Non-intervention
Adopted
Plan
But
Other
Nations
Go
I
itr.'it.
tt:
mui
uiu
ouvua
uiuuu
Wages
And
Hours
Bill
Absorbing
Topic
Just
Now
wAcmwrtTnw
n
r.
Mnv9.fi''
w
and
Hours
nm
wnlchi
was
brought
out
of
the
rules
com-
I
mittce
to
the
floor
of
the
House
by
1
tne
House
of
Representatives
a
few
days
ag0
wlth
a
vole
ol
322
73
sU11
the
ccntre
0t
discus-,
sion
ln
ConEressional
circles.-
There
js
difference
of
opinion
as
to
whether
the
measure
will
or
j
will
not
improve
employment.
ARE
SAFE
IN
CHINA
Vancouver
Woman
and
Ontario
Man
Among
Those
Who
Came
Through
Air
Kaid
VANCOUVER,
May
26:
(CP)
A
Vancouver
woman,
Miss
Kay
Rob-blns,
engaged
in
missionary
work
in
China,
has
come
safely
through
jan
air
raid
at
Suchow,
Important
city
on
the
Lunghal
Railway
which
was
recently
captured
by
the
Jap-
States
were
also
uninjured.
,
I
Tear
Gas
Bombs
Used
In
Duluth
Newspaper
Resumes
Publication
After
Having
Suspended
Owing
To
Labor
Trouble
DULUTH,
Minnesota,
May
26:
(CP)
Tear
sas
bombs
were
used
by
the
police
in
dispersing
a
crowd
of
a
hundred
or
so
persons
rriA.
hAPD
.a
nnwsnaocr
uim-c
v...
.or.
hrt
hpen
disorders
after
!tlje
newspaper
resumed
publica
tion
following
suspension
for
sev-
cral
weeks
owing
to
troublc
with
its
employees.
More
Trouble
In
Holy
Land
Wave
of
Terrorism
Sweeps
Over
Jerusalem
Agaln-Thrce
Killed
In
Clashes
JERUSALEM,
May
26:
(CP)
-There
is
another
wave
of
terrorism
tinctini.
Three
persons
have
'been
Wiled
in
clashes
between
Jews
and
Arabs.
BIG
BLAZE
IS
RAGING
Worst
Forest
Fire
in
Province
j
Near
Prince
George
Also
Bad
One
Near
Rralorne
I
PRINCE
GEORGE,
May
26:1
(CP)
The
most
serious
forest
fire
at
present
burning
in
British
Col-t
umbla
b
rasing
beyond
control
between
Glscoms
and
Aleza
Lake,
least
of
this
city.
Two
homesteads
have
been
destroyed
and
a
large
quantity
of
merchantable
timber
'The
fire
had
threatened
the
mill
of
ome
but
a
change
of
wind
has
turned
it
towards
Alezij
'tIcp
'
worklngs
to
fight
the
fire
which
fnr
a
time
had
threatened
the
powder
magazine.
I
Fire
conditions
are
extremely,
hazardous
Just
now
in
the
Interior.
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
B.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Bis
Missouri.
.35.
Bralorne,
8.75.
Aztec,
.07.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.17.
Minto,
.02A.
Falrviewv.02y4.
,
.
,
-Noble
Five
'.02.
Pioneer,
3.00.
Porter
Idaho,
.02
Vi.
Premier,
1.88.
Reeves
McDonald,
.25.
Relief
Arlington,
.14.
Reward,
.033i.
Salmon
Gold,
.06.
Taylor
Bridge,
.032.
.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.03.
Premier
Border,
.01.
Silbak
Premier,
1.75.
Congress,
.OOVi.
Home
Gold,
.01.
Indian,
.02
A.
Quatslno
Copper,
.0234.
Halda,
.07.
Oils
A.
P.
Con..
.19.
Calmont,
.32.
.-
-
C.
&
E.,
2.30.
Freehold,
.05
Vi.
Hargal,
.20.
McDougal
Segur,
.17.
Mercury,
.09.
Okalta,
1.33.
Pacalta.
.07.,
Home
Oil,
1.08.
Toronto
Bcattle,
1.03.
Central
Pat..
2.34.
Gods
Lake,
.42.
Little
Long
Lac,
3.60.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.00.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.16.
Pickle
Crow,
4.50.
San
Antonio,
1.22.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.94.
Smelters
Gold,
.01.
McLcod
Cockshutt,
3.25.
'
Oklend.
.16.
Mosher.
.32.
Stadacona,
.49.
Francoeur,
.30.
Moneta
Porcupine,
1.70.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.20.
Bankfleld,
.10.
.
.
East
Malartlc,
1.55.
Preston
East
Dome,
.70.
Hutchison
Lake,
.04.
Dawson
White,
.04V4.
Aldcrmac,
.42.
Kerr
Addison,
1.40.
-Uchi
Gold,
1.45.
Int.
Nickel,
44.25.
Noranda,
59.50.
Con.
Smelters,
51.00.
Athona,
.09.
Hardrock,
1.99.
Barber
Larder,
.33.
Rand
Malartlc,
.36."
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
May
26:
(CP)
!
Wheat
was
trading
at
$1.02,fc
on
Uhe
Vancouver
market.
BULLETINS
OKALLA
OVERCROWDED
VANCOUVER
Arrest
of
109
jobless
tin
canners
on
the
streets
of
Vancouver
has
resulted
in
crowding
of
the
city
jail,'
some
thirty
men
being
sent
to
Okalla
Prison
to
bring;
the
number
of
inmates
of
the
provincial
jail
there
to
over
500.
The
arrested
men
were
presumably
canvassing
for
funds
for
the
sit
down
strikers
in
the
Post
Office
and
Art
Gallery
although
they
said
they
were
soliciting
as
individuals.
Meanwhile
the
700
unemployed
ln
are
still
bivouacked
in
the
Post
Office
and
Art
Gallery.
VICTORIA
DAY
FATALITIES
VANCOUVER
There
were
sixteen
Victoria
Day
fatalities
in
Canada.
At
Nakusp
two
young
boys
were
drowned
in
the
Arrow
Lake
when
a
raft
which
they
were
paddling
broke
up.
ln
FISHERMAN
MISSING
ALERT
BAY
Provincial
police
arc
searching
for
Joseph
Pelaski,
a
trolling
fisherman,
who
is
missing
after
leaving
here
for
Mil-bank
Sound.
j
SCORELESS
DRAW
!
GLASGOW
Sunderland
of
England
and
Celtic
of
Scotland
played
to
a
scoreless'
draw
in
an
overtime
football
game
at
the
Glasgow
Exhibition
last
night.
;
The
next
game
will
be
between
Chelsea
and
Aberdeen.
1
GOVERNMENT
READY
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
government
vessels
are
fully
equipped
to
meet
any
encroachment
on
United
States
fishing
waters
by
Japanese
boats,
it
was
stated
here
in
regard
to
the
Teport
that
fishing
interests
were
sending
high-powered
rifles
to
liering
Sea.
As
long
as
foreign
boats
stay
outside
the
eight-mile
limit,
nothing
can
be
done,
it
is
pointed
out.
I)E
VALERA'S
REVERSE
DUBLIN
President
De
Valera's
government
suffered
a
reverse
in
the
lower
House
of
Dail
yesterday.
It
is
not
known
whether
De
Valera
will
resign
or
demand
a
vote
of
confidence
Meantime,
the
House
is
adjourned
until
the
end
of
May.
FIGHT
POSTPONED
NEW
YORK
The
Barney
Ross-Henry
Armstrong
bout,
scheduled
for
tonight,
is
postponed
until
tomorrow
night
on
account
of
rain.
United
States
Government
In
Litigation
Win
MADISON.
Wisconsin,
May
28
The
United
States
government
j
won
a
victory
yesterday
when
four-teeen
oil
companies
and
eleven
Individuals
decided
to
drop
their
de
fences
6n
charges
of
violation
or
the
antitrust
laws
and
pay
fines
aggregating
$400,000.
Announcement
to
this
effect
was
made
by
Attorney
General
Cummings.
STOCK
MARKET
WEAK
NEW
YORK,
May
26:
(CP)
Due
to
the
unsettled
international
situ
ation,
the
New
York
stock
market
is
weak
again
with
an
unsteady
tone.
E3H
Today's
Weather
K
B.C
Tomorrow's
Tides
High-
11.51
a.m.
185
ft.
prince
Rupert
Overcast,
calm;
23:50
21.7
ft.
p.m.
30.10
barometer,
(falling);
temperature.
smooth.
Low
5:45
a.m.
3.5
ft.
50;
sea
17:40
p.m.
6.9
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
L
XXVII-
No.
122.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
MAY
26,
1938.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
&fanese
Military
Is
In
Charge
ithdrawing
Foreiqn
A
roops
rnq
ooraer
'atrol
Again
Soviet
Union
is
Opposed
to
Ahead
Notwithstanding
Tcrrihlc
Air
Raid
At
Aliccntc
txttaxt
n..
nn.
win
lAUNUUiN,
may
u.
tin
j
Renting,
the
Spanish
non-intervention
committee
today
iinA
o
Arwrln-lTVnnnVi
nlnn
fn.
fVm
wif
Vi.
lilt
iingiu
a.
1
viivji
j'mii
v
viiu
luiuuvui
j
iivu
i'JUiJll
rawal
of
foreign
troops
and
the
re-establishment
of
land'
,to
I!!UJ
ZnZl
.
,
,
,
near
Bralorne
in
the
Bridge
Rler
1
it.
o
u
u
1
1
nd
naval
control
around
the
Spanish
border
and
coasts.
District
Tnree
hundrcd
mjne
em-
the
Soviet
delegate
had
previously
made
objection
to
'pioyees
were
turned
out
of
the
ichntcal
aspects
of
the
plan
and
;
t.t
omer
powers
aeciaea
10
go
bad
without
waiting
for
Soviet
jrecment.
T2nthousand
foreign
bops
would
me
withdrawn
from
l.her
side
before
belligerent
rights
11;
granted.
I
Germany
and
Italy
had
propos
to
the
French
government
that
L
1
.
.1
1
U
.
1
41.
M.
ttituiuumwcuuuui
ui
the
Pyrenees
through
which
It
Spanish
government
Ij
getting
;
supplies
to
pursue
the
war.
On
oiner
nana,
uermany
ana
iuuy
re
not
so
anxious
atwut
inter-
htonal
control
of
seaports
krough
which
they
are
sending
In
rat
supplte
j
to
the
rebels
although
oday
s
action
put
them
on
record
supporting
it
?It
had
been
thought
up
to
early
Jay
that
there
might
be
a
dead
lock
on
account
of
the
attitude
of
Germany
and
Italy.
Terrible
Air
Kaid
ALICANTE,
Spain,
May
26:
(CP)
-Two
hundrcd
and
fifty
persons
rerc
killed
and
one
thousand
rounded
yesterday
when
six
Insur
ant
bombers
dropped
deadly
mis-
files
Into
the
market
place
of
this
(City
where
hundreds
of
women
were
raiting
In
food
queues.
Insofar
as
death
toll
Is
concerned,
It
was
the
rorst
air
raid
so
far
ln
the
Spanish
Civil
war
,
ELLIOTT
IN
I
n
i
r
nil
A
nr,anesc'
Dr'
"'
IL
ollbert
of
Lo?"
UfU
II
A
I
I
Ulirkl
MIArri
U
don,
Ontario,
and
a
number
of
oth-
j
mlsslonarlcs
from
the
United
Now
Has
Pneumonia
on
Top
f
'l
Strious
Injuries
Sustained
in
Airplane
Crash
PRINCE
GEORGE,
May
26:
(CP)
rPilot
Charles
D.
Elliott,
Vancou-
l
ver,
suffering
frrm
serious
head
in
juries
and
bruises
sustained
in
the
j
pash
of
his
seaplane
near
Tchent-
o
Lake
north
of
Fort
St.
James
on
flonday,
has
now
dcvelopcd'pneu-
nonla
and
his
condition
is
report
I
to
be
critical
by
physicians
who
e
fighting
to
save
his
life.
Mrs..
iElllott
is
at
his
bedside
in
hospital'
lihere.
having
been
flown
from
Van-1
I
Coiivef
vnefnm,
Utt
PUnf
"mnrrer
1
oote.
The
pneumonia
developed
j'torn
exposure
following
the
crash
'hen
he
and
Mrs.
Allan
East
of
Port
St.
John
nr
helnlcss
for
a
day
and
a
half
without
food
or
Hatches.
Mrs,
East,
who
broke
her
arm
and
sustained
severe
bruises,
Is
recovering,
Bill
Martin,
the
mechanic,
who
Hade
an
arduous
trip
out
for
help,
15
now
ln
a
state
of
collapse
here.
The
authorities
are
preparing
to
an
Inquest
into
the
death,
of
Dn
Mlnpr,
Fort
St.
James
prospector,
who
lost
his
life
In
the
crash.
NEW
YORK.
May
26:
(CP)-Bar
sl'ver
has
advanced
one
cent
to
Jjc
per
fine
ounce
oh
the
New
wk
metal
market.
i
n
i
Again
INCREASE
IN
WAGES
Vancouver
Coal
Miners
Are
Given
Five
Per
Cent
More
,
NANAIMO,
May
26:
(CP)
End-j
Ing
a
ten
months'
controversy,
an
nouncement
is
made
of
an
agree-
3SbS
Zf3SS
,.
T0KY-
26:
(CP)-The
Japanese
cabinet
has
workers
in
Vancouver
island
mines
been
transferred
into
a
predominantly
miluary
govern-wiii
receive
a
five
per
cent
wage
ment,
the
aim
of
which
will
be
to
push
forward
the
war
in
increase.
This
agreement
is
t0
be
china
with
all
possible
energy
and
drive
at
once
for
the
J?
ag"emeTtboebe3a;riavera"t
capture
of
Hankow,
provisional
capital
of
the
Chinese
the
meantime.
Alberta
Dispute
EDMONTON,
May
26:
(CP)
A
special
commission
has
started
a
tour
of
Alberta
coal
mine
towns
to
conduct
hearings
in
connection
with
the
colliery
wage
dispute.
The
first
session
was
held
ln
Calgary
and
yesterday
the
board
was
at
Blairmore.
The
employees
are
demanding
a
twenty
per
cent
Increase
wages
while
the
operators
would
have
a
twenty
per
cent
cut.
Today's
Weather
(QoTenunent
"leT.pht
Hazelton
Cloudy,
light
west
iwlnd,
temperature,
58.
Smlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
60.
,
Burns
Lake
Clear,
calm,
57.
Terrace
Clear',
calm,
58.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
61.
Alice
Arm
Light
clouds,
southwest
wind,
55.
"Anyox
Part
cloudy,
southwest
wind,
53.
Stewart
Part
cloudy,
light
south
wind,
52.
Halibut
Sales
American
Eagle,
36,000,
Pacific,
6.6c
and
5c.
Pierce,
14,000,
Cold
Storage,
6.8c
and
5c.
Canadian
Sallda,
9,500,
Booth,
6.1c
and
4c.
Point
May,
2,500,
Cold
Storage,
5.5c
and
4c.
1
CATHOLICS
IN
SESSION
Great
Eucharist
Congress
Now
In
Progress
at
Budapest
With
100,000
Pilgrims
BUDAPEST,
Hungary,
May
26:
CP)
With
one
hundred
thousard
pilgrims
ln
attendance
from
all
parts
of
the
world,
the
Eucharistic
Congress
was
opened
here
yester
day
with
solemn
rites
led
by
tr:e
Papal
Secretary,
Cardinal
PacelU,
who
delivered
a
message
irom
me
Pope
to
all
Christians
to
resist
Influences
which
threatened
to
un
dermlne
Christianity.
Led
by
Cardinal
Dennis
J
Dougherty
of
Philadelphia,
one
thousand
Catholics
are
in
Buda-,
pest
from
the
United
States
tor
the
Congress.
Huge
Plane
Is
Nearly
Finished
Enormous.
Ship
Being
Built
At
Seattle
To
Have
Tests
Shortly
For
Atlantic
Service
SEATTLE,
May
26:
A
forty-one
ton
flying
boat
Is
ncarlng
completion
here
and
will
shortly
have
test
flights
preparatory
to
be
'
lng
commissioned
ln
flying
between
New
York
and
Lodon
across
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
It
will
have
capacity
for
fifty
passengers
and
several
tons
of
freight.
Mew
Cabinet
Control
To
Drive
Hard
Upon
Campaign
In
China
Foreign
Minister
Steps
Down
and
is
Being
Replaced
By
Former
Minister
of
War
To
Push
Forward
Toward
Hankow
I
Observers
May
Be
Sent
Now
To
Czech
Borders
!
LONDON,
May
26:
(CP)
Great
Britain
has
sounded
out
both
Germany
and
Czecho-
Slovakia
on
a
dan
to
send
British
observers
to
the
troub-
'
led
border
as
a
means
of
less-
ening
tension.
Germany
Is
understood
to
be
not
unfavor-
able
to
the
plan.
BIG
DROP
IN
WHEAT
Price
in
Winnipeg
and
Chicago
at
Lowest
Level
in
Four
Years
Reaction
to
Liverpool
Drop
WINNIPEG,
May
26:
(CP)
Wheat
prices
in
Winnipeg
and
Chicago
have
struck
the
lowest
levels
in
four
years.
The
reaction
is
due
ln
some
part
to
sharp
breaks
in
the
Liverpool
market.
Yesterday
In
Winnipeg,
the
price
dropped
the
limit
of
5c
for
one
day's
fluctuation,
(with
May
closing
at
$1.11V8
and
SAN
FRANCISCO,
May
26:
-'July
at
960.
On
Monday
there
had
Three
men
made
an
unsuccessful
been
a
decline
of
l'ic
to
3'.'8c.
On
break
for
freedom
from
Alcatraz
Tuesday
there
was
a
break
of
2?8c
Prison.
They
ascended
to
the
roof
in
Chicago,
this
being
continued
where
two
were
shot
by
guards,
yesterday.
the
third
being
recaptured
with
AIR
FORCE
T7T"'7Tr7r
IJlji
IIIn
IJ
iji
Premier
Chamberlain
Says
It
Is
Formidable
Fighting
Organiza-
,
tion
Probe
Plan
Rejected
LONDON,
May
26:
(CP)-Prime
Minister
Neville
Chamberlain
vlg-
orously
defended
the
Royal
Air'
force
and
Its
administration
In
speaking
before
the
House
ol
Com-
mons
yesterday.
"
The
Prime
Minister
said
that
the
Air
Force
had
some
of
the
finest
planes
in
the
world
and,
if
put
to
the
test,
it
would
prove
one
of
the
most
formidable
fighting
forces
in
existence.
After
hearing
Mr.
Chamberlain,
the
House
rejected
a
proposal
for
an
investigation
into
the
administration
of
the
Air
Force.
Sir
Klngsley
Wood,
the
new
Air
Minister,
said
that,
on
the
return
home
of
a
commission
which
Is
In
the
United
States
and
Canada,
there
would
be
a
thorough
examination
into
the
possibilities
of'
production
of
aircraft
ln
those
countries
for
the
British
air
force.
A
criticism
that
British
factories
had
been
unable
to
fill
an
order
for
arms
from
Canada
was
answered
with
the
reply
that
British
factories
were
working
at
capacity
on
home
requirements.
guvemiuejib
Kokl
Hirota,
Foreign
Minister,
has
stepped
down,
being
replaced
by
General
Kasushlge
Ugaki,
former
Minister
of
War.
Several
other
changes
have
been
made.
LEGISLATION
ULTRA
VIRES
Alberta
Court
of
Appeal
Confirms
Judgment
of
Supreme
Court
in
Regard
to
Aberhart
Acts
EDMONTON,
May
26:
(CP)
The
judgment
of
Mr.
Justice
Ewlng
in
Supreme
Court
of
Alberta
declaring
two
pieces
of
legislation
affecting
bond
Interest
rates
and
court
procedure'ultra
vires
was
upheld
in
a
majority
decision
of
the
appellate
division
of
the
Supreme
Court
here.
The
legislation
had
been
passed
by
the
Social
Credit
controlled
legislature.
One
of
the
acts
reduced
Interest
rates
on
government
bonds.
Alcatraz
Island
jail
Break
Fails
Two
of
Three
Men
Are
Shot
As
Convicts
Attempt
to
Make
Getaway
out
injury,
u
was
me
urst
attempted
break
from
Alcatraz
since
last
September
when
two
convicts
made
their
escape
but
were
never
scen
aSam
tne
supposition
being
that
they
were
drwned-
n
m
f
,1
1
.
lYlCXlCan
UUlDreaK
-
"aS
DCen
tHlStlCd
MEXICO
CITY,
May
26:
While
reports
that
General
Saturnlno
Cedlllo,
Mexican
rebel
leader,
had
been
slain
by
state
cavalry
at
San
Luis
Potosl,
appear
to
have
been
in
error,
the
revolution
against
President
Cardenas
of
Mexlcj
seems
to
have
bcen
crushed.
Cedi
lo-
11
is
"ported,
Is
in
flight
and
'may
cnaeavuur
iu
escape
iu
uie
United
States.
It
was
a
nephew
of
Cedillo's
who
was
sla,n-
Today's
Baseball
American
League
Philadelphia,
4;
Chicago,
1.
New
York,
5;
Detroit,
I
(Ruffing
pitching
for
New
York,
Rowe
for
Detroit).
Boston,
8;
Cleveland,
4
(Jimmy
Foxx
made
tenth
home
run
of
season,
tying
with
Hank
Greenberg).
Washington,
2;
St.
Louis,
4
(at
end
of
fifth
inning).
National
League
All
games
rained
out.