WASHINGTON,
U-C,
July
8:-John
L.
liewls
is
in
conference
with
representatives
of
leaders
or
twenty-three
maritime
workers
unions
here
with
a
view
to
enrolling
their
entire
membership
of
some
300,000
men
under
the
Committee
on
Industrial
Organization.
Card
of
Thanks
Stiles
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
F.J
M,
Crosby,
Ingward
Wicks,
warren
Scott,
June
Munroc,
Marie
Nicholson,
Arlene
Walker,
Mr.
Brand
and
Bud,
Ned
McLeod,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
II.
A.
Duhamel,
Mr.
nnd
Mrs.
L.
Ross,
Mr.
Bill
and
Bill,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Dude
Robertson,
Friends
from
the
boat
Johanna,
Felix
Rcda,
Charlie
Atkinson
and
Archie
Marsh,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
J.
E.
Jack
and
family,
Pete
Lorenzcn,
The
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union,
Howard
Stccn,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
F.
Byrne
and
family,
Marguerite
iJurant,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
M,
P.
McCaffcry
and
family,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
a.
Clccone.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
Stcgavlg
and
family
and
Olaf.
Blanche
Hartc,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
N.
Fraser.
Rtenvln
nnH
Mac.
Nell
and
Joe
Kllby,
Ivor
Martcnscn,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mcintosh
and
Mary,
Prince
UUDert
Plnnpprn'
Asxnplatlnn.
Al'
Wm.
Millar.
5.5c.
ment
had
no
intention
of
offering
any
new
proposal
as
an
alternative
to
non-intervention
at
the
conference
of
the
27
non-intervention
nations
called
for
tomorrow
to
consider
the
Spanish
civil
war
situation.
Fearing
political
character
of
Italy's
assistance
in
the
Spanish
war,
General
Francisco
Franco,
Insurgent
commander-in-chief,
is
seeking
British
help.
He
desires
to
maintain
his
country's
independence,
he
says.
KILLED
IN
CALGARY,
July
8:
.Mr.
him)
.Mrs,
Kdward
Wales
and
two
daughters
of
Auburndale,
Massachusetts,
are
dead
as
a
result
ol
ah
automobile
plunging
off
an
Irrigation
ditch
bridge
on
the
Chestcrmere
Lake
Highway
neai
here.
Neither
Germany
Nor
Italy
Ready
For
Heavy
War
VANCOUVER,
July
8:
Speak
of
lron
ore
and
timber
properties
Tlie
uroijosal
whereby
v.
Yukon
,rninirfiinent
have
been
made
Territory
should
be
annexed
to
the
j
to
export
both
commodities
froml
province
of
British
Columbia
seems
thc
quet,n
Qharlotte
Islands.
I
to
be
most
unpopular
In
the
tcrrl-1
tory
and
all
people
mere
aPPearji
,
r
"n
to
be
opposed
to
it,
declares
Rt.nOtel
uCOrgia
Rev.
E.
M.
Bunoz,
Roman
Catholic
.
Bishop
of
Northern
British
Colum-.
ntriKC
IS
UVCr
t,ln
nnH
the
Yukon,
who
reiurnea
to
the
city
on
thc
Princess
Louise
vpsfprd.iv
afternoon
from
a
trip
to
Yukon
on
ecclesiastical
duties.
Bishop
Bunoz
visited
among
other
places
Dawson,
Mayo
and
wnue-
horse.
Halibut
Sales
American
Majestic,
35,000,
Booth,
8.7c
and
Agreement
Reached
and
All
Em
ployees
Who
Walked
Out
Arc
Reinstated
VANCOUVER,
July
8;
The
strike
of
employees
of
the
Georgia
Hotel
here
ended
yesterday
rouow-Ing
the
reaching
of
an
agreement.
All
strikers
have
been
reinstated
by
the
management.
VANCOUVER,
July
8:
(CP)
Wheat
was
auotcd
at
$1.39'4
on
the
Vancouver
Exchange
yesterday.
Today's
price
was
51.40
'j.
Today's
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
(I
AM.)
,-,v-
Ik
High
1:35
a.m.
225
ft.
prince
Rupert
Raining,
northerly
14:25
p.m.
20.8
ft.
wind,
4
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
Low
8:15
a.m.
-0.1
ft.
30.18;
sea
moderate.
20:26
p.m.
5.0
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol.
XXVI.,
No.
157.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY,
JULY
8,
1937
PRICE:
5
CENTS
EDINIRGH
r
rwi
Pi.
$ftb.
Mis
Majesty-High
U
?
y
Queen
Eliiabe
r
r-nmnunail,
July
8:
The
his
.m-i
reremony
of
presentation
of
v
nf
Edinburgh
Castle
to
Witt
JK-j-
-
-
King
George
VI
was
carried
out
with
due
formality
yesterday
by
the
governor
of
the
castle.
Queen
Elizabeth
was
Installed
as
a
member
of
the
Order
of
the
Thistle,
It
being
the
first
time
that
a
woman
has
been
so
honored.
Their
Majesties
are
accompanied
on
their
visit
to
the
ancient
Scottish
capital
by
Princesses
Elizabeth
and
Margaret
Rose.
CLASH
At
PEIPING
Chinese
Soldiers
Alleged
to
Have
Attacked
Japanese
Tokyo
Thinks
It
Serious
TOKYO.
July
8:
The
Japanese
government
was
Inclined
to
look
gravely
last
night
upon
a
reported
Mash
of
Chinese
and
Japanese
troops
Just
south
of
Pelplng.
The
fighting
was
continuing
at
midnight,
It
was
reported.
The
Chinese.
It
Is
stated
here,
attacked
the
Japanese
and
a
considerable
number
were
killed.
An
immediate
apology
will
be
demanded
by
Japan.
Japanese
reinforcements
have
been
ordered
nortli
i,
of...
Pelptng.
The
Chinese'
are'
"defying'
the
Japanese
despite
the
Lewis
Lining
Up
Maritime
Workers
Is
in
Conferecne
with
Lender
Of
Twenty-Three
Unions
In
Washington
OFFENSIVE
INJPAIN
Government
Forces
Reported
To
Have
Made
Decisive
Advance
Yesterday
IIENDAYE,
Franco
-
Spanish
Border,
July
8:
(CP)
Spanish
government
troops
pushed
ahead
yesterday
in
one
of
the
heaviest
offensives
of
the
civil
war
to
shatter
insurgent
lines
on
the
western
side
of
Madrid.
Military
sources
at
Irun
confirmed
dispatches
that
insurgent
lines
in
South
Escorial
had'
been
broken.
Twenty-five
thousand
men
participated
in
the
government
offensive
near
Naval
Carnero.
Several
strategic
villages
were
reported
to
have
been
captured
by
the
government
forces.
NO
NEW
PROPOSALS
LONDON.
July
8:
British
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
stated
yesterday
that
his
govern
Giant
Flying
Boat
Tests
New
Raft
For
Landing
Passengers
A
new
type
of
raft,
especially
constructed
for
landing
passengers
from
Empire
flying
boats,
Is
beln
?
tested
by
Imperial
Airwajs
at
their
landing
base
at
Southampton,
England.
The
flying
boat
shown
above
at
one
of
the
new
an.
ling
rafts
is
the
type
which
The
huge
flying
boats
are
expected
to
have
a
will
be
used
by
Imperial
Airways
for
the
trans-Atlantic
air
service
to
begin
soon.
landing
base
In
Eastern
Canada
and
the
rafts
may
be
used
at
U-e
base.
READY
FOR
EMERGENCY
British
Prepared
to
Meet
Any
Situation
Following
Report
Publication
JERUSALEM.
Julv
8:
(CP)
'
Over
eleven
thousand
troops
and
j
police
prepared
yesterday
to
meet
I
any
flare-up
of
smouldering
Arab'-!
Jewish
strife
which
might
follow
'
last
night's
publication
of
the
British
Roval
Commission
plan
to
PAD
CM
A
Oil
'partition
the
Holy
Land
int0
an
l.fI
ill?IiiniArab
state,
a
Jewish
state
and
a
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courteay
S.
D.
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
1J.
C.
Nickel,
.18.
Dig
Missouri,
.45.
Dralorne,
G.'JO.
IJ.
II.
Con.,
,04.
(ask).
Aztec,
.0D'-j.
Cariboo
Quartz,,
1.10.
Dentonia,
.13.
-Dunwell,
.02';..
Golconda,
.OG'i.
.
Minto,
.132.
Fairview
Amalg.,'.
.07'
3.
Noble
Five,
-.05
.
Pioneer,
3.85.
Porter
Idaho,
.OlVt.
Premier,
2.40-Reeves
McDonald,
.70.
Reno.
l.UllW,
.
.80.
OU
.
.iilfc.on
VJl.v.
w
....
v.
'
r
I
1
1.1.
.1
tlnHiil..'
fti
i
.
.
.
1
'
1
i
.
1
I
Members
of
American
.
Fnnulyl
.0
e
Los..
Lives
When
Aulo
P
unae
",cu
"
"a"u
-
.
uewuru
,
.vo.
Inl
Irrigation
Ditch
Near
droops
and
four
thousand
Calgary
police
are
on
hand.
er.
Today's
Weather
lOovernmnt
Telgra.iluil
Terrace
Cloudy,
calm,
55.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
5".
Stewart
Raining,
calm,
50
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
52.
Smithers
Cloudy,
calm,
warm
1
T
,.l
.
lTi'itrlif
nnltn
fid.
miliia
LiUivt:
...ifc....
.....,
.
Victoria
Barometer,
30.02;'
southwest
wind,
20
miles;
clear.
Estevan
Barometer,
30.08;
Northwest
wind.
16;
cloudy.
Prince
George
Barometer,
30.00;
calm
and
cloudy.
Vancouver
-
Barometer,
30.02;
northeast
wind,
4
miles;
clear.
THnlp
Island
Overcast,
show
ing
at
a
luncheon
given
in
ms,
hour;
!
honor
here
yesterday,
the
mayor
of
smooth
,
Melbourne,
returning
from
a
trip
LanKara-Showers,
calm.
30.04;
10
t.urope,
cxprcaocu
uic
"'"-u.
iEht
swell
b
neither
Ocrmany
or
Italy
were
pre-
j
pared
,
to
engage
In
a
protracted
i
mi-i
nrn
war.
Conditions
were
iar
"om
I
I
Li
V
I
'happy
among
the
people
of
either
.1
,c,
Howard
Kcefe
and
family
".rountrv.
the
oromlnent
visitor
..
t
1
l,nnl-Jl
'
w
convey
ineir
sumjcu-si.
said,
for
all
of
the-
kind
aucnuons
aim
services
received
during
their
recent
sad
bereavement
and
also
for
the
beautiful
floral
tributes.
Those
sending
flowers
were:
Ills
Loving
Son,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
P.
Wing-ham
and.Oscar,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
O.
M.
Hunt,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Frank
Fitch,
Bulklev
Market.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
Annexation
Is
Unpopular
Idea
Everybody
in
Yukon
Appears
To
Ue
Opposed
to
Joining
Up
With
n.
C.
and
Pat,
Harold
and
Pete
Fisher,
6.5c.
Ti,-
...j
t.i
I
Canadian
Your
FrienH
.Tank
vtownt
sr..
and;
Thrasher,
8,500,
Atlln.
7.5c
and
II
til
EXPORTS
Canadian
Legion
Opposed
to
Iron
Ore
and
Timber
Leaving
Hritish
Columbia
For
Japan
VICTORIA,
July
8:
The
Canadian
Legion
has
sent
a
protest
in
nttawn
nt
Jananese
purchases
Salmon
Gold,
.00.
Taylor
Ilridge,
.1)1.
Hedley
Amalgamated.
.01.
Premier
Border,
.02'
2.
Silbak
Premier,
2.05.
Congress,
.03.
Silver
Crest,
.01.
Home
Gold,
.02'.
Grandview,
.18.
Indian,
.02.
(Juatsina
Copper,
.OlVi.
(Juesnelle
Quartz,
.07.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.12.
Calmont,
.85.
C.
&
E.,
I5.10.
Freehold,
.12.
McDougall
Segur,
.'Jo.
Mercury,
.KG.
Okalta,
2.1G.
Pacalta,
.21.
Uniled,
.21).
Toronto
Reattie.
1.18.
!
'
Central
Patricia,
2.75.
Lee
Gold.
.52.
Co.ls
La"ke.
.0:5'-j.
Little
Long
Lac,
5.10.
McKenzic.
Red
Lake;
1.20.
Pickle
Crow,
5.70.
Red'
Lake
Gold
Shore.
.11.
San
Antonio,
1.1:5.
Sherritt
Gordon,
2.52.
Smelters
Gold.
.0:?.
McLeod
Coekshutt,
2.05.
Oklend.
.17.
Mosher,
.27.
Gil
bee.
.01
M...
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.75.
Stadacona,
1.25.
Frontier
Red
Lake,
.08.
Francoeur,
.75.
Manitoba
&
Eastern.
.02
'a.
Moneta
Porcupine,
LIS.
Rubec,
.02.
Thompson
Cadillac,
.50.
Railor.
.02.
Rankfield.
.80.
East
Malarlic,
.1)5,
Preston
East
Dome,
1.03.
Hutchison
Lake,
.20.
Dawson
White,
.12.
Rajah
Red
Lake.
.18.
Aldermac.
1.07.
Kerr
Addison.
2.18.
UchI
Gold.
.85.
Martin
Bird.
.GO.
Margaret
Red
Lake,
.27.
WINNIPEG
WHEAT
WINNIPEO,
July
8:
Wheat
prices
went
up
lBic
yesterday,
July
closing
at
$1.488.
Tonight's
morning
to
be
on
time,
DYEIt
SHOUTS
OUT
JT
McMaster
In
-TW0
LADS
GUILT
CONFESSION
LOS
ANGELES,
July
8:
Al-
ravish.
murder
nf
three
little
girls
In
a
ravine
near
Beverly
Hills.
"I
plead
guilty."
Dyer
shouted.
After
being
advised
that
his
plea
could
not
be
ac-
cepted.
Dyer
collapsed.
Former
Powell
River
Head
Ilf
comes
Identified
with
Nootka
Wood
Products
Limited
VANCOUVER,
July
8:
A.
E
McMaster,
former
managing
director
of
the
Powell
River
Co.
has
been
named
general
managu
of
the
new
Nootka'
Wood
Product?
Ltd.,
a
concern
being
formed
with
a
view
to
establishing
a
mill
on
the
West
Coast
of
Van
touver
Island.
An
early
official
of
thp
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
in
Trinct:.
.Rupert,
it
had
been
reported
heic
recently
that
Mr.
McMaster
might
Ik.
identified
with
the
projected
local
pulp
mill
undertaking.
MORE
REDS
executed;
Sixty-four
Alleged
"Wrecker"
Are
Put
to
Death
in
Siberia
MOSCOW.
July
8:
CSP)
-
Consular
reports
from
Khabara-hovsk,
Siberia,
to
the
Japaneru
embassy
here
said
that
sixty-four
more
alleged
wreckers
01
jsowci
railroads
had
been
executed
in
Svobodny.
Alberta
Visitor
William
Ellis
of
Three
Hill.
Alta.
Struck
by
Automobile
In
Vancouver
DROWNED
me
ncau
ui
,wc
uiiv
niuwi
taken
as
an
indication
that
he
had
Governor
General
of
Canada
and
his
party
are
here
today
in
the
ourse
of
their
western
tour.
Dentist
of
Peace
River
Loses
Life
Dr.
W.
T.
Ilalncs
Instantly
Killed!
Near
Windsor,
Ontario,
Yesterday
automobile
accident
near
here
yes-j
terday.
Seriously
Hurt
Weather
Forecast
Fiirnlnhcd
tnrni.:
the
courtenj
01
I.
Dominion
Mrtoroloelcl
Burwu
f-Vlctorl
una
Prlnc
Rupert
Thl
fir
capt
In
"omplM
fTn
observation
tf-rn
t
S
.m
tndv
nnd
powr
tn
SI
hour
period,
endlnj
5
p.m.
tomorrow).
vAMrrmvtrn
Julv
8:
William
noniml
Rvnnmls
Pressure
re-
.-
V.V..V.M.
"J
..u.-
...
.
Ellis,
a
visitor
here
from
Three
mains
comparatively
high
off
the
Hills.
Alta..
Is
In
hospital
here
suf-
toast
and
unsettled
weather
con-!
WEAK
RADIO
SIGNALS-IN
Is
Amelia
Still
Alive?
Search
Of
Coral
Beefs
Continuing
SAN
FRANCISCO,
July
8:
(CP)
Weak
radio
.signals,
which
might
possibly
have
emanated
from,
the
missing
plane
of
Amelia
Earhart
Putnam,
were
again
reported
to
have
been
picked
up
yesterday.
An
amateur
operator
at
Honolulu
last
night
reported
having
picked
up
a
message,
possibly
from
Mrs.
Putnam's
navigator,
Fred
Noonan,
saying
"All's
Well"
and
giving
position,
j
The
United
States
battleship
C61orado
reached
the
area
of
tho-Phoenlx
Islands
yesterday
and
catapulted
three
planes
to
search
the
coral
reefs
for
trace
of
the
missing
plane.
After
being
out
for
two
hours,
they
returned
without
finding
trace,
resuming
the
search
,
this
morning.
The
aircraft
carrier
Lexington
and
three
destroyers
were
last
night
nearlng
Pearl
Harbor
from
San
Diego
to
refuel
before
taking
ud
the
search.
The
mighty
general
peacetime
search
will
continue
at
least
another
six
days
In
the
hope
Ithat
the
couple
may
be
awaiting
rescue
on
I
ZvTGrlTlZ
"e
Fourth
of
July
Darkened
by
Double
a
reef
southeast
of
Rowland
Island.
tne
urana
jury
lor
or
u
e
t
day
by
,.,,,
nem-ire
Oeoree
Palmer
Palmer
Putnam,
Putnam,
husband
husband
nf
thp
nvlatrl.
was
still
honeful
last
nfght
that
his
wife
might
be
Double
tragedy
came
on
infle-
safp
Qn
a
coral
,sland
near
How.
pendence
Day
to
Walter
Helsel,
j
d
He
admltted
however,
the
well
known
Juneau
customs
of-
pJ,sslbluty
0f
disaster.
"If
she
Is
fleer,
according
to
word
received
dead
he
(lt
lhe
wa
she
in
the
city
yesterday
afternoon
on
wou,d
haye
chosen
gQ
.
1
T
ai.Im
trm
Yo
Alas-
inc
rillitca
uuuiot.
itiiu
-
ka
CaDltal.
The
two
sons
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Helsel,
one
17
years
of
ace
and
the
other
15,
were
bathing
SCALING
t
in
Mendenhall
Lake.
The'
elder
boy
j
TITTir'
1
CP
NeW
tOmpany
dived
into
the
lake
and
talledaol
INLKtA
JL
'
1
.
wm-
,.m.
n
thp
surface.
The
vouneer
:
went
in
after
hlnvand
also
.
failed
yance
fehown
Their
bodies
were
later
to
come
up.
p0lesPiles,
Etc.
.
..
.
found-
found-and
and
there
there
was'
was'
a
a
bruise
bruise
bnl
on
I.
struck
sometnmg
in
owing,
xne
e
amounted
to.
17.884,
belief
is
that
the
other
probably
boardJfeet
794
m
board
feet
as
as
compared
compared
wiU
with
reacuea
mm
auu
was
musm
m
death
grip.
The
tragedy
darkened
the
Fourth
of
July
for
the
Alaska
Caoltal
where
the
youths
were
both
widely
known
and
popular.
1
Tweedsmuir
And
Party
Today
In
Saskatchewan
AI.SAS1C.
Sask..
Julv
8:
The
Timber
scaling
in
Prince
Rupert
foicstry
district
for
the
;month
of
17,130,207
board
feet
hi
the
same
month
last
year.
This
brings
the
scale
for
the
present
year
to
date
up
to
37,646,828
board
feet
In
comparison
with
36,409,323
board
feet
In
the
first
half
of
1936.
Scaling
figures
for
this
June
per
species
were
as
follows,
the
returns
for
1936
being
also
shown
for
comparison:
1937
1936
Fir
'
512.5i0
963.443
Cedar
2,575.204
.
1,785,667
Spruce
9,584,532
6,136,347
Jackpine
82,251
117,623
Hemlock
2,914.298
7,034,466
Balsam.
2,130,703
703,428
Miscellaneous
85,296
339.233
Totals
17.884,794
17,130,207
Forest
Products
Scaling
of
poles
and
piling
In
the
district
this
June
amounted
to
26,-770
lineal
feet
of
which
24,740
lineal
feet
was
cedar,
1,944
lineal
feet
hemlock
and
86
miscellaneous
as
compared
with
113,731
lineal
feet
In
the
same
month
last
year.
a
total
of
15.466
ties
all
Jack-
l
nine
were
recorded
this
June
as
wiNnsnn
nnt
Julv
8:
Dr.
W.I
pieces
i.ct
last
June.
inno
T.
Haines,
dentist
of
Peace
River,!
Alta..
was
Instantly
killed
in
an'
aealnst
3533
The
cordwood
count
this
June
was
nil
whereas
last
June
142
cords
were
counted.
Fenceposts
this
June
amounted
to
54
cords
in
comparison
with
78
cords
In
June
1936.
Vancouver
Bakery
Robbed
Wednesday
liandit
Scoops
$28
Out
of
Till
And
.viakex
lieiaway
in
nailing
Automobile
ferlng
from
serious
Injuries
in-
tlnues
in
the
Queen
Charlotte
and
VANCOUVER.
July
8,:
A
eluding
a
compound
fracture
of
prince
Rupert
districts
while
,amjjt
entered
the
Golden
Rule
the
leg,
head
wounds
and
shock
as
warmer
weather
Is
reported
from
Bakery
on
Granville
Street
yea-a
result
of
being
struck
by
an
auto-
the
interior.
j
terday,
scooped
$28
out
of
the
till
mobile
yesterday
on
Nelson
Street
prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Char-
anj
escaped
In
a
waiting
auto-near.
Granville.
lotte
Islands
Moderate
to
fresh
tnobile
which
was
later
found
to
'
.
;
shirting
winas,
mosuy
ciouay
wmi
j,ave
been
stolen.
i
little
change
In
temperature
and
CANADIAN
,v.mAV
nmn
GOLD
viurv
ritlCL
showers
BAR
S,LVER
I
IvlUN
lTtEiAJj,
July
lO.-iilv
UU
WV
UUUOV
Ui
ilU"
AWlit
lrnln
ln
from
the
liadian
gold
price
was
down
2c
at
Moderate
to
fresh
northwest
continues
unchanged
at
4434c
per
I"'
0
Willi.
1IVIII
lull?
...
......
1...
..!
-.lit.
lllll
..
11.
XT-...
V.l.
mntnl
east
;st
at
at
10:
10:45,
was
reported
this
$34.77
per
ounce
un
lueouuy
uuv
wmua,
nnwj
i..
ic
'went
up
7c
yesterday
to
$34.84.
j
change
In
temperature.
jmarket.