Legislature rroroguea Last Night; Many Bills Passed During Session t acz m 'ton which was proposed hr ri Msarevor Macintosh. Con- lerrstffe member for the Islands. Tht f-'ndmtnt put the House on record as opposing 8lno-Japanee C-.3.Z alion to British Columbia led amnwulcd. Ui. provincial The House sUo rrcorded approv-il f a fnotlon by Tom Uphill. La-tr member lor Fernl. favoring Dmlnlnn or provincial sweep-rUkea twenty-five per cent of the im proceedj of which would go ' hospitals. Jansnese tlsh IJcences R W Druhn. Conservative member tnr Rlmnn Arm nut forward a tt Nation exrreln(i regret that Dominion had not carried out ' recommendations of a Royal rnml ston of 1922 lor a reduction to Japanese fUhlng licences. Hon Oeorge Pearson minister of iabor offered an amendment com- seven .ienten Weather Forecast General Synopsis Pressure Is high from British Columbia southward and some light rain has occurred on the north coast but weather has been fair and some what colder In other parts of this province. Prince Rupert and queen unar- lotte Islands Moderate winds. mosUy e-art. part cloudy, somewhat colder. West Coist of Vancouver Island . Light to moderate variable winds, cloudy and somewhat colder. DEMOCRACY MAY PERISH AT HANDS OF ENEMIES UNLESS FRIENDS AID IT SAYS EDEN, NEW YOKK, December 10: CP)-Vorld democ-' racy may perish at the hands of its enemies unless its friends ueiome more active in its protec o dechued Ht Hon. Anthonv Eden, former British foreign Secic-tarv in nn ddrek here last night before a manufactur-, era' gathering. National animosities were endangering world giij peace ytfza L v m and. tu, whatever wiiv im It mlgni - be the wnfld today was certainly nis country to be conscious of the ret safe for democracy. declArcd challenge confronting it and its Cipt Eden. Democracy was be- shortcomings but "to be con-' .j u'nrld-WlOC ...... " " " I . . . .ItnAMM niTf 1 C II f 1 1 s rnaaengca 011 ..-. oua nf of b..s by 'governmenU with differ- nt .philosophies. It was the for- to proclaim mer Foreign BecrcUry s first speech of his American tlslt. Cspt. Eden declared that British People were essentially the wnie In spirit today as they were In the stalest momenU of the Empires history. ' BrlUIn would stand firm, Capt. W'n said, for democracy In n Wthlcss and challenging world that hd not been made safe for democracy . In a world where 'wee U for many the only lnstru- iti.i.1 ...11... it. aAA" "WC wiw oi ioiicy. uuu". j "now we are destined in our n our generation to to live live In in a per 10a of emergency o, our oiiui M.uuiMm that we are falnt- hearted, still less to suggest war we are decadent." 1 I came to the United States to listen and to learn, not to speak."! asserted Capt. Eden "but I shall endeavour to give you a picture of, what the average Englishman Isj thinking." The former Foreign Secretary declared that. In visiting the. United States, he was fulfilling a life-long' ambition. ! sinnrtnv Cant. Eden will leave 1 for Washington to meet President W"-, yflt, Next Friday he win sau whlcn mere ,rH a iY ih. oupen Marv on his re "fed of. In such conditions wcu VM.n&. While In this k"ow we must believe In ourselTes , y ne wUl visit Annapolis and to live. For nit this. Ill Spirit, WC,cyu . World's Fair site. . sr. .. 't"e istw iw : ir - rir paring. e described It as necessary lot He was given a rousing reception, EXTENDING PACT AREA B.C. Halibut Operators Would Have Continental Shelf Included in International Refutations VANCOUVER. Dec. 10: (CPt Prior to the annual conference of Federal Authorities Commended for Reducing Oriental the international Fisheries com Fishing Licences Favor Expressed for Hospital bwecpstakes Vfii ji i i iliii. it v i:iu i prorogued at 9 o'clock last night, endine a session of veeks which saw " seventy ' acts assented .. .i to ti by the Ln mission in Seattle. A. J. Whltmore of Ottawa and L. W. Patmore K.C of Prince Rupert, members of the Pimtmiuinn held a nrellmlnary 10: (CP) The legislature meetln with Vancouver halibut boat operators. Representatives ox Prince Rupert halibut vessel ovn- . .r. onr fithirmen on their way to ant Governor. Prior to prorogation, ine nouse recorue ,--ferenCe. also at- owpcsit.ton to Oriental immigration into the province but tendfd tne mceUn8 whlch t0OK turned down an Opposition motion which asked for Jap- pittCC Thursday m?ht. inweti tislon through abrogation . At the meetings In Seattle. Brl- ra idi and japan wnicn,""" . .. extension of reguiaiea nauout inn- 2J JO J.Vnese tenter Can- lf rf T HaZd to Include the contln. 5Taisu.1T The House adopted " Jcte ental shelf a, a means of protect-il, tnu ,f 28 to 14 an amend- Int th finery from possible for- B by D W Strain. Ubcral TooTU' they itfr.bef ' Dewdney. ucwaney. to w the ww c- ex- ir m 1022 (Pearson said. Japanese had . held forty per cent of 7606 fishing I licences Issued. In IMS they held (only fourteen per cent of 1505. i Pearson withdrew his amendment fatter Rruhn withdrew his resolu tion. TODAY'S Dentonla. ,MU STOCKS lohnMon Oa Vancouver Pacific Nickel. Si ask Bl Missouri. .23 Oolconda, .05Ji. Mlnto. X)2,. Fairvlew. .04. Noble Five. .031,. Pend Orlelle. 1.70. Pioneer. 2.70 ask). Porter Idaho. .03. Premier 2.25. Reeves McDonald, .28. Reno, XI ask. Relief Arlington, .14i. Reward, .06. ; Salmon Oold, 8. Taylor Bridge. .04. Hedley Amalg.. .03. Premier Border. .01. Sllbak Premier, 1.75. Home Oold. .01.. Orandvlew. .M. Indian. .01. Quatslno. .03 V. Oils A. P. Con.. .19. Calmont. .37. C. & E.. 2.18. u Freehold, .06 (ask). Hargal. .25 (ask). McDougall Scgur, .13Vi-Mercury. .OOVi. ' Okalta. 1.24. y Home Oil. 1.67. Toronto Beattie. 1.35. Central Pat.. 2.47. Oods Lake. .27. Little Long Lac. 2.60. McKenzle Red Lake, 1.19. Pickle Crow, 5.15. , San Antonio, 1.22. Sherrltt Oordon, 1.28. Smelters Oold, .0214. McLeod Cockshutt, 2.70. Oklend. .17. Mosher, .17. Madsen Red Lake, J51." Stadacona, 50. Francoeur. .23. Moneta. 1.30. ; Bouscadtllac, .09. Thompson Cadillac, 56. ' Bankfleld. .26. East Malartlc, 2.59. Preston E. Dome, 1.40. Alydermac, .45. Kerr Addison, 1.00. Uchl Oold, 1.40. Int. Nickel. 5325: : . ' tiforanda. 78.75. Cons, Smelters, 59.00. Athona. ,07V. Hardrock. 15. Barber Larder, .12. ' Fenrland, .14. . Dominion Bridge, , .35. V Bulletins FIREMEN IN HOSPITAL VANCOUVER, December 10: (Canadian Tress) Five persons were admitted o Hospital last night as a result of being- overcome by ammonia fumes over-fightinc fire which destroyed an old waterfront cold storage plant yesterday. A sUth fireman had been hospitalised earlier when he tmck his foot with a fire axe while clearing- debris. The gassed included Assistant Fire Chief J. II. DeGraves. Total damage is estimated at only $35M. VANCOUVER Plans for a six-storey addition to Woodward's depaitment store, costing $250,. 000, were announced today by W. C. Woodward, president. WAS DEAN OF HOUSE No One Has Equalled Long Jrvice Record of Late James Schofield As Legislator Tomorrow s Tides Todays Weather mm Wmm Prince Rupert Cloudy, northerly High 4:08 a.m. 20 & ft, wind, four miles per hour; barometer, 15:59 p.m. 20.8 ft. 3022; temperature, 37; sea 10:08 a.m. 68 ft: smooth. 22:39 pm. 2A ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS.It COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER VrL XXVII No. 280. k PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, DE CEMBER 10,1938. PRICE: 5 CENTS Palaj'cr Wins Vote Of Confidence House Opposes Japanese Immigration The Policies Of French i ... D I ABERHART EDMONTON, Dee. 10: (CP) ; Premier William Aberhart des- ! . . ... , iL.i a 1 1. . ..It! l: M.M square miles and take In rich gold and radium mining areas as well as fishing and fur producing districts. Consideration has been given this rrorosal by the cabinet since the Premier's return from Ottawa where he went in connection with the province's refunding proposal. lODAY'S WEATHER It'.plc .. ..hf H4H tho rwnirl se& smooth. for long service as a member of -J-ii Harbor Clear, calm; bar- ith British Columbia Parliament ometer. 3054; temperature, '35;-The only approach to Mr. Scho- moderate swelL t fiirt' nnsr uprvlrc rrford Is that Alert Bay Part cloudy, north-1 'of Premier T. D. Pattullo who has easr wind, ten miles per hour; bar now represented Prince Rupert ometer. 3050; temperature, for twentv-two years. 'llaht ehop. Mr. SchoDeld, who died yester- Estevan Clear, northeast wind, day at his home in Trail, first six miles per hour; barometer. 3056. j havin? served for five years a vi''H- Cloudy, northerly wind, mavor of Trail. was. first elected eight miles per hour; barometer, to the LeglslaUve Assembly in the 3056. general election of 4907. being re- Vancouver Clear, calm; elected In 1P00'. 1912. 1916. 1920, ete M.-J4. 3U.-24. 1924 and 1928. He always enjoyed' Prince rince a large measure of personal popu-j larttv (n his hnme town owlnz to his genial although quiet and un- Rsjumlns personality and. no mat ter what the trend of party poll-tics might be In the province, he was always aoie 10 commana a west wind. 3U. good majority at Trail. He was a- Anyox Cloudy Conservative. 1 Mr. Schofield was born at Brock. vllle. Ontario, February 19. 1866. of old Canadian stock and was edu cated at Trinity College School a1 Port Hope. In 1892 he was married and had two sons and one daughter. Mr. Schofield was prominent In Masonic affairs and was provincial n m.A retA- In 1Q07 T7 xra n member of the Church of England. The funeral takes place at Trail where Mr. Schofield made his home since before the turn of the century. Murder JFound In Vancouver Case Jury Finds That Indian Woman Was Beaten to Death by Person or Persons Unknown wind 26 It VANCOUVER. iC. ID lUf) coroner's Jury found that Mrs. Hazelton Cloudy, calm, 24. Smlthers Cloudy, calm, 12. . Burns Lake Foggy, calm, 5a. Stwart Light dry snow, calm 2 I Salvation Army To Administer Christmas Fund We do not ask for dona Uons to the Salvation Army Just now. What we ask Is for subscriptions to a fund to be nrimtnUtrrpd bv the Salvation ! Army on behalf of the less fnrtnnntp members of the community. The season Is one of Joy and Marie Sam. an Indian woman, who Pnilouins the amounts was beaten to aeatn on Tnursaay received: of last week, had been killed by aU Previously acknlgd .,..$26.25 person or persons unknown. George Albert E. Farrlngton. Wallace Is held on a charge of hav- porcher Island 10.00 ing murdered the woman. mrs, T. C. Wilding 2.00 I . . i. tn a t rricuua w n...u o..i4 v, 4- Dr. and. Mrs. W. T. on the Princess Adelaide yesterday Kergln iu.uo Premier Approved dv i had neral of the late Harold Jacobsen, I well known local salmon flsher- man. from the chapel of the B. C. Iiland Overcast, east Und.rtaker. o Fairvlew Cemetery. wino, 10 mi.ea per houi , Re T H Rysbere. pastor of St i. u......c3i.nfiiri wh r. smwui. ana uu hie oiy viranc. - I . TtattVaiaUfct TraUjdisUict " AMBITIOUS Chamber Of Deputies WSSntorb-.,i-bSiyb,r Struck 0ut Both at Fascists and Communists-Meantime To Arctic i Italian Campaign for Tunisia Appears to be Dying Down PARIS, December 10: (CP) The Chamber of Depu-today A. Premier Edouard Daladier IVUiXy voted VUICU confidence CUJUlUeilCC in III IXCII11C1 liUUUdlU uamuici tiosru louay in nmnw ues seek extension of the province lu. n vn0 nf oic n oji onnrfvvin(T his dprrep laws and thG t0,,hue Akma n ' ,t?.,03 ' methods by which he smashed the recent general strike, :ikJ. d. d." lLV'uu The vote came after an uproarious debate. The Premier uiuhiv w "" - tic "rs . sought Parliamentary support for a stiff stand Many Present At Jacobsen Rites against me expansion ui fascism at French expense and denounce! I Communists for what he termed jan attempt to paralyze France. ! Meantime the Italian campaign 'for the French proctectorate of Tunisia Is, apparently, letting up Funeral This Afternoon of Well wjth the Italian press adopting a Known Local Fisherman more moderate tone In anti-French articles. Many friends attended the fu- MISSING VIRGIN JLONDON, Dec. 10 (CP) A stamp of the Virgin Islands, with the figure of the Virgin miss- moaeraic jhdp. paurs Lutheran Church, officiated In? trom the middle of the stamp. t Laiuara uund Overcast, east- and Peter jjen presided at the or- was sold here lor $550. eny jati. five miles per hour; bar- jan accompany hymns whlcn ' I vir-roRtA VIUTUKIA, not uec 10- iu. iv.i-1 (CP - 0Jevc. 3J.17; temperature. 38; sea were -Better Can I Not Depart" numing pariy consuung 01 I . jamM T?n Vr Bill MrCal- ' . ... . . . 1 . 1 - L - . Bralome, 10JJ0, A wted L' BEg; pauwarers. were JT ZZl A.rAi&'ussMssssWtsWMlsam icrapctaiuic. j. j fenness. h. Hansen, reoer- w .uuajr Vu ..u... sen. A. Pedersen and O. Valder- for a trip to Big Bay. They ex-haug. pect to return Sunday night or There were many floral tributes. Monday morning. -'GAS PRICE REDUCTION IS baram- INITIAL STEP TO INSURE FUTURE OF COAL MINING; j George-Clear, southwestj eport 0f Roval Commissioner Discloses Machinations! d,::ir 304. rcB,a P" hur: . bajml I Which Have Been Employed to Secure Fuel ' ; ...! r t: r wind Terrace Cloudy, calm, tempera ture 28. Alyansh Cloudy, calm, 28. Alice Arm Cloudy, light south- light southwest Business of Big Consumers VICTORIA, December 10: (CP) The third section of the report of Mr. Justice M. A. Macdonald on the coal ind petroleum industries of the province of British CoT-tnhled in the British Columbia Leeisla- 'iire v'esterdav, ... stated . that in the oil industry heavy fuel it 1 1? 1 Ml costs had Deen loaned on 10 gasoune, enaoung iowqc orices to be given to large consum- - f..i n nIn in mi HUtri-' tlnction If the nrice of casollne Zl VIA tuu VJil. lliJ www n bution domesUc and smaller con-1 Is reduced, then heavy fuel oil wilt aimers had been saddled with De compeuea w carry iw own iair higher distribution costs to enable load of costs and compete with lower prices to Industry, railroads coal on a fair competitive basis. and large building heating plants.' TO repon says mai reuueuun If the argument applies against in gasoune price wouia not 3 oil. It must apply also against intended to lnienere wun servica coal- but the commissioner says i stations as they now exist ai- he report Is. on the whole, fav- though, uiumateiy, tne multiplicity arable to coal only because the and duplication of service sta facts warrant it. With abundant! Uons should be eliminated. r coal resources. It Is in the economic ' The commissioner recommends Interests of the province to take that the entire price reaucuon oe every legitimate step to encourage absorbed by the oil companies. Its use and place It upon a footing! The report claims that substan of equality with heavy fuel oil. tiai savings coma De maue, ui the commissioner finds British , neaung plants ana Duuainjrs cnlumbla coal adaptable to mod-: through the use of coal Instead pf ern, efficient consumption methods, fuel oil, also by the use of coal Iff He denies that coal Is a decadent railway locomotives. fuel but warns that a "reduction! Coastal ships and some .... deepsea it.. in in the cost cost ui of mlnlns mumia iu coal on vessels can v.. proiuaoiy use coui, uie I t iiitiiit uuv nuw von fvujj.v lovful if thev do not have the 1 VanpntiVPP Tsland has to be faced report finds I A A a - At . .... 1 1 l n nl... n . Tlia (ftmmllflnr l.S llnahf tn few nV..I.4n. Christmas iLvnrln. luxuries nrninh which we all get at that time of year? are are 'I coal 15 10 luammiu a pan e. v w, competitive fuel . . ." He says that determine from the evidence a' large market for Vancouver Isl- whether coal Is as safe as oil for and coal was lost because or rugn use in logsing opemuuua mm ic- costs ol production and dlstrlbu- commends mat researcn aeterminfl tlon. He also finds that oil com- the comparative lire nazaras. A panles have been selling heavy fuel Mr. Justice M. A. Macaonaiawaj oil in competition with coal at appointed In- 1934 to Investigate prices below the cost of production, the coal and petroleum industries. The commissioner finds that a for the government oti British CoJ-reducUon in the selling- price of upmbla. The first two sections pt gasoline Is the first step to save, his report were tabled last yea: the coal mining industry from ex- and the third yesterday. .