Basque povernment authorities tir-p- f vtj to Great Britain at rLi th j ' a'l the '"Baldwin Bloc-bit c' the beleaguered port of Em rh,,is iuden with food forj tttt urn -nil ivtmr in in inv IBl:,- v outside the three-mile 1 Thn Rn'iMcfi nnvnVnmpnf It Str i n hr nffprlncr wiarrts to $ U-i will run the Ihsurgfent aE:dn und endeavor to deliver it toui'h- needed supplies. Canadians Must Leave PARIS Anrtf 19: Five Cana- tan who were recently arrested amr.:s for attempting to enter ' fi?,ht in the civil war. ,ertt' .tsed on Saturday with or- i to leave France within eight lap. SETTLING OFSTRIKE krij Pearc in Disnulc of Dress makers in Montreal Is Anticipated MONTREAL Anrll 10- ICP) P drr , manufacturers and of- :1:1U Of the Int.prnntlhnn1 Ijidles1 Garment Workers' Union met to- er for the third "in tne eXDectatlnn nf a final toment to bring a partial settle-of the near week-old dress- "w strike "Substant, a point ; "was reported late last "ht by both sides st Chance To Register Voters Act'ty In Way of Personal Ap-wranre Before Government Agent Today olfwV.11" the opening of the! Uvltv mornln8' there was ac-PearL i '"he way 01 Personal ap- ous 'ujs, Dy mose aesir-finaU aValllng Ihemselves of this 'ote s Trtunlty ot setting on the the B J,, whlch wl be used at ht C lal electlon on June l-this dpT n?t already registered eoi.rt . aPPearance before chance , revlsltn Is the last not ,.,, wt on the list. Those "-wrea when ableu,vot Hon. Neville Chamberlain, Chan- 'cellor of the Exchequer, in the British, French, J House of Commons tomorrow, will tea and Italian warships. Tlw present his sixth and last budget, prctlem now arises as to how run-;Bef0re its provisions are on the iLg :f war materials by air may up.TT. -.a no provision ims been m-ie for this. statute books . he will, have succeeded Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin as Prime Minister. The Chancellor will have to budget for an estimated expenditure of more than $4,000,000,000, an Increase of $270,-000,000 over last budget. ; Is Held By Acceptances Smallpox VANCOUVER, April 19: (CP) Canadian Pacific Railway officials announced today that the liner Empress of Russia, inbound from the Orient, was being detained at William Head- quarantine station after For Parley American Industrialists to Meet In Washington to Discuss Collective Bargaining WASHINGTON. D.C., April 19: time today SCretary of Labor Frances Per kins announces that tnere nave been 19 acceptances from promin ent American Industrial leaders ior a conference on Tuesday to consider the general question of collective bargaining. Vancouver Wheat VANCOUVER, April 19: (CP) Wheat was quoted at $1.31'b on the Vancouver market today. Vancouver Man May Be Local C.C.F. Choice The name of George Weaver .of Vancouver, who was recently campaigning here, Is being mentioned be In the .Naa -djrict for two, or three weeks after which Mr. Verner will proceed to the Bridge River district where he has Interests. PARADE IS REHEARSED Many Thousands of Londoners Get Advance View of Great Coronation Ceremonial LONQQN, April 1?: Scores of thousands of Londoners lining the streets many tiers deep witnessed a street rehearsal of the Coronation procession yesterday. The entire route was covered' by the equipage which will be used In the great ceremonial parade on May! 12. Some of the creaky which were used had not been out I since the coronation of the late King George V 26 years ago. Great cheers went up as the procession passed such points as Trafalgar Square and Picadllly Circus. Labor Disputes Still Unsettled Coal Mine Workers and Unemployed Both-Making Demands At Fertile FERNIE, April 19: Negotiations for the settlement of two labor disputes in Fernle are at a stalemate. One Is the dispute over relief allowances to unemployed. The other Is between coal mine operators and miners in which a strike Is threatened. Four Killed In Motor Smash-Up as a P,D" F "nHldate Automobile Fatality Candida to o A v monwealth Federation run against Premier i. I ln this riding at tne roruw provincial election. name name is is ui unaeraw" 1 provincial executive. Koblcs, L'alil. Mr. Weaver s fadu ihjuo, vm., n" to be - among Six persons were kiuea ana xour fn. V- ne' oince . ,n,ured ta an automobile smash U1 lno not .....""y "W-afternoon, tnose wommvu n .- pawi nobles n Saturday, y. L.. . . J Today's Weather X.S., received bigger pay envelopes at the end of the week. All around wage increases ranging, from six to nine percent have been granted by i.he operating companies. Back pay also has been given to ten thousand miners. .The increases will amount, it Is estimated, to $1,600,-000 annually. Former Skeena A. Company, Passes took place ln Vancouver with UNIONS ARE RECOGNIZED Lieutenant Governor Signs Important Bill in Nova Scotia HALIFAX, April 19: The Lieutenant Governor, following Its pas sage, by the Legislature, has signed a bill recognizing trades unions as a collective bargaining agency on wages and other questions affecting I workers. The bill provides for 'George penalties for employers who Intimidate employees for union activities or who endeavor, to nrcvent on saiuruay ( their organizing. BAR SILVER. oincc oi premier miiciku acpuum, 'v'"uti w vj, nu In Toronto collarjy'ed Saturday af- Thresher, 3.500, and Fanny F ternoort but Premier Hepburn, said Miit iriflthpr inn f-rrnre u.'niiln hp Glace Bay and New Waterford, "' Vi " ' ' The conference on Saturday was ended precipitately by Premier Hepburn himself after J. L. Cohen, counsel for the union, left the meeting to telephone to Homer D. Martin, president, of the United Automobile Workers of America, with which Committee on Indus-, trial Organization affiliate body the Premier has absolutely refused to deal After being advised of, Cohen's telephone conference Pre- im,er Henburn sald: 'There will be Hffll Till TV iVlill IVian JJies;no ne?otlat,ons by remte control here. I am sorry but the conference Is over.". Y. Wilson, For Years Manager, confercnce nad bccn ln scs. U( Kitsuinkaium Lumber j slnn for two hours. I Owing" to Premier Hepburn's re- , ' . , , fusal to deal with the C. I. O.. the Arthur Young Wilson, who for tnreat was made today of extend-nearly twenty years was located at , th. strikps tr, mlnln areas vehicles! Rem0 as mana5er e Kitsum-: Kaium Liumoer iO. wmcn ai one time operated a sawmill there, died AJOTAr Qrlinnl early last week in Vancouver llCW uLnOUl where .he had resided for the last two years. Born in. Ontario 89 years a?o, Mr. Wilson came to British Columbia ln 1907 and was with the Vancouver Lumber Co. for ten years before moving to the Terrace district. Deceased Is survived by his widow and a daughter. The funeral For Vernon Property Owners' ot Okanagan City Approve 5110,000 Money Bylaw VERNON, April 19,: The property owners of" Vernon on Saturday ratified a special money bylaw of $140,000 to provide for the erection of a new High School bulld- jing. The vote was 620 for to 107 ! against. Construction will start at once and the building is to ,be completed and ready for occupancy by September. Old Resident Of Manitoba Passes C. Leach, Dead In Westminster, Lived 33 Years At Dauphin 3,000, Pacific, 6.6c and 5c. FOOD NOW IS SHORT Gold and Platinum Seekers at Kus-kokwin Bay in Remote Alaska Facing Famine BETHEL, Alaska, April 19: (CP) Hundreds of prospectors living In tent "Cities on Kuskokwin River Bay, where they are seeking fortunes in gold and platinum,, are faced with a food shortage. The first boat with supplies Is not due to arrive until after May 15. No metal ln paying quantities has been reported, lending some doubt to Justification for a Today's Weather (Government Tlsr.ihal Terrace Cloudy, calm, '."G,. Aiyansh Cloudyi calm, 40. Anyox Cloudy, calm, 38. Alice Arm Pari cloudy, calm, 7. Stewart Cloudy,, calm, 30. Ilazelton Cloudy, calm, 42. Smithers Cloudy, calm, cool, Hums Lake Dull, calm, 35. New Alderman In Kamloops Chosen Tomorrow's Tides High 9:45 a.m. 17.6 ft. 22:20' p.m. ' 18.6 ft. Low 3:38 ajn. 8.1 ft. 15:56 p.m. 6.3 ft. (8 AJW.) Pilnco Rupcr'" Halnlng, south-artwtod. 18 fyj-r hour; baro-mcter, 29-90; V NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ToL XXVI. No. 91. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1937 f K1CE: 5 CKNXJ- TIDE TURN IN BATTLE i :.i 4 snanish (iovernmcm oam m uc Gaining ...... Officers Command Kebcls Blockade Starts Vival Vessels of Four Nations To Stop .Movement oi uar Materials BILBAO, Spain, April 19: Span ish government forces are now reported to be gaining the upper land in the civil war fighting Bund Bilbao which for the past rtek or to has been hard pressed lp the insurgents and, which for several days was expected to fall lOmenianiy lucie was a ucite . I . T-l . . t utue sar-urcay near uuiaugu, jr ifles from Bilbao. German officers are said to be silurr of the Insurgent forces In it Bilbao sector. In other rivil war fronts the tide ot battle is, apparently, being obtained in favor of the gov-enment forces despite supposed insurgent reinforcements: Blockade Starts LONDON, April 19: The naval r.on-tatervcnUon blockade of the Spanish coast to prevent the entry of arms and ammunition, for the cirii war begins tonight. It will be carried oul by 'Flight Across Atlantic And Canada is Amy's Latest Plan; Is Just Awaiting Invitation MONTREAL, April 19: (CP)-Amy Johnson Mollison, famous British aviatrix, here for a brief visit from New York whence she sails on her return to England next week, said she would like to fly the Atlantic Ocean again and then do a trans-Canada hop to Vancouver. All she is awaiting is an official request to start the flight. Hon. Clarence D. Howe, minister of transport, here to confer over the projected trans-Canada air route with. Canadian National Railways officials, said the idea to publicize the new air route was "very interesting." "I shall certainly talk it over with my own officials and colleagues," he said. BUDGET IN TOMORROW in. Hon. Neville Chamberlain Will Be Premier by Time It Is Enacted LONDON, April 19: (CP) Rt. doctors found a Chinese steer- age passenger suffering from smallpox. All passengers are being vaccinated. GOING INTO NAAS RIVER ARRESTED IN JAPAN Officers of Ship Known Here In Trouble For Taking Photographs HAKODATE, Japan, April 19: Several officers and men of the British freighter Welsh City were arrested here yesterday for taking photographs of this important Japanese port. Taking of such photographs is forbidden' by the authorities. The steamer Welsh, City Is known In Prince Hupert. having loaded grain cargo from the' local elevator some years ago. Ten Thousand Dollar Damage Done to Shr BELLINGHAM. AnrU 19: Officials of the Pacific-American Fish eries estimate that $10,000 damage A. E. QDne w lne nwny s ramierv Verner, San Francisco Mining shlt) D which.-w" lr .Man, to Look Over Ground Mary a storm last week while on her wav In Tnat Area from Bellingham to Alaska. Two On his way Into the Naas River i members of the crew were killed r" nui l a uecs 01 lumD Valley to visit some mining ground which has attracted his attention, w" SWRnv 0,c" 1'a"'- A. E. .Verner. well known Sanf,:l ' DnuBiiv uie -snip dbck Francisco mining man, wbn for some years has been active in var-1 ous parts of the interior including the Sibola and Terrace districts, vas here last evening aboard the Heamer Catala. Mr. Verner and his party, which Includes his wife as well as C. II. Crlckmay, Vancou ver mining engineer; W. P. Bashall. h.lssecxejtary, and A, F, Priestley, a former resident of Aiyansh now residing at Victoria, wiil leave the to Bellingham. NCRF.A.SF. IN 7Q Larger Pay Envelopes For Cape Breton Coal agd. Steel Workers I .. . Catala at Mill Bav and Droceed ud vm. ipru iy,. uoai the Naas bv small boat Thev mav ! .niners and steel workers of Sydnoj' rf - - . i Activities ot German Warships Off Norwegian Coast and Also In Arctic are Causing Concern Charges Laid 4 Against Ford WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19: (CP) Homer D. Martin, 1 president of the United Auto- mobile Workers of America, 1 announced today that his or- 1 V ganlzatlon had filed charges 'of discrimination and intiml- dation against Henry Ford with the National Labor Re- latlons Board today. ' v 4 . 4.4. 4 CONFERENCE COLLAPSES Premier Hepburn Calls, Off G. 31. Negotiations When Unionists Phone C. I. O. Chief TORONTO, April 19: The strike A 3700 employees which has tied jp the automobile manufacturing olant of the General Motors of Canada at Othawa, Ont., .is still Intention, it is Said, is to Establish Air and Naval Bases In Far North Unidentified Vessels Manoeuvre Secretly OSLO, April 19: (CP) Reports of "phantom fliers" in far Northern Norway, Sweden and Finland and secret naval manoeuvres off the strategic coasts have brought a wave, of war scare rumors to Scandinavia. In Olso the newspaper Aftenpost openly stated that Germany had sent warships to look for possible air and naval bases in .. the Arctic Ocean. Military authori Halibut Sales Summarv ties In Norway announced that Investigations had established that four warships and other vessels of unidentified nationality had ma- close to the Amerlcan-45,000 pounds, 8c and npewmd 6c to 8.2c and 6c. Canadian 88,000 pounds, 6.Gc and 5c to 7.1c and 56. American Harding, 22,000, Pacific, 8c and' Cc. Star, 12,000; Cold Storage, 8.2c and 6c. Summit, 11,000, Cold Storage, 8c and 6c. Canadian Takla,. 22,000, andGlbson, 4,000, Atlln, -7c and 5c. Palander, 2,500, Atlin, 6.6c and 5c. Embla, 16,500, Booth, 7.2c' and 5c. Bayvlew, 5,500, Booth, 6.8c and 5c. Margalice, 3,000, Booth, 6.8c and mEettled and the present Indlca- 5c. Ucns are that there will be no Kalen, 5.000, and Charmlne C. agreement for several days at 3,000, Cold Storage, 7.1c and 5c. least. The conference between re- Gony, 4,500. Cold Storage. 6.9c rascntatives of, the. company and and 5c. sSfrthe Cihiwa -iosal union aV the j- Helen 115,000. Royal. i3-9c and ,5c. coastline On April 5. Norwegian GUARDING VERIGIN Doukhobor Leader Fears Similar to That Which Father Met Fate VICTORIA, April 19: Special precautions are being taken to pro tect the life of Peter Verlgln II, British Columbia Doukhobor lead er, who says he fears assassination for having taken a firm stand against incidents of incendiarism and bombings which have occurred recently ln the Doukhobor communities in the . Nelson, district.-VeHgln returned at the week-end to the Kootenay after having-come to Victoria to confer with Premier Pattullo. His father, it is recalled, was killed In a train bombing on the Kettle Valley line to. 1924. It was reported here at the end of the week that a Doukhobor family had been evicted from the Christian Brotherhood settlement west of Grand Forks and had taken up residence with the Sons of Freedom east of the city. English-speaking residents of Apptedale and other communities ln the Nelson district where Douk-hobors live are taking steps to boycott Doukhobors. They are also asking that Doukhobor children be not permitted to attend the same schools as theirs. TAKEN OFF SHIP HERE Man Arrested on Arrival of North Sea False Pretences At Prince George Alleged On the arrival of the steamer North Sea early yesterday morning, Donald Ernest McMurphy, who had boarded the vessel at Juneau, was arrested by Provincial Constable D. W. Taylor on a warrant charging him with false pretences at Prince Gtorge. McMurphy will be escorted to Prince George shortly. A. Kdwards to Take Place OfTWQ PolicCmCn Council KAMLOOPS, April 19:rB. A. Edwards was elected an alderman of Kamloops. on Saturday to fill the vacancy on the city council caused by the retirement of Aid. Charles Spencer who recently found that he was not a Canadian New citizen. WINNIPEG-CHICAGO WHEAT NEW, WESTMINSTER, April 19: WINNIPEQ, George C. Leach, who resided for prices showed 33 years at Dauphin, Man., where oh the Winnipeg and Chicago mar And Others Are Hurt in Crash VANCOUVER, April '19: Two police officers and three others were seriously Injured Saturday night at the Intersection of Granville Street and Thirty-Third Avenue ln a collision of automobiles. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ellis, Mrs. G. April 10: Wheat Hlnkelman, Constable Elson Pierce recovery Saturday and Constable Frank Roberts were among the injured, Mrs. Ellis and he was prominent ln the Oddfel- kets. Winnipeg prices were up l,c the two officers being most serious NEW YORK, April i9i('.CP)--Bar lows' Lodge, and for the past three 'to 3 c with May closing at $1.33. ly hurt. The police car was chasing ih- sllvernwasir; trading at , 45Wciptr years living in New Westminster,,, Chicago prices were up T'oc to 2c a stolen automobile along Granville ounce 'hrptSaar' 'M- died here Baturday nighty " with May at $1.32.' ' Street.,. , .