.
Princess
Royal
burled
her
face
In
a
"huge
bouquet
of
red
roses.
Heavy
Gale
Is
Felt
Here
With
Varied
Weather
One
of
the
winter's
most
severe
gales
swept
over
Prince
Rupert
during
Saturday
night
and
into
late
Sunday
morning,
reaching
a
maximum
velocity
of
fifty-six
miles'
an
hour.
There
was
swirling
wet
snow
which
turned
almost
Into
rain
before
stopping
In
the
afternoon.
The
barometer
later
rose
and
the
wind
moderated
with
skies
clear
for
a
while
last
evening
only
to
be
followed
later
by
more
rain
and
then
frost.
The
gale,
a
southeaster,
apparently,
did
no
damage
of
consequence.
DOLLAR
IN
NEW
YORK
'
NEW
YORK.
Feb.
15:
(CP)
The
Canadian
dollar
closed
at
99
31-32c
on
the
New
York
foreign
exchange
market
on
Saturday.
POUND
IN
MONTREAL
MONTREAL.
Feb.
15:
(CP)
The
British
pound
sterling
closed
at
$4.89
17-32
on
the
Montreal
ex-'
:
change
market
Saturday.
TRICE
S
CENT1
ON
PLANE
incident
Announced
in
Official
Quarters
at
London-Rebel
Fighting
Vessel
Inflicts
Damage
Upon
Ctiy
of
Valencia
s
v
LONDON,
Feb.
15:
(CP)
Two
British
destroyers
jpened
fire
when
an
airplane
believed
to
have
been
a
Spanish
insurgent
attempted
to
bomb
them
off
the
coast
)f
Algeria,
official
circles
disclosed
today.
The
fplane
Iropped
six
bombs
near
the
destroyers
Navoclc
and
Gypsy
but
no
damage
was
done.
From
ji..,
Valencia,
,
.......
meantime,
,
it
Late
Telegraphs
ARMORY
DESTROYED
MOOSE
JAW
Exploding
of
ammunition
endangered
firemen
on
Sunday
as
flames
'swept
the
Moose
Jaw
armories,
destroying
the
large
building
and
equipment.
No
one
was
injured.
Many
thousands
of
dollars
damage
was
done
by
the
iire
which
is
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
spontaneous
combustion"
SINKS
AFTER
COLLISION'
SHIMONESEKI,
Japan
The
Canadian
Pacific
liner
Empress
of
Russia
collided
with
the
Japanese
freighter
Akaski
Maru,
a
wooden
steamer
of
455
tons
gross.
The
Japanese
skipper
and
crew
took
to
lifeboats
and
reached
shore.
The
freighter,
struck
amidships,
filled
rapidly
and
went
down.
ALBERTA
FIRE
WESTLOCK,
Alta.
The
theatre
and
Bank
of
Montreal
branch
in
this
town,
60
miles
northwest
of
Edmonton,
were
destroyed
by
fire
yesterday.
Wife
of
Railway
Official
Passes
.Mrs.
Robert
Creelman
of
Winnipeg
Dies
in
Los
Angeles
Word
reached
the
city
at
the
week-end
of
the
death
in
Los
An-jeles
on
Friday
of
Mrs.
Robert
Creelman,
wife
of
the
passenger
traffic
manager
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
for
the
western
region
with
headquarters
In
Winnipeg.
Mr.
Creelman
Is
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert
through
frequent
official
visits
here
and
local
friends
will
sympathize
with
him
In
his
bereavement.
Mrs.
Creelman
has
also
been
here.
Victoria
Auto
Dealer
Passes
VICTORIA,
Feb.
16:
(CP)
Robert
J.
Jameson,
aged
57,
managing
director
of
Jameson
Motors
Ltd.,
died
here
Friday
night.
AUSTRIA
TO
VOTE
ON
RETURN
OF
MONARCHY
VIENNA,
Feb.
15:
Chan-
cellor
Kurt
von
Schuschnigg,
indicating
that
he
was
per-
sonally
in
favor
of
a
return
of
the
Hapsburg
monarchy
for
Austria,
announced
last
night
that
a
plebiscite
would
be
held
on
the
question
at
an
early
date.
was
cnsciosea
mai
iniriy
neavy
calibre
shells
from
an
unidentified
Insurgent
warship
inflicted
unes-
tlmated
damage
to
the
refugee-
crowded
city.
VALUATION
IS
REDUCED
Some
Changes
Allowed
at
Civic
'
Court
of
Revision
but
None
Of
General
Importance
1
A
number
changes
pi,.
improvement
valuations
were
allowed
by
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder
at
the
closing
session
of
the
civic
court
of
revision
this
mornin?
but
none
were
of
any
particular
importance
in1
a
general
way.
After
the
revisions
had
been
announced,
the
assessment
roll
for
the
year
was
confirmed
and
the
court
adjourned'.
The
changes
Included
the
fol
lowing:
A.
J.
Prudhomme
Savoy
Hotel.
building
reduced
from
$8550
to
$8,100.
W.
O.
Full
ton
Residence'
on
rear
lots
10
and
11,
block
10,
section
5,
$1280
to
$1000.
H.
L.
Landrey
Residence
In.
Westview,
$1540
to
$1200.
E.
Stephens
Building
on
lot
3
block
7,
section
5,
$215
to
$150.
A.
J-arvis
et
al
Bolldlnz
on
lot
16,
block
22,
section
1.
$1900
to
$1600.
G.
E.
Angell
Building
on
lot
3.
block
11,
section
6,
$255
to
$200.
Edge
Si
Tinker
Waldron
Apart-jments,
$18,230
to
$16,200.
!
K.
Gurvlch
Exchange
Block,
$15,400
to
$14,900.
K.
Gurvlch
Building
on
lot
16
block
33.
section
1,
$3850
to
$3480.
John
GurvichBuildlng
on
lot
1,
b'ock
33,
section
1,
$1635
to
$1400.
Chen
Ylng
Building
on
lot
4,
block
42,
section
5,
$2,225
to
$2,000;
-on
lot
15,
block
44,
section
3,
$1280
to
$1100:
on
lot
14',
block
20.
(section
1,
$2140
to
$2000.
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage-Residence
on
lots
9
and
10.
block
6,
section
5,
raised
from
$4280
to
S6230.
v
E.
S.
Helland
new
house
on
lots
1
15
and
16,
block
7,
section
6,
$2000.
There
were
certain
minor
adjustments
'
on
some
Canadian
National
property.
Snowslide
Near
Kwinitsa
Holds
Train
Traffic
A
snowslide
came
down
near
Kwinitsa
Saturday
afternoon
to
block
the
line
of
the
Canadian
Na
tlonal.
The
train,
due
at
10:20
Saturday
night
from
the
east,
was
held
at
Pacific
until
8:20
last
night
pending
clearing
of
the
line,
arriving
here
at
5:30
this
morning.
There
have
been
very
heavy
snows
In
the
lower
Skeena
Valley
during
the
past
few
days
and
all
the
snow
equipment
of
the
railway
has
been
pressed
into
service
In
the
effort
to
keep
the
line
clear.