Today's
Weather
omorrow
s
Tid
es
(I
A.M.)
Prince
RP"t
Raln,'1Sl
So"th'
High
9:10
a.m.
18.9
ft.
,t
wind,
24
miles
per
hour;
bar-meter
22:16
p.m4
17.6
ft.
29.92;
temperature,
40;
light
Low
2:30
a.m.
9.2
ft.
15:46
p.m.
5i
ft
5w
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
XXVII.
No.
58
PU1NCK
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY;
MARCH
10,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CKN'IS
1
kS
8
1
V;
1
HAUTEMPS
!
WALKS
OUT
IN
FRANCE
,icd
Support
By
Socialists
For
i,.rrc
lip
KfsllMH
mrrctij
"
Without
Awaiting
on-Confidencc
Vote
lum
Forming
New
Coalition
rr
First
Time
Ii
Paris
Administration
.mi.
torMi
Tn'
An.
nr
French
government
fell
to-
Fc'.:oviin3
the
vote
of
French
-i
...
n.tivrl4u
tint
tn
imnnrt
,
.auw
jv-
-
.
.
panto?
of
extraordinary
cm-Ty
financial
powers
to
the
lutemps
government
as
at
pres-
constitutcd,
the
Premier
and
cablet
resigned.
Former
Pre
V
-;t
Le:n
Blum,
Socialist
leader.
H
upon
to
form
a
government.
?d
to
accept
the
Invitation.
tr2
form
a
coalition
govern
-
it,
1!
a
expected,
containing
3r-i3
for
the
first
time
In
:)i
1.
:tory
This
would
be
In
tiA
views
expressed
by
his
jnatlon
of
the
Chau
.
:ernment
followed
an
isc.
:i
speech
by
the
Premier
it;
Camber
of
Deputies.
Tlii
W
'
financial
powers
which
tea
soucht
were
necessary
Ivr.
?
the
French
rcarma
t
prcjram,
he
declared.
With
wcitin-j
for
the
taking
of
a
t
of
confidence
vote,
the
Prc-
r,
immediately
nf
ter
his
sDccch
iftc
Chamber
and
presented
rcr.Tnation
to
President
A:
Lcbpm
Market
Kcaction
1
;EW
YORK
Mnrrh
10-
(HPI-
'ck
and
flnandnl
mnrkpts
nf
thr
rid
reacted
sharply
today
to
th
h
iisca)
crisis
in
France
which
re;ultcd
tn
the
resignation
of
tnautemps
government.
The
nc
dropped
fifteen
points
in
"is.
7h
New
Y
uric
stock
market
l-Tiped
sharply
I
OUT
OF
PLAY-OFFS
Mc
Conaiher
Declines
To
Sa
lncthcr
tin
Pln
lii
Mill
Comeback
0R0NTO.
Mnrrh
in-
IPPI
of
Charlie
Conacher
playing
Toront
UVUla
111
HI-
Uonal
Hockey
League
play-off
V
""g
laoed
last
night
on
Hit
Sum
nf
rnnn.h.
r
...
.
1.1,
g1-
He
said
he
would
probab'v
'
the
old
form
which
had
fae
him
an
outstanding
player,
f
refused
tn
Wv
Intention
of
essaying
a
come-Bc
next
uiin,,
uvugijii.
Pi
Clues
And
1
negotiations
Jo
Far
Futile
r
XE2
ROCHELLE,
N.
Y,
March
"All
rlnna
nn.l
.
.l-.i
L
'Vhe
Snapping
iwo
weeks
"t":"year
oia
Peter
f
hi
nave
proVen
futl,
lt
was
an.
German
Talks
Begin
Today
BULLETINS
KILLED
IN
OKANAGAN
VEKNON
Harry
Burchell
of
Vancouver
was
killed
and
Iloss
McKlnnon
of
Vancouver
was
injured
when
their
car
careened
from
the
Kelowna
Highway
and
plunged
two
hundred
feet
down
an
embankment.
SCHACHT
Rh-APPOINTED
nERLIN
Chancellor
Adolf
Hitler
today
re-appointed
Dr.
Hjal-mer
Schacht
for
a
further
four-year
term
as
president
of
the
Iteichsbank.
CONVICTS
ESCAPE
STONEY
.MOUNTAIN,
Man.
Three
long
term
prisoners
Ar-
thur
Wurch,
31;
Frank
Shura,
26,
and
Jack
Hilderman,
31
Escaped
from
Stony
Mountain
Penitentiary
by
scaling
the
prison
walls
under
cover
of
fog.
Bloodhounds
and
police
dogt
have
taken
up
the
hunt.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
O.
Joluutun
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.14.
Big
Missouri,
.42.
Bralorne,
9.10.
Aztec,
.09.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.10.
Dcntonla,
.10.
Oolconda,
.0434.
Mlnto,
.03
Vi.
Falrvicw,
.04
Vi
('
,
'oble.
FlvcO?-
;
Premier,
3.15.
Porter
Idaho,
.03..
Premier,
2.15.
Reno.
.52.
Relief
Arlington,
.19.
Reward,
.04'2.
Salmon
Gold.
.07.
Taylor
Bridge,
.05.
Hcdley
Amalgamated,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.01
Vt.
Sllbak
Premier,
2.00.
Congress,
.01.
Home
Gold,
.01.
Grandvlcw.
.07
V.
Indian,
.02
Vz.
Quatslno
Copper,
.01.
Halda
Gold,
.08.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.23.
Calmont,
.42.
C.
&
E.,
2.65.
Freehold.
054.
.
McDougall
Scgur,
.21
'2.
Mercury,
.15.
Okalta,
1.80.
Pacalta,
.11V2.
Home
Oil.
1.22.
Toronto
Beattie,
1.35.
Central
Patricia,
2.94.
Oods
Lake,
.50.
Uttle
Long
Lac,
4.95.
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
.95.
Pickle
Crow,
4.75.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.28
4.
San
Antonio.
1.40.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
1.37.
Smelters
Gold.
.02.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
3.50.
Oklend,
.27.
Mosher,
.25.
Mndscn
Red
Lake,
.40.
Stadacona.
.28.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.41.
Moneta
Porcupine,
2.25.
Bouscadlllac,
.12.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.20.
snnnkflcld,
.96.
East
Malartlc,
1.54.
Preston
East
Dome,
1.10.
Hutchison
Lake,
.072.
Dawson
White,
.02Vi.
Aldermac,
.55.
Kerr
Addison,
2.10.
Uchl
Gold,
1.69.
Martin
Bird,
.50.
Athona,
.12.
I
Hardrock.
2.15.
Inter'l
Nickel.
49.75.
I
Noranda,
01.50.
...
W.-UIVU
reports
mat
"'"
"
,
,
.
i,
itu
fansom
mnn.,
i.nkp.
arrived
in
tne
cuy
n
Da
d
.
..
1
.
....
.i
niniprt
vesterday
foi-
Blltln,.-
.
UUiaurillCK
uu
w.Cii
-
It
8tny
out
ot
c
case
towing
o
trio
to
vancouv
..-p.-r
:uue
hn,
famiiv
t.nn........
ij-j
..
iim
interior
by
the
even-
uiL-ir
pui
-
lauiu
m
f
'Patlon
Comer
of
Southbank,
NAZIS
ARE
INFLAMED;
AIR
TENSE
Surprise
move
of
Schuschnlgx
in
Calling
Plebiscite
Aroused
Opponents
.
VIENNA,
March
10:
(CP)
En
raged
at
the
surprise
move
of
Chancellor
Kurt
von
Schuschnigg
in
calling
a
plebiscite
for
next
Sunday
on
the
question
of:
"Are
You
In
Favor
of
an
Independent
Austria?".
Nazis
staged
demonstrations
yesterday
In
Vienna
and
other
cities.
It
Is
claimed
that
Schuschnigg
has
so
,
arranged
the
referendum
that
the
answer
Is
bound
to
be
In
the
afflr-,
matlve.
All
Austrlans
over
the
age
of
twenty-four
will
be
entitled
to
vote.
Mounting
tension
resulted
In
further
street
fighting
today
In
which
eleven
were
Injured
and
twenty-three
arrested
or
detained
as
Nazis
as
the
Fatherland
Front
campaigned
for
Chancellor
Schu-schnigg's
plebiscite.
The
entire
policy
has
been
called
out
on
an
emergency
basis
and
main
army
garrisons
are
being
held
here
In
readin
ess
for
any
emergency.
The
issue
Is
whether
the
Influence
Of
Schuschnigg
or
Hitler
shall
predominate
In
Austria.
IS
HEARD
BY
HOUSE
Unprecedented
Procedure
in
Tom
.
Mooney's
Latest
Appeal
for
Freedom
SACRAMENTO,
California,
March
10.
Tom
Mooney
Is
here
today
from
Sari
Ouentln
Penitentiary
in
connection
with
another
appeal
for
his
release
from
a
sentence
of
lire
imprisonment
for
his
participation
n
the
fatal
Preparedness
Day
parade
on
Market
Street
in
San
Francisco
in
1916.
An
unprecedented
proceeding,
the
State
Assembly
Is
to
hear
Mooney's
appeal
after
which
a
vote
will
be
taken
on
a
resolution
which
would
call
upon
Governor
j
Merrlam
to
give
the
famous
con
vict
a
full
pardon.
ADMITS
HE
DID
WRONG
Uichard
Whitney,
Former
President
of
New
York
Stock
Ex-;,
change,
Prepared
to
Face
Consequences
I
NEW
YORK,
March
10:
CP)
-Frank
admission
of
wrong-doln?.
in
conne'ctloit
with
the
handling
of
customers'
securities
entrusted
:
to'
his
company
in
connection
wltr
stock
transactions
was
made
bj
Richard
P.
Whitney,
prominent
investment
broker
and
former
president
of
the
New
York
Stock
Ex-'
change,
whose
company
has
failed
ln
a
statement
made
through
his
'counsel,
Whitney
said
he
was
prepared
to
face
the
consequences.
!
Aged
Baseball
iPrexie
Buried
Sporting
Fraternity
Prominent
Among
Mourners
Today
For
Stephen
McKecver
BROOKLYN,
March
10
The
funeral
took
place
today
of
Stephen
McKeever,,85-ycar-old
president
of
the
Brooklyn
National
League
base-hnil
club,
who
died
earlier
in
the
week.
There
were
final
rites
of
the
J
Roman
Catholic
Church
and
leaders
In
the
sporting
world
were
prominent
among
the
mourners..
.
"'''.
-
Ribbentrop
Get
Out
Is
Cry
Of
Greeting
To
German
Minister
Hitlor
Mnkos
Fivp
f!nnlintinus
I'rnnosals
as
Rasis
for
Agreement
Between
Two
Nations
LONDON,
March
10:
(CP)
Anglo-German
talks
began
here
today
to
the
accompaniment
of
the
shout
"Ribbentrop
Get
Out'
As
the
German
foreign
minister
stepped
from
a
car
at
the
Foreign
Office
to
confer
with
the
British
cabinet
he
raised
his
hat
and
smiled.
The
assembled
crowd
shouted.
When
he
left,
the
shouts
were
hcad
again.
The
demonstration
.
-
-
.
of
shouting
was
evidently
by
pre-
turb
the
Rome-Berlin
axis,
arranged
signal.
Recognition
of,
Germany's
right
Von
Ribbontrop
Is
reported
to
to
colonies
have
brought
with
him
the
follow
ing
proposals
as
a
basis
for
an
Anglo-German
agreement;
Cessation
of
British
press
com
ment
unfavorable
to
Germany.
British
undertaking
not
to
dls-
vlsm.
British
to
view
sympathetically
rights
of
Germans
living
outside
Germany.
Recognition
of
Germany's
right
to
protect
herself
against
Bolshe-I
Today
s
News
Abroad
Premier
Chamberlain
.denies
Jlritish
interference
inj
Soviet
internal
affairs.
Austrian
air
tense
with
Nazis
aroused
over
Schusch-nigg's
call
lor
Independence
plebiscite.
Chautcmps
resigns
as
Premier
of
France
with
Blum
forming
new
Sociajist
coalition
with
Spanish
insurgents
driving
loyalists
back
rapidly
in
offensive
with
Mediterranean
as
objective.
Japanese
cross
Yellow
River
and
finally
reach
strategic
Lunghai
Railway
line.
Ribbentrop
arrives
in
London
with
Hitler's
"friendship"
demands.
Is
greeted
with
hostile
Reorganizing
Of
TO
DECIDE
Civil
Aviation
ON
POLICY
Changes
to
be
Made
in
ttritain-Sir
National
Conference
of
League
of
Donald
Banks
New
Under
Nations
Society
Called
for
22
Secretary
LONDON.
March
10:
(CP)
Reorganization
of
British
civil
aviation
has
started.
Sir
Donald
Banks,
permanent
secretary
to
the
air
ministry,
will.
It
Is
understood,
be
appointed
to
a
new
pot
of
under
secretary
for
air.
Sir
Francis
Shel-merdlne
continues
as
director
of
civil
aviation.
'
Weather
forecast
(FttrnUlii'il
llirmmh
Mi
-ir.nrtrflj
.
..
Domlnlo'i
MctwruWi!
Bureau
.it
Victoria
mid
rTln-
Rukh
ThU
or-ri-.l
I
romnlWi
from
obvi-rmHIoni
'-!
k?n
at
5
a.m.
UxlflJ
JI
covers
Hi
HOI
hour
period
rudins
S
p.m.
tomorrow!
General
Synopsis
Pressure
Isi
htih
over
Southern
British
Col'
j
umbla
but
Is
falling
on
the
north
j
coast
causing
rain
there.
Tluj
weather
Is
fair
In
other
parts
of
this;
province:
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-1
lotte
Islands
Strong
south
tcl
southwest
wind,
somewhat
cool!
with
rain.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Islard
Mostly
fair
today
with
fresh
t
strong
southerly
winds
,
tonight
then
unsettled.
,
'
,!
OTTAWA.
March
10:
(CP)
The
League
of
Nations
Society
of
Canada
will
hold
a
national
conference
on
May
22
to
decide
whether
It
should
follow
the
policy
of
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
or
of
former
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden.
Barrett
Clark
Is
Adjudicator
Famous
Toronto
Bom
Drama
Kdltor
And
Critic
to
be
Judtfe
of
Dominion
Festival
OTTAWA,
March
10:
(CP)
The
eminent
Toronto-bom
drama
editor
and
critic.
Barrett
H.
Clark
of
New
York,
will
act
as
adjudicator
of
the
Dominion
Drama
Festival
in
Winnipeg
May
10
to
21.
Old
Country
Soccer
English'
League.
First
Division,
Brantford
1,
Chelsea
i.i
1
,
FLOODING
OF
FIELDS
Chinese
Continue
Their
Policy
of
Destruction
as
They
Retreat
Railway
Cut
Japanese
Finally
Reach
Objective
of
Lun;hai
Railway
SHANGHAI.
March
10:
(CP)
Chinese
yesterday
blasted
dikes
and
hoped
by
flood
to
check
the
Japanese
army
drive
into
vast
fertile
area
of
South
China's
Yellow
River.
The
Chinese
said
that
many
Japanese
had
been
drowned
and
tanks
crippled
when
the
countryside
was
flooded.
A
Japanese
spearhead
force
that
fought
Its
way
across
the
Yellow
River
at
Szechul,
twenty-five
miles
west
of
Changchow,
succeeded
today
In
Interrupting
transportation
of
the
Lunghai
Railway.
At
Hankow
it
was
reported
that
Japanese
bombs
had
shattered
windows,
in
the
home
of
Miss
Bessie
Reld,
formerly
of
Kingston,
Ontario,
in
a
raid
on
Chengchow.
Two
bombs
fell
but
fifteen
feet
from
the
Can
adian
woman's
home
in
a
Free
Methodist
Mission
compound.
No
one
was
hurt.
PREMIER
.-
CHEERED
Chamberlain
Denies
Medilllnf
by
Orcat
Britain
in
Affairs
of
Russia
LONDON.
March
10:
(CP)
The
House
of
Commons
cheered
yesterday
when
Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
denied
allegations
of
British
espionage
made
in
the
Sov
iet
blood
purge
trial.
"The
British
government
has
not
been
guilty
of
any
breach
of
agreement
with
the
Soviet
government
not
to
meddl'
in
each
other's,
in
ternal
affairs."
Premier
Chamberlain
said
in
reoly
to
questions.
The
Prime
Minister
declared
that
testimony
naming
British
subjects
was
totally
untrue.
Today'
Weather
Triple
Island
Raining,
southwest
wind.
21
miles
per
hour;
ser.
moderately
rough.
i
Langara
Island
Scattered
clouds,
southwest
wind.
18
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.69:
temperature,
39;
sea
moderately
rou-rh.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
south-"T.st
wind,
five
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.02;
temperature,
44:
light,
swell.
A'rt
Bav
Broken
clouds,
mod
erate
northeast
wind;
barometer
30.05:
temrerature.
30:
light
swe!'
Estevan
Cloudy,
southeast
wind
twelve
miles
per
hour;
barometer
30.20.
V'pforla
Clear,
calm;
barometer
30
in.
Prlnro
Gforrp
cioudv.
south-en
t
wind
11
miles
ner
hour;
ba
rnv)(itir
29.14.
.
TTrnrp
Riln!nr.
southcas
wind.
tnm
war
nre.
34.
A'vnih
Rtnin.
nlm.
35.
Alice
Arm
wpt
sno1"
p'Om,
33
Anynv
Snnwlns.
calm.
30.
Stewart
L'Tht
snow,
calm,
32.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
37.
Smlthers
'Cioudv.
calm.
41.
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
30.
VnnnuiLtr
Wheat
VANCOUVER,
March
10:
(CP)
Wheat
dropped
to
$1.30
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday
and
to
$1.28
2
today.
.
John
Manson
will
sail
by
the
Prince
Rupert
tonight
on
a
trip
to
Vancouver.
MEIGHEN
ATTACKS
RAILWAY
Claims
Canadian
National
Subser-
vient
to
Liberals
Thorton's
'.
"Orgy
and
Debauch
OTTAWA,
March
10:
(CP)
The
Senate
yesterday
received
notice
of
motion
of
the
appointment
of
a
special
committee
to
investigate
the
Canadian
railway
problem
after
hearing
Senator
Arthur
Melghen,
Conservative
Opposition
leader
in
the
Red
Chamber,
charge
that
he
knew
"who
made
the
whole
railway
service
virtually
an
appendage
of
the
Liberal
party.
Sir
Henry
Thornton's
regime
with
the
Canadian
National
Railways
Senator
Meighen
described
as
"nine
years
of
railway
orgy,
railway
debauch."
Senator
Meighen
spoke
after
Senator
Raoul
Dandurand,
government
leader,
had
said
that
all
rail
commissions
had
rejected
unification
of
the
two
lines
as
tending
toward
the
creation
of
a
monopoly
prejudicial
to
the
people's
interests.
"We
have
never
had
conditions
under
which
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
would
agree
to
unified
management,
Senator
Dadurand
said.
Opposes
Se'rvitev
Earlier
In
the
day
Senator
Meighen
criticized
the
government
bill
enabling
Canada
to
take
part
with
the
United
Kingdom
and
Ireland
In
a
transAtlanUc
air
service.
Senator
Meighen
clashed
with
Senator
Raoul
Dandurand,
Government
leader,
on
the
second
reading
of
the
bill
permitting
Canadian
participation.
He
said
that
he
did
not
see
the
wisdom
of
entering
an
international
air
race,
"especially
at
the
expense
of
out
railways."
Senator
Dandurand
said
the
government's
course
was
fully
justified.
INSURGENTS
FORGING
ON
Claim
to
Have
Driven
Loyalists
liack
Eleven
Miles
in
Four
and
a
Half
Hours
DARACA,
Eastern
Spain.
March
10:
(CP)
Four
and
a
half
hours
after
the
commencement
yesterday
of
General
Franco's
"final
offensive"
on
the
Aragon
front
with
its
objective
as
the
Mediterranean
coast,
the
Insurgent
forces
claimed
that
they
had
driven
the
loyalists
back
eleven
miles.
The
rebels
continued
to
drive
steadily
on
today
and
cut
the
vital
Belchlte.
Vlvel
del
Rio
road,
also
piercing
the
government
lines
at
three
other
points.
Pacific
Coast
Puck
Play-Offs
Portland
and
Vancouver
to
Me-t
1
Next
Week
to
Decide
Right
To.
j
Enter
Finals
Against
Seattle
I
VANCOUVER.
March
10:
(CP:
Portland
Buckaroos
and
Vancou-i
ver
Lions
will
meet
next
week
lit
the
play-offs
of
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
to
determine
which,
shall
play
Seattle
Sea
Hawks
In
the
finals
for
the
leauue
cham.
plonshlp.
Spokane
Clippers,
finish
ing
in
last
placp
In
the
regular
.schedule,
are
now
out.
In
a
wild
scoring
game
at
Scuttle
last
night,
the
Sea
Hawks
defeated
Spokane
12
to
5.
2
m
m
4
4