.'NCIAL 3RARY VICuI?!A, B.C. 1 Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (g A.M.) Sthe print Rupert Broken clouds, High G:50 a.m. 16.5 ft. southea. -t wind, 12 miles per hour; 20:42 p.m. 15.5 It. barometer. 29.72; temperature, 40; Low 0:38 a.m. 10.5 ft. 5ea smooth. 13:40 p.m. 7.4 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISI1 COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXVI No. 78. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1937 THICK: 5 CKNTH INSURGENT MAY 0US i LSTRIKE IS ABERHAi v 1'ctitiun of Non-Confidence Being Circulated Anions; aociai ureuii .Members EDMONTON, April 3: Insurgent j leaders ot me social v,rean, pany in the Alberta Legislature are clr- j dilating a petition among memoers of the House asking for the reslg- j nation ot Premier William A. ADer-hart and his cabinet on the the grounds '.hat the administration has lost the confidence of Its followers P is expected that thirty to thirty-five names will be secured. U the government does not resign, improbable that a direct want of the confidence vote will be offered in tie Lc;uiature. Douglas Watching at LONDON. April 3: Major C. H. Dougla?. father of the Social Credit movement who has Just returned to England said yesterday that he was keeping In touch with develop ments in Alberta in an unofficial to ray, DIED HERE LAST NIGHT ? Mrs. Nick (iurvich. Well Known Pioneer Woman. Passes Away At Her Home Drain Haimed a well known r woman ofT'rtWe Rupert, K 'icr home on r raser street V !0 last evening In the pa sail i Mm Christina (iurvich, Is CI, widow of the late Nick n-.rh who died five years ago lu ich had been a sufferei h hc.:'t trouble for some time id on January 25 last,, while vis '? n San Francisco, she suf the ifl hr fracture of her pelvis 'i loth arms in a fall. The ,f,fek or .he injury undoubtedlj tens-:) he end. She had been h"cuirh home Just two weeks ago sterdav she began to sink rap-and the famify was advised lew hour previous that the end a near Mrs. Gurvich's Ir.it ords before lapsing into uncoil- -ouune:- nbout an hour and a alf before she quietly died were; m i.oing Home." Mrs Curvich was born in 187:1 1 Serbia, now Jugo-Slavia. IV Ward. ... r,... u,. mil je.iin iiKU n"v me country with her '--dent hld Mtul fiii- plivnn vi:im ''fd at luneau Where three mom thildren were born. . From thu Alaska apital she went home for vi it 'o the Old Country ar.d or a time was in Seattle before nK to Prince Rupert in July JW Here the rest of her child- m wer.. bom. Deceased was of Kenerous dUnrwiM tllOIS, " '"l""'v of her home was well .T o many, particularly f e'"w-countrymcnt often Strang- m a strange land. Her pas f f Ul' regretted by numerous ,ritnua and general Hvmn.-ifbv will JJ ' 'xi"dP'l to the bereaved child DM,, a "c aru four sons J01". d, V. piro an Mike and two gKhm Amo,ia (Mw Ki T uS and N'-'l-as well as n mbcr of grandchildren. Crirt .UuV,.ch beInKed to the n a ! Orthodox Church. Funeral "iKemcnls. j,, ih hn,U nf it . "iueriake L'' will be announced General Strike To Be Voted On i'l','"'." and lintlanil ! al Middled Month of S APf11 3:-Coal miners April iV - Wales w111 votc uS ln apathy with - BRIEF ONE American Coal .Miners Going Back to Work Monday NEW YOKK, April 3: The United Mine Workers of America soft coal miners' strike by which 462,000 men were called off their jobs throughout the country yes- terday has been speedily settled and John L. Lewis, president of union, last night ordered the men to return to work on Monday. ' The agreement, to be operative until April 1, 1939, is in the nature of a compromise although miners have won their demand for time and a half overtime. The working week remains thirty-five hours, the men having sought thirty hours while the companies wanted forty hours. There will be a 50c per I day increase in pay. A joint com-, mittee of companies and miners study mechanized mining is provided for. Following the settlement of the coal strike, Lewis left today for Lansing, Michigan, where he will resume negotiations with Walter Chrysler, president of the h r y s I e r Motor Corporation, looking to a settlement of the Chrysler Motor strike. Kamloops Cuts ' Its Mill Rate Keduccd From 40 to 37 This Year Both Land and Im- i provements Assessed KAMLOOPS, April '3:--The mill rate for .the city of Kamloops for year 1937 has been set at 37 mills, three mills less than last year. One hundred percent of the land and fifty percent of Improvements are assessed. Kootenay Lake Town Will Have Province Police KASLO, April 3: Policing of the city of Kaslo Is to be taken over by (the provincial police, It has been decided. Today's Weather (Oovenunont Trlogrnplw) Terrace- -Cloudy, calm, UG. Aiyansh Cloudy, calm, 32. Mice Arm Part clouay, can- . ..it Anyox Clouay, noumwcm. wind, 10. Stewart LiKht rain, calm, J. Hazelton Part cloudy, calm, JO Smithers Tart cioiuiy, calm. mild. , F.urns Lake Clear, calm, 27. Victoria Cloudy, southeast! uin.l. ir, miles per hour; baro-i meter. 29.90. Kstevan-Hain, calm, barome ter. 29.92. . ..I Prince Georjte wmu wind, 10 miles per hour; barometer, 29.72. Vancouver Kaln, easl wind. 4 miles per hour; barometer, 29.9G Hull Harbor Overcast, calm, barometer. 29.88; temperature, 40, Ikrlif swell. AW Hay Overcast, baro- meter, :10.02; temperature, 39; seij smooth. . , Lnnirara IslamV Uain, overcast, barometer, 29.78; temperature, III. ,.l,l"ltll Mt'll. iV, niu"-'" . ,N ,,(!, Triple Island uvemisi., wind. B miles per hour; I'Kr.'. RV(I1. Part c loudy. t. i -i. I'nlnt wmiu tut mi 0 1. light east wind, baromctei, temperature, 30. cho.py Stewart Post Office Robbed! District headquarters of the provincial police here were ad- vised in a wire today from Constable Thomas Smith that the post office at Stewart had been broken Into last night and a sum of moriey taken. A man named Alfred Brown has been arrested. There are no details as to how much money was taken or other partlcu- lars. 4 TODAY'S STOCKS Vancouver B. C. Nickel, u. ' big Missouri, .56. bidiorne, Aztec Mines, .09 li. lariDOo Quartz, 1.73. Dentonla, .18. j Uunwell, .03 V4. Oolconda, .12'2. Minto, .24 Vi. Meridian, .04. Morning Star, .03 Vi. Noble. Five, .09Vi. Pioneer, 5.25. Pend Oreille, 5.20. Porter Idaho, .0734-Premier, 3.15. Reeves McDonald,, 1.63. Reno, 1.10. .Belief Arltagtonw Reward, .IVA. VTvV Salmon Gold, .10. - -Taylor Bridge, .07 '24 if.,-Wayside, .042l Hedley Amalgamated, .19. , Premier Border, .03. . (. Sllbak- Premier",! 2.75. ,-M$i Congress, .07V2. Home Gold, ,02V. Grandvlew, .17. Indian,' .03. QuaWlno Copper, .06i2. Qu'esnel Quartz, .10. Oils Calmont', .83. C. & E., 3.35. Freehold, .15. Hargal, ,23. . McDougal Segur, .25. ' Mercury, Wz. Okalta. 1.56. Pacalta, .20. Home Oil. 2.10. United, .30. Weymarn, .22. Toronto Beattle, 1.57. Central Patricia, 4.15. God's Lake, .72. Lee Gold. .042. Little Long Lac, 0.90. McKenzle .Red Lake, 1.72. Pickle Crow, 7.15. Red Lake Gold Shore, .67. San Antlnlo, 1.95. Sherrltt Gordon, 3.10. Smelter Gold, .06. McLeod Cockshutt, 2.60. Gklend, .36. Mosher, .36. Gllbec, .04. Madsen Red Lake, 1.18. Stadacona. 2.32. Frontier Red Lake, .19. Francoeur, 1.24. Manitoba ti Eastern, .04. Moneta Porcupine. 1.85. . Bouscadlllac, .75. Rubec, .10, Thompson Cadillac, 1.59. Bailor, .05. Bankfleld, 1.38. East Mala'rtlc, 1.60. Preston East Dome, 1.26; t Hutchison Lake, .24. , Dawson White, .30. McQualg Red Lake, .18. . V ' Rajah Red Lake, J6. Aldermac, 1.52. Kerr Adlson, 3.00. Uchl Gold. 1.10. Martin Bird, .98. Chcstervllle, 2.25. 1 Hugh Pam, .38. CANADIAN (SOLI) l'KICK MONTREAL, April ; 3: .The Canadian gold price was unchanged yesterday at $34.74 per dunce. FORCE IS SHIP IN DISTRESS German Steamer Borkum Sends Out "S.O.S." Calls From Mid-Atlantic NEW YOKK, April 3: (CP) I The steamer City of Norfolk today advised radiomarine service that the German steamer Bor-kum, ; formerly named tlic in' of gram, was in distress in mid-Atlantic and that two steamers were speeding to her assistance. The City of Norfolk, a coastwise steamer, said that the German vessel reported her steering gear out of commission. Kadiomarine said that the steamer Colimbie, - about two ; hundred miles away, had respon ded to "S.O.S." calls of the Bor-kum and that the steamer Zealand had also turned off her course to go to the assistance. Victoria Cargo Goes to Seattle ( Longshore Dispute Shortens Stay ' Of American Vessel at British Columbia Port VICTORIA, April 3: The Am - 1 erlcan liner President Madison ar - 1 rlvtd here yesterday from the I Orient and, after a brief stay, pro - j ceeded to Seattle. Owing to & dls- pure wiin longsnoremen, no at tempt was made to discharge 4501 tons of cargo but It was taken on to Seattle. 4 Vancouver Tax f j Rate 44.6 Milk City Council of Southern City Sel . This at Meeting: This Morning VANCOUVER, April 3: The Vancouver city counciLthls morning set the tax rate for the year 1937 at 44.6 mills. Canada's Delegation To Coronation Will Sail at Month End OTTAWA, April 3:r-Canada's delegation to the Coronation of King George VI will assemble In .Ottawa on April 14 and 15 and will sail for England 'on April 28. 1)01,1, All IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, April 3; The Ca- nadlan dollar was trading at a premium of 3-32c on the New York foreign exchange' market yester- day. . ; WINNIPEG WHEAT WINNIPEG, April 3: Wheat advanced two cents per bushel on the Winnipeg market yesterday, May closing at $1.47. KAMLOOPS ALDERMAN IS NOT CANADIAN SO RESIGNS FROM BOARD KAMLOOPS, April , 3: Al- though he has been a resident of Canada for forty-two years, Aid. Charles Spencer, who headed the aldermanlc poll at the civic election here last January, finds that technical- ly he is not a Canadian citizen. Accordingly he has resigned from the city council and also as president of the Kamloops Liberal Association. A civic by- election will be held April 17 with nominations on April 14. Mr. Spencer was born In Col- fax, Washington. JUDGES ARE APPOINTED Mr. Justice Archer Martin Chief With Gordon Sloan Filling Appeal Court Vacancy OTTAWA, April 3: (CP) Offl- jcial announcement was made last night by Hen. Ernest Lapolnte, minister of justice, of the elevation Mr. Justice Archer Mirtin to the chief Justiceship of the British Columbia Court of Appeal In sue cession to chief justice James a. j grjldiers, described in government reports as being mostly Macdonaid, retired Also announce-, itaijan are reported to be facing possibly the greatest SKS iHiss daughter of the Spanish civil war in a Cordoba General of British Columbia, to ' front military trap. The insurgent force, which has al-the vacancy on the court of Ap- ready retreated fifteen miles, was said to be caught more :al bench. Only thirty-eight years i , than twenty miles northwest of its of age, Mr. Sloan will have thejv distinction oi being tne youngest Court of Appeal Judge in Canada, j , . '? MY ?tn"t 1 was announced last night thatj Premier T. D. Pattullo himself I plans to take over the portfolio of 1 Attorney General following the : appointment of Hon. Gordon Sloan to the Appeal Court bench. This, it is expected, will be only tem- porary arui the likelihood Is that a new attorney general will bt named before the general election. Thz Premier did not make anj statement himself as to whether 1 or noj would be a permanent 1 arrangement. j . -. , .) MEMBERS ' 1 ADMITTED jar Join, Chaniber of Commerce At Last Nights Meeting- Much Routine Business Dinner Next .Month Four new members were elected .o the Prince Rupert Chamber of v-ommerce at Its regular monthly neetlng last night. Inese were A. O. Small, manager of Swift Canadian Co.; J. A. Lindsay, of Lindsay's Transfer and Cartage; J. J. t'ayne, of Fraser and Payne, and W. F. Stone, proprietor of the men's store of that name. J..J. Little presided. It was decided to hold a dinner meeting In May and to take a ques- tlonnalre vote of the members as to whether all monthly meetings should be dinner meetings or not, 'it was contended by F. A. Mac- Callum, who Is chairman of the membership committee and who has been largely responsible for the new members Joining the Chhamber, that 'the membership as a whole was in favor of dinner meetings. , On the advice of the retail trades : committee It was decided to drop , the Idea of an Empire Shopping ; Week this year because of the nearness oi me corona won ceic-oratlon to Empire Week. A resolution Introduced oy Max MaY pllhroner askine the federal government to admit all mining,' machinery Into Canada free oi duty was held over In order to give the committee an opportunity to .... - . . i i confer with tne ieaerai member . . .. . .......I trn regara to me suuauun. mi. ncu- broner Is chairman of tne mining committee and the proposal came as a result of a communication from Vanderhoof Board of Trade where C. F. deGanahl, American mining operator in ma., uimwcw advocated abolishing duties on ' mining machinery as means of en- couraglng the Industry. Essay Contest The Chamber Is sponsoring a series of essays 6t an educational nature being written by members of the matriculation class In the High School for which the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Is offering prizes of $100, $75, $50 and $25 through affiliated boards of trade or chambers of- commerce, (Contlnued on Page Four) TRAPPED Greatest Slaughter Oi Spanish Civil War May Be Facing Rebel Force Fifteen Thousand Soldiers, Reported Hemmed in Not MADRID. Anril 3: (CP) - oitdown In Ford Plant: KANSAS CITY, April 3; Strike troubles spread to the Ford Motor Co. organization yesterday when 2500 employ- ees of the company's local plant commenced a sitaown in t , protest at the alleged whole- ! sale dismissal of 350 union 1 workers at the local plant, many of them said to be ve- teran employees ol the com- pany. Strike leaders suggest that this will be. the first step . towards the unionization of i . ., . ' I 1 1 ..!, 1 t tne ora organization, weiuvu switch gates shut In a freight carload of automobiles today as the first sltdown strike dl- rected at a Ford unit moved into Its second day. Switch- f yard gates through which rail- K road track spurs are fun Into the rear of the plant were welded shut by strikers backed by the Committee for Indus- 1 trial Organization. v 4 Another Piece Of Airplane Of I riiinLnPc Uvnw J!ear,ie!,t possible date an election UUCneSS rOUnU could Iherefore be held follow . LONDON, April 3: An airplane strut washed up off the east coast Df England yesterday was defin itely Identified as being from the plane of the Duchess of Bedford, lost since March 22. It Is now con- i oriei4 thnt thf plriprlv "Ftvint? Duchess," In the course of a brief flight, was carried off her course by ' wind and was forced down at . . Weather Forecast Furnished throug: the courtly .oi ! Dominion 'Meteorological il Burwu n 'lctorla and Prince Rupert Thla fore :18( IB cuiiluiicu .iviu yuan io.ivim .- en m s .m. today and covers the 3J our period ending 8 p.m tomorrow) General Synopsis Pressure is falling on coast of British Col umbia where rain has occurred llJ ....... t V. .... ...n.-nilj l riur mini virai.icr uciuiia m ianu. Prince Rupert DKrict aid Queen Charlotte Islands Incre:u ing south to southwest winds, mild with showers. West Coast of Vancouver .Isl andFresh to strong shifting wJnd with ran squall8i Anti-Jewish Riots Friday; or Serious Clashes on Outskirts Of Warsaw Yesterday WARSAW. Poland, April 3:- Th,ere was serious anu-Jewisn rioting on the outskirts of;thls city I yesterday. Mostly Italians it is Said, Are Far From Cordoba Fifteen thousand insurgent principal Cordoba supply base. Government capture yesterday of the town of Vlllharta placed Madrid's militiamen In a position to dominate the only road connect ing Cordoba with the mass of General Gonzalo de Llano's men. From Bilbao It was reported that . Basque troops had fought thelc way to the top of a 4600-foot mountain peak In what commanders asserted was a successful at tempt to halt the Insurgent drlvo on Bilbao irom tne soutn. "KeDei detachments were cleared out," said a terse government report. GETTING ON VOTER LIST Personal Appearance IJefore CoLrt Of Revision Only Way Now Press reports would indicate that a general provincial election will be held about the first .week f June. This would appear to be . . , I .. L i - a good cuess since ine riecnona Act provides that nominations jfor an election cannot be held 'within less than twenly-one days following the preceding Court of Revision for Voters' Lists. A further twenty-one days must also inetrvene before polling, thu3 making" a total of forty-two days. The April Court of Revision will be held on Monday, April 19. T'ie ing the holding of a Court of He-vision on April 19 would be May 31 or June 1. The Elections Act further provides that only such applications as have been posted for a period of thirty days can be considered at a Court of Revision. In tho e,vent f, n election being hole ,JuririK the first week of June no application made for registrai.on subsequent to March 19 will he considered at the Court of Re vision to be held on April 19. The only possible way in which effect could be. given such applications wou,tl e u' personal appearand I of the applicants at the April 1!) iCourt of Revision. Otherwi ... , . ... , , . . , their names 'will not be included j the list of volers. Missing From Victoria Boat William T. Andrews Disappears From Princess Kathleen On Trip to Vancouver VANCOUVER, April 3: William T. Andrews of Victoria was missing from his cabin aboard the steamer Princess Kathleen on the arrival that vessel from Victoria yes terday. Notes were left In his room. IIAU SILVER NEW YORK (CP)-Bar silver was uncnangea at per ounce on the New York metal market to- Iday. M