Prince Rupert- Clear, moder-ate Tarlable wind, barometer. 20.M; temperature. 54; light chop No. XXIV . No. 129. Radical Suspected In Connection Willi Destruction of Seattle Building t SKATTLE. June 6: Police are, Mil looking for certain radicals ' uspected oi bombing the Hopkins j Uulldlng In which a small Industry j was being operated with pickets, endeavoring to nrcvent its carry-' r 'ng on. Tlie bombing occurred at 11 30 lnst Friday night and nearly demolished the building, the nearby Orpheum Theatre also having a narrow escape. BAR SILVER NEW YORK, June 0: (CP)-Bar silver closed at 72 Vic on the local metal market yesterday, this being the same price as In Montreal. Today's price was 72Vc . , keted but so far there have been no disorders. Work i. proceeding as usual on deepsea snips at new wesiminswrr Today's Stocks ICtourunj 8 D. Johiulnn Co.) Vancouver B.C. NIckeL M. Dig Missouri. .09. Bradlan. 200. lira lot ne. 6.15. B. R. OotvL, 03. B. R. X. OoM. .10. Cariboo Quarts. 1.10. DenUmla, .40. DunwelL .. Ooteonda, .34. Olacler Creek. Mft. Orange, 21. Mlnto. .13. Meridian, .06. Morning Star. .OSV4. National Stiver. .Q4. Noble Five. .08. Pend OrelUc, .GO. Porter Idaho. .09. Premier. 1.C0. Quesnel Quarts, .12. Reeves McDonald .12. i Reward. .02V4- Reno. 1-50. Silver Crest, .00. Salmon Gold, .12. Taylor Bridge, .15. Wayside. .1514. Whitewater. .07. Wavcrly Tangier. .00. United Empire, .04. 1 Toronto - Central Patricia. 1.05. Chlbougamau, .22V4. Lee Oold. .04. Granada, .32. Inter. Nickel. 28.25. Macassa, 1.88. Noranda. 39.00. Sherrltt Gordon, .68. Slscoe, 2.79. Ventures. .85. Lake Maron, .04 V't. Teck Hughes, 4.15. Sudbury Basin, 1.43. Columarlo. .06. Smeller Gold, .05& Can. Malartlc, .60. Little Long Lac, 5.25. Astoria Rouyn, .03 ti. Stadacona, .22. Maple Leaf. .07 Vi. Pickle Crow, 2.62. McKcnzlo Red Lake, 1.25. God's Lake, 1.53. Sturgeon River Gold, .83. Red Lake Gold Shore, ,3 Hi. San Antonio, 3.46. LESS FISH IS CAUGHT Halibut Production so Far This Season Only Half of Last Fishing Will Continue Later SEATTLE, June 0: (CP) A total halibut catch of 10471,000 pounds had been landed at Pacific Coast ports from the openinr of the season at March 1 up to May 31. the International Fisheries Commhsiun reported yesterday. This is about half of lal year's catch for the same period and indicates that fiohlnf will eitend further Into the fall this year than It did last SYNOD IS GOING ON Bishop Ills Delivers Charge to Clercy and Lairty Public Service Hrld Last Night The charge of Rt. Rev. O A Rlx, Bishop of the diocese, to clergy and lalety yesterday afternoon and an open service last night at which City Commissioner W. J. Alder ex tended the greetings of the city to the Synod and Rev. F. H. Wilkin son, rector of Christ Church Ca thedral. Vancouver, gave an address on missionary work featured the proceedings yesterday of the Synod of the Anglican diocese of Caledonia which Ls continuing In session today. Bishop Rlx. in his charge, stress ed the Indications which were ap parent of a return of Interest In religious matters and referred to the necessity of laymen assisting their clergy In their work. The afternoon session opened with a brief devotional talk by Mr Wilkinson. Reports on various diocesan activities were presented. Today's sessions opened with a Holy Communion service at 7:30 this morning followed by business .sessions, luncheon served by the ladles and the concluding meet Ings. Tonight there will be a public service. CLOSE CALL FROM FIRE Blare Larly Tills Morning on Second Avenue Caught In Time Two .Men Taken Out on Ladders Chris Johnson and "Dusty" had a narrow' escape from burned to death and a serious Iconflagration in the business sec- Itlon was closely averted at' 5:35 this morning through effective work of the city fire department in extinguishing a fir? In a building at 725 Second Avenue which ls owned by Robert L. Newman, senior director of the Bank of Eng land. Johnson and Miller, the stairway blocked by smoke and flames, were taken by Constable Mlddleton of the city police and firemen down a ladder to safety. They were aroused while sleeping and made their getaway In their night nttlre. I Considerable damage was done ' and there Is some Insurance. VICTORS- B.C Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides mmln PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1935 r w mr mT3 WWW NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMHIA'S NEWSPAPER I THORPE-LE-SOKEN, Essex, Eng., June 6: (CP) Staunch warrior m war and peace, Field Marshal Vis count Byng of Vimy, first commander of the Canadian Corps in the Great War and later Governor General of Canada from 1921 to 1926, died this morning at the age of seventy-two years. Death came following an operation. uaron uyng. wno retired a coupieu' of years ago as Commissioner of tralnlng of the Ty units on me wjnaoa Aieiropoman rouce Sausbury pm. 0ne day ne re ocouana lara.. naa oren m ia- c?lved a War offlce teiegram or. ing' health in recent years and re entry returned from California and Canada. dering him to proceed to the Con- a vwn "Minent Immediately. Within an hour he was on the way. Lord Byng General Lord Byng of Vlmy. G. C. B.. G. C. M. G., M V. O., and the i made his mark as a cavalry leader (Continued on Page 4) recipient of many other honors! - and decorations from his own and : allied countries, was the seventh j son of the Earl of Strafford, and was born September 11, 1862. In hls early days In the army he saW much active service In the Soudan and South Africa, being frequently in:u WOULD HAVE CENTRAL BANK OF CANADA USE SILVER OTTAWA. June 6: (CP) mentioned In despatches. Between) Thomas Reid, Llberar Wmber wars he was rounding out his mill- for New Westminster, gave tary experience In Britain and In-' notice yesterday of a bill de- dla. A man of the Kitchener school, where all the pupils were hard workers, hard fighters, and incomparable, for tenacious courage, he rose steadily In rank. For a few j Dumping of hot ashes Into a pall 'in command of the British forces , white metal yearly. 'from which they overflowed ls be-. In Egypt. Recalled In a crucial hour, 'llevcd to have been the cause. 1 for Britain, he was assigned to thOj. a foothold on the land. The grain of the High Low Block, which should come to the Prince Rupert elevator, was unequalled anywhere, declared Canon 4:50 ajn. 17.0 It 18:05 pan. 17.2 ft. .11:28 a.m. 5.6 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS VANCOUVER LONGSHORE STRIKE ON BYNG, FORMER MILITARY LEADER AND GOVERNOR, DIES Union Stevedores Have Refused to Handle Any Cargo of Deepsea Ships Empress of Japan Work Being Carried Out With Non-Union Lalxir Other Ships Remaining Idle Docks Picketed But No Disorders VANCOUPEU, June 0: (CP) Refusing to go to work as individuals, deep sea longshoremen of Vancouver are definitely on strike today. Work on the liner Empress of .Irn.m in i w irt from thi Orient, is taint? carried on with L, '-"-w - - - T - J... .f CJ r in union labor. All other ships are remaining idle until ie .Shipping Federation perfects plans for recruiting ELECTION IN FRANCE Appeal la People nMrl ily Way Out of Prrenl Poll-Ural Impawc PARIS. June C CP' The poss- l. of an early general election I i luld u Fran-re In the hope ' a mandate belne. ttven for the ! ir.dUon of a rtable ministry! x . mrnustd authority on fteeal : r i5 being dUcuwed In view, ur present complexion of Uj t mbcr of Deputies, with tt r political faction. It appear! i akrly tint any permanent cabl- an be formed. Hornier Premier t jicd llerrtot yesterday de-iirtl President Albert Lebrun's uiion to form a uovemment. r nncr Premier Prre Laval was ' i -alUrt upon but gave up the cf..rt A fifth political strong man. F: 4nroi Plctrl. failed today In hU efforts to form a government uliuh might guide France throuh thr financial crisis and the nation cr.tered the third iuccesalve day u'hout a cabinet. Alter Pk-UTs failure. Prealdent Lrbrun cnlled in Fernand BouUwon acim and asked him for a third Kiabor f;me to try and organise an administration but Boulsson refuted. Meantime more gold reserves, were withdrawn today from the j Bank of France and huge sums of . C ivernment bonds fall due In nine, days 1 The situation Is explosive in Paris'; and there lias already been rioting, j seeking"" i bombers; I At a meeting last night, the Longshoremen's Union appointed a strike committee. Delegates repre- I tenting other waterfront workers were present and It Is possible a general strike may be called. 1 This morning all docks were plc- Former Governor General Dies COAST MUST FIGHT FOR Field Marshal Viscoun: Byn-; Corps at u of Vlmy who commanded Canadian st of Great War. ' Baron of Vimy Passes In England Following Illness and Operation Staunch Warrior Succumbs Following Operation Seventy-Two Years of Age Had Distinguished Career PEACE RIVER BLOCK SAYS i SPEAKER AT SERVICE CLUB Canon Proctor Urges That More Than Casual Interest Re Shown Would Bring Rich Reward Reveals ; Agitation to Join Alberta i "If you wish to retain for British Columbia the Peace River Block, the only extensive grain growing area in the province with its enormous trading possibilities which only require an outlet to bring them into full development and make Prince Rupert a city of many more thousands of people than it has today, it is up to you to show a real .rn.eie.-i in that country and urgea the vital important in this emer- years he had tnerCi CanoQ gency of a Pacific Coast outlet, be Proctor decIared. In the flrst three it by highway or railroad, being years of the popUla. provided immediately." declared tlon Increased from 3.500 to uanon t. u. froctor oi pouce 13.000. With the arrival of laree Coupe, head of Anglican Church numbers oi Ianners frcm the work in the Peace River Block, In southera prunes who had been speaking before th Prince Rupert dried out, the question of relief Gyro Club at luncheon yesterday. and 50, servlce ariscn and The Alberta government and the tne burden had fallen heavily business people of Edmonton are upon the cnurch. There was much showing a good deal more Interest preliminary work to be done upon in the Peace lUver Block today ithe farm lands before- they could than are the peopl- of the British brought to the! stage of produc-Columbla coast. Car.onProeJpr de-tion where theyntstomrneneed clared. and there Is an anti-British $h0w returns. During that period Columbia agitation in tha.t country; of development, it was necessary which has a rea possibility of de- for the people to obtain a liveli-veloplng Into a movement for se- hood. People of Prince Rupert cession from British Columbia and could render a real service if by no joining up with Alberta. Powerful other way than keeping up the interests, the further . speaker (Continued on page 4 stated, are worktop for the Obed' . cut-off route as the Peace River, ! ouUet as against an outlet through Hlnes Creek to the Canadian Na-'J MAP PARTY tlonal Railways line In Central nAKlfnn r T im British Columbia. If this should go! IlliVllSlllll jthrough. It would leave the north-; VlTixjlJ UUI 1 western secUon of the Peace River ': Block high and dry and would be. al,naI Geographic Explorers disastrous to Prince Rupert as an ouUet. I Fight For Outlet t' The time mieht not be ODDor-f Here Yesterday After Visit To Southwestern Yukon Adams Carter of Newton, Mass., tune Just now for a railway outlet, ; Hartness Beardsley of Springfield, Canon Proctor said, but Immediate vt and Andrew Taylor, former efforts should be bent, particularly weU known northern guide, who at Prince Rupert, to at least get-,now makes his home ta New York-ting a highway cor.necUon to the;who have been on a mapping ex-Paclflc Coast with the Peace River. : Petition Into the little explored The railway would follow the high-. Mount Hubbard area of South-way, he said. There should be more western Yukon sin-e earfy sPrln than a casual Interest taken here on hzM of the National Geo-ln the Peace River. "If you really raPhic Society, arrived in the city believe In the development of your on tne Princess Alice yesterday af-port. you must be behind the lm- temoon from the north. Carter and mediate construction of this outlet earasiey nere Dy me aiier-whlch would not only bring lmme- noon train on -tnelr retum dlately tributary to your city the whUe lor continued through area which wilt one day be the aboard th steamer to Seattle, other members of the expedition wealthiest producer of natural pro- ducts In British Columbia but are now at Carcross and will be would also provide much needed coming out on a later boat work at this time for the settlers In Carter- Beardsley and Taylor be-that from the other area in their struggle to get came separated members of the expedition by hav- lnz come out overland to Yaku- Peace River tat Bay through a remote wilder ness never before traversed by white men. From Yakutat they flew to Juneau where they caught Proctor. Only a few miles across the steamer, the provincial border were the farms of the International Wheat Kings. In his own parish lived the farmer who held the Dominion championship. Land there had produced up to eighty-two bushels quality that it brought the top. prices on the Edmonton market. There were also tremendous pos-' slbllltles slbllltles of of development development of of mineral mineral Recover Bodies Of Slide Victims per acre of the finest wheat. Peace River stock was of such splendid Four More Remains Taken Out Of Avalanche Debris Taseko River on signed to compel me uamc or VICTORIA, June 6: (CP) The Canada to purchase silver for wealth. The possibilities of the bodies of N. S. Stewart. W. Nelson, redemption of notes. Under BriUsh Columbia portion of the E. Carlson and B. C. Bacon have the bill it would be made com- ! peace River were much greater Just been recovered from the debris pulsory for the bank to pur- than those of the Alberta section, of the slide at the Mother Lode years before the world war he was, chase 1,000,000 ounces of the the speaker believed. mine on Taseko River where seven T I , n U -3 I 11 Jt.J t - 1 V 1 . ... j 111 puc ui uic ucpiirsMuii, mere men tast January -wnen caugni Dy had been great development In the an avalanche. Two other bodies had Peace River Block during the six been recovered previously.