Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 5, 1910, Winnipeg, Manitoba First Section pages 1 to 20 fair and Sun Moon March sundays Sun Moon forty 208 of batters Given decision Over team representing the North Dakota of Trade unions proved not to be in interest of society at Large by canadians were March news of the Day March 1910 the following is the weather fore cast and Saskatchewan and and mild in some Light local Falls of Snow or sleet in Louis Herdt of Mcgill Voniver who is a Well known electrical Engineer and member of the Winnipeg Power consulting Board yesterday replied before the civic Power Corn Mitteer to insinuations made by a Winnipeg newspaper and explained Why the engineers had not recommended the lowest tender for the Supply of equipment for the Power terminal Page Wallace of has been appointed special counsel to conduct the investigation into the charges of on the National transcontinental made by former chief Engineer the conservative members of the special committee of the commons have with Page in the Manitoba legislature yester Nesbitt Appo counsel Well known Toronto lawyer to conduct investigation of Lumsden demands of minority r the affirmative of the question Day an unprecedented incident Hap when the alter the opposition Leader had spoken for Over an Lour on an amendment to urged its a workmen compensation Bill was but not As a government Page former Premier speaking1 at regretted the delay on the part of great Britain which he declared was forcing to make commercial treaties with a number of Balfour also discussed the question of reforming the House of Page at a masonic banquet in Winni Peg last John United states Consul presented ancient landmark Lodge with a gravel of Stone from an ancient Quarry from which material was taken for Solomons Temple at Page 13 a strike embracing All the unions in Philadelphia was ordered last night to help the Carmen in their fight against unions Artoun the highest interests of society at Large in the United states and the Manitoba University dealing composed of Heywood and Defeated the North Dakota University made up of Clyde Duffy and Albert the decision of the judges was two to and by winning in this debate Mani Toba has succeeded in breaking the spell which has apparently been hang ins Over it during the past four this is her first Victory in four successive the judges of the contest were e c of Winnipeg avoid eve Mccoy and of grand the latter taking the place of Sidney who found it impossible to Dean Bruce of the North Dakota College of Law acted As chairman of the evening in opening the Dean Bruce took occasion to speak briefly upon the intimate relations of the United states and showing that it was such events As this that indicated More forcibly than any other single the True relation of the two countries in one walk of life at Thorson opened Joseph Thorson was the first de opening for first the sneaker took occasion to Call the at Tention of the audience to the word ing of the showing that it the present condition was to a dealt and not the past nor the he Aid not deny but that Trade have been enabled to do a great Deal of Good work in the but the motives that keep them alive today Are such that they Are not in the High est interests of society at the objection raised to their existence n absolute and refusal to their non incorporation them liable for nothing and therefore they Are Grant ibs too much or Thorsen cited several eases to Ami then de Vuew Trade unions the calling of strikes not be done with such haste or without a vely thorough study of the the no incorporation of unions Malies it impossible to col Lect the condition was declared dangerous because the unions Are absolutely further unions have refused to become incorporated solely because of this selfish the speaker prompt the maintenance of unions these motives Are the betterment of its no mat Ter what the Cost and thus very often the Public unions create an artificial shortage of men through the closed shop by keeping nonunion men out of them la Bor unions As a refuse to accept a reduction in wages in periods continued on Page conservative members of special committee withdraw because not allowed to name March most absurd and unprecedented position was taken by Parker and Croth opposition members of the spec Ial commons committee on the unit Den in dramatically with drawing this afternoon from the com Mittee and announcing thir intention of having nothing further to do with the inquiry on the pretext that the Liberal members of the special com Mittee would not agree to the opposition Contention that they alone should appoint counsel to conduct the general prosecution of the investigation in the Public they refused to accept the suggestion made by the lib eral members of the thai Wallace judge of the supreme acid a conservative in should be appointed As coun they insisted that any Man whom they should name must be accepted by the majority of the com the majority promptly re fused to agree with this new and illogical principle in conducting investigations by parliamentary committees and the conservatives took the child ish and petulant course of withdrawing in a body from the room and dec Lair giving up wealth Washington Gladden criticizes methods being employed by John March have never believed a Man could give away without pauper izing to whom the gifts were my own idea has always been that if i found myself in the position of a Man like i should first try to seek out every person from whom i got that Money by fair or question Able Means and then restore this is the comment of the Washington the Nodd congregational on Rockefeller latest scheme for the organization of a foundation through which to dispose of his Gladden attracted a great Deal of at Tention a few years ago by his denunciation of tainted Money and its acceptance by churches and in View of his previous assertions on this question his utterances today leave no doubt that he regards Rocke Fellers millions As tainted that they were unlawfully obtained from the and that they should be re turned to it takes a far Wiser Man to give away Money wisely than it does to earn it he he a Man does More Good by using his Money in the operation of a Model delivers in which sanitary conditions urges withdrawal of Amend ment after member Speaks at length must repeat speech workmen compensation Bill introduced but not As a government there was quite an unprecedented occurrence yesterday afternoon in the As the result of ill i n Are observed and where a greater porn t c Leader of the of will have to deliver a lengthy after allowing Tion of the earnings Are returned to the than he Ever can do by giving away millions of dollars which speech p f or i n r r thought of the source or which they were the rapid transit the that they washed their hands of the Lintn a Mph in Liefh thur in labor leaders estimate that one Hun dred thousand men will not report for duty this Page amicable arrangements Are Likely to follow the Tariff conferences being held at Between representatives of the Canadian and United states gov the visitors from Washington were entertained by governor general Page the Canadian government has 3e idea to spend fifty thousand dollars in an investigation of the methods of Zinc it is claimed their is a heavy loss As a methods at this Point cleared that if Page Captain s member for Fosters forecast March Bulle tin gave forecasts of a disturbance to Cross continent 3 to warm wave 2 to Cool wave 5 to this will cause a re covery from the cold wave and Start the More toward higher temperatures thai will reach the top not far from Macli during this great Rise in temper March 3 to precipitation will be generally temperature Tor March will much the same on All the next will reach Pacl tio coast about Cross Pacific slope by close great Central valleys 9 to Eastern in connection with this disturb warm wave will Cross Pacific slope about great Central valleys Eastern sections and a Cool wave will Cross Pacific slope about 10 great Central Val Leys Eastern sections 14 this disturb than usual u Acu Luiis Seol Boater fore and will develop its great about March in about that time the storms All around where the eastward Drift if storm Cen tres May be on Wilarch 12 the fourth disturbance of March will reach the Pacific Elope about Cross wave will Cross Pacific slope about great Central valleys Eastern sections and a Cool wave will Cross Pacific slope about great Central valleys Eastern Section this disturbance will be most severe on Pacific slope about March 12 and while the preceding disturbance is at the its great intensity on Eastern sections of the it will carry the Apex of March temperatures and colder weather and greater precipitation will come in As we approach the last part of March rainfall will lie most deficient Over a Section within 400 Miles of with a gradual increase outside of that j March it the opposition of the Earth passing bet Wen Mars and the cause a sudden increase in the Speed and intensity of All storm centres l wherever they May be All around lie and an electric Lorrn will occur St Taat but i yet determined the location of the electric in Fosters weather map the first North South broken near the of the Pacific slope from the Greaf Central the North and South broken line is Gimli in the Manitoba yesterday brought into the local houss a petition from Steina Stefanson and others praying that the franchise be extended to Page the horrors of new Yorks Tene ments were dealt with by the Donald formerly of the Point Douglas who spent some time in investigating in the United states Page three debaters representing Mani Toba were awarded the decision in the annual contest with the University of North the Bate was held at grand Page of has nominated a Colt for the Derby of he is the first resident of Canada to arrange for an entry in the classic Page there is no truth in the listed in a Winnipeg paper that John the Well known British co Lumbia newspaper is Page Douglass was the Winner of the grand Challenge in the scottish Bon which was concluded at Winnipeg Page Wall Street reports indicate that the Canadian Northern railway will enter Chicago Over the Central Page the militia orders published yesterday announce the names of the officers for the new Highland regiment at Page the Western press association held a successful banquet at the Royal Alexandra last Page 18 the Winnipeg Basket Ball team Defeated the grand Forks visitors by 45 to Page weather report the report of the meteorological Observatory at St Johns is As Litows temperature at t the preceding 12 33 service Token at t Oclock last h Cidy i Cliv 50 i Jal x 30 i a s fair w everywhere fair thrown and for Tho Mon part except in Northern Alberta there were some i prot local Rel sum and whole task with which they were trusted by Wallace Nesbitt appointed they raised no objection to nes itt As being a Man could com nand Public Confidence throughout the Dominion in carrying out the enquiry in a nonpartisan and adequate Man As Lennox put it i have retired no matter what i wont take any further part in the the three Liberal members of the after Tho departure of the three passed a motion appointing Nus Bitt As counsel and then what the outcome will now be is the the Liberal members of the committee see no reason Why the de fault of the opposition members to go ahead with the inquiry should necessitate the entire abandonment of tiie investigation for which the govern Civi Nir away millions 01 have been amassed without particular Norris to speak for Over half an hour m m us by n a motion to reduce the estimates by the amount of the attorney the speaker decided hat the motion should Hare been in produced in another the attorn ment moved arid which parliament ordered should be carried if Barker and Crothers persist in their illogical stand1 it will practically mean a confession that the opposition does not believe there entries in various classes constitute a record daily Stock March the Mani Tabo Winter fair and fat Stock show and provincial poultry exhibition at Brandon will be opened tomorrow morning at 10 Oclock to general this evening the Winter fan with its Large presented a scene of hustling far mers and placing Hibits which was indicative of prophecy frequently expressed d the last few weeks that the Winter fair of 1910 will far outstrip us or faeces not Only from the Point of num Bers of but from the stand Point of general p the entries in the horse department alone exceed while in the other departments there is a Large increase Over years Over so head of Wand to head of hogs come before the professor o in the beginning of the week James of and Pio so of North a will place the ribbons of tues cd the durin Joh Day in the heavy in of will judge i on 75 head of prime fat sheep and b i inf in 1 i u any parti capital to be made by Goina on with the and that if All the facts Are brought out the Nat ional transcontinental commission will be Lumsden admission at the first meeting of the committee that he made no charges of bad Faith against the engineers or Mie and that the matters at Issue were practically questions of engineering difference of opinion took the ground from under the feet of the opposition at the since then their whole efforts Lave apparently been to make party capital by fostering the impression that the inquiry would be a partisan and incomplete now that their last objection As to the alleged desire to appoint a partisan counsel to conduct the enquiry has been met by the appointment of Nesbitt against whom no valid objection can be Tho oppositions for some occult Leason have thought it Good policy to make a great stand play by backing out of the enquiry Barker Resolution when the committee met this after who with Macdonald was appointed last week with a View to agreeing on the name of some lawyer who would be mutually satisfactory to both sides of the com Mittee announced that they had failed to he that the opposition members should nominate the counsel without having to get the end oration of the majority of the members of the he this Resolution that it is the right and duty of the members of the opposition to nominate the counsel who will prosecute the enquiry in the pub Lic Macdonald declared that in his the poultry of will aware the exhibits in the the Grain department Are just to of last a feature of the thus Tan w u us the exhibitions of Light horses Stock parades held Highland officers militia orders announce commanders of new Winnipeg March orders issued today announce the following officers of the 70th Cameron Landers Winnipeg provisional lieutenant colonel Ana to command regiment on organization Robert Macdonald provisional majors on organization provisional William George Bell and James Alex after airily waiving to object to the scope of voirls1 pleaded that his he Youlei have been Given notice of the Leech it was finally decided that r Norris should give notice 01 his and the speaker directed that he speech of Norris be not re interesting incident of the sit in was the introduction by of a Bill respecting workmen s on being questioned in t the member for North Winnipeg admitted that his Bill Vas not government Johnson scores there was much suppressed mirth n the chamber when Johnson Robert Rogers a Roland his referring to the state Nunt of Potts to the that the Robert Rogers had been Ohio floods towns of parser Surg and Marietta partly Cincinnati situation March stage 53 feet in the Ohio River will bring the water up into the Union Central put most of the Railroad Yards of Cincinnati under seriously handicapping the train be sides doing Many thousands of Dol Lars damage to other business in the the water has risen fifty feet tins evening at 6 Oclock and before morn ing one More foot will have been added to the throughout All the Bottoms of where Are located the major part of the cites biggest wholesale All at Tention has been directed to the goods in wholesale people say that they arc now two Days behind in fill ing the owners of Many Small crafts in the Ohio River Here have anchored their property to Safe posts and other places and have retired to allow the River have its Way All Day today there was much scurrying about on the levees and by the time the danger Mark was reached All property had been made water will continue to heavy Rains which Are reported from northeastern Ohio and West Virginia show that the water will continue to Rise for at least forty eight hours and if this comes True the fifty five foot stage will be passed probably on monday from Many up and Down the Are reported increasing gains in the volume of at for instance the River has passed thu danger Mark and almost half that town is now at and where the Kena Waha and Muski Ngum Rivers enter the the merchants have practically All been hooded out of their business and the Kawaha is emptying More water into the Ohio than the Muski Ngum and because its Mouth is in the business part of Parkersburg much danger is being feared at Marietta the government locks have been lost to sight for three Days in the surging swell of water which wends its Way out of the Beautiful at the River has still a few inches in go be fore it reaches the danger l grip of big one Hundred thousand Union labourers ordered out last riots break out again squad of sixty police had clash with mob of five thousand Mill March 1 the order for a sol Era strike of All labor unionists in this in sympathy with the car who have been out for two went into very few men on since there duty at that time Manitoba suffragettes in the Manitoba legislature yesterday Captain member for brought in a petition of Steina Stefanson it praying for the passing of an act to All women whether widows or spinsters on the same terms As e1s uck dict great Britain tardiness is forc ing Canada to make com Mercial Canadian March City Alprovis Onalu Captain and adjutant or Hugh James Alexanjer Captain on organization Hugh Farquharson Francis pal user Daniel Sayer William John Robert Grant Herbert Pat Rick Pennock and John Cowan quartermaster with honorary of John Cimon towards the conserve rtt ivs Campaign fund in the last do minion election in consideration of the settlement of the Johnson said that if it were not Lor the rules of the House he would say he was not satisfied with the Flat or categorical denial of the Robert one of the most palpably insincere speeches that have Ever been made in the Manitoba legislature was made Yesier Clay afternoon by Robert Rogers on the Boundary ques Tion in the course of his speech Rogers said that his government had never at any time tried to make political capital out of the Boundary which he described As the most he denied that he had Ever said that sir Wilfrid later Ier refused to extend Manitoba Boun Daries because of the school to Norris Resolution simply ask a com no t two ill 11 l vat Ivy to be chaplain with honorary ran it of Charles William Gor be provisional Fred Erick Henry John do Gwash William Henry William Henry Hunting Don William Cyrll Douglas Hughes conference with Barker he had Marine arrived Hamburg Rford the third North and South broken line separates great Central Val from Eastern every to this paper is entitled would and will receive on of these Feather Send address and stamp f to Fosters weather Wahrns have concluded that or will pass through the tall of Hal cqi1iet Days can Only guess As to whether the net will affect our but am opinion its pases will be Detri to these Comet cannot come Down through our Here Umbria Liverpool Antwerp or clip recurs grosser Caledonia Cape Tjce drop rely of Britain pc Roland St j in York no York Xuwu York new York woman shot in hotel March Alex Ander formerly a member of the Sewickley society was shot and dangerously wounded by Edward g Miller Early this morning during a quarrel in the lobby of the Imperial who is known among billiard its As King is held without taken the ground that the Man to be appointed should be one of such High standing at the and of such reputation throughout the As to command general Public while he was not Adverse to consid ering any names suggested by the opposition he could not consent to the principle that any Man selected by the minority should be accepted by the majority of the moreover he had objected to the names suggested who were of provincial rather than of National standing at the barkers Resolution was then put and declare lost on the of chairman brought their prejudices Lennox thereupon declared that As matters now stood the investigation was unequal and conditions were so unfair that he advisedly took the stand that he must refuse to act longer us a member of the at this Point moved that Wallace Nesbitt be retained by the committee As counsel to protect the interests of the without commenting on this motion Crothers and Barker followed Lennox they declared that As the members of the opposite or they naturally brought their political prejudices and preconceived judg ments to the committee and they presumed the Liberal members did like since the National Tran commis Sion was represented by a lawyer whose natural duty would be to pre vent the disclosing of any evidence Likely to reflect on the they thought that opposition members should have the naming of a counsel to bring out evidence for the prosecution to conduct an enquiry on any other basis they declared would be a waste of f or Macdonald believed that the course adopted by the opposition could not be justified even to their friends in the he repudiated the Sug estion that members of the committee wanted to burst the in John Geddes William Henry Russell Usu ii Juliu i Mckenzie Kenneth Bow Witham Robertson ing for the appointment of Mittee members of the House to seek final settlement with the Dominion Rogers moved a Long covering seven Boundary ques Tion was adjourned on the motion of the House adjourned till monday at winded amendment sheets of the debate on of London conservatives Banquete Leader Balfour today at ban Bury ill Balfour said1 the election amply Justi fied the action of the House of lords which had never been More capable or efficient but it lacked he wanted a stronger second it would Best gain that strength by hav ing some direct and formal connection with Public opinion but it should not be a second House of commons that would be to deprive it of All its it must be comprised of people immediately amenable to the two a passing passion of the and the electoral referring to Tariff Reform bal four asked has the City realized has the country realized that our delay in adopting that is forcing Canada to make commercial treaties first with this country then with that country soon All Over the world and is leaving her in ignorance of whether we Art going to adopt a system which will make a full preference possible be tween Canada and this is a grave misfortune for the it is a grave misfortune for Canada it is a grave misfortune for this country that we should stand Here in our fiscal isolation leaving our own kith and pm to carry on their own policy which they would love to modify in the Imperial direction without knowing whether the Mother country is pre pared to second their efforts or of the Union or Tho number of those who threw up their jobs has not been the Central labor Union declared at the Midnight hour that places would be vacant tomorrow the Phila Delphia rapid transit company an1 other anti unionists predicted that there would not be More than or Idle men on the fatally injured in riot already the riots of last week have been scarcely had the news of no peace possible reached the Kensington from which Iho constabulary has been than there was a pitched Battle be tween a mob of sympathizers of the car men a squad of sixty policemen charged the mob but when this did not scare off the rioters a Volley was fired directly at the mob in the William one of the Mill was fatally shot in the another Robert to several blocks was dangerously wounded in a Row that occurred about tonight the following messages were sent out by mayor Reyburn and his under police officers at the City Hall to governor Harris Burg please be ready to Send troops of National guard Here at an in stants to All com mands please be ready to Start for Philadelphia on a moments Boycott a this was pay Day in Many sections of the As men with Money in their pockets assembled on Street Cor ners and in the neighbourhood the first mutterings of what is feared will be a tumultuous week was there will certainly be a Boycott against the cars and against any tradesmen doing business with the transit company or its and there will very probably be violence worse than that of the Early Days of last most of the locals of the unions held meetings at which the members pledged that neither they nor any members of their families would Rife in cars manned by they would not they Boundary question Robert Rogers defends course of the Robert Rogers resumed the debate on Norriss Resolution ask ing for the appointment of a com Mittee of the House to present the claims of the in the matter c Jill Lis me of Extension of to the do minion government for final adjust Rogers moved an Amend ment extending Over six sheets unions and the prayer of the amendment was As Fol his local legislature today provincial brought Down his to stated that the expenditures of 1909 were which was Over the amount the receipts were an amount in excess of what was in 1910 he estimates of any income and be it that ratify by this Rint Lou cull i fill half Lull Ltd t James John Mitchell foolscap and containing lengthy quo Keith and gentle from on organization february to be provisional lieutenants sup Victor John Hasting Charles Elliott William Elliott William Stewart and Douglas lome Ninetieth Winnipeg be paymaster with Honor Ary rank Captain George William an Pic honorary Captain r who is permitted to resign new Brunswick March Cabinet sharply March Pali mall Gazette today says that although matters have been patched up Lor the moment the Cabinet is sharply divided the main question of policy As re Gards the House of and go the country probably in with wide divergence of opinion among its the newspaper avers however that the majority of the Cao inet has decided upon a programme which shall include the Reform of the House of and when the veto re solutions Are brought before the House of commons they will be accompanied b with tradesmen who Soldi supplies the companies or the or who even Rode on the nonunion More than they pledged them selves to pay a Fine of for each offence of Riding or unionists bitterly in the unionists Are bit Terly in so apparently the company and so Are the no Blue coat tonight had sleep either of the regulars or the special policemen who have been sworn in during the past few on some of the lines which take night workers Home from the Post office and the newspaper shops and like institutions Down town the transit company has been running one or two special cars since Tho beginning of the these were called off All the newspapers sent their men Home in motor trucks and the Post employees clubbed together and got for your the labor leaders told their but keep put continued on Page the outlines a subsequent sen no Nic 7 for the reconstruction of the second Houston not dead Well known Western editor arrives at Quesnelle in Good March John Houston far from being As an firms the offer Maue of uie motives of the province at the bounced in the papers All Over the do l j v t i i r t s us held with the Federal authorities month of March last in refer the aforesaid territory lying immediately East of the province o ence in the ence co v to Tel it Hereinbefore set and till Ilu Uil u agrees to accept the territory set Forth in the Resolution of the parliament of Canada on the 13th Day of also Hereinbefore set upon Satis factory financial terms being Given to the by the Federal authorities and that this House is de Sirous of affirming the position of the right of the province to Equality of treatment either with the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan to the or the provinces of Ontario and Quebec to the and desires to urge upon estimates Iury Niu Muiir Canu in 7 079 for expenditures which would the Federal authorities that they of a As urged by our Goldwin Smith getting March Smiths condition is highly he continues to make continued on Pace Liberal rally at Boniface All liberals and opponents of the Roblin Rogers admin Stra Tion Are invited to attend a Liberal rally to be held at tuesday s at Jac Tiei Provencher Crawford Leader of the Liberal party in the House and other Liberal Mem ters will deliver government of this province from time to immediately announce or offer the financial terms which they were concede to the province on the addition of the aforesaid Terri tory to the province of and further affirms its to accept the said territory upon the basis of Equality of treatment either the provinces of Saskatchewan and Ai or Ontario and and i further that this House cannot see any valid reason who the Federal authorities should not at once name the Finan Cial terms which they think fair and generous so that the same might be considered and an end put to All further controversy respecting the most Paramount supporting his amendment the min ister of Public works said that if had he so keenly Felt the responsibility which rested upon him As he did at that the Boundary continued on Page looking backward the free press was founded in 1872 arrived at Quesnelle tills of and told your correspondent j he was suffering from insomnia but was not very the report appears to have originated with the Caribou member at a wire received by Houston Here Midnight said that Houston died at and a Morns paper published a Long obituary of Tea noted the news appear in Ollie Cui edit la confirmed by a Rupert but All were hous i r ton has been from overwork at toil it la Uccio i fort George where he estaali3hed paper six months who used to edit the port Essigton Sun when Houston was at Prince Pat in w pert had gone to relieve on ills arrival former George Houston in thirty years Ham Mcmicken will carry the malls be tween this City and Boniface for 5999 it in estimated that there Are car loads of steel rails stuck in the a Jow be tween Here Ami and they Are Likely stay there for some j Cavanaugh of Cross Lake has collected for the Irish Relief fund among ii men work info on construction East of the Supply of Beaver skins at Battle Ford this Winter was inadequate to the local demand mitts and Thomas lusted of Stonewall 5ias sent the free press an excellent Sample or red Type land and Josenh the Hudson Hay West t t there Are on exhibition at Rich arsons two Lovely Holl Nocka and wild which were painted of j Graham Boston and amb Rolce of the c left yesterday for new at a of the shareholders of commissioner of left for the m Tel fora and Van he was was his answer him agree that from in politics and journalism on the unknown vessel founders March known vessel foundered on a bar about six Miles off the Cost o Oclock this it was a two masted steam yacht with one the yacht came Down the coast from the North and was running close something unheard of Here owing to the snapper at first when the vessel stopped it was thought that mooring for the night had been made shortly after dark four red and two White Coston lights were sent Jacksonville has been As there is no wireless Static corps Here life saving Zilo was appointed Twenty years City Market of in 12c to 16c Ner Boult 15c dressed Seese 150 dressed 13mrc dressed Loc meats Oua Teri 5c to 6c per h4 to 6c so Tose via cd to corded pop to Poplar to corded to to Stroner deputation of doctors waited on the Law committee at the legislature Vesterdal and the act Strrm Lucid by Graham reducing Raj Strrm Lucid by Graham reducing a any schedule of fees which doctors Are permitted to ;