IXN1PEG,
Aug.
25:
Several
n?f
in
personnel
In
the
Kht
traffic
department
of
the
adian
National
Railways
are
ounced
today
by
W.
G.
Man
irojiht
traffic
manager.
sc
changes
are
effective
Sep-
ber
1.
f
Fair,
district
freight
nt
at
Victoria,
will
retire
on
ion
aiter
thirty-seven
years
"yal
and
faithful
service.
ceedlng
Mr.
Fair
at
Victoria
e
Aliatair
Campbell,
dis-t
freight
agent
at
Fori
Ar-
f
Ontario.
J.
J.
Ualeiirh.
for.
;fly
district
frcilfht
iiirent
at
"'fjaw
mid
one
time
at
Prince
Kit
ha?
been
appointed
to
tin'
posmon
at
Port
Arthur.
L.
fnrmpi-K.
froirrlir
irjiffiV
tentative
at
Winnipeg,
has
"
appointed
d
strict
f
re
ir
it
at
Moose
iaw.
IT
Fair
intno.l
II.-
f.r.,r,A
j.'iiivu
my
uinnu
nk
Rnilwav
in
190ft
..
a
tele.
P"
operator
In
Lindsay.
He
lc
St
in
1011
nnil
linn
hr-pn
h
the
freight
dpimrtment
'e
that
date
n
various
cit'es
Mi.ern
Canada.
.r
Campbell
joined
the
Cn-"an
Northern
Railway
in
Sas-
Jn
in
1914
Hnd
has
been
!n
nest
ever
since.
Raleigh
Joined
the
Qrand
nlc
at
Midland
(
1019
niH
ved
west
the
following
year
upy
positions
on
the
Pad-
tt
and
on
the
prairies.
r
R-.tii
ii
.
..
.
Tj
uuiiui
joined
tne
uranu
LiP'nk
at
Li.tnwi.1
t.
mm
ffp
west
In
1011,
where
he
l:an
connected
with
ihe
freight
3?'anmeilt
at
vm-lnni
nlMa
In
Sira
Canada.
COLLIERS
GET
IJATI1S
lANCIIPSTftl
A..
ynt.v
Mil
V"wi"t
"UK.
U:
St.
1?
baths
at
Newtn
Col-M
i
will
accomodate
800
men.
KS:'""K
laci
lira
hnm
I....,
mn.
PARIS,;
August
25:
The
Chau
temps
government
yesterday
adopt.
ed
a
policy
of
nationalization
of
railways
whereby
control
of
26,-
000
miles
of
French
railways
Is
tak
en
over
by
the
government.
The
cabinet
also
set
a
new
price
of
$1.96
per
bushel
for
wheat
with
provision
for
a
gradual
advance
throughout
the
year.
Last
year
the
French
wheat
price
was
$1.43.
Serious
Forest
Fire
Raging
In
Saskatchewan
PRINCK
ALUKRT,
Aug.
25:
Several
serious
forest
fires
arc
ruKinir
north
of
here.
Timber
itands
are
threatened
and,
ns
result
of
one
fire.
$10,000
age
has
been
done.
Sold
Ba.d
Gold;
Sent
To
Prison
Lewis
Trying
To
Smooth
Meeting
ket
yesterday.
a
dam-
Nine
Months
Imprisonment
Each
For
Two
Kamloops
Men
KAMLOOPS,
August
25:
Two
men
were
sentenced
to
nine
months'
imprisonment
each
by
Judge
Swanson
here
yesterday
for
selling
bogus
gold.
HARVEST
C.I.O.
Head
Endeavors
to
Mend
i
pacific
Split
In
United
Automobile
Workers
Ranks
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
August
25:
(Can-
inrf.il
-
'
-
V
i:v
i
.
.
.
.
r
u
now
fn
4i
oim
mx
nH
an
Pressi
Wheat
was
tradine
-i
II
iuioi
Ul
.U1,WV,--
-
ncrs
In
England,
Scotland
and
at
$1.204
on
the
Vancouver
mar-
ftles.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(i
am.)
Ik
Trince
Rupert
Part
cloud
a"
High
3:38
a.m.
19.6
ft.
1
,
B
calm;
barometer,
29.70
(fallin
0.
.
15:53
p.m.
20.9
ft.
temperature,
50;
sea
smooth.
V
J
Low
9:47
a.m.
4.7
ft.
22:32
p.m.
4.0
ft.
V-
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
"
-.
.J.'V
bl.
XXVI.,
No.
198.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST
25,
1937.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
nele
Sam
Fears
World
Conflict
WAITING
ISawmill
Worker
WEATHER
Lies
HisJ;!e
inv
Planes
Heady
lo
Search
Mi
ni!
icussian
iransroiar
Fjinrraser
Kiver
Filers
fuaatAi
mills,
August
25
-
George
Hussell,
aged
30,
a
sawmill
iiARUOW,
Aug.
25:
Seven,
employee,
lost
his
life
by
drowning
1MI
:
.
!
t
in
tUn.
t..
Ttl
...I
1.
....
ines
are
si'"
a"iuK
a
"ii-
"
i
imvi
inver
wiit-ii
ne
icu
ient
clearing
up
of
Ihe
weatn-
off
a
log
boom
yesterday.
here
to
commence
the
search!
Sigismun
Lcvaneffsky,
mlss-,TL
If
IlK
J
A
l
Russian
transpolar
flier,
and)
1
lYlIleU
At
companions
wno
nave
now
en
lost
for
thirteen
days.
M
Coppermine
Kiver,
hir
Hu
rt
Wilkins
and
Capt.
Herbert
bllick-Kenyon,
his
Canadian
pi-
are
about
to
take
off
on
an-
1
!
-1.1
II.
-
I
.
tvt
long
iugm
over
me
poiar
is
and
ice
wastes,
IFANTILE
PARALYSIS
flrtj-Eitht
Cases
So
Far
In
Manl-
thi
and
Forty
In
Saskatchewan
inNNIPEO,
August
25:
Eight
cases
and
one
further
death
Manitoba
from
infantile
paraly
se
reported,
bringing
the
total
rber
of
cases
to
date
to
Thirty-
.
ami
the
deaths
to
two.
tot
are
forty
cases
in
Saskat-
ix
At
Meltort
and
Klnders-
:
proportions-of
a
local
cpl-
Dic
haw
been
reached,
JL
MEN
ARE
MOVED
lorla
District
Freleht
Accnl
Retires
Jim
Italcich
To
Tort
Arthur
Level
Crossings
Fatalities
Recorded
In
Alberta
When
Trains
Strike
Motorvehiries
EDMONTON,
August,
25:
There
were
three
level
crossing
fatalities
In
Alberta
yesterday.
Two
men
were
killed
near
Westasklwln
and
one
near
Lethbridge.
Motorvehicles
were
struck
by
trains
In
each
case.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICE
WINNIPEG,
August
25:
October
wheat
was
trading
at
$1.213,4
on
the
Winnipeg
market
yesterday.
TAKE
OVER
RAILWAYS
Drastic
Move
is
Made
By
French
Government
Whereby
Control
Is
Taken
of
Rail
Transportation
Government
Ship
Strands
I
ESQUIMALT,
August
25:
(Canadian
Press)
Efforts
will
be
made
at
the
high
tide
to-
night
to
refloat
the
grounded
Canadian
mine"
sweeper
Arm-
entlers
which
ran
aground
on
mud
flats
at
Osborne
Day
last
night.
4
REBELS
IN
SANTANDER
Made
Further
Advances
Towards
Santander,
Another
Strong,
hold
of
Loyalists.
II
EN
DA
YE,
Franco
-
Spanish
Frontier,
August
25:
(Canadian
Press)
The
Spanish
insurgents
made
further
strategic
advances
yesterday
towards
Santander,
another
of
the
loyalist
strongholds,
which
fell
today
to
General
Francisco
Franco's
nor
t
li
e
r
n
forces.
Insurgent
commanders
said
that
the
entire
government
army
of
fifteen
thousand
men
would
lay
down
arms
late
today.
Basque
authorities
at
the
strategic
Biscayan
seaport
admitted
that
the
city
had
yielded.
WELL
ON
Progrrss
Reported
in
Statement
of.
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
OTTAWA,
August
25:
Harvesting
on
the
prairies
is
now
well
under
way,
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics
reports.
In
Manitoba,
the
wheat
harvest
Is
nearly
complete.
Yields
in
the
Red
River
area
are
particularly
good.
There
Is
a
heavy
growth
of
coarse
grains.
Grain
cutting
In
Sasketchewan
is
almost
complete
and
threshing
Is
now
well
under
way.
Cool,
dull
weather
has
been
delaying
the
harvest
In
Alberta
and
an
exseptlonally
heavy
growth
has
been
making
the
handling
difficult.
No
frost
damage
Is
as
yet
reported
from
any
part
of
the
prairies.
Cattle
on
the
ranges
are
in
good
ih
ape.
Halibut
Sales
American
Harding,
24,000,
9c
and
7c,
Cold
Storage.
Excel,
17,000,
9.1c
and
7c,
Booth.
Frisco,
7000,
9.1c
and
7c,
Booth.
Thelma
II,
23,000,
9c
and
7c,
Cold
Storage.
Canadian
Oslo,
10,000,
8c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage.
Morris
H,
18,000,
8c
and
6c,
Cold
Storage.
R.
W.,
8,000,
8c
and
6c,
Booth.
P.
Doreen,
11,500,
8.1c
and
6c,
Balsac,
22,000,
8c
and
6c,
Atlin.
Summary
American
59,000
pounds,
9c
and
MILWAUKEE,
August
25:
John
7c
to
9
ic
m$
7C-L.
Lewis,
acting
through
one
of
his!
Canadian
69,500
pounds
8c
and
United
Steel
Workers'
lieutenants,!
6c
alld
8
jc
amj
Gc.
publicly
auempvea
ioaay
10
cairn
the
storm
of
factionalism
which
has
split
the
ranks
of
the
United
Automobile
Workers
of
America
Today's
Weather
Ckveramnt
TMegrvh
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
52
Stewart
Heavy
rain,
calm,
51.
50.
Hazelton
Raining,
calm,
47.
Slmthers
Cloudy,
calm,
55.
Burns
Lake
Part
clear,
calm,
.German
Flying
Boat
Is
Trying
To
Cross
Ocean
LISBON,
August
25:
The
German
flying
boat,
Nord
great
Mer,
on
a
transAtlantic
flight
to
New
York,
landed
here:
yesterday
from
Germany
and
planned
to
take
off
today
for
the
Azores.
Windsors
Leaving
Austria
Shortly
Will
Make
Hunting
h"rip
to
Hungary
Entertain
1600
Townsfolk
VIENNA,
August
25:
The
Dukr
and
Duchess
of
Widsor
are
planning
to
leave
Ca3tle
Wasserleon
burg
on
Septemberj5
for
a
hunting
trip
to
Hungary.
Tiiey
entertained
1600
of
the
townsfolk
Monday
night
with
music,
bser,
heart-shaped
cakes
and
games.
It
was
in
the
nature
of
a
farewell
by
the
forme;
British
monarch
and
his
American
born
Duchess.
DEBTS
ARE
SUSPENDED
Moratorium
in
Alberta
to
Prevent
Corporations
from
Making
Collections
'
EDMONTON,
"Aug:
bi
order-in-council
was
passed
Ah
oy
the
Aberhart
government
yester
day
wherebv
all
corporations
ar
prevented
from
collecling
debts
in
the
province.
The
object
is
U
prevent
the
collection
of
monej
to
be
sent
out
of
the
province
Oebts
owing
to
private
individi
uls
are
not
affected
by
the
Ian
McKenzie
And
Pattullo
On
Board
Warship
Olof
Hanson
M.P.,
yesterday
received
a
wireless
message
from
Hon.
Ian
McKenzie.
minister
of
Defense
laying:
"Hope
to
see
you
on
Thursday
or
Friday,"
It
was
sent
from
the
Canadian
destroyer
Fraser.
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
Is
also
coming
north
on
the
Fraser.
Four
Drown
In
Quebec
River
Mother
and'
Three
Children
Lose
Lives
at
Drummondvillc
DRUMMONDVILLE,
Que.
Auk.
25:
A
woman
and
three
child
ren
were
drowned
in
the
treacherous
river
near
here
yesterday
Weather
Forecast
(Furnlsnod
t.hrmjt
courteey
oi
Dominion
Meloiotoglcul
Bureau
i
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
Thla
fore
ca.it
l
comolltd
from
observation
t-
ken
at
S
a.m,
today
and
cover
the
31
hour
period
ending
6
pjn.
lomorrowl.
General
Synopsis
A
disturbance
passing
eastward
over
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
haR
caused
rain
In
Northern
British!
Columbia
and
it
is
cool
and
showery
In
the
soutlu
Prince
Rupert
District
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
south
winds,
part
cloudy
with
slightly
higher
temperature
today.
West
Coast
of
Vnncouver
Island
Fresh
southwest
winds,
mostly
cloudy
with
light
showers.
OFFICERS
'w"
'-'Hi
ARE
SAFE
i
Sergent
E.
Gammon
and
Two
Com
panions
Had
Been
Missing
For
Week
VICTORIA,
August
25:
Head
quarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
were
advised
yesterday
of
the
safety
at
Lake
Henry,
sixty
miles
south
of
Fort
Nelson
In
Northern
British
Columbia,
of
Sergent
E.
iammon,
Constable
Frank
Cook
.nd
Game
Warden
S.
J.
Copeland.
rhey
had
been
missing
for
a
week
while
conducting
an
investigation
in
connection
with
the
sensational
fur
robbery
of
1936.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.!
Vancouver
Stocks
B.
C.
Nickel,
.16.
Big
Missouri,
.52.
Bralome,
7.60.
B.
R.
Con.,
.02.
Aztec,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.60.
Dentonia,
,17Vi.
.
Dunwell,
.02.
Golconda,
.07.
Mlnto,
.09.
Meridian,
.01.
Fairvlew
Amal.,
.06.
Noble
Five,
.06y2.
Pend
Oreille,
4.10.
Pioneer,
4.00.
Porter
Idaho,
.05.
Premier,
2.25.
Reeves
McDonald.v.83,
;"
Reno,
.0.
"
Relief
Arlington,
.22.
Reward,
.08.
Salmon
Gold,
.08.
Hedley
Amal.,
.07.
Premier
Border,
.02
H.
Silbak
Premier,
2.00.
Congress,
.03
Silver
Crest,
.04
Vfc.
Home
Gold,
.02V4.
Grandview,
.20.
Indian.
.02
V.
Quatsino
Copp.,
.05.
Quesnelle
Quart
.09.
Whitewater,
.14.
-
-
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.32.
Calmont,
.56.
C.
&
E.,
2.55.
Freehold,
.08
M.
Hargal.
.18Va-
.
McDougal
Segui
li.
Merland,
.12.
Okalta,
1.60.
Pacalta,
.21.
United,
.21
Y2.
.
Home
Oil.
1.80.
Weymarn,
.10.
Toronto
Stocks
Bcattle,
1.25.
Central
Patricia,
2.84.
Gods
Lake,
.62.
Lee
Gold,
.03
V.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.40.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.31.
Pickle
Crow,
5.65.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.35.
San
Antonio,
1.60.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.85.
Smelters
Gold,
.03.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.98.
Oklend,
.16.
Mosher,
.22.
Gllbec,
.01
2-Madsen
Red
Lake,
.73.
Stadacona,
1.37.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.09.
Francoeur,
,72.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
.03
V4.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.80.
Rubec,
.02.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.51.
Bailor,
.02.
Bankfleld,
.75.
East
Malartlc,
1.19.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.24.
Hutchison
Lake,
.15.
Dawson
White,
.12.
Rajah
Red
Lake,
.05.
Aldermac,
1.14.
Kerr
Addison.
2.45.
Uchi
Gold,
1.02.
Martin
Bird,
.56.
Secretary
Of
State
Cordell
Hull
Gives
Orientals
Warning
AreTreading
Dangerously
on
Rights
of
Major
Powers
Chinese
on
Ueiensive
but
Inf
uriated
Japs
Engage
In
Counter
Attacks
WASHINGTON,
August
25:
Fearful
the
Sino-Jap-anese
undeclared
war
may
precipitate
a
world
conflict,
t
the
United
States
strives
today
to
effect
a
truce.
Marshalling
world
opinion,
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull
warned
the
two
Far
Eastern
belligerents
they
are
tread-
I
ing
dangerously
on
the
rights
of
the
United
States
and
'other
major
powers
In
the
Orient.
The
warning
carried
with
It
a
hint
of
collective
action
to
halt
the
Chinese
on
Defending
SHANGHAI,
August
25:
China
seemed
to
be
on
tne
defensive
all'
,IIILO,
Hawaii,
August
25:
Ha-j
that
volcanic
activity
had
been
noticed
in
Hualall
crater
on
the
northwest
section
of
the
island
of
Hawaii.
Old
Country
Soccer
Scottish
Leaque,
First
Division
Partlck
Thistle,
4;
Hamilton
Academicals,
3.
St.
Mirren,
2;
Aberdeen,
1.
Falkirk-Rangers,
posponed.
CONFISCATE
GREEK
SHIP
along
the
line
In
the
Slno-Japanese
'
conflict
early
today.
Japanese
ad-
Members
of
Crew
of
Negus
Ar-venccs
in
North
China
are
reported
rive
at
Glaltar
From
Spain
while,
near
Shanghai,
the
Chinese
i
Af,er
Having
Been
Prisoners
are
said
to
have
been
pushed
back
1
from
one
to
two
miles.
Later,
how-'
uibkauiak,
Aug.
-so:
e-ever,
the
Chinese
appeared
to
be
porting
that
their
ship
had
been
gaining
back
lost
ground
in
counter
conliscated
by
the
bpaniarus,
attacks
1
eighteen
members
of
the
crew
cf
In
the
twelve
days
of
the
unde-lthe
Greek
"teamer
Negus
arrived
clared
war
to
date
it
is
estimated
here
"day
after
having
been
that
ten
thousand
persons,
have
Psoned
for
tw0
weeks.
bert
kUledost
of
themnoncorrr-
-
"
1
'"
v-r-
"r
'.
batants
and
many
foreigners.
The
jyr
1Q11T?Q
Q
22
fr.0:!1
DUMINfcoj
with
any
degree
of
accuracy.
J
ine
impress
01
uanaaa
left;
Shanghai
yesterday
for
Hong
Kong
with
two
thousand
refugees.
Through
Great
Wail
TOKYO,
August
25:
The
Domel
Japanese
News
Agency
reported
yesterday
that
Kalgan,
controlling
an
important
communication
route
from
Mongolia
through
the
Great
Wall,
had
been
taken
by
the
Jap.
anese.
The
report
said
that
at
least
six
and
possibly
eight,
Chinese
divisions
now
were
trapped
between
mechanized
Japanese
armies
at
Kalgan
and
at
Nankow
Pass
to
the
south.
CHANGES
IN
ARMY
MEN
TALK
Delegates
to
Chamber
of
Commerce
Meeting
in
Vancouver
Will
Greet
People
of
West
MONTREAL,
Aug.
25:
(CP)
With
the
theme
"The
National
Way
for
Business"
the
Uth
annual
convention
of
the
Canadian
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
be
held
in
Vancouver
September
7
to
11,
with
representative
busi-
ncss
men
from
every
province
among
the
delegates.
Before
and
after
the
convention
the
eastern
members
will
fraternize
with
western
business
men
and
talk
things
oer
with
prairie
farmers.
A
party
of
110
will
leave
Montreal
August
27
and
Toronto
Aug.
28.
mL-
i.
I
:
tin
A
itt11
lr
Major
Laycock
Goes
to
New
West-I
,
1
,e
whiwbih
minster;
Capt.
Robertson
to
JJ"'
Kamloops
I
Winnipeg,
rtug.
ii,
iicKwi",
uvf
1;
Calgary,
Sept.
2;
Banff,
Sept.
,
,
,
I3
ond
Vancouver,
v
Sept.
6,
and
Major
Eva
Laycock
of
the
Sa
lva-3
RetuPrning,
the
t
n
tlon
Army
has
received
word
that
J
Kamloops,
Sept.
she
has
been
moved
to
New
West-,
J
g
t
14;
Edmonton,
minster
and
that
she
Is
to
leave
'
oa
,Wnlnnn
w
1R
fln(1
early
next
week.
Captain
Robertson
,Vi'nni
Sept
19(
arriving
back
eaves
at
the
same
time
for
Kam-
L
To;onto
Montreal
Sep.
2l.
JLUp.
Hawaiian
Craters
Becomes
Active
Volcanoes
Amid
Tactile
Islands
Beginning
tn
Smoke
A
meeting
of
the
joint
committee
of
the
United
States
and
Canadian
Chambers
of
Commerce
will
be
held
in
Banff,
Friday.
Sept.
3.
The
convention
program
in
Vancouver
provides
for
discus-
lalnna
nn
tnlprn.itinnal
and
Tin.
tional
relations
together
with
the
obligations
of
government
towards
social
security.
Speakers
10
'
will
include
S.
G.
wall's
restless
volcanoes
stirring
"r
are
wBflBIaylock.
ln'
vice-president,
;,j"
V
Consoli-
nr.
awnin
tau
v.
n
,
V,
Ti
TV,
V
7Z
aaten
Mining
n
and
Sme
t
ng
Com-
nt
of
Hawaii
ironfall
MHnal
National
h
i
tlorlr
Park
fAru-krteH
reported
pany,
Ihe
Obligations
of
Management;"
Hon.
Michael
Dwyer,
Nova
Scotia
Minister
of
Mines,
"The
Obligations
of
Labor;"
Hon:
C.
D.
Howe,
Dominion
Minister
of
Transport,
"Transportation."
Sir
Edward
Beatty,
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
will
be
guest
speaker
at
the
annual
dinner.
Hon.
R.
C.
Mathews
of
Toronto
will
preside.
Henry
W.
Morgan
of
Montreal
is
chairman
of
the
Executive
Committee.
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