'eter tain i March 10 Yu-:Siavla ins is rt r m w r v ft V v on ( rnss nnntinnc :tr.ulcdgcd $7502.15 r..ikcr n llafbsiu IIa:kin;:un R-ile ii Co. t W.ll - Moran Ati:le un Ltd. UC Power In lion fcecj 'anot Fatts II" Moorehouxo Win, nalllic rWra, a, urn il fayne, . n.c date 10.W 40.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 25.00 50.00 5.00 15.00 10.06 5.00 25.00 100.00 200.00 10.00 ijprL inn v Nnu't nn Ooldbloom 10.00 Parker 25.00 E Fi.,hcr 20.00 - ' J v w.vu Mri K. J Smith snn Mr r ....i. ailc Family Bird f 'r C a, It. Mr Vic King rt Campbell rj. J( W RriKPr- - 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 17.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 mS5. 4l of hvv som. Captain Ing his bii north, pr hot c shoe 5.00 J 5.00 5.00 10.00 $8,481.15 1ATA. t, i BACK UP - King and his v? arrived In Indon AMILII 1 11 Hopkins, chief person. to president Roosc- Mayo Clinic In Koch- COUNCIL Trades xt. W P San- nlc. one of i , .. j... I tV fn thi- ! 4k tvitk of f , :and Wil liam Templetont iT'.'wrt mana ger, spoke briefly. Captain McLaren Is one of the ; frw Canadian pilots with this number or hours to his credit. His aviation career commenced when he was nineteen and he has been flying for (he past fifteen years. He estimates he ha i flown 1500.000 miles. I . VOL. XXXIII, No. 50 ami iaor a 'proves' -.Lit t.. 11,. k..,hk..rf New Wartime lloutlng Deal donation of the stand taken by Smlthers in a week to assume the city council on this matter was unanimously given and the proper authorities arc to be notified accordingly. W. Watt, secretary of the Building Tiades Council, Vancouver, had a letter on the table suggesting a convention of the building trades for the four western provinces sometime early In May at either Edmonton or Calgary for the purpose ot outlining the policies of the construction industry from the workers' point of view bath for pre-war Russ Planes "ncry Emnlovees 12 nn 'TP 1 T 11! Mrs, J, Gunnery SOoiDOIllD 1 aillllU pirx j, l, Hebb Lee 10.00 5.00 H, V Tattersnl 5.00 STOCKHOLM, Mar. 10 W Russian 'planes Tliursday night bombed Tallinn, capital and major port of Esthonia. Russian ground troops at Hip Narova river arc little more than 100 miles cast of Tallinn. Hockey Scores Toronto 8. New York 2, Montreal 3, Chicago 2, his new duties. Mr. Byrne has been very acUve In Masonic and In Canadian Legion work over a long period of years and will be greatly missed by these organizations He has also been treasurer or the local Red Cross Society and has given a great deal of hK time to this work. Many of his friends were Invited to aitenn Uie reception In his honor an-.i enjoyed the musical program and the entertainment that had been provided for the oc- nd post-war periods. Delegates ! caslon. He was presented with arc to be sent to this convention after consultation with the varl-1 ous local unions concerned. An-1 other communication from ths , same party recommended an t American Federation of Labor ; organizer for the Prince Rupert j aiea and suggested that the j council take the necessary ac-, tlnn towards this end. Council j decided to recommend to head quarters the appointment 01 such an organizer. The painters' delegates report j cd that their union had been successful In negotiating 0 ten ; cent hourly increase fo the!: craft, retroactive to September 1 j 1013. I A complaint was received Irom ihe Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alllancr. Local Union No. 331-VValtresses. regarding the dismissal of their shop stewards, at the dry dock and shipyard commissaries. Thl. was dealt with in an appioprl-atc manner. purse In token ot the, high eteem In which he is held by his many friends and he carries the good wishes of the people of Smlthers with him to his new post. Russians Battle General Pleased Atciandrr, After VUlt to Beach head, " ExpicMes (iratlfica lion. .M.l. I KI) HEADqirARTKIrt'l IN ITALY. March 10-fJrneral Sir Harold Alexander, after -a says he thinks things are go ( Ing sery well with the war in Italy. The situation Is much At last night's regular month- belter than U was three ueeks ly meeting ot the Prince Rupert ao. Trades and Labor Council, which The ri'htinr In Italy ha was well attended wrth keen In- been very quiet for the lat lereat throughout, a communl- two or three days. esUon was received from the mayor with attached copies of correspondence exchanged be- If UnkJPiDCn twten the vailous interested IJ IIViiUIALL parties covering the Wartime 1 1 outing agreement with the city. After listening to the reading ot the correspondence, it was agreed that the city Is on the abort end of the deal, which wti executed during the tenure of office or the City Commissioner. It was the consensus of opinion of all present Utat the cKy council should persist In the demand that the agreement be amended with more' equuSble ON LEAVING Inception at Smlthens fr J. H. Ityrne Moving to Port Albc rni. SMITHER8 honor of J. II. government agent A reception In . wet held In the Masonic Hall here on Wednesday etehlns by Omlneca UMge of "wrrtth Mr. benefits accruing therefrom to i Byrne is a past worshipful mas- , the city such as had been ac- ter. Mr. Byrne, who has been m I corded the municipality of North the government oHlce at Smith I Vancouver, now enjoying the j ers for the past years. h benefits of an agreement super- ! been made government aen at I lor to that of Prince Rupert. En- j Tort Arbernl. and will leave In Italy! Jap.Air,Base ALLIED HEALQUArCTKR3 IN S'lUTHWtST PACIFIC. Mar. 10 American troops who landed on New Britain Island'., north 'oast have advanced 'o within ;wo imies ot the Japanrsi- . base at Talasea. heatiquarUr reported today. The American'! :iave advanced three miles since the landing on Monday. TITO CHASES BACK NAZIS LONDON . It) Yugo- Slav forces pressing mined offensive in have infiicttd heavy a aeier-Slovenia losses o" ;hc Germans, and continue the!" steady advance, Marshal Tito announced today. Sharp fifth' -ing Is also reported in Macedonia where Partisans are carry ing the battlr io ;ha German and Bulgarian:- WEST COAST "WIDS- READY roil TROUBLE Wherever you are, whatever you're doing, you wear your tin hat and respli ntor for a certain part of a certain day each week at one of the RCAF's Pacific Coast stations. Telephone operator suddenly sound as If they'd developed cleft palates. Stenographers catch up on typing practice ns dictation Is suspended until voices Ret out. In the open once more. The airman who whips up a smart salute can accompany it with a rude face no one is the wiser---and cooks can peel onions without a quatm. N ARGENTINE HEAD QUITS BUFNA3 AIRFS. Mar. 10 High Low 2:14 14 21 8 24 20:39 iltED CROSS rPBO n ;. FLYING FOR I I- 10,000 HOURS GIVE GENEROUSLY CANADIA A GREAT CAUSE e-up Capt, O. W. .McLaren of Tram-Canada Has tang Service azis .... in ,11, TlrltUh rrm tm9hrd a Iarse fir hrnanf nrar nur klnur nnlnft Ihn up ot the top men of n air force ha.s been by the series of . . llau In 1M 111 5 UI1 UCI "11 111 ca;;t 324 Nazi planet ;r It has been re- l uorriu'c una win d younger men given Chamber Up City . . . I 1 I 1 u a fit.-.. I.-. fTn.. III. LI aiuiAi VJ 4 r U iframir J lr a view to obtain-flrai foi the dty in w n ncuf industrial .3k? ifprrjen-aticms r 1 r u uil.hu it i&ii.iiK-' VANCOUVER. Mar. 10 Ten thousand noun of flying, enough to take him sixty time around the world, were completed bj Captain O. W. McLaren, when he landed his big silver Trans-Canada Air Lines passenger plane here Thursday afternoon. Captain McLaren, who has flown all T.C.A. routes from coast to coast. Including New-foundland, during his five years : with Ufa. national air service, was .?dth a globe of th" Rowan, station . In recognition ear 20.C feet 20.0 feet 5.0 feet 3.9 feet Approve Bible ReadingBi!! NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1914 Great Is Going Well CANADIANS BATTLK HUNS ANO MUD IN ITUY l.if Eivl'th :.!.'i'.v it. nit- :?! Italy V.:'. -Gcr. II : r . :ar. i .ion in Italy, in pecu front lujc ptwitions wrh f liter ."MSlNear Talasea t be - ood :'.iuddcr" on .r.iraJ.ilais a Cunaciun castcm Canada. VICTORIA, March 10 0 7 Av.iprr La Nncion an-; Compulsory ' nn ri lui; P:.sid-nt Kamlres -1 , T.,(pred in.- formal :i nf the p:t'Mti :;cy in a let-'r Acini: Prescient Farreil. 5,000 Fewer Japanese Now NEW DELHI. Inwa. Mar. 10 1h More than 5,000 Japs have been killed In the last month in the Arakan and North Burma campaigns, about 500 miles apart. Admiral Louis Mountbat-ten. Allied commander in southeast Aria reported yesterday. . Local Tides Saturday. Marrh 11 Bible reading in British Columbia schools wars approved by the legislature on Thursday, when the bill was approved and reported for final reading. Speaker Norman Whittaker ruled out of order a bill which would have given Hindus a vote In provincial elections. The speaker also ruled out clauses which Involve the expenditure of government funds, because such bills cannot be brought In by a private member. Wallace LeFoaux, member lor Vancouver Centre, was sponsor of the bill. QUIT FINLAND LONDON. Mar. 10 (f - The Moscow radio repor.s that Adolf Hitler is evacuating high German officers from Finland. Huw the precaution program works is Illustrated h.pre. Leading Airwoman Beitle Johnsrrn of Winnipeg, left, finds that keeping her eye.s on the notebook has complications, but types bravely on. Even oH duty, the girls don't let the drill interfere with their routine. Left to right (and their own families wouldn't know them the- eroklnole players are Leading Airwoman Evelyn Diripmnn, Edmonton: Cpl. Jessie Cassldy, Bethany, Man.: AW1 Raibara Wilson, Saskatoon, and Cpl. Bemlce Martin, St. Vital, Man. fRCAF Phontos The Junior Chamber ot Com merce continues to press for early action by the federal government In the. matter ot nro- tlfl iirortadejuate--irreo r5H facilities at Prince Rupert for the fishing fleet. At last night's meeting the Junior Chamber had a communication from Hon. Ernest Bert-rand, minister of fisheries, who said that, during a visit to Prince Rupert last fall, he had been impressed with the need for additional berthing facilities here. had given the matter attention on his return to Ottawa and now understood that the Department of Public Works was giving consideration. The Junior Chamber is now following the matter up with the Department of Public Works to ascertain what Is being done and request that there be no delay. Local Temperature Maximum Minimum Less Ships, U-Boats Sunk M. McArthur Laid At Rest 39 32 IONDON. Mar. 10 T Allied ship losses because of U-boat .i' or ;n Feb nary were the lowest -w-e DfcrmDer. 1941. k was oifirui'y reported today. More . nt Miy .suoa were destroyed than ,",r. ch.t'it ships' sunk. Many old friends and sympathizers gathered at First Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon for the funeral service of the late Malcolm MacArthur, pioneer shoe man, former police officer and Boer War veteran, whose death occurred earlier in the week. Rev. A. F. MacSween rrr" ated and Mrs. Clarence Vm'5han presided at the oigan to accompany the hymns which were "Abide With Me" and "Lead Kindly Light." Following the service Interment was made In Falrvlew Cemetery." The "Last Post" was sounded by Bugler William Ranee. Honorary pallbearers, veterans of the Boer War, were George Connelly, W. H. Wilson-Murray and S. C. Thomson. The active pallbeaters were Joseph Kllby. W. E. Denning. W. J. Smith, F. J. Fuller. Fred Hardy and J. Laurie. PRICE FIVE CENTS Ports Red Army Using Horses In Deep Mud; Nazis Are Threatened on Dnieper ft MOSCOW, March 10 (CP)-The Russians took to horses In the deep Ukrainian mud today as their offensives rolled the Germans back over a 340-mile front to the outer defences guarding the Black Sea ports of Nikolaev and Kherson. The Nazis have abandoned Uman, strong Nazi base in the western uKraine. uespaicnes irom tne i Russian newspaper Red Star say that the German retreat has become "disorganized." Hundreds of thousands of Germans In the Dnieper Bend are menaced by the Soviet advances. Ripping into the German lines and breaching positions of the enemy along a 160-mlle front, the Russians appear to have opened up a new offensive on ihe Dneiper Bend as they continue their sweep into southern Poland. BettersFloats at Port 4Are Sought Bulletins WELSH STRIKE PROGRESSES LONDON The number of striking Welsh coal miners has increased to nearly 100,-000 with II new pits in the Swansea anthracite region failing to open since Wednesday night. There are now 165 mines affected by the stop-pace which is now extended to Scottish mines and has cut off Britain's coal production by 80,000 tons per day. There are signs that unrest is spreading to other war Industries. I FINN fKACE' ACTION STOCKHOLM Develop-menti are expected soon In the stalemated Russian - Finnish a r mts tlreneir ol la Hons? Repw rtf from Helsinki say that the Finns have rejected three items of the Russian peace offer but did not elaborate on them. Gets Year For Theft Edward John McLaughlin, who pleaded guilty to the theft of three furs from Mathew Allard, Terrace trapper, in county court on Tuesday, appeared yesterday afternoon before Judge W. E. Fisher for sentence. He was sentenced to one year In prison. Ladies and Men At Jr. Chamber Address by Dr. Knipe on Social Hygiene is Feature. The regular monthly meeting of the Junior Section of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night took the form of a husband and wife dinner and proved to be a most enjoyable affair for all present. The most of the members present were accompanied by their wives who, evidently, derived pleasure from the affair. President L. M. Felsenthal was in the chair and the feature of the evening was an address and moving picture display by Dr. Roger O. Knlpe, director of the local public henlth unit, who dealt largely with the forthcoming social hygiene campaign. Kl'ltllER CHRISTENED Rubber was named In the 18th centuiy, when It was accidentally discovered thai the product erased pencil marks. Inaugural Broadcast Social Hygiene Week (:15 tonight CFPK Speakers: C. U. Orme, Mrs, J. (1. Garrett, Rev. A. F. MacSween and Dr. It. (S. Knlpe. t I