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Monday.
February
10,
1917
STANDARDS
FOR
NAVY
LOWERED
It
was
recently
announced
by
NatalServlce
Headquarters
that
educational
standards
now
required
for
entry
into
the
Royal
Canadian
Naval
Reserve
Active
List
arc
lowered
by
one
grade
but
not
below
Grade
8.
Ordinarily,
candidates
for
entry
In
theseaman,
stoker,
bandsman,
plumber,
shipwright
and
'cook
branches
require
Grade
&.
However,
applications
for
these
branches
will
be
accepted
with
Graders
provided
a
minimum
"O
score
is
obtained.
Candidates
for
entry
as
com-
CAUSE
OF
BALDNESS
Premature
baidncss
In
men
is
frequently
due
to
wearing
tlfeht
Icather-fcands
inside
the
hat
and
closely
litting
waterproof
and
cloth
caps.
municators,
coders,
engine
room
artificers,
ordnance
artificers,
electrical
artificers,
air
mechanics,
sick
berth
attendants,
writers,
stores
assistants
and
photographers
now
require
Grade
10-
Candidates
for
entry
as
air
radio
mechanics
and
air
artificers
now
require
Grade
11.
Applications
for
the
above
named
branches
of
the
Reserve
are
being
received
in
H.M.C.S.
Chatham.
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THIRD
AVENUE
WEST
'SPALDING
DEATH
IpROBE
SET
OVER
ITILL
THURSDAY
Thursday
evening,
February
13.
was
set
as
the
date
for
the
hearing
of
evidence
in
the
inquest
of
Peter
Spalding,
one
ol
seven
victims
of
a
Skeena
River
boat
tragedy,
when
the
inquest
convened
here
Saturday
afternoon.
The
coroner's
court
adjourned
until
that
date
aftei
viewing
the
body.
The
five-day
adjournment
wa.'
set
by
acting
Coroner
Bruce
Stevens
in
the
hope
that,
in
the
meantime,
the
bodies
of
the
other
six
persons
who
were
or
board
the
gillnet
boat
N.F.B
which
was
crushed
by
driftinr
ice
in
the
Skeena
on
January
2!,
might
be
found.
The
inquest
would
then
inquire
into
the
deaths
of
all
the
victims.
;
The
body
of
Spalding,
owner
of
the
boat
which
set
out
from
Prince
Rupert
for
Port
Essing-
tun
in
zero
weather,
was
discovered
lying
on
the
ice-crusted
beach
a
short
distance
abov
Point
Lambert,
where,
it
is
be-
iirved.
he
swam
after
the
boat
.sank
under
the
pressure
of
drift
ice.
The
boat,
upturned
and
damaged,
was
found
about
12
miles
downstream.
In
the
meantime,
villagers
of
Pert
Essington
continued
theii
search
over
the
week-end
for
the
bodies
cf
Mrs.
Spalding,
two
Spalding
children,
Mr.
andMrs
Edward
Bennett
and
Matthew
Wesley
without
success.
The
provincial
police
boat
P-M.L.
15
left
port
here
this
morning
to
join
in
another
sweep
of
the
icwer
Skeena
and
offshore
islands
in
hepe
of
recovering
the
bodies.
uuiuio
uij
tuc
uiiiucai,
aic
uui-
den
Clark,
foreman,
John
Ed-
'.unt.
Michael
Sandyke.
William
Pottle.
Curth
Carlson
a.d
John
Christensen.
ATTACK
UPON
HAWAII
SOON
HONOLULU
Nearly
300
planes
:."d
16,000
mm
from
Co
ships
will
attack
the
Hawaiian
Island
ear'.y
in
Mareh
in
the
first
large
ri'.'.c
Pacific
fleet
manoeuvre
s
n.e
the
war,
the
Navy
announces.
,
Tlie
first
phac
of
the
Pacific
war
games
will
begin
in
mid-Frbiuary
when
the
White
and
B!ue
task
forces,
commanded
by
Read
Admiral
F.
W.
McMahon
and
Rear
Admiral
O.
B.
Hardi-son,
will
oppose
each
other
in
a
sra
engagement.
In
tlie
second
phase,
to
open
durfhg
the
first
week
ol
March,
a
combined
naval
force
com
manded
by
Admiral
A.
E.
Mont-
I
gomery
will
be
hurled
against!
Hawaiian
defences
commanded
by
Lt.
Gen.
John
E.
Hull.
'
The
fleet
units
will
anrhor
at
I
rearl
Harbor
Marrh
11
for
critiques
and
crow
entertainment.
They
wiii
leave
March
18
for
home
bases
or
sea
assignments.
CANADIAN
ARMY
(reserve)
ORDERS
UO
Coast
Hallery
It.OA.
Col.
S.
I).
Johnston,
V.D.
M.C.
Officer
Commanding
Monday.
Feb.
10.
11)1720:00
hrs.:
Battery
Parade.
Dress
Roll
Call
Order.
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Friday,
Feb.
14,
11)4720:00
hrs.:
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Mess
Organization
Meeting.
Officers'
Mess
Organization
Meeting.
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Whifflets
From
The
Waterfront
'HiaooQODooaaoDoaoooaDOOa
Union
steamer
Coquitlam,
with
Capt.
Harry
McLean
in
com-aiand
for
Capt.
John
Boden,
who
.s
off
on
annual
vacation,
ar-Ived
in
port
at
8:30
last
evening
from
Vancouver
and
way-loints,
sailing
at
10
p.m.
for
Stewart
and
other
northern
points
whence
she
will
return
.lere
tomorrow
morning
to
sail
south
at
1:30
pjn.
The
vessel
brought
north
as
fair-sized
list
if
passengers.
5ERMAN
FIRM
IS
SPLIT
UP
I.
(i.
I'arlten
Holdings
in
United
States
one
to
I'.e
Separated
BERLIN
(Reuters)
I.
G.
Far-pen
holdings
remaining
in
the
Jnited
States'
zone
of
Germany
iftcr
reparations
and
destruc-lon
of
war
potential
whl
be
roken
up
into
30
separate
and
ndependent
economic
units.
Tames
S.
Martin,
United
States
nilitary
government
"dccartell-jation"
head,
announced.
These
units
are
to
be
operated
mder
trustees,
appointed
by
the
rovlncial
governments,
until
he
I.G.
Farben
property
Is
disposed
of
under
regulations
no-
:eing
formulated,
he
said.
There
are
850
plants
in
all
Tour
zones,
Mr.
Martin
stated,
and
of
these
40
per
cent
arc
In
he
Russian
zone.
When
the
I.G.
?arbcn
Trust
was
seized
in
No
vember.
1915,
it
had
a
book
value
if
some
7,500,000,000
reichmarks
approximately
the
same
in
dol-
ars).
Measures
to
et
up
unit
trus-ecs
were
taken
in
conformity
vith
decisions
of
the
four-power
!.G.
Farben
Control
Committee.
laid
Mr.
Martin,
who
Is
theUnlt-'d
States
member
of
the
ccm-
nittce.
No
similar
action
had
:'et
been
taken
in
the
other
'ones,
he
said.
As
part
of
a
broad
industrial
program
in
the
United
States
one.
limitations
have
bten
plac
ed
on
the
size
of
the
unit
into
vhicli
I.G.
Farben
property
has
been
divided.
The
plan
Ls
expected
to
dem
onstrate
that
units
of
enormous
concerns
like
I.G.
Farben
can
be
operated
as
separate
entities.
Profits
will
-go
to
the
Allied
Con
trol
Authority
for
distribution
as
it
sees
fit,
while
trustee'
sal
aries
wHl
appear
on
cart
sheets
of
the
units.
MEDIEVAL
BALLOONS
The
.!udy
of
balloons
can
l?
traced
to
some
extent
to
the
Dark
Ages.
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J.
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appropriate
verses.
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STORE
"WHERE
YOUR
DIMES
ARE
LIT1XE
DOLLARS"
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Collector
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Hollies
PROMPT
AND
COURTEOUS
SERVICE
Saving
West
Coast
Fish
Washing
toii-Oregon-California
Pact
Is
Planned
OLYMPIA.
Wash.
A
move
to
safeguard
the
west
coast
flsh-
ing
banks
from
any
future
encroachment
by
Japanese
or
Russian
fishing
expeditions
was
commended
as
the
senate
voted
unanimous
approval
of
a
proposed
Washington-Orcgon-Call-fornla
compact.
The
possible
future
threat
of
both
Russian
and
Japanese
iishermen
was
mentioned
by
Senator
Barney
Jackson
and
A.
E.
Edwards
as
they
endorsed
a
U.S.
claim
over
waters
extending
out
as
much
as
200
miles.
Proiwnents
of
tlie
bill,
which
still
must
go
to
the
house,
said
the
proposed
three-state
'pact
for
conservation
of
fish
far
offshore
would
take
effect
only
if
congress
takes
action
on
pending
legislation
to
legitimatize
offshore
claims.
Jackson
and
Edwards
told
the
rnate
that
the
old
three-mile
limit
was
based
on
distance
of
cannon
fire
from
the
coast,
and
that
in
rocket
era
the
200-mile
claim
is
warranted.
Jackson
said
the
Interstate
compact
had
been
needed
for
many
years
and
conferences
had
been
held
by
the
three
states
on
the
issue.
NAVAL
ORDERS
HJVI.C.S.
Chatham,
Reserve
Naval
Division
8
pjn.
Administration
Building,
accepting
applications
for
entry,
writing
"G"
tests,
attesting
men
into
reserve,
installing
training
equipment.
SAVOY
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PRINCE
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ri
inrnT
J
to
OCEAN
FALLS
WESTVIEW
(Powell
River)
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Thursday
at
11:15
p
in.
To
KETCHIKAN
Wednesday
Miiln'iglil
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or
write
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or
Depot
Ticket
Offices.
PRINCE
RUPERT
NOVEL
MAKES
MOVING
DRAMA
'"Of
Human
lloiKlage"
Showing
At
Capitol
Theatre
This
Tuesday
and
Vedncj.day
A
highly
sensitive
man's
infatuation
for
a
cheap,
self-loving
and
vicious
woman
Is
the
dramatic
theme
of
"Of
Human;
Bondage"
which
plays
this
Tucs-'
day
and
Wednesday
at
the
Capi-
j
tol
Theatre
here.
It
Is
adapted
j
from
the
classic
novel
of
the
same
name
by
the
noted
British
,
author,
W.
Somerset
Maugham,
j
While
studying
art
in
Paris.:
Paul
Henreld
comes
to
the
con-1
elusion
that
he
Is
not
fitted.
for
success
there
so
he
returns
to
London
to
use
his
meagre
Income
to
study
medicine.
He
becomes
enamored
of
Eleanor
Parker,
a
cockney
waitress
to
win
whose
love
he
abandons
everything
worthwhile.
Meanwhile
Alexis
Smith
plays
the
part
of
a
novelist
who
has
Ions
since
hoped
for
his
love.
The
supporting
cast
is
headed
by
Edmund
Gwynn
whose
gay
warmth
brings
eventual
Joy
to
Henreid.
Janls
Paige
and
Patric
Knowlees
are
other
Important
members
of
the
cast.
FIRST
SECRET
BALLOT
The
original
ballot
for
.secret
voting
was
a
little
ball
used
by
the
Romans
and
Greek.
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