i
i
Today's
Weather
(8
AM.)
She
Tomorrow's
Tides
Rupert
Raining,
prince
High
.9:10
ajn.
15.6
ft:
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
20:49
p.m,
17.1
ft.
30.08.
Low
2:08
ajn.
7.4
ft.
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THUftSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
24,
1936
:
"
rT
Amuou
-
--
SIN0-JAP7SE
CRISIS
IS
TENSt"
AGAIN;
FEAR
OF
CONFLICT
IS
FELT
Tokyo
Takes
Bristling
Attitude
Makes
Demands
And
Is
Ready
to
Enforce
Them
Untoward
Incidents
Becoming
General
SHANGHAI,
Sept.
24:
The
Sino-Japanese
situation
is
still
tense
today
following
the
renewal
during
the
past
few
days
oi
mciuenis
supposedly
tne
result
ot
an
increased
anti-Japanese
sentiment
throughout
'Nationalist
China.
With
the
Japanese
preparing
for
further
military
activity
ostensibly
on
the
grounds
of
keeping
order,
some
obser
vers
believe
there
Is
possibility
oi
inothcrc
onfllct
such
as
that
in
1933
when
thousands
were
killed
In
open
warfare.
Another
incident
yesterday
was
the
murder
of
a
Japanese
druggist
In
Canton.
This
followed
the
shooting
of
three
Japanese
marines,
one
fatally,
In
the
International
settlement
here
yesterday
and
the
killing
of
a
Japanese
policeman
In
Hankow
a
few
days
ago.
The
Japanese
foreign
office
has
formally
sent
a
list
of
four
demands
to
China.
One
Is
that
the
five
northern
provinces
be
created
t
buffer
state.
Japanese
warships
are
standing
by
ready
to
land
further
marines
unless
satisfaction
Is
given
the
demands.
Chinese
authorities
are
stated
to
r
vviiuutviiiis
a
iritis
'
n
-
iiuuu
wrch
for
susniclmts
characters
In
mwction
with
the
killing
of
the
Binkow
Japanese
consular
policeman.
Promts
Disregarded
Japanese
official;,
backed
by
ma
rines
Datrolline
the
area
which
was
placed
under
martial
law
yesterday,
today
curtly
rejected
protests
gainst
the
invasion
of
the
Chinese
settlement,
warning
the
entire
city
to
keep
cool.
Armed
Japanese
have
surrounded
the
entire
International
settlement
on
the
grounds
of
self
defence
following
the
killing
of
the
one
marine
and
the
wounding
of
two
others.
READY
TO
HIRE
MEN
San
Francsco
Employers
Would
Get
Own
Help
Independent
Of
Unon
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Sept.
24;-Francisco
waterfront
employ
announced
last
night
their
In
wntion
of
hiring
their
own
mar
me
workers
Independent
of
the
international
Longshoremen's
Ration
at
$1
per
hour
after
September
30
when
the
present
"greement
expires.
This
is
centered
a
defi
to
the
strike
threat
i
marine
workers.
COPPER
PRICE
UP
NEW
YORK,
Sept.
24:-
The
r".C!
01
exIrt
copper
has
advan-J
to
9.05c
per
pound
on
the
New
York
metal
market.
Weather
Forecast
'Furnished
th
w
wmon
Meteorological
Cert)
at
Vlctorla-
and"
Prlncc
fe1'10
Pssure
remains
high
....
.
l5n
Columbia.
Rain
u
con-
and
and
ff
he
Northern
British
Columbia
West
coast.
lotte
w
nupert
apd
Queen
Char-teriy
to
strong
eas'-rain
SOUlh
wlntls.
cooler
with
Scmft
ot
Ancouver
Island
eastern
ti
j
'rPsh
,south
and
drifting
Z
occnslonal
raln
and
CJoudy
and
cool:
s
Yuk
CLOSING
IN
ON
MADRID
Fall
oi
Spanish
Capital
Expected
Momentarily
Avenue
of
Escape
Tiny
Nation
Arms
MADRID,
Sept.
24:
With
the
rebel
forces
closing;
in,
Madrid
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
completely
surrounded
by
insurgent
forces
except
for
one
avenue
of
escape
to
Valencia.
The
fall
of
the
capital
Is
conceded
to
be
not
far
removed
and
reports
persist
that
the
government
is
considering
surrender.
GQffjrnnit
rit
orcH.yerc
repor
ted
resisting
several
noweriui
Fascist
columns
twelve
miles
from
Toledo.
The
tiny
nation
of
Andorra
in
the
Pyrenees
Mountains
near
the
east
end
of
the
frontier
between
Spain
and
France
was
reported
last
night
to
have
its
standing
army
of
seven
men
In
readiness
for
emergency
of
international
complications.
Andorra
has
a
territorial
area
of
185
square
miles
and
a
population
of
five
thousand.
ANDORRA
READY
Government
defenders,
in
an
extreme
thrust
to
stave
off
the
insurgents,
today
loosed
the
waters
of
Alberche
Dam
over
San
.Martin
de
Valdelglesiah,
rebel
convergence
point,
thirty-six
miles
from
the
capital.
Reports
said
that
the
town
with
insurgent
guns,
trucks,
horses
and
mules
was
destroyed.
Roosevelt
Not
Decided
About
,
Trip
to
Coast
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Sept
24:
His
campaign
committee
is
endea
voring
to
persuade
Pr;sldent,
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
to
maice
a
speaking
tour
to
the
Pacific
Coast,
such
as
that
he
made
before
the
1932
election,
but
the
cr-ief
executive
is
hesitating.
Owi'ig
tothe
critical
International
situation,
he
wishes
to
remain
within
striking
dstance
of
Washington.
It
Is
possible,
however,
that
it
may
make
the
trip
to
the
const
by
way
of
Denver.
London
Has
One
Of
Worst
Fogs
Shipping
op
TlWs
Completely
'
Accidents
In
Tie(1
UpMai
y
Street
Traffic
LONDON,
Sept.
24:Shlpplng
in
the
Thames
River
was
completely
tied
up
yesterday
by
one
of
the
thickest
fogs
,
years
There
were
accidents
on
the
numerous
tra.Mc
streets
of
thnrnetropolls.
jr
on
NEW
HEAD
OF
CHURCH
Toronto
Divine
is
Chosen
New
Head
Of
United
Church
of
Canada
Important
Meet
Salient
Reports
Awaiting
Decision
By
Gathering
in
Ottawa
OTTAWA,
Sept.
24:
(CPJ
Rev.
Peter
Bryce
of
Toronto
was
elected
moderator
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
on
the
first"
ballot
at
the
seventh
general
council
meeting
last
night
succeeding
Rev.
Robert
Roberts
of
Toronto
i
Major
questions
of
Internal
ec-
onomy,
Including
the
filling
of
Important
secretarial
posts,
come
to
an
Issue
at
the
General
Council
session.
The
General
Council
meet?
biennially.
Merging
of
several
theological
colleges,
revisions
of
plans
lor
ministerial
settlement,
report
of
remit
on
the
place
of
women
in
the
ministry
and
a
new
alignment
In
foreign
missions
are
among
the
projects
leading
up
to
decision?
by
the
council.
Several
commissions
have
been
at
work
since
the
last
Genera'
Council
and
their
findings
will
of
fer
material
for
extended
discussion,
Officers
of
the
United
Church
state
not
council
in
the
last
de
cade
has
approa:hed
moi;
funda
mental-issues
o
church
worlc.
.
-J
Commissioners
elected
to
deal
I
with
the
legislation
Included
-nl
number
of
college
presidents,
former
presidents
of
Conferences
ol
the
Church,
and
a
substantia!
number
of
leading
pastors
and
laymen
Among
the
women
com
missioners
elected
were
Dr.
Vic
toria
Cheung
of
South
China;
Mis;
Anne
Fountain,
girl's
work
secretary
for
British
Columbia
anc
Mrs.
Geo.
F.
Bryce,
missions
n
to
Central
India.
President
W.
C.
Murray
of
tlu
University
of
Saskatchewan;
Prin-clpal
R.
C.
Wallace,
newly
elected
head
of
Queens
University,
for
merly
head
of
the
University
of
Alberta,
and
President
Sidney
Smith
of
the
University
of
Mani
toba,
lite
of
Dalhousle
University
Halifax,
are
among
the
educa
tionists
elected
by
their
Confer
ences.
Three
heads
of
the
Church'
aits
colleges
and
universities,
Drs
E.
W
.Wallace
and
Walter
T
Brown,
Victoria
University,
Toronto,
and
Dr.
G.
J.
Trueman
Mount
Allison
University,
Sack
ville,
N,
B.,
are
present,
together
with
several
principals
and
pro
fessors
of
theological
colleges.
Commissions
to
Report
Commissions
will
report
throu&i
their
ministerial
chairmen
as
fol
lows:
Dr.
R.
...
P.
Bowles,
Nestleton,
.
Ont.,
for
the
commission
on
theo-ils
-V
PILCHARD
REDUCTION
AT
NAMU
IS
PLANNED
VICTORIA,
Sept.
24:
(CP)
The
government
yesterday
is-
.
sued
a
licence
for
a
pilchard
reduction
plan
to
the
British
Columbia
Packers
for
opera-
tlon
at
Namu.
j
-
:
ETHIOPIA
STAYS
IN
League
of
Nations
Decides
Subjugated
'Nation
Shall
Remain
As
Member
t.
GENEVA,
Sept,
21:
(CP)
By
a
vote
of
39
to
4,
trie
League
of
Nations
Assembly
last
night
decided
that'
Ethiopia
shpuld
continue
to
sit
in
the
Assembly.
The
decision,
reversing
a
previous
decision
to
submit
the
question
of
Ethiopia's
sovereignty
to
the
World
Court,
was
in
compliance
with
a
recommendation
of
the
credentials
committee
was-
reached
after
heated
debate.
Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
British
Foreign
Secretary,
described
as
"nonsense"
any
proposal
that
Ethiopia
should
be
deprived
of
her
membership-Canada,
France,
.
-0
r.ca
t
Britain
jjrrtRus8ia
were
among
the
nations
voting
for
Ethiopian
membership.
Austria,
Hungary
and
Albania
voted
against.
Six
nations
did
not
vote.
Italy
Is
expected
to
withdraw
from
the
League
in
view
of
the
decision.
Premier
Mussolini
had
threatened
withdrawal
if
Ethiopia
were
allowed
to
retain
its
seat.
CANADA
HONORED
Canada
was
today
elected
Jo
one
of
the
six
vice-presidencies
of
the
League
of
Nations.
Premier
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
as
chief
delegate
from
Canada,
holds
the
position.
John
Pyper
Of
Port
Clements
Is
Found
Dead
John
Pyper,
proprietor
of
the
Port
Clements
Hotel
and
a
resident
of
some
years
standing
there,
was
found
dead
In
his
room
a
few
days
ago,
district
headquarters
of
the
provincial
police
have
been
advised.
He
was
about
sixty
years
of
age
and
came
from
Vancouver
where
he
,
"rvivea
oy
a
ismiiy.
ueam
nas
logical
colleges;
Dr.
H.
Mlc!vDeen
aeciarea
one
to
natural
(Continued
on
pane
Four)
.
causes.
'--
t
m
oaay
a
rr
cumcr
Terrace
Raining,
calm,
49.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
50;
Stewart
Raining,
south
wind,
43.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
windy,
47.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
Bums
lake
Bright,
calm,
43.
DOBBIN
ON
MERCY
FLIGHT
1
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
24:
Pilot'
Ted
Dobbin
with
his
Waco
seaplane
I
made
another
mercy
flight
yester-
Ant
KrtnfrlnfT
In
frrm
Rnpk
Tlav
near
Seymour
Narrows
a
logger
who
had
been
seriously
Injured
in
I
a
camp
there.
Rcvclstokc
Man
Has
Passed
Away,
.,
itEVELSTOKE,
Sept.
24!
Daniel
R.
Cameron,
well
known
Revel-;
stoke
'dairyman,
passed
away
.yesterdays
at
the
age
of
seventy-three'
years.
ancouver
EMENT
Willi
CARS
Scientist'
Tells
Gyro
Club
of
Transcontinental
Trip
With
Two
Types
of
Railway
Freezers
New
One
Best
William
Balagrio
Charms
Luncheon
Audience
With
Violin
Solos
Hoedown
Committees
The
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
club,
at
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
24:
(CP)
Mrs.
Henry
Field
of
its
regular
weekly
luncheon
yester-
Chicago;
Pilot
Lynn
Staples
of
the
Inca
Mining
Corpora-day,
heard
an
Interesting
talk
by
tibn
at
Carcross
and
Mpph
Otto
Young,
mechanical
engineer,
of
the
prince
Rupert
Fisheries
Ex
-
perimentai
station;
describing
a
re
-
!
cent
experimental
trip
across
the
continent
from
Vancouver
to
Mon-,'
treal
with
a
new
type
type
of
refrlgera-
refrigera-
lor
car
designed
at
the
Uh
T
hJJUUh
tT
vounga's
,
discourse,
members
of
the
club
and
Visitors
of
the
day
were
treated
to
violin
solos
by
William
Balagnp,,
formerly
of
Prince
Rupert
and
now
prominent
in
Seattle
musical
circles,
j
Mr.
Voung
gave
a
humorous
preface
to
his
address
by
describing
the
physical
experiences
of
the
transcontinental
trip
across
Canada
aboard
a.long
Canadian
Pacific
freight
train
to
which
the
experl-
mental
car
had
been
attached.
The
bumplness
of.
the
rlde
was
some-
nih!lld
WJgJPi
far,g0t"
compensaiea
ror
oy
tne
beauty
oi
Commissioner
of
Fisheries
by
noon
t0
A;iiaj
r"
the
scenery
and
the
learning
at
September
30.
the
provincial
gov-
VI
ACMuinea
in
first
hand
of
how
freight
traffic'
ernment
ruled
by
order-in-council
i'iansiailgnter
Case
was
handled.
During
the
trip
Mr
yesterday.
J
VANCOUVER,
Sept
24:-A
Sup-
oung
lived
in
the
caboose
of
the
Herring
and
salmon
dry
salt.'reme
Court
jury
yesterday
ic-freight
train.
Cj-les,
It
was
ordered,
must
era-
turned
a
verdict
of
not
guilty
in
Object
of
Trip
ploy
fifty
percent
white
or
native
tha
case
of
a
sixteen
year
old
The
speaker
explained
that
th
Indian
labor
and
abide
by
ths
twy
charged
with
manslaughter
object
of
the
trip
had
been
to
test
the
efficiency
of
overhead
cooling
In
refrigerator
cars
a3
compared
with
the
ordinary
end
cooling
sys-
tem
which
was
new
In
vogue.
The
car
with
which
the
test
had
been
mad'-
was
one
rebuilt
to
accom-
modaie
overhead
brine
tanks.
It
was
about
the
same
size
as
an
or-
dlnary
car
but
had
greater
loading
capacity
resulting
from
the
dls-
carding
of
the
end
tanks.
The
head
room
was
slightly
reduced.
The
specifications
of
the
new
refrlgera-
tion
equipment
were
explained
lnitor'
some
detail.
The
first
test
had
consisted
of
the
shipment
of
a
carload
of
frozen
salmon
and
halibut
from
Vancouver
to
Winnipeg
commencing
on
July
16
when
the
weather
on
the
prairies
was
at
Its
hottest
so
hot,
in.
fact,
that
the
consignees
In
Winnipeg
were
fearful
that
nothing!
.
.
'
U
l
iL.
rl
1-
cuuiu
pitvem
me
iisn
irom
oecom-
ins?
defrosted,
enroute.
I
The
fish
were,
loaded
at
ft
tern-
perature
of
about
seventeen
de-
'OontlniiPrt
on
Paorp
Fnufi
Dominion
Housing
Act
Being
Made
of
Real
Use
to
All
Of
Canada;
Gov't
Assumes
Risk
v
OTTAWA,
Sept,
24:
'(CP)
Government
assump-"
tion
of
the
bulk
of
loss
risk
and
contribution
from
the
administration
fund
to
help
defray
inspection
expenses
so
the
Dominion
Housing
Act
may
be
more
useful
in
small
communities
and
areas
distant
from
loan
company
offices
were
announced
by
the
Department
of
Finance
yesterday.
The
new
formula
provides,
in
the
case
of
a
single
family
house
where
the
loan
is
$3000,
that
the
gov-;
ernment
assume
eighty
percent
of
the
loss
risk.
Were
the
loan
is
more
than
$3000
but
less
than
$3500,
the
gpverninentassumes
seventy-five
percent
of
the
risk"
and
seventy
percent
where
the
loan
exceeds
$3500
but
less
than
$4000.
Pilot
L,nn
Staples
Of
r
i
wcross
ana
tnicago
Woman
Gasoline
Ran
Out
When
They
Were
Over
Queen
Charlotte
Sound
Lost
For
Three
Days
Now
Safe
In
Vancouver
j
1
7"
7
tL6
!
C'
?
ffm
1,
.
harrowing
from
i?ay
?ftei;a
trip
the
north
by
airplane,
J
-saving
Carcross
last
Friday,,
weather
forced
them
down
for
three
days
in
the
"Inside
Passage."
Their
gasoline
'supply
became
depleted
while
they
were
over
Oueen
Char-
Wr
i0tt
RnnnH
gound
and
nnrl
tliov
they
drifted
-l.iffo
imfil
until
picked
rvi
I,,:t
Hardv-
They
resumed
n
eliectS.
GOVERNING
SALTERIES
Government
Rules
They
Must
Eir.
ploy
Fifty
Percent
Whites
i
Or
Indians
VICTORIA,
Sept.
24:
(CP)
Ap-
niiMirn
fnr
hrrw
a
4icenceiforr
1937
must,
he
.In..
Uw
regulations
oi
tne
salt
iisn
mar
ketln?
board.
Vell
Known
Coast
Pilot
Passes
As
ntsmi
npslIit
UI
rjf
Strnko
1KC
SEATTLE
JS
ept.
24:
Capt.
J.
Moore,
well
known
Seattle
coastal
pilot,
who
suffered
a
stroke
on
board
the
steamer
King
John
last
week
and
Injured
his
head
In
falling,
died
here
yesterday.
Hh
was
widely
known
as
a
naviga
Reeve
Brown
Of
Surrey
is
New
Municipal
Head
I
VERNON,
Cept.
24:
Reeve
J.
T.
Brown
of
Surrey
was
elected
presl
dent
of
the
Union
of
British
Colum-
bla
Municipalities
In
succession
to
Mayor
David
Leemlng
of
Victoria
at.
the
annual
convention.
Among
'many
resolutions
passed
by
the
convention
was
one
urging
that
in
future
appointment
of
police
ma-
gUtrates
should
be
made
by
the
provincial
government
from
among"
two
or
more
candidates
to
be
nomi
nated
by
the
municipal
councils.
DEATH
BY
DROWNING
Death
by
drowning
Is
the
verdict
returned
by
the
coroner's
Jury
Into
the
death
of
George
Letts,
fisheries
guardian
at
Gull
Chuck
Inlet
and
an
old
timer
of
the
city.
The
funeral
has
taken
place
at
Belfa
Bella.
Another
Tropical
Storm
Approaching
JACKSONVILLE,
Florida,
Sept.
24:
Another
tropical
storm
was
reported
last
night
to
be
advancing
towards
Bermuda.
While
it
was
not
expected
to
be
so
severe
as
that
of
last
week,
warnings
were
i
however,
issued
to
shipping.
Flight
Put
Down
in
Sea
ud
Tuesday
near
the
flight
to
Vancouver
with
This
Lets
Amy
Out
Of
Sprint
To
Johannesburg
LONDON,
Sept,
24:
Mrs.
Camp-,bell
Black
stated
yesterday
that
she
would
not
permit
anyone
to
use
the
plane
of
her
husband,
who
was
killed
last
week,
in
the
Lon-
don
to
Johannesburg
air
race
next
week.
Amy
Johnson
Molllson
had
imm
n
-.
v.
.
.
In
connection
with
the
death
of
an
elderly
woman,
Mrs.
McKenzie,
whom
he
struck
at
the
corner
of
Klngsway
and
Rupert
Street
while
riding
a
bicycle;
In
a
first
trial,
the
jury
disagreed.
ABERHART
ISHEARD
Alberta
Premier
Preaches
Social
Credit
and
Economic
Union
For
British
Columbia
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
24:
Making
his
second
holiday
address
here.
Premier
William
Abernart
of
Alberta
urged
young
men
to
persuade
British
Columbia
to
Join
In
economic
union
with
Alberta.
In
a
two
hour
address
earlier,
in
the
week
in
West
Vancouver,
Mr.
Aberhart
urged
British
Columbia
to
adopt
Social
Credit
and
Join
in
ecomomlc
union
with
Alberto.
"Find
one
hundred
honest
men
and
hand
the
government
over
to
them,"
advocated
the
Albertd
Premier.
"But,"
he
asserted,
"can
yu
one
hundred
honest
men
In
British
Columbia?"
Will
Carry
On
Roosevelt
Work
Repubcans
Would
Contlne
thy
Projects
It
Returned
To
Power
PHOENIX.
ArizT
Sept.
4:
Speaking
here
In
the
course
of
his
western
tour,
Col.
Frank
Knox,
Republican
candidate
for
vicq-presldent
of
the
United
tSate,
declared
that
a
new
Republican
administration
would
continue
meritorious
public
works
initiated
by
the
Roosevelt
administration
but
would
have
to
be
sure
of
the
merits
and
economy
of
the
pro-
Meets
There
was
no
Intention
of
closing
down
all
Roosevelt'.'
Initla-
ted
projects.
,
'
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