Today's
Weather
(tJLM.)
Prince
Rupert
Raining,
north
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.03;
sea
choppy.
Tom
orrow
s
es
High
..
3:01
a.m.
19.8
ft.
16:11
p.m.
17.6
ft.
.
.
Low
9:53
ajrt.
3.6
It.
22:03
pin.
8.3
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
123.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
MAY
28,
1937
PRICE;
5
CENTS
Two
Hundred
Die
in
Valencia
Neville
Chamberlain
New
Premier
of
Britain
BRITISH
SHIP
IS
VICTIM
seven
Members
of
crew
Killed
And
drum
of
fortune
in
the
Irish
HospitalsSweepstake
on
the
Eight
injured
in
incident
English
Derby
to
be
run
at
Epsom
next
Wednesday.
Ev-.
"
ery
ticketholder
drawing
a
horse
will
receive
$2,330
re-Rebel
Advance
4
gardless
of
whether
the
horse
runs
or
not.
The
lucky
Ca-
Is
Continuing
:
Town
of
Lcmona,
Eight
Miles
From
Bilbao,
Taken
by
Insurgents
VALENCIA,
May
28:
(CPJThe
British
merchantman
Cadin
was
sunk
during
a
heavy
bombardment
of
Valencia
by
Insurgent
planes
today
Seven
members
of
the
crew
are
dead
and
eight
are
wounded.
An
aerial
torpedo
crashed
into
the
bridge
of
the
Cadin
and
spread
death
among
the
crew,
blasting
a
hole
In
the
hull
and
causing
the
craft
to
fettle
fast.
Another
British
trade
ship,
the
Pinzon,
was
hit
by
a
bomb
but
no
one
was
wounded.
It
is
estimated
that
the
bombardment
of
Valencia
killed
two;
hundred
persons.
HENDAYE,
France,
May
28:
(CP)
The
Insurgent
advance
towards
Bilbao,
according
to
a
communique
from
Salamanca,
headquarters
of
the
insurgents,
has
carried
the
northern
offensive
to
Le-mona.
elzht
miles
southeast
of
the
beseiged
provincial
capital.
With
all
an
attack
on
three
sides
of
Bilbao
Is
now
on.
General
Mola,
Insurgent
commander-in-chief,
is
expected
momentarily
to
order
a
final
concentrated
assault.
Loyalists
Recognized
GENEVA,
May
28:
The
League
of
Nations
yesterday
recognized
the
loyalist
government
as
the
only
constituted
authority
in
Spain.
TO
ASCEND
MOUNTAINS
New
England
Mountaineers
Again
Coming
to
Alaska
This
Year
j
BOSTON,
May
23:
(CP
l
Four
American
Alpinists,
under
direction
of
the
veteran
Alaska
cx-plorer,
Bradford
Washburn,
have
announced
plans
for
the
climbing
in
June
of
the
17,030-foot
Mount
Luscanla
in
southwest
Yukon
Territory.
Supplies
are
already
cached
at
Walsh
Glacier
near
the
foot
of
the
mountain.
It
Is
also
planned
to
climb
nearby
Mount
Steele
before,
the
end
of
July.
j
Others
In
the
party,
which
is
j
financed
by
the
New
England
Mu-
j
scum
of
Natural
History
of
Boston
f
and
Harvard
University
Institute
of
Geographical
Exploration,
are
Rus-;
sell
Dow
of
Woodsvllle.
N.H.;
Ro-j
bert
H.
Bates
of
Philadelphia,
and
Norman
Bright
of
Sunnyvale.
Cal.'
Robert
Reeve
of
Valdez
will
act
as
pilot
in
a
special
plane.
Members
of
the
Alpinist
party
mentioned
above
are
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert
through
visits
here
in
the
past
while
travelling
to
and,
from
Alaska,
Company
Union
Is
Absorbed
By
That
of
Miners
LONDON,
May
28:
(CP)
Under
the
provisional
union
merger
agreement
which
resulted
In
the
averting
of
a
national
coal
mine
strike
yesterday,
-the
Nottingham
Industrial
Union,
sponsored
by
the
nine
owners,
will
be
absorbed
by,
the
Nottinghamshire
Miners'
As-j
'
soclatlon.
Here
They
Are!
Is
In
This
Lucky
Sweeps
For
DUBLIN,
May
28:
(CP)
Three
Canadians
drew
on
favorites
in
the
initial
drawings
from
thi
rnllimr
American
Navy
Ships
Coming
4
Tire
United
States
naval
vessels
Fox,
Lieut.
Commander
C.
L.
Surran,
and
Brooks,
Lieut.
Commander
W.
W-
Cons,
will
visit
Prince
Rupert
June
18-21
in
the
course
of
a
naval
reserve
training
cruise,
according
to
advice
received
officially
by
City
Commis-
sloner
W,
J.
Alder.
Late
Telegraphs
MEXICAN
DISASTER
MEXICO
CITY
Hundreds
of
rescue
workers
and
frantic
rela-
lives,
hampered
by
mounting
waters,
'dug-
into-
wreckeddwcil?
ings
and
piles
of
rock
and
mud
in
Tlalpujahua
Jn
search
of
further
victims
of
an
avalanche
whicii
crashed
into
the
mining
town
yesterday,
causing
one
of
Mexico's
worst
disasters.
Unconfirmed
reports
say
that
fully
five
hundrel
were
killed
as
a
result
of
a
dam
giving
away.
QUINTS
ARE
THREE
CALLANOEIt
Three
years
old
but
unexcitfd
about
it,
the
Diounc
quintuplets
awoke
today
ready
for
their
bowls
of
oatmeal,
unaware
of
the
world
offering
cake
and
ice
cr:am.
The
parents,
Mr,
and
Mrs.
Oliva
Dionne,
were
invited
to
a
birthday
party
but
did
not
attend,
paying
a
private
visit
instead.
MAX
i:Llt
WINS
LONDON
Max
Ilacr,
formerly
world's
heavyweight
boxing
champion,
knocked
out
Ben
Foord
of
South
Africa
in
the
ntnlh
round
of
a
bout
here
last
night.
Today's
Weather
(Oovertmn-nt
Trlegra.pt
riazeltoiv
Cloudy,
calm,
fi().
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
cool.
Durns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
37.
Terrace'
Part
cloudy,
calm,
48
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
windy,
50.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
CO.
Victoria
Cloudy,
southweht
wind;
barometer,
'10.00,
Kstevan
"
Clear,
nurthwcsl
wind;
barometer,
30.Q4.
Prince
George
Calm
and
clear,
barometer,
20.80.
Vancouver
Lum.
and
clear,
2jjG.
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy
west
wind,
10-
miles
per
hour;
light
chop.
Lnngara
bland
Cloudy,
houui
west
wind,
C
miles
per
hour;
bar-,,n.fPi
UO.OC:
temperature,
44;
light
chop.
.
,
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
calm;
barometer,
.'50.12;
.temperature,
45;
ea
smooth.
L.
B.
Jones,
Canadian
National
tniirfav
ntrpnt
at
Skaeway,
was
i
Kin
nuiu
d
aboard
the
Princess
a
nassenger
-
.
.
.
.
.
i
i
Iulse
this
n
through
to
Skagway
to
wend
the
summer.
As
usual,
he
has
been
In
Vancouver
for
the
winter.
Your
Number
Ticket
List
Of
Derby
Next
Week?
,
uauian
u.Keis
are:
On
Cash
B6x
(seven
to
one)
"Discovery
and
Omaha,"
with
tic-ist
IN-3C520.
On
Perifox
(17
to
25-"Tatters,"
iN-47225;
"Just
Another
Dive,"
iQ-23841.
On
Foray
(non-starter)
"Con-teror,"
RJ-21578.
On
Rhokana
.non-starter)
"Co-cnation,"
ZO-32386;
"Two
Old
:onl;s,"
LQ-10224.
On
Flying
Spray
(non-starter)
Zomc
to
Elcome,"
BW-60933.
On
Blunderbuss
(non-starter)
Honeymoon,"
CH-78256,
On
Frank
Hals
(200
to
one)
'Lucky."
BH-70861.
'
On
Scabbard
(non-starter)
Desoto."
BH-56256.
-
On
Koelac
(non-starter)-
Too
Mset."
CH-40350.
On
Midday
Sun
(100
to
seven)
'Hopg,"
MM-50662.
On
Salsalvo
(non
starter)
"Pickler."
CE-40161.
On
Sandsprite
(100
to
15)-
"Lucky
Thirteen,"
QN-22149.
On
Pherozshah
(non-starter)
"June
Bonanza,"
BA-56081.
On
Mr.
Grundy
(non-starter)
"Joshua,"
BB-64484.
QnJtE14arlnon-starter)
"Rain
In
the
Face."
ER-27739.
On
Prince
Memrion
(non-starter)
-"Treume."
BN-43855;
"Faith,
ot
needed.
He
questlone2
the
and
Charity,"
PC-07371.
Hope
abllit
of
voters
to
thmk
for
them.
.
JS
5f!,
"n;Stailer)
Four"
selves
in
connection
with
his
dis-'LIQ-44909;
Lucky
tribution
of
social
credit
literature
On
All
Pasha
(non-starter)
"Bunnle."
BQ-55930.
On
Davy
Doolittle
(non-starter)
"Faught
a
Ballauah."
ZK-M223.
On
Alarm
.
Bell
(non-starter)
"Good
Hope."
MK-23529;
"Tough
Roe,"
CB-45889.
On
Le
Bambino
(33
to
ope)
"Mon
Jour."
MT-48713.
On
Settling
Day
(non-starter)
"Journey's
End,"
ZR-57387;
"Nix,"
NP-35406.
Minister
Pays
Smithers
Visit
Hon.
A.
Wells
Gray
Assists
U.
T.
Kcnney
in
His
Campaign
.
SMITHERS,
May
28:
Hon.
A.
Wells
Gray,
minister
of
lands,
pass
ed
through
Smithers
on
Friday
on
his
way
to
Hazelton
where
he
and
E.
T.
Kenney
held
a
meeting
on
Friday
night
lh
htc
interests
of
Mr.
Kenney
in
the
election
campaign.
They
returned
to
Smithers
after
the
conclusion
of
the
meeting
and
Mr.
.
Grey
continued
on
his
way
south
Saturday.
Dr.
Stanley
Of
Hazelton
Dies
t
ter
of
Canada
who
'said
that
under
.
'
a
democracy
"credit
must
be
na-ilcmalns
Here
Iast
Night
Enroute
tlonal."
Liberalism
believed
that
To
Vancouver
For
Interment
i
credlt
was
a
matter
of
public
con--
I
cern.
The
present
campaign
on
the
The
remains
of
Dr.
Gordon
Ed-
part
of
social
credit
was
more
or
ward
Stanley,
assistant
medical
less
of
an
educational
campaign,
superintendent
of
the
Hazelton
Sweden
had
a
system
of
controlled
Hospital,
who
.passed
away
at
capitalism
that
worked.
Capitalism,
Hazelton
oil
Monday
after
an
111-
he
suggested,
must
be
controlled,
ness
of
two
or
three
weeks,
were
in
conclusion
the
speaker
re-
here
from
train
to
boat
last
night
enroute
to
Vancouver
where
interment
will
be
made.
Dr.
Stanley
was
31
years
of
age
and
was
a
graduate
of
the
University
of
Alberta.
He
stating
that
most
people
were
an-had
come
from
Jasper
to
Hazelton
xlous
for
a
change.
If
they
wanted
two
years
ago.
Mrs.
A.
S.
B.
Stan-
ley,
mother
of
deceased,
was
ac-
companylng
the
body
south.
C0LTHURST
IS
HEARD
Less
Than
Half
a
Hundred
Turned
Out
to
Hear
Social
Credit
Expounded
and
McGerr
Criticized
-A.
An
interesting
political
address
was
given
last
evening
at
the
Moose
Hallf
by
Captain
Jjhn
Bowen-Colthurst,
Social
Credit
candidate
for
this
riding
in
the
slderable
length
with
Socl.l
Credit
matters,
thWbein?
in
strm-
contrast
with
his
speech
at
the
previous
mcetin
when
he
spent
half
the
time
criticizing
th?
work
of
the
first
minister
of
the
crown
in
British
Columbia.
On
this
occasion
he
devoted
only
a
brief
part
cf
his
time
to
the
premier
but
more
to
G.
G.
McGeer
and
his
proposed
visit
to,
Princt'
Rupert
next
Monday.
The
Captafn
also
devoted
considerable
time
to
the
Daily
News,
claiming
that
he
had
been
mis-
t-Piwt.pri
at
fh
r.minc
mo.tinrr
nartir.ul.irlv
In
thr
stntpmnt
thit
he
had
belabored
the
prime
mlnls-
ter
whoai
he
had
mentioned
dozens
0f
times.
He'sald
that
this
critl-
cism
was
not
aimed
at
the
premier
personally.
Us
was
against
principles
and
n6t
men.
He
had
not
belabored
Mr'.
Pattullo.
Unfortunately
less
than
half
a
hundred
people
were
present
to
hear
his
denial.
At
the
close
Capt.
Colthurst
apologized
If
he
had
hurt
anyone's
feelings.
MrrColtrturstrsta
ted
that
there
were
18,000.
people
on
relief
In
this
nrnvlnfp
and
nskerf
If
a
rhano-p
urne
and
suggested
that
probably
some
of
the
pamphlets
reachsd
the
waste
paper
basket.
Control
of
Credit
.The
speaker
stated
that
they
were
out
to
get
back
control
or
credit
from
people
who
had
unlaw-
fully
taken
it.
He
was
opposed
to
the
reduction
of
the
number
of
members,
of
the
legislature,
ex-
plaining
that
any
reduction
meant
that
the
Deoolc
would
tre
less
re-
presented.
Big
finance
aimed
at
less
representation
but
democracy
at
more.
Mr.
Colthurst
asked
wjiat
was
the
use
of
producing
goods
if
there
was
no
moiwy
with
which
to
buy.
He
quoted
the
head
of
the
Bank
of
Canada
to
show
that
increase
of
business
must
be
followed
by
in
crease
of
the
amount
of
money
in
circulation.
He
partly
agreed
with
the
C.
C,
F.
in
their
policy
but
dis-
a-jresd
with
Mr.
Connell
who
said
that
money
was
a
Dominion
prero
gatlve.
He
looked
upon
the
Com
munlsts
as
very
worthy
persons
but
he
did
not
like
the
Independents
whom
he
"characterized
as
"mugwumps."
He
said
that
if
ihs
election
had
been
longer
delayed
the
Social
Credit
party
would
have
had
more
candidates
in
the
field.
While
Mr.
Colthurst
did
not
attempt
to
explain
the
workings
of
social
credit,
he
admitted
that
there
must.be
an
incentive
to
work
and
that
goods
must
be
sold
at
a
profit.
He
quoted
the
prime
mlnls-
viewed
the
political
situation
in
British
Columbia
to
try
to
show
that
the
Liberal
party
would
be
beaten
In
the
coming
election,
things
to
go
on
in
the
present
way
they
would
support
the
present
i
system.
,
,
LONDON.
May
28
Prime
Minister
Stanley
Baldwin
presented
his
resignation
to
the
King
today
whereupon
Rt
Hon.
Neville
Chamberlain,
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
assumed
the
Premiership.
In
addition
to
the
r2signatlon
of
Rt.
Hon.
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald
as
Lord
President
of
the
Council,
which
was
ann
junced
today,
other
important
cabinet
changes
Include
appointment
of
Home
Secretary
Sir
Joan
Simon
as
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
Lord
Privy
Council
Visccunt
Halifax
as
Lord
President
of
the
Council
and
First
Lord
of
the
Admiralty
Sir
Samuel
Hoare
as
Home
Secretary.
The
resignation
of
Sir
Alfred
Duff
Casper
as
Secretary
of
War
is
expend
"-hortly.
ResUnatlon-
of
Stanley
Baldwin
marks
the
conclusion
of
29
years
of
Parliamentary
service
and
It
was
exactly
14
years
today
since
he
was
elected
Conservative
leader,
succeeding
the
late
Andrew
Bonar
Law.
He
was
presented
tonight
with
Knighthood
of
the
Carte;,
highe-t
dlstinctlcn
in
the
gift
of
the
crown.
(Pictured
above
Is
Chamberlain
with
a
hand
In
the
budget
box,
out
of
whl:h
recently
came
a
gigantic
headache
for
the
British
people,
in
the
form
of
a
big
tax
Increase.
The
box
has
a
history
all
Its
own.
It
was
carried
by
Chamberlain-
.father.
"Old
Joe"
Chamberlain,
when
he
was
chancellor,
and
by
uncounted
holders
of
the
office
before
him.
Scuffed
and
battered
as
It
Is,
it
holds
the
key
to
Britain's
new
rearmament
program,
for
its
latest
contents
comprised
budgetary
recommendations
to
pay
for
British
preparedness.)
CONDITIONS
UNCHANGED
Auto
Bus
Workers
in
London
Return
to
Work
Under
Same
Terms
Gain
Nothing'
LONDON,
May
28:
(CP)
The
central
strike
committee
of
Lon-
.
,
.
.
i
I,..
an
aui
DUS
worsers,
reiucuuiuy
accepting
the
call
by
the
executive
council
of
the
Transport
and
Gen-
eral
Workers'
Union
to
return
to
'Prk
today
placed
the
full
blame
"
the
council
for
failure
of
the
campaign
for
a
seven
fcnd
a
half
nour
aa"
The
committee
issued
a
plea
to
the
strikers
to
resist
"any
attempt
to
weaken
solidarity"
after
the
resumption
of
work.
According
to
the
terms
of
settlement,
the
strikers
return
to
work
under
the
sanrs
conditions
as
in
the
past
pending
a
new
agreement.
Helium
Gas
Is
Essential
ment
from
which
she
seemed
to
Can
be
no
Return
to
Explosive
Durlng
the
past
day
0r
so,
Inflationary
Material.
Says
.;
j10weveri
her
condiUon
took
a
ser-Dr.
Hugo
Eckener
;
ious
tum
and
yesterday
the
worst
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
May
28:
:
No
matter
what
the
findings
may
be
of
ths
inquiries
into
the
disaster
recently
to
the
great
Oerman
dirigible
Hlndcnburg,
a
change
must
be
made
td
the
use
of
the
safe
helium
gas
for
dirigibles,
declares
Dr.
Hugo
Eekener,
the
famous
air-hlp
designer.
.
.
Dr.
Eckener
(s
here
to
arrange,
if
nosslble.
for
a
sunply
to
Germany
of
helium
gas
which
is
available
only
from
the
United
States.
Dr.
Eckener
Is
also
proposing
that
United
States
and
Germany,
co-operate
In
a
trans-Atlantic
commercial
dirigible
service,
each
nation
to
operate
two
airships
larger
than
the
Hlndenburg.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
SCORES
American
League
St.
Louis
5,
Detroit
0.
Washington
0,
Boston
7.
Philadelphia
at
New
York,
post-
poned
on
account
of
threatening
weather,
double-header
tomorrow.
.
'
j
.
,
.
7
1.1
Relief
dhows
Big
Decrease!
The
total
amount
of
relief
dispersed
from
the
City
Hall
here
during
the
month
of
May
this
year
was
$3,465.35,
a
sub-
stantlal
decrease
from
$4,
687.25
In
the
same
month
last
year.
It
was
announced
today
by
City
Commissioner
W.
J.
Alder.
PASSING
OF
MRS.
WARD
Highly
Esteemed
rionccr
Woman
Removed
Unexpectedly
By
Death
Mrs.
Marie
Ward,
wife
of
Hubert
Ward
and
highly
esteemed
plonser
woman
of
this
city,
passed
away
at
3
o'clock
this
morning
In
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
following
a
brief
illness.
About
a
week
ago
Mrs.
Ward
received
surgical
.treat?
was
feared.
Mrs.
Ward,
who
was
born
in
England
and
came
to
British
Columbia
when
a
small
girl,
had
resided
In
Prince
Rupe;t
since
1908.
She
had
a
host
of
friends
and
was
beloved
by
all
who
knew
her.
Her
passing
will
be
deeply
regretted
and
to
the
bereaved
sincere
sym
-
pathy
will
be
extenaed.
In
addition
to
the
widower.
Mrs.
Ward
is
survived
by
two
children
a
son,
Harry,
and
a
daughter,
Suzanne.
She
also
leaves
to
mourn
her
loss
her
mother,
Mrs.
L,
A.
Green
of
Vancouver,
who
is
at
present
In
the
city;
a
brother,
Alban
Green,
captain
of
the
Vancouver
commercial
befrt
Pride
of
the
West,
who
Is
alsd
here,
and
two
sisters,
Mrs.
Arthur
Slee
of
Duncan,
Vancouver
Island,
and
Mrs.
Harold
Corke
of
Vancouver.
With
arrangements
in
the
hands
of
B.
C.
Undertakers,
the
funeral
will
take
place
Monday,
Mrs.
Ward
was
a
devout
member
and
an
active,
worker
of
the
Roman
Catholic
Church.
'
1
STRIKE
IN
HIGH
GEAR
Tie-up
of
Steel
Industry
in
United
States
Now
Appears
Imminent
YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio,
May
23:
(CP)
The
steel
workers'
rganlz-.
Ing
committee
yesterday
threw!
huge
strike
.machinery
into
high'
gear
against
thirty-seven
plants
of
!
three
leadjng
Independent
.steel;
producers
of
the
United
States
who-employ
one-seventh'
of
the
Indus-
try's
workers.
Picket
lines
have
been
formed;
around
the
sprawling
properties
of'
the
Republic
Steel
Corporation,
the
Inland
Steel
Corporation
and
-the-Youngstown
Sheet
and
Tube
.Co,
n
Ohio,
Illinois,
Indiana
and
New
York
as
the
strike
becomes
effective.
The
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization
last
night
requested
the
intervention
of
President
franklin
D.
Roosevelt
in
the
steel
strike
by
bringing
together
em
ployers
and
strikers.
A
compromise
offer
of
the
companies
was
rejected
yesterday.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
15,000
pounds,
8c
and
6c
and
8.1c
and
6c.
Canadian
56,700
pounds,
7c
and
5c
to
7.4c
and
5c.
American
Eleanor.
9,000,
8.1c
and
Gc,
Cold
Storage.
Wabash.
C.000,
8c
and
6c,
Cold
.
Storage
Canadian
Ingrid
H.,
6,700,
7.2c
and
5c.
At-
iln.
Sallda.
11,500,
7.4c
and
5c,
Booth.
Melville,
18.000,
7c
and
5c.
Pacific.
Atta
Boy.
4.000,
7.2c
and
5c,
Atlln.
Morning
Glory,
2,000,
7.2c
and
5c,
Atlin.
Pair
of
Jacks,
14500,
7c
and
5c,
iCdld
Btoragei
F.
M.
Crosby
sailed
last
night
on
the
Prince
George
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
BAR
SILVER
NEW
YORK
(CP)-Bar
sliver
was
unchanged
at
45c
per
ounce
on
the
New
York
metal
market