local
Temperature
JirtnuUi
hours
during
the
Prime
Minister',
trim
tn
T.i.rn
J
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BRITISH
COAL
STRIKE
LOOMS
fl)ON
With
W0.000
miner
of
union
membership
de-
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government
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coal
supplies.
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WORSE
10.NDON
The
influenze
epidemic
In
this
country
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GOVERNMENT
WINS
BY-ELECTIONS
LONDON
The
British
government
won
two
by-elections
olodar
one
ulth
a
treatly
decreased
majority,
the
govcrn-
rzl
canaware.
Having
a
martin
or
only
seventy
totes
over
an
impendent
Uberal.
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River.
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Army
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Leonardo,
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uilh
Canard
Indians
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the
van-H'
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their
l
n
the
north
bank
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Rut?
to
the
width
m:
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,
and
dpth
of
one
--t
Canadian
regiment
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Drairoon
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regiments
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of
Vanoourer
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ll
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Edmonton
of
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I
soven
new
mm-r:
nice
Rupert
Oyro
wa.
.irrnd
'iut
at
yeter-wcfkiy
luncheon
of
the
Ta'.:
President
W.
F.
:
ln
a,
installing
initiates
were
J
R
A
J
Domlnato.
L.
C
11
Richard
Burnett.
C.
IUm
i:
Maurice
Brydges
andC
(
.iib
approved
'of
a
Junior
r
f
Commerce
proposal
SI
jO
of
an
old
Port
Day
br
donated
to
the
cam-'
r
a
new
abulance
and
a
ba.
nice
if
some
$450
be
'
.cr
ta
the
civic
centre
!
i.:
V
J
Ecott
was
In
;r
and
there
was
a
good
ice
nf
members.
W.
D.
w
i
winner
of
the
week-l
a
war
savings
ccr-
COMMEND
OFFICERS
t'plaln
Crone
Goold
and
Chief
Officer
John
Clark
of
ClMt,
Distinguish
OTTAWA,
Dec.
16
O
Hon.
J.
E
Ml:haud,
minister
of
trans-announces
that
two
off
1-of
a
Canadian
Pacific
pas-tr:::'"r
liner
now
on
war
trans-
fir
services
when
the
ship
was
'Hacked
by
the
enemv.
The
officers
are
Capt.
Ocorgc
frld
of
Vancouver
and
Chief
Officer
John
Clark
of
London,
"Bland.
i
Canadians
May
Send
Tea
and
Coffee
Over
OTTAWA.
Dee
Ift-Canadlaru
who
end
smalt
amounts
of
tea
and
coffee
overseai
may
now
do
so
without
special
permlU.
It
has
been
announced.
A.R.P.
Keeps
Up
Activity
epidemic
of
Influenza
and
colds.
iJAP
OVKKSIOUT
AIJ.IED
HEADQUARTERS.
Australia
O
The
most
successful
souvenir
hunter
when
the
Allied
ttoops
captured
Lae.
New
Guinea,
was
Ptc.
"Shorty"
Barrett.
Rummaging
among
ruins
of
a
shop
once
occupied
by
a
Chinese
merchant,
the
Australian
discovered
a
tin
containing
30
in
Australian,
English
and
Dutch
currency.
CAPE
TOWN
O
Shark
catching,
which
U
being
under-taken
in
South
Africa
chiefly
'for
the
vitamin-bearing
oil
re-!
covered
from
the
shark's
liver,
is
rapidly
gaining
in
Importance
as
nn
Industry.
y
KILLING
DETAILS
VKUDICT
OF
JLTtV
V,NCOUVKK,
Dtc.
1G
(CD
A
coroner's
Jury
on
Wednesday
found
that
Charles
Ilawken
fired
shots
which
killed
Francis
Andrew
Boland,
former
provincial
policeman,
early
Monday
while
"Ilawken
was
under
definite
threat
of
his
own
life
at
the
hands
of
deceased."
The
jury
decided
that
Roland
lost
his
Me
from
the
bullet
wounds
while
attempting
an
armed
robbery.
Ilawken
was
questioned
by
police
following
the
shooting
bt
was
telrased
within
a
few
hours
He
'Ilawken)
testified
that
he
shot
Boland
when
Bo
land
attempted
to
hold
him
up
at.
a
Vancouver
house
three
hours
after
Boland
had
robbed
him
of
$X0
In
front
of
the
me
house.
Ilawken
said
he
was
visiting
a
friend
at
the
house
when
two
men
rame
to
the
door,
one
of
them
being
masked
and
armrd.
Victor
Mayer,
Boland's
brother-in-law,
has
been
charged
with
robbery
wllh
violence.
Further
particular
have
been
r
-cMved
from
Vancouver
of
the
ItoH-up
incident
In
Vancouver
on
Monday
of
this
week,
which
culminated
in
the
shooting
to
death
of
Francis
Andrew
Bo-'and
former
local
police
officer
OTTAWA.
Dec.
18
Areas
There
s4Ul
appears
to
be
some
which
have
been
designated
as
mystery
in
connection
with
the
-
er
ones
in
Canada
rlrctnnsUiwcs
of
the
affair,
the
Maritlmns.
Quebec
and
Brit-
The
affray
occurred
at
1431
.
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of
duties.
Brigadier
Roas.
dlr-
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cf
Civllla-i
Protection
f
:
Canada,
announces
Wounding
Case
Being
Heard
William
Samuel
Cooper
to
Appear
Charged
With
Wounding
ratrick
Keogh.
Scheduled
to
appear
today
In
city
police
court
Is
a
case
against
William
Samuel
Cooper,
charged
with
unlawfully
wounding
Pat
rick
Keogh.
The
charge
Is
laid
in
conneceion
with
a
stabbtng
affair
In
the
Knox
Hotel
on
November
20
in
which
Keogh
and
Martin
LeBellc.
proprietor
of
the
Knox
Hotel,
were
sent
to
hospital
suffering
from
knife
wounds
allegedly
inflicted
by
Cooper.
The
charges
arc
being
held
separately
against
Copper
owing
to
the
fact
that
LaBcIlc.
seriously
wounded,
Is
still
In
hos
pital
and
Is
In
an
unlit
condition
to
appear
in
court.
c,i:ni:kal
hospital
closkd
to
visitors
Announcement
was
made
today
that,
in
Interests
of
the
patients
of
the
Institution,
It
had
been
decided
to
close
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
to
visitors
during
the
current
Oeorghv
fell
under
a
fusiladc
it
f.vc
shots,
four
of
the
bullets
striking
him
His
brother-in-law
Victor
Fred
Mayer.
1040
West
Georgia,
has
been
chaiged
w
ebbery
with
violence.
j
Charles
Ilawken.
36.
of
303
I
East
Forty-seventh,
was.
being
j
held
for
Investigation
tor
tne
part
he
ptajw
lne
shooting,
but
was
later
released.
Ilawken
toid
polk
that
he
had
been
held
up
and
robbed
of
$80
two
hours
before
the
shooting
by
two
masked
men
and
that
he
recognised
them
when
they
came
to,
1431
Howe.
Detectives
Walter
Mulligan.
Lawrence
Mcculloch.
John
Hor-ton
and
Edward
Morris,
who
Investigated
the
shooting
said
that
Ilawken
reported
that
two
masked
men
aot
Into
his
auto
at
10:30
pjn.
Sunday
as
he
drove
up
to
1431
Howe,
where
he
planned
to
visit
Bert
Wood
who
resides
there.
The
men
each
arrried
with
revolvers,
forced
him
at
gun
point
to
drive
to
a
lane
off-Beach
Avenue,
where
took
more
than
$80
from
him.
Then
they
escaped.
Hawken
said
he
returned
to
the
How
Sleet
address,
and
Mater
searched
the
vicinity
for
traces
of
the
hold-up
men.
About
12:30
a.m..
two
men
knocked
at
the
door
at
1431
Howe,
and
police
are
not
as
yet
sure
whether
Hawken.
or
Richard
Dowsee,
New
Westminster,
me
of
10
persons
who
were
In
he
house,
answered
the
door.
ItKCnONIZr.D
BANDITS
In
a
statement
to
police,
"lawkcn
said
that
he
answered
the
knock
on
the
door,
and
recognizing
them,
he
slammed
the
door
in
their
face
while
he
ran
Into
the
kitchen
to
get
a
gun
In
the
meantime,
the
dooi
was
opened
and
the
armed
men
entered,
and
the
shooting
took
place.
Dowsett
told
Investigating
officers
that
Hawken
came
Into
the
place
about
11:30
and
said
"I've
been
held
up."
and
quoted
him
as
saying
that
one
of
the
two
men
wore
a
leather-covered
sweater
and
the
other
had
a
hat
turned
down.
Both
wore
mask3
that
came
down
to
their
chests.
,
Instead
of
reporting
it
lo
the
TITV
ATC
I
i
t-
Ul
I
TUIL
now
s-ormeris
brisk
Policeman
Here
Died
Aid,
Daggett
fiasKdje
by
Be-ing
First
to
Cast
Ballot
More
Interest
Shown.
Aid.
Harry
Daggett.
Civic
Labor
Federation
candidate
for
the
mayoialty,
had
at
least
one
advantage
in
the
polling
at
fie
civic
election
today.
He
was
i-,e
firsk
voter
to
cast
his
bal
;t.
sharing
honors
with
Mrs
Bruce
Love
who
was
the
first
to
vote
at
the
second
of
two
ballot
tables.
This
is
the
second
year
that
Mrs.
Love
was
I
the
iflrst
to
vote.
Aid.
Robert
McKay,
hopeful
of
the
principle
that
"the
first
shall
be
last
and
the
latt
first,"
said
he
would,
reserve
his
vote
until
the
last
1
'
minute.
With
a.
mayorallty
contest
on
this
occasion,
thre
appeal
s
to
..
rr,.
"(.neri
interest
In
the
voting
than
there
was
last
year.
The
total
number
of
ballots
cast
last
year
was
651
and
It
was
anticipated
by
observers
at
the
polls
this
morning
that
this
figure
would
probably
be
exceeded
by
the
time
polls
close
at
1
8
o'clock
this
evening.
Up
to
10:30
this
morning
sixty-one
persons
had
voted,
at
11
o'clock
103
ballots
had
bsen
cast
and
at
12
o'clock.
.196.
Last
year
up
to
noon
164
ballots
had
been
cast.
Waher
up
to
11
"o'clock
was
-loudy
and
cool,
showers
statt-at
that
time.
On
clttxaz
of
the
polls
tonight,
the
mayoralty
votes
wfll
v
h
flit
to
be
roMntrd
and
the
result
should
be
known
In
a!f
an
hour
or
so
Then
will
foTlow
the
counting
of
alder-manic
and
school
board
voters
Europe
Assault
Is
Near
LONDON.
Dec.
16
(CP)
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
gave
the
House
of
Commons
a
broad
hint
Wednesday
that
a
grand
assault
on
the
continent
is
"very
near"
and
asserted
that
the
Allies
would
throw
everything
they
had
Into
it.
"Allied
military
plans
will
demand
every
resourre
and
all
energy
in
the
near
future,"
Eden
asserted.
Capt.
Eden
said
that
no
secret
agreements
or
treaties
were
made
at
either
the
Teheran
or
Cairo
police.
Ilawken
said:
"X
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j
Local
Tides
Friday,
Dec.
17
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47
High
5:05
18.2
feet
j
yiJT.uirt
38
18:39
173
fret
Low
11:00
9.7
feet
'
23:25
6.0
feet
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AND
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THURSDAY,
DECEMBER
16,
1913
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CENTS
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v
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Britain
Bein
9
Invaded
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PNEUMONIA
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--
Prime
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mi
rrona
wiinin
a
year,
The
condition
of
the
j
tiinuiint-rd,
sixty-nine
year
old
....
Minister,
who
ii
now
somewhrrr
In
th
mm.ii.
i.
frUd
"as
satisfactory
ai
can
be
expected."
The
pneu-..
t
developed
from
a
cold
caused.
It
i
in,i
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WAS!
NEWS
MINESWEEPERS
WEATHER
THE
ATLANTIC
1
roil
irwmiT
i
'm&
Above
i.
;hown
cne
of
i.he
smalle.;t
II
AI,
shipt
ever
to
cross
the
Atlantic
She
u
a
Nova
Scotian
buUt
mine
sweeper
and
Is
pictured
here
a,s
she
passe
,
a
tow-line
to
a
disabled
.suter
.ship
during
a
mid
-Atlantic
gale.
Shortly
after
leaving
Canada,
these
little
ships
were
caught
in
the
tail
end
of
what
was
known
as
"the
Halifax
Hurricane"
and
throughout
their
3300-mile
trip
across
the
Atlantic,
encountered
some
of
the
worst
weather
experienced
this
year.
But
they
arrived
safeiy
in
a
British
port.
REDS
ADVANCE
65
MILES
MOSCOW
The
linking
up
of
the
two
Russian
armies,
driving
from
Cherkasy
and
Kremenchug,
has
enabled
the
Red
Arm;,
in
its
new
bridgehead,
to
take
over
sixty-five
miles
of
new
territory
in
the
Dnieper
afea
from
the
Nazis.
i
BAH
I
BOMBED
BY
NAZIS
ALCIKRS
Some
thirty
Nazi
bombing
planes
made
a
raid
on
the.
Allied:
supply
port
of
Beri
on
the
Adriatic
coast
iimh
ui
of
Italy.
ikjuj.
Hits
mis
were
were
made
nuuc
on
n
toxo
vessels
which
ii
had
nan
lumyicicii
completed
Seventeen
c..!lZTr.
i'.h.j
United
Nations
v,i..
minutes.
TITO'S
LINES
CRUMBLE
LONDON
Marshal
Tito,
Yugoslav
partlzan
leader,
announces
that
a
portion
of
his
lines
has
been
crumbled
by
superior
weight
of
Nazi
attacking
forces
and
that
he
has
been
forced
to
retreat.
SUCCUMBS
IN
POST
OFFICE
A.
Roy
Argue
Collapsed
j
Standing
in
Line-up.
When
Apparently
overtaken
by
a
heart
seizure
while
standing
in
line
before
a
wicket
In
the
post
office
shortly
after
11
o'clock
;ut
and
look
for
them."
The
two
Rupert,
coming
here
from
Gas
men
searched
the
district
foi
katoon
a
time
and
then
returned.
The
knock
then
came
to
the
door.
"I
answered
the
door."
Dow-.jelt
told
investigating
officers.
"Somebody
looked
through
the
Workers
plan
iXmas
Holidays
window
and
somebody
said
.
stand
aside
and
then
the
shoot-
j
DUBLIN,
Dec.
16
0
There
Ing
began.
will
be
some
big
family
re-
"When
I
opened
the
door.
I
unions
In
Eire
this
year
as
a
was
ordered
outside;
and
one
result
of
a
victory
by
250,000
if
the
men
started
to
search
Eire
workers
in
Britain
over
ne.
He
Just
frisked
me,
run-
the
Ministry
of
War
Transport
nlng
his
hands
over
my
cloth-1
The
ministry,
after
pressure
Ing.
consented
to
restore
two
ser
'Then
Mayer
ducked
Inside
(vlces
on
the
Irish'
run
and
It
is
ind
I
followed
him.
expected
about
100,000
will
While
out
on
the
porch,
I.
Journey
across
the
Irish
Sea
to
tabbed
a
gun
from
one
of
the
holdup
men.
"The
other
man
got
into
the
house
and
was
shot
and
lay
dead
In
the
hallway."
I
When
he
re-entered
the
place,
he
said
he
saw
Mayer
on
the
chesterfield
badly
beaten
up
Police
reported
that
thrre
were
four
bullet
wounds
In
sec
their
folks.
For
many
It
will
bo
the
first
time
home
In
four
years.
COMPULSORY
BOOK-KEEPING
PRETORIA
0i
Revised
price
regulations
gazetted
in
South
j
Africa
during
the
week
give
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f
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nnw.
Boland's
body-one
in
the
low-
and
er
abdomen;
one
in
the
lower
'
e6amml&
men
right
chest
another
in
the
up-
fc
H
per
right
arm
and
a
fourth
.
v
r
t
records.
i
I
ATTACKED
Again
Over
Western
Ger
many
Last
Night.
American
Landings
Are
Reported
To
Have
Been
m
Made
on
Strategic
Isle
PHOENIX,
Arizona,
Dec.
16
(CP)
L.
D.
Brewer,
radio
amateur,
said
today
that
he
heard
two
broadcasts
from
Tokyo
this
morning
of
a
Japanese
communique
saying
that
the
United
States
forces
-have
invaded
New
Britain
Island.
American
landings
on
New
Britain,
strategic
island
in
the
South
Pacific
of
-
which
the
Japanese
took
con-
;
V
trol
early
In
the
war,
have
beeni
;
expected
for
some
time,
the
re
nn
r-v
it
-wSsUte
cent
heaw
bomblnz.s
of
such
i
Mill
llnnrl
In
-
"
l
ll
if
l
.
l
.
ri
1
1
iii
mr-
important
ports
of
Rabaul
and
Gasmata
being
considered
a
prelude
to
such
landings.
BRENNER
PASS
BOMB
TARGET
ALGIERS,
Dec.
16
(CP)
American
heavy
bombers,
striking
with
as
great
force
as
on
Tuesday
when
three
hundred
aircraft
blasted
air
fields
in
Athens
area,
hit
telling
blows
at
enemy
communications
on
both
sides
of
Brenner
Pass
yesterday.
The
new
blows
were
directed
at
rail
facilities
at
Innesbruk
at
in
Austria
and
at
Bolzano
and
Trento
regions
in
northern
Italy.
All
planes
returned
safely.
The
British
Eighth
Army,
iwu
was
announced
HQnounccu
today,
looay,
has
nas
cut
cuil
captured
the
village
of
Berardi,
three
miles
from
the
port
of
Ortona,
Allied
headuarters
announced
today.
Passed
Away
This
Morning
The
death
occurred
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
this
mornine
of
Mike
Bnrk.
62
Royal
Air
Force
Bombers
Out
(
ye.ars
of
age
after
an
illness
of
almost
two
months.
this
morning
A.
Roy
Argue,
age
I
mtn
Ume
,Q
sIx
nlgnts
la8t(dry
docfc
Born
In
Poland,
the
deceased
by
only
one
relative.
Bryk,
now'
In
Winnipeg.
Train
'Wreck
LUMBERTON,
North
Car-
ollna,
Dec.
16
W
Two
crack
passenger
trains
of
the
At-
lantlc
Coast
Line
piled
up
in
double
wreck
at
Bule.
hamlet
In
southeastern
North
Carolina,
early
.today
and
witnesses
at
the
scene
said
"scores"
were
killed.
It
was
feared
the
death
toll.
might
reacn
one
hundredr
WAR
PLANT
IS
BURNER
DALLAS,
Texaa,
Dec.
16
IT
Magnesium
stocks
valued
at
several
million
dollars
were
de-
ritroyed
as
the
Incendiary
bomb
TcSlng
plant
of
the
Austin
ft
I
1
It
jrjriloadlnjs
or
were
partially
unloade,dnd.damagcU.drJedi4-il
irqadtatewOrtonaPgW
-bedJ?las
fl
.
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..
...
..:,i,i
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r
....
I
.
'
,
..
,
,
,
nleht.
night,
pauslnsr
causing
a
a
glow
Blew
which
which
8
r
I
u,m
....
ii
in
a
t
"
and
ana
Orsogna
ursuKiia
in
in
three
inree
places
maces
and
ana
r
"
.
i
i.
could
be
seen
for
seventy
miles
away.
There
were
no
reports
of
I
injuries.
J
Councilman
Is
Absent,
Turns
Up
in
Italy
HEDGERLEY.
Eng.,
Dec
18
0)
Eton
Rural
District
Council
now
knows
why
Major
"D.
G.
N.
Lloyd-Lowles
hisn't
attended
meetings
in
this
Bucklnghara-
came
to
Prince
Rupert
ten
shire
village
in
more
than
a
LONDON.
Dec.
16
Royal
months
ago
and,
until
he
enter-
year.
Air
Force
Mosquitoes
attacked
;ed
the
hospital
in
October,
was
A
letter
of
explanation
read:
targets
in
western
Oermany
for
employed
as
a
reamer
at
the
"in
answer
to
your
letter,-
dated
April
29,
regret
It
may
be
some
50.
collapsed
and
died
before
nlght
Alr
Mtry
did
not
He
is
believed
to
be
survived
time
before
I
can
attend
council
..v
w,u.u
i
i
.
disclose
specific
objectives
but
A
resident
of
the
city
for!-..H
,hp
r.Irt
.
.ithnnt
lo
about
nine
months,
it
was
be-
lleved
that
th
deceased
had
i
been
in
a
condition
of
health
which
had
not
permitted
him
to
do
work
for
some
time
before
his
death.
His
family
resides
in
Prince
Robert
meetings."
The
letter
was
posted
In
Italy.
WHAT
R.A.F.
IS
DOING
TO
BERLIN
THIS
IS
HAMBURG
This
official
Brifi-sh
photo,
radioed
from
London,
shows
some
of
the
terrific
destruction
wrought
in
the
great
German
port
and
industrial
city
of
Hamburg,
Oermany,
by
Allied
bombs.
The
same
thing
has
been
happening
Ui
Berlin,
heart
of
Nazi
Europe.
i'l
i-
it