school
m.Quebec
lend
to
decline
numbers
hi
the
lower
grades
bably
because
families
were
re
tted
during
the
depression,
Ipntarlo
education
authorities
de-
e
to
draw
any
general
conclu-
w
from
the
school
figures
for
province.
There
is
a
gradual
in.
ase,
however,
In
secondary
school
olment
In
Ontario,
and
an
ap-
rent
Increase
In
elementary
ools.
although
the
changes
are
ht
in
the
last
year
or
two.
Av
dally
-attendance
In
Ontario
1929
was
535.691:
In
1934.
675.-
J0
and
the
latter
will
probably
re-Sa'n
the
approximate
figure
for
W37-38.
Varies
in
West
Wn
Manitoba
total
enrolment
has
tat
ol..
i
.
.
.
.
,
i
.
i
Srvsrhnnlo
OCA
nf
n
rtunllir
lnniAietnrr
l!fan.
Pupils
In
Alberta
high
Iqihools
haye
doubled
In
the
past
years
but
elementary
pupils
rc-
maln
ahnilt.
Vin
mmn
-
-
V
w.v
OMiiiV.
In
Saskatchewan,
primary
school
blc
sKatchewan
has
more
scholars
an
ever
before.
Last
season's
en-'rnent
was
unnn
mnm
than
inn
fa
echo
of
lack
of
crops
and
har-
"ng,
probably.
British
Columbia,
total
school
Eomg
up,
with
an
increase
of
;arly
15,000
over
1027.
but
the
ln-
has
been
vorv
nrorlinl
In
e
years
and
rnnflncrt
a1mrv:t.
Jholly
to
high
schools,
with
a
con-
hools,
A
slight
decline
In
enrolment
of
ww
grades
In
Nova
Bcotla
Is
at-
IhlltsH
4
ln..l--.
.
3""ea
couples
or.
people
of
mar-
r"e
aBe
In
the
late
20's.
"More
,jfK
ava
shion
1.
...
.
...
.
,
llitI1K1y
given
as
we
reason
tn
u
...
.
mic
uvciine
in
av
"aance
ln
rrmce
Edward
Island.
,
1
Presslon
had
lltUe.
effect
avnollc
schooLs
In
CITY
BOND
i
BIDS
GAIN
Price
Obtained
Today
is
More
Than
Double
What
it
Was
Four
:
Years
Ago
j
In
the
space
ot
the
last
four
:
years,
Prince
Rupert
city
bonds
have
more
than
doubled
in
value
I
on
me
security
market,
it
was
learned
at
the
City
Hall
this
morning.
In
1933
$10,000
of
city
bonds
were
sold
at
$33.
Yesterday
a
local
broker
received
an
In.
quiry
from
an
Investor
who
wished
to
purchase
$6000
worth
at
$75.
The
improvement
in
the
value
of
city
bonds
has
been
quite
gradual.
In
1933
the
price
had
advanced
from
$33
to
$55,
in
1935
to
between
$60
and
$G2
and
In
1936
to
between
$G5
and.$G6.
BOAT
WAS
BLOWN
UP
Three
Indian
Fishermen
at
Mill
Hay
Have
Narrow
Escape
Cannery
is
Shaken
At
11
o'clock
on
Monday
nifht
of
this
week
Mill
Bay
Cannery
at
the
mouth
of
the
Naas
River
was
rocked
by
an
explosion
which
demolished
the
new
32-foot
gill-net
boat
of
an
Indian
fisherman,
Sam
Hygems,
who,
with
two
com
panions,
Philip
Clark
and
Henry
Azak
jr.,
were
blown
clean
out
of
the
vessel
but
miraculously
escaped
with
injuries
no
more
.rluyaecira'Ciemeiu
serious
than
a
few
burns
about
'j
fccnooi
attendance
last
year
be-
'th
,
fae
.
tog
13,000
below
1026.
But
second-",,
.
:1
,,,,.
.
,lllIlt
early
this
year
at
Mill
Hay
and
had
been
operated
only
this
sea
son,
was
lying
on
the
tide
fiats
at
the
time.
The
three
men
were
lighting
a
lantern
in
the
engine
room
where
there
were
iras
fumes
pndance
has
decreased
sharply
when
the
explosion
occurred.
The
ijom
1931
and
U
still
hplnw
the
ures
for
1926.
Decline
In
the
rthrate
is
held
generally
rcspon-
But
In
the
secondary
schools,
cabin
was
lifted
into
the
air,
the
boat
was
blown
apart
and
the
men
thrown
onto
the
flats.
The
whole
cannery
was
shaken
and
the
residents
aroused.
After
the
explosion
what
was
left
of
Ihe
boat
burst
into
flames.
All
available
fire
extinguishers
were
used
before
the
fire
was
put
out,
A
nearby
boat,
another
cillnettfr
belonging
to
Frank
Calder,
was
partly
burned.
The
Hygems
boat
was
equipped
with
a
G
h.p.
Vivian
gasoline
engine.
WOULD
SINK
SUBMARINES
i
Turkey
Insists
They
Shall
Not
Be
Allowed
In
Marmora
Sea
East
of
Dardanelles
ANKARA,
August
26:
(Canadian
Fress)
The
Turkish
government
Quebec.
'today
threatened
to
sink
any
for-
conslstentlv
renorteri
mi
in.
elorn
submarines
found
ln
Marmora
Qr
1
.
.
"
.....
out
mere
was
a
setback
in
Sea
cast
of
the
Dardanelles
ln
vlo
rrwestant
schools.
Uatlon
of
the
Montreux
convenuon.
ATLANTIC
CITY,
August
26:
Recent
talk
of
a
John
L.
Lewis
labor
per
cent
of
population.
On
the
whole
depression
in-
it
th
nm
Miim,.i
iti
reaseu
scnoui
population;
recovery
rectucea
it.
Bo
accurate
estimate
can
yet
be
,de
of
the
school
enrolment
for
new
term,
but
a
rough
approxl-
tlon
gives
2,200,000
scholars.
In
9
attendance
was
2,265,000,
but
ee
years
ago
Canada's
school
ulatlon
had
risen
to
2,527,000.
he
depression
was
undoubtedly
principal
cause
of
the
Increase
1930
to
1934
In
the
number
high
school
students,
and
great-
opportunities
for
the
young
peo-
ln
economic
life
has
accounted
it
a
gradual
decline
In
this
bracket
igh
school
enrolment
hi
Nova
tia
next
term
will
decrease
;MJy
or
at
best
remain
station-
New
Brunswick,
however,
ex-
SjW
a
slight
Increase
in
high
Ml
attendance
due
to
ordinary
ural
Increase
In
population.
Re-ery
is
reducing
enrolment
hi
ce
Edrard
Island.
eb,
figuring
on
a
slight
in-
ase
In
total
enrolment,
finds
It
early
yet
to,
estimate
how
rc-
'ery
is
affecting
school
popula-
in
of
the
province.
Pupils
attend-
reports
from
Washington
said
intended
to
do.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Stocks
B.
C.
Nickel,
.16.
Big
Missouri,
.53.
Bralorne,
7.85.
Aztec,
.10.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.60.
Dentonla,
.18.
Dnuwell,
.02.
Bolconda,
.08
V.
Mlnto.
.11.
Meridian,
.01.
Falrview
Amal.,
.OO'i-Noble
Five,
.06
y2.
Fend
Oreille,
4.25.
Pioneer,
4.05.
Porter
Iraho,
.05.
Premier,
2.25,
Reeves
McD'cnald,'.85r'rrs
Reno,
.85.
Relief
Arlington,
.22
V2.
Reward,
.08.
Salmon
Oold,
.03.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04
Hedley
Amal.,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.02.
Silbak
Premier,
1.95.
Congress,
.033i.
Silver
Crest.
.4i2.
Home
Gold,
.022.
Grandvlew,
.19'2.
Indian,
.02.
Quesnelle
Quartz,
.09.
Whitewater,
.14.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.33!
Calmont,
.55.
C.
&
E-,
2.55.
Freehold,
.08.
Hargal,
.18M.
McDougal
Segur,
.24
Mercury,
.31.
Okalta,
1.61.
Pacalta,
.20.
Home
Oil,
1.85.
United,,
.21.
Weymarn,
.10.
Toronto
Stocks
Beattle,
1.25.
Central
Patricia,
2.75.
Oods
Lake,
.61.
Lee
Qold,
.03
M.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.40.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.28.
Pickle
Crow.
5.60.
Red
Lake
Oold
Shore,
.33.
San
Antonio,
1.60.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.78.
Smelters
Gold,
.03.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.92.
Oklend,
.16.
Mosher,
.22.
Gllbec,
.02
V2.
Madscn
Red
Lake,
,71.
tStadacona
1.28.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.09.
Francoeur,
.70.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.03.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.70.
Rubec,
.02'i.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.50.
Bailor,
.02.
Bankfleld.
.75.
East
'Malartic,
1.15,
Preston
East
Dome,
1.13.
Hutchison
Lake,
.17;
Dawson
White,
.12.
Rajah
Red
Lalce,
.05.
Aldermac,
1.10.
Kerr
Addison.
2.32.
Uchl
Gold.
.95.
Martin
Bird.
.55.
he,
1
iAL
HP
Today's
(8
AM.)
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
northerly
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
mm
m
Hlh
4:28
a.m.
18.3
ft.
barometer,
30.04
(falling);
temper-ature,
16:38
p.m.
20.3
ft.
45;
sea
smooth.
Low
,
10:30
a.m.
6.0
ft.
23:26
p.m.
4.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V.
.rrr
-Kin
uu
xi
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
26.
1937.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Papi
jhoot
British
Ambassad
or
imWmWmWm.
ICH00L
BECKONS
SOME
!
TWO
MILLION
YOUTHS
!
IN
CANADA
THIS
YEAR
ore
Work
Lessens
Population
in
Institutions
of
Learn
ing;
Birth-rate
Decline
of
Seven
Years
Ago
Takes
Its
Toll
CHECK
UP
0NLEWIS
Counter
-
Political
Movement
In
Labor
Ranks
Now
Contemplated
RELATIONS
OFJLABOR
Works
Administrator
Harry
Hop-
j
kins
to
Make
Study
AUTOCRACY
!
IS
CHARGED
1
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
August
26:!
-Administrator
Harry
L.
Hopkins
party
for
the
1940
campaign
led
told
a
workers'
alliance
delegation
American
Federation
of
Labor
lead-
he
planned
a,
thorough
study
of
ers
today
to
extend
their
antl-
Works
Proeress
Administration
la-
One-Illtn
Or
more
01
Laiiada
S
pOpUlatlOH
retUrilS
Lewis
battle
to
the
nolitical
field,
hnr
relations.
"Labor
relations
aro
school
rooms
in
September.
The
total
of
scholars
is
an-
711(5
federation's
executive
council
one
of
the
most
serious
and
lm-
feciably
lower
than
three
years
ago,
and
is
again
coming
ordered
President
William
Green
to
portant
problems
,
we
have
to
deal
be
to
the
figures
of
1929,
when
school
attendance
was
S.
h.ether
Lew,
had,
con'
?'ltn"
hc
t?ldfd.cl!?gtel?
t
Aberhart
Attacked
by
One
of
His
Former
Ministers
Following
Debt
Moratorium
EDMONTON,
August
26:
(Canad-
NEW
SUB
LAUNCHED
Latest
Undersea
Craft
Takes
Water
at
Portsmouth,
New
Hampshire
Plane
Raised
At
San
Diego
Attack
Upon
Diplomat
Near
Shanghai
Makes
Situation
to
PORTSMOUTH,
N.H.,
August
26:
Uncle
Sam's
newest
submarine
the
"299,"
with
a
total
1445-ton
displacement,
was
launched
at
the
navy
yard
here
yesterday.
It
was
authorized
to
be
built
by
the
Naval
Appropriation
Act
for
the
fiscal
year
1936.
It
will
be
completed
about
next
March
first.
Navel
Inquiry
to
be
Held
Into
Crash
Which
Took
Six
Lives
"SAN
DIEGO,
Cal,
August
26:
The
fourteen-ton
patrol
plane,
In
which
six
naval
airmen
were
killed
and
two
Injured,
was
raised
from
the
bottom
of
the
harbor
Into
which
It
crashed,
and
towed
to
the
naval
air
station
where
a
board
of
Inquiry
was
ln
session.
Two
Fliers
In
Texas
Killed
Instructor
and
Cadet
Lose
Their
Lives
in
Crash
of
Plane
SAN
ANTONIO,
Tex.,
August
26:
Two
Randolph
Field
filers,
an
Instructor
and
a
cadet,
were
killed
BLOCKADE
In
Orient
Appear
Critical
SHIPPING
Japanese
Endeavoring
to
Hold
up
Chinese
Along
Coast
Battle
Tide
Goes
Back
and
Forth
Japan
Defiant
May
Stop
Foreign
Shipping
Prem-iar
Scoffs
at
Peace
Efforts
TOKYO,
August
26:
(Canadian
Press)
Japan
has
ordeied
a
blockade
of
all
Chinese
offrclal
and
private
shipping
on
the
Chinese
coast,
the
Domei
News
Agency
said
yest-
lan
Press)
-Charging
the
Alberta,
eraay.
me
DiocKaae,
it
was
staiec,
government
with
.
adopting
auto-1
this
morning
by
Japanese
naval
.cratlc
methods,
W..'N.
Chant,
former
authorities
may
Include
foreign
.
minister
of
agriculture
ln
the
Ab-1
shipping
along
800
miles
of
the
!
erhart
Social
Credit
cabinet,
said
ln
1
Chinese
coastline,
a
statement
yesterday
that
he
no'
Premier
Fumlmaro
Konoye
de-lonzer
could
suDDort
the
govern-
dared
today
that
Japan
considered
;
British
and
United
States
efforts
ment
and
must
take
uu
a
oosltion
with
the
freedom
that
goes
with
a
1
U
halt
fighting
in
the
Shanghai
private
member.
area
oi
llttle
Importance.
Chant's
statement
came
shortly'
Apparently
furious
over
setbacks
after
the
moratorium
postponing
earner
in
im
aay
wnen
lanamg
forv
six
months
payment
of
cebts.
parties
were
halted
by
explosions
owing
all
corporations
went
into'ef-
rrom
hidden
Chinese
mlnes
and
fire
feet
in
Alberta.
The
moratorium
j
1
rorn
secret
machine
gun
nests,
the
aii
rfPht
rnntrartPri
hpfnrp
Japanese
demoitsnea
uninese
vn-
Julv
1
of
last
vear.
The
morator-
ages
along
the
Yangste
River
with
ium
further
prohibits
court
action
and
suspends
all
actions
before
the
courts
to
enforce
collection
of
debts
owing
machinery
companies
and
all
such
corporations.
It
does
not
cover
debts
owed
by
companies.
naval
and
aerial
fire.
The
Chinese
announced
that
a
counter-attack
ln
the
Woosung
sector
north
of
Shanghai
had
swept
Japanese
from
four
strategic
towns.
The
Chinese
are
resisting
fresh
Japanese
attacks
stubbornly
on
all
fronts.
A
new
estimate
of
casualties
as
a
result
of
the
thirteen-day-old
war
was
made
last
night,
placing
the
dead
at
14,000
with
more
than
twice
that
number
wrounded.
More
than
four
thousand
have
been
killed
ln
Shanghai
alone.
Vancouter
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
August
26:
(Canadian
Press)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.20
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday,
advanced
to
$1.21
William
Green
Raps
Sit-Downs
A.F.L.
Head
Bespeaks
Support
For
International
Seamen's
Union
WARTIINflTriV
TIC
August
2fi-I
William
Green,
president
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor,
told
the
Maritime
Commission
it
should
frankly
and
courageously
support
the
International
Seamen's
Union
ln
preference
to
labor
groups
which
advocate
and
practice
sit-down
strikes.
WARSHIP
TROUBLE
Incident
Recently
Aboard
Warspite
Revealed
After
Naval
Court
Probe
LONDON,
August
26:
(Canadian
Press)
That
there
had
been
trouble
aboard
the
battleship
War-spite
on
June
30
was
revealed
last
night
for
the
first
time
when
a
naval
court
returned
Its
findings.
Sir
Hughe
KnatchbuIl-IIugessen
Seriously
Injured
When
Two
Uombers
Spray
Car
With
Machine
Gun
Bullets
Between
Nanking
and
Shanghai
LONDON,
August
26:
(Canadian
Press)The
Brit-ish
Government
announced
today
that
it
will
take
appropriate
action
in
connection
with
the
wounding
of
the
ambassador
to
China
by
Japanese
planes
after
making
a
thorough
investigation
of
the
incident.
SHANGHAI,
August
26:
(Canadian
Press
The
Sino-Japanese
war
took
a
grave
international
turn
today
when
Sir
Hughe
Knatchbull-Hugessen,
British
ambassador
to
China,
was
seriously
wounded
by
an
attack
from
Japanese
airplanes.
The
automobile
in
which
the
ambassador
was
riding
from
Nanking
to
Shanghai
was
attacked
by
two
Japanese
bombers
near
Late
Telegraphs
NO
LUCK
IN
SEARCH
COPPERMINE
The
Soviet-owned
boat
commanded
by
Sir
Hubert
Wilkins
was
back
at
its
base
here
today
after
another
unsuccessful
search
over
Beaufort
Sea
for
the
missing
Russian
polar
niers.
Jimmy
Mattern,
United
States
flier,
announced
at
Barrow
he
had
abandoned
the
search,
iliers
of
three
nations
were
in
the
air
again
yesterday
for
the
first
time
in
several
days
but
the
quest
was
unavailing.
STRIKE
ON
RAILWAY
CLEVELAND
President
Whitney
of
the
Brotherhood
of
Railway
Trainmen
announced
today
that
five
brotherhoods
had
authorized
a
strike
for
September
6
in
support
of
the
demand
for
a
twenty
per
cent
wage
boost.
Yes-
TANKER
IS
ATTACKED
LONDON,
August
26:
(Canadian
Press)
A
dispatch
from
Athens
to-,
day
said
that
an
unidentified
airplane
twenty
miles
off
Barcelona1
attacked
the
British
tanker
Rom-J
ford
owned
by
a
Greek
company.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
56,000
pounds,
and
7c
and
9.2c
and
7c.
Canadian
35,500
pounds,
and
Cc
t0
8.0c
and
6c.
American
LaPoloma,
31,000,
9.1c
and
Booth.
"National,
25,000,
9.2c
and
Cold
Storage.
Canadian
Toodie,
10,500,
8.4c
and
Royal.
Teenie
Milly,
7,000,
8.7c
6c,
Royal.
and
CARNARVON,
Wales,
Aug.
26:
(CP)
John
Owen
Jones,
in
his
younger
days
a
noled
conductor
when
their
plane
crashed
and
burn-
It
Is
said
the
trouble
arose
over
a
and
composer,
composed
an
an.
ed
ln
a
field
twoimlles
north
of
1
misunderstanding
regarding
week-
them
to
commemorate
his
90th
Schertz.
.
end
leave.
birthday.
'-
i.
Shanghai.
I
The
ambassador
was
seriously
wounded
by
spraying
machine
gun
bullets
and
sent
to
hospital.
One
1
bullet
was
lodged
near
the
spine
(Dut
It
was
believed
he
might
re-'
cover.
Sir
Hughe,
who
has
been
working
to
forestall
the
spread
ot
Stno-Jap-
anese
hostilities,
Is
the
first
cousin
of
Senator
Adrian
Knatchbull-
Hugessen
K.C.
of
Montreal.
The
automobile
ln
which
the
ambassador
was
riding
when
struck
carried
a
large
British
flag.
"G.O.P."
IN
SESSION
United
States
Republicans
Believe
Roosevelt
is
Slipping
WASHINGTON,
August
26:
President
Roosevelt
is
"slipping
Dolltlcallv.
seventy
Republican
state
terday
in
Chicago
an
agreement
chairman
In
conference
have
agreed
was
signed,
as
a
result
of
efforts
of
the
national
mediation
board,
providing
a
new
working
agreement
between
the
Pullman
Company
and
29,000
sleeping
car
porters.
here.
With
John
D.
A.
Hamilton,
Republican
national
chairman,
the
state
leaders,
behind
closed
doors
at
G.O.P.
headquarters
overlooking
the
White
House,
mapped
plans
which
they
hope
will
result
in
Republican
gains
In
the
national
and
state
elections
next
year.
Postmaster
General
James
M.
Farley
denied
yesterday
that
there
was
any
breakdown
ln
President
Roosevelt's
leadership
of
the
Demo-
'cratlc
party.
There
would
be
no
British
Tanker
is
Fired
Upon
By
reprlsals
agalnst
any
Dernocrate
Unidentified
Airplane
in
Vicin-
wnQ
nafl
bolted
the
New
Deal
he
ity
of
Barcelona
sa,j
I
DESTROYER
IS
IN
PORT
IUI.C.S.
Eraser
Arrives
With
Hon.
Ian
Mackenzie
and
Premier
Pattullo
on
Board
ci
Having
on
board
Hon,
Ian
Mac
8.3"
7a
7c
kenzie,
minister
of
national
defence,
and
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
ot
British
Columbia,
H.M.C.S.
Fraser,
one
01
two
new
destroyers
recently
brought
to
Canada
from
England,
arrived
here
at
2:30
this
afternoon
from
the
south.
Capt.
Mackenzie
will
proceed
to
Ottawa
on
tomorrow
morning's
train.
Mr.
Pattullo,
here
ln
connection
with
the
welcoming
of
Lord
Tweeds-
Cape
Spencer,
10,000,
8.3c
and:mui?-
Governor
General,
to
this
Cc,
Cold
Storage.
Unome,
8,000,
8.9c
and
6c,
cuast,
win
oe
nere
unui
uie
11m
of
next
week
when
he
will
proceed
to
Prince
George.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK:
(CD
Bar
si!-ver
was
unchanged
at
44$ic
per
fine
ounce
on
the
New
York
met-
Jal
market
today.
)