N Tomorrow's Tides Weather Forecast High 10:27 am. 189 ft. mm 22:23 p m. - 20.0 ft. Prince Rupert and Queen, Charlotte Low !10 am. 5.1 ft. Islands fresh ahlftln winds, 18:03 pm. B'' . unsettled and cooler with some light rain. NOKTHKRN AND CENTRAL nitlTISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER ' XXVIII. No. 148. . V PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE 26, 1939. PRICE: 5 CENT3 Japan TALKING OF TIME LIMIT, BJtkbrntlirri Dmtand Chance Hut British Home Slow to Adopt Change Ity PAT USSIint CarrJ an Pre Staff Writer L' 'DON. June 25: (CP) Pro- p i for a time limit on speeches I;) t.e I louse ji umnnoni ai vrsi- . lit.. . 1 JA I ..... .. ...I- I f! t .madlan Hotue have aroused her- 6 fusnlon among Members of ft: iT.ftil Bii 'hey dont expect any re- i, " Similar campaigns for short- fr ,:pr hes over the past 30 years hi trd nowhere. A Ot'-wa. with few exception. f:? ' me limn if i minute, ex- a ' -rr are made In the case of t'-.j Fume Minuter ana me leaai" w an inin iiepuoncan Army nni-c.t f-.e oppotltion who may speak oners and the withdrawal of Brill ;: .z ax they wish The finance tlsh forces from Ireland, rr ' r is not bound by any rule Irishmen, with oranje. green In bnftRct speech nor is ine op- p i r financial critic In reply. Mir v backbenchers at Wwtmln-! i!f l ave put their name to a mo- n j roposlng all aieechei should be mi'd to 20 mlnutea A mlnwter a 'tier sneaker opening a debate, i.1 be permitted lonser. buted to the Irish Republican Ar- Another proposal for shorter my which the Dublin government ipf hos was uteted on this baa- banned for the second time last Minuter introducing an Import- J week. i ' lc 45 mlnutas: chief oppo- In ireand there were also dem-iI tj rolv W minutes: subse- Onlrat)ons. At Dublin a Unhn qjr spe8kera--13 minutes or less, j, WM torn down and burned In B.irk In 1013. a committee on ih street. Young women marched prfedure ravorel a apeclf I nilt to jth the unicorn banner of the rpferhf to enable more members Irish Republican Army. n participate In debate. Bsrkbenchers' Protest The me limit issue was raised t' e othT day by Captain Victor r;-alet Conwrvatlve backbencher. He was annoyed because front ber.rhers monopoltied most of the irallable time during the Commons day debate on the govern -r.rnt" new Palestine plan. He said seme of them made speeches "of L-xrdlnatc length." Tapt. Edward FlURoy. speaker f the House. Indicated his sympathy with Capt. Cazalet's com-p iint He quoted from Disraeli to w It Is "better that the House it uld wonder why you don't speak than why you do." Side by side with this agitation It a move to enforce the rule peerhes must not be read In Com tr.ons, London gossip writers In metropolitan newspapers have taken a number of prominent Com-E'ners to task for this Including W;rston Churchill and Clement At-Uee Labor opposition leader. Members who believe In the art! of oratory contend enforcement of j fte rule against reading speeches! cjid liven up proceedings In the House and also tend to shorten Pferh length. But staid old Westminster Is slow 'i adopt changes In procedure. Old timers In the House expect It will c-ntlnue to muddle along on the present system. Halibut Sales Summary American 81,000 pounds, 7.7c nd 5.5c to 8c and 5.5c. Canadian 69.000 pounds, 6.6c nd 5c to 6.0c and 5c. American Haze! II.. 21,500, Atlln. 8c and 5.5c. Uetty. 18,000, Royal, 8c and 5.5c. Viking, 11,000, Cold Storage, 7.9c nd 5.5c. Ooney, 6,000, Royal, 7.7c and 5.5c. Wireless, 17,000, Cold' Storage, 7.8c nd 5.5c. Cascade, 10,500, Pacific, 7.9c and 5.5c Canadian Kalen, 14,500, Atlln, 0.7c and 5c. Atll, 14,500, Atlln, 6.8c and 5c. Flnella, 17,500, Cold Storage, 6.6c nd 5c. D-8,T., 11,500, Pacific, 6.6c and 5c, SAlalda, 11,000, Cold Storage, 6.9c and 5c. IRISHMEN ARE BUSY Republican Army Responsible For Liploloui And Demonstrations In London and Dublin LONDON, June 25:- Hundreds of policemen and members of the British Territorial Army were rushed into London's busy theatre """ua; mut iour Rlll TQ ti irn11nn. m,am ...... ...,4. ,nto confusion and taaglrd the cttya traffic. There, apparently. "tic iiu Miiuus caauaiwrs aimougn nineteen persons were Injured The explosions were similar to ,h' which nolle! hare blmed " nc ouiiawpa tnsn iiepunucan Army. tne acmonsiratinns conunurd yesterday In demand for releasing' and wh.te banners, proclaiming Ireland unfree will never b; at peace, marched Sunday past the scene of Saturday night's bomb- lngs. The bombings, which started In West End crowds during the theatre closing hours, were attrl- TODAY'S STOCKS (Court 8. D. Johnston Co.) Vancouver Big Missouri. .13. Bralorne. 12.00. Cariboo Quartz, 2.05. Dentonla, .02?;. Falrvlew. .03. Oold Belt, .33. Hedley Majscot, .75. Mlnto, jmi. Noble Five. .Oli. Pcnd Oreille, Ul. Pioneer. 2.48. Premier. 1.82. Privateer, 1.28, Reeves McDonald, .18. Reno, JUi. Relief Arlington, .13. Reward, .02. Salmon Oold, .09. Sheep Creek, 1.21. Cariboo Hudson, .08. Hedley Amal., .01 V. Oils A. P. Con., .14V4. Calmont, J2 C. & E 2.02. Home. 2.15. Pacalta, .05. Royal Canadian, .19. Okalta, 1.05. Mercury, .06. Prairie Royalties, .21. Toronto Aldermac, .31. Bcattle, 1.27. Central Pat., 2.40. Con. Smelters, 40.00. East Malarttc, 2.53. Fernland. .04, Francocur, .20. Gods Lake, .34. Hard Rock, 1.03. Int. Nickel, 47.75. Kerr Addison, 1.86. Little Long Lac, 2.95. McLeod Cockshutt, 2.01. Madsen Red Lake, J8. McKenzle Red Lake, Ul. Moncta, 1.16. Noranda, 78.50. Pickle Crow, 4.70. Preston E. Dome. 1.51. San Antonla, 1.72. Shcrrltt Gordon, .95. Stadacona, .48, Uchl, 1.38. Masher, .15, Oklcnd, .07. Smellers Gold, .03i. Dominion Bridge, 28.00.' J And FINAL SILVKIt PU1CK RAISED WASHINGTON' The Senate today approved a 77.1 cent price per ounce for domestically-mined llrer. after voting to wipe out President Roosevelt's authority to devaluate the dollar further. The treasury now pays 6t.6lc for silver. MISSIONARIES KILLED SHANGHAI, China Rev, and Mrs. A. A. Caswell, Canadian missionaries from Ottawa, having not been reported since the bombing by Japanese airplanes of a Canadian Holiness minion at Chant-teh In Hunan Province, last Friday, are announced bv the Rrl- tlh embassy today to have been killed. Natives of Ottawa, the: CaawtlU were former Vancouver residents. 'QUAKE IN CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO Strong earth qnaka shocks, which however, did no extensive damage and as a result of which no injuries are reported, jarred all parts of California Saturday from the Oregon line to the Mexican border. Today's Criminals Tough And defiant J a k e Handel, Veteran Trisoii Guard, Finds Prisoners HI- .Mannered WINNIPEO, June 26: (CP) Ouardlan of criminals for 34 yeats, Jake Handel, chief turnkey at the Headlnsly provincial Jail, has retired and, looking back, he finds. Criminals today are much tough cr than In the old days and they am mnH vrtunor Also they are. more defiant Prisoners of the old days may have been tough outside but they knew how to behave In Jail." he said.. -Criminals today are 111- manned" An immigrant boy. coming from Russla In 1887, Jake Handel, today 69 years old, worked as a farm.001 01 " mpson ror many, Irom some of the views expressed) and ranch hand ln Manitoba before years- (that this was still the Victorian' Joining the prison staff ln 1905. ,D"rtnB the war deceased served. age when women were chattels He has guarded many notable ,wUn the 28th Battalion, Canadian" without education or ambition, she .criminals, many of whom died on 'the gallows Including John Kraf- ..t,.nt, k,v mhh.f - .rmrrf.rrt and Ea'rle "The Strangler" Nelson! April 6. 1916. and again ln j captured In Manitoba after a't 1918 ln the final drive' , , j . shortlv befor- Armistir- m Winnipeg ana a Inouoic-muracr trail of death-crimes across the 'United States. I , Assay Plant Closing Down Consolidated to Remove Ore Testing Outfit From Here The Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. Is closing down at the end of this month the assay plant which it has operated here for ten and a half years. This Is, appar- ently. in line with a new policy ofjwomcn who have always done most the company whereby field explor-jo the work In Indian families may atlon work Is being considerably curtailed as new properties such as,0 the reserves. Only the men vote Big Missouri and Yellowknlfe come at Present. Into nroductlon. G. W. Dunn, who' At a meeting of agents and farm has been ln charge 6'f the'plaht hcre ever since It was started, will be leaving the City. The equipment of the plant is to be' removed. TRIPLE CALAMITY j LEHDS, Eng., June 26: (CP)- Disaster struck thrice when Jessie ' jwaunews, comedienne, surrered. from a sore throat here. Her un- uc.avuujr wa in uospuai ana me fr U British Negotiations BULLETINS I TELFORD ASPIRES VANCOUVER Dr. Lyle Telford, mayor of Vancouver and member of the Legislature for Vancouver East, who resigned from the Co-operative Commonwealth t federation last year, appeared at the provincial convention uf the party here today following decision of a party regulation barring member:, lrom boiuaig two elective offices. In an interview, ' 1 chord said: "So far as I know, I am back In the party now." He said that he would be a candidate for party leadership in the I legislature if nominated The party is. scheduled to choose a leader during the day. Some of the members of the party are known to be opposed to Dr. 1 el-ford being again chosen leader. CONCEDING TO RL'SSIA London Well Infornied political sources reported Saturday that Great Britain ha offer-l new concessions to' the Soviet Union, Including individual guarantees for the lU.tie counties in Its effort to presuade Moscow to Join the anti-aggression group of nations. PASSlNG OF GEO, BROWN Resident of Port Simnson Twnitr.the Civil Service, however, claim Years, Fish Buyer and Returned Man George Edward Brown, a resident . . " r Am nt oi rori, aimpson ior twenty years v ana lit luu Otlll(JMMl Utll eraI Hosp'l on Saturday evening. I ..... Mr Rrnnm UA III . . I I w.wn.. tiau UlCIi ill for some uu n reaiizea mai mere " "cc'Oi recovery. r,oorn ai renan miiis, st. aze- Cornwall. In 1888, Mr. Brown camc 10 Canada ln He was wel1 known In the district as e of the flrm of fishbuyers of "c'" rovm, -no operated "PwiBuionary rorce. ana neia tne rank of sergeant when discharged.) He was twice wounded, first at St. v , of a lt thoughtful disposition ueorge urown had a host of friends AUXmarJr "tnvonai oertice. itvn who will mourn his loss. !Kent Company, led by Company The funeral will take place under. Commander Mrs. Lilian Bray and me auspices or the Prince Rupert branch or the Canadian Legion of which the deceased had been a valued member. ; Indian Women , May Get Vote Likely They VIII Obtain Voice in Governing Reserves J ! REGINA. June 26: (CP) The! De granted a voice in government instructors of Saskatchewan re - servauons an amendment to the Dominion Indian Act to enfran-.mons cmse women more man 21 was passed and awaits approval at Ottawa. Dr. Thomas Robertson, provincial Inspector, who introduced the motion, said the request came from the Indians themselves. with exception of those who fought in the Great War. Indians nave n0 provincial or Federal' . only mau, WOMEN AT WORK NOW Many Return to Posts as Males Join Forres in Old Country By DILYS THOMAS Canadian Press Staff Writer LONDON. June 26: CP Bri tain's Civil Service, which has hlth- T. . , . , , " erto barred employment of married lirIl,s" toupic bearched, Woman Being; Stripped Before women, has been forced to break Japanese Sentry Retaliatory Steps Still down and change its mind. Contemplated ' Already several banks, big com- merclal hcures and Insurance eo?n- LONDON, I nvnnw June T,, or. 26: rr r i , pames have drawn uo woxsn's (CP) British and Japanese -back to work- schemes. govei nments nave decided to open negotiations at Tokyo so many men in the c;i sice within forty-eight hours on blockaded Tientsin. It is un-; between the ages of 20 a-d ii win derstood the Japanese have agreed to lift the blockade v called un for six tr'hs trim- soon after negotiations start. Britain refused to netro-!n". 7VmV' T' tiate whi,e tne cit-v as walled off. ; h scrlntlon bill that the has Treawry p.. tli t i i . breat Bi ,tam t plans to take retaliatory rrited thr-nds m retire mar- measures rled women to return to work. - -""t Jn pefoie the end of Women may be re-emploved In 110 V kTV jhls week informed ouarters said 'arr an.de. If thv return to their IlilJ fAlt f n''(!'""!.,nf -Panese agreed 'old grade they will be -a!d th- aal- ',,k thc,TlenWn PUte. arwrm w- iT they got at the date of retire- MYQTPR V V gT'ng demand for ment If they enter a ler grade. l?i I iJ 1 LllV I "g tj0" caWnct as said .hev wtl! be nald the maximum for" e haT? dlAJd to orize such hat grade. A minimum neriod of re-employment will be fixed and sick leave and annual leave will be granted. The Treasury will not ask for return of the marriage gratultv paid on their retirement but women employees about to marry must still teslsit "formally" If they wish to continue In the. Service. They are then paid the usual marriage gratuity which is based ' on length-of-ser- vice and salary. f Men In the Post Office branch of that Increasing employment of wo-i men In the telegraph department L: displacing a potential army re-rve H. E. J. Moon of LIvhdooI tnii dWatM to a rwent confer- ence Df the Post Office Controlling nfflpi' Auvlatlnn at Ipdx that during the Great War the Armyi "... .. . 'I authorities knew they had a r- senre on whom they could call to bring the Royal Corps of Signals up. to strength. He suggested condl- Hons were not as satisfactory now from the Army point of view. Champion of the women was Miss m. Mathleson of the Central Tele-I graph office. One would gather said. i Army Kitchens ; Soldiers at Brampton Barracks Chatham were recently "Invaded" and liked It The Invasion was . carried out by girl volunteers of the ' OI"ij ii u- nweu aen- ! T1 44th ,s Ilrst company of, girl volunteers to receive a week's barracks training on War Office orders. At first the soldiers re-' sented the girls working In the kitchen, doing "orderly" work, learning Army book and diary keep-llng. But, by the end of the week,1 ithey didn't want the girls to go. Mrs. Wlssenden said the soldiers seemed to enjoy teaching the girls as much as the girls liked being ln barracks. Mrs. Bray and Mrs. Wlssenden were sorry to leave. They held of- 'ficlal rank in barracks and were saluted by men on duty. Another defence worker whose name means news Is Pauline Gower. .28 - year - old daughter of Sir Robert Cower. C Conservative House of Com member for Gilllngham, Kent.1 Miss Gower has Just been appoint ed a District Commissioner for the.fering help or criticism on the Air Civil Air Guard. She Joins Mrs. Guard scheme and reporting on maxiuc BUics, airpiane-oesigner wire or F. a. Miles, commander of the London area of the Guard. of Miss Gower learned to fly ln sev- n-anrt.n.hif hn.,r. km. jmerclal licence and was one of the first women tn ohLiln t She wlllslstant ?, .U" S 53 S'S her control which she will visit, of- Tientsin Blockade To Be Lifted Very S oon. It Is Now Anticipated tonsiacie rrescott s Trail' Traced to Precipice Where it Disappeared i oniisn government was said Hope has not been given up en- to convinced reUllatory meas-tlrely as yet for Constable a A. urcs are necessary to end insulting Pres. t, provincial police officer treatmpIt of British subjects by at Butedale, who has not been . panes soldiers. The cabinet was seen since last Monday afternoon trePrtel considering art embargo when he left Surf Inlet to travel j00 "P"1" goods. . fifteen miles overland across rug- I Twlon was Increased when ged Princess. Royal InJet to Bute- Panescsearciiea JJrttUhuxiuple dale, although fears for his safe- - A- Herbert, British consur, said ty are steadily mounting. Pres- ,the wnian was permitted to rc-citt has now been traced over ta,n oalT on garment after being very rough country for a distance i ct'd o an examination by of some thirteen miles to Bute- jJaPanese policewomen In full view dale Lake where he was, appar- of a JaPanese sentry. The two ently, blocked by a steep and al- !wcre AIr- and O. Flnlay. Mr. most impassable precipice run- innlay I employed in the lnteraa-ning deep into the lake. There tIonal country club ,ln the Jap- the trail has been lost and his fate as from that point has be- . .... come a baffling mystery. There are indications that he might have started to make a raft to pass around the precipice but it was evidently never finished or launched. The face of the preci- P'ee has been minutely examined. even the lake at that point has been dragged but without trace. The search continues under direction of Staff Sergeant Ernest Gammon. Constable D. W. Taylor returned last night from Butedale. Baseball Scores SUNDAY'S SCORES' National League Philadelphia 3, Chicago 4. New York 3, Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn 6, Pittsburg 5. Boston 8-2, St. Louis 5-0. American League St. Louis 7-2, New York 3-11. Ceveland 8-2, Philadelphia 4-Detroit 10. 6, Washington 1. Chicago at Boston, rain. SATURDAY'S SCORES New York 7, Cincinnati 2. Brooklyn 2, Pittsburg 6. Philadelphia 1, Chicago 0. Boston 2, St. Louis 5. American League St. Louis 1, New York 2. Chicago 14, Boston 6. Cleveland 6, Philadelphia 10. Dcrtolt 4, Washington 12. VULGATE RETURNED BUCKINGHAM, Eng., . June 26: (CP A 14th century Vuigate Bible which disappeared from Buckinghamshire narlsh chiirrh ha. hson returned by post. progress to Mrs. Miles. Miss Gower, one-time member a flying circus, believes "women flyers will be very useful In an emergency. They could ferry airplanes. They could also act as as- flying Instructors, thus re X combatant flying. cucsuay u me Japan- ese government continues silent on numerous- Britloh representations. ""C5C controlled territory. Mrs. iFlnIaJ' said that after the exam HnoHnn inaUon-conducted . . . .... i under the steady u"r oi a Japanese sentry, "gea to una her husband ""a oniy in an undershirt, 'hoved Into the street. She said """ sentries Hung his cloth- 'lng after him. Other developments Included a Japanese protest charging BritlsV military authorities with Interfering and attacking a Chinese soldier on Japanese occuDied tprritnr-o 'when a British soldier allegedly aauuea a unmese shopkeeper. Japanese tightened their blockade by allowing only 0ne Chlnesj to enter the British and French concessions each half hour and declared martial law near the rall- iway station. O. A. Smith, British exporter, Jwas released after being held eight days by the Japanese on charges of man-handling a Chl-Inese policeman uotslde the British (concession. The United States made representations to the Japanese charging them with mistreatment of Robert S. Casey, an American seaman, in detaining him four days. Th? Japanese apologized and promised further Investigation. Weather Forecast General Synopsis A shower depression centred near the Queen Charlotte Islands Is causing unsettled weather on the coast. A few light showers have occurred over the Interior. West Coast of Vancouver Island Fresh southeast, shifting to southwest winds, cloudy with mist and showery at night. t WARY OF MARRIAGE LONDON, June 26: (CP1 British women are alarmed because they forfeit their British citizenship oh marriage to a refugee alien. Many women are technically without a country after such a marriage. V 4