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p.m.
18.4
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meter,
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8:08
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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVI.,
No.
120.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
25,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
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BASE
AT
DIGBY
...
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If
Now
Located
Here
ur
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
Res
arc
nor
based
at
the
ma
f
depot
on
Dlgby
Island
and
en
topograpnicai
survey
rln
being
conducted
by
the
De-
ucnt
of
National
Defence.
I
floating
hangar
arrived
yes
from
Bella
Bella
In
tow
of
!ay
fisheries
protection
steamer
isplna
to
be
added
to
the
BDment
crew
of
some
fifteen
or
sixteen
i
Is
located
at
Dlgby
Island
in
nection
with
the
work,
no
of
the
planes
are
Northrop
jlanes
which
have
come
from
iwa
to
this
coast.
One
is
a
child
seaplane
while
the
fourth
b
large
twin-motored
Vickers
hg
boat.
Squadron
Leader
V.
F.
Rdsley
Is
in
charge
of
the
alr-
Jils
will
be
the
furthest
north
e
for
this
work
which
is
ex-ted
to
be
completed
In
four
or
weeks
when
the
aircraft
will
Ern
to
Vancouver.
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Alberta
Sunday
O
Y,
May
25:
25:
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A
40-
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gale
t
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on
sunaay-
There
VA
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ffAm
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sou
nc
international
boundary.
Al
Smith
To
Visit
Pope
"Nappy
Warrior"
Given
Enthusiastic
Reception
in
Naples
NAPLES,
Italy.
May
25:
On
his
way
to
Rome
where
he
is
to
have
an
audience
with
Pope
Plus,
Former
Governor
Al
Smith
arrived
in
Naples
Saturday
aboard
an
Italian
liner.
The
"Happy
Warrior"
was
given
an
enthusiastic
reception
by
the
Neapolitans.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jono&ton
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
.20.
Big
Missouri,
.46.
Bralorne,
6.80.
B.
R.
Con.,
MV.
Aztec,
.08.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.60.
Dentonia,
.16.
Golconda,
.10.
Minto,
.20.
Meridian,
.01.
Noble
Five,
.08.
Pend
Oreille,
3.80.
,
Pioneer,
4.00.
Porter
Idaho,
.05.
Premier,
2.70.
Reeves
McDonald,
.90.
Reno,
.88.
Relief
Arlington,
.20.
Reward,
.10.
Salmon
Gold,
.08.
Taylor
Bridge,
.06'.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.02.
Congress,
.04V.
Silver
Crest,
.07.
;
H6mtftl6Ul.03
Grandvlew,
.19.
Indian,
.02.
Quatsino
Copper,
.033,i.
Quesnel
Quartz,
.09.
Oils
A.
P.
Con
.32.
Calmont.
.58;
C.
&
E.,
2.50.
Freehold,
09
Hargal,
.18.
McDougal
Scgur.
.19
V2.
Mercury,
.30.
Okalta,
U5,
Pacalta,
.13,
Home
Oil,
'1.80.
'
United,
.23.
Weymarn,
.12.
Toronto
Bcattie.
1.25.
Central
Patricia,
3.20.
God's
Lake,
.51.
Lec
Oold,
.03.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.50.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.24.
Pickle
Crow,
6.45.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore.
.50.
San
Antonio,
1.56.
Shcrritt
Gordon.
2.70.
Smelter
Gold,
.032.
McLeod
Cpckshutt,
2.12.
Oklend.
.17i
Mosher,
.39.
Gilbec,
.02.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.77.
Stadacona,'
1.58.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.14.
Francoeur,
.85.
Manitoba
&
Eastern.
03.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.45.
Bouscadlllac,
.45.
Rubcc,
.03
V2.
'
Bailor,
.03.
Bankfleld,
1.10.
East
Malartic,
1.17.
Preston
East
Dome.
1.07.
Hutchison
Lake,
.16.
Dawson
White,
.13.
McQualtf
Red
Lake,
.15.
Rajah
Red
Lake,
.20.
Aldcrmac,
1.15.
f
Kerr
Addison.
2.70.
Uchl
Gold.
.79.
Martin
Bird,
.81,
Sun
Yat
Sen
Statue
Going
Up
in
'Frisco
SAN
FRANCISCO.
May
25:
A
14-foot
statue
of
Dr.
Sun
Yat
Sen,
former
President
of
China,
Is
to
bo
erected
In
St.
Anne's
Square.
Sun
Yat
Sen,
before
he
sprang
into
prominence
In
Chinese
affairs,
at
one
time'
spent
considerable
time
In
San
Francisco.
Floating
Court
Of
Alaska
Now
On
Way
to
West
inxt
SKWAKD,
tl.
Alaska,
.
May
.
2C:
ii")
me
cuasijjuaru
cuuer
Haida
is
bound
for
Kodiak
on
the
first
Ick
of
a
cruise
with
Alaska's
unique
iioaiing
court.
ror
thirty-seven
yeans
judges
of
Al-
periodic-illy
carried
justice
to
the
westward
in
revenue,
coastguard
and
similar
craft.
BROTHERS
ARE
DEAD
Locomotive
Hits
Speeder
on
C.P.K.
Main
Line
With
Fatal
f
Results
REVELSTOKE.
May
25:
Two
brothers,
employees
of
a
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
telegraph
line
crew,
were
fatally
injured
late
Saturday
afternoon
when
a
pusher
locomotive
ran
into
a
gasoline
speeder
on
the
main
line
25
miles
east
of
here.
One
of
the
men
died
Instantly,
The
other
succumbed
a
few
hours
later
to
his
Injuries.
There
were
fourteen
others
on
the
speeder
but
none
were
hurt
ser
iously.
The
dead
are
Rory
and
Dan
McDonald.
RESUMING
RELATIONS
Diplomatic
Representations
Between
Paraguay
and
Bolivia
Being:
Restored
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
May
25:
The
South
American
republics,
of
-v
Para
guay
and
Bolivia
will
shortly
re
sume
diplomatic
relations
which
were
broken
off
in
1932
prior
to
the
Gran
Chaco
war,
it
is
reported
here.
Fur
Robbery
Case
Goes
On
One
Charge
Against
Sheffield
And
Co'urvoiser
Dropped
PRINCE
GEORGE,
May
25.:
The
famous
Fort
Nelson
fur
robbery
case
afealnst
Ralph
Sheffield
and
Henry
Courvolser,
Involving
$34,000
worth
of
pelts
alleged
to
have
been
stolen
from
the
Hudson
Bay
Co.'s
store
at
Fort
Nelson
on
July
12,
1936,
terminated
with
a
stay
of.
proceedings
at
the
Supreme
Court
Assizes
in
Prince
George.
Although
the
trappers
have
been
freed
on
one
charge,
a
second
Is,
however,
pending
against
them.
An
Indian
witness
in
the
case
on
Sa-I
turday,
on
being
sworn,
declared
i
that
he
was
not
Christian
but
believed
In
a
good
God
living
above'
and
a
bad
god
living
below.
He
was
sworn
In
fear
of
what
the
bad
god
below
would
do
to
him
If
he
did
not
tell
the
truth.
'Mysterious
Says
Dr.
Hugo
Eckener
Dirigible
Designer
Testifies
at
Inquiry
Into
Hlndcnburg
Disaster
LAKEHURST,
NJ..
May
25
Testifying
at
the
inquiry
into
the
disaster
to
the
great
dirigible
Hin-burg,
Dr.
Hugo
Eckener,
designer
of
the
dirigible,
expressed
the
opinion
that
the
circumstances
of
the
de-
.(
tittl
Inn
tf
I
It
a
a
Ireli
In
'nrn
'
cx-
tiemely
mysterious."
NI2W
YORK
STOCK
MARKET
REVIVES
NEW
YORK,
May
25:
The
New
York
stock
market
showed
a
revival
at
the
week-end.
The
Industrial
average
was
up
1,73
at
the
close
of
Saturday's
short
trading
session,
rails
up
.36
and
utilities
up
.43.
.
.
.
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..
Late
Telegraphs
ANOTHER
LINDBLIIG1I
SON
WEALD,
Kent,
Eng
Col.
Charles
A.
Lindbergh
Monday
told
United
States
embassy
officials
in
London
by
telephone
of
the
birth
of
a
seven-pound
son
to
Mrs.
Lindbergh
on
May
13
at
their
rural
home
here.
He
pledged
all
friends'
to
secrecy
concerning-
the
details.
It
is
their
third
child.
The
first,
Charles
A.
Lindbergh,
was
a
kidnapping
victim.
The
second
is
Jon.
ESCAPED
CONVICT
WOUNDKI)
SOUTH
TACOMA
Vernon
"Illaekic"
Campbell,
one
of
two
convicts,
who
figured
In
a
"death
chamber"
escape
from
Okalla
Prison
last
month,
was
critically
wounded
in
a
blaze
of
police
gunfire
after
robbin?
a
Seattle
hotel
of
about
$10.
Gordon
Fawcctt,
who
escaped
with
him,
is
still
at
large;
BALLOON
DESTROYED
BRUSSELS
Prof.
Auguste
Pi-card's
$35,000
stratosphere
balloon
was
destroyed
by
fire
as
final
preparations
were
being
made
for
a
new
ascent.
No
one
was.
injured.'
MORE
REDS
EXECUTED
MOSCOW
Eleven
persons
arc
reported
to,
have
been
executed
at
Khabarovsk
In
the
Far
East,
bringing
to
39
the.
number
put
to
death
in
Siberia
within
a
few
days
on
charges
of
sabota-e
under
direction
of
Japanese
intelligence
agents.
NEW
LAWS
ARE
VALID
WASHINGTON
Two
sweeping
victories
for
the
Roosevelt
administration
under
the
Social
Security
Act
were
recorded
yesterday
when
the
Supreme
Court
of
the
United
States
rendered
decisions
upholdltlLconstitu.
tionality
of
the
bid
age
pension
and
unemployment
insurance
taxation
plans.
NEW
ANARCHIST
UPRISING
PARIS
A
new
'anarchist
uprising
1n
left
Spanish
territory
is
reported
by
the
newspaper
Lc
Jour.
Anarchists
belonging
to
the
Iberian
Anarchist
Federation
have
taken
over
the
town
of
Bar-bastro
after
shooting
most
of
the
popular
front
leaders
on
charges
of
(reason
against
the
proletariat,
the
paper
said.
Negotiations
for
a
Spanish
civil
war
truce
are
believed
to
have
completely
collapsed.
Mrs.
Botha
Dies
In
South
Africa
Widow"
of
Famous
Boer
General
Passes
Away
CAPETOWN.
May
25:
Mrs.
Louis
Botha,
widow
of
General
Botha,
famous
Boer
leader,
who
became
first
premier
of
South
Africa
after
the
Boer
War,
died
on
Saturday.
Weather
Forecast
i
Furnished
throug.
the
oourtesj
t
e
Dominion
Meteorological
Bureau
Victoria
and
Prince
Rurwrt.
This
forf
oast
U
compiled
from
observation
taken
at
6
a.m.
today
and
covers
Die
3
hour
period
ending
6
p.m.
tomorrow1
General
Synopsis
Pressure
in
low
over
British
Columbia
ami
showers
have
occurred
on
the
norlh
coast
while
fine
warm
weather
continues
in
the
Okanu
if
an
and
Kpotenays,
Prince
Uuoert
District
and
Oueen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
to
freih
'variable
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
showers.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Il
and
Fnsh
smith
nml
WmuI
wind
cloudy
and
warm
wjth
.probable
showers.
School
Repairs
Are
Authorized
REVELSTOKE,
May
25:
Hie
ratepayers
of
the
city
of
Rcvcl-stoke
on
Saturday
by
a
vote
of
81
to
nine
approved
a
money
bylaw
to
provide:
the
sum
of
$7,000
for
school
repair
purposes.
Church
For
Collective
Bargaining
VANCOUVER,
May
25:
The
British
Columbia
Conference
of
the
United
Church
of
Canada
on
Saturday
approved
the
principles
of
collective
bargaining
and
consumers'
co-operatives.
SIGNS
ALL
TO
WALLIE
Duke
of
Windsor
Makes
Mrs.
War-field
His
Sole
Benificiary
MONTS,
France,
May
25:-
-The
Juke
of
Windsor
on
Saturday
iljned
a
document
making
Mrs.
Wallis
Warfield,
whom
he
is
to
tiarry
on
June
3,
sole
benificiary
of
'.lis
entire
estate
which
is
estimated
'.o
amount
to
some
$2,500,000
not
.iking
into
account
some
royal
possessions
of
unfixed
value.
Dur-ng
the
past
couple
of
months
It
Is
reported
that
Mrs.
Warfield
has
pent
some
$25,000
on
clothes.
From
all
parts
of
the
world
wed-ling
gifts
are
pouring
in
for
Winder
and
his
bride
but
few
are
being
kept.
The
more
expensive
ones
are
being
.returned
and
others
given
to
".harlty.
RJUTHER
IS
COMING
Former
Chancellor
of
Germany
To
Visit
This
Coast
OTTAWA.
May
25:
Dr.
Hans
Luther,
former
Chancellor
of
Ger
many
and
recently
retired
as
Ger-
manjambassador
to"
the
United
States,
Is
paying
a
visit
to
Ottawa.
He
will
proceed
from
here
this
week
to
Vancouver
on
a
trip
across
Canada
as
far
as
-the
Pacific
Coast
before
returning
to
Germany.
San
Francisco
Strike
on
Yet
r.ittlc
Sign
of
Settlement
of
Dls-put
Which
Has
Closed
City's
Hotels
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
25:
topes
for
an
immediate
settlement
f
the
San
Francisco
hotel
strike
Iwindicd
at
the
week-end
when
hotel
'
operators
refused
a
union
iioposal
to
arbitrate
on
the
basis
of
a
forty-hour
week
and
a
closed
hop.
Sixteen
of
the
city's-
leading
hotels
are
still
closed.
However,
it
vas
Intimated
last
night
that
negotiations
would
be
resumed
today
ivith
a
view,
if
possible,
to
ending
the
strike
before
the
Golden
Gate
bridge
opening
fiesta
starts
on
Thursday.
Aberhart
Is
Not
Quitting
Has
No
Intention
of
Resigning
Or
Calling
Election,
Alberta
Premier
Says
CALGARY,
May
25:
-Speaking
before
the
Prophetic
Bible
Institute
in
Calgary
on
Sunday,
Premier
William
Aberhart
declared
he
had
no
Intention
of
resigning
the
Pre-!
mlership
at
the
behest
of
Insurgent
Social
Creditcrs.
Nor
did
he
Intend
to
call
a
general
election
except
as
a
last
resort,
asserted
the
Premier.!
Fire
Destroys
Lillooet
Hotel
Popular
Craig;
Lodge
on
Se
Ion
Lake
Razed
by
Flames
Saturday
'
LILLOOET,
May
25:
Craig
Lodge
on
Seton
Lake,
popular
hotel
and
summer
resort,
was
destroyed
by
fire
on
Saturday.
A.
J.
Craig
was'
the
proprietor.
Social
Credit
Leader
Gives
Himself
Up
WINNIPEO,
May
25:
Dr.
S.
W.
Fox,
leader
of
the
Social
Credit
party
In
Manitoba,
gave
himself
up
to
the
police
on
Saturday
and
was.
freed
on
ball
of
$10,000.
Long
Lac
Has
Severe
Flood
High
Water
Ravages
Northern
On-tario
Mining
Town
Many
Buildings
Inundated
LONG
LAC,
Ont.,
May
25:;
NEW
YORK,
May
.25:
(CP)
Re-Flood
waters
continue
In
this
Nor-
preventatives
of
the
Rockefeller
them
Ontario
mining
town.
Many
family
on
Sunday
announced
the
buildings
and
residences
are
flood-
death
of
John
Davison
Rockefeller
ed.
There
is
four
feet
of
water
in
sr.,
founder
and
for
years
head
of
the
main
floor
of
the
town's
prln-
the
Standard
Oil
Co.,
at
the
age
of
lpal
hotel.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
209,000
pounds,
8c
ana
6c
to
8.3c
and
6c.
Canadian
142,360
pounds,
7c
ind
5c
to
7.2c
and
5c.
American
Arctic,
33,000,
Booth,
8.1c
and
6c.
Tongass,
36,000,
Cold
Storage,
8c
nd
6c.
Yukon,
25,000,
Pacific,
8.1c
and
6e.
Mlddleton,
24,000,
Cold
Storage,
J.2c
and
6c.
Reliance,
14,500,
Royal,
8.1c
and
6c,
Onah,
15,000,
Atlin,
8.2c
and
6c.
Condor,
11,500,
Royal,
8.1c
and
6c.
Addlngton,
10,000,
Royal,
8.1c
and
0c.
Gjoa,
14,000.
Booth.
8.1c
and
6c.
Arcade,
12,000,
Atlin,
8.3c
and
6c.
Howard
B.,
14,000,
Cold
Storage,
l
ie
and
6c.
Canadian
Nornen,
4,500,
Cold
Storage,
7c
and
5c.
Cape
Spear,
11,000,
Atlin;
7c
and
Thrasher,
6,500.
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
Essential,
4,000,
Booth,
7c
and
5c.
Annabelle,
8,000,
Atlin,
7c
$nd
5c.
Skeena
M.,
8,500,
Pacific,
7c
and
5c.
Toodlc,
11,500,
Cold
Storage,
7c
nd
5c.
John
Esslcr,
14,000,
Cold
Storage,
s
and
5c
Joe
Baker,
11,000,
Booth,
7c
and
c.
Margalice,
4,660,
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
Palander,
2,700,
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
Clipper,
16,000,
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
P.
Dorreen,
13,000,
Cold
Storage,
'.2c
and
5c.
Norma
W..
6,500,
Atlin,
7c
and
5c.
Prosperity
A.,
13,000,
Booth,
7.2c
md
5c.
Joan,
4,000,
Cold
Storage,
7c
and
5c.
Mackenzie
King
Reads
Scripture
Kins:
and
Queen
Attend
Service
In
Which
Premiers
Participate
LONDON,
May
25:
Rt.
Hon.
Hon.i
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
Prime
Minister
of
Canada,
read
the
first
lesson
at
a
Thanksgiving
service
held
In
St.
Paul's
Cathedral
yesterday
with
the
King
and
Queen
In
attendance.
Premiers
of
.
other
Dominions,
here
for
the
-Imperial
conference,
also
took
part
in
the
service.
ATTENTION
Citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
Riding
R.
L
Maitland
K.
G.
Will
speak
on
the
real
issues
of
the
election
In
support
of
the
Conservative
candidate
C.
V.
Evitt
Mr.
Evitt
will
also
speak
MOOSE
HALL,
WEDNESDAY,
8
P.M.
i
The
meeting
will
be
broadcast
over
CFPR.
No
one
should
miss
this
meeting.
EVERYBODY
DEATH
OF
OIL
KING
John
D.
Rockefeller
Senior
Tasses
Away
in
Florida
at
Age
Of
Ninety-Seven
Sudden
End
Had
Been
Apparently
in
Normal
Health
Career
of
Legendary,
I
Figure
97
years
at
4:05
Eastern
Standard
Time
Sunday
morning
at
Kis
winter
home
at
Daytona
Beach,
Fla.,
due
to
myocarditis
(hardening
of
the
arteries).
His
death
was
unexpected
and
no
members
of
the
family
were
present.
He
had
been,
apparently,
in
good
health
until
the
preceding
day
and
even
then
no
immediate
fear
had
been
felt
of
his
passing
away
so
soon,
His
physician
and
members
of
the
household
staff
were
at
his
bedside
as
he
died.
The
remains
have
been
brought
to
Tarrytown,
N.Y.,
where
the
funeral
will
take
place
on
Wednesday.
John
Davison
Rockefeller
spent
the
first
half
of
his
life
making
money
and
the
last
half
giving
it
away.
"I
believe
It
Is
a
duty,"
he
said
many
times,
"for
a
man
to
get
all
the
money
he
honestly
can
and
tq
give
away
all
he
can."
His
career
described
an
almost
perfect
arc.
At
the
age
of
16
he
began,
with
nothing.
He
was
paid
$50
for
his
first
three
months'
work,
as
assistant
bookkeeper
in
a
produce
commission
warehouse
-
im
!
ttlie.-lake
front
in
Cleveland
O.
By
the
time
he
had
reached
middle
age
he
had
amassed,
what
JnanyP.ersons
believed
to
be
the.
largest
fortutieever'contVbHedl
by
a
private
individual
In
the
history
of
the
world.
At
the
age
of
57
he
began
to
withdraw
from
active
business
life
and
started
giving
money
away.
In
35
years
he
gave
away
considerably
more
than
half
a
billion
dollars,
and
one
of
his
associates
remarked
that
the
world
would
be
surprised
at
the
comparatively
small
estate
he
would
leave
when
he
died.
The
size
of
Mr.
Rockefeller's
fortune
has
been
a
subject
for
public
conjecture
for
many
years.
It
has
never
been
revealed.
While
some;
estimated
it
as
high
as
$2,400,000,-000,
persons
close
to
Mr.
Rockefeller
place
it
at
a
much
lower
figure.
His
son,
John
D.
Rockefeller
Jr.,.
once
said
that
It
had
never
reached
a
billion.
For
many
years,
however,
Mr.
Rockefeller
paid
the
highest
personal
property
tax
in
New
York
City.
It
ran
to
more
than
$1,000,-000
a
year.
A
statement
given
out
at
the
(Rockefeller
offices
in
1928,
on
his
89th
birthday,
revealed
that
In
the
18
years
since
1910
he
had
given
away
publicly
$443,832,644.
His
largest
gift
had
been
$182,704,624
to
the
Rockefeller
Foundation,
chartered
"to
promote
the
welfare
of
mankind
In
all
parts
of
the
world."
Mr.
Rockefeller's
earning
and
'Continued
on
Pase
Two
WELCOME
.
.
--i'
til'
V