.
tmattere,
thus
averting
invasion
'by!
MONTREAL,
March
21.
Even
a
restoration
of
nor-'its
neighboring
country,
had
the1
til
business
and
economic
conditions
in
Canada
would
right
to.
independence,
a
right
j
&t
free
the
government
of
large
annual
deficits
on
the
wmcn
mand
woUia
respect.
nadian
National
Railways,
declared
Sir
Edward
pwto
t
corleV
tatty,
president
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railways,
in
an
PoiiSh
troops
remained
near
the
idress
last
night
on
the
railway
problems
oi
C
anada.
Lithuanian
frontier
where
they
had
,
Edward
dealt
largely
with
the;
tstlon
of
joint
operation
or
unl-
atlon.
Lnder
unification,
said
Sir
Ed-
:d,
it
would
not
be
the
Intention
the
Canadian
Pacific
to
take
tribe
railways
and
leave
the
debt
the
people
By
Joint
manage-
intmsney
could
be
saved
for
both
i
:
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
and
ECamdian
National
and
the
sav-
ks
fii.lded
between
the
owners
'
to
two
railways.
This
would
le
an
epportunity
to
pay
railway
gbis
est
of
earnings
rather
than
tool
text
Under
unification
It
h
rot
proposed
lo
tear
up
lines
nd
leave
communities
without
illway
scrvlc
As
a
matter
of
ct,
railway
line
abandonments
id
become
necessary
already
ow-
to
highway
competition
and,
fciflcatlon
might
even
mean
fewer
landoments.
In
any
case,
no
com
munities
would
be
deprived
of
rall-
Er.
I
J..-1I
I
u)
acjvice
unie&s
mere
was
uup-
I'-loh
by
other
lines
and
abandon
ment
of
lines
was
approved
as
be
ds
in
the
publje
Interest.
(Under
unification,
continued
Sir
Sward
it
was
not
the
plan
to
lay
If
large
numbers
of
railway
em-
floyees
it
would
take
at
least
five
par5
to
effect
unification
and,
leantlme
at
least,
there
might
be
pn
more
men
employed.
In
Eng-
nd
there
had
hppn
mcrclne
of
lilway
lines
without
lessening
em-
wment,
Surely
the
same
could
'
done
in
Canada.
There
would
be
a
maximum
of
ubllc
control
of
unified
railways
an
indeDendent
tribunal
aD-
wnted
by
the
government.
Tills
i
Urges
Merger
Sir
Edward
Beatty
pr
jident
of
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
BARCELONA
DIGS
DEAD
Total
of
Week's
Aerial
mcnt
Now
Put
at
Is
Diverted
deep
laid
nlot
of
nrlvate
caDltal-.of
Barcelona
yesterday
(Continued
on
page
three)
lOOKS
LIKE
BAD
TIE-UP
SEATTLE.
Mairh
21
r.P
A
'Ing
'niPlCte
tlp.nn
nf
Vin
Alnclrn
snl.ltral
Spain
If
n
fishing
and
canning
Industry
I
ranean
coast.
i
deadlock
in
.h(
wnrro
HUnnfo
hp.'
iSm
union
workers
and
the
op-lawrs.
The
unions
continue
in-
utely
to
refuse
new
terms
of
the
Iterators
Involving
a
ten
percent
:Ut
Ul
wacos
nnH
n
mHnolInn
In
rs
to
flsliermen
for
their
fish
ousanci
workers
are
Wfected
tree
Big
Fires
P
Tacoma
!
tacoma.
rrrv
March
Bombard
Strafing
pntro)
would
be
over
every
phase
BARCELONA,
March
21:
CP-
rallway
operation
Including
ab-
tid
to
today
there
were
815
Known
"uyumeni
ox
lines,
consouaauon
dead
as
a
result
services,
etc
'aerial
but
8000
i
1
1
J
people,
mostly
women
ana
cm
ren,
were
estimated
to
be
huddleu
In
terror
In
the
subways.
The
Insurgent
a'erlal
bombardment
yesterday
was
diverted
to
th
I
ports
of
Tarragona
and
Roaa
a
the
west.
Meanwhile
by
land
the
Insurants
were
reported
to
be
continu-
their
advance
irom
caoi,
vw.
toward
the
Meaner-
TAKEN
OVER
BY
WORKERS
of
seventeen
British
-PPerties
K.P,
-il-nds
of
the
w.s;
Tacomu;ana
tUUItt:Ullu
,...v.
-lo
.,.
been
massed
prior
to
the
deadline
of
the
ultimatum.
Polish
troops
paraded
In
Vienna!
yesterday
in
celebration
of
the
I
Lithuanian
surrender
to
the
Polish
demands.
i
In
Warsaw
there
were
continued
clashes
involving
Jews.
Extreme
nationalists
say
the
terms
with
the
Lithuanians
were
too
lenient.
,
Following
their
decision
not
to'
go
to
war.
Poland
and
Lithuania
were
making
plans
today
to
fix
up
t
an
old
railway
line
so
they
.can
re-
j
'sume
friendly
communication.
Polish
railways
have
ordered
work
be-ua
of
repairing
the
right-of-way
of
the
Wlln-Kaunas
line.
f
PARTRIDGE
i
ACQUITTED
Canadian
Youth
Freed
on
Chargi
u
Complicity
in
Bombing
Attempt
on
Japanese
Ship
SEATTLE,
March
21:
(CP)
A
Superior
Court
jury
of
eight
wo
'men
and
four
men,
alter
dciiberat
j
mg
for
thirty-two
hours,
rcturneo
'a
verdict
of
not
guilty
m
the
ca-
of
George
Henry
Partridge,
Ca
.
nadian
youth,
on
charges
ol
com
nlicltv
in
the
attempted
bombing
of
I
tEna
:
c
a;r
Honas
are
now
in
the
rrcsiau-ui
ii.IIji
"
"l
Will
'dings
during
the
latter
part'ousted
and
the
PWfJ"
.
t.
week
by
some
thirty-one
caused
damage
cstl-,
operated
r'att
at
4135.000.
councils
of
workers
i
ot
the
Japanese
liner
Hiye
MarU
here
on
January
19
last,
He
wa
.
!
charged
with
Illegal
possession
oi
Qvnamite
and
conspiring
witr.
i
Rolphe
M,
Forsythe
to
bomb
the
vessel.
Tho
Hnfpnrp
was
able
to
CStab
of
the
bloody
l
Partridge,
who
comes
bombardment
by
insurgen.
Wevhurn.
Saskatchewan,
was
'
Any
belief
that
unification
would
fighting
planes
of
this
loyalist
unwimng
dupe
0f
Forsythe
of
voive
higher
freight
rates
or
low-'
capital
city
of
Spam,
un
ouuu
Vancouver
who
lost
his
life
b
ing
oj
standard
of
service
was
In-
alone,
the
search
of
bomb-wreckeo.
drownlng
ln
tne
alleged
attempt
rref
derlnrprt
R!r
Mu.-nrH
Anv-
hnllrtlnBS
Yielded
no
less
than
14
i
hh
.up
chin.
'e
wno
said
that
unification
was
bodies.
Tnere
was
uwu-..w-
Although
acquitted,
Partridge
did
not
enjoy
liberty
long,
bein&
soon
re-arrested
for
the
Immigration
authorities
presumably
foi
deportation,
(
VOTING
IN
EDMONTON
olillcal
Interest
Centres
In
Fed
cral
lly-Elcctlon
Where
Polling
Takes
Place
Today
j
EDMONTON,
March
21:
(CP)
-'political
Interest
centres
today
in
tthe
polling
ln
the
Edmonton
East
...
floral
bv-electlon
to
fill
the
va
British
and
American
Official
-.
caused
fay
the
death
of
thf;
Ousted
From
Expropriated
Mcxi
mcmbcr(
Dr.
W,
S
can
Oil
Properties
whQ
was
a
rcsidcnt
0f
'
ln
,
r,.nt
(
II
f
lln
Anrlv
HtI'K
nf
21:
(CP.
irnncc
jujj-v
m
w.t
that
city,
mere
are
vnrcc
cauui-dates
Liberal,
Conservative
and
Social
Credit
and
there
Is
a
tendency
among
political
prognos
tlcators
to
favor
the
Liberal
to
as
ThP
n
Brltlsl
nritisl
islst
in
wnose
campaign
turn,
uiar-
been
ence
u,
uwc,
iiuiuster
oi
nuns
be
OC
port,
Pu
and
Hon,
James
u.
Gardiner
m
minister
of
agriculture,
came
ou'.
urn
Ottawa
,
j
1
i
id
J
i.
Today's
Weather
To
morrow
s
Tid
es
(t
AJrt.)
8k
High
4:46
a.m.
133
ft.
prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
4
18:05
p.m.
15.4
ft.
calm;
barometer.
29.72;
-lowing,
Low
11:40
ajn.
6.6
ft.
29;
sea
smo'
temperature.
23:36
p.m.
9.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
-
-
XXVII.
No.
67.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
MARCH
21.
1938.
PRICE:
5
CKN1S
ritaifl
And
Italy
Are
Making
Up
SIR
EDWARD
BEATTY
IS
HEARD
IN
ADDRESS
FOR
MERGING
OF
RAILWAYS
Urges
Discussion
oi
bubject
on
Uasis
ol
Merits
Rather
lhan
rrejutuce
Ueachnvin
Charges
Vagueness
and
Raises
Spectre
of
Monopoly
RESPECTING
1
LITHUANIA
Poland
Does
Not
Intend
to
Interfere
With
Neighbor's
Independence,
Premier
Beck
Says
WARSAW,
March.
21;
(CP)
I
Premier
Joseph
Beck
of
Poland
de-,
clared
last
night
that
Lithuania,'
which
complied
with
demands
of
a
Polish
ultimatum
at
the
end
of
the
week,
in
connection
with
resumption
of
normal
relations
and
other
BULLETINS
TOP
OF
SKULL
FOUND
The
provincial
police
boat
P.
M.
L.
8
returned
to
port
Saturday
night,
bringing
in
the
top
of
a
human
skull
which
had
been
found
on
the;
beach
near
Old
Hartley
Bay
by
Indians.
The
skeleton
which
Indians
had
seen
in
the
water
appears
to
have
been
sighted
seven
years
ago,
being
only
now
reported.
There
is
no
indication
whatever
as
to
identity
of
the
skull
which
it
is
thought
possibly
might
belong
ti
either
Edward
Gibbons
or
Thor
Johnson
who
were
drowned
there
ten
years
ago
while
hunting.
TYPOS
BACK
AT
WORK
QUEBEC
Three
hundred
mem
bers
of
the
Quebec
International
1
Typographical
Union
are
back
at
work
today
after
a
one
day
strike
which
tied
up
five
newspapers.
The
printers,
have
agreed
to
arbitration
of
their
demand
for
increased
wages
following
a
cut
of
from
48
to
41
hours
in
the
working
week.
FOUR
DROWNED
SEATTLE
The
tug
Sea
Lion
caught
in
a
storm
in
Puget
Sound
while
on
the'
way
to
Port
Townsend,
is
feared
to
have
sunk
with
her
crew
of
four.
FRENCH
SPV
PLOT
PARIS
Four
men
and
a
wo
man
are
under
arrest
on
charges
of
attempting
to
deliver
to
a
foreign
nation
secrets
regarding
fortifications
and
troop
mobilization
on
the
Italian
border.
The
confession
of
a
23-year
old
sold
ler
led
to
the
arrests.
PORTLAND
DEFAULTS
VANCOUVER
Portland
having
defaulted
to
Vancouver
n
the
last
game
of
the
Pacific
Coast
League
hockey
semi-finaU
Vancouver
and
Seattle
will
meet
here
tonight
in
the
first
of
tin
best
three
out
of
five
series
for
the
league
championship.'
NEW
RECORD
FLIGHT
AUCKLAND
Flying
Officer
A.
E.
Clouston
and
Victor
Risk-ctls
landed
here
yesterday
after
setting
up
a
new
record
of
four
days,
eig.ht
hours
and
seven
minutes
for
.the
flight
from
Ratten
England
to
New
Zealand
The
previous
record
was
ten
days
and
twenty-one
hours
by
Jean
I5:itlcn.
Soon
after
arrival
Clouston
and
Ricketts
set
out
for
a
return
flight
to
England.
I
No
War
For
Two
CANADIANS
IN
DRAWING
,
i
i.
Take
Seventy-Two
Horses
in
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstakes
on
Grand
National
Steeplechase
DUBLIN,
March
21:
(CP)
Seven
ty-two
Canadians
drew
horses
in
the
Irish
Hospitals
Sweepstakes
drawing
today
for
the
Grand
National
Steeplechase
to
be
run
at
Aintree
on
Friday.
No
Canadian
tickets
were'
drawn
on
Royal
Mail,
last
year's
winner,
and
Blue
Shirt
which
are
Jhe
favorites
for
this
year's
race'
but
one
Canadian
"Herf
urt
L.
Cameron"--drew
a
ticket
on
Delachance,
the
second
favorite.
At
Liverpool
crowds
are
al-
!
NEW
YORK,
March
21;
(CP)
In
a
telegram
to
a
New
York
j
banker,
Lord
Beaverbrook,
Brl-
j
tlsh
newspaper
peer,
predicts
there
will
be
no
general
war
ln
Eurooe
for
at
least
two
years'.
Beaverbrook
says
there
will
be
Inflation
In
England
and
an
Increase
ln
commodity
prices
but
thjre
will
be
no
balanced
budgets.
World
Economics
To
Be
Discussed
OTTAWA,
March
21:
(CP)
Three
delegates
of
the
League
i
Royal
Prince
(nonstarter).
"Let's
Oc."
PA
51045.
Alrgead
Slos,
"France
Neubauer,"
MJ88208.
Emancipator,
"Blue
Bird,"
NB
36680.
"Dumb."
BW
44051.
Buckthorn
(nonstarter),
"Cousin
Jack,"
NT
06202.
Comedian
(nonstarter),
"Prlalr
Maid."
AW
52427.
I
Noble
Tipp
(nonstarter),
"Lucky,"
XD
24076,
"Jane
Tucker,"
XE
13809,
"Mary,"
XH
38195.
i
Oranstown
(nonstarter),
"Dave
and
Jerry,"
CP
33372,
"Grannie,"
BV
35226,
"Come
Along,"
NN
87324.
i
Reinsured
(nonstarter),
"Lucky
Fool."
PR
56533,
"Spooky."
EL
21106.)
Lazy
Boots.
"Spagglttalc,"
ME
J
2828,
"Mussolini,"
DD
DB
37933.
Broadbent."
PB
51237.
Blue
Prince,
"Susie."
PT
41009.
Silver
Bow
(nonstarter),
"Terry."
BW
44297.
"Two
and
a
Half
Bucks
"shot,"
CS
367H,
"Robbie,"
XP
34756.
.
Pompier
(nonstarter),"
"The
Old
3ang."
CM
33384.
Rock
Lad.
"Joanle."
ZW
44942.
I
Persian
Sun
(nonstartcr),
"Double
Header."
XT
33988.
Delachance,
"Herfurt
L.
Cameron."
DV
42684.
Bratton
(nonstarter),
"Never
Fall."
KB
72813.
"Try
Again,"
DP
35479,
Belted
Hero
(nonstarter),
(Continued
on
Page
2.)
"Red
I
Years
In
Europe
:
MAJORITY
'
I
Says
Paper
Peer
I
NOT
GIVEN
Premier
Butler
Loses
Out
in
Souh
Australia
Provincial
Election
ADELAIDE,
South
Australia
March
21:
(CP)
Premier
R.
L
Butler's
coalition
Liberal
and
Country
Party
government
falleJ.
to
obtain
a
majority
in
the
South
Australia
provincial
elections
at
the
week-end.
The
government
won
seventeen
seats
while
the
Independents
ob-
i
talned
twelve
and
Labor,
ten.
!
Unless
his
government
Is
given
'support
of
the
Independents,
Pre
mier
Butler
had
threatened
to
lm-'mediately
call
another
election
There
will
be
an
Immediate
session
of
the
Legislature
with
a
view
to
clearing
the
air
after
the
electoral
stalemate.
Vnncouvtr
Wheat
Nations
Society
of
Canada
will
at-
VANCOUVER,
March
.21:
(CP)-
tend
a
conference
In
Washington
1
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.29
V4
mi
tills
week
when
world
economic
I
the
Vancouver
market
Saturday,
matters
will
be
discussed.
Today's
price
was
$1.27sb-
Mussolini
Is
Moving
Forces
Out
Of
Libya;
Friendly
Pact
Pends
i
European
Situation
Relaxed
With
Statement
on
Foreign
J'olicy
From
Chamberlain
Promised
For
Thursday
Czechs
Not
Abondoning
Russian
Pact?
ROME,
March
21:
(CP)
The
first
detachment
of
Italian
troops
withdrawn
from
Libya
as
a
concession
to
Great
Britain
came
home
today
and
informed
sources
predicted
that
a
British-Italian
friendship,
accord
would
be
ready
beginning
t0
gather
for
the
concluded
by
Saturday.
Informed
persons
said
that
the
created
hazardous
race
which
is
d
ld
provi(le
for
British
support
of
recognition
1
the
classic
of
English
steeplechas-
for
n-ow
Premier
uuiini'c
Mussolini's
vthinnian
Ethiopian
Ing.
i
Canadians
drawing
horses
are
as
follows:
On
Royal
Daniel
I,
"Norman,"
DJ
.
442C9.
:
St.
Albrldge.
Park,
"Mutt,"
H
42479,
"Rag"
NX
38590.
j
Scotch
Wood
(nonstartcr.
"Noch
!V
Moll."
MQ
90237.
"Two
in
One,"
LK
88704,
"Jappy,"
XE
13049.
Taplnols.
"1933
Maybe,"
PS
07001.
Red
Knight
II,
"Jove,"
DV
79117,
"Cookie,"
JP
43129.
Prominent.
"Now."
MN
3C080,
"Door
.Bum
"
PX.
77460.
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22.
Forestry
Strike
Has
Been
Settled
NAUNAIMO,
March
21:
(CIM-Strike
of
fifty-three
men
ln
0
forestry
camp
ln
this
district
has
been
settled.
Four
men
who
had
been
discharged
have
been
reinstated
and
the
strikers
have
returned,
order
being
restored.
conquest
and
the
withdrawal
of
all
Italian
combatants
from
the
Spanish
civil
war.
Chamberlain's
Statement
LONDON,
March
21
:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
he
would
make
a
statement
on
British
foreign
policy
on
Thursday.
Presumably
the
announcement
will
tell
what
Great
Britain
would
do
If
German
'nvades
Czecho-Slovakla.
Intensive
preparations
for
the
t
statement
are
under
way.
"
'Meanwhile
the
European
situa-
tion
Is
still
relaxed,
the
atmosphere
being
much
easier
after
an
eventful
ten
days.
There
is
no
indication
that
Czecho-Slovakla
will
comply
with
Chancellor
Hitler's
demand
to
renounce
the
military
alliance
with
Russia.
Pending
his
assimilation
of
Austria,
Hitler
does
not
seem
to
be
in
any
hurry
about
j
Czecho-Slovakla.
DIES
IN
OTTAWA
illon.
Martin
Burrcll
Had
Full
Career
Farmer,
Mayor,
Cabinet
Minister,
Author
and
Librarian
OTTAWA,
March
21'..
(CP)
Hon.
Martin
Burrell,
custodian
of
tits
,
Parliamentary
Library,
wartime
cabinet
minister
of
Sir
Robert
Bor
den
and
one
of
the
most
popular
figures
in
the
Canadian
Capital
city,
died
yesterday
at
his
home
here
after
an
illness
of
three
weeks,
He
was
seventy-nine
years
of
age.
Born
in
England,
Mr.
Burrcll
came
as
a
young
man
to
Canada,
first
settling
in
Niagara
Peninsula
to
take
up
fruit
.
farming
and
later
moving
to
Grand
Fork3
British
Columbia,
where
he
be.?an
his
public
career.
He
first
essayed
to
Parliament
ln
1904
when
he
was
defeated,
In
1910
he
was
elected
however,
f
or
Yale-Cariboo
and
wa3
re-elected
in
1911.
An
authority
on
literature,
he
achieved
some
note
as
nn
author
ln
his
own
right.
His
kindly
personality
endeared
him
to
all.
I
Allegation
Of
Arson
Probed
Premier
Duplcssis
Will
Have
Investigation
of
Report
That
Rc
cords
Were
To
He
'Destroyed
QUEBEC,
March
21:
(CP)
Premier
Maurice
Duplcssis
announces
that
an
Investigation
will
be
held
,
into
allegations
of
possible
arson
ln
connection
with
a
recent
fire
In
the
Parliament
buildings.
It
has
been
declared
that
the
Intention
was
to
destroy
public
accounts
i
1
if
81
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