Today's
Weather
(I
A.M.)
ITlncc
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
fair,
calm;
barometer,
30.50
(falling);
temperature,
38;
sea
smooth.
yi.
"
-
-
BLOW
FOR
i
WATERWAY
ISJEALT
premier
iiepourn
icns
rnmc
.nn-
Ister
Klnf
Ontario
Needs
Ncl
ther
Tower
or
New
Transportation
Avenue
TORONTO,
December
21
(Cana
dian
Press
-Ontario
s
refusal
to
support
the
St.
Lawrence
Waterways
Drolect.
the
subject
of
cor
respondence
between
the.
Dominion
j
and
United
States
governments
was
set
forth
In
confidential
cor
respondence
made
public
by
Pre-,
mier
Mitchell
HepDurn
oi
untano
m
ft
letter
to
Prime
Ministe:
William
Lvon
Mackenzie
King
on
November
23
Premier
Hepburn
said
uiai
wiimriu
"i"
were
taken
care
of
for
many
years
to
come
and
"we,
therefore,
arc
nnt
in
nppd
of
more
power
nor,
l'
my
opinion,
an
additional
avenut!
of
transoortatlon."
1
Premier
Hepburn's
letter
was
in;
reply
to
a
letter
from
Prime
Minister
Kins
dated
November
12
in
which
the
latter
said
that
the
Dominion
government
had
been
asked
bv
the
United
States
government
if
it
was
prepared
to
take
up
a
new
St
Lawrence
matter
"and
allied
matters
amonc
which
were
mentioned
the
Niagara
position
devplonments
In
Nor
and
ano
possible
iiwvsi'jiv
,
l
.
-
1.
'I
T,
..nr-
McDonald,
tnrrTlA
of
tnc
ureai
jurc.
-iiTnrri
in
Li
I
V
U
IV
UU11
1
iU
,IN
REVOLT
TrnU
llkh
As
Crisis
Between
Ktnic
arid
Ministers
Heroines
More
Acute
CAIRO,
December
21
(Canadian
Press)
Tension
In
Cairo
over
the
crisis
between
young
King
Farouk
and
his
ministers
became
murr
acute
today
as
open
revolt
threatened,
Farouk
has
demanded
dissolution
of
the
Blue
Shirts
organ!
zatlon
and
also
further
control
of
the
government
Including
the
rlaht
to
personally
appoint
one
third
of
the
members
of
the
Sen
ate
,
A
strike
of
students
In
three
colleges
has
been
declared
am.
widespread
demonstrations
feared
Judge
Spinks
Passes
Away
ii
ni.
nrillsh
Colnm-
MIllVl'I
I
IHIV
-----
bia
Bench
Dies
in
Victoria
VICTORIA,
Dec.
21:
CP
-Judge
William
Ward
Spinks,
County
Court
Judge,
who
made
the
circuit
through
British
ColumbJ
nearly
half
a
century
ago
on
horsu
back,
Is
dead
here
at
the
age
or
elghty-slx
years.
Weather
horecast
n.rnUhtd
through
the
.
Dominion
MttooroloRlcal
Bureau
i
Victoria
knd
Prliico
Rupert.
ThU
.
e-tt.
In
compiled
from
obvexsatloiu
"':n
it
a
nm,
touay
win
tvrv..
hour
period
ending
8
pa.
tomorrow
)
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
remains
unusually,
high
off
the
British
Columbia
coast
and
showers
have
occurcd,
It
has
been
fair
and
mild
inland.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
west
to
northuroet
winds
itslit
scattered
showers
or
snow
flurries
becoming
colder
tonight
Reeves
.32.
Reno,
M.
Relief
Arlington,
.16'2.
Reward,
.06.
Salmon
Gold,
.06.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
iledley
Amal.,
.043.
Premier
Border,
.01
V4.
Congress,
.02
V.
Sliver
Crest,
.03.
Home
Gold,
.01.
Orandvlew,
.08..
Indian,
.OlVi.
Quatslno
Copper
.03.
Qucsnellc
Quartz,
.05
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.35.
Calmont,
62.
C.
&
E.,
3.20.
Freehold,
.08.
Hargal,
.30.
MeDougal
Segur.
NEY
YORK
STOCK
HIAIUVlii
wcrc
Prince
Rupert
And
Vancouver
Described
As
Steps
Of
Front
Door
Of
Province
Of
Alberta
CALGARY,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
Young
people
of
Alberta
were
advised
to
"look
westward"
by
E.
L.
Gray,
provincial
Liberal
leader,
in
a
speech
last
night.
"Important
events
are
now
taking
place
in
the
Pacific
Ocean,"
said
Mr.
Gray.
"The
next
stage
in
the
development
of
Alberta
will
establish
beyond
a
doubt
that
the
front
doors
of
the
province
are
the
passes
of
the
Rocky
Mountains
and
the
ports
of
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert
are
the
steps
of
the
front
porch.
The
back
door
will
be
about
the
eastern
boundary
of
Saskatchewan."
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
.
JohiiiWn
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.08'2.
Dig
Missouri,
.37.
Bralorne,
8.00.
Azetc,
.062-Cariboo
Quartz,
1.C8.
Dentonla,
.10.
Golconda,
.05M.
Mlnto,
.03.
Falrview
Amal.,
.04
VV
Noble
Fife,
.02Vi.
Pcnd
Oreille,
2.05.
Pioneer,
2.90.
Porter
Idaho.
.03.
.29
'2.
Mercury.
.20V2.
Okalta,
2.20.
Pacalta,
.14.
Home
Oil,
1.50.
Toronto
Bcattle,
1.28.
Central
Patricia,
2.38.
Gods
Lake,
.46.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.05.
McKenzle
Red
Lake.
.96
Pickle
Crow,
5.25.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.20.
San
Antonio,
1.38.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.35.
Smelters
Gold,
.0t3,4-McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.38.
Oklend,
.14
Vi-Mosher,
.11
Va.
Madsen
Red
Lake.
.35
Stadacona,
.50.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05'2-Francoeur,
.46.
Moneta
Porcupine,
2.16.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.35.
Bankfleld,
.65.
East
Malartlc,
1.06.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.09
Hutchison
Lake,
.09.
Dawson
White,
.022.
Aldermac,
.55.
Kerr
Addison,
1.78.
Uchl
Gold,
1.00.
Martin
Bird,
.39.
Int.
Nickel,
45.75.
Noranda,
54.50.
Smelters,
59.00.
Athona,
.09.
HAITI
IN
!
I
SUSPENSE
Guns
Mounted
in
Streets
and
State
of
Alarm
F.xWy
Agitation
Against
Dominica
-
OUT
AU
PRINCE.
December
21-
,With
machine
guns
mounted
In
th
j
principal
streets
and
a
state
of
.alarm
still
In
effect,
the
atmo-
sphere
In
this
capital
of
Haiti
U
tense.
Fifty
persons
have
been
ln-
INSURGENTS
;
IN
FRANCE
Revolutionary
Movement
Is
Linked
Up
With
Spanish
Rebels
PARIS,
December
21
(
Canadian
Press)
The
recent
revolutlonarv
I
movement
In
France
was
linked
us.
i
with
the
Spanish
Insurgents
yes
terdav
when
the
police
found
a
;
quantity
of
arm
and
amunltlon
In
'
a
revolutionary
cache
which
wert
imade
in
a
Spanish
rebel
arms
fac
tory.
To
Assume
His
Ministership
Hon.
W.
J.
Assclstlnc
Will
Take
Ul.
ture.
31
Mines
Post
at
Victoria
Tills
Week
VICTORIA,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
Hon
W.
J.
Asselstlne,
whose
appointment
as
minister
of
mines
and
trade
and
Industry
was
announced
by
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
yesterday,
will
assume
his
ministerial
(duties
this
week
on
his
return
'from
a
trip
to
Osdyoos
on
privata
j
mining
business.
:
;Andania
Sails
Without
Having
Any
Passengers
LONDON,
December
21
.
.,
Tslnnd
stock
excnaubc
.
nljr
boats
to
fn
"wo.a,,o,.YU
,c"u'"
;;rdv
was
uP
lbs.
p
-
in
normwest
wmas,
yuii.
.
utilities
w
.
with
no
change
In
temperature.
forego
hauling
pas-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
21,
1937.
ITA
DITIin
1U
DUlLiU
WARSHIPS
President
Roosevelt
Approves
Plans
'
Fr
Tun
Cmt
Flrhtlnr
Craft
;
WAP'lTNOTrN
DC,
December
2'
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
has
approved,
plans
for
two
new
35.000-ton
battleships
to
cost
$150,000,000.
Their
construction
would
commence
as
part
of
thf.
coming
year's
naval
program.
EQUIPMENT
IS
ORDERED
Canadian
National
to
Have
New
Cars,
Locomotives
and
Snowplows'
lured
in
rioting
arising
out
ot
th
.
Ure.mlrcl.to.effectecgioii
been
stirring
the
people
up
against
the
-neighboring
Dominican
Republican
which
Is
said
to
have
been
responsible
for
the
massacre
of
hundreds
of
Haitian
laborers
on
the
border.
A
move
Is
now
on
foot
to
arbitrate
the
differences
between
Haiti
and
the
Dominican
Republic.
have
been
called
by
the
Canadian
J
Creek
.
,
.t.nl
n
t,
l
nnnn
National
ttauways
jur
t.vw
sii;c
sheathed
box
cars,
five
mall
and
express
cars,
six
6400-type
locomotives
and
24
snowplows
and
it
Is
anticipated
that
early
In
the,
new
year
tenders
will
also
be
called
for
six
dining
cars
and
ten
combination
sleeping
and
cafe
cars.
Announcement
to
this
effect
was
md
at
headquarters
of
the
company
here
today.
This
new
equipment,
it
was
stai-
In
"opera
mttes
J
nectlve
increased,
traffic
require
ments.
Today
Weather
(OoTertuont
TV-o
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
westerly
wind,
16
miles
per
hour;
light
1
chop.
i
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
north-;
west
wind,
twenty
miles
per
hour;-;
barometer,
30.48
(falling);
sea
choppy.
T1
!
.
Tin
rtlrtltrtl.'
I
Dead
irec
ruim
calm;
barometer,
ou.n;
tcmcia-ture,
31;
sea
calm.
Bull
Harbor
Showery,
northwest
wind,
15
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.46;
temperature.
45;
heavy
swell.
Alert
Bay
Fair,
westerly
wma,
23
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.45;
temperature,
38;
sea
choppy.
r.tivan
Raining,
northwest
wind,
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.50.
Victoria
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer.
30.48.
Vancouver
Cloudy,
easterly
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer
in
iR
Prince
Oeorge
Clear,
westerly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.34.
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
icmpera-
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm.
35.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
.31.
Stewart-Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Hazelton
Foggy,
calm,
27.
Smlthers
Part
cloudy,
calm.
28.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm.
10.
Oil
Comoanies
May
Withdraw
Do
$ot
lnlend
to
Comply
With
Recommendation
For
Wage
Increases
In
Mexico
tEXICO
CITY.
December
21
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
BULLETINS
NEW
SAWMILL
HERE
Jack
Gurvich
has
purchased
a
half-interest
in
Martin
Miller's
shingle
mill
on
the
Kaien
Island
Highway
Just
this
side
of
Galloway
Rapids.
Immediately
after
the
first
of
the
year
a
sawmill,
with
dally
capacity
of
from
10,000
to
15,000
feet,
will
be
put
in.
The
machinery
is
already
here.
The
plant
will
give
employment
to
some
ten
men
after
it
gets
into
operation.
The
output
will
lie
marketed
locally,
it
is
expected.
OFFICERS
TRANSFERRED
Divisional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
announce
the
exchange
of
the
posts
of
Constable
Robert
Sandy
now
at
Burns
Lake
and
Constable
P.
B.
Smith
now
at
Fort
St.
John
in
.
the
Peace
River.
Constable
Smith
was
formerly
stationed
at
Prince
Rupert
and
also
at
Telegraph
MOORBY
DUE
TONIGHT
The
British
motorship
Moorby,
coming
to
load
a
full
cargo
oi
grain
from
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool's
local
elevator
for
United
Kingdom
or
Continent,
is
due
in
port
about
8:30
this
evening.
BIG
SHIP
SINKING
LONDON
Lloyds
announce
that
the
United
States
liner
City
of
Hamburg
has
wirelessed
that
.jshe.
Is
sinking
after
a
collision
nro-
11,
miles
pact
of
Terschelline
in
the
Netherlands.
"We
are
sinking
fast
after
a
collision,"
the
S.O.S.
message
said.
The
City
of
Hamburg
is
owned
by
the
Baltimore
Mail
Steamship
Co.
and
is
an
8,000
ton
vessel
built
in
1929.
TERUEL
CAPTURE
CLAIMED
BARCELONA
Capture
of
Ter-uel
by
Spanish
government
troops
is
claimed
in
an
official
communique
issued
here
tonight.
WINDSOR'S
FUTURE
HOME
PARIS
The
Duke
and
Duchess
Windsor,
it
is
reported,
may
make
their
permanent
future
home
at
Barbazon,
forty
miles
from
Paris.
Yesterday
they
inspected
several
estates
there
and
are
said
to
favor
a
fine
Seventeenth
Century
chateau
which
they
would
modernize.
The
former
British
King
and
his
American
bride
left
today
for
Cannes
to
spend
Christmas
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Herman
Rogers.
BIG
CLEVELAND
FIRE
CLEVELAND
A
$250,000
fire
swept
a
fuel
and
ice
company
plant
here
today.
Four
firemen
had
a
narrow
escape
when
an
85-foot
extension
ladder
on
which
they
were
working
burned.
An
ammonia
tank
plosion
endangered
others.
Italo-American
Trade
Pact
Has
Been
Agreed
On
was
ex-
ROME.
Dec.
21:
Basis
of
an
Phillips,
United
States
ambassador
to
Italy,
with
Italian
government
authorities.
High
4:38
a.m.
20.0
ft
16:36
p.m.
19.6
ft.
iu
Low
10:44
a.m.
6.8
ft.
23:06
p.m.
4.0
ft.
...
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Warned
By
British
Premier
CRISIS
IN
TOKYO
OVER
PANAY
INCIDENT
SEEN;
HONG
KONG
ALARMED
Which
Shall
Be
Spokesman,
Military
or
Executive
Arm?
Extension
of
Campaign
Southward
Cause
of
Alarm
TOKYO,
December
21:
(CP)
Conflicting
statements
which
.have
been
issued
from
official
Japanese
quarters
in
regard
to
the
circumstances
of
the
sinking
of
the
United
States
gunboat
Panay
in
the
Yangste
River
bear
witness
to
the
crisis
between
the
military
and
executive
branches
of
Japanese
administration.
The
question
is
which
shall
:
be
the
official
spokesman
In.
re
SLIDE
NEAR
THIS
CITY
Train
Delayed
Sixteen
Hours
in
Leaving
as
a
Result
of
Blockade
Near
Kaien
Owing
to
mud
and
rocksllde
down
at
5:30
yesterday
afternoon
over
track
near
Kaien
Sta
tion,
about
six
miles
from
Prince
Rupert,
the
train
for
the
East,
gard
to
war
affairs.
A
meeting
of
the
Japanese
cabinet
was
held
today
with
the
Foreign
Minister
presiding
In
the
absence
through
111-
npM
f
thp
Prpmter
The
Janane.se
i
public
continues
to
be
kept
largily
In
Ignorance
of
the
details
of
the
Panay
Incident.
It
is
said
that
the
supposed
Russian
menace
to
Japan
is
being
deliberately
emphasized
in
order
to
detract
attention
from
the
Panay
affair
and
present
relations
with
the
United
States
In
regard
to
same.
Hong
Kong
Alarmed
HONG
KONO,
Dec.
21:
British
evening,
did
not
get
away
until
10
1
arm
the
menace
to
British
trade
and
.tAi.A1.
4Vt
Mmlri(T
TVlO
cHHa
Ur9t
a...
i
A
vinM.Mitp
UviULA.
niio
uiv4iM6,
"
DrODervy
alia
CVCll
tu
uaviuuaia
i
100
rA
fnnf
nnrl
and
seven
eaven
i
n
i
was
about
feet
long
feet
deep.
It
took
all
night
to
get
the
.line
clearedso.
that
r
.traffic
might
be
'resumed.
Tonight's
train,
due
from
the
East
at
11
o'clock,
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
on
time.
WOULD
VOTE
BEFORE
WAR
Indiana
Represenlative
Would
Force
Measure
Hhrough
Congress
Providing
For
Referendum
S.
A.
FUND
GROWING
Collection
of
Radio
Auction
Bids
Keeping
Captain
Busy
Since
:
i
Saturday
which
may
result
from
the
exten
sion
of
Japanese
military
and
naval
activities
to
SouUu
Chlna.
Speeial
conferences
have
been
called
to
consider
the
situation
and
to
prepare
to
take
such
protective
action
as
may
be
deemed
necessary.
An
early
assault
by
the
Japanese
Jon
the
Important
port
of
Hangchow,
south
of
Shanghai,
Is
now
antici
pated.
Because
of
the
latest
Japanese
troop
and
warship
movements,
the
Chinese
now
fear
that
three
of
the
great
coastal
cities
may
suffer
a
similar
fate
to
that
of
Nanking,
which
was
captured
a
few
days
ago
by
the
enemy.
In
addition
to
the:
drive
on
Hangchow.
Cheklanic
-
,
n.inrnvinee
seaDOrt.
some
iiu
miiei
Ludlow
south
and
i
west
of
Shanghai,
it
U
-
Rcnresentattve
Lou.s
j
southern
metro
Democrat
of
Illinois,
says
It
Is
h's
expected
Canton
nYtcnt!on
to
force
a
vote
In
Con-'poHs,
and
Tslngtao
ShuitunJ
Province
seaport
to
the
north
may.
gress
on
the
proposal
to
make
a
referendum
compulsory
before
th..be
made
Japanese
objectives.
I
There
were
authoritative
reports
United
States
would
enter
a
war
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
last
night
that
eleven
U.ousag4
Hap
nnt
fnvnr
such
a
referer.
i
Jallcc
sulu,c''
dum
proposal
which
he
says
Is
not
necessary.
The
steelworkers
committee
ol
the
Commltttee
on
Industrial
Organization
Is
among
organizations
favoring
I
ndlow's
national
referendum
proposal.
the
Ninklng
area,
embarked
last
night
from
Shanghai,
apparently
bound
for
Canton.
A
party
of
three
hundred
and
United
States
women
and
children,
attempting
to
flee
from
the
central
China
war
threat,
wjjrc
turned
back
toward
Hankow
whtn
a
military
boom
across
the
Yang'
ste
River
at
Matung,
100
miles
above
Nar
king,
obstructed
the
pas
saire
of
their
refugee
vessel,
tho
British
steamer
Wposung.
Chamberlain
Spiaks
LONDON.
December
21
(Canadian
Press)
Prime
Minister
Na-ville
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
"no
t?
'tempt
had
ever
been
made
by
Ja
Dan
for
a
peaceful
settlement
or
rnr.tni
iiii..
nt
ho
.Qili!i
Inn
I
hpr
war
on
China."
SUJbUlil
.lU.'.Vj
V.
V.
fcJU.IMV.V..
(
j
Army
has
Wen
kept
busy
collecting'
"It
is
time
for
the
Japancsp
th
rnriin
miction
hlris
and
therei
government
to
show
that
it
Is
not
Italo-American
Italo-American
trade
trade
agreement
agreement
Is
is
are
sUn
SQme
tQ
come
,n
He
an
unmndful
of
the
rights
and
In-is
reported
to
have
been
reached
nounccs
that
the
Christmas
pot
will
Crests
of
foreigners
and
that
their
frt1ririnu
following
fon
conferences
f
PrpnpPS
OI
of
William
William
.....
nMiiMnnn.
nnr1
QrnritrtkB
mpnn
be
on
the
street
tomorrow.
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Donations
to
the
fund
today
in-1
something
more
than
mere
words.'
from
Ranee
&
j
prlme
Minister
declared.
:
:
elude
a
box
of
apples
Hardy.
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MAGNUSSEN'S
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Kenny
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Canada
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Aiioanm
inrcatening
tenlng
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to
withdraw
www
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enUrely
T
nm..
undertakers,
J
to
Falrview
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Auction
collecUons
58.25
nard
White
Star
liner
sailed
from
.wnaon
ior
new
iur,.
irom
U1C
m..
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r,mptprv.
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j.
c.
Jackson
w
cnrrinv
wit.nnut.
nassencers.
one
commenoaiiun
ui
an
Jlf
-
.
i
hnrt
a
lame
freight
cargo,
witn
so
and
luxurious
liners
lit
new
vnnK"DeT
many
21
'.-Advances
NEW.JS
tSeUew
York
the
Atlantic
service,
It
la
.
beeom
ng
recorded
o,
on
u
e
ior
sunie
ui
tnu-
board
for
all-round
Increases
In
NBuu
wm
u.
.,.
Vancouctt
Wheat
lntM.
A.
way
presiaea
u
uic
vi
wages
In
the
Industry
Is
put
SS
by
the
government
If
the
for
the
hymns.
Pallbearers
were
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
21:
(CP)
-recommendations
were
put
Into
er-
Andrew
Foss.
Jack
Collier.
I.
Johan-
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.31
o-i
Tect
It
would
mean
millions
of
dol-
sen.
Ole
Osvlg,
D.
Otlnoenaren
and
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday,
lars
more
annually
In
wages,
i
W.
E.
AJiderson
!
advancing
$1.32.
PORTLAND.
Oregon,
Deccmb'.-r
21
A
boycott
of
both
Canadian
and
Japanese
cedar
products
ti
proposed
In
union
quarters
at
Portland.
Unfair
hour
and
wage
ceh-dltlons
In
both
countries
aVa
claimed.
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