On
the
afternoon
of
August
11,
1920,
when
the
new
school
build
ing
was
nearlng
completion
101
the
September
term,
a
two-horse
coal
wagon
drove
up
to
a
neighboring
residence
to
make
a
delivery
of
fuel,
The
driver,
should-er'ng
a
sack,
proceeded
to
cany
It
to
the
rpnr
nf
the
house.
Dur
ing
his
absence,
two
small
girls
cmbed
into
the
wagon
for
the
obvious
purpose
of
taking
a
ride.
uetails
as
to
what
haDoened
are
lacking
but,
before
the
driver
re-wncd,
the
horses
took
fright
d
bolted
down
the
street
toward
the
school
house,
midst
the
shout-ln8
of
spectators
unable
to
head
"
the
runaways.
At
the
peak
of
the
wild
flight.
Frank
Warne
and
family
and
th
parents
wish
to
express
their
sincere
thanks
to
their
many
friends
for
their
helpfulness
and
kind
sym
The
school
will
last
three
months.
I
ft
M
...,RARY
Op
J
A
B
C
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(I
KM.)
1'HINCE
RUPERT
Light
rain,
High
3:00
a.m.
19.6
ft.
southeast
wind,
24
miles
per
hour;
15:15
p.m.
20.1
ft.
barometer,
29.81
(steady);
temperature,
Low
9:31
ajn.
7.5
ft.
21:49
4.0
ft.
44;
sea
rough.
p.m.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol
XXVII..
No.
2.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
4,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CEN'IS
Aircraft
Strike
Into
Chinese
Interior
",T0RY
OF
i.
duu
l
n
RECALLED
New
York
Journalist
Intrigued
by
Incident
Which
Inspired
School
.Naming
Last
summer
Bob
Davis,
the
famous
Journalist
of
the
New
York
Sun
editorial
staff,
visited
Prince
Rupert
and
found
himself
intrigued
uith
the
story
of
William
Booth
for
whom
the
Booth
School
is
named,
He
wrote
a
column
about
It
and
the
story
taken
from
the
New
York
Sun
will
prove
a
remind
er
to
the
pupils
and
others
of
how
h
r
hool
obtained
Its
name.
Here
is
the
article:
Prince
Rupert
Whenever
you
see
the
name
of
this
town
in
print,
or
hear
It
spoken
of,
remember
that
it
boasts
the
world's
largest
ice
box.
with
a
capacity
of
14,000,000
pounds,
packed
exclusively
with
fish;
that
it
u
the
last
port
of
call
northward
out
of
Canada;
that
it
Is
the
market
place
for
the
logging,
lumbering
and
mining
industries
In
northern
British
Columbia
and,
last
but
not
least,
that
no
finer
deep
water
harbor
exists
between
Cape
Horn
and
Sitii.
Stop
over
here
and
some
well
dls
rsed
hosDltable
citizen
like
Harry
F
Pullen.
editor
oX
the
Dally
News
will
motor
you
about
the
suburbs,
and
give
ypu
a
lookout
the
gardens
that
for
thfe
Dast
few
years
have
won
first
second
and
third
prizes
In
the
competition
for
natural
adornment:
the
fine
public
buildings,
the
panorama
of
mountains
and
the
unbeatable
geographical
location
of
Prince
Rupert
when
the
"next
boom
that
is
destined
soon
to
break
in
the
Yukon,
Alaska
and
the
Northwest,
rolls
In,
But
that
Isn't
all
there
Is
of
In
terest
In
this
thriving
town
built
on
the
rock,
not
by
any
means.
As
you
drive
about
the
city,
frequent
glimpses
are
to
be
had
of
a
large
building,
simple
In
architecture
and
rnnmv
ulthnl
If
VnU
take
the
trouble
to
ask
what
it
is,
the
an
swer
is
"Booth
Memorial
School."
For
some
reason
or
other.
It
may
be
a
complex
for
all
I
know,
the
name
Booth
always
rings
a
bell
In
my
car
And
so
I
asked
who
might
be
the
William
Booth
for
whom
the
Khool
was
named.
He
replied
at
length,
Now
In
mv
humble
opinion,
a
purely
personal
viewpoint,
this
abode
of
learning,
standing
against
the
skv
these
eighteen
years.
one
of
the
most
significant
land
marks
In
all
British
Columbia
not
because
it
is
a
school
from
hlch
the
youth
of
the
land
ha
lor
many
years
emerged
primed
with
the
three
Rs
although
that
of
itself
is
of
vast
importance
to
posterity-
-but
because
of
the
clr
cumstances
from
which
It
takes
Its
name.
Judge
for
yourself
The
Runaway
FRENCH
POLICE
MOVE
TO
BLOCK
WIDESPREAD
RIGHTIST
REVOLUTION
Unmasking
a
revolutionary
plot
as
grim
and
fantastic
as
any
expounded
b
a
fiction
writer
Fremh
police
of
the
Surete
Nationale
struck
to
halt
what
they
maintain
were
plans
for
an
armed
revolution
by
battalions
of
Les
Con
alards-
The
Hooded
Ones-designed
to
overthrow
the
French
republic
and
restore
the
monarchy
with
the
Due
de
Guise
on
the
throne.
Huge
caches
.of
arms
were
uncovered
all
across
France
and
names
as
high-placed
as
those
of
Geri.
M.
Weygand,
Foe
's
chief
of
staff
during
the
war
and
Gen
Du
Seignulr,
foimer
air
commander,
were
linked
with
the
secret
organization,
At
RIGHT
is
pictured
a
police
raid
in
the
Rue
Rotrou
In
Paris;
pla.n
-clothes
officers
are
on
one
of
the
arms
dumps,
this
one
found
in
an
antique
shop
carrying
out
rifles
revolvers
machine
guns
and
ammunition
after
their
raid.
Through
the
sewers
which
urdermlne
Paris
and
which
allegedly
were
to
be
used
as
military
highways
by
the
rebels
the
hunt
spread;
an
Inspector
is
shown
descending
through
a
manhole
in
the
Rue
Ribera
to
car
y
his
investigation
underground.
Gen.
Weygand,
who
flatly
denied
ny
connection
with
the
band,
and
the
Due
de
Guise,
French
pretender,
LOWER,(
are
shown
in
CENTRE.
Discovery
of
the
widespread
plot
has
tossed
France
into
the
lap
of
a
new
Internal
crisis.
TRAGEDY
CHAPTER
Four
l'ersons
Met
Willi
acciocmai
Deaths
Yesterday
in
Vancouver
vampouver.
Jan.
4:
(CP)
Four
nprsons
died
accidentally
in
Van
couver
and
nearby
municipalities
yesterday.
Fumlye
Eyemoto,
18-year
oia
Jap
anese
elrl.
was
killed
in
a
Norm
Burnaby
truck
collision
wmcn
in
Jured
five
others.
Thomas
Moran
was
crusneo.
oe
tween
two
gravel
trucks
at
Deep
rove.
North
Vancouver.
Mrs.
Aenes
Brooks,
aged
33,
plunged
down
an
elevator
shaft
at
a
Vancouver
warehouse
where,
she
was
employed
and
was
fatally
injured.
David
Wright,
15,
died
from
electrical
burns
received
when
he
amhhpd
a
hieh
tension
line
stop
at
i
a
sub-station
Mere
he
was
playing.
MONTHLY
REVENUE
Customs
Collections
Higher
In
Six
Months
Last
Year
and
Lower
in
Six
Customs
and
excise
revenue
at
Prince
Rupert
month
by
month
in
1937
and
1936
was
as
follows:
1937
1936
tnnnnrv
$
7,909.52
$
6,260.12
February
7.8M.0J
March
..
20,773.90
Anril
22.718.4U
Mnv
25,721.92
Punctuated
by
the
screams
of
the1
June
lifi3ll
o
girls,
Bin
Booth,
an
employce'july
U'mAs
"i
the
department
of
the
city
'August
29,288.34
er
works,
accompanied
by
an-
September
12.573.81
lher
workman,
emerging
from
the
October
11,318.94
"Moment
of
the
unfinished
school
November
14.063.8
(Continued
on
Page
2.)
December
30,533.41
7,823.64
26,205.60
8,287.24
17,921.73
36,307.91
17,320,60
10,970.89
33.207.46
39,648.18
6,956.25
30,418.76
BULLETINS
SIR
GEORGE
P.iRLEY
DIES
OTTAWA
Sir
George
Halsej
Perlcy,
veteran
Member
of
Parliament
for
Argcnteuil
and
chief
lieutenant
of
Rt.
lion.
R.
B.
Bennett,
Conservative
leader,
died
in
his
sleep
at
his
home
today.
He
was
eighty
years
of
age.
MISSING
GIRL
MARRIED
DETROIT
.The
police
announced
this
afternoon
that
Gertrude
Bennett,
missing
eighteen
year
old
daughter
of
Harry
Bennett,
Ford-
Motor
Company
executive,
and
Russell
Hughes,
drummer
and
dancer,
were
married
yesterday
in
Auburn,
Indiana.
The
police
entered
the
case
on
being
advised
Monday
afternoon
that
Miss
Hughes
was
missing.
Her
whereabouts
are
still
unknown.
All
possibilities
from
abduction
to
elopement
were
considered
after
the
girl's
disappearance
was
reported.
Card
of
Thanks
FEW
CALLS
FOR
FIRES
Alarms
Less
in
1937
Than
for
Ton
Years
Total
Damage
Upwards
Of
$8100
With
a
total
of
forty-two
al
arms,
tne
prince
ituperi
nre
de
partment
during
1937
had
fewer
calls
than
in
any
year
during
th?
last
ten,
the
next
lowest
having
been
1929
when
there
were-
fifty-
five
alarms.
The
greatest
number
of
calls
for
any
month
during
th?
past
year
came
In
March
when
there
were
twelve.
During
the
month
of
December
there
were
six
calls
as
compared
with
four
In
the
preceding
December.
Fire
damage
In
1937
amounted
to
something
in
excess
of
$8000
with
practically
full
insurance
coverage;
The
two
most
serioiu
fires
of
the
year
were
at
the
reside!
ce
of
Mrs.
J.
C.
McLennan
Borden
Street,
in
August
and
in
Gordon's
Hardware
on
McBrlde
Street
in
December.
Fire
alarms
month
by
month
In
1937
and
1936
were
as
follows:
1937
,
January
4
February
,
3
March
12
April
1
May
r
2
June
,.-
5
July
.;.
1
pathy
In
their
.recent
bereavement.
August
.......3
and
tor
me
oeuuumi
nuiui
wim,
eepicmoer
James
Armstrong,
assistant
In
structor
of
gunnery
from
the
Roy
al
School
of
Gunnery,
Esquimau
Is
conducting
a
school
of
gunnery
for
the
102nd
Heavy
Battery
at
the
Armory.
Some
twenty
mem
bers
of
the
battery
are
taking
this
school
to
qualify
for
promotion
October
.2
November
.2
December
6
Totals
'.
42
HAK
SILVER.
1936
5
2
5
13
6
9
5,
3
6
6
1
4
65
NKW
YORK:
(Gl)
-Rar-sil
LESS
SUN:
LESS
RAIN
Last
Year
Was
Just
About
Average
Christmas
was
Coldest
Day
Of
Year
.
Precipitation
In
Prince
Rupert
during
the
year
1937
totalled
71.04
Inches
as
compared
with
88.3
in
ches
in
1936.
Sunshine
for
the
yeai
just
ended
aggregated
931.6
hours
in
comparison
with
1085.6
hours
in
the
preceding
year.'
October
was
again
the
wettest
month
of
the
past
year
as
it
was
in
1936.
Precipitation
in
thai
month
amounted
to
10.9
inchps
September,
with
3.1
inches,
was
the
driest
month
of
the
past
year
June
was
the
sunniest
month
of
1937
with
161.2
hours.
The
coldest
day
of
1937
was
Christmas
Day
when
the
thermometer
registered
nine
above
zero.
The
warmest
day
of
the
past
year
was
June
6
when
79
was
recorded.
Figures
of
sunshine
and
precipitation
for
1937
month
by
month
were
as
follows:
Sun
Rain
January
,
64.9
February
54.8
March
75.3
Anril
52.5
May
-.110.3
June
,-161.2
July
-119
August
81.8
September'
-101.6
October
...64
November
44
December
2
8.5
3.1
10.9
4.4
9.5
Totals
931.6
71.04
George
Madlll
of
the
Family
ver
was
unchanged
nt
440
per
Shoe
Store
Is
leavings
Thursday
for
fine
ounen
on
the
New
York
met-
Esquimau
where
ne
win
lane
al
market
today.
two
month
course
In,
artillery.
Forty
Raid
To
1
iV
X
Japanese
Planes
Hankow;
Trying
Crush
Soviet
Aid
General
Chiang
Kai
Takes
Over
His
Duties
As
Head
of
,
Army
and
Navy
Eight
Hundred
Thousand
Men
I
Being
Trained
i
SHANGHAI,
Jan.
4
(CP)
Japanese
aircraft
struck
far
into
China's
interior
today
in
a
raid
which
a
Japanese
Navy
spokesman
declared
was
intended
to
crush
China's
reorganized
air
force
consisting
of
large
numbers
of
Soviet
planes.
Forty
Japanese
bombers
flew
four
hundred
miles
to
attack
a
Chinese.air
base
at
Hankow
and
returned
1
i
without
the
loss
of
a
single
plane.
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai
Shek,
ninTi'inPO
P
1
1
I
I
1
rc
n
having
now
stripped
himself
of
clv-
0FPANAY
Local
Theatre-Goers
Will
Soon
See
How
United
States
Gunboat
Was
Sunk
in
Yangste
River
Within
six
weeks
after
the
t
event,
moving
pictures
of
the
re-
I
cent
bombing
and
singing
of
the
United
States
gunboat
Panay
in
the
Yangste
River
will
be
pre-
:
sented
in
Prince
Rupert,
it
was
I
announced
this
morning
by
D.
G.
!
Borland,
manager
of
the
Capi-
t
tol
Theatre.
The
pictures,
of
thirty
minutes'
duration,
are
to
be
shown
on
January
21
and
25
In
the
local
theatre.
Last
Wednesday
the
films
arrived
at
San
Francisco
from
Shanghai
aboard
the
transpacific
flying
boat
China
Clipper.
Insured
for
$350,000,
they
were
rushed
to
Washington
to
be
viewed
by
United
States
government
officials.
As
part
of
the
first
of
the
week
program
at
the
Capitol
last
night
and
tonight,
pictures
showing
the
fall
of
Shanghai
are
being
shown.
They
are
verj
graphic
and
indicate,
among
other
things,
the
risks
that
news
reel
camera
men
must
take
personally
to
get
them.
COURT
IN
SESSION
Four
Cases
on
List
for
January-One
Struck
Off
and
Three
Others
Set
Over
to
Next
Month
With
four
cases
on
the
list,
onr
t
which
was
struck
off
while
thr.i
vesterday
before
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher.
Five
naturalization
applications
were
approved.
The
list
was
as
follows:
Fay
S.
Short
vs.
Earl
Osborne
il
administrative
responsibilities
by
resigning
as
President
of
the
executive
yuan
as
announced
yesterday,
has
already
started
concentrat
ing
his
efforts
on
effectively
resisting
the
Japanese.
He
has
become
active
commander-in-chief
of
the
Army
as
well
as
taking
temporary
charge
of
the
Navy.
It
Is
learned
behind
the
lines
that
China
Is
training
a
new
army
of
eight
hundred
thousand
men
to
Join
in
the
campaign
against
the
FINES
NOT
SO
HEAVY
Total
For
1937
Was
Considerable
Below
That
of
1936,
Tabulation
Shows
Police
Court
fines
in
Prince
Rupert
for
the
year
1937
totalled
$2764
as
compared
with
$3566
In
1936.
The
fines
for
December
amounted,
to
$125
as
against
$85
,ln
the
corresponding
month
a
year
ago.
Fines
month
by
month
In
1937
and
1936
were
as
follows:
1937
January
$
35
February
110
March
150
April
no
May
285
June
..'
340
July
240
August
-
124
September
520
October
-
265
November
210
December
125
1936
$227
52
135
610
450
467
45
590
265
170
75
85
Totals
$2764
$3566
Today's
Weather
i
Oovernmejit
-leiT.prii,
hree
others
were
set
over
until
j
Triple
Island
Overcast,
south-he
February
court,
County
Courerly
wind,
32
miles
per
hour;
mod-
was
m
regular
mommy
scssior
icraieiy
rougn
sea.
Langara
Island
Light
rain,
southwest
wind,
15
nlles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.78;
temperature,
45;
sea
choppy.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
light
$146.35.
Patmorc
&
Fulton
foi
southwest
wind:
barometer,
29.91:
plaintiff.
Brown
&
Harvey
for
de-
temperature,
40;
light
swell,
fendant.
struck
off
the
list.
(
Bull
Harbor
Raining,
calm;
ba-
Columbia
Devcli"meit
Co.
vs
ormeter,
30.18;
temperature,
43:
,Isnac
M'trnevs
et
ai.
szuuuu.
rai-
moderate
sweii.
Hours
Inches
'more
&
Fulton
for
Plaintiff.
Browr
Alert
Bay
strong
northeast
I
m
I
a
I
I
I
1
.
I
1.
.
QAflli
A
t
AMn
47
'&
uarvey
ior
aeienaam,
aajourr.-
wina-
oarometer,
ou.ii
iciuvia-
6.9
4.5
6.1
5.2
4.01
4.25
ed
to
next
court.
ture,
38;
sea
rough.
Norby
Sunnlv
Co.
'Alaska)
vs
Estevan
Island
Raining,
south-Morris
Holmberg,
$819:61,
Patmon
east
wind.
26
miles
per
hour;
bar-&
Fulton
for
plaintiff.
Brown
&
ometer.
30.23.
Harvey
for
defendant,
adjourned
Vancouver
Cloudy,
calm;
baro-to
next
court.
meter.
30.34.
A.
W.
McTaggart
et
al
vs.
Jamts
Victoria
Clear,
northeast
wind,
D.
Small,
liquidator
of
Georgia
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
River
Gold
Mines
Ltd..
$3764
In
30.34.
waee
claims,
-adjourned
to
ne.t-
Prince
George
Clear,
calm;
ba-
court.
Joseph
Naylor
Jr.
sailed
by
the
Catala
this
afternoon
to
resume
his
studies
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
after
spending
the
Christmas
and
New
Year
holiday
season
with
his
parents.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Joseph
Naylor.
V
rometer,
30.12.
Terrace
Snow,
calm29.
,
Alyansh
Snowing,
calm.
28.
Alice
Arm
Raining,
calm,
33.
Anyox
Coludy.
calm,
29.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
30.
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
17a.
Smlthers
Snowing,
windy,
27a.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
20a.