Today's
Weather
j.
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
A31.)
Princ
'V'-t
Snowing;
south
wmm
High
5:11
a.m.
20.4
ft.
east
win
ft'es
per
hour;
barometer,
18:
08
p.m.
165
It.
25,
iperature,
34;
sea
Low
12:00
ajn.
5.4
ft.
smooth.
23:51
p.m.
8.1
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
ol
XXVI.
No.
39
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
16,
1937
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mm
a
mm
alas
on
runs
lie
More
to
be
Feared
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Mass
Invasion
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ui
j.
luiiustu
Strengthening
of
Military,
C.
C.
F.
Keeps
up
OTTAWA,
Feb.
16:
(CP)
nd
air
forces
for
the
defence
anatnan
neutrality
w
tne
uujctuvca
itutiui
mment
in
increasing
expenditures'
of
the
National
De-
i
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fwtn
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will
renew
their?
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only
tne
aeience
oi
uanaaa
aau
participation
In
military
op-
avails
uuiuau.
ouuiauiv
.
v..
anadian
ports
or
grain
elevators
.
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IlL.
4.
hours,
Coastal
artillery
de-
i-aircraft
guns
would
be
ac-
uucu.
ine
wavv
won
in
dc
nruviueu
iui
iour
new
mine
sweepers
tu
I
Today's
Weather
(OovcriuiHit
Trlogropha)
Triple
Island
Overcast;
south-
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy;
ii
r
iipri
i
it'inri
n
win
nnr
n
nil
r
I
4tW,jW
llUilltl
f
-
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
Hazeltoa
Cloudv.
calm.
20
Stwlthers-,
Cloudy,
calm,
cool
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm,
bovc
Terrace
-Light
snow,
calm,
bove
Alyansh
Snowing,
calm,
26
Aiiyox-
Snowing,
calm,
24.
Stewart
Snowlnsr.
calm.
21
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
Victoria
Ralntnir.
southwest
ult
nour:
Daru-
iprii
on
iii
Vancouver
Cloudv.
southeast
11111.
X
vi11a
i
i
uiuco
yer
aour:
Daromcicr.
Estevan
I
J
t
WVTWW
"u,
oarometcr,
29.58.
Roman
Pntlinlir
Churches
Resume
I
i
I
1CIU
Pun
I
I-
.
ui
mcxican
titles
ror(
First
time
In
Years
1
MEXICO
JlfSt
time
In
u-ii.
u-
.
catholic
Church
pealed
In
lcan
cities
on
hun
ti,
Kvernment
eXu
resumption
of
public
then
.
'
a
ana
we
churches
promised
uuia
oe
no
demonstrations.
XJUn
K
i
S
'fff
Hi
a
mm'
mm
m
-
r
u
l
.
Naval
and
Air
I
orces
its
Opposition
Efficient
military,
naval
of
Canadian
territory
and
i.v
..
LI
i,
nrrnnof
rno
rrnuovnmpnr
s
-
o
Plans
Defences
aKlllli.H
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie
READY
TO
ARBITRATE
Dr.
Weir
Would
Not
Oppose
This
Course
in
Dispute
Over
Health
Insurance
Payments
VICTORIA,
Feb.
1G:
(CP)
"Personally
I
should
not
be
opposed
to
seeing
the
dispute
over
payment
to
doctors
under
the
health
Insurance
scheme
referred
to
arbitration,"
Hon.
Dr.
O.
M.
Weir,
provincial
secretary
and
minister
of
health,
said
in
a
statement
yesterday.
Referring
to
letters
from
friends
urging
him
to
resign
he
said:
"If
I
was
convinced
that
I
could
do
more
good
for
the
people
of
British
Columbia
outside
rather
than
inside
the
government,
my
resigna
tion
would
not
be
delayed.
However,
I
am
not
thinking
of
resignation
now."
Weather
Forecast
'FumUshcd
throng:
Uic
eiMTletj
o
.
-
iir,
Mirtrolottlcal
Bureau
a
Victoria
and
Prlnco
Rupert.
Ihla
o-
CH&t
U
compiled
from
olxtrrvatlona
taken
at
5
am.
today
and
cover
th
3
hour
period
ending
o
yun.
Svnonsls
Pressure
remains
low
il
,.,lVi
ctrnnir
wes-
on
rnp
nunii
t:uuoir
mw
wv.
nine
of
the
tni.
irnlflG
lirPVn
south
.
I-
Queen
cnanoue
isianua.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
cnar
i
lotte
Islands
T.T,L.c5trnnr
Stiong
souinwtsi
southwest
to
west
winds,
somewhat
cooler
with
light
snow
or
rain.
Vancouver
Wheat
mrnrmrvr.
Fftb.
16:
'CP
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1583.4
on
the
Vancouver
market
today.
W
D
All
EWANriAl
VUADV
II
f
UtXU
I
II
Kir'
17
It
I
ma
a
i
a
Fascists
Beaten
Back
at
Madrid
Socialist
Forces
Halt
Drive
On
Capitol
From
Southeast
MADRID,
Feb.
16:
(CP)
Government
advices
yesterday
said
that
Socialist
troops
had
beaten
back
an
insurgent
assault
on
.the
southeast
Iront.
POPE
PIUS
GODFATHER
Agrees
to
Sponsor
New
Heir
Apparent
to
Italian
Throne
VATICAN
CITY,
Feb.
16:Popc
Plus
XI
has
agreed
to
act
as
godfather
for
the
newly
born
son
of
Crown
Prince
Humbert
and
Prin
cess
Marie
Jose.
The
new
heir
apparent,
who
will
be
named
Victor
Emmanuel.
after
his
grandfather.
the
present
King
of
Italy,
was
born
last
Friday
on
the
fifteenth
anniversary
of
the
crowning
of
the
Pontiff.
SOLDIER
IS
DEAD
Major
General
Sir
Frederick
Loomis
Succumbs
to
Heart
Ailment
at
Montreal
Noted
Career
Served
with
Distinction
In
Can
adian
ExpediUonary
Force
In
France
MONTREAL,
Feb,
16:
(CP)
Major
General
Sir
Frederick
Oscar
Warren
Loomis,
aged
67,
who
was
commander
of
the
Third
Can
adian
Division
at
the
olose
of
the
Great
War,
died
in
Montreal
last
nsht
of
a
heart
ailment.
In
the
great
canvas
which
hangs
A
the
Senate
Chamber
of
the
Parliament
Buildings
at
Otta-va,
Sdgar
Bundy,
the
noted
English
irtlsts,
has
painted
the
figures
)f
a
number
of
Canadian
offlcerr
n
a
scene
depicting
"The
Land
ng
of
the
1st
Canadian
Dlvlslor
t
St.
Nazahe."
In
the
forefront
Is
General
Loomis
(then
Lieutenant
Colonel),
who
Is
shown
watchln."?
his
own
unit,
the
13th
Battalion,
Royal
Highlanders
of
Canada
march
past.
This
was
the
com
mand
held
by
Sir
Frederick
when
Canada
sent
her,
first
division
to
France
In
February,
1915,
but
It
vas
as
a
major-general,
leading
o
division,
that
he
returned
to
tne
Dominion
four-
years
later.
The
battalion
commanded
by
Loomis
had
not
long
been
opera
ting
on
the
West
Front
before
it
established
for
Itself
an
enviable
reputation,
Its
first
real
engagement
was
at
Ypres,
10
weeks
aftet
the
landing
at
St.
Nazalre,
On
the
night
of
April
21,
1915,
the
13th
Battalion
had
relieved
its
sister
unit
from
Montreal
the
14th,
In
the
front
line
trenches
fronting'
Poelcappelle,
about
four
and
aj
half
miles
nortnwest
of
Ypres.
On..
moderatlne
In
the
west
follow-
their
left
were
units
of
the
45th
French
Algerian
Division.
Sir
'
.
.
,
"commandant"
4
of
St.
JuUen
and
cWrf
Tesponslblllty
was
to
de.
fend
that
village
lagalnst
all
aggression.
At
5
o'clock
In
the
afternoon
of
April
22
the
enemy
projected
chlorine
gas
on
the
Alger-
lans,
following
this
with
an
In
fantry
attack.
The
French
Col-(Continued
on
Page
Two)
A
AIL1
Tlk,r'I
lOr?-!!
mm
m
u
-m
a
w
a
FREIGHTER
IS
WRECK
Zapora,
Well
Known
at
This
Port,
Is
Total
Loss
in
Southeastern
Alaska
j
JUNEAU,
Alaska,;.
Fxb.
16:
The
well
known
oldWoast
iici&h-ter
Zapora,
which
nas
operated
for
many
years
between
Seattle
and
Alaska
ports,
is
reported
a
'
17
total
loss
following;
a
stranding
i
on
a
rocky
point
15
miles
south
of
Angoon
early
Sunday
whil
le
i
enroutc
from
Juneau
to
Iloona
and
Petersburg:.
The
vessel
was
I
on
a
voyage
to
Alaska
with
cargo.
She
had
been
one
of
the
fiist
vessels
to
leave
Seattle
following'
the
recent
maritime
workers'"
strike.
When
the
Zapora
became
two
.
days
overdue,
an
airplane
was
sent
out
to
look
for
her.
It,
ascertained
that
she
had
been
wreck
ed
and
that
crew
of
seven
and
nineteen
persons
had
escaped
in
the
lifeboats.
Later
a
coastguard,
vessel
was
dispatched
to
brin;,
them
to
port.
The
stranding-
occurred
durln;
a
blinding
snowstormjfand
heavy
gale.
The
vessel
had
left
here
early
Saturday.
The
Zapora
was
a
well
known
vessel
in
Prince
Rupert
through
frequent
visits
here.
She
was
155
feet
long
with
beam
of
24
feet
and
depth
of
11
feet.
She
was
built
in
1905
and
Tacoma
was
her
port
of
registry.
She
was
a
wooden
vessel.
General
Motors
Employees
Back
At
Work
Again
DETROIT,
Feb.
16:
Ona
hun-Jred
thousand
employees
In
var-ous
plants
of
the
General
Motors
Corporation
throughout
the
country
returned
to
work
today
following
settlement
of,
the
strike
dispute
last
week.
Collaosed
While
Hiking
on
Track
Police
Boat
Goes
to
IJillmor
To
Bring
in
Middle-Aged
Man
The
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.!
L,
8
went
out
to
Blllmor
yesterday
afternoon
to
bring
in
a
52-year
old
man
namecf
George
Schaeffer
whoi
had
collapsed
there
while
endeav-1
orlng
to
hike
In
from
the
Interior,
where
he
Is
understood
to
have
been
working
on
one
of
the
creeks.
Schaeffer
Is
now
In
the
Prince
Ru-
J
nert
General
Hosnltal.
Heine
In
a
state
of
collapse,
it
has
not
been
possible
as,
yet
to
obtain
much
Information
regarding
him.
COLD
IN
WINNIPEG
WINNIPEG,
Feb,
16:
Weather
lng
the
recent
severe
cold
snap.
Winnipeg
Is
the
coldest
place
on
:
the
prairies
with
seven
below.
A
-
I
berta
nprt.
point
nn,u
reported
rpnnrtort
frnm
from
14
,4
to
32
above.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
iCP-Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
4434C
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
.
.'
f
li
f
VITLi
kJMlfll
Li
a
a
a
a
a
a
a
Twenty-Three
Men
Quit
Forest
Camp
Six
Discharged
From
Errington
Establishment
and
Others
Laid
Off
in
Sympathy
NANAIMO,
Feb.
16:
Twenty-
SnSSuS
rlpntVir
the
provincial
government's
for-
estry
camp
at
Errington.
six
of
the
,men
had
been
discharged
and
the
others
quit
in
sympathy.
M
A
W
V
TXW
IN
STORM
:
Illizzard
in
Japan
Takes
at
Least
132
Lives
With
Countless
'
Others
Injured
TOKYO,
Feb.
16:
(CP)
A
blind-
nj
snowstorm
raging
a:ross
Nor-
them
Japan
is
believed
to
have
iljled
at
'cast
132
persons
and
In
.
iffed
countless
others.
!
,
mnAY'S
TMPICS
courte-v
a.
u.
ju.u.u
Co..
i
Vancouver-.
v-
B.
C.
Nickel,
.31.
Big
Missouri,
.63.
'
Bralorne,
8.60.
B.
R.
Cons.,
.06.
B.
R.
X.',
.13.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.65,
Dentonla,
.19.
Golconda,
.122.
Mlnto,
;22'A.
Noble
Five,
.14&.
Pend
Oreille,
4.30.
Pioneer,
6.30.
Porter
Idaho,
.12.
Premier,
3.85.
Reeves
McDonald,
1.33.
,
Reno,
1.19.
Reward,
.15.
Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridge,
.12.
Wayside,
.06.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.90.
Premier
Border,
.03
'4.
Silbak-Premler.
3.25.
Congress,
.12.
Home
Gold,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Cons.,
.80.
Calmont,
1.25.
.
C.
&
E.,
4.50.
Freehold,
.30.
Hargal,
.29.
M:Dougal
Scgur,
.55.
Mercury,
.60.
Merland,
.25.
.
'
,
Okalta,
2.85.
Pacalta.
.31.
United,
.55."
Toronto
Beattie,
1.50.
.
Central
Patricia,
4.80.
God's
Lake,
.89.
Inter.
Nickel,
64.50.
Lee
Gold.
.06.
Little
Long
Lac,
7.55,
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.83.
Pickle
Crow,
8.50.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.41.
San
Antonio,
2.08.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
3.25.
Slscoe,
5.85.
Smelter
Gold,
.08.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.85.
Oklend,
.40.
Mosher,
.40.
OUbec.
.06.
May
Spiers,
.26.
Sullivan,
1.95.
Stadacona,
1.50.
Francoeur,
1.28.
Manitoba
&
Eastern.
.13.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.75.
I
Bouscadlllac,
.85.
Rubec.
.08.
,
Bailor.
.07.
Bankfleld.
1.40.
East
Malartlc.
1.76.
Preston
East
Dome,
1,37.
D
7
n
ix
Condition
Cannot
Carry
on
Much
Longer,
it
is
Declared
Premier
King
Promises
Investigation
of
Whole
Taxation
System
in
Dominion
Feb.
16:
(CP)-A
commission
of
in-
OTTAWA,
.
.
'
v
royal
,
,.
,
,
...
..
.
.,
.ulry
t.
investigate
the
whole
system
of
taxation
in
the
Dominion
of
Canada
will
be
appointed,
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
told
the
House
of
Com-
mons
today,
the
announcement
following
the
tabling
of
a
report
of
the
Bank
of
Canada
on
the
financial
affairs
of
i
i
4
lommmee
ui
Senate
Passes
4
4
Court
Reform
4
4
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Feb.
4-
16:
(CP)
The
United
States
Senate
Judiciary
committee
to-
day
approved
the
Sumner.
Bill
4
'4-to
rjermlt
the
retirement
of
4-
federal.
Judges,
with
full"
pay
on
reacning
tne
age
oi
seventy
,J"eafs.'The
Trreasure'is
proposed1
4
by
President
Franklin
D
Roosevelt
as
pari
of
his
higher
court
reorganization
program.
4
4
1.
4-
4
CAPTAIN
IS
QUESTIONED
Japanese
Authorities
Want
To
Know
More
About
Sinking
Of
Freighter
by
Empress
Liner
KOBE,
Japan,
Feb.
16:
(CP)
Capt.
J.
F.
Patrick
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
steamer
Empress
of
Russia
was
summoned
before
tlia
Japanese
police
on
his
arrival
here
from
Shhuonosekl
for
examination
joncernlng
the
reported
sinking
or.
Monday
by
the
Empress
of
th:
Tapanese
freighter
Akahl
Maru
off
Shlmonosekl
Atlantic
Coast
Gets
Gales
Too
Small
Shipping
Scurries
For
ShelterWarnings
of
Icebergs
Send
Steamers
South
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
16:
Strong
esterly
gales
swept
the
Atlantic
-.oast
from
Virginia
Cape
to
New
Ingland,
causing
many
vessels
to
curry
for
shelter
and
doing
damage
to
some.
Iceberg
warnings
have
been
issued
from
the
.most
northerly
trans-Atlantic
shipping
route
and
vessels
have
been
advised
to
take
the
'more
southerly
and
longer
lane.
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
WINS
...
SEATTLE.
Feb.
16:
British
Co-
jlumbla
defeated
Washington
State
In
the
most
of
the
events
of
a
.
,
badminton
tournament
staged
nere
on
Sunday.
HAS
GOLDEN
JUBILEE
ALBANY,
N.Y
Feb.
16:
(CP)
Rev.
Sister
Mary
Judith,
who
was
ror
43
years
at
tne
immaculate
Conception
Convent
and
St.
Mary's
Academy
In
Winnipeg,
Is
celebrating
her
golden
Jubilee
at
tho
Academy
of
the
Holy
Names
here,
where
she
Is
superior.
I
F
Mmaa
ji
oi
Province
tyhe
Province
of
Manitoba.
The
Bank
of
Canada
will
disclose
n
a
few
days
its
views
regarding
proposed
solutions
of
the
financial
ituation
in
Manitoba
which,
the
Bank
says
in
Its
report,
"Is
either
lot
in
a
position
to
carry
on
or
is
tble
.to
do
so
with
assurance
for
no
more
than
a
short
period
unless
ome
unexpected
favorable
factor
hould
appear."
UNCLE
SAM
AND
FLOODS
New
Tactics
of
Experts
Emphasize
Importance
of
Attacking
Menace
at
Sources
DANGER
NOW
OVER
MEMPHIS,
Tenn.,
Feb.
16:
Flood
waters
of
the
Mississippi
Kiver
continue
to
subside
and
alt
danger
of
the
breaking
of
any
of
the
major
seawalls
is
now
declared
to
be
over.
Work
of
clearing
the
flood
debris
is
proceeding
and
many
cities
are
actively
planning
rehabilitation.
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
16:
(AP)
Congress
passed
an
omnibus
flood-control
bill
last
spring
which
authorized
expenditure
of
$310,-000,000.
Why,
then,
are
hundreds
of
thousands
homeless,
hungry,
cold
and
wet
today
In
the
Ohio
and
Mississippi
River
Valleys?
"Walt
a
minute,"
say
federal
flood
experts.
"There
is
nothing
magic
about
stopping
these
annual
disasters.
It
takes
hard
work,
time,
and
lots
of
money;
nobody
knows
how
much."
But
on
one
point
they
agree:
No
matter
what
it
costs,
it
Is
worth
many
times
the
amount.
Flood
waters
not
only
wreck
homes,
tear
up
roads,
wash
out
bridges,
drown
people
and
kill
them
off
from
exposure,
but
also
wash
life-giving
top-soil
away
from
farms.
Destruction
strikes
in
two
directions,
says
H.
H.
Bennett,
chief
of
the
soil
conservation
service:
In
the
cities,
where
waters
inundate
the
streets;
and
back
on
the
farms,
where
millions
of
little
trickles
of
water
carry
off
the
soil.
So
the
theory
of
beating
floods
Is
changing
In
government
coun-
ells.
Last
spring's
flood-control
bill
Is
an
excellent
example.
It
provided
$310,000,000
not
only
for
the
j
building
of
dams,
as
such
bills
useel
(to
do,
but
for
soil-conservation
j
work
back'at
ths
source
of
streams.
'
That
Inclusion
of
solNconserva-
,.
,c
m
n,me
to
be
the
only
aMwer
to
floods
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it
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50
dams
A
engineers,
ex-
tremely
expert
in
such
building,
constructed
49
of
them
at
a
cost
of
$125,000,000.
So
there
must
be
another
half
,
to
the
answer
of
the
puzzle,
and
Bennett
thinks
he
has
It
in
a
slow,
tedious
but
Important
change
in
the
way
Americans
use
their
land.
Soil
Conservation
Bennett
believes
the
volume
of
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