Vol.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-lotte
Islands
Moderate
to
Ircih
ihlftlng
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
jhowers.
XXVIII
,
No.
"2
-
q
Raid
on
Murmansk
A
surprise
attack
by
Finnish
planes
on
a
Russian
air
base
at
Murmansk
was
also
reported,
claim
being
made
that
a
number
of
new
Russian
planes
had
been
destroyed
by
dropping
of
incendiary
bombs.
Meantime,
Helslngfors
looked
to
wards
grey"
and
foreboding
snow-
that
the
Russians
here
would
re
set
to
tattles
quite
as
ruthless,
if
not
worse,
than
the
Germans
employed
at
yfatsavr
and
elsewhere
In
Poland.
Finnish
refugees
were
J
HI
U
H
1
JJ
.'.
i
of
hostilities
over
Christmas.
:iAnti-Aircraft
Fire
Is
Heard
LONDON,
Dec.
5,
.L-.1
!.
AROUSED
Pan-American
Nations
Deman
Stringent
Action
Arainst
Russia
By
League
of
Nations
BUENOS
AIRES.
Dec.
5:-Na-
paign
the
Soviet
aim
was
that
of
"?"
America
are
uniting
liberator-
not
of
-conqueror.""
,ne
rMl
01
"e
wor,a
m
The
nnnlsh
appeal
to
the
League
lcondfmnaUon
oi
"
RuuUn
ln'
of
Nations
was
"Incompatible
with
TaJ,on
r
fln,and-
Argentine
the
dignity
of
the
Union
of
Soviet
wvernment
has
proposed
to
the
Socialist
Republics
"
Molotov
re-
ague
Notions
that
the
Soviet
futri
wiihmii
n,.aiifir9nnn
An
exnelled
from
the
League
for
ment
or
to
accept
mediation
a
,ru
J'
Iow
mr
through
Swedish
diplomatic
chan-
Bol
nd
K
have
neli
or
the
League
ot
Nations.
De-
tDra;U
Uruguay
la,ed
themselves
with
dining
to
reunite
the
new
Fin-
nlfh
goremment
headed
by
Rlsto
est
itnlv
with
lh
nunivt
rnm
would
now
b
right
tn
thi
finish
tulated
to
the
Soviet.
Meantime,
after
a
temporary
lull
due
to
winter
weather
conditions
throughout
Finland,
there
was
a
resumption
of
the
warfare
today.
RiisiUn
planes
renewed
bombing
attacks
on
the
mining
city
of
Sal-mljaervi.
There
were
varying
reports
aa
to
the
damage
which
had
bven
caused.
British
and
Canadian
mines,
reported
to
have
been
de
itroyed
last
week,
were
said
in
Some
quarters
today
to
have
been
untouched.
Three
Russian
bombers
took
part
In
the
raid
On
Salmlnjacrvl
and
the
nearby
nickel
mining
area.
It
was
not
immediately
learned
what
the
damage
and
casualties
might
have
been.
The
International
Nickel
Co.
of
Canada
owns
a
property
at
Salmipaervl.
Another
drive
was
being
launch-
ed
by
the
Russians
agaliut
Pet-
j"'
a
samo
which
they
had
captured
following
tho
Invasion
last
week,
only
to
lose
possession
ln
a
Fin
nlsh
counter
attack.
Thousands
ot
Russian
troops
were
being
landed,
It
was
reported,
by
Soviet
warships
and
also
by
parachutes
from
airplanes.
There
were
contradictory
reports
as
to
the
result
of
the
fighting
In
the
north,
both
sides
claiming
victories.
One
report
from
Stockholm
stated
that
a
whole
Russian
bombing
sqiiadron
had
crashed
Into
trees
ln
a
snowstorm
and
was
destroyed.
coast
heard
anti-aircraft
guns
ln
action
yesterday
although
no
enemy
planes
were
ln
evidence.
being
evacuated
as
rapidly
as
possible-
from
Ilelslngfors
and
other
Finnish
cities.
On
the
Soviet-Finnish
frontier'
to
the
south
land
battles
continued
ln
the
region
of
Lake
Ladoga
and
the
Kyrellan
Peninsula.
Contradicting
Russian
claims
that
they
had
advanced
thirty
miles
Into
Finland,
the
Finns
claimed
to
have
captured
1500
Soviet
troops
near
Lake
Ladoga
and
the
the
defend-
tn
vwrn
hnlrflnc
thplr
nun
pise
mobilization.
Today's
The
Scandinavian
conference
iwlll
take
place
at
Oslo,
having
been
called
at
the
Invitation
or
'Foreign
Minister
Koht
of
Norway
J
to
the
foreign
ministers
of
Sweden
jand
Denmark,
both
Swedish
and
I
Danish
ministers
are
reported
to
have
accepted.
The
conference,
it
was
announced,
would
seek
means
ot
bringing
peace
between
Russia
The
Essex
a"d
Finland.
SHIPS
BEING
LONDON,
Dec.
5:
(CP
The
BrU
uh
irovernmcnt
has
started'
re
quisitioning
British
ships
for
the
laden
skies
for
a
resumption
of
.where
including
tne
Arctic
coast.
Finnish
atith-1
Canada
and
the
.urn
Soviet
aerial
bombardment,
dos-1
Russian
prisoners,
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VICTORIA,
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Weather
Forecast
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a
i.
the
w
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for
this
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urrence
during
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colou
The
unions
Horse
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au
ensured
mut
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coailor
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their
gay
but
heavy
cei..n.i.a.
tr,jjir.g
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the
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roome
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route
wiiu
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rr
i
nrin
rr
inn
it
Vi
iff
with
the
new
ilelslngfors
govern-
2Mn
the
League
covenant
H
HflKh
II
Ll
UF
11
AL
I
ALL
RED
MENACE
FOR
FINNS
of
a
"clear
case
of
unprovoked
ag
gresslon."
Twenty-five
of
fifty
Italian
mobilization
'planes
to
be
provided,
are
already
nrp
hrmioht
iftono
tnrtrp
mn
ln-iln
use
by
the
Finns
with
slbly
with
use
6f
poison
gas.
There
jorlties
said,
were
exhausted
and
,
John
aumour.
J'
nit?
was
reason
td
bSleve.
it
seemed,
had
been
three
days
without
MtlStl-
-
can
Bt
was
declared
to
have
been
annihilated.
A
Finnish
statement
today
said
that
the
aerial
bombardment
anient
of
Italian
to
service
under
arms.
The
new
instructors
assisting
ine
rmnisn
troops
are
for
"wartime
service"
'
Pllts.
although
Sweden
Is
still
directing
Us
efforts
towards
neutrality.
TAKEN
OVER
Vessels
Being
Requisitioned
by
Rri
tlsh
Government
For
North
Atlantic
Trade
Route
With
Canada
Railway
Line
To
Be
Clear
Tonight
Train
Will
Not
Leave
tor
East
Be
fore
9
p.m.
Inbound
at
Least
Seven
Hours
Late
By
means
of
temporary
bridging
of
washouts
at
Kttsumkalum.
it
is
expected
traffic
will
be
resumed
by
tonight
on
the
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Some
time
after
9
o'clock
tonight,
a
train
Is
to
be
dispatched
for
the
East.
The
Inbound
train
from
the
East,
due
at
11
o'clock
tonight,
Is
at
least
seven.
hours
late.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITIS
H
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
'DECEMBER
5,"
1039.
iKING
AND
MINISTERS
I
I
IN
FRANCE
'ills
Majesty
Leave
for
Front
I
Chancellor
of
Esehequer
in
Paris
J
i
PAHTS
Dec.
5:
CP
v
unheralded
arrival
S
Vl.trinBent.MUoruU
V.IV""""
no,c
.Uken
Conference
!
.ndlnavton
Xathm,.
havin?
tadrth-the
on
cWdit
of
'd
HuX.
Called-Sweden
Oet,
Ready
for
Invasion
trident
iu1ruti
Uruguay
Innaunces
th.
war
&nlItary
resource$
0't
lhe
munlst
government
Russia
has
set
fe
wUI
rMlKn
herself
from
the
tip
-on
the
frontier.
All
of
which
Indicated
that
It
(
un
'f
aM
't!
A
,
oummer
weiirs.
unuea
tort
,
RCME.
Dec.
the
front
hv
auto-"n"'l.
The
King
crossed
from
FnBlanrt
to
France
by
destrorer.
Frenrh
warshlos
and
a'
squadron
ot
airplanes
went
out
into
th
channel
t-
ereet
His
Ma'esty.
The
bct
rf
hii
visit
to
the
front.
HI"-Mitestv
said,
was
to
see
as
many
of
the
soldiers
as
possible
and
brin?
them
words
of
comfort
and
en'ourarement.
,
The
Kin?,
travelling
In
his
pow-'
erful
camouflaged
car,
began
his
first
day
of
the
British
Expeditionary
Force
visit
with
an
inspection
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
airdrome
and
then
went
to
a
forward
area.
.
Also
arriving
In
France
yestrrday
for
consultation
with
the
French
.government
were
Sir
John
Simon.
Chancellor
o'
the
Exchequer,
and
Rt.
Hnn
RonMd
H.
Cross,
ralnWer
of
economic
warfare.
An
official
co-rmun'.que
said
that
there
was
tvno!te
agreement
'ptweert
the
British
and
the
I'Veneh
oroblerns
AlUc
vould
be
greatly
Increased
5-Soldiers
cwi
,tnnn
toPPt
!n
th
Mr
r.,t,ir
th.
nnti.t.
STOCKHCUf.
Dec
5,-A
c
n-
'
anti-Rursian
antl-Rurslan
demonstrations
by
rhanrp,Inr
nt
,h
FxrhMI1(,P
M
8latM'ference
of
representatives
of
Nor-
(
Italian
students
yesterday
but
per-
a,
g
flf
contrlbutlonj
tne'
nnrr
r-rcrriBry
ot
oiaic,
nxiay
no-
----
:
:
.
.
.
,.
i-
j
.
uoininron.',
nunarecs
oi
titled
cerUIn
Latin
American'
coun-
en
cauea
!or
mursaay
vo
cona-
in,
ru.uiua.
thon.ands
of
British
troops
ftlreadv
the
of
continuation
of
,
Carbinlerl
and
other
troops
menace
a
tries
that
the
United
States
gov-,er
j
,
th
erroachment
hnugh
(blocked
a
new
tempt
by
students
ernment
would
be
very
glad
to
par-'f
,
don-
mQre
Uelpate
In
Pan-American
condem-,"
land.
War
Holiday
At
Christmas
ROME,
Dec.
5-
Pope
Plus
will
inquire
through
pontlflclal
en-
voys
In
Berlin,
London
and
Paris
of
the
attitude
of
the
Oerman,
British
and
French
governments
as
to
a
cessation
lea
as
ine
sweaisn
army
sirengin
iuuay.
Is
Increased
from
peace
time
stand-1
Some
Italians
are
reported
to
lng
of
23,000
to
tSO.OuO.
Prepare-'have
volunteered
for
service
ln
the
tions
are
even
being
made
for
the
I
Finnish
army
but
are
receiving
no
I
eventuality
of
evacuating
Stock-
official
encouragement.
holm
should
that
become
necessary.
I
It
Is
said
that
Italy
Is
conslder-8weden
officially
acknowledge
j
,n5
sanctions
against
Russia
In
view
fear
ot
Russian
invasion
of
Finland
and,
ln
calling
more
troops
to
the
colors,
admitted
partial
Bulletins
SHOT
TO
DEATH
VANCOUVER
The
body
of
Joseph
Andrew
Williams,
30,
with
a
bullet
wound
in
the
head,
has
been
found
In
the
bush
here.
He
wa
a
store
employee
and
.
had
been
mining
since
November
8.
His
father
suspects
foul
play,
GUNFIRE
IN
PARIS
PARIS
Anti-aircraft
gunfire
was
heard
yesterday
afternoon
in
Paris
when
an
unidentified
plane
passed
overhead
at
great
height.
QUINTS
MAKE
GIFT
CALLANDER
The
trustees
of
the
Dlonne
quintuplets
have
made
a
$1000
gift
to
the
Red
Cross,
it
being
the
first
of
a
number
that
will
be
made.
The
quints
owe
a
lot
to
the
Red
Cross
themselves
for
natal
care,
Dr.
Allan
Roy
Da-foe
says.
sized
the
Importance
of
Canada
as
seniencea
10
prison
ror
irom
,
worst
weather
50
far
ln
the
war
and
In
wartime.
Ar-
tow-an-a-nair
t0
1
ve
years
a
food
reservoir
iand
there
WM
ranncments
have
already
ocen
T
4lc
11UU
u.
i-uuvitirn
il
ti
made
for
-
the
shipment
r"
of
millions
ui""
'
.
.
1
A
....
Lull..
I
v..
V
fleeing
towards
Sweden
on
tho
.Ilelslngfors
had
resulted
in
per-
Z
rvd
sfmih
.mrf
vrupn
f
thA
nnrlh.'soiis
dead,
mi
wounoea
ana
SIX-
m..v
'
-
-
iiu
w
n
uj
vw
niv.
....
Nationals
of
various
countries
were
teen
buildings
destroyed.
.Prices
have
been
set.
7777777
J
Local
Artillery
Five
Years
Is
Sentence
weeK
01
arand
larcenv
or
bund
j
Exchanges
On
Western
Front
UpOn
Kuhn
J
PARIS,
Dec
5
no
although
aerial
activity
a
clearing
up
funds.
-
today
permitted
of
reconnaissance
flights.
Some
German
raids
were
Admiral
Scheer
Believed
Responsible
For
Sinking
of
Big
British
Freighter
LONDON,
Dec
5:
(CP)
It
was
officially
announced
by
the
Admiralty
last
night
that
the
lO.OSli-ton
British
freighter
Dorb
Star
had
beeti
attacked
and
sunk
In
the
South
Atlantic.
The
vessel
is
believed
to
have
been
the
victim
of
the
German
pocket
lhe
Doric
Star
had
accomodation
for
six
passengers
bat
there
are
believed
to
have
been
none
aboard.
ih
British
steamers
Ham-mersley.
Laird
Glen
and
Fin-born
were
sunk
after
mysterious
ctlions
yesterday
off
the
British
coasts.
Torpedoing
of
the
London
steamship
Horsted,
1670
tons.
was
reported
today
after
thir
teen
survivors
and
the
bodies
of
brer
members
of
the
crew
were
landed
today.
Five
are
still
Attack
Is
Inexcusable
A
LONDON.
Dec.
5:
(CPi
Foreign
Secretary
Viscount
Halifax
called
the
Russian
ln-
vasion
of
Finland
an
"inex-
4-
cuiable
act
of
azgresslon
by
one
of
the
largest
on
one
of
the
J
smallest"
nations
of
Europe.
;
i
Buffalo
Asked
For
District
Chamber
of
Commerce
'
They
Might
Be
Cultivated
Northern
B.
C.
'
It
was
of
the
Tomorrows
Tides
High
9:24
&m.
20
A
ft.
22:11
pjn.
18.1
ft.
low
2:49
ajn.
7.0
It.
15:52
pjn.
5.6
ft.
i
the
two
nations.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Fin
ind
Strikes!
Back
At
Russia
SOVIET
DETERMINED
TO
I
SUBJUGATE
FINLAND
BY
OVERWHELMING
STRENGTH
AH
Moves
Kor
Peaceful
Mediation
Rejected
Including
Swedish
and
league
of
Nations
Overtures
General
i
Fighting
is
Being
ResumedFinns
Holding
Own
LONDON,
December
5.
Russia
is
apparently
resolv-'
ed
upon
obtaining
complete
subjugation
of
Finland
by
armed
force.
The
Soviet
has
made
it
apparent
that
she
vill
be
drawn
into
no
peaceful
mediation
with
the
official1
government
of
her
little
neighbor.
Yesterday
Foreign
j
Commissar
Molotov
rejected
a
call
to
attend
sessions
ofi
the
League
of
Nation
council
and
'
',
aijnbly
at
Oeneva
to
consider
Fin-1
.
mnnii
a
tin
land
appeal
against
the
Rusrtan
A
I
VI
n
K
1
1
AIMS
invasion.
He
also
spurned
a
proposal
of
'the
Swedish
diplomatic
tfpreientatlte
at
Moscow
for
medl-Upn
of
the
dispute.
Today
the
trial
bombardment
of
Finland
wat
returned
with
attack
on
the
mining
fields
along
the
Arctic
coast.
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
declared
aht
Ruula
was
not
at
war
lth
Finland.
In
the
Finnish
cam
WHEN
A
KING'S
GUARD
SWOONED
Esthonian
Port,
Taken
Over
by
Soviet,
Scene
Of
Bold
Raid
By
Air
-Following!
No
Less
Than
Sixty
Soviet
Airplanes
Reported
To
Have
yesterday!
from
England,
King
George
left
today
by
motor
to
visit
the
British
n'.tObn
the
W-'ern
Front.
He-,
Keen
Destroyed
at
Murmansk
in
Another
Daring
Thrust
HET-STNRFnns.
TWpmher
B:
(CP)
Finland
renort-
w"
?J
struck
back
at
Russia
by
air
bombardment
of
Pald-
which
Russia
had
leased
from
EsJionia
Baltic
Amv
and
h'
brother,
rt
Duke
of
iski,
port
iGiwster
They
fa-eiied
un
toj
ioi
a
naval
base.
The
reports
lacked
confirmation
how
ever.
The
Finns
had
declared
Faldiski
was
the
base
tor
-
u
t
some
Soviet
planes
which
hid
raid-
ed
Helstngfors
last
week.
i7irT1IB
ST
VlllllYl
llr
Finnish
hopes
that
aid
night
be
v
JL
A1T1
Vl
forthcoming
from
Sweden
as
ta
IT1!
VTIIIIH'31"1
today
by
fortification
of
il
A
K
A
I
I
I
H
SHIHithe
Aaland
Islands
which
would
Jurx&A
auuksaaaa
j
keep
open
the
sea
route
between
Meantime
another
bold
Finnish
thrust
In
the
north
was
leportcd
in
the
destruction
of
no
les
;
than
slxtv
KoTlit
nlanp
In
nn
i
r
nIH
on
Murmansk.
NAZI
MINES
ARE
FOILED
battleship
Admiral
Scheer
which
:
Is
knowu
to
be
at
large
on
the
Successful
Combative
Jtettnd
Ntfw
high
seas.
The
Doric
Star
was
j
To
Be
ln.
Operatt
.n
laden
withmeat
from
Australia
"
and
.New
Zealand.
There
was
LONDQN,
Dec
5:
A
me'
hod
of
na
immediate
wont-
as
So
the
Combattlng
the
Gerrnan
jrjgneic
fate
of
her
crew
of
seventjv
mlnes
14
reported
to-
be;
oj
Jratlng-
successfully.
It
appears
tike
y
that
the
mine
menace
of
the
Na
is
may
soon
become
as
ineffectual
as
the
submarines
have
been
protlng.
Withdraw
Either
From
Finland
Or
-
From
League
GENEVA.
Dec.
5:
Rus
la
will
have
to
make
the
decision
o
'
either
withdrawing
from
Finland
or
retiring
from
the
League
of
Tatlons
as
Japan,
Italy
and
Germai
y
have
already
done.
Russia,
ln
opinions
expre-sed
ln
League
of
Nations
circles
faces
the
choice
of
either
leaving
the
League
or
being
thrown
out
Some
League
sources
predicted
a
rebirth
of
the
League
as
r
power
in
world
politics.
Some
opi
predicted
that
Italy
and
Spall
might
return
to
the
League
once
Russia
was
out.
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
The
rressure
remains
quite
low
off
the
British
.Columbia
coast.
Heavy
ral
s
have
occurred
over
Vancouver
Island
while
the
weather
has
been
mostly
fair
and
mild.
I
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
T
dandi-,
Fresh
to
strong
southeast
winds.
Thinks
m,Id
and
SSy
with
drizzl
In
Champagne
Ci
che
reported
at
the
meeting
(nPPIQ
I
In
Uil
SpfiK
W
Prince
lnce
Rupert
Rupert
Chamber
of,llCC1D
UP
Commerce
last
night
that
the
buf-
f
alo
at
Walnwright
were
belnk
killed
Digging
of
Trench
Yields
O
ie
Hun-off
by
the
federal
government
andt
dred
Bottles
of
Fine
Chan
jugne
that
the
acting
president
had
al-l
-
5:
Action
In
the
ready
sent
representations
to
the!
PARIS.
Dec.
5.
"It
is
rt
such
Wctm
irvnnf
vi.ngii
nil.i.j
Dpnartmpnt
of
thp
Tntprlnr
aslclm?
a
bad
war
nftpr
nil"
salrl
r
pmhwi
nfw
yqrk
rw
v
ppi
?
merely
or
local
reciprocal
artillery
that
some
ot
them
Placed
ln
f
a
Scottlsh
regiment
wh,
while
exchanges
with
some
patrol
sklrm-
Kuhn.
German-Amerl-
nnson
hnH
slml1nr
pa.h(,
of
,50
w,,A
nt
.
,en(
Bund
leader,
was
today
Ishes.
Wintry
storms
brouaht
the
it
was
suggesiea
ai
me
meeting
that
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
would
be
a
very
suitable
location
for
a
small
herd.
This
matter
was
left
with
the
president
and
secretary
to
take
u
n
fnrthpr
If
found
de-l
;,tt
4.
:4
blasted
by
French
artillery
flrp.
jjslrable.
J
BAR
GOLD
LONDON,
(CP)-
The
fnntreal
price
of
bar
gold
on
the
London
metal
market
was
unchanjed
today
at
$37.54
per
fine
ounce.