Adolf
Leonhardt
wa
scuttled
and
sunk
by
her
crew
to
avoid
rapture
by
British
warship
1
which
intercepted
her.
It
was
unofficially
announced.
4
SENTENCED
TO
DEATH
Convictions
In
Kniland
Arltlng
Out
of
Explosion
At
Coventry
In
Augutt
SPIRITS
REVIVED
Uruguay
and
the
exploit
of
a
submarine
In
entering
a
Oerman
naval
base
and
sinking
a
Oerman
submarine
and
cruiser.
new
york
coprr.it
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
15:
New
York
copper
pr):e
was
unchanged
to
2c
lower
yesterday,
March
closing
at
11.28c
per
pound.
NEW
YORK
TRADINO
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
A
deep
depression
off
Vancouver
Island
has
caused
Bales
with
heavy
rains
there.
The
weather
ras
been
un
settled
and
mild
In
the
Interior.
West
Coas,
qf
Vancouver
Island
-Southerly
gales,
mild
with
ram.
Not
Port
It
lsNow
Apparent
4
lue
Uruguayan
government
re
t
celved
a
request
from
the
German'
govern
jient
that
permission
be
Riven
the
Docket
batile&htD
to
rema:n
in
port
for
sufficient
time
to
make',,tro'
omInS
.More
Intensiv
r
i
ta
l
r
l
repairs
to
extensive
damage
sus
tained
from
the
battle
with
BrttUh
cruisers
but
Great
Britain
demand-
sea
thirty
miles
outside
of
Monte
announced
that
the
British
naval,
nuard
outside
of
Montevideo
had.
been
stronuly
reinforced
to
prevent:
the
8ee
from
escanlng.
Unofflc-j
lal
Indications
were
that
the
cruls-l
IWDON.
Dec.
16:
iCP-
John
the
Ivx
and
Achilles
and
posiibly
Richards
and
Peter
Barnes,
con-
others
Including
the
aircraft
carrier
lrted
of
complicity
in
the
Coy-
Ark
Royal,
and
warshlo
Revenge
entry
explosion
of
August
25
which
which
were
seceding
across
the
At-killed
five
persons,
were
sentenced
lantlc
from
the
African
coast,
ta
death
yesterday
Three
others
Today
the
mass
funeral
took
place
Joseph
Hewitt.
Mrs.
Harry
Hewitt
nere
of
thirty-eight
Oerman
offi-tnd
Brtgld
Oltara.
were
acquitted
Cers
and
sailors
who
lost
their
lives
of
murder
charges.
'on
the
8pee
In
the
battle.
Hearses
1
came
to
tne
docus
alongside
me
shattered
warship
and
took
off
the
.bodies
which
were
Interred
In
the
.Protestant
Cemetery,
an
offer
of
burial
ground
In
the
British
military
cemetery
having
been
declined.
As
the
injured
sailors
were
taken
British
rrople
Oreatly
Heartened
off
the
Spee
yesterday
for
removal
ny
flood
News
of
War
At
Sea
to
military
hospital
for
treatment
,
for
their
wounds,
thousands
of
Ar-
LONDON.
Dec.
15:
CP
-Spirits
genUneans
gathered
in
fierce
antl-of
British
people
were
greatly
Nazi
demonstrations
with
shouts
of
buoyed
up
yesterday
by
the
fav-i'Down
With
Oermany"
and
other
orable
news
of
the
war
at
sea
in-
cries.
For
some
Ume
the
demon-cludlng
the
putting
of
the
pocket
strations
were
serious
but
eventu-battleshln
Admiral
Oraf
Sie
out
ally
were
quelled
by
mounted
po
of
fflmmlulnn
in
the
Battle
of
.ce
and
soldiers.
Captains
of
six
merchant
ships
and
crew
members
totalling
upwards
or
sixty
have
been
released
from
the
Spee.
They
had
been
captured
at
sea
and
held
prisoners
on
board
after
their
vessels
had
been
sunk.
A
number
of
last
British
merchant
vessels
were
thus
accounted
for.
Can
She
Stay?
It
had
been
reported
earlier
In
the
day
that
permission
had
been
granted
by
the
Uruguay
govern
ment
for
the
Soee
to
remain
In
port
NEW
VOrtK.
Doe.
15.
Trading
.
i--
roniilreH
tn
mend
her
for,
the
first
hour
on
the
New
Yorkdamage
but
there
seems
to
be
some
Stock
Exchange
today
totalled
no,-'doui,t
as
to
the
authenticity
of
this
000
shares.
Industrials
were
up
.23
announcement.
Others
say
the
at
149.16
and
utilities
up
.07
at
31.87.
g0Vemment
has
not
made
up
Its
-
-
mind.
O.P.R.
steamer
Princess
Adelaide.
fiant.
William
Hughes,
arrived
In
port
at
1:30
this
afternoon
from
the
south
and
will
sail
at
10
p.m.
on
her
return
south.
Passengers
--riuir.tr
hn
thp
Adelaide
Included
SOVIET
IS
'UNSELFISH'
Moscow
Delivers
Itself
of
Sharp
Attack
Aral
tut
Swedish
Government
.
MOSCOW.
Dec.
15:
A
sharp
at-Mnrk
wu
delivered
bv
the
Moscow
KeconnaUsance
Units
Crash
With
Casualties
International
be
pARI3.
Dec.
15:
CP-
Oerman
td
that
law
com-1
Dlled
with
and
she
be
compelled
to'Patrol
activity
Is
becoming
In-
leave.
Meantime
augmented
Brl-
"caamgiy
neavy
on
wie
wnirrp
llth
n.Vl
..nit.
.r.
H3nHln.
hv
t
IfBHl.
pafWCUUVTiy
WIWKH
Vosges
Mountains
and
the
BUre
video
In
wait
for
the
Admiral
Orat
Rl"r-
There
have
been
sharp
aklr-Spee
whenever
she
may
come
forth.
I
'",
eawalMet
on
both
qurnt.
An
pfflclar
Fjcpch
com-
'f'BifieaDlinct
tSl
Is
expected
to
mun,(J"
noJ
9
proceed
to
Falkland
Islands
for
re
pairs.
In
London
the
British
Admiralty
movements.
PUCK
RACE
CLOSE
ONE
TORONTO.
Dec.
15:
CPI
Play-1
lng
here
last
night.
Toronto
Maple
(
Leafs
and
Boston
Bruins
were
unable
to
break
a
one-all
overtime
draw
and
the
teams
are
still
tied
In
the
standing
for
first
place.
At'
the
same
Ume.
the
second
place'
Montreal
Canadlens
crept
up
to
within
half
a
game
of
the
top
by!
scoring
a
five
to
three
victory
over'
the
New
York
Americans
at
Mont-1
real.
In
the
third
scheduled
game'
last
night,
Detroit
Red
Wings
1
and
the
Rangers
played
a
two-all
j
draw
at
New
York.
I
Week-end
play
will
be
as
fol-'.
lows:
Saturday
New
York
Rangers
vs.
Canadlens
at
Montreal,
New
York'
Americans
at
Toronto.
I
Sundav
Toronto
vs.
Americans
China-Egypt
On
League
Council
elected
To
Seats
On
Geneva
International
Body
Yesterday
GENEVA,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
China
and
Egypt
were
elected
on
Thursday
to
seats
on
the
council
of
the
League
of
Nations.
China
re
ceived
34
out
of
37
votes.
The
el
ection
of
Egypt
was
unanimous.
Hockey
Scores
Pacific
Coast
Seattle
3,
Portland
2.
Arthur
Brooksbank,
Mrs.
Frank
T.
tF.
Fitch
sailed
last
night
on
Dlbb,
Mr.
and
Mrs,
George-Crlpps
the
Prince
Rupert
for
a
trip
to
and
Mrs.
R.
T.
Leah.
Vancouver.
FINNS
ON
!
RETREAT
Fall
Back
From
Arctic
Coast
Leaving
Communities
In
Flames
Halt
Russian
Invasion
On
Karelian
Isthmus
KIRKENES.
Norway.
Dec.
15:
German
(iovcrnmcnt
Asks
for
Time
to
Make
Repairs
adloy-sterday
against
the
Swed-
CP
Russian
troops
were
report-While
Great
Britain
Demands
This
Not
Be
Granted
Uh
democratic
party
which
It
was
ed
to
have
captured
flaming
Sal-
'asserted
was
a
slave
of
capitalistic
mljaervl
last
night
as
Finnish
MONTEVIDEO,
December
15:
(CP)
Refuelling
of
ftnd
PWUe
Interests
Swed-
forces
retreated
uthword
except
,i
ft
1.
i
1
..I
t
4
i
si
f
r,
i
in
anu
ne
wnai;
warm
wuuiu
iui
ic-aiguaiu
ucvdvitiiicut
tctv
the
German
pocket
battleship
Admiral
Graf
Spee
began
me
dljr
ap-reciate.
it
was
s-d.
to
explode
dynamic
charges
in
nere
tonay
amia
growing
expectation
inai
sne
wouia
pui
ijf
th?
-unselfish
work-
of
the
out
to
w;a
in
spite
of
the
increased
British
guard
outside
soviet.
'
the
harbor.
Oil
was
loaded
and
the
crew
worked
to
re
pair
damage
caused
by
Wednesday's
arshlpa.
Battle
with
British
(T
i
V
l'Y'V
f
German
Ship
Is
Scuttled
CAPETOWN.
Dec
15:
The
MM-ton
Oerman
steamer
W
NAZIS
valuable
Canadian
-owned
nickel
mine.
As
far
as
could
be
seen
from
the
Norwegian
frontier
at
Pasvlk
nil
villages
and
habitations
on
th
Finnish
side,
were
aflame.
The
battle
for
Salrnljaervl
was
one
of
the
bloodiest
so
far
in
the
Ritsxo-Flnnlsh
war.
In
Moscow
Red
Army
heads
state
that
a
fifty
-
seven
mile
spearhead
has
been
driven
Into
central
Finland
one-third
of
the
way
across
to
the
Gulf
of
Bothnia
in
the
attempt
to,
cut
Finland
in
two.
In
the
Karelian
Isthmus,
mean-
lne
while,
military
observers
reported
in?
rcnns
in
position
10
organize
counter-attacks
after
bringing
the
Red
Invasion
to
a
standstill.
The
Finns
said
the
Russians
had
suf-
H
M.
S.
Exeter,
the
British
cruiser.
r-
"-
Z
riZ
fered
great
losses
In
casualties
and
which
was
damaged
In
the
sameiacf
u
n
ratine
fWhtlng
eoulcment
equipment
Including
Including
Svnl
battal'ons
of
,
flerce-
rhHnT
Finns
cling
to
positions
on
th
Ktrelian
front
In
spite
of
the
desoerate
attack
of
the
R-sian
to
break
their
lines
with
witherin
fire
which
was
blacVn-ln?
the
snow
and
razing
the
forests'.
On
the
north,
the
Russians
wer
advancing
rapidly
along
the
CumberUnd
and
the
huge
Fnrh
w
Toonto
and
,
Fo
Arctic
coast.
L-lll..kiH
Tt
riauki,A
tt
IaImj4
'
oaiuoin
uuiM.c
J""'
s'lr.i
pi.-.
With
r.ti.HI.,..
I
Close
Behind
1
TODAY'S
(Oouruav
8.
O.
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
.12?;.
Bralorne,
11.00.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.09.
Dentonla,
.02.
Falrvlew,
.01i.
Gold
Belt.
.18.
Hedley
Mascot,
.40.
Mlnto,
.01
Vv
Noble
Five,
.01
ij.
Pend
Orlelle,
2.10.
Pioneer.
2.20.
Premier.
1.42.
Privateer,
.91.
Reeves
McDonald,
JO.
Reno,
.52.
Relief
Arlington,
.10.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
Sheep
Creek,
1.18.
Oils
at
New
York.
New
York
Rangers!
A.
P.
Con
Last
night's
scores:
Boston,
1;
Toronto.
1.
Detroit.
2;
Rangers,
2.
Americans,
3;
Montreal,
5.
Calmont,
J7.
15.
STOCKS
JoivoatOQ
Co.)
C.
&
E..
2.15.
Home,
2.72.
Royal
Canadian,
.18.
Okalta,
1.16.
Mercury.
.06.
Prairie
Royalties,
.20.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.34.
Beattle.
1.04.
Central
Pat-
2.33.
Cons.
Smelters,
47.50.
East
Malarttc.
3.45.
Fernland,
.03.
,
Francoeur,
.41".
Gods
Lake.
.62.
Int.
Nickel,
44Ti.
Kerr
Addison,
2.20.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.95.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
220.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.43
ft.
Moneta,
.83.
Noranda,
77.50.
Pickle
Crow,
4.15.
Preston
East
Dome,
2.10.
San
Antonio,
2.24.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.12.
Stadacona,
.16.
Uchl,
.78.
Bouscadlllac,
.03
H,
Mqsher;
.08.
Oklend,
.12.
Dominion
Bridge,.
41.00,-
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Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
wmm
High
-
5:00
a.m.
18.8
ft.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
18:40
p.m.
175
ft.
Islands
Southeast
winds,
Increasing
Low
11:00
ajn.
8J
It.
to
moderate
gales
with
23:11
pjn-
60
ft.
rain
tonight.
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pmce:
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xxvm.Wo.m"
PftiNCE
RUPERT.
B.'C:
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
15,1939?
!
-
lu-O-
Gerr
in
Warship
Squadron
At
Sea
Admiral
Spee
S"
Readies
For
Sea'Naval
I
Vessels
.
,
,
of
a
Enemy
a
a
V
1
Are
German
Warship
To
Remain
In
Sishted
Off
Jutland
Not
har
From
Scene
of
Reported
Fight
PARLIAMENT
NEXT
MONTH
Sestiun
At
Ottawa
Called
For
January
2S
Election
Next
Summer
Expected
OTTAWA,
Dec.
15:
Australia
To
Help
War
WitK
Air
Program
con
"f
bc
en"'i"s
for
the
machines
which
are
to
be
built
and
also
the
machines
for
the
prelim
Secret
of
Squadron
Being
on
the
Loose
is
Out
Tow
ing
in
One
of
Vessels
Which
British
Fleet
Torpedoed
LONDON,
December
15:
(CP)
The
Press
Association
reported
today
that
German
warships
were
sighted
n
the
North
Sea
co'nvoying
a
torpedoed
German
cruiser,
j
wo
nights
ago
Great
Britain
announced
that
a
submarine
i-ac'
torpedoed
a
German
cruiser,
battleship,
some
destroy-
ry.
and
submarine
in
squadron
formation
near
the
scene
CP
Cana-
0f
the
Battle
of
Jutland.
The
Oer-
'.
.
dlan
Parliament
was
called
Thurs-
-
man
man
-
had
had
been
been
making
making
desperate
desperate:
.
.
.
.
,
.
W
l
.
urn
.
.
-
.
.
L
aay
nigm
oy
riirne
auuisicr
u
-
;aa
.
yon
Alackenzie
King
to
meet
t
mU"io-
on
IXinlnlon-prpvlnclal,
relations
Is
expected
to
be
present-1
ed
early
in
the
coming
session.
jl
m
4
vp
r
r
4
Y"1T"
errorts
U
keep
secret
the
fact
that
ftI
A
K
f
NAHH
lllTli
LtU
UrXl
Mu
the
vwl'
were
on
the
high
seas.
;
on
January
25.
The
sixth
seslon
The
Air
Ministry
announces
that'
of
the
Eighteenth
Parliament.
Is
ex-
Iour
Naa
an(j
three
British
planes
j
peeled
to
be
the
last
before
a
Wfre
shot
down
In
an
air
battle
ov-1
general
election
which
will
prob-
er
the
North
Sea
Thursday.
Thsi
.
ablv
be
held
next
summer
soon
i.h
rir
th
nrmin
"n
Hundred
j
j
Jlillion
n
DoIUr
a
tier
nrormriil.in
The
nnml
PT-
'
.
.
ti..ii-i--j
Heligoland
n.v.
when
the
u.
I
gram
Is
Under
Consideration
naval
base
of
pectatlon
is
that
the
election
will
Britisn
0iancs
encountered
the
Oer-be
fought
along
straight
'party
man
as
the
former
were
out
looking
lines
although
there
Is
also
some
for
German
naval
craft,
talk
of
a
union
government
being
formed.
The
present
Parliament
was
elected
In
October
1935
The
report
of
the
Rowell
com
i-OEBTS
ARE
I
DUE
TODAY
,
FROM
AIR
By
United
States
payments
to
the
United
States
wereDanail
lVODS
Pro-
WASHINGTON.
D.C
Dec.
15:
A
$100,000,000
program
to
make
the
United
States
Invulnerable
air
attack
is
under
consideration.
Ito
Thousands
'
of
anti-aircraft
guns
would
be
Installed
at
many
strategic
points
throughout
the
country.
The
anti-aircraft
arm
of
nation-
Finland
and
Hungary
Only
Nations
al
defence
is
at
present
"woefully
to
Make
Payments
Some
1
inadequate."
It
is
admitted.
Were
EnvrmoiK
Figures
.
jbeln
les?
than
six..
hundred
ei-
.
-
'
.
fectlve
anti-aircraft
guns.
WASHINGTON.
D.C,
Dec.
15,
,
Only
two
small
debt
installment;
r
j,
rj
1
LONDON,
Dec.
15:
Australia-Is
'ling
$244521.
Victoria
DlIS
UUo
embarking
on
a
pretentions
air
r
nland.
which
has
never
missed,
;
w-"11
contribution
to
he
war
effort
of
j
trade
Its
payment
of
$234,693
andi
-
that
country.
She
.
will
provide
Hungary
paid
$9-828
on
account
Khot
Driver
and
Escaped
with
planes
'and
men
and
will
train
other
nations
sent
the
usual
notes,!
Money
and
Fare
Box,
Driving
most
of
them
In
her
own
country.
I
regretting
Inability
to
pay.
Great
Britain
will
pay
half
the!
in
all
fifteen
European
naUons
Off
In
Stolen
Car
owe
$14,604516,10456
to
the
United!
VICTORIA.
Dec
15:
CP
An
Stites
Great
Britain.
$5,574,430,-
armed
bandit
entered
a
bus
here
783:
France
$4,200,332,646.
and
Italy.
Wednesday
night,
shot
the
driver.
Inary
training
of
the
men
are
$2,025,525,996
with
smaller
amounts
Edwin
MulhAland,
in
the
right
to
be
provided
by
Great
Britain.
i
1
War
News
!
CHAMBERLAIN
IN
FRANCE
LONDON
The
British
War
Office
announces
that
Premier
Neville
Chamberlain
has
arrived
in
France
to
spend
a
few
days
with
the
British
Expeditionary
Force.
LOST
AT
SEA
LONDON
Ships
lost
at
sea
today
include
the
Belgian
steamer
Rosa,
1103
tons;
one
man
lost
and
Norwegian
Foejna,
7200
tons.
eighteen
men
lost.
A
lifeboat
has
'
been
found
near
Oslo
with
two
j
froxen
bodies
in
it.
ARMY
IN
TURKEY
MOSCOW
The
Moscow
radio
reports
that
a
secret
clause
has
been
added
to
the
Anglo-French-
down
the
list
arm.
grabbed
the
money
and
fare
Today's
installments
totalled
box
and
escaped
In
a
parked
car
$161,000,000
In
round
figures
on
1
which
the
police
say
may
have
which
$122,000,000
was
due
from.bn'
stolen.
O-eat
Britain
and
$22,000,000
from'
Finland's
payment
today
was
dl"l-lp
HpI
crted
to
a
soeclal
fund
to
make'VJi
T
Li
1
LLuLjX
hospital
and
medical
supplies
avail-,
able
In
connection
with
the
war!
rl
against
Russia.
TRAINING
Turkish
mutual
assistance
pact
'
Premier
Menzles
said
the
plan
in
the
Commonwealth.
FOR
AIR
I
a
ri
i
4
1
:
,
1
.....
1
.
.
.
1
TO
FINLAND
I
France
and
Great
Britain
Tell'
League,
However,
That
War
With
Germany
Is
First
Consideration
New
Agreement
Is
Signed
Between
GENEVA,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
Joseph
Australia
and
Great
Britain
To
Incerase
Commonwealth's
War
Effort
SYDNEY.
Australia,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Menzles
announces
signature
of
an
agreement
between
Great
Britain
and
Australia
on
an
Empire
air
training
plan.
;Paul-Boncour,
French
delegate
de-
clared
at
the
Assembly
of
the
League
of
Nations
yesterday
that
France
would
give
Finland
all
possible
aid
in
defending
Itself
against
the
Russian
Invasloin
but
recalled
that
aggressions
which
preceded
this
one
"made
It
possible."
The
British
delegate,
R.
A.
But
ler,
spoke
In
similar
vein,
emphas-
providlnr
for
the
establishment
wlll
result
In
the
training
of
ten.izlng
that
nothing
was
as
Import
of
an
army
against
Russia
In
Tur-
1
thousand
pilots,
fifteen
thousand
ant
to
the
Allies
as
the
war
with
key.
It
would
consist
of
400.000
observers,
radio
operators
andiQermany.
FTench
soldiers,
80,000
British
and
Runners
at
a
cost
of
.50,000,0001
.
500,000
Turks.
ispread
over
the
next
three
years.
I
-several
mousano
Australians
V
atirnilVPI
C
.,
o.,.-
Iwlll
Pi
in
Csnnria
hut
mnst
nf
allCUUVCl
O
U'UU.il
Btiiiv
"
LONDON
A
British
pursuit
ihem
wiu
complete
their
training
plane
is
reported
to
have
sunk
a
German
submarine
off
the
Scot
tish
coast
today.
MADE
THEIR
MARK
LONDON,
Dec.
15:
(CP)
The
Probate
Court
accepted
as
a
valid
signature
to
a
joint
will
and
testament
a
cross
made
by.
a
blind
First
White
cost
of
the
engines
for
the
mach-i
WfHTian
u
IflAQ
Ines
which
arc
to
be
built
and
also
the
machines
for
the
prelim-
Inary
training
of
the
men
are
to
be
provided
by
Great
Britain.
NEW
YORK
WHEAT
NEW
YORK,
Dec,
VANCOUVER,
Dec,
15r
(CP),
Mrs.
Ruth
Morton,
credited
wltlr
:
having
Deen
tne
urst
white
wo-'man
to
reside
on
the
site
of
the
15:
Wheat
city
or
Vancouver,
died
yester-
.j
husband
when
his
hand;
was
gutd-
prices
were
down
8c
to
?ic
yes-
day
at
the
age
of
ninety-one.
She
ea
Dy
nis
wue
wno
couian
t,
write,
teraay
wun
way
closing
at
B9ic.
arrived
here
In
1808.