OTTAWA,
March
26
Minister
of
Fisheries
Dcrtrand,
In
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday,
said
that
no
assurance
has
been
given
the
granting
of
fish
trap
licences
for
British-
Columbia
area
will
be
considered
or
approved.
The
minister
answered
"yes"
to
a
question
whether
discussions,
requests,
letters
or
other
communications
had
been
received
by
fisheries
official
in
connection
with
hc
.setting
of
fish
traps
cither
at
Eooke
Vancouver
Island
or
other
British
Columbia
points.
Acquitted
Of
Theft
Charge
Otto
Scabcrg
Treed
of
Allegation
Of
Taking
$112
From
Man
at
Biggar
I'lacc
Otto
Scaberg
was
acquitted
in
county
court
yesterday
afternoon
on
a
charge
of
theft
from
the
person
of
Oscar
Scttcrburg.
.
Seabcrg
,
nad
been
charged
with
relieving
Scttcrburg
of
$112
In
an
incident
ai
linear
Place.
Accused
was
able,
however,
to
establish
that
he
had
merely
taken
the
money
for
safe
keeping
W.
O.
Fulton
acted
as
defence
counsel.
SOLDIERS
PUNISHED
Men
Dhrinlineil
at
Medicine
Hat
For
Absenting
Themselves
From
Work
to
go
to
Church
OTTAWA,
March
20
?J
'The
Department
of
National
Defence
reported
In
a
return
In
the
House
of
Commons
at
the
request
of
J
'
Roy,
Independent
member
for
Oaspe
that
forty-five
soldiers
were
punished
for
absenting
them
selves
from
work
at
Medicine
Hat
n
Sunday
morning
on
the
ground
inat
they
went
to
church.
The
rc
Port
said
that
It
was
not
In
the
Interests
of
the
men
to
give
their
name?
They
were
members
of
the
mtccnth
Field
Company,
Royal
Canadian
Engineers,
working
on
the
construction
of
an
internment
camp.
'SHOW-HOUSE
VANDALS
LONDON,
March
26
Theatre
owners
in
Britain
have
complained
l
police
that
thieves,
apparently
llh
a
buyer
In
the
black
market,
nave
been
ripping
rubber
fittings
'"in
Seats
and
decorations
ln
shows.
1
HIS
DEATH
IS
SUDDEN
it.
Auriol.
Well
Known
Track
Patrolman,
Succumb;
Born
in
Algeria
There
are
Ik
:
i:z,z
1
.
1
r?
aoulh
raclIlc'
hcr
vital
"pm
got
aShore,
supplies
"""""s
neavny
waaeu,
are
pulim
for
shore
after
taking
Salle
tin
J
VICTORIA
WINS
CALOARY
Victoria
Army
won
over
Calgary
Army
2
to
1
last
night
in
the
second
game
of
the
Allan
Cup
playdowns,
the
scries
now
being
divided
with
one
win
each.
ABBEVILLE
ATTACK
F.I)
LONDON
British
bombers
attacked
Abbeville
in
France
yesterday
and
hit
the
railway
lines
there.
TAKING
OVF.R
HARRISON
VANCOUVER.
Harrison.
Hot
Springs
Hotel
near
here
is
being
taken
over
as
from
.May
15
for
use
as
a
300-bcd
convalescent
military
hospital.
TROOI'S
TO
JAMAICA
OTTAWA
An
order-in-council
was
passed
yesterday
to
provide
for
the
ending
of
call-up
troops
of
Canada
to
Jamaica.
Already
they
can,
be
sent
to
Newfoundland
and
Labrador.
ON
C.n.C.
BOARD
OTTAWA
Mrs.
Mary
Sutherland,
Rcvelslokc
newspaperwoman,
has
been
appointed
to
the
board
of
governors
of
the
Canadian
Rroadcasting
Corporation.
F.RKN
TO
SPEAK
OTTAWA
One
week
from
today
Rt.
Iln.
Anthony
Eden,
Biilish
Foreign
Secretary,
will
address
a
joint
session
of
the
Senate
and
House
of
Commons.
POTATOES
EXHAUSTED
VANCOUVER
Supplies
of
potatoes
in
Vancouver
arc
almost
exhausted,
liven
the
growers
report
stocks
now
scarce.
C.N.R,
ifnvmond
Auriol.
well
known
as
a
track
patrolman
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
along
the
lower
Rtponr,
reiver
for
25
years,
died
yesterday
morning
in
his
sleep
at
Salvus.
Death
is
Denevuu
to
heart
troume.
r
A..ini
urn
hnrn
in
in
ml.
aui
iu
"
1
rin,
Aiirprla.
and
came
to
Can
o---
...
,
,,.
ada
over
forty
years
famllv.
He
returned
to
Algiers
seventeen
years
ago
to
be
married,
hrlnnine
his
bride
to
this
country,
two
children
at
present
RED
CROSS
CAMPAIC.N
TORONTO
The
national
Red
Cross
campaign
was
87
percent
over
the
top
last
night
with
$8,,-70J.0OO
subscribed.
Four
provinces
have
reached
their
quotas
Prince
Edward
Island,
Nova
Scotia,
Quebec
and
Alberta,
the
last-mentioned
having
raised
$109,350.
British
Columbia,
with
a
quota
of
$800,000,
has
reached
$777,066.
.
I
JAPS
TO
ONTARIO
OTTAWA
It
Is
proposed!
Send
500
Japanese
from
Bralsh"
Columbia
to
Ontario
to
assist
in
the
harvest
of
sugar
beets.
D
ANISH
OFFICERS
FLEE
LISBON
Twelve
Spanish
army
officers
have
been
interned
in
Portugal.
They
fled
from
Spain
after
a
plot
against
General
Francisco
Franco
had
been
uncovered.
MALTA
HAS
ALARM
VALETTA
Malta
had
its
first
air
alarm
in
twenty-two
days.
One
enemy
plane
was
brought
down.
R.A.F.
PLANE
DOWN
CALGARY
A
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
plane
is
down
near
Rocky
Mountain
House.
Forestry
officials
arc
assisting
in
a
land
search.
SURVEY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
OTTAWA'
A
committee
of
doctors,
headed
by
Dr.
A.
E.
Archer
of
Lamoiit,
Alberta,
president
of
the
Canadian
Medical
Association,
is
to
make
a
survey
of
medical
services,
including
those
of
the
army.
DEATH
OF
FISHERMAN
Philip
Davlcs
Dies
on
His
Boat
Fishermen's
Floats
Philip
Davies,
well
known
local
fisherman,
died
yesterday
morning
from
natural
causes
in
his
boat,
the
Flint
River,
at
the
fishermen's
floats.
He
had
been
complaining
since
the
night
before
of
severe
pains
in
his
chest
and
two
friends,
James
Madison
and
Charles
Prag-ncll,
were
with
him
when
he
expired.
Deceased
was
some
fifty
or
so
years
of
age,
and,
In
addition
to
fnllowlncr
fishing,
had
worked
at
As
off
the
it-
!
PERISHED
pIN
BOAT
Lindsay
Ratchford
Succumbed
lias
Boat
and
Body
Found
After
Drilling
250
.Miles
to
A
telegram
received
today
by
Joseph
Ratchford
from
the
widow
at
C.pidova
announces
that
Lindsay
Ratchford,
who
lived
here
from
(boyhood
until
he
left
several
year.
.
1
r
western-Alaska
whe;e
he
had
been
engaged
since
as
a
fisherman,
died
lot
carbon
monoxide
poisoning
onfhls
boat
with
which
he
had
been
.'missing
for
considerable
time.
-
Thft
Knat
Vtirl
rirlftorl
frnm
rre
rtawu-Jollowll
an
en3ine
brw'kJlTOV?
down
ln
a
storm,
to
Otter
Island
where
"He
rirtg
Pete,"
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert,
found
the
boat
aim
the
dead
man,
who,
It
Is
believed,
had
succumbed
twenty-five
days
previous.
As
far
as
can
be
learned,
tht
funeral
is
taking
place
in
Seward.
According
tb
word
received
here
the
hull
of
the
boat
is
ln
good
shape
and
can-be
salvaged.
word
nad
Dcen
received
neic
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
of
the
well
known
local
man
being
missing
in
the
north.
Hopes
had
been
held
that
he
might
have
still
been
alive.
News
of
his
fate
will
be
received
with
regret
by
many
old
friends.
Familiarly
Known
as
"Eb"
Lindsay
Ratchford
was
about
4i
years
of
age
and
Is
survived
by
a
.vidow
and
three
children,
also
his
brother
here
and
his
mother,
Mrs.
Netta
Anderson,
residing
In
Ven
ura,
California.
For
Soldier
Wives
Overseas
With
Men
ERiaHTON,
Eng.,
March
26
Princess
Alice,
Countess
of
Athlone
and
wife
of
Canada's
governor-genual,
having
consented
to
the
use
of
her
name,
the
club
formed
here
'o:
Sussex
women
who
are
the
vlves
or
sweethearts
of
Canadian
oldiers
Is
to
be
known
us
The
rrinces3
Alice
Club.
J
Wartime
Housing
Committee
Formed
R.
Boor
is
Chairman
With
R.
Ilayncs
and
A.
Warkhurst
Secretaries
F.
R.
Boor
has
been
elected
chairman
of
the
Wartime
Housing
Entertainment
Committee
which
has
been
formed
to
organize
and
direct
entertainment
and
recreational
activities
ln
connection
with
Wartime
Housing.
J.
R.
Haynes
Is
financial
sec
retary
and
A.
Warkhurst
record-
the
dry
dock.
The
boat
was
some
lng
secretary,
thirty
feet
long
and
was
practically
other
members
of
the
committee
new,
having
been
built
a
year
or
are
E.
A.
Minnard,
A.
Strlokoskl,
In
Cannes,
France,
a
sixteen-year-
so
ag0.
Little
Is
known
of
....
.....t
nnri
a
thirteen-year-
via.
uuuij""-'
i,,
old
son.
li
rpROVlNClAL
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-out
...
Maximum!
(Half
an
hour
aftw
sunset
to
half
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
i
J
83:4
to
6:59
pjn.
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
,
.
.
VOL.
XXXII,
Nf
;
t
j
E-.iUdWY
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
rRIDAY,
MARCH
26,
1913
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
;
t.
Talk
Heard
Of
Balkans
Invasion
Amboina
and
Rabaul
Hit
Extensive
Bombing
Operations
C'ontinucil
by
Allies
in
South
Pacific
Area
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
AUSTRALIA,
March
26
Allied
airmen
scored
hits
on
two
enemy
ships
at
Amboina
and
dropped
a
great
weight
of
explosives,
Including
one-ton
bombs
on
Rabaul,
where
six
hours
later
smoke
and
flames
were
still
rising
three
thousand
feet
above
burning
villages.
Lac
and
Salamana
were
also
Allied
objectives
yesterday.
FISHTRAPS
DISCUSSED
But
Minister
of
Fisheries
Say
No
Committments
Have
Heen
Made
in
Regard
to
(Wanting
Requests
THE
SUPPLIES
GET
THROUGH
DESPITE
FIRE
AND
DISASTER
WW
lit
I
I
KtraZUgl"lldt
:S!Ct.'?"J'
thls
U-S-
transport
blazed
furious
off
A.
beach
of
a
ARE
OUT
OF
LINE
Nazis
in
Control
of
Mareth
Fortifications
Again
Fierce
Battle
Is
On
BRITONS
WIN
GROUND
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
26
(CP)
Battering
down
fierce
enemy
resistance,
General
Montgomery's
Infantrymen
have
now
won
new
ground
in
the
Mareth
sector
of
the
Tunisian
front,
it
was
announced
today.
The
six-day
ojil
struggle,
apparently,
has
not
readied
anything
like
a
decision
-but
counterblows
launched
in
the
middle
of
the
week
by
Marshal
Erwin
Rommel
have-fallen
off.
'I
he
Americans
repulsed
a
minor
German
Infantry
attack
4pnis
twenty
miles
south--
east
ot
Gafsa
and
held
firmly
to
the
south
side
of
El
Guetaria
Past'.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
rr
.rrt
r
r
At.,
hmii
no
heavy
pounding
of
the
enemy
artil
lery.
This
Is
the
first
withdrawal
the
Eighth
Army
has
had
to
make
since
Its
1700
mile
advance
out
ot
ypt.
Meanwhile
the
United
States
ifiuve
luwctiua
lue
tuadv,
Having
m-
vanced
another
ten
miles
beyond
Ed
Gutear.
The
Americans
were
reported
to
have
made
another
break-through
in
the
Maknassy
area
on
the
central
Tunisian
front.
Allied
planes
continue
in
full
control
of
the
air
and
are
keeping
up
a
heayy
pounding
of
enemy
bases,
communications
and
con
centra
tions.
Opens
Office
At
Whitehorse
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
Getting
Established
in
Territory
An
office
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
will
be
opened
at
Whitehorse,
Yukon
Territory,
early
ln
April.
In
charge
of
this
office
will
be
O.
O.
Davis
of
Calgary.
The
Whitehorse
office
will
be
administered
from
the
Board's
regional
office
at
Edmonton
which
already
handles
the
B.C.-Peace
River
Block.
The
Whitehorse
branch
will
supervise
ln
the
Yukon
regulations
pf
the
Board
dealing
with
prices
and
supplies,
business
and
services,
and
rentals
regulations.
Already
the
survey
of
rentals
at
Whitehorse
Is
In
progress,
under
W.
L.
A.
Pope,
regional
rentals
of
ficer
at
Reglna
and
Q.
B.
Wenlaus
who
Is
the
rentals
examiner
at
the
Reglna
office.
They
have
been
ap
pointed
a
special
committee
to
fix
rentals.
After
completing
their
survey
at
Whitehorse
they
will.
proceed,
south
I
along
the
Alaska
Highway
and
in
iiAIUnln
HAH
In
1
nltl
A
I
f
I
r
nt
UYrf
British
Colonies
Domestic
Science
LONDON,
March
26
Oi-Consld-erable
attention
Is
being
paid
to
the
teaching
of
domestic
sclef
ce
ln
the
colonies,
especially
ln
housecraft
and
Infant
care
and
teaching
staffs
have
been
strengthened
by
the
ap
W.
F.
Stirland,
J.
p.
OToole,
A.
j,polntment
of
domestic
science
personal
Hodell,
II.
C.
Wiggins,
B.
Prayko
.tresses
ln
Mauritius
(Indian
Ocean)
affairs
of
deceased.
and
F.
Vlckery.
and
Trinidad
(West
Indies).
Greek
Government
in
Exile
Going
to
Cairo;
Thinks
Getting
Home
Axis
Rushing
Defences
in
Crete
and
Salonika
Striving
To
Put
Down
Guerilla
Forces
LONDON,
March
26
The
exiled
Greek
government
is
transferring
its
headquarters
to
Cairo
with
the
ultimate
idea,
it
is
said,
of
following
an
Allied
invasion
into
their
homeland.
Meanwhile
the
Germans
are
reported
to
be
rushing
defence
preparations
in
the
Balkans.
Three
more
divisions
of
Nazi
forces
have
been
sent
to
Crete,
it
is
said,
and
greater
efforts
are
being
made
to
put
down
guerrillas
In
Greece
jy
a
and
Yugoslavia.
Fortifications
of
Diidnet
Adooted
1
the
Nazls
ln
sainika
are
ais
be-
i
V
'
,ng
strengthened.
llff
t
1U
.
mcijeer
wants
I
Social
Security
"
RUSSIANS
nunixi
irwiurt,
maim
u
uci-
j,
counter-attacks
have
sealed
!
man
OTTAWA,
March
26
-
The
'the
gap
which
the
British
Eighth
.
hlldep,
wa,
afWpH
nlffht
had
driven
into
the
Mareth
Army
afler
three
divlslonSf
all
0,
Lme
and
the
Imperial
forces
have
whlch
gaye
the
government
a
fallen
back
to
the
east
side
of
the
d
majo,ity.
G
Q
McGeer
line
where
they
are
digging
in.
A'
t
0,
Vancouver
was
cheered
great
aruuery
ana
tans
Dauie
is
fieveiopoig
outside
the
line
with
the
Eighth
At
my
holding
on
the
Wadl
Zlg
Sou
River
despite
the
when
he
advocated
national
currency
to
finance
a
social
security
nroeram.
There
shoul'Wili
be
a
fifth
freedom,
he
said
freedom
frum
economic
de
The
speech
was
reminiscent
his
economic
views
as
expres.
ed
eight
years
ago.
,
PACT
IS
RENEWED
Russia
and
Japan
Extend
Agreement
for
Fishing
Privileges
in
North
Pacific
Waters
LONDON,
March
26
(CP)
Japan
and
Russia,
hot
at
war
against
each
other
but
fighting
on
opposite
sides,
have
signed
an
agreement
extending
Japanese
fishing
privileges
in
Soviet
far
eastern
waters,
it
was
announced
today.
A
Moscow
broadcast
said
that
Japanese
fishing
companies
must
pay
between
four
and
five
percent
more?
for
these
privileges
than
last
year
when
the
fee
was
raised
twenty
percent.
Renewal
of
the
agreement
implies
a
continuation
of
neutrality
between
the
two
MORE
MILK
IS
NEEDED
Orange
Ladies
To
Take
Matier
Up
With
Authorities
At
a
eerieral
business
meeUne
of
the
secretary
was
Instructed
to
write
the
proper
authorities
protesting
the
lack
of
supply
here.
It
Is
hoped
other
organizations
"
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AnHnpea
Vile
nrntocf
thno
holiv
St.
John,
Dawson
Creek
and
other
V
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m
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lng
Dr
R-
J'
McDonald,
medical
towns
towns
of
or
the
uie
i
Peace
eace
River
uiver
area
area.
endeavours
for
more
adequate
supplies
of
this
commodity.
'
Plans
were
completed
for
the
holding
of
a
dance
Monday
next.
At
the
next
regular
meeting
on
April
,8
First
Degree
initiations
will
take
place.
NOTIFY
PARENTS,
TOO
ADVANCE
New
Offensive
by
Reds
In
Lenin-
ftrail
-Area
Moving
Towards
I
Smolensk
and
Novorissisk
Giving
To
Red
Cross
the
Ladles'
Orange
Benevolent
As-
Anonymous
soclation
last-evening,
with
Mrs.
E.
Mlss
E-
McLellan
A.
Evans
in
the
chair,
the
canned
M"-
w-
w-
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'Nein
milk
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was
d
snixxpri
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XVXioS
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wruuiau
LONDON,
March
25
(CP)
The
annual
conference
of
the
British
Legion
Women's
Section
has
asked
that
the
parents
of
a
married
man
ln
the
services
should
receive
casualty
notices
as
well
as
his'
wife.
ONDON,
March
26
Russian
(bops
have
overpowered
another
man
strong
point
and
captured
idltlonal
villages
in
the
central
Iroht
drive
towards
Smolensk
while
repulsing
Axis
efforts
to
crack
the
;deer$yeejsjliKJaarto
Ukraine,
Moscow
announces.
The
Germans
are
believed
to
foe
transferring
troops
from
the
Ukraine
to
the
central
front.
T'ne
Russian
advance
from
two
directions
against
Smolensk
base
continues
steadily,
a
point
32
miles
distant
on
the
north
and
fifty
miles
east
having
been
reached
by
a
Soviet
column.
Anoth&r
important
key
defence
positldn
to
Smolensk
was
taken
by
the
Russians
yester
day.
Fighting
in
the
Ukraine
has
been
reduced
to
small
scale
propdrUons.
Russians
are
Holding
their
positions
around
Belgorod
and
Chuguev
sectors
north
and
south
of
Kharkov
where
'
the
Russians
say
German
attacks
have
collapsed.
Two
town3
near
Belgorod
have
been
taken
by
the
Russians.
The
Russian
drive
towards
Nov-orossisk
and
Kerch
Peninsula
to
the
south
is
being
maintained.
A
new
Russian
offensive
13
developing
In
the
Lake
Ladoga
section
west
of
Leningrad,'
this
being
a
principal
development
In
the
Russo
-
German
war.
Thirty-two
planes
of
the
enemy
were
shot
down
ln
a
single
day.
Gyro
Club
of
Prince
Rupert
$50.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
S.
Irvine
Mrs.
D.
Larson
Anonymous
Anonymous
II.
S.
Meadows
H.
S.
Blackburn
Prince
Rupert
Labor
Council
Antonl
Dombrowskl
Anonymous
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
15.00
5,00
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
R.
McWtlliams
5.00
George
Donald
10.00
Anonymous
5.00
COMMANDOS
RECREATION
LONDON,
March
26
tP
Adver-lstcmcnt:
"Commando
officer,
starting
stamp
collecting
for
his
men
during
long
evenings
ln
Isolated
locality,
asks
for
gifts
of
stamps,
variety
more
Important
than
value."
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