change
market.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
VICTORIA,
3.'-
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
A.M.)
She
ill
Jfaito
High
0:56
a.m.
20.9
ft.
Prince
Rupert
Cloudy,
north
-Te3t
13:02
p.m.
21.6
ft
miles
hdur;
barometer
wind,
6
per
Low
7:05
a.m.
4.1
ft.
29.72;
sea
smooth.
19:23
p.m.
2.8
ft.
v:
n
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI.
No.
59.
g
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
11,
1937
TRICE:
S
CENT
,ol
HtLr
ruiv
INSURGENTS
..
,.w
ami
Italv
Renorted
Active
oi""
Ship
Was
Sunk
.
.-.i...
w'tiu
Munition
For
Cl
Government
Disposed
oi
ny
Rebels
LONDON,
March
11:
(CP)
It
..
..rtoH
hpre
vesterdav
that
W
ivj'"-
-
Klnrlln
rtoiltcpn.
c
un..
j
u..j
lonoH
fltrhtlner
pnuln-
,n
trooDi
had
been
landed
at
Lbca
near
Olbraltar.
A
Snanlsh
insurgent
warship
Jt
uino
"
o
i
A
Aul...
!
I
...trh
nnuorr
m
I'll
i
luiivn
in
i
1
The
insurgent
Spanish
regime
Saam.ico
oiuciauy
anuuuucva
:il-
lilt,
w
i
viiiuivtiv
ivhiivi
...
.
.
t
i
-
4I
iVi
tad
Xuilen
a
prize
of
war
to
in-
.
.
l-
At
-
-4
d
it
wus
not
Known
wneiner
r
II
...1111
J
1I
munition
and
then
scuttled
the
r
7
International
War
MADRh)
Mnrfh
11-
If.'PlOpn-
ru
Jkj
Kiaja,
commander
of
ht'u
i
uofutce
forces,
announced
pi
''.at
an
undeclared
lnter-
i'!cr.j
wr
had
begun
in
Spain"
rt.
a
thirty
thousand
Italian
ar3
DartlciDatlne.
"Spau
has
been
invaded
by
a
plgn
army.''
the
government
rraU:Jmo
said,
ft-
!
vc
-nmcnt.
in
its
comun
lie
sorted
that
evidence
had
iea
unnvercd
"to
show
that
four
l'l
taon-
of
Italian
troops
are
iking
par
in
the
fighting."
US
RE
ASON
IS
MYSTERY
r
Ilfnry
Oullott
Makp
Suirrrs.
ion
in
KcirinI
to
Resignation
f
rom
Australian
Cabinet
CANBERRA,
Marcn.
11:
(CP)
-
r
Henry
Gullett,
minister
of
Bade
r-
.,,
k.i
,
.I...
I
tain,
i
us
rcsigiiakum
f
the
Australian
cabinet
yes-rwy
was
due
to
his
wishing
tc
P'ert.
tom
of
Australia's
trad?
I'fln
Can.itia
to
foreign
countries
""-
more
man
Canada
u.
H,
ilA
iMK.
..
.
...
'.
i
-
v
..iuiu;iivca
dui
me
less
pa
me
bc'icr
"
Ipidemic
Takes
Toll
of
Indians
lnni.arC
s,,cc""biiifir
to
-Measles
Itcservatlon
,
r-vuu,-
0I
pneumon
a
:
and
frraslC5
i
.n.,
-
t
7L
!
ans
on
010
la
Cross!
fe'aC
norln
of
lwre-
Pilot
place
at
the
meeting
at
wnicn
.m-r-
'r
OUbcrt
u
of
Hip
rnniln.i
Lu.t
no
nt
sneclal
interest
rays
K'oart..
lusT
-
tiOjiUl
L
111
Scotland
Tied
Up
Vn
Tliousniwl
t-.
.
ST
11:-
With
Pus
"
"'crease
in
wmm
Knd
r,,
,
n
ln
a11
r
flV
IS
MILLIONS
STARVING
Appalling:
Famine
Condition
In
Ilonan
Province
of
China
Is
Reported
HANKOW.
March
11:
(CP)
The
China
International
Famine
'
Relief
Commission
reports
that
j
'
famine
threatens
two
million
persons
In
western
Ilonan
Pro-
j
vlnce.
This
condition
results
from
poor
crops
and
extends
over
an
area
'
estimated
at
3,000
square
1
miles
with
a
total
population
of
five
million.
f
Will
Fly
To
I
T
7
11
new
Leaiana
4
NEW
YORK.
March
11:
(CP)
The
Pan-American
Air-
ways
announces
that,
within
three
days,
it
will
send
one
of
Its
thirty-two
passenger
"clip-
per
ships"
over
a
seven
thou-
sand
mile
route
from
San
Francisco
to
New
Zealand.
A
crew
of
six
men
will
take
the
huge
ship
form
the
Golden
Gate
to
Auckland,
New
Zea-
landpreparatory,to
establish--
lng
a
regular
passenger
and
freicht
service.
TO
OBSERVE
CORONATION
Canadian
Legion
Asks
City
Commissioner
to
Call
Meeting-
The
regular
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
branch
of
the
Canadian
Legion
of
the
British
Empire
Service
League
took
place
last
pvpnlns
at
the',
clubrooms.
Presi
dent
W.
M.
Brown
was
in
the
chair
over
a
large
attendance
of
mem
bers.
An
Invitation
Is
being
extended
u-
ru..
rvimmUclnripr
asklnu
UJ
MIC
Vil-J
vw".
him
to
call
a
public
meeting
at
an
early
date
to
maKe
suiwdjb
ai-rangements
for
the
proper
obser
vance
of
Coronation
uay.
me
region
will
give
the
fullest
co-oper
ation
and
a
special
committee
oi
Jack
Preecc.
Jack
Judge
and
Harry
Thrupp
was
appointed
to
represent
the
branch
at
the
meeting.
A
communication
from
the
Prince
Rupert
Unemployed
Asso
ciation
was
read
and
it
was
oeciaec
,
to
ask
for
further
details
from
thai
organization
and
also
to
obtain
8
statement
from
the
City
Commissioner
stating
his
explanation
ol
the
situation.
a
nitrht
letter
was
sent
Olof
Hanson
M.P.
asking
him
to
support
the
representations
of
the
Dominion
Command
of
the
Canadian
Legion
in
the
request
to
have
the
report
of
the
Veterans'
Assistance
Committee
tabled
as
soon
as
fhof
varans
on
relief
may
have
their
cases
considered
...7
initiation
of
new
members
took
!r
TT
.
ure
also
1
discussed.
.
.
1
The
relief
committee
repuiwru
that
It
had
taken
care
of
an
unem
man
wno
-u
ployed
ex-service
been
sleeping
out
in
the
open
and
without
blankets,
ne
...
supplied
with
food,
bianKew
accommodation.
DOI.LAK
AT
PAIt
.m..
riTir
vfsrrh
11:
The
Canadian
dollar
is
Kill
trading
at
onr
on
the
New
YorK
toreiB
-
BUILDING
148
Lower
Mainland
Longshore
Organization
Satisfied;
Oppose
Outside
Interests
VICTORIA,
March
11:
(CP)
Members-
of
the
Canadian
chartered
waterfront
organizations
working
at
lower
coast
points
of
British
Columbia
are
on
record
as
being
entirely
satisfied
with'
existing
longshore
employer-employee
relations
in'
the
province
and
opposed
to
incursion
of
their
territory
by
foreign
chartered
unions.
In
a
letter
to
federal,
provincial
and
lower
coast
port
municipal
authorities,
seven
longshore
groups
ask
that
outside
interference
be,
not
allowed
to
interfere
with
the
"present
stable
and
satisfactory
conditions
of
the
industry
in
British
Columbia."
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
-Jl.
Big
Missouri,
.64.
Bralorne,
8.55.
B.
R.
X,
.lO'j.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.48.
:;
Dentonla,
.23.
Golconda,
.19.
Mlnto.
.20
Vi.
J
Meridian,
.03.
Morning
Star.
.032-
r
.
Noble
Flve.ji4.
h.-Perid
'Oreille,
6i40.
Pioneer,
5.55.
Porter
Idaho,
,10
ii.
Premier,
3.45.
Reeves
McDonald,
1.68.
Reno,
1.15.
Relief
Arlington,
.26.
Reward,
.15',2.
Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridge,
,08'2.
Wayside,
.05.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.19.
Premier
Border,
.04
Vi.
Sllbak
Premier,
3.45.
Congress,
.O8V2.
Silver
Crest,
.10.
Home
Oold.
.032-Grandvlew,
'
.21.
V
Indian,
.05.
.
Quatslno
Copper,
.10.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.60.
v"
Calmont,
1.25.
C.
St
E.,
4.35.
Freehold,
.23.
Hargal,
.26.
McDougal
Scgur,
.42.
;
Mercury,
.51.
'
;;;
Okalta,
2.75.
,
Pacalta,
.25.
Home
Oil,
2.65.
.
Weymarn,
.25.
1
Toronto
Beattle,
1.45.
;
.
Central
Patricia,
4.45.
God,'s
Lake,
.79.
Lee
Gold,
.05.
Little
Long
Lac,
6.80.
McKen'zie
Red
Lake,
1.66.
Pickle
Crow.
7.50.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.85.
San
Antonio,
1.95.
Shcrrltt
Gordon,
3.75.
Smelter
Gold,
.08.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.50.
j
Oklend,
.27.
I
Mosher,
.25.
I
GUbec,
.05V2.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
1.08.
.
Stadacona,
1.69.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.19.
Francoeur,
1.10.
Manitoba
it
Eastern,
.08'.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.67.
Rubec,
.10.
Thompson
Cadillac,
1.52.
Bailor,.
.07.
'
Bankfield,
1.32.
,
.
East
Malartlc,
1.69.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.31.
;
Hutchison
Lake,
4.22.
Rajah
Red
Lake,
.30.
Aldermac,
1.75."
Kerr
Addison,
3.00.
Federal
Klrkland,
.29.
Upper
Canada,
.67.
VANCOUVER,
March
11:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.32,'b
on
the
Vancouver
exchange
today.
'
Negotiations
a
For
Settling
Rail
Dispute
I
OTTAWA.
March
11:
A
x
nnfo!-n.o
...
h.u
iA..
u
j.
Lun.tikutt
vaa
uciu
isuajr
uc-
i
twean
the
federal
eovern-
ment
and
Howard
:B.
Chase.
spokesman,
and
other
reDre-
sentatlves
of-
theV,rrallway
unions
who
are
threatening
to
go
on
strike
unless
their
full
wage
cuts
are
restored.
The
unions
have
accepted
an
invl-
tatlon
of
the
government
to
reopen
negotiations
looking
to
a
settlement
of
the
dispute.
The
conference
with
the
un-
Ions
follows
one
that
was
held
with
heads
of
the
railway
companies
yesterday.
Does
Not
See
Improvement
He
Expected
Jos.
Schwartz
Returns
From
Extended
Holiday
in
East
And
Says
Prices
Are
Rising:
Conditions
ln
Eastern
Canada
have
not
Improved
as
he
expected,
jsays
Jos.
Schwartz
of
the
Rupert
People's
Store
who
returned
from
an
extended
holiday
to
Montreal
and
Sherbrooke
yesterday,
coming
by
way
of
Vancouver.
He
was
accompanied
here
by
M.
Vlneberg,
son
of
S.
A.
Vinebcrg,
who
is
here
to
learn
the
business
under
Mr.j
Schwartz.
Mr.
Schwartz
says
that
all
the
mills
and
factories
ln
the
east
are
busy
but
the
wages
paid
are
low
and
there
Is
a
great
deal
of
uhem-
ployment.
On
the
whole
there
j
has
not
been
the
Improvement
he
i
.expected
to
find.
The
cost
of
goods
Is
going
up
steadily
and
people
j
ouymg
now
win
una
iney
nave
u(
pay
much
higher-
prices
than
those
jwho
had
the
foresight
to
stock
up;
aneaa.
Weather
Forecast
I
Furnished
throug.
ihe
ourtcay
o-.
l.e
Dominion
Mrtwloeiciji
Huron:
Victoria
and
Prlnr
Rupert.
Thin
for
punt
U
compllfd
from
oWrvatlons
t
ken
at
S
a.m.
today
and
covers
th
31
hoti
nrlod
endln?
S
nm
tomorrow
Pressure
remains
low
on
tha
North
Pacific
and
unsettled
weaUi
cr
prevails
on
the
coast.
Prince
Rupert
district
North
and
east
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
possible
showers.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Fresh
(to
strong
southeast
winds,
unset-
i
tied
and
mild
with
rain.
I
West
Cooast
Vancouver
Island
-
i
Moderate
to
fresh
eastiand
south
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with'
oc-
Jcaslonal
rairi,
PIONEER
BANQUET
About
Seventy-Five
Persons
PresentOld
Time
Spirit
of
City
Is
Revived
The
number
of
Prince
Rupert's
real
pioneers
Is
dwindling
but
the
old
spirit
of
almost
thirty
years
ago
was
revived
at
the
annual
banquet
last
night
ln
the
Oddfellows'
Hall
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Pionears'
Association.
The
event
commemorated
the
twenty-seventh
anniversary
of
the
city's
Incorporation
and
was
most
enjoyable
for
the
seventy-five
or
eo
old
timers
whe
turned
out.
!
Hie
proceedings
opened
with
the
,
singing
of
"O
Canada"
and
the
pio-;
neer
theme
song
"We're
Here
Because
We're
Here."
Grace
was
said
by
Rev.
W.
H.
Pierce
and
a
perioc'
of
silence
was
observed
in
honor
of
the
memory
of
deceased
pioneers.
Full
Justice
was
then
done
to
splendid
repast
of
home
coaking
for
which
Mrs.
H.
B.
Eastman,
Mrs.
P.
W.
Anderson
and
Mrs,
J.
G
Vlereck
were
responsible.
The
toast
.to
"The
King"
was
observed
ln
the
usual
manner
aftei
which
Mrs.
J.
G.
Vlereck.
the
pre-
ctdent.
who
was
ln
the
...
chair,
on
-ned
the
program.
City
Commls-
Uloner
W.
J.
Alder
spoke
on
the
cast
to
the
city,
and
John
Dyb
havn
on
that
to
the
pioneers
while
Robert
McKay
proposed
the
toast
-
we
iaaie3
10
wnicn
f.
ti.
unzey
responded
ln
a
very
humorous
and
entertaining
vein.
One
of
the
highlights
of
the
evening
was
the
vocal
solo
of
Miss
E.
Wilkinson
who
was
iccompanied
by
Charles
P.
Balag-c.
'Robert
McKay
gave
a
recita-ion
of
northern
experience
and
P
V.
Anderson
also
spolce
briefly.
Following
the
banquet
dancing
vas
enjoyed
with
music
by
Mrs.
J
S.
Black
and
Robert
McKay
a
naster
of
ceremonies.
H.
M.
Daggett
and
H.
B.
East-nan
presided
at
the
door.
P.
W.
Anderson
and
G.
W.
Johnstone
had
charge
of
the
arrange-.icnt
cf
the
program.
Hospital
Matter
The
question
of
the
hospital
wa;
wrought
up
by
Commissioner
Alder
vho
spoke
as
follows
In
regard
.hereto:
''From
time
Immemorial
It
has
;een
the
rule
ln
all
civilized
coun-.rles
to
take
the
greatest
care
of
.he
sick
and
afflicted.
Before
general
hospitals
came
Into
vogue,
the
oest
and
sunniest
room
ln
the
house
was
given
up
to
them
and
1
iometlmes
think
that
a
lot
of
mental
suffering
Is
unnecessarily
caused
by
removing
hopeless
cases
to
the
hospital.
Generals
In
time
of
war
remove
Astounding
Figures
Of
John
Bull's
Activity
Revealed
by
Sea
Lord
Sir
Samuel
Hoarc
Explains
That
What
Should
Have
Been
Done
in
Decade
is
Being
Telescoped
Into
Two
or
Three
Years
LONDON,
March
11:
(CP)
Sir
Samuel
Hoare,
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
Great
Britain
by
the
end
of
the
year
"will
have
under
construction
the
remarkable
number
of
148
warships."
Sir
Samuel
introduced
the
1937
naval
estimates.
These
call
for
eighty
more
new
ships
at
a
cost
of
$525,325,000.
'
Protest
To
Berlin
Made!
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
11:
Secretary
of
State
Cor-
dell
Hull
today
Instructed
v
United
States
Ambassador
William.
Dodd
at
Berlin
to
v
make
vigorous
representations
V
to
the
German
foreign
office
V
concerning
recent
arUcles
In
v
ih.
vVSTn
mW
'rfpWatn
4
f
t):
ynj
states
institutions
f
and
Jewish
women.
REVENUE
JS
HIGH
".ritlsh
Columbia
Collections
TJiS
Year
Greatest
in
History
Ol
Province
VICTORIA,
March
11:
Revenue
f
the
province
of
British
Columbi
or
the
current
fiscal
year
is
nc
stimated
at
a
new
hi?h
record
1
".he
history
f
the
province,
It
l'
'nnounced
by
Hon
John
Hart,
minister
of
finance.
The
estimate
s
$27,000,000,
some
two
mlllior.
lollars
more
than
the
previous
ilgh
record.
Fourteen
Sailing
Vessels
in
Race
Windjammers
are
Carrying
New
Australian
Crop
to
England
SYDNEY,
Aust
March
11:
-
Australia
for
England
on
the
an-
j
;iuai
race
wun
me
new
wneai
-rop.
The
ships
usually
take
from!
10
to
120
days.
j
Today's
Weather
j
the
injured
out
of
the
firing
zoner
sailing
ships
have
left.
and
mark
the
hospital
with
a
big
red
cross.
In
Prince
Rupert
we
have
a
hospital
that
stands
condemned
as
a
'fire-trap
by
the
provincial
fire
warden
yet
we
not
only
continue
to
take
our
patients
there
but,
when
a
great
hospital
building
and
nurs-
lng
association
comes
along
with
'CnntlniiPrt
on
Pane
Foilfi
VANCOUVER
SEEKS
AID
Facinc
Deficit
of
Million
Dollars
Assistance
from
Government
Is
Requested
VICTORIA,
March
11:
Mayor
O
C.
Miller
and
other
members
of
the
Vancouver
city
council
were!
yesterday
conferring
with
Hon.
John
Hart,
minister
of
finance
and
Hon.
A.
Wells
Gray,
They
ask-
ed
for
assistance
ln
balancing
tho
Vancouver
city
budget
ln
which
there
Is
an
estimated
deficit
for
the
year
of
$1,000,000.
The
govern
-
ment
gave
assurance
that
It
wonld
do
everything
ln
lta
power
to
as-
si&t.
'
WARSHIPS
oovernmeiajreiegrii.phsi
SAN
uENTIN,
March
11.
Sam-Trip'.c
Island
Cloudy,
nortn
'wel
Whlttaker,
Los
Angeles
organ-wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
sea
smooth
!t.
convicted
of
killing
his
wife
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy;
1"
an
alleged
fake
hold-up,
died
barometer.
29.56:
teniDerature.
42
yesterday
in
San
Quentln
Penltcn-
tea
choppy.
Dead
Tic?
Point
Part
cloudy
light
westerly
wind;
barometer
29.63:
temperature-.
42;
sMglit
chop
Estevan
Cloudy,
toutheast
wind
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.76
Victoria
Cloudy,
northerly
wind
6
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.83
Vancouver'
Cloudy,
northeas
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer
I
29.80
'
.
!
Prin?e
George
Clear,
calm;
bar
ometor,
29.92
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
34.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
32.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
35.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
34.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
29.
Smltliers
Part
cloudy,
calm
cool
Burns
Lake
Dull,
calm,
27.
Stewart
-Cloudy,
calm,
40.
Wlth
ships
already
started,
this
fill
bring
the
total
to
the
148
fi-
'.ure,
he
said.
They
will
Include
five
:apltal
ships,
four
aircraft
carriers
ind
seventeen
cruisers.
"We
are
forced,"
Sir
Samuel
said,
'to
telescope
Into
two
or
three
'ears
what
ought
to
naturally
have
een
tarried
out
In
a
decade.
Past
leflciencles
have
forced
this
acceleration
of
the
naval
phase
of
Great
Britain's
five
year
$7,500,-
100.000
defence
program."
LINE
IS.
BLOCKED
Railway
Traffic
Again
Tied
Up
As
Result
of
Snowslide
West
Of
Kwinitsa
The
line
of
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
is
again
blocked
by
a
large
snowslide
three
and
a
half
niles
west
of
Kwinitsa,
the
same
ipot
where
there
was
a
large
slide
ast
week.
It
will
be
noon
tomorrow
jefore
the
line
is
cleared
.
The
:raln,
which
was
to
have
left
here
for
the
east
last
evening
at
6
o'clock,
Is
cancelled.
The
train,
due
here
tonight
from
the
east,
Is
being
turned
back
from
Shames.
If
the
line
Is
cleared
by
noon
tomorrow,
as
Is
hoped,
the
way
freight
will
leave
for
Pacific
as
usual.
There
may
also
be
a
stub
train
sent
to
Terrace
tomorrow
to
pick
up
passengers,
mail,
express
and
baggage
from
the
train
which
Is
being
turned
back
today.
Meantime
the
next
regular
passenger
train
out
will
be
at
6
o'clock
Friday
evening
and
the
next
regular
train
in
at
10:20
Saturday
night.
IS
DEAD
AT
SAN
QUENTIN
Los
Angeles
Organist
Had
Wish
Gratified
Never
Entered
Cell
tlary.
Whlttaker
died,
after
being
enviated
of
the
crime
which
he
esolutely
denied
having
commit-td,
expressed
the
hope
that
hv.
would
die
before
having
to
enttt
prison
cell.
He
had
been
admitted
but
had
not
been
assigned
to
his
cell
when
he
died.
Royal
Air
Force
Flying
Boats
At
Hong
Kong
HONO
KONO,
March
11:
Three
Royal
Air
Force
.flying
boats
from
Singapore
landed
hero
yesterday
after
spending
a
night
at
sea.