ent nnwifitv from "The Na- a beautifully Illustrated crrii nr me ivcuv iyuuu. ... cf pictures including varl- l . ... . . -11L..t Iaa4 ' view of the city, the Nick- il residence, the uanaaian iia- the Canatiinn Pish & Com pp mint Vin AiAvntnr tvaicii the Exh bit cn Building, ana ' CT , i staff of thn iMlv Douglas 'nrr niUA.A tU... n Uilnocc a . v w ivy - arucie written by Mr. jonna tcuinc about the country la j i irr in c wncr nron i xiiik nmwio iiavg ivb ""J Titbit V - area tributary to Prince uu- wnat can hold this city AJ l . u lir-i III I lllt-1-. IIIIW . 1. 1 Z Ercatcr than whnf thv wprr nw pioneers pitched their hero some thlrtv nrirl vears Who can denv that it Is ""K-iii5 aesiiny 10 Dccome of the great British ports?" 1 n . r'i I'limi " & w m m w It- rilirlnrl lim EW Vtt, ... J Lllll.lSn lnfllrf mitlisY orl 111 thn tt.-i. . . w'iu dl i . z n e - ii iiiiii- iioi in nnccpsclnn Of n v visaed nassnnrt." ; Asphalt Lane Is Being Put Down She Twenty-Foot Roadway at Rear n New Post Office' Iluildine Now Going In wnrir stnrtrd vestcrday on the fvw - twentv.font asohalt lane to be put In from Third Street to Fourth Street at the rear of the new Post rvrw hnlldine. Hlnaley Co. Ltd oi vanconvpr have the sub-contract for this work and It. Baptle arrived In the city on the Catala Sunaay night to direct the Job. which, It is expected, will be completed witmn the coming week provided weather is suitable. Tneiintln-n of electrical clocks In the building Is now proceeding and the top of the front face over the main entrance was being drill ed this morning for the hour ana minute hands to be placed there. Madame Kai-Shek Highly Praised Vyi....0 . nrmv ipader. made her the ,. COC "outstanding woman In .it. the world 1J snlrl Dr. Robert B. McClure, Red Cross leader In northern China in an address here. TjDr,nrt.s of the split-second es- frm assassination of Mme, Chiang Kai-Shek are not exagger-nrpd Dr. McClure said. "She has .., ii vp a hawk and a memory like the Doomsday Book. It's un she knows." wmij " - F.vprvone who comes In. til contact with her gains Inspiration learns to pass It on to others. I Shake-Up For First Snow :0f Season Seen On Ketchikan Hills Chicago Cubs CHICAGO, Oct. 12.Gabby Hartnett, catcher-manager of 'the Chicago Cubs, returning to Chicago from New York with the team following the four- straight game defeat in , the World Series, said yesterday that there was going to be a shake-up in the playing roster of the club. "Only four of these guys are sure ofilwldlng their j. inks" caiil Hrtntt. Thev are Dizzy Dean, Billl.ee, Clay Bry- ant and Stanley Hack. KETCHIKAN, Oct. 12. First snow of the season fell yesterday on the slopes of Deer Mountain and hewhere hereabouts. The weatner definitely cooler and frost. It is txpected, will soon be nipping the gardens. Typhoid Epidemic In Southern B.C. Outbreak at Mcrritt is Now Bclivcd Under Control MERUIT, Oct. 12: (CP) An epl-lemic of typhoid fever here is re-i0rted officially to be under control. There have been 28 cases with -ne death. Adequate supplies of vaccine are on hand. Benes Candidate For Rectorship Agrees to Run for Important Office At University of Glasgow nexi Month rmrwr not 12: (CP) It Is EDMONTON, Oct. ,12: (CP) Ap pointment of a two-man royal com- mission in uiveaus" utJ i"" . . in Alberta and.repiort upon what A ... . . ' . . t . i should oe iair ana equivauic itt" for petroleum price? sola to A1-' berta consumers was announced , yesterday by Hon. Ef. C. "Manning. I,. Provincial Secretary; Mr. Justice A. A. McQlllivray, Calgary, of tlw appellate division of the Alberta Supreme Court, has Seen appointed chairman and Major, L. R. wpseu of Ardley the other member. The Investigation .Tj-Ul. centre on Turner Valley production. Road Work Here Has Been Ended Appropriation Expires So Construction Work Concludes At 1 Prudliomme Lake Slum Demolition Proved Too Fast I Road "work has ended at Prud-homme Lake on construction of 1 hejaocat.endJ .the 'jsktenajttyat; hlshway. the appropriation having expired. About hair a mile of road was built this year. The camp has been torn down as, when work re- icumcs, a new camp will have to be established about a mile and a half further along. Many of Aberdeen's Families Gipsying Want Roof Over Their Heads announced that Former President) leaky ro0fs lacking water supply Edouard Benes of Czechoslovakia or sanitary facilities. Children are naropd tn become Scottish Na .1 n.f r.nHiriatift flir rector or Is Held Up As Outstanding Woman alasgow University In the election in norm next monin. VANCOUVER, Oct. 12: (CP) The energy and high Idealism of Mme. nv.iar.ff Kfll.shek. wife of the Chln- STUDENT REGISTRATION UP oAQifATOON Oct. 12. (CP) Reg- - w U4W , . , istration figures at university ox; Saskatchewan here tms year ioP-o urn total by nearly 100, ac cording to figures complied by Reg istrar A' B- Welr- BluaV " " year total 1,230 compared with 1,143 a year ago. OUICK ON GOLF WOODEND, Australia, Oct. 12: (CP)-Mlss J. Brereton won her 1.....J v,nmnioiishio in two week3 with the associates' weekly trophy onH Lw. here. She learnea mc Bau.u I six weeks previously. ones..- The reconstruction, however, did not keep pace with the demolition and the dispossessed families' moved Into "temporary" settlements of wheeled shacks. Some 80 Taxi Tomorrow's Tides High 3:35 a.m. 195 ft. 15:29 p.m. 215 ft. . . . t i It.!... Low 9:30 ajn. 6.9 ft. nun .iiiiiLruua ifincii. 22:15 a.m. 3.2 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ..... Old PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938. PRICE: 5 CENTS . $ ny die Want new offensive IN EKES V? UEING UNDERTAKEN 0f Ontario women a" .. At - Idren, Yicunw u rui it It.n.Htk t to Fort Frances FRANCES. Oct. 12: (CP)- 0f Mm Noah Laoeiic ana nam i.aucuu - fnrpst. fire destroyed . i n-inon Trtirn. 1. TT1 . V ill I llLl .lj A .. k thn Ontario nro- The mothers died, p-licc U1CJ " . i . n j ..nr. Tnnvr. i i lwii jiil.ii ., ,.. ttnas hcv had vain- ""V fr o!vf from the Th Lahelles had been urg- ce a few days ago when thd were about five miles dls- r-.lmated that twenty-four flrp.q which in lorn 'i i 1 1 1 1 1 .1 i iHii hi. l. . ...ll.Aa KAt- Ilia 4w- w - AMnr Afl TT1 1 V I I Hf III 1 ViLllLU C C fighters were today staging 1 1 l i.it.. Af TArr mp.'i ill Lilt. I -- -J Confident relief has set- tM1(.-- m rl 'hat there would be no fur- 01 llle - U'C iltwiiJ -v.v k..nlnn Virniiiyh linOCCUDlCU Y,tlv-Tiniiala; fijtj oi niiuiM u.."" City V. "V - J I l 1 1 lJ M 4 1 111 Ml I 114 E- k Vi Aim of Fresh Expeditionary Force Landed Near Hong tr . f i rt-.i tier n i l n i i rong is lo uii bunion anu iiuiiku.v iruain Issues Warning LONDON, October 12: (CP) The British gov-eminent has repeated the reminder that British com-mprrinl inlnrnsls in IlmiL' Konir and southern China . - n n must he respected and any damage to British interests may involve risk for Anglo-Japanese relations. SHANGHAI, October 12: (CP)-Japanese forces today began a giant pincher offensive designed to capture Hankow. A new Japanese expeditionary force, estimated at about 50,000 men, supported by naval and air units, i.,n,inri of nine TCnv n four milps north of Hone Kong. 1UUWI.II w -""JJ " TT Their Plan was to sever communications oeiween nuug Kong and -Canton or between can- ton and Hankow. Far In the Inter-) lor the Japanese Intensified their I drives aealnst Hankow from the north and west and were reported to have cut northern railway communication with Hankow by capturing Sinyang, one hundred miles north of the provisional capital. TROUBLE AVERTED KWri.in KfkoIvmI to Keen 'I risco rickets Away From Reno rf.no Nevada. Oct. 12. State Dolice of Nevada having been de- taWeA to the California Doraer with orders to shoot to kill If nec essary to blockade oixe thousand nr more San Francisco longsnore- men strikers who were reported to Hn rn thplr wav to act as Dickets where a strike had been cauea Dy C. 'I. O. workers, the march or tne picketers was called off. At first r. T o. off cers had said signw cantly that enough picketers would be sent to take care of the situation. iWill Be First Inn. ni '1 lime monarcn Has Visited LONDON, Oct. 12.-Th projected visit of Klnsi George and Queen Elizabeth to Canada-next year will mark the first o:ca$ion on which a reigning monarch has ever visited the Dominion. I WILL PROBE FUEUPRICE Two-Man Royal Commission to In vestigate Petroleum is Appointed In Alberta FINAL BULLETINS HITLER FOR MEDIATOR KOMOROM, Czechoslovakia Persons close to the Slovak delegation to the conference on the territorial dispute between Hungary and Czechoslovakia said today that the' Slovaks had asked Chancellor Adolf Hitler to mediate. Slovaks said that it appeared there were difficulties which could not be bridged by negotiation and that a foreign statesman was needed to. convince Hungary that her demands for some 6000 square miles of ter.-itory are considered too high. Meantime, two cities and surrounding territory have been taken over by the Hungarians. HEAD OF ROMANOFFS DIES PARIS Grand Duke Cyril Vladimifovitch, 62. head of the House of Romanoff and self-proclaimed. Czar-of all the Russias, died today in an American hospital here. The pretender to the vanished Russian throne had been exiled In France since the Bolshevist revolution and had been seriously ill for two weeks, suffering from gangrene In ;one leg. The Grand Duke was cousin' of the'late Czar Nicholas II. and proclaimed himself heir to the throne August 31, 1924. V NO WIND, RACE POSTPONED r.i.niTnFSTF.It. Mass. Lack of wind today forced postpone ment of the Bluenose-Thebaud race which had been ordered re-runfrom yesterday. 1 iX. CONACHER TO RED WINGS TORONTO Sale of Charlie Conacher, famous National Hockey League player. 'by Toronto Maple Leafs to Detroit Red Wings was announced last night. The,, price was 516,000 $5000 cash and the balance in two annual payments. The installment terms were made to protect the purchasers from possible recurrence of trouble which kept Conacher out of the game a good part of last season. FISHERIES INVESTIGATION VANCOUVER The civic fisheries committee has decided to ask for a federal investigation into charges that the fisheries of this coast are being exterminated by destructive Japanese fishing methods and that fishing is being carried on in Canadian waters other than by British subjects. Gas Price Cut Elan Confirmed VICTORIA, Oct. 12: (CP) Dr. W of them have been in: caravans for' more than three years. . Some ioca( merchants are com On muddy patches of ground on plaining that they cannot get de It-- 1. t t r. rs. 0 iUn ntttf f-l -- 11 no ... . J T.UUamm t in fi Van 7rt - pay as much as hve shillings a week for one-room caravans with born In these dwellings while other children fight on the floor. Halibut Sales' ..American V Defence, 9,000, Atlin, 9.2c and 6c. Canadian Cape Beale, 40,000, Cold Storage, 9.3c and 5c. Melville, ,22,000, Pacific, 10c and 5c. Atli, 8,000, Cold Storage, 8.9c and 5c. Slow Delivery From Factories To Local Stores llvery of goods. Jobbers yet cannot keep pace with the sup-niv Vancouver factories say they cannot get the raw material. The worst;. shorjlge ..s?enis to De in woollen goods. Alaska Highway As Military Jload Is Favored By Solon Low Birth Rate Bangers Empire 1 i Announcement Made By Dr. W. A. English Thysician Sounds Warning i la I , Art1 Points Pninta in to Germany's nrmqnvc f Carrothers, Provincial Fuel Commissioner Example and, in all democratic countries of Europe, the birth-rate was under 15 oer thousand. Germany had raised her rate to 19 while Italy's rate was 22. "Hie British race," he continued, is on the downgrade all over the world and it Is not due to crowd- ins because, tn Australia and New Zealand, the birth-rate has fallen to under 17. It had been estimated that, by 1931, the number of children In England and Wales would have fallen from 9,500,000 in 1931 to 5,500,000 while people aged 45 and over would have increased by 2,- couver urge that oraers De piateu 50Q 000: because the Bn- as early as possible because tnellsh had bem doing every thing to factories are working overtime and. secure romfort comfort and and rjrolone prolong life me and nothing to encourage the birth of children -on which the virility of a nation depended. DISLIKE FISH DIET LUNDAR, Man, Oct, 12: (CD-Relief applicants of this district were refused assistance because they rejected an offer of a loan of fish nets with which to catch fish for themselves from Lake Mani toba. They said they did not like fish. WASHINGTON, D.C.. Oct. 12: FORGOT THE BALL c.t, ijAhprt. T?Pvnold.; RORDERTOWN. Aust.. Oct. 12 MARIENBURG Germany; Oct. 12: member of the United States mill-t(CP)-Semi- tnal game-of the Ta . -.. ..v .-...4..-fj' ...-' . ..... .i(. in m In. 'tiara Football Assoclotlon was de tUM'J- iWtWly-CUlBUUCKU laiV ailUUJ iumuv, ... - i . . ... mr for nrrnmoHntinn accomodation of of vounii young German German tervle terviev viesterday. yesterday, favored, lavorea, as as u a'layed is minuics wnen n was a -, TOM M00NEY LOSES CASE Next Hope for Reprieve RestsWith Result of California Gubernatorial Election WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 12: The United States Supreme Court has refused the application of Tom Mooney of California for a reprieve from his sentence of life Imprisonment lm- posed for participation In the fat al 1916 Preparedness Day rxoung on Market Street In San Francisco. Mooney now rests hopes for a reprieve on the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in California, the Democratic candidate having promised his release. FIRST SNOW OF SEASON .Mount Morse is White Capped To day as Real Touch of Winter is Felt Throughout District When low clouds which have been obscuring the mountains hereabouts lifted this morning, it was seen that the first snow of the sea son had fallen on Mount Morse, be ing fairly well down below the top of the mountain. On the higher levels hereabouts, the rains of the last few days have evidently taken the form of snow. The air is be coming definitely chilly and there Is the first real hint of winter. The Government Telegraphs dally weather report this morning showed snow at .Burns Lane wun Vi thprmnmeter there and. at b V . Smlthers hovering Just above'Jreez- 1ns. fcoint. Throughput jB?2Jgiwr there Is heav? rain. ' 'R Today's weather report: Prince Rupert Heavy rain, northwest wind, ten miles per hour; .barometer, 29.10 (falling); temper-'ature, 42; sea smooth. Island Cloudy, showery i rp i I Langara .;rr:..;.:' ;, ' westerly wind, twenty miles per a rn,rnlhrt RrltlSn UOlUniUlU " " " I i t OQlfl. .mnsro wrro' . ling mg population,- opmation,-Sir Sir Leonard Leonard HIU HIV"1; ""X I fuel rrmm IsKioner. vesteraay con- .Itnre. 46: sea moderately rougn. r " . ipromineni rjigusn pnyiiciuii auu y firmecHhe' announcement that he -director of research, said the gov-j will order a reduction in gasoline ernm.ent should act at once and, j price .within the next week or ten '"on lines found successful In Ger- Triple Island Showery, northwest wind, twenty miles per hour; sea choppy. Dead Tree Point Heavy rain, dj bv the me cu""c cabinet before " it goes into tlsh Empire which Is going on'Ught southwest wind; barometer. , smooth. J 29.40: temoerature, 38; sea .. . .. u. ,.i,rt 5, tn ,m mMw. ot. tht. annunil Estevan Cloudy, southerly wind aeciMuit w" - - 1 the extent of the reaucuon out tv conierence oi me oaniwiry xu- Amrnr)Tr.T?.M Scotland. Oct.,12:r, hi thrpe or four cents. The spectors' Assoctauon oi wmcn ne - titwj T (rpiHnnrirprts of drearv families. nrunr. nrlre of standard gas lntls president. I on the outskirts of this granite city . Vancouver is 27c per gallon and for Britain's birth-rate, 35 per thous-!,r .nnriprinir whpn plvlft authorl-1 othvi Mo and in 1890, had fallen off to 15 caravans and put them bacK in liouses. Their trouble andjAberdeen's started when the civic authority decided on a slum-clearance pro- cram, demolished wrge diocks oi tenements and started to build new .... . . 1.1 1 ... t.V.n..nnHJ CIT aa a m1 cnfil .ni tob-o thpm mit. nf thpir. itv Tnc ib-M A Macaonaia. wno-yer inuuaauu, pu uviwiu uu, had investigated gasoline prices In British Columbia,, recommenaea re ductlons. 26 miles per hour; barometer, 29.56. Bull Harbor Overcast, heavy rain, westerly wind, 38 miles per hour; barometer, 29.48; tempera ture, 47; sea rough. Alert Bay Overcast, strong westerly wind; barometer, 29.50; temperature, 46; sea rough. Victoria Raining, southerly wind six miles; barometer, 29.78. Vancouver Raining, easterly wind, six miles per hour; barometer 29.80. Terrace Raining, calm, temperature 38. Alyansh Raining, calm, 40. Alice Arm Heavy rain, calm, 42. Anyox Heavy rain, calm, 39.. Stewart Raining, calm, 47. Hazelton Raining, calm, 35. Smlthers Raining, calm, 33. Burns Lake Snowing, calm, 33. . Pierce Speaker To Young People Veteran .Missionary Heard Night By Presbyterian Organization Last The regular weekly meeting of the Presbyterian Young People's Society was held' last evening In the church hall, The meetlngvwas called to order by the president, James Bremner, and then Winnie Camer on, .devotional convenor, took charge. Miss Cameron introduced the guest speaker of the evening. Rev. W. H. Pierce, who gave a very mu".""ittag there no ball on the inspWng address which contained was hikers will be dedicated here Octo- military development, construction .covered 7 theSSh ' ground. A, hasty call to a. nearby a .special mcssa0e for the youth of or ber 16 by the Reich Youth. Leader, of the proposed highway through Baldur von Schlrach. British Columbia to Alaska. town produced- one, today. 1