American Gunboat Sunk By Japs i l odav 5 Weather Tomorrow's Tides (I A.M.) Prince Rupert raining, south-cast She High .;C ... 10:03 a.m. 21.0 ft. wind, 18 miles per hour; barometer, 23:00 p.m. 18.0 ft. it. x 29.64 (falling); temperature. Low 3:27 a.m. 8.3 ft.' fs. 42; choppy sea. 16:46 p.m. 4.6 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL URITISH COLUMJJiA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXVI., No. 289. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1 937. Pit HE: 5 CENTS DTIvlNk &T ic nrnrnriWberhart Not 10 DLl IEV nicrniir Condition In Canada At End of October Not Excelled Since August 1930 Public Revenue Up OTTAWA, December 13 (Can adian Tress) Business condi' lions up to the end of October in Canada were better than at ny time since August 1930, the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports In a review covering the first ten months or the year. The Canadian Treasury issues a statement showing total rev-tnue for the first eight months of the current fiscal year at JfiO.OOQ.OOQ an Increase of $57,000-00 over the corresponding period last year. ARE NOW RESCUED Tassengtrs of President Hoover At Manila Salvage Being Attempted MANILA, Dec. 13: (CP) The liner President McKInley arrived here today from the Island of Formosa with between 380 and 400 passengers of the stranded liner President Hoover. They had spent i couple of days on Formosa after being landed. A skeleton crew had been left on board the President Hoover which 1 rcoortodto-b-leading, badlyjy'- Salvage tugs from Manila are at nr "f th .rqndini: and wUl twleavor to pull the Hoover from uuttcf uwtcci Divers Liivers were were voaay today enaca enucn- . : . vortnj to ascertain , extent of f dam-1 jor The Hoover was enroute from San F n lsro to the Phllllplnes and the 't'andlni occurred durlni: the run fr:m Yokohama to Manila. To keep clear of the Oriental war zone, fhc wa using the "outside" Instead , of the "Inside" parsaw. I Two American dctrovcrs. Aldcn and Baker, are standing by. Tell-Tale Dead Men Old Janiaclans Deported Creditor's Corpse On Debtor's Dorstep KINOTON, Jamaica, Dec. 13 C P Dead men may tell no tales but in the late 80s before slavery was abolished ln Jamaica they fre quently "dunned" their creditors It was the custom, then, for tht relatives to deposit the corpse of the erstwhile creditor on the step of the unhappy debtor and tc leave It there until a satisfactory settlement had been arranged. Vancouct.r Wheat j VANCOUVER. December 13 (Ca-j nadlan Press)--Wheat was trading , at $1.28 on the Vancouver market1 Friday, advancing to $1.29 Satur- day and to $1.29 today. AN OLD MISTAKE BROCKVILLE. Ont.. Dec. 13" 'CP) it can and dldhappen here. An elderly rural visitor attempted in mnit r. itn in tii firp alarm box here during a Saturday noon "our traffic rush. Dr. Neal Carter, director of the Prince Rupert Fisheries Experl mental Station, returned to tht cty on tlh Catala Sunday evening from a trln to Vancouver and Van couver vuver Island, island, Dr. Dr. Carter uartcr was wua ac- .- companled by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carter who will spend the Christmas ad New Year holiday' season here.1 v 'ARY, Dec. 13: (CP) Sl ,s.lute legislation will be passed If the Supreme Court of Canada and the Privy Council decide unfavorably on the three acts upon which assent was withheld by the Lleuten- ant Governor, Premier William Aberhart said In an address at the week-end. ' BULLETINS I 1 XMAS RELIEF BONUS Persons on relief in Prince Ru- pert will receive a Christmas bon- us, as authorized recently by the j provincial government, it was announced today by City Com- .sc.inn.r w i a Li... i.'omiii i will ret $3.20 extra and single i persons, $1.20. KUSS ELECTION MOSCOW Ninety million Russians yesterday voted in the first general election to be held with secret ballots in the Soviet lie-public. The result was but a mere ratification of the government's hand-picked nomination. There nnlv rnvprniiirnl nominees - with no real opposition candi- .... -.,41 . chambersY'Dfctator Joseph Stalin . was the unanimous choice for one i of the seats. Polling booths were fitted up like clubs with chess - , games, lunch counters and or chestras. MUSSOLINI ACCLAIMED KO.ME-Addrcssing an hysterical assemblage of thousands of Koman citizens from the balcony of his official residence, Palazzo Ycnczia. following a meeting of the Fascist Grand touncilj Premier Kcnlto Mussolini Saturday night made the expected announcement of Italy's resignation from the League of Nations. FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO i KA.MJiaiyU Three i iircc days uajs of torrential utial rains rains in in Northern Northern i i Californ la have resulted in 5000 persons being rendered homeless, fniir deaths aths. tliousands of acres I of fertile farm lands inundated and millions of dollars damage SCUMBLING VS. THOMAS NEW YORK Max Schmcling, former world's heavyweight box-Inr rhamnlnn. tinned the scales at 19G pounds even today and if rhlraeo was P.,,uarter of a pound more when they weighed in for their fifteen round bout at Madison Square Harden tonight. The 32- ) car-old German is a heavy iav- oritc to beat the westerner and expects nimseu m m vj "" out. SESSION NEXT MONTH OTTAWA Announcement of the date of the next session of Parliament is expected to be made this week. It will probably open on the third or fourth Thursday In January. Premier King is due back from Florida this week. Opposition Leader Hcnnctt returned Saturday from the west. ARGOS WIN OVER 'PEG TORONTO Toronto Argonauts won the Canadian senior rugby rnnthall chamnlonshlp on Satur day by defeating - - - Winnipeg Blue Bomber, by a s core ffour to three in a hard fough I m the frozen fie d of .University of Toronto Stadium. REGULATING OF FISHING Local Halibut Boat Owners' Hear What Was Asked at Recent Commission Meeting- In Seattle The Canadian Halibut Vessel Owners' Association held a meeting yesterday to receive a report from its delegates, Capt. J. M; Morrison and Capt. Charles Glske, to the re- r cent conlerence in Seattle with the fnternatinnal Fisheries Commission. All the fleets were agreed on the following -representations to the Commission In regard to future regulations: 1. mat ine yeany quota De raised to 54,000 pounds. ...... 2. That ina; Commission oommisswn x to handle curtailment providing . that It it be be subject subject to to an an advisorj advisorj V board of boat owners and fisher men and that control by the com mission may be .terminated by re quest of the majority of boats fish P3 or m0,e the Preced inu year. 3. That all halibut boats, regard less of size, be registered. (Now only boats of five tons or over are registered). 4. 4. That mat the me landing landing oi of ,ai .all hail nun- but under five pounds In weight with the head off be prohibited. 5. That the use of hooks smaller lhan 62-83 and 62-84 be prohibited. 6. That there be only a clearance date for Area No. 3. (This year there was also a date for closing of fish- . . mg-' 7. That the Commission, be re- quested.to take steps to exterrtJlnat? sea. lions. Other recommendations by In dividual fleets were placed before the Commission which promised to take the representations Into con- slderation in the drawing up of fu ture regulations. Capt. Glske returned last Wednesday from Seattle, Capt. Morrison getting back on Friday. I Revenues Rise I In Australia . ... i I'ntinnn auiisuuuiai inviv3i, ' Collections Down Under CANBERRA. Dec, 13 (CP)-Ciis Itoms figures Issued here Indicate the buoyancy of Australian rev-. enue. i .. unique program in adult ihe vessel was fiying American , w c'"k tenaance to pay tneir imai inoutes Customs revenue for the foni 'education and In rural economy nags both fore and aft as the dl-j In a telephone message to Han- 0f respect to the memory of de-months ended October 31 amoun- centrlng In tne R0mnn Catholic Vlng Japanese planes swooped kow, the new provisional capital ceased. ted to 15,892.000 ($63,568,000) as. College of st Franci.s Xavler ln down and attacked her. At the of Nanking's defense against the Pallbearers were O. Martinson, ;G. increase of 1.015,000 ($1,060,000! jNoya cot,a anH surmorted by the same time as the Panay was bias- Japanese Invaders was reported Drochu. W. A. Pllfold, J. Schllds, B. on the amount collected In the! , 193, nas now tPlt nut of the water, the tankers Saturday night to have declared Carlson and George Holmes. corresponding ponding Period period last last year.anc year.anc js . . d d tQ to Prlnce Prlnce Edward Edward Island. Island. 2,500 ($2,060,000) more than the) Thcre th work ,s belll(r dlrec. get estimate for the period. ,td from t Dunstan's Collect 512,1 bud Revenue In October amounted tC;also Roman catholic, and more re- 3.975.000 ($15.900.000)-an Increase of C202.00O ($808,000) over October 1936. Ol JVanCO tjtamT)S I (Not Accepted International Incident Occurs At Costa Rica Letters Marked "Postage Due" SAN1 JOSE, Costa Rica, Dec. IS (CP) Postage stamps caused an International Incident here when Spanish Insurgents protested bc-letters bearing stamps of the Franco" Government were j marked 'postage due" dnd the HActn fro 1 rrSlwlrrt hpfnrc delivery. , government of Costa Rfca savs the stamps are not recognized by the International Postal Union Mrs. Richard Woods returned to the city on the Catala last night from a trip to Vancouver.. British Wai Four Times Constitute French Plotter Canadian Born PARISJDec, 13; (CP) A man bom In Siskatchewan. ;..m k..u.n . ., . ,, ., . resif " ' pTle V"I I ue their Investigation of Les Cagoulards, secret hooded men, who are accused of plotting to set up a monarchy and dlctat- orshlp In France. Born in Maple Creeki Saskatchewan. In 1005Tenallle is now an en- glneer In Paris. He Is a broth- er cf Andre Tcnallle who was arrested on December 4 as the alleged leader of the arm- - . , .. . ment section of the consplr- V 4- CARNEGIE J. .BENEFITS steel Slanirnate's Legacies ton- tinue To Assist Canadian Social Enterprises NEW YORK. Dec. 13 (CP) The of ... fortune ac- income income u. the huge uDv. - llatcd bv Andrew Carnegie onainjiim c uimiuu ... " by the Britlsn nboat that Rlver at Wuhu. sixty miles above ilequlem Mass In Church of Annun-,who . rm ,nwlv birth In rose irom lowjy i twe,ve Europeans, possibly survl- Rhnnirhfl,. whlch u one 0f the ob- -lation f..iiowph v R..ri.i in'iT- cnniri tn a tppi pmnire in tne United State, still Is being poured, voar hv vpar on the educations! projects dear to his heart. . . i 1 in r.is annual repuii'. jua .. . . n ir i jisnea, rreaericn r. rvcyyci, pn..- rient of the Carnegie Corporation of of New New York, YorK, announced announcea organlza- urijiiiiii- tlon of the Canadian Association jfor AduU Education and reviewed he progress of the wori; n East- Canda -ooo h Hc sald: coin- ; ccntly word hfls come that th-i goverrment of Newfoundland has cnild a irrmm of men trnlned at St. Francis Xavler's to snread thr. . . . . t . ... J ,. movement in that island." Contributions irom uanaaian sources to he newly-formed coun- ,cil lve solid evidence of Cana- Hlnn Int.prrKt In thp work. Mr. Ken- pel added. anueu. ... ...... .. in n .1 the ine nast ni 4 five .1 live years yuiiis the iui- cor- norit itlon has contributed $160,000 tow? rord the exwnscs of a comore - ' henslve nslve stud" stud" of of the the relations relations be be- - 1 . . . , . 1 1 j twecn Canada, and tne unucu States, now beln? prepared b" the Carnegie Endowment for Interna- tional Peace. Though the study Is not yet completed, Mr. Kcppel said, the four volumes so far published one" last summer's conference on Can- adlan-Amerlcsii Affairs at Queen's University, Kingston:,; Ont., in "hich many leaders m Dotn coun- ,1.1 . 1 . .. . . J I1.nl tries pttruci'jutyu, nuvc piuvuu nn. value of the enterprise Tlie work Is being supervised by Prof. James T. Shotwell, Cana-Ian-born director of the foundation, j Vessel Is Struck In Yangste River; Serious Incidents 'WARNING GIVEN THAT ALL SHIPPING MUST RE- MAIN STATIONARY ON PAIN OF BEING FIRED UPON WITHOUT REGARD TO NATIONALITY ifa American Tankers, Refugee AT LEAST SIX ARE KILLED ON UNITED STATES VESSEL AND ONE ON OBJECT OF FIERCE ASSAULT SHANGHAI,. Dec. 13: (CP) Constituting what arc regarded as the most serious international incidents which have so far arisen out of the Sino-Japanese conflict, the United States gunboat Panay was bombed and sunk in the Yangste River by Japanese war planes today with feared loss of at least six lives, two Standard Oil Co. tankers were sunk at the same time while short-i ..:.... 4i, t;-w;?K irunlmii T nrlv Tlirrl hnH hopn ty Jiuviuus nit utiiisii struck four times by Japanese artillery projectiles, one iured. Japanese diplomatic and naval authorities, on 1 . . .. i i i with !, it, the Am- m behalf of the government, communicated crjean naval command in Shanghai, assuming full res nonsfbility for the attacks on the Tanay and tankers nn nffnr nir (lit IC1H iinn H7 istcr Hirota expressed "profound apologies" for sinking of the United States gun boat. Japanese naval authorities, however, reiterated a previous warning for all shipping to remain stationary in the Yangste River as orders had been issued to fire on all ships no matter what their nationality. . 7- . imitPd States naval officials In cer and one seaman' Injured. The -------- , . . . tn u n .. ,a iu.n vers irom mc raua,, i.au "iv.. sighted on the Yangste River shore The report alleviated early fean that at least eighteen lives mlgl.t ..A Uaa.i tnot Ir. tVtO CiniMnfT I f u" - - h. m,nwt snH tho turn stnnd.nd n.c t'"". - Oil craft. There mere was was. no no excuse excuse iui for U.. w.- bombing of the Panay, it was dj- blared lit American quarters. The incident occurred between Nanking and urv,n Wunu in in hman broad riaviipht daylight and and ;were were a also ..ov. struck. . All " four vessels . . i.. . . I were were e engagea in truusputi-uiB ...., fm Montintr tn nnints fur. fUgees ther up river for safety. On board were Americans, British, Italians and French. Fifty-four persons are known to have been rescued from the gunboat but it was not lmme- ..... , . . , I . dlately known how many had per isf,ed In the destruction oi tne tankers. Lieut. Commander J. J Hughes, skipper of the Panay. suf- forori a hrnltpn arm and the first officer oiucer was was also uisu Injured. injuicu. The mc it- re , .... . J.J 1I...UaI scued were landed at Hucheln which ha$: jibw been declared a safety zone by the Japanese. iiat Near Near Shanghai Shanghai uuuiij,nui United United w...vvv. States States . . . ... warsh ns are reDortea concentrai' Laden, Also Sunk 4 mtlTISH NANKING PS. in 1 OK VII T UrCIJJIl llllil . . . wa, thp vaneest ... ... jectlves of Japanese anacK. ' vigorous protest having been rip bv the British to Japanese naval 0ficers 0n the spot as w veil . . . i l n -. rl (I..UI as at onangiiai, voi. nui.. umiu- ...... .. t mow), senior japanic uuit, am he had received orders to fire on every every vessel vessel ln in the tne rives. rives, This inis u l! believed to be the reason for indls- criminate strafing of all craft twenty-five miles above Nanking. that his forces were holding on ef tanivov atvotncf thp .TnnnnPSP 1111 . vwv..v.j slauah't and that thlr morale was still high. The Japanese, the gen- erai is purported to nave announ- ced, had captured the southeast gate of the abandoned capital but had been unable to make further hdflHwav headway. uitter ngnting continues wim heavy casualties on both sides. The Chinese claim 6000 Japanese have been slain. Meanwhile Rieanwnue the tne Japanese jupanese military military , . . command officially announced the occupation of Nanking. Troops completed the occupation at sunset' loday, loday, buuaj . the wic .......... announcement Miiiiuuiictticiiv said ou.u i i There - was b oodv street risntine HOCKEY SCORES Satnrilnv American's; 3 i'Canadlens, 4 (ove'r - time). Rangers. 6; Toronto, 3. Sunday Canadlens, 4; Americans, 4 (overtime). Rangers, 5; Detroit, 2. jng today in the Yangste River. with the Chinese contesting evetj stripped for action, A flotilla is foot of the Japanese advance, the ready to proceed up the Yangste Japanese said. at a moment's notice. , At Washington President Frank Un D. Roosevelt and Secretary otj State JIull are keeping ln con- stant touch with the situation. An official protest will undoubtedly 'be made at the sinking or the panay The British Incident Yesterday the British gunboat Lady Bird was hit four times by Japanese land battery shells, one jseaman being killed and one offl- VICTORIA ... REGRETS Passing of Lady McBride Mourned In Capital Where She Was Long Prominent VICTORIA, December 13 (Cana- ton Procqt Pgcetntr tn Van rnii ver at the week-end of Lady Mar garet McBride, wiaow oi tne late Sir Richard McBride, former Premier of British Columbia, brought expressions of regret from numerous friends In this capital city where Lady McBride had resided for so many years and where she was so highly esteemed by all. Lady McBride was born In Bruce County, Ontario, sixty-seven years ago, the daughter of Nell McGll-very. Educated at Anna Wright Seminary and Tacoma Public School School In in Bruce Bruce County, County, Lady Lady Mc- Mc- Bl1de came west as a glri and ln ard McBride of New Westminster. She Is survived by six daughters. four or whom are married, Lady McBride was a honorary "regent or the ' imperiah" Order, s - the Women's Canadian Club. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. Funeral Of Fred Reich Held Today . Fairvlew Cemetery Following requiem mass this morning ln the Church of the Ah- . , . . tiunclation, at which the celebrant was Kev- atner Monarty, intern ment was maae in tairv ew ceme-! .ery death o occured last Thursday nightj after a an uiness oi consideraoie length. lengtn. Many inenas were in at-; Those sending flowers were: , tit.- ln.rlnit et-,s tTvaH nnr4 ma turaij w..o, tv4 uau, William Miller. Ranee and Hardv. officers and staff of Northern BJJ. p0Wer Co., Canadian Longshore- men's Association, Pauline and Walter Anderson, (Portland. OreJ, w Mi watU. Yvonne and Bill, Mr. . . , . . n t n M,f and Mrs. E. P. Jenner, Rcta and Eileen Talt, Mr. ana Mrs. u. u. Schubert and family, John Schlld and family, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Vanrfprsliivw t.hp staff of KpTIv Douglas, uougias, Mr. Mr. and anu Mrs. iviis. W. w . A. a. Pllfold ruiu.u . .. ... . . . , and family, Mr. Mulhern, Tommy Mulhern, John Kllzs, Victor Miller, Frank Comadina and Mr4and Mrs. Robert KOOert Gordon LjOiOUIl and anu family. lalllllj. Card of Thanks !S i The bereaved family wish to cY i press thclf deep appreciation of the attention and care given by the staff of the General Hospital !and tnc doctors to the late Fred erlck Reich. Fred and Carl Reich and Family. Sunday was a dull, murky day ln Prince Rupert with low clouds, It was mild and there was no rain until night fall.