i
t
r
Todays
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(t
kM.)
Rupert
Raining,
north
-we5t
prince
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
me
High
:
1:09
a.m.
21.1
ft.
13:10
p.m.
23.0
ft.
barometer,
29.74
(steady);
temperature.
Low
7.08
a.m.
5.2
ft.
smooth.
48;
sea
19:47
p.m.
1.3
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
i
-
nit
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
19,
1937.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
ars
Unable
To
Make
Headway
0&
"
WORST
DISASTER
.
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ueaa
SALT
LAKE
CITY,
Uci,
13:
the
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m
nin
air
nnpp
.
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1
fkiinfl
all1
ntn..
orcupants
of
the
plane
j
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cf.-Aii
7ri
inrl
Ih
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a
v
iiir
citaitat
iiuiiiuii
ub
itm-
...
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In
i
llnW
BlaUfl
.
vvrni
ii
ii
ii
i
iruiiu
n
nii
a
lip
nils
vut
iiiv
uwuiv.i
aunt-
mil
a
searching
investigation.
way
overland
from
here
to
liner
has
been
wrecked
with
f
t
,
thousand
feet.
Pilots
who
lo-
f
f
f
IU
nllVP
VI
I
Ii
f
anri
norlu'
KM
OUl
the
overland
party
as
sheer
Hi.
miirl
nnH
enf
rlnnti
rimnr
among
the
difficulties
that
VP
in
tn
M.t,
v.
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rra
vvuvvtiuvi
n
bta
11
W
t
also
danger
of
blizzards
and
t
:i
Jt
I'l'U'rniTinri
rf
1
FOR
THEFT
wnrinr
irti
,wi
r......ni.u.
1.1.
.
Vcars
Each
for
Robbery
With
Violence
In
Fur
Case
Provincial
police
headquarters
Pro
n-r.t.
-.i-.t.-t
.
Mvwu
LiiiiL
licri.
rta.mil
niiei
...
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a
l.l
v.
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been
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c
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lor
ruu-
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vwucucc
in
coiiurciiun
.
iuuii
rv
lull,
in
imia
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ui
WU1V
15.
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tWO
men.
hnth
.runners
uhn
...
'
a
lit
ti
Ui
v
i,rii?ii
ii
f-riKTwa
7
:
lu'c
wraer
into
Montana,
pleaded
Ifcuuiy
to
the
charges
after
liaving
lucciea
for
speedy
trial.
fVvn
......
I
l
.
...
.
.
vuvinsicr
.ma
sncrrieid
were
arrested
a
year
ago
but
were
al-wed
a
stay
of
nroceedliiM
In
the
asc
at
tlie
May
assizes
In
Prince
"eorge
Tliey
returned
north
in
fJ"ly
of
t'l's
ycar.
Shortly
after
fey
were
known
to
be
In
the
Fort
Nelson
district
the
furs
were
found
on
the
banks
of
the
Nelson
River
wee
miles
below
the
fort
from
Wch
they
were
stolen.
All
cvi-cnce
around
the
rur
cache
sug-Courvolsier
and
"Sheffield
anQ
the
police.
uhrW
firreL
nrnn.
maae
an
intensive
hunt
for
""W
in
that
territory
but
somc-
tliey
slipped
through
the
po-"ce
cordon
and
got
to
the
U.S.,
border
at
Sweet
Orass,
Montana.
furs
Involved
In
Uip
robberv
consisted
of
633
beaver
pelts,
72
er-minC
12
fisher,
23
sliver
fox.
133
"oss
fox,
303
red
fox,
306
marten,
04
'ynx,
152
mink,
45
mus'krat,
one
"u,
five
wolves,
51
coyote's,
two
'oivcrlne
and
they
were
practlc
,
y
a1'
recovered
In
the
fur
cache
'ound
two
months
ago
although
fme
of
them
had
been
damaged
oy
an
evident
attempt
to
set
fire
"
tlxem.
Person
Ontario
Has
Record
Vote
More
Than
Million
and
Half
P.al-:
lots
Cast
In
Recent
Provincial
Election
TORONTO,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
In
recent
provincial
election
in
Ontario,
a
total
of
1,562,730
ballots
Were
cast
representing
anew
Jilgh
record
for
the
province.
t
Stock
Mart
Crashes
And
Recovering
I
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
The
New
York
stock
market
cracked
wide
open
again
yest-
erday
In
the
worst
crash
In
four
years.
Industrial
Issues
dropped
as
much
as
$10
a
share
4
and
bonds
and
staples
followed
the
general
downward
trend.
Selling
was
heavy.
Canadian
markets
also
dropped,
many
Montreal
issues
being
off
as
much
as
six
points.
In
spite
of
1
an
announcement
of
Increase
In
the
price
of
newsprint,
pulp
and
paper
Issues"
also
declined."
A
sell-off
this
morning,
after
yesterday's
break,
totalled
more
than
five
million
shares
with
a
further
$5
decline
in
wild
trading
reminiscent
of
the
1929
crash.
There
were
scenes
or
wild
confusion
as
shouting
brokers
rushed
to
execute
or-
ders
pouilng
In
from
all
over
uie
uniieu
otaics
uuu
uuiuau.
-r
Later
today
the
market
rallied
after
a
two-and-a-half
hour
tallspln
under
the
heavy
sell-
lnz.
leading
shares
recovering
a
portion
of
their
losses.
Mar-
kct
observers
were
unable
to
account
for
the
drop,
holding
that
nervousness
among
sharc-
holders
was
responsible.
In
Chicago
Representative
A.
J.
Sabath.
Illinois
Democrat,
wired
President
Roosevelt
a
charge
that
the
market
slump
was
directly
traceable
to
"Wall
Street
conspiracy."
TWO
MEN
TURN
UP
Safe
at
Moosonee,
Ontario,
After
Rein
Adrift
for
Almost
Week
In
James
Ray
MOOSONEE,
Ontario,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Two
men
who
had
been
missing
for
almost
a
week
on
stormy
James
Bay
after
their
gas-boat
had.
gone
adrift
while
they
slept
and
for
whose
safety
grave
concern
had
been
felt
arrived
Here
last
night,
both
safe
and
well.
Popular
Front
Still
Stronger
Has
861
Seats
In
Fiance
Now
as
Compared
with
819
nefore
papth
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Tlie
Popular
Front
parties
Indicated
their
strengthened
position
and
continued
popularity
by
holding
864
of
1525
seats
on
the
departmental
(county)
councils
in
Sunday's
run-off,
election
as
compared
with
810
previously.
Perished
In
VIEWS
OF
ABERHARTi
.Makes
Public
Substance
of
Rep
resentations
to
Ottawa
in
Regard
to
Three
Contentious
mils
EDMONTON,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
-Premier
William
Aberhart
yester
day
made
public
the
substance
of
representations
made
to
the
federal
government
in
support
of
three
bills
passed
by
the
Alberta
Legislature
which
Lieutenant
Oovcrnb;
Bowcn
referred
to
the
Governor
General.
Tlie
three
bills,
the
Premier
contends,
constituted
sound
legislation
and
the
federal
govern-mcnt
has
no
right,
to
disallow
them.
The
Alberta.
Premier
asks
that
the
bills
be
referred
to
the
courts
for
test
as
to
their
validity.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johiutoo
Co.)
Vancouver
Slocks
B.
C.
Nickel,
.09.
Big
Missouri,
.35.
"
Bralorne,
6.60.
Aztec,
.05.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.30,
Dcntonia,
.08.
Golconda,
.05
'2.
Mlnto.
.05.
Noble
Five,
.04.
Pend
Oreille,
1.25
-
Pioneer;-
2.60.-
'
Porter
Idaho,
.03
ij.
Premier,
1.60.
Reeves
McDonald,
.25.
Reno,
.72.
Reward,
.05.
Salmon
Gold,
.00.
Taylor
Bridge,
.03.
Premier
Border,
.0H.
'
Sllbak
Premier,
2.00.
Congress,
.03.
Home
Gold,
-OlPi.
Grandview,
.07.
Indian,
.01.
Quatsino
Copper,
.03.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.18.
Calmont,
.30.
C.
Si
E..
1.35.
Freehold,
.05.
McDougal
Segur,
.12.
Mercury,
.14.
Okalta,
.70.
Pacalta,
.10.
Home
Oil,
.82.
Toronto
Stocks
Beattle,
.95.
Central
Patricia,
1.90.
Gods
Lake,
.40.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.00
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
.85..
Pickle
Crow,
4.25.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.17.
San
Antonio,
1.24.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.94.
Smelters
Oold.
.01
V2.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
.85.
Oklend,
.14.
Mosher,
.10.
Gilbcc,
.01
V'2.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.60.
Stadacona,
.45.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.35'2.
Moncta
Porcupine,
1.41.
Rubec,
.02
Vi.
Thompson
Cadillac,
Wz-Bailor,.
.01V2.
Bankfleld,
.55.
East
Malartlc,
.65.
Preston
Erst
Dome,
.58.
Hutchison
Lake,
.05.
Dawson
White,
.05.
Aldermac,
.50.
Kerr
Addison,
1.50.
Uchl
Gold,
.51.
Martin
Bird,
.32.
MARRIAGE
ANNOUNCEMENT
Tlie
marriage
took
place
at
St
Peter's
Rectory,
Seal
Cove,
of
Mr
and
Mrs.
Thor.
Bolllen,
Rev.
J.
F,
Blrchall
officiating.
Present
at
trie
ceremony
were
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sol-helm
of
this
city.
Crash
YOUNG
MUSSOLINI
BEGINS
HIS
MOVIE
LESSONS
H
STARTING
ON
FLIGHT
Sir
George
Hubert
Wilkins
and
Rol
lick-Kenyon
Leave
New
York
For
Point
Barrow
On
a
visit
to
tJe
U,
S.
to
atui.y.
.American
methods
of
motion
picture
making,
Vittorio
Mussolini,
21-year
old
son
of
Italy's
premier,
got,
his
first
lesson
at
bis
New
York
hotel
after
his
arrival..
He
is
shown
looking
through
I
he
finder
of
a
news-reel
camera
during
an
interviiw
with
reporters.
The
scion
of
1
Ducc
was
whisked
from
the
S.S.
Iter
down
the
bay
and
taken
lo
New
York
by
the
"back
door"
to
foil
a
scheduled
Communist
demonstration
BIG
MILL
IS
CLOSED
Pacific
Northwest
Lumber
Market
Shattered
by
Sino-Japanesc
War
ABERDEEN,
Wash.,
Oct.
19:
-Owing
to
the
collapse
of
the
lum
bcr
market
of
the
Pacific
Northwest
due
to
the
Slno-Japanesc
war,
the
Shatford
Lumber
Co
sawmill
here,
employing
300
men.
has
been
closed
Indefinitely.
RANSOM
HAS
BEEN
PAID
Family
of
Chicago
Greeting
Card
Manufacturer
Puts
Up
Money
For
His
Return
CHICAGO,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
D.
M.
Ladd
of
the
Federal
Invcstlga
tlon
Bureau
announced
today
that
the
family
of
Charles
S.
Ross,
retired
greeting
card
manufacturer,
had
paid
$50,000
ransom
for
his
return.
Ross
was
kidnapped
twenty-four
days
ago.
One
Plane
Ran
Into
Another
TRENTON,
Out.,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
The
dead,
as
a
result
of
the
crash
of
two
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
planes
here
yesterday,
are
R.
Dou-ccttc,
25-year-old
Shedlac,
New
Brunswick,
pupil
flier,
who
was
alone
In
one
machine,
and
Flight
Lieutenant
J.
A.
Maclnnes
and
Flight
Sergeant
E.
F.
O'Connor,
occupants
of
the
second
plane.
Spectators
said
the
plane
In
which
Maclnnes
and
O'Connor
were
I
flying
dove
Into
the
Doucette
machine,
striking
It
broadside.
NEW
YORK,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Sir
fleeing
to
higher
ground.
Damage,
George
Hubert
Wilkins
and
Herbert
it
is
feared,
may
be
extensive.
Holllck-Kenyon,
his
Canadian
pilot,
were
to
leave
today
for
a
mid-west
nTnTvn
city
on
the
first
leg
of
a
flight
toUIWUfip
IV
Point
Barrow,
Alaska,
where
they
JJIlJUlvl
iU
plan
to
resume
the
search
for
Slgis-;
rkTPTTf1
mund
Levanef
fsky,
Russian
trans-i
rirSlliNEli
Polar
filer,
and
his
five
compan-j
AVLiUlVUll
V
Ions
whn
have
now
been
missing
for
twn
mnntiis.
!
Wilkins
and
Holllck-Kenyon
are
nsiiiir
the
same
bin:
Lockheed-Elec-
rn
nbnn
In
uhlfh
Dirk
Merrill
crossed
the
Atlantic
Ocean
last
summer.
Their
second
hop
will
be
tO
Winnipeg
i
SURVEYING
F0RWATER
Aerial
Photographic
Surveys
Conducted
on
Prairies
by
Iieparl-ment
of
Agriculture
OTTAWA,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Aircraft
have
been
engaged
In
the
making
of
photographic
surveys
in
the
drought
areas
of
Saskatche
wan
and
Alberta
for
the
Department
of
Agriculture
with
a
view
to
finding
suitable
locations
foi
dams
and
water
conservation
projects,
It
was
revealed
In
Ottawa
last
night.
BIRTH
NOTICE
There
was
born
to
Mr.
and
Mrs.
C.
Morgan
on
Sunday
morning
at
I
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital,
a
daughter.
DSSed
Resistance
Of
Chinese
Turninq
Seems
To
Be
Tide
Of
War
Retreat
Movements
in
North
are
Reported
One
Body
of
I
Forty
Thousand
Invaders
Is
Reported
Surrounded
SHANGHAI,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Although
fierce
fighting
continues
today,
particularly
in
North
China'the
Japanese
are
unable
to
make
any
appreciable
headway
owing
to
the
stiff
Chinese
resistance.
The
policy
of
the
Chinese
is
evidently
to
die
rather
than
retreat.
In
the
face.of
the
dogged
Chinese
resistance,
there
have
been
withdrawal
1
of
the
Japanese
from
certain
pos
:
Built
First
Wharf
Here
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
19T
(CP
FuneVal
services
took
place
i
in
Vancouver
today
for
Wil-
,
11am
Smith,
aged
83,
pioneer
:
British
Columbia
contractor,
j
who
erected
the
first
wharf
at
1
Prince
Rupert
some
thirty"
1
years
ago.
He
was
born
In
Ed-
wardsburg,
Ontario,
and
had
worked
on
the
construction
of
4.
thP
nanadlan
pacific
Rallwav
fifty
years
ago.
FLOODS
IN
AUSTRALIA
Peopie
In
Victoria
State
are
Forced
to
Evacuate
Homes
Four
Days
of
Torrential
Rain
,
MELBOURNE,
Australia,
Oct.
19:
(CP)-Contlnuous
torrential
rains
for
the
past
four
days
without
abatement
have
caused
serious
P'"
rc
umi,
uu6C
'
General
Francisco
Franco
are
ad-State.
i
floods
in
many
parts
of
Victoria
Farms
and
communities
vanclng
rapidly
on
Dijon,
the
last
Ii
u
r,o
,ith
roQirtpnts
stronghold
of
the
loyalists
on
the
Head
of
Diocese
of
London
to
Re
Hmiuish
Post
After
Thirty-Years
Eight
of
Service
'
LONDON,
Oct.
19:
(CP)-Rt
R.
A.
F.
Wlnnington-lngram,
UISIIOP
Ul
UUUUUll,
iuw
m
ma
clahtleth
year,
has
submitted
his
resignation
to
be
effective
July
1939.
He
has
held
the
See
of
Lon-
don.
ranking
next
In
the
hlerachy:new
Member
of
Parliament
by
ac-of
the
Anglican
Church
to
the
I
clamatlon
for
Cape
Breton
North-Archbishoprics
of
Canterbury
and
victoria.
His
was
the
only
nomlna-York,
since
1901.
No
Bishop
of.tion
yesterday
to
succeed
the
late
London
has
had
so
long
a
tenure
jrj.
A.
Cameron
K.
C,
who
died
since
the
Seventeenth
Century,
i
recently.
Weather
Forecast
j
Oeneral
Synopsis
The
pressure
is
falling
on
the
coast
and
show
-
1
crs
have
occurred
In
the
northern
district
while
moderate
tempera
tures
continue
over
the
Interior.
Prince
Rupert,
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Increasing
easterly
i
winds,
part
cloudy
and
mild
with'
showers
Thursday
and
becoming,
more
unsettled,
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Isl-
and
Fresh
east
and
southerly
itions.
It
was
reported
today
that
40,000
Japanese
soldiers
had
been
trapped
by
a
surrounding
man-
cuvre
In
the
north.
BRITAIN
HOPEFUL
Expects
Easing
of
Tension
Over
Spain
Fighting;
Continues
LONDON,
Oct.
19:
(CP)-Offlclal
quarters
here
are
still
hopeful
that
tnere
wlu
an
abatement
In
the
tenseness'
of
the
International
slt-
uation
as
a
resuu
oi
me
meeting
of
the
Spanish
non-intervention
.committee
today
to
consider
the
question
ot
'withdrawal
or
foreign
volunteers
from
the
Spanish
,
civil
war.
s
Premier
Neville
Chamberlain,
Foreign
Secretary
Anthonthy
Eden
and
the
French
ambassador
were
;
In
a
long
conference
here
yesterday
j
to
draft
out
a
line
of
acUon
for
to-
day's
meeting,
German
Ambassador
Poachln
von
iRlbbentrop
left
for
Berlin
to
dls-
cuss
the
sitiuitlon'
with
his
govem-
jment.
Latest
reports
from
the
scene
ot
the
Spanish
civil
war
in
northern
Biscay
coast.
Meantime,
government
forces
In
the
Zaragoza
section,
175
miles
northeast
of
Madrid,
were
reported
to
be
staging
a
vigorous
attack
in
the
hope'
of
relieving
the
pressure
on
the
north
coast.
,
LIBERAL
ELECTED
I
No
Contest
for
Federal
Seat
Of
Cape
Breton
North-Victoria
SDDNEY,
N.
S.,
Oct.
19:
(CP)
Matthew
McLean,
Liberal,
Is
the
Prominent
Seattle
Industrialist
DlCS
Funeral
Tills
Afternoon
of
Harry
W.
Kent,
Former
Chamber
Of
Commerce
and
Manufacturers'
Head
SEATTLE,
Oct.
19:
Tlie
funeral
Is
taking
place
in
Seattle
today
of
(Harry
W.
Kent,
aged
54,
former
president
of
the
Seattle
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
also
a
former
winds
today
becoming
strong
on
president
of
the
Seattle
Manu-Wednesday
and
mostly
cloudy
and
facturers
Association,
whose
death
mild
with
showers.
i
occurred
at
the
end
of
the
week.