Today's
Weather
A
Frincc
Rupert
Cloudy,
modcra
s
6outhcat
wind:
barometer.
2052;
,
'
temperature,
43.
j
1
s
&
-
EDITORIAL
AN
UNDESIRABLE
CONDITION
The
Saltation
Army
ha
derided
that
this
year
there
will
be
no
rfctn-.a
Tire
or
dinner
at
the
julrl
but
that
after
the
neccs-un
hamper
have
been
provided
x
those
In
need,
the
remainder
tt
the
iwMirr.
If
there
Is
any.
trill
tr
rspendrd
in
clothing.
In
the
course
of
her
recent
In-irrigations
Adjutant
Lajeock
ha
dhrovcrrd
that
many
children
are
pint
around
half-clothed.
They
nrrd
boots
and
shoes
and
under-ttar
Their
condition
is
appalling.
An
old
lady
who
was
tinted
was
almost
wholly
without
tlie
Demur
undrrclotht
to
keep
her
de-rent
and
warm.
If
a
cold
nap
hould
come,
a
it
may
at
any
lime,
there
would
be
considerable
suffering
and
dancer
to
health
among
oung
and
old.
The
Salvation
Arniy
official
are
hoping
that
they
will
set
Mifflclrnt
money
to
enable
them
to
relieve
thrv!
condition.
The
children
and
Ihe
old
people
and
those
who
are
In
pmr
health
will
receive
flrt
attention.
Appeals
for
used
clothing
rereive
little
response
because
few
People
have
any
left.
New
things
ill
have
to
be
purchased.
It
Is
with
regret
and
a
sense
of
sbantf
that
the
Dally
New
draws
attention
In
these
conditions.
They
ought
not
to
be
and
the
least
that
ran
he
done
Is
to
use
the
means
Uiat
are
In
our
power
to
relieve
litem.
Money
donated
to
the
Christmas
Cheer
fund
will
be
expanded
to
a
large
extent
In
making
the
children
and
others
happy
bjr
providing
them
with
some
of
Ihe
real
necessaries
of
life.
May
we
plead
once
more
with
those
who
can
afford
the
money,
to
W"d
In
their
donations
to
the
Salvation
Army
at
once.
If
more
convenient
they
may
leave
them
at
the
Dally
News.
The
whole
amount
donated
Is
turned
over
to
the
Army(
"Hirers
to
be
used
for
the
purpose
f"r
w,ic,
It
I
designed.
The
News
epls
mi
remuneration
whatever
'or
Its
services
In
helping
to
raise
the
money.
In
the
past
Prince
Hubert
has
responded
nobly.
We
be-'!c
she
will
on
this
occasion.
Che
I
teased
late
today
that
she
was
run-
nlng
out
of
oil
and
asked
nearby
ships
with
oil
to
come
to
the
assistance.
The
liner
Alaunla
reached
Tilbury
a
today
twenty-four
hours
late,
the
captain
reporting
the
worst
storm
he
had
ever
experienced.
For
three
days
passengers
were
kept
below
decks.
Today's
Stocks
(CX'urUa
j
8.
O.
Johcavio
do.',
Vancouver
Alexandria.
01
4.
Bayvlew.
.01.
B.
C.
Nickel.
.40.
Big
MlttourL
32.
II
radian,
2j00.
Hralorne.
12J00.
D.
R.
Oootw
-0GV4.
I).
R.
X.
GoW.
.18.
Cariboo.
U0.
Dcntonta.
.40.
DunwdL
.19.
Georgia
Rlvtr.
.01.
Gotaonda.
.28.
Glacier
Cretk.
.03
Orange.
.21.
HtcuIc.
.01
U.
Mlnto.
.151.
Meridian.
.12.
Morntnf
Star.
.104.
National
Silver.
.034.
Noble
Five.
Mt-Tend
Oreille.
.43.
porter
Idaho.
.08.
Premier,
IX.
Reward.
.03
H.
Reno.
1.10.
Silver
Crect,
.01
Vi-Salmon
Gold,
.08.
Taylor
Bridge.
36.
WayaJde.
.09.
Whitewater.
.04
Vfc.
Waverly
Tangier.
.01.
United
Empire.
.07.
Toronto
Central
Patricia.
1.05.
Chlbougamnu.
.08
ti.
Lec
Oold.
.03.
Ornnnda.
.1U4j.
Inter.
Nickel.
22.50.
Macasaa,
2.52.
Noranda.
33.50.
Sherrltt.
.46.
Slsco,
2.53.
1
McMillan,
.31.
,
Ventures,
.86.
Lake
Maron,
.041fe.
Teck
HuRhes.
3.92.
Sudbury
Basin,
1.20.
Columarlo,
.08V4.
Smelter
Oold,
,17Vk.
Can.
Malartlc.
.55.
Little
Long
Lnc,
6.80.
Astoria
Rouyil,
.02.
Stadacona,
M6.
1
1
Maple
Leaf.
.07.
Pickle
Crow.
1.78.
Long
Lnc
Lagoon,
.15'i.
Man.
&
Eastern,
.iaj.
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
left
on
last
nvpnino's
train
for
Smithers
whero
he
will
conduct
a
session
of
County
Court.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
0:20
a.m.
18.3
ft.
11:57
p.m.
21.7
ft;
Low
5:58
a.m.
93
ft.
KM
18:51
pan.
2.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXIV
NO.
293.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
18,
1931
PRIM;
FIVE
CENT
FIERCE
GALE
IS
SWEEPING
ATLANTIC
DESPONDENT
WINNIPEG
Small
Norwegian
Ship
In
Distress-Has
Lost
Her
Bridge
and
Rudder
Ilritih
Tanker
Standing
by
in
Effort
to
Rescue
Crew
of
Twenty
Alaunia
Lands
at
Tilbury,
Reporting
Worst
Tempest
in
Years
LONDON,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
One
of
the
worst
storms
in
ars
is
sweeping
the
North
Atlantic
Ocean
and
a
small
N
rvcgian
freighter,
with
her
bridge,
rudder
and
life-ats
carried
away,
is
in
a
precarious
condition
in
mid-an
with
the
Briti.h
tanker
Mobiloil
standing
by
and
muling
oil
on
the
water
in
the
attempt
to
rescue
the
crew
of
twenty.
The
tanker
wire-
GIRL
GETS
I
TWO
YEARS'
Charged
With
.Murder
of
Bond
Salesman,
Lillian
.Morel
Convicted
of
.Manslaughter
MONTREAL,
Dec.
18:
(CP
Found
guilty
of
manslaughter
after
being
tried
for
the
murder
of
William
Owen
of
Montreal,
a
bond
salesman.
Lillian
Morel,
night
club
entertainer,
was
sentenced
to
two
years'
Imprisonment
yesterday.
Houston
Settler
Dies
in
Smithers
Henry
dushwa
Had
Bern
Resident
Of
Bulkley
Valley
For
Fifteen
Years
SMITH
ERS,
December
18:
After
lengthy
Illness.
Henry
Oushwa,
well
known
sctUer
of
Houston
district,
died
In
the
Smithers
Hospital.
He
had
come
fifteen
years
ago
from
the
Peace
River
country
and
was
unmarrieo.
with
no
rela
tives
In
this
part
of
the
world.
He
was
seventy
years
of
age
and
was
born
at
Lafayette.
Indiana,
where
booyv"haj
rbcenGi
forwarded
.ior
Interment
Officers
of
Church
Army
Continue
Work
In
Rupert
District
Cant.
Hanncy
and
Capt.
Hut-
chiton.
Church
Army
revivalists
from
England,
who
are
on
a
tour
of
thts
district,
left
yesterday
for
Port
Esslngton
where
they
will
con
duct
a
mission
until
Christmas
night
when
they
will
return
here
enroutc
to
Metlakatla.
Following
the
McUakatla
visit,
they
will
return
to
the
city
to
conduct
services
In
con
nection
with
St.
Andrew's
Cathed
ral.
On
Saturday
and
Sunday
last.
Capt.
Hanney
and
Hutchison
conducted
enthusiastic
services
at
St.
Peter's
Church.
Seal
Cove.
Supreme
Court
Of
United
States
In
Recess
of
Month
WASHINGTON,
DC.
Dec.
18:
After
rendering
a
number
of
Important
Judgments,
the
United
States
Supreme
Court
yesterday
adjourned
until
January
7.
Memorial
Unveiled
ALICE
ARM,
Dec
18:-A
party
of
Anyox
Elks
visited
here
to
conduct
the
unveiling
of
a
memorial
stone
at"
the
grave
of
the
late
Patrick
Clune.
who
was
a
charter
member
of
the
Anyox
lodge.
1
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Wheat
closed
at
783Bc
on
the
local
exchange
yesterday.
The
Prospectors'
Club
of
Stewart
has
been
Incorporated
under
the
Societies
Act
It
is
aunounccd
in
the
B.
C.
Gazette.
The
objects
of
the
organization
arc
enumerated
as
fol-
lows:
"To
form
a
club
for
amuse-
,,,
r,0
tr,
rnvirin
rest
and
recreation
rooms
and,
up
-
on
obtaining
suitable
quarters,
irtcrs,
to
Include
badminton,
basketball
and
gymnastics
for
Its
members."
MOTHER
AND
Last
of
the
"Starving
Brides"
LBssssfcBssssLW
fjEyBT
jBSiBS
IHB
The
,ar
'
.
.
'ar
.:
3
bi.de
of
Blackpool
England,
shown
ta
her
rablne?
I;.
;ng
aoep.
as
a
po
.or.
of
he
p..
-a'
:r:wd
peers
down
on
her
puo
ic
Li
sting
place
Blackpool
showmen
started
the
heA
as
-
nublicilv
Aur.t
wherehv
bridr
lut
in
upt.tip
rinom
in
ac-
"V
martial
'bUss'rauldelrnrthtmsele
by
publicly
Stock
Market
,
Is
Stronger
Advances,
However,
Confined
to
Narrow
Range
in
Yesterday's
t
New
York
Trading
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
18:
Stocks
were
somewhat
stronger
In
jester-
day's
session
of
trading
on
the
New
York
Stock
Exchange
with
advances
In
a
narrow
range
In
most
of
the
standard
Issues.
Closing
averages
as
follows:
industrials.
100.84,
up
.15;
rails.
36.34.
off
.02;
utilities.
18.18
up
.17,
and
bonds,
95.32,
up
1
to
.11.
I
Mississippi
River
Bridge
Contract
Let
$2,000,000
MUSCATINE,
Ohio.
Dec.
18:
Contract
hai
been
let
for
the
con
struction
of
a
new
bridge
across
the
Mississippi
River
here
at
a
cost
of
$2,000,000.
POUND
AND
DOLLAR
IN
N.
YORK
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
18:
The
T3ri-
Ush
pound
sterlhiK
closed
at
$t.95Tfe;
up
4c
on
the
lwal
foreign
ex-
change
market.
The
Canadian
dol-
lar
closed
at
$1.01
1-10.
up
l-32c.
1
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
18:
CP
Bar
(silver
closed
at
51Uc
per
ounce
on
the
local
metal
market
yesterday,
.
BACK
IN
ALICE
ARM
ALICE
ARM.
Dec.
18:-MtaB
Alma
Evlndscn
has
returned
to
her
home
here
after
spending
holidays
at
An-
vox.
Oamo
Warden
Ed.
Martin
sailed
(this
afternoon
on
the
Catala
for(
Vancouver
where
ho
Is
lb
be
mar-,
rled
during
the
Christmas
season
to
.
Miss
Margaret
Ewart
R.N.
of
Mer-'
rltt.
The
brldc-to-bc
was
formerly
a
,v,ir,pr
nf
the
nnrslnu
stnfr
nf
the
Port
Simpson
General
Hoipltal.
The
couple
will
return
to
the;
city
early
In
the
New
Year
to
take
up
red
-
dence.
v.
,
yyijvy
.
i
a
-tubitantlal
-sum
0
moner"
starving.
Illinois
Woman
Is
Still
Yawning
.Mrs.
Harold
McKee
Suffering
From
Strange
Malady
Only
Oxygen
Helps
Her
CHICAGO.
Dec.
18:
Mrs.
Harold
McKee
of
Morrison.
111.,
has
been
yawning
for
seven
days
straight
and
physicians
report
tliat
her
condition
Is
becoming
weaker.
Only
by
the
use
of
oxygen
has
It
been
possible
to
stop
her
from
yawning.
Acute
fatigue
is
believed
have
caused
the
strange
malady.
Her
doctors
are
considering
moving
her
to
hospital
at
Sterling.
111.
Kingfish'
Friends
To
Be
Looked
Into
United
States
income
investigators
To
Probe
Affairs
of
Senator
fluey
Long's
Associates
WASHINOTON.
D.C.,
Dec.
18:
The
federal
income
tax
department
fat
to
investigate
the
incomes
of
J
several
friends
of
Senator
Huey
Long
of
Louisiana,
It
was
announ
Ccd
yesterday.
Assaulted
Wife
James
McKay.
Port
Simpson
In
dlan.
for
assaulting
his
wife,
was
fined
$15
and
costs,
with
option
of
thirty
days
lntprisonment,
at
port
Simpson
yesterday.
He
was
brought
to
the
city
last
night
to
serve
the
time.
SEVEN
HUNDRED
THOUSAND
MEN
PUT
TO
WORK
1
in
connection
with
the
armed
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Dec.
18:'
robbery
of
the
Main
and
Prior
Over
seven
hundicd
thousand
men
have
been
put
at
work
throughout',
Montreal
here
yesterday
when
the
United
States
on
the
aamini
stratlon's
home
building
program,'
It
is
announced.
CHILDREN
DEAD
Domestic
Tragedy
in
Prairie
City;
Three
Come
to
Tragic
End
Two
Year
Old
Boy
is
Drowned
in
Bathtub
rFive
Year
Old
Girl
Strangled
and
Woman
is
Victim
of
Drinking
Poison
)
WINNIPEG,
Dec.
18:
(CP)
Mrs.
William
Hector
Morris,
aged
28,
her
daughter,
Margaret
Constance,
aged
five,
j
and
son,
William
Edgar,
two,
were
found
dead
in
their
J
home
here
last
night.
The
boy
had
been
drowned
in
the
bathtub
and
the
girl
strangled
with
a
piece
of
rope.
Mrs.
Morris
had
died
from
drinking
poison.
The
husband,
who
found
the
bodies,
said
his
wife
had
been
despondent
lately.
BANDIT
IS
CAPTURED
I
Police
Trap
Joseph
Burns
in
Chi
1
cago
Hide-Out
Woman
Taken
With
Him
CHICAGO,
Dec'
18:
Joseph
Burnwoneot
thejasof
tbeDrisonj
srs
wno
mace
tneir
getaway
witn
lohn
Dilllnger
from
the
Illinois
(State
penitentiary,
was
arrested
on
Sunday
after
being
trapped
by
officers
in
his
own
hide-out.
With
?urn3
was
taken
a
woman
companion.
Burns
Is
suspected
by
the
police
f
having
been
Implicated
In
the
recent
$427,000
robbery
In
Brook-"yn.
It
is
also
believed
he
may
be
uble
to
give
the
authorities
some
'nformatlon
as
to
the
whereabouts
of
John
Hamilton,
"Public
Enemy
No.
1"
and
last
surviving
member
if
the
Dilllnger
gang.
Mackenzie
King
Sixty
Years
Old
Leader
of
Opposition
Celebrated
His
Birthday
Quietly
in
Ottawa
Yesterday
OTTAWA.
Dec.
15:
(CPt
Rt.
Hon.
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King.
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
celebrated
his
sixtieth
birthday
quietly
here
Yesterday.
.
WEATHER
REPORT
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
light
southeast
wind;
barometer.
29.54;
temperature,
47;
light
swell.
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
strong
southeast
wind;
heavy
chop.
Terrace
Snowing,
northeast
vlnd.
temperature,
30.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm.
35.
Stewart
Rain
to
snow,
calm.
33.
Hazelton
Snowing,
calm,
29.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
two
inches
hew
snow.
Burns
Lake
Snowing,
windy,
20;
three
Inches
new
snow.
4
SIX
ARRESTS
IN
VANCOUVER
BANK
,
HOLD-UP
MONDAY
VAXfv-mvm
rw.,.
10.
inn
1
a
Six
arrests
have
been
made
Street
branch
of
the
Bank
of
-
i'
iour
men
e-apwi
wuu
iiuu.
f
STIFF
BAIL
IS
GRANTED
Four
Bronfman
Brothers
Have
to
Pay
$100,000
Each
For
Temporary
Liberty
MONTREAL,
Dec.
18:
(CPPCash
tball
of.
ilM.OOajcUa.seJ.ycs
iciuay
iur
me
lour
tsroniman
Druthers
when
they
appeared,
in
court
on
charges
of
being
members
of
a
liquor
smuggling
ring
accused
of
defrauding
the
Dominion
and
Quebec
governments
of
$5,000,000.
Three
other
Montreal,
men
were
released
on
ball
of
$15,000
each.
Twelve
others
of
the
sixty-one
accused
came
up
later
In
the
day.
Clara
Bow
Has
Become
Mother
Son
Born
to
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Rex
Bell
At
Santa
.Monica
on
Sunday
SANTA
MONtCA.
Dec.
18:
A
son,
weighing
seven
pounds
and
eight
ounces,
was
born
here
on
Sunday
to
Rex
Bell,
cowboy
actor,
and
his
wife,
the
former
Clara
Bow.
Both
mother
and
'child
are
stated
to
be
doing
nicely.
Kidnapper,
Disguised
As
Woman,
Reported
Seen
in
Iowa
City
DAVENPORT,
Iowa,
Dec.
18:
Thomas
H.
Robinson,
hunted
for
note
than
two
months
as
the
alleged
kidnapper
of
Mrs.
Berry
Stoll
at
Louisville,
Ky
is
reported
to
have
been
seen
here
in
the
disguise
of
a
woman.
Mussolini
Demands
Redress
Following
Ethiopia
Incident
GENEVA,
Dec
18:
Premier
Be
nito
Mussolini
of
Italy
has
deman-1ed
through
the
League
of
Nation
ipology
and
Indemnity
from
Ethlo-Dla
for
a
recent
attack
by
troops
of
he
Litter
country
on
Italian
Soma-Uland.
-.
.,
,
1
Dr.
and
Mrs.
J.
W.
.Lang,
who
have
been
residents
of
Anyox
for
some
years,
were
passengers
aboard
the
Catala
today
going
through
to
West
Vancouver
where
Dr.
Lan
wm
up
praewt
ui,
u
mi..
Lang
were
located
at
West
Van-
before
going
to
Anyox.
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