Today's
Weather
(I
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert-Snowing,
south-wind,
fourteen
miles
per
.
..
ammeter.
29.14;
tempera
ture
34.
light
swell
and
chop.
XXVII
No.
64.
rKher
m
VnDf.
TC
DISCUSSED
Water
Tower
Kesourccs
or
U
District
Described
at
Gyro
hub
Luncheon
By
J.
J.
Little
lupert
Fortunate
icts
That
Constant
Kainfall
Lrt
Will
Some
Day
He
Great
Hllessins
to
This
Community
iithin
a
radius
of
one
hundred
L
oj
Prince
Rupert
we
have
po-
hi
hvdro-electrlc
of
110.000
'Cnntl
&
j
se
power
resources
and
In
Nor-n
British
Columbia
one
of
the
tart
tesaurccs
In
all
Canada,"
Srwi
J
J
Little,
general
man-
Ul
Viv
n
fhn
jtublect
of
"The
Water
-Tk
nchnt
nrprinitatian
!
ittl
-
J
I
..i
may
accrue
In
the
not
far
(..tnrp
ti
nnr
orpat
benefit
trL.'.
and
economically,
mljht
have
preached
the
l
1
...n
I
'
I
I
r:j
neatest
benefit.
Once
?
rarer
had
fallen
ana
re-i
.
..
.
.
I
.
AiMll
'
VilC
Kigali.
m,wivtv
.
lAi
kite
llUllb
1U11IM
w
i-ant
resources
of
water
power
.l
i
npv
rnnir
m
ipn
i;i
ruriv
lu
natural
wealth
of
the
country
ve.v
!nrtnnntp
in
mi
reeara
.c
tii.snfpr
in
i.ne
eit'cincai
-w
to
transmit
power
econ-
of
water
power
had
advanced
:
a
halt
in
this
continued
de-
II
is
to
rv
of
Dpvrlnnmrnt
waier
nnu-nr
1n
Hrlt
ch
Pnliimma
commonrprt
in
liufi
when
the
item
Bay
Co,
constructed
a
small
a
I
Li
I
LI1PF
h
II
H
u'ns
ITlKI.n
UPU.
U8.922
horse
power
by
the
end
'
Ot
the
latter
fleure
sev-
'-five
per
cent
was
Installed
In
uuu
paper
nuns
uuu
P"
ceni
m
other
Industries.
Of
nt.a.
i
i
a
...i
"
i"iiiancQ
in
central
sLaiions.
-
new
v
csimmsiier
wim
uyci
onn
k
.
.
.
....
j
yuwci
ill
Uliu
muuuu
ifllrtl
J
...
.
.
..
u
me
remaining
poinun
e
smaller
towns.
"
lar
InC
lnmnct
near
In
nrltlsh
-iwia
ur
p
ppi.rirni
pnornv
p-pn-
uom
water
for
industries
wiiouiiuuvcu
miiiuiK
.
&
-u.
iTan
wnere
me
Was
S1lrrtllpr4
H.r
thg
Wpet.
.Pnn.
n
....
.
,
rower
L,mni
uo.
Jjvu.
IOUr
nlfi
ab
uunmnston
Falls
wltn
ag-
lurbine
Installation
of
226,-,
another
90,000
horse
nower
nlant!
oemg
commenced.
The
l
-""UttLi-il
n
T.
K
imKnflAir
n
cn
11
e.
n
i
-
6
amount
of
electrical
en-
ifclVVl,
WttLCl
UUttll
5
used
extonslvMv
for
m
nnnf
n
r
,
w
wooa
uuln
nnri
nnnpr
liot-
ST.
PATRICK
Today
being
St.
Patrick's
Day.
the
1500th
anniversary
of
the
arrival
of
the
Saint
in
Ireland,
this
statue,
erected
on
a
hill
at
Slleve
Patrick,
near
Saul,
County
Down,
was
dedicated.
The
37-foot
statue
was
designed
by
Francis
Doyle-Jones.
It
overlooks
the
River
Slaney,
where
Ireland's
patron
landed
on
his
arrival.
ffllNRSE
Fffcctivc
'
Counter-Attacks
Against
House
Passes
Japanese-Tokyo
General
Mobilization
iectlng
tlnuerl
on
Page
Four)
ese
planes.
British
SKELETON
FOUND
AT
HARTLEY
BAY
MAY
BE
GIBBONS
OR
JOHNSON
.
,
Skull
Located
on
Shore
and
Rest
of
Remains
in
Water
Hunting
Tragedy
of
Nearly
Ten
Years
Ago
Recalled
According
to
report
made
to
the
provincial
police
by
H-ifi-v
Rpntt
woll
Ifnmvn
Vinnrl
lno-mntr
nnoratnr
nativp;
at
Old
Hartley
Bay
have
found
neay
their
village
down
the
coast
wnat
is
ueneveu
10
ue
me
sKeieion
oi
euner
vj.
Gibbons,
prominent
local
real
estate
and
insurance
broker,
or
Thor
Johnson,
men's
clothinc
dealer,
who
were
s
Fine
Statue
To
Ireland's
Saint
'
;
aW
v
.
m
i
I
IH
,
I
drowned
in
November
1.923
when
a
I
small
boat
from
which
th?y
were
I
bird
hunting
capsized,
their
bodies
never
being
recovered.
Tomorrow
victori.,
n
C.
i
Mailt
LITTLE
ROCK,
Arkansas.
Ma:
17:
(CP)
The
toll
of
tornadoes
vhich
roared
through
the
lower
Mississippi
Valley
on
Tuesday
was
late
yesterday
placed
at
seventeen
idead,
scores
injured,
with
untold
rironertv
damaee
in
Missouri,
.r
kansas.
Tennessee,
Mississippi
ana
Alabama.
PATTULL0
PRESENTS
PROPOSALS
ceed
to
Hartly
Bay
In
the
police
Would
Have
wider
taxation
iow
boat
PAI.L.
8
to
Investigate.
ers
lor
i
rovinccs
rK
.....
Some
time
ago
the
Indians
sight-
"
Oriental
immijrauon
ed
in
deep
but
clear
water
a
skele-
j
ton
which
they
at
first
believed
to'
VICTORIA,
Marcn
u:
i-n
-h
that
of
a
deer.
Just
recently
a
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo.
suggesting
human
skull
was
found
on
the
before
the
Rowcll
commission
or.
beach
nearby.
Now
the
skull
and
Dominion-provincial
financial
re
skelton
are
being
associated
in
latlons
here
yesterday
that
"th.
theory.
The
skull
Is
reported
to
I
provinces
be
granted
authority
to
.
M,ki
rtPtPi-wntpd
hut
'raise
their
own
revenues
by
whac
Dolice
are
hoping
that
it
may
b-J
ever
means
mey
aeemcu
possible
to
establish
identity.
tin
the
light
of
circumstances
anc
It
was
on
the
night
of
Novemoerj
requirement.
.u
u.
n
1938,
that
Gibbons
and
John-
iiminate
controversy
over
any
cur
ok
were
presumably
drowned
from
rent
taxes
and
would
permit
Im
.
,
...
,w.,
rwiit
inn
nf
taxes
nn
business
turn
a
fnurteen-iooi
Doav
wiuuu
7
nri
hppn
uslnir
to
Ko
ashore
to
the
Hartley
Bay
flats
for
bird
hunting.
After
the.
pair
became
missing,
oth-:r
members
of
the
party
from
the
p'.neboat
Bertha
O.
searched
the
shore
all
night
and,
finally,
the
next
morning
were
attracted
by
the
barking
of
Gibbons'
dog
to
the
overturned
rowboat.
The
dog
had
evidently
swum
ashore
while
the
.
ir-prp
rfrnwned.
Other
WW
inc..
nf
the
narty
were
Capt.
lii
V.
i
l
w
.
-
-
I
R.
Gammon,
Tnomas
wan.
n
.
Vtn
tatp
T
Daeuiu
wv
w.
w.
scoit.
j.
r-.i
General
Synopsis
The
pressurs
i.i
nui
u
r
i
in
tntnletarian
.uumwv-
B
-
tO
IOW"-"
H
cVinurrvrs
have
OCCUr-
V,
S
from
from
the
me
Chinese
bat-
red
on
the
coast
and
lower
main-Meantime
moderate
temperatureS
word
tna
i
.
tlefronts
roncr:.":.ft
came
in
counter
;
ovcr
the
lnteri0r.
esv
had
oeen
w---
-
attacks
in
three
pro1"
that
tnat
-id
a
s
Shanghai
repor
'eighty
japa""-;
nhina
Mr
.sudden
thrust
m
o
&
Little
thPn
vpv.p,,.
4K.
n
vt.v.nv.v.
v...
,,.lo
ni
n.lU"l-i
-
-
P'ovmcc,
the
largest
low
to
j-".
Itroylng
an
an
airdrome
airdrome
ana
Prince
ttupen
ana
iueen
vu.i-lotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
southeast
winds,
mostly
fair
and
cool
with
occasional
sleet
or
snow
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Isl-nnd
Fresh
east
to
southeast
winds.
oart
cloudy.
No
change
In
tempruture,
showers
tonight,
over
and
retail
sales.
Premier
Pattullo
urged
the
pro
hibitlon
of
Oriental
Immigration
Into
Canada.
The
British
Columbia
Premier
also
suggested
that
the
provincei
retain
primary
responsibility
foi
health
and
welfare
services
anc.
should
be
given
"complete
control
of
the
packing,
storing
and
trans
porting
within
their
boundaries
o:
commodities
intended
for
inter
provincial
trade."
Mr.
Pattullo
declared
that
the
rntranp.p
of
Canada
Into
the
in
Boddie
and
W.
Bailey.
come
tax
field
had
definitely
11ml
a
lnnir
spnrrh
bv
Dolice
for
t.n
tne
.
.
.,,
0.1
iv.
&
"
iinn-pi
thp
tracedv
dui
DOU1C&
1U11U"-"
--
-
never
met
with
any
success.
iBARCELONA
IS
RAIDEDI
1
Loyalists
Insist
on
Ilesistance-"
Bombs
Take
Heavy
Toll
BARCELONA.
March
17:
(CP)
Thousands
of
loyalists
paraden
the
streets
of
Barcelona
last
night,
concentrating
at
the
residence
of
the
President,
to
de-mand
continuation
of
the
resist-ance
against
the
insurgents
at
any
cost.
Coincident
with
the
loyalist
demonstrations,
Barcelona
last
night
and
today
experienced
its
most
severe
air
raid
at
the
hands
of
the
insurgents
so
Ux
in
the
civil
war,
waves
of
air
planes
appearing
overncau
drop
bombs
on
the
government
capital.
It
is
estimated,
as
a
result
of
nine
distinct
raids,
more
than
throe
hundred
were
killed
and
twenty
injured.
Casualty
lists
are
still
Incomplete.
Many
i...ni.inu
u'pre
struck
and
dam
TOKYO,
March
17:
CP-
The
age
was
heavy
of
Representatives.
House
Japanese
dn;
Weather
forecast
over
which
there
naa
o
v-
omhiP
contention.
oppo
mis
source
ui
ixvcnut
iu
n
Ilea
tlsh
Columbia.
To
meet
all
charges
without
borrowing
Tronvthe
Dom
'nlon.
an
Increase
in
provincial
income
taxes
was
necessary
but
this
would
r?npp
to"
"rcat
a
burden
on
"
taxpayers
along
with
the
Do"
'nlon
Income
tax.
The
province
imd
deferred
increasing
its
own
tax
pending
the
appointment
of
vich
a
commission
as
the
present
one.
Premier
Pattullo
recommended
that
power
to
amend
the
British
North
America
Act
should
rest
!n
the
Parliament
of
Canada
upon
a
basis
to
be
agreed
uoon.
The
memorandum
of
the
British
Columbia
government
to
the
conv
mission
stated
that
this
province
had
suffered
inequalities
and
dls
abilities
from
national
tariff
a
it
freight
rates.
Farris
on
Tax
Rights
Senator
J.
W.
deB.
Farris,
council
for
the
British
Columbia
gov-
'
eminent,
told
the
commission
that
I
this
province
had
been
consistent,
ly
making
representations
for
bet
ter
taxation
terms
for
forty
years
The
Dominion's
rlsht
to
invade
the
income
tax
field
If
thcr'f
was
any
ricrht
was
subordinate
to
nrior
provincial
right
and
the
Dominion
should
not
collect
In-i
come
tax
In
the
province
until
the
i
province
had
satisfied
its
needs
I
from
that
source.
Senator
Farris
contended
today.
He
ald
that
thJ$
prlnclnle
was
not
only
violated
by
the
Dominion
but
tne
taxpayer
was
not
permitted
to
deduct
provincia"
Income
tax
In
computing
federal
taxable
Income.
Senator
Farris
was
advancing
the
argument
that
British
Columbia
was
making
excessive
contri
bution
to
confederation
through
Income
taxes,
customs
and
excise
duties
and
collections
and
Inci
dental
tariff
as
affecting
Canadian
it-goods
purchased
outside
the
prov-
'
Ince.
'
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MARCH
17,
.1038
British
Naval
Assistance
Is
Assured
France
To
Keep
Communication
With
Africa
PARIS,
March
17:
(CP)
It
was
announced
last
night
that
the
French
government
had
received
assurance
of
British
naval
assistance
if
French
communication
with
Northern
Africa
by
way
of
the
Mediterranean
is
menaced.
In
return,
France
has
agreed
not
to
take
any
action
meantime
in
Spain
other
than
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
her
borders.
Announcement
of
the
agreement
is
to
be
made
simultaneously
in
French
and
British
Parliaments
today,
it
is
expected.
Premier
Blum
has
issued
an
appeal
to
all
French
people
to
stand
united
in
the
present
international
crisis.
BULLETINS
j
UNCLE
SAM
TO
ARM
i
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
State
Cordell
Hull,
in
an
address
before
the.
National
Tress
Club
today,
laid
down
a
policy
of
arming
for
protection
against
"international
lawlessness."
TO
HEAR
HITLER
BERLIN
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
has
called
the
Keichstag
-Into
session
for
Friday
to
hear
declarations,
the
definite
nature
of
which
Is
not
disclosed.
GALE
DOWN
COAST
VANCOUVER
A
southeast
gale
over
Southern
British
Columbia
and
Northern
Washington
yesterday
disrupted
shipping
and
endangered
small
craft,
some
of
which
broke
adrift
although
no
serious
damage
is
reported.
E(tUAL
TRARIFF
SOUGHT
WASHINGTON,
D.
O
United
State
lumber
industry
is
seeking
equal
tarirf
with
Canada
in
the
United
Kingdom
market,
it
Is
disclosed
here.
INCREASE
EXPENDITURES
PARIS
The
new
People's
Front
government
was
today
authorized
to
increase
armament
expenditures,
mostly
for
new
planes.
Unable.
To
Support
Six
Children,
This
Mother
Kills
Them
CENTER,
Texas,
March
17:
CP)
-Justice
of
the
Peace
Ben
Enelnk
said
today
that
Mrs.
Llllie
CurtU
aged
38,
had
killed
six
of
her
nint
children
as
they
lay
asleep
because
she
was
unable
to
supper.,
them.
Peace
Move
By
Soviet
MOSCOW.
March,
17:
(CP)
Foreign
Commissar
Maxim
Ul-
vlnoff
today
Issued
an
lnvl:
tatlon
to
all
powers
with
the
exception
of
Germany.
Italy
and
Japan
to
discuss
Joint
ac-
tlon
aimed
at
"checking
furth-
er
development
of
aggression
and
eliminating
increased
danger
of
a
new
world
mas-
sacrc."
Lltvlnoff
said
the
let
Union
was
ready
to
talk
within
the
framework
of
the
i
League
of
Nations
or
outside
TODAY'5
STOCKS
(Courtesy
8.
D.
Joliuslon
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.18.
Big
Missouri,
.36.
Bralorne,
8.60.
Aztec,
.08.
Dentoina.
.08Vz-Golconda,
.05.
Minto.
.03
A.
Fairview.
.03
Vi-Noble
Five,
.03.
Pioneer.
2.90.
Porter
Idaho,
.03.
Premier,
2.00.
Reeves
McDonald,-
M:
Reno,
.48
'ask).
Relief
Arlington,
.17.
Reward,
.04.
piimon
Gold,
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.04.
Hedlcy
Amnlgamotpd.
.04.
Premier
Border,
.01'
.
Sllbak
Premier.
1.70.
Home
Gold,
.01
.
Orandvlcw.
.08.
Indian,
.02
1,.
Ouatsina
Copper,
.03
'i.
Halda
Gold,
J07,i.
Oils
A,
P.
Con..
.20.
Calmont,
.35.
C.
&
E.,
2.15.
Freehold.
042.
McDougall
Segur,
.19.
Mercury.
.14.
Okalta,
1.37.
Pacalta.
.09.
.
Home
Oil,
.98.
Toronto
Beattle.
1.15.
Central
Patricia.
2.35.
Oods
Lake,
.38.
little
loner
Lac.
4.50.
McKenzle
Red
Lake.
.76.
Pickle
Crow.
4.10.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.21.
San
Antonio.
1.25.
Sherritt
Gordon.
1
.30.
Smelters
Gold.
.02.
MeTod
Cockshutt,
2.50.
Oklend,
.19.
Mn.her.
.15.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.32.
Stadacona.
.21'?.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur.
.31.
Thorn
nsnn
Cadillac,
.20
.
Bnnkfield,
.70.
East
Matartic.
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5
CtNIS
Cabinet
Shuffle
SEVENTEEN
LOSE
LIVES
Such
is
Latest
Estimate
of
Dead
In
Tornada
Which
Swept
Down
Mississippi
PREMIER'S
POLICY
IS
ATTACKED
Hore-Belisha
Leading
Revolt
of
Younger
Ministers
Talk
of
Baldwin
Being
Recalled
LONDON,
March
1":
(CP)
A
vote
of
censure
upon
the
National
government
for
its
"lack
of
policy"
on
foreign
affairs,
proposed
by
Clement
Atiee,
Labor
leader,
and
supported
by
opposition
Liberals,
was
rejected
In
the
House
of
Commons
by
a
division
of
317
to
141
last
night
but
a
new
and
more
serious
cabinet
crisis
is
apparently
Impending.
Atlee,
urged
active
assistance
by
Britain
to
France
in
aiding
the
Spanish
government
against
the
insurgents.
Sir
Archibald
Sinclair,
Liberal
leader,
concurred.
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
held
that
a
policy
of
nonintervention
in
Spain
was
still
in
the
best
interests
of
Britain.
In
the
House
of
Lords
Lord
-Halifax,
the
new
Foreign
Secretary,
states
that
government
policy
in
regard
to
European
affairs
would
be
to
insist
on
the
respecting
of
International
law
as
opposed
to
coercion
by
threat
of
military
strength.
BIG
CABINET
SPLIT
1
It
Is
persistently
Teported
that
!
another
split
overf
oreign
policj
Is
imminent!.
Younger,
members
are
said
to.
be
pleading
for
a
stronger
stand
by
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain.
Associated
Press
-reports
that
Secretary
of
State
for
War,
Leslie
Hore-Belisha,
is
considering
resigning.
Reports
spread
today
tnat
Hore-Belisha,
who
has
just
completed
a
sweeping
reorganization
of
the
army
high
command,
has
given
Premier
Chamberlain
forty-eight
hours
to
make
a
firm
declaration
of
British
support
for
Ciccho-Slo-vakia
and
adopt
a
more-positive
policy
toward
Spain.
Unless
this
Is
done,
it
is
said,
Hore-Belisha
will
resign,
possibly
taking
out
of
the
cabinet
with
him
Rt.
Hon.
Malcolm
MacDonald,
Secretary
for
the
Dominions.
Rt.
Hon.
W.
S.
.Morrison.
Secretary
of
Agriculture,
and
Rt.
Hon.
Waller
Elliott,
Secretary
of
State
for
Scotland.
Associated
Tress
said
that
Labor
Party
circles
had
'discussed
the
possibility
of
Prime
Minister.
Chamberlain's
resignation
within
forty-eight
hours
in
favor
of
an
interim
government
to
be
headed
by
Chamberlain's
predecessor.
Earl
Baldwin,
who
retired
last
year.
Also
mentioned
In
connection
1
with
the
Premiership
is
the
name
of
the
fiery
Rt.
Hon.
Winston
Churchill,
former
Chancellor
of
the
Exchequer,
who
is
reported
to
have
headed
a
committee
of
Conservative
members
of
Parliament
which
has
warned
the
Prime
Minister
that
he
would
have
to
change
his
foreign
policy
quickly
if
he
wished
to
retain
their
support.
Meantime
in
some
quarters
it
it
believed
that
the
government
is
marking
time
pending
consultation
with
the
Dominions.
Was
Believed
Implicated
VIENNA.
March
17:
(CP)
Ma
jor
Errill
Fey,
former
vice-chancel
lor
of
Austria,
who,
togetner
wun
his
wlfp
and
son.
committed
sul-
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
S,
Anderson
wish
clde
yesterday,
was
once
charged
to
announce
the
engagement
of
with
complicity
in
the
assassination
their
only
daughter,
Betty
Ellen,
i
of
Former
Chancellor
Englebert
to
George
Edward
McAdams,
elder
,
Dolfuss
but
last
March
was
ab-sonof
Mr.
and
Mrs.
G.
E.
McAdams,
,
solved
of
all
suspicion.
He
wai
Duncan,
B.C.
The
wedding
to
take
i
ousted
from
the
Austrian
cabinet
place
April
14
at
the
borne
of
the.
by
Chancellor
Kurt
von
Schusch-brlde-elect's
parents,
Terrace,
B.C.Jnlgg
in
October
1935.