LEGISLATIVE
SESSION
IN
OLD
QUEBEC
PROVINCE
State
Ownership
and
Control
Provided
For
Among
Measures
Carried
Through
in
Upper
And
Lower
Chambers
QUEBEC,
June
12:
(CP)
Development
and
control
of
electric
power
and
light
resources
of
the
province
was
SLuito
nf
Wislnrinn
hrnnrrhr.
rlmvn
hv
thp
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uk
Acjyww
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1
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
.
(8
AM.)
prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
High
4:08
a.m.
19.8
ft.
wind,
three
miles
northwest
per
17:07
pjn.
19.1
ft.
barometer,
30.15
(falling);
hour;
Low
10:45
am.
.2.8
ft.
58;
sea
smooth.
temperature,
.
.
.
23:10
pm.
7.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI,
No.
130.
Vol.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JUNE
12,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Tredy
POWER
BILt
MARKED
Nationaie
government
ui
rxemier
iviuuriee
uupiessis
and
adopted
by
Quebec's
twentieth
legislature
at
its
se-
conu
session,
ine
inree
eietuiuiy
laws
pruviue
lor
muni-
cinalizatlon
of
electrical
services;
,
.
-
..
....
lor
a
government
body
to
control
t
private
electrical
industries,
and
or
establishment
of
a
system
of
itate
ownership
in
competition
I
with
private
interests.
All
factions
In
the
House
favored
I
the
general
alms
of
the
new
legislation
to
provide
public
ownership
Hi
electrical
facilities.
However,
the
Liberal
and
Nationalist
opposition
groups
claimed
the
premier's,
bQ
for
municipalization
of
elec-trfcily
was
not
an
aid
to
the
cause
o(
public
ownership
and
placed
too
tiny
restrictions
on
municipalise.
The
bill
provided
power
for
....
.
i
-1
1
1
1
1
1
-I
4
n
vl
n!e
power
systems.
Liberals
said
.
,
.
.!..
1
.
1
J..
be
law
QUDiicaiea
Dowers
uncauy
pnted
under
laws
of
the
old
re-
pe
!
They
oTfCred
similar'
criticism'
of
ihe
other
two
bills.
One
of
these
tstabllshed
the
provincial
electricity
board
with
authority
to
re
bate
he
private
power
Industry,
a
examine
company
books
and
,
ic:ts.
and
to
cancel
their
power
atracts
if
expedient.
Liberals
aid
the
abolished
electricity
com-'
mfcion
headed
by
J.
A.
Frlgon
had
'
the
game
authority.
Form
New
Syndicate
Considered
most
Important
of
I
ihs
threr
bills
was
that
establish-'
fcg
the
National
Electricity
Syvfdi-
ale
a
body
similar
to
Ontario's
tydro
electric
commission,
with
power
to
set
up
a
system
of
state
ownership.
A
proposed
production
Md
distribution
system
in
Temls-kmlng,
Abltibi,
Roberval
and
Lake
St.
John
districts
would
be
wholly
owed
by
the
government.
Systems
Sablbhed
elsewhere
in
the
pro
U.
ince
will
issue
capital
stock,
of
;
Wch
the
government
will
hold
a
strolling
interest
of
60
percent.
Premier
Duplessls
declared
the
former
Liberal
government
had
toiled
to
take
any
steps
towards
public
ownership.
His
trio
of
laws,
to
said,
removed
government
Influence
and
all
politics
from
the
Movement
towards
nubile
owner-
Members
of
his
commission
I
wuld
have
no
connection
with
Pfvate
Interests.
Other
Important
measures
in
the
166
bills
91
the
legislature
nnri
snnrtloned
bv
W
lleiltpnnnt.irnvnrnnr
Inrlllripd
provision
for
an
Increase
In
funds
f
rural
credit
from
$10,000,000
to
"5,000,000.
Pensions
for
the
blind
provided.
Among
new
labor
s
was
provision
for
collective
abor
agreements
by
stipulating
such
agreements
will
affect
'
similar
enterprises
In
the
dis-lrlct
A
Joint
committee
of
em-P'S'ers
and
employees
will
admln-mcr
the
agreement.
Two
Houses
Clash
.
"e
ena
of
the
session
saw
a
?"ff
struggle
between
the
legis
'9ve
assembly
and
the
legislative
jtocu,
the
latter
predominantly
-"
and
the
only
surviving
Up-House
In
Canada's
provincial
es-
Thc
council
baulked
at
.
a
ki
la
t0
revlso
Jurisdiction
of
the
courts
and
returned
thc
mea-
"'
u
the
T
rt
A
TTniirn
mMVi
1
0t
modlfyng
clauses.
Pro-katon
was
deiayed
for
a
week
k
le
assemhlv
nno,yiA
hi
-
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U-l.l.UV.U
Continued
on
Page
Two)
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4
4.4
Agreement
On
Patrol
Is
Renewed
LONDON,
June
12:
(CP)
Great
Britain
announced
officially
tonight
the
conclusion
of
a
four
-
power
agreement
among
Great
Bri
tain,
France,
Germany
!
and
Italy
guaranteeing
,
the
,;,.i(.!lw,.w.,-sP
safety
of
foreign
"
!
warships
participating
in
the
neutrality
patrol
Ti
off
Spain
and
the
re
turn
of
Germany
and
Italy
to
the
non-inter-
vention
fold.
1
INEW
NURSE
WORK
HERE
Public
Health
Service
to
be
Instituted
by
Miss
Dorothy
rricstly
R.N.
Dr.
Henry
Esson
Young,
chief
provincial
health
officer,
Victoria,
has
advised
City
Commissioner
W.
Alder
that
he
has
oecn
ame
10
obtain
the
services
of
Miss
Dorothy
Priestly
R.N.,
a
graduate
oi
uiei
University
of
British
Columbia,
toj
come
to
prince
Kupert
w
aumc
the
duties
of
public
health
nurse
here.
Miss
Priestly's
work
will
be
among
the
school
children
and
In
the
homes.
She
will
take
up
her
work
on
September
1
with
the
opening
of
schools
for
the
fall
sea-
son
Motor
Licence
Split
is
Made
Prince
Rupert
to
Receive
$1,953
As
Its
Share,
Finance
Minister
Announces
VICTORIA,
June
12:
(CP)-Un-der
I
the
annual
distribution
of
$570,000
in
motor
licence
revenues
i
announced
by
Minister
of
Finance
John
Hart,
Prince
Rupert
wm
re
npivp
sG.953:
Smlthers,
$1,093
;
'
c(,.-nrt
fifl7!
Terrace.
$385,
and
ovvnut
vi
v
'
Vandcrhoof,
$333.
TIIANSI'KKKEW
TO
STEWART
Provincial
Constable
L.
R.
RcquaJ
of
the
city
for
some
time
a
member
force
here,
will
sail
tomorrow
night
aboard
the
Catala
for
Stewart
to
which
point
he
has
been
transferred,
succeeding
Constable
Tho-
...
i-
-
n
flip
KOO-
mas
omun
wnu
w
-
tenay
district
Constable
KCqua
his
wife
will
be
UtVVIHM""
-L-nmnanled
bv
'
"
-
"
land
family.
in
Coal
Mine
STATESMAN
ISJBURIED
All
Canada
Joins
in
Final
Tribute
To
Memory
of
Sir
Robert
Borden
OTTAWA,
June
12:
(CP)
Streets
of
the
capital
were
lined
with
thousands
of
people
'
today
as
Canada
united
in
final
tribute
to
the
memory
of
Sir
Robert
Laird
Borden,
wartime
Premier
of
the
do1111,
at
his
funeral
today,
it
was
a
state
funeral
and
among
inose
attending
officially
werei
privy
councillors,
cabinet
mlnis-
ters,
members
of
the
judiciary,
di-
plomatic
and
consular
represents
tives,
senators
and
members
of
Parliament.
Former
Premier
Dr.
J.
D.
McLean
was
the
official
representative
of
British
Columbia
at
the
request
of
Premier
T.
D.
Pat-tullo.
The
body
was
borne
from
the
home
of
the
late
statesman
on
Wurtemberg
Street
to
All
Saints'
Church
and
then,
after
the
service,
to
Beechwood
Cemetery.
The
Bour-j
Don
noie
oi
tne
cannon
m
tne
par
liament
Buildings
tolled
farewell.
STRIKE
IS
SPREADING
Trouble
in
United
States
Steel
In-
dastZ
A,,canf
,vcr"
r
"
Bethlehem
u
Involved
-
r
.
YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio,
June
12:
(CP
J
Oovernor
Martin
Davey
has
called
principals
In
the
widespread
i
steeI
strlke
t
ns
office
for
peace'
conferences
but
more
trouble
J
looms
on
the
labor
front
following
i
the
calling
of
a
strike
at
11
o'clock'
ilast
night
by
the
steel
workers'!
organizing
committee
In
the
huge
Johnstown,
Perm..
Cambria
mill
of
Bethlehem
Steel
to
bolster
the
walk-out
on
the
Bethlehem
subsidiary
railroad.
At
Washington
Senator
Bridges
told
the
Senate
Post
Office
committee
that
the
assistant
postmaster
at
Nlles,
Ohio,
had
refused
to
accept
parcels
for
delivery
to
strikebound
workers
In
the
Republic
Steel
Co.
plant
because
union
pickets
"will
not
allow
It."
(SESSION
IN
FALL
Legislature
to
Meet
at
End
Of
October
Important
Matters
Coming
Up
VICTORIA,
June
12:
(CP)
A
fall
session
of
the
Legislature
will
be
called
for
the
end
of
October
with
the
expectation
that
It
will
last
until
about
the
middle
of
December,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
announced
yesterday.
Health
Insurance
and
marketing
will
be
considered
as
well
as
British
Columbia's
better
terms
representations
and
the
question
of
Yukon
annexation.
The
committee
on
coal
and
oil
will
also
have
reported
by
that
time.
Premier
King
Gets
Audience
l'rlmc
Minister
of
Canada
in
Scs
sion
For
Half
an
Hour
With
His
Majesty
LONDON,
June
12!
Premier,
William
Lvon
Mackenzie
King
of
Canada
was
received
by
King
George
VI
In
a
half
hour
audience
ye&teiuuy.
t,uwv
rajv.,
celved
Premier
Joseph
A.
Lyons
of
Australia.
F
-i-
T.I
L
DROWNED
AT
NANAIMO
NANA1MO
George
Frost,
carpenter,
.was
drowned
'while
fishing
in
the
Nanaimo
River
yesterday.
ATTACK
LAUNCHED
BILBAO
A
fierce,
new
attack
from
air,
sea
and
land
artillery
has
been
launched'
by
the
insurgents
against
Bilbao
and
surrounding
communities.
4
SMUGGLERS
ARRESTED
TOKYO
The
Japanese
police
have
arrested
two
foreigners
here
on
charges
of
being;
members
of
a
large
international
smuggling
ring.
-H-
USE
CORPSES'
EYES
ATLANTIC
CITY
The
convention
of
the
American
Medical
Association
here
was
told
yesterday
of
one
doctor
who
had
successfully
transferred
corneas
of
the
eyes
of
dead
persons
to
aid
in
restoring
the
sight
of
living
persons.
i-
MURDER
ELIMINATED
STONYBROOK,
NVY-Siispi-cion
of
murder
has
been
removed
for
the
time
being
at
least
in
the
case
of
Mrs.
Alice
Parsons,
Long
Island
socialite,
who,
disappeared
from
her
fashionable
home
earlier
in
the
week
and
is
believed
to
have
been
kidnapped.
Relatives
have
requcsted'he
authorities
fo'
JTeave':
them
uo'ne.lnVner"
gotiating
with
the
abductors.
MARTYR
HONORED
SYDNEY',
N.S.
Plants
of
the
Dominion
Steel
and
Coal
Co.
were
closed
yesterday
In
honor
of
the
memory
of
a
miner
who
was
shot
to
death
two
years
ago
during
strike
troubles.
GERMANY
ADVANCES
BERLIN
Germany
beat
Belgium
yesterday
in
European
zone
Davis
Cup
tennis
play
and
now
meets
Czccho-Slovakia.
HENLEY
COMPETITION
LONDON
Regulations
regarding
the
famous
Royal
Henley
Regatta
were
yesterday
amended
whereby
mechanics,
artisans
and
laborers
may
henceforth
compete.
Complaints
had
been
made
of
class
distinction.
RAIN
WELCOMED
CALGARY
Another
day
of
soaking
rain
was
welcomed
by
farmers
yesterday
in
various
parts
of
Southern
Alberta
although
it
is
still
dry
in
thc
Leth-bridge
district.
There
was
also
rain
on
Wednesday
and
Thursday.
Crop
prospects
look
much
brighter
now.
FRASER
VALLEY
RAIN
NEW
WESTMINSTER
Rain
which
fell
In
the
Fiaser
Valley
yesterday
will
greatly
help
the
strawberry
crop.
It
had
been
exceptionally
dry
for
some
time.
Halibut
Treaty
Is
Approved
By
Senate
of
U.
S.
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
12:
The
United
States
Senate
yester
day
passed
the
new
Pacific
Halibut
Treaty
between
United
States
andistorh,8
the
Vermont
railway
sys
Canada
providing
for
new
regulations
in
regard
to
the
west
coast
fishery.
The
treaty
has
yet
to
be
passed
by
the
House
of
Representatives
after
which
it
will
be
sent
on
to
President
Roosevnlt.
fnr
hl
signature.
Canada
will
also
give
Its
assent.
HALIBUT
ARRIVALS
Canadian
Jupiter,
5,000,
Cold
Storage,
7.8c
and
5c.
PERMISSION
IS
GRANTED
American
and
Canadian
Governments
to
Termit
Soviet
Aviator
to
Pass
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
12:
(CP)
The
United
States
Department
of
State
announced
yesterday
that
it
had
granted
a
request
for
a
Soviet
aviator
to
fly
over
United
States
territory.
From
Ottawa
came
word
that
the
Canadian
government
had
granted
similar
permission.
a
This
is
taken
to
indicate
that
the
Moscow
government
expects
soon
to
try
another
flight
from
the
So
vlet
capital
of
Moscow
to
san
Francisco
via
the
North
Pole.
Such
a
venture
failed
two
years
ago
because
of
mechanical
diffi-,
cultles
encountered,
by
Pilot
Slgls-mund
Levanevsky.
No
further
Information
is
.
given
i
except
the
statement
that
the
form-permit
does
not
specify
the
date,
starting
point
or
destination.
There
have
been
suggestions
of
such
a
flight
fDr
several
day?,
iTWO
SMALL
POLLS
LEFT
Only
Murchison
island
and
Locke-port
on
Islands
Still
to
Be
Giving
three
votes
for
Premier
Pattullo
and
four
for
Oeorge
Weaver
with
none
for
either
C.
V.
Evitt
or
Capt.
J.
B.
Colthurst,
Cum-
j
.shswa,
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
is
the
latest
election
poll
In
Prince
Rupert
riding
to
report
its
result)
following
the
general
election
vot-1
lng
a
week
ago
last
Tuesday.
No
poll
was
held
at
Hutton
Island,
It
has
been
learned,
the
voters
there
being
at
Murchison
Island
so
this
leaves
Murchison
Island
and
be
heard
from.
The
totals
to
date
for
the
four
candidates
are
as
follows:
Pattullo.
1472.
Weaver,
778.
Evitt.
650.
Bowen-Colthurst,
13.
Clear
majority
for
Pattullo,
31.
HONORS
FOR
HUNGERFORD
Engineering
Work
of
C.
N.
It.
President
to
be
Doubly
Recognized
MONTREAL,
June
12:
S.
J.
Hungerford,
chairman
and
presi-;
dent
of
the
Canadian
National'
Railways,
will
receive
two
high
en-:
glncerlng
honors
next
week.
On'
Monday
next
the
University
of.
Vermont
at
Burlington
will
confer'
the
honorary
degree
of
mechanical
engineer
upon
the
chief
executive
of
the
National
system
while
on
'Tuesday
the
Engineering
Institute
of
Canada
will
present
him
with
an
j
honorary
membership
at
the
.semi-I
centennial
meeting
of
that
organi
zation
to
be
held
In
this
city.
j
At
Burlington
the
honorary
de
gree
will
be
conferred
by
Guy
W
Nelson
Shepherd,
oJscph
Shepherd
and
Joseph
Can
Arc
Victims
Rescue
Workers
Save
Others
NANAIMO,
June
12:
(CP)
Two
Nanaimo
coal
miners
lie.
in
hospital
here
today
apparently
little
the
worse
for
ten-hour
entombment
last
night
in
the
flooded
Beban
mine,
a
small
working
at
Extension,
seven
miles
south
of
here,
in
which
three
companions
perished.
Fifty
weary
rescuers
had
fought
their
way
CONNELL
RETIRES
Is
Through
With
Politics
Third
Party
Movement
Failure,
He
Admits
VICTORIA,
June
12:
(CD-Rev.
Robert
Conneli,
former
C.
C.
F.
Leader
of
the
Opposition
whose
Social
Constructionist
party
was
wiped
out
at
the
recent
provincial
election,
announced
yesterday
that
he
was
"out
of
politics
for
good."
Mr.
Conneli
added:
"Third
not,
be
successful.
There
are
many
changes
neces
sary
but
I
have
come
to
the
conclusion
that
they
must
be
done
through
our
established
parties."
DENIAL
OF
I
ASSERTION
Ernest
Simpson
Says
He
Received
No
Consideration
Not
to
Defend
Divorce
Suit
LONDON,
June
12l
(CP)
The
apology
of
Mrs.
Joan
Sutherland
to
Ernest
Aldrich
Simpson
came
yesterday
after
he
took
the
witness
,
stand
in
his
slander
action
against
i
her
and
stated
under,
oath
that
he
j
had
never
received
money
or
any
other
consideration
for
not
defend-
,61.
lng
the
divorce
suit
which
gave
his
Victoria
Fair,
south
wind.
8
wife,
the
former
Wallls
Warfleld
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.02.
freedom
to
wed
the
former
King!
Estevan
Cloudy,
southeast
Edward
VIII.
Mrs.
Sutherland
ex-.
wind,
8
miles'
per
hour;
baro-plalned
that
she
had
merely
re-
meter,
30.22.
peated
what
was
common
talk.
j
Prince
George
Cloudy,
south-Following
the
apology,
Simpson's
cast
wind,
12
miles
per
hour;
bar-counsel
announced
to
the
King's
ometer,
30.00.
Bench
Division
that
the
action
was
Vancouver
Cloudy,
southeast
consequently
withdrawn.
Mrs.,
Sutherland
accepted
court
costs.
Weather
Forecast
I
iPuriUihed
throug.
the
courtesy
Ot
,L
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
l
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
This
for
cast
la
compiled
from
observations
M
hour
period
ending
S
p.m.
tomorrow).
I
General
0
Synopsis
i
ii
Pressure
...
h
high
on
tht.
mainland
but
low
off
.V
Vancouver
Island.
Fine
weather.'
7.'08'
tt,ml,uralure-
Bailey,
president
of
the
University
(Jueen
Charlotte
Inlands
Moder-nf
Vermont,
in
recocnitlon
of
Mr.
nte
to
fresh
easterly
winds,
fail
Hungerford's
notable
work
In
re-
tern
after
the
great
flood
In
that
state
In
1027.
Presentation
to
Mr.
Hungerford
of
honorary
membership
in
the
Engineering
Institute
of
Canada
will
be
made
Tuesday
morning
at
the
opening
session
ot
the
meeting
of
the
Institute
which
"was
Incorporated
fifty
years
ago
as
the
Canadian
Society
of
Civil
Engineers.
Thc
meeting
will
be
attended
by
members
from
all
parts
of
the
on
Island
Three
As
Men
Drowned
Workings
At
Extension
Flooded
continues
in
Northern
II.
C.
but
it
has
been
unsettled
in
Ihe
south
Prince
Jlupcrt
District
ami
and
wnrm
today,
then
becoming
unsettled.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Fresh
southeast
winds,
Increasing,
l'arl
cloudy
and
warm
and
showery
at
night.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
National
League
St.
Louis
4,
Boston
1.
Pittsburg
8,
Brooklyn
3.
Chicago
10,
Philadelphia
5.
American
League
Boston
2,
Detroit
3.
to
Louis
Pognello
and
John
Seninl
through
water
which
slowly
receded
as
two
machine
pumps
tossed
out
12,000
gallons
an
hour
from
the
mine.
Late
last
night"
the
men
were
brought
out
safely.
The
bodies
of
Nelson
Shepherd
and
his
nephew,
Joseph
Shepherd,
were
recovered
early
this
morning.
A
rising
crosscut
on
which
they
sought
refuge
unsuccessfully
was
flooded
and
they
were
trapped
and
drowned.
Joseph
Carr,
a
Slav,.
Is
still
unreported
and
Is
believed
to
be
burled
under
tons
of
water
at
the
bottom
of
the
vertical
v-shaped
workings.
The
mine
wall
crumbled
yesterday
and
let
In
a
rush
of
stagnant
water
from
adjoining
slopes
of
the
abandoned
Extension
mine.
Tony,J3enlnl;
brother-.of
one
dt
-the
rescued
men1;
and
four
bthersy-Joe
Wilson,
mine
manager;
Alex
Webster,
Lome
Perry
and
Joe
Foster,
were
on
ihe
outside
of
the
slope
and
gained
safety
at
the
mine
mouth
when
the
flood
broke.
The
accident
occurred
In
the
heart
of
the
Vancouver
Island
coal
mining
district
where
eight
major
accidents
have
claimed
324
lives
during
the
past
fifty
years.
This
particular
property
Is
op-
erated
by
Frank
Beban.
Todas
Weather
(Oovernment
Tfleirriph)
Terrace
Clear,
calm,
59.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
5?.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
58.
Hazelton
Smoky,
calm,
C2.
Smithcrs
Clear,
calm,
warm.
Ilurns
Lakt
Part
cloudy,
calm,
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
baro-
meter,
30.18.
Alert
Hay
Part
cloudy,
calm,
barometer,
30.20;
temperature,
51;
sea
smooth.
Hull
Harbor
Clear,
calm,
baro-;meter,
30.14;
temperature,
5C;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Cloudy,
east
.vln,i
5
miles
per
hour;
sea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Overcast,
east
.....
.
.
',
pea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Part
cloudy,
fresh
southeast
wind;
barometer,
30.20;
temperature,
53;
sea
choppy.
HEAD
OF
MILITARY
DISTRICT
COMING
Brigadier
D.
J.
MacDonald
D.S.O.,
M.C.,
district
officer
commanding,
Military
District
No.
11,
will
arrive
here
next
Wednesday
morning
on
thc
Prince
Rupert
from
Victoria
In
connection
with,
the
local
militia
and
defence
situation
and
will
be
here
until
Wednesday
evening
when
he
will
sail
by
tho
Prince
George
on
his
return
south.
Brigadier
MacDonald
will
ba
accompanied
by
his
wife.
,
I