Tomorrow's
Tides
Wednesday,
September
24,
1930
High
.
2.31
a.m.
21.9
ft.
14.43
p.m.
22.6
ft.
Low
8.41
am.
2.7
It.
21.0
p.m.
1.2
It.
Vol.
XXI.,
No.
222.
mmm
B.C.,
TT
?ESDAY,
SEPTEMBER
23,
1M0
WATT
Three
Ministers
and
Many
Officials
Going
To
London
Conference
Guthrie,
Stevens
and
Duprc
Are'!Accompaf
Overseas
Efforts
to
BcWadc
to
'Si
Canadian'Grain
OTTAWA,
Sept
23:
Hon.
Hugh
Guthrie,
minister
of
justice,
Hon.
H.
H.
Stevens,
minister-of
trade
and
commerce,
and
Hon.
Maurice
Dupre,
solicitor-general,
are
accompanying
Premier
R.
B.
Bennett
to
the
Imperial
Con
ference.
Also
making
the
trip
are
a
number
of
technical
advisers
including
representatives
of
the
Wheat
Pool,)
among
them
A.
J.
McPhail,
president
of
the
Canadian
Co-i
operative
Wheat
Producers
Limited.
Mr.
Bennett
an-!
nounced
before
leaving
yesterday
that
every
possible
ef-
fort
would
be
made
by
the
government
to
secure
a
tetter
i
price
and
a
wider
market
for
Canadian
wlwit.
Sir
G;orge
Perley
will
be
acting
Premier
during
the
absence
of
Premier
Bennett.
Hon.
Dr.
R
J.
Manion
wirMw
acting
minister
of
trade
and
commerce;
Hon.'
W.
A.
Gordon,
acting
minister
of
justice,
and
Hon.
E.
B.
RycTcman,
acting
minister
of
finance.
The
duties
of
the
solicitor-gcneral
vwll
be
discharged
departmentally.
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eaVSBBBBBBBS
REPORTS
OF
"
SveIIgATE
WEAKP00LS
BROKE
PRICE
Wheat
Dropped
to
Record
Low
Two
and
Half
Cents
a
Itushfl
Below
Yesterday
WINNIPEG
Sept
23
Mysterious
unfounded
reports
that
the
Canadian
Wheat
Pool
was
tn
ft
shaky
ftnanrl.il
condition
and
would
be
takf
n
ovrr
by
the
provin-ciay
government
of
the
west
broke
the
high
nervous,
tension
of
the
wheat
market
and
losses
ranged
from
two
and
three-quarters
to
two
and
one-halt
rents
a
bushel.
October
wheat
closing
at
n
24-year
low
record
at
73
U
cents
November
closed
at
74S
cents
and
May
at
82V
Reports
concerning
the
pool
were'
quickly
denied.
Cooperage
Fire
In
Vancouver
VANCOUVER
8ept.
SO
The
ChamZ
0"
Strt
was
destroyed
by
fire
this
morning,
the
ieas
amounting
to
ABSOLVED
BY
Jiig'tlrc'rnicr
irKbt
SHORT
SALE
WHEAT
ty$i
Premier
Ilennett
Offers
Assistance
To
Chlaaxo
Board
of
Trade
In
Its
Inquiry
CHICAGO.
8ept.
23:
Further
information
is
awaited
today
by
the
business
conduct
committee
of
the
Chicago
Board
of
Trade
before
pressing
for
an
Investigation
of
the
hitherto
unprecedented
charges
of
an
attempted
manipulation
by
a
foreign
government
as
a
result
of
toe
charges
that
the
Soviet
Government
had
been
selling
wheat
short
In
an
effort
to
depress
prices.
In
the
meantime
the
North
American
wheat
export
business
U
virtually
halted
as
Russia
continued
to
offer
large
quantities
of
wheat
abroad
ten
cents
tender
prices
for
ahnUar
wheat
from
this
continent.
Canada
evinced
deep
concern
In
the
Investigation
and
Premier
Bennett
offered
any
assistance
his
government
could
give
to
the
United
States
farm
board
in
its
inquiry.
SET
FINE,
IS
FINED
Ttef
buSg
enlnk
was
v
fed
f
bumug
W
arm
it
fined
Dumping
of
Grain
and
Timber
By
Russia
Causes
Flurry
On
Markets
of
World,
Especially
Great
Britain
I
ONIION
Sent
23
While
aales.
f
R"8'm!
SUitos
and
complaints
.oTSoviet.,
product
has
been
-.voioed.at
Gw,Jt
here
RgaiiMt
alleged
interested
quartet
is
develoned'in
'
ilSng
of
Russian
grain,
timber
and
other
commodities
in
this
country
rhnrtered
The
Soviet
Government,
it
is
stated,
naf.cn
1
a
phenomenal
number
of
steamers
mostly
B
ritig,
timber
tuim
for
Black
Sea
grn
n
and
Archangp
Cardiff
nlone
ami
mo
at
chartered
wore
Fifty
ships
total
tonnage
is
mid
t
o
be
"ear
000,000.
The
grain
market
here
is
in
a
state
of
nervous
un
certainty.
.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISII
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
COMMISSION'
OF
APPOINTMENT
United
States
Launches
New
10,000-Ton
Cruiser
V.S.
L'jui.--.
ill-
tiftl.
!
cigiu
Souiui
uuvy
yard.
tfAKE
WIRES
WERE
SENT
Effort
Made
to
Discredit
Wheal
Tools
By
Telegrams
From
Finnipeg
WINNIPEG.
Sept.
33:
The
Winnipeg
grain
exchange
today
sought
to
trace
messages
signed
by
the
name
of
James
Stewart,
a
prominent
Winnipeg
grain
man,
that
were
wired
to
the
principal
exchanges
on
the
continent
staling
that
Canadian
wheat
pools
were
in
a
shaky
financial
position
and
would
he
taken
over
by
the
provincial
governments,
according
to
a
Statement
made
today
by
A.
P.
While.
They
were
not
sent
by
Sir.
Stewart.
Denials
have
already
been
sent
out.
UNABLE
TO
SHAKE
WATT
AS
WITNESS
Commission
to
Meet
Again
In
Victoria
on
October
Z
For
nearly
two
hours
this
morning
Norman
Watt
was
on
the
witness
stand
and
during
the
whole
of
that
time
no
new
fact
of
any
importance
was
brought
out.
He
successfully
resisted
all
attempts
of
counsel
to
shake
him
in
his
statement
that
he
thoroughly
believed
ha
was
enUUed
to
the
coroner's
tees,
that
ne
had
been
so
instructed
when
he
took
office
and
that
it
had
never
occurred
to
him
that
there
was
anything
wron
tn
doing
so.
At
the
conclusion'!
the
taking
of
evidence
and
before
heartrfg
the
argument
of
counsel.
Mr.
Justice
Macdonuld
announced
that
at
tiie
conclusion
he
would
adjourn
the
commission
to
meet
again
finally
ran
October
a
at
Victoria
and
Uiat
two
days
notice
of
any
new
matter
to
be
brought
forward
then
would
be
given
on
either
side.
Tills
was
objected
to
by
A.
M.
Manson
for
Mr.
Watt
but
the
commissioner
insisted.
Continued
on
page
four.
Washington
ire.rv
:u.0uuiti;
ce
.
r
Bremerton
Y..shuigioii.
uhnc
thoua:.d..
,
LOCAL
SESSION
C
WATT
ENQUIRY
IS
-i
CONCLUDED
TODAY
.
After
conclusion
of
Sir.
A.
M.
Mansoa's
address
to
His
Lordship,
the
enquiry
into
the
dismissal
of
Norman
A.
Watt
as
government
agent
here
4
concluded
at
1:50
this
after-
4
noon
a
far
as
the
sew
ion
at
!
Prince
Rupert
was
concerned
The
hearing
will
resume
next
Thursday
morning
in
Victoria
when
it
is
possible
further
ev-
Hence
may
be
produced.
Sir.
Manson.
in
hfc
address,
con-
tended
that
Watt
had
not
ac-
led
illegally
in
keeping
cor-
oner's
fees
for
his
own
use.
He
further
argued
that
Watt
4
had
certainly
not
kept
these
fees
because
of
motives
of
dishonesty
or
through
lack
of
good
faith.
4
TEN
LOST
FROM
NFLD.
SCHOONER
Six
Survivors
Arrive
at
Sydney,
N.S..
To
Tell
Story
of
Foundering
north
'Sydney,
n.s..
sept.
M:
Eight
passengers
and
two
members
of
the
crew
of
the
Newfoundland
schooner
Car-ansa,
which
left
for
Burin,
Nfld..
wert
lost
Thursday
night
when
the
vessel
sank
after
being
split
in
two
by
lightning
off
the
eastern
coast
of
Cape
Breton.
It
was
learned
when
six
survivors
were
picked
up
7.5'
'miles
west
of
St.
Pierre,
MU
quclon.
Sunday
night
and
arrived
hero
today
on
Uio
schooner
Vignette
All
those.
dead
are
from
Newfoundland,
Including
Captain
Joshua
Matthews.
PRICE
OF
WHEAT
VANCOUVSR,
Sept.
32-
Wheal
was
quoted
here
today
at
71
'c.
bushel.
in-:
launch;
d
at
Pugel
Aitu
i
.jiTfiiioiiy.
I
BRADY
IS
I
GIEN
J(iW
Has
Received
Appointment
of
Census
Commissioner
Under
Bureau
of
Statistics
OTTAWA.
Sept.
2S:
James
C.
Brady,
former
M.
P.
for
Skcena,
has
been
appointed
a
census
commissioner
under
the
demographic
branch
of
the
Dominion
Bureau
of
Statistics.
He
will
organize
a
census
of
institutions
such
as
hospitals,
I
asylums,
penitentiaries,
houses
;
of
refuge,
etc.,
all
over
Canada,
I
starting
his
work
at
once.
Mr.
Brady
is
at
present
at
Ottawa,
having
gone
east
a
few
j
weeks
ago.
His
appointment
to
this
position
is
taken
as
a
signal
that
the
Conservatives
have
given
up
all
intention
of
protesting
the
recent
election
tn
Skeena.
when
Mr.
Brady
was
beaten
by
Olof
Hanson,
'Liberal,
by
a
majority
of
over
one
thousand
votes.
TO
PROBE
COMBINE
1
Alleged
Movie
Trust
In
Canada
Is
To
Be
Probed
OTTAWA.
Sept.
:
-Allegations
of
a
combine
in
the
motion
picture
industry
In
Canada
will
be
investl-
gaien
unoer
uw
v,u..
""-
i
gallon
Act.
Peter
C.
White
K.c.
I
run
to,
commissioner,
has
been
em-I
powered
to
inquire
into
the
operations
of
the
Famoqs
Players-Cana-idlan
Corporation
fpd
Its
subst-i
diaries.
,u
Harbor
Board
For
Vancouver
OTTAWA.
Sept.
The
personnel
of
the
new
Vancouver
Board
was
announced
today
to
be:
Sam
McClay.
president:
Jas
B.
Thompson
and
R.
B.
Williams.
Government
Agent
Was
Entitled
To
Coroner's
Fees,
Document
States
sFormer
LocjUkOfficial
Takes
Stand
In
Own
Defencc-
iiuives
ClcaTrnnd
Frank
Evidence
Was
Cognizant
of
No
Misdoing
Whatever
Commissions
by
which
Norman
A.
Watt
was
aonointed
l
coroner
on
September
30,
1924,
and
again
on
November
1S
of
the
same
year
read
that
he
uacluh-
uie
nuLiut.
ui
Luiuner
tugcuiur
wtm
mi
uguu,
fees
and
privileges
belonging
to
the
office,"
it
was
brought
out
here
yesterday
afternoon
at
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Slac-donald
s
commission
'
of
inquiry
into
charged
that
Watt
had
received
and
taken
wrongfully
to
his
own
use
fjaes
received
f
rom
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
for
services
aa
coroner.
The
disclosure
came
from
A.
....
M.
Manson
K.C..
counsel
for
Mr.
Va't.
In
the
course
of
a
cross-ex-
j
animation
of
A.
B.
McNeill,
auditor
.
of
provincial
revenue,
who
had
tes-
tlficd
earlier
in
the
day
that
fees
received
such
as
those
for
coroner
service
by
any
regular
salaried
civil
i
savant
over
and
above
his
salary
I
should
be
accounted
for
to
the
gov-
ihe.d
known
of
no
such
provision
in
the
commission
of
a
coroner.
Had
Jhe
known
of
It
he
most
certainly
would
have
referred,
the
matter
to
the
attorney
general's
department
jfor.-a
ruling.
During
the
afternoon
session
of
the
ln4ulrj(,
Mr.
Watt
himself
took
the-wftness
stand,
having
consented
to
examination
by
Charles
Locke
K.C.,
counsel
for
the
government.
Mr.
Watt
gave
clear
and
frank
evidence,
answering
all
Mr.
Locke's
questions
unhesitatingly
and
with
candor.
He
admitted
that
he
had
never
received
a
specific
commission
to
take
anything
in
the
way
of
fees,
except
those
of
official
administrator,
outside
of
his
salary
as
government
agent.
Between
the
years
nQ
ll,
held
something
like
fifty
lreniests
Hnmt.tm(s
these
inaueats
had
been
'
held
tn
the
morning,
sometimes
in
the
Mttemoon
and
Sometimes
in
the
jeveehng
but
in
the
majority
of
jc&ea
they
had
been
in
the
after-j
n.(m.
the
government
auditor
had
never
tntlmated
to
him
that
the
coroner's
fees
should
be
accounted
for
to
the
government.
Indeed,
the
matter
had
never
been
discussed
with
the
auditors.
He
(Watt)
believed
he
was
entitled
to
receive
and
keep
these
fees
because
the
commission
which
had
been
issued
to
him
said
so
clearly
and.
further,
because
his
predecessor
In
office
had
intimated
so
to
him
and
as
all
his
predecessors
In
office
had
don?
so.
Indeed,
he
had
never
hart
the
slightest
doubt
but
that
he
wat-
entitled
to
these
fees.
His
next
question.
Mr.
Locke
intimated,
might
be
a
contentious
one
as
to
admissibility
and.
at
the
sug-I
etion
or
His
Lordship,
he
wrote
it
down
Mr
Manson.
on
being
.ihown
it
.'air;
he'
would
likt
tq,
hear
"if,
question
sked
out
laud.
If
theie
;
was
fur
the.
evidence
of
pettyimalict;
.
i
de-ured.
then
this
surely
was
an
..,
H
rnuld
hardlv
believe
that
tne
question
nao
nriaui
iw
his
"lea.
ned
friend,"
referrtnc
to
Mr.
Locke.
Mr.
Lke'rfeUed
tfcrt
fee"44!
tton
was
fttedsrriJKe
talntoeoi
-
tomed
to
having
'his
veiueaUosuf
framed
for
him.
The
question
was:
1
Had
Mr.
Watt
included
the
fees'
from
coroner's
fees
in
his
income
f
tax
returns?
Mr.
Watt
frankly
ad-
j
mitted
that
he
had
not.
It
had
never
dawned
upon
htm
to
do
so.
Mr.
Manson
interjected
that
the
fees
would
not
have
affected
his
taxation.
In
any
case.
Ills
Lordship
ugrecd
that
It
would
not
amount
to
much.
Of
Special
Interest
Have
you
read
the
classified
advertising
page
in
this
paper
to-day?
If
not,
now
is
the
time.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTJ
HTM
was
"to
enjoy
the
office
and
1
Mr.
Watt
was
still
on
the
stand,
being
examined
toy
bis
own
counsel,
Mr.
Mansen.
when
the
case
was
ad
journed
at
6:30
pjn.
until
it&O
this
morning.
Handled
AH
Moneys
'
Mr.
MeNeUl
wasstUlon
ttetteitu
when
the
inquiry
resumed
yeater-
not
been
accounted
for
hi
his
returns
to
the
government,
wtti.ess
declared.
All
provincial
revenue
from
Prince
Rupert
was
forwarded
to
Victoria
through
the
government
agent.
Mr.
McLeod,
judge
of
the
Small
Debts'
Court,
paid
fees
he
received
through
the
government
agent
into
the
treasury.
Mr.
McNeill
described
the
revenue
oath
which
had
come
into
ace
tn
1923.
Prior
to
that
there
had
merely
been
the
oath
of
allegiance
and
oath
of
office
for
civil
servants
to
take.
Under
the
revenue
oath,
Mr.
McNeill
testified,
the
civil
servant,
on
taking
office,
undertook
"not
to
take
or
keep
either
directly
or
indi
rectly
any
fees
or
perquisite
re-
.
i
a
a
t
a.
raivstn
rnrnuvn
r
rasa
aiMiniMvi
-nr
said
office"
other
than
his
aMary.,
his
oa
th
had
been
sworn
to
by
','att,
witness
said.
Mr
McNeill
then
proceeded
to
identify
certain
circulars
he
had
found
in
the
government
agent's
office
here.
One
of
these
had
to
do
with
the
schedule
of
coroner's
fees
while
another
had
to
do
with
tbs
question
of
witness
fees
for
(Continued
on
page
two.)
Daring
Flight,
Arctic
Ocean
By
Nome
Pilot
Fetches
Captain
of
Fur
Trader
Who
Was
III
From
Cape
Serge,
Siberia
'
;
NOME.
Sept
'IS
A
daring
night
over
the
rapicMy
freeslng
Arctic
Ocean
was
completed
yesterday
with
'he
arrival
or
Pilot
rrans
Dorbandt,
bringing
with
him
Ca$L
a
P.
Jacquelnson,
who
was
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who
was
marooned
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POSTPONED
FOR
BENNETT
OPSNINO
BIG
CONFERENCE
LONDON.
8ept.
23
The
op-
enlng
of
the
Imperial
Confer-
ence
has
been
postponed
from
September
30
to
October
1
to
enable
Premier
Bennett
to
be
present
at
the
first
session.
i
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