be Btrn Suffering Hundreds Uf Cuiuttin With No alns tar rf r iff -I Mr o.-r 12: (CP Oer- - :iric. along the ird, the French i' squads of hand1 v i supported by J rtjqppanlcs, were( !i yesterday after ( Thi? stuck were i Sasrbf iioeken and iry men aakl ' itwrcsilnR teopc of to hi' (rapt was com r with onljr wnakf :r J AclirltT Today l todu . battered I irom 1 1'? Moelk Diinul v.z a tertes h are ; -parted to Kai. "hvi'irtds" of last tnrr-e days njj aii ii.chi of "T. n in oti'- untdentl-the alfht. said were repulsed 'paraUon by Oer-j I lus suddenly turned CAUGHT I Canada At War 25 Years Ago' lf' w t9 mi l t i... ,.,nvi. " (f a Prf7.pmvl in rimw un -(m,t reinforced AustrO- ''ffian urniv in Amlrhn flnllpla. W erorCj as Herman drive fRujh B( ismm gathered momcn- Adanacs Win NEW Boxla Title rr m .. uiiucs won a id thf; ,ast nlht-for lhclr itra.'ht victory, plviiig em t.ho Canadian box la- U. , . "iia.ni WHICH t W llP rt lo.f .... ... tpsi Mve e"icred a pro- g. 0 n'n ,;onnccUon with the Lithuania To Return To Its Ancient Seat Noble Five. .02. Pacific Nickel, .13. Pcnd Orlelle. 2.70. Pioneer; 2.25. Premier. 1J0. Privateer, .PS (ask). Reeves MacDonald. J5. Reno. MS. Relief Arlington, .12. Salmon Oold, .03. Sheep Creek, 1.12. Cariboo Cariboo Hudson. Hudson. .014. A. P. Con.. 20. Calmont, .45 (ask). C. ii E 2.45 (Ex. Dlv). Freehold, .02V. Home, 2.75. Royal Canadian, .19. OkalU. 18. Mercury. .074. Prairie Royalties, .224. Toronto Aldermac, .394. Bcattle, 1.02. Central Pat.. 2.25. Cons. Smelters, 51-50. East Malartlc. 2.40. Fcrnland, .024." Francocur, .33. Oods Lake. .47. Hardrock, .95. ' KOVNO. Lithuania. Oct. 12, With a triumphant return planned. ai for October 18. the Lithuanian eov VHm which has been restored . to It under the non-aggression pact .with Russia. TODAY'S STOCKS (Oourfsy 8. D. Johnrton Co.) Vancouver Uig Missouri. .104. Bralorne. 10.7S (ask). Cariboo Quartz, 1.80. Dcntonla. .01 4. Falrvlew, .01?. Oold Belt. JO; .01. I XT Fi l nrnPI l1 .014-111 ISA. 1 1 JuLa HNl,ey Ama,amalcd' Oils 01 Usk)- P'rtm ll hliit Boat Skinner I' f Combat Urtnern BritUh 1 FiMhipr ,ntl ficrman Planetl i ..... Ltsr.lM). Norway, October !; ICn Norwegian fishing r,t lUpper asserted that he H kfrn trapped In the midst in hour and-a-lialf North Irtish warshiix anA ahnut ISO 'fmin pUnes on Monday. I tapUln said that neither f1 'hips nor nlanrs were hit lltiH the battle but. after the irihip, steamed away, lie heard Is "plosion and saw a column ' ,ife on the hnrltnn. I Int. Nickel. .46ft. Kerr Addison, 1-80. Little Long Lac, 2.90. McLeod Cockshutt, 1.75. Madsen Red Lake, .32. McKenzle Red Lake. 1.17. Moncta, .83 (bid). Noranda, .74. Pickle Crow, 4.20. Preston East Dome, 1.44. San Antonio, 1.73. Sherrltt Oordon, 1.31. Stadaconn, .44. Uchl, .75. Bouscadillac, .04V4. Moshcr, .05. Oklend, .00. Smelters Oold, .014-Dominion Bridge. 43.50. New York Allls-Chalmcrs, 43V. American Can, 113?b- t American Car ft Foundry, 374-American Locomotive. 204. American Smelting, W. American T. As T., 162n. Anaconda, 33'i. Baldwin Locomotive. 19'i. Bethlehem 8tecl, 89. Caterpillar Tractor. 57i. Dupont. 1804-General Electric 40a. General Motors. 57:i. Goodyear Tire & Rubber, 28. Inland Steel, 95. International Nickel. 393;. Kennccott Copper. 39. National Biscuit, 22?,. HERE'S -GOOD CRICKET" LONDON With agreement of the air ministry, British airmen, who escaped from Iceland recent-ly with a Royal Air Force plane after having been forced down there on becoming lost, will return voluntarily to be interned. This will relieve Iceland of any implication of breach of neutrality. NO ARMISTICE SERVICE LONDON In view of the governments wartime ban on large public assemblages, there will be no Itemembranre Day service at the London cenotaph this year. GERMAN-SOVIET BOYCOTT CINCINNATI The American Federation of Labor, at Its convention here, reaffirmed the boycott on German goods nd extended It to Russia, both being deemed aggressor nations. Is I BRITISH ROMBEKS BURRANK, CaL There will be a mass night from here to Newark, New Jersey, of fifty fighting planes which were built at the Lorkhted factories here on Brit-lh trrders. Two hundred and fifty planes In all were ordered and production of ihem is pro ceeding. They will be held at ewark pending amendment of the neutrality laws. .Active Service Chaplains Named Rt. Rev. L, Nfllican. Bishop of Pembroke, Will Be Chief Roman j Catholic Padre OTTAWA, Oct. 12: (CP) Appointment of RU'Rev. L. Nelllgan. Bijhop of Pembroke, Ontario, as principal Roman Catholic chaplain I among the Canadian troops on ac tive service Is announced by Hon. Norman Rogers, , minister of national defence. Rt Rev. G. A. Wells, Anglican Bishop of Cariboo, as an-' nounced yesterday. Is the principal protcstant chaplain ini nnis a nr EFFECTIVE PROVINCIAL LIBflARY VICTORIA, B.C. Signing Up Today Agreement Between Great Britain! and Istabul Will Follow Soon Thereafter IONDON. OH. 12 -British news j papers are predicting that be com !tnerIal awment co'nTlnded yes Netherlands member of the crew of the German liner Bremen, which sailed August 30 from New York, Just before the declaration of war and regarding the whereabouts of which there was much mystery for some lime, declares that the vessel reached Murmansk, a north Russian port, after a thrilling voyage during which she flew the soviet flag and preparations were made to destroy her. rather than altow her to fall into British hands. TODAY'S WEATHER Prince Rupert Drizzle, southeast wind, twelve miles per hour; visi bility, six miles; barometer, 30.30i (falling); temperature, 55; sea xripie isjuiiu russ . ism-perature. 52; light swell. Langara Island Foggy, barometer. 30.25; visibility, one mile; tem- s vrnrh iiar T.ion 150 ooo Ton, of perature, 53; light swell. ' Tree Point- r.. n(ii for r.-rmanr Dead Overcast, ' . southwest southwest wind, wind, five five miles m.lesper per hour hour;' I Urometer. visibility. 25 30.32; PARIS. Oct. 12.-Slnce the war miles;) .. . . j pmnrature. 50: sea smooth. - " r I1a1 TJah CVsnnt ndlns KrVAwA blockade, It was announced Weather Forecast General SynopsisThe presure is relatively high off Vancouver Island and low west of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Scattered show- a Y n a rtfsnnrrnfi fin i Y A cf I New York Central, 2Ui. North American Aviation, 20Tb. Pennsylvania Railroad, 25. Public Service or N. J., 38T8. Radio Corporation, 5!r. Repbllo Steel, 26?B. Soars-Roebuck, 784. Standard Oil of N. J., 48. Standard Oil of California, 284-United Fruit, 83. United States Rubber. 41s8. United States Steel, 754- Viri Dttjr rufej i.tvu4i, ter. 30.42; temperature, swell. 52; light ten miles per hour; barometer, 30. 37. Vancouver Foggy, calm; barometer. 30.37. Victoria Clear, northwest wind, two miles per hour; barometer, Prince George Cloudy, southeast CIO 1KI1C UVVUUvU Via wwi . . L . while It is fair ln .the Interior oflnd' "!! mUes . Per -M hour' barom British Columbia. West Coast of Vancouver Islend Moderate to . fresh northwest tc west winds, mostly fair with increasing cloudiness at night eter, 30.18. ARE DEAD IN Tomorrowsfyrg Weather Forecast 12:M n.i . 5 iSf - r Prince Rupert and Queen Charlotte 7:02 It ML a n ll 1 Islands Fresh southeast ia:oi pit, '- I winds with showers and cooler. i IMI NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER gr - si ; PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939. PRICE: S CENTS hamberlain Rejects Hitler Plan ERMAN Protesting At FEELER ,Inte"eption ATTACK r.th Military aien .oic in-tuini Scope of Nazi Assaults On Western Front lostly For Enemy Sweden Hoes Not Like Oreat Brl-tain Interfering With Cargo Between South America i STOCKHOLM, Oct 12 The Swed en government has protested to London at the Intercepting by the British blockade of cargo moving between Sweden and South America on Swedish ships War News Turkey And Soviet SEEKING AID FOR FINLAND Annual Itil Tn ITnlf rf SIm I -ft -" ,.... v un i iiivivuir 1 , n i ru"' wV;r T An Scandinavian Nations To to .u i Turkey are expected sign their inlercede Wltn Kussia long-neglccted agreement on trade I and economic matterp today. It ... ... . : ugu uuumer ui rimana win, ' u with the signing of an agreement It!I,Ml ...... an an, , th , between Oreat Britain and Turkey. ted Suies Sweaen Noiway and First Of Series Of Anglo-Russian Trade Agreements Denmark to use tnelr gvou jf fices to lnterceds with Soviet. Russia to : it was decided in wash jij ton last night that any dimaich had octn iade tu Russia on behalf of ii-lmand. The Swedish minister terdav between Oreat Britain andjUnlted SUtes, it was learned how So-let RuTu whereby Russian ever, had conferred with Pr.'sident whit will be exchanged for Brl-, Roosevelt and the Norwegian and tleh tin and rubber w but the first i iJanlih minisicra with SocrJtary of of a series of such AMSTERDAM '. (CP) E. Tost, cook agreements I State Cordell Hull. u-hch will extend to other import an- romtrodlMes. TRIP WAS EXCITING and only h-iu- h rerorts of Soviet trqbp concentrations near the Finnish :.nntir ore not confirmed In Moscow. Finland Is still Jilgh'y nervous -bout an lnvas n and i; con'lnu-ns feverlshiy with the evacua tion of civilian from tl: principal cities as a precautionary measure .anst pa-sble air raids. Antl- v,h.ri.a. rv n..,iK.. v, aircraft guns , and mach oe guri Of Brrmrn FrtrmNewYrkT: -arc- alld ln! building In Hcl- North Russian Tort ". toP? f ingiors ana o;ner cmes. Arm" re- October IS: I nior(:cinrnu arr 01 1,1 "loouiicu. iwenty-on-' sovler pianos were reported to have been flying off -i Finland yesterday. Soviet bombing i planes could reach Finland from ".their bases within f ftecn mlnutesi I HOUSE BUZE ast nltht denied a report that Finland had been urged to irsfst Ru.sla However, official British sympathy with the plight of the Baltic nations was voiced. QUEST FOR Britb RAIDER ON; Dcgan, isu.uuu ions oi coniraoana, r ; . ,1 , . Including 40.000 tons of foodstuffs BuI1 Iarb,:r- ,fog; ca,m: kl f 1 I ''a for Germany, have been seized by barome?0:2 f"85 temp""' Oloi HanSOn IS Acts Before Words Are Needed In View Of Broken Promises TiVTViW fWtAKop 19 Tfia fn i ww iifn -w w ! Ti I win be soon followed, it is exDected.L, 7171 r A uouia uc rso reace wnn iionor on uasis oi ruenrers Last Utterance Parliament Receives Statement With Enthusiasm LONDON. October 12. Prime Minister NeVille .vr?i,fe,Siiit' Chamberlain told the House of Commons today that it was .may make on this Baltic republic. ., , . , , . - J , - ;uuiu autnoiiues appear to be impossible to accept as a basis of peace the proposals of 'comment that Presiaeu. :oossveit Lhancellor Adolf Hitler without forfeiting honor. Hitler's w.u urge mcdei at upon ihe word can no longer be depended upon, the Prime Mipister j Kremlin. ; ... ' declared, and acts before words i! German Ship Is Captured LONDON. Oct. 12: (CP) The Royal Navy is reported to have captured the 13,615 ton Ger- man steamship Cap Norte. A report issued by the Preis As- relation said that the Cape . Norte sailed from the Brazilian sort of Pernambuco on SeD- tcmber 17. IROQUOIS SAFE OVER York With 57 Passengers N'F.W must now be forthcoming before "we can cease war" Prime Minister Chamberlain's rejection of Hitler's overtures followed due consultation with the Dominions, France and Poland in regard to war alms. On the eve' of the Premier's statement today, powerful government leaders met last night at No. 10 Downlng'Street to receive a preview of Its contents. The statement, made In the course of Mr. Chamberlain's weekly report on progress, was received by the House with enthusiasm. The crowded Houss of Com- moos cheered as Mr. Chamberlain- A 1 A TTtll ' 7 4, icjcvicu- timers, peace terms. , Bluntly, the German government tlnued warfare and peace in which the Allies would not lose honor. "The Issue Is plain," Chamberlain declared. "Either the German government must give convincing proof of sincerity of their desire for peace by definite acts and by provision of effective guarantees A,n fit? German Threatened Lluer Docks At New 0f intention to fulfill their under takings or we must persevere In our duty to the end. It Is for Oer- YORK, ' October 12: The lo """ U1C wice. Tr iii-i.i. i ii a. ine "c name riUUC A Lniied Slates Lines steamer Iro- """r was Quo docked safely at the Nortti IIitler's Proposals were vague and River pier at 8:30 Wednesday uncertain and contained no sug-nlgnt with 577 American refugees f stlons for righting "wrongs don? to Czechoslovakia and Poland." cn board from Europe. The dock- oul" Msr- l'"iU"utriam a"ea- " Standard tg was at 8:30 Eastern which had was not alone the freedom of the unc. ine Iroquois, hoAn fhrpnfPnpd tt-ith xinkinz utak w ai, siaic. a"ack by a mysterious warning A1f Jeopardy was the peaceful , ' .sh u Warships fcwurlng s South ,k admiralty, was existence of Great Britain, the Atlantic for German Pocket met in mid Atlantic by United PT.ln.loniL 'J rest of the Battleship Admiral Scheer .c mvm .v,1pVl British Empire. France and rJTTT , Ponied her home. Naval planes freedom-loving countries. Oct 12.-Brltlsh d,h naval LONDON, ew ow Iroquois ln greetlng vessels are now engagm iu an intensive hunt of the South Atlantic Together as Never Before VANCOUVER, Oct. 12: (CPi In an Interview here. Olof Hanson, M. P. for Skcena, reiterated the statement that Canadians must stand together as never before forgetting all differences of politics, race and religion to preserve their democratic system of government arid the principles of British Justice. Hanson Is visiting here on business.! Northbound from Vancouver to as she arrived. a orrtftr. thrw rinv storm and l0lJ.hJ,Ja" .b,a"!!!, overflowing stream of sinister ru- now admits that there Is no doubt passengers and the 211 crew members during 10.000 ton vessel, which two weeks 'Z.Z.1 There were scenes of Joy and re- f SSt-'llef as the refugees we're welcom- ! tor C. G. Barber and announced to- day. lex Fraser Of Stewart Passes i'Cttllj 1CMCIU.IJ in Prince Rupert i general Hospital Had Been Brought Here After Stroke Alex N. Fraser. well known mln- Donble Traeedv on Titt Meadows. ace. C. P. R. steamer Princess er and prospector of Stewart, who Farm In Fraser Valley Today Louise. Capt. S. K. Gray, arrived was brought to the city about six jln port at 8:30 this morning and weeks ago after having suffered a PITT MEADOWS, Oct. 12: (CP) Isalled an hour later for the north.'stroke. passed away yesterday David Tingle, aged 55, and Mrs.' she Is due back here next Tues-.mornlne at the Prince Rimert Gen Margaret McDonald. 60, were burn- day afternoon southbound. Wlthl eral Hospital. He was about sixty ed to death when the latter's farm j northward travel now falling offjyears of age and had spent the house was destroyed by fire. 'to a minimum, there were only greater part of his lire In the East. The police say that Mrs. McDon- thirty passengers aboard the Prln- The funeral will take place here aid and Tingle an employee, were cess Louise, two disembarking here next Sunday under Masonic aus-apparently suffocated before they while two went aboard here for 'pices deceased having been a mem-had a chance to escape. the north. jber of the order in Ontario. ail TRAINING AVIATORS hme b tnelr relatlves coast. cd, and. Out In TwentyEeight Weeks Talking Unity GERMANS MUST REGISTER I OTTAWA. October 12: (CP) The Royal Canadian Air Force Is gearing Its organization to war All unnaturalized Germans over tempo to turn out fighting airmen the age of sixteen are required to In twenty-eight weeks of actulal . . . . . i , i . (ralnfnn, Iw a Thft rci rf ! mo FrtuvanTlpar northwest wind . .. . register ai Givisionai neaaquai icib t"-1-' iiciki9 , -. . v " . . ... ....... sv.v...v ,..uu(u..vU -. 0I lne provincial poiictr. hccuiuuis That Canadians .musi siana ,to inctru"tlons instructions received received bv by InsDec- Inspec- viaea lor imy weeits oi irunmig. jWARSHIPS ATREVAL Soviet Commences Its Taklnr Over of Esthonian Concessions-Troops Next Week TALLINN, Esthonla, Oct. 12. Three Soviet warships arrived here yesterday following the reaching of the non-aggresslori pact between Russia and Esthonla which allows' the Soviet extensive naval, air base and military concessions. The ar- rival of Soviet troops has been delayed until October 18- No boats being ln with catches, there was no sale of Halibut on the local Fish Exchange this morning,