Today's
Weather
omorrow
s
Tides
(I
A.M.)
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
northerly
mmm
High
0:20
a.m.
19.9
ft.
wind,
six
miles
per
hour;
barometer
12:34
p.rir.
20.2
ft.
30.26
(rising);
temperature,
26;
Low
6:36
a.m.
4.9
ft.
sea
smooth.
18:49
p.m.
4.7
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
xxvii.,
no.
7i.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
29,
1938.
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Improvement
Shown
In
Affairs
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March
29.
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Railways
in
rJd
nandied
traiiic
at
a
lower
operating
tin
than
in
1936.
said
S.
.J.
Hunirerford.
chairman
and
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rating
revenues
were
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A
PRECEDENT
n
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Alter
payment
of
all
operating
enses,"
says
the
report,
"the
net
..iini.
rfivumiA
nf
thp
rnllwflv
the
year
1937
was
$17,607,750,
Increase
of
$2,474,951
over
the
vloua
year.
After
payment
of
taxes,
rentals,
4
J
nil
nhornAt
rf
AVPrV
crlptlon,
excepting
only
capital
1
1
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arsed
to
proprietors'
equity,
the
income
available
for
interest
alnst
the
Interest
on
funded
debt
p
tr
the
nubile
and
interest
on
iency
of
$42,345,867
as
compared
th
tu
503.393
in
1936."
m
1937
the
government
adopted
.
.Ail.,,
nt
nl1iflnv
frnm
the
fltay
in
cash
Interest
on
loans
r
tiDltal
purposes
and
the
report
tfsthat.
had
that
change
in
pol-
flot
taken
place,
the
.deficiency
r
1WI
would
have
been
$40,681,114
start
nt
H2
34S
r7.
This
change
as
maae
lonowing
iiie
uasc
j
p
Partltnl
Rpvllnn
Art
1937.
After
plaining
the
provisions
of
that
act
-
&
1
1
.
ttrrt.
n
4
1
ti
c
f
cnts
authorized
by
the
act
were
tirely
confined
to
the
relatlon-lp
between
the
government
and
e
railway
and
did
not
deal
In
any
ay
with
the
larRe
funded
debt
of;
e
system
In
the
hands
of
the
pub
sales
tax
of
approximately
$4,-
0,
i
For
the
first
time
in
the
124-year
history
of
the
Royal
Phll-harmonlc
Society,
one
of
its
famous
concerts
was
conducted
by
a
woman.
Mme.
Nadia
Boul-angert
pictured
during
rehearsal,
was
the
feminine
musician
so
honored.
She
conducted
a
presentation
of
Faure's
Requiem
Mass
at
Queen's
Hall,
London.
GAINS
BY
CHINESE
Advances
On
All
Fronts
III
Southern
Shanshi
rrovincc
Arc
Claimed
'
HANKOW.
March
231
CP)Thu
Chinese
military
command
last
In
prices
of
materials
accounted
night
reported
further
advances
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IS
SNUBBED
(Jovernment
of
Alberta
Not
nep
resented
Edmonton
Commerce
Chamber
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maintenance-of-way
program
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and
flood
damage.
Snow
Itmnval
pnclo
n,ar
soo
nnn
Jfian
in
loift
Property
Maintained
wtmmtpf.o.
arch
29:
(CP)
Winnipeg
wheat
futures
were
2c
:to
higher
yesterday,
May
clos-
"The
property
has
been
efficient-
at
$1.18.
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EDMONTON,
March
29:
(CP)
The
provincial
government
of
Al
berta
was
not
represented
at
the
opening
session
of
the
Rowell
roy
al
commission
on
interprovlnclal
relations
yesterday.
There
is
possibility,
however,
that
a
case
may
,be
presented
by
the
government
as
the
question
of
doing
so
is
to
be
brought
up
again
In
the
Legisla
ture
today.
The
Edmonton
Chamber
of
Com-
;
merce,
in
making
representations!
to
the
commission,
urged
the
taking
over
by
the
Dominion
of
a
number
of
functions
now
in
con-'
trol
of
the
province.
The
Edmonton
Chamber
of
Com
merce,
in
its
brief
to
the
commls-islon,
explained
that
it
had
In
cluded
a
number
of
matters
of
general
provincial
interest
because
of
the
understanding
that
the
provincial
government
would
not
make
any
submissions.
It
submitted,
among
other
things,
how
the
Brl-
J
tlsh
North
America
Act,
as
at
pres-
lent
Interpreted,
was
inadequate
to
the
present
needs
of
the
people.
It
submitted
that
the
allowance
from
the
Dominion
to
meet
the
needs
of
:
the
present
was
inadequate.
It
al
so
submitted
that
the
province
had
to"buy
lri
a
protccted
market
where-
as
products
of
the
province
were
almost
without
protection
This
wast
J
a
severe
handicap.
I
Transportation
also
was
a
source'
j
of
complaint.
Alberta
suffered
in
almost
every
case
over
other
points
'
on
a
ton
mile
basis.
As
an
example'
of
the
manner
In
which
Alberta
J
claims
to
be
handicapped,
it
Is
pointed
out
that
the
freight
on
a
carload
of
400
boxes
of
butter
shipped
from
Edmonton
to
Toronto
amounts
to
$764.82,
exclusive
or
icing
charges.
On
the
same
weight
of
Ontario
condensed
milk,
another
dairy
product,
shipped
from
Aylmer,
Ontario,
a
slightly
longer
distance,
i.to
Edmonton
the
freight
rate
is
$467.46.
Complaint
was.
also
made
of
the
interest
charges
on
farmers
of
the'
province
which
were
maintained
in
spite
of
the
depreciation
of
the
dollar,
i
The
chamber
pointed
out
the
high
cost
of
education
and
the
loss
of
j
revenue
resulting
irom
encroacn-
ments
of
the
Dominion
on
provirt-;
clal
fields
of
taxation.
It
submitted
j
that
banking,
companies,
fire
In-j
surance,
rajlroads,
manufacture
of:
farm
Implements
and
department
Ontario,
The
chamber
asks
for
cancellation
of
debts
incurred
for
relief
and
the
orderly
refunding
of
the
debt
of
the
province
at
a
low
rate
of
interest
by
means
of
federal
guarantee.
So
far
aj
possible
it
would
have
taxes
collected
by
means
of
visible
rather
than
hidden
taxes.
Slap
at
Aberhart
The
Edmonton
chamber
asks
in
Its
brief
for
disallowance
of
any
v.-v
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roads
of
the
United
States
with
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w.,e
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increase
in
eAcuac
uuwns
States
chip
H-1
UCIlt.
IIICM
The
Increase
In
the
cross
operat-
class
1
railroads.
hit
.
rn
npiiM.il
access
to
tne
courts
ana
jects
to
restrictions
on
movement
from
one
province
to
another
of
citizens,
money,
goods
and
services.
It
asks
for
such
constitutional
changes
as
will
give
the
Dominion;
'
Government
the
right
of
legislative
!
authority
over
labor
legislation,'
f
the
such
as
hours
of
labor,
minimum
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unemployment
insurance,
un-
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year.
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revenues.
system
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outlook
for
old
age
pensions,
allowances
ior
wi-
nt
Passenger
revenues
Increased
.continues,
immcaun
b
d
jall3
and
reformatories,
truck
2
.021
or
11.3
per
cent.
Com-;
railway
royenucs
s
.ea
tle
'
tmn'p0rtatinn
ard
regulation
of;
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snveral
factors,
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Coal
And
Petroleum
Board
To
Be
Appointed;
To
Take
Action
On
Public
Utilities
As
Well
VICTORIA,
March
29:
(CP)
In
a
public
address
last
night,
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
announced
that
a
one
man
board
would
be
appointed
to
regulate
coal
and
petroleum
industries
in
the
province
of
British
Columbia.
Dr.
W.
A.
Carrothers
was
the
intended
commissioner.
The
board
would
have
full
control
of
coal
and
petroleum
within
the
provincial
boundaries
from
production
to
sale.
The
Premier
further
announced
the
intention
that
a
public
utilities
act
would
be
introduced
at
the
next
session
of
the
Legislature.
Dr.
Carrothers
had
agreed
to
serve
as
commissioner
under
that
act
also.
Mr.
Pattullo
disclosed
that
he
would
shortly
be
making
another
trip
to
Ottawa
with
a
view
to
pressing
a
more
expansive
road
program
and
obtaining
increased
federal
aid
for
public
works
projects.
He
much
hoped,
he
said,
to
be
able
to
make
progress
in
the
east
toward
the
construction
of
the
proposed
British
Columbia-Alaska-Yukon
highway.
The
Premier
further
stated
that
renewed
efforts
would
be
made
to
have
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
taken
over
by
the
Canadian
National
and
Canadian
Pacific
Railways
'and
operated
on
a
joint
basis.
Railroad
facilities,
said
Mr.
Pattullo,
should
be
extended
to
the
Peace
River
where
there
was
every
indication
of
oil
possibilities
as
great
as
in
the
Alberta
fields.
If
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
was
extended
from
Prince
George
to
the
Peace
River,
both
Prince
Rupert
and
Vancouver
would
be
served.
BULLETINS
INSPECTOR
STRICKEN
Inspector
John
A.
Fraser,
provincial
police,
suffered
a
slight
stroke
late
yesterday
afternoon
and
is
now
confined
to
bed
at
his
home.
He
was
reported
this
morning
to
be
doing
as
well
as
could
be
expected.
VANCOUVER
EXTORTION
VANCOUVER
The
home
of
Kapoor
Singh
was
under
heavy
police
guard
today
as
detectives
probed
what
the
wealthy
Sikh
lumberman
said
was
an
extortion
plot
backed
by
threats
on
his
life.
Kapoor
told
police
that
a
fellow
countryman
pointed
a
revolver
at
him
Monday
afternoon
and
handed
him
a
note
saying:
"Drive
me
to
the
bank.
Give
me
$10,000."
SILVER
SLASHED
AGAIN
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
Treasury
shaved
another
cent
off
the
price
for
foreign
silver
today,
cutting
it
to
43c
per
fine
ounce.
This
action
makes
it
more
difficult
for
Mexico
to
sell
its
silver
abroad.
Today's
reduction
apparently
confirmed
fears
of
London
silver
speculators
that
United
States
was
withdrawing
its
support
from
the
world
price.
The
New
York
silver
price
today
was
425ic.
LIONS
WIN
TITLE
VANCOUVER
Vancouver
Lions
downed
Seattle
Sea,
Hawks
by
score
of
three
to
nothing
last
night
to
capture
the
Pacific
Coast
Hockey
League
champion
ship
for
the
second
time
since
the
league
was
revived
five
years
ago.
11
UNGERFORD
HONORED
MONTREAI
Word
has
been
received
from
Paris.Frahee,
of
the
appointment
of
8.
J.
Hun
compensa-j
gerford,
chairman
and
president
of
the
Canadian
National
Rail
ways
and
president
of
the
trans-Canada
Air
Lines,
to
an
honorary
membership
in
the
Scien
tlflc
Institute;
of
Studies
of
Com-munlcations
and
Transport.
PALESTINE
DISORDERS
Eleven
Known
Dead
as
Result
Of
Fresh
Outbreaks
in
Holy
Land
JERUSALEM.
March
29:
(CP)-
Fresh
disorders
during
the
la.stl
twenty-four
hours
in
Palestine
arej
known
to
have
resulted
in
eleven!
persons
being
killed.
Four
.were'
slain
when
bandits
attacked
a
pas
senger
car.
DEAL
FOR
CANNERY
Nelson
Bros.
Lease
Massett
Canners
riant
for
One
Year
with
Option
To
Purchase
Announcement
is
made
of
the
lease
with
option
to
purchase
of
the
Massett
Canners
salmon
canery
at
Old
Massett,
Queen
Charlotte
Is
lands,
to
the
Nelson
Bros.
Fisheries
Ltd.
of
Vancouver.
The
plant
Is
K!lng
taken
over
by
Nelson
Bros,
for
operation
this
year
which
Is
due
to
be
one
of
the
heavy
cycle
run
season?
for
pinks
in
Massett
Inlet
and
vicinity.
The
Massett
Canners
plant
was
MAYOR
HAS
SUCCUMBED
Frank
L.
Sugden,
Chief
Magistrate
Of
Armstrong,
Passes
After
Brief
Illness
ARMSTRONG,
March
29;
(CP)-
i
Mayor
Frank
L.
Sugden
passed
away
here
yesterday
after
a
brier
illness.
He
was
manager
of
the.
Armstrong
Co-operative
Society
Dr.
Otto
Schmidt,
One
Of
Soviet's
Heroes,
Is
Accused
By
Dictator
Former
President
of
One
of
Asiatic
Republics
One
Nineteen
Persons
Who
Have
Ikcn
Put
to
Death
For
Plotting
Weather
Forecast
established
In
1927
by
a
Prince
Ru-
VFurnuiiPd
throuzh
the
cr-uru-sy
o'
.
,iit,
TVin
nv'hhnvn
ti,
Dominion
Mr"loulcal
Bureau
t
pen,
tumyawjr
-in.
.......
j
victoria
and
Prlno
Hupfrt.
This
as
manager,
u
nas
operaueu
ularly
each
year
that
the
fish
ran.
LERIDA,
Spain,
March
'29:
(CP)
Battle
lines
of
the
oncoming
insurgents
are
drawing
close
upon
this
strategic
key
city
on
the
road
to
the
provisional
loyalist
capital
of
Barcelona.
The
rebels
are
bringing
up
their
ar
tillery
-and
aircraft
with
.a
view
to
laying
an
intensive
siege
which
General
Francisco
Franco
anticipates
will
result
in
an
early
capture.
On
the
other
hand,
the
government
is
rushing
forward
reinforcements
of
men,
guns
and
airplanes
with
a
view
to
bolstering
up
the
defences.
Lerida,
in
the
opinion
-
of
observers,
may
mark
the
final
phase
of
the
civil
war.
Internatioal
brigades
of
the
Spanish
government
army
moved
to
the
front
today
in
the
effort
to
check
the
insurgent
sweep
into
Catalonia.
The
insurgents
were
massed
on
the
west
bank
of
the
Chinca
Riyer
along
the
central
frpnt.
The
Spanish
government,
with
"we
must
hold
out"
as
its
watchword,
published
a
lengthly
report
of
German
and
Italian
armaments
and
men
being
sent
to
the
insurgent
army.
Franco
Answers
Protest
LONDON,
March
28:
(CP)
General
Francisco
Franco,
insurgent
commander-in-chief
in
the
Spanish
civil
war,
has
answered
protests
against
ihv
bombing
of
civilians
with
the
expressing
of
regrets
that
inno.
cent
lives
should
have
been
lost
hut
explaining
that
Barcelona
is
such
an
important
centre
from
a
military
standpoint,
on
account
of
its
factories
and
munition
stores,
that
it
has
been
necessary
to
attack
it.
reg-
C(t
l
rompIlM
from
obvpraatlon
fa-
lien
at
S
a.m.
tola.v
and
covers
th
30
hour
.period
enlns
S
p.m.
tomcrrowl
Prince
Uuncrt
ana
tyueen
Char-j
lotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
j
rorthw?t
winds,
mostly
fair
and;
colder
at
night.
!
LONDON
GOLD
PRICE
LONDON,
March
29:
(CP)
The
London
price
of
bar
gold
was
up
lc
yesterday,
closing
nt
$34.96
per
fine
ounce.
Lieut.
Commander
F.
O.
Hart
R
C.
N.
sailed
yesterday
afternoon
by
the
Princess
Louise
on
his
r
and
had
held
the
office
of
chief
(turn
to
Esquimau
after
spending
magistrate
for
some
years.
a
few
days
here
on
naval
business.
of
MOSCOW,
March
29:
(CP)
Soviet
Russia
broke
two
new
espionage
sensations
today.
The
Northern
Sea
Route
Administration,
headed
by
Dr.
Otto
Schmidt,
one
of
tne
greatest
oniciai.ouvieu
neiuety
w
tuuoeu
uj.
uuu-5v.nl
onti'.Cnin'ot
orfiv?Hr"
A
nrnvinninl
tipvvsnanpr
rfi-
iiiai
aiin-uuntu
c
v
n
.
.
.
L
j
ported
that
nineteen
persons
had
been
shot
after
a
trial,
ami
nuw
UNDERWAY
Lines
Being
Drawn
for
Crucial
En
gagement
In
Spanish
Civil
War
ranco
Answers
Protest
at
Alma
iii.
unuug
tuvm
was
v.
Kazakhstan,
who
was
accused
of
plotting
to
make
his
middle
Soviet
republic
the
colony
of
an
undisclosed
nation.
No
Danger
Of
Conflict
Now
PRAHA,
March
29:
(CP)
President
Edouard
Benes
of
Czecho-Slovakla
said
last
night
thai
there-was
iw
Immediate
danger
of
conflict
with
Ger-
many.
On
the
other
hand,
there
was
possibility
of
a
friendly
accord
on
the
subject
of
the
German
minority
wnicn
t
which
has
been
agitating
in-
tprnnf.lnnal
neace.
A
com-
nmmise
is
expected
to
be
r
-
reached.
HARBORS
REVENUE
Increase
Shown
in
Income
During
Past
Ycaj-
Despite
Lower
Grain
Exports
OTTAWA,
March
29:
(CP)
In
spite
of
a
greatly
decreased
wheai
movement,
Canadian
harbors
com
,'ng
under
tne
wauonai
naiuoio
'.Board
showed
an
increase
in
opei-latlng
revenue
during
the
past
year
lllon.
Clarence
D.
Howe,
minlstei
I
of
transport,
announced
yesterday
The
Increase
In
operating
Income
I
over
the
previous
year
was
$468,000.
VOTE
IN
Victoria
II?ars
That
Provincial
Tiy-Election
May
Be
Held
on
May
1"
VICTORIA,
March
29:
(CT)
"here
are
reports
In
well-informei
carters
here
that
the
provincla
v-elnctlon
in
Dewdncy
riding
m&y
called
for
May
17.
The
seat
was
nade
vacant
through
the
recent
leMh
nf
Dr.
Frank
Patterson,
Leader
nf
the
Conservative
Opposition.
There
will
be
at
least
three
candidates
In
the
by-elcctlon
Liberal,
Conservative
and
Co-operative
Commonwealth
Federation.
Card
of
Thanks
David
McCullough
and
family
wish
to
express
sincere
thanks
and
appreciation
to
their
many
frlend3
who
were
so
kind
to
them
during
their
recent
bereavement,
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