K QFRlnl In 1U ULIWVVW I 'II T J V A . n I- Cl-,.. .. f : n -n urn 1,1 iiiiu Mnni hpr " aDilHlv v" No Statement by Secretary Hull . v . t ..uu in Disclose inure ui ii-.il...... ,..- BVna I'.nul i aHuiiui'vii - - .Matters I A v M I I I I I Mi.. dU 1 li; i . .... f..,1n Ift.M ufirmed yeslerday that he ha-l a communication iron teived . British government which w)j beiieveu ui vui,ii 0f the desirability oi inier- tionai consuiiawuii cumi-iuing tlii Far Eastern situation, lie e- Mined, however, to disclose me ture or text ol the note or wnai, wi.lv wa made by me Stiites President Roosevelt was Mj'resenii'u j cjwerned over the Far East situ- "ifion that he was remaining in tSt Capital for conferences with eign experts. ..... ... t. dted with rrance on me rar st situation, Mp.mtimp disnatches from the ftr East Indicated tnat ncaviest wining so lar in ie iu,k Mtermittent hostilities was con- (n the neighborhood nf jjning kinaV ancient dragon capital of! Pfcipinjr following collapse of ace negotiations. Situation Serious TOKYO. July 15: (CP) iTrooiw will be despatched, to Sjjhrth rhina from the Japane'd mninland i was announced to- y because of the serious situ ttlon here This announcement mc hortH after General Sugl ma. Minister of War, warned tfcfpftunl jrovernors that the jSrlsis caused by a week of skir-rnHhiig between Chinese am' Milanese troops may take a grave wjrn at any moment. Meantime an agreement be Ween local Chinese and Japanese Minorities af Tientsin for settl W hp criiiF: was reiortrd but If- central Chinese government Vl'llld not rrniMit.. llm Input greement yropical Storms Hold Up Search 7 wist Hope to Find Amelia Far hart nnd Her Companion To I He Exhausted HONOLULU. July 15:- Tem- wrarilv delav,.,i i.., w.w r 1. ..v.. .-. Ktfirmu .1 ..I .. f iT' aircraft cnrrli-r l.i.xinifton. $e prepared to sweep fan-like Jfw the South Pacific In a last 1 to find Amelia Karhart l'"l ill'r Il!ivlir:if,ir Vra.l Voiinun i!,8'ng since July second. le anes 'wen. nnl,-,! f IipvIh jarching the flrf snimpni ,r a fv,y tnusand mile area In which ,s hoped the feminine flier her aid may still be found The search will 1... r fi.l,.llt, HUPfl S.....-.I .. . i 'MUjNAIIUN IS REFUSED Premier of Helium Quit ii Ji-t-1 ii mm Binimiirnii nm I'Ml ln 1! . "VVL1IL I 1. . il' I III! II 11 111 i mi.. i i ' V b I I INIH ill lllinil llflfl oiaies. i-.. : Lafe Telegraphs mmmmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmwtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i GETS NINE VEAUS WINNIPEG: I'leadinc guilty to charges of bigamy and theft of $900, George Itoediger was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment here yesterday. Roediger, 55 years of age, allegedly went through a marriage form with Mrs. Jul! Regetnk, widow of a McTavish, Manitoba, farmer, and took money from her. Police said he had been married at least nine times in the last twelve years. One woman be married in Allandale, Ontario, is "missing" and the case is being investigated. GRANTED REPRIEVE VANCOUVER: A three month reprieve was granted by Mr. Justice A. M. Manson in Supreme Court to Vincent Macchione, sentenced to be hanged for murder at Fernie. The death sentence was deferred uniil November 5 pending the hearing of United! JVIacchlone's appeal. POLICE KORIU.I) AGAIN VANCOUVER: There was another robbery yesterday from the Vancouver police station from which $1500 in cash is missing. This time four police revolvers were taken from a cupboard at the rear which was oroken into. OPERATION ON SHIP VANCOUVER: As the steamer Prince Robert was coming south on her last voyage to Alaska, two doctors from Edmonton performed a successful operation in the ship's hospital on a woman passenger who had been suddenly taken 111. Members of the stewards' department of the ship assisted the surgeons. The patient, doing well, was removed to a hospital on arrival here. ILL AT BURNS LAKE BURNS LAKE: Mrs. R. R. Jeffrey, pioneer of Francois Lake, and also well known on Vancouver Island, is in hospital here suffering from a heart attack. She is eighty-six years of age. FIGHT OVER COURT BILL Showdown at Washington is Fx- peel i-d Within Ten Days or Two Weeks WASHINGTON, D.C.. July 15: Forecasts of a court bill showdown in ten days or two wecl.s come from some senators on both sides. Opposition leaders, declaring they had 44 certain votes, and a half dozen others "wllhir reach," Fald there was no need for a filibuster. "We can di without it. commented benatot Wheeler. Democrat of Montana, at the start of the fourth day's at tack on the controversial meas ure. Halibut Sales Summary Canadian 45,000 pounds, 7.3c each year, members of the Canadian Legion, at their regular monthly meeting last evening, were very appreciative of the work of the order. It Is not the annual obser- passint. OF DR. SIMONS vance of Decoration Day only, but BERLIN: Dr. Walter Simons, , the bigger and finer work the or- former President of the German Supreme Court and Foreign Minister, died today at the ace of seventy-five years. PASSING OF RAILWAYMAN WINNIPEG: Albert Wilcox, one of the most widely known and highly respected railway men of the early days, died at his home in Toronto today after a lengthy Illness. der carries on, often unseen, and ; sometimes unrecognized, that the members had in mind. The fact I that the fifty headstones marking I the graves of the ex-servicemen , had been supplied by the Daughters vlnclal convention to be held In f PROVlWlAL LIBRifiY VICtdRlAl B.C. Today's Weather To morrow s Tides (8 AM.) mkt mmln High .. 7:55 a.m. 14.6 ft. Prince Rupert -Cloudy, north-west. 20:01 p.m. 17.6 ft. wind, 4 miles per hour; bar-ometer, Low . .. 1:32 a.m. 7.5 ft. 30.14; light swell. 13:15 p.m. 8.9 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER 7L, No. 163 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937 PRICE: 5 m m mm m n i v4 - v - " German Cruiser Which' Was Torpedoed Calling of an emergency cabinet council by Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler at Berlin was held following alleged torpedo attacks made on the Reich cruiser Leipzig (above), by Spanish loyalist submarines. It Is officially charged that the cruiser was the target for two such attacks In the Mediterranean on June 15 and 18. VETERANS GRATEFUL;: I I.O.D.E. .Matters For Convention O.UICK RETURNS ment yesterday. ? ;iWITHDRAWAL FROM CLASSIFIED "Take out the advertisement. paper appeared on the street." ,. . i Tills was the teleDhone mes- in cuscu&siiig me uuacivaiiLc u , , carried out sage received this morning Decoration Day as un-j der the auspices of the Imperial fm an advertiser who had r, Order, Daughters n.itor., nr of thn the Pmnirp Empire, inserted a classified advertise- RESUMING PROVINCIAL TAX SALES;? IPcntlcton this year, W. M. Brown, t.J. Lancaster has been advised. (Immediate past president, and J.: o ttrll . lnU..n ...111 ! carry an invitation to the conven- V jf-j M A Y Hon to hold the 1938 provincial UI 11 If Ai. A convention in Prince Rupert. Theyi TT TTTf7'F,T vp will, doubtless, have the support1 lli I 0 I N K P I I of all organizations and the gener- "vll kkuU ( xl public of the city in their efforts. The delegates will also take up I he matter of the, Soldiers' Housing la mage to McCormiik Liner Jchcme and the making of Prince1 'Frisco Stranding May He Rupert General Hospital as a centre : Too Extensive for the treatment of Cless 2 pa- tlents at the convention. New members, John Gow and SAN FRANCISCO, July 15: Martin Linden, were admitted to With damage to her hull estinn the branch. ted variously to be possibly js President J. Preece pres lded high as one hnudred thousani over the mectine which also at- dollars, the freighter West Man ranged for the holding of the picnic next Sunday. Joint Air Line Across Pacific United Stales and New Zealand Are Considering Service i wasiunuium, u.c, juiy i amtM.uu c-iidim iKtabllshment of a joint air- Covenant, 23,000, Cold Storage,, line spanning the Pacific, lo be LouiaiH, ioncratcd by American and New ' Unome, a'ooo 8,uou. Pacific,. , 7.3c and Zealand Interests, Is under con- i-i.ieratlon.J according to Walter t'nciin 1 I WWlnV I COMPLETED CENTS "An Assured Fact" Says Frank Buckley of Pulp Mill, Barring War or Some Major Calamity Promoter of Local Undertaking Dined By Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce Receives lations on Progress Made The financial structure of the pulp mill projected locally is expected to be completed by about September 1 and very soon after that work should actually commence on construction and from eight hundred to a thousand men will be employed during the construction period, according to what F. L. Buckley told the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night NEW LONG DISTANCE Russian Fliers Had No Difficulty In Setting up Mark 1 SAX JACINTO, Cal.. July 15: (CI') Landing near here earl at a dinner given In his honor at the Commodore Cafe. J. J. Uttle, president of the Chamber of Commerce, presided and he was supported on the other side by City Commissioner W. J. Alder. About seventy-five people were present, mostly members of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce or of the Junior Chamber. Mr. Buckley, who was Introduced W... Vo nrettdont roforrArl in o ctm. yesterday morning from Moscow , eyent Soviet transPolar fliers, led bj , and Mikhail Gromhoff, shattered by he had m long margin the previous long m and crossed FrfncTme "wt SSlo? mSi continent fifteen time, and had ex-from New York to Syria in 193. PendeVa f1 ol connection with the promotion He The Russians had covered 6243. no ad con tracts for the entire miles in a shade under sixty-twc hours. They also shattered the outPut f the m11 ms ihi continent except for Corboulds of mark of Pilot Valeri Chirakov who were taking a portion and companions who three weeks flpw Ksnn mllP from Mosco t "tPut- e moneV would "fev - " ' to Vancouver, Washington. : almost all be subscribed In Canada three Russians ana a" ine macmnery ana None of the are .na a nf T.'no'ilah. ment would be of Canadian man- They were able, however, to make ufacture. A paper machine had i .. iinnmu.. 1 1 ii frl IU . . . . i . f hpen nrA ptpA under ontlon and he i . ... . .j . u j. iiiurBt.iiin iiiiiniiivnx inu . nppns Known v means un Meeting Expresses Appreciation to! arucies are soia. ui aew u.u - n Flerce offensive nntei, ,)reI,ared Tieforehand." They 1 explained that the sulphite pulp "ment and the other before the j c J asked for a bath, food and sleep. iwas maae a PaP macnine Just The big red Soviet plane hadas as paper, u iook irom ten lo PARIS Julv 15: In a desper- streaked across Russia, Franz I twelve months to build one of these ate effort to force withdrawal of Joseph Iand, the bleak polar rc machines and they were anxious to all foreign volunteers from Spain glons, the Artcfc Ocean, Fai the French government yesterday North of Canada, the Northwest ,...loto!v oiianonHiul fho neutral Tprritnripa. Hritish Columbia nt th Rmnlre wns an Indication Will In. lipid Thlu Ypup fur I'irst linlterip :ind machine - irunned of the fine work of the order. Thej Time Since 1931 itroons near Villanuva del Pardil I nno-cinrpmfn members of the Legion also ex-! jlo, miking it virtually impossible IjUHiJOUUItlilCIi pressed appreciation of the splen-j Provincial tax sales will be for them to send reinforcement did tribute the Order pays to the resumed this year for the first; to the front west of Madrid Warfare Iletween C. I. O. And A. "fallen comrades." tim.. since 1931. t s announced. 'Meantime the insurirenis nave re-, v i RrPnrd nir I. L. A. I . . .( . rr t l ill i " I 1 -L.llin.. r llnrlllll cnosen as aeiegates to ine pro- Th. sale will be held here on Oc- sumed shelling of Madrid lober 12, Provincial Collector A.I Hritish Compromise Docked at Pier 38, the salviigid , winds, part cloudy and warm Mccormick line treignier is L'e ing prepared for extensive check lug In drydock, officials of the line said. While unloading of the remaining lumber cargo is being com pleted, a diver is examining the salvaged ship's plates. MRT1I NOTICE minister of Finance foi Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. d Nash, r;ii Capella, 11,000, il mm Atlln. Atun, 7.8c i at 'Zeaand. Lemon, Fifth Ave. East. - 5c. ... . - - Management Of Seattle Star Railway Mail Clerks Honor Fellow railway mall clerks gath speed up the time when they would commence operation. Mr. Buckley referred to what had ily control' of its Spanish border Washington. Oregon and talifor-J Deen aone near Montreal Dy me At noon, neutral observers charg- nia. Bad weather plagued them a Canadian Celanese Co. where ed with precenting the passagi great deal of the way and it was twenty million dollars had been ex- of men and munitions across the at one time thought they might pended on a plant and it was now (Pyrenees, were all withdrawn as head eastward to Chicago instead I proposed to enlarge the plant by the neutrality abandonment went of to California. They had, in- spending fifteen millions more. Flf- I Into effect. deed, been ndvfsed in radio mes- teen thousand people are now living Government offensives, bolster- sage3 from Soviet flight engineers at the town which was created and . , . . . .. . . . 1 1. r ..!.! r.. .ill i 1 I .1 .U. I 1 1 1 1 .1, 1 1 e(l )V air power ine iuuuiiu in eame lo ium easi m uiu we uuipui. ui uic piaui, is uit ueni forces have never shown before, storms over the Canadian nocKies hammered insurgent lines yes- erdnv. Waves of government fighting planes bombel insurgent Fighting Over used In Canada. An Assured Fact Turning again to the proposal j for the local mill, Mr. Buckley said its establishment was an assured fact except for the possibilities of war or some national or International calamaty. He had always felt this was the proper point for such a mill owing to Its location ' wltn the proper species of Umber all I NEW- YORK. July 15 :-ThreaU LONDON, July 15:-A com- 'of raids and counter raids in thc arouna. rne timoer nere cou a ce promise Spanish neutrality pact naUon.8 union labor cnnn,s yM. logged clean and all of It could be i.roonsed hv Cnt. Anthonv bdn terday touched off the heralded , uscd m the m111' In other Placcs Foreign Secretary, on behalf of 0 warfarB between John L only Part of thc lo8s Brown In the Ite British government, yester- ipwis. Committee on Industrial district could be used. 'That was dr.y. would abolish th present Federation of Labor for control, ne r the advantages in building nHval patrol and. Instead, neutral of forty thousand members of j here. ob-ervers would be placed In the international Longshoremen's President Little, when conveying i each port. Association. Lewis warned Ryan .he tnanks or tne uiamber or Com- ! that unless he abandoned the af-1 -nerce to Mr, Buckley for his ef- flint- Pnrnrocf filiation for 25 years, the C I O. forts, referred to what it had i TTedlrJCI I UlUciai wouid take Ryan's organization ' meant to Prince Rupert when hU General Synopsis Pressure hes, risen on the north Coast and warm weather continues from Vancouver Island east to tna Rockies. Prince Rupert District and Queen Charlotle Islands Moder- x. ...i.i.., r. .. i I...... f.. aVilfilnir winds, mostly inn wuii, wuien rotKeu lor ."u u.ij.-i ....o on a sand bar off the town of cool with showers. Poscadcro, may be junked, it wa West coast oi v. nciuui i anil iiiouenue uini u ".ov away from him. company had spent a million and a quarter dollars on their present plant. It had held back the depression in this district for a year and a half. During the past two or three years he had watched Mr. Buckley in his efforts to bring the f C XT L inuusiry to me cuy. no piace naa UnC 01 iNUinber e'sotoya1 to It as Mr. Buck ley was to iTince Kupert. tie naa spent a lot of money on this work. Mr. Little then referred to having ered In the mall car on Monday of i seen a photograph of the first spike this week to honor one of their fel-1 driven In Prince Rupert In July lows, W. B. Cornish, who Is leaving j 1006. It was now 1937 and Frank jon Friday night of this week aboard ! Buckley had done more for the city 1 the Cardcna for Victoria to which than any man had done for any city city he has been transferred In the during that time. Some people had Rnllwav Mall Service. On behalf I been impatient at the slow progress I4c Wrtf Hnniflnfl of the clerks. R. J. Keron presented made while others scoffed. However iiaS HOI 1CtlUCU Mr, Cornish with a handsome set he felt sure the new industry would I of brushes In a leather case. Best SKATTLE, July 15: Strikiny wishes were extended to Mr. Corn- i 1 H ...... mi tlrlumon Ish for hannlness and DrosDerltv American newiiaiei Bui. - r, r-- - A daughter was born this morn-! are awaiting a decision by the In his new surroundings. The clerks ing .at the Prince Rupert Oeneral "Sta.r" as to whether negotiations! present were R. J. Keron, W. P. M. B. for the settlement of tiielr ten man. m. a. rrenoergast, . a. day old strike would be reopened. Scherk and E. 0. Kane. establish the fortunes of many who had carried on and helped to build up the city in which all had faith. In seconding the vote of thanks to Mr. Buckley, John Dybhavn endorsed what the president hbd said,