1HIhV ii.. f i t it n -in kiitnii nr in ft 1 1 n i n m rtr . -irl.tir rnd of the Italian front U now In Its third ee ENEMY OVER BRITAIN a t m pUnri came over, taurine Mmf casualties and damage. . . . 1 1 i t .1 c - i t -l. i -. f planrs were over southeast England but no casualties or ge were reported. ON FRANCO-SPANISH FRONTIER infirm uriniaii uiiiuii nr iruuitru iriasvmz biuiik uir ( D"jua 1 1 1 wi NEW C.ERMAN WEAPON OCKIIOLM Germany's new secret weapon Is said hrn YUGOSLAV TIDE TURN'S urinai iiioi tiariiran mrrn nirr nrouini inp itrrman di Tf in lucoMaTia to a nail by culling supply lines. EISENHOWER IN BRITAIN ritriai imiftiii v.iriiiiunrr. vtiiu win irsu iiir iiira infiiran I tl III I.UI U ITT llll BlllirU III III liaill I I Ulll AIIMH. ',(!- nr tumnirn wnn rnmr .mnmtr i.nuicniii'tini lorocro lth rtreldfit KooteTcIt and Hencral Ursiiatl tn Wash- .MOVING FROM BUCHAREST officials are moving offices and records from Bucharest ut ituuian invasian. SING OF N DYER Doe Here. jonni K uycr. early residents tttlPrlne Rupert mourn the 9tMkg of another of their number Mi Dyer passed wav OTloerrr.bcr f 80 after a period which had confined 4xi u v : l. i nrirn in hit ia:r Oaiarli in 1863. and came to rkce Rutxrt In 1010 from Dak. la. uhcre he had op- a lumber business fot ytar and was ths ortilnatnr In 1920. was married to AurlllH invvu in viiiario or i ore en ri ne maniage. mm. na',trH n.Kit. H into it uaucnipn nnn nno inn ... . . . . it Air UYcr inpv nr M ED. LIPSETT IS BUILDING Another large Erected on Waterfront. 00,000 Nazis Killed-- Structure to be Prince Rupert Another large commercial project for the Prince Rupert walrrfiont this year Is new twostorey store and warehouse building for Ldward IJpsett Ltd fish. boat outfitters, on which a start Is now being made by the contractors, John Currle & Son. The structure will measure 100 by 15 feet. The site Is on the shore Just across from thr present store and warehouse building which Is on the end of the company's dock. The Intention Is to use the new building as the main store and warehouse, utillilng the eslstlng building also for warehouse and other purposes. LKARN TO COOK my. ui oyaney. nova j LONDON v Approximately Mrs Kr-d Ollhuley. of 10,000 cookery books, supple- silllia.VUII l'lia 111111 L1J IK 1 lUlt SIIOII m,wv ' sr v - v u jvm M mv !llttnn n fA T...m snn I ni-li-nnArfl 1 fi Washington. The later Is F.urope within recent weeks. crni nrrnnirratipnti nivii . nn. n u,iih tn Minisirv oi i-i- uccn niauc. ,txxM ana me itca uruss. Wf M V 1 V 1 V I 1 o do miles inside roland 1illnil iiiiifi nil iiiiuuTiiii I .iiriiniiiu ill ill ' vv I n I , , , .1 I ,i l M iiii.ii una iiuw villi iuu muni in iv-int imivo nrn.wnr Pnlnnd wliilo tn Mm nnrth ji nmvci'flll Citlln rCft ctt ti 1, n c ,llf f l-i n ln mvin vnflllflltf w Lake Ilmon. Moscow announced Sundav niuht. reached to within fifty miles of the old Latvian border. Anglo-Nazi Peace Talk 1 Newspaper Has Report Tetlng Suggestion dls-J In London. .iOSCOW, Jan. 17 (CD The Soviet government- newspaper Pravda published Cairo report today that two "English oficlals" had conferred secretly with German foreign minister Joachim von Ribben- trop to find terms for a "ep-( rate peace" with Germany and' added "this understood meeting did not remain with out results." (The British reaction was to' reitrJatp, .repealed British holm to he a ilant locket bomb which, on being relcastd.f .drelafatliimiiUliai no peae a plane. rises to an altitude of 30 to 15 miles before drop-t-j -could'.toHnfgotialrd with the on a set objective. r.erman..wlUirat full accord ; of alf Alllec , MANY JAP SHIPS HIT . - llled planes hate hit seven Japanese cargo vessels, one light nllin fllrrm rt fire to a Jananese ratto shin off Tlmn with President Roosevelt and General Marshall In Wash -iOne Union Is Formed Workers of British Columbia Shipyard Industry Decide to Unite Local .Man Vice president. VANCOUVER. Jan. 17 f rormation of one union for all British Columbia shipbuilding industry workers was agreed up on at a conference Sunday at tended by delegates represent ing eleven locals and approxi mately twenty thousand work ers at Victoria. New westmln stcr and Prince Rupert. The new union Is named the Shipyard and OeneraJ Workers Federation and Is affiliated with the Canadian Congress of La bor. The provisional executive In cludes Harley Lewis of Prince Rupert who was chasen as CHURCHILL AND DE GAULLE MEET Agreement Reached on Co-operation Toward Common nrltlsh-French Victory. ALGIERS, Jan. 17 O Prime Minuter Winston Churchill, re suming active war leadership following his recovery from pneumonia, has reached an agreement In conference with OcncraCharJes DcOaulle upon Angio-fTencn co-operaiion toward common victory. Churchill ,and DeOaullc conferred pn such questions as the arming of DeOaulle's underground followers In France and the government of territories ultimately to be liberated by Allied armies In France. The conference took place In Morocco where Prime Minister Churchill has been recovering from his Illness. Confer With Oil Official le ..... ic lunnmtu-r " r I made by city council Is meeting thlsl nftrnioon with D. E. Bell, of Vancouver, Resident engineer In charge of the preservation of petroleum reserves, to discuss matters In connection with the leaslncr of .city property In the Cow Bay area to various oil companies. The committee will turn In a 'report on the discussion to the city council at their meeting tonight. W. O. Broad, custom officer nt Stewart, was In the city Inst evening returning north after his annual vacation trip to Local Temperature Local Tides r Tuesday, Jan. 18 Maximum 43 we High 8:41 18.0 feet 19:09 15.5 feet Minimum 12:59 8.7 teet Vj' ' Low 0:18 7.2 leet NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXXIII, No. 13 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MOKDAY, JANUARY 17, 1914 PRICE FIVE CENTS WAR NEWS RUSSO-C HUMAN FRONT from calnfnr control of the Warsaw-Odessa Hallway line . ut- - ii. ft...-.. . ...... i. iH m.. n. a ,t uaillf ui me iicum naiuic is fating iiic - .i - i. a.. .!... ri.. IIUT3 .... wv, .......... - 'wjWi " ians have launched three separate attacks on the Leningrad front. . . . i a a i i ii . u, mflVl "'F v I via lilt v a Earthquake Kills Thousands AIR FORCE, WJTH RUPERT OFFICER IN CHARGE, SPEEDS ALGIERS MAIL silfllKiiiiiiiiiiiii Olt -iiihiiihV lpjj(, cf . ' SSHSSflSX VvjacgsKavWi "A combination of missing persons bureau, beagle, and friend from home" Is the way these hard-working R.CA.F and Canadian Armypostal clerks have been, described. With Flying Officer Al an Daries- of Prince Rupert in charge, they work side by side lh a section or he British Army base post office In Algiers and handle mountains of mail f"r Canadians in North Africa, Gibraltar, Italy, the Middle East. Iran and India. Their task Is complicated by the frequent moves of men In the fore but these men work aU day and many nights till midnl'iht. with grim determination to get every letter and parcel delivered in the jshortest possib e time. To that end. they particularly welcomed the Inauguration shortly before Christmas of the R.CAJVs new overseas air mall service; The picture showi a corner of the busy sorting room at Algiers. (R.C.A.F. Photos) VANCOUVER-RUPKRT AIR LINE Canadian Pacific To BULLETIHS .' I- LONDON f" I i. ir - -ThJFctelgnOI. Extend Service" Here Will Connect This City With Services North, South and East Four Instead of 30 Hours for Coastal Trip. VANCOUVER, Jan. 17 (CP) Establishment shortly of an air route between Vancouver and Prince Rupert and thence to connect with the main Canadian Pacific Air Lines route to Alaska from Prince George is to be undertaken by the Canadian Pacific I Air Lines if present plans materialize, Grant McCon-l achle. manager of the western division of Canadian Pacific Air Lines, said Saturday. The proposed route would be an extension of the present Vancouver-Port Alice service as Prince Rupert has no landing facilities for land-based places, Pontoon-type aircraft would be used and passengers and freight would be transte red at Prince Rupert and transported to a field 100 miles distant In the Interior whence they would be flown to Prince George. If the service is instituted, travelling time from Vancouvrr VANCOUVER, Jan. IN SOUTH PACIFIC MORE GAINS FOR ALLIES ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NEW GUIN'EA. Jan. 17 0-The Austialians have captured Slo, New Guinea enemy supply and barge point on Huon Tenlnsula, and the Americans have captured Hill 66. strategic heleht in the to Prince Rupert would be cut ; corgen Bay area of Cape Glou-down from 36 to four hours. jCester, New Britain, headquar-"Prlncc Rupert has been bad-1 ters announced today. ly neglected in regard to air! service because of weather con- dltlons and lack of landing fn- 'MORL .-ririiTVH tKt.loim.KS- cintlcs," McConachlc said "but If the service can be provided ...Ml J 1. l we iu uu ii. McConachlc said that three i three complete surveys had been made of the pert-Prince George two coast surveys Prince Ru-routc and had been MONOPLANE IS MISSING. Royal Canadian Air Force Machine Lost Between Leth-bridge and Victoria. SHIP WORK FOR RUPERT VANCOUVER. Jan. 17 British Columbia shipyards at Vancouver, Victoria and Prince Rupert have been awarded the contracts for II more Victory ships in 1044. The breakdown is not MALARIA A HANDICAP 17 rjLA BOMBAY 0-Malarla, ram- twin-engined Royal Canadian pant in the great valley on the Air Force monoplane, bound Burma side of the Indian fron-for Victoria from Lethbrldgc, Ucn Is a great handicap to the has been unreported since last Japanese who arc constantly night when It wtis about 25 obliged to carry out rcplace-mlles east of Vancouver, Air ments of troops owing to sick-Force officials said today ncss., fice today gave complete de nial to a report in the Moscow newspaper Pravda that there had been negotiations in Spain with Foreign .Minister von Ribbentrop for a separate peace. TOLICE FORCE INTERNED STOCKHOLM The entire police force of 5,000 in Copenhagen, capital of Denmark, has been interned by the Nail authorities. DELIVERIES TO TURKEY INSTANBUL Germany is reported to have delivered 50 locomotives and 200 freight cars to Turkish railways. CANNED SALMON SOON OTTAWA Canned salmon, which is now rationed, will be appearing gradually in retail stores, within the next few weeks. BRITISH TRAIN COLLISION LONDON' Nine persons, including a member of parliament, were killed when trains collided at 1 1 ford station yesterday. VICTORIA An automobile. which plunged Into the Inner harbor at New Years, was towed out of the water late Saturday. It contained the bodies of Frank Masters. Joseph Marino and Dan Beth-une, shipyard workers. The body of another victim. Frank Brundrldge, has been recovered. That of the owner of the car, Robert Duncan, is still missing. FOOD SITUATION SERIOUS TOKYO-j-Lack of farm labor and Interference with supply lines by Allied attacks Is causing a serious food situation in Japan: Rat meat is being fed to school children and flour Is being mixed with earth to spin it out. ROUND HOUSE BURNS CIIAPI EAU, Ont. Fire swent the Canadian Pacific IU1I-wav round house here yesterday. The roof, one wall and. the main smokestock were destroyed and damage estimated at $35,000 was done to . ...... . ...ii,.... Argentine City Of San Juan Is Razed By Shock ANDEAN COMMUNITY IS CUT AT ITS ROOTS AS IF BY SCYTHE NATION IS MOBILIZING AID. BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 17 (CP) Survivors of Tan earthquake which wiped out the Andean city of San Juan during the week-end, killing and injuring thousands of people, said today that the tremor struck one mighty blow, "cutting the city at its roots as if by a scythe." Troops and other rescue woikers dug bodies from the ruins today as the nation mobilized aid for the survivors of Argentina's worst earthquake In 83 years. By official count fire hundred have been recovered so far but estimates of the total number of dead mounted to between 1100 and 1600. Ninety per cent of the city has been destroyed and fires are raging out of control because water and all services have been put out of commission. San Juan is a ' provincial capital city and is nearly four hundred years old. The Argentine cabinet had an emergency session this morning to consider emergency relief measures and President Pedro Ramirez has left for the scene. U. Tfce area aboat San Jwan is also hard hit. HOME OF SAM iPIERCE BURNS Nearing Cassino German-held Stronghold in Italy Further Menaced by Allies. ALGIERS, Jan. 17 CFJ United States advance troops have reached the Rapldo River on the banks of which stands the strongly-defended German bas tion of Cassino and have also consolidated their newly-won positions on Mount Trochlo, it was annuunced today. By the week-end capture of the peak, the Arican Infantry stood only' bro alr-llne ""miles from Cassino. German-held gate to the Liri Valley route to Rome. Today's Allied communique said that Allied heavy bombers carried out an attack yesterday on the Messerschmldt plant at Klagenfurst In southern Austria. 75 miles northeast of the Eighty-five ' year old Samuel Italian port of Trieste M. Pierce and his sixteen year-old granddaughter. Janet, lost their home yesterday shortly before noon when a fire broke out and gutted their two-room residence on Eleventh Avenue, causing them both to be sent Originating through faulty action of the kitchen stove, which ope of 'the occupants had lighted and then gone back to bed, the fire spread with such speed that Janet, who was awakened by lt crackling In the kitchen, had difficulty In arousing her grandfather In time for them both to get to safety. As It was, both were slightly burned before they got outside. The house was burning briskly when the fire department arrived. Fire damage to It Is complete. Mr. Pierce and Janet were GREAT FRENCH TRAIN WRECK VICHY, Jan. 17 Between five and. eight hundred persons. Including hundreds of naval cadets, were killed in a train wreck inside a tunnel near Lyon, France. It was one ,of the greatest train disasters 'in the history of the nation. Walter Wilson, advocate of the Hazelton-Telegraph Creek-Whitehorse link with the Alaska Highway, left by Saturday cve-nlngs's train on bis return to his heme in Burns Lake after spending a few days In the city. Mr. Wilson's parting word to taVrn Immediately to the Prince Prince Rupert people was to THREE BODIES RECOVERED RUpert Oeneral Hospital to have keep up the fight for the Hazel- their burns treated. Janet was ton road norinwara -wunous released a short time later. Mr. let-up. It is a matter of the Pierce Is still confined, al- most Importance to Prince though not seriously hurt. pert, he believes. Moscow Declines To Deal With Exiled Government-Mass Grave Accusation Is Being Revived LONDON, Jan. 17 (CP) Trie Soviet government, interpreting a Polish statement of last Friday suggesting British and United States intervention in the border dispute as a rejection of its offer to negotiate a new Russian-Polish border on the Cur-zon Line basis, emphasized today that it could not "enter Into official "negotiations with a government with which diplomatic relations have been Interrupted." Moscow's reply also revived the Katyn Forest mass grave accusation by Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels last, caused a diplomatic breakdown. Moscow further announced that a Russian state commission Is now Investigating the "murder of Polish officers and pris oners of war killed by occupa- Arjrll with the reminder that Po-1 tlonlsts In the Kaiyn-amoiensK llsh recognition of the charge ! district." it ft''; 1 1 i',. i ? 4 k 5 IB Sr t r