Today's
Weather
(8
AM.)
Kupert
Raining,
south
pi.'::
ear
m
'v,
:.
18
miles
per
hour;
baro
jneter
29.90;
heavy
chop.
No.
9d
r,,XXVI
IMAMA
-
PROBE
IS
REQUESTED
I
httullo
Asks
Federal
Investigation
Of
Doukhobor
Incendiarism
And
Combing
Threaten
Violence
Construction
of
Trans-Canada
Air
Beacon
at
Grand
Forks
Held
Up
,
VICTORIA,
April
17:
CP-Pre-v.-rT
D
Pu'tullo
yesterday
asked
"
Do".-
.on
government
to
send
...
.
vestlgator
to
trus
pro-
toi
t
)
p
3te
tne
recent
wave
oi
ires;-.
:n
and
bombing
in
the
Dcaktcbrr
:c'tlements
of
the
Nel-
to-
i'"d
a
conference
be-titeen
Prrm;
r
Pattullo
and
Peter
Vermin
Doukhobor
leader.
The
Premier
v.
A
that
Verlgln
contend
ui
'lie
strongest
language
itreccnf
incidents.
Afcquafs
police
protection
will
GsUnue
to
be
maintained
to
prefer1
furh'T
such
outbreaks,
Pre--...o
said.
Press:!:
Pattullo
yesterday
sent
)U
te:cjr
m
to
Prime
Minister
Lvon
Mackenzie
King
at
Ot'iWi
requesting
his
assistance
in
.-,
d;."
'he
Doukhobor
situa-
:3B
u.
was
expected
the
re-k
i
he
cranted.
M'jfl'
:.:lr
At
arand
Forks
work
n
r.v.
:
n
the
construction
of
-t
lr
'"
iMLida
air
line
radio
nn
-ui
when
Doukhobors.
V""
iand
for
the
station,
v.v.::
I
nce
to
workmen.
fACKARD
ON
SPOT
tnitfd
Automobile
Workers
Now
Turn
Attention
to
Another
Concern
Still
at
Ford
DETROIT
April
17:
The
United
t''
Workers
of
America
siL
yesterday
officially
aur..:ci
unun
recognition
from
-'Pi
t
Motor
Coraoratlon
as
i-
rcent
wage
Increase,
1
n
iiulf
time
overtime,
duy
and
forty
hour
efforts
are
still
being
inize
ninety
thousand
Co.
employees.
I
Saskatchewan
I
hundred
thousand
residents
wlth-OllSft
HTV
KlSeS
out
service.
kt'slalure
Prorogues
at
Regina-
i-
Cove
fnmcnt
Had
No
Difficulty
I'nacting
Favored
Laws
REGINA
April
17:
CP)
-The
Kt
:hcw
in
LetrUlnlnri
.
O-
V
'flay
after
a
session
&
l
iberal
Government
of
W
.T
Pollnn
...ItV,
He
I
jvutev.t.
majority
had
no
dlf-
1
nurting
the
legislation
P'opo:c,'
The
Saskatchewan
--m
consist,
of
a
mere
uu'
cf
Lve
members.
Weather
Forecast
'iirouji.
th
courtesy
Oi
Mriwjroioirlcnl
Bureau
p-in.-
n.T.'jrr-
r
N
1.
mi
p.icd
ironi
obbcrvatioiM
t
...
.
.
.
i
n
a
k
WW
aiming
D
p.m.
tomorrow).
t
L
Synopsis
Pressure
is
rnntt
vT'r
.....
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"
'
01
Vancouver
Island,
LONDON,
April
ir.
'T'V
f
-1
"
Uo"8
southerly
winds,
Iplieatlon
of
orthopaedics
and
do-
PrJttf,
Sh0wery-
mechan
zat
Ion
I
clopment
In
army
ft.2e
strict
aV.d
the
'Jflalfoof
with-
Queen
hav
brough
..
...
,
"Vile
Ilk.,J.
I
.n.l.
I'll
I
!
ta
uthwesterly
winds,
iUl
luu-
-
-
More
Babies
Italy's
Aim
ROME,
April
17:
(CP)
The
Italian
cabinet
yesterday
de-
clared
a
sweeDlnsr
measure
tn
promote
an
Increase
In
the
Italian
birth
rate,
Including
authorization
of
marriage
loans
to
Induce
couples
to
wed.
A
variety
of
tax
laws
have
been
passed
to
induce
mar-
rlage
and
propagation
of
large
families.
4
FEARFUL
OF
NAVAL
RACE
Sir
Samuel
Hoare
Thinks
Britain
Would
Welcome
Pact
With
United
States
and
France
LONDON,
April
17:
-Sir
Samuel
I
Hoare.
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty,
speaking
last
night,
said
he
believed
Great
Britain
would
welcome
the
opportunity
of
negotiating
a
new
1937
naval
treaty
with
United
States
and
France.
He
was
apprehensive,
he
said,
of
what
might
be
the
outcome
of
the
present
naval
building
race.
Strike
Settling
Releases.Liner
President
Roosevelt
Sails
From
New
York
After
18-Hour
'
...
1
''
:
Delay
-
NEW
YORK,
April
17:
With
the
ending
of
the
telegraph
operators'
and
seamen's
strike
against
the
International
Mercantile
Marine,
the
liner
President
Roosevelt
sailed
yesterday
for
Europe,
some
forty-eight
hours
late.
Recognition
of
the
insurgent
union
American
Tele
graphists'
Association
has
been
granted.
SUDDEN
STRIKE
Three
Hundred
Thousand
of
Akron
"
Left
Without
Public
Transportation
Services
AKRON,
Ohio,
April
17:
(CP)
Bus
drivers
and
street
car
operators
staged
a
sudden
walk-out
In
Akron
yesterday,
leaving
three
brnn
TVoncrMirtjitfnn
Cn
snokes-
!mcn
said
that
the
strike
came
...
.
l-
..4
iUi
tun
nA
wltnoui
warning
duu
uui
wa6v.
negotiations
had
been
In
progress
for
several
weeks.
Strike
Break
Threat
Made
Employers
in
Montreal
(Jive
Notice
Of
Intention
to
Form
Rival
Dressmakers'
Group
MONTREAL,
April
'
i
urn
oivpii
vesterday
by
the
com
panics
to
striking
dressmakers
in
;
Montreal
that
failure
to
reach
an
early
settlement
of
their
strike
u-nnin
result
n
me
iorm.u
rival
emoloyees'
group
In
order
10
reopen
the
tied
up
shops.
FLAT
FEET
NO
UAH
i
.
.
.
.m
a,.
JiCatlons
and
otherwise
'conditions'
of
txtniptiuu
it
duced
VICTOR;
a.
b.c.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
APRIL
17,
1937
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
7:10
ajn.
17.4
ft.
20:32
pjtn.
17.2
ft.
Low
0:53
am.
9.4
ft.
13:40
p.m."
5.9
ft.
IS
IN
STATE
OF
UNREST
GERMAN
PLANES
t
ARRIVE
I
Spanish
Government
Charges
Nazi
Reinforcements
For
InsurgentsThree
Thousand
Bodies
Buried
MADRID,
April
17:
(CP)
The
government
of
Spain
charges
that
thirty-six
German
planes
have
been
secretly
flown
from
'
Hanover
to
Burgos,
Spain,
by
the
Lufthansa
(German
Commercial
Airways)
pilots
under
cover
of
1
night.
The
machines,
it
is
declared,
are
to
be
used
by
the
insurgents
in
pursuing
the
civil
war.
During
a
lull
in
fighting
on
the
outskirts
of
Madrid
last
night,
I
bodies
of
three
thousand
persons
killed
during
the
past
few
days
in
the
bloody
fighting
at
the
gates
of
the
capital
were
given
a
common
burial,
it
was
reported.
Absent
Minded
Trapper
Nails
His
Partner
Up
THE
PAS,
Man..
April
17:
CP)
Noted,
among
his
fellow
Indians
for
riis
absent-minded
ness.
Simon
Partridire
finished
h
tsuccuftaful
.
trapping"
expedition
with
his4"-;
pa
rtnciy
'-A
1
1
ec
t
o"r
acked
the
sleigh
and
nailed
ur
his
cabn
against
intruders.
Aboul
to
leave
he
heard
shouts
ahc
found:
he,
hadlsealedshl.s
partne!
in
trio
shack,
EXPORTS
AWAY
UP
Canada
Shipped
Out
More
Than
Billion
Dollars
Worth
of
Goods
During
Last
Fiscal
Year
OTTAWA,
April
17.
(CIM
Exports
of
Canadian
goods
in
the
fiscal
year
ended
March
31
shot
over
the
billion
dollar
mark,
the
Department
of
National
Revenue)
reports.
Domestic
exports
wen
,
S
LOG
1,1
81,
DOG,
an
increase
of
$212,151,489
above
the
previous
fiscal
year.
The
favorable
trade
balance
for
the
Dominion
for
the
year
was:
$380,000,000.
Income
tax
collections
for
th
yeaV
were
more
than
$100,000,000
it
wag
announced.
Customs
and
excise-
revenue
showed,
an
increase
of
$17,000,-
"00
over
the
year
previous,
1
1
1
Wheat
Prices
Drop
Sharply
i
Fading
European
Demand
Causes
Winnipeg
and
Chicago
Prices.
,and
representatives
of
the
Oshawa
To
Drop
Five
Cents
;
local
of
the
United
Automobile
i
Workers
conferred
to
work
out
a
!
settlement
of
the
ten-day
strike.
WINNIPEG,
April
17:
In
view1
premier
Hepburn
has
requested
of
tho
continued
fading
European
j
hj
n.h.nt
n.
jiab
cnfTcrpn
QcuMim,
w.iirttv
pwki"
v.00
sharply
again
yesteraay
on
nic
wlnnipe&
and
chicago
market.
The
drop
In
both
markets
was
about
j
five
cents
a
bushel.
In
Winnipeg
i
May
closed
at
$1.31
and
In
Chi-,
cago
at
$1.29.
1
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Arctic.
8,500,
Cold
Storage,
0.8c
and
be.
Capella.
6.500,
Atlln,
7c
and
5c.
R.
W.,
0,000,
booth,
tJ.bc
aiid
5q,
British
Miners'
Strike
Looming
LONDON,
April
17:
(CP)
Threat
of
a
general
strike
in
British
coal
mines
deepened
today
as
first
results
of
the
strike
vote
called
by
the
Mine
Workers'
Federatkm
indicated
sentiment
running
strongly
for
work
cessation
unless
recog-
,;
hition
Is
granted
by
operators
in
the
Nottinghamshire
area.
l
Late
Telegraphs
EARL
IS
DEAD
LONDON
The
Eail
of
Londes-boiough,
vice-admiral
of
the
Yorkshire
coast
and
grandson
of
Queen
Victoria
ami
brother
of
Lx-Queen
Victoria
of
Spain,
died
at
a
nursing
home
here
of
pneumonia.
He
was
11
years
of
age.
STOCK
MART
UNCERTAIN
NEW
YORK
The
New
York
j
slock
market
continued
unccr-
tain
yesterday.
Industrial
aver-
j
age
at
closing
was
off
.41;
rails
up
.08
and
utilities
off
.17.
HIS
FILM
BANNED
TOI'EKA
The
State
Board
of
Censorship
has
banned
from
showing
in
the
State
of
Kansas
a
m.
portion
IJUI
ilVIl
UI
of
a
A
news
IlinS
reel
111!
lull,
film
con
vv.i-
(
l
"tainting
!--!
remarks'
1
of
"Senator
t-
Bur-
ton
K.
Wheeler,
of
Montana
criticizing
President
Franklin
I).
Roosevelt
for
his
stand
iri
connection
with
reorganization
of
the
Supreme
Court.
The
censors
find
that
Wheeler's
remarks
arc
unduly
prejudiced.
WORLD
ECONOMIC
PARLEY
WASHINGTON,
D.C.
Premier
Paul
van
Zeeland
of
Belgium
will
pay
a
visit
to
the
United
States
In
June.
He
will
discuss
with
President
Roosevelt
the
possibility
of
United
States
participation
,
in
a
world
economic
conference
Belgium
has
already
opened
the
subject
with
a
number
of
important
j
nations.
!
jiff
Yin
Wli
Mftf
lflol
1111
Iflll
ltUl
Treat
on
Strike
Through
Hepburn1
.,.
.
,,
i
The
Omineca
nomination
con-
OSHAWA,
April
17:
(CP)-Homer
T,
,
vcntf
wi
,,80
bc
hed
hor.
D.
Martin
president
of
the
United
,y
;m(J
the
tation
ls
that
Automobile
Workers
of
America
;
th
M
M
Connelly,
member
of
said
last
night
that
he
would
dealagt
IIousCf
wiI
,Je
runominatcj
direct
with
General
Motors
of
Can-
,)as
I)((t
t
tmn
s
definite
ada
for
a
setUemcnt
of
theOshawa,.
IIsci0S((,
,vht
th
form
of
th.
strike
but.
not
through
Premier!
Hepburn
of
Ontario.
However,
negotiations
between
General
Motors
and
the
striking)
Oshawa
employees
resumed
this1
afternoon
in
the
office
of
Premier
Hepburn
at
Toronto,
the
Premlerl
nnnnnnrioH
I
utuivuutvu.
At
2
o'clock
company
offlcialsLPnl.hini,
l-nruirrf
.
IVilalHnif
har.l
the
complete
withdrawal
of
the
i
.1
t
i
I
-1
1.
jcuciui
Kuvciiii.ie..i,
hujii
nie
auriite
scene.
Vancouver
Wheat
;.
VANCOUVER,
April,
17:
(CP)
.The
price
of
wheat
revived
somc-
!
what
on
the
Vancouver
market
to-Iday,
closing
at
$1.28V2.
i
HOLD
SHOW
AT
WINDSOR
WINDSOR,
Eng.,
April
17:
:
(CPWhen
the
Royal
Agricul
tural
Society
celebrates
Its
cen-,
tenary
y
'in
19oJ,
the
show
will
hl'
held
in
Windsor
Great
Tailf.
MINE
CREW
ON
SKEENA
Party
Arrives
to
Start
Work
On
Well
known
Ecstall
River
Sulphur-Iron
Property
To
institute
a
program
of
further
development
work
on
the
iron
pyrites
sulphur
property
up
the
Ecstall
River
known
as
the
Dunsmuir
mine,
F.
W.
Guernsey,
mining
engineer,
and
party
of
five
men
arrived
during
the
night
at
Port
Essington
from
Vancouver
aboard
the
steamer
Cardena.
They
brought
with
them
a
considerable
quantity
of
supplies.
The
power
vessel
Laura
F.
II
was
on
hand
to
meet
the
party
and
take
it
and
tho
supplies
up
the
Ecstall
from
Port
Essington.
The
first
work
will
be
to
put
up
camp
buildings
to
house
quite
a
large
crew
which
wid,
it
is
expected,
be
employed
during
the
coming
season.
An
old
tramline
will
aho
be
put
back
in
shape.
The
immediate
objective
is
to
produce
sulphur
for
which
there
is
now
a
good
market.
Iron
may
also
be
shipped
to
the
Orient.
Legislature
Of
Prince
Edward
Island
Closes
CHARLOTTETOWN,
April
17:
(f?PlAftpr
-
.
9'wsslnn
nf
.
less
--.
than
a
m6nUr,The''PTTnc
i
Edward
"Island'
Legislature
prorogued
yesterday.
The
Prince
Edward
Island.
Legislature;
isf
inUhe
peculiar
posltidn
pi
haVlri'g
no
Opposition,
ElMh
rdem-bers
being
Liberal.
CONVENTION
IN
SKEENA
E.
T.
Kenncy
and
M.
M.
Connelly
Again
Expected
to
he
Liberal
Candidate
HAZELTON,
April
17:
Th
provincial
election
Liberal
nomin
iatinjr
convention
for
Skeena
will
be
held
here
next
Thursday.
K
!T.
Kenncy,
member
of
the
last
legislature,
will
again
be
in
tht
field
and
will,
undoubtedly,
agair
be
the
party'
choice.
Whether
oi
not
a
candidate
will
be
placed
in
'the
field
against
him
has
not
yel
been
determined.
OIipo!ition
to
thc
uberal
candi-
jdate
will
lake
in
Omineca.
rvn
1ST
itmrrs
'l.P.OPAltn
LIVINGSTONE,
Rhodesia,
April
(CP)
Cycling
on
a
lonely
,,atn
after
Runsct.
.
Rev.
II.
II
t
i
1...
iinr
r;i
m
w
m
I'fiii
i
i'iiiii
iii
nv
ji
jne
charged
at
the
beast
which
(jumped
into
the
bush
and
disap
i
peared.
I
I
0
t
1
I
'
t
a
I
King
George
Coins
Coming
-i
OTTAWA,
April
17:
(CP)
A
new
series
of
King
George
VI
coinage
will
be
available
to
Canadians
shortly
after
the
Coronation,
It
ls
announced.
There
will
be
coins
from
lc
coppers
to
$1
silver
dollars,
all
bearing
the
bust
of
the
new
.King.
Banishment
of
Prince
Nicholas
May
Lead
To
Revolution
Tis
Said
Government
Reported
to
be
Ready
to
Meet
Any
Eventuality
Nazi
Coup
by
Rightist
Iron
Guard
Especially
Feared
BUCHAREST,
Roumania,
April
17:
(CP)
The
Roumanian
government,
fearing
a
pro-Nazi
coup,
was
ready
today
for
any
eventuality
as
political
repercussions
from
he
banishment
of
ex-Prince
Nicholas,
whose
morganatic
marriage
of
a
few
years
ago
brought
a
crisis
with
King
Carol
in
regard
to
his
status,
created
tension
throughout
the
nation.
Officials
are
apprehen-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtes
3.
D.
Jotuuion
Oo.l
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.24.
Big
Missouri,
.50.
Bralorne,
7.65.
Aztec
Mines,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.55.
Dehtonla,
.16.
Golconda,
.10.
Mlnto,
.25.
Falrvlew
Amalgamated,
.10.
Noble
Five,
.08.
Pcnd
Oreille,
3.35.
Pioneer,,
4.90.
.
Porter
Idaho,
.06.
Premier,
2.61.
Reeves
McDonald,
1.45."
Reno,
.91.
Hewardr-.il:-
'
Salmon
Gold,
.10.
Wayside.
.03i.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
12.
Premier'
Border,
.63."
Sllbak
Premier,
2.60.
Congress,
.07',,
Home
GOld','
.03!
Grandvicw.
.15.
Indian,
.02
'2.
Quatsino
Copper,
.04.
Ojls
A.
P.
Con,
.30.
Calmont,
.60,
C.
&
E.,
2.55.
Freehold,
.11.
Hargal,
:18.
McDougal
Segur,
.22.
Mercury,
.29.
Merland,
.142.
Okalta,
1.30.
Pacalta,
.15.
Home
Oil,
1.60.
United,
.22.
i
Weymarn,
.17.
.
Toronto
'
Beattie,
1.33.
cenuai
airicia,
3.25.
Ood's
Lake,
.56.
Lee
Gold,
.04.
Little
Long
Lac,
6.00.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.44.
Pickle
Crow,
6.00.
Red
Lake
Gold.
Shore,
.57.
San
Antonio,
1.60.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.30.
Smelter
Gold,
.05.
McLeod
Cockihutt,
2.20.
"
Okl-end,
.29.
Mosher,
.44.
Gilbec,
.03
2-Madsen
Red
Lake,
.96.
Stadacona,
1.76.
Frontier
Red
Lake.
.18.
'
Franc'oeur,
1.05.
Manitoba
&
Eastern.
.01.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.55.
Botiscadlllac,
.62.
Rubec,
.06.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.88.
Bailor.
.04
V2.
Bankfleld,
1.10.
East
Malartic,
1.25.
Preston
East
Dome,
.99.
Hutchison
Lake,
.18.
Dawson
White,
.18.
McQualg
Red
Lake,
.18.
Ralah
Red
Lake,
.21.
Aldermac,
1.26.
"
Kerr
Addison,
2.75.
Uchl
Gold,
.05.
Martin
Bird,
1.05.
Chestervllle,
2.35.
Hugh
Pam,
23.
Auglte
Porcupine,
.32.
Rlchmac.
.55.
Quebec
Manitou,
1.00.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
'
slve
that
the
banned
rightist
"Iron
Guard,"
angered
because
its
re-'
presentatives
wtre
not
consulted
i
before
Nicholas
was
exiled
for
re
fusing
to
renounce
his
commoner
wife,
may
challenge
the
government.
The
country
was
feared
last
night
to
be
on
the
verge
of
a
revolution.
EVASION
OF
TAXES
John
J.
Raskob
and
Pierre
S.
Du-pont,
Prominent
Industrialists,
Subpoenaed
WASHINGTON,
April
17:-John
J.
Raskob
and
Pierre
S.
Dupont,
both
prominent
American
Industrialists,
were
yesterday
subpoenaed
to
appear
on
charges
of
evasion
to
pay
federal
income
tax.
It
is
claimed
by
the
Treasury
depart
ment
that
Raskob
owes
$1,042,000
Innil
niinnnt
t7flnfinn
PncVnH
wa
chairman
of
the
Democratic
National
Committee
In
1928.
Dupont
is
a
prominent
Republican.
In
the
last
campaign
both
were
active
In
the
Liberty
League
which
opposed
!
the
re-election
of
President
Frank
lin
D.
Roosevelt.
Way
Is
Clear
For
Mediation
Eight
Thousand
Employees
Of
Southern
Pacific
Railway
Are
Continuing
at
Jobs
SAN
FRANCISCO.
April
17:
CP
The
United
States
federal
me-dlatloa
board
appointed
to
Investigate
the
Southern
Pacific
Railway
dispute
found
the
way
to
Intervention
cleared
by
last
minute
action
In
postponing
the
contemplated
strike
of
eight
thousand
workers.
Today's
Weather
I
Government
Telegraph!
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
12.
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
10.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,'
calm,
48.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
41,
Stewart
Cloudy,
'
eouth
wind.
40.
Hazellon
Cloudy,
calm,
158.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
cool
Hums
Laktj
Dull,
calm,
o2.
,
Victoria
Cloudy,
west
wind,
16
Imile
per
hour;
barometer,
30.30.
'
Estevan
Rain,
southeast
wind.
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
3058.
Prince
GeorgeCalm,
clear;
barometer,
30.08.
Vancouver-Clear,
east
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.28.
Dead
Tree
Point
Moderate
southeasterly
wind,
rain;,
temperature.'
40;
'sea
choppy.
Langara
Island
Overcast,
southeasterly
wind,
20
miles
per
hour;
temperature,
40;
sea
choppy.
Triple
Island
Overcast,
rain,
southeasterly
wind,
22
miles
per
hour;
sea
rough,
'i.
?i