Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides (8 A.M.) High 2:13 a.m. 23.2 ft. Rupert Raining, south-cart prince 14:56 p.m. 20.4 ft. wind, 8 miles per hour; barometer Low ... 8:52 a.m. 0.9 ft. 29.02. 20:57 p.m. 5.4 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISI1 COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXVI No. r. vm. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1937 fKICE: 5 VKS U' FISHbKltb ft TA RULES 01 ; ' Salmon irap ''llc'"-' " Adopted bKeena-aas boundaries Changed riTTAWA, April 12: (CP) Under mendmenis to the British Colum- i. faeries reeulations announ- .i CitnrrlAV bV IlOn.- J. E. Ml- . iip4ap . r f flcVlorloe IVya h.lin T I I I j I 1 1 I 1 bill. a i. iwn, f0 M.T Mnliai wwy "vviivv v-w lui ' m hns hppn lnrrpnKPrt : ' " fu i iT ... trans will he nermltted onlv .-j rt frnt-ia nr In llnp with r. -,nnWntlnn c mnrlf rprpnt iv Kv i. iUnrlflc fttmtnlttfla 4 Via Other changes in the regulations no- in the Skeena and Naas River areas. The southern boundary of , ii i I r- -i t i iig wivv-tw uiwi U9 UV.WI V-AVtll" A new salmon gillnet area has Ll LtUlblliLU 111 A. illll I IIT l.ll.llia in n nrpn nnri nitpr run h rw Vto 1ITI W ATm llflll I 19 I I I IV 1 1 I t 11 11 I by II1UU V 2 M. VERY SOON v tire From Office in About A Month WORCESTER. Eng., April -12; ri :t remain in plfice loog ar- Imperial Conference which iuu;.anea ior May i jusi prior tftt C ironatlon. Rt. Hon. Neville iimberi:iln rhnnrillnr nf thp 5 'TCNoi.ah .1111 . qucntly as the next Prime Min- :ster, In a speech here In whrch he ::a; his early retirement, Pre- '?ainst the wiles of communism ' ...V..WU14 II1I.I1VI ctsirabls it was not Inconceivable etthrr might gain a foothold n Britain DOLLAR IN NEW YORK NEW YORK Anrll 12! (HPiThe Radian dollar was trading at a lmlum of 3-32c on Saturday on Ai New York foreign exchange tRarket up 1-C4c from Friday. United States J Takes Interest Inclc Sam's Amhatsminr n i.nrirp To Attend Disarmament Meetings LONDON Anrll 11. ""Is, United States ambassador at 1,T 10 Europe, will go to Geneva early In May for meetings of the , -"p committee of the world "'-armament, conference. It is re- K ThlP U taken as a" lndi: . n that United States may intend p la" a more active Interest in fc"fopean affairs. Weather Forecast tt'Pft!m,,!r' 'tmS the cmirtcay o. -,, -lUI Prltlfo Tlnnnrt Ittl. f. H t ft ? Irom observation t. hour trl wi l"5' uni cover th 3 r TimniK o p.rn tomorrow). enir;il u. . tinu 0""Pi uaius con-, on the north coast caused : ""iritis 'WDroachlnir Onoon inlands. Weather has "rn r . . . ""i in niiii iii. ....i ii. 'oaiit " "'HI I illll un l"U ' ' "iwt District and 'UHtoH i arI,,Uc llnln South-with "'Utterly gales, mild , W , Vncouyunl8lan& - '.winnhnun ni i massacrea By Natives DELHI, India, April 12: (CP) Renegade tribesmen In the mountainous northern Iron- tier country of India on Satur- day ambushed . ... a military con- W ana K1"ea iwentynve Brl . . . .... - ' v' '6 w "cers, wounding bundlng forty forty other others including six offcers. A punl- tlve expedition is being or-. ganized. Missionaries Are Expelled Explanations Sought by Moth United States and (ireal Ihitain WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12: Semi-official protest has been sent to Rome following the expulsion of three American missionaries from Ethiopia on the grounds that theye were engaged anti-Italian espionage. Seven British missionaries have been similarly expelled and the British ambassador at Home, Sir Eric Drummond, has been asked his government to obtain an explanation from the Italian irov-l ,.nmot Halibut Sales American Visitor, 4,500, Cold Storage, 9.4c! and 6c. ' 1' ' .Canadian Viking, 6,000. Pacific, 8.2c and 5c'. P. Dorreen, 4,000,. Cold Storage, 7.9c and 5c. Teddy, 3,500, Pacific, 8.1c and 5c. J uovenaniy i,uuuAuin, 8.oc ana c. Charmlne C, 11,000, Pacific, 7.7c and 5c. Signal, 5,500, Cold Storage, 8.1c and 5c. Bobby, 5,000, Pacific, 7.4c and 5c. Dovre B.. 8,000, Booth. 8.4c and 5c. Balsac, 4,000, Atlln, 8.4c and 5c. Sea Maid, 6,000, Booth, 8.3c and 5c. Pair of Jacks, 9,000, Booth, 8.4c and 5c. Rumor Spiked By Vancouver Lawyer C. L. McAlpinc K. C. Intimates He Is Not Becoming Attorney General VANCOUVER, April 12: "There Is nnUiInc to it." savs Claude L. McAlulne K.C.. prominent Vancou- ver barrister, in regard to reports that he was to be appointed Attorney General in succession to Hon. Gordon Sloan, who has been appointed to the British Columbia Court of Appeals bench. It had been rumored that an interior seat would be found for Mr. McAIplne. President Of Hedley Gold Has Resigned VANCQUVER, April 12:-U. E. Baker has voluntarily resigned as president of Hedley Amalgamated Gold Mines Ltd. His resignation is stated to have been presented before the report of G. L. Frascr In regard to the affairs of the company was made public a few days ago. MKTH NOTION There was horn to Mr. iul ...l vt l 1.'i..imii;hi lit thU 4li ' ., .V' i ii 1 1 I Ince 'Rupert Ueneiiii iiushwi this morning, a so" UNION HEAD IN OSHAWA Homier Martin Urges Allegiance To C. I. 0. Trades and Labor " Backs Strikers OSHAWA, April 12: (CP) Homer T. Martin, tall bespectacled president of the United Automobile Workers of America, arrived here Saturday night, accompanied by his wife and daughter, and addres- i"d a mass meetlnS of striking em- ployees of the General Motors Cor poration plant. He urged allegiance to the Committee on Industrial Organization, recognition of which is being demanded by the strike. Unless General Motors of Canada gave this recognition, Martin threatened to call a walk-out in all General Motors plants in the United States. Premier Mitchell Hepburn, who has condemned the ; C. I. O., was Jeered during the! meeting. The Toronto and District Trades and Labor Council, at a meeting Saturday, moved to set up a pro vincial organization in support 0fj the Oshawa iawa strikers strikers. Seventeen Jail Rreakinjf Negroes Arc Reing Sought JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 12: (CP) Police are still searchlnK for 17 negroes who made their getaway from a Jail here the latter part oi Hast week. m Twelves i i Planes iji i On i Flight to Hawaii United States Navy Sending Big Aerial Squadron From' San ; Diego Today - SAN DIEGO, April 12: Twelve new Unjted States; Navy patrol planes, with eighty officers and men dn .boarci, were to leave San Diego today for Pearl Harbor where the machines will be commissioned in service. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED Session at Ottawa Came to Close Saturday Night With Ceremony By Governor General OTTAWA, April 12: Parliament prorogued at 9 o'clock Saturday night, the business of the session having been completed earlier in the day. The prorogation ceremony was conducted in the Senate Chamber by Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor General, with members of the House also in attendance. The prorogation address of the Governor General referred to the necessity of a change in the Canadian governmental structure to meet changing economic conditions. It reviewed the legislation of the session and mentioned Improving j conditions In Canada. Solloway is Ordered To lay Three Million TORONTO, April 12: Isaac W. C. Solloway, former prominent Toronto broker, has been ordered to pay $3,323,000 to the liquidator of the defunct company of Solloway, Mills & Co. AGROUND IN CANAL Big 1 & O. Liner Blocked Suez For Several Hours at Weck-End PORT SAID, April 12: After having been responsible for the blocking of Suez Canal for several hours, the big Peninsular & Orient liner Viceroy of India, which had kone agrouild on Saturauy while YtrrA n a t.hHHiffh . thp i.nniil un iv. - I uoaiea yesieraay. ITALIANS REINFORCE Fresh Troops Reported to Have Arrived in Spain Loyalists Suffer Reverse Britain's Dilemma International Situation' Now More Acute General Franco Issues Warning WITH THE INSURGENTS, April 12: (CP) More than three thousand government troops are estimated to have 'been slaugh tered west of JHaurid in a sur- prise attack against the right . . flank of - the government army I today. An official insurgent ' communique described the rout of General Miaja's command as one of the greatest Insurgent victories on the Madrid front. 1 MADRID, April 12: (CP) Fresh i Italian troops to bolster the army; of 15,000 Insurgents which the.in Spanish government: has already described as predominantly of that nationality Is reported by Febus (official Spanish) News Agency to have reached the Cordoba Province front. An insurgent garrison just outside Madrid is said- to have been encircled by government troops at whose hand Us annihilation Is de- clared to be certaint was begin- ining to crumble Saturday night. The rebels were also losing out on? all other fronts. It was s.ilrt hvince was seriously injured - . government sources, with the possible exception of 'Bilbao in tht north, the insurgents being repor ted to have entered the suburbs oi Durango, not far distant. There was a heavy -bombardment of Madrid yesterday by Insurgent' , ... . .... . . ... i, Li - ,il T - iSheriff of Illinois City-Gets Assis -artillery; numerous?ualUesie'1-.-"Rr','t . Ii . ... j t m . ,. , , , . ' I tance From Governor sultinz In the - canltal lnehidlno women apd children. Britain's Dilemma LONDON, April 12:-Qrea,t. Britain '1$ ho' faced'Svifh a'diJemfna in connection with the Spanish jlvil war situation. Six of her ships carrying supplies for the loyalist government at beleaguered .Bilbao are blockaded off the Spanish coast. If they fail to deliver :helr cargoes, It will be construed by the Spanish government as favoring the Insurgent cause. If they should be permitted to pass the blockade, It would be in contravention of the spirit of the non-intervention agreement. The cabinet met yesterday to consider the situation which has made the international outlook more serious igaln. It was one of the rare Suif-day cabinet sessions. Today Premier Baldwin told the House of Commons that the Bri tish government refused to recognize the Spanish Insurgent regime as a belligerent and would permit: on his recent flight to India. Whenlsince tne retirement of Chief Jus-of no Interference with British I he had become missing on two oc-itice j a Macdonald and the ele- shlpplng on; the high seas. General Francisco Franco, insur-sent commander-in-chief, issued a warning last night that any British ships attempting to enter Bilbao would be fired upon. H. M. S. Hood, one of Britain's mightiest warships, left Gibraltar Saturday for the Basque coast. There was a question of whether It was to 'protect British shipping or to bolster up the non - lnterven - 1 tlon guard. It became evident to - ' day that the object was to protect British shipping. France Seizes Planes PARIS, April 12:-Four Spanish government fighting planes which landed in Southern , France have j been seized by the French authorities. They, claimed to have been! lost in the fog. Screen Actress Weds in Arizona Arllne Judge Becomes Bride Of Daniel Popping at Ceremony In Virginia City VIRGINIA CITY. Arizona, April 12: Arllne Judge, well known screen actress, and Daniel Popping, New York mllllonalre.weri! married here at the end of the wee. ELECTION IMPORTANT Belgium Emphatically Chooses Democratic Parliament To Fascism BRUSSELS, Belgium, April 12: Belgium had a momentous challenge by-electiori Sunday in which by overwhelming voice the voters chose Parliamentary democracy In preference to Fascism. The one candidate was 44-vear old Premier Paul van Zetland and the otherlwas badlv damaged. Leon de Grelle, 30-year old leader of the Rexlst or Fascist party. De Grelle had challenged van Zeeland to contest a vacant Brussels seat against him. The Premier accepted I itVia the challenge. Yin Honfro Tho The tmto vote Ti-nc was 971 275.000 Ann for van Zeeland and 69,000 for de Grelle. Government supporters made the charge that the Rexlsts obtained campaign money from Nazi Ger- many Saturday night there was rioting ,,,. hotl,Ppn ms.fflm.i -"vy"" ters and Fascl3ts wto. Ralph Ince, Noted American Movie Man, Loses Life LONDON, April 12: Ralph Ince, noted American moving picture producer and director, was killed !"ne" when an au' automobile 1 "f his wife was at " Kensington , t ast t night. 7 1 Mrs, Cairo Under Martial Law CAIRO, 111.. April 12": The sheriff of Cairo asked the Governor at the l!entf ; of.' the :veek fa !put Cairo ..lafcr martial law following serous rioting at relief headquarters. The Governor was taking steps to jomply with the request. CRITICIZED t British Writer Thinks Lone Eagle's Secrecy on Flight Was . inconsiderate j LONDON, April 12: (CP) Writ- j '.ng in the London Dally Express at the end of the week in connection! with the return of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, Emery Jones j severely criticized "ine Lone cagie- for the secrecy he had maintained in regard to ms destinations wnuesit for the first time on Tuesdav! caslons, it had caused world-wide . concern. It was inconsiderate, Jones , declared, for Col. and Mrs. Llnd- j bergh to be resting comfortably Incognito at Munich while four planes were searching for them. WINNIPEG WHEAT WINNIPEG, April 12: (CP) The Winnipeg wheat price was up 2c 1 lc Friday with May at Sli, advancing to $1.47'i Saturday. The Chicago price on Friday was lie off to cc up with May at $1.39,1 advancing to $1.39a4 Saturday. l ' AIRMAIL j TO YUKON New Scrvcc is Announced by Postmaster General Edmonton To Whltchorse OTTAWA, April 12: Hon. J. C. Elliott. Postmaster General, Satur- day night announced the exten sion of regular air mall service from Edmonton to Whitehorse. The service will be weekly and the slx- j hour flight from Edmonton will be via Peace River and Fort Nelson, a distance of 950 miles. Passengers will also be carried. The rate lor mail Will be lie per uliacut . Woman Badly Hurt in Car Hitting Span VANCOUVER, April 12: Mrs. Eugenie Peterson was critically injured at 4 o'clock Saturday morning when the automobile she was driving struck the span on Granville Street bridge. The woman was hurled through the windshield and was found unconscious on the street by a taxi driver. The car Mrs. Peterson was still uncons cious in St. Paul's Hospital last night. Late Telegraphs WAGNER BILL UPHELD WASHINGTON, D.C. The Supreme Court of the United States gave the United States government a major victory today by upholding the constitutionality of the Wagner Labor Relations Act as applied to all business engaged in interstate commerce. ATTACK ON STEVEDORES VICTORIA Two members of the Victoria Longshoremen's Association were quite badly injured yesterday when they were set upon by seamen of the steamer President McKinley as they were' attempting to load the vessel with mail. A party of six longshoremen had been assigned to the vessel. They stopped loading when the crew of ,the vessel refused to give steam. The longshoremen said that thirty members of the crew attacked them. Finally Post Office employees, under police guard, loaded the mail and ihe President McKinley sailed' for the Orient about an hour late. , ' RANGERS WIN DETROIT New York Rangers nre onrc aain favorites to win the Stanley Cup, emblematic of world's ' professional hockey championship. Last night the Rangers scored but one eoal to move un in the series with Detroit Red Wings which now stands two games to one. oUrt of ApDeal 1 Sittbg Tuesday New Chief Justice Will Preside With Former Attorney General Taking Place on Bench VICTORIA. April 12: The Brl- tlsn Columbia Court of Appeal will i vation 0f Mr. Justice Archer Martin t0 the chief Justiceship. It will also he the first session of the-court for the new Mr Justice Gordon Sloan former attorney general. There i are eighteen appeals on the list for .uuuvu Ul uC,Uu.. Little Boy Is JT atally HUrt Lornc Klrby, Aged Five, Struck By Automobile In I'ichmond Saturday wind, 24 miles per-hour; baro-VANCOUVER, April 12: Lome meter, 29.70. KIrby, five year old boy. was fa-' Victoria Raining, southenit tally injured when struck by an wind, 28 miles per hour; baro-automobile In Richmond on Satur- meter, 29.84. day night at 9 o'clock. The lad! Vancouver Raining, '.easterly died two hours later in Vancouver, General Hospital. Coastguard Cutter Officers Changed KETCHIKAN, April 12: Lieut. Commander W. R. Richards Is to be succeeded by Lieut. Commander John Rowntree of New York as commanding officer of the coastguard cutter Cyane. Lieut. Stover, second in command of the Cyane, Is to take command of the Alert. CATCH IS INCREASED Seventy-Five Percent More Halibut Is Taken This Year The Northern Pacific halibut fleet had an Increase of seventy-five percent In its catch for the first two weeks of the 1937 season ending March 31, according to figures Issued Saturday by the International Fisheries Commission. The total catch for control areas No. 2 and 3 was 3,514,052 pounds as compared with 2,044,521 pounds at the same date last year. If fishing keeps up with the same intensity, the season will be even shorter than it was last year. The records of the International Fisheries Commission show that for the period from March 16 to March 31, 1937, the following amounts of halibut have been landed In the various ports on the Pacific Coast: Area 2 Area 3 U. S .1,242.145 1,306,059 Canadian 897,856 67,992 Total 2,140,001 1,374,051 For the period from March 16 to March 31, 1936, the following landings were recorded: ' Area 2 Area 3 U. S 834,503 739,369 Canadian 434,029 36,620 Total 1,268,532 775,989 TROTSKY IS ON DEFENCE International Inquiry Hearing Treason Charges Against Former Soviet Leader " ME7ICO; ApWI 12: Toaefend himself against treason chargp.4 brought by the Soviet government, Leon Trotsky appeared before an inlernational inquiry nf five Saturday. The hearing is continuing with Dr. Dewey of New York as chairman. In opening the inquiry, Dr. Dewey de clared that, if Trotsky was guilty of the charges made against him, no penalty would be too severe. Mexican Cities Have no Juice General Strike Throws Many Places Into Darkness Fear of Fires MEXICO CITY, April ' 12: Several Mexican cities were without light and power and other services over the week-end owing to the continuation of a general strike. Tnere was fear ol 1 owing to crude lighting devices being used. Today's Weather fOovfrumwil Tflegraphal Triple Island Part cloudy, southeast wind, 20 miles per hour; sea choppy. T .n ntr.n ln 'Tulntirt.. Pi i ,.1mwli. ter,y wfnd g m ;.' barometer, 29.150; temperature, ';I8: sea choppy. Dead Tree Point Kainlng, .moderate southeast wind: baro- I mptiv tnmhDi.iihii.ii Pwi. j LiluI, Harbor Clear, southwecS wind, 10 miles ner hour, baro- meter, 29.57; temperature, 41; light swell. Kstevan Raining, southeast wn. 4 miles per hour; baro- motor oniio Prince Genree Cloudy, calm; barometer. 29.80. Alert Ray Overcast, strong southeast wind; barometer. 29.84; temtiernture. 42; sea rough. Terrace Cloudy, east wind, 10. Alyansh Cloudy, calm. ."8. Alice Arm Cloudy, calm, 45. A nyox Cloudy, calm, 42. Stewart Cloudy, calm, '38. Hazel Ion Cloudy, calm, 40. SniltherH Cloudy 'calm,' cool. Hums Lake Bright, calm,32.