Sir
Ag
1911
i
r
y
and
rode
into
power
in
fiehtine
nnnnsltlnn
In
the
toff
'Folding
reciprocity
pact
with
"A..
-ton.
Borden's
destiny
to
be
;aie
;f
a
government
during
war
8
Eut
he
seemed
to
be
moulded
!r
,!:..'
narticular
task
natient.
determined,
self-sacrificing.
There
nothing
devious
or
subtle
4tut,
him.
With
rrientless'
tena
he
speeded
the
nation
to
war
P'tfh.
When
Pnllstmpntu
fpll
off
in
tte
dark
days
of
1917,
he
formed
a
""'ion
government
to
pass
a
con-
fowl
1
""puon
law.
The
tall,
broad-shouldered
Cana
"an
with
the
quizzical
grey
eyes
"jea
a
leading
part
at
the
Ver
""UCi
Deacft
pnnfprpnpB
onrl
hp
ln
,hat
Canada
sign
the
treaty
J
a
separate
nation.
Then,
until
,u'y
10.
1920,
he
remained
in
of
starting
the
reconstruction
Period.
His
health
undermined
and
his
r
Borden
retired
from
poll
Mm
u
bc
succeeded
by
Arthur
s"n
as
Conservative
leader,
7
lred
10
the
sort
of
life
he
me
:or
bookS(
tlmc
for
toif
uu-
He
travelled.
He
picked
up
Kobert
Borden
Passes
Away
i
I
V
m
Tomorrow's
Tides
main
ft
High
....:
2:30
a.m.
22.5
It.
1M
15:30
pan.
202
It.
Low
9:12
a.m.
0.3
It.
21;25
p.m.
6.0
It.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRA
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Pi
ea
rormer
rremier
Of
Canada
Succumbs
tarly
I
his
Morning
fas
Only
Wartime
PrjiqcIinisjtcroCCuinbatant
Nation
Who
Held
Office
Throughout
Conflict
OTTAWA,
June
10:
(CP)-Rt.
Hon.
Sir
Robert
Laird
Borden,
K.C.,
ex-M.I,
K.C.M.G.,
P.C.,
D.C.L.,
LL.D.,
distinguished
statesman
and
Prime
Minister
of
Canada
throughout
the
Great
War,
died
at
7:30
this
morning.
He
would
have
been
eiehtv-three
vears
of
aire
on
June
26.
Sir
Robert's
physician
announced
that
death
came
"after!
three
weeks
illness
due
to
coronary
thrombosis."
The
ac-".al
i
u;
of
death
was
cardiac
,
ohaujMon.
Late
yesterday
after-
sufndent
buslness
connections
to
-ocn
ymptonw
of
congestive
fall-
k
him
busy
And
ne
found
tlme
re
suddenly
became
more
pro-
to
represent
Canada
at
world
-ffi.eu
and.
after
a
gradual
de-
evenUi
the
Wasmngton
naval
con--ae
tii,
end
came
peacefully.
The
ference
m
1922
the
League
of
Na-nner.
win
take
place
Saturday.
Uons
m
1930
He
iectUred
in
Can-Sir
Robert
Borden,
Canada's
ada
and
Great
Britaln.
And
he
mr-ur:r
prime
minister,
was
the
puttered
ab0ut
his
garden.
.y
iu
ler
of
a
combatant
nation
A11
through
life,
Sir
Robert
never
j
iicm
me
reins
or
power
from
a
drlnk
although
he
was
not
oc
inning
to
the
end
of
hos-
a
prohlbitlontst.
He
smoked
and
"E
i
wits
the
only
Canadian
prime
mln-
Tiw
ram
of
war
years,
the
wor-
who
-.hewed
tobacco,
a
small
-i
ar
r
cares
of
office,
'under-
quld
belng
nldden
under
his
cheek,
c-ned
v.
health
and
he
retired
to
few
pe0pie
ever
knowing
about
it.
e
t;
...nqulllty
of
an
old
colonial
npvP,
owned
a
car.
in
fact
me
.
V
Tlooklna
the
Rldeau
River
,
.
,
lUCWWM
UMVWV
v.
u
or
.wa
-his
place
In
Canadian
i
In
later
nfe
Borden
played
golf
u-'zx'
etched
deeply,
his
recog-;and
boWied
and
in
his
younger
-"Sa
t
a
world
figure
assured.
davs
ln
Halifax
was
a
fair
cricket
A
N;
,j,
Scotian.
Borden
entered
a
t'.nnie
i
imr
Tile
crrpat.
hnhbv
Parkir.:
:nt
in
1896,
became
Conser-
was
books
and
few
agents
ever
r'
ve
i
ader
.
in
1901
.
at
the
height
turned
away
from
his
door
without
fir
Cf.
term
-
11..
f
wuina
Launers
popularity.
;
an
order.
.
Rlv
iinltH
ihi
fnrtnnps
nl
Beloved
By
Veterans
During
his
years
of
retirement
Sir
Robert
continued
his
interest
in
the
men
who
had
fought
the
Great
War,
and
ln
Ottawa
no
ex-
service
men's
function
was
com
plete
without
him.
His
popularity
was
great,
the
war
veterans
enter
taining
for
him
a
profound
and
sincere
affection.
They
appreciated
the
gesture
oi
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
In
delegating
Sir
Robert
on
the
gov
ernment's
official
party
ai
me
unveiling
of
the
National
Memor
ial
on
Vlmy
Ridge
in
July,
ismo.
The
veteran
statesman
made
the
Journey
and
while
in
France
was
received
with
hign
nonor
oy
wc
government.
c
-
.
sir
Robert
Borden
was
corn
m
Grand
Pre,
N.S.,
June
26,
1854,
riear
the
historic
fields,
edged
witti
Aca
dian
willows,
the
Evangeline
wen,
the
church
and
burial
ground
Im
mortalized
by
Longfellow.
He
was
of
Samuel
Borden,
an
American
surveyor
who
moved
to
-Falmouth.
N.S..
In
17C0
Deiore
me
rnvniuts
He
was
educated
ai
Aca
dia
Villa
Academy
in
Horton,
N.S.
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
134.
FISHING
PROTEST
Japanese
Incursions
Arouse
Alaska
Fishermen's
Association
To
Action
SAN
FRANCISCO.
June
10:
(CP)
Officials
of
the
Alaska
Fishermen's
Union
said
Tuesday
that
they
had
sent
a
telegraphic
pro
test
to
Washington
stating
that
Japanese
fishermen
were
ruining
the
salmon
industry.
It
is
claimed
that
the
Japanese
are
Jeopardizing
;
thousands
of
Jobs
and
millions
of
i
Invested
capital.
There
are
now
over
twenty-six
big
Japanese
boats
and
several
smaller
craft
fishing
close
to
shore
at
Bristol
Bay
and
elsewhere,
the
protest
says.
In
Washington
Senator
Lewis
Schwellenbach
of
Washington
and
i
others
are
contiuulng
their
cam
-
raign
against
the
Japanese
men
ace
to
the
Alaskan
fisheries.
Halibut
Sales
Summary
American
none.
Canadian
50,500
pounds,
and
5c
to
8c
and
5c.
Canadian
No
Moderating
7.7
Toodie,
11,500,
Cold
Storage
7.gc
and
5c.
Capella,
13,000,
Cold
-Storage
7.7c
and
5c-
Relief,
14,000,
Atlin,
8c
and
5c
9ml
Tin'
'
.
Thrasher,
2.000,
Cold
Storage
3c
and
5:.
Margalce,
1,000,
Booth,
7.8c
and
5c.
Of
Papal
Stand
Pontiff
is
Still
Critical
of
Situa
tion
Regarding
Catholicism
In
Germany
CASTEL
GANDOLFO,
June
10;
(CP)
Words
of
Poje
Pius
yesterday
to
Bavarian
pilgrims
deploring
the
conditions
for
Catholicism
in
Germany
have
served
to
dispel
persistent
unconfirmed
reports
that
the
Vatican
would
moderale
its
attitude
towards
Germany
where
priests
and
lay
brothers
have
been
placed
on
trial
on
"immorality"
charges.
HOUSE
WAS
DEMOLISHED
Severe
F.lcctrical
Storm
Experienced
in
Vancouver
Late
Yesterday
Afternoon
VANCOUVER,
June
10:
A
electric
storm
visited
Van
Baldwin
Takes
Wilfrid
Tucker
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JUNE
10f
1937
Seatfiii
Lords
Declares
Himself
Opposed
To
Principal
o(
Hereditary
Suc-.
cession
to
Seatj
in
Upper
House-
LONDON.
June
AO:
Viscount
Baldwin,
Earl
of
njJewdsley
and
Corvedale,
took
his
seal
in
thi
House
of
Lords
yesterday,
Tht
former
Prime
Minister
said
h-.
was
opposed
t6
andjwould
seek
t
have
removed
the
traditional
prin
ciple
of
heritary
succession
to
the
upper
house.
i
KILLED
IN
RAIL
FIRE
Five
Die
When
Yards
at
Halle,
Germany,
Are
Swept
By
Mysterious
Blaze
HALLE,
Germany,
June
10:
(CP)
-Five
freight
handlers
are
known
.0
have
been
killed
and
manv
others
of
eighty
whoWere
on
duty
ire
reported-
missing!
In
a
mysterious
five
which
swept
the
railway
yards.
A
number
of
handlers
and
:lerks
were
also
Injured
ln
the
fire
last
night
which
destroyed
three
hundred
freight
cars'.
Damage
to
the
freight
buildings
and
equipment
is
estimated
at!
many
millions
of
marks.
1
:
t
!
Nariaimo's
Water
Supply
Condemned
Analyst
Finds
it
Unfit
For
Use-Assistance
of
Provincial
Government
Sought
VANCOUVER,
June
10:
Thr
N'anaimo
city
council
is
endeav
luring
to
enlist
the
assistance
of
he
provincial
government
in
con
nection
with
the
purification
of
the
municipal
water
supply.
Ar
analyst
has
found
that
Cha
.
River
water
is
unfit
for
consump
tion
on
account
of
impurities.
Passes
in
South
Man
Who
Made
Charges
Against
Vancouver
Police
is
Cancer
Victim
VANCOUVER.
June
10:
(CP)
Wilfrid
A.
Tucker,
whose
investigations
of
the
Vancouver
police
department
last
year,
led
to
a
Royal
Commission
Inquiry
and
his
own
dismissal
as
a
civic
employee,
died
ln
hospital
here
last
night
of
cancer
of
the
lung.
STOCK
MARKET
UP
couver
late
yesterday
afternoon.
A
NEW
YORK,
June
10:
The
New
house
on
Inverness
bireet
was.
York
stock
market
is
somewhat
impartially
demolished.
No
one
wasproved.
On
Tuesday
the
Industrial
hurt.
I
average
was
up
.45,
rails
up
.23
and
Trooping
of
Colors
Is
Seen
in
London
Traditional
Ceremony
Observed
Yesterday
on
Occasion
or
King's
Hlrthday
LONDON,
June
10:
Many
thousands
observed
the
colorful
pageantry
yesterday
of
Ihe
cere
mony
of
trooping
or
the
color.
in
observance
of
the
King's
birthday.
CHICAGO
WHEAT.
PRICE
CHICAGO,
June'
lOlt-The
Chi
cago
wheat
price
was
up
lie
to
7sC
yesterday,
July
future
closing
at
'
$1.09.
...
.
,
.
utilities
up
.21.
I
Gordcn
Wismer
I
New
Attorney
General
B.
C
VANCOUVER,
June
10:
(CP)
Gordon
Sylvester
Wismer
K.C
elected
at
the
June
1
elections
as
member
of
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
for
Vancouver
Centre
riding,
has
accepted
the
portfolio
of
attorney
general
ln
the
new
cabinet,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
announced
here
today.
Mr.
Wismer
takes
over
June
30.
ABDUCTION
OR
MURDER
Mrs.
Alice
Parsons,
Long
Island
Socialite,
Disappears
Mys-
.
teriously
From
Home
STONYBROOK,
N.Y
June
10:
(CP)
Two
theories
kidnapping
or
murder
confront
United
States
government
investigators
seeking
to
unravel
the
mystery
of
the
disappearance
of
Mrs,
Alice
Parsons,
38-year
old
New
York
social
registrite,
from
her
fashionable
home
on
Long
Island.
Bolstering
the
abduction
theory
is
a
note
to
the
woman's
husband,
William
II.
Parsons,
de
manding
$25,000.
In
support
of
the
murder
theory
is
a
blood-stained
axe
found
on
the
grounds
of
Parsons'
chicken
farm
but
it
is
suggested
that
the
axe
might
have
been
used
in
killing
chickens.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Jonnston
Co.)
Vancouver
15.
C.
Nickel,
.21'..
Big
Missouri,
.47..
Bralorne,
7.50.
il.
Pv.
Con.,
.OWi-Aztec,
.08.
Dentonia,
.15.
Dunwell,
.'03
Vi.
Gokonda,
.07V4-II
Into,
.17.
MeridjanUU'ii'
auiiiiii
Fairview
Amdlg..
,0'J.
Noble
Five,
.00.
Pend
Oreille,
1.05.
Pioneer,
3.95.
Porter
Idaho,
.01.
Premier,
2.51.
Ileeves
McDonald,
.1)1.
Reno,
.86.
Pkelief
Arlington,
.184.
Reward,
.10.
Salmon
Gold,
.00.
Taylor
Bridge,
.05V-:.
Hedley
Amalg.,
.01,
Premier
Border,
.OHj.
Congress,
.Ofj.
Silver
Crest,
.00.
Home
Gold,
.02.
Gra
n
dview,
.18V2.'
Indian,
.02.
Ouatsino
Copper,
,0i.
Quesnelle
Quartz,
,0'J.
Oils
A.
P..
Con.,
.40.
Calmont;
75.
C.
&
K.,
3.35.
Freehold,
.10V-.
McDougal
Scgur,
.20.
Mercury,
.38.
Merkland,
.14;
.
Okalta,
2.10.
Pacalta,'
.17.
Home
Oil,
2.25.
United,
.29Vi.
Weymarn,
.11.
Toronto
Beattie,
.1.25.
Central
Patricia,
3.15.
Gods
Like,-.
51.
Lee
Gold,
.03.
Little
Long
Iic,
5.30.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,'l.l8.
Pickle
Crow,
C.C0.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.
45.
San
Antonio,
1.40.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.55.
Smelters
Gold.
.032.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.22.
Oklend,
.17.
Mosher,
.33.
Gilbec,
.02.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.70.
Stadacona,
1.55.
Frontier
Ked
Lake;
,11.
Francoeur,
.85.
Manitoba
&
Eastern,
-P-'W
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.40.
It
u
bee,
.03.
Bailor,
.02.
Rankfield,
.05.
East
Malartic,
1.15.
Preston
EaRt
Dome,
LOO.
Hutchison
Lake,
.14.
Dawson
White,
.13;
Rajah
Red
Lake,..2i.
Aldermac,
1.08.
Kerr
Adlson.,2.52.
'
'
.
Uchl
Gold.
.70.'
Martin
Bird,
.73.
i
Haile
Selassie
Sues
Mussolini
Starts
Action
in
French
Courts
With
a
View
to
Recovering
Itights
in
Ethiopia
PARIS,
June
10:
Halle
Selassie,
former
Emperor
of
Ethiopia,
starred
legal
action
ln
French
courts
yesterday
against
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
and
the
Italian
government
with
a
view
to
regaining
certain
rights
in
respect
to
the
Addis
Ababa-French
Somaliland
TO
RETURN
TO
PATROL
International
Situation
Arising
Out
of
Spanish
Situation
Appears
Easier
LONDON,
June
10:
It
Is
believed
here
that
Germany
and
Italy
will
return
to
the
Spanish
non-intervention
patrol
by
the
end
of
this
week.
The
international
situation
has
become
considerably
easier.
The
Insurgents
are
continuing
their
bombardment
of
Madrid
and
Bilbao
where
scores
of
women
and
children
have
been
killed
during
the
past
few
days.
Is
Question
For
Nation's
League
Smuf.s
Says
It
is
Not
Up
to
British
Or
African
Parliament
To
Decide
on
German
Colony
Returns
LONDON,
June
10:
Genera
Jan
Smuts,
South
African
mini.-'
ler
of
justice,
declared
yesterdaj
that
neither
the
South
Africai.
government
or
British
Parliament
but
rather
the
League
of
Nations
should
settle
the
issue
of
retun.
of
colonies
in
Africa
to
Germany
Funeral
Service
For
Jean
Harlow
Riles
for
Noted
Moving
Picture
Star
Yesterday
Were
Hrlcf
And
Simple
GLEN
DALE,
June
10:
With
brief
and
simple
rites
lasting
little
more
than
twenty
minutes
the
funeral
of
Jean
Harlow,
noteci
moving
picture
'
star,
was
held
here
yesterday.
Thousands
of
persons
crowded
around
to
catch
i
glimpse
of
the
cortege.
Today's
Weather
(
Government
Tlegr.ph
Terraci:
Clear,
calm,
50.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
CO.
Stewart
Clear,
calm,
04.
Hazeltoh
Clear,
calm,
72.
'
Smithers
Clear,
calm,
warm.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
01.
Drive
on
Auto
Speeders
May
Be
Undertaken
City
police
have
issued
a
for
mal
warning
to
some
thirty
loca'
motorists,
regarding
whose
speed
Ing
proclivities
complaints
have
been
made,
that
Ihere
is
a
twenty
mile
an
hour
speed
limit
in
this
city.
The
warnings
have
been
Issued
as
a
preliminary
to
contem-
,.
1
..
I
a
1
I
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piaieu
prosecutions
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speeuing
is
not
curbed.
HAIt
SILVER
.
NEW
YORK,
June
10:
-CP)-Rar
silver
was
down
Vic
at
44c
oil
the.
New
York
metal
market
'
'
yesterday.
.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
WAGNER
ACT
IS
INVOKED
oteel
WorkerH
Take
Advantage
Of
New
Legislation
in
Bloody
Dispute
Youngstown
Clash
Two
Big
Companies
Plan
to
Re
open
in
Spite
of
Strike
CHICAGO,
June
10:
(CP)
.
The
United
States
Wagner
Labor
Relations
Act
was
invoked
for
thoH
first
time
yesterday
in
the
bloody
far-flung
steel
strike
when
union
lWbrneys
drafted
a
formal
complaint
accusing
the
Inland
Steel
Co.
of
violating
the
Act
througii
unfair
labor
practices.
At
Youngstown,
Ohid,
sheriffs
deputies
clashed
with
Great
Lakes
teel
strike
pickets
today,
leaving
seventeen
injured.
Meanwhile
plans
went
forward
for
the
re-opening
of
the
Republic
Steel
Corporation's
plant
at
Mon-
-oe,
Michigan,
in
the
face
of
a
barricade
which
John
L.
Lewis
said
would
number
eight
to
ten
thousand
men.
The
Newton
Steel
Co..
also
at
Monroe,
announced
that
it
was
determined
to
open
its
strikv
closed
plant
regardless
of
the
ou
come
of
a
conference
over
Ihe
twelve-day
walk-out
CANADIAN
31ARTS
CLOSED
VANCOUVER,
June
10:
(CP)-
The
Vancouver
and
Winnipeg
wheat
markets,
as
well
as
all
other
Canadian
financial
markets,
were
closed
yesterday
on
account
of
the
King's
Birthday
Tax
Evasion
Is
Condemned
Tightening
Up
of
Laws
Urged
In
Rccolution
From
Congress
To
President
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
10:
The
House
of
Representatives
has
passed
on
to
President
r
rahk-lih
D.
Roosevelt
a
resolution
condemning
the
practice
of
tax
ev-nsion
and
urging
the
closing
up
of
loopholes
in
the
present
in
come
tax
laws.
DIAMOND
DRILLING
Contract
to
be
Let
on
Ecstall
Property
by
F.
XV.
Guernsey
F.
W-
Guernsey,
who
is
developing
the
well
known
B.
C,
Pyrites
mining
property
on
the
Ecstall
River,
announces
that
he
will
let
a
contract
ln
Vancouver
.within
a
few
days
for
the
diamond
drilling
of
the
ground.
There
are
at
present
some
fourteen
men
employed
at
the
mine.
Later
a
geo-physlcal
examination
will
be
undertaken,
un
the
rather
extensive
program
of
exploration
work
which
Is
now
being
carried
out
will
depend
the
future
line
of
action.
Mr.
Ouernsey
left
on
last
eve
ning's
train
for
Prince
George
enroute
to
the
Island
Mountain
property
at
Wells
ln
Hhe
Cariboo
whence
he
will
proceed
to
Vancouver.
The
Island
Mountain
mine
Is
now
Idle
owing
to
a
strike
in
demand
for
recognition
of
the
Committee
for
Industrial
Organization.
Mr.
Guernsey
Is,
apparently,
not
worrying.
"The
gold
Is
still
ln
the
mine,"
h
remarked
yesterday.
"It
lis
just
as
good
as
money
ln
the
:
bank
to
us."
Tonight's
Irain,
due
from
tht
East
ut
10:20,
is
reported
to
ba
thirty
minutes
late,
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