INQUIRY
Mr.
Justice
H.
Davis
of
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
to
Investigate
Machine
dun
Contracts
OTTAWA,
Sept.
8.
Mr.
Justice
H
Davis
of
the
Supreme
Court
of
Canada
has
been
appointed
head
of
thf
commission
of
Inquiry
Into
the
Bren
Machine
Gun
contract
with
the
John
Inglls
Company
of
Toronto,
it
was
announced
last
night.
rvdnnpl
J.
L.
Ralston,
a
Montreal
lawyer.
Is
named
as
Inquiry
counsel.
The
inquiry
Is
the
result
of
.wops
mad-
bv
Colonel
Oeorge
Drew
In
a
recent
magazine
article.
No
Limitation
In
Enrollment
At
University
Request
of
Provincial
Government
Is
Acceded
to
by
Board
of
Governors
Vancouver.
Sent.
8.
The
Unt-
vtrdty
of
British
Columbia
governor,;
announce
that
there
will
be
na
limitation
in
enrollment
at
the
university
this
year
as
previously
nnnnnrprf
The
chance
is
the
re
mit
of
a,
rcqnUi9i&ovln'
U
government.
The
Increase
In
the
annual
fee
cf
$25
will
be
maintained.
6r
Halibut
Sales
American
Elllcen,
36,000,
Pacific,
8c
and
Gc.
Ejtep,
25.000,
Cold
Storage,
8c
ana
Canadian
Mae
West,
16,000,
Cold
Storage,
7.6c
and
5c.
200"LOST
FROM
SHIP
Claude
Chappc
is
Reported
Rurned
and
Sunk
off
Paracel
Islands
TOKYO,
Sept.
8.
Over
two
hundred
people
are
believed
to
have
been
drowned
In
the
burning
and
foundering
of
the
steamship
Claude
Chappe
of
the
Parcel
Islands
en-route
from
Halpong
to
Saigon
last
Sunday.
The
The
victims
victims
were
were
passengers,
passengers,
Going
To
Races
Bulletins
'
LOCAL
APPOINTMENT
OTTAWA
The
department
of
National
Defense
announces
the
appointment
of
J,
A.
Bryant
to
the
Prince
Rupert
division
of
the
It.
C.
N.
V.
R.
with
the
rank
of
acting
Sub-Lieutenant.
SEARCH
FOR
TRAPPERS
Word
has
been
received
from
the
provincial
headquarters
at
Victoria
to
the
effect
that
a
new
arch
for
the
missing
trappers
Matt
Tiegen
and
Otto
Adler
is
being
planned
by
the
Prince
Rupert
detachment.
.
PER
P1C.NON,
France
At
least
seventeen
are
known
to
be
dead
when
fire
burned
the
wooden
coaches
of
a
railway
train
on
the
outskirts
of
Oerona,
Spain,
last
night
after
a
collision
with
a
gas-laden
truck,
which
exploded.
MAYO,
Y.
T.
Suffering
from
exhaustion
and
exposure
after
being
lost
three
days
and
nights
in
the
bush
above
Middlecoff
camp,
Jack
Hawthorne,
a
pioneer
prospector
of
this
city,
was
brought
to
the
hospital
yesterday.
He
was
barely
able
to
crawl
on
his
hands
and
knees
when
found.
HENDAYK
The
Insurgents
reported
slight
advances
north
of
the
river
in
a
shift
of
hostilities
from
the
Ebro
River
to
the
Cas-tellon
front.
THINKS
WAR
OVER
SOON
Visitor
From
Hong
Kong,
Speaking
At
Gyro5
Club,
Predicts
Early
rntirliKinn
nf
Oriental
!
Conflict
An
early
end
of
the
Sino-Jap-ancse
war
and
a
resumption
of
trade
in
lumber
and
other
commodities
between
British
Columbia
ports
and
the
Orient
was
predicted
by
J.
J.
Middlecoat,
foreign
freight
agent
cf
the
Canadian
National
Railways
with
headquarters
at
itnn?
Kone
and
an
extensive
trav
eler
In
the
Orient
In
the
course
of
hi
duties.
In
sneaking
before
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Cluo
at
us
reg
ular
weekly
luncheon
yesterday.
Mr.
Mlddl?coat.
who
Is
on
his
way
back
to
the
Orient
after
a
Mr
which
has
taken
him
around
the
world,
gave
some
Interesting
side-llahts
on
the
present
situation
In
the
Orient.
As
far
as
uong
iuB
was
concerned,
.c,
,
one
could
"
not
tell
.
h
hand
d
of
the
W
was
.a
wa
so
c
J
soldiers
and
the
entire
crew
of
the
laree
quantities
ve
sel.
vcPiit.
fnr
--
-
vtvf-
...
freight
that
there
were
piiea
up
there,
being
diverted
from
Shanghai.
.
much
damage
nao
PlVC
Alictmlin
been
done
to
Shanghai
by
the
war
dyS
lUSiraiia
as
one
might
believe
from
news-
.
..i-
niimr
sources.
.paper
acmuiiw
a,
v.....
Taxes
for
State
and
Frolic
tat
The
approach
of
winter
and
Its
Public
as
Sport
Increases
floods
woum
auumy
fare,
said
Mr.
wmuiuui
.
SYDNEY,
Sept.
8:
(CP)-Horsc-
mlgnt
evcn
bring
the
end,
he
sug-j
taring
In
Australia
Is
becoming
In-
gestcd.
He
spoke
of
some
of
the
i
creaslngly
popular.
Totalizator
conditlons
under
which
the
conflict
j
takings
at
Randwlck
and
Warwick
was
bcmg
waged.
I
Farm,
two
of
the
most
Important
president
D.
G.
Borland
occupied
race
tracks
in
Australia,
amounted
tne
chalr
at
the
luncheon.
Dr.
II.
during
the
past
year
to
791,029
MorriSon,
one
of
the
members,
($3,085,013).
an
Increase
of
87,784
wh0
was
recently
married,
was
wel-($342,327)
on
the
previous
year.
j
comed
back
and
congratulated
as
Taxation
paid
by
the
Australian
was
w.
H.
Tobcy.
Just
returned
Jockey
club
during
the
past
rac-
from
yaklma
where
he
was
recent-
In
VMr
rimrtiinfnH
n
COS
H9Q
f372.-'
...
rllctrtxf
irnvpmor
of
GyrO.
Efn
ti
-j
i
tr
MlrHlnroat.
IIU.IUUIIIB
tUkiUlULUl
UllU
QUeSlS,
mission
taxes,
state
Entertainment
were
Ai
Douglas
and
J.
M.
Cave
taxes
and
half
of
the
fees
paid
to
of
Vancouver
and
Peter
Lakle
of
the
club
by
bookmakers.
i
prince
Rupert.
Attnndances
throughout
the
year
!
-
at
the
principal
race
tracks
also
W
shown
a
marked
Increase,
and
,uu
t,,Il
a
a
result,
the
Jockey
Club
this
,rPBar
car
shows
a
surplus
of
10.380
NEW
YORK.
Aug,
.18.
(CP
W0.435)
as
against
a
loss
of
about
sliver
was
n'hanBtd
at
same
amount
in
the
1036-37
,
fine
ounce
i
on
the
New
YotK
season.
K,
'.market
today.
BLACKPOOL"
5ept78.
The"
British
Trades
Union
Congress
yesterday
decided
to
watch
very
carefully
any
move
to
settle
British
workers
In
Canada,
fearing
that
the
condition
in
that
country
might
not
be
properly
represented
to
the
proposed
emigrants.
Threshing
Begins
;
Near
Vanderhoof
VANDERHOOF,
Sept.
8.
Thresh-lng
operations
have
commenced
in
this
district.
While
the
yield
Is
not
large,
good
prices
have
been
ob-
talned,
much
better
prices
than
In
Alberta
orthe
other
prairie
Gruesome
Find
At
Powell
River;
Part
Of
A
Body
POWELL
RIVER,
Sept.
8:
(CP)
The
discovery
of
a
skiff
and
part
nf
n
human
body,
found
on
Nelson
Island
at
the
mouth
of
Jervls
Inlet
Wednesday,
was
reported
here.
It
Is
suggested
that
this
mlgnt
the
dlsannearance
of
John
and
Donald
Clee
of
Vancouver,
wno
were
lost
while
on
a
fishing
trip
on
June
28,
as
this
skiff
was
similar
to
the
craft
they
used.
Capt.
Hatfield
Is
Released
OTTAWA,
Sept.
8.
Captain
Hatfield,
sentenced
last
year
'
tn
clahtecn
montns
in
an
in
con
nection
with
the
famous
Gypsum
i
Queen
case,
has
been
released
on
a
1
ticket
of
leave,
it
was
learnea
He
was
charged
with
irauduicnuy
obtaining
reparations
because
the
schooner
was
sunk
in
the
Irish
Sea.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
i:
m.
nayncr
uru,
ooiunir
tonlcht
on
the
Prince1
-
1
I
George
for
ss
holiday
trip
to
Van
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TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
a.
D.
Jolmton
Co.)
;
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.08.
Big
Missouri,
.30.
Bralorne,
9.40.
Aztec.
.06&.-4.
Cariboo
.$52.55,
ix
dry.),.
Dentonla,'
.05.
Golconda,
.C6.
Minto".
.03
yz-'
Falrview,
.O6V2.
Noble
Five,
.022.
Pend
Orlelle,
1.80.
Pioneer,
2.92.
1
Porter
Idaho,
.03,
Premier,
2.30.
Reeves
McDonald,
.24
Reno,
.38.
Relief
Arlington,
.16.
Reward,
.043i.
Salmon
Gold,
.10y2.
Taylor
Bridge,
.03.
Hedley
Amalg.,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.01.
Sllbak
Premier,
1.85.
Grandvlef,
.06.
Indian,
.01.
Quatslno
Copper,
.033i.
Halda
Gold.
.02
'2.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.16.
"
Calmont,
.25.
C.
&
E.,
2.08.
Freehold,
.04.-McDougall
Segur,
13.
Mercury,
.07
(ask).
Okalta,
1.17.
Pacalta.
.05.
Toronto
Beattle.
1.28.
Central
Patricia,
2.55.
Gods
Lake,
.45.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.25.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.16.
Pickle
Crow,
5.15.
San
Antonio,
1.20.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.18.
ameuers
uoia,
.m.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
3.40.
Oklend.
.15.
Mosher,
.23..,
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.48.
Stadacona,
,46.
Francoeur,
.30.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.48.
Bouscadlllac,
.06.
Thompson
Cadillac,
,.23.
Bankfleld,
.54.
East
Malartlc,
2.15.
Preston
E.
Dome,
1.49.
Dawson
White,
.03.
Aldermac.
.43.
Kerr
Addison,
1.96.
Uchl
Gold,
2.01.
Inter.
Nickel,
49.00.
Noranda,
72.50.
Con
Smelters,
5938.
Athona,
.06?.
Hardrock.
2.00.
Barber
Larder,
.23.
Fcrnland,
.21.
VICTORIA,
B.C.
PHONE
80
Taxi
Tomorrow's
tides
(joe
Drown)
mm
High
0:45
ajn.
20.0
ft.
DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
13:13
pjn.
20.0
ft.
Careful
and
Courteous
Drivers
Low
7:08
a.m.
4.1
ft.
.
19:25
p.m.
4.9
ft.
(New
1938
Plymouth)
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
A
XXVII-.
No.
210.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
8,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
i
incc
6
s
JUDGE
IS
HEAD
OF
Prepares
Against
Invasion
SPAIN'S
HEROIC
"LOST
DIVISION"
RETURNS
TO
ACTION
II
Survivors
of
the
43rd
division
of
the
Spanish
government
forces
are
shown
arriving
at
Gerona,
Soain.
after
they
had
been
permitted
to
recross
the
Franco-Spanish
frontier
following
a
ballot
taken
by
French
authorities.
The
division
was
t
rapped
by
Franco
forces
and
left
no
avenue
of
escape
but
retreat
into
France.
In
the
vote
taken
1
y
the
French,
the
majority
of
the
survicors
voted
to
return
to
government-held
territory.
Suspicious
Of
Canada
Migration
Store
Employees
Out
On
Strike
At
San
Francisco
SAN
FRANCISCO,
Sept'.
8:
Six
thousand
retail
clerks
In
27
department
stores
here
Including
the
largest
In
the
city,
went
out
.on
strike
after
a
breakdown
of
negoti-1
plan
and
a
registered
list
from
which
employees
could
be
chosen.
Vancouver
Fireman
Torn
From
Truck
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
8:
Fireman
Ernest
Young
was
injured
when
he
was
torn
from
a
fire
truck
as
it
swung
out
of
the
station
yesterday
answering
a
false
alarm.
He
was
not
seriously
hurt.
Conflicting
Stories
While
World
251
Awaits
Speech
Of
Hitler
Next
tX
i
ni
i
a
at
i
n
monaay
m
nuremDerg,
umuaiiy
PARIS,
September
8:
(CP)
The
French
army
has
strengthened
its
high
command
with
a
rapid
shift
of
ranking
generals
who
are
experts
on
the
German
frontier
zone.
Officers
assigned
to
the
Northeastern
area
have
been
ordered
to
report
without
delay.
Unemployed
In
Prairie
Towns
Are
Holding
Back
FISHERY
,
MAN
DIES
1
Kobert
Kichard
Payne
of
Vancou-5
ver
Was
Well
Known
In
Prince
Rupert
VANCOUVER,
Sept.8:
Richard
rrrarnrger
for
the
Canadian
-
tun
ing
Company
and
a
director
of
the
Fisheries
Research
Board
of
Canada,
died
last
night
after
a
britf
(Illness.
Mr.
Payne
was
well
known
up
and
down
the
coast.
He
Is
a
dir
ector
of
the
Atlln
Fisheries
at
Prince
Rupert,
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
Company
at
Butedale
and
of
the
New
England
Fish
Co.
James
L.
Lee,
manager
of
the
Atlln
Fisheries
In
Prince
Rupert
received
a
wire
last
night
telling
of
Mr.
Payne's
death.
TODArSWEATHER
Prince
Rupert
Overcast,
clear,
teniDerature
53,
north
wind
four
-lies
per
hour,
barometer
30.00,
sea
has
been
summoned
to
meet
next
Monday,
a
few
hours
before
Hitler
is
expected
to
make
at
Nuremberg.
Germany,
a
speech
which
may
tell
Europe
his
Intentions
regarding
Czechoslovakia.
Sudeten
German
officials
In
Pragus,
the
Czechoslovakia
capi-
.
.
.1
Liil.
UCLiat
LU
1.111,1
C
V
ttO
VJ
Wiwa-
WINNIPEG,
Sept
B.-Nov
mucn,
of
renewed
negotiatlons
success
Is
being
obtained
in
trying
f
anvpxnmpnt
imtl,
the
whinnm
to
get
the
unemployed
totto
nj.
gudeten
German
j
islaU)r
.ious
ions
nrairie
rjralrle
cities
cities
into
into
the
the
harvest
harvest
.
.
,
....
.,..
fields.
The
men
evidently
do
not
like
that
kind
of
work.
naa
Deen
aajusiea
sausiacioruy.
In
Nuremberg.
Germany:
Hitler
Is
said
to
have
ordered
Henlein,
the
Sudeten
leader,
to
resume
nego
tiations.
There
Is
Increasing
evidence
In
Prague
that
many
Czechoslovak-
lans
consider
the
government's
lat
est
offers
to
the
Sudetens
too
gen
erous.
Hitler
speaks
at
about
10
a.m.,
Pacific
Standard
time,
on
Monday.
I
LONDON,
Sept.
8.
Strenuous
ef-I
forts
were
made
last
night
to
.
vent
any
action
on
either,
side
In
Payne,
43,
production
"the
Sudeten
controversy
which
mlgMtfsedtbfeafc-
which
would
precipitate
actual
warfare.
Public
opinion
here
was
of
a
pessi
mistic
nature
following
the
suspen
sion
of
negotiations
between
the
Czechoslovakian
government
and
the
Sudeten
leaders.
It
was
felt
in
some
quarters
that
Herr
Hitler
was
determined
to
force
such
concessions
as
could
not
be
made
and
thus
bring
about
the
commencement
of
hostilities.
The
Chamberlain
government
is
laying
before
Berlin
the
dangers
to
themselves
and
the
rest
of
the
world
of
precipitating
a
war
which
would
be
bound
to
have
disastrous
results,
not
only
to
themselves
but
to
many
other
countries.
Constant
(jDrnmunications
between
London
and
Rerlin
were
kent
un
almost
all
J
night
and
Sir
Neville
Henderson,
Alert
Bay
Overcast,
fog
banks,
Brltlsn
Amuassaoor
to
Benin,
Kept
n
1
IV
1
Tl
1
i
emperature
55,
calm,
barometer,
tne
n0me
government
in
toucn
wun
(jOOQ
link
iaCk
At
010,
sea
smooth.
1
every
latest
move.
Pacofi
This
Year
Total
This
Season
at
Rebuilt
Plant
Amounted
To
11,000
Cases
A
good
pack
amounting
to
11.-000
cases
of
pink
salmon
was
put
ud
this
year
by
the
B.
C.
Packers
at
their
cannery
at
Pacofi,
accord
ing
to
Chris
Hagland,
construction
foreman,
who
has
been
In
charge
of
the
reconstruction
work
being
carried
out
at
that
place
this
year
With
him
Is
his
assistant,
T.
Ja-cobsbn
and
F.
W.
Baldwin,
cannery
i
lineman.
The
pack
Is
better
than
'was
exnected
and
the
reduction
plant
has
been
operating
steadily.
Robert
Taylor
Is
Here
Again
Many
Turn
Out
at
Government
j
Wharf
Again
to
Sec
Popular
I
Picture
Star
I
Again
there
was
a
large
crowd
of
local
people
at
the
government
wharf
here
yesterday
to
get
a
illmpse
of
or
an
autograph
from
Robert
Taylor,
noted
moving
plc-
nrtnr
rctumine
south
after
a
trip
to
Alaska
aboard
the
steamer
Princess
Louise.
Taylor
was
greeted
by
lady
and
rhild
nlcture
fans
at
various
Al-
viv
it
s
Moon,,,
u
cniiirxr
tnJftska
ports
and
proved
quite
ami-,
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via
t3fi.A
ntrr
.
frr
thn
fliiip
to
all.
He
made
tne
trip
into
cp.
south.
i
:
West
Taku
Arm
from
Skagway.
Bull
liaroor
uvcrcast,
lair
tciu-i
yne
eueci
01
me
ouucivu
niois
perature,
55,
calm,
barometer
30.16.J
was
to
settle
the
dockworkers'
strike
"xnio
tq
inn
i
ivprnnsL.
easL-
-
'tJ'-
'
i
-outheast
wind
eight
miles
per
hour
sea
smooth.
Langara
Overcast,
rain,
temperature
55,
southeast
wind
one
mile
ler
hour,
barometer
30.00,
sea
smooth.
Dead
Tree
Point
Overcast,
light
rain,
temperature
50,
light
southwest
wind,
barometer
30.04,
light
chop.
Victoria
Calm
and
clear,
barom-meter
30.08.
Estevan
Foggy,
northeast
wind
eight
miles
per
hour,
barometer
at
Marseilles
where
the
men
had
quit
work
as
a
protest
against
the
lengthening
of
the
hours
of
labor
for
the
purpose
of
speeding
up
work
on
defenses.
The
dockworkers
have
been
mobilized
by
the
gov
ernment.
Today
the
British
and
German
fleets
are
both
carrying
out
manoeuvres
in
the
North
Sea,
ostensibly
as
part
of
their
annual
training.
in
iih
i
.
Vancouver
Clear,
east
wind
four
,
u,
Dominion
Mrteorologteal
Bureau
tt
I
Victoria
and
Prince
Rupert.
This
lore-mues
mllp!
npr
per
hour
nour,
hirometer
Daromeier
30
ou.uo.
06
camciicd
from
observation
ta-
Prlnce
George
Clear,
southwest,
fct
5
am.
today
and
covers
the
33
wind,
barometer
30.04.
!
hour
period
ending
5
pan.
tomorrow.
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
tempera-;
ture
54.
Alyansh
Raining,
calm,
55.
Anvox
Cloudy,
calm.
53.
StewartRalnlng,
calm,
51.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
53.
Burns
Lake
Raining,
calm,
44.
Today's
Baseball
I
National.
League
Boston
5,
New
York
6.
Chicago
4,
St.
Louis
4
lend
of
eighth
inning).
American
Leacue
New
York
4,
Boston
0.
Philadelphia
2,
Washington
5.
Detroit
4,
Cleveland
1.
-St.
Louls-Chlcago,
rain.
Weather
Forecast
The
pressure
remains
quite
low
j
west
of
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
comparatively
high
over
the
,
Interior
of'
British
Columbia.
Wea
ther
has
been
fair
and
somewhat
warm
In
most
parts
of
this
province.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Southeast
winds,
Increasing
to
strong,
cloudy
and
be
coming
showery
at
night.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Moderate
west
winds,
mostly
fair.
Fresh
south
winds
today
and
cloudy
tonight.
Mrs.
John
Watson,
who
has
been
visiting
with
her
daughter
and
son-
in-law
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wm.
McLeod,
Is
sailing
on
the
Trlncc
George
tonight
on
her
return
to
her
home
in
Calgary.