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I
VICTORIA,
B.C.
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Mmln
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(S
AM.)
8Jhe
prince
Rupert
Rain,
northwest
High
.
7:55
a.m.
14.9
ft.
wind,
6
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
19!21
p.m.
10.7
ft.
29.92.
Low
1....
..
0:55
a.m.
7.4
ft.
12:56
pjn!
10.8
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
M.
XXV,
No.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
23,
1936
TRICE:
5
CENTS
URL
SPIES
DURING
WA
i
.
,
.1
1
rr
On,
Was
Tabn
Another,
Where?
Ruthless
Work
(read
of
Secret
Agent
Activities
Recalls
Careers
of
Women
iEW
YORK,
Sept.
23:
(AP)
ipo
names
stand
supreme
In
the
story
of
women
spies
in
the
war
stories
which
read
so
much
like
Blow-backed
fiction
that
they
are
Ill-nlgh.
unbelievable.
Both,
were
fcnts
in
the
highly-developed
and
)
iborate
secret
service
of
Ger-
ny
Recent
development
of
spy
items
in
the
capitals
of
world
vers
recalls
their
adventurous
leers.
"hey
are
"Madamolselle
Docteur"
Mata
Harl
Mile.
Docteur,
le
Biona
uemon"
wno
was
per
Ips
the
greatest
of
her
kind
for
time
and
was
feared
by
many
Ittons;
Mata.
Harl,
"The
Red
ticer,"
a
courtesan
whose
sensual
iuty
robbed
men
of
reason
and
Iced
In
her,
lovely
hands
the
arts
and
secrets
of
scores
of
per-
ttages,
including
even
royalty.
Hie.
Docteur.
as
the
was
called
Ithe
French
secret
service,
was
a
traan,
Anne
Marie
Lesser,
daugh-
of
a
widely-known
Berlin
art
ller
and
an
Italian-born
mother.
girl
was
about
20
when
the
war
out
-a
striking
blond
with
nagnlficent
mind
which
worked
Ih
such
cold
and
remorseless
pre-
lon
that
she
could
kill
without
a
ver
in
carrying
out
her
duties.
Inne
Lesser
was
only
17
.when
!
discovered
by
accident
her
ex-
ne
talents1
for
secret
service
it
Willie
on
a
visit
to
St.
petcrs-
wlth
her
father
she
became
Bualntcd
with
a
Oerman
officer
told
hqr
he
was
trying
to
get
Isesslon
of
the
plans
of
a
new
Bslan
gun.
he
papers
were
In
the
hands
of
Russian
general
with
whom
ne's
father
was
doing
business.
ivlng
access
to
the
general's
Use-
the
elrl
cot
hold
of
the
vlngs
and
copied
them
perfectly
hout
discovery.
great
was
the
thrill
she
got
this
spying
that
she
decided
ake
espionage
her
profession.
was
coached
by
German
of
fers
and
secret
service
operatives
quickly
developed
the
master
h.
Icr
unusual
intelligence
and
her
pwledge
of
foreign
languages
a
great
asset.
She
progressed
Rell
that
she
was
made
director
py
training.
When
the
war
Ike
out
she
was
put
In
charge
of
Oerman
spy.
organizations
In
pee,
Belgium
and
England.
She
Shot
at
Sight
Hie
Docteur
made
numerous
PS
to
Britain
nnri
Franr
and
Came
such
a
menace
that
she!
eagerly
sought
by
the
secret)
ice
of
both
countries.
Manv
-
'
es
.
she
barely
escaned
caoture.
...
I
est
would
have
meant
the
firing
"Q.
i
"ring
one
trip
to
Paris
she
re-
valuable
documents1
which
decided
to
take
to
Berlin
her-
vla
Switzerland,
although
the
ch
were
seeking
her
every-
We.
When
Rhn
arrived
at.
(hp
ss
border
she
was
stopped
by
a
'
u.
bhe
shot
him
dead
with
her'
whether
the
murderer
was
musk-!
The
next
day
when
she
ar)-
rat.
cathead-owl
or
Just
plain
stray
d
over
the
line
in
Switzerland!
rl".r
guard
was
found
dead.
Ille.
Docteur
was
ruthless
In
her
lllngs
'with
those
who
worked
for
and
they
feared
her.
A
illns-
Mon,
her
punishment
of
a
young
plan
secret
service
t.
Ic
olferl
had
outsmarted
her
something
I
t
rarely
happened
to
the
blond
Bon
and
had
so
Insnlrerl
her
JWence
that
she
had
actually
fn
him
Into
her
employ.
maae
the
mistake
of
betray-
onc
of
her
spies
on
the
strength
"urmaiion
porsessed
only
by
Docteur
and
himself
H
nne
'had
to
add
UD
two
nnri
tum
fnr
'She
called
the
votm
man
Into
Continued
on
page
three)
Late
Telegraphs
Great
Boxer
Dies
JOL1ET,
III,
Patrick
(Packy)
McFarland,
48,
one
of
the
greatest
lightweight
boxers
of
all
time,
died
today.
He
was
once
considered
the
uncrowned
champion.
Radio
Managers
OTTAWA
Appointment
of
Major
W.
E.
Gladstone
of
the
British
Broadcasting
Commission
and
Dr.
Augustin
Frigon,
chairman
of
the
Quebec
Utility
Commission,
as
general
manager
and
assistant
general
manager
respectively
of
the
Canadian
Broadcasting
Corporation
has
been
suggested
to
the
government
by
the
board
of
governors.
Martial
Law
SHANGHAI
Commanders
of
a
Japanese
naval
landing
party
declared
martial
law
tonight
in
the
northern
section
of
the
International
settlement
where
three
Japanese
marines
were
shot,
one
fatally,
earlier
In
the
day.
House
Opens
October
27
VICTORIA
The
Legislature
will
open
October
27,
Premier
Pattullo
announced
today.
French
Train
Wreck
LOURDES,
France
Fourteen
persons
were
killed
and
thirty
injured
today
when
a
train
telescoped
Into
the
rear
end
of
the
Avlgnon-Lourdes
Express.
Two
Men
Hanged
DORCHESTER,
N.B
Arthur
and
Neil
Baninster
were
hanged
today
for
the
murder
in
January
of
Philip
Lake
at
Pacific
Junction.
Goats
Misjudged;
Can
be
Real
Pals
Breeder
Says
No
Family
Shoull
Be
Without
One
VANCOUVER.
Sept.
23:
(CP)-Bc
a
pal
to
your
goat
if
you
have
cne
and
if
you
haven't,
get
one
That
is
the
advice
prof
f
erred
by
Donald
McLean,
veteran
bree'de
and
Judge
at
exhibitions
here
Ooats,
generally,
are
misjudged
In
his
opinion.
"People
do
not
take
goats
seriously,"
he
said.
"They
should
be
considered
not
only
as
a
source
o:
milk
but
as
pots
They
can
be
al
most
human,
you
know,"
he
con
tlnued.
"No
family
should
be
without
a
goat.
City
dwellers
as
well
as
far
mers
should
keep
them.
They
arc
inexpensive
and
their
milk
test
for
children
or
grownups."
DRIl
V'WOOn
LAUNCH
VICTORIA,
Sept.
23:
lCP)-Otto
Miner,
unemployed
carpenter,
built
a
30-foot
boat
here
In
his
time,
constructed
of
drift-
it"
'
-
i
Uwrf
He
whiosawed
every
Inch
of'
'
Inlankine.
decking
and
celling.
T
r.ron
the
frlmmines
rame
from
the
same
source.
:
PERHAPS
TWAS
SCAPEGOAT
WOLSELEY,
South
Africa,
(CP)
Farmers
hunting
Jor
some
marauder
Kullty
of
heavy
killings
of
chickens
and
ducks
are
undecided
dog.
Weather
Forecast
(Furnished
through
the
courtesy
of
the
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
at
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert).
Pressure
has
risen
over'
this
province
nnri
rain
is
falling
on
the
nnri
:t.
Prince
Rupert
district
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
increasing
east
and
south
winds,
cloudy
and
im
with
occasional
rain.
West
rnsst
Vancouver
isiana,
fresh
winds,
east
and.
cmith-
rloudv
and
cool
with
scat-,
7,howers.
'
Can
Now
A
British
army
recruiting
offlc
-r
explains
to
some
young
recruits
he
New
idea
of
His
Majesty's
army.
The
new
idea
is
the
army's
supplementary
reserve
trial
scheme.
A
recruit
mayjoln
the
supplementary
reserves
for
-ix
months.
If
he
likes
military
llf
j,
he
may
Join
the
regular
army.
If
he
does
not,
he
may
return
to
civilian,
life,
but
is
require
1
to
come
up
for
14
days
of
training
for
the
next
five
years.
He
Is
paid
a
bounty
of
six
pounds
x
year
and
pay
while
training.
Medals
Galore
For
Coronation
LONDON,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Ir
coflhebtldri
"Wlth
the'Coronation
of
King
Edward
VIII
three
classes
o;
medals
are
to
be
struck
the
of
ficial
gold
and
silver
medals
whic
will
be
designed
by
the
Mint,
medals
designed
by
the
individual
medallist
and
a
medal
in
silver
or
bronze
with
oris
side
designed
by
the
Mint
and
the
reserve
side
leit
o!ear.
for
municipal
coats
of
arm?
or
other
required
designs.
.
.u,-
.
Tbday's
Weather
Terraced-Raining,
calm,
45.
Alice
Arm
Raining,
calm,
48.
Stewartt-Ralnlng",
calm,
45.
HazGlton
Cloudy,
calm,
40.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild.
Burns
Lake
Cloudy,
calm,
39.
Victoria
Barometer,
30.26;
fair,
northeast
wind,
4
miles
per
hour.
Estevan
Barometer,
30.24;
southeast
wind,
8
miles
per
hour;
cloudy,
Vancouver
Barometer,
30.26;
east
wind,
4
miles;
fair.
Prince
George
Barometer,
30.22;
calm
and
clear.
ODD
DEATH
OCCURRENCE
'PEACE
RIVER,
Arta.,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Death
of
two
sisters,
living
thousands
of
miles
apart,
at
ap
piuAinuiicij
proximately
the
nio
3
same
j
me
iiuui
hour
was
waoi
'
rfj
.t,u
yv,
u..
I
,
Willi
WIC
.UCltUl
Ul
WIS.
'
tj.
reached
here.
Mrs.
Julia
Robertson
of
Peace
River,
the.
sister,
was
be
ing
buried
LEAVES
NORTH
FOR
SCHOOL
EDMONTON,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
De-:
sire
for
further
education
brought
Miss
Owen
Carruthers
all
the
way
from
Wrangell,
Alaska,
to
Edmon-.
ton,
a
distance
of
1200
miles.
She
j
plans
a
business
course.
Her
par
ents,
Brigadier
W.
J.
Carrutherj
and
Mrs.
Carruthers
of
the
Salva-1
tlon
Army
are
stationed
at
Wrangell.
I
SCHOOL
INSPECTED
KITZEQUClX
Sept.
23
:-Last
Wednesday
Captain
C
G.
Barry,
'.'
the
T-..l
.u,
Indian
School
Inspector.
Paid;whatand'
how
a
vi&iy.
10
me
vniaQa,
ucuuiuiiuintu
by;
Captain
O.
C
Mortimer,
the
Hazelton
Indian
Agent.
Tire
lnspec
tor
exnressed
himself
as
as
belni
being!
fairly
well
satisfied
with
the
pro
-
gre
of
the
children.
i
Join
British
Army
"On
Trial"
I
Employment
Most
Since
Depression
I
VICTORIA,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
A
total
of
68,690
relief
in
British
Columbia
during
the
month
of
August,
a
drop
of
5,179
from
July
and
a
reduction
of
10,967
from
August
last
year,
provincial
authorities
announced
Tuesday.
It
is
a
new
low
for
unemployment
in
the
province
since
the
start
of
the
depression.
t
4,
4.
GIANTS
WIN
PHILADELPHIA,
Sept.
23:
Carl
Hubbell
and
the
New
York
Giants
defeated
Phillies
5
to
4
today.
The
Giants
need
but
one
more
win
to
cinch
the
pennant.
One
more
defeat
for
the
Cardinals
would
also
give
New
York
the
flag.
St.
Louis
and
Cincinnati
were
rained
out
today
at
St.
Louis.
Chicago
Cubs
dropped
out
of
the
running
by
losing
a
7
to
6
verdict
to
Pittsburg
in
10
Innings.
Brooklyn
brat
Boston
8
to
6.
In
the
American
League
New
York
beat
Philadelphia
12
to
5.
Washington
beat
Boston
3
to
2
and
St.
Louis
Browns
won
10
to
1
over
Detroit.
Chicago
and
Cleveland
each
had
one
run
at
the
second
inning
in
the
second
game
of
a
double-header,
Chicago
having
won
the
first.
TEACHING
ROAD
MANNERS
LONDON,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Mo-j
bile
metropolitan
police,
equipped
wibh
tos
with
loudspeakers
will
It"".,
Z
urZlJ.
.1
"
.
.traffic
breakers
to
.
tell
them
whats
V.
Mrs.
J.
Bremner
returned
last
night
from
Terrace,
where
she
had
'been
viritlng
forJthe
.
past"
w
eek
with
Mrs
Corlett,f;
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
3.
D.
Jobrukxn'Oo.)
Vancouver
B.
C
Nickel,-
8.;
jBig
MSesouri.
53.
Bralome,
8.25.
B.
R.
Con
.
.04?i.
B.
R.
X..
.13.
.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.98.
Dentonla,
.15.
-Dunwell,
.03
Vi.
Golconda,
.10,
Minto,
.26.
.
Meridian.
.06
'
'
.
"
'
Morning
Star,
.02
4.
National
Silver,
.03.
Noble
Five,
.02
Vi.
Porter
Idaho,
.04.
Premier,
3.40.
Reeves
McDonald,
.05.
Reno,
1.23.
Relief
Arlington,
.41.
Salmon
Gold,
.09
Vi.
Taylor
Bridge,
.10.
Wayside,
.10.
United
Empire,
024.
.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.33.
Central
Patricia,
4.05.
Chlbougamau,
1.38.
Gods
Lake,
.91.
Inter'l
Nickel,
60.00.
Lee
Gold.
.07.
'Little
Long,
Lac,
6.00.
McKtnzle
Red
Lake,
1.81.
Pickle
Crow,
6.60.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
ill).
San
Antonio,
1.73.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.74.
SLsco,
4.60.
Smelters
Gold,
09.
Sturgeon
River,
.38.
Ventures,
2.39.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
4.60.
Hardrock,'
2.50.
Oklend,
.33.
Mosher,
.71.
Bousquat,
.10.
Bldgood
Klrkland,
1.53.
OUbec,
.0412.
Lake
Rose,
.56.
Madsen,
1.00.
May
Spiers,
.52.
Wlnoga
Patricia,
.42
Sullivan,
216.
Stadacona,
.68.
Green
Staybell,
.61.
Frontier,
.20.
Francoeur,
1.01.
Mamdtoba
&
Eastern,
.i&Vi.
Perron,
1.85.
South
Keora,
.13.
Moneta
Porcupine,
.62.
Sladen
Malartic,
1.10.
New
Augarlta,
.45,
1
VANCOUVER,
S?pt.
23:
(CP)
Wheat
was
up
again
on
the
iVan
-
couyer
Exchange
today,
advancing
to
$1.073,4,
Madrid
To
Fall
Soon
Loyalists
Not
Expected
To
Last
Out
'Much'
Longer
In
Spain
Italians
Take
Mallorca
MADRID,
Sept.
23:
(CD-While
fresh
government
forces
were
being
rushed
to
Torrijos
to
stem
a
major
rightist
advance,
Madrid
was
in
a
desperate
position
last
night
as
a
result
of
the
rebels'
smashing
victories.
Early
fall
of
the
capital,
now
in
grave
danger,
is
predicted.
Every
able-bodied
man
in
Madrid
has
been
called
upon
by
the
government
to
-
"itand
ready
for
immediate
ser-'
vice.
The
insurgents
are
now
only
23
miles
off.
With
the
Fascist
forces
only
16
i
miles
from
Todelo,
final
endeavors
were
being
made
last
night
fb
save
the
last
defenders
of
AN
'
vuar
fortress
before
arrival
of
General
Franco.
Insurgents,
apparently
sensing
that
they
were
on
the
verge
of
a
decisive
victory,
stormed
the
roads
to
Madrid
and
Toledo
today.
Government
forces
both
on
the
Toledo
and
.Madrid
fronts
were
being
hurled
back.
Reports
are
current
that
the
Madrid
government
is
debating
the
advisability
of
surrendering,
ITALIANS
GRAB
ISLAND
An
Italian
dictatorship
has
been
established
in
the
Spanish
island
of
Mallorca,
the
newspaper
La
Vox
charged
yesterday
after
the
arrival
of
eleven
seaplanes
rommanriett
hv
n
1tUnivf
,
il
J
u
tenant
Rossini.
"Mallorca
has
actually
been
made
an
Italian
colony,"
the
newspaper
said.
Canadian
Club
Hears
Report
Trs.
F.
W.
Dafoe
Tells
Local
Or-
ganization
of
Convention
In
South
W!.th
Miss
Lillian
Ha'llwell,
the
iresldent,
in
the
chair,
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
met
yesterday
afternoon
In
the
City
Hall
o
hear
a
report
from
Mrs.
F.
W
Dafoe
on
the
twenty-first
confer-
m:e
of
the
Assoolated
Canadian
'lubs
held
during
tha
summer
in
Vancouver,
Chllllwack
and
Victoria.
There
were
three
Prince
Rupert
representatives
at
the
conferenceMrs.
Da'foe,
Mrs.
J.
D.
Thurber
and
Mrs.
S.
P.
McMordiev
The
conferense
wa3
opened
by
;
non.
W.
liamoer,
Lieutenant
'
'
Governor
of
British
Columbia,
anc
Mrs.
Justice
A.
K,
Dysart,
the
pres
ident,
was
In
the
chair.
Mr
Justice
Dysar.fs
address
on
the
natural-
lzatlori
of
aliens
and
the
alms
Canadian
Clubs
was
a
feature
cf
ithe
whole
proceedings.
The
conference
expressed
hope
.that
it
would
be
possible
to
send
at
least
four
speakers
annually
to
ithe.
more
outlying
clubs
whlih
would
choose
their
own
topics
before
speakers
were
appointed.
;
There
will
be
another
meeting
of
the
local
club
next
Wednesday
to
deal
with
the
constitution.
Will
Preserve
Milton's
Home
Generosity
of
Vi3tonnt
Wakefield
Of
Hythe
Makes
It
Possible
LONDON,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Through
the
generosity
of
VI
i-count
Wakefield
of
IIyithet
the
am
enities
of
John
Milton's
cotUg
tat
Chalfont
St.
Olles,
Buckinghamshire,
"will
be
preserved
foi
the
nation.
I.
He
is
purchasing
an
adjoining
'piece
of
land
which
has
been
i'threabsned
fby
builders
and
pre
renting
It
to
the
trustees
of
the
poet's
cottage.
DANGER
TO
FISHERIES
Sillier
Freeman
of
Seattle
Fearful
Of
Japanese
Invasion
SEATTLE,
Sept.
23:
Miller
Freeman,
publisher
of
the
P'aciflc
Fisherman
and
former
member
of
the
International
Fisheries
Commission,
writing
in
the
Seattle
Times,
Of
the
rumored
encroachment
of
fishing
waters
off
the
Alaska
and
Brltlfh
Columbia
coasts,
suggested
that
Bering
Sea
and
the
Gulf
of
Alaska
be
declared
military
strategic
waters
in
which
case
all
foreign
vessels
could
be
kept
out.
lie
uggested
Canadian
co-operatton.
Mr,
Freeman
referred
to
the
danger
of
Japanese
Invasion
of
the,
fisheries
of
this
coast,
asserting
that
it
might
prove
devastating".
4MY
WANTS
T0GET
IN
Vsjis'
Permission,
to
Fly
Campbell
B'ack's
Plane
in
London
To
Johannesburg
Race
LONDON.,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Amy
Tohnion
Moll'fon,
British
lon'g
dis-ahce
filer,-
today
asked
the,
or-sanlzeM
of
ithe
London-Johannes-
jburg
alx
race
for
permission
trt
usa
he
craft
in
which
Campbell
Bla:k
was
killed
last
Saturday,
in
th
race
next
week,
Black,
himself,
had
Intended
entering
the
race.
Halibut
Arrivals
Summary
American
100,500
pound3,.,
iriH'Vc
to'
&?'&m6;
'
5W-",-
Canadian
none.
American
Tahoma,38.P00,
9c
arid
7c,
Cold
Storage
'V-
..
i
Chelan,
25,000,
:'$jc
and;
7c,
'
'
Booth.
.-.-v.
Sherman,
14,500,
9c
and
7c,
At-
lin.
Zerembo,
12,000,
9
7c
and
7c,
Atlln.
Betty,
11,000,
9.7c
and
7c,
Atlln.
Local
Man
Is
Impressed
By
Farm
Country
After
making
hi?
first
trip
into
the
Bulkley
Valley
beyond
Smithers,
W.
J.
Raymond
returned
to
the
city
on
last
night's
train
from
a
ten
day
vacation
trip
Into"
the
central
interior.
He
was
agreeably
sur-
prised
with
the
appearance
of
the
.
.
rnuntrv
1
Tnripprl
I
1
It
1.
.
urn
a
relation
..-I-.!
to
him.
He
found
that
Bulkley
Valley
farmers
were
hoping
to
do
well
this
fall
with
their
timothy
seed
ii-h
now
m
stnok.
Mr.
Rav
of!mond
reports
roads
In
fairly
good
r,,,,a
a,nua
rot
inc
aA
snow.
The
snow
has
not
remained
on
the
ground.
At
some
points
road
widening
Is
in
progress.
WANTED
ANOTHER
BURBANK
SANTA
ROSA,
Cal.,
Sept.
23:
(CP)
Ten
years
after
the
death
of
Luther
Burbank,
his
world-
famous
experimental
garden
here
.
'inds
practically
unused
a
chal-'enge
for
someone
to
step
Invo
the
plant
wizard's
place,
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
tCP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
44c
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market
'nday.
CITY
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
NOTICE
LAST
CHANCE
to
consolidate
your
taxes.
Tax
Sale
September
30th.
CITY
COMMISSIONER