niinprt
.
Clou,
KruiLc
-----
A
barometer,
30.14;
temperat.
sea
'rr
Pol.
XXV
No.
205.
suit
of
Purge
Numerous
Arrests
Being
Made
Case
of
Trotsky
Lway
Indicates
it
Will
Not
Be
Stampeded
by
Soviet
Demand
IMOSCOW,
Aug.
31
:
(CP)
Re-
of
wholesale
arrests
being
d
out
by
the
Soviet
govern
ed
In
the
wake
of
the
recent
fa
which
was
climaxed
by
the
locution
of
sixteen
"old
Bolshe-
i"
have
spread
panic
through
ranks
of
all
party
circles
In
Soviet
capital.
A
number
of
iportant
government
officials
being
arrested
dally.
With
Dlc-
Joseph
Stalin
facing
a
tense
flltical
crisis,
the
purge
Is
beuv.;
intlnued
with
a
firm
and
vlg-
ous
hand.
Mrs.
Lenin,
widow
of
kolal
Lenin,
has
been
restrained
pm
political
utterances.
om
political
utterances.
The
So
ft
secret
pollcq
over
the
week-end
tgan
a
sweeping
drive
against
all
iments
In
government,
theatrical
id
literary
classes
suspected
of
sloyalty
to
the
Stalin
regime.
note
handed
by
the
Soviet
eminent
on
Saturday
to
the
rwcglan
minister
demanding
nt
Leon
Trotsky
be
expelled
pm
Norway
.rnade,Hr
plain
that
nays
refusal
.to
expel
the
Md
Bolshevik
leader,
who
Is
al-
H
to
hive
plotted
against
Dic-
Kor
Joseph
Stalin
and
his
goy-iiment,
would
prejudice
good
re-
!;ons
between
the
two
govern-
tnts
and
would
be
considered
violation
of
International
law
Cere
was
no
Indication,
how-
that
the
Soviet
government
fd
demanded
the
return
of
the
file
to
Russia.
The
Soviet
protest
Norwegian
harboring
of
Trotsky,
barged
with
fomenting
a
terrorist
ot
against
the
Soviet
Union's
pder,
is
a
vigorous
one.
Norway's
Reply
lOSLO,
Aug.
31:
The
Norwegian
lemier
yesterday
Indicated
that
prway
had
no
Intention
of
tak
any
further
action
in
cornice
pn
with
the
peremptory
demand!
the
Russian
Soviet
government
Bit
Leon
Trotsky
be
Immediately
fpelled.
The
demand
was
char-Cttrlzed
as
being
an
unreason-
.e
one
and
Norway
Indicates
Us
Mention
of
handling
the
matter
i
own
way.
It
was
stated
how-
that
Trotsky's
Dermlt
to
re
fill
In
Norway
would
expire
on
tcember
18
and
that
the
Nor-
fglan
government
would
be
elad
he
could
secure
a
vUa
to
some
jner
country
by
that
time.
Today's
Weather
iTherc
was
calm
weather
with
In
at
all
points
In
the
district
morning,
east
to
Burns
Lake
fid
north
to
Stewart.
Tempera-
pres
were:
Terrace,
52.
I
Alice
Arm,
54.
I
Stewart,
49.
Hazelton,
50.
Smithers,
46.
Burns
Lake,
44.
STOCK
MARKET
IIP
NEW
YORK.
Autr
31
-Tho
Vvur
trk
stock
market
showed
an
up-pd
trend
Saturday.
Industrial
Page
was
up
.13;
rails,
up
JB1.
uuuucs,
up
.08.
aihvay
Workor
nd
Stevedores
10
Up
Cordova
CORDOVA.
Alaska
a
ho
r.l
.
I
iiT
Cordova
U
blocked
by
Toronto
Fair
Is
Opened
By
London
Mayor
And
Premier
TORONTO,
Aug.
31:
With
Pre
mier
Mitchell
Ilepbum
and
Sir
Percy
Vincent,
Lord
Mayor
of
Lon
don,
the
principal
speakers,
the
annual
Canadian
National
Exposi
tion
here
was
opened
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Roscoe
Turner
Smashes
Plane
Noted
American
Speed
Flier
Meets
With
Accident
on
Way
To
Bendix
Races
LOS
ANGELES,
Aug.
31:
Col.
Roscoe
Turner,
noted
American
speed
flier,
was
back
In
Los
An
geles
by
train
last
night
followinj
the
crash
sixty-five
miles
south
of
Gallup,
New
Mexico,
Saturday
night
of
the
plane
In
which
he
was
on
his
way
to
New
York
to
take
part
In
the
Bendix
aerial
races.
The
plane
was
badly
wrecked
and
Turner
was
slightly
Injured.
He
had
taken
off
on
Sat-UTday
from
Burbank,
California,
for
the
east..
Don
Crcrar
And
Son
Return
Home
From
Vimy
Rites
Don
Crerar
and
ton,
Allstalr,
returned
home
on
last
night's
train
after
having
gone
overseas
to
at
tend
the
unveiling-
of-
the-'Vimy
memorial
in
France,
an
experience
which
was
memorable
to
father
and
son
alike.
They
Crossed
to
New
York
aboard
the
great
new
liner
Queen
Mary
and
were
on
the
same
train
part
of
the
way
across
the
continent
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
H.
Waddlngton
who
are
returning
via
Vancouver.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
194,800
pounds,
British
Soldiers
8c
and
7c
to
10.4c
and
7c.
Canadian
none.
American
Vansee,
28,000,
10c
and
7c,
Pad
flc.
NcpAune,
26,000,
8c
and
7c,
Cold
Storage.
Arrow,
35,000,
10.4c
and
7c,
Atlln,
Chelan,
25,000,
10c
and
7c.
Booth.
Hazel
H.,
20,000,
10.3c
and
7c,
Royal.
Betty,
20,500,10.3c
and
7c,
Atlln.
Lansing,
17,000,
10.1c
and
7c,
Booth.
Wabash,
5,300,
10.4c
and
7c,
Pacific.
Pierce,
18,000,
10.3c
and
7c,
Cold
Storage.
.
Killed
by
Arabs
Troop
Detachment
Ambushed
By
Marauders
Between
Nablus
And
Nazareth
JERUSALEM,
Aug.
31:
(CP)-
Two
British
soldiers
were
killed
and
three
seriously
wounded
on
Saturday
when
Arab
marauders
ambushed
a
troop
detachment
on
FiHralon
Plain
between
Naoiu
and
Nazareth.
Little
Boy,
Hit
By
Auto,
Passes
ini.irtix
Prove
Fatal
to
Billy
Walter,
Aged
Six,
of
Vancouver
vAwrnttVER.
Aug.
31:
(CP)-
nitiw
wltr.
six
year
old
son
of
w
ir
Walter,
died
in
hospital
of
Injuries
Saturday
as
a
result
sustained
when
struc
mobile
on
Friday.
JAP
SHIP
FOR
LOGS
Steamer
Tonegawa
Maru
Arrives
Here
on
Way
to
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
After
a
speedy
and
uneventful
voyage
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
from
Muroran,
Japan,
which
port
she
left
on
August
17,
the
Japanese
freighter
Tonegawa
Maru,
Capt.
S.
Muto,
dropped
anchor
in
Prince
Rupert
Harbor
at
8
o'clock
last
evening.
After
going
through
customs,
immigration
and
quarantine
formalities
here,
the
vessel
will
leave
late
this
afternoon
or
evening
for
Sedgewick
Bay,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
to
load
a
full
cargo
of
hemlock
and
spruce
logs
from
the
camp
of
J.
R.
Morgan
Logging
Co.
for
delivery
to
the
Orient.
Capt.
A.
E.
Lewis
of
Nanalmo
Is
acting
as
pilot
for
the
vessel
and
will
stay
with
her
while
she
is
In
coastal
waters.
Victoria
Man
Is
District
Chief;
Kelowna
Chosen
SEATTLE,
Aug.
31;
William
C.
Hudson
of
Victoria
was
elected
district
governor
of
Gyro
International
at
the
district
convention
held
at
the
New
Washington
Hote
here
the
latter
part
of
last
week.
There
were
three
hundred
dele
gates
present
with
S.
J.
Jabor.r
the
represenativeof-
;the-
Prlnre1
Rupert
Gyro
Club..
Kelowna
wa
chosen,
for
the
1937
convention
city.
Social
Credit
Given
Readings
Alberta
House
Puts
Measure
Tc
Bring
New
System
Into
Effect
Through
Committee
Stages
EDMONTON.
Aug.
31:
The
Alberta
Credit
House
Act,
provldlnj
for
the
inauguration
of
Social
Credit
in
Alberta,
passed
commit
tee
of
the
whole
stages
In
the
Legislature
of
Alberta
at
the
end
of
the
week.
Search
Still
On
For
Missing
Man
Still
No
Trace
of
Vancouver
Accountant
Who
Has
Not
Been
Seen
for
Ten
Days
VANCOUVER,
Aug.
31t-Pohe
officers
are
continuing
the
search
for
Bernard
Hayes,
52-year
old
accountant,
who
has
been
mlssln?
for
ten
days.
He
was
last
seen
a
week
ago
last
Friday
when
he
left
his
home
In
the
University
area
for
his
office
downtown.
PREMIER
IS
BUSY
Deplessis
Reorganizing
Depart
mental
Services
of
Quebec
In
Interests
of.
Security
.
QUEBEC.
Aug.
31;
(CP)
Re
organization
of
all
government
de
partments
"on
a
sound
and
logical
basis"
was
announced
at
the
weekend
by
Premier
Maurice
Duplej-
si3,
the
new
head
of
the
Quebec
government.
Premier
DuplessLs,
as
an
opening
measure,
announced
a
stringent
economy
program
which
will
Include
cancellation
of
all
Insurance-
on
government
buildings
and
the
replacing
of
crown
prosecutorj
and
liquor
commission
attorneys
(
on
the
throughout
the
province.
today.
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
B.C.
Today's
Ther
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
AJU..
She
statin
HALIFAX,
Aug.
:3l:
ArrlviaT
here
at
the
wcek-jend
arter
attending
the
unveiling
of
tihe
Can
adian
war
memorial
at
Vlrhv
3ldie
In
France,
1
Major
J.
S
Roper,
noted
Canadian
Legion
leader,
spoke
of
the
universal
pop
ularlty
of
King
Edward
VIII
and
expressed
the
opinion
that,
If
ay
me
person
could
prevent
war
lit
Europe,
it
would
be'
he.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johaton
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
.33.
Big
Missouri,
.61.
Bralorne,
7.60.
B.
R
Cons,
.06.
'
b.
r.
x.,
.11
y2.
'
'
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.90.
Dentonla,
.18.
Dun
well,
03.
'
Golconda,
.09.
Minto,
.33.
Meridian,
.09.
Morning
Star,
.01?4.
National
Silver,
.03J5
Noble
Five,
.02.
Pend
Oreille,
.75.
Porter
Idaho,
.03."
Premier,
3.05.
Reeves
McDonald,
.06.
Reno,
1.21.
Relief
Arlington,
Zl'z-Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridge,
.09.
Wayside,
,102.
United
Empire,
.022.
.Central
Patricia,
4.00.
Ghlbougamau,
1.75.
Gods
Lake,
1.10.
v
fnT.
'
NlcEiir
53.85:
Lee
Gold,
.07.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.80.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.73.
Pickle
Grow,
6.85.
Rod
Lake
Gold
Shore,
1.95.
San
Antonio,
175.
Shcrritt
Gordon,
1.55.
Slscoe,
4.55.
Smelters
Gold,
.08.
'
Sturgeon
River,
.42.
.
Ventures,
2.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
3.85.
Hardrock,
2.95.
Oklend,
.32.
Mosher,
.51.
Bousquet,
,11.
.
r
Bldsoj?d,.Klrklandr
1.75.
Ma'dsen
Red
Lake,
1.12.
May
Spler.i
.39.
Wlnoga
Patricia,
.28.
Sullivan,
2.06.
Stadacona,
.64.
Greene
Staybell
.52.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.26.
Francocur,
1.74.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
24.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
4434c
per
ounce
New
York1
-metal
market
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
trocities
Are
USSIA
IS
AGITATED
Bvitt
Circles
Have
Jitters
As
He-
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
AUGUST
31,
1936.
High,...
Low
aay
nigni
naa
coverea
713
Knots
at
onamons
before
taking
off
on
a
speed
of
31
knots
per
hour
and
a
round
trip
flight
from
Nov
2000
knots
at
30.59
knots
per
hour,
I
York
to
London
and
back.
Poo'
record,
undlsputably
beating
the
weather
prevented
their
take-off
The
Queen
Mary
captured
the;at
the
week-tend.
westward
record
outbound
a
little'
over
a
week
ago
and
now
has
surpassed
etery
mark
set
by
the
Speedy
Work
By
Police
In
Case
Of
(Jold
Theft
John
Clausen
at
10
o'clock
this
Meeting
Of
Two
John
Buchans
In
New
Westminster
NEW
WESMINSTER,
Aug.
31:-
Two
John
Buchans
met
In
Nev
I
Westminster
at
the
end
of
tht
,
lr-
I
nomine
reported
to
the
city
oollce
I
grader.
They
found
that
they
had
hat
Hniw
thP
y
mnnth
hq'been
bora
In
nearby
towns
in
lhomi
on
F.tohth
Avpmm
West
had
I
een
robbed
during
his
absence
of
a
considerable
quantity
of
gold
ewelry
estimated
In
value1
at
up-yards
of
$70.
Constables
Stewart
vid
Mlddleton
were
soon
on
the
ob
and,
as
a
result
of
tracing
from
nuggets
and
a
ring
which
had
been
llsposed
of
at
a
Jewelry
store,
had
irrested
Kid
Sang,
Chinese,
at
his
'
jabln
back
of
the
Armory
by
11:3C
a.m.
Considerable
of
the
missing
lewelry
was
found
in
a
grip
at
Kid
Bang's
place.
He
is
charged
with
breaking
and
entering.
Canadian
Stream-
Lined
Train
Fast
Attained
Speed
of
103
Miles
Per
Hour
on
Prairies
Yesterday
PORTAGE
LA
PRAIRIE,
Aug.j
31:
The
new
Canadian
Paciltc
Railway
seml-streamllned
train
which
is
to
be
put
In
service
In
Western
Canada
reached
a
maximum
speed
of
103
miles
per
hour
yesterday
after
leaving
here
on
Its
way
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
Little
Daughter
Of
Pastor
Loses
Life
By
Drowning
VANCOUVER,
Aug,
31:
(CP)-Dorothy
June
Creelman,
three
year
old
daughter
of
Rev.
and
Mrs.
E
C.
Creelman
of
Vancouver,
wn
drowned
at
Red
Roofs
summer
resort
on
Half
Moon
Bay
between
Vancouver
and
Pender
Harbor.
Rev.
R.
C.
Creelman
Is
a
young
Vancouver
pastor
and
a
close
per-i
sonal
friend
of
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holllngworth,
pastor
of
First
Presbyterian
Church
here.
Hansard
Editor
Dies
in
Ottawa
George
Simpson,
Who
Got
Out
House
of
Commons
Debates,
Passes
Away
Her
Disappearance
Is
Still
Unsolved
Police
Unable
to
Reach
Solution
In
Case
of
Mrs.
Mathew
Davis
VANCOUVER.
Aug.
31:
Police
investigation
of
the
disappearance
of
Mrs.
Mathew
Davis
of
Victor:
i
from
the
steamer
Princess
Joan
between
Victoria
and
Vancouver
at
the
end
of
the
week
continues
but
so
far
without
success.
Tl
t
woman
could
not
be
accounted
for
after
the
steamer
docked
in
Vancouver.
It
has
been
learned
that
she
suffered
a
nervous
breakdown
recently.
Premier
Ends
Island
Tour
Mr.
Pattullo
Back
in
Victoria
Alter
Flight
In
Which
Number
Of
Points
Were
Visited
VICTORIA.
Aug.
31:
(CP)
-Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
landed
here
Jate
Friday
after
completing
a
flight
around
Vancouver
Island
In
a
chartered
plane.
Stops
wer
mad
at
sevearl
nolnts
fnr
ifap.
OFFICERS
ARE
SLAIN
..
0:44
a.m.
13:15
p.m.
..
7:06
am.
19:25
pm.
1
21.8
ft.
21.1
ft.
2.2
ft.
3.4
ft.
fRICE:
S
CENTS
Continuing
in
Soain
1
Laie
Telegraphs
Missionaries
Slain
ADDIS
ABABA
Word
reached
Addis
Ababa
today
of
the
slaying
by
native
bandits
of
two
missionaries
attached
to
the
Sudan
mission.
One
was
a
Canadian,
Thomas
L.
Devers,
and
the
other
a
New
Zealander.
King's
Yacht
in
Accident
ATHENS
With
King
Edward
on
deck,
the
yacht
Nahlin
struck
a
bridge
today
in
the
Strait
of
Chalkis.
The
yacht,
carrying
the
King
on
an
Adriatic
holiday,
was
apparently
not
seriously
KING
COULD
PREVENT
WAR
Major
J.
S.
Roper
Says
He
Is
One
Man
Who
Could
Keep
Peace
In
Europe
QUEEN
MARY
MAKES
MARK
Great
British;
Steamer
Betters
Round
Trip
Record
Of
Normandie
SOUTHAMPTON,
Ang.
31:
(CP)
The
giant
new
British
liner
Queen
Mary
rounded
Bishop's
Rock
at
8:12
last
night,
having
set
a
new
high
speed
Atlantic
round
trip
re.tord;
ulidlsputably
beating
the
former
record
of
the
French
liner'
Landon
To
Make
Principal
Talk
At
Des
Moines
DES
MOINES,
Aug.
31:
The
major
agricultural
speech
of
his
election
campaign
will
be
delivered
here
on
September
21
by
Governor
Alfred
M.
Landon,
Republican
candidate
for
chief
executive,
It
was
announced
on
Saturday.
Actor
to
Fly
Across
Ocean!
i
Madrid
Is
Terrorized
Spanish
Capital
Under
Martial
Law
Organized
Massacres
San
Sebastian
Siege
U.S.
Protest
Normandie.
The
Queen
Mary
made
,,arry
Rlchman
and
Dick
MerriT
Bombing
of
American
Destroyer
Is
"
Awaiting
Suitable
weather
'
days,
23
hours,
51
minutes,
three
xo
Leave
New
York
1
hours,
31
minutes
less
than
the
Latest
International
Incident
Normandie's
time.
The
average
NEW
YORK,
Aug.
31:-Harry
MAnmn
a,
5i.
ippmhh
speed
was
30.63
knots
as
compared
Rlchman.
noted
sUge
and
screen
u
under
vlrtual
martlal
law
as
with
Normandie
s
30.34
knota
last
and
his
'ar,
pilot
Dick
Merrill,
troops.
patrol
the
streets
In
the
en-year.
The
Queen
Mary
up
to
Satur-.ve
awaiting
favorable
weather
Vee
tu
people
who
have
become
terrorized
and
panic-stricken
as
a
result
of
the
first
rebel
air
raid
of
the
city.
Organized
massacres
are
being
reported
from
all
parts
of
the'
coun
try.
Two
thousand
are
said
to
have
been
assassinated
in
Madrid
since
the
civil
war
started.
Rebel
forces
were
making
another
determined
effort
to
capture
Sari
Sebastian,
key
port
of
the
north
coast.
A
rebel
threat
that
Irunt
northern
Spanish
town,
r,
i
would
be
bombarded
bv
land,
sea
other
a
New
Westminster
lumbernd
alr-
as
caused
the
flight
ot
wwiucu
aiiu
w
intuitu
nuui
uicic
ai
Hendayey.
France.
;
There
was
bloody
lighting
on
all
frots-jesterday-wiUiJlttlechange-in
the
general
situation.
Prisoners
Exposed
IRUN,
Spain,
Aug.
31:
(CP)
Government
defenders
of
Irun
brought
three
hundred
rebel
pris
oners
into
the
bombarded
city
tonight
and
announced
they
would
be
exposed
at
the
most
dangerous
points
to
insurgent
bombs.
All
old
men,
women
and
children
of
Republican
families
were
sent
across
the
border
to
safety
at
Hen-daye,
France,
but
anti-Republicans
were
forced
to
remain
as
combined
land,
sea
and
air
bombardment
was
believed
Imminent.
Early
bombing
caused
little
da
mage.
Burnings
at
Stake
BURGOS,
Spain.
Aug.
31:
(CP)-,
Public
burning
at
the
stake
of
seven
suspected
rebel
sympathizers
and
murder
of
the
bishops
of
Segovia
and
Cuenca
were
Included
in
a
new
series
of
atrocities
charged
against
loyalist
forces
by
rebel
leaders
today.
American
Ship
Bombed
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Aug.
31:
United
States
was
projected
Into
the
centre
of
the
international
si
tuation
arising
out
of
the
Spanish
civil
war
last
night
when
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull,
on
instructions
of
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
sent
a
strong
protest
to
both
the
government
and
rebels
at
of
the
attempted
bombing
of
U.
S.
S
purpose
permitting
the
Premier
to
study
local
requirements.
The
plane
was
piloted
by
Capt.
E.
C.
W
Dobbin
and
the
Premier
was
ac
companied
by
his
secretary,
Ben
Hethey,
and
Kenneth
Drury,
editor
of
the
Victoria
Times.
Kane,
a
destroyer,
by
an
unidenti
fied
airplane
thirty-eight
miles
off
the
coast
of
Spain
Sunday
afternoon.
The
Kane
was
not
struck
but
returned
the
fire
of
the
aircraft,
which
dropped
six
bombs,
without
effect.
The
protest
to
the
Spanish
government
was
sent
through
the
United
States
ambassador
at
Madrid
and
that
to
General
Francisco
Franco,
supreme
rebel
commander,
j
through
the
American
minister
at
Seville.
The
Kane
had
been
sent
to
the
Three
Lose
Lives
at
Hands
of
Men
Spanish
coast
to
evacuate
Amerl-
They
Sought
to
Apprehend
YREKA,
Cal,
Aug,
31:
Deputy
Sheriffs
Martin
Lange,
45,
and
Joseph
Clark,
65,
and
Fred
Seaborn,
48,
United
States
Navy
pilot
at
Mare
Island,
were
killed
Sunday
In
can
refugees.
Hecord
Is
Set
In
Vancouver
To
Prairie
Hop
LETHBRIDGE,
Aug.
31:
Her-
J
a
gun
battle
with
John
and
Cokert
Holllck-Kenyon
landed
here
OTTAWA,
Aug.
31:
(CP)
George
'(
Bright,
brothers
whom
the
sheriffs
at
the
end
of
the
week
after
lop-Slmpson,
aged
69,
editor
of
the
of-(
sought
to
arrest
for
assaulting
a'plng
three
hours
off
the
pre-ftclal
record
of
House
of
Commons
neighbor.
The
brothers,,
both
of.vlous
record
for
a
flight
from
ths
debates,
died
Saturday.
whom
'are
miners;
fled
to
the
hills.
Pacific
Coast
city
to
this
point.
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I