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Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
fnvlmnm
58
(Half
an
hour
after
sunset
to
Minimum
:,
O
S
halt
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
7:21
pjn.
to
8:29
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
RRlWS)lJtIMniA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL
XXXII,
No.
40
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY
17,
1913
PRICE-
FIVE
CENTS
Russia
120
WERE
POISONED
Infected
Food
Relieved
Cause
of
Incident
at
Tort
Edward
at
First
of
The
Week
Infected
ham
a:
potato
salad,
probably
the
former,
was
the
cause
of
the
poisoning
of
some
120
men
at
a
mtrai'tins
camp
at
Port
Edward
ai
'.he
end
of
the
week.
An
Investigation
has
since
been
made
by
Dr.
B
j
Mar
Donald,
provincial
health
off
'
"r
win
"tated
last
night
that
laborat
ory
tests
were
being
made
to
defini'ly
establish,
just
what
was
the
ause.
In
all
ome
120
men
wo:e
affected.
Thirty
were
unable
to
go
to
wu.'k
on
Monday.
One
was
quite
severely
HL
Eight
men
were
handled
In
the
hosoltal
at
Port
Edward
and
ten
were
brought
here.
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the
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and
prostration
.follow
ing
PULPW00D
TO
STATES
Canada
Agrees
to
Make
Heavy
Ex
ports
to
Other
Side
WASHINGTON,
DC,
Feb.
17
(CT)
Canada
has
agreed
to
exert
every
possible
effort
to
expert
1,550,000
cords
of
pulpwood
to
the
United
States
this
year
from
territory
east
of
the
Cascades
in
British
Columbia.
An
agreement
also
provides
that
Canadian
mills
will
ship
to
the
United
States
1,170,000
tons
of
pulp
in
1913.
Export
of
pulp
logs
from
British
Columbia
will
be
arranged
in
volume
sufficient
to
maintain
mill
operations
at
the
same
percentage
of
production
capacity
on
both
sides
of
the
border
and
will
Kive
Canadian
and
American
operators
a
similar
number
of
days'
supply.
New
Deal
With
Air
Force
For
City
Land
Up
On
recommendation
of
the
finance
committee,
the
city
council
Ha:
decided
to
rescind
all
arrangements
made
by
the
previous
city
administration
with
the
Royal
fcan-adian
Air
Force
for
sale
or
lease
flf
i.lty
lands
In
various
parts
of
bf
i
iy
The
Idea
Is
to
arrive
at
a
i
andard
basis
of
agreement
covering
all
such
deals.
A
number
of
separate
deals
for
the
acquisition
by
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Foitp
nrp
nondlnz
but
these
arc
all
deferred
now
pend-ns
(he
reaching
of
a
uniform
policy
Paint
Curbs
To
Assist
Drivers
Steps
ifclng
Considered
by
City
Council
to
Make
Bridges
Safer
During
Dim-outs
The
city
Is
considering
a
pro
posai
to
paint
the
curbs
of
Hays
Creek
and
Morse
Creek
bridges
to
wcuitaie
drlvlnc
in
the
dim-out,
A
aluminum
paint
Is
now
practl-
-"v
impossible
to
obtain,
the
sug
sisnon
has
been
made
that
the
wbs
might
be
painted
traffic
ve""w
at
three-foot
caps.
The
will
be
consulted
In
conncc
lln
with
the
matter.
SOUTH
AFRICAN
LOSSES
CAPETOWN,
Feb.
17
0
Gen.
smuts
has
announced
total
South
Atncan
war
casualties-were
1,115
2,237
missing,
12,748
pris
0ns,
4,137
wounded.
1S
HIS
BODY
IS
FOUND
Remains
of
Second
Kwinitsa
Slide
Victim
Recovered
Search
Continues
for
Third
The
body
of
Andrew
Klrkup
of
Walberg,
Saskatchewan,
missing
since
Last
Friday
mornin.j
when
a-
snow
slide
destroyed
the
highway
construction
camp
of
the
Tom-llnson
Co.
near
Kwinitsa
on
the
Skecna
River,
was
dug
out
of
the
dcbtls
at
3:35
Tuesday
afternoon
nnd
arrived
in
Prince
Rupert
during
the
night.
Search
Is
being
continued
for
a
supposed
third
victim
of
(he
avalanche,
George
Balder-chak
of
Egerton,
Alberta,
of
whom
nothing
has
been
seen
since
the
slide.
The
scope
of
the
inquest
on
Reginald
McClellan
of
Walberg;
Sas-
katchewan.
who
died
of
Injuries
sustained
In
the
slide,
has
now
been
extended
to
take
In
the
case
of
Klrkup.
The
coroner's
jury
view
ed
the
body
of
Klrkup
at
noon
today
and
then
adjourned
until'
this
evening
when
the
taking
of
evidence
will
proceed.
Klrkup's
body
was
found
not
far
from
the
point
where
McClellan
I
was
found
badly
Injured.
The
Inquest
Is
being
held
before
Coroner
Dr.
R.
J.
MacDqnald
and
j
the
Jury
consists'
of
George
J.
Dawes
(foreman),
Stephen
Az-buria,
J.
R.
Slaggard,
L.
M.
Asemis-
sen,
L.
R.
Gentry
and
R.
J.
Mutch,
T.
W.
Brown
is
appearing
at
ine
Inquest
as
counsel
with
a
watching
brief
for
the
Tomlinson
Con
struction
Co.
whose
camp
super
intendent,
Claude
Johnson,
is
also
attending.
Booster
Pump
Being
Held
Up
It
is
Now
Said
That
Federal
Government
Will
Not
Assist
in
Installation
Some
question
has
now
arisen
as
to
whether
there
Is
to
be
federal
assistance
In
connection
with
the
Installation
nf
a
booster
Dump
to
Increase
the
city's
water
supply
and,
in
view
of
this,
the
whole
project
Is
now
at
a
standstill.
It
had
been
proposed
that
the
city
engineer
should
prepare
the
site
for
the
pump
and
arrange
for
power
connection
but,
In
view
of
recent
developments,
this
will
not
be
done
for
the
time
being.
The
whole
matter
Is
expected
to
be
before
the
council
again
at
next
week's
meeting.
The
city
has
already
taken
steps
to
obtain
the
material
for
the
booster
pump
but
the
council
took
the
stand
that
before
any
work
was
started
the
government
should
put
up
the
money
as
the
city
did
not
have
tne
iunas.
Traffic
Bylaw
In
Conference
Stage
Military
Authorities
...
to
be
Called
in
r
ft
By
Committee
ol
council
Final
preliminary
phase
of
con-fomnrp
nn
the
new
street
traffic
bylaw
of
this
city
wilt
be
an
early
meeting
of
the
poncing
"
nf
fho
ritv
council
with
the
armed
forces
after
which
the
bylaw
will
come
before
the
council
for
approval
and
'enactment.
It
had
been
proposed
to
have
.representatives
of
contractors
and
possibly
other
interests
attend
the
committee
con-ference
but
It
was
decided
against
this
as
it
was
felt
tha
discussion
would
only
become
unwieldy
and
be
of
no
real
purpose.
Aid.
McKay
thought
that
sufficient
notice
should
be
given
car
owners
that
were
to
be
of
changes
made
under
the
bylaw
such
as
he
prohibition
of
night
parking
on
the
streets.
'
Are
Sweeping
CRACK
NAZI
TROOPS
IN
RETREAT
ACROSS
FROZEN
RUSSIA
i
Although
suicide
garrisons
are
being
left
behind
by
the
Germans
as
they
retreat
swiftly
on
the
entire
Russian
front,
their
resistance
does
not
last
long
In
face
of
relentless
Russian,
attacks.
Even
the
crack
Nazi
troops
are
on
the
run
now
as
shown
In
picture.
BULLETINS
GANDHI
IS
WEAKER
NEW
DELHI
Mahatma
Gandhi,
in
the
eighth
day
of
his
scheduled
three
weeks
fast,
is
growing
constantly
weaken
and
there
is
anxiety
among
his
followers
that
death
may
claim
the
frail
politician.
Gandhi
began
his
protest
against
lefusal.
of
.
the
viceroy
to
give
him
unconditional
release.
TO
FLY
ICED
FUGS
CANBERRA
Premier
John
Curtin
has
called
upon
all
Australians
to
celebrate
the
twenty-fifth
anniversary
next
week
of
the
founding
of
the
Red
Army
of
Russia.
He
suggests
that
Soviet
Union
flags
be
Down
throughout
Australia.
SUGAR
FOR
CANNING
OTTAWA
New
Canadian
ration
books
will
include
cards
for
sugar
to
be
used
in
canning.
UPRISING
IN
HOLLAND
LONDON
Reports
are
received
here
that
a
general
uprising
in
Holland
against
Nazi
rule
is,
imminent.
MERRITT
FOR
SENATE
OTTAWA
The
name
of
Lieut.
Col.
Cecil
Merritt,
V.C.,
hero
of
Dieppe
and
now
a
prisoner
of
war,
is
mentioned
for
the
Senate.
PROHIBIT
BUILDING
OTTAWA
Prohibition
of
all
new
construction
by
individuals
or
companies
in
Canada
may
be
ordered.
It
might
be
a
temporary
move
or
for
the
duration.
WITHDRAW
OAS
MASKS
OTTAWA
Col.
R.
J.
Manion
approves
the
suggestion
that
gas
masks
be
withdrawn
from
Issuance
in
British
Columbia
and
stored
in
safe
places.
There
has
been
lack
of
interest
on
the
part
of
the
public
in
equipping
themselves
with
gas
masks.
Collecting
Of
Poll
Taxes
To
Be
Effective
The
city
Is
to
tighten
up
on
poll
tax
collections
here
by
contacting
of
the
larger
employers
such
as
dry
dock,,
railway
company
and
contractors
with
a
view
to
reach
ing
arrangements
for
the
payment
of
the
poll
tax
direct
from
the
payrolls.
More
Axis
t
Ships
Sunk
LONDON,
Feb.
17
Six
more
Axis
suddIv
shins
have
been
sunk
in
the
Mediterranean
and
seven
others
damaged.
.
MAY
riSH
APRIL
16
Opening
of
1913
Halibut
Season
Has
Been
Officially
Announced
VICTORIA,
Feb.
17
O!
The
International
Fisheries
Commission
announces
that
the"
1943
halibut
fishing
regulations
pe:mlt
halibut
fishing
on
April
16.
Incinerator
For
Garbage
Planned
City
and
Military
Authorities
Would
Share
in
its
Operation
Under
Plan
The
utilities
committee
of
the
city
council
Is
going
further
into
the
question
of
establishing
a
gar-baEf?
lnclne.ator
which
would
be
Jointly
operated
by
the
city
and
the
armed
forces
the
former
pay-in1;
one-third
of
the
cost
of
fuel
and
the
latter
two
-
thirds.
The
city
would
supply
one
man
to
operat;
the
Incinerator,
ithls
man
being
al
ready
on
duty
at
the
"garbage
dump
on
the
highway
near
the
city
limits.
The
Initial
cost
of
the
Incinerator
would
be
borne
Iby
the
military
authorities.
The
Incinerator,
it
Is
thought,
would
be
beneficial
from
a
healtn
standpoint
generally
and
would
tend
to
abate
the
rat
nuisance;
Situation
In
Tunisia
'
.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
Feb.
17
There
Is
not
much
change
In
the
Tunisian
battle
situation
today.
The
German
drive
which
gave
them
a
twenty-
mile
advance
against
the
Americans
has
halted
but
is
expected
to
be
resumed
again.
The
Axis
forces
are
withdrawn
In
the
south
but
driving
In
the
centre.
The
Americans
have
abandoned
three
air
fields.
War
News
ST.
NAZAIRE
HPT
LONDON
St.
Nazaire,
another
Nazi
submarine
base
in
France,
suffered
its
worst
bombing
of
the
war
in
daylight
yesterday.
Sir
of
the
Allied
bombers
were
lost.
Lcritnt
was
attacked
again
last
night
With
loss
Of
two
bomb"
ers
one
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force.
WOULD
OUST
HITLER
LONDON
Adolf
Hitler
and
his
generals
arc
reported
to
have
had
a
bitter
quarrel.
The
Fuehrer
stormed
and
ranted
when
it
was
suggested
that
he
give
up
supreme
command
of
the
German
Army.
IN
SOUTH
PACIFIC
AUSTRALIAN
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Allied
planes
attacked
Lac
and
Salam-aua
in
New
Guinea
and
met
with
prctically
no
resistance
from
tlie
Japanese.
Timor
was
also
attacked.
LONDON
There
are
uncon
firmed
reports
that
Marshal
Rommel,
suffering
from
serious
wounds,
has
been
flown
from
North
Africa
to
Berlin.
,
CASE
OF
WORKERS
Allied
Trades
Council
Preparing
Brief
For
Submission
to
.
Richards
Commission
The.
Allied
Trades
Council
of
Prince
Rupert,
representing
tne
various
trades
employed
at
the
Prince
Rupert
dry
dock,
are
b".sy
preparing
a
brief
for
submission
to
Mr.
Justice
S.
E.
Richards
of
Manitoba
who
is
coming
here
next
Wednesday
in
his
capacity
as
a
Royal
Commission
investigating
conditions
In
Pacific
Coast
shipyards.
A
committee
Is
tovbe
named
representing
the
Allied
Trades
Trades
Council
to
present
the
brief
to
the
royal
commissioner.
An
all
around
Increase
In
the
basic
wage
rate
In
the
local
yard,
where
50c
per
hour
is
being
paid,
will
be
sought
as
well
as
an
Improvement
In
local
living
conditions.
A
spokesman
for
the
local
Allied
Trades
Council
says
that
It
Is
the
desire
to
make
conditions
here
as
conducive
as
possible
to
a
maximum
war
effort.
Present
working
conditions
in
Prince
Rupert
are
not
having
that
effect.
Mr.
Justice
Richards
Is
to
be
accompanied
to
Prince
Rupert
by
R.
Currle,
secretary
of
the
War
Labor
Board.
Forward
HANSON
IS
ALARMED
Conservative
Leader
Worried
Over
Situation
as
Regards
Canadian
Reinforcements
Overseas
OTTAWA,
Feb.
17
P
lion.
R.
B
Hanson
expressed
concern
In
the
House
cf
Commons
yesterday
ove
einlorcements
lor
troops
now
overseas.
He
said
it
was
his
convlc
tlon
that,
If
the
Canadian
Army
Is
nsaged
In
any
large
scale
action
wilh
casualties
even
half
of
what
thny
were
at
Dieppe,
the
ration
of
is
reinforcements
would
be
exhausted
in
a
month.
Mr.
Hanson
asked
the
government
for
complete
details
of
the
manpower
situation.
MUCHW0RK
IS
NEEDED
Chairman
of
Board
of
Works
Has
No
Delusions
About
Extent
of
Trogtam
Needed
to
Meet
Requirements
Aid.
Robert
McKay
has
no
delu
sions
as
to
what
this
city
needs
in
the
way
of
public
works.
The
chairman
of
the
board
of
works
says
hat
it
would
take
a
staff
of
six
teen
engineers
working
on
surveys
for
three
months
to
make
a
rough
estimate
of
the
work
needed
to
be
done.
And
the
cost
of
at
leasi
three
major
projects
which
are
urgently
needed
street
widening
and
resurfacing,
section
1
sewer
arid
n'e
Water
main'
from
Wood
worth
Lake
to
Acropolis
Hill-
would
be
in
excess
of
a
million
dollars
in
all,
Aid.
McKay
has
already
stated.
Meanwhile,
Aid.
McKay
sees
a
quick
dpterioration
in
sight
for
city
streets
under
the
weight
of
the
heavy
traffic
which
they
are
now
carrying.
"The
streets
are
not
half
as
bad
now
as
they
will
he
In
thirty
days,"
Aid.
McKay
declares.
EAST
IS
CROWDED
Head
of
Local
Fisheries
Concern
Returns
from
Two
Months'
Business
Trip
to
Eastern
'
Canada
and
United
States
Overcrowded
conditions
In
the
cities
of
Eastern
Canada
and.
tha
United
States
Avas
noticed
by.
Col.
J.,
W.
Nicholls.
genera!
manager
of
the
Canadian
Fish
&
Cold
Storage
Co.,
who
returned
to
the
city
this
morning
after
a
two
months'
business
trip.
There
is
little
change
in
the
general
situation
In
the
East,
Col.
Nicholls
says,
with
all
activities,
of
course,
centred
on
the
war.
Speaking
of
the
fisheries
business
for
the
coming
season,
Col.
Nicholls
said
that
the
handling
and
move
ment
of
fish
would
depend
upon
the
supply
of
mappower.
The
head
of
the
local
fishing
concern
said
It
was
expected
a
fin
al
decision
as
to
regulations
gov
erning
the
halibut
fisheries
this
season
would
be
made
early
next
month.
The
question
of
layovers
has
not
yet
been
finally
arranged.
Baby
Clinics
In
East
End
Draw
Many
Children
The
well
babies'
clinics
being
held
each
Wednesday
afternoon
at
St.
Peter's
Hall
at
Seal
Cove
are
turning
out
to
be
veritable
baby
shows
with
turn-outs
each
week
of
upwards
of
twenty-five
children
of
pre-school
age,
accompanied
by
their
mothers.
The
clinics,
directed
by
Dr.
R.
J.
MacDonald,
assisted
by
ihe
nurses
of
the
public
health
unit
are
filling
a
useful
function.
.
NAZIS
KEPT
ON
RUN
BY
RED
DRIVE
Huns
Are
Falling
Back
on
Dneiper.
Berlin
Admits
"Unprecedented
Defeat"
MOSCOW,
Feb.
17
0?
A
Russian
communique
reports
sweeping
advances
by
the
Russians
over
a
twenty-mile
front
in
the
region
of
recaptured
Rostov.
The
Red
Army
now
approaching
Taganrog.
The
Soviet
offensive
also
continue.
west
of
Kharkov,
Voroshilovgrad
and
Kursk.
The
Russian
troops,
In
storming
Into
Kharkov
Tuesday,
wrested
from
the
Germans
their
greatest
fortified
base
'In
southern
Russia
and
Imperilled
all
Nazi
troops
east
of
the
Dneiper
River.
Kharkov
was
probably
more
valuable
to
the
Germans
than
any
other
Russian
city
they
had
taken.
Berlin
admitted
that
a
"defeat
unprecedented
In
this
war"
had
'been
suffered.
In
eighty-nine
days
the
Red
Army
has
advanced
no
less
than
three
hundred
miles
west
from
Stalingrad.
In
Washington
President
Frank
lin
D.
Roosevelt
said
the
capture
by
the
Russians
of
Kharkov
was
a
grand"
victory.
Loss
of
Kharkov
and
Rqstov,
the
President
believed,
would
make
very
difficult
a
new
offensive
by
the
Nazis
in
the
spring.
Throughout
the
Donets
area
the
German
forces
are
In
"confused
undisciplined
retreat."
-
To
Try
Out
Old
Pumping
Plant
.Might
be
Useful
in
Augmenting
Faltering
Water
Supply
On
recommendation
of
the
utilities
committee
of
the
city
councll
it
has
been
decided
to
give
the
old
steam
pumping
plant
at
Shawat-lans
Lake,
which
has
not
been
used
for
eight
years,
a
try-out
with
a
view
to
ascertaining
If
it
may
not
be
useful
In
augmenting
the
city
water
supply.
The
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.
has.offered
to
provide
an
engineer
for
the
plant
during
the
try-out.
Burma
Bombing
Is
Carried
On
Royal
Air
Force
Dropping
Heavy
Loads
of
Explosives
Into
Objectives
There
NEW
DELHI,
Feb.
17
Several
thousand
pounds
of
Jsombs
were
dropped
yesterday
into
a
Japanese
air
base
in
Burma.
Points
in
the
Akyab
area
were
also
attacked.
Wartime
Housing
Payment
Refused
City
Council
Declines
to
Accept
Check
as
it
Might
Prejudice
New
Negotiations
The
city
has
declined
to
accept
a
check
for
$4,498.43
from
Wartime
Housing
on
the
ground
that
it
has
been
paid
on
the
bash
of
terms
which
are
not
satisfactory
to
the
city
for
the
taking
over
of
city
property
for
building
sites.
Acceptance
of
the
check,
It
was
felt
by
the
city
council,
might
prejudice
negotiations
for
an
agreement
on
more
satisfactory
terms.
Aid.
McKay
mentioned
how
inadequate
the
present
terms
were,
not
even
meeting
school
costs
to
say
nothing
of
other
city
services.