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his
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fire
to
the
lorraine
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I
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here
etftday.
l
ive
jxrviiii
were
Injured,
MILLION
lOI.I.AU
L'UIM.S
IIAUIIOKO
The
circus
hlrh
lud
fire
here
a
few
days
an
when
many
people
lost
their
Ihci.
It
belli
sued
for
SI,
000,000
in
t
la
i
ms.
I'OI.ISII
AITKOVAL
l.tl.NOON
The
ToIKh
government
in
esile
1
aUlng
aid
of
the
United
Nations
aialnit
any
move
on
the
lull
of
Hustla
to
take
over
PolMi
territory
after
the
war,
ititmsii
in
rAcinc
CANItl.KKA
Prime
.Minister
Curtin
told
the
Australian
parllamrnt
tUy
that
large
and
tMiwrrfiil
ItiilKli
forres
would
bffoine
available
this
jrar
for
the
war
against
Japan.
JAPS
TO
voir.
OTTAWA
An
amendment
I
tn
the
l.ltcllon
Art.
dealt
with
I
today,
will
allow
Japanese
ehewhrre
than
In
IHltlih
Columbia
to
vote
a
they
did
before
the
war.
Only
about
1,000
Japanese
arc
affected.
Hrlt-Mi
Columbia
Japanese
who
were
removed
from
there
will
not
be
pci
milled
to
vole.
JAPANLSL
Alii!
WOP.KILTf
TO
K
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Oomel
News
Agenry
announced
today
that,
"on
account
of
the
grave
war
slluatioit
and
recent
reverses,
"the
minister
of
the
navy
has
been
released
and
replaced.
NO
HI
NO
UKOAOCAST
'
OTTAWA
There
will
be
no
broadcast
of
the
speech
of
Premier
King
'
on
August
7
when
he
makes
a
speech
on
the
occasion
of
the
25ih
anniversary
of
his
becoming
leader
of
the
IJberal
party.
This
Is
because
the
(Juebec
and
Alberta
provincial
elections
arc
being
held
the
following
day.
MC.IIT
KOIJOTS
AOA1N
LONDON
1'or
the
first
niRlil
in
six
robot
bombs
were
dropped
In
London
last
night.
ALLOCS
OUT
AOAIN
LO.NHON
Seven
hundred
and
fifty
Allied
bombers
were
out
today
ovrr
western
Lunipe
wllli
railway
bridges
on
the
lines
leading
to
the
western
front
the
principal
objectives.
SL-ITINO
UP
HOUSEKEEPING
In
courtship,
arches
and
divers
present
weeds
to
their
males;
pcnuulns.
stones:
herons,
sticks;
warblers,
twigs
or
leaves.
In
all
such
cases
the
gifts
are
nesting
materials.
rr
i
in
ir
NDLY
7
Jfd
Chance
of
Attitude
ard
Great
Britain
Is
Seen
k.
Madrid
LONDON
July
17-The
official
tU'tude
of
Spain
towards
Great
Dram
and
the
United
Natloni
-reported
to
hare
taken
a
de-'
idrd
hange
as
a
recult
of
a
re-c?it
ipeerh
of
Prime
Minister
W
tsri
Churchill.
The
official
vlrw
i:a;i
changed
from
one
of
e
ar
.m.
It
is
.said,
to
"en-1
a.itfc
appreciation."
Instead
"
mpa'by
towards
Oermany
t
r
w
rut
neutrality.
SEVEN
BONDS
ARE
DRAWN
AT
CARNIVAL
Y
ibving
the
tradition
of
good
e
ieeri..
one
of
the
first
acts
of
Queen
Ellnore
at
the
carnival
on
a'urday
night
was
to
bestow
tXA
in
Victory
Bonds
on
her
ublrrt.s
At
a
drawing
on
the
'
urmvai
stage
the
Queen
drew
ihe
dubs
of
seven
tickets
from
a
j
box.
each
worth
a
$50
bond
to
the
holder
of
the
ticket
with
the
corresponding
number.
In
case
the
holders
of
the
winning
tickets
do
not
call
for
the
prises
In
10
days,
seven
second
choice
tickets
were
drawn.
There
was
also
a
draw
or
third
choice
winners,
who
will
get
Uie
bonds
If
the
second
choice
winners
do
not
call
for
their
bonds
within
a
further
10
days.
Numbers
of
the
winning
tick
et
were
481.
17203.
S232,
1B48.
18740,
7547.
6443.
It
these
are
not
called
tor
within
10
days,
the
following
number
holders
may
claim
the
bonds:
13720.
3510,
3417.
0221,
111,
JVft
AftcT-aTfttherTO
diyi
the
fot-
1
I
l-U
1
1-1--.
.1-1
lowing
win
iiuiuria
uia;
iiaim
the
bonds,
if
the
above
have
not
!
Ickme
so
7451.
7211.
7714,
19W,
j
5030.
13457.
4871
i
Acting
Queen
Ellnore
at
the
'
drawings
were
Princess
Olive
I
Hurulak.
Oeorge
Horle
and
Nor-
i
ton
Youngs
'
1,500
AT
CONCERT
tine
Recital
in
Open
Air
Yesterday
Afternoon
by
120
Service
Musicians
Prince
Rupert
people
responded
In
a
big
way
on
Sunday
afternoon
to
what,
physically
sneaking,
was
probably
the
biggest
musical
event
ever
held
In
the
city
when
they
crowded
the
Court
House
green
before
3
o'clock
to
hear
a
concert
by
the
massed
bands
of
four
area
military
and
naval
units.
A
crowd
estimated
between
1.500
and
2.000
relaxed
under
a
warm
sun
for
more
than
an
hour
while
the
magnificent
volume
of
120
combined
wind
and
percus
sion
instruments
tilled
the
air
with
brisk
marches
and
band
arrangements
of
popular
tunes.
The
bands
were
the
unuea
States
Army
Port
Band,
the
Roy
al
Canadian
Navy
Band
or
H.M.
CS.
Chatham,
the
Prince
Rupert
Oarrlson
Band
and
the
Sault
Ste.
Marie
and
Sudbury
itegi
ment
Band,
and
their
respective
bandmasters.
TSgt.
A.
L.
Man-nine.
C.P.O.
Q.
Noakes.
W.O.
F.
Lamont.
and
Sgt.
O.
Buchan,
each
took
turns
In
leading
the
mighty
organization.
Despite
the
fact
that
the
massed
bands
were
as
lar
as
Uie
New
York
Philharmonic
Orches
tra
and
had
little
chance
to
practice
as
a
body,
their
rendition
of
the
diversified
program
was
remarkably
smooth.
A
snlrlt
of
Wellness
permeated
most
of
the
numbers
and
there
wa3
a
noticeable
absence
of
any
dragging
effect
which
is
often
displayed
by
extremely
large
bodies
of
musicians.
The
marches
were
as
brisk,
the
Strauss
waltz
as
llltful
and
the
slower
numbers
as
articulate
as
If
the
bandsmen
were
long
accustomed
to
playing
togther
with
continually
changing
leaders.
Everyone
who
took
part
Is
to
be
heartily
congratulated
on
a
successful
concert.
FIX)
ATI
NO
HOSPITALS
Hospital
ships,
some
of
which
are
converted
liners,
are
used
In
all
phases
nf
amphibious
campaign
to
receive
and
treat
the
wounded
and
convey
them
back
to
port
enroute
to
hospitals.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
D.
Vance
ar
leaving
tonight
for
a
trip
lo
Van
couver.
WAR.
HAIDA
IS
IN
ACTION
LONDON
The
Canadian
tribal
class
destroyer
Hilda
has
in
action
once
more.
Together
with
II.
M.S.
Tartar,
a
British
destroyer,
and
a
Polish
destroyer,
the
Ilalda
encountered
a
German
naval
force
off
the
French
coast
Saturday
mornlnc.
In
the
battle
which
ensued
two
enemy
vessels
were
sunk
and
a
third
damated
so
badly
It
Is
believed
to
have
also
sunk.
The
British
vessels
returner!
to
port
with
neither
casualties
or
damage.
The
engagement
took
place
off
Isle
de
Croix
southwest
of
Lorient.
BATTLE
OF
NORMANDY
SHAEF
The
Brltbh
and
Canadian
forces
in
Normandy
are
on
the
move
again
In
a
hew
.attack
In
the
Orne
Valley
and
have
captured
11
villages
and
two
Important
hills
southwest
of
Caen
for
a
two
mile
advance.
The
Americans,
on
the
western
end
of
the
Normandy
Dne,
have
taken
an
anchor
town
from
the
Nails.
A
small
Canadian
party
crossed
the
river
from
Caen
for
skirmishes
with
the
enemy
on
the
opposite
shore.
j
RUSSIANS
TAKE
GRODNO
LONDON
Berlin,
In
a
dispatch
yesterday,
admitted
the
loss
of
Grodno
to
the
Russians,
JMoscow
later
confltming
it.
The
Neiman
river
In
that
vicinity
has
been
crossed
on
a
70-mile
front.
A
storming
operation
jby
Second
and
Third
Russian
armies
brought
about
the
fall
of
Grodno,
last
stronghold
of
the
Nails
before
East
Trussla.
Kaunas
is
now
threatened.
ALLIED
BOMBERS
BUSY
LONDON
One
thousand
United
States
bombers
made
another
large
scale
attack
Sunday
with
Munich,
Saarbrucken
and
Nurnberg
as
targets.
Other
American
planes
bombed
Vienna
and
went
on
towards
Russia
in
an
apparent
shuttle
expedition.
BRINfi
NAZIS
TO
JUSTICE
LONDON
Steps
will
be
taken,
it
Is
announced
by
the
War
Office,
to
bitng
to
justice
any
Nail
officers
responsible
for
the
execution
of
soldiers
of
the
French
Army
of
the
Interior
who
should
be
considered
as
regulars
under
the
rules
of
Internstional
warfare.
MORE
FLYING
BOMBS
LONDON
More
flying
bombs
came
over
London
Saturday
and
Sunday.
Bulldlnis
were
smashed
and
people
burled
but.
so
effective
was
the
rescue
work,
that
only
one
is
known
to
be
dead.
ALLIES
ADVASGK
INvBURMA
KAMI
V
The
Allies
have
made
advances
of
200
to
300
yards
In
the
northwest
and
150
to
250
yards
in
the
southwest
while
pressing
deeper
Into
the
main
Japanese
North
Burma
base
of
Myllkylma
while
the
Chinese
raptured
the
village
of
Sumkrung,
10
miles
southwest
of
Mogaung.
Allies
Are
Advancing
In
Normandy
BASEBALL
SCORES
SATURDAY
American
League
Boston
7,
New
York
9.
St.
Louis
2,
Cleveland
13.
Philadelphia
2,
Washington
5
Chicago
5-2,
Detroit
4-8.
National
League
Pittsburgh
3,
Chicago
5.
Brooklyn
3,
Boston
6.
Cincinnati
1,
iK.
Louis
12.
New
York
1-6,
Philadelphia
3-1.
International
League
Rochester
2,
Montreal
6.
Buffalo
3-5,
Toronto
1-6.
Baltimore
3,
Syracuse
4.
American
Association
Columbus
2,
Toledo
6.
St.
Paul
5,
Minneapolis
9.
Kansas
City
5,
Milwaukee
0.
Indianapolis
6,
Louisville
3.
Coast
League
Sacramento
2,
Los
Angeles
7.
San
DlegoO,
Oakland
3.
Hollywood
9,
Seattle
5.
San
Francisco
1,
PorUand
5.
SUNDAY
National
League
Pittsburgh
0-1,
Chicago
1-0.
Clnclnnalt
3-3,
St.
Louis
4-2.
Brooklyn
4-8.
Boston
8-5.
New
York
2-6,
Philadelphia
f
6-3.
i
American
Iague
Boston
1,
New
York
7.
(Second
game
postponed).
Chicago
7-3,
Detroit
2-7.
Philadelphia
4-3,
Washington
8-4.
St.
Louis
8-2,
Cleveland
7-1.
International
League,
Newark
10-5,
Buffalo
9-9.
Jersey
City
3-1,
Baltimore
9-10.
Toronto
5-4,
Syracuse
1-5.
Rochester
12,
Montreal
3-4.
American
Association
Columbus
8-0,
Toledo
5-3,
Minneapolis
2-4,
St.
Paul
4-1.
Kansas
City
8-1,
Milwaukee
21-3.
Indianapolis
8-7,
Louisville
5-4.
Coast
League
Hollywood
1-5,
Seattle
4-6.
San
Diego
0-5,
Oakland
5-6.
San
Francisco
2-1,
Portland
.
5-2.
Sacramento
1-3,
Los
Angeles
3-4.
Miss
Margaret
Morln,
who
made
a
trip
east
to
Montreal
by
plane,
returned
home
on
last
night's
train.
NEWS
JAP
PROPERTY
4
Opening
Of
Highway
Opening
date
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway,
which
had
been
tentatively
set
for
August
12,
has
been
further
deferred
for
at
least
another
week,
accord-
lng
to
InformaUon
given
to
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
by
George
Archibald,
engineer
in
eharge
of
construction.
Committee
are
now
work-
lng
on
plans
for
the
for-
mal
opening
proceedings
H
which
will
take
place
at
Terrace.
JAPS
HOLD
IN
YUNNAN
Fall
of
Tengchung
Would
be
Mitn,
Surer
for
Chinese
in
Drive
to
Reopen
Road
CHUNGKING,
July
17
Ot
-The
Japanese
are
holding
out
In
the
main
Yunnan
Province
base
of
Tengchung
above
the
Burma
rood
after
resisting
to
Uie
last
man.
The
Chinese
say
that
the
fall
of
this
city
would
be
a
major
success
for
the
Chinese
in
a
drive
to
reopen
the
land
route
between
China
an
India.
The
city
is
reported
to
be
In
flames
after
Allied
bombings.
NOTED
NOVELIST
DIES
HAHPENDEN,
Eng.
Geo.
Burgln,
who
In
60
years
wrote
more
than
120
novels
and
many
short
stories,
died
here
aged
88.
His
best
known
novel.
"The
Shutters
of
Silence,"
was
com
pleted
In
six
weeks
Ift
1903.
At
the
age
ot
17
he
was
sent
to
Canada
"to
see
life."
BOMBS
MORE
WIPESPREAD
Carrier
Based
American
Aircraft
are
Keeping
up
Their
Attacks
on
Guam,
Rota
and
Elsewhere
Near
to
Japan
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
July
17
Oi
Carrier-based
aircraft
hit
Guam
Island
again,
carrying
at
tacks
against
the
former
United
States
naval
base
into
the
twelfth
consecutive
day.
Build
ings
in
a
bivouac
area
were
destroyed
or
damaged
Jby
rockets
and
bombs.
Allied
planes
abo
struck
at
Rota.
Island
between
Salpan
and
Guam,
sccrlnj
direct
hits
on
a
concentration
of
automotive
and
rail
equipment.
Volcanic
islands,
700
miles
from
Japan,
were
also
bombed
and
seventeen
Japanese
vessels
hit,
one
destroyer
squarely
amidships.
Hospital
Boat
Catches
Fire
ApparenUy
caused
by
an
ex-
I
plosion
of
gas
fumes
in
the
en-
1
glne
room,
a
fire
broke
out
at
12:30
today
aboard
the
40-foot
Port
Simpson
hospital
boat
Cnnham
iphlla
rVs
a
enuA
a
Inner
rid
thii
wharf
nf
th
Union
Oil
company
taking
on
water.............
Pnnuht
fnr
mntu
than
half
9nt
'rTTTT
hour
by
the
city
fire
depart
ment,
the
blaze
did
considerable!
damage
to
Interior
of
the
boat
before
it
was
put
out
The
cause
of
the
violent
out
break,
which
blew
deck
boards
loose
above
the
engine
room.
L-
not
immediately
known.
The
engine
was
not
running
at
the
time.
Dr.
W.
O.
Flddes
of
Port
Simpson,
who
operates
the
boat,
was
preparing
to
return
home
when
the.
boat
cauhirlfe
.
CODES
LONG
USED
Messages
have
been
exchanged
between
ships
and
shore
for
centuries
by
means
of
flags
and
lights.
AUCTIONED
AT
PORT
ESSINGTON
Lively
Bidding
for
Contents
of
I
Three
Evacuated
Stores
at
Skeena
Village
Unaccustomed
bustle
reigned
In
the
quiet
Skeena
River
vHlage
of
Port
Essington
on
Saturday
when
people
from
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Skeena
settlements
gathered
there
to
attend
the
sa'.e
by
public
auction
of
the
cqntents
of
three
Japanese-owned
stores
The
sale
was
carried
out
by
order
of
the
Secretary
of
State
in
the
presence
of
Mrs.
Norah
t
Arnoia.
custodian
of
Japanese
property.
Items
ranging
from
good
qual
ity
store
fixtures
to
shopworn
stock
remnants
left
by
the
Jap
anese
when
they
were
evacuated
from
the
coast
two
years
ago
were
placed
under
the
hammer
by
Auctioneer
J.
u.
Mair
ui
Business
places
previously
operated
by
II.
Klshimoto,
N.
Kameda
and
L.
Ohashl.
There
were
moments
of
lively
bidding
by
Prince
Rupert
business
DeoDle
for
such
items
as
of
fice
safes,
welehlnz
scales
and
display
cases.
Many
remnants
of
stock
which
are
now
difficult
or
Impossible
to
obtain
on
the
mar
ket
'brouRht
a
good
response
from
bargain
hunters
who
crowded
around
the
auctioneer
in
the
shabby,
dusty
buildings,
A
good
demand
was
shown
by
both
whites
and
natives
for
kitchen
and
dining
room
chairs,
stoves,
sewing
machines,
tame
oilcloth
and
many
other
things
of
domestic
use.
The
sale
began
at
1
o'clock
in
the
Klshimoto
property
and
ended
in
the
Ohashl
store
at
9:30
p.m.
Among
the
Prince
Rupert
people,
most
ot
whom
arrived
aroun
dnoon
in
pleasure
or
fishing
boats,
were
D.
C.
McRae.
Carl
Poulsen,
Gordon
Bryant,
O.
E.
Armstrong.
P.
DeJong
and
N.
Christopher.
Japanese
real
estate
In
the
district
is
also
available
for
sale,
p.nd
numerous
bids
have
been
received
by
Mrs.
Arnold.
"Some
of
the
bids
have
been
accepted,
and
a
few
rejected,
but
most
of
them
are
still
under
consideration."
Mrs.
Arnold
said.
Some
Canadian
poultrymcn
use
Incubators
equipped
with
shock
absorbers.
Kaunas
Now
Aopears
Doomed
as
Red
Army
Sweeps
to
Westwards
LONDON,
July
17
(CP)
The
Russians,
having
seized
Grodno,
gateway
to
East
Prussia,
announce
that
they
have
reached
to
within
10
miles
of
Kaunas
in
their
westward
advances
which
Moscow
radio
said
had
cost
the
Germans
more
than
500,000
men
in
less
than
a
month
and
were
headed
"straight
for
Huge
Robots
Being
Massed
LONDON,
July
17
Stock-
holm,
from
which
Nazi
pro-
paganda
frequently
eman-
"ates.
come
sensational
re-
ports
of
huge
ten-ton
flying
bombs,
capable
of
travelling
700
miles
an
hour
with
much
greater
range
than
the
present
robots,
are
being
massed
at
Jutland
in
north-
ern
Germany.
They
are
said
to
fly
at
too
great
an
alti-
tude
to
be
combatted
by
I
either
anti-aircraft
guns
or
it
gler
planes.
on
Dies
After
Mercy
Flight
Erlas
Erickson,
43,
a
Queen
i
-.
.
-
-
.
-it.j
I
.
v-uaiiuiic
lAiano
nauvc,
uicu
iu
the
Prince
Rupert
Oeneral
Hos
pltal
on
Sunday
morning
after
being
brought
to
the
,
city
,
by
plane
on
Saturday
night
from
the
Morgan
Lodging
-Company
lfampjt'Cmewa.nl?l.
where.
he
had
been
injured
in
an
acci
dent.
The
nature
of
Erickson
s
injuries
or
how
he
received
them
i..
not
known.
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
is
investigating.
B,
idgcn.cn
Get
Charter
The
Prince
Rupert
local
of
the
Pile
Drivers'
Dock,
Bridge,
and
Wharf
Builders'
Union
was
granted
an
American
Federation
of
Labor
charter
at
an
installation
meeting
held
in
the
Longshoremen's
hall
on
Sunday
afternoon.
The
local
had
been
previously
operating
under
the
charter
of
the
Vancouver
local.
The
Installation
was
carried
out
by
W.
D.
Wilson,
of
Vancouver,
A.F.
of
L.
organizer.
Mr.
Wilson
made
a
brief
ad
dress
on
the
aims
of
organized
labor
and
the
problems
wnicn
confront
new
members.
He
em
Dhaslzed
the
fact
that,
by
hav
lng
an
autonomous
local,
they
would
be
more
able
to
enter
in
to
the
community
effort
as
a
body.
The
union
is
a
branch
of
the
United
Brotherhood
of
Car
penters
and
Joiners
of
America.
A
good
deal
of
enthusiasm
was
shown
by
the
large
number
of
members
attending.
Provisional
.
officers
of
the
H.
J
A.
IIP
new
union
are:
iresiaeni,,
.
D.
Chlsholm;
recording
secre-
tary,
W.
M.
Dunn;
financial
sec-
i
retary.
J.
Mulroney.
The
latter!
who
was
instrumental
in
organ
izlng
the
new
local
was
appoint
ed
business
agent.
REUNITED
IN
HOSPITAL
LONDON
O1
Sgt.
Van
Volken-bursr.
Ont..
and
Sgt.
Lawrence
Galley.
Peterborough,
Ont..
came
to
England
at
the
same
time
ana
were
posted
with
the
same
unit.
They
crossed
to
France
In
the
same
landing
craft.
Then
they
lost
sight
ot
each
other.
Now
they
are
wounded
and
in
the
same
hospital
in
beds
next
to
each
other.
ANTI-MALARIA
CAMPAIGN
PORT
OF
SPAIN
O)
Inten
-
Berlin."
Kaunas,
capital
of
prewar
Lithuanian
Republic,
appeared
doomed
as
the
Russians
circled
towards
it
from
east,
southeast
and
southwest.
There
were
still
unconfirmed
reports
today
that
the
Russians
had
already
crashed
across
the
East
Prussian
frontier.
BIG
SALMON
WAS
CAUGHT
Sixty
Pound
Spring.
Biggest
of
Season,
Taken
by
Essington
Fisherman
What
is
believed
to
be
the
biggest
salmon
caught
in
the
Skeena
this
season
was
hauled
aboard
his
gillnetter
by
Henrj
Reld.
Port
Essington
fisherman
Thursday.
The
fish,
a
white
spring,
weighed
66
pounds,
was
over
five
feet
long,
and
a
foot
thick
at
the
head.
While
gaffing
fish
from
hi3
net
with
a
fork,
Reid
encountered
the
biz
one
and
had
to
en-
nst
the
helo
of
his
boat
mate
ta
...
r
.
ge
i
qq
board.
Salmon
fishing
on
the
Skeena
dropped
off
during
last
week,
ow
ing
to
bad
warier,
flsheDwsrt,-
sayTTtcy
clalru
Jhat
dtpg.
cloddy
-weather
?the
ftstW"
oep,Uiih?Jrate.YCCECirinpearer'
t;
-the
surface
when
the
vfeather
brightens.
Mr
and
Mrs
C
K.
Ytreberg
and
daughter
are
leaving
tonight
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
Gains
Made
Along
Line
British
Move
Ahead
for
One
Mile
on
26
Mile
Front.
ALLIED
SUPREME
HEADQUARTERS.
July
17
(CD-Allied
troops
registered
local
advances
In
five
sectors
of
the
Normandy
front
two
on
the
British
and
three
on
the
American
portion
of
the
line.
On
the
Caen
front
the
British
held
gains
between
Odon
and
Orne
Rivers
in
spite
of
heavy
counter-attacks.
The
British
advanced
to
a
depth
of
a
mile
on
a
two-4and-a-half
mile
front.
Hundreds
of
prisoners
were
taken
In
a
renewal
of
General
Montgomery's
offensive
which
smashed
into
Noyers.
Allied
patrols
advanced
into
the
streets
of
Saintlo
today
and
there
was
fierce
fighting.
Edward
McLaren
Buried
Sunday
The
funeral
of
the
late
Edward
McLaren
was
held
from
the
B.C.
Undertakers'
parlor
on
Second
ave.
at
2:30
on
Sunday
afternoon
with
members
of
the
Pile
Drivers'
and
Brldgemen's
Union,
with
which
the
deceased
was
connected
and
other
friend3
attending.
Rev.
A.
F.
MacSween
officiated.
Interment
was
made
In
Falr-vlcw
cemetery.
The
deceased,
who
had
worked
In
Prince
Rupert
for
the
past
two
years,
came
here
from
Nan-almo.
During
the
service
the
congregation
sang
the
hymn
"Lead
Klndlv
Llaht."
A.
J.
Lan-
caster
was
onanist.
There
were
many
floral
of-
slve
antl-mararlal
work
In
To-
ferlngs.
bago,
island
ward
of
the
colony
Pallbearers
were
Emllc
Lefcvre,
of
Trinidad,
Is
expected
to
Albert
Colburn,
M.
Nash,
Char-greatly
Improve
public
health
les
Plrle,
Charles
Harrison
and
there.
Hugh
McKlnnon.
w
-a