IN
KAML00PS
M.
A.
Iturbank
Died
This
Mornins
Will
Re
Greatly
Missed
H
Is
with
feelings
of
sincere
re-
ct
that
numerous
friends
In
ince
Rupert
and
throughout
the
trlc'
particularly
Interior
points
ch
a:,
Smithers
and
Prince
Pjtorge
where
she
was
also
well
nxwn
and
hlahlv
esteemed,
learn
tLnPflPllh
Ihlc
rnAmlnff
In
KQlTl
(SUrbank
u-ifp
nf
Malnr
M
A.
Hnr-
Barlr
1
i
.
Canarifan
......
ytre
(Burbank
u-hn
hari
hMn
In
111
for
some
time,
during
the
UllUnPr
Innk
a
Hoflnllo
turn
fnr
t.hf
irse
and
since
then
had
rapidly
aed
The
change
to
Kamloops
fas
taken
In
the
horje
that
there
li?ht
be
an
Improvement
In
her
pmmiion
but
this
failed
to
-
-
viw
nov
w
r
nwv
J
had
been
realized
that
recovery
WUIQ
not
be
hnnnt
fnr
wajor
Burbank
and
the
two
a
men
aiiQ
iiugii,
cic
u
mC
VJlu
B8
waa
ai&j
a
sier
of
deceased
from
Vancouver
Mrs,
Burbank
was
well
known
J"
popular
In
social
circles
gen-ay
but
it
was
in
the
work
of
ye
Roman
Catholic
Church
where
was
especially
active.
She
was
lj
devout
cnurch
woman
and
the
l$ngregaUon
nf
Annnnrlatlon
Bhurch
will
greatly
miss
her.
High
ulem
mass
urfii
w
.iiphrafd
I!1
the
church
of
the
AnnulcLitlon
tf'l
Monriav
RI'TRKS
FRIlXt
HvnvtrH'
On
the
occasion
of
his
retirement
rm
the
Servlrp
nf
hn
Panarllan
Rational
JWch
he
had
Hpph
(Hpntlflprf
for
fme
nrteen
years,
the
presenta-F
n
was
made
yesterday
afternoon
i
,
w'-"
tiiwps
oi
a
nanasomc
'uo
ban
t,
Pv.iu
t
nioir
v5
token
of
well-wishing
an4
es-in
iLu11
Prcsentatlori
was
made
a
behalf
of
Mr.
Black's
fellow
orlrs
by
s.
B.
Marshall.
A'igus
Currle.
maup.
r
rla.
J?n
cannery,
sailed
last
night
on
n
Cardena
rdena
fnr
for
von.ti
Vancouver
where
,h
U1
spend
the
winter.
official
British
automobiles
near
Shanghai.
The
protest
mhu
uvimwiu
i.u
nic
uajjauefet:
r
ureign
unice
Dy
tne
am
bassador.
STRIKE
OF
STEVEDORES
Walk'Out
Came
in
Nine
South
At
lantic
and
Gulf
Coast
Ports
NEW
YORK.
Oct.
16:
The
In
ternational
Longshoremen's
Association,
affiliate
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
has
called
a
strike
in
nine
Important
South
Atlantic
and
Oulf
ports.
An
eight-hour
day,
one
and
a
half
over
time
pay
and
substantial
wage
in
creases
are
demanded.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtaj
S.
D.
Johnston
Oo.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.09.
Big
Missouri,
.33.
Bralorne,
125.
Aztec.
.05'.-i.
Cariboo
Quartz.
1.43.
Dcntonla.
.03.
Oolconda,
.06.
Mlnto,
,054.
Falrvlew
Amalg.,
.04.
Noble
Five..
.04.
Pcnd
Oreille.
U5.
'
Pioneer.
3.35.
.
lorter
Idaho;
.04:-
Premier,
2.01.
Heeves
McDonald,
..25.
Relief
Arlington,
.16.
Reward.
.07.
Salmon
Gold.
".06.
(
Hedley
Amalg..
.05.
Premier
Border,
.Oils,
fl'lbak
Premier.
1.60.
Congress,
.031'?.
Home
Gold,
.014.
Grandview,
.07.
Indian.
.01.
Ouatslno
Conner,
.03.
Quesnellc
Quartz,
.07.
Oils
A,
P.
Con..:
.17.
Calmont,
JO.
C.
Si
E..
12.
Freehold.
.05.
Ilarfal,
.16.
McDougal
Scgur.
.15.
Mercury,
.15.
Okalta.
.75.
Pacalta,
.10.
Home
Oil.
.05.
Toronto
Seattle.
1.05.
Central
Patricia,
2.10.
Oods
Lake,
.43.
Lee
Gold,
.02.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.50.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.05.
Pickle
Crow,
5.00.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.17'z.
San
Antonio,
1.41.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.28.
Smelters
Gold.
.01'2.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
.99.
OkIendN
.14.
Mosher,
.13.
Gilbec.
.0114.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.70.
Stadacona,
J4.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.40.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.68.
Bouscadillac,
.14.
Rubec,
.021'2.
Bailor,
.0114.
Bankfleld.
.60.
East
Malartic,
.80.
Preston
East
Dome,
.70.
Hutchison
Lake,
.07.
Dawson
White,
.05.
Alder'mac.
.58.
Kerr
Addison,
1.72.
Uchl
Gold,
.5514.
Martin
Bird,
.36.
Motorshlp
Belllngham,
which
was
in
nort
yesterday,
had
nine
carloads
of
frozen
fish
to
discharge
here
tlonal
Railways
and
seven
to
go
Into
cold
storage.
A
counter-protest
has
been
made
by
Japan
to
Great
Britain
at
the
presence
of
a
flotilla
of
BrlUsh
warships
Including
an
aircraft
car
rier
and
submarine
off
the
south
coast
of
China.
Complaint
Is
made
that
the
British-
naval
vessels
are
watching
the
Japanese
blockade
off
China.
Japan
further
alleges
that
Great
Britain
Is
actively
supplying
arms
to
China.
In
official
Japanese
quarters
yes
terday
It
was
stated
that
no
lnvl
tatlon
had
yet
been
received
by
Japan
to
attend
the
forthcoming
nine-power
conference
at
Brussels.
The
comment
that
no
Invitation
had
yet
been
received
was
construed
as
meaning
that
Japan
was
con
slderlng
being
represented
at
the
conference.
United
States
Position
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
16
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt,
speaking
at
Hyde
Park
yesterday,
reiterated
that
the
policy
of
the
United
States
government
was
to
undertake
to
find
a
means
of
ending
the
Slno-
Japanese
conflict
by
mediation.
The
official
Invitation
to
the
nine-pow
er
conference
to
be
held
in
Brussels
on
October
30
had
not
yet
been
re
celved,
the
President
said,
so
ac
ceptance
had
'not
been
considered.
tf
delegates
are
named,
It
Is
expect
ed
they
will
be
Norman
Davis,
Un
ited
States
ambassador
at
large
end,
William,
Bullitt,
ambassador
to
France.
Invited
To
Conference
BRUSSELS,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
The
Belgian
government
yesterday
for
nally
Invited
naUons
adhering
to
'he
nine-power
treaty
guaranteeing
"hina's
territorial
Integrity
to
meet
n
Brussels
on
October
30.
Chinese
Holding
SHANGHAI,
Oct.
16
In
spite
of
joiiUnued
Japanese
assults
In
the
Shanghai
area
as
well
as
In
North
"Thlna,
the
Chinese
are
sUll
hold
ng
on
and
giving
no
ground,
It
was
stated
today.
The
Red
Army
In
the
north
is
proving
of
lnvalu
able
assistance
to
the
Nationalist
government
forces.
With
snow
now
iriftlng
across
the
northern
plains,
'he
Japanese
Invaders
are
being
hampered
by
bitterly
cold
weather,
A
Chinese
spokesman
said
today
that
renewed
efforts
by
the
Japan
ese
army
to
smash
Chinese
line
it
Tazanir.
ten
miles
north
of
Shanghai,
had
been
repulsed.
From
North
China
It
was
re
Dorted
today
that
the
Chinese
were
-naking
spirited
resistance
against
the
Japanese
southward
march
to
ward
Tsinafu?
capital
of
Shantung
Province.
Poison
Gas
Used?
Japanese
authorities
today
staged
a
dramatic
demonstration
of
alleged
Chlntse
use
of
poison
gas.
Fifty
foreign
correspondents
assembled
In
the
Japanese
consul-general's
office
to
receive
the
an
under
favorable
conditions
1
Jap
Fisherman
Dies
In
City
Yusuke
Sato
of
Cow
Away
In
Prince
General
Hospital
place
tomorrow,
nay
Passes
Rupert
Yusuke
Sato,
57
-year-old
Japan-,
ed.
victohia;b.c.
Today
$
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(I
AM.)
light
She
prince
Rupert-Overcast,
High
11:20
ajn.
20.2
It.
wind,
two
miles
northeast
rain
23:43
p.m.
19.7
ft.
29.72
(fall-jng,
barometer,
per
hour;
Low
5:03
a.m.
62
ft.
5ea
smooth.
17:40
pjn.
52
ft.
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AND
CENTRAL
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COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
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Ko.
241.
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PUPERT,
B.C.,
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OCTOBER
16,
1937.
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4
nnjT
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:ist
.
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i
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National
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In
Many
We.A
V
,
t&
.
Underwood
Jonnson,
punsncr
..Jam
tlllim.
HILtl
ifl.
ICIIKLIIV
111'
IIiUJ
C
"
He
was
eigniy-iour
years
oi
fditorlal
and
literary
wont,
TTMAr-arnfwi
.innn.son
ien
an
n.
i
-MAMir
tin
as
rf
ortri
v.
The
successes
he
attained
in
,
.
tkoca
gui
sufficient
t1
lift
i.
...
above
the
general
class
oi
in
nrcnn.:
nf
his
dav.
the
Century
Magazine.
The
poll-
i..
,m1atjri
fnr
that
nilhll-
ufira
anH
In
lafpr
vpars
-i
f
iViAwi
Krmifrrif
h
m
ii.llntr
ripmratlnna
frnrn
.
1
IamIrm
rrnvftmmpnlc
REST
5
EXPECTED
.
.
.
a
n'.
i
ryx
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nrit
in
Unouusn
imwna
inniB
Is
Anticipated
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...
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4r
voct
I
fro
t
trt
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ki.MAiiMftlnn
4
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ii
ii
a
v
iiiii
niiLc
aiiu
nib
uuu
ni
mnpc
nnnn
u
tki
r
l
iiiiiiiiui.
Japanese
Make
Counter
Protest
To
Great
Britain;
Complain
At
Naval
Movement
And
Arms
Sales
.
TOKIO.
Oct.
16:
The
British
Robert
Craigie,
the
ambassador
to
Japan,
vesterdav
filed
a
vigorous
protest
at
the
attack
hv
.Tn
SECRETARY
OUTSPOKEN
Eden
Does
Not
Mince
Matters
With
Italy
No
More
Dally
inc
Italy
Recants
Conciliatory
Attitude
Struck
After
Commission
Indicates
it
eans
Business
LONDON.
Oct.
16:
(CP)
For
eign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden,
In
a
strong
speech
yesterday
at
Llandudno,
Wales,
unmistakably
warned
Italy
that
British
patience
was
well
nigh"
exhausted
at
"pro
claimed
Intervention"
In
Spain,
Both
Great
Britain
and
France
have
blnntly
warned
Italy
that,
If
she
does
not
come
to
an
agree-
nitions
factory
at
Zaragoza,
whicr
ls
one
on
the
Spanish
Insurgent's
hrlnclpal
Aragon
bases,
was
als-reported
by
government
source:
to
have
been
destroyed
by
a
direct
hit
from
the
bombng
squadron
"but
insurgents
were
unabh
to
confirm
or
deny
the
report.
Old
Country
Soccer
English
League
First
Division
Arsenal
1,
Portsmouth
1.
Blackpool
0,
Chelsea
2.
Bolton
Wanderers
1,
Preston
North
End
4.
Brentford
.5,
Charlton
Athletic
2,
Derby
County
1,
Mlddlesborough
1.
Everton
1,
Leeds
United
1.
nouncement,,
iney
were
biiuw
a
nuddersfleid
Town
1,
Grimsby
shell
which
emitted
evu-smeuing
Town
2
smoke
which
the
Japanese
asserted
LeiCeiter
City
4,
West
Brpmwich
was
sufficiently
poisonous
to
kill
Alblon
l
Manchester
City
0.
Stoke
City
0.
Sunderland
1,
Birmingham
0.
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
2,
Liverpool
0.
Scottish
League
First
Division
Ayr
United
4,
Aberdeen
1.
Celtic
4,
Queens
Park
3.
Dundee
0,
Hearts
2.
Falkirk
2,
Kilmarnock
2.
Hibernians
5.
Arbroath
0.
Motherwell
4,
Morton
I.
Partlck
Thlrstle-Rangers
unplay-
cse
fisherman
who
resided
at
Cow.
St.
Johnston
3,
Queen
of
South
1.
Bay,
died
early
this
morning
In
the
St.
Mlrren
3,
Hamilton
Academt
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
cals
1.
where
he
had
been
a
patient
for-
Third
Lanark-Clyde
unplaycd.
three
weeks.
He
was
fifty-seven
Partlck
Thistle
4,
Clyde
1.
vears
of
age
and
had
been
a
resl-'
,
dent
of
Canada
for
Uilrty-flve
The
regular
scheduled
monthly
i
.
Iili
m
II..
nl.
T"
.
Funeral
arrangements
are
meeting
oi
mc
i-miuc
uupen
7
,
,.
im,prfiaii
trans-
years.
nnS2T.
CanaSaX-l-m
the
hands
of
Haynor
Bros.,
unr
Shrine
Club
was
not
held
Thursday
SSffSuSSiTS
over
?cSid.!
derUker
.and
Interment
will
tak.
night
and
will
probably
be
can-
celled.
LARGE
DEFENSE
PROGRAM
FOR
CANADA,
INCLUDING
THIS
P0RT
IS
FORESEEN
Women's
Canadian
Club
Hears
From
Thomas
Wayling,
Ottawa
Journalist,
One
of
Finest
Addresses
The
two
destroyers
Skeena
and
Saguenay
are
the
first
two
boats
designed
and
built
to
be
the
nucleus
of
the
Canadian
Navy
and
they
are
boats
of
which
the
country
may
well
be
proud,
.according
to
Thomas
Wayling,
of
the
Ottawa
Press
Gallery,
who
addressed
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
yesterday
on
"The
Crowning
of
Canada's
First
King."
He
crossed
to
Britain
on
the
-
"
Skeena
so
he
knows
her-well
and
he
aid
that
she
was
the
very
latest
thing
In
destroyers
and
was
the
envy
of
the
British
Navy,
partlcu
of
forces
from
Spain,
the
borders!"""0
,w
of
Spain
will
be
opened
for
unrestricted
entry
of"
arms
to
the
Spanish
government.
Meantime
there
were
Indications
today
that
a
quick
start
was
being
made
by
the
non-intervention
com
mittee
on
the
problem
of
withdraw
ing
foreign
Volunteers
from
the
Spanish
civil
war
following
largely
Identical
declarations
by
British
and
French
spokesmen
which
make
It
plain
that
"full
liberty
of
acUon"
would
be
resumed
should
"dilatory"
tactics
hold
up
the
committee's
work.
It
v
as
predicted
that
an
xgreement
on
"symbolic"
wlth-
Irawal
of
a
proportion
of
foreign-
rs
now
fighting
ln.Spaln
would
be
sached.
perhap-
a;
earl-
a'
uesday
when
the'
chairman's
sub-ommlttee
reconvenes
under
tht
personal
chairmanship
of
Foreign
secretary
Anthony
'
Eden
In
Its
History
ik
niH,.n
larly
because
she
was
equipped
with
regard',
!steam
heatinS
which
the
British
committee
In
to
withdrawal
These
destroyers
are
for
the
pro
tection
of
the
coast
against
submarines,
Just
as
aircraft
are
for
protection
against
Invasion
by
air.
Mr.
Wayling
said
he
expected
to
see
a
flotilla
of
similar
vessels
In
Canada
soon,
half
of
which
would
be
placed
on
the
Pacific
Coast
with
one
vessel
at
Prince
Rupert.
It
was
part
of
the
defense
program
and
this
program
vitally
affected
Prince
Rupert.
Canada
was
the
fifth
trading
nation
in
the
world
and
the
time
was
coming
when
Prince
Rupert
would
be
a
pretty
big
port.
He
said
he
considered
It
highly
essential
that
the
Canadian
norts
should
be
protected.
He
found
wherever
he
went,
either
In
the
interior
or
on
the
coast,
that
he
people
strongly
favored
the
defense
program.
I
aoeakin?
further
In
regard
to
In
a
conciliatory
crcch-the
ItaM
J
..defense
.
Pt
Jhe.
EmplreMt;
an
ambassador
to
Great
Britain
)unt
Dlno
Grandl.
announced
that
'taly
was
ready
to
approve
wlth-Irawal
of
volunteers
from
Spain
orovlded
an
equal
number
were
rtthdrawn
from
both
sides
In
the
civil
war.
Futhermore,
Italy
was
ready
to
collaborate
In
all
ste"
accepted
by
both
government
and
nsurgents
In
Spain
and
to
accept
dispatch
of
a
commission
to
Spain
to
supervise
withdrawal
of
volunteers.
Rebel
Planes
Destroyed
HENDAYE,
Oct.
6:'
Thirty
rebe
planes
were
destroyed
yesterday
lr
a
surprise
bombing
raid
on
an
air
drome
at
Zaragoza.
A
central
mu
Tayline
said
he
had
often
been
ked
if
he
thought
there
was
gp
ng
to
be
war.
His
opinion
was
the
he
defence
program
of
Great
Brl-iln
would
prevent
it.
Animated
y
the
noblest
Ideals,
the
British
government
had
reduced
Its
arm
nents
below
the
safety
margin.
i
late,
however,
It
had
been
nought
back
very
rapidly
until
to
Uy
it
was
said
that
in
two
years
the
country
would
be
ready
for
any
ventualltles.
He
felt
that
Britain
was
ready
today
and
would
give
a
ood
account
of
herself
In
any
con-lict
that
might
be
forced
upon
her.
rhat
was
why
the
nations
of
the
vorld
were
becoming
so
friendly.
Describes
Naval
Review
Mr.
Wayling
told
in
a
most
hum-roui
manner
of
the
naval
review
it
Portsmouth
which
he
saw
from
the
centre
of
the
cetralj
Of
course
Canada
was
Interested
In
all
this.
It
was
all
very
well
to
adlan
people
would
not
stand
Idly
by.
Of
course,
the
main
theme
of
Mr.
Wayllng's
address
was
the
coronation
which
he
saw
from
many
points
of
vantage.
He
told
of
being
allotted
a
seat
In
Westminster
Abbey
from
which
he
could
see
noth-lne
but
a
huge
pillar.
Tills
was
val
ueless
to
him
so
he
wandered
off.
to
other
plares
where
he
could
see.j
He
was
several
times
brought
back
'
but
he
always
strayed
off
again
and'
the
last
time
found
himself
lh
the1
.
.
i
it
VESSELS
HELD
UP
Departure
of
Ships
for
Orient
Delayed
Through
Refusal
To
Give
Crews
War
Bonus
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Oct.
16:
The
Dollar
Line
steamer
Admiral
Nulton
Is
held
here
following
the
refusal
of
the
owners
to
grant
the
demand
of
the
crew
for
a
war
bonus
in
passing
through
waters
affected
by
the
Slno-Japanese
conflict.
The
freighter
Texas
L
similarly
held
up
at
Portland
from
sailing
for
Hong
Kong.
BULLETINS
DR.
TOLMIE'S
FUNERAL
VICTORIA
Hon.
Simon
Fraser
Tolmie,
former
Premier
ol
Brit-
'IsH
CoIumbFa,"
"returned'
in
'death
today
to
the
scene
of
some
of
his
greatest
political
struggles.
In
the
Legislative
chamber
of
the
British
Columbia
Parliament
buildings
where
he
once
sat
as
Premier
his
body
was
borne
to
lie
in
state
for
four
hours
before
his
funeral
this
afternoon.
KILLED
BY
YOUTH
NORTH
ARLINGTON,
New
Jer-sey
Bodies
of
a
doctor
and
his
wife
were
found
in
a
parked
auto
here
and
Police
Chief
George
Shippee
said
that
an
eighteen-
year-old
youth
had
admitted
he
i
killed
the
couple
in
South
Paris,
Maine.
He
drove
here
with
the
bodies
in
the
rear
of
the
physis-lan's
auto,
Shippee
said.
MONTREAL
EXPLOSION
MONTREAL
Exploding
gas
quadron
of
airplanes
and
which
I
wrecked
a
two-storey
building
In
vas
a
wonderful
display
of
power.'
the
northeast
section
of
the
city
He
was
particularly
amazed
at
the
j
last
night
and
injured
more
than
effectiveness
or
the
air
detense
nd
again
at
Henley
when
he
saw
'he
air
pageant
there,
all
the
gyrations
In
which
were
performed
with
;he
planes
upside
down.
The
ma-.nines
were
chiefly
low
winged
nonoDlanes
with
engines
much
quieter
than
those
to
which
most'
twenty
persons.
The
blast
sent
people
were
accustomed.
They
were
I
Thirty
or
more
men
died
In
an
operated
by
young
men,
most
of.
explosion
deep
In
the
Mulga
coal
them
with
only
six
months
train-1
mine
of
the
Woodward
Iron
Co.
ing.
It
was
this
fact
of
readiness
ten
miles
west
of
here.
There
Is
for
defense
that
caused
the
rush
of
friendship
for
England.
talk
academically
of
whether
Can-!
vice-president,
said
that
twenty
ada
would
be
In
war
If
the
Empire
nine
bodies
had
been
located
was
at
war
but
all
knew
well
that,!
about
four
miles
from
the
shaft
If
Britain
were
attacked,
the
Can
about
two
dozen
persons
to
hospital
as
it
demolished
the
ground
floor
restaurant
which
was
filled
with
patrons.
No
one
was
killed.
EXPLOSION
KILLS
MANY
BIRMINGHAM,
Alabama
only
one
known
survivor
and
conflicting
reports
of
the
number
of
men
at
work
run
as
high
as
forty.
R.
M.
Marshall
Woodward,
mouth
by
rescue
crews.
Today
Weather
Oovrrnmen'.
,ljrpti
Terrace
Raining,
calm,
40.
Alyansh
Raining,
calm,
43.
Alice
Arm
Part
cloudy,
calm
45.
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
42.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
42.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
43.
Smithers
Clear,
calm,
42.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
40.
Charles
R.
Cocks
sailed
last
night
ueans
quarters
a..a.
ums
iiu
on
lhe
Cardena
for
a
trlp
to
Van
of
stature,
he
passed
out
In
the
pro-
couver
cession
of
choir
boys.
He
had
to.
write
about
the
coronation
for
his
I
newspaper
and
he
could
not
do
this
Robert
McKay
left
on
las,t
even
HOLLYWOOD
GETS
BUSY
Film
Colony
Preparing
for
Visit
From
Duke
and
Duchess
Of
Wh-idsor
Next
Month
HOLLYWOODOct.
16:
(CP)
The
Hollywood
film
colony
Is
shining
up
Its
sliver,
unpacking
Its'
linens
and
beginning
to
study
continental
topics
following
the
report
In
the
Los
Angeles
Times
that
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Windsor
are
coming
to
California
for
a
visit
about
November
25.
Inspection
Restricted
BERLIN,
Oct.
16:
The
Duke
of
Windsor,
on
a
visit
to
the
Krupps
munitions
plant
yesterday,
was
Tolltely
steered
away
from
a
certain
important
part
bf
the
factory.
Incidentally,
it
was
a
section
of
the
plant
which
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
had
been
permitted
to
visit.
The
Duchess,
in
compliance
with
a
general
rule
denying
women
entry,
was
not
permitted
In
the
plant.
The
Duke
also
visited
the
country's
largest
colliery
COMMITTED
F0RTRIAL
Frank
Dowling
to
Face
Jury
on
Charge
of
Murdering
Man
At
Wells
BARKERVILLE,
Oct.
16:
Frank
Dowling.
charged
with
the
murder
lot
Edward
(Mickey)
McNeil,
war
veteran
and
athlete,
at
Wells
on
September
24,
has
been
committed
for
trial.
His
trial
will
take
place
In
Supreme
Court
before
a
Jury.
According
to
evidence
given
both
atrthe
preliminary
hearing-
and
the
Inmiocf
rtnnrlfnrr
nearf
tile
tiaivu
-oots
in
dealing
the
death
blows.
McNeil
was
beaten
to
death
In
the
itreet
at
Wells,
The
two
men
had
evidently
quarrelled.
McNeill
was
burried
with
full
military
honors
at
Barkervllle.
He
;erved
In
France
during
the
Great
vVar
with
the
Eastern
Highlanders
i".
company
sergeant-major
and
won
the
Distinguished
Conduct
Medal
and
Military
Medal
with
bat.
PARLEY
OF
LAB0RITES
American
Federation
Officially
Ex
presses
Willingness
to
Negotiate
Further
With
C.
I.
O.
DENVER,
Oct.
16:
Unconditional
acceptance
of
the
Invitation
of
John
L.
Lewis,
head
of
the
Committee
on
Industrial
OrganlzatUn,
to
a
peace
conference
to
be
held
October
25
at
Washlngto
D.C.,
has
been
wired
by
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
William
Green,
American
Federation
of
Labor
president,
emphasized
that
the
peace
conference
would
be
held
"without
conditions
or
stipulations."
I
Two
previous
C.I.O.
proposals
had
Jbeen
turned
down
because
Feder-'
ation
leaders
Interpreted
them
to
!
mean
that
the
Federation
should
go
Into
the
conference
recognizing
that
the
C.I.O.
had
been
right
in
Labor's
big
civil
war.
Capt.
Dixon
Of
Ottawa
Passes
l
Was
Supervisor
of
Nautical
Ser
vices
and
Well
Known
in
Marine
Circles
OTTAWA,
Oct.
16:
(CP)
Capt.
Lancelot
Dixon,
aged
64,
well
1
known
In
marine
circles
and
sup
'ervlsor
of
nautical
services
for
the
'Department
of
Transport,
died
here
yesterday
after
a
brief
Ill
ness.
VancouLtr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
16,'
(CP)t-Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.29?4
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday,
unless
he
saw
what
was
going
on
Ing's
train
for
a
business
trip
to
having
Jumped
four
cents
from
(Continued
oi.
page
three)
4
Smithers.
,
jThursday.
Todays
price
was
jy.