Today's
Weather
(I
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.45;
temperature,
40;
sea
smooth.
Wol
XXVL
No.
303.
II
IS
NORMA:
v
J"..
.1.
Id
Weather
For
New
Year's
With
Heavy
Ualn
Extending
Far
Into
Interior
j
Year's
Eve
sees
heavy
rain
Ipiroughout
Prince
Rupert
district,
tendlnx
for
a
distance
pi
tnrec
iu'ndred
miles
Into
the
Interior
as
r
as
Burns
Lake,
according
to
the
pvernment
Telegraphs
aauy
ither
report.
The
temperature
'exceptionally
mild
for
this
time
'vear
Following
rather
heavy
aowfalls
of
the
past
week,
slush
Is
Peep
at
many
points
Transportation
and
communica-
rtioh
faclllU4
In
and
out
of
Prince
Rupert
are
normal
In
contrast
with
'condltlonswhloh
arc
rcporica
irom
Jthe
south
of
the
province
where
services.
LToday'i
weather
reports
are
as
Hollows:
.Triple
Island
Cloudy,
soutn
Duthwes-t
wind,
15
miles
per
hour;
ca
moderate.
Langara
Island
Showery,
south-
cst
wind,
five
miles
per
hour;
bar-
lcter,
29.48;
temperature,
33;
sea
uoderatc.
X
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
outheast
wind;
barometer,
29.55;
emperature
39;
light
swell.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
moderate
outheast
wind:
barometer,
29.80;
emperature.
43;
moderate
sweu.
Alert
Bay
TlaTrtTn;
OvercqSTTr"-
tight
southeast
wind;
barometer,
)82;
temperature.
30;
sea
smootn.
Estevan
Cloudy,
southwest
wind,
8
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
30.04.
Vancouver
Cloudy,
easterly
wtna
hrec
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
130.14.
!
i
Victoria
Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.16.
Prince
George
Fair,
souincny
rind,
22
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
1.62,
Terrace--Cloudy,
calm,
tempcra-
iire,
30.
FAlyansh-
Cloudy,
calm.
34.
lAllce
Arm
Raining,
calm,
34.
Anyox-
-Cloudy,
calm,
30.
HazeltonRalnlng.
calm,
35.
SSmlthers
Raining,
calm,
34.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
windy,
35.
I
Stewart
-
Heavy
falling
snow,
film,
27,
EEK
OF
PRAYER
Innual
Evangelical
Campaign
i
Be
Held
Next
Week
Commencing
next
Monday
eve-
ling
and
continuing
for
five
cyc
lings,
the
Annual
Week
of
Prayer
fill
be
held
here.
This
Is
no
new
nstttution
for
Prince
Rupert
but
Is
felt
that
this
year
especially
ills
call
to
prayer
ought
to
meet
Uh
a
deep
and
heart-felt
res-
wise.
The
growing
spirit
of
co-
peratlon
among
churches
ana
missionary
bodies
in
all
lands
is
use
for
the
hope
that
the
wcck
prayer
this
year
will
result
in
Christian
fellowship
and
co-opera-
gon
beyond
anything
yet
achieved.
SThfi
mpplnir
will
nncn
on
Mon-i
-
-o"
-.
ay
evening
In
the
Salvation
Army
-itadel.
Very
Rev.
Dean,
J.
B.
Glb-"
will
be
In
charge
and
will
deal
ith
the
subject
of
"Repentance.
?n
Tuesday
evening
the
meeting
H
be
held
In
the
First
Baptist
pjiurch,
Capt.
I.
Ilalscy
of-
the
Sal-
ration
Army
dealing
with
"Faith."
Wednesday
evening
In
St.
An
drew's
Anglican
Cathedral,
Rev.
E.
"randt
of
First
Bantlst
Church
"II
take
as
his
subject.
"Obcdl-
ncc."
in
the
First
United
Church
Thursday
evening.
Rev.
W.
!
plescn
of
the
Pentecostal
Asscmb
1st
meeting
of
the
scries
will
to
Ca
In
the
First
Presbyterian
rhurch
on
Frldav
evcnlnz
and
Jcv
J.
C
Jackson
of
First
United
r'lurch
will
snenk
on
the
subject
9t
"Fellnwelilh."
Weather
horecast
mm
U'uniMuil
tliMUKh
the
urti'f.y
o
a,
Dominion
MUy,roloKl
il
Bureau
a
Victoria
ftiicl
Prliice
Rupert
This
''
to-ast
U
compiled
fru.n
obversdilons
u-;
ktn
at
5
m.
today
e,nd
covers
the
SO
'
hour
period
ending
S
p.m.
tomorrow)
Prince
Rupert
District
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
Strong
shifting
winds
with
scattered
showers,
no
change
in
HOCKEY
SCORES
National
League
Chicago
2,
Detroit
2
(overtime).
Pacific
Coast
League
Vancouver
2,
Portland
1.
TO
MAKE
CRUISE
James
Bremner
and
Jack
Armstrong
of
the
local
unit
of
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve
sailed
last
night
on
the
Prince
Oeorge
for
Esquimau
where
they
will
Join
one
of
the
Royal
Canadian
,
;
Expansion
In
omorrow
s
Tid
es
High
1:24
a.m.
18.0
ft.
12:55
p.m.
21.2
ft.
Low
7:09
a.m.
8.9
ft.
19:44
p.m.
3.4
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
31,
1937.
BRITAIN
SENDS
"IRON
MAN"
TO
CURB
PALESTINE
VIOLENCE
'
.11.11
ll.l
I
im
,
,
,
i
With
two
British
soldiers
of
the
famous
Black
Watch
regiment
dead
from
Arab
gunfire
directed
at
them
in
the
streets
of
Jerusalem,
tension
in
the
Holy
Land
again
becomes
acute.
It
was
the
first
serious
outbreak
since
September
26
when
L.
Y.
Andrews,
British
Commissioner
In
Galllllce,
was
assassinated
at
Nazareth
at
the
height
of
widespread
Arab
demonstrations
against
the
British
plan
for
partitioning
of
Palestine.
To
enforce
British
law
and
order
the
Colonial
Office
has
sent
Sir
Charles
Tegart,
famed
as
"The
Man
of
Iron"
during
pacification
of
Bengal,
to
Palestine.
Rigorous
measures
now
In
force
include
searching
of
all
Arabs
entering
cities
for
concealed
arms
as
the
soldiers
at
right
are
doing
at
one
entrance
to
Jerusalem
and
armed
concentration
at
danger
zones
like
the
group
equipped
with
barbed
wide
barricades
in
Jaffa,
BELOW.
The
bombing
of
Arab
villages
In
reprisal
for
armed
attacks
has
also
been
utilized,
In
CENTRE.
ABOVE,
Is
pictured
such
an
explosion
when
British
army
engineers
mined
and
blew
to
pieces
an
Arab
village
near
Tel
Aviv.
Mining
Here
Anticipated
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Naval
Volunteer
Reserve's
destroy-
Uon
tnU
mornlng(
CrS
lor
U
iiui'i;
luiiiwia
wiuiou
w
the
West
Indies.
citv
on
last
night's
train
from
the
'ing
and
summer
resort
In
the
Bel
Interior
and
sa
led
on
the
Prince
la
Coola
Valley,
Is
here
aboard
the!
George
for
the
south.
Dr.
Irish
will
be
arriving
at
Hazelton
next
week
to
assume
the
post
of
house
surgeon.
Lost
Everything
In
Terrace
Fire
C.
O.
Muller,
Wire
and
Fire
Child
rcn
Left
Destitute
as
Result
of
Conflagration
Expansion
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Portland
Canal
areas
Is
,
C.
O.
Muller,
whose
home
was
looked
for
during
next
year,
1
destroyed
last
Monday
at
Ter
Dr.
W.
B.
Burnett,
prominent
race,
came
In
on
the
train
last
physlcian-minlng
man,
said
,
night
and
is
going
back
on
Mon-
yesterday
as
he
declared
1938
!
day.
He
says
the
fire
started
dur-
should
be
the
biggest
In
the
Ing
a
gale
from
the
top
of
the
province's
mining
history.
He
stove
pipe
blowing
off
and
allow-
said
the
mineral
production
of
lrR
sparks
to
bet
between
the
two
1937
was
worth
$70,000,000,
an
;
roofs.
all
time
high,
and
$26,000,000
i
Mrs.
Muller,
dauenter
and
baby
more
tlon.
than
last
year's
valua-
were
alone
In
the
house
at
the
,tlme
and
had
to
walk
a
mile
POLICE
COURT
FINES
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
I
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.38Vi
on
Dr.
O.
J.
Klrkpatrlck
of
Vnncou
the
Vancouver
market
today.
vcr,
who
has
been
relieving
foi
hp
nast
couple
of
months
at
thti
Thomas
A.
Walker,
manager
of
.through
the
gale
to
the
nearest
neighbor's,
E.
Asserude.
The
house
and
everything
therein
was
destroyed
and
now
the
man,
his
wife
and
five
children
have
to
start
Police
court
fines
here
for
the
'yer,
again.
They
particularly
need
I
month
of
December
totalled
$125,
it
was
announced
at
the
police
sta-
wlll
deal
with
"Dedication."
The
Hazclton
Hospital,
arrived
in
the
Stule
Lodge,
popular
hunting,
fish-
ui.
limits
una
ciomes.
Air.
iviuuct
Is
staying
with
John
Dyer
at
the
Dyer
Apartments
and
will
be
here
till
Monday.
He
was
located
at
Prince
Rupert
until
seven
years
ago,
having
been
engaged
In
fishing
here.
Funeral
Notice
The
funeral
will
take
place
Mon-
Cardena
this
afternoon
going
day,
January
3,
at
2:30
p.m.
from
south
for
the
rest
of
the
winter,
the
Anglican
Cathedral
of
Mrs.
From
Vancouver
he
will
proceed
I
Frank
Warne,
Rev.
Canon
Rush-
to
'California.
brook
officiating.
MESSAGE
!
i
of
city
Commissioner
Alder
Sees
Progress
Made
During
Year
and
Extends
Rest
Wishes
for
Future
i
i
The
following
message
from
City
Commissioner
W.
J.Aldcr
,
at
present
In
Victoria,
was
received
at
the
City
Hall
this
morning:
"The
past
year
was
one
of
do-'
cided
progress
In
city
and
district.
New
Industries
were
started
and
there
!.$
assurance
of
great
development
In
the
near
future.
"Thanks
to
our
home
lovers
the
city
is
becoming
known
for
Its
beautiful
gardens
and
the
museum
Is
attracting
thousands
of
tourists
Van
con
vrr
B.
C.
Nickel,
.00.
Big
Missouri.
.37.
"
Bralnrnc.
3.50.
Artec.
.07.
Cariboo
Quart,
1.05.
Dcnlonla.
.00'...
CLolcfondjV.
.05.
Minto.
..03.-
rr-
Falrvtcw
AnI;?r".oTi
Noble
Five.
.03.
Tond
Oreille.
1.00,
Pioneer.
2.95.
Porter
Idaho.
.03.
Premier,
1.85.
Reeves
McDonald
.30.
Relief
Arlington,
,144.
Reward,
.06.
Salmon-
Gold,
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
Hcdlcy
Amalg.,
.04
.
Premier
Border,
.Ol'?.
Congress,
.02'4.
Home
Gold,
.01
V.
Grandvlew
.08.
Indian,
.0134.
Quatslno
Copper,
Quesnellc
Quartz,
.03.
.05.
Oils
A.
P.
Co..
.34,
Calmont,
.55.
C.
&
E.,
2.C0.
,
Hargal,
.30.
McDougal
Scgur,
.25.
Okalta,
1.95.
Pacalta,
,12.
Home
Oil.
1.2G.
Toronto
Beattie.
1.27.
Central
Patricia,
2.38
Gods
Lake,
.45.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.15,
McKenzlc
Red
Lake,
1.02.
Pickle
Crow,
5.00.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
San
Antonio,
1.30.
Shcrrltt
Gordon,
1.30.
Smelters
Gold,
.OPi.
.
,
McLcod
Cockshutt,
1.38!
Oklcnd.
.14.
Mosher,
.13.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.34.
Stadacona,
.42.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francocur,
.46.
Moneta
Porcupine,
2.24.
Tliompson
Cadillac,
.33
Bankflcld.
.67.
East
Malartlc,
1.01.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.03,
Hutchison
Lake,
.0714.
Dawson
White,
.03.
Aldermac,
.47.
Kerr
Addison,
1.85.
Uchl
Gold.
.95.
Martin
Bird.
.39.
Int.
Nickel,
44.00.
Noranda,
53.00.
Smelters,
55.50.
Athona,
.0914.
20.
I
I
Miss
Adcla
Haugland,
who
teaches
school
at
Oona
River,
arrived
In
the
city
on
last
night's'
train
after
spending
Christmas
at
Terrace
with
her
parents
and
Is
here
for
the
New
Year
week-end
as
the
guest
of
Mrs.
John
Bremner,
Fifth
Avenue
East,
before
leaving
for
Porchcr
Island.
YEAR'S
IJUll-DINO
f
riiiildliig
permits
for
the
year
1937
in
Prince
Rupert
totalled
tG,G3(
in
value
as
compared
with
JC3.910
last
year,
according
:
to
figures
made
available
at
the
office
of
the
city
engineer
thK
morning.
The
principal
build-in?
projects
of
the
year
here
Merc
the
Standard
Oil
Co.'s
new
MawSSfestPla'it
wn.
thc.
waterfront,
valued
"al
515,000,
and
the"
provincial
goi-rriiinrnt's
ore
sampling
plant
for
which
a
$0,8
It
permit
was
toned.
Permits
for
December
this
year
totalled
S1350
as
corn
o.ired
with
?18,7C3
last
Deccmr
her
when
somennajor
undertake
ingx
were
included
in
the
list.
NEW
SNOW
IN
SOUTH
VANCOUVER
Two
new
snow-slides
east
of
Nelson
yesterday
disrupted
transcontinental
rail
and
wire
communications
for
'i
few
hours
after
Canadian
Pacific
and
Canadian
National
spokesmen
had
announced
that
their
lines
were
almost
back
to
normal.
Slides
blocked
the
westbound
C.
P.
It.
train
No.
11
and
delayed
its
arrival
In
Vancouver
by
about
five
hours.
All
telegraphic
communication
with
the
Kootcnays
was
cut
off
for
over
an
hour.
KLNG
CLANCY
QUITS
MONTREAL
The
resignation
of
King
Clancy
as
coach
of
the
Montreal
Maroons
was
announced
last
night
by
Tommy
Gorman,
president
of
the
club,
who
takes
over
coaching
duties
temporarily.
The
resignation
of
the
former
Toronto
Maple
Leaf
star
follows
a
prolonged
Maroon
slump
which
set
in
almost
from
the
start
of
the
season.
FINANCIER
DIES
MONTREAL
Sir
William
Sta
vert,
Canadian
financier
and
wartime
accounting'
officer
to
the
British
Treasury,
died
at
his
home
last
night.
?33,000
DAWSON
FIRE
DAWSON
The
Dawson
Athlet-
I.
f
,
.
.
fUlCE:
5
GDIS
Hocracy
Or
Democracy
In
Fight
Secretary
Of
Interior
Says
Fight
To
Finish
For
Control
Is
Comings
Issue
Must
Be
Settled
Between
Sixty
Wealthy
Families
Of
Country
and
One
Hundred
and
Twenty
Million
Common
Folk
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Dec.
31:
(CP)
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Ickes
contention
that
a
finish
fight
must
tak
ulace
between
United
btates
millions
and
the
asserted
tocracy
of
"sixty
families"
drew
a
rebuttal
today
from
we
were
again
able
to
carry
on
members
of
Congress.
Some
legislators
expressed
acrree
an
.city
activities
on
a.
cash
basis.
ment'
with
Ickes
viewjs,
others
in
both
parties,
comment-
Inrliirllnrr
hnnri
Intnrrxt.
and
,
.
.
.
,
including
bond
Interest,
and
our
our
I
1
1
11
I
M
-
-ifi
J
proportion
of
relief.
"1
thank
all
who
have
given
the
city
loyal
support
and
wish
everyone
for
the
new
year
much
happiness
and
prosperity."
TODAY'b
STOCKS
(Gwu
io-5
&.
I).
,Im1iv((II
Co.
i
BULLETINS
.
v..
1U
ci
lu-umuun
uc
i,
ecu
uic
ernment
and
business.
The
Secretary
of
the
Interlorfsald
.
.
;"Sir
in
an
aaaress:
"ineremustbe
a
fight
to
the
aemocracy-
:y
flAlsh
unti
plutocracy
untlL,Amer1ca,s'
slx-
ty
families
or
America's
120,000,000
people
win.
f
LEVEL,
OF
PRICES
UP
Various
ractoTsllhdicatc
Healthier
CanadianlB'islncss
Dividends
TORONTO.
Dee.
31:
(CPI-
Dps-
plte
surpt&ecllnes
in
some
com-moduyfprlces
trie
Canadian
wholesale
pric?
levell
at
mid
-December
was
6.2
per
cent
higher
than
at
the
same
period
of
1938.
Narrow
declines
have
been
more
general
since
July.
Recently
lower
prices
for
textile,
raw
materials,
basemetals,
lumber
and
livestock
products
have
more
than
offset
betteV
prices
for
dairy
products,
grains,
4
eggs
and
frults-
Ail
Car
loadings,
while
less
Important
than
formerly
as
a
baromeerpf
business
because
of
encroachment
of
long-distant
truckers,'
suggestta
business
lag
In
the
last
three'
months
of
1937.
Falling
off
of
grain
shipments
and
the
less-than-seasonal
movement
of
coal
and
forest
products
accounted
for
the
main
declines.
To
December
11
this
year
loadings
totalled
2,504,602
cars
compared
with
2,344,259,
a
gain
of
6.5
per
cent.
Canadian
National
Railways
net
revenue
of
$13,959,438
in
the
first
10
months
of
1937
exceeded
the
net
in
the
comparable
1936
period
i
by
42
per
cent
but
the
Increase
in
cent.
The
percentages
of
Improvement
In
the
C.P.R.
figures
were
seven
and
about
five
respectively.
Other
factors
Indicating
n
healthy
state
of
business
were
a
23
percent
gain
In
raw
rubber
imports,
12
percent
gain
in
cotton
Imports,
an
eight
percent
gain
In
the
dollar
value
of
retail
sales,
ah
eight
percent
gain
In
the
amount
of
life
Insurance
written,
a
nine
percent
gala
In
the
output
of
electrical
power
and
a
record
high
expenditure
in
Canada
by
visiting
tourists
about
$300,000,000.
Bank
debits
in
10
months
up
to
ct
31
registered
a
minor
decline,
the
result
partly
of
a
sharp
drop
;ln
stock
market
operations.
Banks,
'
'
'
ifrciniscs
were
damaged
to
.however,
report
a
substantial
in-thc
extent
of
$25,000
in
a
spectac-
crease
In
current
loans,
an
lndica-cular
fire
In
twenty-five
degrees
tlon
of
Industrial
expansion,
below
xcro
weather
yesterday.
I
Dividends
distributed
by
Cana-Thc
building
housed
the
skating
mian
corporations
reached
an
ah-
ruiK
anu
was
one
oi
the
historic
time
record
In
1937
with
an
esti
structures
of
the
camp.
LOCAL
INCORPORATION
VICTORIA
Incorporation
of
the
Banks
Island
Co-operative
Stock
Raisers'
Association
at
Prince
Rupert
Is
recorded
by
the
registrar
of
companies.
Jack
Deane.of
Prince
Rupert
is
Identified
with
the
concern.
mated
total
of
$329,800,000,
an
Increase
of
$44,200,000
over
the
previous
record
set
up
In'
1930
and
I
$67,900,000
over
the
1036
total.
James
A.
Brown
of
Port
Esslng?
iton
arrived
In
the
city
on
tha
Cardcna
this
afternoon
from
the
Skeena
River
to
spend
the
New
Year
holiday
week-end
visiting
here'