I m I mi ' hw Identity card u, ,ncom, WM $3359.28 and the me other Important U)tal expenditure was kept fifty u : ifold the other day.'doHari bckvk. tnat figure. e -t up by a young wo- 0 provided a con-i f er thinking it over rervolr for the water sys-an excellent chance"lm poMeMea a much great- d She got a friend oler capacty than the old earth res-u th her to the mayor's of held by a dam The water m they went through' V(t,, h!.. bn k.Dt ln reDair and "iremony the young ' uig the false identity ":e ceremony Madame X o? the papers and con-the second act. Among than that after looking The waiter started to him out when the clrl ln- --- Moiwiui inf. npiTfriif" it nn ...vuumilC MIC JUIlUdVU y asking him questions 'extended and the sidewalks have been kept up. It is hoped it will be possible to put something by in a savings account toward the end of the present ' vpnr was the gentleman's AillU)Ugh the local lighting plant Jhu 8he 100,1 down;u not owned by the municipality. 'he aid of the Identity corporation has encouraged the carnage certificate and ., .m-i-n. s-rvirp and navs rr succeeded in drawing e liquid cash he had. Sand' didn't wake up un- :r.vcd a notice that his was overdrawn by his l Ol 11 V - - - - r r for the street lights which ve placed at the most frequent spots and crossings. First Spring Day over, the legal authorities nr T lir ''at the man is legally mar-! IS YYami in YYCSl '.u mere is nothing ne can; pi- ccuing his money back or -elf of his un-asked wlf6 hs starts divorce proceed- aly consolation is that he, Bright Sunshine and High Temperature on Prairies South Coast Fine pt alrearlv mnrrirri! ThMi VANrniiVF.n March 22: (CP I have me In for bigamy." he The first day of spring brought j'and how could I explain n. sunshine and high temperatures to ike this to a wife if I was! the prairies. Southern British Col- at ink.I.JAIt 1 i. i i l 11. rltr rtf " 1 -4 I I UII1UUI 7ilJUjtV4 W nuMiivnf j - I the year. ii It t i Takes Caullon Qfnful . . t rt t a i i.t. . A rtiA IstrtVorl M . . .... I 14 'in un Hi'ii ii ti in i n o fvinrn ltc i i i f ' l iiiiii. .n i iuuiuii vvv pay for herself. a sitting in front of a. It looked as though everybody nnfA . I i i i. .A.f Kii 4 uiio aay wnen a Deff-iwouia tana m ijujitc tuuiw uv she Insisted on seeing the manager and asking him to telephone her hotel to be sure she was a registered guest. Then, accompanied by the clochard, a waiter and a policeman she returned to her hotel for money to pay" the bill. The beggar was searched for her purse but nothing was found. VICTORIA. March 22 CP A conference Is being held here of British Columbia. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Vancouver police and military officials to consider steps of preventing sabotage In event of war. Protection of power plant, railway stations, etc.. is oelng considered. 'Former Winnipeg Contractor Dies Thomas Kelly, Who Was Identified With Important Government Work Years Aro, Tasses In California WINNIPEO. March 22: (CP I Thomas Kelly, well known Winnipeg contractor, died yesterday at Pasadena. California, where he has , been more recently making his home. Years ago he was prominent In government contracting work. , TODAY'S W-ATHHR Prince Rupert Snowing, northwest wind, two miles per hour; barometer. 29.98 (rising); temperature, 124; sea smooth. Vancouver Clear, northeast wind, four miles per hour; .barometer. 30.12. Prince George Clear, southeast wind, 18 miles per hour; barometer, 29.76. y Weather Forecast mirnUl! through the courtly of j,. TYnitiinn MrtGroloelc! Bureau at Victor Mid rrtneo Rupfrt. ThU lor ) -fc.v u uii.i." -- km at 8 m. WxUy tvivd coven th 3. hour Derlod ntidlns 8 om. tomorrow General Synsopsis Pressure remains low on the British Columbia coast and the weather has cleared and Is milder ln most parts.of this Good Attendancejand Tt t-TTritntrmrrTrnr Inlhusiasm fiturday i i ALICE ARM, March 22 Trie Alice Arm Liberal Association held' Its annual meeting on Saturday night. There was a good attend-( anee and enthusiasm was displayed. The president. T. H. Payne, ln a I brief, outlined some of the Important phases of legislation passed byj the leaerai ana provincial government" during the past few years and some of the benefits accruing therefrom. The election of officers resulted as follows: Honorary President. Rt. Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King. Honorary Vice-President Hon. T. D. Pattullo. Olof Hanson MP. and Hon. W. J. Asselstlne. President. T. H. Payne. Vice President. C. Everstan. Secretary - Treasurer. Joseph Wells. Executive Jens Larsen, Mike Cranley. S. Davis and Archie Tweedsmuirs On Victoria Visit Governor General And His Lac"y Arrive In Provincial Capital For Two Weeks' Stay VICTORIA, March 22: (CP) Baron Tweedsmulr, Governor General of Canada, and Lady Tweedsmulr arrived ln Victoria yesterdaj afternoon from Vancouver for a two weeks' stay as the guests of Lieutenant Governor and Mrs Eric W. Hamber at Government House. Terrace Has : Heavy Snow Came Down All Day Yesterday With Seven-Inch Depth by Noon the of the . " ' .e., province with exception ? i n"c al1 t, with . hnm it is moderate v yesterday cnor- imous flakes In calm air. By noon 11 had accumulated to a depth of n I. nnrf 0een Char. . :r : ;",m". seven Inches, lOlie' iSiauUS f I ton auuwivuai, winds, unsettled and moderately cold with some rain and part sleet. West Coast 6f Vancouver Island Fresh southeast to south winds, part cloudy and mild, probably a few scattered showers. Glllls Royer Is leaving on the Princess Louise tomorrow for Glacier Creek, near Dawson, Yukon Ter-rttory. to put ln the summer on his mining ground. Tomorrows Tides 141 Capitol 2:24 tjn. 21.2 ' . jfa TAXI 14:48 p.m. 18.9 U VV 8:50 a m. J $0 t. 7 ' 20:50 p.m. 5fl It. Maccy'g Coffee House 'm NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, J 939. PRICE: 5 CENTS 13 ranee And Russia With Britain CLOSED OOKS NOW IN EUROPE History With AM Secret Must R Disclosed cnrvric 'i 11 r I r- Identity Cards Trll the World All Hut Thlnra llinnrn Just The Same O.adys M. Arnold i Pres Correspondent March 22: CPt - So j are free, white otj j ; uu't have any closed I i life and reside In' . obliged to have an . upon which Is past-1 . photo of yourselfj '. those "your-photo-. machines" and upon1 u titn your height. l d other Intimate de-' w- usually keep, de : Canada. a foreigner to boot avc a retdeoce card. a passport, a birth . i a number of other J which are five or front face, hat off s office, is to keep track of juhtrnella because BRITISH INJECT REALISM INTO NAVAL MANOEUVRES Great Br , it oxat resumm in nava manoeuvres Salvage :rewa f'om HM&. Ni casUc are ... it wrrd he piiotieu- radt,. c5r.f,.c..:Hl 'Queen Bee a- e that w...- -i.ot down by at", a.; .-aft f.i during the manoiu.ri- i demonstrate tne c. i'i... ,er.t - of the Br.ush navy a anti-airc iaft. equipment (TERRACE IN I Vlll.. Mnniilnstitv'K I'ininrrt,. back off the ear" we Mllhy,mpMtrinenU fortunately, they' . . for you down at: ; TERRACE. March 22 -The vil- . lage municipal corporation. In iUr -1 I n I n t 1 0ta mbnw Kill III U Mli:uir aww. smss' .lis win happen to;that ,t has managed pretty well, ajipen to low them. u,dw1ng handicap carried which has caused ' b tfae p, of most 0f the gov-ment among Paris- ernmenl grftnu. which grants were but which Isn't uchjthe cnlef encouragement to incor- Mrr after all. ,- am . miinlrlnalltv The to- 4 .onierence un ALICE ARM LIBERALS AROUND EUROPE TODAY .Memel Next Hitler Conquest Now Certainty Koumania Mobilizes On Two Fronts Ma-inot line Bristles LONDON Events of te nast twentv-four hour-, rrake it evident that Chancellor Hitler's next move for expansion of N-l Germany will be the ahornin of Memel from Lithuania before the present week Is oat. M;mel territory consists ef aKo-it 1010 Miuare mile ff th! Bilt'c Sta to the east of Slemel River. Hs ah-nornllon hv Germanr cuts off Lithuania's nnlr e-ort i!thoish Gerrmv rnf'ertaVes it jn-rd Lithuania certain port privileges and guarantees. KAUNAS. Lithuania Following the delivery last niht by Germany to Victor Gailius, Lithuanian governor of Memel territory, of a virtual ultimatum demanding cession of the territory to the Reirh. a meeting of the Lithuanian cabinet was held and' the war cleared for the cession. Lithuanian rarrisons were h'int removed as veil as some of the civilian population.- Rl'CIIUtKST. Koumania .Meantime, the atmosphere in the Balkans continued tense as Hitler's next move in that direction is awaited. Koumania Is mobilii-lut its armies not onlv on the northwest, where llnn;a1an troops are concentrated alone the frontier, also alonr the Bulgarian frontier to the south following renorts that the Bulgarian forces ars rathrrn alone their border. Roumania is not "so concerned about the riain5 of the Hungarians and the Bulgarians as she is with the concentration of German armed forces in Moravia. MOSCOW The Batkans. as they have been so often in history, are today again a European festerins spot with uncertainty as to the direction in which some , may sprint in this time of crisis. Russia is still interesting itself in having a conference in which , Roumania, Bulgaria, Jugo-Slavia, I rioate. The fact that Great Bri tain has described such a conference as premature mates it , stilt doubtful as to how far the Soviet may go in the "Halt Hitler" movement of Great Britain and France. Official Kussia'is in- , clined to feel that Great Britain did not show very good judgment in Munich. LONDON In the British House of Commons yesterday, Rt. Hon. Oliver Stanley, President of the board of Trade, announced that a trade agreement between the Federation of British Industries and a German manufacturing concern was being examined. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Stated that a loan agreement with Czechoslovakia was also being reconsidered, all of which indicates the Intention of bringing economic pressure 'o bear upon Germany. PARIS France continues active mobilization on a large scale and It Is understood that there are heavy movements to fully man the Maginot Line along the German frontier in readiness for any sudden emergency in the international situation. Sixteen decrees, all designed to immediately put the country on a fuller war basis, were Issued yesterday Efforts Being Made To Line Up Poland In Bloc To Halt Hitler's March Loan of $125,000,000 Being Dangled Roumania Appears to be Wavering as Negotiations With Germany" Continue LONDON, March 22. Great Britain seemed assured today of the support of three nations in her "Halt Hitler" move. Russia and France, it appeared, might be counted upon but Roumania, dickering with Germany, seemed doubtful. The United States would probably give her moral suyport but no active participation could be cx- - - pected from that quarter. Is gen KETCHIKAN was done. The tire originated in the basement. HAS FIRE Alberta Speeches Are Being Limited Private .Members Will Not Be Per. milted To Take -More Than Forty Minutes In General Debate eminent of its full co-operation In any developments that may occur in international affairs. The South African government is asking its Parliament to decide at once where South Africa should Consider itself automatically at war in the event of Great Britain becoming involved in international conflict. ROME The Fascist Grand Council yesterday reiterated its adherence to the Rome-Berlin axis hi fare of "Bolshevism and the democracies who threaten to involve the totalitarian nations in war." Full approval was given to the action of Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany in Czechoslovakia. The Italian ambassador to Berlin is in Rome to confer with Premier Benito .Mussolini. vakia, answered a message of sympathy from Ignace Jan Pad-erewskl, the famous pianist and former President of Poland. Pad-erewski, ln Chicago in the course of a concert tou(, condemned Chancellor Hitler's seizure of erally admitted, unless It might come well along in a world war. A $125,000,000 loan Is being held out, it is reported, to Poland to in duce her to line up definitely against Germany. Poland occupies " . .,.. .. .a key position between Germany Damage of $2000 or $3000 Done by ln spectacular maze trouble, would probably be a major March 22.- 'SSt rSSSJtZ KETCHIKAN, , , , . . . , . Paul Beck Is a reputed pro-Nazi so which threw spectecuter billows of that country may take tmfle.'vSWeP Ketchikan yesterday ,C 1 afternoon. ,B ' Ma matter of doubt. Damage estimated at $2000 or $3000 I SHOULD AID PROSPECTOR .Mining Industry .Must Give Employment So Can Get Grubstake, Says Dr. Walker i VICTORIA. March 22: lCP Dr. ,John F. Walker, British Columbia's cepuy Humbler ji uiiuca, untuvca the mining industry must support Speeches in the Alberta Legislature t(j be d2veloped m the provlnee. henceforth be limited t0 forty will .The day has arri?ed Vnen lhe minutes except those of cabinet industry must hejp prospector mlnUters. the leader or the opposl- eithpr by yin hlm employment tlon or private members introduc- durm? the nter mmV and re mS motion leasing him during the summer or b' emPl01n? him t0 ProsPeCt dur WIWIPFIS WIIFT PRICE WINNIPEO. March , f 22: n,, hig the summer at a wage which ide hlm with a grubstake Wlnnlneg wheat future wre down he t c to We yesterday with May dos . ..g0 faf as the prospecter con. lng at 60Vac. cemed. the most Valuable work that rrrr can be dQne by governmenti i an by Premier Edouard Daladier un- ( active campaign of geological map-dcr the new decree porers which -ping by the federal department of have been conferred upon him by mines and resources, supplemented Parliament. (by the provincial mines department , m supplying more aeiauea lnxor- and Greece would - Turkey par Austra,iaf lhroush rremifr j, A. lfavorable areas lndicated by work Lyons, assured the British gov- 0f the federal department. Dr. Walker said there are "few. If any areas in British Columbia" so thoroughly prospected- that there is no chance of finding a new prospect. "It follows that even the older mining areas must be gone over again ln a thorough and systematic manner," he said. "This can be done only by the modern prospector who has financial support. "That support must be forthcom- ;lng either from the mining lndus-i try or from bona fide exploration companies or syndicates. "Systematic prospecting has never been given a fair trial In this province. There has been too much of a rush and systematic work cannot bring results if hurried. "If a modern prospector with financial backing can find but' one good prospect in 10 years, he will do very well Indeed. The Industry CHICAGO Dr. Edouard Benes. must be prepared to finance pros- former President of Crechoslo- years if it hopes to have any suc- cess." Favorable Areas I The reputy minister gave this summary of British Columbia pros pecting possibilities: Vancouver Island Is almost en- Ciechoslovakia, Dr. Benes, in jtlrely favorable to the OQCurrencs reply, said he had not abandon- '.of mineral deposits. Recent dls- ed the fight on behalf of democ- jcoveriea at -Zeballos on the west racy. I (Continued on Page TuvJ