TO PRIVY COUNCIL I ..... . 1 n . rtt- i .J. OTTAWA, JUiy o. vri 1 prime Minister William Lyon 1 Mackenzie King told news government would appeal soon to the Privy Council opinions ( of the Supreme Court of Can- ada on the constitutionality . . n A. a. t of "some oi ine uenneu aa- t 1 ministration's "reform" stat- ? utes. He declined to say which would be appealed. Governor Martin Of Washington Is Agai tin Candidate OLYMPIA, Wash.. July 8: Oov- ernor Clarence D. Martin announced yesterday that he would be a Candidate for re-election as governor of Washington on the Democratic ticket at the election this iear KABINET IS IRRITATED Badttr Game is Played By Germany t1MIVlM rni T11I11 O- OiHnin IIhIk.. Tl 1 J I 1.1. t l t I CRISIS . rf iucu me linen s iauure lu iuuiv the British question on Oer- is INCREASING MC11 nf T ...... Jn Pr.l'.nl Smuggling of Goods Irritates China NANKINO, China, July 8:-Con- ImiOrl raf it enl U-t Tnnrn n nrnirfin I Matter is Held of Such Importance That it Must Take Precedence Over Everything, Including Balancing of Budget LONDON, July 8: (CP) Great Britain is preparing to spend another large sum estimated at between 15,000,- nnn nn,i ook nnr nnn nn r..it : ti. tr papermen last night that the "". ,v, uhi.c. vuumem;, m inu uuiu- jjciii ijauiinuii, iii jo itui ntU nave v.vjii v mh,lu me iitiiuntijr that the urgency of national defence must take precedence over all else, even the balancing of the budget. RECORD TO HEAT WAVE BE SOUGHT i CONTINUES Queen Mary to Step Out For Atlantic Blue Ribbon Next Month NEW YORK, July 8: The "Queen Mary," Great Britain's new forty million dollar super Little Relief For Drought Areas Either in Canada or United States 1 ST. LOUIS, July 8: There was : still little sign of relief last night 'from the drought which has been liner, will go out to win the blue 'scorching the entire Middle West. ribbon symbolic of North Atlantic speed supremacy, in August. Officials of the Cunard White Star Line are confident their new flagship possesses far greater reserve power than her record-holding French rival the "Nor-mandie.M They are willing to wait for perfect weather conditions and warmer water, the latter a great aid, before opening the en St. Louis had had its fifth day of temperature averaging 100 degrees. Milwaukee had its hottest July 7 on record when the thermometer ascended to 98 above zero. Rain in Saskatchewan ' REOINA, July 8: Light rain fell over south central Saskatche-; wan yesterday but it afforded little, it any. benefit to the parched ' ' ground. ! gines to IhelimiU .They . blteved VeritableFnmaee. everything will be ideal in an other five or six weeks, CHARGE OF ESPIONAGE Anti-Japanese Activities Suspected By American Institutions In Tokyo CHICAGO. July 8: The great plains area of the upper. Mississippi Valley was a veritable furnace today. The vast grain and corn belt of the prairie states may expect a blistering sun and scorching winds for at least : another forty eight hours, government forecasts said today. Some Relief WASHINGTON D.C., July 8: The weather bureau reports thel -1 ...... -.1. t m nn.l A V , AttAtrAl Vt M tnc! LUUUgllb BUillCWilrtk iCiitivu UJ iu- since July 3 from South Missouri TOKYO, July 8: Vigorous mca-'and central Texas, northeastward LI -R iY VICTORIA, B.C. X Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 AM.) She mm High : 3:56 a.m. 19.7 ft. Prince Rupert Light rain, foggy; v p.m. 19.5 ft. barometer, 29.88; terr ture, 57; Low ..10:25 a.m. 3.1 ft. sea smooth. inOl 22:58 p.m. 5.6 ft. - v rw NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ; Vol. XXV., No. 159. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1936 PRICE: 5 CENTS Great Britain Will Spend Twenty-Five Million Pounds On Defence Construction 1 APPEAL TO HE TAKEN nationals from smuggling i iii ix i n ij rninn n m n inn f nn ciarai aumonues or arasuc pre enwvc measure, is hurrying sino- apanese relations towards a crisis i I r l ft rrn n M-.aaH i Mn nnm. Btu'viw UttkUi ill nn n t t it tiJL.iti. i the Chinese capital. sures were taken today by officials of two leading American educational institutions here to combat a steadily increasing number of accusations that they are harboring anti-Japanese espionage activities. The py plot charges threatened to have repercussions in Washington. Paris Situation Continues Tense Following Incident on Monday When Police Failed to Break Up Demonstration PARIS, July 8: The civil situ-ntinn In Paris Is still tense follow ing the incident on Monday when police and mobile guards failed to of 15,-000 break up a demonstration Nationalists who staged a rally In the Champs-Elysees for the French trl-color as against the red flag of Communism. Son of Victoria Judge And Six Others Killed as Troop Plane Has Crash in Egypt OTTAWA, July 8: (CP)-Lieut. Douglas E. Macintosh of of the Canadian Corps of Signals, son Judge J. C. Macintosh of Victoria, and six othcis were killed last night in the crash of a troop-caiiy-ing plane in Egypt. Six more were injured and are "'The" plane burst into flames after it had crashed in the darkness. . . u ?M 1()no t, in 190J Lieut. Macintosh was born in Esqimnalt and was on exchange duty. j over the southern Ohio Valley and central Appalachian mountain sec tlon. t PREMIER DELAYED Plane, Bringing Mr. Pattullo North, Held Up By Fog at Alert Bay Premier T. D. Pattullo wired here this morning that he was delayed by fog at Alert Bay In the course of his flight from Victoria to visit j the northern section oi me province and expected to be here this afternoon. The Premier took off from Victoria, about 6 o'clock this mornlnu and, had he not been delayed, expected to be here about 11 o'clock this morning. Independence Day Death List Now Is Placed at 441 NEW YORK, July 8:-The latent summing up of the cost In life of celebrating the double holiday of the Fourth of July shows a total of 441 persons had met violent death over the week-end. It was the largest Independance Day celebration fatalltiy list since 1931 when 483 died and the second largest In the last nine years, However, the 1936 deaths weie over two days, whereas the compilations for some of the previous years were for the fourth only. BAR SILVER NEW YORK, July 8: (CPJ Bar Silver was unchanged at 444c per ounce on the local metal market today, Speed Race Forecast, Between Two Giant Atlantic Liners I LJ 11 Inill 1 I II I m Though the Queen Mary, giant new Cunard liner, failed by less than an hour lo win the blue ribbon for speed crossing the Atlantic, experts are of the opinion that she will achieve it, possibly next month. Owners of the French Line's Nor-mandie, however, counter this by announcing that the huge French ship will cut 10 hours from her crossing arid the race between the two juggernauts of the sea is on. The Queen .Mary is she', top, arriving in New York to be greeted by a huge throng of 750,000 people. Below, the Normaridie, with engines full speed ahead. It is expected the time will be shortened. SLAIN IN ETHIOPIA Ten Italian Fliers Killed By Natives in Province of Jcmoa ROME, Italy, July 8: Ten Italian officers wnq flew in three airplanes from Addis Ababa to Jemoa, province of Ethiopia, were slain upon their arrival there, according to reports received here today. They were slain in ambush in one of the bloodiest incidents since ICC Italian lliin.m uiiu occupation. pa uuii. COL. PECK BACK ON PENSIONS COMMISSION 4 OTTAWA, July 8: (CP) Brigadier General II. F. Mc- Donald of Ottawa has been appointed chairman of the pensions commission.. Col. C. W. Peck V.C. is a member. Fifteen Years Is Sentence Passed On Spy in California LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 8:-Amerlca's first peace time spy Harry Thomas Thompson, former United States navy yeoman, was sentenced by Federal Judge Leon Yankwich today to fifteen yeats In Federal prison. The judge In sentencing Thompson, convicted of conspiracy to sell secret navy Information to an agent In Japan said he took Into consideration the youth of the defendant, in failing to impose the maximum sentence of twenty years. : First reports said one of the ' r QrClGfll mOHCV victims ctims was believed to be a gen- . 5 J eral and one other was said to be the famous flier, Colonel WILD DAY . KILLED IN IN WHEAT; EXPLOSION Chicago Price Reaches Highest niast n i;oyai Arsenal at Wool-Point in Two Years, Then j wicli Proves Fatal to Five, It Tumbles Sharply Is Announced CHICAGO, July 8: In one of: the wildest markets in months,! LONDON, July 8: (CP) An ex-wheat soared to new high price plosion In the royal arsenal at records for the . season yesterday Woolwich this afternoon killed Highest since August 1934, It then five persons, it was announced by tumbled down sharply more than the War Office. five and one half cents a bush?!.i Bewildered traders, caught In a' i last minute avalanche of sellin?. ? dumped millions of bushels Into , the Wheat pit, as dealers and TREMENDOUS INCREASE merchants sought to realize pro- IN ADVERTISING IN U A Qf-ftrwl,rlfits of onc r the mosfc sensational NLWSPAiLKis lb T llOlUS utCaUYi sustained wheat price upturns in I i . ...... cfj'rnp Tnlir n- A tritm Little Changes in Currency Values On American Markets SAN FRANCISCO, July 8: Aside from a minor gain by Holland's guilders, foreign currencies held steady against the dollar In exchange markets as speculation diminished. New York francs were unchanged at 6.63 Vic Guilders gained .01c to 68.20c tand Swiss francs were unchanged at 32.76c. The pound sterling also remained unaltered at $5.02 Vi- recent years inspired Dy uie crop- uwuu, v.. destroying drought in spring mendous Increase in national . wheat territory. i newspaper advertising during , 1 the next six months was fore- "C C " T' i seen nere tocay at tne annual Secret OIX I O J corventlon of the Pacific Ad- , Probe Liquor ver'tlslng Clubs Association. In California Lesli M- Barton New York , City, declared businessmen SACRAMENTO, July 8: A "se- would put more money Into cret six," fashioned after the newspaper advertising, rather widely known Chicago organlza- than give In to the govern- tlon, was authorized by1 Governor meht under the new tax bill. Merrlam today to investigate state !.' liquor conditions.