Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
prince
Rupert
Snowing,
north
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.82
(falling);
temperature.
21;
sea
smooth.
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
32.
4uu,
Capt
Reg
Green
came
In
last
night
from
the
Islands,
with
the
Armour
Salvage
Co.'s
power
tug
Daly.
Capt.
Green
was
sent
for
on
account
or
tne
cruicai
limes.
of
his
wife
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital.
r
victofa.
Tomorrow's
Tides
B.C.
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY
8,
1937
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to
Pay
Final
Tributes
To
Late
W.
D.
Moxley
With
Tyee
Lodge
A.
F.
&
A.
M.,
which
deceased
was
a
member,
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a
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First
Presbyterian
Church
to
alrview
Cemetery.
There
was
a
i
l.
M4
.Uh..V
Day
Ililal
Utuuio
Ui
icolciu
atiu
well
as
,to
manifest
their
sym-
thv
for
the
bereaved.
Rev.
Dr.
J.
Stevenson
officiated
at
the
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bills
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Dr
Stevenson,
in
his
funeral
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worthy
one.
Words
of
com-
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HLlk
IU1LLU
the
pastor.
The
children
of
de-
were
fatherless
and
mother-
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a
nmiuiLinn
m
me
pr
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tp
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TAeiib"
owrt
"fthlflfl
Win
the
latter
having
been
the
A
ft
a
W
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cAfu
thO
m
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and
Third
Avenues
where
took
to
cars
for
the
cemetery.
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no
a
f
ivi
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lUnrA
tifie
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committal
service
with
J.
S.
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opencer,
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w
vtnWnin
nil
Af
ii'nAm
ased
In
the
railway
service.
A.
C.
limit,
.nmoe
uirur
n
f
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m
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lit
VII
W
i
IW,
lt
Alton,
Charles
Harradlne
and
J
McCutcheon
acted
as
hon-
paiincarers.
There
were
many
beautiful
floral
hilt
no
Today's
Weather
(Uovcriunont
TrloKrixphs)
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
southeast
Dead
Tree
Point
.Overcast.
m;
barometer,
29.80;
tempcra-
10
27;
sea
smooth.
race
-Light
show,
calm,
10
VP
Alyansh
Snowing,
calm,
12
"it-
Anyox-
Snowing,
calm,
17
above.
Stewart
Snowlnn-.
rnlm.
12
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
2
Bmlthers--Part
cloudy,
calm,
Id,
Burns
va,
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141
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Vnm.l
m
.
.
.
iv
ivi
u
icw
minor
r.nances.
decisions
were
rendered
by
City
ning
sessloivof
the
civic
court
revision
.
mornine
on
the
SIDES
MLL
FIRM
No
Settlement
of
General
Motors
Strike
Although
Hope
Held
DETROIT,
Feb.
8:
With
neither
side
giving
any
quarter
on
the
question
of
collective
bargaining,
no
further
progress
towards
a
settlement
of
the
strike
dispute
be
tween
the
General
Motors
Corporation
and
its
employees
was
seen
Saturday
night
when
nego
tiations
were
adjourned
until
today.
However,
there
seems
to
be
an
air
of
optimism
that
the
com
ing
week
may
see
some
sort
of
a
solution
even
If
by
no
other
means
than
by
direct
intervention
by
President
Roosevelt.
FLOODS
IN
CALIFORNIA
High
Water
Situation
Serious
In
Golden
State
as
Mississippi
And
Ohio
Subside
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
8:
With
the
flood
crisis
on
the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
Rivers
gradually
passing
although
not
as
yet
en
tirely
removed,
Southern
California
has
now
developed
serious
high
water
tondltlons;
As
a-
result
of
the
heavy
rains
of
several
days,
ex
tensive
floods
developed
at
the
week-end
In
the
Los
Angeles
and
San
Diego
areas.
All
highways
between
Los
Angeles
and
San
Diego
were
reported
Saturday
night
to
be
blocked
and
many
homes
in
the
ower
lands
have
been
abandoned
with
their
occupants
fleeing
tc
high
levels
to
await
the
crest
of
he
flood
waters.
Railway
service
and
telegraphic
and
telephonic
communications
have
also
been
Interfered
with
and
it
is
already
evident
that
there
will
be
considerable
damage.
In
the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
River
areas,
waters
are
continuing
to
subside
today
although
It
will
be
at
least
ten
days
or
two
weeks.
It
is
believed,
before
the
level
of
the
rivers
will
be
back
to
anything
like
normal.
The
latest
count
places
the
total
death
list
as
a
result
of
the
floods
at
414,
206
of
whom
have
been
in
the
..one
city
of
Louisville.
Ky
alone.
Some
2,600,000
people,
it
Is
now
announced,
have
been
driven
from
their
homes
and
the
property
loss
Is
estimated
at
well
up
to
half
a
billion
dollars.
MOVING
TO
VANCOUVER
Dr.
11.
l.
Alexander
to
Take
Up
Practice
in
Southern
City
Dr.
Home
L.
Alexander,
who
for
twelve
years
has
practised
dentistry
In
Prince
Rupert,
is
moving
to
Vancouyer
In
which
city
he
has
purchased
a
practice.
He
and
Mrs.
Alexander
and
family
will
be
leav
ing
here
on
February
26
for
the
south.
Dr.
Alexander
Is
taking
over
the
practice
of
Dr.
Harlen
Noble
In
the
Medical
and
Denial
Building
at
Vancouver.
Dr.
Bernard
Lundahl
is
'coming
here
from
Vancouver
w
acquire
Dr.
Alexander's
practice
and,
with
Mrs.
Lundahl,
Is
due
to
arrive
February
24.
Deoarture
of
Dr.
and
Mrs.
Alex
ander
and
family
from
Prince.
Ru
pert
will
be
regretted
by
their
mc
fronds.
The
doctor,
who
came
here
from
Vancouver,
Is
a;
'nf
thp
north,
having:
been
born
at
Port
'Simpson
where
.
his
ratner
was
latioi
iv
-
son
Bay
Co.
In
the
early
days.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
Spanish
Government
Stronghold
In
Gibraltar
Straits
Area
Has
.
Fallen
to
Attack
ot
Insurgents
I
Nationalists
Take
Control
SIANFU,
China,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Three
columns
of
Nationalist
government
troops
marched
into
the
Shen-
s?
Prnvinpp
pnnitnl
tn-
"r
day,
taking
control
from
military
rebels
who
had
held
the
city
since
early
December
when
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai
Shek
was
kidnapped.
STRIKE
IS
EXPECTED
Railway
Union
Officials
Meeting
In
Montreal
Today
to
Consider
Measures
For
Peaceful
Walk-Out
MONTREAL,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Railway
union
officials,
representing
seventeen
running
trades,
are
meeting
in
Montreal
today
to
consider
measures
to
ensure
a
peaceful
strike
if
members
now
being
balloted
decide
to
walk-out.
Howard
Chase,
Union
spokesman,
forecast
a
ninety-eight
percent
vote
favoring
a
strike.
Commercial
telegraphers
as
well
as
actual
railway
service
men
are
Involved
In
the
strike
plans.
Robert
Sandy
Passes
Away
Was
For
Many
Years
Well
Known
Employee
of
City
Robert
Sandy,
who
for
many
years
was
a
familiar
figure
on
the
city
streets
in
his
capacity
as
an
employee
of
the
municipal
public
works
department,
passed
away
last
night,
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
where
he
had
been
a
patient
for
four
years.
He
was
upwards
of
eighty
years
of
age
and
resided
on
Summit
Avenue.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Knights
of
Pythias
Lodge.
There
is
a
stepdaughter
in
Butte.
Montana.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Wheat
advanced
to
$1.30V2
on
the
Vancouver
market
Saturdayr
advancing
to
$1.3lV8
today.
Called
back
from
Houston
Inlet,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
where
he
had
been
engaged
with
his
boat
In
dismantling
a
nold
saltery
for
A.
P.
Allison
who
Is
to
use
the
material
In
the
Cumshewa
Inlet
logging
Alleged
"Rule
of
Gun"
by
Anarchists
and
Communists
Is
Ended
Rome
Report
is
Confirmed
by
Advices
'
From
Gibraltar
ROME,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
Fascist
troops
have
marched
victoriously
into
Malaga,
say
Italian
reports
from
that
port,
seemingly
ending
what
Fascists
said
was
"the
rule
of
the
gun"
by
defeating
anarchists
and
communists.
This
was
confirmed
by
advices
from
Gibraltar
which
said
that
the
army
and
fleet
of
General
Francisco
Franco,
in
a
methodical
drive,
had
won
domination
of
the
Mediterranean
port,
the
last
government
stronghold
in
the
Gibraltar
Straits
area.
Fleeine:
Socialist
officials
of
Malaga
were
seized
in
a
boat
in
the
harbor,
it
was
reported.
Canada's
Revenue
Showing
Increase;
Bounded
up
by
Six
Million
Dollars
Durintr
Month
ot
January,
'
It
is
Announced
.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
8
:Cj
Official
figures
released
by
the'Department
of
National
Revenue
Saturday
showed
that
Canada's
revenue
soared
six
million
dollars
In
January
as
compared
with
last
year.
Fattest
Man
In
Paris
Has
Died
Was
Thirty-Two
Years
Old
And
Weighed
530
Pounds
PARIS,
Feb.
8:
The
fattesman
in
Paris
died
Saturday.
He
was
32
years
of
age
and
weighed
530
rounds.
HOCKEY
SCORES
SATURDAY
SCORES
National
League
Toronto
5,
Americans
0.
Maroons
4,
Rangers
2.
Pacific
Coast
League
Portland
2,
Oakland
0.
SUNDAY
SCORES
National
League
Rangers
1,
Montreal
1
(overtime
tie).
Detroit
8,
Boston
0.
Chicago
5,
Americans
1.
Pacific
Coast
League
Portland
6,
Oakland
2.
.
HA
It
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
lUPi-Bar
stlv.'
was
unchanged
at
440
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
'oday
ANGRY
CRITICISM
OF
HITLER
HEARD
OPENLY
IN
DUSSELDOKF
CITY
LONDON,
Feb.
8:
(CP)
The
diplomatic
editor
of
the
Dally
Herald
reports
that
de-
monstratlons
have
occurred
in
Germany
against
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler's
"Spanish
adven-
ture."
"For
the
first
time
in
four
years
angry
criticism
dl-
rected
aeainst
the
sacred
per-
son
of
Hitler
himself
Is
heard,"
the
editor
writes.
"Brlmr
our
boys
back
from
Spain"
was
the
cry
raised
by
parents
at
a
street
corner
In
the
Rhlneland
city
or
ousseiaorr.
MEMORABLE
GATHERING
Maurice
Davey
Describes
Boys'
Parlianicnt
at
United
Church
Servlce
'
-
The
ervice
'al
the
First-United'
Jhurch
vesterdav
mornine.
before
a
good
sized
congregation,
was
In
the
form
of
a
Youth
Service.
It
was
dedicated
to
"Youth"
and
iome
of
the
boys
took
part
In
the
very
inspiring
service.
Malcolm
Wilding
read
the
Scriptures
about
the
boyhood
of
Jesus.
Maurice
Davey
gave
the
following
report
on
Boys'
Parliament
which
proved
to
be
both
interesting
and
inspiring:
"It
was
my
privilege
during
the
last
four
days
of
last
year
to
attend
the
sessions
of
the
14th
Tuxls
and
Older
Boys'
Parliament
held
in
Victoria,
right
In
the
Parliament!
Buildings.
"Before
I
go
on
to
tell
you
about
Parliament
I
would
like
to
tell
you
a
little
about
the
Tuxls
program.
It
is
a
plan
of
training
in
Canadian
Christian
Citizenship.
The
program
'.s
Christ-centred.
It
Is
based
on
he
record
In
Luke's
Gospel
of
the
rowth
an
ddeyelopment
of
Jesus
vho,
as
a
boy.
Increased
In
wisdom
nd
stature
and
in
favor
with
God
nd
man.
The
four
terms
'wisdom'
'or
,
Intellectual,
stature
for
physical,
'In
favor
with
God'
for
devo-'ional
or
religious
and
in
favor
vlth
man
for
.social,
have
determined
the
Idea
and
ideal
around
vhlch
the
Tuxls
program
has
been
leveloped.
"The
word
Tuxls
Is
made
up
of
'Ive
latters,
each
having
a
very
ignlflcant
meaning.
"T
stands
for
training,
the
last
letter
'S',
for
service
training
for
service.
'X,'
placed
In
the
centre,
denotes
the
Greek
letter
'Chi,'
the
first
letter
in
the
Greek
work
'Christas'
or
Christ,
which
is
to
Indicate
that
the
program
Is
Christ-centred.
The
'U'
and
T
suggest
our
social
re
lationshlps,
the
attitude
of
brother
llness
and
unselfishness-the
'Help
the
other
fellow
spirit.'
You
will
notice
that
'You'
comes
before
'I.'
fdnea?ranndTtXnet8
ideal.
You
and
I
In
train
ng
for
for
service.
Christ
In
the
centre,
and
no
one
but
Christ
between
us'
'
"Now
we
turn
to
the
subject
of
-
Parliament.
From
35
to
40
boys
met
.
at
Parliament
representing
ap-
proximately
2414
Tuxls
and
Trail"
Rangers
In
183
groups
in
104
churches
in
the
province.
British
Columbia
was
wholly
represented.
Our
own
district
of
Fkeena-Hazel-ton
sent
a
representative
for
the
first
time
in
a
number
of
years.
There
Is
usually
an
election
In
discontinued
on
Page
Four)
High
Low
VESSELS
0NM0VE
San
Francisco
and
San
Diego
Dispatch
Ships
Following
End
of
Strike
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Feb.
8:
San
Francisco
dispatched
Its
first
steamer
following
the
ending
of
the
maritime
workers'
strike
with
the
sailing
of
the
steamer
President
Hoover
for
Honolulu
on
Saturday.
Also
on
Saturday
the
California
left
San
Diego
for
New
York,
being
the
first
vessel
to
leave
.that
port.
All
along
the
coast,
ships
are
getting
ready
for
sailing
and
early
this
week
will
see
many
of
them
at
sea
with
passengers
and
freight
following
the
three-month
tie-up.
TO
OPPOSE
PRESIDENT
Reaction
of
Stocks
From
Court
Plans
of
Roosevelt
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
8:
In
pioposlng
an
Increase
In
the
per-
noxmel
of
the
United
States
Su-
preme
Court
from
nine
to
fifteen
Judges,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
expressed
the
belief
that
the.
present
number
is
Insufficient
to
meet
the
business.
The
Presl-
dent's
proposal
to
retire
Judges
at
the
age
of
seventy
would
affect
Chief
Justice
Charles
Evans
Hughes
who
Is
74
years
of
age
and
Justice
Brandels
who
is
79.
There
is
talk
of
a
coalition
opposition
of
Democrats
and
Republicans
against
the
President
on
the
Judicial
reform
and
bther
Issues.
Leaders
In
this
movement
may
Include
Senators
Arthur
Vandenberg
)f
Michigan,
W.
E.
Borah
of
Idaho
nd
O.
C.
McNary
of
Oregon,
all
tepubilcans.
Reaction
of
Stocks
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
8:
Reaction
o
President
Franklin
D.
Roose-
elfs
Judicial
reform
proposals
as
presented
to
Congress
resulted
in
heavy
selling
movement
on
the
Vew
York
Stock
Exchange
on
Friday.
Industrials
were
off
2.26
on
the
average,
rails
of
.55,
and
Utilities
off
.63.
On
Saturday,
however,
there
was
complete
recovery
with
wme
Industrials
reaching
new
highs
for
the
year.
SUNDAY
IS
CHALLENGED
,.
.
.
.,
.
.
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for
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jl
PASSING
OF
ELIHUR00T
Famous
Elder
Statesman
of
United
States
Dies
Early
Sunday
At
v
Age
of
Ninety-Two
Great
Career
As
Well
as
in
Other
Capacities,
lie
Served
as
Member
of
Two'
;v
-Fecieral
Administrations'
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
8:
(APi
Elilm
Root,
in
his
day
one
of
Unltr.d
States
most
noted
statesmen,
died
early
Sunday
morning
.In
New
York,
the
victim
of
pneumonia,.
He
was
a
member
of
two
adminlstnVr
tlons,
having
been
.Secretary
-
of
War
for
President
McKlnley
Immediately
after
the
Spanish-American
war
and
Secretary
qt
State
for
President
Theodore
Roosevelt.
In
many
other
'pphcro
he
also
served
his
country
with
distinction
even
In
his
later
year'.
Had
he
lived
until
February
15
he
would
have
been
ninety
-two
years
of
age.
He
had
been
111
for
two
weeks,
pneumonia
of
the
bronchial
type.
'
,
If
America
possessed
anything,
omparable
to
the
institution
of
i'
he
Elder
Statesmen
of
Japan,
EU-
hu
Root
would
have
been
its
senior
member.
For
half
a
century
he-was
cort-
cerned
with
public
affalrsveithe!'4
actively
or
as
an
advisor
to
thost?
in
authority.
He
was
diplomat,
cablnet
officer,
legislator,
law
enforcement
official,
one
of
the
lead-,
tng
legal
minds
of
the
world
and
of
international
reputation
as
an
advocate
and
organizer
International
court
procedure
as
a
sub-,
rtltute
for
war.
Sheer
power
of
Intellect
was
his
dominant
characteristic.
It.
gave
him
a
niche
all
his
own
In
the
hall
of
fame
and
toward
it
presidents
ind
nations
turned
for
the
solution
of
some
of
.their
most
puzzling
problems.
In
thought
and
action
he
was
an
embodiment
of
conservatisni.
77,rtl
t.
B-nith.-,MT,
n,rtv
ajof
the
orly
pVe
of
Tnd
a
consistent
opponent
of
anything
that
smacked
of
lrregualrtty.
Rationalism
was
his
shlbbojeth
throughout
his
long
career.
Lacked
Personality
Tiicre
was
little
In
his
personal
-appearance
to
baar
out
his
dom-
in
ant
intellectuality.
He
was
of
flight
stature
and
dressed
habitually
in
the
conventional
garb
of
iserious-mlnded
men.
He
had
little
evidence
of
personal
magnetism
and
few
oratorical
gifts.
But
h
never
spoke
In
public
unless
ne
tlon
,
l
v
-
V.V
4WAUi
VVOO
1IV
'3'
cold-blooded
as
his
political
opponents
sometimes
pictured
Wd
m
ns
,aw;r
ypa"
worked
un-
so
as
to
meet
reservations
adopted
several
.years
before
by
Uhe
Unltc.i
States
senate.
The
result
was
tti5
Root-Hurst
formula,
the
co-author
hcln$
Sir
Cecil
Hurst
of
Great
Britain.
Mr-
R(t
helped
to
organize
Uie
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on
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