1 VICTORIA. B. C. PROVINCIAL LIBSARI. MORROW'S T If I a . II A. a. I WVwJ A V A. ORMES IA, E. C. -TIDE5- M, February 11. i3 standard Time ,I1C DAILY DELIVERY . 22 7 fwt ' 333 8 fed NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 15 52 20 2i 0 4a 57 3 3 8 2 feet feet Published or Canada's Most Strategic Pacific Port "Princt Rupert, the Key to the Great Northwest" Phone 01 VOL. XLII. No. 3D PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1903 PRICE FIVE CENTS n o itain 4 V-1; . ird Hit Flnnrl 4 As A wbi 4 . f Vv N1 -A, ' (I WW . r..Mlnne 7.t jerrun by Sea Ut- '.Yd :t 21 Ships Stalled By Work Stoppage . By Tb Cfcnfcdian Press VANCOUVER. Millions 'of bushels of prairie grain, destined for world ports, is tied up today by strike action in two British Columbia ports. Alaska Volcano Erupts Pern BU9 Writer floods have iins . .. ;nl,l,Hi- l".f -'"'.v ,'"..,. . 1 A strike by 250 gralnhandlers r KOUIAK, Alaska (CP) Famed Mount Katmai BULLETINS a 1 k j ' i v -'rtfST Vi- .s. ;r 1 country drive t fVVvATTi 'rVtfJUl ,,(! production at r ( h f , f, J - irnd. In the British' f 4i 72 n turn overrun by the I ' jt, J" T ' VICTORIA Premier Bennett said today the budget probably will be brought down in -the legislature Wednesday. ion the Alaska peninsula, quiet for 41 years, blew jits top late Sunday in a . "ft... ' V i 1 ural authorities admit j major eruption that bent 3i on (arms under salt ;niy inlT wlicat and iril s extensive rea a be plowed mid "- iii)r ;jO,(K)0 feet into the air and started filling nearby stopped movement from fopr giant elevator in Vancouver and one in nearby New Westminster. Five elevators affected are: Alberta Wheat Pool. .Pacific Elevators. Kerr - Gif ford, and United Grain Growers, all of Vancouver, and Searle Grain of New Westminster. The strikers, members of the Grain Elevator- Worker Union (TLC). voted to strike last night at an llth-hour meeUng. Edward C. Sim, international representative of the union, said the men voted overwhelmingly to strike to back up demands for a five-cents-an-hour wage Increase. He said the companies had refused to negotiate further after turning down the majority recommendation of a conciliation board. ijf wntu n off lor llie TOKYO W Two United States jet planes challenged two Russian-type fighters over northern Japan today, damaged one In a brief skirmish and chased both intruders to the Soviet-held Kurile Islands. Far East air force reported VS. planes opened fire when the intruders ignored an order to land. valleys with ash. Tlwre was no Immediate word whrther any villagr In the r, U amonK the coun- Logs For Paper jpst bit. with mucn oi primitive and sparsely-populat- r.iUj- heavy winter ed area were threatened up Uf1 Similar reixirU if (mm SuffolK. Nor-omMurr ad thf t YorkAhlrr t ditrirti InrnuTB r- A WORKMAN M)AIS LOGS from the pu!poxl forests of the OaUneau valley near Ottawa. Woodsmen follow pre-marked tralU during the winter ieaon felling trees. Tliey are cut Into four-foot Ioks and Urked on the aidet of path for picking up by hore and alelgh tearnn to be hauled to the highway. True k take them to frozen lakei where they wait the spring thaw and log drlre to the pulp and paper mkU. Military fliers who flew near : the 7.250-foot volcano aald It '. .till was belching fire and ' kmoke late Sunday night. " "j I But Kodiak resldenta were re-' assured by frequent bulletins from ' the navy base here that there was no danger from the . new eruption. t; Ks uI Uired loddT VANCOUVER f Only minor damage' was caused when fire broke out between the boiler and the engine room of the Canadian Pacific Steamships' freighter Yukon Princess here during the week-end a the vessel was preparing for the Alaska run. It was extinguished by the crew. .ied destruetlon oi ill run Into hundred ' The companies have elected to ) hold the line at the present ' $1 50-an-hour wage scale. I Port officials said there are i .Or ot p.nds The ! hundredi of small h;a been wi)ed out j 7.500.000 bushels ot grain stored i inundatrd dlstrtrU in Vancouver' elevator and '.er l particularly another 250,000 in New West j ft'SSY WILLOWS arc budding In Kitchener, Ont. an advance ! aign of spring. Two-year-old Gary Baggey (rlghti shows some . he found near his home to brother David. 3. They are son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Baggey of Kitchener. Socreds Change Prayer Used at Daily Sittings i thuusM It may be as minster. Walls Holding Against Tide In 3 Countries NEW YORK (CP) ExecuUon of atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg today was set for the week of March 9 by Judge Irving Kaufman. two or three yrar be- j Grain shipments out of the two ports is at an ail-time high. Umi mn be restored to t (frt;;itT 1 Twenty-one ship were load ing 4.000.000 bushels of grain for United and Roman Catholic cburrhe in Victoria and Ui- 14 diflerent countries during the r Jmf 8rotl-WaUon. . VICTORIA CP) The prayer .wliflr dvi,er to thtihirh opent eartl 6My 1UiB ( atnruUure., is more or lu Brftisn Columbia Legis Good Citizen of 1952 To Be Named Tomorrow iJONDOIf O BoUered aea week-end.-. v t The tie-up Is not likely to af fect Prince Rupert' shipping I'm e must wait un- gelher they ; wrote tlja prayer walls of England, the Netherlandi now being used. Mr. Irwin told and Belgium held fast against them It must be less than 500 "till-rtslng spring tide, today and . . , . , . forecasts of calm or only light words in length, not take up wlncll nlse(i hopes t the yast more than three minutes" time, flood disaster of two weeks ago lature hut been modernised Bpiker Thorn Hi Irwin. fVx-lal Credit member for Delta, said the principal reaaon for the change a that the lantuaRe unless the strike 1 of long dura tion. Murder Feared In Couples Disappearance KAMLOOPS Of Murder was One of five candidates for the Alex Hunter Good Citizenship! nltlon of the citizen' work In Award will be named winner for; the community. i -fkdrd land beromei t rri) depends on mC he aid "Of great f is how long the (Arnold Mills, superintendent 19.S2 fit a hannnpt tjurmrrrm f ' of the old prayer wa "archaic " i and Include, of course, mention would not be repeated. iubmeriied In salt ! He said. too. that the old Major W. C. Poulton of the Salvation Army will give a talk on the meaning of good citizenship and J. S. Wilson will tell of the Royal Family. Ueutcn- In all countries, however, an extent of rainfall . prypr M uken virtually from! ant-Governor and Legislature. ; emergency army of military and There were 267 words in the i civilian workers stood by or tolled una n Deen arainea . ,h, iltun,v of the Church of ! ! nature of the soil England- He thought It would! und. e.ay or luam " r hcltrr to aututitutK a nraver ' , night at the Commodore Cafe. Candidates, chosen by a com-niittee representing most city organizations, are F. E. Anfield, Mrs. T. J. Boulter. Dr J. P. Cade. Dr. R. G. Large and Peter Lien. The award. Initiated and sponsored by the Junior Cham-be of Commerce, will be pre- the banquet why the award has been named In honor of Alex Hunter. Bert Jefferies. president of the suspected today in the mystery disappearance of a man and his wife from a Kamloops auto court three months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Joseph of the Dominion elevator In Rupert, said this morning he did not believe any shipping would be diverted to this port, but said if additional staff was taken on the elevator "possibly could handle two more ships a month." ( Present quota for Prince Rupert is averaging at three ships a month. At present the freighter Lake Atlin ls loading, completion scheduled for tomorrow. old prayer and there are 221 In to further bulwark soggy sea de- the new one. 1 fences, breached at hundreds of Mrs. Nancy Hodges. Liberal points and only temporarily ; member for Victoria and speak-1 plugged. ins of neutraltting the wnl(.h wolld mr, ,fCrpta'ble in the Und rua been u, oil f,.nh !lhuih the hacl Junior Chamber of Commerce, iti'.n of i.viKum. j never been any complaints km,,, cases." mid Sir' .h. k. m Th. JL..rl't tnf Previous three years, con- I will be master of ceremonies. (sented by Mayor Harold Whalen La brie, formerly of Williams Lake, vanished Nov. 17. Their furniture and personal effects were left untouched in the auto court suite. - w even without the demned Ihe chinge In her ad- u himnelf an Anellcan Min, dy U??ruMm tolhW' lh" lh! Iftien under sea wstcr' it.. ... ,.,. ai,,n feech debate. (The Lake Atlin entered dry- Taxi Driver Fined $100; Loses Licence ' dock here last Tuesday for an to the candidate whose work in the community has been voted us most ouLslandinif The award is being given In honor of the late Alex Hunter, manuging editor of the Daily News, who was killed in a Ke- fit, lua started pro-1 -'.n alter one year. All ' Mtreme. heavy land Police today said foul play wad feared, but gave no reason for ! Biith prayers end with the blbllcan Lord's Prayer; that Is.! ! they end "but deliver us from i evil. Amen" Instead of with the ' Massey Appeals their suspicions. nual Inspection and overhaul ' end left the ways again Thurs-; day.) n the set may be Pf'rfure anything but 'ul five years" commonly used "but deliver us from evil. For Thine Is the kingdom, the power and the glory, for ever und ever. Amen." Mr. and Mr3. Labrie came to Kamloops from Williams Lake ' early in November. They were accompanied by a man.- bat police have not disclosed, his CCF Select 1 mano Bay accident last May. George Ferguson, city taxi; At the banquet tomorrow, to driver, was fined $100 and his which 100 persons from all city licence suspended for six groups have been invited, a months after being convicted InlV1? " P"$ 1 T winner. This plaque will be For Flood Aid OTTAWA f Governor-General Vincent Massey says there can be no doubt Canadians will rise to the challenge to help people of flood-devastated Britain, Holland and Belgium. s brings name. police court today of driving a Father Reports Son Drowned ring Jet H. Archibald Harry Archibald was chosen CCF candidate for the federal riding of Skeena at a nominating convention here Saturday. displayed Irr a prominent place in the Civic Centre and e:ich year presented to future Good CiU-zenshlp award winners In recog- hk to Ldnd car while Intoxicated. Witnesses gave evidence that they were In the taxi which was driven by Ferguson while he was under Influence of liquor. Magistrate Walter Vance passed sentence. Chairman of the Canadian j nnrwnli., of . y,.ui, b.., l National European Flood RetieT I Alu.e Arm ye.sUvr(.,y ls hclng lit-Commltlee. he launched an ap- j vestigated by RCMP here who p-al for aid In speech over the' left for the Porland Inlet mining Wlllium. .1.- Mr. Archibald was the riding's representative at Ottawa prior 1CBC Bunday night. centre on the police launch ML15 y safely. 'H lomier Boston Red now Wurit. to the last Dominion elecUon. Present member for the con All Aboard U.S. Plane 4"i Pilot, erash-land- stituency is E. T. Applewhaite, Aged Fisherman Dies on Troller A retired fisherman ilt ftjr some time and living on his. troller tied up at the Fairview floats, died yesterday. He was Daniel Charles McLaughlin. 73. who had been trolling with the boat Onawa for the Prince Rupert Fishermen' Co-op for 10 years.. Known as "Big Dan" along the waterfront, he stopped going out a year ago when he became too ill to continue fishing. B.C. Undertakers are in charge of funeral arrangements. Tne committee announced thnt today, donation will be received! a telegram was received by through branches of chartered . RCMP here yeusterdny from C. Canadian banks, which will Issue E. Carlson that his son Bruce was receipts, 'drowned at 4 p.m. Liberal. Dust Storms Lashes Midwest Feared Dead Mr. Archibald's nomination was announced at a banquet in the Broadway Cafe, following nilng Panther )et ' t a forward " taking part It, a ' "e in Northern on his first Korean nl'n fought his ' '""Mllie line, a,,d H -hen hl wheels PREMIER . . . answers BENNETT critics Government Not Trying DF.NVER. Colo. Oi Winds up to 80 miles an hour scoured up black blizzards Sunday similar to the dustbowl blows of the 1930s In parts of Nebraska, Kan NEW ORLEANS O Scant hope was held today that any of 46 persons aboard a National Airlines DC-8 plane survived a crash Into the stormy waters of the sas and Colorado. They swirled dust 1J.000 to Oult of Mexico, 44 miles south- luri MYSTERY BLAST KEEPS VICTORIANS GUESSING VICTORIA if a mysterious explosion was heard over a wide area of Victoria about 1 1 :05 p m. Saturday night. Police, newspaper and radio station switchboards were flooded with telephone calls, mostly from citizen lrt the upper Oorge area. Police could give no explanation. rowing fhcht. n, 13.000 feet high in western Kan- counting of mail-ballots during the afternoon. It was not announced how many were nominated, but W. H. Brett, in a' brief address to the banquet, congratulated Mr. Archibald and said that while he was an unsuccessful candidate he felt members had made a very good choice. Mr. Archibald, who has been in the fishing business on the Queen Charlotte Islands for the past 3 Vi years, wa defeated by CCUl UI ... V,U .... , . 1 1. Seventeen bodies were recover out. his ailerons To Cut Session VICTORIA O Premier Ben Plane ed when darkness Interrupted the m on fire and huge air-sea search Sunday f ndicator quit. sns. smashed windows and pushed over trees in western Nebraska and tore down telephone and power lines in Colorado. No loss of life ls reported. WEATHER , Forecast North coast region: Gale warning. Cloudy with scattered showers. Rain or snow today and Tuesday. Not much change in aoie to Wllu night The Ill-fated four-en gined plane, flying in 100-mlle-an-hour winds, was en route from Tampa. Fla., to New Orleans when it nett said the government has no intenUon of deliberately trying to shorten the current session of the legislature. He told a press conference that all Social Credit members will 1949 i temperature. Winds westerly 23 Nel Would Rather Paint Pictures Mr. Applewhaite in the In exposed areas, otherwise light crashed Saturday less than five general elections. Qn 0RK Continue as Star on Broadway (TPl . . minute from possible safety. Police Stop Jail Break iilev m uar-lmlred the New Ynrlr Pnt. , agement for her painting, unUl . yi nam u . . i mbltion me Great dl.....- . speak in the budget debate. No private Social Credit members are joining In the throne speech debate. He said the government wants to get all lU legislation before the house so It can be discussed intelligently before all the members are worn out Social Credit private members had chosen not to speak In the throne speech debate so they would be able to discuss all government policies later In the budget debate. The government had no Intention of trying to stifle debate. The premier said Attnrney-General Robert Bonner will wind up the throrte speech debate for the government. SPANIEL DOOMED TO DIE UNLESS HOME EOUND SOON A two-year-old golden brown spaniel is under sentence of ' death unless a home can be found In Prince Rupert for him Immediately. "Goldie," who belonged to Dr. Duncan Black, former city health officer here recently transferred to Vernon, could not aceompany his owner because of the ban on moving dogs from" this area. Unless a home is found for the friendly, well-bred spaniel, he will have to be destroyed, says Syd Hamblin, 420 Fourth Avenue East, city poundkeeper. Mr. Hamblin' telephone number ls 341. PRINCE GEORGE 0 Guards thwarted a Jail break attempt at the city jail here Saturday night after eight prisoners broke down the main cell-block door. unworthily represent. "I shall consider myself a the glove, but the Hand that receives and the Hand that rewards you shall be the Lord himself." That started Joyce painting. She soon had 20 orders and attained her great ambition to get away from New York. Now she plans to visit Majorca. "Living's cheap there. The climate's beauUfuI. I'll paint seriously maybe even try some landscapes." I couldn't make a living as she saw an article about Msgr. a painter at $25 a picture," she Fulton J. Shean best known told Wilson. "I was Just a week-! for his country-wide Catholic end painter . . . till this thing 'Hour broadcasts, happened. "I was an Episcopalian," she "A woman handed me a small said. "But I knew this man 13th century rellglou picture , would affect my life." from the Catholic Church. She She sent him a painting for asked whether I could copy and ! Christmas. He wrote to her: enlarge It. I "Whenever I receive such a "It came out good. The worn-1 gift, I ask myself why I should an wanted several at $50 a pic- be so favored. It is certainly not ture." because of what I am but rather But she kept her secretary' because you and your faith have job, awaiting further encour-1 seen in me the One whom I so Police rushed the prisoners as aropj un ner yfrt giri n ecr",5 to become ,h" eltold,by Earl t Nyn "It Hap-"nt PIar in they broke through the door Into the Jail corridor and forced them back Into the cell-block. The Jail, built to house 12 men, was occupied by SO at the time of the attempted break.