Today's
Weather
(t
AJV1.)
Prince
Rupert
Showery,
south-
Halifax
Appointed
Ip;)i...iUr.ent
of
Viscount
Halifax
ore
Secretary
and
Richard
matin
ls
Under
Secretary
for
feign
Affairs
s
eiinounced
:lully
laic
16-
Lord
Halifax
previously
In
cabinet
as
i
President
of
Council
and
ceeds
Captain
JWhony
Eden
io
resiened
il
day
as
For-
HALIFAX
jjp
Secretary
Butler,
hitherto
filamentary
secretary
to
the
La-
mlnlstry.
succeeds
Viscount
nbourne
who
resigned
with
his
ef
rime
Minister
Neville
Chamber
jjn
will
handle
all
major
foreign
airs
in
the
House
where
Halifax
not
go
because
he
Is
a
member
the
House
of
Lords,
0METHING
TO
BE
DONE
fm
Kcid
Assirrcil
That
Fisheries
department
Will
Act
in
Regard
To
Oriental
Fishing
Licenses
estmlnster.
withdrew
"a
resolu-
to
re-establish
the
1923-27
poll-
of
reducing
fishing
licenses
pnted
to
Japanese
on
the
Pacific
past
after
saying
that
he
had
been
insured
by
the
mlnlsterof
fisheries
Vancouver
Wheat
!
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
'cat
was
quoted
at
$1.38V'2on
the
lancouvcx
market
yesterday,
down
r"uy
rrom
$1.38i
on
Wednesday.
FREEDOM
This
is
Objective
of
All
Government's
Efforts,
von
Schuschnlgg
Tells
Ills
Diet
VIENNA,
Feb.
25:
(CP)-Chan-l
cellor
Kurt
von
Schuschnlgg
told
the
Austrian
federal
Diet
yester
day
that
all
his
government's
ef
forts
were
now
being
directed
to
wards
Austria's
freedom
and
independence.
Austrian
patriots
marched
in
Joyous
celebration
today
following
the
pledge
of
the
Chancellor
that
the
nation
would
remain
independent
of
Oermany
and
free
of
Nazidom.
Austrian
Nazis
were
angered
and
staged
scattered
demonstrations.
How
Berlin
Feels
In
Berlin
leading
Nazis
said
von
Schuschnlgg
had
had
the
oppor
tunity
to
rally
to
Hitler,
had
failed
J
to
seize
it
and,
therefore,
must
go
CON
MAN
TO
JAIL
Noble
John
Moore
of
Vancouver
Gets
Seven
Years
in
New
York
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
25:
CP
Noble
John
Moore
of
Vancouver,
confidence
man,
accused
of
giving
false
testimony
at
the
mail
fraud
trial
of
UvQ'Renoamblfrs.'
-was-
sentenced
i
-
last
to
seven
years'
imprisonment
for
violation
of
probation.
Perjury
con
stituted
the
violation.
SOME
NEEDS
OF
PRESENT
llcv.
Hugh
Dobson
Lays
Stress
On
establishment
of
Proper
Balance
In
All
Affairs
of
Life
The
desirability
of
developing
balance,
unity
and
stability
in
tht
country
and
in
international
relationships
was
the
theme
of
at.
address
given
yesterday
afternoon
to
the
Rotary
Club
at
its
reguiai
weekly
luncheon
in
the
Commodore
Cafe
by
Rev.
Dr.
Hugh
Dobsor
secretary
of
evangelism
and
soci?:
service
of
the
United
Church
ol
Canada.
R.
M,
Winslow
was
in
thf
chair
in
the
absence
of
W.
R.
Mc
Afee.
Dr.
Dobson
spoke
of
the
Rowell
Commission
now
taking
evidence
in
various
parts
of
Canada
and
mmtlnned
that
there
was
much
that
did
not
appear
on
the
sur
face.
There
was
a
Christian
quan-,
was
based,
the
maintaining
of
uni
-1
ty
which
developed
strength.
The
world
was
in
a
disturbed
state
just
now
owing
In
a
considerable
dr-gre:
to
a
lack
of
international
balance
Between
nations
there
was
as
yet
no
codified
established
law
such
Son
J
e.
Mlchaud.
thnt
somethlno
n
hptween
Dersons.
However,
this
uld
be
done
about
the
matter.
was
being
developed,
Mr
Reld
declared
that
the
Jap-
In
Canada
the
difficulty
b.-
e&e
controlled
the
cod
Industry,
,
twe?n
east
and
west
grew
out
ui
ade
ninety
per
cent
of
the
salt'
fear
and
lack
of
balance
in
na-
n
exports
and
were
in
a
position
,
tlonal
affairs.
Unless
mis
Daiance
!
"lctate
to
the
canners.
He
said
ere
had
been
a
known
assault
of
te
fishermen
who
Invaded
a
ckcye
area
on
the
Fraser
River
Dntrolled
by
thc
Japanese.
Itestrict
Licenses
NEW
WESTMINSTER,
Feb.
25:
The
British
Columbia
Fish-
irmcn'a
Protective
Association
is
fKlng
the
Department
of
Fisheries
restrict
granting
of
gill
net
pnscs
to
enfranchised
persons.
or
equity
can
be
established
there
will
be
friction.
CATTLE
OFFEUINC.S
LIGHT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
(CPJ-
,Wlth
offerings
light,
cattle
prices
remain
steady
on
the
vancouvn
market.
Steers
were
selling
et
$4.35
yesterday.
The
Alberta
market
Is
slow
with
light
receipts.
HEER
HAKKKLS
SHRINK
government's
department
of
markets
estimates
taverns
and
restaur-ants
of
New
York
have
last
$13,000,-
C00
In
five
years
through
shrinkage.
omorrow
s
Tides
High
10:59
ajn.
VIZ
ft.
feast
wind,
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer
23:55
pjn,
17.7
ft.
30
(falling);
temperature,
Low
...v.
5:00
a.m.
9.7
ft.
40:
sea
cnoppy
17:41
p.m.
5.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
I
XXVII..
No.
47.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY
25,
1938.
I'KICE:
s
ji;ms
Sl
U.I
I"
I
A
.
W
in.
HT
"
ssg
;
noiqing
Japanese
.
,
m
Day
MCE
IS
LINING
UP
open
Conversations
With
Ger
many
and
Italy
Some
Possible
Stumbling
Blocks
I
alifax
Appointed
imcs
roreign
secretary
vviwi
cmier
Chamberlain
Handling
House
)NDON,
Feb.
25;
(CP)
Premier
tille
Chautcmps'
French
govern,-
is
expected
to
line
up
with
it
Britain
in
the
new
European
:e
move
by
opening
conversa-
i
with
Germany
and
Italy.
ussia
has
not
yet
accepted
the
Ash
formula
in
connection
with
idrawal
of
volunteers
from
in
and
this
Is
seen
as
a
possible
nbling
block.
ilfflMiltv
mnv
also
nrlse
thrnneh
'lnto
the
dUcard
man
insistence
on
a
breaking
of
Franco-Russian
accord
which
j
always
irked
her.
llplomatic
sources
said
today
,
Italian
support
of
Austrian
In
cidence
may
give
Great
Bri-
the
needed
support
to
block
man
dominance
in
central
Eur-
AUSTRIAN
Big
Deficits
In
Alberta
Revealed
In
Budget
Today;
Taxes
Are
Being
Increased
EDMONTON,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Provincial
Treasurer
Solon
Low
disclosed
increased
taxation
in
his
budget
speech
in
the
Alberta
Legislature
today.
He
has
budgeted
for
an
over-all
deficit
of
$1,500,000
for
the
fiscal
year
ending
this
March
31
and
an
overall
deficit
of
$1,567,571
for
the
year
ending
March
1939.
Tax
increases
will
include
3c
an
acre
on
free
held
mineral
rights,
2c
an
acre
on
wild
lands
and
increases
in
securities
tax
and
corporation
income
taxes.
B
ARON
IS
KILLED
IN
AIR
CRASH
Lives
Near
San
Luis
Opispo,
California
LOS
ANGELES,
Feb.
23:
(CD
Lord
Plunkett,
sixth
baron
oi
his
line,
and
Lady
Plunkett,
daughter
of
the
screen
and
stage
star,
Fannie
Ward,
were
killed
night-
wheir
:
thcirplane
crashed
near
San
Luis
Opispo
while
enroulc
to
the
Randolph
Hearst
ranch.
The
pilot,
Tex
Phillips,
was
also
killed
and
Lawrence
Williams,
son
of
a
wealthy
English
landowner,
was
injured.
Fog
was
blamed
for
the
crash
May
Postpone
Independence
Of
Phillipines
va
mr
T"X
T1
"I
i"
T
TV
(OTTAWA,
Feb.
25;
(CP)-
Tom.tltv
on
which
the
life
of
Canacal
rtjl
11
U
I
l
II
1
1
c!
Liberal
member
for
New
....
.
-
w
n
v
m
a
h
LASTYEAR
Canada's
Production
of
Yellow
Metal
in
1937
was
Just
Over
Four
Million
Ounces.
OTTAWA,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Accord
ing
to
preliminary
estimates,
4,054,-799
ounces
of
gold
was
mined
in
Canada
last
year,
an
increase
of,
374,028
ounces
over
1936.
RESTRICT
ORIENTALS
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
D
E,
McTaggart,
corporation
counsel
for
the
City
of
Vahcouver,
Is.
con
slderlng
a
proposal
that
Orientals
mpw
vnnK
Feb
25:
(CP)
Ad-
be
required
to
confine
their
trad
hAHr
beer
barrels
the
.Ing
to
their
countrymen,
He
is
not
v-
1-
-
expected,
however,
to
recommend
such
restriction,
It
has
been
pro
posed
in
the
city
.council
that
no
barrel
I
additional
trades
licences
be
grant
cd
to
Orientals.
PLANT
IS
OPEN
FOR
BUSINESS
of
Standard
Oil
Co.
of
British
Columbia
4
where
on
hand
to
receive
the
guests
and
show
them
around.
I
One
of
the
Interesting
features
of
'the
newly
completed
plant
is
the
handy
marine
service
station
!at
the
end
of
the
dock.
It
is
fitted
'
WASHINGTON.
D.C.,
Feb.
25
(CP)
United
States
govern-
t-
ment
officials
have
been
dis-
nnnlng
the
final
granting
Phllllpine
independence
be-
4-
cause
of
disturbed
conditions
In
the
Far
East,
Informed
per-
sons
said.
No
definite
decision
has
been
reached,
however.
waterfront
just
eastjof
r",v
took
place
yesterday
pfternoon
un
der
austlelouclrta?iMtance.s.
At
i
FLIGHTS
TO
START
SOON
Winnipeg
to
Vancouver
Next
Week
Montreal
by
July
1
OTTAWA.
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Regular
flights
by
TransCanada
Airways!
between
Winnipeg
and
Vancouver
'
the
invitation
of
the
company.
I
17
A
I
1717
there
was
a
large
attendance
of
bus-
JuJCiljlJLilLI-i
ncs'
men
of
the
city
as
well
as
people
identified
with
the
marine
and
fisheries
life
of
the
port
generally
'
to
Inspect
the
new
plant
and
par-i'
with
the
most
modern
and
up-to-date
equipment
to
provide
fuel
and
service
t0
various
type
of
craft
with
efficiency
and
dispatch.
In
the
meantime,
the
company,
t-
cussing
the
possibility
of
post-
as
f
ag
thc
retaU
end
b
concern
ed,
win
specialize
in
ooai
service,
j
To
the
trade
uptown
and
In
thc
In
terior
It
will
sell
wholesale.
The
company's
tankage
capacity
Is
143,000
gallons
In
four
tanks
65,000
gallons
diesel
fuel,
21,000
stove
fuel
and
two
21,000-gallon
gasoline
tanks.
The
plant
also
includes
a
commodious
shed
for
the
storage
of
package
goods
and
equipment,
a
convenient
office
as
well
as
a
good
float.
On
opening
day
yesterday.
Standard
Oil,
among
its
first
orders,
received
from
John
Ourvlch
the
bus
iness
of
supplying
gasoline
to
be
used
In
the
compressor
on
excavation
work
for
the
new
federal
building
here.
Weather
horecast
I
Furnished
tlirouiih
Hie
courtcsj
o?
tlic
Dominion
Motccrulolf
Bureau
it
Victoria
and
Prlnc
Rupert.
This
'"n--
abt
lb
compiled
from
obvorxallona
ta
ken
at
5
am.
UxUy
luid
coven
th
au
hour
prrlod
eiidlnp
5
p.m.
tomorrow!
General
Synopsis
Th
pressure
remains
high
over
British
Columbia
and
rain
is
reported
on
the
Northern
Coast
while
unusually
high
temperatures
have
occurred
in
all
parts
of
this
province.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
lotte
Islands
Fresh
southeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild
with
show
ers
today
and
Saturday.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
winds,
part
cloudy
and
mild
with
Saturday
becoming
somewhat1'
unsettled.
LOTTERY!
jtake
of
the
hospitality
which
was
Sweepstakes
for
Hospitals
or
Uni-;
offered.
S.
E.
Nord,
general
man-,
vrrsltics
Proposed
in
Parliament
I
agcr
of
the
company
from
Vancou-
j
vcr,
and
M,C.
Brook,
local
manager,;
OTTAWA.
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Intro
duced
by
a
Liberal
member
for
Montreal,
a
bill
which
would
legal-;ze
the
holding
of
one
sweepstake
a
year
by
each
province
for
the
aid
of
hospitals
or
universities
will
be
considered
by
Parliament.
The
pro-Dosal
Is
to
amend
the
Criminal
Code
to
permit
the
lotteries.
His
Condition
Getting
Worse
Famous
American
Soldier,
General
Pershing,
Gradually
Sinking
At
Tucson,
Arizona
TUCSON,
Arizona,
Feb.
25:
fCP.
The
condition
of
General
J.
J
Pershing,
American
Army
commander-in-chief
in
France
during
the
Great
War,
is
reported
by
hi,
physicians
to
be
gradually
gettlri
worse.
The
famous
seventy-sever
year
old
soldier
has
been
serlous'j
111
for
some
time.
HANDLING
ORIENTALS
"Fair
and
Just"
Treatment
I-Urged
by
Anglican
Synod
Of
New
Westminster
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Thc
Anglican
Synod
of
New
West
minster
has
gone
on
record
as
favoring
"fair
and
Just
treatment"
of
all
Orientals
resident
In
British
Columbia
by
citizens
and
government
officials.
The
Synod
recognizes
thc
difficulties,
under
existing
conditions
of
dealing
with
both
Japanese
and
Chinese
residents
of
the
province.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
PRICE
WINNIPEG,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Winnipeg
wheat
futures
were
off
'tc
to
unchanged
on
the
Winnipeg
market
yesterday,
May
closing
at
$1,2812.
HuQe
New
Armv
I:
Organized
To
Defend
Lunghai
Railway
Area
will
be
commenced
about
March
1
and
win
be
devoted
to
mail
carry-
Little
in
Foreign
wit,
N
jpponcse
Army
Making
Headway
of
Commons
yesterday
by
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
transport.
About
July
1
the
service
will
i
extended
to
Montreal
and
within
a
year
to
Moncton.
When
the
service
gets
under
way,
passengers
will
be
able
to
leave
Montreal
at
8
o'clock
In
the
evening
.ind
airive
at
Vancouver
at
noon
the
next
day.
Yukon
Service
Yukon
air
mail
service
to
a
com
Ixml
and
Lady
Plunkett
I-ose
Theii
Many
Visit
New
Fuel
Station
Here
Pany
operating
out
of
Edmonton
as
previously
an
YUKon
Dusiness
had
been
via
Vancouver.
j
Mr.
Howe
said
that
tests
werr.
made
of
two
Vancouver-fuel
being
The
formal
opening
of
the
new
rut
vla
station
of
the
SUndard
O'.l
Co.
ncc
but
whether
the
service
would
ma-
of
British
Columbia
-on
the
local
icnauze
uepcnaeu
upuu
vri
amount
of
traffic.
4.:
'--
Campaign,
Things
at
Home
Warming
Up
With
Crisis
at
Tokyo
Looming
SHANGHAI,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
A
great
air
battle
was
fought
oyer
Nanchang,
Chinese
air
base
in
Kiang.
si
Province,
today
and
both
Chinese
and
Japanese
claimed
victories.
Both
sides
had
machines
brought
down.
SHANGHAI.
February
25:
(CP)
Twenty-five
new
Later
Hon.
Grote
Stirling,
con-
Chinese
divisions.
Chinese
circles
sav.
are
being
organized
servatlve
member
for
Yale,
said
,
.
,
.
.,.
nffonVP
an-snnsr.
triA
.Tjinnnesn
that
the
coast
cities
were
keenly
.
um
cuiu
i,
w..
--t
Interested
in
the
Yukon
air
ser
vices.
Howard
Green,
Conservativ
,ve
member
for
Vancouver
Sou
said
that
it
was
unfair
to
give
a
army
trying
to
swallow
up
the
central
China
Lunghai
area.
Meanwhile
the
Chinese
are
holding
back
the
Jap-
anese
mechanized
army's
attempt
to
establish
a
base
for
'
-
-
crossing
the
Yellow
River
north
nf
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel.
.14.
Bis
Missouri,
.41.
Bralorne.
8.90.'
I
Aztec.
.09.
,
'
I
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.00.
Minto.
.03
Vi.
Pcnd
Oreille.
2.10.
Pioneer.
3.00.
Porter
Idaho.
.03.
Premier,
2.30.
Reeves
McDonald.
.41.
Reno,
.61.
Relief
Arlington,
.22
K.
Reward,
.05.
Salmon
Gold.
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.05.
Hedlcy
Amalgamated,
.06.
Premier
Border.
,015g.
Sllbak
Premier,
2.16.
Home
Gold,
.01
Orandvlew,
.03,
Indian.
.02
Vi.
Ouatsino
Copper,
.033,i.
Halda
Gold.
.06.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.25.
Calmont,
.45.
C.
&
E..
2.80.
Freehold.
.05V'2i
Hargal.
.19.
Mc.Doii'rall
Scgur,
.22.
'Mercury-
-15-Okalta,
2.00..
Home
Oil,
1.22.
Toronio
Beattlc,
1.38.
Central
Patricia,
2.60.
Gods
Lakf,
.51.
Little
Long
Uc'.
5.00.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
.95.
Pickle
Crow,
4.65.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore.
,26i.
San
Antonio.
1.40.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.55.
Rmnlters
G6ld.
.02.
Me.TiCOd
Cockshutt.
2.92,
Oklend,
.30.
Masher,
.23,
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.39.
Stadacona,
.25.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur.
.50.
Moneta
Porcupine.
2.17.
Bouscad'llnc.
.P.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.27.
Bnnl-f'Rld,
M.
Fast
Matartic.
1.53.
Preston
Eat
Pom.
1
.25.
Hutchison
Lake,
MVt.
Dawson
White,
.02.
Aldermac.
.57.
Kerr
Addison.
2.05.
Uchi
Gold.
1.58.
Martin
Bird.
.48.
Hardrock.
2.15.
Inter'l
Nickel.
52.00.
Noranda.
61.75.
Con.
Smelters.
62.50.
the
Lunghai
Railway.
The
United
States
has
told
Japan
In
a
blunt
note
that
It
has
no
Intention
of
ordering
the
evacuation
of
Americans
in
the
central
China
!
war
area
as
requested.
Crisis
In
Tokyo
TOKYO,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
There
was
uproar
in
the
lower
house
of
the
Japanese
Diet
last
night
as
a
debate
on
national
mobilization
rarne-to-g
-close
jA;ecl$ls
Is
,deyel-i-oplng
over
the
question
of
whether
the
government
should
be
permitted
to
put
the
country's
business
and
industry
under
wartime
regulations.
Is
Paradise
.For
Workers
Mrs.
George
Black,
L
I
For
j
Yukon,
Tells
Montreal
About
Her
Riding
,
MONTREAL,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
-Speaking
here
yesterday,
Mrs.
George
Black,
M.
P.
for
Yukon,
described
the
Yukon
as
"a
'paradise
for
young
and
qld."
Mrs.
Black
added,
however
that
one
must
"cither
work
or
starve"
there.
TORY
MEET
coming
yp
Provincial
Executive
to
Assamble
Next
Month
To
Consider
Question
of
Convention
VANCOUVER,
Feb,
25:
(CP)
John
H.
Morgan,
president
of
tl.t
British
Columbia
Conservative
Association,
announces
that
the
provincial
executive
of
the
party
will
meet
at
the
end
of
March
to
consider
the
holding
of
a
provincial
convention
to
elect
a
successor
to
the
late
Dr.
Frank
P.
Patterson
as
leader
of
the
party.
!
Vancouver
Island
Man
Passes
Away
11.
II.
PHcock.
Well
Known
Trap-i
per
and
Logger.
Dies
at
Camp-j
bell
River
'
CAMPBELL
RWER.
Feb.
25:
(CP
H.
H.
Pldcock,
well
known
retired
hunter,
trapper
and
logger,
died
here
yesterday
at
thc
age
of
fifty-four.
The
son
of
a
pioncr
sawmill
operator,
he
was
born
at
Courtenay.
Fred
B.
Johnston,
veteran
central
and
northern
Alaska
mail
carrier,
'LONDON
GOLD
PRICE
was
a
passenger
aboard
the
Prin
LONDON,
Feb.
25:
(CP)
Thc
cess
Norah
yesterday
afternoon
go-price
of
gold
was
down
5c
yestcr-,
ing
through
for
a
visit
in
Portland,
day
on
the
"London
metal
market.
(
Mr.
Johnston,
who
now
comes
from
closing
at
$35.04
per
fine
ounce.
Fairbankswent
into
Valdez
In
1897.