HALIBUT ARRIVALS t. i j c t w 11; couver Summary in -100,500 pounds, .id; an -42,500 pounds, to 15.5c tfnd He American X n. 33.000, 15.4c ai)d 15.4c 15c 14a t. 8.000, 15.4c and 14c, J . 18.000, 15,4c and 14c. riibc. 15.000, 15.4c and 14c. 14,500 15.4c and 14c,' 1). 22.000, 15.4c and 14c 7,500. 15.1c and 14c. V. 4,000. 15c and 14c, 2,000. 15c and 14c. At- ASlKONOMI.K DIUD LONDON, June 8: Rev. Thco-( ,.;c Evelyn Recce Phillips, widely An astronomer and past presl-Jnt of the Royal Astronomical Boc!cfy. died at 73. Ml nnrt Mr. t tr Pnorlke re U'iird in th miu thn Vrnlure Wnrninir from n trln to Van- Russia Now ' Patriarch Back CHUNGKING, June 8. With latest developments the crossing by the Japanese of the Yellow Kiver Into Inner Mongolia and the rapture by the enemy of the airdrome at Chuhsien, 700 miles from Japan, while hand fighting hii proceeding within the anrirnt rily itself to which the defenders have withdrawn, war between Japan and China was ratine on five fronts today. (Thuhsitn was still brine held by the defenders although its fall would not be unexpected. The new offensive in the north threatens the caravan supply route fiom Russia into China, the last remaining pending completion of the new road from India through Tibet. Chinese fortes continue the fight in Yunnan province following the withdrawal from Burma. L'nlted Nations bombing planes have attacked Japanese concentrations In Burma. The Uoyal Air Force attacked Akyab again. One Ilrithh plane failed to Warming Up I MOSCOW. June 8: The Battle of Uussla. after hold- in fire, has broken out anew with a concentrated attack on Sebastapol. Elsewhere there is local flghtlnp. Russian guerrillas continue activity behind the German lines. There Is also revived air com- bat with the Russians getting the better of It. Canadian . t tu n Breeze, 19,000. 15.5c and n KltWanCOOl Woiagc Ka'.rsi, io,ooo, 15o and 15c, fltor Ik: ' j, B':j:.r.'r J B. A. i Samuel lage V. Douse Returns to VII-of Ills Birth to Spend Declining Years KITWANCQOk. June 8.-Samuel 1J Douse, one of the native Whs antt ; leaders iu the movc- htrnihst Miell heathen lltCS as potlatchcs,. has returned to his nniivn vll aco hero to spenu uu declining years. Now sixty years of age, lie, 1ms lived at various um at Alyansh on tho Naas River and at Ilazclton. Trevor WUHarns sailed on the Prince George Saturday night for a trip to Vancouicis YOUTHFUL TRUST ntJVCKPOOL. Eng.. Jane 8: T Jimmy May, 4ft, saved his pennies for many weeks, bought six colored face cloths with them and sent them oft to the Red Cross for British prisoners of war In Ger- ,many. He enclosed his picture with litis caiihuiuhuii . ..' know a little boy sent" UjIs gift they will surely see that our soldiers get them." Better Train Service Is On Speeded Up Schedule Between Jasper And l'rliiec Rupert In Lffrcl Operative this week an Increased train service on the rrlnce Runert line of the Canadian National Railways Is In effect. Full passenger trains will leave for. the East at 10:30 Wednesday and Friday mornings and mixed trains will leave Monday. Wednesday and Friday evenings at a o'clock. Full passenger trains will arrive Thursday and Saturday evenings nt 6 o'clock and mixed trains Sunday, Tuesday and Fridays at il p.m. David Carter, son of Dr. and Mrs. Ncfel Carte?, has left for Kcremec vheJo he will spend the summer engaged In farm worK. (KRM.VNS TO CANADA OITAWA Thousands more German prisoners of war have been landed in Canada for internment. Most of them are from Libya and they include two hundred officers, among them a couple of generals. TO IIKBATL HONG KONG OTTAWA Hon. U. B. Hanson. Leader of tfie Opposition, will seek a full dress Parliamentary debate on the Hong Hon? expedition. Col. Georee Drew says the finding of the Duff commission exonerating the government are not in keeping with the f evidence. There was "inexcusable blundering, confusion and incompetence." ALLILD SHIP LOSSES NEW YORK Twenty -six Allied vessels ierc sunk by submarines in the western Atlantic last week, hringinr; the total since the war with Japan tn date to 256. Ninety-six ships were sunk in May. CHURCH ANTI-NAZI MONTREAL A pastoral letter from Cardinal Villeneiivc and all archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada was read throughout the Dominion yesterday condemning Nazi methods and expressing gratification at the response to the appeal for recruits. NEW CZECH PURGE PRAGUE A new purge is getting under way in Czechoslovakia. Even those who do not show opposition to the Nuii are being exterminated as hostages. Surly Crechs were compelled to line the streets for the Ileydrich funeral yesterday. INVENTOR IN YOUTH STINE, Eng.. June 8: 0 . John Hartley, 90, widely known ns an engineering Inventor, died in this Staffordshire town. When he was 25 he had taken out more than 120 patents. Local Temperature Tomorrow sTides (Standard Time) High 10:40 ajn. 165 feet Maximum 58.5 . 22:50 pin. 19.4 feet' Minimum .40 Low 4:31 ajn. 8.0 feet 16:29 pjn. 7.8 feet NOKTHEKN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER XXXI No. 132 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., MONDAY, JUNE H, 1912 Lieutrn.uit -General A O- L. Mi-Naucliton 'ni;liti. i-onimaiulrr if thr 1st Canadian Army, rhaU with Major-General the Hon. P. J. Montague, the senior officer at Canadian Mili tary Headquarters, on tris rrtni to Hrltaln frorn" trtp to Canada Und the United Stat WITNESS OF ! PRODUCTION I ; British Minister of Supply Only'' I Wishes Hitler and Goerin; i Were Along DETROIT, Jupe 8 After Amor tain munitions produc tion planU here. Oliver LVttteton. nrltteh minister of supply, said I wish Hitter and Goerlng could have been with us. If they could have seen this production they would have thrown up their hands or blown out their brains." BULLETINS PUSHING I HIGHWAY jrrince Rupert To Be Speedily Giv en Connection With Provincial Highway System OTTAWA. June 8: CT The De Saturday announced the award of I contracts for construction of some eighty miles of new highway ex-ending east from Prince Rupert Rlong the Skeena River to Terrace and Cedarvale. Contracts for an idditional eighteen to twenty miles will be awarded within the next few days. The department said: "the highway, when completed, will connect with the exlsiUng highway running west from Hasclton and give Prince Rupert area road connec-Uon with BrlUsh Columbia and the Canadian highway systems. Actual construcUon has already begun and large shipments of heavy construction machinery are men. HASEHALL SCORES SATURDAY American League Cleveland 0, New York 3. Chicago 3, Boston 1. St. Louis 5. Philadelphia 6. Detroit 9-3. Washington 3-11. National League Brooklyn 2. Chicago 0. Boston 2, Cincinnati 8. Philadelphia 1, Pittsburg 3. SUNDAY National League Brooklyn 8-4. Chicago 4-3. Boston 2-2. Cincinnati 6-3. Now York 1-0. St. Louis 4-2. Philadelphia 4-G, Pittsburg 5-8. American League Cleveland 5-1, New York 4-13. St. Louis 5-7. Philadelphia 2-1. Detroit 6-0. Washington 4-8. George Darby lr., who has been attending school at Vancpuvcr, ar rived on the Vcnturo at Bella Bella yesterday to spend the summer vacation, with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. George E. Darby. It Is now apparent that the Japanese attack on Midway Island was designed to knock out Ameri can air strength there with a view to an invasion of Hawaii. Torpedo planes and dive bombers played; an important part in driving off the enemy from Midway Island and were to considerable extent responsible for the damage which was done to his fleet. Fighting off the Aleutian Islands was hinted but the position was said to be obscure. Attack On Australia Sydney naval base and Newcastle coaling station In Australia were today subjected to shelling by ii i - m PRICE: FIVE CENTS mencaiis Score Big Naval Victory Liberation of France Is Now Coming k'even to Fourteen Japanese Warshins Britain Suggests Now Is Time To Evacuate West Coast of Europe Targets in Occupied Countries Attacked Today Following Heavy Royal Air Force Assault Upon Emden U NDON, June 8, CP. The British Hroadcasting ration broadcast instructions to the French peonle ; U) evacuate the broadcast area from the Belgian Spanish frontiers, a strip designated as a pronib- r iitary zone by the Germans. The broadcast said .ions of capital importance" for the liberation of v,., htaxt In due Ume C: v.. irm sid they cultl : ret the bulletin and that ..tvc to uuid for Itself. .: British warplanr at-i in Northern Prance d last night and dam !i..in shipping off the r ..i d. the Air Ministry t'rflay. bat bad weather .ntinrnt kept the Royal lnim following up the inuht asstndt on the u.iriup bfee of Rmden : i man raid on Oer- F iuli-n bore the weight of iv Royal Air Force el-. Blurdjr . night. .Dd . mr was done, the Brlt- , err alio over the Low Nine UrlUnh planes fall- ' it :i. vie scattered raid by ,u., over parte of smith-i Saturday night. Da-n-. ii.tlUea wre light. Two , 's were brought down, i on Rmden wm the tii of the war. It u one i baea for Nazi U-boau m the Atlantic Ocean. ; ion of high expl :ve :lary bonrbs were diop-hmartne factory wis one niripal Urgeta. r : :in radio went off the ., while lat night but no :.c German capital deplanes were over north- mi lajit night but no-dam-uone and casualUc were PRESSING ON CHINA' Japanese Cross Yrllow River Into Mongolia and Capture Important Cliuhikn Air Field j Destroyed-Damaged , Two and Possibly Three Aircraft Carriers Arc Sunk I With All Planes On Hoard Sydney and Newcastle Arc bliellcd Hy Enemy Submarines WASHINGTON, June 8 Eleven to fourteen Jannn- t ese war vessels were sunk or damaged in the Battle of Midway Island. Admitting the loss of a destroyer and damaging of a carrier, United States naval authorities claim a great victory, at least partially avenging Pearl Harbor. Two if not three enemy aircraft carriers were destroyed with all their planes. An ' enemy destroyer was sunk. One If not two aircraft carriers were damaged as well as three battleships, four cruisers and three transports. It is now believed that the bombing raid on Dutch Harbor and submarine raids on Sydney were merely designed to divert atten tion. , , Admiral Edward J. King, com-, mander-ln-chlef of the United; States navy, announced today that' contact had been lost with the Japanese fleet' in the Battle of Midway Island following a three day engagement which saw naval activities extending all the way from Midway Island to Dutch Harbor. Following the sinking of an enemy destroyer and the damag-i Ine of two cruisers In the latest phase of the engagement, the . rrtemywent-tato retreat. "Relative-! (ly Inconsiderable loses" had been, (suffered by the United States fleet. declared Admiral King who had stated previously that the Japan-! ese had thrown the bulk of their naval resources Into the battle c-ni the outcome of which the war ln the Pacific might be determined.! Yesterday Admiral King had stat-! ed that the batUe was still going on although the enemy was trying to withdraw. At that time Admiral King said that a momentous victory was In the making although he warned that the enemy was not partment of Mines and Resources lye beaten. BATTLE OF TANKS HOT British And Free Frery:h Forces Have Upper Hand In Fiercest Engagement of Libyan Campaign CALHO, June 8: (CP) The gTeat tank battle in the Libyan Desert roared into its fourteenth day today with British and Free French Forces apparently hold ing the upper hand after repulsing new Axis attacks at Knight's Bridge and Bir Hacheim. British headquarters reported that artillery fire smashed another attempt by Field Marshal Erwin , Rommel's columns to break through toward Tobruk, fifteen miles north of Knight's Bridge, and the Free French, at Bir Hacheim, threw back a tank assault. It was the second time in as many days that Rommel was repulsed in an attempt to break through at Knight's Bridge. With the fiercest battle so far in the Libyan campaign proceeding, main Axis forces have been hurled back six miles southwest of Knight's Bridge. The British forces infantry and artillery have reached Har-mac. Heavy and )-ontinuous attacks have been made by the Royal Air Force, Martuba, Derna, Bengasi and NapW having been made targets. Prince Rupert Is No Christian City So Declares Presbyterian Pastor In Morning Sermon He Is blind Indeed who observes conditions nightly In Prince Rupert and can say this Is a Christian city, declared Rev. A. F. Mac- finrppn tn hlc mnrnlnc rnncrrpr'n. enroute. It Is estimated that the heavy Japanese submarines stand-' at p,.e50yterlan church '.project will employ some 1600 c-"e yestrday. Mr. MacSween saw a .uey fcu.-u iuc. iuui-0 auu mwinff tendency to nlaCe other newcasue m an nur. urn (considerations ahead' of Christian tary damage was none ana casual-1 faltn The volume of church at ties were few Many missiles , he a due to the screamed over the waterfront of ; ,trPnth of christian faith. Mill- Sydney and one shell exploded hi tary poliUcaI and economic con- a street, leaving a large craw, sid-rations Wpre lmDortant but not The aiming was wild. I the most important. All hoped and Blackout has now been canea prayea for Allied victory In along a length of UOO miles of(thls war so that certain extsltlng New South waies coasuine 10 j evils might be removed but If the depth of one hundred miles. jwas was to be truly won leaders of NO HARM MEANT PORTSMOUTH, Eng., June 8: 05 Arnold Keefe, 30. former art master at Battersea Grammar School, was fined the equivalent of $22.50 for unlawfully sketching fortifications although police were satisfied that he had ho evil Increasing expansion of the military establishment here has resulted In orders that the Indian Agent's office must find quarters somewhere else than In the basement of the Federal Building. The Janitor has also been given notice to give up his living quarters. the nations must be spurred and guided by vision beyond -the con flict and Its Immediate reverses and Issues. SUCCEEDS SIR DAVID LONDON. June 8: Cft Capt. William E. Hi 'Jolly of the Royal Navy ha? been appointed Paymaster Director General with the rank of Paymaster Rear-Admiral, succeeding Sir David S. Lambert who served throughout the First Oreat War with the Royal Canadian Navy. Miss Netta McLcod, who has been on a vacation trip to Vancouver, returned home from the south on the Venture this morn-