Today's
Weather
(I
AM.)
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
northerly
.
j
ri.ro
mllps
tvr
hnur!
harn-
Vinu,
.."-
i
-
"
meter,
29.14;
temperature.
32;
sea
moderate.
XXVII..
No.
69.
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v
EADY
TO
WITHDRA
iv
HM1
Lave
ojiain
u
uruain
Ircognics
Ethiopian
Sovereignty,
:
It
Is
Said
j
k
LONDON,
March
23:
(CP)
The'
Mail
saia
yesteraay
mat
of
Sily
me
had
indicated
that
It
was
BlinS
to
witnaraw
itanan
iorce3
pm
the
Spanish
civil
war
In
Te
rn
for
British
recognition
of
the
ban
conquest
and
sovereignty
of
hiopia,
for
ROUND
UP
NOBILITY
of
jtn
ihose
in
men
riaces
nun
Foul
of
Nazis
in
Austria
Wind-
sor
Plea
Rejected
"VIENNA,
March
23:
(CP)-
Chan-
tllor
Adolf
Hitler
has
politely
re
used
a
plea
by
the
Duke
of
Wind-
formerly
King
Edward
VIII
of
ng'.and,
on
behalf
of
Baron
Louis
jr.
Rothschild
who
has
been
1m-lisoned
4-
along
with
other
members
(the
Austrian
arlstrocracy,
lnclud-
:
two
of
the
Maximilians,
follow
fa
the
German
annexation
of
Aus
fea.
IFonner
Chancellor
Kurt
voi
tiwschnigg,
who
had
been
at
first
.
,
,
...
r.
Li.
u
i
'
ru
in
uis
paiacc,
iias
now
uccn
imovrf
to
a
small
house
on
the
Blare
grounds
where
he
Is
being
4'
vpt.
rader
strict
guard.
JThere
ferns
to
be
considerable
uncert-iinty
as
tj
his
future
disposition,
OVERTURE
REJECTED
franco
Not
Interested
in
Talking
Pfare
With
Loyalists
Rebels
Advance
BUROOS.
Spain,
March
23.
Gen
ial
Francisco
Franco
said
last
ight
that
he
was
not
Interested
negotiating
a
peace
treaty
with
e
Spanish
loyalists.
It
had
been
(ported
that
five
government
dele
ates
were
coming
here
to
sue
for
'cace
Yesterday
the
Insurgent
drive
to
-'.
ard
i,ne
Mediterranean
coast
was
esumed
with
sudden
fierceness.
more
key
towns
being
cap-ured
three
The
rebels
expect
to
be
at
he
ooast
within
a
very
short
time
ow
There
have
been
two
thous-i
ni
government
casualties
in
hand
0
Hand
fiehtlnir
(hp
insurgents
laim
Today
Insurgent
guns
thundered
ast
and
northwest
nf
Huesca
as
eneral
Franco
shifted
his
drive
orthward
to
liberate
Huesca
in
astern
Spain
from
a
government
pocket
"
imallpox
On
Halifax
Shin
Je
Sailor
Dead
and
Two
Others
Suffering
From
Malady
HALIFAX,
March
23.
An
East
Indian
sailor
nff
a
vtsitinn
shin
Fed
of
smallDox
here.
Two
hosDital
jMerlles
who
had
been
attending
fm
are
also
down
with
the
malady..
rour
thousand
Dersons
have
been
IJ'accinated
against
smallpox,
serum
"ttvmg
been
rushed
here
by
airplane
IJAK
SILVER
K'KW
YOUR:
((JP)
Bar
Ml
Pfr
was
unchftnged
at
44c
VP
V
ounce
on
the
New
York
met
-
a'
market
today.
'
BULLETINS
FORMER
PREMIER
DIES
GUFXPII,
OnL
Hon.
Walter
Scott,
Liberal
Premier
of
Saskatchewan
from
1905
to
1916,
died
in
hospital
here
of
a
heart
condition.
He
was
seventy
years
age
and
had
been
in
failing
health
for
some
years.
APPEAL
DISMISSED
VANCOUVER
Charles
II,
Ca.
han's
appeal
from
a
conviction
robbery
with
violence
was
dismissed
by
the
British
Columbia
Court
of
Appeal
today.
POLICE
.SEARCHING
VANCOUVER
British
Columbia
police
started
search
today
for
Wesley
and
Gordon
Gibbons
Nanaimo
who
have
been
missing
since
last
Thursday
when
they
left
Vancouver
for
Nanaimo
on
a
thirty
foot
boat.
Strong
winds
had
been
blowing
on
the
Gulf
since
and
it
is
believed
the
men
may
have
taken
shelter
J
February
Better
in
Toronto
List-near
one
of
the
Gulf
Islands.
I
Values
Highest
Since
October
Gas
Not
To
Be
Used
For
War
;
I
4
!
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
i23:
(CP)
An
agreement
has
been
reached,
it
was
reported
j
last
night,
whereby
Germany
undertalces-not"tcrtisegassup-
plied
by
United
States
for
mlll-
tary
purposes
in
dirigibles.
Ex-
port
of
gas
to
Germany
had
been
held
up
by
the
United
States
pending
such
an
agree-
ment,
.
LITHUANIA
i
in
rpriTkinp!
A
In
IP
I
.API
Authorities
Take
Action
to
Cheel
Disorders
in
Protest
at
Surrender
to
Poland
KOVNO(,
Lithuania,
arch
23:
strict
curfew
regulations
were
put
Into
effect
last
night
In
this
cap!
.
....
i
n
tonco
clt.iint.lnn
tai
cuy
uwiivi
w
-
which
has
followed
street
demonstrations
against
the
government
for
its
action
in
submitting
to
Uvj
Polish
ultimatum
last
week.
There
has
been
much
rioting
and
disor
der.
Weather
horecast
througrf
the
"
"
furnished
tii
Dominion
McUwruloKtcut
JL
.
iL.Jl
Tl
Is
'ra
Victoria
and
Prince
nupwt.
ain.
and
covers
the
J6
k7n
at
5
today
IZr
period
ending
5
p.m.
tomorrow..
General
Synopsis
The
pressure
is
abnormally
low
oil
tne
coai
..ottiprt
showery
weaw.w
and
prevails
on
Vancouver
Island
-and
over
the
interior.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
-
Fresh
to
strong
northeast
winds,
cloudy
and
mild.
Not
much
change
in
temperature
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
Strong
south
to
southwest
wind?,
cloudy
and
mild
with
rain.
nagain"
STRENGTH
IN
CZECH
HOUSE
MardSA
new
llne-
1
PRAHA,
"
.
:J,.n
thP
Czecho-Slovak
aVchamber
of
Deputies
is
believed
.
.
i.n
further
strength
to
to.
nave
m
w.
.
as
the
Nazi
ou,
'
yet
at
ieai,
'
NORTHERN
AND
f
GREETING
GANDHI
Mohandas
K.
Gandhi,
68-year-old
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
is
shown
on
his
arrlvel
in
Calcutta
recently,
while
en
route
to
Barackpore
for
a
conference
with
Sir
John
Ander-'
son,
governor
of
Bengal,
regarding
the
release
of
political,
prisoners.
"
SEES
WAR
IN
EUROPE
--
Present
Turmoil
is
But
Prelude
To
General
Conflict,
Declares
Trotsky
MEXICO
CITY,
March
23:
(CP
Leon
Trotsky,
exiled
former
Rus
sian
Bolshevik
leader,
told
newspapermen
yesterday
that
world
war
was
Inevitable.
The
present
'
turmoil
in
Europe,
Trotsky
declar-
1
.
.
1
.
.
J
conflict.
HEAR
FROM
PR.
GEORGE
Memorandum
Urging
Selective
Bri
tish
Immigration
Presented
To
Commission
VICTORIA,
March
23:
CP)A
memorandum
from
the
Prince
George
Board
of
Trade
advocatin;
S
selective
Immigration
from
the
United
Kingdom
of
people
who
would
take
up
land
under
govern
ment
auspices
was
presented
to
the
Rowell
royal
commission
at
its
sitting
here
yesterday.
I
Pope
Appeals
To
Insurgent
.
Army
Chief
VATICAN
CITY,
March
23:
(CP)
Pope
Pius
has
made
two
appeals
to
General
Francisco
Franco
to
use
moderation
in
air
bombing
of
civilian
popula-
tlons
In
the
Spanish
civil
war,
Observatore
Romano,
the
Va-
tlcan
newspaper,
discloses.
Great
Britain
and
France
had
asked
the
Pope
to
Join
in
appeals
to
General
Franco
af-
ter
the
bombings
of
Barcelona
last
week.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
23,
1938.
Declaration
WRECKAGE
OF
PLANE
ISFOUND
British
Air
Ministry
Unable
t0
Determine
Why
Bomber
Was
Off
Norway
Coast
LONDON,
March
23:
(CP)
The
British
Air
Ministry
announced
last
night
that
the
mystery
of
the
dis
appearance
of
a
crack
bomber
last
month
had
been
partially
solved
with
the
discovery
of
wreckage
off
Karmo
Island
oh
the
Norway
coast.
There
was
no
Indication
as
to
why
the
plane
should
have
been
so
far
away
from
England.
STOCKS
IN
CANADA
UP
TORONTO,
arch
23:
(CP)
-Despite
the
shorter
month,
Feb
ruary
trading
on
the
Toronto
Stock
Exchange
amounted
to
20-
791,800
shares,
an
Increase
of
1,-185,397
over
January
and
hlghe.st
since
last
April.
Values
of
shares
traded
at
$37,876,297
were
$422.-
.790
higher
than
January,
best
since
October,
1937.
Gold
shares
contributed
most
of
,the
increase
In
activity,
particul-
arly
large
volume
being
recorded
in
a
number
of
prospects
and
near
producing
Issues.
Substantial
gains
were
recorded
by
a
numbei
of
these
secondaries
but
the
golds
as
a
whole
finished
the
month
at;
slightly
lower
levels.
Considerable
j
Irregularity
was
shown
in
price
mnwmnl!
in
individual
individual
sessiors
sessiors
and
the
Exchange's
index
of
2C
representative
Issues
consequents
held
within
a
range
of
less
than
four
points.
Opening
at
its
high
for
the
period
of
125.08
the
index
touched
a
low
of
121.70
on
Feb-
ruary
ruary
10
and
closed
the
month
at
122.17.
down
2.91.
Compromise
On
I
Anti-Lynching
Terms
Reached
Between
Supporters
and
Opponents
of
Contentious
i
Measure
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
March
23.
A
compromise
has
been
reached
In
regard
to
the
antl-lynching
bill
which
has
been
one
of
the
most
contentious
measures
before
Congress
and
which
recently
caused
a
lengthy
filibuster.
Arbitrators
Sit
At
Los
Angeles
Direct
Negotiations
Between
Ship
owners
and
Longshoremen
are
Unsuccessful
LOS
ANGELES,
March
23:
(CP)
Following
failure
of
final
direct
negotiations
between
shipowners
and
longshoremen
to
end
the
shipping
tie-up
at
tnis
port,
ieaerai
aroi-trators
opened
sessions
here
today.
Old
Country
Soccer
Scottish
Cup
Fourth
Hound
Replays
Ayr
United
0,
Kilmarnock
5.
Ralth
Rovers
2,
East
Fife
3.
Division
One
Rangers
3,
Arbroath
1.
Falkirk
0,
St.
Mirren
2.
Motherwell
3,
St.
Johnstone
1.
Knglish
Division
One
Woiverhamp
Wolverhampton
Wanderers
Middlesbrough
1.
HI)
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Is
PROVINCE
WINNERS
Four
Lucky
Tickets,
on
Horses
In
Irish
Held
in
Vancouver-Residual
Prize
for
Peace
River
VANCOUVER,
March
23:
(CP)
Four
winning
Irish
Hospital
Sweepstake
tickets
on
the
Grand
National'
Steeplechase
are
held
in
Vancouver
district.
John
Slater,
school
teacher
holds
a
ticket
on
Lazy
Boots
and
stands
an
outside
chance
to
win
$150,000
in
the
event
of
the
horse
winning.
An
unamed
Vancouver
bookie
holds
a
ticket
on
another
starter,
reports
said.
Benjamin
Clark,
department
store
employee,
has
a
non-starter
ticket
valued
at
$2300.
Miss
L.
II.
Watson
and
A.
J
Jaek
are
joint
holders
of
another
non-starter.
A
syndicate
of
twenty-five
store
clerks
and
farmers
at
Dawson
Creek
in
Peace
River
Block
will
split
a
$1150
residual
prize.
4
I
Sailings
To
Alaska
Cut
SEATTLE,
March
23:
(CP)
The
Alaska
Steamship
Co.
last
night
cancelled
six
sailings
ow-
7
ing
to
the
dispute
of
the
Am-
erican
Federation
of
Labor-af-
filiated
machinists
and
salmon
packers
with
the
Alaska
sal-
j
mon
canners.
The
men
have
1
refused
to
take
wage
reduc-
tlons
which
the
companies
i
:
claim
are
necessary.
j.
j
.LOGGER
KILLED
Provincial
Police
Officers
Leave
for
Kitimaat
to
Investigate
Fatality
The
provincial
police
boat
P.M.L.
8
left
this
morning
for
Kitimaat
following
receipt
of
advice
that
the
body
of
Frederick
Grant,
a
logger,
'was
there
following
a
fatal
accl-
rfont
at
Rishnn's
Rav
in
that
dls-
V-
V
MW
J
IU
trict.
There
are
no
details
of
the
,
fatality.
If?
L
TV.
-1
rrencn
nstai
Bills
Approved
t
Measures
For
Biutn
Gov-
eminent
in
France
Passed
by
Chamber
of
Deputies
PARIS,
March
23:
(CP)
The
Chamber
or
Deputies
last
night
approved
two
Important
fiscal
measures
for
Premier
Blum's
govern-
ment-that
providing
$238,000,000
tnr
inerpased
armaments
and
the
i
other
covering
current
estimates.
I
The
bills
are
now
before
the
Senate.
1.
Former
President
Hoover
Sees
King,
JjAlso
Chamberlain
LONDON,
March
23:
(CP)
Former
President
Herbert
Hoover
of
the
United
States
had
a
half
hour
visit
yesterday
with
King
George.
He
also
called
on
Premier
Neville
chamberlain
at
his
office
in
Par-
illament.
Mr.
Hoover
saneo.
toaay
J
on
his
return
to
New
York
following
1
his
visit
to
Europe
and
the
British
isles.
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
Low
Awaited
Cabinet
Gathering
To
Put
Finishing
Touch
To
Policy
Statement
Broad
Lines
of
Anticipated
Stand
Indicate
Little
Change
Russian
Proposal
for
Conference
Considered
Inopportune
LONDON,
March
23:
(CP)
The
British
cabinet
again
gathered
today
to
put
finishing
touches
to
the
foreign
policy
declaration
which
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
will
make
in
the
House
of
Commons
tomor-row.
Mr.
Chamberlain
is
expected
to
tell
the,
cabinet
tonight
that
the
new
quickening
of
rearmament
must
par-
allel
Britain's
course
of
action
In
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.20.
Big
Missouri,..
40.
Bralorrie,
8.40.
Aztec,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
1.95.
Dentonla,
.09.
Golconda,
.05.
Mlnto,
.025-8.
Falrvlew
Amal.,
.03
V.
Noble
Five,
.03.
Pend
Oreille,
1.50.
Pioneer,
2.90.
Porter
Idaho,
.02.
Premier,
1.95.
'
Reeves.
McDonald,
.03y2.
-Reno,
.50.-
Relief
Arlington,
.17.
Reward,
.04.
Salmon
Gold,
.06.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
Premier,
Border,
.0114.
Silbak
Premier,
1.70.
Congress,
.007b.
Home
Gold,
.01
V4.
Grandview,
.07.
Indian,
.02
Vi.
Haida,
.07V2.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.19.
Calmont,
.35.
.
C.
&
E.,
2.05.
Freehold,
.05.
Mercury,
.15.
'
'
'.
Okalta,
1.36.
Pacalta,
.09.
Home
Oil,
.95.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.21.
Central
Patricia,
2.46.
Gods
Lake,
.41.
Little
Long
Lac,
4.30.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
.80.
Pickle
Crow,
4.15.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore
.21
Vi-San
Antonio,
1.30.
Sherrlt
Gordon,
1.15.
Smelters
Gold,
.02.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
3.00.
'
Oklend,
.19.
Mosher,
.18.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.32.
Stadacona,
.22
Vz-Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.35.
Moneta,
1.85.
Bouscadillac,
.08
Vi.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.20.
,
Bankfleld,
.69.
East
Malartlc,
1.25.
Preston
East
Dome,
.85.
Hutchison
Lake,
.07ft.
Dawron
White,
.03.
Aldermac,
.43.
Kerr
AddUon,
1.55.
Uchl
Gold,
1.37.
X
Martin
Bird,
.33.
Int.
Nickel,
46,75.
Noranda,
53.75.
Con.
Smelters,
51.50.
Hardrock,
1.65.
Card
of
Thanks
7:04
a.m.
16.4
It.
20:52
pm.
155
ft.
0.40
a.m.
10.7
It
13:50
pjn.
8.0
ft.
PRICE:
S
CEN1S
!
the
troubled
International
situa-
tion.
!
.
The
broad
lines
of
the
declaration
'are
understood
to
be:
Great
Britain
cannot
disassociate
herself
from
events
in
Central
Eur
ope
but
there
can
be
no
pledge
of
(military
support
for
Czecho-Slo-j
vakia.
'
Reaffirmation
of
the
British
1
pledge
to
assist
France
or
Belgium
if
either
are
attacked.
I'
No
Spanish
Intervention.
Close
collaboration
with
the
,
French
government
to
continue.
'
The
Russian
proposal
for
a
con
ference
Is
considered
inopportune.
INDEMNIFY
OPERATORS
Mexican
Workers'
Confederation
Would
Compensate
Oil
People
For
Expropriation
MEXICO
CITY,
March
23:
(CP)
r-
r
1
i
I
n
,(nunnn
onieuerauun
vi
www
Iine
workers
has
suggested
a
special
ser-,ies
of
taxes
to
pay
foreign
oil
op-'
erators
for
loss
of
their
$400,000,000
'Industry
expropriated
by
the
gov
ernment.
The
Confederation
suggests
that
taxes
be
placed
on
real
estate,
in
dustry,
securities
and
wages
above
one
hundred
pesos
($28)
per
month.
U.S.
CLAIM
ON
PANAY
Indemnity
of
$2,214,000
Sought
in
Sinking
of
Yangste
River
Gunboat
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
March
23.
The
United
States
government
has
sent
a
claim
to
Japan
amounting
to
$2,214,007
arising
out
of
the
bombing
of
the
United
States
gunboat
Panay
in
the
Yangste
River.
The
figure
inclures
$1,945,000
the
actual
value
placed
on
the
ship
and
three
vessels-she
was
conveying
as
well
as
compensation
for
three
deaths
and
forty
Injuries
arising
out
of
the
incident.
German
History
And
Geography
Curricula
in
Schools
of
Austria
t
I
Changed
No
Firearms
Allowed
VIENNA,
March
23.
The
new
Nazi
authority
has
ordered
the
J
study
of
German
history
and
geog-iraphy.
Instead
of
Austrian,
In
schools
of
Austria.
Nazi
philosophy
.
(
Is
also
to
be
studied
including
the
Mr.
and
Mrs.
T.
Johnson
wish
to
.
history
of
the
movement,
thank
their
many
friends
for
their
j
Another
decree
orders
the
turn-kind
sympathy
and
beautiful
floral
ing
in
of
all
firearms
and
ammu-offerlngs.
Many
thanks
to
the
Port
nltlon
held
by
private
citizens
prior
Edward
boys
and
especially
Mr.
M.
to
Friday
after
which
severe
pen-McLean
for
his
kindness
In
our
sad
altles
will
be
imposed
on
those
bereavement.
found,
In
possession
of
them.