Today's
Weather
(8
A.M.)
prince
Rupert
Raining,
calm;
barometer,
29.80;
temperature.
i;
,
sea
smooth.
4
:o.
XXV.
No.
137.
"A
J
Thrown
Out
by
Upper
Jings
Death
Knell
For
Proposed
Provii
And
Loan
Councils
For
Provinces
eminent
Had
Put
Forward
OTTAWA,
June
11:
(CP)
The
Senate
yesterday
de
LANDON
TO
BE
CHOSEN
Hinsas
fiovernor
AH
But
Nominated
by
Republicans
Hoover
Is
Given
Great
Ovation
CLEVELAND,
June
11:
With
tnnsylvanla
deciding
to
throw
a
lock
of
49
votes
to,
his
support
and
cw
York
84
while
the
Ohio
deletion
was
moving
to
have
its
fa-
irlte
son,
Robert
Taft,
withdraw
i
favor
of
the-Kansan,
nomlna-h
of
Oovernor
Alfred
Landon
of
(insas
as
Republican
candidate
n
the
first
ballot
was
certain
last
Jight
Landon
needs
502
votes
and
'i
committee
declared
that
these
U
already
been
assured.
'
Alter
a
day
spent
in
platform
Wding
and
dealing
with
the
jroblem
of
a
vice-presidential
nomination,
which
Is
much
more
In
toibt
than
the
presidential
choice,
he
Republican
national
conven-
lon
last
night
belonged
to
Former
President
Herbert
Hoover.
When
he
gray-clad
former
chief
execu
ive
took
to
the
platform
to
address
he
convention,
enthusiasm
ran
tlld
and
he
was
given
an
ovation
thlch
lasted
for
thirteen
minutes.
Another
great
demonstration
was
worded
him
when
he
closed
stirring
address
in
the
course
of
Thlch
he
declared
that
only
Re
publican
principles
could
bring
the
wintry
back.
A
colored
delegate
!rom
New
York
leaped
to
the
plat'
form
to
put
Mr.
Hoover's
name
in
nomination.
Representative
Dertrand
H.
Snell
of
New
York,
one
of
the
chief
con-
j
Sessional
critics
of
the
New
Deal,
as
elected
permanent
chairman
the
convention.
In
an
address,
he
ripped
the
New
Deal
from
top
t"
bottom,
Senator
William
E.
Dorah
of
Waho,
his
chances
lor
the
presidential
nomination
laded,
forced
'he
convention
to'
Include
in
Its
P'atform
his
policies
In
regard
to
nduslrlal
monopolies
and
foreign
Nations.
The
principle
of
turning
Wef
administration
back
to
the
"on-political
bodies
of
the
states
id
legislation
looking
to
improved
forking
conditions
for
women
were
"so
adopted.
Rudy
Vallee
Is
Master
of
Arts
Boston
l,m-
School
Honors
Noted
Radio
and
Screen
Entertainer
BOSTON,
June
11:
An
honor-arv
degree
of
Master
of
Arts
wa3
Yesterday
conferred
upon
Rudy
vallee,
radio
and
screen
crooner,
W
Suffolk
Law
School
where
he
J''as
formerly
enrolled
and
to
hich
it
is
expected
he
may
soon
rturn
to
complete
his
barristerial
V
mm
tascMreau
resigns
as
t
Kmm
k
Chamber
-40-1
5
Votel
eated
by
a
vote
of
40
to
15
the
joint
Parliamentary
peti-ion
to
Westminster
asking
for
specific
amendments
to
he
British
North
America
Act.
The
petition
would
have
ought
power
for
the
provinces
to
impose
a
sales
tax
and
or
the
minister
of
finance
to
set
up
provincial
loan
,'incial
Sales
Tax
Which
Gov-
MIGRATION
OF
NATIVES
Special
Arrangements
For
Delivery
of
Indian
Cannery
Workers
to
Lower
Skeena
Owing;
to
the
tie-up
on
the
Canadian
National
Railway
line
in
the
lower
Skeena
Valley
on
account
of
flood
conditions,
special
:
arrangements
have
been
made
for
the
transportation
via
Jasper.
.Park
,
and,
Vancouver
of
some
seven
hundred
native
cannery
workers
from
Kitwanga,
Hazelton
and
other
upper
Skeena
River
villages
to
the
canning
f
plants
at
the
mouth
of
the
V
Skeena.
The
first
of
a
series
of
r
special
trains
will
leave
Kitwanga
h
on
Sunday
evening.
From
h
Vancouver
the
Indians
will
be
brought
north
to
Trince
Rupert
by
the
steamers
Prince
Rupert
and
Princess
Adelaide
due
here
next
Friday,
and
taken
on
to
the
t
Skeena
River.
All
steamship
lines
V
are
to
receive
their
share
of
the
business.
f
R.
II.
Curd,
accountant
of
Cas-slar
cannery;
A.
E.
Lawson,
assistant
manager
of
Sunnyside
Cannery,
and
Cedric
J.
Duncan,
accountant
at
Ilaysport
cannery,
are
flying
today
from
Prince
Rupert
to
Smithcrs
enroute
to
Hazelton
to
make
preliminary
arrangements
for
the
migration
which
will
take
place
between
June
15
and
24.
Moses
Jones
and
Robert
Wilson
of
British
American
cannery
and
Ilaysport
cannery
respectively
arc
also
making
the
flight.
Gloucester
Calls
On
Haile
Selassie
Visit
Yesterday
of
King's
Brother
To
Former
Emperor
Dcscrineti
As
"Purely
Personal"
LONDON,
June
11:
The
Duke
of
Gloucester,
brother
of
King
Edward
VIII,
called
yesterday
on
Former
Emperor
Halle
Selassie
at
his
temporary
residence
here.
The
visit
was
described
as
"purely
personal."
It
was
the
first
time
the
.wo
had
met
since
the
Duke
at-
jndod
Selassie's
coronation
asi
King
is.ing
oi
of
Abyssinia
at
Addis
Ababa
some
years
ago.
Halibut
Arrivals
American
VICTORIA,
June
11:
(CP)
The
Vancouver
Island
Provincial
Association
has
been
organized
at
Victoria
with
the
aim
of
having
the
Island
made
into
a
separate
province
apart
from
the
rest
of
British
Columbia,
it
is
announced.
H.
Despard
Twigg,
a
former
Con-servaive
Member
of
the
Legislative
Assembly
for
Victoria,
is
organizer
of
the
association.
APPROACH
TO
SALT
LAKE
BREAKS;
ARE
.
.
THROWN
INTO
WATER
Severlno
Domlnato,
Don
Arney
and
Tommy
Morgan
;
were
thrown
Into
the
watec
last
evening
when
the
long
ap
proach
connecting
the
float
at
the
entrance
ol
the
Salt
Lake
i
to
the
walk
into
the
lake
broke.
Had
It
been
low
tide,
the
fall
would
have
been
much
further
and
on
the
rocky
shore
Instead
of
the
water
with
results
that
probably
would
have
been
much
more
serious.
As
It
was
those
who
fell
were
1
able
to
swim
out.
The
incident
Illustrates
the
urgent
necessity
for
repairs
to
the
facilities
at
the
lake.
V
4
THOMAS
IN
SWAN
SONG
Former
Colonial
Secretary
Defends
Himself
Against
Scandal
Charges
in
House
LONDON.
June
11:
Rt.
Hon
James
H.
Thomas,
former
Colonial
Secretary,
was
preparing
to
defend
himself
In
the
House
of
Commons
today
In
connection
with
scandal
over
the
revealing
of
budget
secrets.
By
many
it
is
predicted
it
will
be
Thomas'
last
speech
in
Parliament.
It
has
been
announced
that
there
will
be
nc
prosecution
of
Thomas
and
hi.
associates.
Authorities
Have
Relief
in
Hand
,
c
Junior
unamocr
oi
uonv
mcrce
had
considered
the
advlsa-
f
malt
provision
of
relief
for
flood
sufferers
in
interior"
towns
but
has1
taken
ho
action,
having
been
In-
I
formed
by
Government
Agent
provided
for
those
who
lost
their
Eureka,
16,000,
'
7.1c
and
6c,
Booth
i
Norman
A.
Watt
that
the
author-Flstierles.'
'l'es
iave
situation
well
In
Canadian
I
hand.
It
Is
reported
from
Terrace
White
Hope,
13,000,
6c
and
5c,
that
there
Is
no
serious
shortage
tiin
Fisheries.
o
provisions
and
shelter
Is
being
Topnv
Mllly.
14,500,
6
2c
and;
5.5c,
Cold
Storage.
homes.
,.,s
pRovivCA-
II.
D.
TWIGG
I
TWO
GROUPS
1
w
w
JOINING
UP
to
Townsend
Plan
and
"Share
of
health"
Movements
to
Unite
Is
Against
"Dictatorship"
it
BALTIMORE,
Md.,
June
11:
Dr.
Francis
E.
Townsend
announced
last
rilght
that
an
arrangement
had
been
made
for
co-operation
by
the
Townsend
Plan
and
"Share
the
Wealth"
groups.
The
aim,
Dr.
Townsend
said,
was
to
take
Congress
out
of
the
control
of
the
Farley-Roosevelt
dictatorship.
Transfer
of
Police
Officers
Announced
Sergeant
C.
K.
McKenzie
of
Trince
George
Goes
to
Victoria
Sergeant
Gammon
to
North
Announcement
is
made
at
divi
sional
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
of
the
transfer
of
Sergeant
C.
K.
McKenzie
of
Prince
3corge
to
Victoria
to
take
charge
3f
the
training
school
there.
Ser
jeant
McKenzle's
successor
at
?rlnce
George
is
Sergeant
E.
Gam
mon
of
Pentlcton
and
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert.
ROOSEVELT
IN
OPENER
Vddresscs
Gathering
of
Forty
Thousand
at
Opening
of
Cctncnnial
in
Little
Rock
LITTLE
ROCK,
Ark.,
June
11:
n
an
address
which
was
generally
regarded
as
the
opening
of
his
presidential
re-election
campaign,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
iddressed
an
audience
of
forty
thousand
persons
In
connection
with
the
opening
of
the
Arkansas
Centennial
Celebration
here
yes
tcrday.
The
chief
executive,
who
was
ac
corded
a
great
reception,
paid
high
tribute
to
the
spirit
of
the
Arkan
sas
pioneers.
The
same
spirit
could
be
well
applied,
diclared
Mr.
Roose
velt,
to
the
meeting
of
present
problems.
He
made
a
stirring
de
fence
of
the
New
Deal.
j
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
SENATE
REJECTS
New
Victoria
Organization
Has
Aim
of
Making
Island
Into
Province
Separately
11,
1936
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
BMA.
AMENDMENT
MAN
BUILDINGS
WIPED
OUT
Forest
Fire
Enters
.Mine
Community
of
Anyox
May
Remove
Population
District
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
were
advised
yesterday
afternoon
by
Constable
T.
A.
Quiglcy
that
a
forest
lire
which
had
been
menacing
the
community
of
Anyox
for
the
past
couple
of
days
had
reached
the
old
Hidden
Creek
mine
section
of
the
town
and
had
destroyed
the
mine
buildings
including
a
small
school
buildin;.
Boats
were
standing
by
at
the
beach
in
readiness
to
remove
the
few
residents
still
living
there
following
the
c'osin;
down
of
the
ramp
should
the
conflagration
continue
to
move
further
into
the
town.
Forest
Ranrer
J.
B.
Scott
has
i
arrived
at
Anyox
from
Prince
Rupert
with
the
Forest
Branch
cruiser
Litl:art
D.
to
direct
fire
fighting
operations.
Danger
is
Less
Pnllpp
hpnrifiimrtpre
wpra
art
vised
last
evening
that
the
lire
situation
at
Anyox
was
lair
but
still
dangerous.
A
wirer
advlseJ
that
the
"services1
of
a;-licettJoit
evacuate
the
fifty
or
so
people
still
making
their
home
at
the
camp
would
not
be
required.
V
understood
to
have
rained
heavily
at
Anyox
during
the
night
as
did
at
Prince
Rupert.
APPEALING
TO
CANTON
General
Chiang
Kal
Shek
Would
Discontinue
Anti-Japanese
Activity
NANKING.
June
11:
General
Chiang
Kal
Shek,
North
China
var
lord,
yesterday
appealed
to
the
Cantonese
military
leaders
to
Hscontlnue
Its
anti-Japanese
ac
tivities
in
order
to
prevent
civil
war
in
China.
Under
no
circumstances
would
Nanking
resist
the
Japanese
ad
vance,
declared
General
Chiang
Kal
Shek.
Foreigners
have
been
leaving
here
in
fear
of
civil
war.
I
VIOLENCE
CONTINUES
No
Sign
of
Peace
in
Holy
Land
As
Disorders
Break
Out
Anew
i
Allcnby
Statue
Bombed
j
J
ERUS
ALEM."""
June
ll:-Thcro
was
no
indication
of
an
end
6f
the
violence
which
has
prevailed
In
.
a
u
.it-.
staged
another
fierce
a
1
1
a
c
1:
oirninth
Jpws
and
Britishers.
Ther.
was
a
bombing
assault
on
the
Al
-
lenby
statue
here
Six
were
In
jured,
Clashes
at
Hebron
and
other
points
were
also
reported.
FORMER
SUPREME
COURT
JUSTICE
PASSES
AWAY
VICTORIA,
June
11:
(CP)
Hon.
F.
B.
Gregory,
former
Justice
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
British
Columbia,
who
was
retired
a
few
years
ago,
died
today
at
the
age
of
74
years.
Low
premier
General
Election
In
Province
of
Quebec
To
be
Held
August
15
Minister
of
Agriculture
Godbout
to
ellad
Government
Pending
Taking
of
Vote
Legislature
Is
Dissolved
QUEBEC,
June
11:
(CP)
administration,
Premier
L.
Prime
Minister
of
Quebec.
bout
is
his
successor.
The
Legislature
has
been
dissolved
and
a
general
provincial
election
has
been
called
for
August
15.
The
government
has
been
in
a
precarious
position
politically
ever
since
the
last
provincial
election
a
few
months
ago
when
it
was
returned
to
office
with
the
narrowest
of
margins.
RAIL
PAY
PROTESTED,
;
Veterans
to
Observe
Decoration
Day
Regular
Meeting
01
Legion
The
regular
monthly
meeting
of
Provincial
authorities
are
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
lng
today
towards
putting
river
Canadian
Legion
of
the
British
Empire
Service
League
was
held
last
evening
in
the
club
rooms
with
President
W.
M.
Brown
In
the
chalr.
The
various
committees
reported
;hat
arrangements
for
the
annual
jicnlc
to
Digby
Island
next
Sunday
J
vere
all
In
hand.
Application
of
John
Stewart.
Hewlson
of
Port
Clements
for
re
gular
membership
was
approved.
The
contracts
awarded
various
'ocal
contractors
calling
for
a
rea
sonable
quota
of
ex-service
meni
were
discussed
and
the
firms
con
cerned
are
being
approached
In
the
matter.
A
strong
protest
against
the
rate
of
pay,
namely
twenty-five
cents
m
hour,
now
being
paid
extra
gangs
on
the
railway
repair
has
been
forwarded
to
Olof
Hanson
M.
P.
As
the
men
pay
seventy-five
!
cents
per
day
for
food,
the
whole
situation,
it
was
felt,
seems
little
short
of
mass
exploitation.
The
invitation
of
the
Queen
Mary
Chapter
of
the
Imperial
Order
of
the
Daughters
of
the
Empire
to
participate
In
the
observance
Decoration
Day
on
Sunday,
June
21,
was
accepted.
The
members
ac-
cepted
this
as
a
solemn
obligation
anci
an
ex-service
men
are
being
urge(i
to
Join
in
the
celebration.
Tne
executive
was
authorized
to
take
Posslble
ct,on.
to.asslst
-service
men
ana
ineir
aepen
dents
who
may
have
suffered
by
ine
reuori,
oi
liu
reuruseiuauvt:
the
work
of
the
Boys'
Band
re-
habilltatlon
committee
was
re-
celved
Old
Age
Pension
Scheme
Will
Be
Put
to
People
OLYMPIA,
Washington,
June
11
-Sufficiently
signed
Initiative
pet
4
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am.
17.1
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19:16
pjn.
18.6
ft.
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0:20
a.m.
7.1
ft.
12:32
p.m.
5.5
It.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
Following
the
crisis
in
hi3
A.
Taschereau
resigned
as
Minister
of
Agriculture
God-
RELIEF
OF
INTERIOR
River
Boats
to
Carry
Supplies
To
t
Terrace
While
Railway
Out
Pf-kCommJssion
v
'
boats
In
operation
on
the
Skeena
River
between
Kwlnitsa
and
Ter-
race
to
carry
supplies
from
the
coast
to
the
flood-stricken
com-
Imunlties
around
Terrace.
While
the
Canadian
National
Railways
is
getting
flood
repair
damage
to
the
line
well
organized,
It
Is
now
evident
that
It
will
prob-
ably
be
several
weeks
before
ser
vice
can
be
restored.
Water
in
Skeena
Still
Dropping
Railway
Repair
Work
is
Being
Proceeded
With
as
Rapidly
As
Possible
water
was
still
reported
to
be
droDDlnz
this
afternoon
on
the
igkeena
River
following
the
recent
floods.
Railway
repair
work
is
be-
lng
proceeded
with
as
rapidly
as
possible
from
both
ends.
A
large
wash-out
Just
west
of
Salvus
Is
being
bridged.
A
similar
large
wash-
of;out
just
west
of
Kwlnitsa
on
the
other
end
Is
also
being
bridged.
There
Is
no
idea
yet
as
to
when
railway
traffic
may
be
restored.
Today's
Weather
Triple
Island
Raining,
light
southerly
wind;
barometer,
29.68;
westerly
wind;
sea
choppy.
f
PACIFIC
MILLS
PLANT
1
IS
BEING
ENLARGED
.
!
Considerable
new
construe-
i
tlon
work
In
connection
with
1
the
Pacific
Mills
plant
Is
,
bringing
more
men
to
Ocean
1
Falls
on
every
boat
and
all
'
available
accommodation
Is
belne
used
to
house
them.
-
Amonar
other
nlaces
'
It
has
uions
assure
inai
an
om
age.
pen-
t
been
necessary
to
take
over
slon
scheme
will
be
presented
to'
the
community
gymnasium
the
voters
of
the
State
of
Wash-
quarters
for
housing
purposes.
lngton
in
connection
with
thn
'
4
"
November
election.
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