Today's Weather prince Rupert Clear, north-trly wind, two miles per hour; barometer, 30.17; temperature, tt; sea smooth. Vol. XXVII.. No. 115. -A not Dewdney, the Conservatives ind C C F. have the same num-btr of seats seven. Winning of the seat would probably give tbe winner the right to choose the new Leader. Should the seat go Liberal, the two Independent members- R, W. Druhn, Salmon Arm, and Tom Uphill. Fernle, might have an Important say In ih rhnlpf nf the Leader. Mr Bruhn leans towards the Conscr-tatlves and Mr. Uphill towards ikA n n v The result of the election is . ntchrd with Interest as all par ties was built at Parrsboro ln 1919. Winners Of Essay Contest Received connection Work with National A!r a 11 il And bas Board Named Boly of Three Members Is An nounced by Province of Alberta To Regulate Industry EDMONTON, May 17! (CP) Appointment of an oil and gas con Ovation board for the province Alberta was announced last n8ht n consists of three mem-Dfrs- the chairman being an c prl from the United States. IS nURIED HERE The funeral of Verne Moore,. So-'Uc fisherman, who succumbed to art fntlnro nh0rrl ho frnlllnir boat peace In Grenvllle Channel last week while the boat was bound j. Jfom Seattle " to Alaksa, took place i Soldier Enters British Cabinet May 17: (CP)-Three of six .""-lon own'd b the Union oiI Co- convicts under death sentence . fnr uninT nf nun Ranriprs ' California, was swept aground penitentiary guard captain, Lieut. G.B. Coldwell Becomes Secretary for Scotland Under Ministerial Shuffle LONDON, May 17: (CP) Lieut. Col. O; B. Coldwell enters the Brit-1 land ln succession to Rt. Hon. Wal- who succeeds Sir King-' have put their big guns Into BJIott of 'he campaign. UlKLUU PICKED UP Ihrte-Mted Canadian Schooner Stewart Salter Brought Into Cilnur ester by Coastguard GLOUCESTER, Mass.. May 17:--The three masted Canadian f Ishlrg schooner Stewart T. Salter cf Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, was brought tn here yesterday by the United States coastguard cuttei Algonquin after havlivj been pick ed up In a disabled condition at tea The derelict was. barely afloat and Is said to be virtually a totM loss, sley Wood, the new Secretary State for Air, as Minister of Health. The air ministry shake-up widen- ed today with the resignation of Lord Weir, unofficial government advisor on aircraft production, who said he was following the action of Viscount Swlnton who resigned . as Air Secretary- yesterday, met some sudden sort of fate. CLEVELAND M0VES.UP,: v Indians Now in Second Place-Washington Senators Lose Again CLEVELAND. May 17: (CP) Moving out of a tie with the New The vessel was turned over to York Yankees, Cleveland Indians her owner. Charles W. Salter of assumed exclusive possession oi Parrsboro, She Is 119 feet long and second place ln the American Lea gue standing yesteraay, one game belcw the Idle Boston Red Sox. The 'Indians defeated the Philadelphia I Athletics 4 to 3 ln ten Innings. The Washington Senators A.. suffered an ptner other defeat aeieai at American League Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 4 (ten Innings). Washington 7, Detroit 13. 1 Only games scheduled. Today's Weather lOoveriunmH "lr.ph Terrace-Clear, calm-, temperature, 45. Alyansh Clear, calm, 48. Alice Arm Clear, calm, 44. Anyox Clear, calm, 50. Stewart Clear, calm, 42. Hazelton Clear, calm. 49. Smlthers Clear, dlny,-50. Burns Lake Snow flurries, calm, 37. GIANTS BEAT CUBS NEW YORK. May 17.-New.Vork Giants beat Chicago Cuds Dy o..c 1 - - - - on a well known here.) Breaking Off Of Relations Is Regretted Local Girl Is Faithful Nurse mmm reef about one mile from by and an attempt will be made tonight to refloat the vessel, Wind at Vancouver VANCOUVER. May 17: (CP) I Three small yachts were blown ashore and damaged slightly by high wind here overnight. Other minor damage was done. Wreckage of an oil schooner has been found by police but there arc believed lo be no major casualties. Don Yelf Is I Hurt On Boat; 1 In Hospital I Recognition For Miss .Elizabeth 4c McLcod R.N. on Graduating at Victoria twisted. prorrniinn Wreckage From Missing Vessel : FREIGHTER VANCOUVER, May 17: ICP) the vessel may have been tne vic- Having suffered internal in-, .tlm of an internal explosion, Al- Velf was flown here yesterday met some suddn sort of fate, by airplane from Kyoquot. His condition ln hospital last night was reported to be fair, (Capt. Yen was iormeny io- rated in Prince RuDert and is GOES DOWN West Strikes Rock And Sinks In Wrangell Narrows-May Be Salvaged sank in Wrangell Narrows, according to advices received here yesterday. The crew escaped safely. LONDON, May 17. A government An attCmpt will be made to salvai; u.j. f , spokesman expressed rpgrct at the tnt vesse which was built as a I -" ' 'n breaking off of diplomatic relations !submarlne chaser. She was bound ueiroii i.gers m "Yh ,lth Mexico over the oil company . :north wlth cargo when the strand- and dropped ulu" deeper Into louring , expropriation Issue but said mat thafi, ing nrrnrred occurred. I) n n It uy mrs. nooseveu proud Ncw York Glants wcrc it(j;:f humbled by 'the lowly Phillies. Hal mem v. - - - WASHINGTON, D, C, May 17: Schumacher being driven from the tcrcsw aoroa01 -Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt, wire mound, and had their margin or of the President, opened the doots Natlona 1 League leadership over of the White House yesterday trf pjttsburg Pirates reduced to five two boys and a girl from varloua jujj games. pans oi mo country wno naa Deen( yesterday s Big League scores; winners in an essay contest ln biannual i-trtRuu Boston 5, Brooklyn 4. New York 3, Philadelphia 12. Halibut Sales Summary American None. Canadian 59,250 pounds, and 4c to 6.6c and 4c; Canadian NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1938. A. A. ------- -- m a -----. RI.A7R AT A ON ROCKS : HZi. M1DN1GH1 r Grounded by Gale COLUMBIA. South Carolina. ' VICTORIA, May 17: (CP) Th! ' . ' m AAA A t A I C i i nam viaoii, i wjr.il r uesiaence oi i-aic i, noss itiacKay, JVlllS ueVen Recently Bought by Oscar Pick, , vesiruyea LONDON, May 17: (CP) The residence on Tenth Avenue. At least seven were killed and east 0f Conrad .Street, originally five injured In a London un- built by the late T. Ross Mackay derground railway collision and recently purchased by Oscat early today. Several were bur- pick, who was on the point of mov- J 1. . IL 1'!nI.L UnUnr J,. I I M U rn.niil.linA Q. n H It WO. Q 4 I H . - ,1 - - - w 1 U.. 1 J ' MISS MIIUICU VJ..U.M1UUI,, V. J. A. r I in J A. IC IIIUUU1 HI tlttUIlA ul i 1" 1CU ill UlC KlCtlwoSt " "-' ' 1UK 111. WiU UnHUJCU UJf A 11UU- . ,.r r-. .l tlk..1 t lasv IrtUUIUCl l., C.aiJCU lium t I.. jn j u ,1 ' j. . A 1U t11 ,lnht mnnnt. hi.),) 1o.t lV, TV,. V,.,o- f, ana U. TV . Oliawun, uunm j, Rl-hland POTintv tail The trio ' - bwi-m& nun..- ( ic-iicu me wii ....,.. - mgui, mc moi, 111,311b, i.c uuuac The result of the election may onslst neoree Wlneard ' MCS w d turned into a heavy higher. An eastbounder smash- was unoccupied at the time of the iffect the choice of the new Lead- . ft nr!fl iKv ' squall. ed into the rear of another fire and the origin of the flames trof the Opposition to succeed tfo crans Therc is water ln No- 3' Unk train between Temple Square had not been definitely ascertain-, ' 1.1. r. v T PaftnrKnn u;hna urans. tiumn rnom and in No. 2 tank. 4. onrf rhorlni Priv stations. pd un tn this monilner. The value OYVI1 Ul . . ....wm. ! u . t u w..h. .."O - r w I mMi made the seat vacant. With- The Salvage King is standing The crowded coaches were of the house Is placed at about of M of flames and the conflagration or its reflection could be seen all over the city. It was about 11:45 that the alarm was turned In from tne plant of the Canadian Fish it Ccld Storage Co., about half a mile dis- tant. The frame structure was Internal Explosion May Have Been quickly consumed. A large crowd f ate of Anglo-Australian, Long of spectators was attracted. Overdue on Voyage Across The nearest hydrant was at a Atlanti distance of 1200 feet and water pressure was necessarily light with PANAMA, May 17: (CP) Wreck- such a long hose run. Fortunately, age, believed to have been from the there were no other houses in British freighter Anglo-Australian, very close range. missing on a voyage from England ; - to Vancouver since late in March f)ip iTftDPl when she was last reported off the jjJVJ JiVEi Azores, Is believed to have been found off Panama. It ,1s' believed AT SUCH0W SHANGHAI, May 17: P) It mon, trainman, wan stated last night that the Jap- anese had 200,000 troops engaged In the siege of Suchow, important city on the Lunghal railway line. Marshalling a direct attack, the Japanese forces are within ter miles of Suchow, advancing or. three w.vw sides. - Today they -i claim to bf. -" tightening ring vaders. New Cars For C.N. Delivered Mail and Express Coaches Latest In Design Are MONTREAL, May 17: The last of the five new mall and expres. cars built by the Canadian Car and 5.5c Foundry for the Canadian National .Railways was delivered today. Si milar to the ten built last year, the I Ingrid H., 9,500, Atlln, 6.6c and cars are 76 feet six Inches over the end sills in length. The mall com Leod of this city, whp graduated 4,,. compartment In each car Is 42 feet as a nurse from St. Joseph's Hos-. Lake Biwa, 5,000, Cold Storage, .one inch in inside, length. The pital In Victoria last week, was 5.5c and 4c. (cars are all steel with turtleback among those who won special rec- Jupiter. 2,000, Atlln, 5.5c and 4c I roofs and are painted the new ognltlon for faithful observance of the' motto of the training school. Graduation exercises for the twen- ty-flve new graduates took place 4c last Tuesday night with Impressive rites ln which the lieutenant governor, Bishop Cody,' Dr. George Hall, Dr. G. F. Aylward, the Mother. and 4c. Mary F., 2,000, Atlln, 5 and light green which has been ' ( ' ed by the Canadian National. They Fannie F 6,000, Atlln, 6c and have six-wheel commonwealth trucks. BC Tbmo rrows Tides High ....... LOW . 3:07' a.m. 19.6 ft. 16:13 p.m. 17.6 ft. 9:55 am 4.8 It. 22:03 p.m. 8.4 ft. PRICE: 5 CENTS Proceeding With Coast Defence ELECTION ON FRIDAY : political Interest In British Col- nmbia This week venires un Dewdney Contest MISSION CITY. May 17: (CP) force candidates were nominated tirdav for the provincial bv- lectlon In Dewdney on Friday it this week. -W. A. Jones, Conserva- . Sentenced lo Death; Escape I US BLOWN Tanker Strands Just Outside Vic I?..-.. Dm!vM i toria Harbor Vancouver Boats 1 1 U1U 1 1 IdUil Base And Sites ' A .-II D or rrtiiiery oems Prepared Hereabouts Cant. Ian Mackenzie Tells Parliament of Progress Being Made Canada Must ueiy on iier uwn rrouucnon and Manufacturing OTTAWA, May 17: (CP) Canada must rely on her production and manufacturing resources for supply ,-ar materials in preparation for national emergency, $2500. There was some Insurance trnn Tnn Mnpkenzie. minister of national defense, told the ZV6 planes, inciuuing seventy-eiym- uumucxo ui vumyau. type, and other service planes, the THREE DIE INWRECK Canadian Pacific Railway Freight Train Leaves Track Near SchreU ber, East of Port Arthur Wiles' east of TW 'Artrfur. Tfie X Juries in a fall aboard his hal- though she was equipped with wire- Japanese Army Has no Less Than dead are B .Turner, engineer; Si ibut boat off the West Coast of less, she never reported distress so 200,000 Men Engaged in Siege Prlske, fireman, and H. Kannegies- Vancouver Island, Capt. Don the theory Is that she must have There ser, trainman. The Injured are C minister said. ! A Pacific Coast survey had been completed on the possibility of es tablishing a fishermen's naval reserve with two hundred fishermen ready to enlist. This reserve would not be operating before next winter. Reporting upon the progress of Pacific Coast fortifications, the minister said that a Queen Char- lotte air base would be completed SCHREIBER, Ont., May 17: (CP thJs summer and a seapiane base -Three men were killed and two neaf Prince Rupert together with a In the wreck of Cana- Injured a i u f batteries In the northern dlan Pacific Railway frdght tra.n lnce wouW be v west of here last night. The eng i,t derailed and with some of the Irelght cars plunged from the . track. All the victims were railway DI A L I W employees. Schrelber is about 28Cvl. LliTLl ll-J lO MISSING Gerow, conductor, and Wally SI- Lockheed Transport, with Nine on OPENING UP 1 AT PAC0FI R. MacMillan, president of British Columbia Packers, Ltd., announces the company will start a new can Board, Unaccounted for Ner Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, May 17: (CP) Search has been instituted for a Lockheed transport plane1 which is missing with nine passengers on board. James valuta Neelan, i.LVlUli, heading A.unuuig the tilt n p T-l, . to f , , . , Operate Both Sal- within firing distance of the vital . Rockers Ws . . linn .nnnnrv ann I tint tnn ' r - ' " Junction. ,"' 7T Within the city, 240,900 Chinese 4,,erc ,i rr-v. well WRANGELL, May 17:-The defenders are read to put up A known small Alaska Weighting ves- . snorted, ainst tht VANCOUVER, May 17: (CP)-H. sel sel Gloria Gloria West West struck a rock and ,..,. steel of . tliw All- men had sighted what was thought to be a plane south of Palm Dale In the Rock Creek district. Later it was ascertained that what had been thought to be a grounded, plane was only a pile of scrap tin. nery and reduction works at Pacofl In the Queen Charlotte Islands. :117L. ' 17 L ( ' He said two cannery properties If nite "TOSt Un had been taken over on Moresby . - - - . . Island, The plant andequipment May MommS IS on these properties will be aug- J 3 mented by machinery from the Pppnwlpfl Ha1A VClUI UCU 11C1C company's dismantled canneries ln other parts of the province, he j stated. Damp surfaces in Prince Rupert MacMillan declared the plant was had an unseasonable coating of necessary ln the Queen Charlottes white frost this morning. However, because previously fish caught In! with the official theremometer that area has been hauled across , minimum reading I'or the night open water to Namu, a difficult placed at 34, it was not sharp and unprofitable operation. i enough to do much damage to gar- "With canneries ln other Import- dens which, owing to continued Gpny, 8.000, Booth, 6.4c and 4c. partment, built according to the ant fishing grounds ln trie province, coolness, have been slow ln getting Mother II, 11,500, Cold Storage reauirements of the Canadian Gov- we felt we could not afford to stay I started this year. Clear skies now - e.lc and 4c. , icrnment Railway Mall Service, has out of the Queen Charlottes," he, give promise of bright, warm days Miss Elizabeth McLeod R.N., cynic, 7,000, Pacific. 6.8c and 4c an Inside length of 30 feet six In- j said. and a more marked growth should daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc-' Essential, 6,000. Pacific, 5.8c and ches. The express and baggage.- The company took over the ma-1 soon ensue. It appears that the Provincial and other prominent personages took part. A group picture nf the graduates, including Miss McLeod, appears in the Victoria Times of last Wednesday. WINNIPEG WHEAT PRICE WINNIPEQ, May 17: (CP) iou.a, fr,,.nn n.niA w ...n 1 ' n T to n Wheat wucuv iuvui futures were wcic down uqu 2'jC -r2v Chatham Maid. . 1,200, Atlln, 5.6c and 4c, R. K., 1,050, Cold Storage,. 5.5c NO TRACE OF WOMAN Efforts of police to find further unavailing. LONDON GOLD PRICE i mi ii im nnnii 17: l'. (CP) 111)1 Itn . LONDON, i-ivi-i-jii, i.iujr May n. -i Bar Elections In Two Seats Deferred trace of Mrs. Ida Hansen, who has Voting in Far North Ridings Will been missing from her home since Not Take Place Until July 28 Saturday night, have so far proven REGINA, May 17: (CP) Voting in two of the far north ridings of Saskatchewan will be deferred from chlnery of the old British Columbia gardeners who deferred their fisheries plant at Aliford Bay. and planting this spring have been the the site and plant at Pacofl, which wise ones. was built by German capital before! the Great War. I M P 1- I The former plant was built orig- 10 LOntrSCtS inally by Sir George Doughty, of . , m Grimsby, and later operated as the Yfit Vl AWrirflGO Maritime Fisheries, In which the late Sir Thomas Lipton had an In terest. I The new plant wlll.be ln oper-i atlon this summer. TOUGH COW GETS BOUNCED ETTINGTON. Sask.. May 17: Great Britain Will Not Order Planes From Canada or States Until After Commission Returns LONDON. May 17: (CP) No contracts for building of airplanes ln (CP) Cattle ln Saskatchewan's Canada or the United States for the southern areas have become tough rearmament program of the Royal after years of drought conditions. 1 Air Force will be let until after the One of Sam Archer's cows was , return to England of a special corn-struck by a fast-moving rail- mission which Is looking Into the I .... a n f. . n am n-n n-iiHinnin n 1 n n ... V. . . ( . I . . . iimi.i . . . . . , . 1 luiplve inning game toaay. uniiount; o, nic (,..ioi i)iuum.ioi cici,- way ciiK'-ic uu. it uuijf suiiit.-! -, pussioiuues oi naving pianes duui, iere a iweivt, Jin t, b I Vesterrlnv from ihp Chanel of I run In Undertakers with Interment In Cleveland American Deai ri League i terday, May closing at $1.15. J London metal market yesterday, n'ounced.. 'ran away. I stated yesterday. falrvl, ew Cemctary. In 'the