BRITISH ioaiorroVs Tides High Low Vol. XXV., NO. 247. 16.3 It. c 17 r "7.6 ft, 11:20 , 7 It. . .5 V, : -Ya. 1 tj c CONFERENCE OF RAILWAY Hireling of C. N. It. Board Of Directors and Departmental Officers Luncheon Held Views of Various Sections Of Company Service Heard Yesterday MONTREAL, uet. 21: Concluding a staff conference which opened at headquarters here on Monday morning, officers of the Canadian National Railways representing all departments and from all part3 of the sytitcm. met the members of the recently appointed Board of Dltectors at luncheon here yesterday. Introduced by J S. Hungcrford, chairman of tht board, each of these new directors expressed confjdence in the "k, r Pioneer Logger oacK un i ne Job VANCOUVER, Oct. 21: (CP)-FJfty years ago, in 1888, George II Keefer contracted to clear the right-of-way from Port Moody to' Vancouver for the Canadian Pacific Railway company. Today the pioneer logger is back in the business. "You cannot keep a good man down," he said in a letter to City Archivist J, S. Mathews. "I am falling Umber and It seems good to be on the springboard again " SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS Naval Planes and Surface Ships Patrol Java Sea SOUR BAYA, Java, Oct. 21; (CP -Naval planes and surface ships wens SUM TOtiroIIlnz 'the Java Sea, toari said the chairman, he felt Smithers Gives Jobs viwt the staff of th system would , . ., be SMITHERS, Oct. 21:- -The village working for better perfor-l mance and for greatly lmprovw-l'W Smithers started a campaign or results. .work of the streets a few days ago Labor in-nrrninHvP land every available truck and man Mr Hungcrloid letened also tails employed in putting the streets the selection and appointment of I in shape for the winter and the u Daly as the director cho-en ! early spring. bV the empiloyeos themselves as A power shovel at the foot of the representing organized labor. T lis Bulkley Hill is keeping half a dozen was the first appointment of that dump trucks going rteadlly and the kind made, to his knowledge, ) gravel Is moving faster than has while Mr. Daly was a director of I ever been seen on the streets at wie national system he would still ntntatn his status, as an employee on furlough. Railroading not the same today us it had bn years ago. -Changed conditions had brought about the need f changed Draftees. Improve ments had been brought about and ouid continue to be brought about it was the Objective of every "ne on the national system, dir-r''rs' officers and employees alike, to increase the revenues of Jhe system and bring about a bet-w income position. wur-id J. t. tiwgnon, director. 'd the assembled' officers th y, Wd never have a board of dir. wtors so anxious to co-opcrcte . h lhcm In making the haUoral a success. outtcss. There mere was was no (Contln ued on page three) throughout the Bulkley Valley. Weather Forecast NAVY (Furnished through the courtesy .of ti mmlnlon Melcorologlcjl Butwu at Vtetorta and Prlnc Rupert, This fore. at 6 m. today nd cdvefs the 3(1 hour rlod ending 8 pm.-tomorrow). pressure remains high on the -...nianri with light showers on nor. .,,. mist 0Ptlmf,m T?lZ fr TvriTZTL DUtrlct-Mbi pumism out there was no . southeast winds! - ..mu lor pessimism. lie ce- " . ''ved that with -...h .taff temperature rising with a few KoS'r68 TteTcotroTvHncouver Island d West Coa.t oi v "t.l! be Potb'e to turn this ? lrnclous p;W.em" f today In-Uwy"fj MARLER AT WASHINGTON Canada's New Minister to United States. Presents His Credentials WASHINGTON, D.C.. Oct. 21; (CP) Sir Herbert Marsr, Canada's new minister to the United States, presented his credentials yesterday to President' Franklin D. Roosevelt. He expiessed the hope that the cordial and harmonious relations I which had existed so long between r- NOrSTANDING mtiln day. decided to stand firm against car which he had left when goln:! enterlnir the realm of soclolosy or "P the river. The walk of ten miles economics, jhus clinging to an old through a trail In the woods in the, custom of The chutch. !VB" cn'rKnr,5s wua S3alun wel ; clothing seemed about 50 miles Today's Weather (Ooverament Telegraphs) Prince Rupert Rain, lightnprth,-west wind; barometer, 30.32; tem perature, 44; sea smooth. to . McDonnell. He procured help and leturned and .rescued Madigan from his Isolated position in the .river, which he had occupied for twenty-five hours In lone'y solitude. Madigan had a supply of matches which had not (rotten wei Prince George-Clear, calm; ba- .When.he was thrown out on to the rometer, 30.40. rogJanT sowas able to make a Victoria Clear, northerly wind, fire to keep himself warm while four miles per hour. waiting for help to arrive. Vancouver Foggy, calm; baro-. The Mcrlce Is quite a large river nnv time. A oecullar situation de- meter, 30.32. and runs very swiftly and Is dan- veloped when the clerk or tne vu- issievan t-iear, easterly wina; geous to nvigate. It Is traversed lage was not able to find enough' four miles per hour. v, , ,,, only by. Indians who gp up to the men to rake the .gravel as it was uangara Kain, raoaerate soum- neaawaters to nunt and trap and dumped. This is a situation that erly wind; barometer, 30.12; tern- by fhe fishery officials who make has not been known here for a perature, 47; modente sea. jannual trips up the river in the number of years and Is an indica-i Triple Island Overcast, light course of thtlr duties in connec- inn nf thp imoroved conditions southeast wind, sea smooth. itlon with the salmon fisheries. . Dead Tree Point -Cloudy, calm; i Mr. McDonnel and Mr. Madigan barometer, 30.42; temperature, 47; consider themselves very fortunate sea. smooth.. Terrace Rain, calm, temperature 35. Alice Arm Raln'.ngrcalm, 40." Stewart Raining, calm, .40. Haeelton-Cloudy, calm, 32. y Smithers Cloudy,, calm, cool. . tl..ns T.I.. Cnnnilni, nnlm MARRY FOR SANITY NEW YORK. Oct. Bachelors are three 21: (CP) times more to have come through their acci dent alive , , Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, Oct. 21: (CP) Wheat was quoted at $1.03 on the Vancouver market yesterday. Winnipeg And Chicago Wheat WINNIPEG, Oct. 21: (CP) Win- NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1936 SWAM RIVER; HOPING FOR SAVES LIFE) SEHLEMENT Fisheries Department Men Have Outlook in 'Frisco Waterfront Dis close Call on Lonely Morice River Arduous Trip All Ended Happily, Howe? Hoy McDonnell and Ft 1 Madigan SMITHED. Oct 21 pute Looking: Better Definite Announcement Expected' SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21; Admiral Hammett cf the Federal M-Ulme Commission, which ls.cn-v vavoring to settle the dispute between marine "workers and shipowners, wired to Washington last night stating, that the skies, ap- What. peared to be clearing and that he Canada and . the United States 'might easliyj have been, a fataloped to have something definite would be maintained and streng- accident -was narrowly averted on to announce by today, thened. the upper .reaches of the swift - ,'y, and V i b;rnt Ui i. River, which flows Into trie Bulkley River near-.t Hovwton. a few days aeo. , ' . REVOLUTION AGAINST Fishery Overseer Roy McDonnel FLOOD DAMAGE TIES LEFTISTS IN PERU IS of Smithers, accompanied by BEING THREATENED Frank Madigan of Houston; was m. navifrnflnfy iht rlvpr In a iTnall UP WHITE PASS AND Report Current That Engineer that And Representative, of Contractors1 ArelComlng' According to reports which ap-near to be well founded engineers PRICE: 5 CENTS Red Candidate For President Did Not Speak TERRE HAUTE. Oct. 21: A crowd of some 150 persons prevented Earl Browder, Communist candidate for President of the United States, from entering a local radio station last night and making a scheduled address over the air. JOBS IN THE KLONDIKE For Those Who Are Ready to Work Hard, Mrs. George Black Says i.ima Prii nrt. 5i -ppun. motor boat when the engine stcn-M Word has reached the citv ter spending the loyalty and ability of tho officers yesterday in search for the po.i lutlon is threatening In the Ped suddenlyj They drifted on to afi; of extentivs flood damage af- and empoysH or -the national sys- rible fuTtheT 8urvlww ot the 2,633' Republic of Peru following the lo8 Jam or .an istohd in toe ter forty-eight hours of con- tern and voiced his belief that. t-n Dutch steimer Van DsTwijck t elections on October 11 which 1 VANCOUVER, Oct. 21: (CP) I There is no unemployment in the ' Yukon but no one needs to go there 1 unless he expects to work hard," luui ine rising M.ae ai oaslncas rKv, i j... u .:n. j t. i A. . Mmbprf 'tht'nwinr mf fha hr- 4. nn vti- onti.a k a he said, and it was imnossiblc to .... wiling uiwoitcu txtiiiui 111 nie uav. v iemiui a in ns irir me iptl- t t ww anu ur.yn uuunav iaaic uc t ... - co-f!p:aUvC errort on the part of Beventy-two penrnr -wew still . Ists. There were sporadic out- enpants. MrMad Tan managed to f tween Skagway and Whte- me executive and the staff would mls5lng after forty.three survivors break' yesterday with machine '-cramble onto the logs but Mr. f hprte. Three bridges, are ft- r"' u..iwev.:4i h3d b2cn picfce uPi ; iun (l2htln but tha MVern. Mcuonnei wa? usrorn into, trr; parted to have bem washed ui mc jwi uuu uic nation j system, Forowinig the luncheon the chairman of ths beard and ex ecuUvn oft'eers of Uie system met the gene:! chilrmtT) and reprc-senUMves of brgnnlzed ''labor on the national system. In opening trw luncheon function Mr Hungerford raid It gave him three-fold p'-casure first In welcoming his fellow-dlreckns :e: and in we!co.n!ng thi officers of the system ito the gathering and ih'-i. a3 ah employee, wel Governor Landon . , was expected the In Los Angeles J W0lU.d -be Republican Candidate For Presl. dency Heard by Crowfl Ot Fifty Thousand LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21: Gov-?rnbr Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, foreign ex- Mr. Madigan who could not swim. dollar on ths local coming h felipes" of Ti? S&J" ge marm Vrday the Canadian National System. I-. ot ,h,e ynled Statfs' , eave gave , the- 1 m? opinion af many who were well "" - . . quUfted to judje, th2 ftKUUn .campaign tourl rtthen fJiQ-f a , ,i t,n he sDoke before an audience In the , YUKON RAILWAY LINE ;vIrs- George Black MP. said here uukuiiv m ir. if zuun . , , . , ujintuwiii uiu nine jusi, j is or ineir pngnc. NEW YORK Oct. 21 : (CP) The; Swam River Canadian dollar closed at a pre-' Mr. M'Donnel decided to swim mlum of l-32c over the American the river sto. get he!p to take off (He swam ths river with his clothes on and -was obliged to swim two ' fast-running sloughs before reach-ling the mainland. Just before reaching reawiuig the uie shore snore he ne became oecaune en ivxima.) 3 "tic wcu vi- w r i 4i tn- lXTZ,- Is Still Aloof -" vjai ... cipio.c ujuy oj cm- ! ;jogs logs and ana was was iwjce arawn unaer P'- Th he could state after person., ine Keynote oi wiaim - 1 111 ... .. .... .4 m. ViA' exrvr.!pnrv nn t.hi vtxi. The new rfirpntnr tin. vstPm constitution. He cnargea had been chosen because of their Roosevelt administration with hav-bu;lne-1 ; abilities and their stand- ing abused the power of governing in their communities and pro- ment. fcsslons, Their decisions on mat-; Governor Landon left last night tcrs af toning" ths policies of the on his return east. national system would be grod ones; of that he felt sure. Under . the able direction of the ne'.v IIVIC WOrK Al the water. He managed to grab hold ! v Decides to Continue Stand Aealnst 0f an overhanging, tree and; wrap1 te rnt.in. nnim Ar eA.tnli. i , i . i n mm ui oi.iiiiutj )jui; uuc ituu aiuuuu i, uc iiun Or Economics on for ten minutes white reco ' erlng strength to get to the shore. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 21: The' After reaching dry ground anc Lutheran Qhurch of the United resting up lor a wnue ne started states, in convention here vester- his walk of ten miles to reach his f about when navigation Is clos- y ills lul ulc xra.sQii. Pulp Mill Men Due Next Week! 4.. ssterday following her return af- summer In the north. There seemed to be work lor all mlddl; of the rr and th h-.i'. 4 tinnnns raffi nn thp Wh!tPaw n both Dawson and Mayo districts, in.nt, in an official announce- - . r . t out and It will be at least two t went last night, sild thesltua- ?farheVhe H? "1?.ey However weeks, It. Is expected., before . . n was nu in mi ai tmoon ap.a x i n,, '.n iwi,.j . u ' tldn was well in hand and It ,. 1 , , c. T - ,et "men of all work" type to do dd jebs that are always necessary. I Amy Johnson "Will ervice can do re:umea on tne -t i t uprising ,: :i7r- ,1 ? rauway. Tnnouay mier- . UoC ITldmll nftlUC ."-:. -7 zw " t lereswiin ,me .movement 01 -r ' - particulir 'ptet of tWe count ti'-rttsiXiiilStfii' 4 i nd " 5ett!ers wltHUi miles.. lntff N0rtheni .British .CcTum.'lla,JIa5rr.? 'lu -,n mey mim have fcren there unH, bla ant Yukon apd come4 af n unamaK.n,, Wtn freeze ireeze up up without without anyone anyone know know .4I.iA..r.. . ..... . Jim 3loison LONDON, Oct. 21; tyrs. Amy Johnson MoUisoa said yesterday 'fliat In fnttira flvlntr cha n'milrl nco . . . V ... .u.M.W ....... V'-1- h;r maiden name, dropping the Mc-lllson. In aerial undertakings with her husband, Capt. James ! Molllson, fhe has had too much bad luck in the past, she said. Mrs. Molllson also hinted that she and Capt. Molllson had decided so'.oln?" was the best marital (rmirsp fnr hnlh nf thpm "Jim 'is going his way," she said, "and I am going mine. I shall fly under my own name." The statement came after a and representatives of contracting' forced landing at Chelsfleld. Kent, infprasts havlns to do with the lo-'in which the famous aviatrix cal pulp mill project will be here a wrecked her plane and broke her week from today from Vancouver. nose- Halibut Arrivals Explorer, Rnnth. Sumtnarv Molllson, in New York, refused to comment. He hopes to leave there on Friday for Harbor Grace, NfldM on the first leg of a trans-Atlantic AmerIcan-40,500 pounds, Dc andfllSht to non 6.5c Canadian-24,000 pouhds, 8c and Xnilr Of Dnn 6c to 8.2c and 6c. I i ... . . r- American Smiling Again Ull 22.000. 9c and 65c, Old Colony Coast rvpanlv 1B.500. Oc. and 6.5c. Pa-1 ST. JOHN'S, Nfld., Oct. 21: ' citic. ": Encouraging news of the an-rltlM . ZiiVl a dig V C WlUUUUliUiU d WCiH ast was he Up ' R. W.. 9,00(V 8c arid 6c, Cold ?Jll Storage. Teeny Milly. 6,000, 8.2c and 6c, Cold Storage. " 'f' ' Northern, 4.000, 8.1c and 6c, lln. UNEMPLOYED MEN IN VANCOUVER REFUSE mpals on the floor, or out of ljkely to go Insane than married i n,PeS wheat prices clased from tec the corridor windows, .They men and single women twice asto c lower yesterday with Octo-have also broken, windows, and likely os wives, siys an experts.1' feport to the New Yotw Pyschiat tic Institute. 4 oer at $i.iz. Chicago prices closed damaged Jail furnishings. ! from lcower to 383 higher. Decern- 4 ' ;. bcr at $1.13i. . ):.. . BY NOW READY FORJSIEGE Attack Upon Madrid Expected' Momentarily Rebels Are Ap-" proaching Outskirts Russia to Act Great Britain Ready For "Act Of Mercy" in Rescuing Of Hostages MADRID, Oct. 21: Every emergency measure has now been invoked by the government authorities against the expected siege of Madrid by the Fascist, rebels who were reported last, nfght to be approaching the out-skiits of the capital. Government heads admitted that the attack on the city might be expected within a f,ew hours instead of days now. All loyal citizens arc in readiness to defend the city. Socialist troops, reinforced by civilian recruits, rushed from the city today and held insurgents at bay twenty miles from the capital, withstanding a heavy bom bardment and then launching a counter attack. The insurgents beat off the government attack to recapture Illcscas on the southern, front and tighten their lines on the advance to the capital. RUSSIA'S STAND FIRM MOSCOW, Oct. 21: (CP) The Russian government has resolved not to yield another inch in delaying counter measures against alleged violations of neutrality by Fascist powers, informed sources, said today. Only the immediate dispatch of munitions to the government forces can save Madrid, it is declared. ROYAL NAVY -STANDS BY ;v " LOND 0X6 ctt "Vl f C P ) Th e Royal Navy was ordered to stand by today for a "mission of mercy" to rescue thousands of hestages held by both sides in the Spanish civil war as the government today awaited replies from the foreirn embassy at Madrid and Hendayc, France, to mes sages sent to the Madrid regime and the Fascist high command of fear of "wliole&a'e massacre of hostages." -The message dc clared -that "His Majesty's government' feels impelled to make an urgent' appeal on humanitarian grounds to the authorities on both sides to an agreement for the exihange of ail hostages." Fled From Plans; Feared Big Bird Man Had Never Seen or Ifcard Of Aircraft When it Bore Down on Him BONNE ESPERANCE, Qve., Qct, 21: (CP) Education ard the i spnad of literacy on the C inadlan Labradi2r ha3 dispelled' mu ih superstition and fear among the in- (CP: ! habitants but old-tlmeis itlll fish- i laugh at the consternation cause i by the flight of 'the first airplane government steamship Northern' captain George Wh.tely, snowy. Ranger, back ficm Humbermouth. haired straight-backed ve jran of From Eonne Bay to Flowers tKe fishing Industry recall the r.e-Cove, the outlook for ths lobster :actlon to the first plane of or.e f lshccy was good, the skipper said. 1 former resident of this U .tie vU- One day lant week 10,000 pounds lage. Ihe man, a f:, xerman, Cape Beale. 5.000, 7.9c and Cc, At- Qf llye tohers were sent by motbi could not read and no ( ne had schooner from Bonne Bay to Port thougfit of telling him abo it mod- Aux Ba.-.que3 ami theno? on to the ern Inventions. Boston market. The price paid to When the plane fV-w up the 'i?.?kepi for canned lobsters was . coast, Captain Whltely s ys, the $22 a case. man was out on th3 nil's picking Al schooners sailing out of Wes- berries and he was terrl led. He - - . . I . ... ... . ... ,4 . .. .Ma1.aJ ..H - . I . . 1..' TO EAT JAIL MEALS leyvuie ana tne immediate vicinity wicu mm siw me Bret snaps 4 - - for tha Labrador coast were com- roaring ovechead and ran, scrarr.p- VANCOUVER. Oct, 21: (CP) ing back well loaded, Five schoon- 'mg over tne mils to a ave. Ha Extra guards today were irs returning on a single day last hid thsre until it .was gore. Then placed in the city "Jjall where lW$k averaged 1,400 quintals ind he came back and said that-'a one hundred unemployed are- there are about 30 schooners outvdamned bis bird" was aft ir him. awaiting trial oh charges or fi tnnss ports. They were ootam f obstructing police., The men ng $3.50 a quintal for their catth have refused food since, yester- and the 135 fishermen who re- day noon, throwing their turne dhome on the Northern Hanger wore tne smue ot a sea'er coming absk "log loaded." MONTREAL, Oct. 21: (CP) The British pound sterling closed yesterday at $4.88 27-32. TINY VILLAGE CELEBRATES MORTEAUX, France, Oct. 21: (CP)-Offlclally the smaJ est village In France, and hav ng only three Inhabitants, a" mot icr, son and daughter," this mm lclpallty has celebrated Its 700th