IN BOSi . lit 1 I UIUHII liVllllllUHMII l not' " Overflows Banks Tnt 57 Aii a result of tinned hcavv rains, the Charles ,innp flow hleh over? z?,:ir.i.i banks, flooding Milforaj lrr metropolitan sudiuds oi ri .-.ipre boats are being used IUUU AVI .111 I - rii.u. nun ivscnnnii in Nevada Trains Kunning At Low Speed LT LAKE CITY, July 27.-The , it llmA lilah IpVpI fin n. n - M . tmhll rK T inn TirrPIl I 1.1 I n Board Has Made. No Re- mmrndation to Federal Gov ernment As Yet JTTAWIV, July 27 we Ic"!win" vesterrlav"s meeting h cabinet was not forthcom- ! The nrxt mectine of the cabl- P civil mt ln Bpalnhas V4 have fallen hart Hi mllC5 befwo a fierce :;'mp"1 offensive from ' 0 Rlver on thc north-astern front. N. B. Walton Who has been appointed Vice- i Hedlcy Amalgamated Ask .05 Premier Border 01 Silbak .Premier , Con iHome Gold . Grandvlew, (CP) Tluj mdlan - ..,. . . . . f me ars urclne that, the mini. Ask I .03li ... .01 V2 Bit beard having nnt as vet I ni,ini nnnnnr .01 BP I UlHJHIlt - 1 i W any recommendation, an an- Haida Goldt.-..... 03 r:emrnt. regarding the mini-1 , P hrat price for the year! ' niu . "h tame harl thnnaht mlirht he v . 1 A. P. C?n. r.. -19 Calmont - i: C. A & E. r.. -i o. npxt Tuesday by which . . . the i-ti u.- rillliwu .v.uiiiiiiuiiuaiiun may uc Hargal ... .4. McDougall Scguru; n Pr for tills year be left at.Meu,y ' Prr "nt level of tniAe others Okalta M.U5. stating that It be Increased IIomc' 011 HiUlT UNPICKED (Bcattlc - Toronto. pWlCH, Eiit.. Central Patricia',.-...--.- July 27: (CP)- F PromUed to be a most suc.'God3 Lake 'u : a.;on for East Suffolk Little Long Lac berry -erowers McKenzle Gold Shore ,. proved to be (stron.' mk.i. ., . . .. . onri t.nifo nold Shore Mrs. .wvii ui mc iruu roiieu " , "c "ems throuch shorta.-ro of '.Pickle crow pvil War We Turns iMadiud. .t,,i .06 ,15 !lG .11' 1.50 ' 1.38 1.22' 2.70 .51 3.65 1.25 .13V'2 4.85 . 1 IS. Run Antonio f Sherrlt Gordon lA5 Smelters Gold ......,---'-' McClcod Cockshutt Oklcnd . . Mneher Thompson Cadillac n.nl- flnlfl ,05 4.11 .21 .21 Madscn Red Lake -36 Stadacona 4,r-"--' , East Maltartlc ?" Preston E. Dome Hutchison Lake Dawson White ... Aldcrmac Kerr Addison ., lUchl Oold 1.15 .03 .03 .60 1.90 2.15 TWO PLANES Sam McGee, Immortalized In AT A70RFs famous service roem, rassej (Both Nordmer and Mercury At Ilorta Last Night on Way Back Across Atlantic I HORTA, Azores, July 27: (CP) Tw0 transAtlantlc planes, return ing eastward following flights from Botwood, Newfoundland. Fourteen Are Under Arrest .. . .. . President in rhnrre nf nnero- .3. Ill juMiv.i, I mnltn.. ,1 pnvpmnf nf Pnortn T?in ti-i o iuhium-iiouw aim luiwh w uvw E-r fS oi. j nnH 1 IaJa tt-ahnilte n,n rind I I tion, Canadian National Rail- threatened with assassination, two 13 r-VE Ull" Ulu"lu P" -.LW ..j t .-. f 1,1 r(f Today's Baseball American League New York. 7; St. Louis 5. (Second game rained out). Philadelphia, 9; Clleveland, 12. (End of seventh Inning.) Washington, 4;; Detroit. 9." National League Cicinnati, 0-1; Boston, 1-5. Pittsburgh, 4; Philadelphia, 2. St. Louis, 7; New York, 0. Would Keep Cable Cars Second Avenue Merchants in Seattle To Take Steps to Prevent Them From Being Abandoned SEATTLE, July 27: Business men nf Second Avenue are de- Here Un way Back to Yukon A visitor of more than usual interest in Prince Rupert today wag Sant McGee of Great Falls, Montana, immorta- lized by Robert W. Service as the inspiration of. the poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee." Mr. McGee was a pas- across the ocean, spent last nlgt!seneer aboard the Prince Runerfc P-ninir north for his first. NorLe?;asG7nTomnSw I visit to the Yukon in twenty years. He left the north in and the imperial Airways Mercury 1909 but was back in the Klondyke for a visit in 1918, Sam McGee, grey, grizzled andj I getting along In years, is still hale j ,ana nearly ana cunifnues actively in the road contracting business today as he did in the days of '98 at Whltehorse where Service wrote about him. His home these many, years has been at Great Falls. Mon- Policc Busy Following Anti-Ouber- tana. and It Is from "there that he natorial Riot in Puerto Rico jnow comes. On Monday McGee Is going noijh with Dick1 Ccrlesj of Prince George. They are headwaters nf 'the. Ltard River. rioting at Ponce when Monday's about llve miles beyond the British I Malor Major General General Blanton Blanton Wen.Oin Wenslp. Columbia ,,u, v, border, where .w , u have :v in the interests of "r" i,,. " l " ' by Corless' son, Tom Corless of i: f. 1 1 mf-w l,wtrlrf Tfl Be Under Control RCJOAM. JUiy it. muu. il i r ral strike m Jerusal em 'xay and many Arabs in v u::tlcd in the Haifa bomo- y-tw: Arab:, and four Jews pnimum Wheat rice Not Set reai. vycu Known m uroisn uoi- , ".wCU i thr.ia-o" , i"'"" t,i- Prince George, '.V I . fuv m a btpp. murrter Is ehnrirert H.v ..it naiwiio - D- . I uiiiutcs, . iaiiiut&u - I career extends over 38 years. He I - - - CMCI7 IN has wwPfe toportant posts on ! M A D ITTIMP Lliul-i 111 j thR National System throughout lYlillVL 1 IINVJ PALESTINE. vauaua. oince ioo ne nas ocen chief of transportation. His new I appointment became effective July 22. 1 TODAY'S STOCKS (Courtesr B. D. Johnlon Co.) Vancouver, B. C. Nickel .09 i It their Jobs in pro- mb Mlssourl 2i iU. ycitcraays Domo ex- Bralonle 950 j - vesctablc market at . . i: Ac-iUes reportedthe sit t,. ,T. . .A-iVt mrir -out the country was n.. ' " " ' . j.. m n m t ! nHticVi l, L . ill i Ut. Wiii-wt f-A nlAcMnlfin rw-lir rf 4 . u jl uitJbiutwu flnfrt .:1 i mergency duty and xr n m the uritisn Dauie . cr F;u; :e aided In patrolling e dc;'h of several more pr 1 Oolconda 08 Noble Five ... iPcnd Oreille Pioneer hr : .: the total to 46 dead- Premier . Reeves McDonald Ask Reno - .03 ft' .08 .03 2.20 2.95 .03 2.30 .45 .46 I Relief Arlington 15 (Reward ' 033 Pi ivy Council at London Rules In Favor of British Columbia Legislation LONDON, July 27. The judicial committee of the Privy Council today upheld the validity of the British, Columbia Natural Pro- j seaplane. diets Marketing Act. It dismissed, i, 'anVppeal'ora group of Independ- , dairy men from a finding of the B. C. Court of Appeal, their lordships declaring that it was apparent that the legislation was confined to regulating transactions that take place wholly within the province. Aid For Pitcairn Islanders Will Be Taylor TttrnSzEE . . Bridge ... .. .- iS Sought of Govt. they IS UPHELD No Election Is Expected 4 :i King States ! OTTAWA, July 27. (CP) Neither a fall election or a fall session of parliament may be expected this year, Prima Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King stated last night. There would be neither, said the Premier, unless of "some eventuality" which was not foreseen at this time. - Today's Weather (Ooternment "lrM) Triple Island Light rain, calm ; inss. sea smooth. Langara Island Overcast, calm barometer. 29.72; temperature, si, 'sea smooth. j Dead Tree Point Showery, lfehll among the destitute lnnaouants oi light swell. hammer. far-away Pljtcalrn island, said to Alert Bay Overcast, light west day that she would ask Prime erly wind, barometer, 30.02; tern Minister Neville Chamberlain ol perature, 46; light chop. .Great Britain, to aid the Islanders. Estevan Foggy.southerly. wind four miles per hour; baromettr, 30.00. Victoria Fair, Southwest wlnrt sixteen miles per hour; barometer 29.98. mnnrtlms the retention of the Yes- pears low off the Queen Charlotte ler Way and James Street cable Island and cooler weather prevails 'cars, the abandonment of which on the coast. i has 'been suggested. If necessary. Prince Rupert and Queen Char- recourse will be taken to the courts 'one isianas Moaeraie w iresn Norauda 71.50 International Nickel 50.25 Con. Smelters 60.00 Athona .., i 07 i Hardrock .j 2.71 Barber Larder 23 Mindy,, - .19 Rand Malartlc .40 BULLETINS BRITISH SHIP SUNK MADRID The British freighter Dellwyn was sunk in the port of Gandia by a seaplane which attacked it at dawn. There were JUrtW' ruerw iUC0' Juv " heading for the country near the no casualties. The number nf arrests follnwln" . ' . ..j McBRIDE FOREST FIRE PRINCE GEORGE. A huze placer ground. From Whltehorse! forest fire, covering; 69,000 acres, they will be flown Into the Liardi s burning in Bear River area timberiand across the the Fraser River seven miles from McBride. TO FLY THIS WAY WASHINGTON Permission is being sought here for a German airplane to cross Alaskan and United Slates territory in the course of an easterly flight around ' the world. The route Alaska, Canada, the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean. SABOTAGE AT EDMONTON EDMONTON is being sabotage of the light plant of ! NEW YORK, July 27: Miss Dor- southeast wind; barometer, 29.94; the Alberta legislative buildin 'othy 'nit.,, T Hall T 1 1 1 nitAAiic Queens, amateur nmntenr mrlln radio t Am.nnt,,A 52; sea ,ni smooth. cmnnlh o i : i . i i t. i 1.90 temperature, rcss oi operator who has kept the Bull Harbof Overcast, calm; ba-( . 0ii4 world, lniormea aoout conaiuon rometer. 29.98; temperaiure, a, Sand is declared to have been thrown into the generators and armatures smashed with a slcdgr HEPBURN IN YUKON DAWSON Premier Mitchell Hepburn of Ontario, in the course of his aerial tour of the northwest, has arrived from Ak lavik. From the Yukon, the party vtll proceed to Juneau and thence to Vancouver enroute Vancouver Clear, easterly wind, home across Canada, four mlles pcr hourl barometer " 29.96." Prince George Cloudy, southerlj wind, four miles per hour; barometer. 29.84. Terrace Clear, calm; temperature, 72. Alyansh Cloudy, calm, 66. Alice Arm Part cloudy, calm, 62. Anyox Part cloudy, cajm, 57. Stewart Part cloudy, calm, 60. Hazelton Celar, calm, 65. Smithers Clear, calm, smoky, 63. Burns Lake Clear, calm, 62. Weather Forecast General Synopsis Pressure ap DAVIS CUP PLAY MONTREAL Canada and Japan arc ready to start zone play here for the Davis Cup ' Interior Drought Getting Serious I JUDGE RYAN DIES LOS ANGELES Judge Joseph J. Ryan, pioneer member of tru Manitoba bench, who held a seat in. Parliament at Ottawa,, .fox Manitoba immediately after it joined Confederation, died here yesterday. He was ninety-six years of age. TO CONTEST ELECTION EDMONTON The Alberta Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, in convention here, decided to contest the next provincial election. The intention is to nominate candidates in all rid Kitwanga Is Hard Hit by Scarcity Of Moisture Fresh southwest to west winds, , Monday was 95 In the shade cloudy and cool'wlth mist or llghj rain. Fire Menace Nearly Over I COURTENAY, July 27. Five logging and fishing towns threatened by a fire which has been consuming British Columbia's forest timber for several days were considered out of danger today. Forestry officials said that, if present favorable conditions continued, the 1,600 men fighting the fire would be able to control it. Jew Baiting In Italy Unpopular Favor in Rome ROME. July 27: (CP) Despite propaganda In the press In Its favor, the proposed anti-Jewish policy appears to be meeting with little sunnnrt amone the Italian Corrigan Turns instituted S-SrSS into alleged Down Offer Of $1000 Per Week IONDON. July 27: Douglas Corrigan, transAtlantlc flier turned 'LEAPS TO , public. The reaction of the public 1remier will probably have some bearing on what the Fascist Grand Council does about It when it meets in October. WEATHER i TOO HOT HIS DEATH Thousands Witness Seventeen C.... Kl..n. t Man, Vnrlr Street NEW YORK, July 27: (CP) . After perching on a seventeenth- storey delge of the Gotham Hotel for nearly eleven hours following a quarrel with his sister, John Ward, aged 26, fulfilled a threat late last night and leaped to ln- stant death in the street below before a horrified crowd estimated at 35,000 persons. He had refused to abandon his rash plan and there was np means of preventing him from carrying it out. Police had spread nets below in the hope of catching him but Ward eluded Ithem in his leap. Efforts to dissuade Ward or to discover a means to take him off the ledge were fa- tile. Reaction Towards Anti - Hebrew Ward came from Chicago. GOV'T IS SUSTAINED Chamberlain's Foreign Policy Once More Endorsed By British Parliament LONDON, July 27: (CP) The National government was once again upheld on its forelfyi pol'cy In Parliament last night on a division of 275 to 128. In the course of speaking on foreign matters, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stated that Vis count Runclman would leave im-Condltions not So Good For Grain mediately for Praha to Investigate Crop Now Rust Beginning anc mediate In the dispute be-( To Show Up tween the Czechoslovaklan govern- . X- v . ment-nd. the Sudeten. Gennaitl OTTAWA, July 27. (CP) The minority. Very warm Weather of the past Week or so had retarded late grow-i th of grain on the prairies as well ' as filling out although it has speeded up the general progress of the crop, according to a federal crop report yesterday. Rust will be the SURRENDER IS DENIED next problem, trace of the disease chinesc DecIare That They Have having already made Its appearance Not Yet Evacuated Citv in some sections. ed. of .Kiukiang SHANGHAI, July 27. Although admitting that It Is seriously threat-ened by the Japanese advance up the Yangtse River, the Chinese last night denied that Klukiang had completely fallen. Stubborn resistance to the advance was being maintained, the defenders assert Japanese offensive today forced down an offer t0 become a circus nnlna.s ..Ood of vvar" battalion. performer at one thousand dollars whlch nad 5WOrn rather to dje a week today because "I am not a than to treat, to withdraw up member of a crazy gang no mat- river Cnlnese authorities asserted ler what some people may think of that the ..Qod of War battalion my flight." retreated for starteglc purposes "I haven't any money," he said and that the llon.hearted defend-"but to make any I'll stick ln avl- ers nad sufrcred few losses. Blttflr atlon which Is my Job and I'll take ngntlng occurred near Klukiang the best offer I can get ln that.' and Japanese admitted severe ENTIRE TOWN i UNDERWATER Two Hundred Tcrsons Rescued I From New Mexico Flood boats, had removed over two hundred persons from isolated com- munltles last night. County Judge J. C. Abney, who headed the relief KITWANOA, July 27: Drought Vty, said, apparently, there had i nir n serinns nature' with little been no casualties although the 'rain for the past three months. 1 entire town was i unOr water. Hay crops are very light and pot .1 atoes are given up. Root crops ate n I f ntnlQ Hiroc falling and, to keep flowers show-' VCtlllUIllla 1 II CO lng regular watering has to be done. Forest fires arc raging round Near Controlled Francocur . . , agalnst abandonment of .southwest winds, cloudy and cooliabout and smoke and falling ashes L97 w " J Cn"ar mnrtarratinn lo"s in Moneta Porcupine ,wlth a few scattered showers. 'are causing, much, apprehension. 0n,y J;v? , 1 State Mill Out of Ha Bouscadlllac I f" J West Coast of Vancouver Island, femi)erhture','at','Kltwanga on .22 .72 I.ONDON, July 27: (CP) A duck two large forest fires remained and her family of five from St, but of control today ln California LONDON. July 27: (CP) The Jame's Park recently put Bucking. Scores of smaller blazes kept an price of bar gold was off lc on i ham Palace sentries off their bent army of fighters stlll ln the field the London metal market yester-'and held up traffic. Only four to prevent possible spreading and day, closing at $34.83. Copper and ducklings returned, one being killed to watch for new fires In the dry zinc were steady and lead was up., in the traffic. mountain areas. . ' losses. Summary American 45,500 pounds, and 6c and 7.8c and 6c. Canadian 15,000 pounds, SAN SABA. N. M.. Julv 27: iana 5C. Rescue . workers, using a dozen Halibut Sales 7.5C 7.2c- American Excel, 23,000, Cold Storage, 7.5c land 6c. Condor, 11,000, Pacific, 7.Sc and 6c. Sirlus, 11,500, Pacific, 7.8c and 6c. Canadian Embla, 15,000, Cold Storage, .7.2's and 5c. WINNIPEG WHEAT SLIDES WINNIPEG, July 27: (CP) Reacting to weak buying in Liverpool and favorable crop reports, Jul? Golden wheat slid the limit of five cents Hand lyestcrdav to 94TrC ner bushel. SAN FRANCISCO, July 27:-Only UNUSUAL EVIDENCE LONDON, July 27: (CP) Description of an accident as reflected in a window was the only evidence at the inquest Into the death of a cyclist who pedalled Into the curb and, fell. Verdict was accidental death. 1 it. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides She prince Rupert Fine rain, calm, High 7:40 ajn. 15.1 ft. barcnetir 29.90 (falling); temperature 19:58 p.m. 18.6 ft. 54, sea smooth. Low 1:27 a.m. 6.6 ft. 13: :11 pjn. 8.0 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUftffilA'S NEWSPAPER No. 17 XXVII PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1938 PRICE: 5 Hj AD FLWV t