GABRIELLE
D'ANNUNZIO,
Tomorrow's
Tides
High
1:58
a.m.
20.9
ft.
CAPTOR
OF
FIUME;
DIES:
14:05
pjn.
20.0
ft.
.
Low
8:46
ajn.
3.9
It.
20:21
pjn.
3.7
fL
GREAT
ITALIAN
PATRIOT
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
IFmcrjicd
Fr
i
Great
War
as
One
of
Most
Colorful
Vol.
XXVII..
No.
51.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
MARCH
2,
1938.
PRICE:
S
CENTS
'
Ki"iir
.iFonflict
Gained
Fame
in
Manv
"r-
WA
I
'nnirit
tike
;
Enormous
Budget
For
Air
Force
I
G
AISKIELLE
d'ANNUNZIO
I
fcrilxMi
Liberal
Want
Next
Prov
piM
Oalhorins
of
l'arty
There
SI
i
br
uls
are
launching
r
upon
party
lead-UMy
of
holding
tht
party
convention
at
or
Prince
George
ol
the
movement
m
to
the
Interest
ir
Cariboo
in
recent
i.,
nased
mining
ac-
rauves
from
more
re--o
ridings
would
have
ortunlty
of
nttendlnt,
they
say,
If
it
wai
central
interior.
talim
Vessels
)n
Victoria
Dock
William
(rant
mi.i1
iti
'"Pun
to
Damage
Sustained
When
Smacked
by
Mammals
'If
i
from
the
World
War
as
one
of
the
most
colorful
figures
of
that
con
flict.
His
seizure
of
the
city
of
Flume
from
Jugo-Slavla
as
a
protest
against
Its
disposition
by
the
Con
ference
of
Versailles
was
the
most
ist,
dramatist,
soldier
and
patriot.
This
many-sided
man
also
at
tracted
world-wide
notice
because
of
the
many
romances
In
which
he
was
involved.
When
the
war
began
d'AnnunzIo
became
deeply
Impressed
with
the
vital
necessity
of
Italy
participating
in
In
It
It
so
so
as
as
to
to
realize
realize
her
ucr
auYcicnsj
sovereignty
At.
the
time
d'AnnunzIo
was
com
mander
of
an
Italian
air
squadron
at
Venice
and
the
peace
conference
action
Impelled
him
to
fiery
eloquence
and
denunciation
of
his
own
government.
Public
disapproval
of
the
government's
failure
to
obtain
Flume
eventually
caused
the
fall
of
the
ministry
headed
by
Premier
Orlando.
a
now
cabinet
header
by
Premier
'
Nlttl
was
formed
and
in
newspaper
I
...
j
etveehos.
c
d
rt'Aimnnzlo
Annunzio
v
March
2:
icpi-Twi.1..,..
or
UUtiM
"1
..
m
vessels
of
the
Con-
warned
the
new
government
that
V7i
illr.R
Corporation
are'lt
must
not
return
from
the
Peace
here
for
repairs
to
conference
without
Flume
and
Dal-unrd
during
last
sea-
mata.
This,
he
declared,
was
the
'f'tis
off
the
Queen
dlctum
0
the
IUllan
people.
'
lunas.
They
are
tne.
Aroused
reopie
-
and
the
Blue.
Bothj
In
aanianed
when
theVi
READY
TO
AID
GOV'T
Peasants
and
Others
Kail
y
to
Sup-
'
t
..
.1
1
ii
i-
.
t
....
i
port,
ui
inunci-iiur
ociiusciiiurs
in
Austria
VIENNA,
March
2:
(CP)
Various
organizations
of
the
Austrian
populace
are
rallying
to
the
support
of
the
government
In
Its
stand
against
Nazi
Influences.
Thousands
of
peasants
are
planning
to
aid
the
government
If
necessary.
Numerous
pro-government
demonstrations
are
being
organized.
Twenty
thousand
Nazis
paraded
In
Oratz
yesterday
to
display
strength.
A
number
wore
the
uniforms
of
German
Nazi
storm
troop-
.ers.
SURPLUS
IS
ESTIMATED
I'rovincial
Treasurer
of
Quebec
Presents
Gratifying
Budget
OUEBEC
March
2:
(CP
The
budget
of
Provincial
Treasurer
Fisher,
presented
to
the
Legislature
yesterday,
showed
a
surplus
of
$7.-500.000
for
the
fiscal
year
1938-39.
No
increases
In
taxation
are
Canada
Keeping
.."DONE.
RIVIERA,
Italy,
March
2:
(CP)
Gab-'
Posted,
Premier
s
runzio,
fainoiiHtalia'rfvgoHlier-pct,
"(1IM
last1
A
Y,
.
n
is
little
village
on
LaKe
uarua.
ronowmg
nis
1
ens
VUIUWCii
aia
exploits
during
the
latter
days
of
and
immed-
.
ufv.er
the
Great
War,
he
had
lived
here
quietly
for
ottawa.
March
2:
icp-
The
'Tjr-
He
was
seventy-five
years
of
age.
I
Canadian
-government
has
been
OKIE
ASKS
I
CONVENTION
t
Oabrlelle
uaDrieiie
d'AnnunzIo
artnnunzio
emergeu.KEpinB
iwrcii
vuiuwi;
ithcquestlon
of
British
foreign
policy
but
has
expressed
no
opinion
to
London
on
the
subject.
Prime
Minster
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
announced
yesterday
In
the
House
of
Commons
in
answer
to
a
quest
ion
by
M.
J,
Coldwcll.
C.C.F.
mcm-
extraordinary
exploit
of
his
plctur-
ber
for
Rosetown-Biggar,
Saskat
esque
career
a
career
wnicn
brought
him
fame
as
a
poet,
novel
chewan.
German
Air
Force
Big
Organization
Is
Estimated
to
Consist
of
Two
Thousand
First
Line
Aircraft
rtERLIN.
March"!:
CPt-
Two
;
4
nrnft
crt
of
nii
thousand
f
rst
1
ne
Adriatic.
When
Italy
failed
in
the
,
estimated
to
be
now
to
obtain
Flume
In
the
peace
con-
fprpnee
he
looked
upon
his
coun
try's
part
in
the
war,
as
a
failure.
categories
are
included
In
the
rebuilt
uerman
air
"orce
which
General
Herman
toer-
!..
riaoiit-ori
vpsteraav
to
De
m
U15
uniu..-
j
.
11
by.whales
which.
were
'm,
comment
by
referring
to
the
.
K.mi00nS
on
July
Puffin-
Of
St.
M,i
.
v-,,ll!r
Through
'
From
to
Sea
to
tart
Friday
t!ov.
iviarcn
2
ine
0,
"
uit-uKcrs
on
f
riaay
j.
-"."::n;e
cutting
a
channel
.'.f.r.-al
towards
the
sea.
m;r-
of
the
latest
stmts
In
.
mic
b
viiltlirPK.
Whl)
I
.
ji
A
miHnr
nf
thp
i
ministry
as
lniauiuuo
""
jaiso
oiatuaotu
iuv.
I
want
to
bury
all
heroism,"
and
de-1
forthcomlng
provincial
by-electlon
iclnrlne
that
Italy's
rights
were
be-
Ucwdney
to
fill
the
vacancy
ine
sold
by
the
react-
vu..
jCausea
Dy
tne
oeaui
oi
uic
wvc
..,
for
eold
He
was
criticised
in
the
prank
p
patterson,
Conservative
,
Italian
Chamber
of
Deputies
on
the
lcadcr
The
seat
wllI
undoubtedly
Pionnd
that
he
had
auutcu
be
coniesiea
oy
me
u.u.r
.
.
of
his
sueeches.
dent
wuson
u.
-
-
,.
the
by
startled
The
world
was
nn,mCnt
on
on
Septenwer
CATTLE
RECEIPTS
LIGHT
announcement
1919,
101U,
that
mil"
ui-"
d'AnnunzIo
,
had
arn
VANC0UVER(
VANL.UU
Vi,
March
iviuiuu
2Wlth
nt
the
the
head
head
of
of
a
a
ion
fnvre
l
01
,
.
v,
ci,imp
Flume
at
nght.
the
pnfH.
cattle
mfiri.Pt.
market
BULLETINS
ROBBED
OF
$110
An
interior
man
reported
to
the
city
police
today
that
lie
had
been
robbed
of
$110
cash
In
a
down
town
hotel.
It
appears
that
he
left
his
vest,
a
pocket
of
which
contained
the
cash,
in
the
washroom
of
the
hotel
about
midnight
last
night
and
forgot
about
it
until
8
o'clock
this
morning.
When
he
went
to
the
washroom
to
look
it
up,
the
vest
and
wallet
containing
the
money
were
still
there
but
the
cash
was
gone.
A1U
LINER
CRASHES
FKESNO,
Cal.
Trapped
by
a
sudden
storm,
an
air
liner
is
believed
to
have
crashed
with
nine
occupants
In
the
'mountains
to
the
cast
of
Fresno.
Transcontinental
and
Western
Air
Transport
has
not
heard
from
the
plane
since
9:28
last
night
when
Tilot
John
Graves
reported
he
was
flying
blind
and
preparing
to
make
an
emergency
landing
at
Fresno.
KILLED
AT
CROSSING
STRATFORD
Four
men,
all
of
Stratford,
were
killed
when
a
car
they
were
riding
collided
with
a
Canadian
National
Railways
train
at
a
level
crossing.
The
dead
are
Milton
I'eonkie,
Jack
Richards,
Glen
Campbell
and
Carl
Allan.
KIDNAP
NOTE
RECEIVED
NEW
ROCHELLE,
,N.W
A
third
kidnap
note
stipulating
payment
of
S60.000
ransom
a"iW
'accompanied
'by
a
pleading
letter
in
the
handwriting
of
the
abducted
Peter
Lcvine
were
disclosed
here
as
investigators
hung
on
the
the
father's
decision'to
make
another
radio
appeal
to
the
abductors.
BOARD
OF
TRANSPORT
Legislation
introduced
at
Ottawa
to
Commissioners
OTTAWA.
March
2:
(CP)
Gov
ernment
sponsored,
a
bill
was
Intro
duced
In
Parliament
yesterday
to
convert
the
present
Board
of
Railway
Commissioners
to
a
Board
of
Transport
Commissioners
which
AS
FAR
AS
'Enormous
Arming
Cost
LETHBRIDGE
First
TransCanada
Airways
Mail
Flight
Had
Unfavorable
Weather
Yesterday
LETHBRIDGE.
March
2:
(CP)
The
first
westbound
experimental
to
go
through
to
the
coast
today.
GAVE
BOOST
TO
HIGHWAY
Secretary
of
inlerlor
Ickes
Hopes
to
Be
Able
to
Drive
to
Alaska
I
Before
Term
Expires
1
'
WASHINffTON,
D.C..
March
2:
(CPi
The
projected
highway
through
British
Columbia
from
Seattle
to
Fairbanks
received
a
boost
yesterday
when
Secretary
of
the
Interior
Harold
Ickes
said
he
hoped
to
be
able
to
drive
to
Alaska
before
his
term
of
office
expired.
He
hoped
for
an
early
arrangement
between
Canada
and
the
United
States
for
building
of
the
road.
Espionage
And
Sabotage
Will
Be
In
Debate
I
LONDON.
March
2:
(CP)
The
I
miestlon
of
espionage
and
sabotage
will
also
be
Included
In
the
debate
on
the
British
deiense
question
,
which
will
be
commenced
In
Parlla-'rnent
next
Monday
by
Prime
Mln-iistcr
Neville
Chamberlain.
Supreme
Court
:
Gets
Building
Construction
of
New
$2,100,000
Structure
in
Ottawa
to
-Commence
in
July
would
control
water
and
air
pas-1
s,cn0'er
and
freight
transport
as
well!
OTTAWA.
March
2:
(CP)
Con-as
railways.
Highway
traffic
will
j
structlon
of
the
new
$2,000,000
Su-not
come
under
the
proposed
board
j
preme
Court
of
Canada
building
nor
will
Great
Lakes
cargo
traffic,
here
will
commence
In
July.
The
or
shipping
confined
to
either
the
site
will
be
Just
west
of
the
Parlla-
.
.
i
-1.
1
,
w
rf
vincible"
The
exact
strengtn
is
Awauut
ui
raiuu.
m
uuu-imit
uuuuh
Intercoastal
traffic
would
tawa
River.
not
revealed
by
German
authorities,
son
Bay.
l-I
Ik.
octlmntn
nf
Tfirpiffri
1
llllntVuii
uauti
wit
nvw
tniS
DClUg
"1C
.
j
authorities.
iboard-
Kamloops
To
HayeN0
INCREASE,
C.C.F.
Convention
MAYOR
QUITS
Socialist
Party
Will
Have
Provincial
Chief
Magistrate
of
Fort
Eric
Ke
Giithcrlns
There
on
July
1,
it
is
Announced
VANCOUVER,
March
2:
(CP)
signs
When
Council
Refuses
to
Boost
Ills
Salary
FORT
ERIE,
Ont.,
March
2:
(CP)
nr
I.piiklp
mnvor
of
Port
Erie.
Meeting
here
yesterday,
the
pro-
resigned
yesterday
when
the
city
Extension
Of
Operations
Of
Airway
Planned
OTAWA,
March
2:
(CP)
A
bill
to
authorize
TransCanada
Airways
to
.ii
4
iM
i.ntiojtnni
M'
uartlcloatc
yurticipuiv
in
m
transAtiantlc
MuiniivmiiHt
ser
and
u.vw-
and
Craggy
yesterday.
Sales
here
House
of
Commons
yesterday.
tween
tween
8,000
',
.
equipped
with
mat.v
toUlled
74
head
wlth
good
armored
oiiw,
Muh
t4.T6.
.(Continued
nn
steers
dlo
facilities
on
both
.sides
of
Atlantic
are
planned.
Ra
Less
For
Drought
j
1
Relief
Is
Asked
Government
of
Alberta
Asks
for
s-Kl.5.-.n
as
Comared
With
1
j
1
$611,475
Last
Year
!
EnvioNTOK.
March
2:
(CP)
-
'
(Reduced
cxendltures
for
relief
In
the
drought
areas
of
the
province
j
ate
being
provided
for
by
the
gov-'
eminent
during
the
coming
year,,
estimates
presented
to
the
Legls-
lature
yesterday
showed.
This
year
j
the
sum
of
$284,550
is
asked
as
pomnared
with
$641,475
for
agri
cultural
relief
during
the
past
year.
Weather
Forecast
A
storm
off,
Vancouver
Island
ap-wnrs
to
have
moderated
somewhat
Is
Revealed
In
First
Of
M
emorandums
TODAY'5
STOCKS
(Courtesy
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.13
V2.
Bii
Missouri.
.44.
Bralorne,
8.85.
Aztec,
.09.
r-nriboo
Quartz,
2.13.
Dentonla,
.11.
Golconda,
.05.
Mlnto,
.032.
Falrvlew.
.043i.
Ncble
Five,
.03..
Pend
Oreille,
2.00.
Pioneer,
3.30.
Porter
Idaho.
.03.
Premier,
2.30.
,
Reeves
McDonald,
.41.
Reno.
.62.
.
.
"Relief
AriIiigtorr"22:
"
Reward,
.04.
Salmon
Gold.
.OC'i-
Taylor
Bridge,
.05.
Hedley
Amalgamated,
.05.
Premier
Border,
.01
'A.
Sllbak
Premier,
2.05.
Home
Gold,
.01
V2.
Grandvlew,
.0734.
Indian.
.02
i.
Quatslno
Copper,
.032.
Haida
Gold,
.07
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.24
2.
Calmont,
.42.
C.
&
E.,
2.70.
Freehold,
.05Vi.
McDougall
Segur,
.20.
Mercury,
.15.
Okalta,
1.90.
Pacalta,
.10
Va.
Home
Oil,
1.18.
Toronto
Beattle,
1.35.
Central
Patricia,
2.92.
Gods
Lake,
.50.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.00.
McKcnzle
Red
Lake,
.90.
Pickle
Crow,
4.65.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore.
.27
Vi.
San
Antonio,
1.44.
Sherritt
Oordoni
1.45.
Smelters
Gold,
.02.
MpLeod
Cockshutt,
3.65.
1
Oklend.
.41.
.
Mosher.
.32.
the
south.
ounce.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char
1
tir
n..ntl
nf
fonprtiivpr
TxmnA.
nfVli
vyVtMU
.
i
.
.
v.
.
.
the
.Strong
east
winds,
probaoly.snow-ers
tonight.
,
I
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.40.
Stadacona,
.25.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.05.
Francoeur,
.45.
Moneta
Porcupine,
2.45.
Bouscadlllac,
.13.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.27.
Bankfleld,
.93.
East
Mahrtlc.
1.G5.
Preston"
East
Dome.
1.18.
Hutchison
lake.
.10.
Dawson
White,
.02.
Aldermac.
.56.
Kerr
Addison.
2.24.
Uchl
Gold.
1.C7.
Martin
Bird.
.54.
Hardrock,
2.41.
Intcr'l
Nickel.
51.25.
Noranda,
60.00.
Con.
Smelters,
60.50.
'
LONDON
GOLD
PKICE
J
LONDON.
March
2:
(CP)
The
miM
ivontlipr
rnntlniies
in
nrlec
of
bar
cold
ln
uiiu
mi"
...
-
,
-
British
Columbia
with
showers
In
'down
lc
yesterday
at
$35.09
per
fine
ntrn
icinnns
r
ti;sii
lu
sliuuk
cuoii
vYimit-
oti-
,
--
-
at
cclpts
both
vice
and
to
fly
outside
of
Canada
erly
winds,
light
scattered
showers
Italian
soldiers
said
to
m"?c
ln
Vancouver
and
Calgary
was
slow
was
given
third
reading
In
the
and
slightly
cooler
at
night.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
1'ltICES
WINNIPEG,
March
2;
(CP)
Winnipeg1
wheat
prices
were
He
to
c
higher
yesterday,
May
closing
at
$l.27&-
Tod
ay
i
mail-carrying
flight
of
TransCan-
tZZtZZZ
Total
for
Year
is
il02,000,000-Strcngth
is
Grcally
In-
Vancouver
stopped
here
for
the
creased
and
Personnel
is
Correspondingly
Greater
night.
A
delay
at
Regina
where
It
.
had
to
circle
overhead
for
flrty-flve
A
'
.
.
.
.
minutes
m
the
fog
before
it
could
LONDON,
March
2:
(CP)
,n.
The
T,
Royal
Air
Force
will
make
a
landing
made
it
impossible
cost
the
taxpayers
the
huge
sum
of
102,000,000
during
for
the
plane
to
proceed
further
ih
mmm
fiscal
vear.
This
reDresents
an
increase
of
than
here
by
daylight.
It
planned
POAnnA.An
,ncri.
,,
on,i
:
n
nrr1
tntnl
It
ram-
pares
with
50,000,000
in,
1936,
27,000,000
in
1935
and
17.000,000
in
1934.
Of
the
1937-38
air
expenditure,
ap-
nroxlmatelv
one-quarter
is
bor-
rowed
money
and
the
remainder
Is
being
raised
through
taxation.
This
year's
estimates
Include
estimated
Interest
charges
of
780,000
on
borrowed
money.
The
strength
of
the
home
air
force
has
been
increased
from
fifty-three
'to
123
squadrons
in
three
years.
The
number
of
persons
employed
In
the
aircraft
Industry
Is
Increased
from
30.000
to'
90,000
In
the
same
period.
Still
greater
numbers
will
be
needed
during
the
coming
years,
a
memorandum
on
the
Air
Force
continues.
The
memorandum
is
submitted
preparatory
to
the
debate
on
defenses
which
will
be
oisened
in
Parliament
next
Mon
day
by
Prime
Minister
Chamberlain.
N.S.
HOUSE
IS
OPENED
Maritime
Province
in
Good
Shape,
Comparing
More
Than
Favorably
With
Rest
of
Canada
HALIFAV,
March
2:
(CP)
With
a
House
consisting
of
twenty-five
Liberal
and
five
Conservative
mem-
'
bers,
the
session
of
the
Nova
Scotia
Legislature
opened
yesterday.
The
Speech
from
the
Throne
referred
to
the
general
economic
condition
of
the
Drovince
as
satisfactory.
comparing
more
than
favorably
with
other
parts
of
the
Dominion.
Amendment
of
the
Education
Act
wa.
forecast.
Twenty-three
bills
were
Introduced
after
the
opening.
Today's
Weather
lOomrmiieni
"VleKrimlwi
Prince
Rupert,
Part
cloudy,
southeast
wind,
14
miles
per
hour:
barometer,
29.52;
temperature,
44.
sea
smooth.
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
southeast
wind,
12
miles
per
hour,
light
chop.
I
Langara
Island
Cloudy,
south-cast
wind,
15
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
29.50;
temperature,
45;
sea
moderate.
:
Dead
Tree
Point
Clear,
light
northeast
wind;
barometer,
29.55,
temperature,
42:
moderate
swell
1
Bull
Harbor
Clear,
calm:
barometer,
29.52;
temperature,
35;
moderate
swell.
Alert
Bay
Clear,
calm;
baro
meter.
29.48;
temperature,
34;
sna
smooth.
Estcvan
Clear,
northeast
wind
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
I
29.62.
Vancouver
Clear,
calm;
baro
meter.
29.6G.
Victoria
Clear,
northerly
wind,
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
Prince
George
Cloudy,
southerly
uonaon
was
mcter
29.72.
baro-
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
tempera
ture
30.
Alyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
34.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
35.-I
Anyox
Part
cloudy,
calm,
33.
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
36.
Bmlthers
Cloudy,
calm,
35.
Burns
Lake
Dull,
calm,
31,
j'
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
32,