V war mmenced. ine nr.t nav-(1 , st. fc u.n in tlhanll Ti n. - ' iritii L.J, : .At.i: vr ;f . were speedily at t k up the survivors MRNOR Gottrnment lloue SOmiVA, Feb, 6: (CP) Gov- nr General Lord Tweedtmulr f' and lolfered a tonruMlon, it M tnnounred today at Govern- 'nl Uouxt He wav ald to be Mint comfortably. It private phrkian esamlned ' fi Eutllenrr Immedlatelr after !' hlth ocrurred In Gov- iment lloue and a statement the extent of (he Injuries h fpetted later. ITUATI0N IN BALKANS th Of !' V. i I r It' .1. Out Us ()n Relations With I Larier Powers All To Sign With Italy? I EDORADE. Feb. 6: (CP)-Bal- E.:-T.ie diplomats, after their te - day conference here at 551 Roumanla. Orcecc. Turkey JiCQiiavia extended their for coven years pledging con- jar.: of the present neutral u' 5 as to ureservc this Dart Ear;pe from the trials of war.i "- .urnca nome, eacn neicr-ti work out relations with ser powers and one another on individual basil. he conference u hollpvprl tav dgn observer to have failed to the four nations except for adly worded decisions on ncut- ' lndCDendcnce nnd nromo- of trade within the entente. :pre Were 110 ahsolntn uunrhn. D " niauon is voiced among PIG lnternnllnnnl pcrs that separata accords may i "egouated with Italy by the Pr Balkan nowers and Xsn nn. 6'y with Buljarla or Hungary. r "ome today the newsnaner dltalla stated that "the I'fnale 1 word has not been said" when iwcamc known thnt if PARIS. Feb. 8: (CP) War News ii-...:r: i.v:ij. n,... ..-I. ...... i i4i day at his Hyde Park home that pulsed yesterday with hand gren-J ades. Todav the western front was. H Teedmulr Suffers Concu- dormant with nothing to report. uon it Result of fair In GERMAN PEACE nil) OSLO The Stockholm correspondent of the Oslo newspaper Tldens Tefn said that rumors of a German peace plan were taking hape. It was said that some neutral late would offer a slx-polnt plan. DEATH PENALTY PROPOSED LONDON Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that legislation providing for the death pen- f ally for disclosure or leakate of Information to the enemy was under consideration. TAKE GERMAN OFF SHIP CAPETOWN A Portuguese vessel was Intercepted by a British warship and six Germans, considered liable for war service, were removed, later being landed here. CAMPAIGNS FOR HUBBY ful start. POOR BOY MADE TOP in I fTrT'alUc,t on French advance lines Samuel Vauclaln Roe From Ap- l. HI IK I ca" 01 uu IUver naa bttn re" prentlceshlp To Be Captain A A V A V A Of Induitry PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6: (CP). Samuel Matthews Vauclaln. who Is. dead here, typified the American j tradition of a poor boy climbing to the rank of industrial captain. From an apprentice boy in the railroad shop he rose to head the vast Baldwin Locomotive Works at Philadelphia and became an authority on railroad transportation. Hangar Contract At Aliford Bay Ilrnnett & White Construction Co. i Of Vancouver Awarded Contract Bennett it White Construction Co. have been awarded the contract for the construction of a single land plane hangar at the Royal Canadian Air Force air base at Aliford Bay. Queen Charlotte Islands. TO EASE I CONTROL Premier of Japan, After Hearing Protests, Announces Press Will Get More Latitude TOKYO, Feb. 6: (CP After pro tests had been heard ln both Houses of Parliament today, Premier Yon-al said that relaxation of press con- trol would be attempted. Speakers Conservative Contest In Yukon in both chambers suggested that, Again Family Affair Between through such rigid censorship as Blacks was being imposed, the government was losing the confidence of the 'people, rvmiwi rh fl: (CP-- Mrs.' George Black Is travelling back to n ! J Mjypn In ' campaign for hcrLJdYlU lllVeil III the Yukon to husband, Capt. George Black, n ; n will contest the Yukon scat as UttlCerS KCSerVC Conservative candidate m . Mrs. - forthcoming federal ei. ! HOLLyvvooD. Feb. Feb. 6: 6:- David Black uiacK was w3 elected ru as r .m.- ..on Nlven, ,y,nular popular Encllsh English moving Conservative m "'-"-, lo'nicture actor, has been when her husoano w '- , to the the British British In regard tQ Italian pur-1 retire due to illness. Now h of oil had come up through-withdrawn In his favor. Cap, rai.sine nf M. vu..- ,. tnrmrlv Socoker OI - Uli- h " lAuiaiiKi1 rate laic Black Jiaviv ww noumanla. exrhangc was jormt;ny fore ncxt fall. Canadian House ot uonm- admitted officers' emergency reserve for war service but does not expect to be ln uniform be Mlnto. .01 Vi Noble Five. .01$. Pend Orielle. 1.70. Pioneer. 2.10. Premier. 1.35. Privateer. .78. Reno. .38. Relief Arlington. .12 4, Salmon Gold, .02 . Sheep Creek, 1.18. 1 Cariboo Hudson, Oils A. P. Con.. .18. Calmont, .38. C. it E.. 2.08. Freehold, .02. Home, 2.75. Royal Can., .17, r PROV1NC IAL 1 eatherForecast Tomorrow's Tides Rupert and Queen Charlotte prince 1:04 195 ft. High ajn. Islands Fresh to strong east 12:49 21.0 It. p.m. cloudy and somewhat part winds, Low 7:00 ajn. 7.0 It. colder tonight. 19:29 pjn. 3.0 It. r NORTI1ERN AND CENTRAL BRITIS n COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER BXXIX i No. 31 1 v. , PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 19 40. PRICE: S CENTS Wat At Sca Strikes At Dominion I Canadian Steamer Is Sunk by Torpedo Off ! British West Coast WEARY OF CLAIMS OF BADGERING NAZIS ARE resident Roosevelt Tells Reporters1 lie W ill Make Third Term Pro- nouncement When Ready aid at a press conference yester FANTASTIC: Vol SiiUfled With Truth In Iterate! - ...... . w. w iii ficsuiis ui m iicir nil aiiacm President Franklin D. Roosevelt On Shipping- at Week-End sunk, several others tee chairman. iy damaged but reaching port. w. .. 1',r,ey ,et 11 be known today AtUck on a tenth vessel Satur to.ind for Saint John. Newl r 1 un tcs,frn rronl u"nc jwwer- ainxmg ox me British steamship i.i ana me lorocdoinff oe- ....... ..... w7-uuuus rd r." :ie southeast coast of I 'ce-Presklent John Nance Oar- the week-end was disclosed Two of -A section ner naa auo indicated nis wimng- the crew were killed. ti.ij it j ui uiiiwaii i ril- ... ..... ... u u. -...ij.-ii.i iu... oi ne xorunire necimeni naa a muvu ..k u urrmin ... .... .. f..K win h.h f in action in me main " nr..u.i nc-.-. aaa,. hipping lane, ma Jone was In com- rnetny ouiposi pairoi, me Dart- ..t.....v ..v.. uwun Ing of a dog having drawn it to to do abut tre th'rd t""m. attention. Fire was exchanged and one British private was wounded. found in the morning but there was a patch of blood-stained snow. I French military authorities reported yesterday that a German TODAY'S STOCKS tCoureety 8. O Jonnntoo Co i Vancouver Big Missouri. .10. Bralorne, 10.50. Cariboo Qoartz. 2.45; Dentonla. .piVi. Falrvlew. rairview, J)1V4 mh. Okalta. 1.07. Mercury, .06. 1 t- Prairie Royalties, 20. . . Toronto Aldermac, .31. Beattle. 1.12. Central Pat.. 2.40. Cons. Smelters, 48.00. East Malartlc, 3.90. Fernland, M. Francoeur. .49. V Gods Lake, .55 . Hardrock, 1.26. Int. Nickel. .43i. Kerr Addison, 2.41. Little Long Lac, 253. McLeod Cockshutt. 2.27. Madsen Red Lake, .48. Moneta, .80. Noranda, 73.50. Pickle Crow, 3.95. Preston East Dome, 2.16. San Antonio, 2.42. Sherrltt Gordon, .98. Stadacona, .08. Uchl, .86. Bouscadlllac, .04 VJ. Mosher, .03. Oklend, .13. Dominion Bridge. 37.00. ITALIANS AID FINNS Fifty Carloads of Airplanes Are Sent Through France to Be-Leaguered Northern Nation BOMBINGS Looks Like ; AGA1N IN settlement j LONDON. Feb. 6: (CP) BrI . IN H If U I inal he WiU WIBta w " h" hat day was disclosed when members 111 1 AVlil 1 ,n the f1" 'or the Dtmorcatlc 0f the crew of the trawler Wllla MADP nFFVC nomination: He U said to have said that Oerman nlanes had ma- Iff! 1 IK T. K r.I l. German Pat- tupport of New York and New chine-gunned their boat. ",v " Persistent Report i OLD LAND - iisn decision 10 turn over nine - ExDosions i London, Birmincham oi iwcniy-one uerman sea- - .nA Min(.h.,t,r n, p.- f men seized from the Asama Executions Tomorrow Maru Is regarded In Informed LONDON, Feb. 6: (CP-Oerman "uarter M a steP 1 LONDON, Feb. 6: SHANGHAI. Feb. 6: (CP) Jap- PROMINENT RAILROADER Fred Sargent Headed Chicago 1 Northwestern for Fourteen f Years I CHICAGO, Feb. 6: (CP) Fred Wesley Sargent headed the Chicago and Northwe&ern Railway Com- (CP) Bombs pany for 14 years. Until IU health llii W" geWlng Ufed f attempU c,a,ms that Nazl b0mbe" "nlc a "' mprnl.5 with exploded ln pubi,c buIld,ng of Lon-I forced him to retire May 24. 1939. he Attack All But Unc Member of hUlimarinc After to sound him out on third term mine-sweeper, four outpost boaU ,apanvw hoUt 0 don, Birmingham ahd Manchester also served as president of the Chl- vri:v iiiuu iu in: ouiu i possiDimics. When anything was and nine merchantmen over the T" s. on the eve of the scheduled execu-cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and ld It would be at his time and week-end a;e described as "absurd" JaPanese government has Uon of two Irlsh Republican Army Omaha Railway Company and as a LONDON, February 0: (CP)--SiX Of the crew of choo,ln and h- a'one. the chief here although wmw 0 the w" ----ww loss of the mine- w - 7 n? . yet - Iy aceJ1ePte1 J 1 4 I e I members. Bombs burst - in mall - director W WW V of the W Continental WW V WU Illinois V ient -seven aboard the torpedoed Canadian Pacific ilway Co.'s transAtlantic freighter Beaverburn are re- I i r t . i n . executive declared. Aieanwnue tne Democratic na- sweeper Sphinx is admitted together ? J, wa!Kexpic1, , J ml8IU- bans at Euston Station in London, National Eank. one of the largest ttlth a !at fnnr inH vrtr nntdhlv Meantime the British are re- inf,...... innr nersnn. Thp haa financial fnctlt.iHini ln V. n. tlnnai mmmiitu vuiaritui v, o i . , t,L carded as navinz earned a i m .v. . . . rted rescued. Company officials said there was a P0S81- margin of one vote, chose Chicago were neutral. maJr poInt ln lhe Japane" the two condemned men. Peter Cnoninv and .vPrai .iuJ . n. ty that the One man, althoURh Unaccounted for in first," th r the DemocraUc As reported Monday, the week- T ann0UIcement Vat Japanese Barne$ and Jamej RlchardSi are ln road comDanIes. lrta mnv vpfc h s:if( Th nnlv Pjinfulinn.lirifn mnmKnf national convention. me exaci end casualties from wave after . -"-"""- .J A. .tlU.i jail awaiting execution for a bomb- He found time as well for a wide ' . . " .nrf k., . . . '. . -n rt to ... rpfuw rr.uw to u carry carry - citizens viHiCH. lnB -t Covpntrv on AliPil.t 9.5 trhn Mr, tvl. ,.n. n. !be .rrw was saieiy rescued "V" ? -TC n"wMnHuaeaine 4 . Knin h.nn. i.ahi. .MiopaMengersonboardir,-. 1 ""y. "ln"ai Norwegian Tempo, C29 tons, which . " be Beaverburn. a vessel of 9874 h bu: ' at Dumbarton. Scotland, 3927 t id registered out of Lon- fcond Canada-bound . l avfl been torpedoed since BRITONS i allies n. ruricv. nauonai mmm l ti was t mnv t.t.M i ith... beine v.Ainn u bad - w " -v. . i ----- ARE SLAIN Russians Are Still, Apparentlr. Ravine Bad Time North of Lake Lado;a Big Victory 0 w-- o w w - W wV UUbiVil, AilOw iltUIUU five persons were killed and one ed services as trustee for the Field hundred hurt. A mall sorter was Museum of Natural History in Chl- Injured in an explosion in the cago. Northwestern University, the Birmingham general post office Rosenwald Museum of Science and where a bomb was also planted in a Industry, Lake Forest Academy and mall bag. No one was hurt In the Cornell College at Mount Vernon, .Manchester post office blast. Sir Iowa. John Anderson, Home Secretary.; Balances Budgets has refused to rerommend to King . . , T 10,, Oeorge the granting of a reprieve " n XW1Sienntthe C"y or, ChS . and Cook county were struggling ,, . to r Barnes tj-,,. and Di. Richards. of mcrbea$ ing seriousness, he was chosen by a TADAKTUCC committee of 100 business men to JAl AllLiULi direct a camPal8n to balance munl- dpal budgets. Sargent and his fel- WrkerS accompllshed thelr pur" n luncaicu uitei-uimirr sneaKer. IlnrnnfirTTlPrl claim T ,Ia Penetrated Nlntsia Sar8n spent considerable time CJlllUlUUlllCU province Province Great Great Rittu Battle in traveUng to address clubs, business fc ,3u, Oolcl BelU ve4WSIjs..FaUtkt.j.Gye O.K. ..to , Kwangsl organlzatlons and audiences at the educattonaUinstltutlortt Uuw hich he was Interested. anese announced today that their wnnwciai groups orten caned northern forces had penetrated on n'm Ior neIP ana ne was director r?Jt wn QTvrpnR? Si r,h .rP1 7 NI"8lIa pince n northwest f the chF ot Commerce of The Finns northeast nf of Lake t La- ChJna fQr the Unlted states and the nilnols doga. killed over five hundred Rus- chamber The ta of chlna of Commerce. He served slans yesterday and captured much tQmdcd thirty-first month veral years as chairman of the u,... u.w-. w1m rlyal armles in souti,. awuni Kusnmore Memorial com- tacks. It was declared ln an official communique last night. Persistent reoort of the entire eighteenth Russian division having been completely wiped out, of action In the Kltela sector are not confirmed officially. This is a highly trained and well equipped division consisting of 20.000 men. It was the oblect of an encircling movement by the Finns. The unconfirmed reports said that seven thousand had been killed, thousands of others captured while the remainder were ln frantic and disorderly re- r 1 4 ern Kwangsl Province locked In Ul"u cu-opcraie wun battle which both sides indicated ouun Borgium on the huge presl- was one of the war's greatest. MEAT ON dential sculptures in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Sargent was born May 26, 1876, in Akron. Iowa, a Plymouth county town founded by his father, Edgar Weslev Sareent. As a hov hp tpork- D A TfO W Q ed ln nis father'5 flour ant 8 mill lrl 1 lVlllJ and on the family's farms. Hls.ln- terest in farms persisted through- Supply Wiil Be L'mited In Britain out his life and in addition to his After .March 11, It Is Announced Evanston home he maintained a farm near Mount Vernon. LONDON. Feb. 6: (CP) W. S.' After beine graduated from the treat, facing the prospect of freez- Morrison- minister of food supply, Akron 'public schools, Sargent stud-ing or starving to death. Newspaper announced today that meat ra-led at the State University or South "correspondents said that as many as tionlng will be commenced on. Dakota and the law school of Iowa forty-two Russian tanks had been March 11. Each person over six State University. He earned a legal destroyed with large amounts of years of age wUj be auowed one degree in 1901 and started at once arms and ammunition left behind shining ten pence worth of meat to practice law ln Sioux City, Iowa. In the flight. per vce an(j eacn person under A year later he was married to Miss , Meantime, .the Russians contln- slx years eleven pence worth. Mary Minler of Flandreau. SJJ. ued their fierce artillery onslaught Ham and bacon are already ra- They had three children. Minler. against int xviannerneim Lane wiin tioned. .heavy casualties and unsuccessful in making a breach. Three thousand Russians are said to have been killed here. j Quiet was reported early today on all the Finnish fronts. I During thepast week ln aerial 'attacks on Finland, hundreds of .Russian planes participated, drop-iplng an estimated 6800 bombs, killing 150 civilians and Injuring 179, ln addition to doing extensive damage in many cities and towns. West Summerland Man Passes Away Muir Stewart, For Years Manager Of Fruit Co-operative, Passes Away At Mayo Clinic WEST SUMMERLAND. Feb. 6: (CP) Mulr Stewart, for years manager of the Summerland Cooperative Fruit Orowers and well known grult grower of this district, Is dead at Mayo Clinic, Roch- PARIS, Feb. 6: (CP) Shipment ester., Minnesota, according to through France of some fifty car-, word -received at his home here loads of Italian made airplanes for, yesterday. He had retired a few the Finnish Army isv disclosed by. years ago as managrr of the co- sources near the government. operative. Bulletins SAVING CERTIFICATES OTTAWA The Canadian government Is to issue savings cer- low as $5 and $10, throush the Post Office. Another war loan is expected before the end of the year. STORM IN CALIFORNIA REDO.NDO BEACH A violent sea storm pounded the shore here during the night, damaging beach homes and stores and carrying away a portion of the popular beach. GANDHI LEAVES NEW DELHI Unsatisfied with the proposal of the Vice Roy, Lord Linlithgow, for, a settlement of differences regarding self-government of India, Mahatma Gandhi Hasseu and Frederlka, now Mrs. !Fred E. French. City Attorney In 1906 he was elected city attorney of Sioux City and re-elected in 1908. Four years later he gave up a rather lucrative practice to accept a position as state attorney for the Rock Island Railroad, with headquarters at Des Monies. He remained there until 1920, tificates, with denominations as .when he was invited to come to Chicago as general solicitor for the worm western, in isz he was elected vice president and general counsel and in 1925 he was chosen to head the company and its sub sidiaries, comprising approximately 10,000 miles or railroad lines. Weather Forecast General Synopsis A deep depression on the British Columbia coast Is causing rain ln the vicinity ot Vancouver Island. The weather has been mild with light snow in the interior. West Coast of Vancouver Island- left Delhi without awaiting the 1 Fresh to strong southeast winds, outcome of similar conferences shifting to southwest, mild with f with Moslem leader. scattered showers occurring tonight.