rcliili,
in
a
message
to
lucid
Marshal
Mont-
armies
today,
said
a
'decisive
victory
in
ii
I
II
'
I
itti
I
uuv-t;
wiv
ivmiiv;
Hitti
tiiiv;
10
i
.1...
net
if
flmMvi'in
wieiet
!inri
iu
lnvilnn
v
tio
was
at
Montgomery
s
headquarters!
.
i
.
Air
mm
A.
IlltV
anv
Wale
Ii
Armada
of
rarkrd
tViiie-l-
arm
Across
C'liaiincl
March
21
(CD
three
thousand
Al
fnrnniiF
one
lojrlher
lie
added
urnir
armai
i
ninr.
t
prinessioii
the
Hinrh
had
rcachcil
the
heart
of
i;nc-
wrattier
prevails
in
:iH
1luvlr..4t..
......
I
ir
Iff
w
a...
II,
HAMBURG
Urn
rnnrT
!
nrw
i
i
ii
lis
i
IIL1
V.VJI1IV
'n
W
l
ti
,
.
ii..
"
IHHVL
111
rf'.i
f
n,.,i..
i
"a'8n
manaffpr
sfnn
hl
ii.
.
i
wic
local
dir.
iuuu
aonaica
,vrelF;n
Orand
Priory
irlani
service
for
the
"mon,
nast
mlst
msv
Tliur.:dnv
nv.ni
i.-..
-J
mMlllt
WIllTl
Orange
Bencvolpnt
-"
wiwi
Mrs,
Marv
'Jfmy
mistress;
in
the
when
the
Rhine
offensive
began,
i
said
"British
soldiers
will
long!
be
told
how,
with
our
Canadian
brothers
and
valiant
United
I
Stales
allies,
this
superb
ta.sk
was
accomplished."
I
He
described
it
as
a
noble
adventure
for
the
freedom
of
mankind."
LOG
CAMPS
CLOSE
DOWN
.Manpower
Situation
Having
SerioMi
ICffect
l):on
industry
Mills
Also
feci
it
VANCOUVER,
March
24
a
0f
i
Complete-
or
partial
shutdown
ln
n.ui.UT
-...,..
a.
I
I
(
fnrrm
of
Lie
"
,
vvun.Tuia
lugging
.
.
ii..
Icamn
within
twn
or
throe
u
nun
thousands
'three
years
is
relieved;
operators
i
i
r:
i.
i
urrs
aim
iikuici
up
from
(ontinen-
r
kll'IIC-
us
ui
nrnuns
iruwu
ii
titrh
tUm
tm.
'
fivivtfl
nH
mBt
nvri
t
TnVin
Tltirlra
jsccretary
of
the
British
Colum-ibia
Loggers'
Association,
said
more
than
50
percent
of
the
cold
;dcck
machines
In
camps
were
Idle
for
lack
of
crows.
Irss
procession
of
Snoriage
is
tnrcaurning
uumy
ui
carry
the
Ls-sue
the
Philippine
capital.
I
i
In
addition,
a
crlHcal
lumber)
A
.
At
A
J
1
l
i
planes.
One
ob-
lome
Duuaing
as
sawmnu
ocgin
(
i
.
.a
-:
'ininfr
nnwn
nnprnunni
iiwiiiif
u
m
aiiviiiit
uiiu
m
M
ft
the
river.
The
present
Japanese
situation
In
Canada
Is
not
a
CCF.
problem
but
one
which
has
been
Inherited
by
the
government
from
Its
own
Liberal
prcccdcs-sors,
John
Mclnnls
of
Prince
George
said
in
a
speech
In
the
CCF.
Hall
last
night.
He
outlined
the
history
of
oriental
1m-micration
Into
Canada
alter
summarizing
the
development
of
the
capitalistic
system
which
he
said
must
be
replaced
by
planned
socialism.
"We
didn't
create
the
Jap
situation,"
he
declared."
"And,
although
I
do
not
like
Japs,
I
feel
lhat
the
CCF.
should
stir
k
by
lUs
belief
that
there
shall
be
no
discrimination
on
grounds
of
race,
creed
or
color."
"In
Canada,
where
we
have
a
rnmnnniitan
Donuiation.
if
we
can
deport
one
citizen
on'racial
grounds,
wc
can
deport
them
all.
Deportation
on
racial
grounds
is
illegal
and
no
court
in
Canada
would
uphold
such
a
move."
The
Prince
George
man
said
that
in
190(5
the
McBrldc
government
In
this
province
had
passed
an
act
In
the
legislature
Idcslcncd
to
regulate
the
Inflow
of
orientals
by
requiring
mai
they
pass
tests
wriuen
in
English
or
some
other
European
language.
"The
bill
was
disallowed
twice
by
the
federal
government
and,
when
the
legislature
persisted
in
passing
It
a
third
time,
It
was
vetoed
by
the
lieutenant-governor,"
he
said.
"Later
me
Liberal
government
made
a
'gentleman's
agreement;
with
Japan
which
allowed
500
Japs
to
enter
Canada
each
year."
"When
the
Japs
attacked
China
the
people
who
arc
so
strongly
against
Japanese
Canadians
should
have
done
something
'
about
It.
They
were
In
power
but,
instead,
they
accommodated
the
Japs
by
shipping
them
scrap
iron."
Introducing"
himself
as
a
stud
ent
of
Marx
and'
outer
great
economists,
Mr,
Mclnnls
told
his
audience
that
the
development
of
capitalism
had
reached
a
point
where
free
enterprise
ls
doomed.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
fcOLUMBIA'8
NEWSPAPER
Wcalliei
Tides
(Pacific
Standard
Time)
.
tii
continuous
light
'1
and
.snow
mixed,
She
Sunday,
March
25,
1915
and
con-
morning
High
11:37
19.0
feet
all
dav
temperature
sunuay-hi-bcr
to-
Low
5:46
8.0
feet
n.
18:06
4.7
feet
i
Sunday
VOL.
XXXIV,
No.
71.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
U.C.,
SATURDAY.
'
'
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
LIES
OiEN
BIG
DRIVE
ACROSS
RHINE
RIVER
o
f
of
Attack
E&fejs
Normandy
Operations'
Most
Intense
Phase
.
.
r-v
i
rv
.
.
-i-
......
urchill
Declares
Decisive.J.
ry
In
Europe
Is
Now
Nea
Adventure
For
Freedom
of
Mankind"
ilisli,
I'aiiadran
and
American
porces
US
INFANTRYMEN
ADVANCE
INTO
SMOKE
OP
BATTLE
AS
YANKS
REACH
RHINE-
-Infantrymen
of
the
U.S.
First
Army,
.i
t,.,.i,i
inujnu
imonths
will
be
forced
unless
thef
drlvinz
towards
Cologne
and
the
Rhine,
approach
a
cloud
of
smoke
from
a
shell-hit
building
In
Mersenlch,
Germany,
as
they
kJ
,i,,.i.iii
inii-iv
.worst
manpower-
situation
in
advance
through
the
blasted
village.
The
First
Army
Is
reported
flghtiiig
in
the
outer
defences
of
the
great
cathedral
city
as
"
,....-
,
,
..
,
:.
..
..
l
i
.ii
i
.i
rt
tne
big
pusn
lo
tnc
itnine
continues
to
mane
piugn-sa
an
uiuug
un
CCF
Stand
Reaffirmed
'unprecedented
log
shortage.
John
MclniihTor
1'rlflce
George
i
Raid
On
Jap
Naval
base
I
utri'lon
to
bind!
a
Hanburg
to
ap-
,
HIT
IUUI
b
11
cm
of
the
deaths
ffr-
.
...
.i.-..
.
...i
ui
uiirir
iiuiuu
tsTeninlnr
"
Ull
V
n
ir.,
t
...
'Tlnce
Rupert,
has
con-urn
of
$22
sn
ti
:u'
campaign,
a
check
"
"aviug
ocen
rc-
a
local
treasurer
Bad
weather
conditions
durln?
nrnd
appeared
to
'Pas'
monms
nave
uaiaaicu
Doat
movement
aiong
nif
cuaai,.
Bulletins
ti:i;i:ii
it
i.umh
LONDON
A
British
maRa-i.ine,
Tlic
Aerop.Miie,
says
Hie
ILA.IVs
new
11
-ton
volcano
honili
destroyed
a
ymati
Rran-ito
island
off
the
Lrtllsli
toa.st
in
the
bomb's
first
test.
Release
of
the
homh
is
said
to
have
been
followed
by
a
terrific
cx-plosiou
which
caused
the
entire
island
to
disappear.
1INISII
WAR
CRIMINALS
IILUSINKI
.Eighty
-
seven
persons-
have
been
convicted
ami
sentenced
in
Finland's
first
war
crimes
trial.
Punishments
range
from
life
impris-imniriiL
in
iirdinarv
fines.
The
mass
trial
resulted
from
Investigations
by
a
special
Finnish
committee
set
up
to
examine
treatment
of
war
prisoners.
RED
CROSS
OVER
TOP
The
Red
Cross
campaign
in
Prince
Rupert
has
gone
over
the
top
of
its
$15,000
objective.
It
'had
reached
$1G,500
early
this
afternoon.
ONTRAIO
ELECTION
TORONTO
The
Ontario
Legislature
was
dissolved
today
and
Premier
George
Drew
said
an
early
election
was
his
main
concern.
REDS
A
ITER
BERLIN
LONDON
Military
observers
here
expressed
the
belief
that
the
new
frontal
offensive
by
the
Russians
from
the
Oder
against
Berlin
had
been
arranged
to
synchronise
with
the
new
offensive
across
the
Rhine
on
the
western
front.
MAY
DECLARE
WAR
ON
JAPAN
Uus
II
int.
I.,
m,
f",ucrs"K.i
...
Sflll
ill
-aicn
21
at
There
'Jy
that
Spain
is
feU
W
War
wiU
TnnM
vh
wivernment
still
ls
0r
T,yo's
reniv
t,
n
H-rtns
"nrrmnHI.
rno....
-
.
or
Sn.niiUVi
v,
nni.
i.
"
'
3
the
UWotl.,.,
V
.
"
"VlOUVJI
J
Amerlcmt
.
a
ttyj
lo
the
conclusion
of
war.
Tills
has
been
Indicated
despite
a
report
that
Germany
has
presented
a
note
to
the
Madrid
government
warning
that
any
Spanish
action
against
Japan
will
be
considered
an
unfriendly
act
by
the
Reich.
Spanish
indignation
has
run
high
since
the
disclosure
that
172
Spanish
men,
women,
and
children
were
bayoneted
to
death
by
Japanese
troops
while
Am
erican
forces
were
over-runnmt,
Speaker
Here
Last
Night
lied
line,
with
reports
that
patrols
have
already
crossed
L
T
SAN
FRANCISCO
hi
the
Pacific
war,
the
latest
word
comes
from
the
enemy.
Admiral
NiniiU
has
not
confirmed
enemy
broadcasts
telling
of
a
giant
carrier
plane
raid
on
the
Okinawa
naval
base.
It
is
in
the
Ruykuy
group,
lying;
between
the
home
islands
of
Japan
and
Formosa.
The
Japanese
declare
that,
the
attacks
were
made
Thursday
and
Friday.
More
"V"
Bomb
Attacks
LONDON
The
people
of
Britain
have
been
warned
by
their
Home
Secretary,
Herbert
.Morrison,
that
v-bomb
attacks
on
the
United
Kingdom
may
increase.
Speaking
to
a
luncheon
of
Middlesex
County
air
raid
wardens,
Mr.
Morrison
said,
"as
long
as
the
war
in
Europe
continues,
the
(iermans
will
not
relax
their
efforts.
I
know
that
they
will
not
slacken
now
that
they
arc
in
the
last
lap."
WOMAN
IS
ACQUITTED
.Magdalene
Isaac
of
Whitc-horsc
Freed
on
Charge
of
.Murder
Stay
in
Manslaughter
Case
WHlTKHORSE,
March
21
(f
The
Yukon
Territorial
Court
yes
terday
ordered
stay
of
proceed
ings
In
the
case
of
Magdalene
with
attempted
murder
of
her
husband,
Tom,
last
October
13
On
Thursday
she
had
been
ac-:0f
approximately
quitted
of
the
murder
of
her
a
jescuscitator
In
were
killed
and
three
severly
injured
when
a
$100,dO0
fire
vistcd
a
downtown
waihouse
today.
The
dead
men
arc
Jack
Smith
and
Fred
Saudi-son.
The
building
was
owned
by
Robinson
and
Webber,
manufacturers'
agents.
to
supply
the
needs
of
humanity
Thrrf
will
!hr
llttlr
room
for
canl-
a
manner
such
as
had
enabled
New
Zealand
to
achieve
acon-omlc
stability,
he
assured
his
audience.
HOSPITAL
EQUIPMENT
Board
Orders
Purchases
Present
Ambulance
Agreement
Not
Satisfactory
New
cq'uipmcnt
purchases
for
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hos
pital
authorized
by
the
hospital
board
at
its
regular
monthly
Isaac
Indian
woman,
charged
i
meeting
last
night
included
two
conveyors
for
the
wards
at
a
cos:
$350
each
and
lnhalator
for
the
step-daughter,
Mary
Isaac,
;casc
room
costig
$300.
was
killed
by
a
rifle
bullet
the
same
day-that
Tom,
was
Injured.
The
ambulance
agreement
with
the
city
was
under
discussion
ami,
the
present
financial
WINNIPEG
FIRE
'arrangement
being
felt
to
be
WINNIPEG
Two
firemen
i
unsatisfactory
as
far
as
the
hos
pital
board
is
concerned,
It
was
I
decided
that
it
would
not
be
re
'newed
under
the
existing
terms.
.The
house
committee
reported
that
redecorating
work
had
been
carried
out
in
the
Nurses'
Home.
The
finance
committee
reported
that
the
per
diem
cost
of
operating
the
hospital
In
February
had
been
$4.79.
Miss
P..M.
Mooncy
R.N.(
lady
tal
to
expand
and
It
will
stag-
superintendent
rcporicn
a
snoiv-natc
as
It
did
during
the
1030V
se
of
nurses
and
ward
maids.
The
reciprocal
nature
of
for-
Applications
for
positions,
how-clgn
trade
would
make
It
ncces-
ever,
arc
coming
in.
sary
for
Canada
to
underwrite)
Present
at
the
meeting
last
her
own
purchases
In
foreign
.night
were
O.
P.
Tinker,
chalr-
markcts
which
would
result
In
man,
Mrs.
E.
A.
Evans,
Arnold
'Canadian
capital
assisting
in
the
Flatcn,
Robert
Gordon,
T.
U.
creation
of
foreign
Industries
i
Black,
and
Dr.
R.
O.
Large,
dir
which
would
later
compete
with
Capitalism
functioned
agree-
Canadian
Industry,
he
asserted,.
ably
In
Its
earlier
years
because
The
need
of
Canada
was
for
there
were
always
expanding
long
verm
national
planning
m
markets
and
a
large
pool
of
cheap
labor
available.''
he
declared.
"However,
technological
developments
have
made
It
In
recent
years
so
that
existing
industrial
facilities
will
be
able
ectors;
Miss
P.
M.
Mooncy,
R.N.,
lady
superintendent,
and
D.
C.
Stevenson,
assistant
managing
secretary.
Local
Temperature
Maximum
Nick
Biro
was
cnatrman
of
the
;
Minimum
meeting,
.Rainfall
R.C.A.F.
Tragedy
War
News
lligliliglits0fficers
Drowned
Lost
Lives
at
Langara
Island
While
Going
Ashore
in
Dinghy
Which
Capsized
Two
ground
officers
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
from
Seal
Cove
station,
Prince
Rupert,
were
drowned
at
Langara
Island,
Queen
Charlottes,
at
2
o'clock
Friday
afternoon.
One
body
has
been
recovered.
The
other
was
swept
away
in
stormy
seas.
The
two
officers,
whose
names
are
not
revealed
pending
confirmation
of
advice
being
re
ceived
by
next
of
kin,
had
left
Prince
Rupert
by
aircraft
Friday
morning
for
Massett
whence
they
proceeded
to
Langara
aboard
the
motor
vessel
Stewart.
They
were
going
ashore
at
Lan
gara
from
the
Stewart
in
a
dinghy
which
capsized,
the
two
officers
and
three
airmen
being
thrown
into
the
rough
seas.
The
three
airmen
managed
to
strug-rJc
ashore
and
the
body
of
one
of
the
officers
was
carried
to
the
rocks
whence
it
was
soon
recovered
within
a
few
minutes
fnnH
"n
on
shore.
ArUflclalrcs
n,.t,tiMii
nnimiiH
111
v
i
II
l
V4
vM
klVM
l
U
vkiVl
iitv
va
i
,
.
.
1
44
MUll
WHO
HWWUVU
tUl
ivUi
hours
but
without
success.
The
body
of
the
drowned
of
who
who
'
.
:
M
;
iiccr
is
sun
at
Langara
await-
ing
transport
to
Prince
Rupert.
PROROGATION
BY
WEDNESDAY
Session
Ncaring
End
Paltullo
Objects
to
Powers
Given
.Minister
in
Highway
Act
VICTORIA,
March
24
-Q--Pre
inicr
John
Hart
indicated
In
the
Legislature
yesterday
that
he
was
aiming
towards
prorogation
next
Wednesday.
He
told
Harold
Winch,
CCF.
leader,
that.
If
the
business
was
not
completed
Monday,
the
sitting
would
continue
Tuesday
and,
If
not
finished
then,
could
go
no
further.
During
the
session
the
Leglsla
turc
cave
third
reading
to
14
bills,
passed
eight
through
sec
ond
reading
and
advanced
four
In
committee
stage.
The
Highway
Act
amendment,
piloted
by
Hon.
Herbert-
Ans
comb,
minister
of
public
works,
was-held
over
when
T.
D.
Pat
tullo,
Prince
Rupert,
said
It
was
too
wide,
that
It
gave
the
mln
ister
"power
to
go
anywhere
and
43
doi
anything
he
likes,"
without
32
the
approval
of
the
licntenant-.18
i
governor
in
council,
Montgomery's
Men
Are
Spearhead
of
the
Newest
Assault
On
Germany
"H"
Hour
Strikes
at
Dawn
for
What
May
Be
Decisive
Battle
On
Western
Front-Canadians
Playing
Prominent
Part
(By
RoS3
Mjmro,
Canadian
Press
War
Correspondent)
WITH
liRITISII
FORCES
ON
THE
RHINE,
March
21
(CP)
Along
a
broad
front
north
of
the
Ruhr,
British,
American
and
Canadian
troops
stormed
across
the
Rhine
today
to
assault
the
gateway
to
the
north
German
plain.
The
attack
of
ground
troops
was
followed
dramatically
by
a
tremendous
airborne
landing
behind
the
river
line
in
a
thundering
climax
to
the
western
front
campaign.
Rridgeheads
were
established
rapidly
by
Rrilish
and
American
assault
infantry
in
a
moonlight
crossing
during
the
night.
Scottish
troops
of
the
British
Second
Army
won
a
bridgehead
at
Recs
while
British
commandos
entered
Wesel,
across
the
Rhine
from
Xanlcn,
which
was
captured
by
the
First
Canadian
Army
in
the
closing
hours
of
the
army's
offensive
which
ended
March
10.
Rees
is
ten
miles
down
the
river
from
Wesel.
The
Highland
Light
Infantry
Regiment
of
Gait,
Ontario,
was
the
first
Canadian
regiment
over
the
Rhine,
crossing
shortly
after
dawn
into
the
Recs
bridgehead.
For
concentrated
fury
of
attack,
the
Rhine
crossing
operation
eclipsed
the
Normany
landings.
LONDON,
March
21,
(CP)
The
big
new
push
is
on.
Tremendous
Allied
armies
have
crossed
the
lower
Rhine.
They
made
the
new
Rhine
crossing
in
assault
boats
and
with
airborne
landing
north
of
the
Ruhr.
The
crossings
were
made
on
a
broad
front
by
Allied
forces
of
Field
Marshal
Mont-
V.
tv
..
..
r:..'
A
.rrniin
Till
fill
borne
landings
were
made
oy
iroops
oi
iieiiu
General
Brcreton's
First
Allied
Airborne
Army.
The
Twenty-First
Army
group
is
believed
to
include
the
First
Canadian
Army
under
General
Crerar,
the
British
Second
Army
under
Lieut.
General
Dempsey
an
dthe
United
Slates
Ninth
Army
under
Lieut.
General
Simpson.
For
Field
Marshal
Montgomery
the
clock
struck
for
H-hour
and
his
greatest
battle
since
El
Alamein.
He
had
three
armies
standing
along
the
banks,
of
the
Rhine
from
Arnhcm
to
Dues-
seldorf.
They
were
wailing
for
the
signal
lo
nlunire
across
the
last
big
water
barrier
on
the
open
road
to
Berlin.
Front
dispatches
said
the
......
.
,
i
men
were
conlulentiy
prepared
lo
iinisn
quiciuy
the
job
they
started
in
Normandy
on
the
sixth
ot
June.
British,
Canadian,
and
American
fighting
men
stood
watch
on
a
G5-jniIc
front,
with
the
enemy
nervously
wondering
just
where
tne
blow
would
fall.
Reuters
News
Agency
reported
in
London
this
morning
that
a
German
broadcast
said
a
big
Allied
offensive
had
begun
over
the
Lower
Rhine.
"Monty
s
'
crossing
of
the
Rhine
is
the
third.
The
American
First
Army's
Remagen
bridgehead
has
been
stretched
to
thirty-three
miles.
To
the
south,
an
American
Third
Army
dash
.
j
it
t
i
.
i
i
-
across
lue
river
nas
csiaousneo
a
linn
oriugc-
head.
The
enemy
account
of
the
Third
Army
landing
said
it
was
made
at
Oppenhcim,
which
is
roughly
between
Mainz
and
Ludwigshafen.
The
Third
Army
sprang
across
the
river
Thursday
night
and
completely
shocked
the
Germans.
They
were
so
taken
back
that
not
a
shot
was
fired
for
twenty
minutes
and
it
was
two
hours
before
any
Nazi
big
guns
barked.
Enemy
reports
early
today
said
that
General
Pulton's
Amcricun
Army
had
crossed
the
Rhine
River
at
two
points
between
Mainz
and
Ludwigshafen
and
that
the
First,
British
Second
and
American
Ninth
were
also
crossing
at
the
northern
end
of
the
line.
This
report
followed
an
earlier
statement
by
Berlin
that
Field
Marshal
Sir
Bernard
Montgomery
seemed
to
be
ready
for
a
grand
scale
crossing
of
the
lower
Rhine
on
a
smoke-shrouded
65-mile
Twenty-First
Army
group
front
from
Duesseldorf
to
Arn-hem
where
German
targets
were
blasted
by
massed
artillery
and
bombers.
While
enemy
reports
were
saying
that
assault
crossings
had
already
been
started,
Allied
supreme
headquarters
at
first
maintained
silence.
Front
line
correspondents
were
cramped
by
security
regulations.
The
American
Third
Army,'
along
the
upper
Rhine
to
the
south,
captured
Mainz,
with
a
population
of
1(50,000,
and
Landau,
fortified
Palatinate
road
centre.
(Continued
on
Page
4).