IVol
temperature,
36;
sea
cnoppy.
XXVIL,
No.
19.
,A
Jap&s
EXPECTED
HOUl
,TLL
AIR
VIEWS
ON
POWER
AT
COMING
SESSION
Social
Insurance,
Trade
and
Discussed
in
Parliament
Opening
at
Ottawa
This
Week
OTTAWA,
January
24:
the
constitutional
amendment
necessary
to
launching
a
national
scheme
may
be
the
feature
of
the
government's
legislative
program
to
be
laid
before
parliament
at
the
mipmnrr
nn
.Januarv
Zi.
Irade.
VJv
py
v
I
cies
may
also
be
subjects
of
The
bulk
of
governmental
ses
sional
work
Is
customarily
outlined
that
document
Is
a
closely-guarded
i
...tit
U
nni..piin..iiiinsri1
Export
of
electricity
Is
expected
i.
v.
u.mmh
im
n
enm
o
manner
IV
UV
M4Vow
4.
nate
colleagues
recently
refused
ntarlo
a
licence
to
export
power
tending
such
expression
by
parlia-
d.
Regardless
of
whether
the
new
radc
agreement
with
United
States
.
j..
4-.
I
41,1.
.
'
A
rpanv
fir
nrp.vpn
Lit
ill
iai
luia
-
r
T
.'ession-
of
Darllament
or
w-netner.
dom-Unltcd
States
trade
agreement
comes
to
the
forefront
during
the
session,
that
subject
Is
certain
to
.
.mawiui
.mpuiuuvuav.,
Where
Provinces
Agree
I
Early
In
November
Mr.
Mackenzie
King
announced
his
hope
of
Initia-
ting
at
the
forthcoming
session
a
scheme
of
national
unemploy-J
mcnt
insurnnrf
with
ftnnrnval
of
tne
nmv
nrpi
nn
thi
nprp.arv
con.
ALiLiiiuinn
i
si
mpnn
m
t
n
t
inr
approval
has
come
from
all
except
UUCbPC
Alhortn
nnrt
Npw
llruns-
wick.
i
Conferences
have
been
held
dur-t
ing
the
recess
between
Dominion
and
provinces
on
old
age
pensions
and
a
uniform
comDanv
law.
Con-.
nuaiuuS
reacnea
on
oia
age
pcu-
'iui.u,iu
uuiv
wwuim
w.
a
islatlon
amending
the
regulations
w
mere
is
a
nossibintv
some
iur-
tner
Chnnirpc
In
thn
nnmlnlnn
fnm-
Udnv
nu
tvint.
ha
Other
possibilities
for
the
leg-.
islatlve
program
Include
measures.
deallnir
with
lnnn
PnmniinlPS.
the
.
"MlHVVUi
UI1U
LAUUt
V
JA
aw,
tile
iinmln!rr
frorVilco
net
ncrrl-
CUlttirp
nnH
t-lrnf
rr
hnnelnir
nnrli
-i.
.
.
.
i
.M
m
n
Ancnnn
thai
Yukon
Terrltorlty
to
British
Col
umbia,
There
will
be
further
am-.
endments
to
the
criminal
code,
the
annual
measure
mithorlzlnc
the
eovernmcnt
to
deal
with
unem-i
Ployment
and
farm
relief
and
a'
torge
crop
of
divorce
bills.
I
Transport
Minister
Howe's
bill
to
enlarge
the
Doard
of
Railway
Com-,
missloners
In
the
form
of
a
transport
commission
governing
the
op
erations
nf
oil
..irHora
Virrmcrtaf
nil
n
the
Senate
last
vear
and
de-
toted,
may
come-up
again
but!
the
subject.
The
general
belief
has
been
that.
'he
legislative
program
would
prove
'
brief.
But
that
would'
not
neces-
sarlly
mean
a
short
session
and
It
"
expected
this
third
assembly
of
and
loose
debrjs,
worK
on
excu-the
18th
parliament
since
Confed-
Vatlon
for
Prince
Rupert's
new
cratlon
may
not
be
only
long
but
$125
000
federal
building
started
strenuous.
hu'
mnmlne
but
was
later
sus-
Dcfense
expenditures
and
the
eovernment's
attitude
toward
for-
eign
wars,
particularly
with
res-
I
..wWiUiiO
Willi
111"
tlons
will
probabty
be
much
to
the
weiront.
Opposition
Leader
R.
B.
Bennett
Is
expected
to
make
an
is-
5ue
of
rumored
plans
to
sacrifice
k
A
May
rut
Defense
Will
Probably
lie
(CP)
Unemployment
and
netense
and
ioreip-n
nnlt-
O--
X
major
debate
but
not
neces-
Janitor
Is
Arrested
In
St
Hyacinthe
ST.
HYACINTHE.
Quebec.
Jan.
24:
The
sixty-eight-
Jtar-old
Janitor
of
Sacred
Heart
College,
which
was
des-
trnt'Drl
kv
flro
flr1v
lact.
Til
PS.
mQ
nine
inmates
known
dead
and
twelve
still
missing,
was
ar-
rested
bv
Drovlnclal
Dollce
yes-
terday
after
falling
to
give
sat-
lsfactory
answers
to
questions
fv.w..
........
1
...
.
.
.
INDEMNITY
1
IS
SOUGHT
Would
Have
China
Pay
for
nar
uamage
nuimtu
Troop
Movements
TOKYO,
Jan.
21:
Foreign
.Minister
llirota
today
demanded
full
Indemnity
from
China
for
all
Japanese
property
destroyed
by
Chinese
in
the
course
of
Ohe
pres
ent
conflict
in
China.
The
Japanese
claim
millions
of
dollars
of
i
their
property
to
have
been
destroyed,
chiefly
in
Shanghai
and
Tsingtao,
before
those
cities
were
captured.
In
Tsingtao
alone,
it
is
claimed,
there
was
destruction
to
;
the
extent
of
$70,000,000
in
textile
mills
which
were
laid
waste,
before
the
Chinese
abandoned
the
port.
The
Japanese
are
said
to
be
alarmed
over
heavy
movements
of
Chinese
troops
from
Outer
Mongolia
Into
Inner
Mon-
frnlia
General
Chiang
Kal
Shek
was
repo'rted
yesterday
to
have
left
Soochow
for
Hankow
for
a
conference
j
In
regard
to
future
Chinese
military
operations.
Scores
of
Japanese
bombs
were
dropped
from
aircraft
into
Soochow
yes
t
c
r
d
a
y,
occasioning
heavy
damage.
POST
OFFICE
j
lfUV
W
A
If
I
TT
VlVIV.
JlmVlu
lSlinw
rlearC(i
by
Fire
Hose-Rain
hki
iin
Excavation
wllh
a
fire
hose
being
used
to
fall
of
snow
clear
away
a
neavy
ponded
owing
to
heavy
rain,
;
"
.
cmnd
nrpfprenccs
on
tne
United
owi..v
t'
Kingdom
market
facilitate
ne
gotlation
or
a
traae
tween
the
United
Kingdom
and
un-
ltcd
States.
v
Today's
Weather
omorrow
s
Tid
es
(I
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
south
cast
wind,
fourteen
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
30.18
(rising),
ley
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUAIBlA'S
NEWSPAPER
w.
Infantile
Paralysis
Breaks
Out
In
Bulkley
Valley
With
Topley
Reporting
Two
Cases
Two
cases
of
infantile
paralysis
are
reported
at
Topley,
small
community
in
the
Bulkley
Valley
between
Smithers
and
Burns
Lake,
the
provincial
police
in
Prince
Rupert
were
advised
today.
The
school
has
been
closed
and
all
meetings
banned
by
Dr.
G.
G.
Ferguson,
medical
health
officer
for
the
district.
Police
are
not
advised
as
to
the
identity
of
the
patients
or
the
severity
of
their
condition.
TRIAL
IS
ON
TODAY;
rcter
Anders,
Charged
With
Kid
nap-Murder
of
Charles
Hoss,
I
In
Court
at
Chicago
Had
Other
rians
CHICAGO,
Jan.
24
CP)
John
Seadlund,
alias
Peter
Anders,
l.s
appearing
in
court
here
today
fo
was
struck
by
a
car
on
the
high-preliminary
hearing
on
a
charg(
'way
near
Abbotsford.
J.
A.
Car
of
kidnap-murder
of
Charles
S.
mlchael,
alleged
driver
of
the
Ross,
wealthy
retired
real
estate)
death
car,
has
been
charged
with
man,
last
September.
According
to
manslaughter
and
released
on
bail
his
own
confession,
Anders
also
killed
his
own
accomplice,
James'
'Atwood
dray.
In
what
Is
regarded
as
one
01
me
mosi
aiaoollcai
crimes
ever
perpetrated
In
this
.
.
tummy.
The
federal
Department
of
Jus-l
1
j
.11
ii
4
I
J
4njntf!
that
Seadlund
had
contemplated
kidnapping
two
Major
League
baseball
players.
Seadlund,
accoid-
Ing
to
the
police,
had
talked
wlthi
n
r,
atrmnin&
nf
HHnflTlninp
D17.7V
,
r.
.'nnr,
tr
n
nnn
rnr.m
nnH
nlsr.
of
kidnapping
a
member
of
th-,
New
York
Yankee
team
for
$50,-000
but
had
abandoned
both
schemes.
DEAN
HAS
COLLAPSED:
Pears
Entertained
for
Safety
Fasting
Cleric
in
Memphis,
Tennessee
MEMPHIS,
Jan.
24:
Physicians
are
endeavouring
to
save
the
flick
ering
life
of
Dean
Israel
Hardin?,
Noe
of
St.
Mary's
Episcopal
Cathedral
here
who
has
taken
no
nourishment
since
January
2
h:
the
attempt
to
show
that
heaven
lv
sustenance
Is
all
that
Is
neces-
jsary
to
preserve
life.
Dean
Nop.
'finally
starved
himself
Into
col-j
lapse
at
the
end
of
last
week
ar.d
jwas
removed
to
hospital
wh.re
fears
are
now
entertained
that
he
may
be
so
weakened
as
to
make
recovery
doubtful.
Hawaiian
Craters
May
Erupt
After
'Quake
Saturday
HONOLULU,
Jan.
24
Precautions
are
being
taken
against
further
eruptions
of
Hawaiian
volcanoes
which
it
is
anticipated
may
follow
an
earthquake
shock
which
was
experienced
on
Saturday.
Vancouttr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
24:
(CP)
Wheat
Was
trading
at
$1.40
on
the
Vancouver
market
Saturday,
advancing
to
$1.41
today.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK:
(LT)
liar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443ic
per
fine
ounce-
on
the
New
York
met-
j
al
market
today.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JANUARY
24,
1938
afl
not
KILLED
ON
HIGHWAYS
Two
Deaths
in
Vancouver
VIclnit
Over
Week-end
Recorded
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
24:
(CP)
iOunda
Singh,
a
Hindu,
died
In
hospital
here
over
the
week-end
from
injuries
suffered
when
h'.
of
$1000.
An
unidentified
elderly
man
was
fatally
Injured
when
struck
by
s
car
on
me
racnic
mgnway
souu.
'of
New
Westminster
.
v
J.
Auto
Breaks
Through
Ice
Five
Drown
ST,
ANDREW'S,
New'
Bruns-
wick,
Jan.
24:
(CP)
Five
per-
'
sons,
residents
of
this
town,
were
drowned
last
night
when
an
automobile
they
were
rid-
ing
plunged
through
the
Ice
of
nearby
Chamcook
Lake
over
which
It
was
being
driven.
A
sole
survivor,
Joseph
Qlbson,
came
through
the
hole
made
by
the
auto
In
breaking
the
Ice.
The
dead
are:
William
Craig.
Albert
Storr,
Louis
Hlvon,
Ralph
Howe
and
Carten
Mc-
Curdy.
REEVES
ARE
RE-ELECTED
Further
Terms
Given
in
Twenty-
Three
Cases
Solomon
Mussal
lem
Wins
Again
VANCOUVER.
Jan.
24:
(CP-Reeves
of
twenty-three
British
Columbia
municipalities
were
re
turned
for
further
terms
following
elections
In
eleven
municipalities
Saturday.
Reeves
of
fifteen
municipalities
had
been
returned
last
Monday
by
acclamation.
The
only
new
reeves
are
D.
n
Chapman,
who
defeated
Reeve
O.
A.
Tlsdall
In
North
Cowlchan;
A
D.
Catherwood,
who
defeated
Recvp
J.
W.
Doyle
In
Mission,
and
John
Hunter,
who
was
elected
In
Surrey
where
Reeve
J.
T.
Brown!
did
not
seek
re-election.
In
Maple
Ridge
Reeve
Solomon
Mussallem,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
was
re-elected
by
defeating
James
M.
Cameron,
a
former
councillor.
MILI)
IN
CALGARY
1
CALGARY,
Jan.
24:
In
spite
of
calm
and
cloudless
skies,
weather,
Is
mild
for
this
time
of
year
In
Calgary,
the
thermometer
reading
this
morning
having
been
twenty
above
zero.
i
mm
Up
AIR
RAID
INFRANCE
Spanish
Insurgents
Cross
Border
And
Kill
Fifteen
Americans
Figure
in
Fighting
PARIS,
Jan,
24:
The
French
government
will
protest
at
an
air
raid
by
Spanish
insurgent
planes
In
French
territory
across
the
frontier
from
the
Catalonian
front
in
Spain
as
a
result
of
which
fifteen
persons
were
killed
and
a
number
injured.
A
number
of
French
mobile
guards
were
among
the
casualties.
Americans
Wiped
Out
MADRID,
Jan.
21:
Two
units
of
American
volunteers
are
re
ported
to
have
destroyed
a
mechanized
brigade
or
the
m-
j
sureents
in
the
vicinity
of
Teruel
before
being
wiped
out
themselves.
BARCELONA,
Jani
21:
Five
insurgent
warships
bombarded
Barcelona,
the
Spanish
government
capital,
yesterday,
inflicting
casualties
and
considerable
damage.
There
was
another
fierce
air
raid
on
Barcelona.
JAPS
ON
,
Tlinnr
111
INl
VlLlllJ
RF
ASF
l
nr
JU
'
Their
Population
in
British
Colum-
bia
Now
Amounts
to
25,000
(
VICTORIA,
Jan.
21:
(CP)
British
Columbia.
.Japanese
population
the
largest
for
any
province
in
the
Dominion
increased
sixty-five
per
cent
during
the
past
fifteen
years,
Dr.
IV.
X
Car-rothers,
head
of
the
provincial
research
bureau,
estimated
Saturday.
Dr.
Carruthers
said
that
the
increase
was
at
the
rate
of
seven
hundred
yearly
with
the
total
Japanese
population
of
the
province
now
more
than
25,000.
HEAVIEST
SNOWFALL
Seven
Inches
Recorded
Here
Within
Twenty-Four
Hours
Turns
To
Rain
Today
Starting
Saturday
evening,
Prince
Rupert
on
Sunday
had
Its
heaviest
snowfall
so
far
this
winter.
A
total
of
seven
Inches
of
snow
was
recorded
by
the
Dom
lion
meteorologist
at
Digby
Island.
It
seemed
fully
this
to
thu
many
people
who
had
to
turn
out
j
yesterday
and
shovel
off
thch
sidewalks.
For
a
time
during
tie
lay.
the
snowfall
reached
Wizard
proportions.
This
morning
thj
snow
had
turned
to
rain
with
a
trong
southeast
wind
and
the
prospect
of
some
unpleasant
slush
for
the
next
day
or
so.
The
city's
new
snowplow
was
put
Into
use
for
the
first
time
yesterday
and
today.
Six
Inches
of
new
snow
was
reported
over
the
rails
of
the
Canadian
National
line
In
the
Skccna
Valley
today.
The
snow
plough
Is
-roing
out
this
afternoon
to
keep
the
line
clear.
'
;
Insurance
Office
In
Calgary
Robbed
tlsh
Columbia.
It
continues
mild
Sum
of
$61
Taken
When
Cash
Box
on
the
coast
but
has
become
cold
nlS
I'ljlnf
Boat
Leaves
For
llono-of
Great
West
Company
is
Rifled
j
over
the
interior.
;
,u,u
After
"avins
Been
Forced
Saturday
Night
!
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-'
IJack
Last
Week
llottc
islands
Moderate
to
fresh
j
CALGARY,
Jan.
24:
For
the
sec-
southeast
winds
shifting
to
north-'
ALAMEDA,
Jan.
24:
The
Pan
0nd
time
within
a
few
days,
offices
of
the
Great
West
Life
Assurance
Co.
In
the
Toronto
General
Trusts
Building
here
were
robbed
Saturday
night.
Entry
was
made
through
a
transom,
a
cash
box
rifled
and
$61
taken.
'
High
Low
lo
wanada
Probe
Into
Incident
Last
Week
In
Seattle
Discussed
At
Tokyo
Seattle
Believe
That
Rolphe
Forsythe
Had
Powerful
Hacking
Investigation
May
Lead
To
Vancouver-More
Dynamite
Found
at
Tacoma.
TOKYO,
Jan.
24:
(CP)
Japan
may
ask
the
ian
government
to
take
steps
in
connection
with
the
tempt
by
two
Canadians
last
week
to
blow
up
the
Japanese
express
liner
Hiye
Maru
at
Seattle,
it
was
learned
today.
The
incident,
which
led
to
the
death
of
Rolphe
Forsythe,
Vancouver
school
teacher
anu
one
oi
two
men
involved,
II
Duce's
Son
On
Ocean
Hop
I
ROME,
Jan.
24:
(CP)
With
IJ.
nrnnn
Miiecrillnl
snn
nf
Prpm-
u.u..
Vlcr
Benito
Mussolini,
at
the
"
"f
re"
,loru
h"
-!
controls
of
one,
three
Italian
er-ups
m
the
ship
bombing
attempt
seaplanes
took
of
f
today
on
the
"t
leg
of
a
group
trans-
AUantic
fUght
t0
Rl0
de
Jan.
.im
Rr,n
ThP
thrPP
nlanes
.
u'
flftoOT1
m(m
aUna-t.hPr
on
board.
;
Today's
Weather
(Oovernment
"lifrpli
I
Triple
Island
Raining,
south-:
cast
wind,
24
miles
per
hour;
sea
choppy.
Langara
Island
Raining,
easter
ly
wind,
20
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.83;
temperature,
38;
sea
choppy.
Dead
Tree
Point
Raining,
strong
southeast
wind,
barometer
29.90;
temperature,
40;
sea
rough.
Terrace
Light
snow,
east
wind
temperature,
26.
Alyansh
Snowing,
calm,
26.
Alice
Arm
Light
snow,
northi
east
wind,
30.
Anyox
Light
snow,
calm,
27.
Stewart
Cloudy,,
calm,
26.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
16.
Pm
it
her
Cloudy,
calm,
20
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
calm,
25
above.
seiners'
strike.
The
basis
of
settle-Prince
George
Cloudy,
calm;
ment
between
the
B.
C.
Packers
and
barometer.
30.54.
Tucks
Inlet
Packing
Co.
and
the
Vancouver
Cloudy,
calm;
baro-
seiners
Is
$1.28
per
ton
for
fish
out
meter.
30.66.
of
which
is
deducted
board.
The
Victoria
Clear,
southeast
wind
price
which
had
been
offered
was
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.68.
Estevan
Cloudv.
southeast
wind
pended
In
Prince
Rupert
Harbor
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
sinCe
before
Christmas
when
It
was
30-60.
ordered
closed
down
by
the
De-Alert
Bay
Overcast,
strong
partment
of
Fisheries.
Early
In
Jan-northwest
wind;
barometer,
30.30;
uary
the
department
announced
temperature.
35;
sea
moderate.
tnat
it
had
been
decided
to
permit
Bull
Harbor
Raining;
baro-
resumption
of
herring
seining
in
meter.
30.32;
temperature.
39;
sea
tne
harbor
untn
a
total
of
15.000
moderate,
Weather
horecast
(
T.iiv..1u1i..l
.
V.
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I.
.
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u.
rminioii
Mt,r.)icicMi
Bureau
tit
.Victoria
mid
Priiwy
Rupert.
This
Vro-
?.n
u
complied
rro.n
obvcrsatlon.s
a-j
ktn
a.t
G
am.
Uxlay
ud
covers
th
fib
jliour
period
ending
h
p.m,
tomorrow)
,
General
Synopsis
Pressure
Is
falling
off
the
coast
but.
remains
abnormally
high
in
southern
Brl-
east.
Cloudy
with
no
change
In
temperature
and
occasional
sleet
or
j
snow.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Southerly
winds
becoming
strong
at
night,
cloudy
and
mild
with
j
showers.
1
8:42
a.m.
18.3
ft.
22:04
p.m.
15.4
ft.
1:55
a.m.
10.3
,
ft.
15:35
p.m.
7.6
ft.
ruicc:
(
wis
and
resulted
In
no
damage
to
the
ship,
was
discussed
at
the
Foreign
Office
by
Eugene
H.
Dopman,
coun-
selior
or
tne
unuea
stales
emoassy.
Powerful
Backing
SEATTLE,
'Jan.
24:
(CP)
Police
today
said
they
were
convinced
that
Rolphe
Forsythe,
who
lost
his
life
last
week
In
the
attempt
to
bomb
the
Japanese
liner
Hlye
Maru,
had
powerful
backing.
Detectives
said
.
,
.
.
,
i
v,iu
W0U1Q
w
a"
p""hJ
ouver,
BC
.
todsy
The
police
point
to
the
fact
that
the
Jobless
Forsythe
was
known
to
have
spent
nearly
$200
on
prepara-.
,
.
.
.
i
1.
1
i
i
lions
tor
me
uomoing
as
a
ua&u
101
their
belief
that
he
had
outside
help.
Fifteen
sticks
of
dynamite
recovered
at
Seattle
and.
Tacoma
cost.,
$80
alone.
Another
bomb,
similar
to
that
found
In
Seattle
harbor,
was
located
at
the
end
of
the
waak
at
Ta
coma.
STRIKE
IS
CONCLUDED
Settlement
Reached
Between
Seiners
and
Operators
of
Local
Reduction
Plants
Seining
of
herring
In
Prince
Ru
pert
Harbor
for
the
Port
Edward
'and
Tucks
Inlet
reduction'
plants
will
be
resumed
tomorrow
after
a
two
weeks'
tie-up
on
account
of
a
$1.10.
Herrlne
selnlns
has
been
sus-
tons
had
been
taken
or
another
5,500
tons
over
and
above
the
9,500
tons
which
had
been
previously
caught.
The
herring
are
ground
Into
fish
meal
at
the
Tucks
Inlet
and
Port
Edward
plants.
China
Clipper
On
Way
Again
American
Airways
transpacific
fly-
Ing
boat
China
Clipper,
which
had
been
forced
back
last
Friday
by
gas
line
trouble
when
six
hundred
miles
out
to
sea
on
a
flight
to
Honolulu,
started
out
again
today
with
the
same
eight
passengers
on
board.