i
-
.
Weather
J
AVv
.
;
.
Today's
Tomorrow's
Tides
(S
A-M.)
7fr
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
prince
High
12:05
pm.
21.1
ft.
fog;
barometer,
30.00;
temperature,
drifting
smooth.
Low
..
5:55
am.
4.1
tL
55;
sea
18:23
p.m.
3.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXV.,
No.
228.
Inine
PERSONS
TOWNS
ON
OREGON
COAST
ARE
DESTROYED
BY
FIRE
Bandon
and
Prosper
Wiped
Out
and
Other
Communities
Menaced
Several
Persons
Missing
Northern
California
Also
Ablaze
BANDON,
Ore.,
Sept.
28:
Nine
persons
were
known
dead
and
several
were
missing
last
night
after
this
thriving
little
town
of
five
thousand
people
at
the
mouth
of
the
Coquille
River
had
been
virtually
wiped
out
by
uncontrollable
forest
fires.
The
village
of
Prosper,
some
three
miles
ud
the
river,
had
also
been
practically
destroved
and
the
people
of
Coquille,
further
up
and(
across
tne
river,
were
preparing
iu
evacuate.
Up
the
coast
the
Mayor
of
North
Bend
on
Coos
Bay
near
Marshfleld
was
asking
for
aid
as
the
forest
fire
situation
there
be?
came
menacing.
Never
before
has
Coos
County
faced
a
more
serious
situation,
Northern
California
Too
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Sept.
28:
Serious
and
extensive
forest,
fires
were
sweeping
over
thousands
of
lucres
oi
vaiuame
limner
lands
in
arlous
parts
of
Northern
Callfor-
:1a
at
the
week-end.
threatening
ntire
communities
In
some
cases.
long
the
coast
some
valuable
tands
of
redwood
were
ablaze.
Ten
lies
of
coastline
was
a
wall
of
ire
north
of
Trinidad
which
town
itself
was
In
danger.
Across
the
op
of
the
state
two
towns
near
he
Nevada
border
were
being
men-
ced
by
approaching
flame.
ILL
NOT
LOCK-OUT
sployrrs
on
Seattle
Waterfront
Will
not
Take
Initiative
Against
Unions
SEATTLE,
Sr.pt.
28
The
Seattle
atcrfront
Employer's
Association,
a
statement
at
the
week-end,
eclarcd
there
would
ba
no
lock-'&
of
union
marine
workers
fol
ding
exp'ry
of
the
agreement
the
union
on
September
30.!
legate
Anthony
C.
Dimond
cf
ika
has
asked
the
federal
gov-
mtnent,
in
the
event
of
a
marine
ic-up
hre,
to
ensure
a
servlci
'or
Alaska
by
.taking
over
ships
nd
operating
,thcm
If
necessary.
Mcfiready
on
Scene
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Sept.
28:
f
3
rake
a
final
effort,
by
a
series
or
inferences,
to
brina
about
a
settlement
of
the
dispute
between
j
ie
shipowners
and
marine,
work
's
union
which
will
reach
a
rtsls
this
week
with
the
expiry
of
the
present
working
agreement,
ard
F.
McOready.
assistant
retary
of
labor,
reached
the
wst
on
Saturday.
The
first
of
the
onferences
was
held
yesterday.
FOREIGNERS
ARE
BANNED
Man
fJovernment
Not
Permit
ting
them
to
Take
Part
In
Political
Demonstrations
BRUSSELS.
SeDt.
28:
The
Bcl-
iian
government
Issued
a
decree
Be3tertt.iv
t
..4vujr
limit;
uuu
iviif
I'de
Belgian
citizens
win
ho,
rcr-
ed
to
take
part
In
political!
femonstratlons
in
Belgium.
ALL
ENGLAND
A
WHEEL
WNbON.
Sort.
2R:
irun.nl.
1
four
years,
accordlne
to
cen-
IUS,
great
lu
iu.
lns
problems
on
the
highways.
Weather
Forecast
s
Pillll?"
trough
(the
courtly
of
llstaSnlnlon
"rtologlcBl
Bureau
at
K
t
s!T,pllrt
Tom
observations
t-
t"nr
.
'rr''
Bna
.
cover
tne
a?
J
m'Hr,,.
K
!
1
"nee
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
tan,
cloudv.
llaht
'uiune
uiuri:
winrf..
".
Uh
Z
TLTay
DEAD
AS
Movie
Actress
And
Leader
Of
Band
Married
HOLLYWOOD,
Sept.
28:
Ann
Sothern.
well
known
screen
act
ress,
and
Roger
Prior,
noted
band
leader,
were
married
in
Hollywood
Congrotatlonal
Church
at
one
minute
after
midnight
Sunday
morning
and
yesterday
were
flying
across
the
continent
to
Chicago
were
the
bridegroom
had
a,
band
engagement.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Oburtety
8.
D.'Jobruton
CXj.I
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.37.
Big
Missouri,
.51.
Bralorne,
8.40.
B.
R.
Con.,
.05V2.
B.
R.
X,
.13.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.90.
Dentonla,
.14.
Dunwell,
.03".
Oolconda,
,10.
Mlnto,
22.
Morning
Star,
.OH.
'National
Silvcf..03
Noble
Five.
.0214.
Pend
Oreille,
.80.
Porter
Idaho;
.04,
Premier,
352.
Reeves
McDonald.
.05.
Reno,
1.43.
Relief
Arlington.
.40.
Salmon
Gold,
.08
Vi.
Taylor
Bridge,
.10.
Wayside,
.10.
United
Empire,
.02ft.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.40.
Central
Patricia,
4.10.
Chibougamau,
1.55.
God's
Lake,
.94.
Inter.
Nickel,
61.00.
Lee
Gold,
.06ft.
Little
Long
Lac,
6
30.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.79.
Pickle
Crow,
6.75.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
2.09;
San
Antonio,
1,73.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.63.
Slsco,
4.75.
Smelter
Gold,
.08
Vi.
Sturgeon
River,
.38.
Ventures,
2.34.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
4.70.
Hardrock,
2.60.
Oklend,
.32.
Mosher,
.72.
Bousquet,
.12.
Bldgood
Kirkland,
1.45.
Gllbec,
.04
V2.
Lake
Rose,
.53.
Madsen.
1.00.
May
Spiers,
.52.
Wlnoga
Patricia,
.45.
Sullivan.
2.07.
Stadacona,
.68
Vi.
Green
Stabell,
.61.
Frontier,
.22.
Francoeur,
1.22.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.142.
Perron,
1.73.
South
Keora,
.12.
Moneta
Porcupine,
.56.
Sladen
Malartlc,
1.17.
New
Augarlta,
.45.
PREFERRED
A
WHIPPING
BIRMINGHAM,
En.,
Sept.
o'
(CP)
'The
magistrates
rejected
the
plea
of
a
16-year-old
boy
who
said
he
would
rather
have
the
'birch
or
the
cat"
tihari1
go
to
a
reformatory
school
for
taking
a
car
without
permission.
nnnniN
LOSING
GRIP
,nnmj
RPDt.
28:
(CP)
Dc
-
crease
of
27
pen
'"'",1
T-.T.T,"
t
,t
PA.tfttAwti
traffic
on
ting-
rZz
been
reported,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER
28,
1936
Made
Baronet
T
:l
KT
:B
Mk
'HR
SIR
PRECY
VINCENT
;
LONDON,
Sept.
28;
A
baronetcy
has
been
conferred
by
King
Edward'
VIII
on
Sir
Percy
Vincent,
Lbrd
Mayor
of
London;
who
visited
the
Pacific
Coast
recently.
Today's
Weather
.
(Government
Telegraphs)
,
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
tepipera-
ture
55..
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
50
Hazelton
Part
cloudy,
calm,
43
Smlthers
.
part
cloudy,
calm,
mUd.
Burns
Lake
Fog,
38.
Stock
Market
Go
Into
Slump
Uncertainty
Over
Devaluating
Of
Franc
Causes
General
Falling
Off
in
Serurities
TORONTO,
Sept.
23:
The
uncertainty
of
foreign
exchange
fol
lowing
the
devaluation
of
the
French
franc
at
the
week-end
caused
all
stock
markets
to
slump.
The
Industrial
average
here
was
off
1.61
and
In
New
off
2.78.
Lettuce
Strike
Still
Deadlock
Two!
Clashes
Occurred
In
Salinas.
Cal.,
on
Saturday
as
Dispute
Remains
Unsettled
SALINAS,
Cal.,
Sept.
28:
Negotiations
for
a
settlement
of
lettuce
pickers
strike
in
this
district
seem
ed
at
the
week-end
to
be
as
badly
deadlocked
as
ever.
There
were
two
clashes
Saturday
between
un
ion
pickers
and
strike-breakers.
HER
BODY
IS
FOUND
Mystery
In
Connection
With
Death
Of
Victoria
'Woman
and
Dis-:
appearance
of
Husband
VICTORIA,
Sept.
28:
(CP)
The
body
of
Mrs.
Doris
Gravlln,
who
had
been
missing
since
last
Tues-day.'was
found
Sunday
In
a
shallow
depression
on
a
beach
hear
Oak
Bay
covered
with
logs.
The
police,
who
said
they
believed
death
to
have
been
due
to
strangulation",
are
conUnufngan
intensive
search
for
the
husband,
Vic
Oravlln,
former
Victoria
sports
editor,
who
has
also
been
missing
since
Tuesday.
He
had
been
recu
perating
from
a
lengthy
illness.
CHURCH
OBJECTED.
LEWIS,
Hebrides,
Sept;
28:
(C?!
Fearing
children
may
fair
to
the
temptation
of
"cinema-going,
so
hurtful
to
the
youth
of
today,"
the
.
Free
Church
presbytery
has
pro-
oeing
rasen
xo
see
-eaucawonai
travel-films.
BIG
DRIVE
I
CONTINUES
Spanish
Rebels
Last
Night
Captured
Toledo
Bilboa
Under
Heavy'
Siege
TOLEDO,
Sept.
28:
.Alter
heavy
and
bitter
f.'ghting
during
which
300
loyalist
soldiers
were
slain
and
the
streets
ran
red,
Toledo
fell
to
the
Fascists
at
9:25
last
night.
The
fall
of
the
city
was
at
first
denied
by
the
government
but
later
admitted.
WITH
THE
FASCIST
ARMY
NEATt
TOLEDO,
Sept.
28:
(CD-Advancing
rebels,
-driving
their
outputs
to
within
a
few
miles
of
Toledo
at
the
week-end
in
preparation
lor
a
decisive
advance,
seized
an
'
Important
bridge
head
on
the
Ouardaraimma
River.
At
Bilboa
ten
insurgent
planes
rained
bombs
into
the
city
as'
an-anlhists
continued
to
kill
insurgent
sympathizers
he!d
as
hostages.
The
bombing
killed'
hundreds.
SluiekJng
mob3
killed
sixty
hostages.
Many
parts
of
the
seaport
were
set
afire.
-
.
President
Manuel
Azana
had
asked
for
refuge
in
the
Argentine
embassy
or
on
an
Argentine
war-shlp
off
the
southeast
coast
it
was
said
His
requesi
being
fot-
warded
by
the
embassy
to
Buenos
Aires.
Supplying
Munitions
WASHINGTON
D.C.,
Sept.
28:
Fedcal
authorities
are
Investlga-
tlnB
reports
that
American
mur.l-
tions
makers
have
been
shipping
arms
to
Spain
via
another
coun
try.
Report
Denied
MADRID,
Sept.
28:
The
report,
attributed
.to
Fascist
propaganda
that
President
Azana
had
asked
Argentina
Jor
refuge;.was
-declared.
here,
following-
a
conference
last
night
between
the
President
and
the
Premier,
to
be
absurd.
With
five
government
warships
speeding
to
the
north
coast
in
the
Bay
of
Biscay
to
relieve
beleaguered
ports
there,
it
was
though.
the
first
major
naval
engagement
A
the
civil
war
might
be
Impend-
J
FATHER
COUGIILIN
IS
NO
COMMUNIST
CINCINNATI,
Sept.
28:
Father
Charles
Coughlin,
De-
r
troifs
radio
priest,
declared
here
yesterday
that
he
would
not
hesitate
if
necessary,
to
take
up
arms
In
defence
of
American
liberty
against
com-
munlsm.
This
was
not
to
be
taken
to
mean,
however,
that
he
was
not
as
keen
as
ever
for
a
new
social
order.
(
Big
Air
Race
Is
On
Tuesday
Fifteen
Planes
to
Take
Off
From
London
Tomorrow
For
Johannesburg
LONDON,
Sept.
28:
The
great
,
London
to
Johannesburg
air
race
commences
tomorrow
morning
with
fifteen
planes
taking
to
the
air
for
the
sprint.
Donor
of
$50,000
for
the
London-to-Johannesburg
air
"derby"
to
celebrate'
the
opening
of
the
British
Empire
Exhibition
at
Johannesburg,
Isadore
W.
Schleslnger,
is
a
millionaire
and
head
of-
numerous
companies.
He
Is
reputed
the
biggest
sheep
farmer
and
fruit
grower
In
South
Africa.
He
was
responsible
for
the
development
of
the
broadcasting
service
in
the
Union
of
South
Africa.
.
COMFORT
POOR
SAILORS
DOVER,
Eng.
Sept.
28:
(CP)-Successful
tests
have
been'
made
I
with
an
apparatus
of
metal
fins
to
be
attached
to
iships
to
keep
them
on
a
more
even
keel
In
stormy
seas.
More
Glory
m
BENITO
MUSSOLINI
ROME;
Sept.
28:
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
will
be
.further
g.'irlfled
on
the
occasion
of
the
observance
of
the
fourteenth
anniversary
of
the
March
on
Rome
on
October
28
when
he
will
be
proclaimed
Grand
Chancellor
of
the
Italian
Empire,
It
Is
reported
here.
Diana
Dollar
To
Wed
'Frisco
Man
Heiress
of
Shipowners'
Millions
T
Announce
Engagement
to
Jeweler
SAN
FRANCISCO,.
Sept.
28:
-Mi?s
Diana
Dollar,
heiress
of
thf
Captain
Robert
Dollar
millions,
I
pected
to
announce
her
engag
Harmsworth
Trial
Comins:
This
Week
Former
United
States
Naval
Of
ficei
Charged
With
Selling
Secrets
.
To
Japanese
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Sept.
28:
Trial
of
John
Harmsworth.
former
united
States
naval
officer,
on
charges
of
selling
American
naval
secrets
to
the
Japanese
will
take
place
this
week.
If
found
guilty,
he
Is
subject
to
a
term
of
up
to
20
years'
Imprisonment.
Such
an
of-j
fence
during
war
would
be
punishable
by
death.
MANY
ARE
HOMELESS
j
City
of
Waco,
Texas,
Hard
Hit
By
Flood
Waters
When
Levee
Breaks
!
WACO,
Texas,
Sept.
28:
Tvn
thousand
persons
were
rendered
homeless
yesterday
as
a
result
of
the
breaking
of
river
levees
which
caused
the
flooding
of
a
considerable
portion
of
the
lower
rcsldcn-.
tlal
section
of
this
city
Of
sixty
thousand
persons.
GET
NEW
DRUM
HORSE
EDINBURGH,
Sept.
28:
(CP)-
Rex,
famous
but
aging
drum-horsi
of
the
Royal
Scots.
Greys,.
will
b
succeeded
by
the
black
Irish
gelding
Lalrdsburn.
(The
Greys'
drum-horse
Is
never
grey).
WOULD
CONTROL
RENTS
MANCHESTER,
Eng.
Spt.
23'
(CP)
The
city
council
has
asked
ithe
British
government
for
a
new
Rent
Restrictions
Act
to
control
house
rentals
of
less
.than
.'$175
Ja'
year.,
v.
if
FRANC
DEVALUATION
PLAN
APPROVED;
DEPUTIES
BACK
UP
NEW
MONETARY
POLICY
Effect
is
Widespread
and
is
Expected
to
be
Forerunner
Of
Permanent
World
Prosperity
Switzerland,
Holland,
Latvia
and
Greece
Go
Off
Gold
Standard
.
'
LONDON,
Sept.
28:
(CP)
Five
nations
have
joined
in
he
break-up
of
the
gold
bloc
and
the
march
toward
cur-ency
adjustment
led
off
by
France
under
protection
of
a
"monetary
equilibrium"
agreement
with
Great
Britain
'nd
the
United
States.
It
is
generally
felt
here
that
the
international
monetarymoves
since
the
week-end
will
lead
.
fto
a
stabilization
of
currency
such
Governor
of
New
Jersey
Will
Retire
1RENTON,
New
Jersey,
Sept.
28
Governor
Harold
Hoffman
ci
New
Jersey
will
retire
from
tn:
governorship
on
the
expiry
of
hi.
term
of
office
In
January
1938
tc
enter
the
insurance
business.
It
I
learned.
New
Jersey
governor!
.jnnct
succeed
themselves
Halibut
Arrivals
American
Arrow,
35,000,
9.8s
and
7c,
Pacific
fisheries.
Federal,
15,000,
85c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage,
Oceanic,
16,000,
10.1c
and
7c,
oth
Fisheries.
Onah,
15,000,
10.1c
and
7c,
Atlln
lsherles.
Canadian
Oslo,
22,000,
9c
and
6c,
Cold
Stor
age.
''
.
Margaret,
7,500,
?.5c
arid,
6c.
Atlin
"
---
Fisheries;'""
-
Unome,
5,000,
7.5c
and
6c,
Booth
Fisheries.
DEATH
OF
INFANT
District
headquarters
of
the
pro-
.incial'
police
here
have
been
ad
-
;isea
oi
tne
aeatn
at
Bmitn
s
miei
:f
Marilyn
June
Anderson,
three
aonths'
old
baby,
on
September
3.
Jeath
was
sudden
and
Is
believed
to
have
been
due
to
malnutrition.
Coroner
Hill
of
Ocean
Falls
is
in
vestigating.
The
report
of
Frank
Widerson's
death
is
announced
to
have
been
an
error.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
28:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.05('2
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
today.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
(CP
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443,ic
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
today.
WILL
STILL
PLAY
IT
LONDON,
Sept.
28:
(CP),
Because
it
is
a
good
martial
tune,
"military
and
other
bands
may
still
play
"God
Bless
tne
Prince
oi
Wales"
although
there
Isn'J
any.)
a
war
unite
uiuci
aap.
FEARED
BURIAL
ALIVE
LLANDAFF,
Wales,
Sept.
2C.
(CP)
Because
he
feared
burial
alive,
Albert
C.
Macintosh
directed
his
body
be
not
burled
until
uh-disputable
signs
of
desomposltlcn
set
Jn.
PLAYGROUND
FOR
SHEFFIELD,
SHEFFIELD,
Eng.,
Sept.
28
1
(CP
When
200
acres
of
Derbyshlrn
countryside
were
threatened
by
building
speculators,
$35,000
wasjjonn
raised
and
the
place
turned
Into
a
playground
for
the
city's
workpeople.
Sixth
Japanese
ejects
Violent
Death
In
China
PEIPING,.
Sept.
28:
The
sixth
violent
death
of
-
a
Japanese
In
China
within
a
month
occurred
here
at
the
week-end
but
was
con
sldcred
accidental
and
not
an
In
-
tematlonal
incident:
raiCE:
s
cents
as
Is
held
to
be
essential
to
per-
nanent
world,
recovery.
'
While
the
Socialist
government
of
Premier
Leon
Blum
in
France
won
a
majority
in
the
first
Parlla-
nent
test
of
the
devaluation
pro
gram,
Switzerland,
the
Netherlands,
Latvia
and
Greece
announced
cur
rency
stabilization
programs.
Switzerland
announced
Saturday
night
that
it
was
going
off
the
gold
standard.
Holland
yesterday
forbid
the
export
of
gold
from
the
country
and
today
followed
up
with
the
de-
Islon
to
go
off
the
gold
standard.
"The
Blum
government
presented
to
Parliament
sixteen
bills
embody
ing
Its
new
devaluation
of
the
franc
program
from
gold
content,
of
65.5
milligrams
to
43.49
milligrams.
Pending
readjustment,
the
Bourse
will
remain
closed
until
Tuesday
ind
possibly
later.
It
was
reported
early
today
that
Italy
had
decided
to
devaluate.
The
effect
.of
the
French
devaluation
I
upon
Germany
and
Russia
will
also
lbe
followedwi
with
interest..
The
Russian
State
Bank
at
Moscow
denied
accusations
that
its
sales
of
British
pounds
were
intended
as
an
effort
to,
force
down
the
British
currency
rate.
The
sales
were
"ordinary
banking
transac-
jtlons,"
the
Bank
declared.
TAKES
UP
NEWW0RK
Rev,
W.
D.
Grant
Ilollingworth
Given
Leave
of
Absence
By
Presbyterian'
Church
Rev.
W.
D.
Grant
Holljngworth,
pastor
of
First
Presbyterian
Church,
advised
his
congregation
yesterday
that
he
had
accepted
appointment
as
missionary
organizer
of
the
Presbyterian
Church
In
Canada
for
British
Columbia.
Expressing
regret
at
his
departure,
a
congregational
meeting
granted
Mr.
Holllngworth
a
yeer'sjleaye
of
absence
from
the
pulpit
here.
Mr.
Ilollingworth
will'
be
leaving
here
for
Vancouver
about
ythe
end
of
October
to
assume
his
new
duties
as
from
November
1.
He
will
travel
extensively
through
the
province
including
the
central
Interior,
At
a
meeting
of
the
Presbytery
of
.Westminster
on
October
12
ar
rangements
win
De
mcae
lor
a
suo-stltute
for
Mr.
Holllngworth.
Mr.
Holllngworth
will-
go
south
next
week
to
attend
the
Presbytery
meeting
as
well
as
sessions
of
the
provincial
synod.
Aged
Terrace
Man
Has
Narr
ow
Escape
Dool
Nearly
Perishes
When
His
Small
Home
is
Destroyed
By
Fire
TERRACE,
Sept,
28:
The
small
residence
of
.John
pool
here
wg.s
destroyed
by.
fire
early
Friday
morning.
Mr.
Dool,
who
Is
aged
and
Infirm,'
narrowly
escaped
being
burned
to
death.
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
28:
(CP)
Vancouver
egg
prices
at
the
end
of
the
week
'were
'34c,J(30c,;arid'24c
'wholesale.
.
,
.
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