(8
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Fair,
northeast
wind;
barometer,
sea
imootli.
Vol.
XXVI..
No.
140.
Hundreds
of
Thousands
Arc
Read
Out
of
Communist
Party
as
Most
Drastic
Clean-up
On.
j
Record
Roes
Ahead
i
MOSCOW,
June
17.:
(CP)
Suicide
of
Alexander
Cher-'
viakoff,
president
of
the
White
Russian
Soviet
Republic,
hundreds
of
arrests
and
removal
of
hundreds
of
thousands
from
the
Communist
party
all
were
announced
by
the
government
today
as
the
greatest
political
purge
in
Rurslan
history
went
forward.
The
government
said
that
Chervlakoff
tiy
niTf
nnirT
had
killed
himself
for
family
rea-
MSN
r
Hal
T.
i
son
but
his
death
follows
his
de
nunclatlon
in
a
Communist
party
meeting,
the
arrest
of
forty-five
of
his
colleaees
for
treason
and
the
execution
of
the
former
White
Russian
garrison.
SEES
HUGE
CROP
LOSS
Immediate
Rain
Will
be
Only
Sal.
vatlon
For
Southern
Saskat-chewan,
Dctlares
Minister
REGINA,
June
17:-Hon.
George
Sj:rnce.
minister
of
public
works,
6
:':ucd
yesterday
that
seven
mll-l.sn
acres
of
crops
In
Southern
S:
katchewan
were
doomed
to
de
nt
uctlon
unless
rain
came
Immediately
to
relieve
the
long,
hot.
dry
spell,
Diplomatic
Action
Will
Depend
Upon
Expert's
Findings
WASHINGTON.
D.C..
June
17:
'CP
A
United
States
Department
of
State
agent
will
leave
within
two
weeks
for
the
Pacific
Coast
and
Ala.;ka
to
Investigate
reports
of
Japanese
fishing
boats
operating
outside
of
American'
territorial
waters
waters
off
oil
Alaska
Aiasica
and
ana
threatening
SETTLED
ON,
Sockeye
Bringing
More
This
Year
Than
Last
Agreement
Between
Operators
And
Fishermen
The
price
of
gillnet
sockeye
on'
,
the
Skccna
and
Naas
Rivers
as
of-
j
Ificlally
announced
yesterday,
at
'47
V2c
per
fish
Is
2
Vic
more
than
in
j
1936.
This
Is
the
price
that
has
Ibeen
asreed
upon
between
the'
cannery
operators
and
the
fisher-;
men's
organizations.
I
The
complete
schedule-of
prices!
to
be
nald
.bv
operators
for
all
varieties
of
salmon
caught
in
Bri-
1
tlsh
Columbia
coast
waters
this
T
.
1
.-.111
t
eason
is
now
announces
unmet
prices,
the
last
to
be
announced,
complete
the
schedule
which
shows
a
ten
percent
increase
on
cohoel
prices
and
a
five
percent
increase'
on
other
varieties
as
compared
with
last
year.
An
innovation
this
season
is
the
payment
on
a
"per
pound
basis
for
gillnet
sockeye
caught
in
the
area
from
Milbank
Sound
to
Cape
caution
in
District
No.
2,
the
price
being
7
Vic
per
pound.
This
will
eliminate
the
former
differential
be
tween
Smith's
Inlet
and
Rivers
Inlet
sockeye
which
amounted
to
five
cents
per
fish
on
a
piece
basis.
The
price
for
sockeye
in
the
Skeena
and
Naas
River
areas
remains
on
a
piece
basis.
Prices
for
chums,
red
springs,
$34.69
yesterday
BAR
SILVER
Ja
T
IK
NEW
YORK
(CP)
Bar
silver
was
unchanged
at
443,4c
per1
ounce
Duke
and
Mrs.
Warfield
Wed
At
the
Chateau
ck;
Cande
at
Monts,
France,
the
Duke
of
Windsor
was
married
to
Mrs.
Wallls
Warfield
on
June
3.
the
date
of
his
late
father's
birthday.
No
memb:r
of
the
British
Royal
Family
attended
the
wedding.
In
this
pi
-lure
the
Duke
and
his
bride
arc
pictured
together
at
the
Chateau
de
Cande.
Lives
Saved
By
Stomach
Pumps
Prompt
Action
Results
in
Victims
Of
Ptomaine
Poisoning
Being
Still
Alive
EDMONTON,
June
17:
Prompt
action
in
an
Edmonton
hosptial
yesterday
with
stomach
pumps"
resulted
in
the
saving
of
the
lives
of
Transferred
To
New
Westminster
Rev.
E.
J.
North,
pastor
of
the
,ocal
Pentecostal
Assembly
for
the
past
three
years,
has
resigned
and,
with
Mrs.
North,
w;ll
be
leaving
on
five
neople
who
had
been
stricken
Tuesday
next
for
Vancouver
and
!
,ack
sprinRs
and
white-
springs
are
,
,th
ptomaine
poisoning
after
eat-'
New
Westminster
to
attend
the
ine
Salmon
Industry
OI
anaoa.
the
for
gillnet
inM-.
nnri
and
seine
seine
and
and;,
Jl.-i
Unnint
annual
conference
rnnronro
and
nnrt
rnmn
camp
and
the
United
States.
His
Iina-in-s
will
determine
if
the
situation
warrants
diplomatic
action.
LOUIS
IS
.
CONFIDENT
Thinks
He
Will
be
Able
to
Topple
Braddock
Wants
Bout
With
Scllmeling
CHICAGO,.
.Jupe
17:
There
will
be
no
long
count
in
the
world's
heavyweight
boxing
championship
bout
between
James
J.
Braddock
and
Joe
Louis
in
Chicago
next
Tuesday.
The
possibility
of
a
foul
decision
has
also
been
removed
through
agreement.
Confident
that
he
will
be
able
to
ilH.
the
crown
from
Braddock's
brow.
Louis
said
yesterday
that
ho
desired
at
least
one
more
fight
af
ter
this
one
with
Max
Schmcllng
'or
revenge.
The
Detroit
Bomber
suggested
that
there
might
be
a
I'Rht
with
Schmellng
in
Septem
ber.
same
apply
In
all
areas.
They
are:
Red
springs
over
12
pounds,
52'2c;
under
12
pounds,
27c
per
fish.
Chums.
Jack
springs
and
white
springs.
51
Vic
per
fish.
Prices
for
other
seine-caught
varieties
have
been
previously
King
Gustav
Ing
head
cheese.
SVPtlfV-NmPl
iedcral
government
to
nmc
ocveiiiy
flnanclnK
the
work
de
Beloved
Monarch
of
Sweden
in
Ex
cellent
Health
Plays
Dally
Game
of
Tennis
STOCKHOLM,
Sweden,
June
17:
King
Gustav
V..
beloved
monarch
of
Sweden,
celebrated
his
seventy-ninth
birthday
yesterday.
He
was
In
the
best
of
health
and,
as
usual,
played
his
dally
game
of
tennis.
CANADIAN
GOLD
MICE
MONTREAL.
June
17:-Thc
Ca
LOAN
FOR
ABERHART
Alberta
Premier
Looks
to
Ottawa
For
Assistance
in
Koad
Building
Program
EDMONTON.
June
17:
Willi
a
view
to
obtaining
a
loan
from
the
assist
In
details
of
a
new
provincial
road
construction
program
have
been
sent
to
Ottawa
for
approval,
Premier
William
Aberhart
announces.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
June
17:
(CP)
Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.20'2
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday
and
at
$1.20
today.
New
York
metal
market
to-
nadian
gold
price
was
down
lcat
on
the.:
meeting.
Rev.
R.
J.
White
of
Salmon
Arm
has
accepted
the
call
to
;hc
local
assembly
here
and
will
arrive
some
time
In
July.
Rev.
and
Mrs.
North
will
visit
Mrs.
North's
mother
at
Qrand
Forks
before
taking
over
the
new
pastorate.
Sunday
evening
will
be
the
farewell
service
conducted
by
Rev.
North.
CONVICTIONS
ARE
QUASHED
Air.
and
Mrs.
Hogarth
of
Vancouver
Freed
in
"Knock-Out
Drop"
Case
VANCOUVER,
June
17:
Thci
British
Columbia
Court,
of
Appeal
yesterday
quashed
convictions
against
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hogarth
who
had
been
convicted
of
manslaughter
In
connection
with
the
notorious
local
"knock-out
drop"
case.
Hogarth
had
been
sentenced
to
two
and
a
half
years'
imprlson-
.ment
and
his
wife
to
two.
years.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
17,
1937
New
Dock
At
Ocean
Falls
Contract
For
Work
Amounting
To
$200,000is
Let
by
Pacific
Mills
The
Northern
Construction
Co."
and
J.
W.
Stewart
Ltd.
of
Vancou-i
ver
has
been
awarded
the
contract
and
6.5c,
TODAY'S
BASERALL
National
League
Boston
at
Chlcagd
and
New
York
at
Pittsburg,
postponed,
rain.
American
League
Cleveland
7,
New
York
S.
High
Low
.
MEDIATE
STEEL
STRIKE
CLEVELAND
Threats
of
'a
sit-down
strike
in
the
great
'steel
mills
of
Mahoning
Valley
in
Ohio
developed
today
as
Frances
Perkins,
United
States
Secretary
of
Labor,
announced
the
appointment
of
a
three-man
board
to
mediate
the
long
strike
deadlock.
Halibut
Sales
American
Howard
B
17,000,
Cold
Storage,
8.2c
and
6.5c.
Remus,
11,000,
Cold
Storage,
Cc
by
Pacific
Mills
Ltd.
for
the
erec-i
Canadian
tlon
of
a
$200,000
dock
and
ware-
skeena
M.',
8,000,
Booth,
7.5c
and
house
at
Ocean
Falls
and
work
on
,
5.5c.
the
project
is
to
begin
at
once.
!
Cape
Spear,
ll,500v
Atlin,
7.1c
'
The
warehouse
will
measure
220
and
5.5c.
by
170
feet
and
will
be
erected
on
!
pile
foundations.
It
will
be
a
wood-jen
structure
two
storeys
In
height.
I
The
dock
will
be
290
by
50
feet
and
equipment
will
Include
an
elevator.
There
will
be
dredging
in
the
vl-!
clnlty
of
the
dock.
Cape
Race,
4,500,
Booth,
7.2c
and
5.5c.
Soa
Maid,
12,000,
Pacific,
7.3c
and
5.5c.
Pair
of
Jacks,
14,000,
Cold
Stor
age,
7.3c
and
5.5c.
SEEK
FUNDS
FOR
PLAQUE
REGINA.
June
17:
(CP)
The
Saskatchewan
Historical
Society
..
9:46
a.m.
15.4
ft.
21:41
p.m.
18.5
ft.
..
3:31
a.m.
7.0
ft.
15:10
pjn.
9.0
ft.
PRICE:
5!
CENTS
Ge
tral
Evacuation
Of
Bilbao
On
5
"sff.
.
,
tr-
-
-
V
V,
-
-
L
-
m
Great
Kussian
Political
Purge
Proceeds
Starving
Women
and
.
1
TTZn
.
Jrr
w
T?n
mirm
a
crn
ic
.
'
".
Children
Blocked
By
President
or
White
Soviet
Suicides
and
Hundreds
Arrested
an
ACQUITTED
Advancing
Insurgents
Former
Foreman
of
iiedicy
Amai-
Scenes
of
Horror
as
Basque
Capital
Falls
to
Rebels-
caniatcd
is
Freed
on
charge
Italian
Steamer
is
Reported
Bombarded
of
conspiracy
By
Loyalists
rZTS
L?
HENDAYE,.
France
June
17:
(Cl'l-Oilumna
of
Hcdiey
Amalgamated
mine,
was
smoke
seen
rising
from
Bilbao
today
indicated
that
the
dismissed
in
police
court
here
yes-
defenders
might
burn
the
city
before
permitting
the
in
terday
on
a
charge
of
conspiracy.
surgents
to
enter.
Refugees
from
the
Basque
capital
re-
simiiar
charges
against
p
other
1)0rted
that
distribution
of
food
had
ceased
and
that
tormer
officials
of
the
company,
J,
,
,
.
m,
.
,
,
,
,
,
Russell'
Barker,
president
and
thousands
were
starving.
The
insurgents
reported
today
managing
director,
and
William
Cox.
superintendent,
have
been
adjourned.
The
charges
arise
out
of
alleged
salting
of
ore
samples
from
hte
Hed'ey
Amalgamated
Gold
Mines
property.
The
cases
are
being
heard
by
Police
Magistrate
H.
S.
Wood.
Will
Operate
Forest
Camps
I
Special
F.mployment
Again
to
Be
Given
Young
British
Columbia
JVIen
in
Woods
VICTORIA.-
June
17:
Hon.
George
S"
Pearson,
provincial"
minister
or
laboranrtou
need
ay
dferdiy-
that
provincial
forestry
training
camps
for
young
men
otherwise
unemployed
will
be
operated
for
the
third
season
this
year
in
British
Columbia.
There
will
be
such
camps
at
24
points
in
the
province.
The
rate
of
pay
will
be
$1.75
per
day
with
75c
deducted
for
board.
CHAMPION
OF
LABOR
Chairman
of
United
States
House
Committee
Dies
at
Washington
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
June
17:
(CP)
William
P.
Conncry,
chalr-
Pcntccostal
Pastor
Here
Leaving
man
or
ine
united
states
nouse
oi
Successor
Named
Representatives
labor
committee:
and
champion
of
labor
legislation
r
of
varous
kinds,
died
suddenly
late
Tuesday.
I
Blum
Gov't
!
Wins
Vote
I
.
PARIS,
June
17:
The
gov-
ernment
of
Premier
Leon
Blum
won
what
amounted
to
a
vote
of
confidence
In
the
Chamber
of
Deputies
last
night
when
its
demand
for
extra
financial
powers
was
ac-
ceded
to.
A
red
defection,
which
had
promised
to
precipitate
a
crisis,
was
healed.
Late
Telegraphs
AMELIA
AT
CALCUTTA
i
annua
harhart
Puiium
landed
her
round
the
world
plane
here
today
after
a
UuJ-niile
hop
across
India
from
Karachi.
SCREEN
STARS
WEI)
HOLLYWOOD
Hollywood's
perfect
pair,
Jeanctte
Macdonald
and
Gene
Raymond,
began
married
life
at
some
secret
spot
today
after
a
wedding
which
shattered
every
movie
colony
record
for
excitement,
extravagance
and
mob
scenes.
Friends
estimated
that
the
ceremony
cost
$25,000.
inai
uieir
snips
Diuc&aumg
oiivr
had
captured
three
government
.shiploads
of
three
thousand
refugees
who
were
fleeing
the
besieged
Basque,
capital,
many
of
them
being
children
crying
for
food.
Insurgent
besiegers
said
that
the
three,
ships
were
taken
when
they
attempted
to
slip
out
of
the
mouth
of
the
Nervion
River
into
the
Bay
of
Biscay.
The
refugees
were
mostly
women
and
children
described
as
being
in
a
pitiful
condition.
Thousands
of
insurgent
soldiers
today
began
the
ascent
of
the
last
two
hills
at
the
western
edge
of
Bilbao,
aiming
at
both
a
final
encircling
of
the
Basque
capital
arid
a
new,
offensive
oh
Santander
to
the
west,
By
.nightfall,
It
"seemed,
the
insurgents
will
have
forced
ah
iron
ring
around
Bilbao
in
readiness
fofcupatlon'ahd
for
a
new
westward
offensive
,
Italian
Steamer
Bombed
LONDON.
June
1
7
:
CP
)
Lloyds
agent
at
Gibraltar
cabled
that
the
Italian
steamer
Madda
had
been
bombarded
by
Spanish
government
aircraft
off
Oran,
Algeria,
and
had
been
damaged
by
concussions
of
explosions.
Chinamati
Dies
After
Coming
;
From
Claxtonj
I
1
An
unidentified
Chinaman
was
brought
to
the
city
early
yesterday
afternoon
by
gasboat
from
Clax-ton
cannery
on
the
Skeena
River,
being
removed
by
the
ambulance
to
the
Prince
Rupert
General
H03-
1
pital
where
he
expired
early
last
evening.
While
death
Is
believed
to
have
been
due
to
natural
caused
provincial
police
officers
left
thW
morning
for
Claxton
aboard
tUo
P.
M.
L.
8
to
obtain
more
Informal
tlon
regarding
deceased
and
his
Illness.
He
was
about
55
years
of
age.
Bulgarian
Queen
Is
Mother
of
Son
National
Celebration
Yesterday
At
Birth
of
Child
Who
May
Some
Day
be
King
SOFIA,
Bulgaria,
June
17:'
There
was
national
celebration
at'
the'
birth
yesterday
of
a
son
to
Queen
Glovanna,
wife
of
King
Boris.
The
child
may
some
day
become
King
of
Bulgaria.
Phone
Strike
Short-Lived
will
try
to
false
funds
to
place,
aj
-
plaque
in
the
federal
building
here
City
of
Boren,
Ohio,
Was
Without
marking
the
place
where
Louis
Service
For
Eight
Hours
j
Rlel
was
sentenced,
to
death
for
Yesterday
leading
the
Northwest
Rebellion,!
The
National
Historic
Sites
Board
j
BOREN,
Ohio,
June
17:
An
Chicago
2-2,
Boston
5-3.
'with
headquarters
at
Ottawa,
re-
Detroit
and-
Washington
and
St.
Jected
an
application
by
the
Sas-Louis
at
Philadelphia,
postponed,
katchewan
organization
to
have
rain.
.the
plaque
placed.
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