l.. ;A i I J VICTORIA, B.C. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Hides (I A.M.) She Prince Rupert Raining, southeast High 3:26 a.m. 18.1 ft. wind; barometer, 29.84; temperature, 15:29 p.m. 19.9 ft. 53; sea choppy. Low .. 9:31 ajn. 7.3 ft. 22:11 pjn. 5.4 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol, XXV. , No. 221. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1936 fRICE: S CENT8 rnnUK CA? X AND j. PAO. n "TROYED j. KODIAK. Ak C 19: ... : v. (CP) The sun xat t Kukak Bay, Kodiak i . - i 1 x nf c vpr x;t in i ji i wiiA 211201 fi T Ul W. . Reports of the conflagrate A, reaching here yesterday lndl cated that the blaze had star ted from an electric plate. EXPERIENCE OF LAWYER Not All Smooth Flying For J. T. Harvey on Trip to Atlin After an aerial trip to Atlin on legal business In the course of which there were some moments which were at least temporarily embarrassing, J. T. Harvey, local' barrister, returned to the city yes- terday afternoon aboard the Stln-; son seapiauc in me viaa&a nil Mr, Harvey had an uneventful t 1 1 fr r i t nnri ii i u v iifii riiir r. nade at 11 o'clock Thursday morn- ; from Atlin with a land machine he destination. Near Tulsenuah low . ; was encountered and soon the i hi if? wux i-iiriiiiifLfi v aii ii i. in i ir urrii mi in ii in iix Mini ittv . i iikik id nnininrr t rr it mil t r mrt irn o i Tnrrrtn annmv arm rnit miir warn me oku Kiver hdoui iwo mnes i mm i ii i wnun n rvi r m nrvnv a nn i uan ana mere ooiainea me ser- n. ( i:i i ii i 'i irn t n nm in a run i ki.ub nn liter niitno t na a icra v.i n m nn inov rmmn ir txrae apn inr i i roupie oi days so tney conunuea u wn i nn i n if 11 irnn a view lu ui cacning Mary Joyces roacuiuuM vay down river, a nlane flew low 1 ...... . , . 1 T Irnn unllir' If nnrioH nrt Th . ..... ivtx ana lurnea out 10 oe onea v. ai 1. Ai rmrtMB. in Bn which he had gone, owing to a I " ' r!"l? KIL.I'aZ 15 o-ciock Thursdav afternoon . From .Innfnii where departure was made at 9:30 a.m. (Prince Ru-'night to have reached port safely, I pert time), Pilot Jim Rinehart) Despite the violence of the storm broueht hp harrUfpr nn to Prince only 27 persons were killed, 27 I Rupert, arriving here at 2:30 terday afternoon. Considerable thick weather was encountered on approaching Prince Rupert. One stop was made on the water en route for refuelling. Pilot Rinehart hopped off at 4:30 yesterday afternoon on his return I to Juneau but, finding weather too thick to proceed, returned here later and was still held up this morning. Weather reports In A1-, were uniavoraoie inis morning Cove unU1 MrSi Beryl Markham and It appeared doubtful that hepcked It out as place to land her would be able to get away today. ,ane ..he Messenger" after her Went North on Case Mr Harvey went north In con nection with a Supreme Court case which has Just been launched and In which Mrs. Jennie White of Atlin Is suing the Columbia Development Ltd, over a dispute In connec tion with placer eround In the Ppruce Creek area. Mr. Harvey is punsel for Mrs. White while Pat nore & Fulton are actlne for the eienaant company. Weather Forecast Pressure remains, stationary over fated from the outset and the tiny ne province with rain nni nnVrn,.n nf farmers and fishermen he north coast. Prince Rupert and Queen Char - We Islands-Moderate to fresh ieriy and south wind. Unsettled cooi with rain. . CONNELLTO BE LEADER Gets Support of Ernest Bakewell, Who Holds Balance in C. C. F. Split VICTORIA, Sept. 19: Rev. Robert Connell, who was re cently 'expelled from the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, will retain his post as Leader of the Opposition in the Legislature, it is now expected In political quarters. Intimation has been received that he will be supported by Ernest Bakewell, C. C. F. member for Mackenzie, who had not been heretofore heard from since the recent split in the party. This would give Mr. Connell three supporters in the House-It. B. Swailes, member for Delta; Jack Price, Vancouver East, and Mr. Bakewell. The other three C. C. F. members Mrs. Dorothy Steeves, North Vancouver; E. S. Winch. Burnaby, and Harold Winch, Vancouver East, support me Leu wing as op- P05 w Connell but follow- w nuvuu- iDAMAGE AT SEA MOST Worst of Atlantic Hurricane Passed Several Miles Off Shore Distressed Ships Safe 27 Persons Dead as uesuu oi icmpesi auivcy vi uamdr uu wj iaoi nn . inn li ii k l lx u ii wwa&al.ia isnwub Liitv nudiiui: aciuuii li oiikv.c a uuis- tateu liiil Allium ai tea ouucicu ao i ji j ua i nnri in exieiiMvuiy um iww muw tuaoviiab nutvii n 00 vv. v "au ov 0vw off the coast. Last night the wind I U.A4 Ht1 rAn f tffAlf Ktlf of. TPT SWinHlIli? edMWlU. dUUCdlCU W I I l ...14.. n t J imcrnls i6Bm "-wikJ - prp u'li riinn w f i iiiil i i i liic wav. The Norwegian steamer Torvan-ger, which had been In distress 'south of the Bermudas, and the 'which "had been in trouble south of i J i. Cape Haiteras, were reporiea last being missing. There was from 'millions of dollars damage. !i"F!ying Mother" Picked Historic Spot For Landing nMNR mvE. N.S.. SeDt. 19: (CPNobody ever heard of Balalne epochal flight across the Atlantic. But this historic fisning viuage pi four families, numbering In all 20 persons, long ago won a distinguished place on the map of Nova Scotia. Located on, the rockbound coast of Cape Breton, an area where the Atlantic Ocean has flung many sWds to their doom, the hamlet of Balelne Cove stands as a memory t T.nrrf Ochiltree, son or trie Ean iof Arras, Scotland, who landed here Ijulv 1. 1629, with 60 settlers. settlement, In the heart of some of (he roughest ter 'rltnrv in Eastern Canada, was 111 'soon scattered, leaving only a few ' families and a broken down fort as mark of Lord Ochiltree's visions of "New scouana iana a vigorous mark. Richman-Merrill At Harbor Grace American Ocean Fliers Plan To Complete Return Flight To New York Today ' HARBOR GRACE, Nfld., Sept. 19: Harry Rlchman and Dick Merril, who landed in a bog near Musgrave Harbor on Sunday after a return crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from London, arrived here with their plane yesterday and planned to continue their flight to New York todays CUMSHEWA VERY BUSY A. P. Allison Logging Co. Is Operating in Big Way on Moresby Island Many Improvements j The A. P. Allison Logging Co.'s camp at Cumshewa Inlet Is reported to be the buslAest place on the Queen Charlotte Islands these days. A long logging railway Is about completed. A large dock off which the logs are dumped Into the water is finished and another dock Is being completed for the i accomodation of steamers. A large and . k oiiu up-10-aate uu-w-uaic lulling dining , . f , . . . t room and big bunkhouse haveu well CUIU UUC WllUiC vaiiij railway terminus. SURGEON SUICIDES SOUTHWARK; Eng.,. Sept . 19jj dustrlal averageon the New Yprk (CP) Fearing paralysis might end 'Stock Exchange yesterday was up his career, H. L. Rees, 34, a brilliant ! 1.51, the rail average up .48, and surgeon, severed a thigh artery utilities, up .31. Tho Toronto indus-and died a suicide. J trial average was up .57. ; MANY SPIES TAB WAR ACTIVITIES OF ALL NATIONS IN EUROPE Daring Secret Service Workers Operating Practically Everywhere Keep Home Countries Posted On Armaments NE WYORK, Sept. 19: intensified in recent months in all countries, includ ing comparatively-isolated has raced for re-armament daring and mysterious secret workers, engaged in one of the most dangerous of all callings, are employed by every natlpn, for tney are indispensaDie the standpoint both of defensive and offensive preparations. Almost dally the news 'records a case somewhere. From Madrid is news of the discovery of a giant espionage ring through which the Fascists were kept informed of the government's activities. The government secret service reported the ring "Infested" offices, jails, hospitals and other centres of Information. Many arrests have been made. Hundreds have faced firing squads. The other day young Madame Marquerite Crledllng, under suspended sentence as a spy, swam to her death in the Dcean off Casablanca, French Morocco. Last year she won a contest as the most beau tiful woman in, Casablanca. Recent ly the Japanese shot nine alleged Rusla'n 'spies In Manchoukuo and y&tii Jtv. A. ?I ArcLLS who hs been re-elected President of the Ctnadiin Automobile Association for the third year in succession. Mr. Stapcllj, is vice-president j of the Canadian National Parks Association and vice-president of J. J. Gibbons Limited. Sailors' Strike Sflll'l InQPff iPfl 73 ooe of the organizers of the vuacillCi Canadian Medical Association and ' f- former minister of education for SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19 ; Manitoba, died here yesterday; He The fight bstween the sailors' served seven of eleven years In the union and shipowners pf the Pa- Manitoba Legislature with a minis-clfic' coast continued with little ter's portfolio, islgn of an early settlement. Aftei : . meeting lart night, the sailors' union rejected all peace proposal-of , th.3 shipowners, . claiming, that hey ' were not generous enough f Tha sincerity of the employers In offering them, was questioned. STOCK MARKET UP NEW YORK, Sept. 19: The ln- (CP) The activities of spies United States, as the world and made new alliances. These hem to undertake espionage. The qualifications for high-class secret service work are many and exacting. Among other things there must be absolute fearlessness, nerves which never jump, a brain t which works surely and with lightning speed, a thorough knowledge, of mankind, a convincing personal- detectives' knack of arriving at the correct answer by piecing together seemingly irrelevant clues, and the art of impersonation. And the spy must be prepared to go. to his death with sealed lips! That is the code I The secret service agent of any country Is nameless Just a number. His Identity Is so carefully safeguarded even in his own coun try that his occupation is not' known to his friends or to officials Women .Good At It The majority of spies are men. but women frequently are em- Imprisoned many more. There has other than one or two of his super-been a steady procession of execu- lors. Often he engages In some tlons and incarcerations In var- other work as a blind, or he may lous countries, notably France, even be Just a man about town. Germany and Russia Spying covers many fields mili tary and naval Information, trea ties and secret government projects ployed and some of the most not-affecting other nations. It also In- able secret service agents of his-eludes in some Instances the fer- tory have belonged to the fair sex retlng out, of discreditable facts In The female spy often is selected be-the private lives of prominent cause of her great physical attrac-pcople; The Idea, of course, Is to tlon, though she also must possess use this data if necessary to exact the other qualifications requisite to information from the unfortunate this work. Many of the outstand-Indivlduals concerned or force j (Continued on Page Two) Bermuda Airport j Nears Completion Cost of. New Flying Terminal Is Quarter of Million HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. J9; (CP) Bermuda's airport on Dar-rell's Island, built at a cost of about $225,000 Is near completion, placing the resort only five hours distant from New York by plane. The airport ha? a 100 x 155-foot hangar, a building to house immigration, customs and health departments and living quarters foi the permanent airport staff. PROMINF.NT MANIT0BAN Dr. Robert Thornton, former Cabinet Minister, Passes' Away In Vancouver VANCOUVER, Sept. 19; (CP) TODAY'S BASEBALL- National League St. Louis 9, Chicago 13. New York 9, Brooklyn 1. TODAY'S STOCKS Courtesy 8. D. Jo'hiutoa Oo.) 1 ' Vancouver B. C. Nickel, .38. . ': Big-Missourlr.53;- ---- ! Bralorne, 8.05. B. R. Con., .04?i. B R. X, .12. Cariboo Quartz, 1.93. Ccn'tonla, .15 V. ' Dun well, .03 Vi. ' Oolcohda, ,10 , . ' ' Mlnlo, .27r Meridian, .08, Morning Star, .02. National Silver, .03. Noble Five, .6212. Pend Oreille, .82. . Porter Idaho, .04 2. Premier, 3.15. Reeves McDonald, .05. Reno, 1 21. Relief Arlington, .38. Salmon Gold,. 10. Taylor Bridge, .10. Wayside, ,10. United Empire, .02',4. Toronto Beattle.-1.32. Central Pat., 4 25. Chibougamau, 1.43. Gods Lake, .99. Interl Nickel, 60.00. Lee Gold, .0712: little Long Lac, 6.15. McKenzle Red Lake, 1.85. Pickle Ctow, 6 90. Red Lake Gold Shore, 2.20. San Antonio, 1.65. Shorrltt Gordon, 1.70. Slsco, 4.85. Smelters Gold, .10. . Sturgeon River, .38. Ventures, 2.35. McLeod Cockshutt, 4.90. Hardrock, 2.80. Oklend, .32. Mosher, .63. Bousquet, .11. Etdgood Klrkland, 1.51. Gllbec, .05. Lake Rose, .59. Madsen, 1.00. May Spiers, .55. Wlnoga Patricia, .28. Sullivan, 2.10. Stadacona, .70. Green Staybell, .67. Frontier, .21, Francoeur, 1.23. Manitoba & Eeastem; .19Y2. Perron, 1.85. New Augarlta, .50. South Keora, .14. Moneta Pore , .55. Sladen Malartlc. 1.15. " . . DAK SILVER NEW YORK, (CP) Bar sllvef was unchanged at 443c per ounce on the New York metal market today. . . . SCENE IS HORRIBLE Alcazar in Toledo Blown Up And Hundreds of Defenders Perish Madrid About to Fall MADRID, Sept. 19: (CP) It is estimated that more than half of the defenders were killed or maimed when the Alcazar, fortress of Toledo, containing some 1700 Fascists, including women and children, was ripped apart by a second blast of dynamite yesterday as loyalists continued what appeared to be their final stand against the oncoming insurgents. The remainder were still fighting amid the ruins and the scene was one of ghastly, horror. The siege was continuing af-ver eighteen hours and the remaining defenders were resisting Stubbornly from the lower shambles under which the attackers were planning to place further mines. Hundreds of government supporters were reported killed at Malaga, strategically important port on, the Mediterranean not far from Gibraltar, fighting among themselves. It is believed that Malaga is near surrender. On the north coast Bilboa was bottled up completely by the insurgents. WATERWORKS TAKEN Insurgents seized Loyaza waterworks, chief source of Mad rid's water supply, today as they Tnbarktd upon the final phase of the attack upon the capital, it was announced in Fascist quar- . ters. Socialist. and rnmmunkt. have rejected the syndicalist ul- ilmatum i ronmni. .H. -m.h rid government into regional commutes. Ai.mvsn to i?i."rT'i?v MILAN, Italr, Sept. 19; For- mer King Alfonso of Spain wa. buying maps yesterday giving de- tails of the roads to Spain. This was taken as an indication that he would be returning to Spain soon in the event of the rebels winning hte civil war as appears likely. Today's Weather meter, 30.14. Victoria Foggy, calm; baro- meter, 30.15. Estevan Ralnlnr;. calm; meter, 30.16. Triple Island Cloudy, fresh southeast wind; sea choppy. Langara Island-Raining, strong "T ". .t,r,i. ,,6e first steam man-of-war. At a southerly - wind ' u barometer. 1 ' 29.50: ', t . . . , . . . : . '.later date she was acquired by temperature, 57; sea rough, Terrace Raining, calm, 52. Alice Arm Raining, calm, 52. . Stewart Raining, calm, 48. Hazelton Rain, calm, 44. Smithers Cloudy, calm, mild. Burns Lake Cloudy, calm, 47. Mrs. Roosevelt Has La Gripp WASHINGTON, DC Sept. 19: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, after attending and speaking the tercentenary celebration of and partly to demonstrate a Harvard University at Cambridge, 'steam-driven ship could carry the Mass., cancelled other plans and malls quicker than sailing ships returned here on account of the, that Samuel Cunard decided to Illness of Mrs. Roosevelt who U send his boat across the Atlantic, confined to the White House with a j The 100th anniversary of the severe attack of la grippe. 'sailing of the Royal WlUlam was Legislature At 12 2 f l L 'ted by Issuing a special commem-jtMlU 01 UCtODer orative stamp. Definite Date is, However, Not Announced by Premier Pattullo VANCOUVER, Sept. 19: (CP) -The provincial legislature will con vene about the end of October, ( premier 1. u. rauuuo announceqj yesterday. The exact date has not yet been settled. K 4 I- CAMPBELL BLACK, NOTED BRITISH FLIER, KILLED K LIVERPOOL, Sept. 19: (CP) f Commander Campbell Black, t who, with C, W. A. Scott, won j the England to Australia air race a few years ago,. was' kill- 4- ed today when his airplane collided with a Royal Air Force ,. machine. " STORY OF OLD SHIP - ( Built in Canada, Pioneer Steamer Had Many Firsts QUEBEC, Sept 19: (CP) Speed xplolts of the Queen Mary have ecalled that the Royal' William, lamed after William IV, the first resse dependent largely on steam to cross the Atlantic from west to .ait, was built in Quebec and aunched April 29, 1831, She was owed to Montreal and fitted with engines there. The Royal William's first Atlantic crossing was made from Pictoti, VJ3 whence the vessel sailed Aug 4. 1833. The voyage nearly ended n disaster, th ship running tn'o a great storm off the coast of Newfoundland. Her foremast top was blown away and her starboard engines disabled. The crew feared she would sink, but her captain, a Scotsman nemed John MacDougaii, carried on, repairing the engines' as best " couKU tteacning uowes, on tne iIsle of Wight' 19 days liter' iane-nt palrs .were made .there in3 i&e 'yessA'proceeSea to Oravesend, arriving Sept. 11, after a total of 38 days on .the trip. me Koyaj wmiam wa& con- ltructed by James Goudle for the Queoec and HaUiax Steam Navlga- tlon Company, owned by Samuel ard. formerly of Halifax, who founded the line of steamship? beng hls nam- . .The Ro WlUlam was a truly rusronc vessel ana nas a list of records to her name. In addition to her epoch-making tAp across the Atlantic she was the first steamship built in Canada land also inaugurated service by steamer from Quebec to Halifax, iShe was the first British steamer 'to drop anchor in any Unltei f States port. Sold to Portuguese After her V0VaSe across the At-Ire5n,lantlc the Royal William was sold ,the Spanish navy and when she was used In the suppression of the Carltst rebellion under the name of Ysabel Segruda she was the first steam vessel from which a cannon was fired. The Royal William was condemned and scrapped In 1847 and her engines were transferred tn another vessed, which sank, ami : now lies at the bottom of the Med- eiierranean. v ao palely a view tu obtaining business for the Royal William, which could not get car goes owing to the epidemic of atj&hlp's cholere prevailing In Quebec, .celebrated at Plctou, N.S., Aug. 17, 1933. The Dominion government recognized the centenary of steam I traffic which had been lnaugura- TROOPER DISLIKED HORSES LONDON, Sept. 19: (CP) On trial for desertion from the 2nd Dragoon Ouards, Trooper Wllllarh Wales, 21, said he ran away because he had a horror of horses. The couft-martlal's verdict will j come later, , ,1 . d