Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
Prince
Rupert
Part
cloudy,
High
2:48
ajn.
20.0
ft.
calm;
barometer,
29.94
(falling);
15:46
p.m.
18.2
ft.
temperature,
52;
sea
smooth.
Low
9:30
p.m.
3.1
ft.
21:41
p.m.
7.8
ft.
NORTIIEItN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVII.,
No.
139.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
JUNE
15,
1938
PRICE:
5
CENTS
Flood
Waters
Silence
Chinese
War
.
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r
H-
"ft.
INSURGEi
v.
Wi
't
ARE
STILLS
MOVING
Ow
Rebels
Keatli
nanus
oi
.iiijarei
Rlvtr
in
Their
Drive
lowaras
Valencia
4
FRENCH
SHIP
SUNK
VALENCIA,
June
15:
(CP)
The
French
freighter
(Jaulos
was
sunk
in
Valencia
harbor
todayt
after
bombing
by
insurgent
war
planes.
The
port
suffered
two
heavy
bombings.
There
were
no
casualties
aboard
the
fiualos,
a
vessel
of
500
tons
from
Marseilles.
Meantime
a
surprise
insurgent
olfenslve
imperilled
the
govern
ment
defences
in
southern
Spain.
HENDAYE,
Franco
-
Spanish
.
.
,
1
t
.J
.1
own
the
Mediterranean
coast
has
ond
captured
Castellon
de
la
plana
to
the
banks
of
the
Mljarcs
ivir
in
the
advance
on
Valencia
housanas
oi
government
troops
re
nowevcr.
moving
up
in
ire
ffort
to
stem
the
Insurgent
of-
emlve
There
were
further
insurgent
air
aid:;
on
Valencia
yesterday.
Four
ioab
In
the
harbor
were
destrpyed
ut
none
were
British.
Segundo,
a::
also
subjected
to
an
aerial
L
l
ui
1
I
'OLICY
IS
-iT-HTIiirT-rI,
oilKU
"J
u,c
".'i'S
VlKt
I
!tl
I
II
I
IT
I
11
-
noIhlentlon
of
doIng
so
undel
Vivl
1
slialuU
(any
codltions.
The
natives
would
plment
Alice
Haps
Government
For
Hj
Attitude
In
Regard
To
Spanish
Civil
War
LONDON.
June
15:
(CP)
Fol-owins
the
statement
of
Prime
nlnktcr
Neville
Chamberlain
on
panl.;h
civil
war
policy
In
which
e
iald
that
the
safety
of
British
ecseb
In
the
war
zone
could
not
e
guaranteed,
Clement
Atlce,
La-
or
leader,
expressed
concern
at
he
dangers
Involved
In
countcn-
nclng
the
continued
attacks
by
nsurgent
bombing
planes
on
Brl-
sh
ships,
Impatience
was
expressed
In
thrr
quarters
at
the
govem-
ent's
policy.
The
Prime
Minister
said
Oeneral
'ranclsco
Franco,
Spanish
insur-ent
commandcr-ln
-
chief,
had
iven
nd
satisfaction
to
protests
;t
the
attacks
on
British
ships.
He
'Franco)
had
expressed
the
con-
fiction
that
British
ships
were
parrying
war
materials
to
the
iEpanish
government
and
were.
therefore,
fair
game..
Divorce
Bill
Is
Given
Hoist
I
Nothing
Will
Be
Done
About
Re.
axing
Grounds
at
This
Session
At
Least
OTTAWA.
June
15:
(CP)
The
House
of
Commons
descarded
party,
lines
last
night
to
give
a
six
months
hoist
to
the
bill
from
the
Senate
which
would
have
broadened
the,
grounds
for
divorce
in
Canada.
All
but
eleven
Liberals
voted
for
the
hoist
as
also
did
three
Conservatives
and
one
Independent.
Weather
forecast
General
Synopsis
Cool,
rainy
leather
prevails
In
Northern
British
Columbia
with
scattered
show-rs
In
the
vicinity
of
Vancouver
Island.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
Moderate
variable
winds
with
light
rdlns.
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island-Cool
and
shifting
to
westerly
winds.
No
Merit
In
4.
Beattv
Plant1
4
OTTAWA,
June
15:
(CP)
Appearing
before
the
Senate
railways
committee
yesterday,
8.
J.
Hungerford,
president
of
Canadian
National
Railways,
said
that
the
unification
plan
of
Sir
Edward
Beatty,
presl-
dent
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway,
"has
neither
the
mer-
Its
of
public
or
private
owner-
ship
and,
in
my
opinion,
It
Is
Impractical
and
would
con-
celvabjy
lead
to
serious
in-
volvement
of
the
state.
A
rail-
way
purchased
at
the
expense
of
Canadian
development
and
wide
disturbance
of
already
disturbed
labor
and
material
markets
would
be
too
dearly
('Obtained."
Natives
Holding
Out
For
Higher
Price
On
Salmon
Rrjpaklnz
last
nleht
in
reeard
to'pvnintn
th
iwp
f
thpfr
armv
.
-u,
h
-
nnerlPs.
Thomas
Gosnell
of
Pnrf
:
r
7P
;J
:7
l
7.
,
Uve
Brotherhood
of
n
British
u
Colum-
ia,
stated
that
the
Brotherhood
.had
not
accepted
the
sockeye
price
(iioiu
out
iui
idoi.
jwio
iiVzC
per
nsn,
ne
saia.
The
canners
price
committee
sailed
yesterday
afternoon
on
the
Catala
for
Vancouver
after
having
with
flood
waters
of
the
Yellow
met
the
Skeena
Fishermen's
As-
River
spreading
over
a
wide
area
of
soclatlon
at
North
Pacific
on
the
northern
Honan
Province,
condl-Skeena
River.
There
had
been
no
tlons
are
said
to
be
worst
In
the
final
settlement
of
prices
up
to
the
'
chung
Mow
area,
twenty-five
miles
time
of
the
committee's
departure,
BENNETT
PROTEST!
Leader
of
Opposition
Impatient
At
Occupation
of
Vancouver
Post
Office
Federal
Policy
Unchanged
OTTAWA,
June
15:
(CP)
Rt
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett,
Leader
of
the
Opposition,
again
voiced
protest
in,smo0th.
Parliament
yesterday
at
the
con-
tlnucd
occupation
of
the
lobby
of
Vancouver
Post
Office
by
single
unemployed.
Such
a
thing
as
a
sit-,
down
strike
in
demand
for
a
works
program
was
something
unheard
of
barometer,
29.92;
temperature,
47:
in
Canada,
he
declared.
sea
smooth.
Hon.
Norman
Rogers,
minister
of
i
Bull
Harbor
Showery,
southwest
labor,
stated
that
the
federal
pol-
wind,
12
miles
per
hour;
baro-icy
was
still
to
support
the
prov-1
meter,
29.90;
temperature,
51;
light
ince
In
offering
to
pay
the
trans-.
swell.
nortatlon
of
the
men
back
to
the
places
from
which
tney
came.
Alberta
Protests
EDMONTON,
June
15:
(CP)
linn
Dr.
W.
W.
Cross,
minister
of,
labor,
yesterday
sent
a
proicsi
io3o.U4.
Premier
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
at
Victoria-Cloudy,
westerly
wind,
Ottawa
and
Premier
T.
D.
Pattullo
12
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.04.
of
British
Columbia
at
any
move
Vancouver,-
Cloudy,
southeast
to
dump
Single
unemployed
men
u
present
In
British
Columbia
Into
Alberta.
1
Today's
Baseball
American
League
New
York.
6;
Chicago,
4.
Philadelphia,
7;
Detroit,
6.
Washington,
4;
Cleveland,
0.
:
Boston.
2;
St.
Louis.
2
(fifth
in
ning).
National
League
Pittsburg,
2;
New
York,
0.
Chicago,
0;
Boston,
2.
St.
Louis,
10;
Philadelphia.
7.
Cincinnati-Brooklyn,
night
game
Japanese
Drive
In
Chenchow
'
m
.mm
m
m
m
m
m
m
Sorfnr
c
Yellow
Both
Arniics
Arc
Fleeing
Today
Before
Torrent
Millions
of
Peasants
Facing
Disaster
Hundreds
of
Thousands
Are
Dead
SHANGHAI,
June
15:
patches
asserted
todav
that
5,000
Japanese
troops
had
been
drowned
in
the
Yellow
River
flood
waters,
that
7,000
more
were
trapped
and
that
gigantic
quantities
of
war
munitions
"were
inundated.
It
was
asserted
that
7,000
more
were
isolated
at
Kaifeng,
and
that
their
fate
was
unknown.
Kalfeng,
the
dispatches
,
raid,
was
under
twenty
feet
of
water
and
two
hundred
and
fifty
field
guns,
eighty
tanks
and
one
hundred
armored
cars
were
submerged.
Dispatches
from
Chinese
portions
of
the
central
front
asserted
2St
Chengchow
sector
...L.
at
,
.v,
the.
junction
point
of
the
Lunghai
and
the
North-South
Peiplng-Hankow
railroad.
Japanese
had
nothing
to
say
regarding
the
flood.
They
did
not
:
T
..."
f,
h,vS
QOn
"
"
"0m
UninCS
W
arm-
ies
were
fleeing
today
before
the
Yellow
River
flood.
Spilling
through
immense
breeches
in
the
dykes,
the
UOoa
rouea
lor
mues
across
me
Plains
of
Honan
Province
between
changchow
and
Kalfeng,
carrying
aisasier
10
muuons
ui
uiuneau
pva-
'ants.
Japanese
war
dispatcnes
saia
that
fully
300,000
Chinese
civilians
were
homeless
and
150,000
drowned
east
of
Chengchow
railway
junc
tion.
Here
the
river's
angry
overflow
Is
at
its
swirling
peak.
The
Japanese
say
they
have
noj
information
concerning
the
fate
of
MEXICO
CITY,
June
15:-Coun-Japan'esc
forces
in
that
district.
r
eighteen
British
and
Am-Fears
are
expressed
that
thousands
erican
011
companies
are
appealing
av
hnvp
hPpn
drowned
a5in
to
the
Mexican
Supreme
i.ivn.
.
In
the
flood
waters
or
trapped
by
them.
1
Today's
Weather
(Oovrrnnwnt
"lTapb
Triple
Island
Part
cloudy,
sea
Langara
Island
Part
cloudy
northeast
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour
barometer,
29.94;
temperature,
49;
nght
chop.
Dead
Tree
Point
Cloudy,
calm;
Alert
Bay
Overcast,
calm;
baro
meter,
29.99;
temperature,
43;
sea
smooth.
Estcvan
Cloudy,
easterly
wind;
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,!
-
wina;
oarumeier,
ou.m
Prince
George
Raining,
wester
ly
wind,
four
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.92.
Terrace
Part
cloudy,
calm;
58
Aiyansh
Cloudy,
calm,
58.
Alice
Arm
Clear,
calm,
54.
Anyox
Clear,
calm;
54.
Stewart
Clear,
calm;
53.
Hazelton
Clear,
calm;
62.
Smlthers
Clear,
calm,
62.
Burns
Lake
Bright,
calm;
49.
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
June
15:
(CP)
Wheat
advanced
to
$1.10
on
the
Vancouver
market
yesterday.
CnmnK
River
Takes
(CP)
Chinese
military
dis-
JAPANESE
D.
INDIGNANT
-
--?
-
Nipponese
Denial
GENEVA,
June
15:
Eljl
Amau,
Japanese
delegate
to
the
Opium
Advisory
Committee
of
the
League
.
ul
of
Nations,
'"U'S"4""'
indignantly
denied
uc"'cu
to-
w'
day
American
charges
that
the
Japanese
army
is
engaged
in
the
Stuart
Puller,
United
States
del-1
1
egate
cnargcd
yesterday
that
eA-
ports'
of
dru-s
were
being
made
to'
tne
united
States.
Japanese
military
authorities
arc
most
anxious
to
stamp
out
the
drug
traffic,
Amau
said
He
said
opium
was
under
state
control
for
the
purpose
of
control,
not
for
profit,
Expropriation
Invalidation
,
Being
Sought
r,,-f
Court
to
declare
invalid
the
ex
propriation
of
their
holdings
by
,the
Mexican
government
on
March!
18
last.
A
previous
appeal
to
th's
jeffect
had
been
rejected.
Missing
Prairie
Babe
Is
Located
Two-and-a-Half
Year
Old
Boy
Was.
Found
by
Searchers
Sleeping'
Unconcernedly
RABBIT
LAKE,
Sask.,
June
15:
(CP)
A
two
and
a
half
year
old1
Saskatchewan
boy,
who
had
been
missing
a
couple
of
days,
was
yes-!
leraay
iouna
sleeping
peaceruily
and
unconcerned
He
was
little,
if
any,
the
worse
for
hLs
experience.
SPEEDUP
BUSINESS
Hours
and
Wage
Bill
Passes
House
As
Does
Conference
Report
on
Lending
and
Spending
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
15.
Congress
is
speeding
up
Its
business
with
a
view
to
adjourning
today
or
tomorrow.
The
hours
and
wages
bill
passed
the
House
of
Representatives
yesterday
by
a
vote
of
290
to
89
and
now
goes
to
the
Senate
and
then
to
the
President
for
his
signature.
The
lending
and
spending
bill
i
'
conference
report
has
been
adopted
by
the
House.
Haltorh
Huge
Toll
NEUTRALITY
LAW
URGED
Repr1ft!,ts!rtivlc
Vr.sts
Roo!e"
ve,t
S
SSn
SSi
NEW
YORK,
June
15:
'
Repres
-
pntntivp
Hamiifn
puh
vpctprrta
demanded
that
President
Franklin
Roosevelt
Invoke
the
neutrality
law
in
the
Sino-Japanese
situation.
Fish
expressed
the
belief
that
United
States
was
being
propa
gandized
into
war
for
the
protec
S
tTAZTl
and
the
fighting
of
Japan
for
the
benefit
of
Russia
on
the
other.
TODAY'5
STOCKS
(Oourteay
8.
O.
Johtiun
Co.)
Vancouver
B.
C.
Nickel,
.lOVi.
Big
Missouri,
21.
Bralorne,
9.80
Aztec.
.lOV'u.
Cariboo
Quartz,
2.15.
Dentonla.
.06.
Minto.
"03
VST
Fairvlew,
.06'.
Noble
Five,
.02.
Pend
Orielle,
1.50.
Pioneer.
3.00.
Porter
Idaho,
.02
VJ.
Premier,
2.01.
Reeves
McDonald,
.26.
Reno,
.54.
Relief
Arlington,
.14V'2.
Reward,
.034.
Salmon
Gold,
.11.
Taylor
Bridge,
.02&.
Hedley
Amalg.,
.05
(ask).
Premier
Border,
.01
V4.
Silbak
Premier,
1.65.
Congress,
OVA
(ask).
Home
Gold,
.01.
Indian,
.OIV'2.
Quatsin0
Copper,
.03
(ask)
Haida,
.03
V2.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.16.
Calmont,
.30.
C.
&
E..
2.01.
Freehold.
.05.
McDougal
Scgur,
.13.
Mercury,
.07.
Okalta,
1.10.
Pacalta.
.06
Vi.
Home
Oil,
1.05.
Toronto
Beattie,
1.25.
Central
Pat.,
2.60.
Gods
Lake,
.43l2.
Little
Lonj
Lac,
3.75.
McKenzle
Red
Lake,
1.10.
Red
Lake
Gold
Shore,
.15.
Pickle
Crow,
4.70.
San
Antonio,
1.25.
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.98.
Smelters
Gold,
.02
(ask).
McLeod
Cockshutt,
3.45.
Oklend,
.16.
Mosher,
.30.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.38
Vi.
Stadacona,
.42.
Francoeur,
.30.
Moneta,
1.97.
Bouscadlllac,
.08.
Thompson
Cadillac,
21.
Bankfleld,
.68.
East
Malartlc,
1.68.
Hutchison
Lake.
.04
'2.
Preston
East
Dome,
.80.
Dawson
White,
.04.
Aldermac,
.45.
Kerr
Addison,
1.78.
Uchl
Gold,
1.80.
Int.
Nickel,
44.00,
Noranda,
64.00.
Cons.
Smelters,
50.75.
Athona,
.08.
Hardrock,
2.47.
Barber
Larder,
.48.
Rand
Malartlc,
.36.
Trying
To
Cinch
Murder
Charge
In
Kidnapping
Case
MIAMI,
June
15:
Franklin
Pierce
McCall
Is
being
tried
on
two
Indictments
of
murder
In
connection
with
the
kidnapping
of
five
year
old
Jimmy
Cash.
One
charge
is
that
he
strangled
the
child
to
death.
The
other
does
not
specify
the
means
of
slaying.
McCall
Is
I
said
to
have
expressed
the
hope
that
he
would
be
sent
to
the
e1-
ectrlc
chair
rather
than
be
given
Itifo
imnrtcrmmonf
McCall
today
pleaded
guilty
to
charges
of
kidnapping
Jimmy
Cash
lbut
!n"Jeia
f!
;
A
becouu
cuuige
accusing
mm
01
I
murdering
the
five-year-old
boy.
a.
i
a
i
xesieraay
an
eignieen-man
grana
Jury
returned
with
an
Indictment
'
charging
him
with
kidnapping
and
first
degree
murder.
Keel
Of
New
Battleship
r
Is
Laid
Tuesday
PHILADELPHIA,
June
15:
The
keel
of
a
new
35,000-ton
battleship
for
the
United
States
Navy,
to
be
named
Washington,
was
laid
yesterday
in
the
Philadelphia
Navy
lYard.
'
'
This
marks
start
of
construction
!
of
the
second
battleship
to
be
built
.under
the
navy's
new
expansion
;
"
'
'
prrarri:
'
I
The
Washington,
is
the
sixth
I
naval
vessel
to
bear
that
name,
It
will
be
a
sister
ship
of
the
U.S.S.
,
North
Carolina,
under
construction
at
the
Brooklyn
navy
yard.
LOST
PLANE
IS
LOCATED
,
.
.
.
.Mjstery
of
Disappearance
of
Trans-
port
Ship
Last
March
in
Cali-
,
fornia
Solved
I
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
15:
Secretary
of
Commerce
Daniel
z
Roper
yesterday
appointed
a
board
of
three
inspectors
to
Investigate!
the
circumstances
of
the
crash
of1
a
Transcontinental
Western
Air'
lines
transport
plane
with
loss
of
Finland
Only
Nation
to
Meet
In-nlne
lives
in
the
Buena
Vista
Moun-
stalmcnt
Great
Britain
Would
;
tains
of
Yosemite
Park
near
Fres
i
no,
California,
on
March
1
last.
The
wreckage
of
the
plane
and
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
June
15.
the
bodies
have
just
been
found
War
debt
instalments
of
European
and
the
latter
were
yesterday
taken
nations
to
United
States
fell
due
out
to
Fresno.
.
again
yesterday
and,
as
has
been
It
is
believed
that
the
plane
j
the
case
for
some
years
now,
Fin-struck
the
side
of
a
mountain
with
land
was
the
only
one
to
honor
its
terrific
force
during
a
blinding
snowstorm.
Clean
Up
On
Jews
Again
Anti-Hebrew
Raids
Are
Stagey
By
Flying
Squads
of
Tolice
In
Berlin
BERLIN,
June
15:
(CP)
Another
anti-Jewish
lnvestlgatlou
has
been
Instituted
In
Germary
Flying
police
squads
last
night
descended
on
cafes
frequented
by
Jews,
and
examined
the
papers
of
the
Jews.
From
a
number
papers
were
removed
and
they
were
ordered
held.
LONDON
31
ETA
L
PRICES
0RM0ND
BLAMED
Canadian
Penitentiary
Chief
Per
sonally
Held
Responsible
For
'.
Much
of
Trouble
In
Institutions
Sweepnig
Changes
whoIe
Set-Up
of
Canadian
Prison
Administration
May
Be
Altered
OTTAWA,
June
15:
(CP)
Rec-
ommendlnz
the
immediate
retlre-
ment
from
service
of
Major
General
D-
M.
Ormond,
superintendent
of
Sti
ESS
t
.....
5S?
J
"
j
Justice
Archambault,
that
investl-
rr
a
rl
Pinor1lon
nan
I
f
on
I
n
vi
ae
eotr
6u
viiui
vuuuiuuu,
he
(Ormond)
failed
to
grasp
fun
damental
principles
of
penal
Instl
tutions
and
unreasonably
curtailed
the
authority
of
wardens
and
minimized
the
-usefulness
of
inspectors.
"His
arbitrary
manner,"
said
the
report
in
regard
to
General
Ormond
"has
antagonized
the
personnel
of
the
service
and
has
been
a
major
contributory
cause
of
riots
and
disturbances
that
have
taken
place
since
his
appointment.
Transfer
of
Inspector
J.
D.
Dawson
out
of
the
penitentiary
service
was
also
recommended.
Sweeping
Changes
Sweeping
changes
in
regard
to
penitentiary
administration
in
Canada
are
also
recommended
by
tne
Commission.
Tne
present
superintendent
and
,
Hrfree'pectorsy?temwdurdbe're-'"
placed
by
a
three-man
'commission
which,
in
addition
to
general
dlr-
ection
of
prison
policy,
would
act
as
a
central
parole
board.
A
board
of
visitors
to
hear
all
grievances
is
also
recommended
by
the
commission
and
the
discontinuance
of
corporal
punishment
except
for
rioting
Is
advised.
Special
treatment
for
prisoners
according
to
type,
particularly
;
,-ouths,
is
another
recommendation.
Centralization
of
all
penal
instl-
tuUons
undef
federal
control
aJ
nriVnMfprt
WAR
DEBTS
DUE
TODAY
-
!
rsegotiate
obligation.
Great
Britain
passed
up
the
payment
again
on
this
occasion
but
has
Intimated
that
it-Is
ready
to
discuss
future
payments.
Indeed,
it
Is
reported
that
John
P.
Kennedy,
United
States
ambassador
to
Great
Britain,
has
already
negotiated
a
settlement.
Drowning
Of
Three
Girls
Is
Conceded
Empty
Boat,
Oars
and
Hats
Are
Fo'nd
So
it
is
Assumed
Worst
Has
Happened
POWELL
RIVER,
June
15:
(CD-Mary,
aged
19,
Betty,
10,
and
Ruth,
9,
daughters
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
William
Anderson
of
Doriston,
are
conceded
to
have
lost
their
lives
from
a
rowboat
In
the
Gulf
of
LONDON,
June
15:
(CP)
Bar
Georgia.
The
empty
boat,
oars
and
gold
was
up
4c
yesterday
on
the
I
hats
of
the
girls
have
been
found.
London
metal
market,
closing
atThey
had
left
Saturday
for
a
two-$35.35
per
fine
ounce.
Copper
and!
mile
row
and
had
not
been
heard,
lead
were
off
and
zinc
up
slightly,
of
since.