I.. Us, MUM ... .. V. f . . rT k Tn flr.t flme In years, a Conser ve he been ousted from Ox- University seat In the Brit'.sh - v iMItlVUi ill Ml UI an indcsnendeniL having been Hugh Cecil. The had been split up on tills oc n, Salder winning over two Herbert. Independent Conser- IVO to 1 m l I . ire Denarhnent i Had Three Calls v -.".j hi i-iiriiiirv ti its Krcreational and Physical Education Centre inter Storms At city fire department re- vU m nuee aiarms nnnns month of February. In only one ! was there damage, this being the provincial recreational physical education centre. The has not been estimated but Pfa ..... - . - - V. . WW AMI . . ..J i i. i i . nnr.n ah. i ( i - "vjju.uucm ims naa seven the same number as in the -"v muniits OI lDJU. In Old Country in iin . . . . ' u,,u aicci in England "eavy Snow in Scotland HXIhAM .... "wii , lviiirrn i llnnuif rn In Weather Forecast 'Furnished throug. the courtesy o !,e Dominion Meteorological Bureau a Victoria and Prince Rupert. ThU fore oast la complied from observations taken at 5 a.m. today and covers the 34 hour period ending 5 pjn. tomorrow). Pallbearers were A. R. Nichols, O. Polombo, R. McCarthy, J. Anton-sen, A. Scaland and C. Hanson. There were floral offerings from Geisha Girls Oh Sit-Down Strike - - u i rencn rivers are also lne. have gone to me wp V'ICU LO ho ,, n 1 1 1 j . . , i. In a "Sll- BtuniK anntrprn is v mnnnrnin la eiikukc - aown striKe. Pressure has fallen over queen of tne passengrs were still Charlotte Islands and showery ailve but the five others on board, mild weather prevails on the coast including the two pilots, were and the lower Interior. . dead. Prince Rupert District Moder- i r-i i in i nv.yi xoitAM a miAAAAri . n 1 1 in l i i-.m i imal i i i ii nw i in ituiuji Cloudy and mild with rain. West Coast of Vancouver Island Fresh to strong east and south winds, unsettled and mild with rain. Queen' Charlotte Islands Fresh to strong east and north winds. Unsettled and mild with rain. FUNERAL ON FRIDAY FIVE DIE IN PLANE Wreckage of Machine, Missing For Nine Days in Australia, Found BRISBANE, March 1: Wreckage of an airplane, which had two pilots and five passengers on board, has been found. The machine had been missing for nine days on a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. BROTHERHOOD IS GROWING Harcllon is Latest Village To Join Up Meeting at Simpson The Native Brotherhood of Bri tish Columbia continues to grow us southern Didian towns become I Interested. It is expected it will Rev. L. C. Jensen, pastor of St. be 01lly a matter of ti.me before lt Paul's Lutheran Church, officla- be:omes the largest organization ted last Friday afternoon at the cf kmd jn British Columbia, funeral of Jack Carlson, who lost j Hazcit0n, one of the latest towns his life in an accident on the rail- to Join, elected the following offl-way near Salvus last week. Mlss'cers: Swanna Olafson presided at the organ to accompany the hymns. President, Charles Clifford. Rick Pit gang of Canadian National ping season Railways, Fellow Workmen in tne Rock Pit and A. M. Ross. Vice-President, Charles Patsy. Secretary. Peter Wale. Treasurer, John Smith, Orand President Alfred Adams who was expected to go to Port Simpson to attend an Important meeting with other executive officers, was Compel'icd to postpone the trip another two weeks on account of the epidemic of colds. DIED O.N SUNDAY I Fred Hardlsty, aged about 60, FEBRUARY REVENUE Customs and excise revenue here for themont h of February amounted to $7805.69. i j LIBRARY LIBRARY . Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 AM.) Rupert Showery, light prince High 3:55' a.m. 20.0 ft. wind; baronveter, 29.78 northerly 16:28 p.m. 17.0 ft. temperature, 42; sea .falling), Low 10:32 a.m. 5.9 ft. smooth. 22:30 p.m. 7.8 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXVI., No. w. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1937 rKICE: S CENTS . . . BERIHRT ADMITS HE ew rine vTeaiuei iyciuiu i ui Prince Rupert; Less Rain So Far in 1937 Than California llllVb w ... ' w " ' LOS AngtMcS, limb iiiucu-iuuiuu juiituiiiict wi wjicic n-ists have been wont to flock in order to get sunshine (--ii. ni-ri 5f ?rn a ivq tinnlaacant m nfVior novfc nf world. Precipitation here so this year has totalled 11.6 4 w tnnnf 1 11 1 nn Mil" rnv. . n 1 1 I a m n t 1 I i. 1 1 1 nM(Uo r- le Alton i. 1 licit AlUtJ kli ft awuw w mne 111 me lir&L lwu inuiiina ifa TrrTTtri7T 1 a 14 t ti this year as compared with McDonald, member of the Van i a , u i 1 . . z uuuis 111 me tirueauuuuiiiK nmor p tv innni ri on vptprnav iuu jo.51, jcoi. aiiemoon in uie Vancouver ucn- February Weather eral Hospital following a brief 111- iiLii ui reuiudiv 111:1 e wus u .anmii lph ui uip iujnijilii uuiv i.iit pnp l narnmeier rean np at Morn m wmnmec. aid., ivicuon- 28.99 on February 16. 1411 tLUl JLiaLUl - ! I . I. ouu precipitation.- u.s incnes. - IKY S BEATEN iDftlilnil iT.iniuro llilnnl spnl In British By-election SUCCUMBS D. McDonald of Vancouver Is Victim of Pneumonia 1. OV.l I lll 1 I UI Utll iim VMav tV vwu w. at 1 vaw. w AWPt hirnmpfpr rooHinn- at cm rtprvM as nldprnvin fnr five vears land last December ran for mayci on but was defeated by Mayor George I Miller. He re-entered the city on 'council by winning an aldermanlc jfoy-clectlon in January. He was president of the Vancouver Ratepayers' Association for some time. By trade he was a shingler. He was 47 years of age. A by-election must be held within 25 days to fill the vacancy In the council. VICTIM OF CAR CRASH Son of Capt. and Mrs. George Black Of Yukon Killed in Ontario BROCKVILLE, Ont., March 1: (CP) While driving from Trenton, Ont., to Ottawa with the intention of spending the week-end with his mother and wife, Capt. Lyman Black, M.C., son of Capt. George Black, former Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, and Mrs. Black, present member for the Yukon, was Instantly killed1. Saturday night when his car crash ed into a tree near Maitland, six miles east of here. Flying Officer Mlnnes, who was driving the car,1 sustained Injuries which resulted I In his death shortly after as he J was being taken to hospital. Minnes was also going to visit his wife in Ottawa. The younger Captain Black was 37 years of age and was born in the Yukon. He was attached to the Array Co-operation School of the Royal Canadian Air Force at Trenton since 1936. He was commissioned in the militia In 1917. Serving overseas he won the Military Cross for gallantry. The funeral will take place in Ottawa today. 1 1U vjvi 111 I Is Found; I Vaccine 1 LONDON, March; 1: It was announced In Lone on Satur- day night that'-medTcal scien- tists had been .successful In Isolating the Influenza germ and that a vaccine, had been developed which ' would be ready for distribution next year. 4 Late Telegraphs WINDSOR'S WEDDING DATE LONDON ihe Duke of Windsor is reported to have set May 2 for the date of his wedding to Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. ENGLAND FIGHTING UPHILL MELBOURNE Fighting an uphill battle, England had 184 runs for four wickets in reply to Australia's huge total of 604 at the end of the third day's play between the two countries In the deciding test cricket game. The teams are now tied with two tories each. x miss McMillan wins OTTAWA; The Supreme Court of Canada today found in favor of Miss Vivian McMillan in her action for seduction .against Former Premier John E. Brownlee of Alberta. In a judgment handed down today the Court directed that judgment for $10,000 be granted in favor of Miss C. C. F.'ER KICKED OUT VANCOUVER, J. S. Taylor, C. C. F. member of the House of Commons for Nanaimo, was expelled Sunday from the British Columbia section of the party. lie had been under attack by provincial members of the party because of alleged sympathies with the Social Constructive party, official opposition in the British Columbia Legislature. DECREASE IN RELIEF Disbursements This January In . British Columbia Down From Year Ago VICTORIA. Mar. 1: Reliel dis bursements In the province cf British Columbia in January of this year showed the usual Increase More members are expected from!over December but were decidedly Skeena at the close of the trap-, ower thnn .Tnnn,v a VMr government f'gures show. VICTORIA, March i: (CP) Three Hundred Japanese Beauties, Engusnman. passed away yester-i of of Physicians Physicians and and Surgeons Surgeons On Mountain Top, Demand day afternoon at the Prince Ru-, has notified the provincial Collective Bargaining (pert General Hospital where he Health Insurance Commission i had been a patient for several that 601 registered members monins. ne was lormeny a uana- of the medical profession have 1 sleet storms were sweep- TOKYO, March 1:-Three hun- dlan National Railways engineer ver England charging harsh and 1 at ; one time was Identified girls, Saturday night dred geisha h Scottish unlnnrt. hT im.ni t the hands of their, with the staff of the Knox Hotel. - I V. ..... W I el nonvlnct . j ..ini, Ihp i 1 " , a"s. The Riuo.. rr.i .-.nio hnrealn- tVO 4.9 111. ilkllU v Ifl nnJ -.. . v ... a OVEK.SIX HUNDRED i .DOCTORS OPPOSED; 1 THIRTEEN IN FAVOR HAS FAILED -pi :Cannof Mafec Soda Crafif IVorit BUENOS AIRES. Mar. 1: A wave of Indignation s sweeping the Argentine at the brutal .kid nap-slaying of the chubby two year old son of a wealthy LaP,lata rancher and sportsman, Simon Ira-ola, whose body was found In a pig Den on the ranch Saturday after :he chl!d had been m'.3sing foi two weeks. Injuries ln;!ud3d i scalp wound which is believed to have caused death. Six arrests have already been made Including sisters. - PASSES IN Foster Willan, Well Known Young Business Man of This City, Dies Unexpectedly ! Many friends in the city have learned with a sense of keen shock and regret of the sudden death at 8 o'clock Saturday night In Van ccuver General Hospital of Foster Willan, manager of the Kalen Hardware and prominent young local business man. Mr. Willan had undergone an operation on, February 16 but was reported last week to be recovering very satisfactorily. A long distance message received Saturday night from the widow announced his demise. Born lh England, Mr. Willan would have been thirty-five years old today. He came to Prince Rupert in 1926 as representative of Marshal-Wells Co., becoming in-; terested In the Kalen Hardware in 1931 after the death of J. W. Scott.) Deceased Is survived by his wl-i dow and seven year old son, Don- j aid, as well as by his mother In I Vancouver and a brother. Douglas j Willan. who Is In the hardware I business at Abbotsford. The bere'av-1 j ed will have the deep sympathy of . , numerous local friends. Mr. Willan was an active member of the Junior Section of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Com-; 1 merce. Building Permits Light But Higher Than Last Year Building permits for the month of Fohi-imrv Mil vpar Jimnnntprl If The British Columbia College $1640i bringing the total for the first f)rc two mnnh months nt of ih the v, year ,c r $3450. Last February permits Is sued In February amounted to bul $300, the total for the first f.vc months of the vear bdlne $2400 voted against acceptance of The psrrMts issued this February the commission's terms for were as follows: British Columbia health lnsur-, oie Aseberg, moving building ance. Only thirteen favored Sixth Avenue East. $350. acceptance of the plan as It . James L. Lee, general repairs now stands. Sixth Avenue West. $290. , ! Mrs. T Ross Mackay, repairs 4 4 jNlnth Avenue East, $1000. NEW LABOR BODY MEET Canadian Federation Asks Uniforrii Minimum Wages and Annual Holidays With Pay TORONTO. Mar. 1: The ne I. In Alberta So Places Decision As to Future With Supporters REPUBLIC INDIGNANT Argentinean reeling at Would Like to Carry on Until June, He Says Blames His Opponents For Preventing New Social Order- CALGARY, March 1: (CP) Premier William has placed the fate of his Social Credit erovernment public is stirred with in the hands of those, who elected it in 1935. From the pul-Kt:inaP-Murder oi pjt 0f the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute yesterday the Baby Premier admitted failure to establish Social Credit in Alberta in the eighteen-month time limit he had set prior . . ' . - to the election. He asked the con- stituency organizations to advise him whether he should resign or carry on efforts to establish a new social order. Meantime he will carry on and suggested that no association votes be taken before the first week in June. He said he had promised his supporters to try and establish Social Credit in 18 months and, if he failed, to leave the matter In their hands as to a peasant who disappeared about Canadian Federation of Labor, a, whether he should continue or re-he fme cf '.he kidnapping. Th; ;ts first convention here Saturday He was now keeping that deaS ch id has six brothers and passed a resolution asking for unl- promise. He said that conditions form, minimum wage scales gov- had been worse than he had ex- ernlng all the Dominion and an- pected when he took office and nual holidays with pay for all that blocking tactics of his oppon-workers. The Federation also pass- ents were largely responsible for ed a resolution disapproving of the failure of Social Credit estab-Amerleari' tabor organizations sell- llshment. ;r?. 'V.'- ." Ing Insurance In Canada. TODAY'S STOCKS Courieay a. D. Johuatuu Co.) Vancouver B. C. Nickel, .31. . Big Missouri, .64. Bialorne, 8.84. B. R. Cons., .05 '2. B. R. X.. .11. Cariboo Quartz, 1.55. Go'.conda, 16. Mlnto, .22. Meridian, .05. Morning Star, .03 Noble Five, .13 '. Pend Oreille, 5.70. Pioneer, 5.75. Porter Idaho, .10. Premier, 3.80. Reeves McDonald, 1.45. Reno, 1.18. Reward, .18. Salmon Gold, .15.' Taylor Bridge, .09. Wayside, .06. Hedley Amalgamated, .24. Premier Border, .033i, Sllbak Premier, 3.35. Congress, .10li. Silver Crest, .10i Home Gold, .04. Grandvlew, .19. Indian, .08; Quatslno Copper, .11. Quesnelle Quartz, .16. Oils A. P. Con., .78. Calmont, 1.49. C. & E.. 4.00. Freehold, .33. McDougal Segur, .55. Mercury, .60. Merland, .28. Okalta, 3.20. PacaRa, .32. Ranchmens, .85. United. .65. Weymarn, .30. POUND IN MONTREAL MONTREAL, Ma-. 1: CP- Brltlsh pound sterling closed "S4.88 31-32 on the Montreal ex change market Saturday. RUSSIA'S GOLp HOPES LONDON, March I: (CP) out Russia had Increased gold' Premier Aberhart said that he desired no advice from political opponents and impressed the audience that he had no Intention of resigning unless the people desired : a change either in the leadership ;or party. JURY FINDS i .. NEGLIGENCE Investigation Into Baking Powder J Death in Vancouver Concludes 1, lT.T,1rr,n . . . . . m.. j vuituuvLit, jviar. i. me wr oner's Jury investigating the death of Mrs. Elwood Dunbar, t'ho died In January after eating biscuits In the making of which a bakln? j powder believed to have containel poison was used, on Saturday af-. tornoon returned a verdict of gro ,?s j negligence in connection with ths supplying cf Ingredients u$cd in i the manufacture of the powder. The Jury found the gross negligence against the wholesale concern of MacDonald and Wilson for supplying "virulent poison" Instead of cornstarch to Rendws Products Ltd., of Vancouver, baking powder makers. Flier 111 On, Capetowti Hop David Llewellyn Has' eavy Cold And High Fever onLandlnf At Cairo CAIRO, Egypt, March li-f-Try-ing to establish a hew speed! record for the flight from. London to ; ' Capetown, David Llewellyn,. British flier, reached Cairo last night five hours behind schedule. Ho was .The suffering from a severe cold and at was reported to have a high fever. There was some doubt as to whether he will be able to carry on much longer. ' '" WINNIPEG WHEAT WINNIPEO, Mar. J; PRICE .1 (CP) Win - production threefold In the last nlpcg wheat prices were1 c to YzC five years, Ivan Ma'sky, Soviet am- higher Saturday, May cjoslng a J?as?ador, said . Russia hoped soon $.1.25. Chicago prices were y to surpass the Rand In gold pro- lie to ?8c witli May. closing at duclloiv. ' $1.31a and $1.31?4,