'-'ti'Ii, ' I Jmrrr., . I CI i. Today's Weathei ' Tomorrow's" Tides" Ik Prince Rupert Clear, fog In . High 12:50 p.m. 18.0 ft. v . B channel, southeast wind; barometer, 30.04; temperature, 50; sea Low 6:40 a.m. 3.3 ft. .V'j smooth. 18:35 p.m. 8.0 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER Vol. XXVII., No. 135. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1938. PRICE: 5 CENTS Dig 1 .A' 4' Or ' KLEAN UP k WARFARE1fP,ynif.nt 0f British Officials Are Working Along Two Lines in Regard (o Aerial Bombing Thorpehall Sunk English and French Vessels Sub jected to further Attack Today LONDON, June 10: (CP) It was reported today that Georges Bonnet, French foreign minister, bad told Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador to Paris, that France as willing" to co-operate with ndon in "extreme measures". combat Mediterranean air pir ates who have sunk and damaged fifteen neutral ships in two eeks. LONDON, June 10: (CP) British ficlals are still working along two es in regard to the situation ar- ng out of the ruthless aerial war-re that Is being carried on In aln and China. One plan Is to form an lnterna- nal commission to Investigate air mblng, The second Is consideration with itlsh representatives at Burgos d Barcelona of what further steps n be taken to protect British ips. lone Spanish Insurgent air ,ider (lying an Italian-made Sa- a plane again bombed the ports Atecarrtc. Dcnla and the British-' ned port of Oandla today. The ltlsh freighter Thorpehall, bomb-l t three days ago, was struck again Bd started sinking stern first. . Oandla the raider destroyed a aln warehouse and sank a small! ilsh coastal schooner. A British destroyer Is being sent' Alicante In SDaln' to protect Brt- h interests there. A French des- yer har gone to Dcnla where the ench freighter Brisbane was . mbed yesterday, the crippled ves-1 !l being sunk in the- econd raid ay Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy 11, It Is said, be asked to use his fluence agatast the bombing wactlce of the Spanish Insurgents. IJppe Plus Is expected to Issue a otcst against sucn tactics. From Hong Kong comes word at the United States consul gen- al there has been instructed to otest at the bombing by the Jap- cse of Llngman University. oleano In fhillipines Still Erupts I MANILA, June 10: (CP) Smoke nd flames continue to' shoot om Mayon volcano with great wolencc. terrorizing the population I I Albay Province and cuslng the i ath of one man through rrignt Six-day eruption of the peak Is ountlng In Intensity, causln? fear at the climax of volcanic activity ay be yet to come. ppointment s Lonhrmed ommlsslonrr McMullin Makes Formal Announcement of New . Officer in Charge of Police Here ' VICTORIA, June 10! (CP) Col II. McMullin, Commissioner of Lrovinclal Police, announced last 6'it the appointment of Staff ffgeant W. J. Service as acting isppctor of "D" Division with eadquarters at Prince Rupert ftaff Sergeant Service Is expected Proceed to Prince Rupert about 'C end nf navf weplf in take '"ee there. Are Peking Up On Halibut Fleet SEATTLE, June 10: The pacific Coast halibut fleet will be included In a nation-wide survey which is to be made by the United States Maritime Commission of all commercial vessels. The Idea la to obtain statistics In regard to the fluctuation of maritime employment. Questlonalrres will have to be filled' out. . Windsors To Visit States CANNES, France, June 10. The Duke and Duchess of, Windsor are planning a visit to the United States, starting next March, It became known last night. They will spend three months visiting various ' parts of the United States and may buy a residence there. The trip will not be sponsored. i PUBLISHING OF RESULTS , ,. ..... n ..., 0uict Unlil All Polls Closed OTTAWA, June 10: (CP) A 'special committee of the House of Commons on electoral matters un 1 anlmously adopted a motion favor Ing the general pnnopie oi lorDia- ding the publication of any ied- eral election results umu me pons had closed in all parts of the uominion. The committee agreed that It was wrong that Western Canada voters goln.3 to the polls could vote with the knowledge of what trend results from Eastern Canada indicated. Their Conduct Reprehensible Officers of Steamer President Hoover Castigated by Marine Board WASUINOTUN, D.C. June 10. The Bureau of Marine Inspection, reporting to the Department of Cpmmer(e on the wreck of tlje steamer President Hoover off the China coast some months ago, finds that reprehensible conduct on the part 0f some of the officers and men led to the stranding oi tne ship There was revelry and lntox- jcation. rr.u n, hnlt.,mr Vino nrnlci tfk "":T" . oner m regard io we mami , which some of the ship's personnel . handled the situation In regard to the removal of some seven hundred passengers after the wreck. Today's Baseball National League Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh. New York 3, St. Louis 0 (seventh lnnlnc). i Boston at Cincinnati, Brooklyn at Chicago, rain. American League Cleveland 2, New York 8. (Cleveland's lead reduced to 2V2 games.) St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 4. Chicago 15, Boston 2. Detroit 6, Washington 6 Inning). Killed In Plane BULLETINS GKAIN SHIP COMING Is The Swedish motorship, Villan-ger is due here next Tuesday to j load the rest of the grain remaining' all in the Alberta Wheat Pool's local elevator for delivery to the five United Kingdom or Continent. The Villanger belongs to the In-terocean Line, the same fleet as as the Taranger, which was here about a month ago. BELIEVES NEWSPAPERS OTTAWA Making observations i in the House of Commons yesterday regarding the Saskatchewan provincial election, Opposition Leader It. B. Bennett' charged that seventy-five percent 1 of the people of that province were on relief and that government supporters, during the campaign, had made threats that they had "better vote for the government or go hungry." Premier 1 W. L. Mackenzie King challenged Mr. Bennett to give the i: name of any person who had made such a threat. Mr. Bennett explained that newspaper reports had been the source of his information. LINDBERGHS TO FRANCE LONDON Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh and family left England yesterday for France. They are taking up residence In a new home on an island off the coast of Britanny. NEW TURN IN SEARCH Man's Bloodstained Handkerchief iiave Something To Do With Disappearance of Ymir Baby Girl NELSON, June 10: (CP) The search for a nlneteen-months old girl who has been missing from her home at Ymlr since ,last Saturday took a new turn yesterdii with the discovery of a man'i bloodstained handkerchief on a on mountain trail. Sergeant C. O Baiber, provincial police, Is leading some two hundred searchers who are scouring the country for tract of the child. Police believe that the child was too young to have wandered fat away by herself and the possibility of her having been lured away by a moron Is now being seriously considered. Benefits Seen In China War Unification of Nation One of Results, Says Pcdogue REGINA, June 1Q: (CP)- perslng of seats of learning to out-1 board a United States Navy cruiser side provinces and unification of;and return to the Atlantic Coast China were wcc seen as benefits of the i Oriental war by Professor L For- 01 lhe Teachers Teaphers. Train- Train. fter'Jead ing Department at Hong Kong who is visiting here, He said most surprising feature of the war was that the Chinese had resisted their antagonists so long. He described the struggle as a duel between Chlncso flesh and Japanese, weapons, New York Stock Market Stronger NEW YORK, June 10: (CP) -New York 3,tock prices yrc tip fractionally to two points yestcr jday. The Industrial average at I ing was up 1.93;' rails, up .33, aii'l utilities, up .43. VA11 But$5 Of Ransom Money Recovered i, MIAMI, June 10: Recovery of but one $5 bill of the ransom 'money in the kidnapping case of year old Jimmy Cash whose jbody was found yesterday Is an nounced. The authorities have abandoned the assumption that ZZ?n .McCall, 21-year Jold truck driver, who Is already under arrest. J. Edear Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau , or investigation said today that the ie case case had had been been "comDletelv "completely solved" and It was a "one 'man Job." Snow Falls In Southern B.C. VANCOUVER, June 10: (CP) Snow fell yesterday In sections of south .central British Columbia. At Trail there was a light fall, at Quesnel, eight Inches and at Barkervlile and Wells,, three Inches. DAMAGE OF BUSH FIRE Peat Factory and Threerllomes On Lulu Island Near Vancouver Are Destroyed VANCOUVER, June 10: (CD-Three homes and a peat factory valued at $25,000 were destroyed yesterday by a bush fire on Lulu Island south of this city. j Forestry department officials an- nouncethat all Vancouver Island forest fires are now under control I There had becrv a particularly Weather continues dry and warm the lower mainland with the 1HC I14UU IllUIl. I " " ' i i- I WILL MAKE , TRIP WEST Roosevelt Coming to California Next Month And Will Return By Way of Panama Canal WASINGTONk D. C, June 10 President Franklin D. Roosevelt will leave July 7 on a western tour, It was announced last night He will visit Kentucky, Ohio, Ten-'nessee, Texas, Oklahoma and At San Francisco he will by way of the Panama Canal. Weather forecast ! (Furnished through the courtesy of tilie Dominion McW-orologlcal Bureau at Victoria unci Prince Rupert. This fore- j cant Is compiled from dbcrv,tlons to- Kn m o a.m. today and covers the 30 hour period ending. 5 p.m. tomorrow. General Synopsis The pressure Is high throughout British Colum S? Charlotte "JSSSS' Islands 'Z uuiwnu J.. hlQun been fair and moderately warm. Prince Rupert and Queen Char lotte Islands Light to moderate easterly winds mostly fair and warm. Cloudy .or misty tonleht. MORE SENSE";U1IO A fui IN FARMING"- Arlmy ,rCr Saskatchewan Dean of Agriculture Sees Brighter Prairie Future j By ROBERT K. TAYLOR J SASKATOON, June 10: (CP) Dr. L. E. Kirk, dean of agriculture of University of Saskatchewan, .says wf rn "J.? af rlcultu? to. emerge intoY Be"5lD'e P" development. t VYS Iiave a muc" Dewer aFPreci- f tlon the f 0fr so11 and climate fac- j j "KC,y to oe successiui, ine Dest methods of tilling the soil and con- d U11CA UUL viuieni siurin. iuiss uaura louie said sne Deserving moisture." said Dr. Kirk, lieved the craft had been struck by lightning. "There was . . . intr- i. " t if nt 1 i we are learning more ana more each day how to build a permanent and stabilized agriculture in the West. We will grow as big crops as we did In our bumper year of 1928. The soil fertility is nol depleted. There are great potentialities In the soil of this country. 1 "The change In agriculture practices is going on a a greater rate than ever before, and as well there Is a definite trend towards mechanization. "It Is a good thing too. Despite 'the opinion In eastern Canada that western farm problems would.be answered by greater concentration on smaller farms, the answer to many western problems Is the use of larger farm units and-mechanization. "The advantages of mechanization are most abrjarent in the plains areas and more especially In certain sections of the dry belt." Dr. Kirk, a veteran technical agriculturist and before that a farmer in southern Saskatchewan, believes most Canadians are unaware of the rapid progress made In changing the agricultural picture presented by the prairie provinces. "Promising and important changes are taking place in the prairie sections, where wheat is the domin ant crop, in rmprpvea tiua?e metn- nHc .Hh . vIpw tn .,,,. .-,. Uon and soll drift control. .., th d 6 u f Saskatchewan there Is varf little tendency to de- part from straight grain growing. Experts are more firmly convinced than ever the country Is more high- ,. . , . . . a. ii iy aaapiea 10 wneat man iorage croDs and that livestock must con- tlnue to occupy a secondary posl- tlon except where natural range land Is available, campaign oi aerial DoniDing oi ceis. ine standard or the string "Nevertheless, there Is a great tne southern metropolis of Canton music ;is still good but the keen-and growing Interest In farm gar- Generalissimo Chiang Kal Shek ness is less." dens. Farmers are making a real last n3nt called upon the Chinese i "Canada," he added, "Is far In ad-effort to make, themselves self- PePle to keep "P their' morale vance of the Old Country In orches- sustalning. keeping gardens, poul- try and enough livestock for milk and meat for the home. Grass will be used more extensively to pre- vent soli drifting and provide pas- ture. "Few have realized- the wealth-producing power of the western farmlands. The West will come uai.n. inuic Aajiutj muw. pie Deueve." I) .1 1 If 1 1 OrtlanU rlOtelS Are Still Running Being Kept Open By Use of Non Union Labor No Sigh of Dispute Being Settled PORTLAND, Ore., June 10: (CP) The first twenty-four hours of here ended last night with no sign or a settlement between the five unions and hotel operators, Meantime the hotels of the city remain with non-union employees keeping up a curtailed service al- '(l,h ,;cf U1UIL.1I kUlUH HIV V. . V. W w, MM,. ...MW .... V........ . V . . t. . L. . . . ' t West Coast of Vancouver Island-, Some j of their own work. The an. Light to moderate southeast winds, nual Rose Festival Is not being in-fajr and warm with fog patches on tcrfered with as a result of the the coast. strike. v-omes Lvown in otorm On Farm In Witness Describes Tragedy Debris Flew Into Air After Explosion: and DELAVAN, June 10: Army Air Corps men were killed in the crash of a huge bombing plane on the Youlefarm north of here during , . e , . , . ,,. T Tr ., , , an explosion, ueons new in ? Halibut Sales Summary American 69,500 pounds, 6.5c and 5c to 7.3c and 5c. 1 Canadian 40,500. pounds. 5.5c and 4c to 6.3c and 5c. American Foremost, 40,000, Coid Storage, ?c and 5c. , Ionic, 20,000, Booth, 7.3c and 5c. ' AUtl, 9,500, Cold Storage, 6.5c and 5c. Canadian ' " ! P. Dorreen, 14,500, .A,Uln. 6.3c, and 5.5c and 4c. ae'5 Kyrelle, 9,000, Cold "Storage;-6.3c" and 5C ' , P. Doreen, 14,500, Atlln, 6.3c and Kinkv. 2.000. Booth. 5.8c and 4c. Dickie Boy, 4,000, Pacific, 5.6c' and 4c. Rio Rita, 5,500, Pacific, 5.7c and 4c. KEEPING UP HIS FIGHT In Spite of Adverse Tide, General "Chiang Kal Shek Calls -Upon - , Chinese To Keep Up Their Morale SHANGHAI, June 10:- (CP) WUK K Tononorn Imrnrlnrn of A . imaua oitou-, II.. A. I I 11 i ' 1 1 . "y couuuumg mexr anve lowaras ine provisional capital or Hankow ana relentlessly keeping up their Personally, he declared, he would eP UP "ie resiaiance.as long as a 8 ?8te Chl,?a" at hU slde-1 Nor td d hf desPalr ot , victory for hi? country.. iii, uic scuiie iiiue, uniang tvai Shek Issued an appeal to the na- J tlons to fulfill their obligations by imposing economic sanctions nations The Japanese cut the Pelplng-Hankow railroad for the first time south of the Yellow River today and, launcnea an attack on Chengchow, Bull Harbor Clear, calm; bar-agalnst feeble Chinese resistance 'oraeter, 30.00; 'temperature, 51; sea as the drive Inland through the smooth. heart of China gained-momentum. Alert Bay Clear, calm; barom- Minneapolis Man Is Head Of Shrine , LOS ANGELES. June 10. A. A.' Rowan of Minneapolis has been elected Imperial Potentate of the Order of the Mystic Shrine at the national convenion and ceremonial here. VANCOUVER. June 10: (CP)-- Owing to the observance of the , , - other markets In Vancouver were closed yesterday. On Wednesday the grain price In Vancouver at closing was $1.00. Crash linois Ship Plunged to Ground, (CP) Eiirht United States tne air ana tne snip came down," she said. At least seven bodies were strewn around, some wearing unopened parachutes; One body was still in the plane. PREMIER TO VISIT WEST Mackenzie King Coming To Pacific Coast This Summer, It Is Learned - .OTTAWA, June 10: (CP) Prime Minister -William Lyon? Mackenzie - Kln wil1 make a speaking tour of Western Canada in July or later In the summer, it Is learned. The, date oi nis departure win nepena to ,u"'c c.xent on now lon6 lne 5es" sion of Parliament continues, Interest Waning In String Music Canada is Far Ahead of Britain in Orchestras WINNIPEG, June 10: XCP) Keenness of Canada's string musicians is generally lower now than in 1931, Maurice Jacobson, London composer, said here. He Is returning to England after adjudicating musical festivals throughout Western Canada. "That is a great pity," he said, Decause it is in tne instrumental field that Canada, as a nation, ex- tral music In the aggregate.". Today's Weather (Oovcrnmetu "lTfcpUt Triple Island Clear, calm; sea smooth. Langara Island Clear, north' wind, .flye miles per hour; barometer, 30.05; temperature, 48; sea smooth. Dead Tree Point Clear, calm; barometer, 30.06; temperature, 50; sea smooth leter, 3U.U5; temperature, 3a; sea smooth. Estevan Cloudy, northerly wind, six miles per hour; barometer, -30.06. ... ; Victoria Clear, northerly wind, six miles per hour; barometer, 30.06. Vancouver Clear, calm; barometer, 29.96. : Prince George Foggy, calm; bar-! ometer, '30.06. I Terrace Light clouds, calm, temperature, 54, Alyansh Cloudy, calm, 43, Allce Arm Light clouds, calm, 50. Anyox Clear, calm, 50. Stewart Clear, calm, 46. ,.f H-j Hazelton Cloudy, calm, 47 : J 'l ' Smlth'ers Clear, calm. - ,v Burns Lake Clear, calm, iil