Vol
-
PROVI
VICtA,
B.C.
Wmln
Todays
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(8
AaM.)
Em
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm:
High
3:30
a.m.
16.7
ft.
smooth.
18:04
p.m.
18.5
It.
barometer,
30.08;
sea
Low
11:36
a.m.
6.2
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI.,
No.
101.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JULY
13,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Ardent
y
liKr.A
I
BRI1AIN
TO
KEEP
NEUTRALITY
PACT
LONDON,
July
13:
(Canadian
Press)
Great
Brit-
r
..Iniim.
f
Amnnt.nl.ir
rtlnrt
1
f
1
4
ll
1
irintl'
1
1
all!
IS
IOrlHUIalUlft
U
tVllllJUituj
iia
mm
u
tivm
iu
mending
the
non-intervention
neutrality
pact
in
the
Spanish
civil
war,
it
is
said
here
yesterday.
Two
thou-'
sand
Arab
volunteers
were
reported
last
night
to
have
been
landed
at
Algcciras
on
their
way
to
join
General
r-onrk
Franco's
rebel
forces
near
Madrid.
Both
Loyalists
and
Insurgents
claimed
victories
in
yesterday's
civil
war
fighting.
L1
AU
M
IV
SWITCHED
u.'
itruuu
t
in
Hunt
For
Amelia
Larhart
Hon...uiu
July
13:
Rear
Admiral
prln
O
Munin,
cu.i..""
e
urn
Naval
District,
statea
terday
that
the
navy
will
switch
&
b
search
to
another
group
01
Amelia
Earhart
and
T
lands
for
.
.
.
.
.
1
tavi;ator
rrea
woonau
iufc
m
ane
m
the
south
seas
lor
eleven
.m
Miss
Earharfs
course
crossea
..
.iSgruupui
isianua
iu
ui-j
ccEsibtilty
which
cannot
be
over
Wed,
Admiral
Murfln
said,
era
Dilantin
mat
tne
navy
wou.u
puan
.
r-
1111
i
ii-
1
1
ir
uuiiuimi
atu
uaww
ooin....-.?.
beliefs
and
the
fact
m
nc.I..r4
has
been
heard
defln
civ
(i
i-j
tV.r
oalr
since
they
failed
fo
mix.
HuwUnd
Island
July
2
on
nop
'voni
Ln
New
Guinea,
en
uie
araur.n
the
world.
Poor
sib;;ity
yesterday
held
the
jearrhing
rout
planes
down
on
the
prcao
deck
of
the
aircraft
carrier
lexingnn
Squalls
and
low
clouds
mvcnicd
;he
earring
on
of
the
sys-
yrtm:?
search
durlna
the
day.
Meantime
the
battleship
Color-do
Roi
kv
Howland
Island
on
her
t
turn
o
Hawaii
while
the
destrov-
r
Swan
and
the
coastguard
cutter
tasca
nave
been
dispatched
to
prcb
among
the
other
Islands
re-
rrred
to
bv
Admiral
Mnrfln
TO
DEATH
Pmrr
Embassy
Official
Is
Anions;
wtcst
Russians
to
go
to
firing
Squad
MOSCOW,
July
13:
(Canadian
A
D,
Mdlvanl,
former
So-iet
Commercial
attache
at
Paris,
lnl
seven
others
have
been
scn-"iced
to
death
for
treason,
tcr-'
5r'5nx
and
conspiracy
In
Tlflle
and
ergla.
July
o,
said
a
communique
caching
Moscow
today.
1
i
u
Against
Bill
"'"r
at
iUcL'arran
Ignores
Doc
tor
s
Order
to
Crusade
for
Democracy
1tr.
'
D'
C-
July
fl
u
nghtlng
Irishmnn
frnm
Nnvnriii.
,emocratlc
Senator
Pat
McCarran,
cads,
n
,.j
...
.
--
-
v.uaaue
ugainst
enactment
'i
thp
rvm.,i.i..i
..
i
v"ilcJUuawons
juaiciary
organization
Dill.
Defying
the
vi
nis
aoctor
the
silver
wed
westener
in
a
two
hour
challenged
the
Democratic
mr.
fSulp
to
drlve
hlm
frm
the
ulong"
and
cried
out
to
the
Senate
hiH
J
8nt
nas
Jusl
Begun"
10
"U'Q
aemocracv
f
t,
na
the
world."
STRIVING
4
.
Two
Strikers
Die
In
Clash
4
MASSILON,
Ohio,
July
13:
(Canadian
Press)
Two
men
died
yesterday
of
bullet
wounds
and
twelve
were
In-
Jured
In
a
clash
between
police
and
strikers
near
steel
work-
ers'
organizing
com
m
1
1
1
e
e
headquarters
here,
bringing
to
fifteen
the
toll
of
the
seven
weeks'
old
steel
strike.
It
was
stated
last
night
that
148
steel
workers
were
under
arrest.
The
Republic
Steel
Co.'s
mill
here
Is
tied
up
by
strike.
BURNED
IN
,
EXPLOSION
Axel
Enoeksen
Loses
Boat
And
Has
Narrow
Escape
Doing
Well
in
Hospital
Suffering
from
burns
on
face
and
arms,
Axel
Knocksen,
well
i
known
trolling
fisherman,
who
had
a
narrow
escape
on
Sunday;
when
an
explosion
occurred
on
hoard
his
boat
Ruth
at
Boat
Har-;
island,
is
reported
bor.
Dundas
.
.
...
to
bo
do
nir
favorably
at
tnc
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
The
boat
burned
to
the
water'
edge
after
lhe
explosion.
It
was
a
HO
foot
gas
engine
equipped
ves
sel.
Knocksen
was
brought
here
by
Capt.
Johnny
Clausen
on
his
packer.
I
Air
Force
Plane
Here
From
South
Squadron
Leader
A.
Ii.
Cuffe
And
Earl
L.
.McLeod
Here
This
Morning
from
South
Having
aboard
Squadron
Leader
A.
A.
L.
Cuffe,
commanding
officer
of
Jericho
Ileach
station
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Forci,
and
Squadron
Leader
K.
L.
Mc
Leod,
slaff
officer
of
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
attached
to
headquarters
of
Military
district
No.
2
at
Victoria,
a
Jericho
lleach
seat)
ano
arrived
here
tnis
morn-
Inir
and.
after
U
brief
Stay,
prO'i,
ceeded
to
Queen
Charlotte
Isi-
,
....
ft.,
.1.1.
i
-rr:
n
aiuis.
inn
sum
ann
oiwctis
mc
here
in
connection
with
local
coast
defence
plans.
Squadron
U-ader
McLcod
is
well
known
in
Prince
Rupert,
having
been
identified
with
fisheries
patrol
work
out
of
hero
for
several'
seasons
some
years
Today's
Weather
(Government
TflfgrphJ)
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
02.
Alice
Arm
Part
cloudy,
calm,
CO
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
calm,
155.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
GO.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
warm.
Hums
Lake
Rain,
calm,
52.
Chinese
Capital
Doukhobor
Women
Protest
Imprisonment
Of
Veregin
These
women
members
of
the
Southern
B.C.
Doukhobor
settlements
are
pictured
attired
In
the
costume
they
wear
in
their
farm
homes
as
they
gathered
outside
the
courthouse
at
Nelson
to
protest
arrest
and
conviction
of
their
leader,
Peteiv
Veregin,
the
younger,
on
a
highway
charge.
Veregin
was
sentenced
tcr
a
three'rhonth
Jail
tenrHind
groups
or
the
peasant
women,
sUll
loyal
to
him
as
their
spiritual
leader,
demanded
that
the
police
either
release
him
or
place
them
In
Jail
also.
They
were
eventually
persuaded
to
disperse.
Founded
In
Russia
over
200
years
ago,
about
20,000
Doukhobors
settled
In
Canada
some
years
ago
under
the
leadership
of
Peter
Veregin
the
elder.
He
was
killed
in
a
train
explosion,
his
son,
the
present
Doukhobor
chief
succeeding
to
the
leadership.
The
women
are
shown
during
their
verbal
demonstration.
Buckley
Valley
Is
Preparing
To
Harvest
Finest
Hay
Crop
In
Years;
Farms
Doing
Well
Haying
has
started
in
the
i,
iuU.A
ln.
in
(Jiiusca
lu
uc
a
mutt
inicci
.
,
,
.
,
,
-
j
the
best
harvestd
lor
a
long
now
required.
j
Sacramento,
convicted
yesterday
of
Notwithstanding
the
lateness
of
the
spring
and
the
dope
trafficking,
testified
in
his
very
slow
start
which
the
hay
and
grains
had,
the
growth
wn
,defe,n
that
participated
1
;
(during
the
past
three
weeks
haa,1",8
f
dPe,t0
"lss
Joyce
.
i
...
.I...
.....
alllster
In
a
plan
to
"expose
the
CC
A
I
lVPll
LlV-fWlJU
J
1
ii
I
IK
WlNSk'rowth
until
the
harvest
is
two
VJJWJ-
f
I
lfcy.
Awarded
Second
Place
Honors
In
International
Hulletin
Contest
Against
Largest
Cities
Of
Continent
The
Trince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
has
won
the
distinction
of
having
its
bulletin
awarded
second
place
in
the
international
bulletir
contest
in
competition
.with
some
eiirhty-five
other
clubs
in
Can-
ada
and
the
United
States,
tak-
Imf
in
nil
tho
Inrirp
cities
of
Ihe'lo,,
lntn
Vi
iw.fkpts
nf
thnsr.
t'
Members
of
the
club
n,.
irratitieu
at
tne
,
,
.m-urmtiiln.
I
ti
Frank
njuD
and
George
Rorie,
the
members
responsible
for.
the
bulletin
this
year,
thai
former
as
producer
and
the
lat
-
i
ter
as
editor.
.
.
.
.
,,
.
.,,
.
.,."
showers
have
occurred
on
the
First
prize
in
the
international
'or
u"a
e
brolhe
"
A,erta
M?
northern
coast,
also
In
the
Okan-bullentin
Saskatchewan
who
have
been
suf-,agan
contest
went
to
San
and
Kootenays.
Francisco
Club
which
gets
out
a
fering
from
excessive
and
pro-1
Prince
Rupert
District
and
Queen
rather
elaborate
booklet
each
traded
heat
until
their
crops
charlotte
Islands
Moderate
shift-month.
;have
been
burnt
up.
There
ha"o
ing
winds,
cloudy,
cool
with
show-
:
'been
no
pests
of
any
kind
in
theerSi
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Dqvre
n-
15,000,
Cold
Storage,
8.8c
and
Gc.
P.
Dorreen,
14,000,
Booth,
8.9c
and
Gc.
,
i
Bulkley
Valley
and
the
crop
'
Incf
on,l
Q
wiuii
iuoi
iv,i
emi
um.
ui
.....
iir
,,r
:
.i
i
,i
.
time,
warm
ary
weatner
is
amount
of
rain
interspersed
with,
bright
warm
sunshine
and
all
the:Reno"
Hansen
was
on
tr,al
on
thirteen
counts
of
to
ir.
-
Li
v.......
m.a
r,M
conspiracy
..)..
pnri,.-
han
U!tua
1
;
Much
new
farm
machinery
ii.
going
into
action
this
year
and
it
looks
like
a
very
prosperous
year
for
the
farmers
of
the
district.
Owing
to
the
hot
dry
weather
earlv
before
the
rains
started
t'.c
timothy
which
would
have
been
out
for
seed
in
some
places
will
not
produce
the
quantity
whMi
I
might
otherwise
have
been
expected
but,
in
some
parts
of
the
district,
it
will
be
a
bumper
crop'
nnrl
It
In
hnnurl
lh.il
tho
tiripf'
:!
wjh
l,e
8Ucn
as
to
put
many
dol
-
who
go
in
for
this
crop.
The
stock
throughout
the
dis
-trict
are
rolling
in
fat
and
arc
i-ncm
The
farmers
of
the'dislrict
can
llulkley
Valley
and
tne
Uistricl
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-never
looked
better
than
it
does
Mostly
fair
and
cool,
moderate
today-
!
north
west
winds.
With
a
stretch
of
fine
warm
weather
for
harvesting
of
the
hay
and
grain
crops
which
might
now
be
reasonably
expected,
the
barns
will
be,
filled
to
capacity
on
every
farm;
-
EXPOSING
DOPE
RING
Chris
Hanson
Admits
Selling
in
Nevada
to
Oct
Evidence
CARSON
CITY,
Nevada,
July
13:
V!Ulo
nris
iiaiiouu,
iwwiiv
m
i,wnu;
agent
for
NeVada.
Los
Angeles
and
whole
dope
traffic
situation
in
folate
the
Harrison
Narcotic
j
Overseas
Wheat
Shipments
Down
Considerably
Less
Sent
From
Canada
This
Year
Than
Last
'
Ottawa,
July
13:
Overseas
ex-I
port
clearances
of
wheat
for
the
week
ended
July
2
totalled
2.537,-
712
bushels
compared
with
1.763,-732
the
previous
week
and
3,384,-
i"
-
"
,c
"t-
s
a
aB-
Weather
Forecast
General
Synopsis
Pressure
remains
comparatively
.Jhleh
off
Vancouver
Island
and
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
July
13:
(CP)
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.37
rn
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday.
Bombed
Fierce
Fighting
In
North
China
War
Is
Widespread
Conflict
Intense
Around
Peiping-Hankow
Railroad
Great
Britain
Would
Consult
With
United
States
PEIPING,
July
13:
(Canadian
Press)
Thirteen
hundred
Japanese
troops
from
East
Hopei
and
Fengtai
way
junction
garrisons
began
today
a
concerted
and
dir-'ect
attack
on
Peiping.
Five
Japanese
bombers,
Chinese
sources
reported,
had
bombed
Nanyuan
barracks
and
airdrome
eight
miles
south
of
Peiping.
GOOD
TIME
0NFLIGHT
Russians
Conquer
Pcrilious
Polar
Regions
and
May
Be
at
Oak
land
by
Dawn
FAIRFBANKS,
Alaska,
July
13:
(Canadian
Press)
Mikhail
Gromoff,
Soviet
long
distance
flier
and
his
two
companions,
essaying
a
flight
from
Moscow
to
San
Francisco
via
the
North
Pole,
had
conquered
the
most
baffling
part
of
theifr
perilous
trip.
In
the
polar
region
last
night
and
at
10:20
p.m.
were
reported
630
miles
south
of
the
North
Pole
and
three
hundred
miles
off
Prince
Patrick
Island
in
Canada's
Far
North.
They
were
running
two
hours
ahead
of
the
time
made
by
Pilot
Valeri
Chalov
and
his
com
panions
less
than
three
weeks
ago
In
flying
from
Moscow
to
Vancouver,
Washington.
Despite
stormy
skies,
cyclonic
winds
and
fogs
in
the
polar
regions,
Gromnff
reported
everything
going
well
as
he
got
in
touch
with
the
United
States
Signal
Corps
radio
station
here.
If
the
present
rate
of
progress
is
maintained,
the
Rusian
airmen
should
reach
Oakland
airport
by
dawn
tomorrow
less
than
sixty
hours
from
Moscow
and
may
go
on
to
Los
Angeles.
This
would
shatter
all
previous
long
distance
records
by
a
wide
margin.
Gromoff
is
reported
to
be
heading
ultimately
for
Chicago.
Passes
Usk?
An
airplane
believed
to
be
the
Rusian
.Moscow
to
California
machine
was
reported
this
morning
to
have
passed
over
Usk,
about
110
miles
east
of
here
on
the
Canadian
National
Railways,
at
11
o'clock
this
morning.
SEATTLE,
July
13:
A
message
received
here
this
afternoon
from
the
Moscow
flyers
stated
they
were
then
150
miles
south
of
Fort
St.
John
and
east
of
the
Rocky
Mountains
and
that
everything
was
going
well.
Body
of
Terrace
Man
is
Found
In
Slough
ofSkeena
T,
Cole
Disappeared
Nineteen
Days
Ago;
He
Wns
Wht
Veteran
Who
Fought
Overseas
The
body
of
E.-T.
Cole,
who
hac!
been
missing
for
the
past
nine
teen
days,
was
found
in
Braun's
Island
slough.
He
was
a
veteran
who
fought
overseas
with
the
48th
Battalion,
C.E.F.
Third
Pioneers
and
was
a
disability
pensioner.
He
was'
47
years
of
age
and
leaves
.a
widow
and
five
children.
The
roar
of
cannon
and
the
rattle
of
machine
guns
tells
Piep-lng
that
fierce
fighting
between
Chinese
and
Japanese
troops
along
the
Yungtlng
River
Is
continuing.
Both
Chinese
and
Japanese
ref
ugees
are
fleeing
In
large
numbers,
from
the
Pieplng
area
towards
Tientsin
as
the
North
China
War
spreads
rapidly.
'
Large
scale
manoeuvres
are
be
lieved
Immediately
ahead.
Chinese
quarters
here
had
previously
said
that
a
local
armistice
had
halted
fighting
along
the
Yungtln
River,
Japanese
troops
being
said
to
have
withdrawn
from
the
river
to
a
base
at
Fengtai.
The
truce
appears
to
have
been
short-lived.
,
The
sound
of
the
guns
in
the
fighting
area,
ten
miles
west
of
Peiping
Is
distinctly
audible
there,
floth
Chinese
and
Japanese
admitted
fighting
had
been
resumed
after
negotiations
had
broken
down.
Peiping
Itself
is
In
the
grip
of
a
rigid
martial
law.
China
is
moving
to
meet
the
threat
of
large
scale
Japanese
military
operations
in
North
China.
A
government
spokesman
said
that
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kia-Shek
was
moving
fifty
thousand
troops
northward
to
Peiping
on
the
Peiping
Hankow
Railway.
Tokyo
Watchful
TOKYO,
July
13:
(Canadian
Press)
The
Japanese
War
Office
announced
yesterday
that
the
vanguard
of
the
Chinese
Army,
advancing
from
the
south,
opened
fire
on
Japanese
positions
west
of
Peiping
Sunday
nlglit.
The
communique
declared
that
the
Chinese
attack
had
brought
a
critical
situation
In
Sino-Japanese
relations
to
a
breaking
point.
Japanese
reinforcements
are
being
rushed
to
the
Pelplng-Hankow
railway
zone.
The
Japanese
cabinet
was
reported
to
have
decided
on
definite
military
measures
to
solve
the
North
China
crisis
unless
the
Chln-
jese
government
accept
all
Japan's
j.terms.
One
member
of
the
cabinet
'cnlrl
that
Ynllpst.
nrpnnrntlnne
?prp
!
being
made
for
an
emergency
Eden's
Proposal
LNDON,
July
13:
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
said
yesterday
that
the
British
government
was
considering
going
Into
consultation
with
the
United
States
on
the
situation
In
the
Far
East.
Retires
From
Railway
Post
Harry
Darling,
Locomotive
Foreman
at
Smithers,
Superannuated
Harry
Darling,
locomotive
foreman
for
the
Canadian
National
Railways
at
Smithers,
is
retiring
from
the
company
service
on
superannuation
and
will,
it
is
expected,
move
south
to
take
up
residence.
Stanley
P.
Jones,
assistant
locomotive
foreman
at
Prince
George
will
be
his
successor;
A
farewell
banquet
for
Mr.
Darling
Is
being
held
at
Smithers
tonight.
,
: