prinre
Rupert
Overcast,
calm;
barometer
30.02
(falling);
temper-ature
4,
sea
smooth.
XXVII
No.
109,
"fkegian
Motorship
Tarangcr
Arrives
Here
To
I-oad
For
United
Kingdom-Continent
The
Norwegian
motorship
Taran-
r
.1
I
!
i
...
11
i
1
1
or
Continent,
arrived
In
port
2
o'clock
this
afternoon
from
en
ntni.
-.
At.,
-i
i
..thorn
N.
1III1V
.M
II
II.
1.1
I
1
111
lil,
ft
11
uw'
"CUnPlfln
V
nUkt
uuj
Ulbllb.
UK
Y
H
K
WEEK
ASKED
i'M'
Is
rnvrw1
Rv
Nalonal
Protective
Canadian
Hoard
Montr
rat
.
ntn,t
in.
rrvp
A
.
i.itlj
ill.
'Wy-hour
unnlr
tnr
thnn
wnrkprS
1
1
-
"v-.r
aui
i.'liu'
"""ughout
the
Canadian
National
n
1,
;''
,,s
askcd
by
the
Canadian
"unai
Protectlvp
Board.
!
Start
Is
Being
SHANGHAI,
May
10:
(CP)
The
Japanese
Navy
to-launched
an
expedition
against
Amoy,
chief
port
of
southern
coastal
province
oi
fUKien.
uispatcnes
saia
.
t
i
e
i
i
i
..
.1
,i
d.
a1
l
1
r.
.
mmnusi:
navai
lurcts
nau
lanueu
aiier
uieie
iiau
relays
of
bombing
planes.
Ihe
invaders
came
to
I
II
1
1
1
If
II
Id
Lt'l
V
Wll.ll
Lilt.
11111
-
carrlson,
Part
of
the
city
Is
re-
I
i
l:i
nr.
111
liaiiiLU
aim
iiulil
been
heavy
loss
of
life,
It
Is
...
j
British
destroyer
is
reported
i.
nil
',
ii
v
ill
i
muiiiuia
bu
ma
J
II
111
!J
U
III
1
I
1
II
Montreal
Wins
JAPS
TO
USE
GAS
Dr.
Wellington
Koo
Asks
League
of
Nations
to
Forestall
This
Appeals
far
Intervention
GENEVA,
May
10.
Dr.
Welling-'
ton
Koo,
Chinese
delegate,
asked
the
League
of
Nations
council
to-.
A.
McLennan
Wrote
Hfst
Essay
flay
lo
lase
acuon
io
lurcawm
M
u
i
pin
r
-sr
fTI
C
fTl
the
soutnern
onaniung
nuvunc
.
.
t-i
n.v
tViot
fho
TonnnsP
Wnllld
TCSOrt
.
...
.t..l.
4
Vc
rr
Vnn
cn
1H
inn
i
ruiri.nniiH.ri.
liliu
ww(
....
rw.
iTrtrt
olert
nukpfl
the
LcatTUC
me
oince
oi
inc
iruit
iuiuiuaii
-
....
.
1
1
n
hnnH
O
fTI
in
CT
IMP
rilLniHNS
,
won
the
competition
sponsor-
carnage
of
civilian
popuiduuna
y
the
Canadian
Railway
Clut.
such
as
the
Japanese
were
engag-
ne
comnctition.
onen
to
anyone
inc
in
uituuku
transportation
service
In
Cana-
cities.
below
the
rank
of
chief,
clerk,
,
The
whole
Japanese
campaign,
.
i.i.n
.1
nil
T
an
rrtiP
s
vnnr
i7
ri
nrrc
mnro
eiinmii.i.i'ii
rrfTrnBinn
in
viiiiu.liiiii
ui
ti
wvh
w.-
Made
On
Second
Floor
This
Week
pouring
of
concrete
for
the
floor
oi
second
and
upper
storey
of
the
Sc
new
federal
building
here
Is
Sected
to
be
started
this
wck
Bennett
&
White
Construct
on
J
....
Mfrarf.nrs
First
flOOt
wall
have
now
been
completed
and
...
-ifn(.nrv
nrocrcss
Is
oe-
the
erection
of
the
ing
made
with
building.
,
IJAft
SILVER
,
vrinu!
(CP)
rBar
l
unchanged
at
4254c
per
ver
was
the
NeW.
York
met-al
fle
ounce
on
market
today.
UNION
HEAD
Homer
Martin,
One
of
C.I.O.
Chiefs,
Seems
None
Too
Secure
DETROIT,
May
10.
Enemies
ot
Homer
Martin,
'president
of
the
United
Automobile
Workers'
Union,
affiliated
with
the
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization,
are
seeking
to
remove
him
from
office,
charging
ineffectiveness,
dictatorial
tactics
and
administrative
Irregularities.
Two
policemen
and
a
United
Au
tomobile
Workers
Union
picket
were
injured
seriously
In
fighting
yester
day
at,
the
Michigan
Steel
Casting
Co.
4c.
Halibut
Sales
Canadian
Skecna
.M.,
3,000,
Atlin,
7.2e
and
t
w
Today's
Weather
,
Tomorrow's
Tides
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MAY
10,
1938.
KING
CHRISTIAN
INSPECTS
HIS
ROOKIES
King
Christian
af
Denmark,
(above),
personalrjKlnspecTj'the
recruits
of
his
second
Royal
Life
Guard
Battalion,
on
a
visit
to
Railway
Club
for
the
season
In
'
iaanese
Now
Driving
on
Central
f
MexiC0
was
followed
by
a
speed
Windsor
Hotel.
More
than
500
wa3
made
by
W.
S.
Emery,
-
-
vf
VltVi
RAIN
SHIP
IS
IN
PORT
China
Nerve
Centre
From
Different
Angle
their
barracks
at
Copenhagen.
PRESIDENT
IS
jENIED
United
States
House
Gives
'Turn?
Priming"
Fudns
To
Committee
Rather
Than
Chief
Executive
.
WASHINGTON,
D.
C,
May
10:
.The
House
of
Representatives
has
approved
the
administration
"pump
ing
up
of
the
legislative
mm.
micr
I
five
minutes'
debate,
the
faenaie
'approved
the
$5,000,000,000
tax
bill
SHANGHAI
May
10!
(CP)
-
and
the
House
of
Representatives
Stalled
in
desperate
and
costly
ef-
is
also
expected
to
give
speedy
ac-forts
to
reach
Suchow
from
the
tion
on
It.
north,
the
Japanese
last
night
ZT-r
SIKK-
WOULD
UUM
wards
that
nerve
centre
oi
tral
Chinese
battle
area.
I
Japanese
dispatches
declared
nninmns
had
captured
Mcnchcng.
85
miles
southwest
of
Suchow,
after
a
desperate
battle.
Mae
West,
12,000,
offered
7c
and!
since
4c,
holding
over.
FISHERS
DROWNED
Fears
Entertained
for
Safety
Party
in
Lake
Erie
Raising
Of
Arms
Embargo
Is
Now
Being
Proposed
of
r
vphp-j
n
ranni
nn
Nflr
nnni
l
-
ibi
w
r.mHc
nitirip
nvnimnie
snnuiu
Kictpr
s
mnn
vv
m
ps
niiL
nn
i.nKr1
a
Montrealcr
and
one
a
mant
rw
m
Dosal
rather
than
to
the
Presidert.
since.
Edmonton.
IlLelltl
V
H
The
return
of
President
Roose-
WASHINGTON,
May
10.
A
report
from
the
Department
of
State
on
the
question
of
raising
the
embargo
on
shipment
of
arms'to
civil
war
ridden
Spain
has
been
presented
to
Congress
and
is
now
receiving
consideration.
BULLETINS
GIANTS
HEAT.
CUBS
CHICAGO
The
New
York
Giants
defeated
the
Chicago
Cubs
5
to
1
in
today's
baseball
gam
any
Unemployed
In
United
States
I
Total
For
March
Was
11,000,000,
Largest
Number
Since
1935,
A.
F.
of
L.
Figures
Show
NEW
YORK,
May
10:--Statistics
of
the
American
Federation
of
Labor
show
that
there
were
11.000.-000
unemployed
in
the
United
States
In
the
month
of
March,
the
hlchest
number
for
that
month
1935.
There
was
a
lessening.
jof
the
number
jn'
April.
i
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
REID
VOTED
DOWNAGAIN
New
Westminster
Member's
Case
For
Lower
Freight
Kates
Fails
OTTAWA,
May
10:
(CP)
The
!
Thirty-
Two
Denominations
Represented
at
Meeting
in
Nether-I
lands
FLYING
PACIFIC
Plans
For
Air
Service
From
Canada
To
New
Zealand
In
British
House
LONDON,
May
10:
(CP)
The
,'oveii(ment
announced
in
the
House
of
Commons
today
that
it
was
considering
the
establish
ment
of
an
air
service
across
the
Pacific
Ocean
from
Canada
to
New
Zealand.
Negotiations
are
already
under
way-with
-the-Dominions
concern
ed
and
also
with
the
United
States
over
the
ownership
of
certain
Pacific
islands
along
the
proposed
route,
Lieut.
Col.
A.
J.
Muirhead,
Under
Secretary
for
Air,
announced.
Muirhead
said
that
preliminary
surveys
were
being
made
on
a
number
of
Pacific
islands
which
might
be
suitable
air
bases.
INTERIOR
HAS
FIRES
According
to
word
received
at
Canadian
National
Railways
divisional
offices
here,
mill
and
residences
at
Sinclair
Mills,
55
miles
east
of
Prince
George,'
were
for
a
time
on
Sunday
menaced
by
a
rag
ing
forest
fire.
Fortunately,
the
UTRECHT.
The
Netherlands
May
flre
was
brought
under
cmtl
be.
High,
11:35
sun.
18.5
it.
23:37
p.m.
205
It.
Low
5:29
a.m.
4.2
ft.
17:32
p.m.
6.0
ft.
PRICE:
5
CENTS
erribk
British
Coal
Mine
Disaster
aDS
Attack
City
Of
AmoyjSeventy-Two
Miners
Are
Known
eaport
On
South
Coast
Is
Bombarded
By
Nipponese
Navy
iiunncry
rrom
onins
anu
i
lanes
unusn
ucsiroycr
Is
Standing
By
Dead
As
Roaring
Blasts
Wreck
Markham
Colliery,
Derbyshire
GrVvious
Scenes
at
Pithead
and
Little
Mortuary
as
Victims
Are
Brought
Out
and
Received
By
Sobbing
Women
Courage
of
Doctors
and
Nurses
BUCKMANTON,
Derbyshire,
England,
May
10:
(CP)
Seventy-two
miners
were
killed,
f
city-nine
are
known
to
be
injured
and
a
number
of
others
are
entombed-in
wrecked
workings
today
after
two
violent
gas
ex-nlosions
in
the
Markham
coal
mine.
It
was
one
of
the
iiuu
u
vuiuuiviiu
a
b
iiiir
w
x
.
end
again
tossed
out
the
bin
of
most
terrible
mine
disasters
England
has
ever
known,
Tom
Reld,
Liberal
member
for
New
Westminster,
calling
for
lower
freight
rates
from
the
prairies
to
the
Pacific
Coast.
Mr.
Reid's
bill
was
supported
by
J.
H.
Blackmore
Social
Credit
leader
from
Alberta,
who
declared
that
Alberta
farmers
were
suffering
from
excessive
freight
rates.
REPORT
OF
!
COMMISSION
Turgeon
Kecommends
Development
of
Co-operatives
and
ation
of
Futures
Trading
j
OTTAWA,
May
10?
(CP
Devel-'
opment
of
producers'
co-operative
societies
for
wheat
marketing
combined
with
continuance
of
the
futures
trading
system
on
the
Winnipeg
exchange
are
key
recommendations
in
the
report
of
Mr.
Justice
Turgeon
on
grain
and
grain
marketing
which
was
tabled
in
the
House
of
Commons
yesterday
afternoon
by
Hon.
W.
D.
Euler,
minister
of
trade
and
commerce.
The
report
said
that
a
compulsory
government
board
was
impractical
AMHERSTBURG,
Ontario,
May
and
that
the
present
wheat
board
:10.
Fears
of
relatives
have
been
should
be
continued
because
of
un-
aroused
for
the
safety
of
six
fish-
certain
world
factors.
j
ermen
who
hired
a
motor
launch
I
BIG
CHURCH
UNION
PLAN
Sobbing
women
gathered
around
the
pithead
as
the
dead
and
injured
were
brought
to
the
surface.
Scenes
were
particularly
grievous
at
the
little
mortuary
where
wives
and
relatives
sought
to
identify
bodies
marked
by
yelow
tags.
One
womafl,
Mrs.
J:
W.
Grainger,
found
that
four
members
of
her
family
were
still
in
the
blasted
workings,
their
fate
undetermined.
Two
roaring
blasts
reverberated
through
the
huge
coal
mine
as
the
night
shift
was
preparing
to
emerge.
Doctors
and
nurses
displayed
courage
under
difficult
conditions
in
ministering
to
the
injured.
One
physician,
Dr.
J.
B.
Mackay,
was
overcome
by
gas
while
working
over
a"
victim
and
was
removed
from'the"
pit
to
hospital.
Forty-one
of
the
men
still
left
in
the
mine
have
perished,
it
is
feared.
There
were
160
miners
in
the
pit
at
the
time
of
the
explosion.
It
is
the
second
time
in
two
years
that
here
has
been
a
dlsaser
In
this
mine
but
today's
is
by
far
the'
most
serious.
In
January
last
year
nine
men
lost
their
lives.
'
Government
Sympathetic
LONDON,
May
10.
The
Secretary
for
Mines,
speaking
In
the
House
of
Commons
today,
referred
to
the
Derbyshire
colliery
disaster.
"I
am
sure,"
he
said,
"that
the
House
will
wish
to
join
the
govern-
jment
In
expressing
deepest
sympathy
with
the
families
of
those
Sawmill
and
Residents
East
of
who
have
iost
their
lives
and
with
Prince
George
Have
Close
Call
'
the
Injured."
:
j
A
report
on
the
disaster
from
a
royal
commission
investigating
safety
in
mines
was
being
awaited.
'progress
!
with
span
lO.-Over
fifty
church
leaders
from
fore
,t
had
done
any
damage
to
the
twenty
countries
and
representing
Droperty
Ncw
Bridge
Across
Kayex
River
is
thirty-two
faiths
are
gathered
in
Tuprp
ni,.n
a
rnrpt
flrp
ini
Expected
to
be
completed
by
conference
here
with
the
aim
of,creen
tlmber
and
siashln2
on
the
of
September
forming
a
world
union
of
Protes-j
SQUth
side
of
Deckr
Lake
across
tant
churches.
f
rom
the
rallway
une,
Forest
Delegates
Include
Rev.
Dr.
G.
G.
jjranch
ofticials
have
the
fire
m
Pidgeon
or
the
unitea
unurcn
oi
Canada
and
Rev.
R.
A.
Hllz,
repre
Consideration
Of
Ethiopia
Deferred
GENEVA,
May
10:
(CP)
The
League
of
Nations
today
deferred,
consideration
of
the
question
of
Italian
sovereignty
over
Ethiopia.
Today's
Weather
(Government
"lKraph
Terrace
Cloudy,
southeast
wind,
temperature.
44.
Alyansh
Clear,
calm,
52.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm",
45.
Anyox
Cloudy,
calm,
42.
Stewart
Cloudy,
calm,
46.
Hazclton
Cloudy,
calm,
48.
Smlthers
Tart
cloudy,
calm,
50.
Burns
Lake
Raining,
calm,
40.
hand,
it
is
reported.
senting
the
Anglicans.
,
The
German
Evangelical
Church;
t
.
is
not
represented.
,
I
13111
rlArVlCfi
lO
Be
About
Same
As
It
Was
Last
Year
Providing
five
passenger
trains
a
week
In
and
out,
the
summer
time
table
on
the
local
line
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
this
year
Is
expected
to
be
similar
to
that
of
last
year.
Last
year
trains
left
here
for
the
East
Mondays,
Tuesdays,
Wednesdays
and
Fridays
at
6
p.m.
as
well
as
at
11
aim.
Fridays.
Incoming
trains
from
the
East
last
year
were
at
2:30
Monday
and
Saturday
afternoons
and
at
nights
Sunday,
Tuesday
and
Thursday.
The
expectation
Is
that
the
summer
train
schedule
will
go
into
feet'
the
latter
part
of
June.
Satisfactory
progress
Is
being
made
on
the
building
of
the
new
Canadian
National
Railways
bridge
over
the
Kayex
River
in
the
lower
Skeena
Valley
which
for
years
has
been
a
source
of
much
trouoie.
Pouring
of
concrete
on
the
easterly
abutment
is
now
proceeding.
There
will
be
a
250-foot
steel
span.
The
new
bridge
is
expected
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
September.
OUTPUT
OF
MINES
HIGH
Production
For
1037
Highest
In
History
of
Industry
In
British
Columbia
VICTORIA,
May
i0:
(CP)
The
British
Columbia
mines
department,
in
its
final
estimate,
places
the
output
of
base
metals
for
the
province
In
1937
at
$41,000,000,
the
highest
In
the
history
of
the
province.
Lead
production
was
$21,000,-000,
gold
$17,800,000
and
zinc,