1
r;
U3F
Todays
Weather
IS
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
AM.)
ITincc
RujKTtr-Clear,
northerly
wmi
High
9:36
a.m.
18.1
ft.
wind,
6
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
23:01
pjn.
15.9
ft.
29.70
(falling);
temperature,
20;
Low
305
a.m,
11.2
ft.
sea
smooth.
16:40
p.m.
7.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
trol.
XXVI.,
No.
30.
PRINCE
R.tJPERT,
B.C.
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
5,
1937
MICE:
S
CENTS
hV0
KILLED
IN
OF
DAK
HALL
ROOF
ON
VANCOl
Vr
ID.
RESERVE
nioavv
Snow
Cause
of
T
I?
J
.
-I?
rri
T.
injury
rui
imw
n
Building
at
DUNCAN.
Vancouver
Island,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
Mrs.
Anna
Tifhael.
aired
90,
and
her
granddaughter,
Lydia,
eight,
nrlians
of
the
Koksilah
Reserve
near
here,
were
killed
-
.
T
1!
!..!
1
L
1
1
nd
three
otner
inaians
were
injureu
yesieruay
wnea
me
nnw-laden
roof
of
a
dance
hall
at
the
reserve
in
which
jiey
were
sleeping
caved
in.
I.
P.onriifl
u-hn
siiriprpn
ft
lUIlM"
www.
broken
leg.
Mrs.
Andrew
Michael,
head
Injuries,
and
George
Tom.
aiest
injuries.
!
six
other
Indians
who
were
In
he
building
escaped
Injury.
A
verdict
of
accidental
death
was
ctumed
by
the
coroner's
jury.
ATR0N
IS
NOW
HEARD
Rhite-llaired
Mrs.
Laura
Crouch
Defends
Atli
linlstratlon
Of
Home
of
Friendless
WEST
SUMMERLAND,
Feb.
5:
CPi-
Mrs.
Laura
Crouch,
white-
fcured
superintendent
of
the
Home
the
Friendless
who
was
called
lamma
by
the
Inmates,
testl-
iod
on
Wednesday
before
Commis-
ioner
H
I.
Bird
in
defence
of.
e
home's
operation.
Mrs.
Crouch
described
a
glr
who
but
said
she
had
been
locked
up
I
Jbr
six
weeks;
as
"incorrigible"
and
lidded
that
the
girl
had
been
shut
to
keep
her
away.from.anothct
ti
u'ho
had
entered
the
home
iter
having
given
birth
to
a
little
it
WITHDRAW
SUBSIDIES
torn
Ucid
Insisting
that
Chinese
Seamen
be
Removed
From
Canadian
Pacific
Trans-Pacific
Ships,
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
On
as
urance
that
the
government
frould
look
into
the
number
of
leamen
available
on
the
Pacific
Coast,
Thomas
Rcld,
Liberal
mem
ber
for
New
Westminster,
with
Jrcw
his
resolution
in
the
House
f
Commons
calling
for'
the
withdrawal
of
subsidies
from
Canadian
Pacific
Steamships
In
the
Oriental
Icrvlce
until
the
company
replaces
Chinese
seamen
with
Canadians,
Weather
Forecast
g'
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
f"toria
riuI
Prince
Rupert.
This
fore
P1
la
compiled
from
olwcrVallon
ta-
i"
ii
a
o
H.m,
icxlay
and
covers
ihc
3i.
Bur
period
emllng
S
p.m.
tomorrow).
ojnopsLv
-a
general
depression
5
centred
on
Vancouver
Island.
r'ealher
has
been
fair
and
cold
on
Pe
north
coast.
I
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
Ptte
Islands
Moderate
north
I'nd,
fair,
not
much
change
In
cmperature.
;
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Moderate
to
fresh
northwest
f'rid,
mostly
fair,
moderating
tem-
raiure.
A
VKIJ
I.OIHSK,
No.
CO,
A.lfcA.M.
I
Members
of
Tvcc
Lodce
.
nlea?e
Pnd
the
funeral
of
our
lata
pother.
William
'
Delmar
Moxley,
F
ounaay.
Fchniiirv
7t.h
1037
feting
in
the
Masonic
Temple
at
i-
P.m,
l-uiral
service
in
th,ts
l-woyierian
Churoli
at
2:30
p.m.
"lunDCrs
Of
Tsnramn
Tvlo-o
ilcl
all
sojourning
.Brethren
are
riuvivca
l0
be
present.
COLLAPSE
Which
Also
Resulted
In
.
eJ.
TI,a,.
Cl
T
mvj
on-Ji.
in
ifeilah
Sustaining
injuries
were
.
STRIKE
IS
OVER
NOW
Men
Hushing:
Back
to
Work
On
Pacific
Coast
Ships
Released
For
Service
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
The
ninety-eight
day
old
Pacific
Coast
maritime
workers'
strike
dissolved
into
a
rush
back
to
work
by
40,000
strikers
today.
Two
hundred
and
thirty-nine
ships
which
had
been
tied
up
are
thus
released.
Disputes
at
two
ports
remained
unsettled
but
the
signing:
of
new
contracts
last
night
by
shipowners
and
seven
striking
unions
closed
the
labor
dispute.
New
Lighthouse
Ship
is
Coming
Here
This
Eve
The
new
lighthouse
tender
Albernl,
replacing
the
veteran
Ncwington,
ts
due
in
port
this
4
'v
evening.
She
will
tie
up
on
the
H
local
waterfront,
probably
at
the
Canadian
National
wharfi
!
Early
this
afternoon
the
ves-
sel
was
off
Klew
Nugget
in
n
Orenville
Channel
coming
north.
Capt.
Harry
Ormlston
4
Is
In
command,
having
trans-
ferred
with
the
balance
of
the
crew
from
the
Newlngton
which
has
been
tied
up
at
Victoria.
V
4
DREAMING
OF
ROUTE
TO
COAST
Alberta
Peace
Klver
Man
Tell
ItcRina
Newspaper
That
Prince
Rupert
is
Favored
For
Outlet
REOINA.
Feb.
5;
Declaring
that
the
Fort
St.
John
area
In
the
Peace
River
country
Is
able
to
rlvii
Herman
Trelle's
achievements
In
wheat
growing,
R.
M,
Brlson.
of
Demmltt.
Alta.,
asserted
here
thai
the
failure
of
the
railroad
to
push
steel
Into
the
country
was
holding
back
progress
of
the
country.
Mr.
Brlson
made
the
statement
that
farmers
were
becoming
discouraged
at
having
to
haul
thcli
wheat
60
and
70
miles
to
railways
and
were
leaving
the
country
Farms
that
had
been
laboriously
cleared
of
brush
were
being
oe-
f.crtcd
and
the
bush
was
growing
up
again
and
the
land
would
have
to
be
rcclearcd.
Mr.
Brlson
said
ttie
dream
of
tnc
people
was
to
see
the
line
expended
either
from
nine's
Creek
or
Dawson
Creek,
the
present
ends
of
steel,
to
Prince
Rupert.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
iCP-Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
44ic
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
FLOOD
IS
STILL
ON
Peak
Is
About
Reached
in
Missis-slppi
Valley
but
Present
Conditions
May
Last
Two
Weeks
CAIRO,
111.,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
Unl
ted
States
Army
engineers
yester-
t
day
charted
the
peak
of
the
Mls-
slsslppl
River
flood
at
less
than
a
'
quarter
of
an
Inch
above
Wednesday's
stage
bu,t
said
that
the
river
had
spread
over
so
much
territory
lhat
the
present
flood
stage
may
last
for
a
couple
of
weeks.
The
big
test
will
come,
engineers
'ay,
when
the
waters
begin
loundlng
against
the
three
foot
emergency
earth
bulwark
on
top
han
six
Inches
above
the
water.
Meanwhile,
the
prediction
that
the
worst
would
soon
be
over
heered
river
committees
down
a
thousand
mile
stretch
below
Cairo
n
the
lower
Mississippi
valley.
Another
day
of
dredging
brought
the
bodies
of
five
more
levee
work-
irs
from
a
spillway
downstream
n
the
southeastern
Missouri.
At
Washington
Congress
has
heard
the
suggestion
that
the
'most
gigantic"
plan
of
national
flood
control
and
Red
Cross
re-
tlef
had
reached
$11,500,000.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courteij
3.
D.
Johaton
Co.l
Vancouver
B,
C.
Nlckei
.26.
Big
Missouri,
.63.
Bralorne,
8.60.
B.
R.
Oons.,
.O6V2.
B.
It.
X
.13.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.65.
Dentonia,
,19Vj.
Dun
well,
.03
Vi.
Oolconda,
,11
Mlnto,
.
,
.
r
I
Jl
n
Morning
Star,
.03i2.
Noble
Five,
.U4.
Pend
OreUle.
3.60.
Pioneer,
6.75.
Porter
Idaho,
.08'.
Premier,
355.
Reeves
McDonald,
.81.
Reno.
1.22.
Relief
Arlington,
.30.
Reward,
.14.'
,
Salmon
Gold,
.lOVi.
Taylor
Bridge,
.09.
United
Empire,
.02.
Wayside,
.064.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.61.
Premier
Border,
.02T8.
Sllbak
Premier,
3.25.
.
Congress,
.lUfe.
Silver
Crest,
.ll,i.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.72.
Calmont,
1.45.
C.
ti
E.,
4.00.
Freehold,
22.
Hargal,
6.
McDougal
Segur.a
.50.
Mercury,
.44.
Merland,
.25.
Okalta.
2.35.
Pacalta,
.29.
Ranclimens,
1.00.
United,
.40.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.61.
Central
Patricia.
4.95.
-Gods
Lake,
.92.
Int.
Nickel,
65.00.
Lee
Gold,
.06.
Little
Long
,lac.
8.00.
McKcsnzle
Red
Lake,
1.92.
Pickle
Crow.
8.90.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.00.
San
Antonio,
2.25.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
3.25.
Slscoe,
6.10.
Smelters
Gold,
.09.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
3.05.
Oklcnd,
.60.
Masher,
.49,
Gllbec,
.06.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.33.
May
Spiers,
.33.
Sujlivan,
2.00.
Stadacona,
1.62,
Frontier
Rc
Lake,
.18.
Francocur,
1.40.
Manitoba
Si
Eastern,
.14'i.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.05.
Bouscad
lilac,
.74.
Rubcc,
.08.
Thompson
Cadillac,
1.50.
Bankflcld.
1.50.
East
Malartic,
1.80.
Preston
'East
Dome,
1.40.
Hutchison
Lake,
.37,
To
Marry
Ex
For
the
first
time
since
she
posed
on
the
French
Riviera
last
Decern
tographed.
She
is
shown
in
the
fishing
trip
from
Cannes.
An
Ass
quotes
an
"unusually
reliable
sou
Windsor
plans
to
marry
Mrs.
SI
feld
Castle
of
the
Baron
de
Roth
now
living
In
self-exile,
or
In
Vie
son's
divorce
decree
Is
expected
TAKE
OVER
AIR
PLANT
r
French
Gove
rnmenfJ7VoV-Satis-'
fled
with
Deliveries
So
Steps
Into
Plane
Factory
PARIS,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
To
eliminate
delays
In
plane
deliveries,
the
French
government
yesterday
took
over
the
Morane
Saulnlcr
airplane
factories
"Inadmissable
delays
having
occurred
in
the
delivery
of
planes
for
the
air
force,
Pierre
Cot,
minister
of
air,
has
decided
to
:
requisition
the
Morane
Saulnier
factories,"
an
official
communique
announced.
Harry
Frank
Killed
In
Railway
Fatality
Harry
Frank
of
Woodcock
was
killed
Wednesday
of
this
week
by
being
blown
up
when
he
went
to
Investigate
the
failure
of
a
blast
of
dyanlmte
on
railway
work
to
go
off.
Deceased,
who
had
been
employed
by
the
railway,
had
a
farm
near
Woodcock
and
Is
survived
by
a
widow
and
two
children.
Circum
stances
of
the
fatality
are
being
Investigated.
Canada
Should
Protect
Shores
But
Lapointe
Would
Not
Fight
For
Any
Fanatical
Doctrines
Hon.
Ernest
Lapointe
-
King
Soon
in
the
grounds
cf
Villa
Lou
Vlei
jer,
Mrs.
Wallis
Simpson
Is
pho-
motorboat
in
which
she
made
a
oiiated
Pre-iS
dispatch
today
rce"
as
aylng
that
the
Duke
of
mpson
on
April
27
either
at
Enze-chlld,
where
ths
former
King
Is
ma.
This
is
the
date
Mrs.
Slmp-d
become
final.
Nova
Scotia
Oil
Companies
Cannot
Boost
Gas
Price
HALIFAX,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
Seven
oil
companies
operating
in
Nova
Scotia
have
been
advised
by
the
Nova
Scotia
board
of
public
utilities
that
their
wholesaler's
licen
ces
will
be
suspended
unless
they
rescind
by
Friday
a
half
a
cent
Increase
In
gasoline
prices.
Today's
Weather
(Government
Tflegrapha)
Triple
Island
Clear,
north
wind,
20
miles
per
hour,
moderately
rough.
Langara
Island
Clear,
northeast
wind,
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.70;
temperature,
32;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
light
north
wind;
barometer,
29.80;
temperature,
18;
light
swell.
Estevan
Cloudy,
westerly
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer;
29.64
Victoria
Clear,
southwest
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.68
Vancouver
Cloudy,
northeas
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.68.
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
barometer,
29.84.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
In
a
war-mad
world
Canada
must
take
steps
to
defend
her
shores,
Hon.
Ernest
Lapointe.
minister
of
Justice,
told
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
Au
the
same
time,
Mr.
Lapointe
said,
Communism
and
Fascism
were
fanatical
political
doctrines
and,
if
war
developed
In
Europe
out
of
conflict
over
these
doctrines,
he
would
not
spend
a
single
cent
or
risk
a
single
life
In
defence
of
either.
Mr.
Lapointe
was
speaking
on
Mie
resolution
of
J.
S.
Woods-worth,
leader
of
the
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation,
which
urged
that
Canada
should
remain
neutral
in
any
war.
The
resolution
was
defeated
without
recorded
vote.
Judicial
Machinery
Of
;
United
States
Changed
'
Under
Executive
Plan
Number
of
Judgeships
to
be
Increased
in
High
and
Low
Courts
and
Decisions
on
Constitutional
Questions
To
Be
Speeded
Up
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
5:
(CP)
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
in
a
surprise
message
to
Congress
today,
recommended
sweeping
reorganization
of
the
federal
court
machinery
including
an
increase
in
the
judgeships
of
the
Supreme
and
lower
courts
and
methods
for
speeding
up
high
court
decisions
on
constitutional
questions.
WILL
VOTE
T0STRIKE
This
Expected
if
Canadian
Railways
Are
Not
More
Generous
In
Restoring
Pay
Cut
MONTREAL,
Feb.
Si
(CD-Canadian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
Railways
.will
take
immediate
steps
to
implement
the
recommendation
of
the
majority
of
the
MacLcan
conciliation
board
reducing'
the
wage
cuts
from
ten
to
nine
percent
as
from
February
1
with
two
further
one
percent
restorations
between
now
and
November
1.
Information
to
this
effect
is
contained
in
a
letter
received
by
Howard
Chase,
spokesman
for
the
running
trades,
which
are
now
being-
polled
for
a
general
strike.
Chase
forecast
a
ninety-eight
'percent
strike
vote
from
th
employees
involved;
':
;
ARE
BEST
AVIATORS
Recruits
for
Future
Antarctic
Ex
peditions
Will
Come
From
This
Country
Innes-Taylor
Future
Antarctic
expeditions
wll
ecrult
their
pilots
in
growing
numbers
from
the
ranks
of
Can
ada's
hardy
northland
airmen,
it
s
predicted
by
Alan
Kenneth
tnnes-Taylor,
famed
Canadian
explorer
who
twice
accompanleJ
Richard
E.
Byrd
on
historic
Jour-icys
to
Little
America
and
who
vas
In
Prince
Rupert
Wednesday
lfternoon
bound
from
Ketchikan
to
Vancouver
on
the
Princess
Norah.
Constant
training
of
Canadian
pilots
In
cold-weather
flying
srjuips
them
superbly
for
the
ar
duous
work
of
South
Pole
explora-Mon,
Innes-Taylor
said.
He
will
b?
here
again
around
the
end
of
March
on
his
way
to
Juneau.
Al
aska",
In
the
course
of
an
exten-i
Tlve
biological
survey.
At
that
time'
he
will
give
a
public
lecture
in
.Id
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
and
has
also
accepted
an
invitation
to
address
the
local
Gyro
Club.
1
1
Forced
to
fend
for
themselves!
j.'n
Immense
wildernesses,
pilots
f!ylng
in
northern
Canada
develop
Treat
resourcefulness
In
addition
o
hardihood
and
complete
technl-(Contlnued
on
Page
Four)
Rebel
Fleet
For
Malaga
Strongly
Fortified
Government
Port
Is
Now
Objective
Of
Fascists
GIBRALTAR,
Feb,
5:
(CP)
The
Spanish
Insurgent
fleet
steamed
out
of
Algeclras
Harbor
at
dawn
yesterday
as
reports
from
Marbclla
said
that,
the
southern
army's
drive
against
the
strongly
fortified
government
port
of
Mal
aga
on
the
Mediterranean
had
started.
The
object
or
the
recommenda
tions,
it
Is
said
in
quarters
close
to
he
administration,
Is
to
make
the
Tourts
more
submissive
to
the
will
if
Congress
and
thereby
the
people.
WILL
GET
OVERHAUL
'rlnce
Rupert
to
Move
Into
Dry
Dock
Here
Tomorrow'
W.
T.
Moodie;
general
superin-3ndent
of
Canadian
National
.iallways
for
British
Columbia,
has
idvtsed
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
that
repairs
to
fie
crankshaft
of
the
steamer
.'rince
Rupeit,
which
broke
down
is
she
was
coming
north
from
Vancouver
this
week,
will
be
car-ied
out
In
tlie
company's
own
ry
dock
at
Prince
Rupert
and
.hat,
concurrently
with
this
worh,
lie
vessel
will
receive
its
seasonal
Overhaul
at
Prince
Rupert.
'
vThf
Prince
Rupert
returned
to
.
port
at
11
ajn.
today
after
hav-
rig
made
the
voyage
north
from
.lere
to
Anyox
and
Stewart
with
me
engine.
She
Is
now
tied
up
at
the
C.N.R.
wharf
and
will
move
to
the
dry
dock
tomorrow.
The
Prince
Charles,
which
fail
ed
last
night
for
Vancouver
in
place
of
the.
Prince
Rupert,
'will
.eturn
here
on
schedule
.next
Wednesday
morning
and
the
present
plan
is
for
the
Prince
George
to
take
over
the
run
with
the
sailing
from
here
for
Anyox
and
Stewart
v
next
Wednesday.
The
Prince
Charles
will
go
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Island
run
at
!he
end
of
next
week
in
place
of
the
Prince
John
which
Is
to
be
led
up
at
the
dock
here.
Young
Man
Is
Laid
at
Rest
Large
Attendance
at
Funeral
Of
Alfred
Herman
Skatebol
Many
friends
Mid
sympathizers
assembled
at
the
chapel
of
the
B.
C.
Undertakers
this
afternoon
for
the
funeral
of
Alfred
Herman
Skattebol,
elder
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
H.
Skattebol,
who
passed
away
at
the
end
of
last
week
at
Tranqullle
Sanitarium
and
whose
remains
were
brought
home
on
last
evening's
train
by
his
mother
and
brother,
Arthur
Skattebol
The
funeral
service
was
coiv
ducted
by
Rev.
Lawrence
C.
Jen-yen,
pastor
of
St.
Paul's
Lutheran
Church,
and
Peter
Lien
acted
as
organist
for
the
hymns
which
were
"Abide
With
Me"
and
"Lead
Kindly
Light."
Mrs.
Jensen
sans
as
a
vocal
solo
"Asleep
In
Jesus."
Following
the
service,
Interment
1
was
made
in
Falrvlew
Cemetery,
a
!ong
procession
following
the
cortege
to
the
final
resting
place.
Pallbearers
were
W.
F.
Stone,
Joseph
Scott,
George
Dibb,
Sam
Joy.
O.
C.
Mitchell
and
Alvm
Johnson.
There
were
numerous
and
beautiful
floral
tributes.
NOTICKTo
All
Members
The
Junior
Moose
Banquet
Will
be
held
Friday,
Feb.
5,
at
7
p.m.
in
the
Knox
Hotel,