ED
TOP
CABS
Phone
phone
-
C.
McINTYRE
j.KASPER
sund!
Kuperl
Tobacco
Store
(across
from
Ormes)
DAy
AND
NIQHT
SERVICE
HO
UlUlKd
Iftrsoii
and
Westholme
ildinss
Disposed
of,
By
ancil
e
Heiger.
and
Westholnie
a
inherited
by
the
city
last
ji'
under
the
terms
of
th
of
the
late
Cllft
Ford,
who
,
pnffind
more
than
a
ago.
are
co
be
sold
by
the
e
funds
w.ll
be
used,
as
;
ribed
under
the
terms
of
iij,
'for
the
relief
of
ex-
ccmcn
t'M
their
families
j
ir
resident
In
Prince
Ru-
Hii
$13,800
for
the
two
h:
'h
originally
were
sti
f::r
$27,000
when
they
but
m
re
than
30
years
A
tender
for
the
B!::k
for
$3,000
submit-
,
ijN'i.lc
und
Bessie
Powluckl
t
Pansier
will
be
made
ci
t
.i
Aiav
l
OF
7
r
rr
n
rr
nnfr
Mivrrmir
general
f
NORTHERN
ANDl
rERABRITIBR;
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
TAXI
TAXI
fife
537
DAY
and
NIQHT
SERVICE
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV.
No.
98.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL
24,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
jacking
D
ity
Sells
Dl
l.
T,ivX
i
nntr
Nazi
gov-
ship
Is
one
of
Britain's
new
"C
rr7.rrn
nr
rinrmnn.nAPii
.
nines
Havtrnvore
fliin
trne
tran:
"
n
.
.
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A.
.
.
.
.
.
rr
jrifl
rvv
pvi-H
fnit
Mm
,
rorrnH
in
tho
nnnnnlnn
crnvprn-
Muidtnak
concentrJ-
hricnt
on
her
completion.
,
a
ninety
a
worn-
i
inc
urcscetn
is
ooo
tceu
in
"re
fui
,
wer.e
altered
for
I
Germ-n
troops
on
the
i'i
fre:;'
Jo;seph
Buehlcr.
it
former
secretary
of
state
-t
the
SS
had
deluded
k-
latlve
to
the
true
facts
t
Maidenak
where
It
ha$
stablbhed
a
million
Poles
'.'-.:rj
peruhea,
OIAN
PLEA
AMERICA
f
India's
food
cx-
-VC
aDDCalcd
tn
Amprirn
.000
toas
of
food
by
the
'"we
Tlie
plea
was
voiced
a
c
inference
In
New
vwv4
A1VAJVC1.
11UW
"Id-Wide
food
survrv
fnr
ie"t
Truman.
MAY
SUSPENDED
;M'an
Plan
lo
Kxpedite
',r'n
Hllr
shipments
""stored
J'OTON
A
Canadian
VmJ
to
America
regarding
'.?y
be
acted
on
today
by
authorities.
Canada
otcd
that
flour
export
-'
from
the
Dominion
and
states
be
suspended.
Wtnh
hnJ
......
.
'm
the
suggestion
tomor-
Canadl.i.,
.
'.
'it
r.
tJiui'usui
may
'
torn
in
.
.
..
....
it:
.,
"
w
ti
minion
wheat
from
less
urg-
"""ns
countries
c
nerH
i.
t.
..
'fl
HI
t
il
l.
'Hea
btates
may
be
able
j,
to
the
worlds
famine
"is
has
been
forecast
by
""n
of
the
Famine
Em-,.
'
Commiuee,
Cheater
Hi.
'
far
savs
DnvU
v.
CC..fa
lc
about
28
per
Ul
the
April
quota.
'hi-
.
'"TlEST
riTv
fiv,
......
"tow"
cnal"an,
told
a
'dsthn
;
IurK
was
-oy
'Z
Is
nio''o
dirt
per
'
an
r
J
""wntown,
said
Bru
!,
Mo8eow.
Copen-ru5ls
aiid
Paris
com-
length,
and
powered
by
turbine
engines
rated
at
40,000
horsepower,
has
a
top
speed
of
36
knots.
She
has
4.47-lnch
guns
and
four
quadruple
torpedo
tubes.
The
city's
reception
to
the
vessel
and
her
complement
is
to
be
arranged
by
a
committee
consisting
of
Alderman
S.
D.
Johnston,
Alderman
George
Hills
and
City
Clerk
II.
D.
Thain,
who
were
appointed
by
Mayor
Daggett
at
last
night's
meeting.
STRIKE
IN
PALESTINE
IS
ENDING
JERUSALEM
Palestine's
civil
Service
Workers
Association
or
dered
50.000
government
cm
own
on
Yanks
In
E
TO
VISIT
HERE
WITH
NAVY
CADETS
Canadian
Destroyer,
H.M.C.S.
(KMFNA
K
itiZ'Lt
,
Crescent,
to
Visit
City
May
Third
fiCIMG
"(Jiff
-i.JU
Uj
v
iiau
.
i
.
w
w
w
-w
-
H.M.C.S.
Crescent,
one
of
Canada
s
largest
and
'
most
modern
destroyers,
will
visit
Prince
Rupert
on
LOCAL
TEAMS
VICTORIOUS
Ocean
Falls
Teams
Accompany
Them
Back
For
Second
Half
of
Championship
H'mp
Seiies
Flushed
with
victory
after
winning
three
straight1
victories
each
over
their
Ocean
Falls
opponents
In
the
first
half
of
the
Northern
B.C.
basketball'
series
at
the
paper
town
at
the
weekend,
Bo-Me-Hl
boys'
and
girls'
teams
arrived
home
this
morning
on
the
Prince
Rupert.
Thcv
were
accomoanled
by
both
Ocean
Falls
teams
who
wirtj
meet
the
local
teams
In
the
second
half
of
the
series
In
the
American
gym
tonight
and
Thursday.
Final
game
of
the
first
half
of
the
series
was
played
Monday
night,
with
both
local
teams
coming
out
on
top,
the
boys
-
ployecs
back
to
their
Jobs
at
j
p
...
Rlmert
cantured
the
lead
midnight
last
night
Palestine
j
early
arrlvlng
at
haJf
tlme
lead.
lnie-
ing
by
a
score
2917
and
emerged
The
association's
order
was
at
lhc
flnal
wnlstIc
wlth
a
n;
announced
after
it
had
ecceptcd
,
marg,i;
Hgh
sc0,.cr
ior
the
.government's
compromise
Bo.Mc.ni
was
Jim
Forman
with
proposals
wnicn
mciuoea
pay
i
n
ints
fonowed
by
Don
Hart-
raises
and
a
cost-of-living
bonus.
City's
Rats
Arc
Moving
Downtown
Prince
Ruperts
rut
population
which
formerly
centred
at
the
city
dump,
Is
moving
downtown.
Lack
of
food
at
the
dump
Is
the
reason
for
the
shift.
In
discussing
the
desirability
fr
hnrnlnff
the
face
of
the
dump
to
eliminate
the
unpleasant
odors
which
emanate
from
it,
city
council
last
night
was
advised
that,
since
the
departure
of
the
troops
which
were
formerly
stationed
here,
less
edible
refuse
Is
being
dis
posed
of
at
the
city
dump
ana
this
Is
forcing
the
rats
cityward.
Aldermen
were
divided
in
their
opinions
about
burning
the
face
of
the
dump
and
referred
the
matter
to
City
Engineer
Phillips
for
an
estimate
of
the
cost.
However,
they
agreed
that
present
site
of
the
dump,
near
the
city's
highway
entrance,
Is
not
suitable.
II.
A.
Erneweln
returned
"to
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
a
business
trip
to
Vancouver.
wig
with
13.
Ocean
Falls
marks-linen
were
Hastings
with
10.
and
I
Bolcnskl
with
9.
In
the
girls'
game
the
locals
:
dominated
by
a
score
19-3
at
llnlf
Hmp
pnmnlpfln(r
ihn
irnmr.
v.....
ww...ff
a.
V...Q
v.
with
a
19-point
lead.
Final
score
was
31-12.
Betty
Hamilton
and
Muriel
Thornton
were
high
scorers
for
Prliice
Rupert
with
IP
and
8
points
respectively,
while
Sidelcau
with
3
points,
was
major
scorer
for
the
paper
makers.
Ocean
Falls
players
who
arrived,
here
this
morning
to
com-
pletc
the
series
were
accompan-hv
rnnrh
Rarl
Peterson.
Manager
Vic
Hale
and
Girls'
Coach
Jim
Bryant.
Boys
Carl
Chrlstenson,
Ken
Gilchrist,
Marshall
Cowle,
Gor
don
Clarke,
Sandy
Morris,
Don
Crowe,
Ray
Askew,
Emll
Bolcnskl.
Girls
Grace
Sidelcau,
Lois
Rose,
Agnes
Jones,
June
Kennedy,
Jacqueline
Webber,
Shiela
Allison,
Rose
Spence,
Kay
bun-can
and
Shirley
Simont,
.
Dr.
W.
S.
Kcrgln
returned
today
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
a
holiday
spent
with
his
parents,
Dr.
and
Mrs.
W.
T.
Kergin
In
Vancouver
and
on
Vancouver
Island.
Looks
Like
Philippine
Islands
Are
to
Have
New
President
:uay
,i
wnne
cruising
w
in
navai
cat.eis,
city
council
mNILA
?,
Presldent
Qs
was
auviseu
Jasi
nigm
Dy
western
navai
uuauiiuai-j
mena
Is
runnlng
behind
Manuel
ters.
j
The
vessel
will
receive
an
official
welcome
by
the
j
city
and
her
captain,
Commander
-
-
P.
C.
Nixon,
will
be
a
civic
gueat
land
Relieved
Concentration
'K
i
stnv
nprp.
Based
at
Esquimau,
the
Cres-
1
'he
international
i
destroyers.
Completed
In
Octo-
u
1
Du:.a.
vcslerdav
that
ber
last
vear
at
C
vdebank.
the
Rosas,
president
of
the
terrltor
lal
senate.
In
the
count
following
the
Philippine
general
elec-'lon
yesterday.
Despite
his
apparent
victory,
however,
rumor
that
he
might
be
-kidnapped
had
sent
Roxas
scurryln."?
Into
hiding
.yesterday
as
nearly
three
million
Filipinos
quietly
elected
leaders
o.
guide
them
In
the
first
years
of
their
Independence.
QroundsL
of
the
Roxas
residence
wcre'
oniUwuwth
machine
guns
and
a'
detachment
61
the
Philippine
Army
but
the
city
was
unusually
quiet.
Roxas
early
conceded
that
Os-mena
would
win
four
provinces
but
claimed-
eventual
victory
would
be
his
by
a
margin
of
300,-,,
000
votes.
UNRRA'S
APPEAL
TO
COAL
MINERS
WASHINGTON
-UNRRA'
Director
General
Fiorella
LaQuar-dla
lias
sent
an
urgent
appeal
to
striking
coal,
miners
and
mine
operators
in
the
United
States.
La
Ouardla
asked
the
American
miners
and
operators
I
couver.
.
.
.
winning
by
a
score
57-40,
and
to
produce
500,000
tons
oi
coat
a
the
girls
31-J2.
I
month
for
countries
receiving
Superior'
marksmanship
and!0
relief.
He
says
coal
I
nded
Immediately
to
power
better
control
in
passing
was
a
major
factor
in
the
unbrokea
!
lralns
carrying
the
food
to
the
victories
achieved
by
the
local
!
famine
regions.
teams
on
the
Ocean
Falls
floor.
In
Monday
night's
game,
COAL
MINES
STILL
IDLE
Efforts
to
Settle
23-Day
Old
Strike
are
Failure
WASHINGTON
Efforts
to
settle
the
23-day
old
strike
of
400,000
soft
coal
miners
In
the
United
States
have
failed
so
far.
The
United
Mine
Workers
Union
has
ignored
a
plea
for
coal
to
,
of
coal
production,
The
chainhiih
of
the
coal
operators'
negotiating
committee
declares
that
the
mines
arc
ready
to
produce
coal
when
the
men
return,
to
work.
THE
WEATHER
Public
Utilities
Commission
Will
Probe
Franchise
The
B.Q.
Public
Utilities
Commission
will
hold
hearings
in
Prince
Rupert
at
an
unnanouu
,1b
grant
an
exclusive
franchise
to
a
private
company
to
operate
a
bus,
line
in
the
city.
Council
has
been
Informed
in
a
letter
from
i
the
Commission
that
It
would
like
the
names
and'addresses
of
all
the
companies
which
have
submitted
tenders.
Council
recently
accepted
the
tender
of
Black
and
White
Transportation
Co.
as
the'
most
favorable
and
has
signed
an
agreement
In
regard
to
the
five-year
franchise.
The
agreement
Is
subject
lOy
approval
of
the
property
holders
by
plebiscite
and
also
to
approval
by
the
Public
Utilities
Commission.
J
BEN
CHAPPELL
15
APPOINTED
Son
of
Former
CN.lt.
British
Columbia
Superintendent
Earned
Engineer
of
Track
WINNIPEO
Benjamin
Chap-pell,
special
engineer,
Canadian
National
Railways,
has
been
appointed
engineer
of
track,
western
region,
succeeding
E.
Jf.
Johnson,
now
retired,
it
was
announced
today
by
J.
L.
Charles,
chief
engineer.
Mr,
Chappell
Is
the
ion
of
B.
Ti
Chappell,
former
general
superintendent
of
the
British
Columbia
district
of
the
C
Jf.R.,
who
Is
living
In
retirement
In
Van-
Startin
his
railway
career
In
Saskatoon
In
1919
In
the
local
freight
office
of
the
C.NJI.,
Mr.
Chappell
was
later
bridgeman,
chairman
and
instrumentman
before
going
to
Reg-.na
as
draftsman
In
1926.
The
following
year
he
returned
to
Saskatoon
and
In
1910
became
assistant
engineer.
He
moved
to
Winnipeg
as
division
engineer
In
1944
and
In
1945
became
special
engineer.
Mr.
Chappell
is
a
native
o
Port
Arthur.
His
headquarters
as
engineer
of
track
will
be
in
Win
nipeg.
Prisoners
Revolt,
Threaten
Hostages
MILAN.
Italy.
Oi
Besieged
operate
food
trains
in
famine
and
rioting
convicts
In
San
Vlt-areas
abroad.
A
union
spokes-
(
tore
prison
here
threatened
yes-man
said
the'
miners
have
no
terday
to
hang
all
25
ol.tflc
host-
authority
to
order
a
resumption
;agcs
they
have
held
since
Sun
day
unless
their
demands
for
liberty
are
met
by
tomorrow.
One
thousand
policemen,
firing
at
the
windows
and
walls,
surrounded
the
prison
and
were
met
with
sporadic
fire
from
2,500
prisoners.
The
police
commissioner,
carblnlerle
and
auxili
aries
were
seized
when
the
re-
General
Synopsis
Cloudy
j
yolt
erupted
skies,
rrcquent
rain
ana
dciow
normal
temperatures
associated
with
a
cool,
moist
southwesterly
flow
of
air
from
the
Pacific
are
expected
to
continue
today
over
the
province.
A
drier
flow
'of
ulr
THANKED
FOR
HELP
AT
FIRE
A
letter
of
thanks
from
II.
F
from
the
northwest
should
pro-,
Robins,
manager
of
Nelson
Bros
duce
clearing
skies
tonight
and
Thursday.
Forecast
Clou.-y
with
widely
scattered
showers,
becoming
clear
tonight
and
Thursday.
Minimum
tonight
38,
maximum
Thursday
53.
Slight,
variable
winds
are
expected,
with
moderate,
15
m.p.h.
winds
over
th3
southerly
portion
In
the
Fisheries
Ltd.
cannery
at
Port
Edward,
for
the
assistance
given
by
city
firemen
at
the
fire
there
last
week,
was
received
by
City
Council
last
night.
It
was
ordered
acknowledged
and
filed.
"I
don't
think
we
should
even
consider
making
any
charge
for
helping
a
neighbor
In
distress,"
Alderman
Rudderham
comment-
led.
urope
General
McNarney
Taking
Drastic
Disciplinary
Steps
Too
Much
Black
Marketing,
Drunkenness,
Absence
Without
Leave,
Venereal
Disease
and
Sloppiness
FRANKFURT,
Germany
(CP)
General
Joseph
McNarney
today
ordered
disciplinary
crackdown
on
Ml
American
troops
in
Europe
because,
"discipline
in
.certain
localities
and
commands
in
this
theatre
has
deteriorated
to
the
point
of
discrediting
the
fine
performance
of
bur
troops
in
general."
McNarney,
in
orders
Issued
to
unit
command-
ers,
said
Indications
of
deterioration
can
be
found
in
participation
in
black
market
activities.
Indulgence
in
drunknness,
high
sbsence
without
leave
rate,
high
automobile
accident
rate,
exces
sive
venereal
disease
rate,
gen
eral
lack
of
smartness
in
appear
ced
date
Into
the
city's
proposal
j
ance
and
compialninS
attitude
toward
constituted
military
authority.
SHIDEHARA
PARTY
HEAD
Throws
Responsibility
for
Forming
Coalition
on
Opposition
Parties
(
TOKYO,
f
Premier
Shlde-hara
yesterday
accepted
leadership
of
the
Progressive
party,
then
promptly
shifted
the
responsibility
to
the
opposition
for
Initiating
steps
toward
a
coalition
government
to
succeed
his
resigned
government.
As
a
result,
k&ders
of
the
So-
TiaIfDcmocfat;
and
LrberalpSf-ties
met
last
night
to
plan
a
two-party
program
to
present
to
'
Shldehara
today.
i
Tlie
choice
of
a
new
premier
has
not
yet
been
finally
decided
upon
but
It
may
be
Ishlro
Yako-hama,
leader
of
the
Progressives,
If
General
MacArthur
approves
of
him
which
appears
LESS
SUGAR
IS
NOW
AVAILABLE
MONTREAL
The
Prices
Board
In
Montreal
disclosed'
last
night
that
there
will
be
less
sugar
available
for
distribution
this
year
than
In
1945.
The
reason
for
jhe
dip
In
the
amount
of
sugar
hinges
on
the
drain
of
world
stocks
last
year.
Miss
Molly
Frew,
wh6
is
cm-ployed
with
Canadian
National
Telegraphs
In
Vancouver,
arrived
In
the
city
today
on
the
Prince
HuUetin
BIG
FOUR
CONFERENCE
LONBON
The
conference
of
Big
Four
foreign
ministers
gets
under
way
here
tomorrow.
Russia
is
sending
its
strongest
diplomatic
team
headed
by
Foreign
Commissar
Molotov
and
Andrei
Vischinsky.
TO
ABANDON
HARBIN
CHUNGKING
The
Chinese
Nationalists
are
to
abandon
Harbin,
great
Manchuiian
industrial
city,
to
the
Communists
owing
to
the
impracticability
of
defending
It.
QUIET
AT
SAN
VITTORE
.'MILAN
It
was
quiet
at
San
Villore
Prison
today
following
the
surrender
of
'2500
rioting
prisoneis
who
had
been
holding
out
for
four
days.
However,
a
small
group
of
gangsters
says
it
will
hold
out
to
the
end.
GIFT
TO
BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
Senator
Robert
Taft
of
Ohio
criticized
the
Truman
fiscal
policy
today,
saying
it
would
lead
to
inflation,
boom
and'
depiession
within
four
years.
Instead
of
a
loan,
he
would
make
an,
outright
gift
of
$12,500,000
to
Brit,
ain,
all
to
be
spen:
in
United
States.
HART
IN
WINNIPEG.
WINNIPEG
Here
ohis
way
to
the
Ottawa
conference,
Premier
Hart
said
that,
if
British
Columbia
does
not
obtain
freight
rale
relief
from
Ottawa,
the
case
will
be
taken
to
the
Trlvy
Council.
ItOOSEVELT
MEMORIAL
OTTAWA
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
today
pro
posed
the
establishment
of
a
memorial
area
'
among
the
-Thousand
lslahds
ftrtiSribf
P'
the
late
President
Roosevelt
THREE
SUSPECTS
ARE
COMMITTED
OTTAWA-
Three
spy
suspects,
James
Bennlng,
Sqdn.
Ldr,
Fred
Poland,
and
Durriford
Smith,
were
committed
to
trial
yesterday.
Deicncc
liwyers
learned
that
It
will
be
Impossible
to
serve
a
subpoena
on
the
Russian
embassy
doorman,
because
of
diplomatic
Immunity.
The
police
cannot
enter
embassy
grounds
to
serv
the
warrant.
Local
Tides
Thursday,
April
25,
1946
High
7:45
.
16.4
feet
'
21:23
16.3
feet
Low
1:46
11.6
feet
14:3G
6.9
feet
Rupert
to
spend
her
holidays!
George
Dybhavn
returned
to
with
her
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
!
day
on
the
Prince
Rupert
from
J.
A.
Frew.
an
extended
visit
to
Vancouver.
I
,
POLISH
YOUTHS
AND
HOOVER
Grateful
Polish
youngsters
surround
Herbert
Hoover
as
the
latter
visited
a
collection
centre
in
Warsaw
recently
where
the
children
are
cared
for
until
hbmes
can
be
found
fo
them,
Hoover
Is
making
a
study
of
Europe's
food
needs.
CLOSE
ALL
WEDNESDAY
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
downtown
retailers
favor
closing
all
day
Wednesday.
They
may
ask
for
a
bylaw
next
year.
GETS
STIFF
SENTENCE
BURNABY
A
stiff
sentence
of
seven
years'
penitentiary
was
imposed
on
Monte
Pullen
for
bieaking
and
entering.
He
almost
collapsed
when
the
sentence
was
passed.
ROXAS
LEADING
MANILA
Manuel
Roxas
is
leading
President
O
s
m
a
n
a
119,000
to
62,000
in
the
Philippine
presidential
election.
DREAMS
OF
NEW
WAR
MOSCOW
The
political
dialectical
journal
of
the
Moscow,
committee
of
the
Communist
party
charges
that
reaction-are
circles
in
Britain
and
the
United
States
aredreaming
of
a
new
war.
Hie
article
declared
that
the
Soviet
Union
now
is
the
mightiest
political
and
military
economic
force
in
the
world.
GRANTS
HIGHEST
VANCOUVER
Highest
educational
grants
in
the
history
of
the
province
are
now
being
paid
by
the
provincial
government
asa
result
of
the
implementation
of
the
Cameron
Report.
Hon.
George
Weir,
minister
of
education,
told
the
'
British
Cojumbia
Teachers'
Federation.
The
increase
of
grants
this
year
is
$4,500,000.
MORE
PAY
FOR
MAYOR
WINNIPEG
The
Winnipeg
city
council,
after
a
five-hour
session
ending
early
Tuesday
morning,
decided
to
increase
the
salary
of
the
mayor
from
$5000
to
$8000
and
that
of
the
.
I
aldermen
from
?1200
to
S1800
utcause
or
tue
mgner
cvsi
living
and
increased
work.
Britain
Is
Criticized
Pravda
Feels
That
Statesmen
and
Generals
Directed
Themselves
Against
Soviet
Russia
LONDON
0j
Pravda,
official
newspaper
of
the
Soviet
Communist
party,
yesterday
reviewed
the
book
'Top
Secret"
by
Ralph
Ingersoll,
editor
of
the
newspaper
P.M.,
which
attacks
Field
Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery
and
General
Eisenhower
in
the
conduct
of
Allied
operation
on
the
western
front,
the
Moscow
radio
said
today.
The
radio
quoted
Pravda
as
saying
in
summing
up
the
book:
"Throughout
the
book
Ingersoll
stresses
British
statesmen,
including
Churchill,
were
bent
during
and
after
the
war
on
furthering
Britain's
political
in
terests
which
were
directed
against
the
Soviet
Union
a
fact
which
delayed
the
opening
of
the
second
front
and
hindered
the
execution
of
military
FIND
BODY
IN
HARBOR
A
body
believed
to
be
that
of
Charles
Jarrett,
who
disappeared
three
weeks
ago
and
whose
jacket
was
found
on
the
C.N.R.
wharf,
was
dlscdvered
floating
alongshore
near
McNlcholl
Creek
Tuesday
afternoon
by
Douglas
Macaulay
and
David
Kristman-son,
two
youths
who
were
spending
the
afternoon
across
the
har-
!
bor.
It
is
believed
that
Jarrett,
a
former
shipwright
charge
hand
at
the
dry
dock,
was
drowned.
STEWART
JOINS
MUNICIPALITIES
t
The
Central
British
Columbia
;
Municipal
Association,
recently
organized
at
Smlthers
with
1
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
of
this
city
las
president,
and
membership
.consisting
so
far
of
Prince
Rupert,
Prince
George.
Smlther3,
,Terrace,
Burns
Lake
and
Van-
derhoof,
has
obtained
a
new
member
municipality.
Yesterday
the
5pp.lcat.on
and
fee
of
Stewart,
which
is
a
village
munl-
clpality,
arrived.
V