Tomorrows
Tides
Vol.
XXVIII
.
No.
29.
She
mmtn
141
Capitol
High
2:00
a.m.
222
ft,
TAXI
14:04
p.m.
23.5
ft.
Low
8:03
a.m.
4.1
ft.
20:30
p.m.
0.9
(t
Spanish
Loyalists
Sue
For
Peace
NEW
CLUES
con?;
ED
fa.
J
r
BY
L
Investigation
of
Latest
In
London
Is
Conllnui
f.wriow
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Investl-
v
gafion
of
yesterday'
explosion
In
jubway
stations
continues.
A
further
Incident
yesterday
waa
the
receiving
of
a
telephone
call
by
a
dc
;k
sergeant
at
Bow
street
ponce
iU.lon
threatening
trial
it
would
be
blown
up,
The
Parliament
buildings
were
-d
to
visitors
today
whJle
police
1
smnunrru
mc
ummnj
ui
important
clue
In
the
ware
of
bomb-ins'
The
litest
bombing
today
wreck-
At
M
tJ
Torquay
wonservauvc
tiuo
he
dquarters
In
Devonshire.
Bir
Thomas
Moore.
Conservative.
anncunred
that
he
will
Introduce
a
tw
to
inflict
corporal
punishment
J.
ct
bombers.
Republican
Army
Ultimatum
If
a
officially
disclosed
that
the
Home
Office
Is
'dealing"
with
an
lli
J)
Republican
Army
ultimatum
?7t1
on
Foreign
Secretary
Lord
iHa.USX.
ine
uauy
iierrun
saa
itr.it
a
jur
aay
ummamm
iwr
ie
Irttcrii
f
British
troons
from
all
.
.
.
.
.
..
i
lit'
ir.;
had
been
sent
to
Halifax
T1
iST
jit''
12
OUr
days
before
thC
IfL-Abcxb.ngs
FOUGHT
FOR
L(M
LAUbte:""J
irlty
Dttrrans
of
Spanish
War
Feel
About
Outcome
:
j
MONTREAL.
Feb.
4:
CP
Two
lundrcd
and
ninety-two
members'
pf
the
Mackentle-Paptneau
Bat-
Ita..cr
who
disembarked
at
Hall-
lax
yesterday
after
having
been
pn
service
In
8paln
with
the
gov-
rasing
through
Saint
John,
the
''.".tana
Rnc
Mlllll
M
i
ivruviyM
...
.
nnn
.i.rf
aa.i.
k
mnn
tein
tr
ka
ajkM
iham
ni
.
h
AnvM
rt
4tt
nMAl
Ufa
Major
E
Cecil
Smith,
Toronto,
yinmanaer
oi
me
pany.
acscriDea
IvtalnnA
.
U
U....&
afc.M
had'
Nearly
all
members
oi
the
party
,
1
1
1"
n
a
na.
m.
I..-
.m
tl-tA
u
ine
rest
marching
on.
t'o-
ln,
paralyzed
from
the
waist
a
Ln
rpfitAn
fnr
ftiiw
fiithtl
ntr
nf!
HA
a.n,.l.l
rinKl
nnAln
frW
n
v
nuuiu
a
i
ah
1
1
it
nKuui
v
.mli.
-
Tim
Buck
There
Among
those
here
to
greet
the
m
it
it
Tiff
nun
r
fr
r
e
nr
n
w
n
n
tinu
inr
iham
q
Tim
iinrif
niivntinari
frnm
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in
iuti
million
UUl-
I
.
a
.
a
m
,
wvaiaaaasv
v
v
"
UU
..
i
iI
an
i
ivn
mntM
wfi
inirnn
n
wllce
headquarlcrs
by
the
antl-
1:1
1
rwllce
nnd
nucstloned
for
rre
nours
after
which
all
were
deascd,
There
was
a
raid
upon
'remises
hero
and
a
number
of
,aPers
and
documents
were
seized,
.
III
.1
1
1
iu
ttciuai
arrests
were
maue
Time
for
the
closing
of
tender?
"t
the
excavation
work
on
the
ew
Dybhavii
&
Hanson
building
-
.iiuu
Avenue
in
uic
tuuiei
.....
-
uwvvi
una
ucvii
ciwuueu
Ultll
next
Titpsrlnv.
Meantime
-
vii
WUJIJli
UOWII
U1U
1
will
soon
be
entirely
demolished.
Board
Of
Trade
Is
Coming
Here
I
..
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
4:
4CPi
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
tnual
excursion
this
year
will
(alee
the
form
of
a
erui
nton
lM
coast
a
lar
as
Stewart
and
Premier.
Including
calls
at
Prince
Rupert
and
other
point
along
the
way.
It
has
been
decided.
The
trip
wll)
be
made
In
June
aboard
a
chart-
ered
steamer.
SPEAKS
FOR
RAILWAYS
U
If
paly
Addresses
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
on
Unfair
Competition
From
Highway
Traffic
'
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
4.
Resnon-
aiblllty
for
action
to
sUblllie
the
transrjort
induitrv
In
Canada
nU
jalriy
'
and
squarely
'
'
on
the
provln-
...J,..
v!""n"
juib-
...
v,iv,...
.
eration
Stated
J.
D.
Hr.llv
ItnrMal
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
"
"
f
-
"
representative
of
the
western
vice-
president.
Canadian
National
Rail-
way,
before
the
Board
of
Trade
7t
affecta
the
whole
of
our
social
and
business
fabric.
On
The
right
trv."
he
said.
Motor
transnort
was
'here
to
stay
and
performed
services
which
cannot
be
duplicated
by
the
railways,
he
admitted.
Its
function.
however,
should
be
to
provide
ser
vice
suppicmciiwry
10
miu
cum-
petltlve
with
railway
service.
"If
we
traced
the
real
reason
for
the
diversion
of
traffic
from
rail-
way
to
highway
we
would
find
It
simply
a
question
of
freight
rates,
Service
would
be
secondary
"
Mr.
and
known
rates
available
to
all
and
a
Rreat
deal
of
this
problem
will
be
solved."
As
the
senior,
vital
transport
ser
vice
of
the
country,
railways
had
Kitun
titMiWT
in
onvprnmpni
-AA..tn
I
ln
Trlfflt
SM
m
fOllifttlnn
considered
necessary
in
the
public
Interest,
tcday
exposed
the
railways
to
acute
competition
of
highway
transport
lacking
any
such
control.
The
speaker
charged
tlut
the
.
.
,
...
'
,1
A
motor
transport
had
no
fixed
rate;
structure,
performed
Its
fervlce
on
a
pick
and
choose
basis
operated
over
a
donated
roadbed
and
folded
up
when
highway
conditions
were
adverse.
It
was
not
a
stable
industry.
"It
Is
generally
conceded
that
In
the
deficits
incurred
In
financing
nrovlnclal
highways
there
Is
a
tre
mendous
sum
which
Is
a
direct
sub
sidy
to
commercial
users
of
the
highways."
said
Mr.
Healy.
Esti
mates
of
these
annual
deficits
.
iaa
...till
-1.1
laLtli
.
"
1st.
11-
it
n'ora
Dccncipn
uii
n
nitiii
cr
cost
for
the
use
of
the
highway
cnt
basis.
Emphasizing
that
royal
i
commissions
had
found
that
somej
sections
of
the
highway
transport
Industry
imposed
long
hours
of
duty
and
deplorable
wage
standards
on
Us
employees,
the
speaker
said
the
situation
was
tied
up
with
the
ur
gent
problem
of
public
safety
on
the
highways
where
death
and
disaster
were
reaping
an
alarming
toll.
"Rallwavs
are
meeting
the
changing
conditions
Inevitable
In
periods
of
readjustment.
Progress
umnirt
hi.
more
rantd
If
some
theso
fundamental
Issues
were
utrniantenea
out.
ne
cunciuueu.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
Dead
isglgggS
hkhHM
tggggB
WM.
ATKINSON
Wro
AkJn':;ii
ftrn.-e:
British
Columbia
minuter
of
agriculture,
wis
a
nauve
oi
Omaho.
having
been
born
ai
Whitby
in
1868.
He
was
educated
in
the
public
schools
of
Whitby
and
Seaford.
When
Hon.
S.
F.
Tolmie
was
call-
ed
upon
to
head
the
government
of
l:rlllh
rnlnmhia
h
tnvltH
Mr
Atkinson
to
hi
cabinet
as
Minister
nf
AorWnitiir
Mr
Atkinson
had
hin
tA
in
the
T.Mtla
tiir
In
I
.CI
Z:::::
r:
'ui)
ui
wis
iw
urc
vwuiwaca.
cull-
.....
u
itumhrr
nf
th
.n.rr.m.nt
a
vata-w
Rv
v
lt.
a
w
cat
month
or
so
later,
being
re-elected
by
acclamation.
x
I
Alberta
HoilSC
Sit
Again
Variety
of
Legislation
to
be
Con.
sidered
at
Another
Session
Commencing
Next
Thursday
1
11
EDMONTON.
Feb.
4.
CP
An-
other
session
of
the
Alberta
Legls-
hature
will
open
next
Thursday.
Legislation
which
the
Aberfiart
government
proposes
to
bring
down
win
have
to
do
with
marketing.
Nine
Fishermen
Lost
In
Storm
Oystermen
Lose
Their
Lives
in
Chesapeake
Bay
Storm
Six
Were
Negroes
BALTIMORE,
Maryland,
Feb.
4
CP)-Nlne
oyster
fishermen,
six
of'ordcred
confiscated.
them
negroes,
were
drowned
yes-
terday
when
two
boats
were
caught
In
a
storm
and
sank.
Capt.
William
Bradford,
aged
77.
oldest
Chesa-peaks
Bay
oyster
fisherman,
was
one
of
the
drowned.
Germs
Escape
And
Student
Is
Dead
Outs
sider,
Also
Affected
by
Malady
Emanating
Irom
Michigan
State
College
EAST
LANSING,
Michigan.
Feb.
CP
One
student
of
Mlchlcun
state
College.
Arthur
Goldberg
of
NewarlC(
js
dead
nnd
others
have
been
affected
by
deadly
undulant
fever
germs
believed
to
have
emanated
from
a
college
laboratory.
Outsiders
have
also
been
affected.
Next
Thursday
the
Rotary
Club
speaker
will
be
Lieut.
Col.
Christen
Junget.
a
retired
senior
officer
of
I
the
Royal
Canadian
Mounted
Po
lice
who
is
a
member
of
the
Victoria
Rotary
Club.
His
subject
will
ofibe
"Rotary
raiowsnip
as
ijcper
jlencd
on
a
Vagabond
Cruise
Around
mc
InMirnc
im
BUMDD
m
FIGUERAS
Another
Spanish
ProrUional
Capital
Appears
Doomed
to
fall
Terror
Rained
From
Skies
LOYALISTS
ASK
rftVTE
PERPIGNAN
H
Wav'reliably
reported
today
thathe.SpAnish
government
had
asked
-the
British
government
toenter
into
secret
peace
negotiations
with
the
Insurgents.
PERPIGNAN.
France!
F?R.4:
'CP'
Anotner
provUKnt
v.
capai
jof
government
Spain
doomed
to
fall
to
'the
Insurgent
'drive
in
Catalonia
towara
the
French
frontier.
Rebel
bombing
planes
for
hours
rained
their
dead-l
iy
cargo
upon
Figueras
yesterday,
extensively
damagingthe
xeiugee
fiiied
city
and
caiisiiJlhe"
deaths
,
.
....
1
..
.
ntJXm-J
punSred
of
an
estimated
five
per
.ons
as
well
as
wounding
hundreds
A
others.
Ihcrc
were
scenes
of
terror
and
desolation
such
as
those
whlcii
were
seen
a
few
days
ago
In
Barcelona.
lue
riench
consulate
building
as
almost
demolished
by
a
direct
alt
but
It
was
not
immediately
ascertained
whether
or
not
it
was
.,,...
at
.h.
...
.
..
-vacuauon
oi
ineeivu
population
i,rom
frnm
ridimnii
"8"""
appears
9nnrt
Imminent
and
precautions
are
being
taken
to
prevent
another
disorderly
rush
.1
refugees
across
the
border
Into
r
ranee
such
as
came
alter
the
fall
of
Barcelona.
TWO
530
"
FINES
ON
JAPANESE
George
Osawa
of
tjuren
Cahrlotte
City
Pleads
Guilty
to
Keeping
Liquor
for
Sale
and
Bribery
Two
fines
of
$300
each
were
lm
posed
upon
George
Osawa,
Queen
Charlotte
City
Japanese,
by
Judge
W.
E.
Fisher
in
County
Court
this
morning.
One
was
for
keeping
liquor
for
sale
and
the
other
for
orioery.
ine
iuics
cic
ptiu.
Osawa
had
been
brought
again
In
County
Court
on
appeal
of
o
,mDr0?lng
international
rela-the
crown
after
having
been
ac-
tjonsnln
quitted
by
Stipendiary
Magistrate
A.
L.
Mallory
of
Port
Clements
on
the
keeping
liquor
for
sale
charge.
Hill?!
OIMiP
After
hearing
the
crown
evidence,
Xxll
VJ
ne
cnangea
nis
pica
irom
one
oi
not
cullty
to
guilty.
Uquor
was
Accused
had
at
first
elected
for
Jury
trial
onthe
bribery
charge
but
today
re-elected
for
speedy
trial
and
pleaded
guilty.
He
admitted
having
tendered
$20
to
Provincial'
Constable
L.
I.
Olsen
of
Queen.
Charlotte
City
In
the
course
of
a
scarcn
oi
m
yi..o.a.
T.
W.
Brown
acted
as
crown
counsel
while
L.
W.
Patmore
K.C.
appeared
on
behalf
of
Osawa.
Yellowkn.fe
HaS
r
re
a
l
n
l
i
Utticial
School
Twenty
Children
Are
Enrolled
At
New
Northern
Mining
Camp
Board
Is
Elected
EDMONTON,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
The
first
official
school
has
been
opened
In
the
new
Yellowknlfe
mining
camp.
More
than
twenty
children
are
in
attendance
There
Is
an
elected
school
board
and
the
teacher
is
Douglas
Davlcs
of
Rouyn,
Quebec.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
S.
K.
Brewer
and
child
sailed
last
night
on
the
Prin
cess
Adelaide
for
a
vacation
trip
to
Vancouver.
They
will
be
away
for
three
weeks.
FEBRUARY
4,
1939.
Bulletins
POWELL
RIVER
James
Gold,
18,
was
killed
when
an
automobile
skidded
and
overturned
on
an
Icy
road
here
early
today.
A
companion,.
John
Appleby,
suffered
serious
injuries
but
eight
other
occupants
of
the
car
were
unhurt.
There
will
be
an
inquest
this
afternoon.
TWO
BOYS
MISSING
VICTORIAAll
arailahlf
ho.Ms
are
hunting
off
Cape
Scott
'for
two
boys
named
Frerlericksnn
who
failed
td
return
Wednesday
from
a
fire-mile
gasboat
trip
to
Scott
Island.
PLANES
FROM
STATES
LONDON
The
Air
Ministry
announced
today
that
Great
Britain
will
purchase
two
hund
red
and
fifty
war
planes
in
the
.
.
.
T
1
I
C-
J
1
I
...I.!
m
United
States
in
addition
to
four
hundred
already
ordered.
MARTIAL
I
AW
IN
HUNGARY
BUDAPEST
The
government
proclaimed
martial
law
throughout
the
country
todav
after
bombing
of
Budapest's
largest
synagogue
last
night.
JOHN
BULL
IS
MIGHTY
Great
Britain
Rapidly
Resuming
29
80
""'
Old
Strength
and
Would
Be
vtctorta-Clear.
calm;
barometer,
L0100,
Feb.
4:
(CP-LonT
United
in
War,
Says
Halifax
19,7n
,
m
;
.Ilsl-blajutosln
HULL.
Eng..
Feb.
4:
(CP)
-
;ourteen
miles
per
hour;
barome-
th
-,T"
s-Speking
here
last
night.
Lord
t.r
:
rupted
air
and
bus
services.
For
Halifax,
Foreign
Secretary,
de-
prlnce
George
Cloudy,"
norther-clared
that
Great
Britain
was
,y
wlndi
four
mUps
per
j-.
bar.
rapiaiy
resuming
ner
oia
posiuon
of
superiority
in
armed
strength.
He
expressed
confidence
that,
in
the
event
of
war.
Britons
would
be
united
to
a
man.
The
British
Government,
Lord
Halifax
said,
was
doing
everything
possible
to
bring
an
end
to
the
Spanish
civil
war.
He
again
referred
to
the
pledge
of
Premier
...
.
H.M,
all
fmm
gpaln
at
end
of
the
war.
The
Soanlsh
civil,
war
and
the
Smoapanpse
Conflfct
Lord
Hall
'nx
described
as
the
two
greatest
mhllnff
hlruVe
fnrtav
In
th
mv
FOR
FLOOD
Relief
For
tlotte
Islands-Southeast
winds,
ln-,tlce
H.
H
Davis,
whd
recently
re-Authorities
Getting
Ready
creasing
to
strong,
becoming
slight-
ported
to
the
government,
was
Eventuality
in
Ohio
ly
milder
some
snow
or
sleet
before
stltuted
by
Grant
MacNeU.
C.
C.
River
Valley
night.
F-
member"
for
Vancouver
North.
CP':!'
CINCINNATI,
Ohio.
Feb.
4:
While
no
undue
alarms
are
en-
tcrtalned
yet,
rellef
authorities
Q
M
nronrn
tn
meet
nnv
Hood
situation
which
may
arise
from
steadily
mounting
waters
of
the'
Ohio
River
following
heavy
rains,
of
the
past
few
days.
j
At
least
five
persons,
it
was
re-1
ported
last
night,
had
lost
their
i
lives
as
a
result
of.
the
high
water.
Sub-zero
temperatures
with
snow
and
Ice
brought
death,
destruction
and
discomfort
to
Scattered
sec
tions
of
the
country
today.
Twenty
deaths
were
attributed
to
the
weather.
Flood
waters
were
re-;iauure
to
maintain
a
standard
:
-ported
In
Tennessee.
Arkansas
andiprice
as
required
by
the
gas
and!l7rA
Dam
HOT
A
III
West
Virginia.
1
petroleum
control
act
Validity
of
I
11
c
AvCUllttgC
111
.
Thomas
McCubbln.
well
knowft
n
Tin
1
f
its
omiI
r
te
A
eri
t
of
Prince
Rupert
in
the
early,
days,
underwent
an
operation
lnj
the
rrtnee
Kupcrv
uenerai
nospi
tal
this
morning
This
afternoon
his
condition
was
reported
to'
b
favorable.
SNOW
IS
jNOT
MANY
GENERAL
Blizzard
Conditions
Prevailing
Today
Not
Only
in
Prince
Rupert
But
Throughout
District
8now,
which
attained
blizzard-1
like
proportions
in
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
and
was
still
piling,
SEATTLE,
Jan.
4:
(CPJ--It
6e-up
this
afternoon.
Is
generaljlhg
The
slack
season,
only
four
or
throughout
the
entire
district
'five
ships
are
affected
by
the
tie-both
In
the
interior
and
along
the
up
of
Seattle-Alaska
steamship
coast,
according
to
weather
re-
pons,
ine
lorecasi
is
ror
con-;
Masters.
Mates
and
Pilots
Union
tinued
snow
or
sleet.
Jlocal
walking
out
In
the
wage
dls-
Today's
weather
reports:
pute
with
the
steamship
operators.
Prince
Rupert
Snowing,
south-;
Company
officials
do
not
express
east
wind.
12
miles
per
hour;
baro-
much
concern,
expressing
confl-meter.
29.60
falling
rapidly);
tern-
dence
that
the
ships
will
be
In
pcrature,
50:
sea
moderate.
operation
again
by
the
time
the
inpie
iiana
Overcast,
south-
ast
wind.
20
miles
per
hour;
moderate
chop.
a
Langara
Island
Snowing,
southeast
wind.
10
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.45;
temperature,
30,
light
swell.
ueaa
Tree
,
point
Snowing,
youtheast
wind.
21
miles
per
hour,
oarometer.
33.45;
temperature,
33;
sea
choppy.
Bull
Harbor
Overcast,
easterly
wind,
five
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter,
29.79:
temperature,
33.
heavy
swell.
Alrrt
Bay
Overcast,
northwest
wind,
five
miles
per
hour;
barom-',
eter.
29.94;,
temperature,
34;
sea
choppy.
Fstevan
Clear,
calm:
barometer
ometer.
29
88.
Hazeiton
Cloudy,
north
L-inrf
tmnntnrr
Smlthers
Cloudy,
east
wind,
10.
Burns
Lake
Light
snow,
stiff
northeast
wind.
2
below.
Terrace
Snowing,
east
wind,
18.
Alyanih
Snowing,
calm,
16.
i
Alice
Arm
Snowing,
northwlnd.j
17.
Anyox
Snowing,
calm,
17.
Stewart-Light
snow,
calm,
11.
Havstwrt
Snowine.
calm,
four'
Inches
new
snow.
1
Weather
Forecast
.
quiry
Into
the
Bren
machine
gun
General
Synopsis
A
moderate
contracts
but
suggests
that
mem-'
depression
appears
to
be
approach-
befS.
when
the
matter
comes
up
in
'
ing
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
the
House
for
debate
next
week,
and
the
weather
has
been
moder-
endeavour
to
ascertain
the
true
ately
cold
with
light
snow
in
the
Interior.
1
Prince
Ruoert
and
Queen
Char-
West
Coast
of
Vancouver
Island
change
In
temperature.
Edmonton
Gas
Depots
Closed
Licenses
Suspended
Because
They
Failed
to
Maintain
Standard
Price
of
Gasoline
EDMONTON,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Eight
Edmonton
service
stations
have
nan
ineir
licences
suspended
for
the
Act
Is
to
be
contested
In
lltl-
gatlon
to
be
brought
by
the
com-
panies
Mrs.
A.
C.
K.
Sloan
and
child,
who
have
been
on
a
holiday
visit
to
Vancouver,
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
yesterday
af
-
jiernoon.
Maccy's
Coffee
House
PRICE:
3
CENTS
SHIPS
ON
RUN
NOW
No
Danger
of
Food
Shortage
In
Alaska
Owing
To
Strike
j
service
due
to
members
of
the
busy
summer
season
arrives.
Meantime
there
Is
little
likelihood
of
foodi
shortage
In
Alaska
although
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
may
become
scarce.
When
five
deck
officers
went
on
strike,
Northland
Transportation
Co.
cancelled
the
scheduled
sall-
ing
of
the
steamer
North
Coast.
'LONDON
IS
BLACK
OUT
Worst
Fog
in
Years
Paralyzes
Traffic
by
Sea,
Land
and
Air
No
Visibility
Whatever
an
area
of
fifty
square
miles
there
was
no
-visibility
whatever.
One
vessel
destined
for
London
land-
its
Passengers
at
Plymouth
In-'
stead.
'
-7".
1
A
Dpp
A
R
p
TVJJDJuOL4aU
TO
INQUIRY
.Mackenzie
King
Favors
Further
Alrin
-Machine
Gun
Matter
Asks
Members
To
Get
Facts
First
OTTAWA.
Feb.
4:
(CP)-rPrime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
has.
agreed
to
further
in-
facts
berore
expressing
opinions.
iThe
move
for
an
investigation
supplementary
to
that
ol
Mr.
jus-
Women
Are
Busy
On
Costumes
For
King's
Visit
REGINA.
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Needles
of
Indian
women
on
Saskatchewan
reservations
are
already
beginning
to
fly
as
they
commence
work
on
colorful
costumes
which
will
be
used
on
the
occasion
of
the
visit
of
JKing
George
and
Queen
Elizabeth.
j
this
jummer.
Victoria
Light
VICTORIA,
Feb.
4:
(CP)
Victoria
in
January
had
Its
smallest
fire
loss
on
record
for
a
single
month.
The
fire
department
an-
1
nounces
that
fire
damage
for
the
monm
amouniea
w
oniy
siu.