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26,
1930
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C,
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER
25,
1930
WATT
CASE
DISCUSSED
Provincial
Secretary
Of
Veterans
Calls
On
Minister
For
Amends
Pensions
Legislation
Discussed
By
Robert
Macnicol
at
Meeting
Here
Civil
Servants
to
Be
Protected
In
Future
Visiting
Prince
Rupert
on
behalf
of
the
Provincial
Command
of
the
Canadian
Legion
in
connection
with
the
Norman
A.
Watt
investigation,
Robert
Macnicol,
executive
for
the
purpose
of
meeting
the
members
of
the
local
branch
List
evening.
Referring
to
the
Watt
inquiry,
Mr.
Macnicol
stated
that
the
stand
of
the
Canadian
Legion
in
favor
of
an
investigation
into
Mr.
Watt's
treatment,
was
now
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1
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jusiuieu
in
view
ui
uie
prueeeuuigs
ui
uie
mveuuga-.11
j05t
held
by
Mr..
Justice
W.
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"
.
"
M
cdonald
in
Prince
Rupert.
When
in
dismissal
took
place
on
Uie
i
M
inds
of
political
partisanship
by
M
Watt,
the
Legion
asked
the
De-.urtment
of
Finance
for
proof
but
up
to
date
none
had
been
produced.
Xu.
reason
for
thi
was
made
plain
the
Inquiry
when
Mr.
Locke,
nsel
for
the
novernment.
had
to
..
:mit
that
he
had
no
evidence
to
.
..ice
before
the
commissioner
th,
Wi'uld
support
the
contention
that
Mr
Watt
had
been
guOty
of
political
partisanship
while
In
office.
It
liould
be
remembered
that
there
uu.s
the
distinct
charge
made
a
gainst
the
Government
Agent
In
May.
1929.
when
he
was
dismissed
and
at
mm
that
time
there
-
was
no
men
I
lion
about
coroner's
fees.
So
that
the
reason
onann
fnr
for
Mr.
Wfl
Watt's
M
'
riLlfttlMgf:l
dismissal
1
Ins
now
been
completely
removed
und
he
has
been
exonerated
from
this
charge.
1
cannot
discuss
the
question
of
i
miner's
fees,
because
that
would
be
unfair
to
the
commissioner,
Judge
Macdonald,
who
has
not
yet
t
i
n
dered
a
decision."
said
Mr.
Mae-t.i-ol.
It
must
now
be
obvious
to
everybody
that
the
Hon.
Mr.
Shelly
acted
lii
r.uher
a
hasty,
and
impulsive
t:
inner,
when
he
dismissed
the
Government
Agent
at
Prince
Iiu-
PIONEER
IS
DEAD
James
Uuckham
Kennedy
Kepre-scnlcd
New
Westminster
For
Years
In
Parliament
NEW
WESTMINSTER.
Sept.
34
James
Duckham
Kennefly,
widely
known
as
a
pioneer,
parliamentarian,
traveller,
lumberman
and
out-landing
cltlwn
In
many
walks
of
hie,
Is
dead
here
at
the
age
of
1
iiduy-slx
years.
The
late
Mr.
Kennedy
represented
New
Westminister
In
the
provincial
legislature
from
1894
to
1904
and
In
the
House
of
Commons
from
1894
to
1903.
Deceased
was
born
In
Ottawa
and
came
to
this
coast
in
1877.
Major
Burwash
Is
In
Winnipeg
Canadian
Arctic
Explorer
Reaches
Civilization
After
Trip
Inlo
Far
North
WINNIPEQ,
Sept.
25:-MaJor
L.
T.
Burwash,
Arctic
explorer,
arrived
here
today
in
a
Fokker
plane
piloted
by
J.
McDonough
after
having
been
held
up
along
the
east
shore
of
Lake
Winnipeg
for
two
days
by
unfavorable
weather.
pert
in
May
of
last
year
and
there
Is
no
doubt
but
that
he
listened
to
false
and
doubtful
Information
supplied
by
some
heeler
who
was
possibly
after
Mr.
Watt's
Job
and
who
had
not
the
courage
to
back
-p
his
statements
by
appearing
at
:he
inquiry
this
week.
"The
Canadian
Legion
has
boltt
up
a
wall
that
will
protect
civil
i
servants
of
tale
province
In
tbeJu-1
ture.
irrespective
of
what
partieu-
:
lar
political
party
may
have
appointed
them,
and
I
venture
to
state
that
there
will
be
no
more
dismissals
upon
such
flimsy
grounds
as
those
alleged
against
Mr.
Watt.
"Mr.
Shelly,
the
finance
minister,
a
.
ik
im
I
y
m
HAS
UQW
Uff
uuuut
vtwiavj
v
uuua
n
and
graceful
thins
to
make
amends
1
to
Mr:
Watt
aT-f
In
the
proper
manner,
which
he
has
the
power
to
do."
Pensions
Legation
The
Canadian
Legion
had
during
the
past
12
months
made
wonderful
and
gratifying
progress,
said
Mr.
Macnicol
"We
have
now
over
sou
branches
in
Canada
with
a
mem
bership
approaching
75,000.
In
B.
C.
there
are
99
active
orancnes
wim
a
membership
of
9000
members,
900
new
members
having
been
added
in
this
province
since
May.
"The
Lesion,
as
the
largest
vet
erans
organisation,
has
been
mainly
responsible
for
new
pensions
legislation
passed
by
the
House
of
Commons
a
few
months
ago."
Referring
to
widows'
pensions.
Mr.
Macnicol
said
that
over
six
hun-rirari
widows
who
married
their
late
husbands
after
they
had
lucurm
their
war
disability
would
now
re
reive
nanston.
Hitherto
they
hat
been
refused
pensions
on
the
grounds
that
they
married
wnue
their
husbands
were
in
receipt
of
pensions
for
the
disability
from.
which
they
awa.
;
v?uina
who
commuted
tnelr
pensions
some
years
ago
and
who
are
still
suffering
irom
uu-u
;
slonable
disability,
will
under
ccr-
;
tain
conditions
have
their
pension
payments
continued,"
Mr.
Macnicol
,
went
on.
Such
veterans
will
hear
from
the
Board
of
Pension
Commissioners
in
due
course.
I
llenefit
of
the
Doubt
.vh.
Pnion
Act
now
clearly
states
that
the
benefit
of
the
doubt
must
be
given
to
applicants
tor
pension,
upon
all
occasions.
Aonther
item
of
legislation
that
will
be
of
considerable
benefit
to
veterans
who
cannot
prove
their
claim
to
pension,
and
to
thosa
who
sixtyW
are
over
War
Veterans
Allowance
Act.
At
the
age
of
sixty
if
a
married
veteran
cannot
earn
more
than
$360
per
year
earned
Income,
then
he
can
claim
a
pension
of
$480
per
year
from
the
Federal
Government.
It
unmurricd.
he
is
permitted
earned
income
of
$128
per
year
wltha
pension
of
$240.
yearly
from
the
Federal
(Continued
on
Page
2i
New
Governor
of
Burma
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
After
ukuis
oatti
of
uUegianse.
timid
an
impressive
scene
la
Ranv
governor
of
Eurma.
is
seen
above
Inspecting
guard
PiloY
anil
Two
Passengers
Lose
Lives
In
First
Crash
Since
Air
Mail
Was
Started
last
November
CALGARY.
Sept.
25:
Pilot
W.
G.
Holden
and
two
passengers
C.
McDonald
and
J.
G.
Gibson,
both
of
Calgary
were
killed
this
morning
in
the
first
air
mail
crash
in
Western
Canada
since
the
inauguration
of
the
service
last
November.
The
machine
left
here
about
2
a.m.
and
crashed
at
Southesk,
AO
miles
east
of
Calgary-
The
burnt
wreckage
of
the
plane,
together
with
the
.
bodies,
was
discovered
by
Pilot
H.
H.
Kenyon,
who
was
westbound
from
Moose
Jaw
and
who
had
been
instructed
to
watch
for
the
plane
which
was
due
at
that
point
at
6
o'clock.
Kenyon
came
down
but
all
three
were
dead.
It
is
believed
that
Pilot
Holden,
in
a
dense
fog,
flew
straight
into
the
ground-
Decision
Reserved
In
Cases
Affecting
1
American
Trollers
Mr.
Justice
Archer
Martin
has
reserved
his
decision
in
Admiralty
Court
at
Victoria
in
the
cases
of
four
American
trolling
boats
whloh
were
seized
during
the
past
summer
off
Rose
Spit,
Qroham
Island,
and
were
subsequently
charged
with
being
Illegally
anchored
In
Canadian
waters.
Of
Special
Interest
Have
you
read
the
classified
advertising
page
In
this
paper
today?
If
not,
now
Is
the
time;
BY
CANADIAN
LEGION
OFFICIAL
New
Westminster
Man
Name'd'Head
School-Trustees
VERNON.
Sept.
25:
Sam
Do
well
of
New
Westminster
was
elected
president
of
the
British
Columbia
School
Trustees
Association
yesterday..
A.
T.
Parkin
relumed
to
the
city
on
today's
train
from
a
business
trip
to
the
Interior.
Treaty
of
Versailles
to
Be
Torn
Asunder
By
Successful
German
Fascists,
Leader
Says
LEIPStft
Gterrflattyi
Sept
25:
Adolph
Hitler
"
.Fiiscisli
gp1peraJjas(imQ,
fvlioso
party
made
great
gain&.oi
in
the
recent
general
election
in
Germany,
today
declared
that
just
as
soon
as
German
Fascists,
by
legal
means,
have
captured
political
power
in
Germany,
they
will
tear
asunder
the
Treaty
of
Versailles,
if
necessary
by
means
looked
upon
by
thef
world
as
illegal.
His
sensational
announcement
of
purpose
was
made
at
the
trial
of
three
Reichswehr
officers
to
which
he
had
been
summoned
as
a
witness.
.n.
Sii
Joseph
Mating
GyL
new
oi
honor.
TO
CHECK
COMPANY
British
Columbia
Getting
Busy
on
Solloway-Mills
Case;
Investigator
Named
VICTOMA,
Sept.
25:
Invoking
the
new
frauds
securities
prevention
act
for
the
first
time
the
provincial
government
has
seized
all
the
books
of
Sol-Ioway,
Mills
Co.
Ltd.
In
Vancouver
and
has
started
an
investigation
of
that
firm's
activities
in
the
province,
it
was
made
known
yesterday.
It
was
explained
that,
while
this
firm
was
being
prosecuted
In
Alberta,
it
did
not
necessarily
cover
the
British
Columbia
situation.
Mark
Gosgrove,
Vancouver
!
barrister,
has
been
appointed
special
investigator.
Solloway-MHls
Co.
is
not
at
present
doing
business
in
the
province
but
the
government
wishes
to
search
Its
past
operations.
i
VANCOUVER
SHOOTING
Wife
Is
Under
Arrest
on
Charge
of
Wounding
Her
Husband
VANCOUVER,
Sept.
25:
While
driving
in
Stanley
Park
early
yesterday,
John
W.
Wood
was
shot
and
wounded
in
his
right
leg.
The
police
later
took
Into
custody
Mrs.
John
Wood
on
a
charge
of
assault.
Police
MV
mm
wnnrt
arrimri
tmm
Toronto
Tuesday
night.
FISH
.SALES
I
Sammary
j
,
Amerjcftn,
pounds,
8c
an-1
(4c
11c
ana
6e.
i
American
1
Chelsea,
38.000,
Booth.
8c
and
4a.
Vanjee,
SC000.
Cold
Storage,
8c
.
and
4c.
Canadian
!
Morris
II.,
3.500,
AUin,
11c
and
6c.
Tramp.
8,500,
offered
0c
and
5c
holding
over.
Bottom
Has
Now
Been
Reached
and
Turn
of
Tide
Is
Commencing
Sir
Herbert
Holt
and
Sir
Charles
Gordon
In
Very
Hopeful
Mood
As
to
Future
For
Canada
VICTORIA.
Sept.
25:
"We
have
reached
the
bottom
and
are
at
the
turn,"
Sir
Herbert
Holt,
president
of
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada,
said
yesterday
in
commenting
on
conditions
in
Canada.
"There
is
no
stringency
of
money
in
the
country,"
commented
Sir
Charles
Gordon,
president
of
the
Bank
of
Montreal.
"The
trade
of
the
country
has
suffered
a
setback
due
in
some
measure
to
the
low
price
of
commodities
but
there
is
a
better
feeling
now,
Sir
Charles
added.
"A
revival
is
coming
but
it
will
be
gradual,"
he
continued.
"There
is
plenty
of
money
in
the
country
for
the
business
being
done
and
we
are
always
ready
Jto
advance
loans
for
legitimate
enterprises."
CANADA
ASKED
TO
SEND
DELEGATES
COMMUNIST
ENQUIRY
NKW
YORK.
Sept
24-Re-..
psearntattve
Hagottton
Fish,
t
Jr.
chairman
ei
the
House
.
committee
Investigating
Com-
munist
activities,
last
night
wired
Premier
Bennett
of
Ca-
nada
suggesting
that
he
send
representatives
to
the
com-
mlttee
of
enquiry
into
the
al-
leged
short
selling
of
wheat
by
the
Soviet
In
Chicago
on
Monday.
MILDER
ON
PRAIRIES
Winter
!avts
Today
and
Autumn
Returns
Edmonton
Had
'Ten
Degress
of
Frost
Last
.
Night
WINNIPEG.
Sept.
36
Winter
hn
left
the
prairies
today
an-
a"t-mn
returned.
The
chill
brun.
of
the
snow
laden
gale
is
now
being
borne
by
Fort
Churchill
on
Hudson's
Bay.
After
thirty-sue
houra
work,
te'
egraph
companies
hate
remedied
the
bulk
of
damage
on
line
which
were
wrecked
by
sleet
and
snow.
Edmonton
had
ten
degrees
of
frost
last
night.
VICTORIA
STABBING
VICTORIA.
Sept.
25
Mrs.
Lee
Fnnr
wife
of
the
secretary
of
th
ch'nPSC
r,ub
n,
K
in
hospital
with
knife
wounds
following
an
at
frnv
on
Pandora
Street
late
lait
nlsht.
Polfce
are
tombing
the
city
for
a
Chinese
who
la
said
to
have
attacked
Mrs.
Pong
following
a
dispute
between
herself
and
another
Chinese
woman.
Tulsequah
Post
Office
Is
Closing
Word
received
today
from
Tulsequah
states
that
the
post
office
there
is
closing
October
1
and
nrks
that
the
copies
of
the
Dally
News
sent
there
be
forwarded
to
other
PRICE
FIVE
CENTJ
AHEAD
ATLIN
HAS
AIRMAIL
Pilot
Gilbert
to
Carry
Out
Winter
Service
From
Caecross
With
His
Plane
Pilot
W.
E.
Gilbert,
who
has
been
operating
an
Air
Land
Manufacturing
Co.
s
seaplane
out
of
AtUn
in
commercial
air
service
during
the
past
summer,
Is
to
attach
skis
to
his
plane
and
continue
the
service
dur
ing
the
coming
winter,
It
la
stated,
by
J.
D.
Lawrence,
local
manager
of
the
Government
Telegraphs,
who
returned1
to
the
city
yesterday
after
having
spent
the
summer
at
A
Urn.
Pilot
Oilbert's
plane
service
will
serve
hi
keeping
AUin
In
touch
with
the
outalde
world
this
winter
as
has
never
been
done
before.
He
will
carry
mall
and
passengers
from
Carcross
to
AUin,
a
distance
of
80
lilies,
making
the
trip
tn
about
40
-
Inutes.
Kven
in
sammer
the
trip
.
-om
Carcross
to
Atnn
bivalves
two
lakes
being
traversed
by
steamer
with
a
short
train
trip
between.
John
Fauske
f
Is
Acquitted
Indecent
Assault
Charge
Fans
In
Ounty
Heart
ikfere
Judge
Young
Tetiay
In
the
case
of
Rex
vs.
J
aha
Fauske.
accused
was
acquitted
by
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
in
County
nut
bilal
iuviuui
via
ca
vaaeatgjv
w
Indecent
assault.
Fauske
had
elected
for
speedy
trial.
W.
E.
Fisher
acted
for
the
crown
at
the
trial
and
A.
M.
Manson,
K.
C,
for
the
defence.
LAKGEST
SlIirilBNT
OF
MINKS
PASSES
4
IIEUE
SOUTH
HOUND
The
largest
shipment
of
live
mink
ever
made
from
.the
north
was
here
aboard
the
steamer
Princess
Louise
yes-
.
terday
Ifterfrgox
bound
for
Vancouver.
There
were
some
4
250
pairs
,
of.
the
valuable
little
fur
bearers
on
board
!
and
they
were
bein
accom-
ponied
south
by
Oeorge
8im-
mons,
well
known
Carcross
fur
farmer,
whu
raised
them,
From
Vancouver
some
of
the
animals
will
be
forwarded
to
Europe
and
others
to
the
Unl-
ted
States.