Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 9, 1910, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather forecast not much Sun rises sets Moon rises sets March Twenty 211 0 Crew containing four Klen caught by Avalanche 4near Field station buried for half hour switchman standing on footboard dug out of Snow pile just in scene free press special March awful spec Tacle at a descending which Lral Fea a locomotive and brought an engine Crew close to death wyness a by fee free press special correspond ent the slide originated on an ice Field in a Gully of the mountains South of the railway and apparently received its first impetus in a precipitous drop of several Hundred feet from a Remote Olace on the it then swept Down the Gully until deflected he a Bend into a Diagonal course across the Mountain crossing the railway track near the Western extremity of the esd about three quarters of a mile irom thaf5nassing the More abrupt drops the Buffer Altitude thu Avalanche flu not seem to follow the ground but be Chad out like a Cloud of vapor travelling Tough the sky As if propelled by some rag qty engine concealed m a recess of that watnke11 a Cyclone painted in White and a sense it was a Tor the creates its own and the treat rolling Cloud was not vapor but so wands of tons of Snow propelled of Llie air currents which the passage i the slide had set in caught switch in an instant the switch engine was enveloped in the Cloud and when the vision passed uie front part of the nl3 sme was protruding from a Dyke shaped embankment of Snow which reared la shape fifty feet High extending across the railway and for a Dis tit Uthof the Avalanche was by the narrow Gully e tithe tender of the engine on the foot Kait which switchman d Patti ass sort continued my Page Ronald Davidson probably fatally in f Jared at fort v fort March employed by the con stable Feil under a moving freight car to the local Yards Tonish tand had his another Constable named the switching the r the ground just As the news of the Day March the weather forecast for today is As follows Manitoba not much change in Saskatchewan stationary or a Little higher Alberta fair and the Tariff negotiations Between representatives of the Canadian and United states governments at Ottawa have ended and the Washington com missioners will return Home it is fury expected the present Friendly Trade relations Between the two coun tries will be Page a switch carrying a Crew of four was caught by a Snow slide near and the men had a narrow the who was standing on the of the locomotive was completely and was not extricated for he will Page Campbell map a blackguard by attack on a press reporter at the Public accounts com Mittee claiming that cer Tain information asked for was wanted merely for the requirements of the Page the coroners jury which invest guck the death of Thomas who fell from the Winnipeg rubber company returned a verdict to the effect the fatality Wasa pase the liberals in the Manitoba legis in an amendment to tha government elevator declared their position and strongly and Voo ated a commission free from government Page a of the members of the House of commons have yet to speak on naval debate and a division will not late and pos Sibly not until the thursday Page it is reported that the Warden of the Manitoba Penitentiary will not re lease to who Lias been granted a new unless an order is issued by the department of Page it is understood that the Bill to am end the Volunteer act to be introduced in the Canadian commons by the Frank Oliver will provide for an Extension of the time for locating Page the Manitoba government yester Day voted Down the oppositions Mea sure calling for compulsory coldwell anade startling statements in support of his Page residents of the West end of Winnipeg Are opposed to the Entrance plans of the great Northern the officials of the latter Road Are conferring with City Page the Council of Manitoba University held a conference yesterday with act ing Premier Rogers and it is believed that the government favors the pres ent site for the greater Page serious differences have developed in the ranks of the Irish party and a fight is on Between the Page Renfrew Defeated the Ottawa hockey team in the concluding of the schedule by 17 goals to Page Archie Boyd and Mullin were kilted by an explosion in the Granby mine near Phoenix Page John who murdered the Tho train family at Quill will of hanged at Prince Albert Page John a famous newspaper of British is Page it was announced at new York that the Shubert will build a theatre at Page the builders Bonspiel at a Winnipeg is proving a Page weather report m has Only been in f p r three he was Lorte v it planto tag three Yearb returned to Trigere he visited for some sea income to going to where he secure p n Owens on condition changes be made in Tho the five Kingston ans have contributed in contributions of they Are William principal Gor berlins Tiam and this with Douglas brings the total contributions to Elliott not leaving the March official denial of the telegraphic report that Howard Elliott would become president of the Illinois Central was Wade today from his j Elliott regards the presidency of uie Northern Pacific As a More important position than that of the Illinois Cen and has decided to remain Here and that the Northern Pacific shares in the increased business Ana productivity of this to cremate Louis James Paul March re Mains of Louis the who died in Helena following an attack of heart will be cremate in Paul and the ashes will then be sent to Kansas the actors for the casket is expected in Paul some time today a when it comes it will be taken at to the crematory at the Forest town to buy turf club March rate payers of Weyburn yesterday carried bylaw authorizing the town to a the Weyburn turf club prop for agricultural fair the property to be acquired Fles the fastest race track in and splendid the carrying the bylaw ensures agricultural sudden death at March aged a dropped dead returned Home the report of the meteorological Observatory at Johns is As follows temperature at 7 Maxi mum for the preceding mini Northwest 6 the Canadian meteorological service weather taken at 7 last Winnipeg Are As follows port Arthur 24 i Prince 24 Clear is Clear As fair m my 0 fair i Swift i 32 the weather was generally fair throughout the Prairie provinces with no very great change in the minimum and maximum temperatures were new Battle Ford Prince in Moose jaw port Arthur Marine Ocean steamers arrived at Oscar ii or Etc Boston Furnella Moville Mauretania Russia la Bretagne Havre Martha Naples Calabria Verona Naples Ducai Sll Abruzzi Grant Sajle Oceania Sawe from f open Hageni Boston a pm York York work York York York Xiv York York Hamburg Regina publicity March the Resina club today engaged Sheffield of As Public us commissioner to conduct a Biff publicity Campaign upon Winch the Juo this year proposes to expend not less than to Confer with Winnipeg Friendly relations Likely Tocoi Triue conferences at Ottawa May open Way to greater Trade return to Washington work of commissioners at Cana Dian capital definite promises March amerkan Tariff Board representatives Hud their last con Ference with the minister of this afternoon and will leave for Washington tiie Only official announcement made As to results of the negotiations of the past week is simply that the Exchange of views and the discussion Throner Hiir have been of the most Friendly and Frank and it is hoped that As a result of the better Mutual understanding reached As to the respective american and Cana Dian viewpoints of the Tariff problem Umler there will be a in and peaceful it was stated that the proceedings were naturally of a confidential nature and 710 announcement could be made to what transpired pending the import of the american visitors to the government at it was further pointed out that the Mission of Emery and Pepper to Ottawa was for purposes investigation and the gathering of information at first As to the feature of Canadas fiscal policy bearing on the question of undue against the United Tiluy bad no plenary Powers to Promise any concessions in the future by the United states to Canada in return for any which Miff it be made by Canada and consequently no definite agreement As to Mutual conces Sions either present or in the future could be no definite so far As can be Learned the situation now remains practically As stated by your correspondent there Are no definite premises on Eitner at the same time it can be stated that As a re sult of the Exchange of opinions the out look is Bright for a continuance of the Friendly Trade relations Between Canada and the United states and indeed it seems probable that the heart to heart talks of the past few Days Between the Canadian and american representatives will open the Way to a More satisfactory reciprocity in Trade Between the two countries than has obtained Sime the Dingley Tariff into effect in suffered considerably by Tariff with respect to across to the american markets and consequently tie Trade agreements with the motherland and with France and the contemplated agreements with Italy and Bel Gium Are the results of the raising 01 the american Tariff Barrier against now that the United Stales s at last seeking More terms from can Ada and the former pilgrimages from Ottawa to Washington have been in a reversed the government Here has expressed a willingness to Deal with the United states As with All other countries in the matter of making mutually beneficial agreements on a fair basis of con cession Lor Hope for better it is believed Here that in the next Tariff revision at Washington which will probably not be Long delayed any changes that Are made will make for better and More equal Tariff relations Between the two of is contingent on presi Dent Taft being Able to find in the re port or his Tariff advisers that it will not be necessary to impose maximum Tariff against on March i that lie will be Able to do so even though strict judicial interpretation of Tariff Law May have to be strained a bit is the confident belief Here among those who have been in close touch with negotiations of past John Houston dead passed away at British Columbia after week of March hous ton died Here at this Houston is on the Way from Ash Croft in a but travelling Day and night she has arrived in time to see her husband hous ton died being conscious for half an hour before the or uie past six Days he has suffered terribly and was unconscious for the doctors in attendance state that Houston must have suffered terribly for the past three owing to the weak condition of his heart and the internal troubles which were the immedi ate cause of the body leaves Here tonight by special stage and will be interred at Edu Tidi Roblin government again puts itself on record As decidedly opposed to Coldwells statement minister says that question is a dead letter in Canada and United Cross resigns attorney general of Alberta has with from Rutherford March 8 attorney general Cross has resigned his port this statement was secured from authoritative sources at mid gushing is reported to have returned to the which forced Cross to take the drastic step he both parties when inter viewed refused to give out any information and would neither deny nor affirm the be that As it it is known that the attorney generals resignation is now in the hands of the this leaves c Rutherford and Duncan Marshall As the Only members of the Cabinet Wita Buchanan and Lessard not having lighting Plant paid March the report of the cite electrician just issued shows taht after pay Ingall interest and providing for a sinking last Vears working of the a vips electric Zicht Plant showed a net surplus of sj4 it proposed to use this sur plus on additional Plant equipment and in making substantial reduction in Light Nad Power charges to con Sumers professor Smith March Goldwin Smith is reported tonight to be greatly his condition is now regarded As Leighly once More by a straight party vote the Roblin government bus put itself on record the opponent of compulsory several hours of yesterdays which extended until were occupied in discussing the Resolution of which asked for a compulsory education measure in conformity with the opinion furnished to the government by Donald Mac min ister of in opposing the re made one of the most remark Able speeches that has Ever been heard in the after stating his be Lief in tiie principle of compulsory Edu cation he proceeded to try to at tedious that in practice compulsory education was useless and had become practically a dead letter in Canada and the to claimed that school conditions were just As Yood in Manitoba As elsewhere and for an improvement with regard to attendance he looked to better teaching and Tho consolidation of school considers it coldwell deprecated the introduction of a compulsory measure at the present time As the province had enough on hand with the Boundary negotiations and he further thought that the situation of the province with re Gard to the school question was such to make a compulsory Law und Esir he believed the time would come when with changed conditions the Manitoba government would pass compulsory education the Case for compulsory education was ably stated by Campbell and Johnson reminded the House of the time when when Younmin had advocated compulsory Norris stated that an advancing civilization demanded the passing of a compulsory in years to come the province would be judged by the calibre of its people and by no other pointed out the governments coldness to the cause of University Joseph Bernier made the interesting statement that the French Catholic minority didst care whether a compulsory Bill passed or if it passed it would give the Catholic minority in the province the Opportunity for which it had Long been waiting to Light for British fair the comedian of the denied the opposition the right to discuss the ques Tion he they haunt five child Ren among minister of the debate on Ross Resolution approving the Pas King of a compulsory school attend he failed to see that Ross had introduced into the discus i Sion any new feature and he admitted that he had himself nothing new to the question was being discussed in he country he would state the government a on principle the government had objection to compulsory it agreed that the principle was Desir but in View of provinces i present position with Ferenee to school Laws the moment was most 111 i opportune to introduce a measure of with reference to the Macmaster opinion he warned the House that Al though that opinion was to the it Teri that the province had an undoubted to pass a compulsory education vet on account of the prov inces position in the school Macmaster admitted that parties prejudiced by such have the right to Appeal to Ottawa i for remedial seeing that j Manitoba was at to i gun Tiltins with Ottawa we i the Boundary question and that in the course of the negotiations certain things might be involved my tension of the did not propose to enact c j which it is proposed to or Street railway in the for a Perodeau to Lead in were made to the Council Hospital for Medicine elect additional committee favors Antiga Bung Bill March com Mons committee on Millers ant gambling Bill met in private to consider its no decision was reached and the committee will meet again on it is that the majority of the committee is in favor of the Bill and that it will be reported to the com of twelve or Iii teen v h had no hesitation in such a situation had to be met Aga a settlement would never be review of the reviewing the history of school legislation in the Proyce Well said that the statute 1st contained simple which had later on bodied in the consolidated that act had been m the new it contained acts hat cancelled and at the time separate schools had been it was note Yort 1s90 compulsory education had been out of the new act and that such Able constitutional Lav jars As Dalton Mccarthy had approved that touching on he struggle 1 1s96 Over the remedial lot Isab Over the coldwell said that a dictum of the Imperial court had been uttered at the time to the effect that Manitoba might have introduced compulsory Prova Sims into Che act of 1890 without jeopardizing the it jihad not been a but an aside wone of the it had turned that Dai ton Mccarthy had agreed with that and there was no that Manitoba had had the Power to pass compulsory How certain reasons against or coldwell expressed the opinion that a majority of the people of the province were acquainted with the memorandum signed on continued on opposition declares policy on the elevator question notices of motion on in the Manitoba will enquire of the ministry have any of the provincial municipal auditors ported any cases of illegal pay ments by or other if what Are the and the names of the municipalities on thursday Resolution that this House condemns the government for administration of the attorney generals department to serve political ends which has characterised the said department in the last nine and has resulted in the escape of persons under suspicion for grave the improper release of convicted the remission of fines for partisan and the persecution of political opponents by the institution of unwarranted actions As evidenced by the failure to secure a single conviction in nine on thursday will ask leave to introduce a Bill to Amend the horticultural society amendment to second Reading of government Bill moved seconded by in favor of an Independent commission acceptable to Grain which would be responsible to the legislature and removable Only by commission subject to party control not in the Public Independent commission not an infringement on responsible sixty per petition feature of the Bill government Bill not what the people asked for and not what the people Strong state ment of the Liberal number of members of commons have not been heard yet moved in amendment by the member for seconded by the member for that this Bill be not now read a second As it takes wider Powers than Are possessed by this legislature but that in the opinion of this House it is desirable to embody the following principles in an act to be passed this session to provide for a system of government owned elevators that such system should be controlled and operated by an Independent satisfactory to and accepted by the Grain growers of Manitoba that said commission should have full Power to Purchase by valuation but in such Case without any allowance for Goodwill or prospective maintain and administer All elevators under such with Power to appoint or dismiss any and to Deal with any moneys entrusted to their charge under this Bill and said commissioners shall be i removable except by a two thirds vote of the legislature but provided always that Ali moneys to be borrowed or expended for the purposes of this system shall first receive the express authorization of this legislature by special or by sub Mission and approval in the estimates of the current year and that All accounts of the commission shall be treated As Trust accounts and shall be submitted to the legislature at the same time As the Public accounts after being duly audited by the provincial in the above which was moved in the legislature last night As an amendment to the second Reading of tiie governments elevator tiie Liberal opposition declared its policy on the elevator tha mend the March naval debate did not come to a close Al though the party last had proposed that the division on Sec Ond Reading should take place at to Days sitting of the it was found that there were still a number of speakers who desired to be heard and the division is not Likely to occur before late on wednesday night and perhaps not till the speak ers today were Reid Beattie and on be half of the and Gladu and Seguin for the gov Logie moved the adjournment on behalf of former minister of apart from the naval debate no business of importance engaged the attention of the new phone system Saskatchewan government to spend in Moose jaw this Moose March Deputy minister of railways and while in Moose jaw to Day announced that the department would spend in the City this a completely new Telephone sys tem would be installed and a handsome Exchange a Situ for which already been the department had also decided to com plete the Long distance line to Outlook this distance of 125 and possibly one from Moose jaw to Swift the City Council has accepted the offer of the Codville whole Sale of Winnipeg and for the Purchase of three lots on which to erect a wholesale warehouse in the this will be the third wholesale grocery to establish Here within the other two being the Mcdon Ald and the Moose of two miners killed Archie Boyd and j Mullin drilled in to Bootleg in Granby March bold and Mullins were instantly killed while blasting As the result of drilling into a Bootleg in the Granby mines the men were operating a machine when the Accident this was Mullins first shift at the Granby having recently come from he was 41 years of Boyd was years of age and had been employed at the Granby for about live and came from Iova both men were switchman George a switchman of the who lives at 501 Stella was injured while at work at 9 Oclock last he fell from an engine and sustained painful wounds to ills head and his left he was taken to Boniface Hospital where his wounds were after which he was Able to proceed to his Home in a appointed City Engineer of March City Engineer of has been appointed City Engineer of at a salary of a he today notified mayor to this Speakman has been Here less than a it is understood lie will be granted permission to leave for Moose jaw supreme court Moose March Spring sitting of the supreme opened Here chief Justice Wetmore the docket an extremely Light there being Only two criminal and two civil cases to be the Case rest Ford is in which Pla Tift seeking damages for false arrest is now in removing debris of Quebec March Progress is be ministers had undertaken to operate a Public elevator a few months had seen their entire in the Birtle by election constitutional difficulties had loomed up with All the righteous indignation possible the acting Premier had said in that by election that if the Dominion gov i Meni was moved toy the Vej Mient a would Only pass the necessary i Leader of the with legislation the provincial government for As would soon give the Farmers matter was not reached until late in the Norris not rising to his feet until after 21 the speech setting Forth the views it the Liberal party was listened to with great interest by Well filed j among the hearers were j several directors of the Grain growers including the j though the Norris at five minutes past eleven i Norris Rose to open debate on the Sec j Ond Reading of the governments ele Vator Bill and was loudly the Leader of the opposition said the Bill involved a very important question and a question that of very political it related to the handling of the most important pro duct of tiie wheat and other and any legislation pertaining to the conduct of the Grain business was of vital importance to the prov not Only to the but to every resident of because on the Success of the Farmer the Success and Prosperity of every person in the province this was one question that he was very sorry the Premier was not with them to Dis because he thought there was no one occupying a seat in the House pc hound tie a position i cuss this question so fully on both of heart had a Complete acrobatic want reasonable Only a few men in the province would be qualified to be commission it wat clearly in the minds of the Grain growers that if anything went wrong under the system of government the government would appointment the government not Grant an they would be warranted in that assume judging the future by the Little irregularities would creep in and no investigation would be the minister of education had travelled to foreign pans in Hia re cent speech on the and Only devoted about a Quarter of his time the elevator question when speaking about the experience of Australia he might have Given the House a Little More and explained that railways under govern ment control had not been a Success political influence had consciously or unconsciously prevented the proper conductor the railways and the result had been Fiat Independent outside of the control of the gov had in due a had shown that in institutions that will control must be outside of government exec he agreed with the minister of Edu cation that clause providing for the maintenance and operation of ele was the crucial clause of the not what the people the Bill was not what the people of continued on As the Roblin not Only had had extensive and longer Prience in the production of Grain and in drawing it to the but he had also had Long experience in uie business of dealing in the Early of the country the business of farming was not As pleas ant As it was but Many of the i under which the Early settlers had suffered had been removed by circumstances and by which had been passed by the do minion Grain act a Good j the Manitoba Grain act lie regarded j As one of the most important and most beneficial pieces of legislation that had Ever been passed in the interests of the Farmers of Western one of j the great benefits that was received j was the equal distribution of which placed a Farmer who wanted a i car on an Equality with an operator the is calling for tenders for of an and which had a great the erection of a i Over Deal to do with breaking up the elem a c Vator monopoly another great Benefit j los sold his nature received was the loading Ness it West j which the act compelled the railway j companies to arid which had i enabled the if they so stand opposite Portage to sell their Grain independently of the i elevator this had seen looking backward the free press was founded in 1872 thirty years taken advantage of to a very great exp Souris Coal the at the old Murdoch has returned from uie r Are on the work and an electric top Lance for a Polly cutting through the Stoel bars is being dropped dead at depot March Kennedy of the staff dropped dead at the Junction depot this evening about 6 heart disease was the the deceased was about forty eight years of he was the father of the Little boy 41 killed in the railway Yard two weeks a widow and three Small children from the or j Over 25 per was shipped Over j loading and was thus Marj listed without paying one cent to any elevator the minister of education in moving the second Reading of this had Given it As his opinion that in course time when it could toe shown that the govt eminent was using the Farmers right the use of the loading platform could almost be tout he did not agree with that but believed i that the advantages provided by the the loading would always be made use of by the 1 but notwithstanding the improve ments which had been effected in the j conditions under which Thi grata grower notwithstanding the j improvement of transportation tac Iii irregularities had unfortunately j crept in the result of which the far livers had not been Albie to get the full value of the product of their Grain j consequently an agitation j been started Iby Tho Farmers themselves some measure of redress for the injustices which seemed to prevail at the present representations had i been made to the government by Large Section of the people of the pro Vince asking for legislation to be passed establishing a government system of the Grain growers in Many conventions assembled had gone thoroughly and exhaustively into the they had considered it Long and earn Estly and after full discussion a draft Bill had been drawn up to relieve the disadvantages of the one j thing stood out prominently in that draft that was a decided want of j Confidence in the no stronger vote of want of Confidence in the ability of the present government to conduct the affairs of the province had Ever been passed than that of he Grain growers in their draft the Grain growers said they would not Trust the government to handle their not surprised at Jorris said that he was not All surprised at that attitude of the j Grain because of them i were Well acquainted with the Roolin it was Only recently that for a purs9 of Twentyfive years at the reception tendered the Snow sliders at Stony Mountain a you Juja of Days ago by the club or Chestra furnished a number of this talented orchestra comprises violin Geo Banjo Job Coffee potted Piccolo Mouth the red River Lig was also a feature of the the following toeing the John Norquay and Sutherland and miss Darby Taylor and miss u Clarke and miss v Cockburn will attempt to break thirty Glass Halls in a minute and ten seconds for a Wager of a proposition been made to the town of Boniface for a Grant of land and for the establishment of manent grounds for an annual provincial an arrangement will Pri Bably be a of Lias written paper on the habits of the Prairie Chic Ken for the historical Twenty years in Tho legislature yesterday Iren Tergast talked for seven hours on separate school Johnny Gurn has been appointed Steward of the hotel at the annual Snowshoe races of George club took place result ing As follows half mile peddle Ernest 2nfl r robs 220 Yards under 10 Koss and of Horny to near the finish when Osborne half mile dog p master c in j Aru i in 2014 mile boys under 15 years master in 5 i Quarter Mik it Frank 1 my Jarvis two the Best i saw in the club and prize Omni Llanot and Dol we Able to compete Winst to Ilinca fell i m i f5i k i y 5 Jfe ;