Today
s
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
10:50
a.m.
185
to.
23:06
p.m.
20.9
It.
Low
,.
-4:40
a.m.
5.2
ft.
j
'
.
16:46
p.m.
6.0
ft.
(8
AJV1.)
Pilnce
Rupert
Clear,
southeast
wind,
16
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
3(
1.20;
sea
moderate.
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
sfi
No.
10G.
XXVI
'
Q
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
6,
1937
PRICE:
5
CLNTS
v
.j
V
3REAT
DIRIGIBLE
DESTROYED
CANADA
TO
HAVE
BOOK
pronation
Commentary
Jot
Ob-
jeeted
to
by
lederal
Authorities
OTTAWA,
May
6:
(CP)
Tne
ok
Coronation
oommeinary
uy
tolfrey
Dennis,
reurea
uriusn
iague
of
Nations
official,
will
be
Bmltted
to
Canada,
Hon.
J.
l.
E
i
l
rm
f
hpv
announced
.
.
.
...
yesieraay.
.
me
..
bister
said
he
nad
round
tne
ok
not
treasonable,
seditious,
1m-1
oral
or
Indecent.
The
book
had
en
wlinarawn
irom
saie
m
taig-
bid
when
solicitors
for
the
Duke
Windsor
objected
to
references
the
former
King.
It
Is
the
Amerl-
,
I
..It
I
L
...111
1
J
I
in
eaiuon
wiucu
wm
uc
,wiu
in
anada,
MNG
TO
PR.
RUPERT
Vernier
T.
I),
I'attullo
to
be
Here
At
End
of
Next
Week
During:
Course
of
Tour
IVICTORIA,
May
6:
(CP)
Pre
fer
T
D.
Pattullo
will
leave
Van-
iuver
on
Thursday
of
next
week
an
aerial
tour
along
the
north
cast,
stopping
at
Powell
River
and
Man
Falls
enroutc
to
Prince
Ru-1
frt.
He
Is
due
in
Stewart
on
May(
S.
returning
that
night
to
Prince!
iinn
fnw
t
nnUTIn
MAollnn
"
Alter
Prince
Rupert,
the
Pre-i
tier's
itinerary
is.
uncertain,
de-
indine
somewhat
on
weather
con-
"
Hons.
ilr
Pattullo
will
be
making
the
fcht
north
with
Pilot
E.
C.
W.
pbin
and
will
be
accompanied
his
secretary,
Ben
Hethey.
iVITT
IS
CANDIDATE
Officially
Nominated
by
Conser
vatives
at
Convention
This
Afternoon
Charles
V.
Evitt
was
unani
i
mously
nominated
Conservative
landidate
for
Prince
Rupert
rid-
H
In
the
forthcoming
provincial
election
at
the,
party's
Iwral
"minating
convention
this
after-"n
in
the
Eagles'
Hall.
Hie
nominating
convention
fol
ded
a
meeting
of
the
Prince
Jpert
Conservative
Association
''Id
last
night
for
the
purpose
of
PPointing
delegates
who
were
amed
as
follows:
J.
T.
Harvey,
I'
Tinker,
D.
C.
Stuart,
I;
"cy
Cameron,
Orme
Stuart,
Dr.
H
Ilunkinson,
W.
H.
McCal-
l!'.m'
I)
G
IJorland,
George
Hill,;
P
li
11k
A
fun
H
W
C
A
U.I
Nail.
J
it
ti,,,,
.T,.,.klat
present.
I'reece.
II,
V
Benson.
Fred
Send-'
p.
William
Sherman
jr.,
V.
II.
K-
0
J.
Dawes.-U.
V.
Cam-
George
D.
tite,
Mrs.
M.
A.
E.ron-
tyres,
(it.orKX;
(Jrosvenor,
Jo-l,Pn
Ill-OWn.
r.nnrm,
I.
Kuril'.
Ke
Scott,
Phil
M.
Kay,
Harry
K-
..
Ja-'tt,
Lawrence
Lambly.
Hubert
Ward
and
John
Th
,l,.'l
IUCted
altllOUirh
fh
im.li.rsf.nnl.
I'nif
Vila
l,i
i
ir
I.'...,.
l.l
'"III
V.
V.
J.V11L
YVUUIU
J('
Ik,.
Il
l
I
-
...u
liinuiuaio.
lhe
AhsopIiiII
mi
meeting
last
I'"Bnt
Was
nmulfl.,.1
h
1..,
...
I
T
.
IIti..
i-v.m
uiui
iver
oji
tho
president.
Other
natters
were
C.
V.
Evitt,
W
V
McAfee,
W.
u.
Love
and
,;;Ke
Jim.
There
was
a
fair
at-ndanco
nn,j
conslderablo
cn.
l"Uxia!.m
prevailed.
Wectlon
campaign
rooms
have
n!?
,
op'nL,d
011
Third
Avenue
I)
0
Collarfu
office
with
r
o
1
Stuart
In
charge.
VANCOUVER,
May
KMCI')-
I
..
"US
.1
Ulltp,
at
$1.28
on
the
Va
k
II
IWmi..
It-
t
1
drnin.
v
vir
mantel
jesieruay,
l"
?l.27
today..
Late
Telegraph
BRUSH
UP
VETERANS
OTTAWA
A
scheme
of
proba-tlonal
training-
aimed
at
reconditioning
unemployed
war
veterans
in
industrial
work
to
which
they
were
formerly
accustomed
but
in
which
years,
of
unemployment
have
made
them
"rusty,"
has
been
decided
upon
by
the
government,
it
is
announced.
The
plan
embraces
both
Canadian
and
Imperial
ex-service
men
who
served
in
the
theatre
of
actual
war.
It
will
be
supervised
by
the
War
Veterans'
Assistance
Commission
jointly
with
the
Employment
Service
of
Canada.
NOVA
SCOTIA
WKECK
SI'KINGIIILL
JUNCTION,
N.S.
Workers
among
the
wreckage
of
engine
and
three
coaches
of
the
Montreal-Halifax
Express
of
i
the
Canadian
National
Hallways
which
derailed
last
night
two
.
miles
from
here
reported
today
that
they
had
recovered
two
more
bodies,
bringing
the
death
toll
of
the
wreck
up
to
six.
The
killed
included
an
engineer
from
Monc-ton.
The
wreck
occurred
two
miles
from
here.
Three
were
seriously
injured.
DIES
IN
CUST0DYI
uuiwey
vauey
.Man,
who
nau
ueen
-
Sentenced
toOnelpar.
For,
Arson,
txpircs
buciueniy
.
.
Peter
Sauce,
who
had
been
serf-'
teheed
to
one
year's
imprisonment
recently
at
Smlthers
on
a
charge
of
arson
arising
out
of
the
burning
of
a
partially
completed
hotel
at
Houston
several
years
ago,
died
at
9:30
last
night
at
Smlthers
while
In
custody.
He
had
been
taken
ill
suddenly
on
Tuesday.
While
death'
is
believed
to
have
been
due
to
natural
causes,
an
Inquest
will
be
held.
Sallce
was
forty-seven
years
of
age
and
Is
survived
by
a
widow
and
one
child
at
Houston.
He
was
a
re
lumed
man
and
had
served
in
'
France
throughout
the
Great
War'
from
1914
to
1918.
He
was
slightly!
wounded
in
action
but
was
severely
j
gassed.
Born
In
the
north
of
Italy,'
he
came
to
this
country
in
1910
i
and
became
a
naturalized
Cana-,
dian.
He
had
been
farming
at'
Houston
for
seventeen
years
and
was
located
in
Edmonton
before
coming
to
the
Bulkley
Valley.
Sallce
was
to
have
been
a
witness
In
the
trial
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
here
next
week
of
E.
a.
Belllcinl,
also
.on,
a
charge
of.
arson
arising
out
of
the
same
in-
j
cldent.
What-
effect
Salice's
death
:
may
have
oh
the
trial
Is
not
known
I
lKrarV
Board
dI
J
UX)Xl
U
Is
In
Session
Itoutlne
Business
at
Regular
vMonthly
Meeting
Last
Night
At
the
regular
monthly
meeting
of
the
Library
Board
held
Wednesday
evening
the
librarian
reported
a
number
of
additional
new
books
added
to
pay
sec
Hon.
Report
received
from
the
Lib
rarv
fund
campaign
commiltce'in-
dicated
a
certain
amount
of
suc
cess.
The
clqsing
date
for
the
campaign,
has
been
extended
in
iinh.r
In
l'Ivb
additional
patron?
the
.opportunity
to
subscribe
to
the
fund,
The
librarian
and
the
book
committee
will
make
a
survey
of
reblndlng
fo
be
done
with
a
por-tloif
of
the
monies
received
and
lid
wf
h'oi.kx.
will
he
purchased
for
thu
frce
sccttoii;Hs
the
cuinpaign.
Yiiuil
allows.
1
Disaster
at
Lakehurst
Today
As
Hmdenburg
is
About
to
Land
After
Crossing
Atlantic
Ocean
;
IS
JOINING
WITH
C.
1.0.
International
Seamen's
Union
Withdraws
From
American
Federation
NEW
YORK,
May
6:
The
International
Seamen's
Union,
it
was
announced
last
night,
is
severing
its
connection
with
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
and
will
seek
affiliation
with
the
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnaton
Co.)'
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.18.
Big
Missouri,
,4G.
Dralorne,
G.75.
II.
K.
Con.,
.04.
Aztec,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.5:5.
Dentonia,
.13.
,
Dunwell,
.03Vi.
Golconda,
.07.
'
Minto,
.21
'a.
Meridian,
.0:5.
Fairveiw
Amalg.,
.OoV.
.Noble.
Five..-fl7
Pend
Oreille.
.00.
Pioneer.
4.50.
Porter
IdaHo,
.05.
Premier,
2.(35.
Ilcno,
.95.
Relief
Arlington,
.20.
Howard,
.OS)1;.
Salmon
Gold,,
.08.
Taylor
Bridge,
.0Gj.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.131..
Premier
Border,
.02'j.
Silbak
Premier,
2.55.
Congress,
.06.
.
Silver
Crest,
.0G.
Home
Gold,
,02'i..
Grandview,
.15.
Indian,
.
02
a
Quatsino
Copper,
.01
te.
Quesnelle
Quartz,
,0815.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.34.
-Calmont,
.55.
C.
&
E.,
2.40.
Freehold,
.00.
Hargal,
.18.
McDougall
Segur,
,20.
Mercury,
.28.
,
Merkland,
.12'A.
:
;
Okalta,
1.3G.
Pacalta,
.18.
Mome
Oil,
1.70.
Weymarn,
,20.
'
Toronto
Beattie,
1.30.
Central
Patricia,
3
10.
Gods
Lake,
.45,
Lee
Gold,
.03.
.
Little
Long
Lac,
5
75.
McKenzie
Bed
Lake,
Pickle
Crow,
0.25.
Bed
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.50.
San
Antonio,
lioo.
r
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.50..
'
Smelters
Gold,
-.04.'
t
McLeod
Cockshutt,
liy.j,.
Oklend,
.18.
Mosher,
.49.
Gllbec,
.01.
Madsen
Bed
Lake,
.83.
Stadacona,
1.58.
Frontier
Bed
L-ike,
.15.
Erancoeur,
.90.1''
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.03,
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.40.
Bubec,
.011
2.
Bailor.
.01
W.
Bankfield.
.)U.
.
East
Malartlc,
1.10.
Preston
East
Dotiic,
1.10.
Hutchison
Lake',
;18.
Dawson
White,
.15.
Rajah
Red
Lake,
.21.
Aldermac,
1.15.
Kerr
Addison,
2
75,
Uchl
Gold,
,85.
-j
Martin
Bird,
.80.
NUMBER
OF
DEAD
AND
INJURED
NOT
KNOWN
NOTHING
LEFT
OF
GREAT
CRAFT
BUT
MASS
OF
TWISTED
WRECKAGE
MANY
WITNESSED
CATASTROPHE.
LAKEHURST,
N.J.,
May
6:
(CP)
The
big
German
zeppelin
Hindenburg
burst
into
flames
today
as
it
prepared
to
alight
at
the
naval
air
station
on
her
first
crossing
of
the
year.
Aboard
the
Hindenburg
were
39
passengers
and
crew
of
60
including
several
students.
The
giant
ship
had
tossed
her
noselincs
to
the
ground
in
a
light
shower
when
suddenly
there
was
a
terrific
blast
of
flame
from
her
stern.
Sound
of
the
explosion
and
flames
brought
shrieks
from
many
spectators
who
had
gathered
to
see
the
ship
complete
her
twenty-first
safe
crossing
between
the
United
States
and
Germany.
Within
a
few
moments
there
was
nothine
b"t
Ke
twictofl
strel
frame
collapsed
on
the
ground.
No
estimate
of
the
injured
or
dead
is
available
immediately.
ROAD
WORK
FOR
NORTH
Prince
Ilupert,
Skeena
and
Oml-neca
Districts
Provided
For
Under
Joint
Plan
VICTOKIA,
viayT
(CP)
Proposed
:
highway
projects
to
be
undertaken
this
summer
under
joint
agreement
between
the
Dominion
and
provincial
governments
Include
the
northern
transprovincial
highway
between
Prince
Rupert
and
the
Alberta
boundary.
This
will
provide
for
continuation
of
the
highway
west
of
Prince
Rupert
towards
Prud-homnte
Lake.
In
Skeena
district
the
Cedar-vale
section
will
be
further
improved,
work
also
being
carried
out
at
other
points.
The
highway
will
also
receive
further
attention
on
several
sections
between
Smlthers
and
Van-derhoof.
As
already
announced,
work
employing
some
sixty
men
was
resumed
a
few
days
ago
on
local
highway
construction
between
Taylor
and
Prudhomme
Lakes.
Today's
Baseball
National
League
St,
Louis-Boston,
wet
grounds.
Chicago
1,
Philadelphia
0
(called
In
fifth
on
account
of
rain).
-
Pittsburg
5,
Brooklyn
9.
Cincinnati
4,
New
York
0.
American
League
Philadelphia
3,
Chicago
1.
Washington
2,
Cleveland
4.
New.
York
6,
Detroit
12.
:
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK,
May
G:
(CP).
Bar
silver
was
trading
at-45
Vic
per
ounce
on
the1
New
York
metal
market
yesterday
and
was
un
changed
today.
MARKET
STILL
WKAK
NEW
YORK,
May
Gi-The
New
York
stock
market
continued
weak
yesterday
with
a
further
general
falling
off
in
security
values.
The
Industrial
average
was
off
1.63,
rails,
off
.30
and
utilities
off
.34.
Falling
from
a
scaffold
while
engaged
in
painting
at
the
Rupert
Motors
garage
premises
this
morning,
Fred
Scadden
suffered
Injuries
which
necessitated
his
removal
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
STRIKE
MAY
NOT
SPREAD
Evcrything
ei.ing
uone
to
uesiore
Peace
in
London
Before
Coronation
.
'LONDON,
May
6MCPJIndlca'"-
tlons
last
night
were
that
the
strike
of,
London
bus.
men
would
by
James
Fitzslmmons,
former
not
spread,
as
had
been
threatened,
Member,
Conservative,
and
A.
J.
to
street
cars
and
subways
al-:
Harrison,
Social
Credit,
thought
delegation
representing!
NclsonCreston
Frank
Putnam;
London's
twelve
thousand
street
member
of
the
last
legislature,
re-car
workers
demanded
permission
J
nominated
Liberal
candidate.
Op-,
from
the
Transport
Union
to
JolnPOsed
by
A.
T.
Horswlll,
Conserva-the
walk-out
of
twenty-five
thou-
tive,
and
Herbert
Howe.-
Social
sand
busmen
and
the
proposed
na-
credit.
,
tlonal
coal
strike.
(
Comox
L.
A.
Hanna,
member
of
As
debate
in
the
House
of
Com-
the
last
legislature,
renominated
mons
started
of
the
decision
of
Liberal
candidate.
Colin
Cameron,
Welsh
and
English
miners
to
strike
rj.
c.
F..
already
In
field.
i
Premier
Stanley
Baldwin
appealed
to
the
handful
of
men
on
whom
rested
peace
or
war
to
give
the
best
present
that
could
be
given
to
the
country
at
the
time
of
the
Coronation
by
settling
their
differences.
At
the
best
there
can
be
no
re-
sumption
of
bus
service
until
next,0.
Perry.
Soeaker
ot
last
legls
Monday
even
if
an
Immediate
settlement
could
be
reached.
Final
Report
On
Hedley
Gold
Now
In
Gov't
Hands
VICTORIA,
May
6:
The
final
i
report
of
G.
L.
Fraser
K.C.,
Inves
tigator
of
the
Hedley
Amalgamated
Gold
Mines
Ltd.,
has
been
received,
i
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
announced
yesterday.
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Skeena
M.,
8,000,
Pacific.
7.4c
and
5c
.
Teeny
Milly,
7,500,
Atlln,
G.9c
and
5c.
'
Margallcc,
7,000,
Cold
Storage,
0.9c
and
5c.
Rio
Rita,
4,500.
Atlln,
7.1c
and
5c.
Cape
Soear,
11,500,
Cold
Storage,
7.1c
and
5c.
Today's
Weather
ICovpriunni
tle?rwihiO
Terrace
Clear,
east
wind,
41.
Aiyansh
Clear,
calm,
18.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calni,
50.
Anyox
Clear,
calm,
47.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm.
43.,
Hazelton
Clear,
calm,
43,
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
copL;.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calni$U;
1
.V
V'Vi'LAY
SIEGE
Market
Board
l
aites
acuun
The
Halibut
Marketing
Board
of
British
Columbia
has
Instructed
S.
W.
Taylor,
Van-
:
couver,
to
Institute
proceed-
ings
under
the
Natural
Pro-
ducts
Act
of
British
Columbia
against
Vancouver
halibut
boats.
The
complaint
Is
that
,
Vancouver
boats
have
not
,
been
taking
out
licences
under
;
the
Act.
i
1
LINING
UP
CANDIDATES
John
Doney
Nominated
For
Skeena
As
C.
C.
F.
Standard-Bearer
Durden
Conservative
At
i
Fort
George
V
Villi
&SV11J
V
4
vtunu
nuu
night
nominated
Co-operative
,,
.
.
,
date
for
Skeena
in
a
nominating
I
convention
at
Terrace.
He
opposes
i
E,
T.
Kenney,
Liberal
candidate,
seeking
re-election.
So
far
there
is
no
Conservative
candidate
in
the
field
for
Skeena
and
It
Is
possible
there
may
be
only
the
two
candl-
dates.
,
other
provincial
nominations
1
overnight
Include
the
following:
I
Kaslo-Slocan
-o.
C,
&,
Leary,
mem-
ber
of
the
lasi
legislature,
renoml-
nated
Liberal
candidate.
Is
ODDOsed
Columbia-Leonard
Geddes.
Con-
i(servative.
first
officially
in
field
for
seat
held
In
last
legislature
by
Thomas
King,
Liberal.
I
Fort
George
Frederick
Burden,
former
minister
of
lands
and
one;Three
hundred
and
fou;'"
students
time
Agent
General
In
London,
no
mlnated
Conservative
candidate.
H.
lature,
Is
Liberal
candidate
for
reelection
and
John
Mclnnls
Is
in
field
for
C.
C.
F.
Strike
Peace
Plan
Rejected
No
Agreement
Yesterday
in
Hollywood
Tie-up
New
Proposals.
Submitted
Today
HOLLYWOOD,
May
6:
Motion
I
picture
strikers
rejected
peace
pro-
posals
of
the
producers
yesterday,
terms
being
deemed
linsa
Isfactory.
t
New
proposals,
it
was
expected,
would
be
out
forward
today.
There
were
dhorders
yesterday
between
strike
picketers
and
non-strikers.
!
No
Social
Credit
Candidate
to
Run
In
Skeena
Riding
Capt.
.1.
Bowen-Colthurst.
.wIiolworkprs
harrlcadori
thrmsrlvn,
l.
returned
to
ii
the
city
.
M
..
r
from
'1'
Terrace
on
Tuesday
night's
train,
states
that
there
will
be
no
Social
Credit
candidate
for
Skeena
in
the
forthcoming
provincial
election.
It
had
been
Intended
that
Nigel
Sherwood
of
Terrace
should
bo
the
candidate
but
Mr.
Sherwoou
did
not
consider
the.
time
1
ON
BILBAO
Insurgents
Gathering
Forces
For
Another
Bombardment
Of
Basque
Capital
Barcelona
Trouble
Socialists
Staging
Civil
War
Among
Themselves
Is
Not
Settled
Yet
BILBAO,
Spain,
May
6:
Insurgents
were
believed
to
be
gathering
their
forces
last
night
for
another
bombardment
of
Bilbao
from
land
and
air.
German
airplanes
were
said
to
be
rushing
across
France
to
assist
the
rebels
in
their
attack.
It
Is
also
reported
that
a
"Black
Arrow"
Legion,
consisting
mostly
of
.Italian
volunteers
with
the
Spanish
Insurgents,
is
being
concentrated
on
the
Bilbao
front
for
a
"big
push"
which
they
have
been
told
must
not
fail.
Meantime,
evacuation
of
women,
children
'and
old
men
to
France
is
,
,
.
"U
Two
Spanish
liners
f
.
loaded
with
five
thousand
women
and
children
bound
for
refuge
in
-
...
France
steamed
out
of
the
Bis-
cayan
war
zone
'today
under
protection
of
British
naval
guns.
Anarchist
Uprising
Two
strong
forces
are
reported
today
to
have
been
sent
to
Barce-
lona
by
the
Spanish
Valencia
gov-
V1?!
w.eU
?P:
wmcn.
is
sun
oui
oi
coniroi.
In
tVlA
nltll',
ft
root
c
Dann.t.
4n
,,.
siiu,.uti.
j.i.
X
i
.
,
VT
.
m.v.w.va.m
o
uuu
tu.,
juaniiig
impossible
immediate
verification.
The
anarchist
uprising
and
guerilla
warfare
In
Barcelona
is
said
to
have
resulted
in
the
deaths
of
one
hundred
persons
with
casuatlies
still
mounting.
DEGREES
AWARDED
Ann.,,1
rnW.t
t-i-
0f
BriUsh
Columbia
This
Afternoon
VANCOinKR
Mav
fi-
IPPi
graduated
from
all
faculties
at
the
University
of
British
Columbia
this
year,
examination
results-
released
yesterday
by
Registrar
Stanley
W.
Matthews
show.
In
arts
and
science
231
graduated;
in
applied
science,
52,
and
In
agriculture,
21.
The
degrees
were
conferred
this
afternoon
at
the
University's
twenty-second
spring
.congregation.
Schulchl
Kusaka,
Japanese,
who
won
the
Governor
v
General's
gold
medal
as
leader
of
all
candidates
for
the
degree
of
Bachelor
of
Arts,
had
won
scholarships
In
each
of
his
four
university
years,-
Having
been
sent
to
Vancouver
from
Osaka,
xirViefA
Vile
nnranlii
am.
m
1t..t
""V;
educate
,V
J
Z
Kua
a
1
,
,
J1"6"
Vancouver
public
and
high
schools.
Railway
Strike
-In
Japan
Looms
Siltlown
Staged
by
One
Thousand
Workers
in
Tokyo
Shops
Yesterday,
TOKYO,
May
6:
A
general
railway
strike
for
Japan
loomed
yes-
tnrrlnv
ns
nnp
t.hnnnnrl
rallwnv
'
-
'
:
side
the
shops
In
a
sltdown
strike
In
protest
at
government
policies.
BIRTH
NOTICE
There
was
born
to
Mr,
and
Mrs.
'
George
Mitchell
at
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
this
morning,
a
daughter;
'
t