Hepburn's
Slalement
Smoke
Eaters
On
Ocean
Now
Trail
Hockey
Team
Sails
for
Europe
To
Play
In
Eleven
Countries
HALIFAX,
December
12
tCw-
Hockey
Scores
PACIFIC
COAST
LEAOIT.
Saturday
Portland,
2;
Scnttlc.
,
Hiimlar
Vancouver,
2;
Spokanei
2
(over
liners
on
Saturday
nignt
.
a
at-.
TO
RESIST
AGGRESSION
I
i.
-ii.,.
i..l.iinrr
Plan
is
Being
.
.....
.
.
Ivvnmitc
r-.i,i.rH
hv
Pan-American
ST
THOMAS.
December
12
(Ca-
Conference
nadlan
Press
(Premier
MlUhell
Hf
pburn
today
denied
charges
LmA
penl
December
12
The
made
at
Port
Arthur
of
conspiracy
Pan.AmeriCan
conference
Is
today
to
oust
Prime
Minister
Wl
Ham
conSdcrlng
a
plan
of
collective
as-Iron
Mackenzie
King
but
declared
slstancc
proposed
by
Venezulla
to
than
If
the
Dominion
government
combat
aggression
from
abroad
want
to
make
an
issue
over
rela-
Thc
expecUtion
rs
that
the
con-ts
between
It
and
OnUrlo.
he
fercncc
wln
conclude
about
Dec-wss
prepared
to
go
to
the
hust-
mbcr
27
ln-.
n4
fioht
them
to
the
limit,
i
Premier
Dysart
of
New
Brunswick
and
Premier
Campbell
nlj
Prince
Edward
Island
have
said,
that
they
know
noUiIng
of
the
al
.
leged
coiuplracy
and
gave
assur-(
nce
that
they
would
oppose
any
uch
plan.
I
Christmas
Eve
O.
W.
Nlckerson
Co.
Ltd
Ottawa
Government
Denounced
by
Fishermen
for
Allowing
Shipment
of
War
Materials
to
Atgressors
!
wis
of
the
city.
.
.
i
.il
Avmu
will
n.iM:
of
the
aaivanoi
-
-i
a
aiih
boxes
or
hampers
of
Christmas
Cheer
for
those
unable
such
things
for
them-
to
procure
lo
iiu.
ui
u.
r
hr
wives.
Funns
io
t11
done
are
asked.
The
fund
now
stands
as
follows:
Previously
acKnowicnRca
'
Prince
Ruperi
iruuis
T
nhor
Council
..
a's
Royal
Guests
As
a
Result
Insurgent
Military
Op-
erations
Against
Spanish
Loyalists
In
That
Area
Held
tirwruvtf
Watvn-Knanlxh
Fron-
.
.
fcj.
u.
.tier.
December1
2
Flood
waters
cf
'the
Ebro
RWer
jare
holding
up
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
12:
(CPi
(military
operations
of
Insurgent
Percy
Fabln
of
Vancouver
was.
Gererallssimo
Francisco
Franco
elected
nresldent
of
the
Pacific
acalnst
the
S
Danish
loyalists
In
!
Coast
Fishermen's
Union
as
the
sr-'that
sector.
Over
the
week-end,
the
igaalzation's
third
annual
conven-
Ebro
is
reported
to
have
risen
the
less
than
ten
feet.
tTTJ:
Foreign
Minister
ti
ttniurm-
nf
Inhni
that
.
ilni-inn1
nast
weeks,
a
COn-"eressor
nations
and
approved
a
rr
if
11711
SScv'
had
been
in
operation
to
force
retirement
of
Mr.
boycott
on
good,
from
Faut
J
Hungary
YYU1
V"
,JL
lh.
n.uonal
leadership!
:
'
countries
..
n
r
!
IP
.
TZ
P--
The
Premie,
.
.SSSSLlT
SLX
Y
111
Y1SU
fcckirt
n
a
rrepastmem
,
"union
of
the
!!r?Jf
Mitchell
5!
Hepburn
of
On
ST
MinitlCJ
Mining
Man
Man
I
15
British
(lumbla
TtoW
As!-Pmnirr
t
,Ion
a.
ttDnroved
by
th,
utter
As-
Un
irl
Premier
Maunceuup
r,.
-
',.flnn
Vt
it
mtlnt
In
Nanal-
.'.hrr-ntrhlm
'King'
as
Prtmr
1
iCiitrr
were
correct
The
issue
be-
irrri
federal
and
Ontario
liberah
13
be
discussed
in
all
it
imp'l-
riKxs
at
prty
cacucus
w
held
u
soon
"HmrMst
Kht
ehartes
at
Port
Arthur
Saf
ortlsy
nt?ht
Mr.
Rogers
said
that
in
unnatural
political
alliance'
beeen
Hepburn
and
Dupless"
m
panned
to
force
King
from
i
leadership
with
the
evident
purpose
of
setting
up
In
Ottawa
a
l-Tfrnment
which
would
be
largely
controlled
by
the
Ontario
and
Q-jfbec
provincial
governments.
He
w:4
that
the
Hepburn-DuplessU
Usance
was
the
greatet
slngVs
utt
lo
Canadian
unity
at
this
ttme
He
said
lhat
the
conspiracy
hd
Hm1
because
the
Prime
Min
uter
was
never
held
stronger
than
,
today
in
the
loyally
or
uie
uocrai
pariy
and
the
respect
ana
esteem
cf
the
Canadian
people.
Uead
Un
Iran
imo
last
week.
SMITH
ERS.
Dec
12
'Spec-
lf.n,i
..
n,ii.,
vn
-A
tracedv
and0
Ml
'
MWlllllll
llTlllf
UWIIIH
-.
f
tains
about
20
miles
from
.
-
.
.
V"Vr"
-
,,lWrrUrtertmade-Trrt
formerly
!
of
Smlthets
but
lately
or
van-
ti
A
couvcr
and
wno
arnvca
nerr
on
Thursday
to
visit
the
SU-
ver
Pick
mining
claims,
of
which
he
was
a
half
owner.
Nearly
schoolingj!
no
BI
TN.
Dec.
12
The
Hungar-an
fore4?n
minister
l
about
to
pay
a
visit
to
Berlin
to
discuss,
among
other
things,
the
Magyar
situation.
MEETING
WITH
EMPIRE
PEOPLE
GIVEN
GEORGE
ana
a.ea
on
collapsed
.,
,
.
sr.Sl
n
i
i
iut
trail
when
about
two
mU
1
llCir
lajCSIies
v
ommj;
imi
in
v
uiiituu
iwuus
iuui
from
a
cabin
destination.
whkh
was
his
Oukc
and
Duchess
to
Southern
Dominions
While
the
visit
of
the
King
and
Queen
to
Canada
next
May
will
be
the
first
ever
made
to
a
self
governing
British
Dominion
by
a
reigning
sovereign
and
his
consort,
it
will
by
no
means
be
their
Majesties'
first
Empire
mission.
As
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
York,
they
made
two
important
journeys
to
faroff
parts
of
the
Empire.
In
iv
ii,
iney
visuca
rtcujn
sum
us-
anda
In
East
Africa,
finishing
up
I
with
a
trip
down
the
Nile
to
Port
Sudan
on
the
Mediterranean.
With
this
introduction
to
the
art
of
Empire
touring,
they
were
charged
two
years
later
with
the
Important
tasK
of
representing
King
George
V.
at
the
opening
of
the
Parliament
Buildings
In
Canberra,
Australia's
new-built
federal
capital.
The
African
affair
was
largely
one
of
Ultimate
receptions
by
Bri
tish
officials
and
settlers
with
plenty
of
recreation
In
the
form
of
big-ame
hunting.
But
It
was
the
six
months'
swing
to
Australia
and
New
Zealand
that
really
pro
ved
the
couple
as
Empire
envoys
island,
doing
the
honors
for
both
of
the
first
rank.
j
The
couple
saw
the
famous
hot
The
tour
Included
a
ceremonial
springs
at
Rotorua
and
the
magi-voyage
around
the
world
In
a
bat-
cal
"Glowworm
Cave"
at
Waltome.
tleshlp.
weeks
of
high-pressure
re-
Other
experiences
for
the
Duke
celvlnc
and
reviewing
In
the
heat
were
his
ceremonial
election
as
a
nf
an
Australian
fall
and
side
trips
Maori
chieftain
and
driving
his
to
Empire
outposts
such
as
FIJI
and
Mauritius.
Incidentally,
the
ship
In
which
the
Duke
and
Duchess
made
the
tour
was
the
battle
cruiser
Renown,
a
sister
ship
of
the
Rcpule
which
will
bring
them
across
the
Atlantic
as
King
and
Queen
next
9nn1
Cumberland
broueht
him,
with
....
.
.
,
due
tic).
,
(Continued
on
Page
Five)
Greatly
Enjoyed
Visit
To
Pbrt
Sprmf
II.
C.
.Coniey.
Lieutenant-corn
Specially
commissioned
for
the
mander
of
the
united
states
Navy
h
Renown
sailed
f
rom
Air
Sauadron
16.
which
nald
a
visit
"
on
on
Christmas
cnrisimas
Eve
a
number
"
of
"iouuuiiuii
Southampton
In
January
with
their
----
to
--
the
---
r
port
'.:
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
-on
iics3)
nan
.
hockey
tam
sailed
Saturday
nlGnl!
es
similar
to
that
depicted
Royal
Highnesses
and
an
Imposing
writes
as
follows
on
the
Duchess
of
York
lor
a
"
wl)1
take
piace
in
different
.staff
aboard.
Tne
sailing
marKeo,a
Of
EiirnrN
POUrSC
Of
they
will
visit
eleven
countries.
nicn
"
-
.
....
.1..,
Representatives
nnri.s(ntativcs'fi.rifipp
sacrifice
to
to
duty
dutv
for
for
behind
oenma
them
mem
"On
behalf
of
the
squadron
and
myself
I
would
like
to
express
our
the
vouatr
couple
left
their
first
born
child,
Princess
Elizabeth,
then
only
a
few
nfonths
old.
For
the
Duke
It
was
almost
ms
first
trip
In
a
battleship
since
Illness
forced
him
to
give
up
active
service
In
the
navy
during
the
Great
War
It
was
as
a
naval
cadet,
by
the
way,
that
he
first,
saw
m
on
Canada
when
the
training
ship
appreciation
of
the
very
courteous
treatment
accorded
us
by
the
peo
ple
of
Prince
Rupert.
I
may
add
that
our
report
of
our
visit
was
so
enthusiastic
that
it
may
brinj
forth
an
epidemic
of
trouble
to
be
experienced
by
squadrons
passing
In
the
vicinity
necessitating
a
stop
"We
greatly
enjoyed
meeting
all
who
made
our
stay
so
very
pica
saht."
Tomorrow's
Tides
Today's
Weather
Prince
Rupert
raining,
southeast
High
-
A
-
"
tt.
wind,
twenty
miles
per
hour.
barometer,
30.13
(falling);
temper
ature,
42;
sea
rough.
Low
-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
vcl
xxvii
no,
287
PRINCE
PRINCE
RUPERT,
RUPERT,
B.C.,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MONDAY,
DECEMBER
DhUfcMBEK
12,
1Z,
1938.
VJM.
PRICE:
'
5
CENTS
1
y
'
'
"
:
Memel
In
Limelight
After
Vote
Conspiracy
To
Premier
King
Himself
Supports
Charges
Of
His
Two
Ministers
Tnnatural
Alliance"
Between
Hepburn
and
Duplessis
Seen
to
Change
Dominion
Liucrai
icauersmp
Hepburn
Denies
it
But
is
Ready
to
FiRht
Oust
Premier
Coup
DOMINION
1EBR0
RIVER
!
CONDEMNED
IS
FLOODED
Of
By
Hitler
To
Absorb
Port
Lithuania
Is
Seen
Following
Election
Sunday
Favoring
Nazis
GOING
TO
ESQUIMALT
Local
Fishing
Vessels
to
Take
Training
Under
Fishermen's
Naval
Reserve
Twenty
Prince
Rupert
fishing
vessels
will
attend
at
Esquimau
naval
barracks
commencing
January
30
for
courses
of
twenty-fight
days
training
in
each
case
under
the
newly
organized
fishermen's
reserve
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Reserve.
Lieut.-Commander
C.
t).
Donald
R.C.N.
it
now
in
the
city
making
final
arrangemfnts
for
the
local
vessels
to
go
south.
The
follow
In;
boats
have-been
selected:
rinella,
Capt.
David
RlUhie;
Vera
Beatrice,
Capt.
S.
Pierce;
Cape
Beale,
Capt.
Edjar
Arnet,
Arctic
1.
Capt.
Petersen;
Helen
II..
Capt.
Peter
Byrne;
Capella,
Capt
Dan
I-arsen:
Tramp,
Capt
Sam
llaugenj
Blllmor,
Capt.
I.
ton;
F.
II.
Phlppt.
Capt.
James
Morrison;
Sea
Jlaid.
Capt.
Ilenrj
Doiron;
Viner,
Capt.
W.
J.
Thomas;
Signal.
Capt.
P.
Ivarstin:
Oslo,
Capt.
Olseri;
Teeny
.Mllly.
Capt.
Cook;
Relief,
Capt.
Merrill
Sollows;
V.
R.
Lord
of
Chief
Legale.
Capt.
C.
Morrison;
Chief
Secsay
or
Chief
Taped,
Capt.
H.
Tattersal;
Johanna,
Capt.
John
Wick;
Morris
II,
Capt.
Giske.
RED
DEER
HAS
FIRE
cruise.'
Oamaje
of
$35,000
Is
Done
As
Re-to
other
cadets,
on
a
training
Halifax,
Quebec
and
Montreal
suit
of
Outbreak
in
Business
,
The
Renown
went
out
by
King-,
District
ston.
Jamaica
and
the
Panama
Ca--
nal
to
the
lonely
Marquesas
Islands
RED
DEER.
Alberta,
December
11
In
the
south
Pacific,
thence
t3
re
swepi
mrougn
uic
uu.ic
FIJI
where
the
Duke
and
Duchess.
district
yesterday
poing
aamage
received
the
homage
of
straw
Intimated
at
W3.oou.
a
snorc
cir-.
skirted
naUve
chiefs,
and
finally
cult
In
electric
wiring
in
a
butchei
to
Anrkinnrt
Ww
Zpaland.
.shop
Is
believed
to
have
been
the'
Tour
Ihe
Antipodes
jorigln.
Ihen
began
the
strenuous
round.
I
Before
many
days,
the
Duchess
was
TODAY'S
WEATHER
a
casualty
with
a
sharp
bout
o(.
t.imi
CV...
win
n
1
n
a
M.lpnw
I
N.Z..
to
recuperate
while
the
Duke
continued
the
tour
to
the
South
i
.
-,
1
n.li.tHi
.niith
wind.
25
mues
per
nour;
sea
mou-erately
rough.
Lanaara
Island
Overcast,
soutn-
west
wind,
26
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.05;
temperature,
47;
moderate
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
Showery,
strong
southerly
wind;
barometer,,
30.10;
temperature.
44;
sea
choppy.
Bull
Harbor
Part
cloudy,
easterly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
bar-1
ometer,
30.38;
temperature,
ae;
light
swell,
Alprt
Bav
Clear,
calm;
barom
eter,
30.32;
temperature,
33;
sea
smooth.
.
;
Este
van
Cloudy,
northerly
wind,i
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,-
30.-1
44.
victoria
Clear,
northerly
wind,'
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.-
42.
I
Vancouver
Clear,
northeast
whnd,
four
miles
per
hour;
barom-j
eter.
30.44.
Prince
George
Cloudy,
souther
ly
wind,
14
miles
per
hour,
bar
ometer,
30.26.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Fresh
south
wind.
Increasing
at
night,
unsettled,
nusslblv
&lcel
at
night.
'
$
Great
Britain
and
France
Join
in
Appeal
to
Reich
Against
Annexation
of
Baltic
Sea
Strip
at
This
Time
MEMEL,
Lithuania,
December
12.
Disorders
have
broken
out
in
Memel,
now
Lithuania's
c!:ief
seaport
which
was
German
before
the
Great
War,
following
elections
yesterday
for
local
Parliament
in
which
the
Nazi
party
won
with
a
decisive
majority.
Now
the
Nazis
are
demanding
full
autonomy
as
a
first
move,
it
is
believed,
to-
.
..
1
1
L"j
wards
Joining
up
with
Germany.
Ft
rirrTT
AP
iThere
is
reason
to
believe
that
KllYl
III
I
llr
I
Chancellor
Hitler's
next
expansion-UJ
1
sJ
1
1
JL
lary
move
wiU
be
In
this
direction
a
nnnrPOAnO
and
that
it
will
come
soon.
AliIiKrSMlK
Today
it
was
declared
by
decree
'
VJ
VJlXlJlJU
VUU
1
j
that
Lithuanian
police
powers
were
.
JTT".
.
.
ended
in
Memel
and
that
only
po-Resolution
x
n
to
This
Effect
Is
PassedUce
of
autonomous
Memel
wouItf
by
Mass
Meeting
in
Winnipeg
have
authority
in
the
district
which
WINNIPEG.
December
12-At
..ff,
Neumann,
mass
meeting
here
yesterday
a
re-l
elecUo
,the
solution
was
passed
Coring
boy-
dKhloa
cott
of
goods
of
aggressor
nations.
"
Germany
Italy
and
Japan
being
5pu.cuuy
"
rl.any
decision
as
to
a
change
in
more
than
$300
was
taken
up
at
terrUorial
sUtus
0
thc
dlstrict
the
meeting.
would
be
made
in
Berlin.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
-CnurtMT
a
D.
JoIinMOD
Co.)
Toronto
Pacific
Nickel,
.25
ask.
Big
Missouri.
.25.
Bralorne.
10.40.
Aztec.
.05.
Cariboo
Quartz.
2.31.
Dentonla,
M1'.
Golconda.
.05.
Minto,
.02;.
Fatrvlew,
.01.
Noble
Five,
.03
g.
Pend
Oreille.
1.75.
,
Pioneer.
2.60.
Porter
Idaho,
.03.
Premier,
2.26.
Reeves
McDonald.
.26.
Relief
Arlington,
.14Vi.
Reward,
.06ti.
Salmon
Gold.
.08.
Taylor
Bridge.
.04.
Hedley
Amalg.,
.03.
Premier
Border.
.01.
SUbak
Premier.
1.75.
Home
Gold.
.OQVa.
Indian,
.01.
Quatslno,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.19.
Calmont,
.42.
C.
&
E..
2.20.
McDougal
Segur,
.14&.
Mercury,
.06i.
Okalta,
in.
Pacalta.
.08Vi.
Home
Oil,
1.90.
Vancouver,
Beattle.
U5.
Central
Pat,
2.53.
God's
Lake.
58Vi.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.75.
McKenzle
Redlake,
1.19.
-Pickle
Crow,
5.10.
San
Antonio.
1.24.
Sherrltt
Oordon,
1.30.
;
Sherrltt
Gordon,
120.
Smelters
Gold,
,03.
McCled
Cockshut,
250.
Oklend,
.18.
Mosher,
.16.
Madsen
Redlake,
.49.
Stadacona,
J2.
Francoeur,
53.
Moneta,
1.30.
Bouscadlllac.
.10.
Thompson
Cadillac,
21.
Bankfleld,
.25.
East
Malarttc,
2.71.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.41.
Aldermac.
.46.
Kerr
Addison,
153.
Uthl
Gold,
1.38.
Int.
Nickel.
78.75.
Cons.
Smelters,
59.50.
Athona,
.07.
Hardrock,
1.70.
1
Barber
Larder,
.13.
-
Afeantlme
Oreat
;Britalftiia:exr
pressed
to
Germany
the
"hope"
that
the
Reich
will
not
annex
Memel,
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
fCo;araons.
The
British
government
is
Join
I
ing
France
in
representations
con-
rpmln
thp
nosslbllltv
of
a
move
ment
to
absorb
Memel
as
a
sequel
.
to
the
elections.
PACT
WITH
R0UMANIA
Balkan
Nation
to
Supply
Wheat:
"
and
Oil
to
Germany
in
Return
For
Manufactured
Goods
BERLIN,
DecemDer
12
Despite
recent
restrained
relations
over
po
litical
matters,
a
trade
arrange-rnent
has
been
completed
between
(Roumanla
will
supply
oil
andwhea.
jRoumanla
will
supply
11
and
wheat
Germany
in
return
for
manufactured
!to
goods.
Roumanla
Is
now
making
arrangements
to
send
the
oil
and
wheat.
Gaston
Means,
LiAlUIUUlliai,
Dies
In
East
SPRINGFIELD.
Illinois,
Dec.
12.
Gaston
B.
Means,
notorious
federal
agent,
who
had
been
ser
ving
a
penitentiary
sentence
for
extortion
In
connection
with
the
Lindbergh
kidnapping
case
and.
who
was
the
author
of
"The
Strange
Death
or
President
Harding
died
in
a
Springfield
hospital
yesterday
at
the
age
of
fifty-eight
years.
WINNERS
IN
BASKETBALL
Gamma
Takes
First
Half
of
Hih
School
League
The
first
half
of
the
High
School
Basketball
League
ended
on
Saturday
with
Gamma
winning
for
the
period
only
two
points
ahead
of
Beta.