I- anaaian Is Lost IARGAREE B.C. VICTIMS iritish Columbia seamen mlss- , in the Margaree sinking are: lommlssioned Gunner B. A. lis, Esquimau. Ilectrlcal Artificer Ives, Victoria. tUj Officer George bud Carter, Vancouver. Itltrrapher Ralph Leslie kit, Victoria. letter Petty Officer William fotbln, Victoria. bine Room Artificer Alan Ijhton Crane, Esquimau. pie Seaman Edward Arnott Isliiihim, New Westminster. Victual Assistant Stan-Ottdon Iiiinc Day, Victoria. ling Seaman William Don- K Kamlttops. purr Seaman David George mm, Esqulmalt. WtStiman Donald Lawrence ITincouver. iVaman Ilaymont Harold p, Victoria. I Soman William Edward PJinitt, White Bock. 1 Nff Petty Officer Neville fit Gntterldge, Vancouver. m Seaman William James ft Vancouver. I Seaman Elwyn House lley- i. uncouver. pv; Seaman Ackland Hubert i, Vancouver. W Seaman Alfred Ernest hCloverdale. Wine Room Artificer Thomas I 1 Lamb, Saanlch. i P Seaman Ronald Mackle, I Nrer. H'ng Seaman Edward Mc- Esquimau. pi Stoker Desmond Scott Kinnon, Victoria. i h'e Seaman II. Matthews. Vancouver. ' Minify Teleeranher Charles Norn Meadows, Victoria. F Seaman Franrl. Miltan. Itoria. P't Seaman iim., nrirm rler. Esquimau. mJ Seaman Frederick Mills, Vancouver. .lok (First Class) Wallace Murray, West Vancouver. r'e Maman Harold R. Fond- I "nuners. ft Seaman rri-ir.i f,"""' Sydney. H" Seaman F.rnrct Waller rll.Kelowna. ranr e . . Lj: ocaman i nomas Nine. VlrWi, tjje Seaman Victoria. John Comber Un-ood, rlal"g Stoker Willi itr.lb.. f Victoria. ' ,ancour. Able u e . I aman Rohor wiiiiam. ' " Il'imall. Ipttl Offl . ..... h Victoria NeSMl .. . . -... r.. vyooa, victoria. K New Schools "amine Destroyer in Alfred Archer, iuimalt ble Seaman Thomas Morley U, Victoria. Ible Seaman Gerald lacamp, Vancouver. Itoktr (Second Class) try Burnett, Esquimau, Joseph John ading Seaman William Allen Ider, Vancouver. Seaman Donald Leslie bipbclL New Westminster, idlnr Seaman Alexander Ay- tindr, Kamloops. holer (Second Class) James m, Vancouver. L-ting Leading Seaman Victor 28: Four new ""-"wis schools ure ure to to be dc dlnr !"J ii k1' lt 13 announced Poit,;. r Wlnnlpes (later fjii . uu Maoseuaun., Collision; Kescued ,lMcn Arc Lisicu Victims of Latest Naval Distaster Bud Ponder and William.Corbin Perish at Sea nTTAWA. October 28: (CP) Loss of th ranii.,.. itroyer Margaree, with 140 officers and men including iimanuw o. ... o khiiuu tou uy naval service quarters last night. The flotilla leader was recently uired from Great Britain to replace the sunken Fraser many oi the victims were survivors of the Fraser ou,ug m conison off Dunkerque last June. They had been transferred to her. Thlrty-ond men are reported to have been rescued. The Margaree collided with an unidentified merchant ship In the wui Atlantic last Tuesday. An-nouncement of the loss was withheld from the public until next of kin could be advised. Both vessels which figured In the collision were running blacked out. The Margaree sank but the merchant ship was apparently undamaged. She picked up the thirty-one survivors with whom she is proceeding to Canada. Included m the forty-seven Bri tish Columbia casualties were Able uTOuiait iiaroia n us sen (Bud) Ponder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ponder of Smlthers. Bud Pon- u wo3 tweniy-one years of age and had lived practically all his life In Prince Rupert. Besides his father and mother, he is survived by a sister, Miss Jean Ponder. Another victim was acUns Petty Officer William H. Corbln, a native of Prince Rupert who had been in the navy for eleven years. ' Jack Henry Burnett of Victoria. 'I'Hfl GERMANS ENTERING SPAIN BERLIN Unconfirmed rumors said' today that German troops have already crossed or are about to cross the Pyrenees into Spain presumably for an attack on Monday, October 28, 1940. ITALO-GREEK WAR 1 A 1 fore that time. Efforts were mam, to get her off on Sunday morning's high tide but they were unavailing. About all that could be done was 10 her stern somewhat. The bow u hirh nnrt drv iven at high water, .,., m ifh forrfl with which she drove up. At low water mere iMppn feet of water below mt hih rlM and falls with the tide and the vessel Is compwwv Is Turkey Coming In? BELGRADE, Oct. 28: (CP) Diplomatic circles heard unconfirmed reports today that Turkey had declared war on Italy following Italian invasion of Greece but the Turkish legation said it had no knowledge of such action. It said, however, that it had received word that the Turkish cabinet was holding an emergency meeting. A communique, issued at Athens after the Italians had been attacked by land and air, said that Premier John Me taxas was in communi ' brother of Richard M. Burnett of i cation with Turkey. rnnre itupcn. was another of the, victims. ' Twenty-five of the casulties were from Vancouver Island, mostly Victoria, Sub-Lien tenant Timbrell of North Vancouver, a veteran of Narvik, who escaped from the Fraser, was again a survivor from Margarce. ) The Margaree was formerly H. M. 8. Diana of the Royal Navy. Launched m 1932 she was transferred to the Canadian Navy last year. Her armament Included four 4.7" guns and eight torpedo tubes. ! London Youth Helped Nazis Boy, Admits ,Settlng .Fires, Guide German Raiding Planes Two Hundred and Scventy-Eisht Passengers Took to Lifeboats at Midnight Many Clad Only m Night Attire Prince Rupert salvage operators are speculating on i,n nO0ih;iirv nf the; 4658-ton million dollar steamer Al aska being refloated on the high tides Thursday or Friday from Elliott Island, 20 miles south of here, where she Rnturdav nicht while southbound from Seward to Seattle. There is little, if any, chance, it is t k trnccoi hpinit free be- Rupert for the scene of the wreck at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Capt. Reg Green Is In charge of the salvage outfit with a crew of 15 men. The Fearless returned to Prince Rupert Sunday afternoon to take out a dredge and compressors. She left ntraln Sunday night. The Alaska ran Into the natural cradle of a groove between tocks tldrv wtabovi which are suportlng her on either ternth three b high and dry, stern jwi chan , local , salvors ,t;. state, rf.f, ouhouah although ol ou ' has I bers Anchorage Is ,. the . exact . . spot o or K - tnt?stwherea ! ouW.ElUoti on Vhe wiiiu Porcher cliff Island Is . omer - S1UC ,i...-w shell has been puncvuieu. a. BhnIlt three mllea south of there Is cigni icii. i I 1 Island In Arinur Arthur Passace. rassase. W'"" . . . r-i. water In the forward noia. ru pipes aboaid the Alaska are known to have been broken by the Impact. Passengers arriving here stated Tile Armour Salvage Co.'s lugs Lawyer The steamboat channel is easicny of Elliott island whereas tha Alaska is to the west. Elliott Island ls very small. There Is deep water all around. Had the Alaska been a PROVINCIAL LIBRARY. VICTORIA, B.C. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, OCTOBER28J940 Tomorrow sTrdes High 11:50 am. 22.7 ft. Low 5:41 ajn. 4.8 ft. 18:20 pm. 2.6 ft. PRICE: S CENTS King George Announces Country Compelled To Take Up Arms Against Aggressor Greeks Resisting Stubbornly; Drive 8 Miles Into Albania LONDON, October 28: (CP) Stubborn Greek resistance against Italy is reported by neutral military sources in Belgrade today. Reuters, in a dispatch to London from Athens, said that Greek troops had broken through Italian positions at one place and driven eight miles into Albania. I i Scion Of Cecils ti Rejoins Cabinet Resigned as Protest Against peasement Policy in 1938 Ap- few hundred feet to the east nothing would have happened. It was a murky night, very dark. The vessel was evidently travelling full speed of sixteen knots or so when she ran ashore. The first work of salvage will consist of blasting of rocks In the effort to' give the vessel more water. The expectation is that larger sal vage vessels will be coming north from Vancouver. The United States coastguard cutter Cyane was at the scene of the wreck for a time yesterday morning. Two hundred and seventy-eight passengers of the AiasKa were brought to Prince Rupert yesterday morning from Elliott Island and awaited the arrival at Prlnca Rupert at 4 a.m. today from Seattle of the steamer Yukon, a sister ship of the. Alaska, which took them to Ketchikan where It was expected they would embark on the Aleutian In continuation of the interrupted voyage to Seattle. The North Coast remained at Prince Rupert until the arrival of the Yukon to provide shelter. Men passengers on the North Coast relinquished their accomodation meantime for the women and children passengers from the Alaska. The Yukon, after leav- Continued on Page Two Fuehrer Sees II Duce Today icuiiKuuciiun mai uiuubui nun -p resurrociy ffns to inform the government benches he left In Mussolini of talks with the ! 1938 as a protest against the Cham- Vichy government. There were ,rxr , . i . ; berlain appeasement policy. rvprvs hit Preoiler Henri LONDON, Oct. 28. A sixteen ( Helr the fourth Marquis of. PhUlbps Pn'a'n or Vice- year old boy has been convicted 'Salisbury and member of the po- premier Pierre Laval of In a London police court under lltically glamorous Cecil family, the France and General Francisco defence of the realm laws. He ad-' slender 47-year-old successor to Franco of Spain mi?ht take mlt.ted.thathe Hitler Viscount Caldecote as Dominions mrt in in cenference but was a sym. ... . . . . . ' secretary has lived up to the family this appears now to be un- pathlzer and that he had set traditions 'during his 11 years In llkelv. buildings on nre to guiae uerman the House of Commons as Conserv-bomblng planes. atlve member for South Dorset. ' FLORFNCE It-aly. Oct. 23: 1 (CP) Chancellor Adclt Hit- 1( rni p ?mi-r Bn ita Mus- LONDON, Oct. 28: (CPViscount gou ccnfOT:d for nearly Cranborne became liaison man be-' threa houn today in the t:rst -' tween Great Britain and te Dom- sico of a nraft'ng staged as I 1 4i. Al , 1 1 1 U t L .... . . 'To1 Vfiiuitiuu tayiiici ic- It?'! Ju . IjrCIJCS.. rilKei.T-- Big Liner Strands Near Rupert Steamer Alaska Piles Up On fM ILOST Elliott Island bouth UF Here; North Coast Is Rescue Ship . British Confirmation or Destruction of Bis Canadian Pacific Liner J LONDON, Oct. 28: (CP) The British Admiralty today officially announced the loss of the 12,-318 ton Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Britain. A communique said that the liner had been lost as a result of enemy aerial attack which caused a fire. Sal-vase operations were commenced immediately but, while in tow, the Empress blew up and sank. Some 598 of the total of 613 persons on board have already I been landed safely. Included in the number were military families and a small number of military personnel. Women and children were among the passenge'rs who sot Into the lifeboats without panic. They were picked up by British warships hours later. Some lifeboats caught fire from incendiary bombs before they could be launched. The Empress Hncr was bombed 'ISO miles off Ireland. The raider disappeared and then returned to drop more bombs Including incendiaries. Survivors said that the raiders also machine-gunned the ship. There is no confirmation of a report that the Empress was torpedoed while under tow and that this was the actual cause of FASCIST ULTIMATUM DEMANDING TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS AND RIGHT TO MOVE TROOPS REJECTED EARLY SPREAD OF CONFLICT SEEN ATHENS, October 28: (CP) King George II. announced today that Greece had been "compelled to go to war against an Italy coveting Greece's independence." The King's announcement was made shortly after Premier John Me-taxas had rejected an Italian ultimatum for surrender of part of her territory. Greek Minister Rosetti declared at Belgrade that a state of war existed between Italy and Greece and that fighting had started at 6 a.m. (8 p.m. Sunday, Pacific Standard Time.) Italy and Greece have gone to war following rejection by Greece of an Italian ultimatum for territorial concessions and the privilege of moving troops through Greece. Italian troops have advanced into Greece from Albania and air bombing of Greek ports has commenced. Athens had two air raid alarms today. Two planes came over but were driven off by anti-aircraft fire. -A communique, issued after the Italians hadV attackdtl by land and air, said that Premier John" Metaxas was in communication with Turkey. The Greeks elected to fight rathef than bow to Italian demands for Greek territory and free passage for Italian troops. !" Italian motorized units thrust across the;! mountainous Grcek-lfalian frontier atj fci3); ' (7 :30 p.m. Sunday) half an hour before the1 '&bn ation of the Italian ultimatum Iwhich'Vas obviously part of the build-up to justifiy the attack. Early this afternoon air raid alarms screamed in Athens for the third time today and anti-aircraft fire drove away four planes flying over the city at that time. Italian planes bombed Corinth and Tatoi airdromes, twelve miles from Athens, and the port of Patras. At Belgrade it was reported that ten divisions of perhaps 200,000 Italian troops were reported driving into Greece along the Albanian frontier in an attack timed with Italian naval blows at the island of Corfu. Details of the naval action at Corfu were unknown. UNLIMITED BRITISH SUPPORT As Greece was fighting today with her army against invading Italian forces it was announced officially that Great Britain was sending "unlimited support." Great Britain will honor her guarantee to Greece, it was officially an-? nounccd a few hours after Italian troops had crossed the Greek frontier. Informed quarters said the British Mediterranean fleet had occupied the strategic island of Crete and a small island with an airdrome off Corfu. At Rome the Italians claimed Italy had been obliged to take measures to meet a situation caused by alleged Greek provocation on the Italian frontier and "grave British threat to Greek independence." Rome claimed at the week-end that Greeks crossed Albanian frontier and attacked an Italian outpost. The report was officially denied by Greece. Fears arc held that the invasion of Greece may lead to further warfare in the Balkans with a possible Axis attempt to move through Turkey towards the Iran oil Country and Suez to Synchronize with resumption of the war in Egypt. AIR FORCE SPREADING ATTACK i LONDON A successful air raid by a strong force of Royal Air Force bombers on Skoda armament works at Pilsen In Czechoslovakia last night is reported by the Air ministry. The raid was the most distant Royal Air Force attack on German-held territory. The Air Ministry also announced that coastal command planes scored a direct hit on a power station at Lorient. Other points on the French coast were attacked also oil refineries in Germany. Despite none too favorable Weather the Royal Air Force Conducted extensive raids on enemy territory Saturday night Including Berlin, Hamburg and many, other important Centres, Jvreaklng: Iur-ther damagd oil TJeiuiSn tullitary objectives, r 5' I 4