I
VICTORY
MASCOT
ll
hank
theft
ft
IlK
A
tl
jcar-
r
lua
been
ar-iinnllon
with
a
from
Hie
Has-(.ranvllle
Street
r
Kojal
lUnk
of
X
tONGRATt-
ATIII
1'iime
Minister
I
rc
hill
has
sent
to
Mountbattrti
con-on
the
victory
llird
forces
over
r
on
the
Arakan
Iml,
t5
raided
dr
mm
bombem
ndnn
aaiu
last
in
idtmht,
There
mate
as
well
a
r
si
stained
t.t.r
want
of
tot
if
a
refnen
(urt
jrslerday
f
n
to
8.
M
i
l
I
KING
A
dramatic
torn
ilie
Jewish
cr.'M-
read
in
Ommone
jes-
thal
of
250.000
nd
la.t
mon
Ih
Mn
be
no
more
Thry
were
de-
"ir
in
Hie
abyss.
sessions
-Srr.iom
of
the
lomrnilire
on
war
will
e
hi
Id
In
dr
illed
jester-
i
ED
rr
Tells
Wartime
niniuniiy
Club
In
Annual
.Mrpiinr
fa
Llcctcd.
;ci
miner-v
idcvnitnlng
pciplo
of
MLar.rv.
rcpre-Wf'.imc
Ith:
Hous-
Cjll'.l
:t
on
Iho
i::
.
if.ion
com-
2
:
Illfll
mnn
-ill
Council
nn
l)
Mi
mn
rcpcHan
:e
of
a
"If
to
PioH
f
ICnt
u-nrlr
M
MIlancv'K
!,IU"
pa:-scd
mo-
"""IP
that
hot
crv
13
children
and
that
rc-
13
ock
Cannrin
"i
enriched
with
(ilng
new
officers
It
RmlnnUbl
til
.
--.oivi.
-President
e.
L.
f
ocrctary-
.Mrg,
G,
'rc-ele-Hcd)
7
j
imv
SASKATCII
ewa.n
1
RKGINA
The
liquor
ratioir
In
Saskatchewan
"
his
lceh
rut
to
one
JG-ounrc
bottle
'of
spirits
every
two
months
and
I
mi
bottle
of
beer
per
day
instead
of
three.
SEPARATE
.MINISTRY
V1CT0RIA-E.
V.
Finland,
Conservative
member
for
IA-qtiimall,
urges
a
Neparate
ministry
of
post-war
rehabilitation.
REDUCE
VOTING
A(!K
EDMONTON
Attorney
Grn-eral
.Manard
has
introduced
a
bill
In
the
Legislature
which
would
redure
the
ace
for
franchise
qualification
from
21
to
I
19.
'
j
I
RLNtiiMLX
i-i;ctrn:
AI.;n;RS
Ught
lawM-ln-clined
Trench
officers
and
.non
commissioned
fiate'lieen
sentenced
to
death-
for
mistreatment
of
prisoners
in
concentration
ramps
before
the
fall
of
Trance.
HAOl.Y
ISOMISKII
CITIES
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Viscount
Halifax,
llritish
ambas
Miior
to
t'nllrd
Slates,
says
that
more
loml
have
been
dropped
on
four
(icriuan
clt-iew
Iterlin,
Cologne,
l)ucvr.
dorf
and
IXsen
than
on
Britain
in
the
entire
war.
IHUSTROYKR
LOST
LONIION
The
Admiralty
announrcs
(he
loss
of
the
de-slro)cr
Warwick.
The
vessel
carried
the
flag
of
Sir
Itoger
Keays
at
.ebruggre
in
the
last
war
and
was
engaged
in
convoy
duty
off
the
east
coast
of
the
Culled
States
early
in
till,
war.
J.L
N
A
7.
1
S
R
I
rj
R
LAT
ENEMY
IS
RETREATING
NAPLES.
March
2
-
The
Allien.
IlBhtlng
fiercely
against
heavy
Oerman
uttack
on
the
centre
of
the
Anilo
beachhead,
have
thrown
the
enemy
back
one
thousand
yards
and
are
still
progressing.
More
than
five
hundred
Germans
were
taken
prisoners.
Steady
rains
have
turned
the
Italian
battleground
Into
quagmire.
Business
Tax
Not
Favored
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
does
not'iook
with
favor
upon
an
increase
of
trade
licence
fees
or
the
Imposition
of
a
business
tax
as
a
means
or
raising
money
for
Improvement
I
municipal
utilities.
The
civic
committee
reported
against
the
idea
at
last
night's
meeting
ui
the
Chamber
and
the
report
was
adopted.
The
civic
committee
also
recommended
that
representations
being
made
by
the
city
for
a
'
better
deal
with
Wartime
Hous-Int
b6
endorsed
without
delay,
the
ecommendatlon
being'
adopted
by
the
chamber.
According
to
the
last
censiu,
73
per
cent
of
Canadian
homes
had
radios,
rosace
I
JM?
RenJove
:
ur.
arromers
-
-
VICTORIA.
March
2
O
Di.smin.sal
of
Dr.
W.
A.
Car-
rothcrn.
chairman
of
the
public
utilities
eommtMion.
w;u
demanded
in
the
Lefts-
ture
Wednesday
by
R.
C.
Mac
Donald,
Conservative
member
for
Dewdnoy-
who
claimed
that
Dr.
Cairo-
thcr
has
"far
more
Inter-
est
In
the
British
Columbia
Electric
Railway
than
In
i
the
uses
of
electricity
ln
l',"thc
Province'
4
4.
Inquest
Into
Gillis
Death
J
.
A
verdict
or
dath
through
natural
caue
wa
brought
I"
...
:ast
nuht
by
a
coroner
rrs
Jury
lnvpuLlanllnv
lh
mhu
Of
.
death
v-...
.
..
of
Martin
Joseph
01UU.
con-
structton
company
worker.
ho,fas.
of
rQnst.uctlon
and
valu
uu
mic
i
nner
imper
uen
-
eral
Hospital
on
FVbrwajy
92.
The
iryjuest
was
commeneri!
ty
Coroner
M.
M
atenhent
last
week
on
the
strength
of
a
state
ment
by
tht
deceased
to
Dr.
C.
H
Hanklnson
that,
prior
to
his
final
Illness
which
togan
late
tn
nlW
5n
the
head.
i
Only
witness
to
testify
last
night.
Dr
Hanklnson
expressed
the
opinion
that.
If
mills
had
been
struck
on
the
hoad.
thr
blow
was
not
sufficis-nt
to
cause
his
death.
He
said
GUluV
body
was
seriously
impaired
by
illnes
Members
of
the
Jury
were
V
C
Stewart
'foreman).
John
Mc-Leod.
James
Cusak.
Oeorge
Shcnton.
Thomas
MSMeekin
and
Earl
Becker
MORE
MEN
LAID
OFF
Jobs
In
Canada
Are
Not
(Jiiltc
So
Secure
Tod.y
as
They
Were.
OTTAWA.
March
2
0
The
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
'give
generously
CANADIAN
apRED
CROSS
A
GREAT
CAUSE
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C
THURSDAY,
MARCH
2,
1914
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
W
I
PI
HI
1
I
i
Terms
AT
MEETING
Committee
of
frinre
Itupyrt
Chamber
of
Commrrre
Given
.More
Correspondence
to
Digest.
Th
highway
commute
or
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamb-r
of
Commerce
Is
to
have
a
busy
'ime
dealing
with
seve.al
com-nunira
lions
in
regard
to
pro-o"
i
road
links
from
the
cen-
'Ml
interior
to
the
Alaska
Hlgh-
"?y
and
,h"
Pfacp
Rlv"
country
which
weie
referred
to
it
after
bcln
read
at
thi
rcjulai
month
ly
meeting
of
the
chamber
la
Htbt
Mrt
tmporiant
of
the
letters!
r.ct
T
I
his
orresnondtnee
wa.v
vi
from
thf
Ailln
Board
of
Trade,
purporting
to
renresen
!
the
wnanimous
opinion
of
all
thr
1
Yukon
and
Alaska,
which
went
;
on
reeont
as
favoring
a
route
I
northward
from
Vanderhoof
throswh
Stuart
Lake
and
eat
of
I
thr
,nr
Ratlin
aimne
tn
to
Talanranh
leiegrapn
rrul-
i.reeK
1h
s
rnul.
,CCOrdtng
to
thr
At
,,,,
(..immilI1lrtln
r.immunication.
was
a.
pre-
r..
,c,r-d
from
tne
,lnndooint
of
'JZ.
,
countrv
to
be
nneneit
tin
to
'he
coast
route
north
from
Haxeltnn
which
was
described
as
"feasible
but
not
practicable."
From
the
Vanderhoof
Board
of
Trade
came
a
commu
nication
criticizing
the
plan
u
build
a
binhway
northward
4n-PrtiiOeoT8ajmwTOn7w'fw
th-tltattentV-a
Pea4darnrrts-
w-crfcTrMchr-hte
not
Cieek
by
way
of
Pine
Pass
as
a
project
which
would
fall
short
of
the
requirements.
A
"major
blunder"
should
be
avoided
before
It
was
too
late.
Vanderhoof
-"It
rated
Its
favor
for
a
road
-irth
from
Vanderhoof
via
Fin-fay
Forks
to
Fort
St.
John.
A
copy
of
a
letter
from
the
Burns
Lake
Board
of
Trade
to
Premier
John
Hart
expressed
pleasure
at
the
fact
that
a
road
to
the
Peace
River
via
Pine
Paw
was
to
become
an
accomplished
Tact
and
renewed
the
suggestion
that
a
reconnaissance
party
b
lent
out
early
this
spring
to
obtain
records
of
snowfall
on
the
proposed
Haseiton
roule,
particularly
In
the
Klappan
and
Bell-Irving
River
valleys.
It
also
proposed
that
a
ceologlcal
survey
be
made
In
this
area
at
the
same
time.
There
was
another
letter
from
Premier
John
Hart
saying
that
all
proposed
routes
would
be
Interior
to
the
.Alaska
Highway.
Premier
Hart
had
previously
ln-
1
Umated
that
It
was
Intended
to
proceed
with
a
road
connecting
Pilnce
George
with
the
Peace
River
reported
last
night
.that
there
i
Riven
full
consideration
before
ft
were
18.113
lay-offs
tu
Canada
'final
decision
was
made
in
re-between
December
1
and
Janu-'
gard
to
a
westward
link
from
the
ary
i.
Tnc
total
lay-offs
were
larger
than
for
the.
corfespond-
Ing
period
of
the
two
previous
years
but
were
considerably
be-
low
average,
judged
by
pre-war
standards.
MAn
TAIK
Reds
Push
Swiftly
On
tt
Jsstva
is
Ity-pawed
and
Cut
(Iff
'Street
lighting
in
Pskor.
f
-
MIXIIO.V,
.March
2
(CP)
Mowow
announced
Wednesday
night
that
Russian
forces
hae
crossed
the
Narva
Rirer
Inside
tl
Ionia
a'ong
a
22
mile
front
and
penetrated
nine
mtles
beyond,
cutting
the
last
ecape
railway
fiom
Narva
at
a
point
nine
miles
west
of
the
"
Ctrman-hrld
frontier
city.
Russians
have
fought
their
wy
into
the
slrerls
of
Pskov,
capturing
70
more
localities.
j
Storkholm
dispatch
says
that
the
Russians
have
ordered
the
evacuation
of
Kaunas,
capital
of
Lithuania
as
they
stormed
toward
the
frontier.
T
rri
KflllWaV
I
AV""aJ
I
1U
fl
Peace
nl
n
River
Chamber
of
Commerce
Decides
To
Kevive
Subject
by
Appointing
Special
Committee.
Thro
Collart's
suggestion
that
a
special
committee
ba.named.to
urver
railway
ouiiei
to
Prince
Rupert
by
way
of
a
route
north
ward
from
Hazelton
was
adopted
after
some
discussion
by
Prince
Rupeit
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Mr.
Collart
mentioned
how
the
Peace
River
railway
matter
wa
coming
to
the
fore
again
and
Prince
Rupert
could
not
afford
to
let
the
matter
slide.
Ex-Mayor
Watts
warned
that
his
would
be
a
bis
Job
for
any
committee
and
It
would
have
to
make
a
real
case
If
a
laughing
stock
was
not
to
be
made
of
it.
President
W.
J.
Scott
will
name
the
committee
later.
Thco
Collart
told
of
a
visit
lv
had
pala
to
Victoria
when
hp
m-t
Premier
John
Hart
in
re-
h:
tl
to
the
Alaska
Highway
con-nntion
matter.
Also
present
were
M.
M.
Connelly,
W.
J.
As-
e!stine
and
E.
T.
Kenney.
members
for
Omlneca.
Atlin
and
Skcena
respectively,
as
well
aj
E.
D.
Braden.
member
for
Peace
River.
The
first-mentioned
thire.
according
to
Mr.
Collart.
favored
the
Hazelton
route
and
Mr.
Braden
was
not
opposed
to
It.
Premier
Hait
said
that
a
rrconnalsance
would
be
made
of
snow
conditions
north
of
Hazelton
this
spring
if
possible.
CANADIAN
PARATUOOPS
HXPERT
MAItKS.lKN
A
man
from
Mars?No.
Its
Pte.
W.
Kryciuk,
of
Hamilton.
On.,
who
is
training
in
England
wtih
a
Canadian
parachute
unit.
Canadian
paratroopers
have
to
learn
to
shoot
with
their
respirators
at
the
alert
Many
of
Canada's
well'
trained
paratroops
have'
seen
a-tlon
in
the
Mediterranean
theatre
of
war
with
a
combined
American
Canadian
unit.
Unacceptable
t
British
Subs
Torpedo
Jap
t
War
Vessels
LONDON,
March
2
V
British
submarine,
rang-
!nz
in
Far
Eastern
waters,
torpedoed
and
probably
sank
a
Japanese
aircraft
carrier
of
7.000
tons
and
scored
torpedo
hits
on
a
Japanese
cruiser.
They
also
torpedoed
and
sank
a
me-
dlum-sized
supply
ship
and
destroyed
a
smaller
supply
ship
by
gunfire.
Smithers
Curlers
In
Competition
For
Red
Cross
.,,.
tua
and
.
.
being
.
counter-
SMITHERS
March
2
A
Red
ui.uxuvo
maim
n
j.cu
f
Cross
bonspiel
with
16
rinI!n
entered
got
under
way
here
Sat-
urday
night.
The
semi-final1
twere
reached
on
Sunday
after
noon
when
It
was
necessary
to
cease
play
on
account
of
soft
Ice.
On
Monday
evening
the
scml-flnals
were
played
off
and
the
rinks
skipped
by
Ernie
Hann
and
L.
II.
Kenney
emerged
to
play
off
In
the
finals
at
some
yet
been
set.
Play
In
the
regular
schedule
for
the
E.
T.
Kenney
cup
Is
being
continued,
the
two
leading
rlnks
In
this
compeOJlon
being
the
Art
Simpson
rink
with
seven
wins
and
one
lass
and
the
L.
IL
Kenney
rink
with
six
wins
and
one
loss.
There
are
eleven
games
to
be
played
In
this
schedule
altogether.
With
a
continuance
of
cold
weather
the
winter
will
prove
to
be
one
of
the
best
from
a
weather
point
of
view,
that
has
been
had
for
some
time.
Facilities
For
Explosives
Here
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
Not
Satisfied
and
Will
Slake
Representations.
Opinion
being
expressed
that
a
definite
menace
to
safety
existed
through
the
manner
in
which
explpslves
were
belns
handled
at
Prince
Rupert
at
tho
present
time,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
nlghf
accepted
a
suggestion
Jron
Frank
Skinner
that
the
matter
should
be
taken
up
with
a
view
of
having
more
proper
handling
facilities.
The
port
committee
was
asked
to
investigate
and
report.
R.A.F.
OUT
AGAIN
Resume
Air
War
Stuttgart
is
Target
of
Heavy
British
Bombing
Last
Night.
LONDON,
March
2
0)
A
great
force
of
Royal
Air
Force
and
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
bombers
blasted
Stuttgart,
German
industrial
centre,
last
night,
leaving
large
fires
burn-
Ung
from
1800
tons
of
bombs.
1
Mosquitoes
hammered
Munich
and
objectives
in
France
,
and
the
Low
Countries.
Only
four
Royal
Air
Force
planes
were
lost
out
of
600.
FAMILY
SECRET
Early
secrets
of
watchmaking
were
closely
guarded
and
handed
from
generation
to
generation
within
families.
t
Looks
Now
Like
Finland
Will
Reject
Armistice
Proposals
From
Russia
Newspapers
Complain
They
Give
No
Chance
of
Hon-orable
Settlement
Conflict
Activity
is
Livening
Up
Again.
'StOCkHdLM,
Warch'2
(CP)-The
Finnish
press
today
atta,cke,(luRUsia's
armistice
proposals,
sayinpr
they
were
disappointingly
severe
and
gave
Finland
no
hope
of
negotiating
an
honorable
peace.
It
is
now
believed
in
official
circles
that
Finland
is
unlikely
to
accept
the
Russian
proposals,
mainly
because
Fin
land
cannot
afford
to
withdraw
troops
from
present
positions
as
a
preliminary
to
further
talks.
Meantime
activity
on
the
Fin
nish
front
became
lively,
the
Russians
piercing
the
Finn
lines
The
possibility
of
further
extensive
bombing
of
Finland
also
looms.
Ready
For
Invasion
British
Army
in
fine
Fettle
Canadians
Will
Take
Tart,
British
House
Hears.
LONDON,
March
2
(CP)
Great
Britain's
army
is
ready
for
the
invasion
of
Europe,
Sir
James
Grigr,
minister
of
war,
told
Pailianicnt
today.
It
is
completely
organized,
equipped
and
tempered
and
will
be
even
better
than
the
famous
Eighth.
The
Canadian
Army
came
in
for
praise
from
Sir
James
who
said
it
would
go
along
with
General
Montgomery's
invasion
forces.
Too
little
had
so
far
been
said
in
praise
of
the
Canadians,
said
Sir
James
Grigg,
but
there
would
soon
be
the
opportunity
to
rectify
this.
Sir
James
said
that,
while
German
troops
in
Russia
had
not
yet
been
enclrcledi
it
looked
like
the
master
hand
of
Hitler
would
soon
have
another
blunder
like
Stalingrad.
LOG
SCALE
FAR
HIGHER
Log
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
for
this
February
totalled
4.367,504
board
feet
as
compared
.
with
1.609,571
board
feet
In
the
same
month
last
year.
The
scale
per
varieties
for
the
month
Just
ended
was
as
follows:
Fir
2,229
board
feet.
Cedar
396.349
board
feet.
Spruce
2,976,774
board
feet.
Hemlock
616.908
board
feet.
Jackplne
305.991.
Balsam
69,253.
The
scale
of
poles
and
piling
in
the
Interior
this
February
totalled
340,725
lineal
feet
as
compared
with
136.143
board
feet
In
February.
1942.
Only
148
ties
were
counted
this
February
and
418
cords
of
wood.
Local
Tides
Friday,
.March
3
High
8:27
17.7
feet
21:50
15.9
feet
Low
1:38
10.0
feet
15:08
6.9
feet
Local
Temperature
Maximum
36
Minimum
30
'
I
Yanks
Bomb
Wake
Island
PEARL
HARBOR,
March
2
C
American
planes
raided
Wake
Island
on
Monday,
probably
destroying
six
grounded
Japanese
planes,
Admiral
Chester
W.
Nimitz
announced
yesterday.
It
was
the
fourteenth
raid
the
Americans
have
made
on
Wake
Island
since
the
Jap-
-aries?
t56k
IE
All
tfie
Amef-
lean
planes
returned
safely.
JAPANESE
REPULSED
Nipponese
Move
Against
Americans
in
Admiralty
Islands
Is
Failure.
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC.
March
2
&
Japanese
counter-attacks
against
the
Americans
who
captured
Momote
air
field
In
the
Admiralty
Islands
have
been
repulsed,
headquarters
announced
today.
Extension
Of
Sea
Limit
In
Board's
Favor
The
Prince
Rupert
Chambir
pf
Commerce,
at
its
meeting
last
night,
went
on
record
as
favoring
the
clearing
of
obstructions
at
Hell's
Gate
in
the
Fraser
River
to
facilitate
the
migration
of
spawning
salmon
as
well
as
the
principle
of
extended
control
by
the
United
States
and
Canada
of
the
fisheries
beyond
the
three-mile
limit.
The
fish
eries
committee
recommended
to
this
effect.
Red
Cross
Donations
Previously
acknowledged
$1533.38
Mrs.
I.
Feness
5.00
Mrs.
A.
B.
Armstrong
7.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Geo.
Wilson
10.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
I.
Valen
5.00
Mrs.
H.
C.
Halliday
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
L.
Hall
10.00
P.
M.
DeJong
10.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
Delldal
10.00
Mx.
and
Mrs.
R.
E.
Walker
15.00
01a,t
Stegavig
5.00
Very
Rev.
J.
B.
Gibson
'
25.00
II.
S.
Helland
5.00
E.
T.
Applewhaltc
5.00
9th
AA.
Battery
4753
Mr.
and
Mrs.
E.
Fitzpatrlck
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
Olson
5.00
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Moore
5.00
Total
to
date
$1,713.31