UNCLE SAM STAYS OUT 'resident Roosevelt Says He Will Not Let Country Get Entangled In Foreign Disputes DALLAS, Texas. June 13: faking at a luncheon in his onor yesterday, President Frank in D. Roosevelt declared that he ad no intention of permitting Jnlted States to become involved n European "or " Astatic Interna tonal afatirs although, in the efforts to maintain International peace, he would favor giving "moral wpport." President and Mrs. Roosevelt ?tnt last night at the farm home if their son, Elliott Roosevelt, near Port Worth. Noted Comedian Is In Hospital V. C. Fields Suffering From Run Down Condition Which May Develop Into Pneumonia j RIVERSIDE. Cal., June 13: W. C Fields, behoved comedian of stage and screen, was removed to hospital here last night suffering Irom a run-dqwn condition which threatens to develop Into RAILWAY SHUFFLE Positions and' Titles of Operating; Officials Re-arranged MONTREAL, June 13: Official' circulars issued at Montreal and Toronto announce a re-arrange-ftent of positions and titles of operating department officials of toe central region, Canadian National Railways. A circular Issued the central region as vlce-presi wnt and general manager, will relinquish the title of general manner and will have the title of vice-president, central region, with offices at Toronto. Circulars issued at Toronto by Mr Klngsland announce the appointment of F. L. C. Bond, hith erto general suDerlntendent. Mon treal district, as general manager, central region. Mr. Bond's offices will be In Toronto. T. C. Hudson, nitherto in chartTe of the Southern Ontario district as eeneral super intendent, is appointed general uperintendent Montreal district, succcedlne. Mr. Bond, and J. fringle. hltlWtn central super totendent of transportation, Is ap- also approaching Shames to- day. There is a bad break at Shames. WAGE RATE PROTESTED Scale of Par on Railway Repair Work Draws Objection From Trades & Labor Council The Prince Rupert Trades & La bor Council, at its regular monthly meeting Thursday night, decided to protest to S. J. Hungerford, president of the Canadian National Railways, at the 25c an hour wage scale to men employed on flood damage repair work on the local line of the Canadian National Rail ways. A demand is being made for the provincial minimum wage of 40c per hour for this district. Sup port of Olof Hanson, M.P. for Skeena, and the provincial mlnlstdr of labor will be sought. "Trie council endorsed "action of the Prince Rupert Retail Merchants' Association In carrying Its request for earlier closing on Satur day evenings of certain stores in the city to the provincial minister of labor and attorney general. One of the objects of the move, It was stated, was to keep within the minimum wage act. The council will also communicate with the ministers. Letters were read from Rt. Hon W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, and Olof Hanson M.P. acknowledging resolutions oi the Trades and Labor Council re specting the Bank of Canada. Mr. Hanson stated that he was in iavor of a bank entirely controlled by the government instead of by cer tain private interests, A communication from the Ie deral union of store employees at Montreal sought information In re eard to retail store hous In this district. The secretary will supply the Information A resolution from the London, Ont., Trades and Labor Council for presentation to the annual convention of the Trades & Labor Congress of Canada requesting the establishment of av 30-hour week with rates of pay to meet the figures of the Labor Gazette was endorsed. A project to get out "fair to labor" placards for distribution amone the merchants was rejected. The placards would have been fin anced by advertising. Montreal by J. S. Hungerford, secretary was instructed to President, announces that W. A.J rite olof Hanson MP. In regard to "gsiana, hitherto m cnarge oi nrnnrvta, tn havlntr the remun eratlon of assistant keepers increased. lighthouse PASSED WITH HONORS information has been received in the city of the success of J. H. Gib son, son of Dean Gibson oi bi. An Experimental Station to Be Names of Quintuplets Alleged io Have Been Used Without Authority by Philadelphia Doll Makers. PHILADELPHIA, June 13: Sul! for $50,000 was entered here yes-erday by Hon. David Croll, min-ster of welfare for the province of Ontario, on behalf of the "Dionne quintuplets for unathor-ized use of the names of the fam ous babies by a Philadelphia doll manufacturing company. More Warrants Against Black Legion Issued DETROIT, June 13: Twenty- nine new murder warrants were Issued yesterday by Prosecutor Duncan McCrea against members drew Anglican Cathedral, In pass- of n otorlous Black Legion A in his fifth year examinations ln ri. . . . . ..j l t onwnra lsiana . . ., M 1 - medicine at University oi iuruiiw with honors. Today's Weather TrlDle Island-Clear, light north' west wind; Daroinc;i, ...-, - mea general supennienuem. nrinrt? Southern Ontario district, succeed- light to moaer- - to Mr. Hudson. ' I moderate chop. conspiracy to murder Klngsley, noted Highland Paric newspaper editor, Is charged against the Legion. FINED 5300 Pleading guilty' to a charge of keeping liquor for sale. Bernardino Perottl was fined $300, with option of three months' imprisonment, ln city police court this morning. The fine was paid. PROVINCIAL LIBRARY Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides She (8 AM.) High 8:58 aa 16.5 ft. prince Rupert Part cloudy, light 21:19 p.m. 20.0 ft. northerly barometer, 29.94; Low 2:40 a.m. 5.6 ft. " temperai - 5, &ea smuouu 14:35 p.m, 7.1 ft. - ri NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER V ,1. XXV., No. 139. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1936 TRICE: 5 CENTS r. m NOT DEVALUATE ance to Stay on Gold Standard, icclares New Socialist Premier Strikes are , Ending; PARIS, June 13: Premier Leon um said yesterday that the new vcrnment of France would never rmit devaluation of the franc b ethods of Inflation. It was the tcntion of the new ministry to ep the country on the gold andard. Following widespread strikes, ln-lstrlal conditions In the country c gradually returning to normal. Two hundred thousand workers Northern France have returned i work. Only department store orkers and Iron workers are still it on strike, it Is stated. The Communist section yester-iy Introduced a resolution in the iamber of Deputies calling for rosecutlon of all food speculators. The forty-hour week measure, pproved by the Chamber of Dep-ties. now awaits ratification by ie Senate. 4 WIRE SERVICE EXPECTED TO BE RESTORED MONDAY By Monday, and possibly sooner, the Canadian National Telegraphs expects to have re- established Its wire service which has been out of com- mission for two weeks on ac- count of flood damage along the lower Skeena River. From the east the wires were up again into Terrace at 6 o'clock last evening and the repair crew from that end was mov- Ing on to Shames today. The repair crew from the west is 4 Established Near Smithers By Federal Administration Olof Hanson Secures at Last What Has Been Requested For Many Years Smithers District is Said to Be Chosen as Location OTTAWA, June 13: It is announced here that the federal government will this year establish an experimental station in central British Coumbia, probably in the Smithers area. This is being done on the recommendation of the member for the district, Olof Hanson, who has been very insistent that the work be carried out. In this he has . TIIOS. PATTERSON MOSS Police were mystified at finding the body of Thomas Patterson Moss, Canadian youth attending Balllol College, Oxford University. The charred body was found in a burning hayrick on a farm near Stadhampton. Both arms Were broken and the fire was of unknown origin. Sir Bernard Splls-bury, famous English criminologist, was called in and asked to investigate. Police believe death was accidental but suspicious angles were being Investigated. Salmon Price For Season Settled Bristol Bay Fishermen to Receive 12!ic For Reds From Canners This Year SEWARD, Alaska. June 13: Bristol Bay fishermen will receive 12 Vic for red salmon from the pac-ters this season. A price agreement vas reached yesterday between the fishermen and the packers. SUIT IS ENTERED agriculture. years been asking for an experimental farm or experimental station. An experimental farm would have proved too costly so the re cent requests have been for one or two experimental stations at suitable centres. The Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce has at var-' lous times backed u the request and the member for the district has brought It to the . attention of the government and of Parliament I and has succeeded at last in get-, jting this recognition for the dls-j trict. FLOOD HIT I WILD LIFE Some Unusual Sijhts Along Skeena River Geese Lose Nests Trout Seek Fresher Water Judging from observations of people who are Interested In such floods. 1 Nests of wild geese in me siougns of the lower river have been swept away. These nests, It is said, con tained eggs and, in some cases, young birds which were drowned. The bewildered adult mates have been honking desolately following their loss. flpod waters. DAMAGE IS CANNERIES ON KODIAK ISLAND THREATENED BY LARGE FOREST BLAZES JUNEAU. June 13: (CP) 4 ENORMOUS : rails, grade, everything were swept brid8es- under the federal department of away, never was t.ieie miyuuug like it In the way of damage all tne llne tn Kltwanga to The people of Central and North- em British coiumoia nave ior -- It seems quite reasonable to as sume that it will take many weeks before trains can again be run over the line. CIVIL WAR IS AVERTED Cantonese Forces, After Meeting Stiff Resistance, Are Halted CANTON, June 13: Possibility of serious civil war In China was believed averted yesterday with the order of the Cantun government to halt the movement of forces against the .North China r- - , 'government. The sUff resistance of the superior fighting forces of General Chiang Kai Sbek, northern war lord, is believed to have dampened the military enthusiasm of the Cantonites. things, the wild life of the Skeena I Valley has also suffered as a re- Spokane Drug suit of the recent unprecedented, Arlrlirti Rtina Sent to Prison 13: (CP) The well known river steamer Klondyke, Is ! wrecked in the Yukon River Gradually more particulars are near the mouth of the Teslln of wnile enroute from White- drifting Into town descriptive the enormous damage done to the norse to Dawson. The vessel line of the Canadian National Rail- had on board thirty pas- ways along the lower Skeena River senBers for lower Yukn Polnt5 by the disastrous floods of last who d arrived at Skagway week. Pictures which are becoming Irom the with on the north- available, however give a better und voyage of the steamer that be Princess Louise. Tte Klondyke idea than anything can wrltten which had a heavy freight ... ii i i.. careo. sank so ranldlv after . , .... ... ,. j . -s ai some LKJ1IU5 lauwav " lMiown ,nown that mai he ne had naa the wie backing oaciung ui of , , - , .,.. - J striUnir rnrfc not. far hpW a pub,te organUaUons - P aMU over ,nto the woods at some dls- f the pa DEATH A MYSTERY the Associated Boards, of Trade of Central British Columbia. The new station will be operated tance. For long stretches r gers barely had time to escape. MENACE IS YUKON RIVER STEAMER IS WRECKED IN NORTH; PASSENGERS ESCAPED Further Particulars of Wreckate! WHITEHORSE, Y.T.. June On Railway Line Graphic Pictures DEFEATED Cutworms and Grasshoppers Ravage Crops but Farmer Winning Grim Six-Year Fight SPOKANE, June 13:-Sentences. two years ago, transformed green of one year and a day's imprisonment were meted out here yesterday to four men for dope offences. They will be sent to the hopsltal for drug addicts at Lexington, Ken- Others report having seen flne,tuck.y. cut throat trout by the thousands j making their way up the fresher j TLllJ Qin ffprc waters of the tributaries of thejVlllIU UlllgCId main river, trying to get away from the dirty flood waters of the Skeena. Some dead trout are said Best in Canada to nave oen leit lying on me ran- Chora, y th ,n the Uomlnlon way grade when the water receded. Rated Best in British Empire Bears fishing along the river banks j are a common sight these days., SASKATOON, June 13: (CP) Other animals not often seen so Canadlans can be more than low down at this time of year are proud of tneir children who pos-also In evidence. 'gg voices which cannot be One passerby saw a great long matched anywhere In the British make dead on the grade. It was a empire, David Yacamlnl, adjudl- eptlle the like of which Is not of- cator. told members of the Can- en seen so near the coast. Possibly a(jian Club here. It had been carried down from far At Winnipeg he heard youn3 n the interior by the rush of the chorallsts present work which so 'hear . anything .ui in like u It again un DESTROYING GARDENS less he returned to the Manitoba Complaints have again been capital, made of picnickers destroying the The best choirs ln Canada, he gardens on Tugwell Island of the believed, could match anything h native' people of Metlakatla Village, the United Kingdom. If the best If such destruction continues, the were placed against the best the npnartmpnt of Indian Affairs mav Scottish critic said the "dice Would be compelled to ban picnics on the be loaded ln favor of Canadian Island altogether. cnimren. Halibut Arrivals Kodlak Island cannery crews Cape Spencer, 12.000, 6c and 5c Joined residents today ln Cold Storage. flehtlnir forest fires which are Annaoeue, 7,oou, threatening canneries on flf- .Cold Storage. teen mile fronts on both sides Vera Beatrice, 14,000, 6.3c and of Halibut nav. , 5c, Cold Storage. 4 Tugwell, 2,800, 6.2c and 5.3c, At - llln. Summary ' Canadian 61,000 pounds, 6c and 5c to 63c and 5.3c. American None. ' 1 Canadian 6.2c and 5.2c, WINNIPEG, June 13: (CP) Western agriculture Is ready today to admlnster the coup de grace to a crop of insects about to start their annual march of destruction. At scattered prairie points where broods of grasshoppers, cutworms and caterpillars are reported hatching, poison bait Is spread to lay the plague. i Reports from biologists, expert in methods of combatting insect Invasions, Indicate victory Is in sight for 55,000 agrarians In a 4slx-year battle against the 'hoppe. The severe winter has also slowea up considerably some pests of th? plant parasite family while others, less voracious, have been little affected. Concentration of poison bait guns across a 600-mile front lan summer killed numberless young insects and paved the way foi what is hoped to be the crushlnc blow. Comparatively little infestation has been reported in Manitoba where insects and drought fields Into a desert. Alberta Invasion This year Alberta Is prepared for a double Invasion. Grasshop pers and cutworms are reported in central and southern areas. Cutworm attacks are confined for the most part to stubbled-in-crops. Mixing stations have Jseen opened for distribution of poison bait and others established In areas wher'' 'hopper Infestation Is feared. In Saskatchewan, control meas ures are being taken in more nor therly sections. North Battleford reports hatching on a general ALL NOT HARMONY Republican Convention Ends At Cleveland Borah and Landon Already at Variance CLEVELAND, June 13: Shortly after nominating Col. Frank Knox of Chicago as vice-presidential running mate for Governor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, the party's jholce for the presidency, the Republican national convention adjourned yesterday. Knox was chosen after Senator Arthur Vander-burg of Michigan, the favorite, refused the vice-presidential nomination. Governor Landon and Col. Knox will confer on Monday at Topeka, Kansas. That all Is not harmony In the ranks of the Republican party as It enters the campaign Is already quite evident. Among others, Senator W. E. Borah of Idaho, who had much to do with the framing of the party's platform at the convention here this week, has expressed open disapproval of Governor Lan-don's Interpretation of certain planks-. Doubt is expressed as to whether Borah will support or oppose Landon or merely take no oart In the campaign. ASSEMBLY IS CALLED Next Session of League of Nations To be Held on June 36 GENEVA, June 13: The next meeting of the League of Natloh3 is called for June 26r The first matter to be taken up will be the Italo - Ethiopian situation. The matter of the Rhlneland will also be dealt with. Admiral Crook Is Aeronautic Head Given Charge of Important Branch Of United States Navy Service WASHINGTON, DC, June 13:-Rear Admiral Arthur Crook has. been appointed chief of the Branch of Aeronautics of the United States Navy, It was announced" yesterdayf' ' TERRACE DISTRESS Official TUport on Situation In Flood-Stricken Area Sufferers All Under Cover According to Information received by Government Agent Norr scale for the first time since thpman Ai Watt sufficient food sup- plague struck the province. Thejpiles t0 iast for days are now early fall brood found in southern !on hand ln lhe nood-strlcken Ter-wheat field areas has been re-irace district, tarded somewhat, commissioners, ln regard to the general sltua-reDort- tlon In the Terrace district, Con- oeewe aixa caicrymars m cast- stahlp t MrKennev of Terrace ern districts have been consider- advlses that all flood victims at ably depleted by the cold weather Terface and RemQ are under cover oi " last wimer. numueis ui uie thrilled him he never expected to i hTappearan A number oI cases are blng ab ...i,auer nave maae t tneir appearance, e sorbed , ln railway ,,,, employment nvmpnt. ant and n northwestern Ontario wnere wo years ago they halted traffic jy crossing railway right-of-way., denuding trees of foliage ln their western march, Government officials In Manl-1 toba, where more than 100 stations were ln operation last year at a cost of approximately $150,000, xpect no general Infestation. The fight has entered the crucial stage to the west, however, but agriculture Is confident it will be crowned with success to bring to science pne of the most outstanding triumphs ln the history of STOCK MARKET DROPS NEW YORK, June 13: The New York Stock Market showed a decline all along the line yesterday. The Industrial average at closing was down 1.45; rails, off .43; utilities, off 21, and bonds, up .05. the situation Is gradually reverting to normal. There are some cases of real distress, Constable McKenney adds, but these are being taken care of. Meantime, the government has put into temporary service between Kwlnltsa and Terrace a thirty-foot river boat, equipped with a 24 h.p. outboard motor and manned by Corp. Harold Raybone and Game Warden Ed. Martin, to carry supplies Into the flood area; until transportation can be provided in a more normal way by the proper authorities. In this way, It is estimated that 1000 pounds a day can be delivered into Terrace.' f Interior merchants will order supplies ln the usual way from wholesalers. Constable McKenney has been Instructed to make a more complete report on the actual cases of ' ' distress. . 1 ;, -H , . i