TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Thursday,
February
13,
1930.
High
1.46
a.m.
20.5
rt.
13.36
pjn.
22.9
ft.
Low
7.47
a.m.
5.3.
ft
20.12
p;
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0.1
ft.
Vol
XXII.,
No.
36.
OPPOSITION
TO
HUGHES
Senators
Object
To
Appointment
of
President
Hoover
Because
of
Opinions
Held
WASHINOTQNvEeb.
12.
Considerable
opposition,
ts
developing
in
the
Senate
to
the
ap
jwintment
o
Churles
Bva.ru.
fog$e.ji
Ihe
position
of
chief
Justice
of
the
United
suites
Supreme
Court.
Several
senators
yesterday
expressed
them-term
opposed
to
the
appointment
because
of
the
views
held
by
Mr.
Hughes.
The
appointment
will
doubtless
be
concurred
in
by
the
Senate.
"
'
'
.
:n
'
,
SCORESBY
llEAub
FKOM
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
12
With
Sir
Hubert
Wllklns
aboard
the
Ant-aruc
vessel
Scoresby,
which
has
been
out
of
touch
with
the
world
for
about
two
weeks,
has
been
heard
from,
says
a
special
despatch
tu
the
New
York
American.
Lib
MARIK
Body
Exhumed
To
Prove
That
Woman
Killed
8EATTLX,
Feb.
12
The
body
of
Mrs.
Anna
Mackenzie,
who
was
sup
posed
to
have
died
from
alcoholic
poisoning,
has
een
exhumed
and
It
Is
found
that
death
was
the
re
sult
of
a
blow
on
the
head.
An
In
quest
Is
being
held
which
Is
exciting
imuch
interest
here.
Discussion
in
Legislature
of
Watt
Case
Between
Government
Representatives
and
Opposition
(Special
to
Daily
News)
VIP.Tnm
A.
Fflb.
12.
The
first
chapter
in
the
Norman
Watt
case
was
closed
in
the
legislature
yesterday,
when
victoria
m
a
few
days
the
house
unanimously
accepted
A.
M.
Malison
s
motion
for
a
return
of
documents.
Hon.
It.
L.
Maitland
presented
the
government's
defense
and
Mr.
Manson
replied.
Mr.
Maitland
accused
the
opposition
of
playing
politics,
charged
that
T.
D.
Pattullo
had
dismissed
four
returned
soldiers
without
any
complaint
against
them
in
1926,
and
said
that,
while
he
made
no
suggestion
of
criminality,
the
OFFICERS
OF
ADAIR
CARSS
Mrs.
J,
A.
Teng
Re-elected
Regent
of
I.
O.
D.
E.
Chapter
The
officers
of
the
Adair
Carss
Chapter
I.
O.
D.
E.
were
chosen
last
evening
as
follows:
Hon.
regentMrs.
Alfred
Carss.
Regent
Mrs,
Teng.
First
vice-regent
Mrs.
W.
Smea-ton,
'..
Second
vice-regent
Mrs.
Jl
Mur
ray
Secretary
Mrs.
W.
W.
O'Neill.
Treasurer
Mrs.
.
E.
Baker.
Echoes
secretary
Mrs.
F.
Barber.
Educational
secretary
Mrs.
J.
Norton.
Standard
bearer
Mrs.
S.
V.
Cox,
I'KICE
OF
WHEAT
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
12.
The
price
of
wheat
today
on
the
exchange
was
$U5.
ernment
had
been
violated
by
Mr.
Watt
gave
the
minister
of
finance
no
option
but
to
discharge
him,
if
only
as
a
precedent.
Mr.
Manson
disposed
of
the
question
of
violation
of
an
order
in'coun-
cll
and
adduced
further
facts
bearing
on
the
situation.
The
order
in
council
requiring
servants
to
turn
in
fees
to
the
crown
had
been
passed
in
1898
and
had
never
been
enforced
either
by
the
McBride
or
Liberal
government,
he
said.
It
was
without
statutory
authority
or
any
legal
effect
and
had
been
superceded
in
any
event
by
the
Civil
Service
Act
of
the
Oliver
government.
Many
o.veriunent
agents
who
(Were
officially
administrators
retained
administration
fees
and
a
special
order-ln-councll
under
the
Civil
Service
Act
allowed
them
m
do
so
up
to
$600.oo.
Tne
cor-
onor's
Act
required
the
fees
to
be
:
paid
by
the
city
ana
mere
was
no
legislation
to
take
the
fees
away.
Mr.
Manson
reviewed
the
dates.
Watt
was
dismissed
on
May
15.
Mr.
Shelly
admitted
in
the
house
he
did
(Continued
on
pnjre
three)
TORONTO
STOCKS
Close
Feb.
12,
1930
Amulet.
1.02,
1.03.
.
Palconbridge,
5.36,
5.50.
Hudson
Bay.
14.10,
14.20.
Inter.
Nickel,
36.86,
39.80.
Mining
Corp.,
3J5,
320.
Noranda,
42.80,
43.00.
Sherltt-Oordon,
2.04,
2.05.
Sudbury
Basin.
4.15,
420.
Teck
Hughes.
6.45,
6.50.
Wright
Hargraves,
1.91,
1.92.
Imperial
Oil,
25.25,
2535.
Dome,
7.50,
7.75.
Tredwell
Yukon.
5.75,
6.75.
Nlplsslng,
1.60.
1.61.
Mdhtyre,
18.60,
18.95.
Ventures,
2.35,
2.50.
Howie,
07,
99.
Holllnger,
5.75,
5.80.
44
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
11.
G.
T.
Pet-
tlgrew,
assistant
general
freight
traffic
manager,
Canadian
National
Railways,
with
headquarters
at
Montreal,
accompanied
by
W.
O.
Mandera,
freight
traffic
manager,
company.
This
is
Mr.
Pettlgrew's
first
visit
to
Vancouver
and
the
Pacific
coast.
"I
am
not
only
surprised,
but
particularly
pleased
at
the
tremendous
growth
and
expansion
of
the
west,"
stated
Mr.
Pettigiew
on
his
arrival.
"Throughout
the
western
trip
I
have
found
business
conditions
very
much
better
than
I
expected.
Contrary
to
expectations,
I
found
a
fine
spirit
of
optimism
in
western
business
circtes
and
feel
that
1930
wlT
be
a
successful
year..
"It
interesting
to
note
that
there
has
been
a
start
made
on
the
shipment
of
grain
from
the
Pacific
coast,
a
great
deal
of
which
is
going
to
lurope.
This
means
the
opening
up
of
this
class
of
business
from
ralrle
points
to
the
Pacific
coast!
elevators.
There
should
be
much
activity
along
this
line
between
now
and
the
spring."
he
said.
Mr.
Petti-grew
and
Mr.
Manders
will
make
a
close
Inspection
and
study
of
traffic
conditions
on
the
western
lines
be
fore
returning
east.
They
will
visit
AGREEMENT
FOK
RETURN
01'
LAND
TO
B.
C.
IS
READY
OTTAWA.
Feb.
12.
The
agreement
for
the
return
to
British
Columbia
of
the
Crown
Lands
In
the
railway
belt
and
Peace
River
district
has
been
completed
and
is
now
ready
to
be
signed
by
the
Province
and
Dominion.
DEPT.
DID
NOT
PAY
Government
Decides
To
Close
Down
on
Assistance
to
Industries
VICTORIA,
Feb.
12
The
British
Columbia
Department
of
Industries
will
register
a
net
loss
of
$300,000
on
total
loans
of
$1,600,000
extended
to
industries,
Col.
D.
R.
Martyn,
deputy
minister
of
industries,
informed
the
public
accounts
committee
of
the
legislature
yesterday.
He
said
that
the
affairs
of
the
department
were
being
closed
as
rapidly
as
possible
and
the
government
did
not
propose
to
continue
the
policy
of
industrial
loans.
He
said
that
the
industries
established
by
the
loans
had
paid
more
in
taxes
than
the
amount
lost.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C,
WEDNESDAY,
FEB.
12,
1930
LOCA
UST
IN
NEW
Millions
of
Dollars
Damage
and
Two
Men
Killed
When
Big
Liner
Is
Burned
at
Dock
in
Manhattan
Most
Disastrous
Blaze
in
Thirty
Years'
Waterfront
History
of
Eastern
Port;
Spontaneous
Combustion?
NEW
YORK,
Feb.
12.
Raked
by
a
fierce
fire
which
followed
a
series
of
explosions
in
her
hold
just
after
349
passengers
had
been
discharged,
the
North
German
Lloyd
liner
Muechen
was
wrecked
at
her
pier
here.
The
blaze
was
the
most
disastrous
marine
fire
in
the
harbor
in
thirty
years
and
Claimed
two
lives
and
injured
seven
before
it
was
brought
under
control.
The
damage
to
the
ship
is
estimated
at
from
$3,000,000
to
$0,000,000.
None
of
the
passengers
were
injured.
,
1
Thc
firfii
0f
undetermined
origin.
was
discovered
In
the
after
hold
No.
6
in
which
was
stored
nitrate
potash
ar.d
varnish.
Spontaneous
sombustion
in
this
hold
Is
believed
to
have
ben
the
cause
of
the
conflagration.
Terrific
blasts
ripped
up
steamer's
deck
plates,
twisted
railings
and
funnels
and
littered
the
decks
with
debris.
One
man
was
killed
when
he
was
blown
to
pieces
in
the
hold
of
the
steamer.
The
other
a
pilot
of
a
fireboat,
was
blown
Into
the
river.
4-
W
PUBLIC
DEBT
SHOWS
IMMENSE
INCREASE
VICTORIA,
Feb.
12
British
Columbia
public
debt
totalled
$93,084,672
on
January
1.1030,
as
against
$82,-887,338
on
August
20,
1928,
or
an
increase
of
$10,197,331.
according
to
figures
filed
in
the
legislature
by
Hon.
Wm.
Shelly,
minister
of
finance.
C.
N.
FREIGHT
MEN
PAYING
Crashed
in
the
Snow
Wreckage
of
FairchlM
caoln
plan
a;
r
craoh
in
Alaska.
It
was
pJoted
by
Qlfford
Swartinan,
m-nib-r
of
Canadian
search
party
for
Eielson
and
Borland.
COAST
VISITMany
Charges
Are
Made
A
gainst
Solloway-Mills
Stock
Company
In
Vancouver
Supreme
Court
Case
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
12.
Judrrmont
was
reserved
In
J
western
region,
arrived
m
Vancou
5UprQrne
Court
yesterday
by
Mr.
Jusce
penis
J&urphx
on
TEtttvl'TS
anUU
Gordon
Slokon
behalf
of
Ho-
way,
vjiiis
KjO.,
um.,
10
nave
set
aside
a
garnisnee
orner
obtained
by
William
H.
MacKee
of
Vancouver,
who
has
pending
a
suit
against
the
company
to
recover
$44,400.
The
plaintiff
attached
the
company
s
funds
in
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada
here,
with
the
result
that
the
earnishee
has
.paid
into
court
$38,589.
Mr.
Sloan
attacked
the
garnishing
order
on
the
ground
that
the
claim
was
for
an
unascertained
amount.
Plaintiff's
counsel
explained
that
three
grounds
for
redress
were
advanced.
MacKee
complained,
first,
that
the
Solloway,
Mills
Co.
had
given
bad
advice
In
regard
to
selling
certain
shares
and
in
buying
oil
stock;
second,
that
defendant
had
been
guilty
of
"bucket
ing"
and
that
it
had
taken
MacKee's
money
and
not
bought
the
shares
at
all;
third,
MacKee
alleged
that
the
defendant
got
a
bigger
prtce
for
his
collateral
than
what
had
been
credited
to
him.
Further.
MacKee
testified,
the
effect
of
selling
his
stock
by
Solloway-Mills
had
been
to
depress
the
market
against
him.
NAPOLEONIC
RELICS
PARIS,
February
18
Napoleonic
relics
maintained
their
values
at
an
auction
here
when
$6,200
was
bid
for
one
of
the
famous
brazen
eagles
which
surmounted
regimental
colors.
This
one
was
pierced
by
a
bullet.
Compulsory
Health
Insurance
In
British
Columbia
May
Arise
From
Royal
Commission
Report
VICTORIA,
Feb.
12
British
Columbia
promises
to
bo
the
first
political
division
of
North
America
to
introduce
compulsory
insurance
against
sickness,
losses
of
wage
earners
and
other
residents
of
limited
income.
This
is
indicated
in
a
progress
report
tabled
in
the
legislature
yesterday
by
the
Royal
Commission
empowered
last
April
to
deal
with
the
subject.
Further
time
for
completion
of
the
work
was
asked
for
in
the
report,
one
passage
of
which
read
:
"Our
investigations
thus
far
convince
us
that
there
is
justification
and
a
general
demand
for
the
introduction
in
British
Columbia
of
an
economically
sound
and
equitable
public
health
insurance
plan
for
the
interests
the
majority
of
provincial
wage
earners,
of
provincial
industries
and-
of
the
state.
Boston
Grill
UUtOE
CAHARKT
Bpeoltl
Olnnen
Thursdays
and
Saturday
Oanoinj
Eierj
fiaturUaj
Nljht,
9
to
U
Dane
Hall
for
Hlra
Kzcomm
txltUoni
tor
Private
Partie
PHONE
487
"
I'KICE
FIVE
CENTS
SHELLY
NOW
MAKES
ADMISSION
Maitland
Tells
House
Government's
Reasons
For
Local
Dismissal
Incident
Again
Featured
Session
of
Legislature
Yesterday;
Manson
Charges
Political
Partisanship
VICTORIA,
Feb.
12.
Debate
on
the
dismissal
of
Norman
A.
Watt
from
the
position
of
government
agent
at
Prince
Rupert
last
year
featured
Tuesday's
session
of
the
legislature.
Before
the
session
ended,
the
House
had
sanctioned,
without
objection
by
the
government,
the
first
of
three
resolutions
before
it
on
the
Watt
issue
calling
for
the
production
of
documents
in
the
case.
Stity
confronting
the
House,
however,
are
rival
government
and
opposition
resolutions.
In
the
former
a
de
BOGUS
BANK
NOTE
CHARGE
Baggage
ot
Interior
Prisoner
Examined
Here
Said
to
Contain
Weapons
of
Criminal
Having
been
turned
over
to
a
police
officer
by
the
conductor
-of
a
train,
a
man
-givingthe-name
of
Mikoll
Martynowys
is
under
arrest
af
Prince
George
on
a
charge
of
being
in
possession
of
forged
bank
notes.
The
man,
it
is
reported,
attempted
to
pass
a
$10
bill
on
the
conductor.
The
train
official
suspecting
it
was
a
counterfeit,
called
the
officer
who
was
also
riding
on
the
train
and
the
man
was
promptly
placed
in
custody.
In
connection
with
the
same
case,
police
officers
visited
the
local
railway
baggage
room
yesterday
afternoon
and
took
possession
of
-baggage
believed
to
have
been
owned
by
the
prisoner
at
Prince
George.
In
the
baggage
were
found
two
loaded
pistols,
percussion
caps,
cartridges
and
a
quantity
of
nitro-glycerine.
The
prisoner
is
believed
to
have
been
on
his
way
from
the
prairies
to
Prince
Rupert
when
intercepted.
TAPL0W
II
IS
DAMAGED
Broke
From
Anchorage
at
Port
Simpson
Last
Friday
Morning
and
Drifted
Ashore
on
Blrnie
Island
In
tow
of
the
Pacific
Salvage
Co.'s
power
vessel
Salvage
Princess,
the
I
fish
packer
Taplow
II..
belonging
to
.
Flewln
and
Brown
of
Port
Simpson,
was
brought
here
yesterday
from
Birnle
Island,
where
she
had
been
ashore,
and
Is
now
on
the
pontoons
at
the
drydock,
where
it
Is
probable
repairs
will
be
made.
The
Taplow
II.
met
with
her
trouble
early
last
Friday
morning
when
the
severe
gale
caused
her
to
break
away
from
her
anchorage
tn
Port
Simpson
harbor
and
drift
about
two
miles
to
Blrnie
Island,,
where
she
nlled
un
on
the
rocks.
mattering
practically
her
enUre
keel,
splitting
her
forefoot
and
damaging
her
planks
on
both
sides.
Had
the
vessel
drifted
off
again
with
the
tide,
she
would
probably
have
been
a
total
loss.
As
It
was,
her
ma-
partmental
enquiry
Is
proposed
and
In
the
latter
a
legislative
committee
of
investigation.
Presented
by
Hon.
R.
I
Maitland,
minister
without
portfolio,
the
government's
defenc&for
thejlsmissal
of.
Watt
waSftthat,
becaute
ot
gov
ernment
agejajns.
II
,i
jyea
only
a
matter
oj,
principle,
ne
minister
of
finance,
Mr.
Shelly,
had
no
recourse
but
to
discharge
brm.
Mr.
Maitland
asserted
that
Mr.
Pattullo
!
could
Jiave
seenied
alftta
Jul
aniia
tlon
on
the
Watt
caSe-insa
Mr.-Bhelly
without
bring
the
matter
up
In
the
House.
Tom
UphlLabos.,
member
for
Fernle,
drew
from
Mr.
Shelly
the
admission
that,
when
he
dismissed
Watt
in
a
personal
.Interview,
he
had
not
told
watt
what
he
was
being
discharged
for.
This
revelation
brought
from
A.
M.
Manson,
member
for
Omlneca,
the
charge
that
the
minister
of
finance
bad
had
no
cither
purpose
.
than
political
Fourth
Worthless
Check
Complaint
Harry
Taylor
of
Vancouver
Cora-'
mltted
For
Trial
on
Two
Counts
A
fourth
.bad
check
complaint
was
made
to
the
city
police
this
morning
In
connection,
with
the
ease
of
Harry
Taylor
of
Vancouver,
who
was
committed
for
trail
by
Magistrate
McClymont
yesterday
on
a
false
pretences
charge.
Today's
reported
check
was
for
$10
and
was
cashed
by
Nick
Christopher
of
the
Commodore
Cafe.
A
fifth
worthless
check
is
reported
to
have
been
cashed
by
Taylor
but
the
police
up
to
this
morning
had
not
definite
Information
Of
this.
Taylor
was
committed
for
trial
on
two
charges,
one
Of
having
cashed
a
worthless
$10
check
at
the
Royal
Hotel
and
another
for
$60
at
the
Royal
Bank,
having
received,
an
identification
by
trickery.
If
a
merchant
advertises
yeu
know
he's
alive.
He
Is
likely
to
give
you
good
valus.
chlncry
is
said
to
have
been
undam-
i
aged.
Damage
to
the
vessel
Is
covered
by
insurance.
It
will
probably
take
two
or
three
weeks
to
make
repairs.
In
the
same
gale,
two
herring
4
scows
went
ashore
in
Pearl
Harbor,
'
near
Port
Simpson,
one
being
slightly
damaged.
I
V
BILLY
TOWNSEND
KNOCKS
OUT
CUBAN
LOS
ANOELBS,
Feb.
12
Billy
Townsend
of
Van.esu-ver,
Canadian
lightweight
champion,
staged
a
smashing
comeback
after
being
floored
for
the
count
of
nine
to
win
with
a
technical
knockout
over
Armando
Santiago
of
Havana.
Cuba,
at
'
the
end
of
the
sixth
round
of
a
scheduled
ten
round
bout
here
last
night.
t