Today
s
Weather
Tom
Tid
orrow
s
es
(I
AM.)
prince
RupertOvercast,
southeast
She
miles
High
11:20
a.m.
20.8
ft.
wind,
eight
per
hour;
barometer.
30.16;
temperature,
45;
?"
l!bw
.
5:18
a.m.
8.7
ft.
sea
smooth.
18.11
p.m.
4.5
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVI.
No.
277.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
29,
1937.
PllICE:
S
CENTS
Sir'th
V!-
Orieri
INVADERS
NEARING
NANKING
Japanese
Almost
Within
Range
Of
Deserted
Capital
of
China
Breach
with
Kussla
Widens,
Hong
Kong
Ready
Precautions
Are
Being
Taken
Again
Japanese
Air
Itaids
SHANGHAI,
Nov.
29:
Japanese
forces,
advancing
another
flvt
miles
on
Saturday,
are
reported
to(
oe
almost
in
ranze
01
jxaiiKiiij.-
th
ripcprfprl
rnnltal
nf
China.
where
Chinese
defenders
are
said
j
to
be
on
the
point
of
revolt
Chanchlng
was
heavily
bombarded
today
Japanese
today
reported
the
i
capture
of
three
key
strongholds-of
the
Nanking
defence
lines,
j
bringing
them
within
striking
distance
of
the
last
fortifications
be-1
fore
the
caDital.
Official
commu-j
nlques
said
they
had
occuoledi
Klmtryln
on
the
Yangste
River,
Wutsln,
north
of
Wisuh
on
the
Shanghai
-Nanking
railway
line
!
awl
Ithlng.
southeast
of
Nanklnr.
!
There
was
further
bombing
of
the
Can
ton
-Kowfobrt
Railway
over
svhlch
Japan
has
charged
Britain
I
hai
tvn
rn-nnpratlncr
In
deliver-
.
n
munitions
to
China.
Japan
has
core
so
tar
as
to'
charee
that
Orcat
Britain
has
been
supplying
China
with
nil
ppnrral
materials:
of
war
and
also
with
dum-dun
bullets
and
poison
gas.
"Ni
isolation
of
Shanghai
by
th
Japanese
has
now
been
com-
j
pletrd
ih"
In'ri"
bMnT
'n
i""'
I
rNe
control
of
all
transportation
communication
and
public
services
with
shortage
of
food,
the
Ch'npsp
ha"e
ben
nut
on
famine
ration
Disease
Is
becoming
mon
extensive.
Meantime,
cownllcatlons
b;
tvcen
.Tanan
and
Russian
appeal
to
be
develoDlnc
further.
Japar.
char"p
unfrlenrilv
treatment
b
the
Russians
of
Its
rnnsular
representatives
at
Vladivostok.
Warning
of
Nations
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
Nov.
29.
CP
-in
announcing
yesterday
that
United
States,
like
Oreat
Britain
Pronpp
mri
nthpr
BOWerS
had
run
Hp
rpnrpspntfttlons
to
the
Japanese
government
at
Tokyo
i
insisting
on
respect
of
its
rignts
in
the
taking
over
by
Japan
of
con
trol
of
maritime
customs,
communications
and
other
services
i
Shanghai,
Secretary
of
State
Co--dell
Hull
stated
that
this
was
not
a
Joint
move
by
the
nations.
They
had
consulted
and
co-operated
but
the
representations
of
each
had
been
made
Individually
to
JaDan.
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull.
announced
today
Uat
the
united
States
had
served
virtual
demand
n
the
Japanese
government
that
that
It
consult
the
American
government
before
undertaking
any
changes
in
Chinese
maritime
customs.
The
step
followed
reports
that
the
Japanese
military
In
Shanghai
were
preparing
to
take
over
the
customs
and
came
after
earlier
notes
from
Great
Britain
nd
the
United
States
notifying
Japan
that
the
two
nations
expected
to
be
Informed
of
any
contemplated
changes.
Japan
Insist
on
Rights
TOKYO
Nn
so?
rep)
A
Jap
anese
Foreign
.
Office
spokesman
j
i
i
j
waay
declared
that
Japan
msisiea
On
Vinv
lnUi
I,
Inrlprtonripntlv
In
Shanghai
without
necessity
of
consulting
Great
Britain
or
the
United
States.
"Shanghai
presents
a
problem
In
(Continued
on
Page
Six)
ituation
Is
BULLETINS
TRAPPER
IS
SAFE
Edward
.Miller,
trapper,
is
safe
back
at
McBride
after
having
been
snowbound
for
six
weeks
while
taking:
in
supplies
to
his
trapline
north
of
McBride,
according
to
word
received
here
today.
He
suffered
no
ill
effects
although
he
underwent
some
hardship.
A
police
party
had
gone
out
to
search
for
him.
CASE
IS
DISMISSED
In
provincial
police
court
this
morning
Stipendiary
Magistrate
Andrew
Thompson
dismissed,
on
account
of
lack
of
evidence,
a
charge
against
the
local
halibut
j
boat
Vera
Beatrice
of
fishing
;
halibut
in
A'rea
No.
2
with
.
an
Area
No.
3
licence.
R.
L.
McLennan
was
counsel
for
the
department
and
J.
T.
Harvey
foi
the
defendant.
ANNUAL
BARGAIN
TRIP
The
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
will
operate
a
"bargain
trip"
excursion
to
Prince
Rupert
on
the
train
leaving
Prince
George
at
2:15
a.m.
December
7
and
arriving
Prince
Rupert
the
same
night.
Passengers
arc
not
required
to
return
cast
to
their
T
homes
from
.Prince
Rupert
until
6:00
p.m.,
Friday,
December
10.
Tickets
will
be
good
for
travel
In
coaches
and
no
baggage
will
be
checked.
Children
fiv?
years
of
age
and
under
travel
at
half
the
adult
fare.
AIEX
STl'AriTAN
DIES
VANCOUVER
Alex
Strachan.
formsr
Princs
Rupert
laundry
manager,
died
here
'yesterday.
Hi.
was
52
years
of
age
anl
died
fo
lowing
a
brief
illness.
Bom
in
Scotland,
he
had
lived
in
British
.
Columbia
for
more
than
20
years,
having
been
once
at
Trail
HOLY
LAND
iSOUD"RS
JERUSALEM
One
British
police
offic'.r
was
dead
and
man)
persons
were
injured
as
a
result
of
a
scries
of
disturbances
fol
hv.iu?
the
execution
on
Saturday
of
Sheik
Faran
Saili,
al
Icgcd
Arab
trouble
maker
in
the
Holy
land.
The
police
officei
was
s'ain
as
he
was
engaged
in
putting
Arab
terrorists
undci
air
st.
There
were
numerous
bomb'ngs.
FOG
Lir
iS
IN
LONDON
LONDON
A
iirce-day
fog
one
of
the
thic'icst
the
country
has
ever
experienced,
was
lift-in"
off
soul
hern
England
last
night.
It
had
paralyzed
hlgh
way,
maritime
and
aerial
traffic
and
even
train
servicss
and
was
directly
b'amcd
for
at
least
tw-lvc
deaths.
There
were
scores
of
street
accidents.
Otto
Krugcr,
well
known
screen
actor,
was
among
the
fog
casualties,
having
sustained
head
injuries
in
a
car'
accident.
PARLEY
IN
LONDON
LONDON
Diplomatic
conversations
between
Great
Britain
and
France
opened
today.
The
European
situation
will
be
discussed
Including
the
German
demand
for
colonics.
It
is
possible
the
discussions
may
be
extended
to
take
In
the
Slno-Japanese
situation
following
the
collapse
of
the
nine-power
conference.
Premier
Camillc
Chautcmps
and
Foreign
Minister
Yvon
Dclbos
of
France
arrived
In
London
last
night
from
Paris.
The
Brl
tlsh
foreign
seci
clary,
Capt.
Anthony
Eden,
Is
laid
up
with
Influenza
and
may
or
ljiay
not
be
able
to
attend
the
meetings.
Hunter
Accident
Victim
YOUNG
NATION'S
GROWING
PAINS
DEMAND
REMEDY;
IS
COMMISSION'S
FUNCTION
Complex
Problems
Will
Come
In
Dominion-Wide
Scrutiny
ot
intergovernmental
Relations
Opening
Today
WINNIPEG,
Nov.
29:
(CP)
The
Royal
Commis-sission
on
intergovernmental
relations
between
provinces
and
municipalities,
of
which
Hon.
New
ton
Wesley
Rowell
is
chairman,
arrived
m
Winnipeg
Saturday
and
will
hold
its
opening
hearing
here
today.
W.
A.
Anglin,
K.C.
of
St.
John,
New
Brunswick,
has
been
appointed
chief
counsel
for
the
commission.
OTTAWA,
Nov.
29:
(UP)
Seventy
years
01
nation
building
will
come
under
review
by
the
Royal
Commission
on
Domimon-r'rovincial
relations
in
its
uominion-wiue,
sessions
beginning
today
at
Winnipeg.
Out
of
that
stocktaking
will
probably
be
suggested
a
remedy
for
current
confusion
in
administrative
powers
and
revenue
sources
between
tne
uominions
ana
pro-
vlnces.
What
action
Is
taken
on
the
commission's
recommendations,
of
course,
will
depend
on
the
various
governments.
The
need
for
some
action
has
been
emphasized
by
an
epidemic
of
provincial
and
municipal
deilcivs
across
the
country
and
by
an
ap-,
parent
deadlock,,
oyefsocjal.lefels-.
lation.
'
The
difficulty
of
solving
this
basic
national
problem
U,
Indicated
In
the
fact
that
consideration
must
be
given
to
these
complex
and
varied
factors;
each
in
Itself
a
major
problem:
Simplification
of
tax
collection
and
a
redistribution
of
the
proceeds
between
governments;
a
new
allocation
of
legislative
powers,
with
social
services
probably
being
administered
on
a
national
basis;
assumption
by
the
Dominion
of
part
nf
.
iho
mvwlni-lal
rights!
.
revision
or
J
I'
L
'
-
-
-
elimination
of
provincial
subsidies;
reduction
of
the
multiplicity
or
governments
and
overlapping
of
ser
vices.
Remedies
Suggested
Reorganization
of
Canada's
hap-
un.n
inv
evetnm
rm
a
srlrntiflc
.
uatai
u
i-a.v
oj.vvni
basis
is
generally
accepted
as
a
prerequisite
to
reform
of
federal
pub-!
11c
finance.
Some
economists
sug-
gest
classifying
taxes
according
to;
their
most
efficient
agency
for
col-,
lection,
federal,
provincial
or
muni-j
cltpal
government.
j
Property
taxes,
for
Instance,
might
remain
with
the
munlclpall-t
ties.
Succession
duties,
income
and
corporation
taxes
might
be
morel
equitably
collected
by
the
Dominion,!
for
the
benefit
of
the
country
as
a'
whole
since
wealth
so
taxable
has
been
concentrated
by
geography
(
and
tariffs
largely
In
Ontario
and'
Quebec.
j
This,
It
is
argued,
would
compen-'
sate
for
the
varying
taxable
capa-
cities
of
tne
amereni
secuuns
i
Ithe
country
and
alleviate
Inequall-.
ties
In
the
Incidence
of
the
tariffs,
i
it
would
also
serve
to
protect
"ex-
posed"
areas
particularly
vulner
able
to
fluctuating
Income.
The
revenue
thus
collected,
at
a
minimum
of
duplication,
nuisance,
tnequltablllty
and
expense,
might
then
be
portioned
among
tne
gov-
'
ernments
on
a
per
capita
oasis.
!
in
the
field
of
social
services,
the
situation
Is
as
acute.
The
provinces
have
the
legal
authority
but
lack
financial
power
since
such
services
were
not
even
contemplated
when
the
British
North
America
Act
divided
taxing
powers
In
1867.
Some
compromise
plainly
seems
necessary.
Conservative
Leader
R
B.
Bennett
(then
prime
minister)
said
In
the
House
of
Commons
on
Aprll
11,
1034:
"Unless
there
Is
a
;
(Continued
on
Page
Two)
More
Before
Rowell
Investigation
TODAY'S
STOCKS
i
Counts
y
S.
Li
J,nikuin
w
,
Vancouver
Stocks
B.
C.
Nickel,
.09
Vj.
Big
Missouri,
4-35.
Bralome,
7.85
j
Aztec,
.08.
.
TJt.
...
'7
Cariboo.
QuanzT-l.O--;
'
Dentonla,
.08.
Oolconda.
.05.
Mlnto,
.0334.
Falrview
Amal.,
.04
li.
Noble
Five.
.03
ii-
'
Pend
Oreille,
1.70.
:
"
Pioneer,
3.15.
Porter
Idaho,
.03.
Premier,
2.06.
-Reeves
McDonald,
.30.
Reno,
.63.
Relief
Arlington,
17.
Reward,
.06.
Salmon
Gold.
.06.
Hedley
Amal.,
.05
Vi-Premier
Border,
.01
'A.
Sllbak
Premier,
1.85.
Congress,
.02.
.
Home
Gold,
.01.
Grandview,
073,4.
Indian,
.01
Vfe.
Quatitno
Copper,
.02!h..
Quesnelle
Quartz,
.05
V2.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.27.
Calmont.
.37.
C.
&
E..
2.01.
Freehold.
.0534.
Hargal,
.20.
McDougal
Scgur,
.17.
Mercury,
.14.
Okalta,
.91.
Pacalta.
.09
Vi.
Home
Oil,
1.07.
Toronto
Slocks
Bcattie,
1.25.
Central
Patricia,
2.47.
Gods
Lake,
.50.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.70.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.05.
Pickle
Crow,
5.25.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.19
San
Antonio.
1.36.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.33.
Smelters
Gold,
.01
'2.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
1.18.
Oklend.
.11.
Mosher,
.09
V2.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.39.
-Stadacona,
.53.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.04.,
Francoeur,
.34.
v
Moncta
Porcupine,
1.87.
!
Bouscadillac,
.11.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.32.-Bankfleld,
.62.
East
Malartlc,
.85.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.10.
Hutchison
Lake,
.06
'2-Dawson
White,
.01
Aldermac,
.50.
,
Kerr
Addison,
1.60.
:
Uchl
Gold,
.93,
Martin
Bird,
.29.
Int.
Nickel,
41.85.
Noranda,
48.00,
Acute
SHOT
AT
PREMIER
Young
Fascist
Arrested
in
Cairo
j
On
Charge
of
Attempted
Assassination
i
I
CAIRO,
Nov.
2i:
(CP)
Four
j
shots
were
fired
yesterday
al
j
tiic
car
of
Mustapha
Nahas
Pasha,
the
PrcmT.r
of
Egypt,
as
I
he
rode
throuih
the
streets
of
i
n:.
...k,.;i.
it.
i.
(
'truck.
A
t.inty-ix
man,
izzedin
Abdii
Khader,
be-
i.Mif.n-
to
the
Green
shirts.
-
:
trcme
Fascist
nationa
1st
organ
j
izatlon,
was
arrested
and
is
being
charged
with
attempted
as
sassination.
Khader
is
the
grandson
of
the
famous
Arab
rebel
leader,
Abdel
Khaber.
He
was
seized
by
guards.
Following
the
abortive
attempt
to
assassinate
the
Premier,
there
was
rioting
as
a
result
of
which
twenty
persons
are
In
hospital
today,
four
of
them
gravely
injured.
The
police
clamped
down
on
the
Green
Shirts
party.
The
Irt'iit
of
the
group,
Ahmed
Hussein,
and
all
its
three
hundred
members
were
arrested.
NOT
ALL
HARMONY
Conservative
Leader
Bennei
and
Senator
A.
D.
Mcltae
Seem
to
be
at
Loggerheads
1
TORONTO
Nov
29"
(CP)
The
Toronto
Daily
Star,
in
an
Ottawa
dlspatch
Saturday,
quoted
Gener-
e
lirst
residents
01
cmuners
una
tlon.
Tne
major
awards
were
anal
wel1
known
throughout
the
decision
decision
A.
D.
McRae,
former
Conservative
.lt,unced
today
Including
national
organizer,
as
saying:
"While
R.
B.'s
In,
I'm
out."
Quoted
fuithei,
General
McRae.
now
a
Senator,
said:
"The
Conservative
party
can
win
the
next
election
but,
.vhilhomr
nnl
Ihpir
nin
H'ln
It
with
Mi.
Bennett
as
leader,
I
am
not
prepared
to
say."
Bennett's
Reply
1
VICTORIA.
Nov.
29:
(CP)
Mr.
Bennett
told
the
Canadian
Press
In
Victoria
that
he
had
"nothing
at
all
to
n
say"
v"
In
In
rnnnertinn
connection
with
with
the
the
Toronto
Star
dispatch.
He
said,
however,
that
he
was
practically
ccitain
no
means
could
be
found
to'
bring
General
McRae
back
to
the
position
of
Conservative
national'
organizer
SELL
GOODS
rnntriTTTinnr
mostly
womcn.ana
cimurcu,
wC4r,
--
--
-
ni
K
VIkY
W
Hl
Kl
killed
yesterday
when
Insurgent
President
Roosevelt
including
de-U
V
JLllV
1
IT
ULllYLl
bombin-
planes
raided
towns
and
termination
to
balance
the
budget
villas
npnrhv
Madrid.
Of
the
I
and
reduce
public
expenditures,
Libcral
Policy
to
Make
Whole
World
total'
klUed
wnen
bombs
dropped
the
New
York
stock
market
show-da's
Market
Importance
on
colemenar.
Vlejo
and
Ocanajcd
further
revival
on
Saturday
Canad
Of
Pacific
Ports
VICTORIA,
Nov.
29
(CP)
"We
will
send
trade
agents
through
theLtd!n!i
women
and
children,
were
world
to
sell
the
goods
you
produce
and
we
will
sell
the
goods
wher-
ever
we
can.
That
Is
the
way
wejtmued
to
bomb
the
Madrid
front,
will
wipe
out
unemployment,
re-
'establish
Industries
and
makej
Canada
the
great
nation
It
Is
des-Ulncd
to
be,"
Hon.
J.
O.
Oardlner,
:
minister
of
agriculture,
said
in
a
Liberal
by-election
campaign
meeting
Friday
night.
1
The
minister
said
that
the
natur-,
al
outlet
for
all
products
of
British
'Columbia,
Alberta
and
Saskatche-
wan
was
becoming
more
and
more
naturally
every
year
the
Pacific
j
Coast
seaports.
Vancouctr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
Nov.
29:
(CP)
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.20
on
the
Vancouver
market
Saturday,
ad
-
vancing
to
$1.21
'H
today.
1
Fred
Cook
.
Killed
In
Woods;
Looks
Like
Moose
Pioneer
Resident
of
Skeena
and
Bulkley
Valley
Loses
His
Life
on
Hudson
Bay
Mountain
in
Unfortunate
-
Fatality
SMITHERS,
Nov.
29:
i
.
i
i
'CiUHil
uauneu
iicai
neie
jcaiciuajr
wucu
x
icu
na
and
Bulkley
Valleys
was
accidentally
shot
and
instantly
killed
while
hunting
moose
on
Hudson
Bay
Mountain.
Mri
r
,.r:fV,
hi
zen
anrl
fu-n
ntViPre
vvprp
nnt
frnm
Duthift
JJJ
l
j
V
lilt
WltJ
kJUll
IAtV.
W
f
V
VVIV
Mine
Road
and
a
moose
had
been
wounded
by
young
Cook.
Mr.
Cook
was
following
the
trail
when
William
Djff,
who
was
hunting
alone
and
did
not
know
anyone
was
In
the
vicinity,
also
came
on
the
trail
and
followed
It.
He
saw
Mr.
Cook
travelling
through
the
bush
In
a
crouching
attitude
and,
mistaking
him
for
a
moose,
he
fired
and
killed
him
Instantly.
The
accident
happened
about
half
past
three
In
the
afternoon.
Mr.
Duff
tried
to
get
tle
body
out
to
the
road
but
was
unable
to
dp
so
when
darkness
came
on
and
he
came
to
town
to
report
the
accident.
The
police
went
out
and
located
the"
body
but
it
could
not
be
brought
In
last
night.
They
went
out
again
this
morning
and
brought
it
in.
Mr.
Cook
was
about
fifty
years
of
age
and
leaves
his
wife
and
four
sons
all
resident
at
Smlthers.
He
was
a
brother-in-law
of
the
late
Wllliam
Moxley
of
Prince
Rupert
the
Smlthers
Band.
He
was
one
of
alley.
1
Mr.
Duff
Is
a
railway
employee.
yr
iT
IP
p
XJXAV
p
V
I
H
KS
REJECTED
'
Spanish
Insurgents
Kill
One
Hun
-
drcd
Women
and
Children
with
Atrial
Bombs
IOND"iN.
Nov.
29:
it
was
re-
ported
here
Saturday
that
both
Spa
aaa
loyalist
and
Insurgent
of
foreign
authorities
with
a
vie
to
ending
the
Spanish
civil
war
b"
Christmas.
nphtIv
one
hundred
persons
1.11
j
.only
two
were
men,
the
rest
b
1
Ins
women
and
children.
St,iii
another
forty
persons,
In-
-uien-
nv
nn
insurgent
air
raid
on
,uarolajnra
today
os
planes
con
-
1
Development
Of
j
North
Important
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
of
Ontario
Emphasizes
This
at
Party
Convention
TORONTO.
Nov.
29:
(CP)
Speaking
at
conventtlon
of
the
Twentieth
Century
Liberal
Asso
elation
here,
Premier
Mitchell
Hepburn
said
that
the
hope
0
i
Ontario
lay
In
the
north.
The
gov
J
ernment
was,
already
assisting
Kt
the
important
development
of
,the.sp
northern
areas
Instantly
Another
fatal
hunting
ac-j
t
,,.V,
VyA
fnnl
vtmw
v
.
.
.
'.
LADNER
BOY
WHEAT
KING
World's
Best
Grain
Award
Again
Captured
by
Canada
In
Chicago
Is
School
Boy
LADNER,
Nov.
29t
(CP)
Gordon
Gibson,
aged
13,
attended
public
school
classes
here
today,
unaware
yet
that
he
had
been
crowned
Wheat
King
at
the
Chicago
Livestock
"Exposition,
bringing
the
title
to
British
Columbia
for
the
first
time.
Although
the
winning
entry
was
In
his
-name,
he
had
little
;td?do
with
the
actual
.
growing1
which
was
done
by
hi
father,
William
G.
Gibson.
CHICAGO,
Nov.
29:
(CP)
Ca-
nSrThree-chanipioashlos
aaiuraay
on
uie
upemiig
uay
in
tr!e
international
Livestock
Exposl-
of
the
International
Wheat
King
for
which
Herman
Trelle
of
Wems
bley,
Alberta,
was
again
in
the
field'
but
which
was
captured
by
Gordon
Gibson
of
Ladner
with
Reward
var-i
iety
of
hard
red
spring
wheat.
The
sample
with
which
Gibson
retained
the
world
wheat
championship
for,
Canada
weighed
65.2
pounds
to
the
bushel.
r-
.
.
T0-.r
Vwlr
frinlr
llCfT
X
Ul
IV
UlUtfV
Market
Brighter
Ral'y
of
Last
Day
or
So
Attributed
To
Newly
Enunciated
Govern
ment
Policies
NEW
YORK,
Nov.
29:
Supposedly
In
response
to
new
govern-
.mpntal
nnllclps
ns
pnnnpiatpd
hv
when
Issues
went
up
from
one
to
six
points
In
active
trading.
The
market
during
the
last
day
or
so
has
had
a
much
more
cheerful
tone.
""
Boys
and
Girls
Here
is
a
Special
Christmas
Offer
A
Good
Chance
to
Earn
a
Few
Dollars
Any
boy
or
girl
turning
In
new
subscriptions
to
the'
Dally
News
between
now
and
Christmas
Day
at
regular
rates
wilt
be
presented
with
half
the
amount
collected.
This
does
not
apply
to
renewals.
The
offer
Is
good
for
deliv-
ery
by
mall
In
Canada
as
well-as
in
the
city.