meter,
29.72;
light
swell.
IXXVI.
No.
'
121.
.
1.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MAY
26,
1937
AY
m
UP
'FORT
TO
RUNMINES
Called
Out
In
Two
Mines
And
Two
Others
May
Become
Involved
This
Veck
NCOUVER,
May
20:
The
amlttee
for
Industrial
Organi-
on
making
Its
second
incursion
British
Columbia's
thirty-
lion
dollar
mining
Industry
ef-
ed
strikes
In
two
mines
and
are
pared
to
demand
recognition
fits
members
in
two
other
pro-
ties'.
ess
than
two
months
after
the
fited
Mine
Workers
of
America,
I,
O.
affiliate,
won
bargaining
bts
for
a
thousand
members
In
rile,
another
C.
I.
O.
branch
has
Bed
strikes
in
the
rich
Cariboo
irict,
demanding
recognition
for
rly
four
hundred
workers
there
Imembers
of
the
International
Mill
and
Smeltermen's
Hon,
Strikes
closed
the
Island
untaln
Gold
Mines
Ltd.
where
;
men
walked
out
and
at
the
iriboo
Gold
Quartz
Mining
Co.
nt.
WpIIs
uhprp
.
.
9M
mon
nt.lf
f
-
-
w
v
au
-
anwhlle
the
Nanalmo
coal
mln-
thave
called
a
mass
meeting
for
Sunday
when
they
will
de-
Sr.d
recognition
of
the
United
ce
Workers
of
America.
Efforts
also
planned
at
nearby
Cum-land
to
gain
the
same
recognl-
for
the
coal
miners
there.
ORE
PAY
DEMANDED
Cent
Per
Day
Increase
If
Sought
by
Island
Mountain
Employees
IanC'OUVEU,
26:
Sonu
May
A
.
.
...
iu
employees
or
the
islam,
puntain
minu
are
demanding
a
fcrea.-fi
in
pay
of
50e
per
d
Irl
U'lll
.,.
....
utl'ilr..
It
fy
Iv
V.
Guernsey,
inanarn
bthp
mi
Hit
twin
Intirnfitml
Tlinl
&
v
V)
HMO
liivminivui
S
nov
bvintr
paid
at
the
rate
or,
fcft
and
$5.25
per
day.
I
ecognition
Of
!C.
1.
0.
Demanded
naimo
and
Cumberland
Coal
Mine
WoiKirs
Will
Seek
New
Agreement
on
Wages
and
Working
Conditions
ANA1MO,
Mav
2G:
Coal
Ijne
workers
of
Nanaimo,
wl
o
wently
became
affiliated
with
M
United
Mine
Workers
of
Ar-
gia,
allied
with
the
Committee
industrial
Organization,
wi'l
nd
recognition
bv
Ihe
mine
janitors
of
the
new
union
and
ev
agreement
rutrurdlni?
waL'cs
id
workiiiit
conditions,
It
is
an-Ifunced,
Siiniliar
demands
are
expected
In
V
m.nl
hv
the
jmberland
miners.
rommissioner
lOf
Army
in
This
Dominion
Named
P'ONDon,
May
2G:
Cornmis-
ner
Georgo
L.
Carpenter,
now
B
charge
of
Salvation
Arhv
work
I
South
America,
will
become
irritorial
commander
of
the
Salmon
Army
for
Cunuda
in
sue-ion
to
Commissioner
John
tMillan
wl,0
hus
been
transfel-1,1
"i
London
as
chief
of
staff,
:
'
iiniiounced
at
Army
liead-uiteri
here.
SKA
BISCUIT
WINS
Bp,.
BAY
Tll
MEADOWS,
-
,
Cal..
1
May
J
20:-
l
wuu
me
nay
Meaaows
fcce
P-
one
of
WILL
FLY
ATLANTIC
Flying
Jloats
Heady
for
Experimental
Trips
Across
Ocean
NEW
YORK,
May
26:
Twc
flying
boats
arc
now
poised
at
New
York
and
at
Bermuda
in
readiness
for
experimental
flights
preliminary
to
inauguration
of
IransAtlantic
commercial
air
ser
vices.
The
Geneva
Clipper
of
the
Pan-American
Airways
will
gc
from
here
with
a
British
machine
from
Bermuda.
G
Men
at
Juneau
Are
Established
Branch
of
Federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
Is
Opened
at
Alaska
Capital
JUNEAU,
May
2G
:
A
federal
Bureau
of
Investigation
branch
is
being
opened
here.
One
of
tit
principal
functions
of
the
"C
men
here
will
be
to
keep
a
check
on
suspicious
characters
coming
from
the
south.
Recovering
From
Their
Injuries
nil-
Four
Ilailway
Workers
Getting
Dctler
Following
Smash
Which
Killed
Two
Others
REVELSTOKE,
May
26:
(CP)
FaurwaywprJarrecoyeii
mg
nere
irom
injuries
sustained,
in
an
accident
Saturday
on
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
25
miles
east
of
here
when
two
other
workers
were
killed.
Dan
"Fernie"
McDonald,
one
of
10
men
riding
on
a
speeder
when
it
was
struck
by
v
locomotive,
dicd.in
hospital
here.
a'
preparations
were
being
made
for
the
holding
of
an
inquest
into
the
death
of
his
brother,
Rory
McDonald,
who
was
killed
almost
Instantly
In
the
crash.
Ten
other
men
escaped
Injury
by
Jumping
from
the
speeder
before
the
collision,
DISCUSS
CARNIVAL
Junior
Chamber
Defers
Decision
In
Connection
With
Fall
Event-Suspends
Meetings
The
Junior
Section
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
held
its
regular
monthly
dinner
meeting
at
the
Knox
Hotel
last
night.
It
was
the
final
meeting
pending
a
suspension
for
the
summer
months
during
which
time
the
executive
will
handle
such
business
as
arises.
Plans
are
being
made
for
a
dinner
dance
for
members,
wives
and
lady
friends
In
June.
At
last
night's
meeting,
over
which
President
G.
L.
Rorle
presided.
Steve
Prudhomme
gave
a
brief
talk
on
the
Canadian
postal
!
service
based
on
his
experiences
therein.
There
was
also
an
autobiographical
talk
by
Al
Newman.
There
was
some
discussion
as
to
the
advisability
of
holding
a
carnival
in
the
fall,
decision
on
the
matter
being
left
to
the
executive.'
At
the
suggestion
of
the
Prince!
Rupert
Japanese
Association,
it,
was
decided
to
appoint
a
special
committee
to
assist
the
entertain-.
ment
committee
in
connection
with
j
the
visit
late
in
June
of
the
Japan-
j
ese
merchant
training
ship
Kaiwo
.
Maru.
DOLLAR
INNKW
YORK
NEW
.YORK,
May
20:
--
The
r'...,...it....
iH;ii.
i-lnsiwl
at
a
lire-
'uui,uui(lll
-'""
-L
,
-.
mium
'of
on
n
the
California
turf
foreign
exchange
market
yester-psics,
on
Saturday.
,!.
Today's
Weathei
(8
AM.)
Tomorrow's
Tides
f,inH
four
miles
rjer
hour:
ham.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
B.
C.
MINING
Made
Desperate
Effort
to
Elude
Police
Officers
SOUTH
TACOMA,
May
20:
(CP)
The
shooting
of
Vernon
"Blackic"
Campbell,
who
with
Gordon
Faw-cett,
escaped
from
Okalla
Prison
last
month
after
a
sensational
the
civi
Hist
providing
grants
tc
break
which
brought
on
a
govern-
the
Boyal
Family,
The
list
on
thi
ment
Investigation,
occurred
after
occasion
made
no
provision
foi
police
caught
up
with
him
yester-,thc
Duke
of
Windsor.
The
Labor-day
following
the
robbing
of
a'ites,
while
making
no
suggestioi
Seattle
hotel
of
about
$10.
Camp-
'
of
a
republic,
expressed
the
belief
bell
made
a
desperate
break
for
that
the
total
of
?..Q00.000
is
ex
freedom
from
the
officers
but
cessive
and
could
be,
reduced,
wrecked
his
car
and
fell
under
;
bullets,
from
the
revolvers
of
four
'
officers.
Bus
Strike
Ends
Today
I
LONDON,
May
26:
(CP)
.
Settlement
of
the
strike
of
25,000
bus
drivers
and
con-
'
ductors
was
announced
to-
night.
The
men
return
to
work
on
5000
busses
Prldav
after
almost
a
month's
stoppage.
4
.
Today's
Weather
lUovenuiituit
Tplgra.pn
t
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
.17.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
mild
Burns
Lake
Bright,
windy,
42.
Terrace
Cloudy,
,
south,
wind,
V
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
CO.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
southwest
wind,
50.
.
Stewart
Cloudy,
south
wind,
48.
Victoria
Cloudy,
southwest
vind,
14
miles
per
hour;
baro-neter,
0.10.
-
Eslevan
Cloudy,
northwest
wind,
20
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter,
I50.M.
Prince
George
Clear
south
wind,
12
miles
per
hour:
baro-
meter,
29.8C.
Alert
Bay
Clear,
calm,
baro-
meter,
ttO.H;
temperature,
52;
se.i
smooth.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
southeast
wind,
'4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
I10.08;
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Overcast,
rain
southwest
wind,
It
miles
per
hour;
;ea
smooth.
Langara
Island
Overcast
southwest
wind,
G
miles
per
hour,
barometer,
30.00;
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
calm;
barometer,
30.12;
temperature,
48;
sea
smooth.
SPOUT
Railway
Sabotage
Led
to
Executions
Official
Explanation
Made
In
Connection
With
Latest
Russian
Killings
MOSCOW,
May
26:
(CP)
Eleven
persons
reported
yesterday
to
have
been
executed
at
Khabarovsk
In
Siberia
were
put
to
death
after
having
been
convicted
on
specific
charges
of
sabotage
against
the
trans-Siberian
Railway,
It
was
explained
here.
May
Search
For
Kingsford-Smith
HOLLYWOOD,
May
26.:
A
friend
here
of
Sir
Charles
KlngK-'
ford-Smith,
missing
for
over
a
year
while
on
a
flight
from
England
to
Australia,
is
organizing
an
expedition
to
search
for
hint
in
the
Malay
jungle
in
the
belief"
that
he
may.stlll-be
alive.
CIVIL
LIST
CRITICIZED
Labor
Members
of
Parliament
Feci
That
$3,000,000
Is
Too
Much
for
Royalty
LONDON
,May
2G:
Laboi
members
of
Parliament
criticized
Heavy
Holiday
Motoif
Traffic
Over
Eleven
Thousand
Cars
With
33.000
People
Cross
New
Westminster
Bridge
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
May
2:
There
was
an
enormous
traff'.'
in
Victoria
Day
across
the
Inter-
national
boundary
Hne
south
of
,1cr,e-
11
is
estimated
that
11,500
cars-
carrying
:)5,000
persons,
ctossed
the
New
Westminster
bridge.
UUU
LiUIC
Tf
llld
Historic
Horse
Race
Saturday
TORONTO,
May
26;
(C?)
H.
C.
UaidV&.Gold.
,
LVre.wwejLth5ifie
yen;
Tv-clshth
running
of'
the
-..historic
Khn's
Plate
race
here
Saturday
half
a
lensth
ahead
of
Cease
Fire,
owned
by
H.
R.
Bain,
and
a
leneth
and
a
half
ahead
of
Silver
Jubilee
of
the
Parkwood
Stables.
Sitdown
Strike
In
Mine
Ended
Settlement
of
Illinios
Dispute
Over
Sharing
of
Work
(JILLKSPIE.
III.,
May
20:
The
sitdown
strike
of
five
hundred
miners
in
the
mine
of
the
Superior
Coal
Co.
here
has
broken
up
The
mqn
had
gone
on
strike
;n
protest
at
the
throwing
out
oi
work
of
300
employees
in
anothel
nit
which
had
been
closed
down
Im-
l-pn.llr
Thl'ro
wuu
uuitli.mnnt
.
of
"f
It:
the
dispute
a1'
C
,
sharing
work.
CANADIAN
COLD
PRICK
-MONTREAL,
MV
20:
The
Canadian
gold
price
was
down
lc
yesterday
at
?31.C8
per
fine
ounce
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
LP
J
WINNIPEG,
May
26:
Wheat
was
up
Ve
to
Vic
per
bushel
on
1
Late
Telegraphs
FORD
PLANT
STRIKE
RICHMOND,
Cal
A
strike
has
been
called
at
the
Ford
assembly
plant
here
and
pickets
have
been
placed
by
the
United
Automobile
Workers
of
America.
The
Union
president
said
that
only
two
votes
had
been
cast
against
the
walkout.
The
Union
Is
a
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization
affiliate,
JULIANA
EXPECTING
AMSTERDAM
Crown
Princess
i
Juliana
of
the
Netherlands
is
reported
!
to
be
expecting
the
birth
1
of
an
heir-presumptive
to
the
Throne.
No
official
confirmation
is
available
but
the
report
of
an
impending
royal
birth
has
circulated
since
the
Crown
Princess
ceased
playing
tennis
a
month
ago.
RESIGNING
FRIDAY
LONDON
Premier
Baldwin
is
expected
to
resign
Friday,
Rt.
Hon.
Neville
Chamberlain
succeeding
him.
Voting
Place
Here
Changed
,
Provincial
Election
Will
Take
Place
At
Corner
of
Scond
Avenue
And
Sixth
Street
'
Instead
of
at
the
Metropole
Hall,
ae
previously
announced,
it
has
now
been
decided
to-
use
McCut-Icheon's
former
druar
store
pre
mises
at
the
corner
of
Second
Avenue
and
Sixth
Street
as
the
provincial
election
polling
place
here.
A
-h-rie
ha?
been
.
made
from
the
M-t-onole
Tnll
to
eliminate
the!
"r?!tv
0f
tno
voters;
haviriz
to!
-'hib
stair.
Th"
Pnttuljo
commit-1
ro5m?itarebtJn.(iiKved-elseT
vhcre.
To
Check
Up
On
Social
Credit
Major
Dou;las
to
Send
Two
Ex-
pcrts
to
Alberta
Before
Coming
Himself
LONDON,
May
26:
(CP
I
The
mission
of
G.
L.
MacLaghan
to
obtain
the
services
of
Major
C.
H.
Douglas,
father
of
Social
Credit,
to
help
introduce
a
"genuine
Social
Credit
scheme'
'in
Alberta
has
borne
fruit
with
the
announcement
that
the
Scottish
economist
would
send
two
colleagues
to
Alberta.
One
will
be
G.
F.
Powell,
director
of
the
Social
Credit
move
ment,
and
another
probably
man,
,
!
1
'
.
.
...
a
cnanerea
accountant.
Tney
will
report,
on
tne
political
situation
In
the
province
as
a
preliminary
to
a
nossible
visit
by
Major
Douelas
himself.
Halibut
Sales
American
Tuscan,
13,000,
8.3c
and
fx:
i;00th.
tne
Winnipeg
market
Saturday,
Canudian
May
future
closing
at
$1.33'4.
,
fakln,
28.000,
7.5c
and
He,
Cold
.Storage.
VANCOUVER.
May
26:
(CP
Viking,
13,000,
7.8c
and
5c,
At-Wheat
was
quoted
at
$1.20
on
lin.
the
Vancouver
market
Saturday.
I
Atli.
0,000,
7.5c
and
5c,
Pacific
ATTENTION
Citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
Hiding
R.
L.
Maitland
K.
C.
Will
speak
on
the
real
issues
of
the
election
In
support-
of
the
Conservative
candidate
G.
V.
Evitt
Mr.
Evltt
will
also
speak
.
MOOSR
HALL,
WEDNESDAY,
8
P.M.
The
meeting
will
be
broadcast
over
CFPR.
No
one
should
miss
this
meeting.
'
EVERYBODY
WELCOME
High
Low
:r7rv:
lanaaanow
Doing
Part
i
LONDON,
May
26:
By
the
j
steps
it
Is
now
taking
to
im-
prove
its
own
defences,
Can-
ada
Is
acknowledged
to
be
making
a
substantial
contrl-
button
to
Imperial
defence
and
will,
not
be
expected
to
participate
in
any
other
way
In
the
EmDire
defence
nro-
gram.
This
is
the
view
that
appears
to
be
generally
felt
In
Imperial
conference
quarters
here.
4
STRIKE
IS
NOW
ENDEDj
French
Industrial
Trouble
Terml-1
nates
After
Premfer
Blum
Intervenes
MARSEILLES,
France,
May
26:
!
1CP1-A
general
seamen's
strike
spread
over
France
yesterday
blocking
the
way
for
tourists
at
the
opening
of
the
Paris
Exposition
by
closing
colonial
ocean
lanes
and
stalling
even
the
great
liner
Jfor-mandle,
but
was
reported
ended
last
nlcht
followlner
Premlpr
Rlnm's
intervention.
With
thlrtv
shins
nnrti5nells
dropped
Into
the
streets
of
2030
workers
tied
up
at
Le
Havre
;
alone,
other
branches
of
labor
took
up
the
strike
weapon
to
win
quick
acceptance
of
their
demands.
The
seamen
want
a
forty
hour
week,
pensions
and
other
changes
in
working
conditions.
Federation
Gets
Ready
to
Battle
,
With
John
Lewis
CINCINNATI,
Ohio,
May
26:
Two
hundred
craft
union
renre-
ntatives.
under
the
American
Federation,
of
Labor,
are
meelinu
here
to
discuss
plans
for
a
wa
against
-John
L.
Lewis'
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization.
A
war
chest
will
be
raised.
British
Columbia
To
Present
Case
Premier
Pattullo
Does
Not
Think
It
Advisable
to
Make
Joint
Representations
with
Alberta
,
1
ft
(
nuiumn
May
2?:
British
Columbia
A
will
will
tirnunnt
tiu
nun
ca8c
separately
to
the
federal
commission
on
taxation
relations
li.twon
th
linmini,,.,
.i
inces,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
said
yesterday.
The
Premier
does
not
consider
it
efficacious
that
British
Columbia
and
Alberta
should
present
their
cases
jointly
as
proposed
by
Hon.
Solon
Lowe,
provincial
treasurer
of
Alberta.
Two
Little
Girls
Lost
Three
Days
PELLY.
Saskatchewan,
May
2G:'
Widespread
search
Ins
been
instituted
for
Iwo
young
girls
nged
nine
and
seven
who
have'
Wen
missing
for
three
days
from
I
.n
So.XrSu
?i
ineir
home
here.
As
time
passes,!
victoria
stud
Priwe
Rupert.
This
for
misgivings
increase
as
to
tho'r
i
i14"
f
compiled
from
obf,vtion
t
'en
at
3
a.m.
today
and
covert
Um
31
"V"
hour
period
endlne
5
D.tn.
vomnrrowi.'
ARRIVES
MY
PLANE
,
risen
over
the
coast
and
rain
has
T
In
a
seaplane
piloted
by
R.
L.
been
general
in
Northern
British
(Ginger)
Cootc,
R.
L.
Maitland
K.
Columbia
while
fine
warm
weath-C.
of
Vancouver
arrived
In
the
cltv
,.niin
t
r
-
,at
11
....
o'clock
this
morning
from;
Ocean
Falls.
He
addressed
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Club
at
lun
cheon
today
and
will
speak
at
puoiic
meeting
this
evening
on
behalf
of
C.
V.
Evltt,
Conservative
candidate
in
the
provincial
election.
Mr.
Maitland
will
leave
tomorrow
morning
on
his
return
flight
south.
.......
..
1:55
a.m.
20
ft.
14:53
p.m.
18.2
ft.
......
..
8:41
a.m.
2.9
It.
20:42
p.m.
7.9
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
LANDING
REFUGEE
CHILDREN
Four
Thousand
Reach
England-Execution
of
Germans
Postponed
Truce
Abandoned
Fierce
Firhtlnir
Continues
UehMs
Winning
at
Bilbao
and.
Loyal-
ists
Around
Madrid.
INSURGENTS
ADVANCE
II
END
A
YE,
May
,26:
.
(CP)
A
new
insurgent
advance
is
reported
to
have
shoved
General
Emilio
Mola's
front
lines
within
eight
miles
of
Bilbao.
Insurgent
air
raiders
are
reported
io
have
brought
down
a
French
passenger
plane
at
Sopelana,
nine
miles
northwest
of
here,
wrecklngUhe
craft
and
Injuring
the.
pilot,
'the
passengers
being
unhurt.
-
T
vrr-v-
r
am.
t
nr
1
n
auf
May
m'
i-ur
UMUU
uue
wiuorcii
refugees
from
.
the
Bilbao
section,
have
been
landed
at
Southampton.
They
were
accompanied
by
two
hundred
adults
and
thirty
priests.
They
are
being,
placed
temporarily
In
a
camp
near
Southampton,
Spanish
Insurgent
machine
gun
a
French
m&ee
near
the
frontl
11
h
reported.
A
U-year
old
boy
was
injured.
It
Is
expected
there
will
be
an
official
protest
by
France.
More
than
eight
hundred
Basques
are
reported
to
have
been
.slaughtered
as
fire
from
aircraft
destroyed
trenches
and
military
positions
around
Bilbao.
In
the
Madrid
area
loyalists
are
reported
to
have
launched
surprise
4g)tack.
roalclnW,extendTpvad.
'
vances
and
occupying
seycral
towns.
A
British
freighter
was
reported
yesterday
to
have
been
bombecf
at
Almerla
and
badly
damaged.
The
Basque
government
In
Spain
has
agreed
to
postpone
the
execution
of
two
German
aviators
who
were
captured
a
few
days
ago,
it
Is
announced.
Great
Britain
and
France
had
requested
that
the
executions
be
deferred
pending
peace
negotiations.
Italy,
according
to
information
in
well-informed
quarters,
Is
opposed
to
an
armistice
or
truce
In
the
Spanish
civil
war
at
this
time.
The
Franco-British
truce
plan
has
been
definitely
abandoned,
it
Is
reported
from
Geneva
and
.hopes
for
an
armistice
to
facilitate
the
withdrawal
of
foreign
volunteers
are
now
extremely
faint,
an
authoritative
British
spokesman
says.
Rome
is
expected
to
turn
in
a
negative
answer
to
Britain's
proposal
or
an
answer
so
hedged
by
reservations
that
It
would
be
negative
In
effect.
Berlin,
at
first
sym-oathetlc.
is
now
reported
ready
to
support
Italy.
Hostile
reaction
is
reported
at
Moscow.
Valencia
and
Salamanca
have
unmlstakeably
ex?
pressed
opposition
to
any
truce
proposal.
General
Francisco
Franco,
commander-in-chief
of
the
Spanish
Insurgents,
yesterday
announced
his
definite
rejection
or
the
British
proposal
for
an
armistice.
"It
must
be
either
unconditional
surrender
or
war
without
quarter,"
he
declared.
Weather
Forecast
i
Ceneral
Synopsis
Pressure
had
,w
winiiiiM
uvci
nie
miciiur
1
1
this
province.
Prince
Kupert
District
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moder-
aate
to
fresh
south
and
west
winds,
cloudy
and
cool
with
showers.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
IslandModerate
to
fresh
north
ard
west
winds,
fair
and
riot
mUeh
change,
in
temperature.
m