Vol. XXVI., No. 100. swenr to govern the peonies ol r,reat Itrilnin. Ireland. Canada 'Mi.niralia. New Zealand ami th niion oi bouth Africa, ot your Possessions and the other Terri 'oricM to any of them belonging r pertaining, and of your Emplr in India, according to their res pettive laws and customs? And the King "will make an nver; "I solemnly promise so to do." It is noteworthy the new oath takes no special cognizance of the constiluUonal difference letweer the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. Doth, seemlngily. are in eluded under "Ireland," thus' comprising n form which cmlr hardly KiVo offence to Free Stati. susceptibilities, as it ignores 1h present "partition" of the country. The second part of lh oath: r which the Kine answers the Arch- oiHiiop's question: "Will you to jour power, cause law and justice I" mercy, to be executed in al" J'fur judgements?" stands as it was enacted in 1C89. Church Oath Modified . Thv thn part of the Corona Oat), Is this lime once again ""'difled. I 1(180 it assumed that "' "ProtestMnl Jterormcd Hell J""'! estabIlHw,i i hiw" wa sufficient recognition of th "true "rofci,,,, 0r tlc, (;0Mpi.i On '"' forthcoming occasion the A'-'-lihlnhoj) will ask the King: ""I you lo the utmost of your '"wer maintain In the United iviiMrd,,,,, iu, .,.(tant Reform-" ''"IMon established by ; law 7 And will you maintain and pre 8t-'n Inviolably the settlement of (Continued on paee five.) V KOAD SURFACING PROGRAM VICTOKIA A road surfacing program estimated to cost $1,-000,000 is announced today by Hon. F. M, Ulcl'hcrson, minister of public works. ONTARIO FLOODS CHATHAM, 6nt Nearly one hundred families are evacuating homes in northern Chatham where the waters of the swollen Thames Kivcr rose more than two feet overnight. There are also serious floods in the Ohio Valley below Pittsburg. VARSITY WINS AGAIN VANCOUVER Hooping a field goal in the final second of a five-minute overtime period, University of British Columbia last night defeated the champion Windsor Fords 31 to 30 to take a two-game lead in the best of five series for the men's Canadian basketball championship. TODAY'S STOCKS , Ovuru b. U. Ju&Ukbuu Uu.l Vancouver B. C. Nickel, .18. Big Missouri, .50. Bralorne, 6.75. B.'R. Con., .04. Aztec, .09. f Cariboo Quartz, 1.52. -Dentonla, .lSVi. Dun well, .03 Vi. Golconda. .09. Fairview Amalg., .11. , Noble Five, .08. .., Pend Oreille,3.00. Pioneer, 4.75. Porter Idaho, -Q5. Premier. 2.72. f) Reeves McDonald, 1.05 Relief Arlington, .23. Reward, .11. Salmon Gold, .09V4. Taylor Bridge, .07. Wayside, .03V4-Hedlcy Amalgamated, .08. Premier Border, .03. Silbak Premier, 250. Congress, .08. Home Gold. .02V2. Grandview. .15 Vi. Indian, .02 12. Quatsino Copper, .04 Vi. Quesncl Quartz, .10. Oils A. P. Con., .32 Vi. Calmont, .CO. C. & E., 3.40. Freehold, .10. McDougal Scgur, .22. Mercury, 31. -Okalta. 1.40. Home Oil, 1.80. Weymarn, ,232. Toronto Beattle, 1.25. Central Patricia, 3.00. God's Lake, .51. Lee Gold, .04. Little Long Lac, 5.C5. McKenzle Red Lake, 1.30. Pickle Crow. 5.85. Red Lake Gold Shore, .50. San Antonio, 1.55. Sherrltt Gordon, 2.30. Smelter Gold, .04. McLeod Cockshutt, 2.00. Oklcnd, .28. Mosher, .54. Gllbcc, .03 V4. Madten Red Lake, .70. Stadacona, 1.40. Frontier Red Lake, .17. Francoeur, .90. Manitoba & Eastern, .04. Moncta Porcupine, 1.30. .Bous Cadillac, .45. Rubec. .05&. Bailor. .041V ' :; Bankfleld. .00. v.nt Malartlc. 1.02. Preston East. Dome. Hutchison Lake, .22. Daw-'on While. 18. MrOtialg Rrd Lakc Rata!) Red Lake, .20, Aldermac 1.08.. Kerr Addlsorl. 2.45. Uchl Gold. .85. Martin Bird, M. 1.04. .111. w ! Plane Arrives For Surveys Of Coast Defences Piloted by Flight Commander F. J. Mawdeslcy and having on board Major John E. Lyon of the Department of National Defence staff, a Royal Canadian Air Force seaplane arrived here from Vancouver at 4:45'yesterday afternoon to be used In connection with surveys for eoast'defences which are to be put In on this part of the coast. Completely unfavorable flying wethrr prevented the plane from getting out today to carry on Its work. Also on the shin are Engine Fitter O. P. Lortle and Wireless Engineer A. P. Brown. Brazil Government Is Bearing Down Upon Opposition BUENOS AIRES, April 29: (CP) PrpKir!.-nt fJet.nlln Varfrns nf Brazil bed drastically the power of Governor J. A. Flores da Cunha of the important state of Rio Grande do 3uj. The action came as Brazilian cTrcles ere expecting , Flores to espouse a presidential candidate opposed to Vargas in the election to.be held soon. Jap Fisherman Of Skeeha River Dies! Funeral This Afternoon Here Of 1 Inostikc Kaihara yiio Passed : " Aviv at F.sslnrton Naihara was 62 years of age and ii survived by a son at Port Essing-ton. . , Ancient Device Not Effective Cock I)(K-!s Not Alwnya (Vow Over1 Drowned Hody NHW WKSTMlNSTKlt, April 20,: (CP) A centuries-old belief NAA1KI) FOR TOUR v SASKATOON, April 29: (CP) Miss Wlln a Moore of the staff of the Technical Collegiate here, will take 100 Canadian high school girls to the coronation May 12. The party will Include 10 high school girls from Saskatchewan. The remainder of the party has-been chosen from all parts of Canada. 0R1A, B.C. I Today's Weather omorrow s Tid es (8 AM.) High... 19.4 -3:2La.m. Tl.. t Tl I 1 1 I ' . Vt me '- ' "1C:30 16.8 rrince itupci i running, souin ifrLT, east wind, 16 miles per hour; baro-meter, 29.52; sea rough. 'h, r- DRIVE ON TO BILBAO Basques Vainly Turn Durango Church Into Fortress New Against Valencia Offensive Britain May Use Navy to Basques From Mass Slaughter Save HENDAYE, Franco-'Spanlsh Bor der, April 29r CP) Grimly deter mined Basques turned a Durango church into a fortress yesterday in a dramatic attempt to stem the march of strong insurgent northern armies in Bilbao, the regional capital, sixteen miles to the northwest. Basques crammed the church, dragged cannons within Us walb and blasted at the Insurgent attackers in ferocious salvos. Insurgent advices said that the stand b2cn ln because, follow tightened his grip on the country' yesterday with a decree that cur ng the crumbling of the Durango lefence, the vanguard of one ln-urgent column was -hurrying, vlr-'ially unoppbscd along the" broad, yell-paved highway from Durango L-ward Bllbacj and the conquering ebels were macslng for a batter ing thrust at the northern port. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937 Will IN FIELD Be Order in Provincial Election Nominations in the provincial election are now coming thick and fast with four . parties Liberal, Ccatervative, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and Social Credit all quite active in the en tering of candidates. Four-cornered contests, it now seems likely, will be quite common. Even Prjnce Rupert nvay have one. Here Liberal, C. C tO .and Social Credit candidates aealready definitely in the , field andM-he local Conservative, the lt day or so include the fol-whlrh civil war today saw a situation frvrpshariowprt a hitter slece- lowing: nf niihnn nrh ns hns hppn laid for' ltw Westminster Hon. A. Wells Tf iii b ., bill. , UAbUAM lUWit - - - 1 1 nl 1 l 1- A lav I . I " ... , 1 . , M T of Duraneo. will mish down the mining man, nominated . r. ; The same day a he had been road to Bilbao coincident with ex- candidate in opposition to w. J. laken back to Port Esslngton after pected Basque evacuations. yvsselstlne. Liberal member of the having been a patient for a week in Thirty thousand government last legislature, and Ernest Love, the Prince rtunert General Hos- Basaues. three-auarters of the re- uonservauve pltal, Inosuke Naihara, Japanese public's hard-pressed army fell fisherman on the Skeena River for back to Bilbao's Maglnot line of twenty-five years, died at Essing- concrete and steel trenches en-ton on Monday. His remains were circling the city tonight and dug in brought back here and interment , for a long insurgent siege. tnnlf 'nlarp this aftprnnon from Meanwhile, the Snanlsh lnsur- Hayner Bros.' chapel to Fairview gent troops began a new offensive the field ln the persons of Arthur Cemetery. Rev. M. Ohashl of Port of the Teruel front, northwest of Laini and Leonard Sheppard re-Esslngton officiated and pallbear- Valencia. Government troops with- rectively. , ers were T. Kawasashi, S. Mori, M. stood the onslaught. Lillooet Edward Carson, Conser- uh,Lhua s nhhi n TrM.hni.hi' vatlve. is first official nomination To To Assist Assist Evacuation ?vacuation. seat held in last legislature by nnd b Narai There was a lanre i . .. for attendance of Japanese at the men and children taken ln connection with the drive on Bilbao, the use of the British Navy to assist in their evacuatl6n on humanitarian grounds was proposed by a fleet. of Norsemen that a cock would -, ,, . crow when passing over the spol 1 1 HQJU ClUD where a drowned man lay sub- ZZi'M here prov' I Nominations To When Jorgen Mathieson, fisher-1 man, was drowned in the Frasei J 'liver here, members of tho Nor-1 wi'giiiti colony cruised the water1 in a small boat with a live cock on board. The bird remained silent. Later drugging operations by police located the body. Be Received Now A committee consisting of Mrs. D. McD. Hunter. Mrs. C. C. Mills. Mrs. A. E. Parlow. Miss Lillian Halllwell, Mrs. Fred McLeod and Mrs. Neal M. Carter was named by the Women's Canadian Club last night to receive nominations of officers for the comlmr year for a general annual meeting to be held next Wednesday. "The club has decided to adont the Weir version of "O Vanroiiter -Wheat VANCOUVER. April 29: (CP)- m lM.i. rinvi tliA Urimnt inn triri lit nf 9 1 rA if. r ft. pjn. ft. Low. 10:15 am. 4.8 ft. 22:20 p.m. 9 JO ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS STEAMER AFIRE IN HECATE STRAIT CROWNING OATH IS REVISED Changes Approved liy King And Privy Council to Erase Irritant To Church and State LONDON, April 20: (CP) Even the most ancient of Eng lish constitutional usages may bej modified to meet changed conditions, us instanced by the devi-sicms effected in the Coronation! Oath, i These changes have become necessary since the status of the Dominions has altered constitu tionaliy since the coronation of George V in 1911 at Westminster The oath has u history extend ing back to the eighth century but in its modern form goes bad to the settlement after the revolution of 1C88. The latest altera tions in the first section of thi oath have heen made after dis cusaions with the governments of the Dominions. The first part of the oath as originally administered referred only "to the people of this King dom of England and the Dom inions thereto belonging." It had to be modified to meet the unior with Scotland, and now has had to be modified again to meet th( present composjtion of the Overseas Empire the recognition of Indian and of the new status of the self - governing Dominions iwri' 4he SUtuteif"VtmlnKter was passed. The Dominions have now taken their place , ns co-equal members of the British Commonwealth "IIn free fKoei'ntin of which th crown is '.the symbol." In e Old iformof the oth. th Ar Mdshbjt put the question tf th' Kint Will you solemnly promise and wi;ir to govern the reotile of thi United Kingdom of ("Srent Hri 'n and Ireland mid the Dom (nions thereto In-longing, according to tht. Slatutes in Parliament Agreed on, and the respective lavs nnrl cuxtnms of the same? And the King made answer: "I ""ju-mnly sweat1 so to do." In the new form the Arch binnon's question is: Will you solefnlv promise an1 Late Telegraphs Freight and Passenger Vessel Cordova Proceeding North Now After Being in Serious Plight ButcherRefugees ARE Flames in No. 2 Hold While Steering Gear Was Broken Down Has 104 Passengers on Board Heading For Ketchikan The Alaska Steamship Co.'s combination freight and Looks Like Four-cornered Fights' passenger steamer Cordova, after having been in distress about midway up Hecate btraus wim lire m ner imu.. e. hold and her steering gear broken down, was reported this afternoon to be heading towards Ketchikan under convoy of the coastguard vessel Alert of Ketchikan. For t - a time it appeared that the vessel . -n i was in a serious plight but the re-aflf m Rlk AN 'pairing of the steering gear re-JUU ivlLfrllllJ jlieved the gravity of. the situation, riTTYTfVT ena,iline her t0 Proceed with the IlH XI III lllr fire under control although sUll Association, meeting last night de- Further details elded that it too should enter the brought to the city field. There will be a convention Falls by Sergeant J. H. McClinton, slstance o the Cordova. The ves- next week.. Some of the more interesting no- suicide tragedy last week in tne and rough sea Capt Q ,3 Ooctz mlnatlons to be reported during Ocean Falls hotel in wnicn mcnows the master gave position at j muni-1 the the heari. heari. l Delta S. A. Flatt nominated Social Credit candidate. This seat, held by R. B. Swailes, former C. C. F. and now Social Reconstructive, ln the last legislature, already has Liberal and C. C. F. candidates in London, April 29:-wnen it G M Murray, Liberal, was reported yesterday that the R,lth okanazan Cant. C. R. Spanish Insurgents planned mass Bull nominated Liberal candidate slaughter of all Basques men, wo- fnr thIs seat hcid In last legislature by Dr. J. Allan Harris who is not seeking re-election. T. G. Norris K. C., Conservative, is already in the field. -Dr. ur. Frank rTann Patterson, raueisuu, mlnated as Conservatives. C. C. F. and Social Credit candidates already in the field. Mr. Justice Gordon Sloan vacated this scat when appointed an Appeal Court Judge recently. Vancouver-Point Grcy-r-Wllllam Offer, J. Evans and E. Westmoreland nominated as C. C. F. candidates for the three-scat riding, Hon. Dr. G. M. Weir, S. S. McKech ind Robert Wllklnsbn. Liberal (members of the last legislature, arc already in the field as well as wo Social Credit candidates A. D. Crecr. party leader, and William Savage, a member of the Tolmle -ablnet in 1933. ' t 'j I Nominations made since" yestcr-(Contlnued on page five) IIAU SILVI.lt NEW YORK, April 29 Bar silver was selling -at 45c jcr ounw oirthe New Vprk metal mar burning. j The United States. Coastguard Ocean Falls Man Inserted Blade Divlsion headquarters at Ketchikan Between Ribs and Drove it Into j up distress calls from the Heart by Elbow Pressure ) Cordova and immediately dls- - lvotrViprf the nat.rnl boat Alert have been throu h a tormy gale which was from Ocean, ... , cit iv, In on the side and by pressure of his of Soutieastern Aaska Government is seeking to clear the' Blake chbsen .C. G. F. candidate mi hy way field of non-combatants for a' fight this seat where the CcrnimirataUeu ports, carrying. ,104 passengers in to the death at Bilbao, it is exoec- Rev. EdwinBaker, was the llrst to ; heart. VLuAJ ti t0 Prt Hbrn trf that lnKiirtrrnt.: .mntnrl7pd enter, tne IieiQ. v" " .. . . "u""6 ; I-'ii,ti, At bi-Charles H. Lake, bioncer nothing or it. next, aay xne ooay. No asslstance was found. Pltchko, apparently, I Prmce RUDert commuted the rasn act .aiier nay-lng partially completed the writing of a letter to a girl friend. Deceased was 28 years of age and was born at St. Denis, Sask, where i his father resides. Lakehead Girl Rises in Films !iarbaru Head of Port Arthur Visiting Her Home POUT AltTHUn, Ont., April (CP) Barbara Read, prett I Dewdncv c, , r ,.,.,, Moose Jaw Man nsV.riilnn tn Ua nn Mtnfi i ITllllnV'R nriCC Was SI 244,, M.f1nV. tortuy. 1"' "inn I ir 1 17. HV UV V . I l ' j ; who returned yesterday, of the- . mo lllVlBt a1ft a. Pltchfco wok nis own me. iui Ume M the centre of Hecate used an. ordinary pocket knife wtth:Btralt opp05ite the mouth of the J a two-Inch blade to stab himself in! Skeena Rlvr H is Denevea mat ne in- The Cordova had sailed from In Spanish War "Mtxcd Company" Under Arms For Government j 1 MOOSE JAW. Abril 29: CP) A Moose Jaw resident fighting with government forces ln Spain Is in "mixed company," according to a letter from Thomas Bailey, former travelling salesman. The International Brigade, he said, was made,-up largely of Am 1 erlcans. Germans, Czechoslovak- Mure ieicninY . . . ve,ur h t(0H-. was asked from Today's Weather (Government Tplgmph llazelton Cloudy, windy, 40. Smithers Cloudy, "calm, cool. liurns Iuko Dull, windy, 3L. Terrace Cloudy, calm, 30. Aiyansh Cloudy, calm, 42. Alice Arm Cloudy, calm, 40. Anyox Cloudy, northeast wind, 40. ' ' Stewart Cloudy, south wind,! ' ' 80. Victoria 'Fair, southwest wind, 10 miles per hour4 barometer, ' ' 80.10. I'istevan Cloudy, woutheast ID-year old Port Arthur girl, Avhc.windi 22 miles per hour; baro-has won recognition as a promts !meter. 80.02. ' Ing actress in Hollywood, expect to pay a visit lo her homu towr. this spring and her oldschool ichums are preparing a warm wel I come. Prince (Jeorgt Calm :md cleaT, barometer, 20.88. Vancouver Fair, northeast wind, 4 miies per hour; barometer, 80.03, 8 a.m. Alert Day .Overcast, 7,: ni :i;Z serL""ies Pylng in. the pictu'rt I westerly wind ; tiarometer, ...... ......... " mis seai icpiecm. ui '"."Three Smart Girls." in wlncr. 'or Spanish relief. Plans are being lature by D. w. Strachan, Liberal. Uurbij of Winnipeg, made for the evacuation of 300,000 Vancouver Centre-Gordon S. , d the barring role women and children from Bilbao wlsmcr. Liberal member of last Miss j.cad atlendud public ami ulc vi wis riuu renominated wun aiq. legislature, Mgh chool hcrc all(, won Mgi Fred Crone as running maw:, naam honors in the dramatic course. Johnston and Montague Caple no- emperature. 40. Hull Harbor Overcast, ing, fresh southeasterly; meter, 20.75; sea rough. Triple Island Overcast, east wind, 22 miles per '.the adjutant a Hungarian, ana fair inland. I commands are given in French, the Prim e Kupcrl j language CP) stood. I.' x most generally under- fresh 10.02; rain-baro- moderate rough sea. Langara Island Part cloudy, showery, southeast wind, 25 milii per hour; barometer, 20.25; temperature, 40; moderate -ough sep. Dead Tree Point Part cloudy, strong southeast wind, barometer, 20.40; temperature, 41; sea rough. Weather Forecast p'iiriiiHi:cl UirouiCi tli comruwy o rKnltiloti Mrteorologlca.1 Buroiu it Victoria nnd t'rlru Bufwrt. Thin fore-nt t ocmplletl from observation ti-irii at S .m txxlay uid covers Mi 31 riir jiprlort endlug 6 pm vonwrrowj, (;,u,ner,al .yngpsijj A .storm of some Intensity is centred off Queen Charlotte Islands, causing The commander Is an Albanian, gales and rain there. It has bvn Distrift atjd Queen CJiarJotte.. Islands Strong shiftfug wind$ or gales mostly southeast with rain. Joseph Naylor' sr. left on lasU West Coast of Vancouver east t 10:20.. was reported this the Vancouver- market yesterday. 1 ket 'yesterday, falllng iOff? , to 45 Vic evening train for a business trip a nd-Strong south to southwest Z. ,i .. r t . v" " I . . a ' 1 -1 L i,. c,ill,n wind vli..1 Willi with Bliovvers. slinvvpra 1