Today's Weather (I AM.) Prince Rupert Clear, wind, four miles per hour; barometer, 29.80 falling); 35; sea smooth. Tomorrow's Tides - northerly mml High 1:36 a.m. 19.0 ft. temperature, 13:10 p.m. 21.5 ft. Low 7:20 a.m. 8.5 ft. 20:00 p.m. 3.2 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXVI.. No. 2(8). Vol. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937. I'KICE: 5 CLY1S AS PROCEEDING WITH PLANS OF PjlOJECT Hospital Board in Session With Architects To Be Heady For Calling Tenders by January 15 The board of directors of the prince Rupert General Hospital was In session last night with L. W. Hargraves, assistant chief architect for the province, and 0. S. Ford, assistant architect, to consider revised sketch plans for the contemplated new $100,000 fifty-bed unit to the local hospital. Now that the board has checked these specifications the next step will be to prepare plans and specifications preparatory to calling for tenders. These plans and specifications will be ready. It Is expected, about January 15. The sketch plans presented to the board last night by Messrs. Har-greaves and Ford were somewhat altered from those which the board had been considering previously. In rlew of the Contour of the ground and In order to eliminate considerable rock work in excavation, It had been found advisable to raise me . m I MJI 1.1.1. ...Ill level oi me ouimnig which uc introduced In the Legislature yes-set on foundation piers, the depth . terday would amend the Prince Ru- ol whlcn, It is estimated, win dc from five to fifteen feet. The main' tatrance now will be on the level of. nth Avenue and a stairway wnicn had been previously proposed will be tUmlnated. Outside walls of the building will ed ol tolld concrete with stuccoed txterlor surfaced with waterproof-in? compound. Hollow tile will also be used In the Inside and outside malls and In partitions. There will be a minimum of woodwork In the building which will be completely fireproof. Operating, bath and ser vice rooms will be tile finished.' noon will be of concrete with Hn - - c!;:um covering. The roof will be of composition shingles. Question of Heating There will be further checking up before the type of heating is finally decided upon. Opinion seemed to be divided between hot water ana steam. The architects favored steam as being more efficient. They auo suggested that steam under pressure might be more economical than electricity which was now used t for operating room sterilizing This would Involve the Installation of a separate boiler. The revised plans call for an autopsy room on the basement floor it and an anaesthetic room off the operating theatre. The architects inquired as to the possibility of using the car of the is present elevator In the hospital but the Idea was abandoned when It was learned that the existing elevator was obsolete and In need of extensive repairs The board decided that copper water piping should be used throughout the building. Henry Whlttaker, provincial ar 1 chltect, was to have come here to, , . , , go over the new plans with 4 the . , . Ki .-,! I i i II nfocanM' u uuk lie la iiou wen !. o Messrs. Hargreaves and Ford came Instead. They arrived on the I,-, . . i., ...nee ueorge yesveiuay irom victoria and will be returning south tonight. Besides Messrs. Har-l greaves and Ford, those present at last night's meeting were O. P. Tinker, chairman of the hospital board: Cltv Commissioner W. J. Alder. F. A. MacCallum, O. V. Wil - ( on, n-ank uioo, ur. j. w ""'. s. Walton and Mrs. u. u. Landry, directors; H. W. Birch, managing secretary, and Miss Jean Harrison R.N., lady superintendent. Dr. R. B. Brummlt of Smlthers. wno has been receiving medical treatment here, left by last cve-nl8's train on his return to the Interior. PROTEST CHANGES British Columbia Chamber Of Mines Makes Representations To Hon. G. S. Pearson VANCOUVER. Dec. 2: (CP) -Protest against an amendment to the Mineral Act and the repeal of the Mineral Survey and Development Act has been sent to Hon Ocorge S. Pearson, minister of mines, by the British Columbia Chamber of Mines. The protest says that prospectors feel keenly that district mining engineers should be continue? and that the amendment which allows for the staking of only three claims should be Increased tc ?l?ht claims or three groups of clsht claims. LOCAL TAX ACT IS UP .Measure to Extend Time for Arrears Introduced at Victoria Other Measures Advanced VICTORIA, Dec. 2: ... (CP) A bill Enabling Act of 1936 to permit the city extending the period for consolidating arrears of taxes from l9U to l945i Tne original period i for consolidation or-' arrears had. been six years. This Is now increas- to ten years, naturally lessening annual payments. Third reading was given to the Closing Out Sales Act providing for the regulation of fire sales, bank-j rupt saies ana ainer aisiress cieur- ances of merchandise. Amendments to the Marriage Act giving divorcees and foster mothers tne rieht to mothers' pensions was ats0 read a third time as was an amendment to the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act providing greater safeguards for miners. weather" improved Less Sunshine But Also Less Rain Is Recorded in Prince Rupert This Year Prince Rupert has not had as much duiish.ne so tar tnis year as had in the corresponding period of WAi but It nas had considerably less precipitation. The sunshine aggregate this year to date y-'J.ti hours as compared with 1053 hours in the first eleven months of 1936. The precipitation so far this year has amounted to 61.54 Inches In comparison with 77.6 Inches In the corresponaing period of 1936. Tills November was a bettei month from the weather standpoint than was the same month r-l nnr Tfltc VfWPTTlhPr'S SUn . . . . com. unit w,ai v ..v - h 42 hours ,n ..... November 1930 while there;'was but 4.4 inches of rain this November whereas thi;re was 10.6 Inches In the Same month a year ago, HANGAR FOR LETHBRIDGK REGINA A new hangar, costing more than $75,000, is to be built at Lethbrldgc for Trans-r'o.ia.ia Air linns. It was an- nountcd yes(crday by I). 1!.. Col- Uttf technical adviser. Funeral Notice ; The funeral of the late Jud Osborne will take place Saturday at 2:30 p.m. from the chapel of the B.C. Undertakers. FISHERMEN'S UNION CANADIAN LEGION B.E.S.L. Planning BULLETINS j i TRADES UNION ACT VICTORIA Minister of Labor George Pearson early today told a Victoria 'Irades and Labor Council delegation that the government would bring- down a trades Union Act at the present session. If the government caucus failed to agree on an act, then a bill drafted by the Trades and Labor Congress of Canada would be introduced. Pearson said. DELBOS TO WARSAW LONDON Foreign Minister Vvon Delbos of France left Paris today for Warsaw, the capital of Pcland. During his trip to discuss European questions, he will also visit Roumanla, Jugo-Slavia and Czetho-Slovakia. C. II. CAIIAN Jr. ARRESTED VANCOUVER Charles II. Cahan jr., Vancouver lawyer and son of Hon. C. II. Cahan, former Dominion. Secretary of State, today was arrested by Vancouver police on a charge of holding up the Canadian Bank of Commerce suburban Dunbar branch yesterday. The bank bandit escaped with $60 cash. Cahan was arrested outside the police station a few minutes after he was convicted of passing worthless checks. He had been remanded until Monday for sentence. LIGHT SOCKEYE' RUN NANAIMO Dr. W. A. Clemens, director of Nanaimo Biological Station, forecasts a medium run of Sockeye salmon In Rivers In- let In 1938 and a small run on the skeena River. It is Impossible to estimate the Naas River run. RHODES SCHOLAR VANCOUVER David Kelley of Vancouver has been selected Rhodes Scholar from British Columbia for 1937. He is a student at the University of British Columbia where he Is majoring in history. POLICE COURT WEAR VICTORIA As from December 1, gowns, wing collars and black ties are the vogue for police magistrates of British Columbia when conducting their sessions. LETHBRIDGE VOTING LET 1 1 11 1 S 1 1) G E Th e provincial by-election In Lethbrldgc, which is conslJercd a test of strength as far as the Aberhart govern-mcnt is concerned, Is on today. W-rttli-r is cl'ar and fine and a good vote is being recorded. Temperature In southern Alberta this morning was sixteen above. The Lethbrldgc by-clcc-tlon has been ncclssltated through the resignation of Hans Wight, the social Credit member. The candidates arc A. J. Burnett, Social Credit, and Dr. Peter Campbell, antl - Social emitter. Mr. Burnett Is a forty-seven year old railway engineer. SEVEN TIMES ROUND WORLD NEW YORK Partnered with his brother, Doug, Torchy Peden, noted Victoria bicycle racer, is now engaged In the ninety-first race of his career here. Torchy estimates that the distance he has driven in bicycle races so far would amount to seven times around the world. TERRORISM CONTINUES JERUSALEM -- Five persons were trapped and burned to death and five were badly burned when a warehouse was destroyed by fire yesterday. Arabs are blamed for having set the bul'riln? on fire. Two policemen wern shot yesterday near Haifa as the camualtn of terrorism continued in Palestine. Customs Revenue Somewhat Lower Total For Present Year to Date Is 5176,903.23 as Against 5210,909.59 Last Year Customs and excise revenue at th ,virt nf Prlnrp R.mort tnr tVv. . first eleven months of 1937 hat i reached a total of $173,903.23 as J compared with $219,909.59 In the. ' corresponding period of last year I BUILDING I i IS AHEAD Permits So Far This Year In Prince Rupert Three Times .In Greater Than Year A30 i Building in Prince Rupert fot the year 1937 to date has reached a a tnt.ii wim ui nf &1S344 taiti in 111 van, viitue ns as cum- mm. pared with $15,163 in the first eleven months of 1936. The month j of November was the heaviest sc far this year in point of build'ng permits Issued, the total beln $18 420 as compared with but $27Z in November 1936. The list of per-jmlts for November was as follows: Standard OH Co. of British Columbia, waterfront, whtirf and buldlngs. $15,000. Armour Salvage Co., watcrfrorj gravel bunker, $1500. i (Ernll moving Quist.!ii'lthjKVvenuet-..Eastl house, $500. . J. F. Ritchie, Fourth Avenue West, reshingling house, $185. j Mrs. A. T. Parkin. Borden Street reshingling roof, $100. ; Leon Sandvar, Ambrose Avenue .reshingling roof, $60. T. H. Elliot, Sixth Avenue East utility shed. $50. Hayner Bros.. Granville Court, roof repairs, $25. Touch Wood Fire Loss In City Is Markedly Light Prince Ruoert continues to lead , what almost seems to be a charmed life as far as fire is concerned. During the month of November, only two alarms were turned In toj the department, both belnt to crass fires as a result of which there was no damage. There was a fire at the home of A. S. Nick-crson, Fifth Avenue West, wheni damage was done to drapes and furnltur?. but this was nut out without the assistance of the de-nartment. So far this year .there have been thlrtv-six fire alarms, In Prince Ruoert as comnared with sixty -one In the first eleven months of 1936. PLUCKY SAILOR LAD CROMER, England, Dec. 2: (CP) Harry Couchman, 15, worked the pumps for fl'3 lours while his father struggled with the hslm of a sinking coal barge. The barge's deck', were awash when the pair Jumped on a Cromer lifeboat. IIOSPiiAL STAFF VANCOUVER Two Vancouver nurses, Misses McPhce and Robb, have left to take charge of the new fishermen's hospital at Kya-quat on the West Coast of Vancouver Island Miss McPhee will be lady superintendent and Miss Robb, general duty nurse Resolutions of the British Col draft bill were read and discussed at a meeting of the Prince Rupert i Teachers' Association last night. I with the president, W. J. Mouat, j In the chair. Otherwise buslnesi i was of a routine nature. Refreshments were servpd.. Air BUS STRIKE IS SETTLED Wages Increase Granted by Company to Drivers Green and Lewis Get Together , CLEVELAND, Dec. V. (CP) TnE slxtecn - state strike of Greyhound Bus drivers was settled last night with the companies granting wage increases but refusing the Brothcr- mand for a closed shop. Green-Lewis Meet WASHINGTON D.C.. Dec. 2: William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, head of the Committee on Industrial Organization, met here today for the first time two years. They will get to- gether. again next Monday, it Is ex- P"1' Toda"f mct!nS was merely a preliminary .... session. It . was hardly - expected that there couM be any) an apparent foregone conclusion, , . either . . . by surrender , or. ; definite results in so short a time.'capture, Canton to the south appears to be the next ob-l TODAY'S STOCKS I Courtesy S. D .IoIii.aion Co I Vancouver Stocks B. C. Nl:kel. .09Vi. Big Missouri, .37 Vi. Bra'.orne, 7.70. Aztec, .08. Cariboo Quartz, 1..60. Dentonla, .09Vi. ' - - Oolconda. .05. Mlnto, .03 r-irr.i. . . ' 'Falrvlcvf Amal-.Olr'- " Noble Five. .03 Vi. ' V Pend Oreille, 1.65. Pioneer, 3.10. Porter Idaho, .03. Piemler, 2.00. ' ' Reeves McDonald, .30, Relief Arlington, .16.. ; Reward, .05 Vi. Salmon Gold, .07. Taylor Bridge, .04. . Hedley Amal., .06. Premier Border, .01. Silbak Premier. 1.85. Congress. .02. -Silver Crest, .03 2. Home Gold, .OVA. Grandvlew, .07 , Indian, .01 Vi. ' Quatslno Copper, .04 Quesnelle Quartz, .05. Oils f A. P. Con., .34. Calmont, .48. C. & E.. 2.31. Freehold. .OVA. VJI Hargal, .22. McDougal Segur, .21 f Mercury, .18. , ; ' Okalta. 1.22. Pacalta, .13 Home Oil, 1.25. Toronto Stocks Beattie, 1.26. Central Patricia, 2.40. Gods Lake, .48. Little Long Lac. 4.70. McKenzie Red Lake, .94. Pickle Crow, 5.15. Red Lake Gold Shore, .18. San Antonio, . 1.33. Sherritt Gordon, 1.28. .Smelters Gold, .Ol3. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.14. Oklend, .12 Vi. Mosher, .10. Madsen Red Lake. .351'4., Stadacona, .45. Frantler Red Lake, .05Vi. Francoeur, .36. Moneta Porcupine, 1.86. Thompson Cadillac, .33. Bankfleld, .58. East Malarctlc, .86. Preston Fast Dome, 1.07. Hutchison Lake, .08. Dawson White, .02. 'kerr-AddisdnT'lfid.'1'' 1 Uchl Gold. .85. Martin Bird, .28. Int. Nickel, 41.00. J. L, Roaf, manager of the northern division of Home Oil Distributors Ltd., left on last cve- nlng's train for a trip to Smlthers on company ousiness. Offensive J apanese Shanghai Bombing Of Canton British Authorities at Hong Kong Watching Activiticsibf Invaders with Some Misgiving China Gets Three Hundred Soviet Planes GERiMANY OFFERS TO MEDIATE ' j HANKOW, Dec. 2: (CP) It was authoritatively rc- : ported today that Germany had offered to negotiate a Japanesc-ChinesQ peace through Oskar P. Trautman, ; ambassador to China. Trautman is now in Nanking ! conferring with General Chiang Kai Shek, head of the j Chinese central government. ' SHANGHAI, Dec. 2: With the fall of Nankine now! jective of the invading Japanese. Troops are reported to; be massing now in that vicinity. Yesterday there was a: heavy aerial bombardment of the native quarter. 1 - rnririTlTrn p rc n 1 1 . r I pit lVJLllVlll 1 JLll FOUNDERS jF.astholm, Well Known Here, Goes lo uouom oi uurrara miei Following Collision VANCOUVER, Dec. 3: (CP) The Frank Waterhouse Line freighter Eastholm lies today at the bottom outside of Burrard Inlet entrance with a gaping hole In her hull as a result of a collision last night in the fog with a lumber barge. Ten members of the Eastholm's crew escaped safely from the sinking vessel. With her bow crushed, the Eastholm was making lor land following the collision in an attempt to beach when the ' forward part submerged and Capt. G, Brown ordered the crew to the lifeboats. The crew was sighted through the fog by the Union steamer Venture which picked them up and brought them into Vancouver. The Eastholm is well known in Prince Rupert as a coast freighter, I having made frequent calls in the j past at this port. SIMPSON NOW "ALL LIT UP" Like the British Navy, as the British Broadcasting Corporation radio announcer said, Port Simpson Is "all lit up" these days following the turning on of Its new electric lVjht, formalities In connection with which took place last Friday. The ceremony of opening the plant took place In front of the : power house with the entire pop- j ii!nt.nn of the village attending ; The flfflc'al opening was conducted by Chief Councillor Harry Brooks. Rrv. T. C. Colwell of Grace United Church offered a shorv prayer and the Port Simpson Con cert Band also took part In th; proceedings by rendering some sel-. ectlons. I later supper was served In the Iy.. P. E. A. Hall by the .ladles of the village under, the leadership i of Mrs. E. F. Dudoward. The chairman of the reception was William E. Kelly. Here again there was music by the Port Simpson concert Band. N, M. McLean of Seal Cove sail ed yesterday afternoon on the Prince Oeorge for a trip to Stew- art. I Positions At Are Raided; Continued military activity of the Japanese In the Canton area U-a. matter of concern to the British au- thorltles In nearby Hong Kong. Chinese Raid Shanghai Two Chinese airplanes raided Japanese positions here today In the first aerial attack In more than a month. Japanese said that the Chfriese pTah'eserSSjperafe'd- at ten thousand feet, successfully evading pursuit craft. China is said to be massing a fleet ; of three hundred Russian built war planes for a renewal W aerial attacks on Japan's advancing armies. LIONS-SEA HAWKS TIE Vancouver and Seattle Now on Even Terms at Head of Pacific Goast ; Hockey League PORTLAND, Dec. 2: (CP) SeatJ tie Sea Hawks Joined Vancouver Lions In the leadership of the Paf clflc Coast Hockey League last night by defeating the Portland Buckaroos four to one. t v. FIVE WOMEN RUNNING """ VANCOUVER Five women and seventeen men have been nominated as candidates for civic office at the municipal election whfcj) takes place next week. HA it SILVER .VKW YORK: C1) -Rar vcr was unchanged at -Hie ''f fine ounce on the New York m-i market today. v v Union steamer Cardena, Capt. John Boden, Is reported due atxmt 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon from the south and will sail at 9 p.m. for Vancouver where she Is due to arrive at 10 o'clock Sunday night. Boys and Girls Here is a Special Christmas Offer A Good Chance to Earn a Few Dollars .Any boy or girl turning in new subscrlptlons to the Dally News between now antj Christmas Day at regular rates will be presented wltK half the amount collected. This does not apply to renewals. The offer Is good for dellv- . ery by mall In Canada as well as In the city.