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CAPITOL THURS., FRL, SAT. TOM MIX in "THE LAST OF THE DUANES" CAPITOL NOW SHOWING "HOLD YOUR BREATH" A Sizzling Comedy =| The Daily British Whig YEAR 01; No. 2384. KINGSTON, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1924. Sms eee eer te -- LAST EDITION SIR ADAM BECK'S DENIAL OF CHARGES OF SETTELL Chairman of the Hydro planations--He Was Commission Makes Ex- Given Certain Privil eges Because At First He Got No Pay. * "Toronto, Nov. 12.--Giving evi- dence this morning before Commis- sioner Judge C. Snider, Investigat- ing the charges Toade by E. C. Set- tell against officials of the Hydro- Electric | Power Commission, Sir Adam Beck, chairman of the com- mission, declared that when he start- od on the Hydro commission he serv- ed without compensation but had de- A AAA SAINI. Bl 3 © SIR ADAM BECK wa Wiho Is the target of his former Hydro Secretary. * Sn-- manded certain privileges including a motor car and chauffeur, and his hotél expenses. At the end of six years hé was offered a cheque by the late Sir James Whitney for $45,- 000, being at the rate of six thou- sand a year, and $1,500 for living expenses. This Sir Adam said he re- fused. Sir Adam then explained that the commission furnished part of & small fiat and later when a bigger fiat was used, Sir Adam brought all NOT SATISFIED WITH STEPS BEING TAKEN: To Reorganize British Liberal Candi~ dates Hold a Meeting. London, Nov. 12.--Steps Dy its leaders towards overhauling 'the Liberal party are not viewed with entire / by those in the party ranks. . t a hundred Liberal cand who were defeated in the polling, met yesterday to talk over the matter. They cniticised the constitution of the committee of exports which Mr. Asquith, party leader, announced last Monday was working to meet the need for the overhauling of the party "from top to bottom." Particular criticism was directed against the inclusion in the committee of some members whom the candidates regarded as largely responsible for the poor organiza- tion which is blamed for the Lib- eral collapse. A demaiid was made for wider Topresentation _ ni the appointment of {nd dent investi. | ---------------- A 3 - ; ¢hild . unconscious for more two months as the result of a motor. accident, is now on the I aq to recovery. the furnishings from his London re- sidence. In connection with the Sothman charges, Sir Adam sald that when Sothman was appointed chief en- gineer, it was stipulated that he should be allowed to dos outside work, and this the commission knew. Regarding the charges that detec~ tives had been empfoyed to watch Home Smith's house, the Hydro chairman stated that Settell came to him alarmed, stating that people were congregating in the house who should not be there. "I absolutely deny that, Mr. Com- missioner," interjected Settell. He did not kmow how the fees of the detectives were charged, sald witness, admitting they were engag- ed. Settell hired them, he said. Sir Adam said that as remount officer during the war he had used a car and a chauffeur, while buying hors- es for the army. Hé was entitled to use a car and the commissioners knew it, he declared. The hydro chairman denied abso- lutely the charge that changes were made in the minutes of the commis- sion meetings. There might have been changes in technical terms, but no deliberate changes, he testified. Sir Adam declared he had never refused to pay accounts placed be- fore him by Settell. "He was the, only protection I had," he sald, "I asked for protec- tion by the staff so that personal accounts should be pald by myself and not allowed to be charged to Hydro." He denied emphafically that twenty thousand dollars of Hydro funds deposited in the Molson's Bank was to secure a loan made by Beck companies or himself, "A Beok company never got a lean of any kind from Molson's Bank," he de- clared.. .. ... i a SEPP 292 220000 * . + ONTARIO. POLICE IN NEW ORLEANS + & New Orleans, La, Nov. 12.-- William Greer and Albert Ward of the Ontario Provincial police were here yesterday with requigition papers to re- turn Frank Barned to Niagara Falls, Ont., in connection with the death of Smylid Muirhead," Barned admitted running down Muirhead with his automobile. * * * + * <> > " * * * * Ld + * * PELPPEIPFY P2222 29290200%%» y The New U, 8. House. 'Washington, D.C., Nov. 12.-- Complete returns from all districts show the panty lime up in the next United States congress as follows: RepubHcans 245; Democrats 185; Farmer-Labor 3: Socialists 2. In the present congress the Republi- cans have 223 and the Democrats 209. Prison for Drug Vendor. Toronto, Nov. 12.--Five years in the penitentiary and a fine of $200 or six months was the sentence Judge O'Connell passed on Frank | Blank, 'convicted of having sold morphine to a police operator, The accused did" mot offer any defence, i ---------- a ---- Benny Leonard, world's light- weight boxing champion, has tenta- tively agreed to defend his title at Los Angeles, Cal, February 22nd. Joe Benjamin will probably be his cision on Tuesday In was tried about a month ago. judge decided that should stand. W. M. Nickle, she left Two Children Their Grandmother May Not Recover. Owen Sound, Nov. 12.-- Helen and Loretta Featherston, eight und nine years of age, respectively, were burned to death early this morning, and their grandmother, Mrs. Fred Featherstone, is in hospital ser- iously burned and may not re- cover. A fire, which broke out in the back kitchen of their home, quickly spread to the brick portion of the house, and be- fore the children could be got out, they were suffocated and burned to death. The mother of the children escaped. Coron- er Dr. Dow will hold an inquest. COULD HARDLY BE Was Located as Early as Sept. bth. Washington, D.C., Nov. Rp ing in New York. CHARGES ALDERMEN On Dealers Accused of Giving Short Weight. Montreal, Nov. ed of giving short weight. fyle a memorandum of all with and the reasons. Brodeur. of cases were he said. Tonto, told of the same Arthur In 1923, Mrs. Doherty made her last will in which she cut out cer- tain bequests which had been made in a previous will which had been }* drawn up by J. B. Walkem, K.C. In her last will, which was drawn by certain Burned In Home They Were First Suffocated--- THE MISSING YACHT As the Derelict Reported Upon 12.--The 'been sighted in the path taken by the missing yacht Lost Brictson, for which the cruiser Treaton is searching the North At- tantie, was located as eanly as Sept. 5th, the department was #nfcrmed to-day, and, therefore, could hardly be the wreck of the missing yacht. A message to the department said the Holland American Miner Rhyndam re- ported the dereliot in epproximately the same position given a few days ago to the cruiser Tremton, on armdv- WITH INTERFERING Behalf of Montreal Coal 12.~Alderman O'Connell and Desroches were nam- ed by Chief Belanger on the witness stand at the police probe yesterday afternoon as having intervened with him in behalf of coal-dealers accus- The chief explained that these were men with good reputations which should be preserved. He will short- weight cases against coal dealers, and a list of cases not proceeded Chief Belanger swore that inter vention, as far as he could remem- ber, had never been made by Alder- I and non-completion § fairly: common in breaches of the traffic regulations and offences against city by-laws, -- Wiliam Oharles Radley, of To- ponstable elanger, telling him how Nieces Lose Appeal Against Wil Estate Goes To One Not a Relative Judge H. A. Lavell gave his de- connection with the case of thq will of the late Caroline Doherty, Elginburg, which The the last" will money to Charles Ewing, who was not a relative, but the deceased had lived with him. John Alderson and will. It was brought out in evidence that the nieces of the deteased had gone cut to her and urged her to live with them, but she refused and continued to stay with Mr. Ewing. A. B, Pay and J. B. Walkem, K. C., acted for some of the parties, and C. M. Smith represented Mr. Ewing. CAPT. B. C. KALBFUS In charge of the U. B. cruiser Tren- ton, searching the North Atlantic, with scout airplanes for Wiham W. Nut- ting and his crew, lost in a ¢0-foot + sloop, the Lief Ericsson. while enroute to Battle Harbor, Labrador. BRITAIN'S LABOR LEADERS ARRIVE Cramp and Swales to Attend Convention of the American Fed on New York, Nov. 12.---C., T. Cramp, chairman of the Labor party of Great Britain, and A, B. Swales, chairman of the . Brit Trades onthe S El Paso, Tex. to attend the annuai convention of the American Federa- tion of Labor as British fraternal delegates. . In discussing the recent overturn of the British Labor ministry, they attributed its fall primarily to the "Zinoviev letter." "The letter," Mr. Swales said, "undoubtedly scared hundreds of thousands of timid voters into vot- ing for. the ionaries, The com- bination of Conservatives and Lib- erals against us in various districts also centributed, but this was not enough in itself." Ramsay MacDonald would con- tinue as leader of the British Labor party, Mr. Cramp said. The form- er premier was its unanimous choice, and there was no. opposition to him in sight, he said. The election there, Mr. Cramp sald, had proved among other things that the Labor party was "now permanently the second party" in. any imperial political equation, and also that its advo- cacy of the Russian ireafy was a line of action even the Baldwin government would be obliged to follow. Woodstock council refused the re- quest of the proprietors of pool rooms and billiard parlors for per- mission to keep open till eleven o'- elock on Satarday night. At present they are compelled to close at ten o'clock. i The W. H. Consaul Coal company is building a new cement dock fronting its coal yard, on Riverside drive, Clayben, N.Y. Best crops in twenty years re. ported in Quebec. Harriet Smith, brother and sister of i the deceased, objected to the last | PEP Err Pr FEY FPP FPFPRPOSEPRILRES PROTECTIVE TARIFF FOR SOUTH IRELAND London, Nov. 12.--A com- prehensive scheme of high protective tariffs is about to be announced in the Dail Eireann, according to the Dublin cor- respondent of the Morningg Post. He understands that the Free State Government intends to tax all imported clothes about 25 per cent, raise the present import duty om shoes and tax furniture and prepared foodstuffs. + * < + - < * < * + J 2 * Ld * 4 * * LPP PPLLFIPIFPIRIPIOELY News of f the Wires |! In Condensed Form can Catholics, ural allies.' " Decrying control bill; Bishop Carroll said: President Coolidge will attend funeral of late Senator Lodge. General Garibaldi to fight duel with commander of Fascist militia. | be re- | maritime provinces, it is understood, have put forward the request that Wembley exhibition will opened next year with British gov- ernment support. Edmund E, Sheppard, formerly a well-known newspaperman and writer in Toronto, dies in Cali- fornia. W. J. Gordon, employed on the Welland ship eanal construction at Port Weller was run down by a construction train on a trestle and instantly killed. Fire in the Dell vulcanizing plant at Niagara Falls caused dam- age amounting to $5,000. Tenants of the upper floors were obliged to escape in right attire. The five weeks' drought in Hal- ton county has dried up many wells and small creeks, and farmers are obliged to haul water for their lve stock. ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S APPEAL DISMISSED By Court of Appeal in Regard to an O.T.A. Judg- ment. v Toronto, Nov. 12.--The first appellate court has dismissed the appeal of the attorney-gen- eral of the province from the judgment of County Judge o- Connell, who quashed the con- viction by the police magistrate "bors yeatas 08 Toronto. who found Gooder "on thelr way et Rain & Worts, TAL, gutRty of a8" infraction of the provisions of the Ontario Temperance Act. The conviction arose out of a seizure of fifteen cases of whis- key entrusted to one Richards for export to Niagara Falls, N. oY. "The evidence clearly shows that the liquor was not deliver- ed to Richards for consumption {n Ontario, but for export to the United States," says Chief Justice Mulock, in his judgment dismissing the appeal. CATHOLICS OPPOSE CHURCH-STATE UNION According to Montana Bishop ~The Birth Control Bill Discussed. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12.--Ameri- "neither need nor want a legal union of a church and state," in this country, Bishop John i P. Carroll of Helena, Mont., declar- ed in a sermon at the fourth an- nual convention of the National Couneil of Catholic women yester- day. This is the first meeting of the council away from {its headquarters in Washington. "The constitutional guarantees of religious liberty are sufficlent for American Catholics," he sald, "and they neither need nor want & legal union of church and state 'in this happy land of ours'--to quote tha words of Theodore Roosevell-- 'where religion and liberty are pat- the . birth "There is reason to fear that the love of ease and pleasure has dim- inished the affection of many of our American people for the home of the ploneer--a home which was made glorious by the innocent prat- large PROVINCES MAKE REQUEST FOR RELIEF IN TAXATION |The Maritime Provinces Want the Right to Tax: the CNR. Properties--They Claim That They Are Virtually Titleholders. Ottawa, Nov. 12.--"We have had a frank friendly discussion of the problems at hand," said Hon. J. A. Robb, acting minister of finance iast night, following the first ses- sion of the taxation conference -be- tween the Dominion and several of the provincial governments here yesterday. The conferemce will con- tinue Wednesday and will probably conclude in the evening. The ° representatives from the the Canadian Government grant to them the privilege of taxation of the Canadian National Railway proper- ty in the maritimes. It was pointed out in support of this contention that the provinces of New Bruns- wick, Nova Scotia and Prince Ed- ward Island were in unique posi- tion due to the fact that they were virtually titleholders. Ontario and the western provinces, on the other hand, as stockholders, enjoyed the right to levy taxes on the Canadian National Railways, On behalf of the province of Al- berta, Hon. R. G. Reid, provincial treasurer, submitted the attitude of his government to the conference, making a survey of the entire situ- ation. Owing to the initiation of! certain policies by the Dominion, problems have been left to the province for solution which have, strained the financial resources of the province and have placed upon| them a burden which is not pro= perly theirs, according to Mr. Reid's case, Alberta 'contended further' "that the allocation of fields of taxatiom- under the British North America Act is largely non-effective by rea-; son of the fact that mo exclusive fields are maintained for the prove inces," as the Dominion has the power to enter any tield under the' aot. In the statement submitted it was! pointed out in connection with the tirst point raised that there are two 'main areas of the province interests ed, the first In southeastern Alber ta, and the second in the Peace Riv. er country, in both of which dis- tricts settlers have been placed by the Dominion Government and them their efforts ceased. The federal! government, It was thought, should have adopted a follow-up policy and assisted 'these settlers of semi-arid lands in their attempts to cultivate them. ~~ DUCHESS IS APPOINTED. Only Woman in Some of Ministerial Selections. London, Nov. 12.---The Duchess of Athol is the only woman among the more than a score of ministerial appointments made public last night. The duchess becomes parlia- mentary secretary to the Board of Education in the new Baldwin min- istry. Aside from other parliamentary gecretaryships appointments ars.an- nounced as follows: Sir Witlam Michell-Thomson, postmaster-general; Lieut.-Col. Wil fred Ashley, minister of transport, and Major G. O. Tryon, minister ot = The Earl of Onslow is made un- der secretary for war; Bir Philip Sassoon, under secretary for air: and Barl Stanhope, Civil Lord ofthe Admiralty. Sir Thomas Inskip again becomes solMcitor-general. Others who will retain their old posts are Romsld MeNeil, under secretary for foreign affairs; Wal ter Guinness, financial secretary Lo the treasury; and Barl Winterton, under secretary for India. lLieut.-Col. J. T. C. Moore Bra- bazon again becomes parliamentary secretary to the ministry of trams- port. Advance in Price of Flour Is Unexpected New York, Nov. 12.--The ad- vancing tendencies in commodity prices since the election have In- creased the price of flour 25 to 50 cents a barrel in local markets where standard spring wheat pat- ents are now selling at $7.80 to $8.26 and fancy family flour at $9.25 to $10 per barrel Many buyers, it was said, have been holding off in expectation of a post-election slump and have been forced to come into the market at the: advance to replenish depleted stocks. . Call to Church in Hamilton. Toronto, Nov. 12.-- Rev, Dr. George H. Williams, minister of Metropolitan Methodist Church, who a short time ago received a call to the pastorate of Ryerson Methodist Ohurch at Hamilton, at a salary of 3,000 a year, stated last evening hat he had definitely decided to ac- cept the invitation, Board. of conciliation reports agaist wage increase on western railway ines. wo LADY TERRINGTON LOSES LIBEL SUT Kind of Clothes Woman M.P. Wears Is of Public Interest, Says Judge. London, Nov. 12.--The kind of clothes @ woman M.P. wears in par- lament, Lord Darling laid down yes- terday, is a matter of public interest. He was trying the libel suit Lady Terrington had brought against the Daily Express on account of an in- saying that it elected to she would put on her osp coat and pearls to go to"the of Commons. Counsel for the newss paper stood by the accuracy of the interview, and argued that the statements concerning the plaintiff's appare] were written with fio malls cious intent. ; Lord Dafling explained that hel did not decide that any question garding clothes was a matter © public interest, for public inter did not mean public curiosity, bu it might be of interest to know wha sort of clothes a woman wore { parliament. He also pointed out that cartoons were really libellous in law, but they made one laugh, and sensible people did not take of- fence at them. The jury, after an absence of only a few minutes, gave a verdict against Lady Terrington. Latest Favorite Pastime. London, Nov. 12. "America favorite pastime is (the cross-wor puzzle. School children neglect les« sons for it. Worried college girls g about asking their men such questions as whether know of a four-letter word mi ing "amity." Young w os) ally are cross-word addicis. cross-word tea and evening part are held In all the best drawing through the medium of the News. Building All Year Round. Montreal, Nov. 12.-- Possibility spreading building operations oF the entire twelve months instead © making it a seasonal programme at present, will be one of the 3 subjects discussed at the 39th ane nual meeting of the Engineering Ins stitute of Canada here on Jan. 27 29th wext. 'ta Se Queen's Park Echoes With Settells * Broadside Volley on Sir Adam Beck Snider's investigation is being con« ducted, shortly after the session