Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1912, Winnipeg, Manitoba Weather. Forecast fair and warm. Sup rises -1.53 ., acts 7.g6 . Moon Roloa 2.09 Sets 10.17 Winnipeg wednesday May 8, 1912. No. 264. Get Settle White inspector of Canadian agencies in reviews conditions. Force being increased million for Manitoba movement across the Border. Ibis a share of these White in world s news summary wednesday May 8. The weather forecast for today is As follows and warmer. A. J. White inspector of Canadian agencies believes the Dominion will set increasing number of new settlers. Page 1 colonel Theodore Roosevelt declares. Had no thought of annexation in connection with the reciprocity pact. Page 1. Fred w. Thompson vice president of the of Silvile milling company died Vil Ile on Holiday in London. Page 1. The american steel and wire com Rupany is declared to have Ticen a. Party to the famous wire i Page 7. Winnipeg City Council discusses pub Lic utilities act and the Winnipeg electric question. Pagel. Quartermaster Huchens of the wrecked titanic declares the ship s Speed caused the disaster. Page 10. A galician boy was probably fatally injured at Gilbert Plains by being run. Over by a freight train. Page 1. The funeral of the Lute judge j. Mabee will take place at port Rowan ont., today. Page 1. Two officials in the Winnipeg Cus this City. Or. Thompson was a general Tavor Ite and As those who had worked under him realized that they had lost their chief there was not a dry Eye in the establishment. W. A. Black general manager of the company was apprised of the death of or. Thompson through a cablegram received fro m Charles r. Hosmer which said or. Thompson died at. Ii Had dinner with family. Was seized after Midnight with severe spasm after taking body to Montreal. London May w. son s body will so to Montreal by the victorian on saturday the widow and daughters accompanying it. C r. Hosmer i will sail the same Day by the with his family. Ottawa May deputation Waite-1 of the government to Day to discuss with the Premier and his colleagues the subject of Indian land question in British Columbia. The deputation consisted of Rev. Canon Fucker Rector of St. Paul s representing the moral and social Reform Council of Canada., Rev. A. E. O Meara of Victoria b.c., representing the friends of the indians of British Columbia. The deputation was heard by Premier Sorden Hon. Robert Rog ers minister of the Interior and Hon. Martin Burrell minister of agriculture Hon. C. J. Doherty minister of Justice pa., May 7. In the same Hall where the regular Republican organization of Pennsylvania was overthrown Jast week the regular democratic state organization was to Day swept out of Power by the re organization in action of the party after a fight of nearly two years. The Victory of the new men in control of the party s machinery Vas Complete and no resistance was made by the regulars after the vote on permanent chairman of the state convention showed that the re organizers 1 lia.3 control of Tho convention by 110-votes to 73. The party had been split for More than a year and the two committees had been directing the destinies of Pennsylvania s democracy. The re organizers under the Meade ship of George w. Guthrie of Pittsburg Vance c. Mccormack. Of Harris Burg and congressman Mit Eek Palmer of Stroudsburg named a Complete state ticket elected 12 Dele Gates at Large and. 12 alternates at Large to Baltimore and gave them binding instructions to vote for Wood Row Wilson As Long As his name re Mains before the selected six electors at Large adopted to Lieut own platform and ratified the Selec Tion of the state com Mittee in selecting or. Guthrie state chairman. New democratic platform. The platform adopted includes endorsement of the initiative an-1 referendum but ignores the recall of judges or judicial decisions. It deplores destruction of representative government through control of state and National legislation by agents of special it says that Loose and dishonest constitutional interpretation has special train will be run from Tor onto Many private cars. Toronto May the Little town of. Part Bawan where lie was born and lived As a boy the remains of James Pitt a Bee chairman of the Dominion railway commission will be Laid to rest to Morrow afternoon. The obsequies win be attended by an unusually representative the special funeral train will leave the Union station at 9.15 to Morrow morning. The remains of us dead j chairman will travel in the Dominion railway com Mission s special car. The train will other private cars one of which i will contain representatives from Ottawa and one the Feil Oiw members of the commission and. Their friends. The Canadian Northern will also have a special car carrying sir ,11am Mackenzie third vice presi Dent d. B. Hanna and Hon. 1-. In. Douglas says information is. Lacking on Public uti ii ties act Given second Reading chief counsel Many judges will represent Uve Bench a staff deputation will represent Osgood. Hall and the bar will be represented by several of its most o Stingi wished members. The Ontario railway and municipal Board also plans to attend in a body. On arrival of the special train at port Rowan the cortege will proceed directly to Iii anglican Church where a Short service will be held prior to proceeding to the cemetery. The services at the Church and at the grave. Conducted by Rev. Or. Rector of the port Rowan Church. Mayor Geary controller Church and corporation counsel Drayton will attend representatives of the City of Toronto and there will also delegations Tooa re of Trade manufacturers association. From the Toronto and the Winnipeg electric company of Len to have conference with City Council. A bylaw to Brivik a in the City of under the operation of the recently Public utilities commission through tie City Toun. Cil last nil but was Uji Ufuti the next meeting of Council As result of opposition by Contr Cilli Douglas. Declaring that not information Bien seven As to the exact mean Iii to tic City of Hie Iii Vii and that for this reason Linal a Muir be Ilene no u until the whole unit could was expected to be present nut hoc was unavoidably absent. Mi1. D meant presented the ease for the indians wit ii some degree of fullness. From the constitutional and historical Point of View. He argued that the Imperial government As Well As the Canadian Federal consist ten try favored the of the indians of British Columbia that they should be Given the title to their lands or. That the claims of the indians should be submitted to the adjudications of the Imperial privy Council. On the other hand the government of British Columbia has for Many years taken Thi position that Thure was no Issue no Case to be submitted to the courts or calling for the action of the provincial a number of suggestions were made by or. O Meara us to Steps which might be taken to bring about a solution of the question. Canon Tucker briefly reviewed the spasm. Is reported -.111 be made shortly. There is no decision to be made chief veterinarian Ana chief meat inspector. The work at the pres ent time is being thoroughly done by he made a Brave Heht. He Celbre ated it. Mackenzie in p will advise further when As with the vice h of fint Lyciy Man., to Des Al cons j. H. Newman of Pigeon Uke. To Wisconsin j. R. Hood of ii Lake to Kansas City to. Cook of fest. Paul James . Distance no bar cupid brings Massachusetts girl and Brandon contractor together. Boston mass., May Cath Erine b. Shaw a comely Young hol Tonto. To Whilo a. N Anil j. Laferrier win been . I in scandinavian end French Man., where she will be married to sip clively. J David m. My Konsire a a Ferris i tractor of that town. Or. W. Brook mass., girl started today on a trip that will take her to Brandon i Limp. She will i wealthy con its will an Dalo 1r at that to mint. Canadians to fore in sri from North make hit in los angelas Parade. Eng docs. Osi.1., May in today s Biff Surl ners Parade fl-5 the led by Khartoum of Winn Pek with the k lies one of the most Popup air features business in the streets the Goi Wousley arrayed started on their tour of the an hour the intricate it the shr ners held the Eair a Young Gall Iii its. Cicanty now Yort boy has lacks badly crushed at Gilbert Plains. Ini knee and Liis other foot Bethinia. Boston Rucheil i. lives Pool be v i Al a i Kroon la id Dover Yard and the boy was i Kaiser Wilhelm la. Cherbourg ibrirttv3 a i to i cur . Amina.1 go Hjaltar que Montreal trader Montreal. Hamburg a hat Bure Genoa Antwerp Hamburg Portland new i tort Yorac new Yorac Yoslon new torn Livorno Tel Hotto Flani West indies Sydney Antwerp Jive Pool a a ize that he has been called Hay ing been intimately associated with or. Thompson for the past 2o years i could perhaps appreciate better than anyone the Sterling character and lovable qualities of the Man and can not but feel that had he not sacrificed his own health in the interests of his company he would have been spare to us for Many years to come. W a Black general manager of the company who had been associated with or. Thompson in the milling business for Many years was visibly affected by the sudden demise of his or Thompso n was kind thoughtful and cons re Erate for every one connected with ithe business. One and All Are greatly shocked for they realize they have lost a personal Friend. Or. Thompson and i have been together in this business since 1884, and Kindlien Man and a greater character i have. Never known. His loss will be Felt throughout the country As Well As among those who have worked with arid under him for so Long. Words fail to express the sorrow Felt at his Sud Den demise Lake of the Woods company s tribute. Lieut col. Frank s. Meigh ii Presl Deni of the Lake of the Woods milling company in speaking of the death of f. W. Thompson said the news of or. Thompson s death this morning came As a great Shock to us All. He was a representative Man and As head of one of the largest Industrial institutions of the country he was much looked up to and to up acted. He was a Type of Man the country can ill afford to lose at this stage of its development. Or. Thompson s death is a National loss Ancl to us who knew him personally and were familiar with his lovable character his untimely end is a great surviving family. Or. Thompson is survived by widow a married daughter mrs. Sam Rea wife of the manager of the Rovo Bank Winnipeg a resident of a deputation or. Mulvenna will make inquiry j. A. J. Mckenna of Winnipeg to probe indians grievances. Ottawa May a. J. Mckenna Indian commissioner of Winnipeg has been appointed by the Dominion government to investigate conditions in connection with the British Columbia indians concerning we was in Ottawa to Day. Has had wide experience in Indian of Bavins been appointed by Hon. Clifforf Sefton while the. Latter was minister of the Interior in 190 i to do so concerning the song Rhee reservation at Victoria. His knowledge of the British Columbia tons has recommended him for the Mission which he will now be called upon to perform. Seventeen drowned heavy toll of life As result of Sis Sippi floods. Baton May teen lives Are known to have been lost in the Torras Crevasse in the Mississippi levee. Three White persons were drowned to Day on Bayou lat a Tach when a raft on which a Farmer of two daughters were in is i and two daughters Ipa Vorine to reach High ground was i Oken to pieces by Tho Swift current from the break. The Farmer was the lost their Ilves in the Letts Worth 1 fundamental Laws against proper Theodore Roosevelt says wrong interpretation is placed on letter to president Taft. His of Conti Mied on Page thirteen mores awards for Brandon fair. Brandon Man., May donation to the summer fair was made Here yesterday after noon a deputation consisting w. Ferguson h. Maley lev and w. J. Dawson representing the License holders of this City meeting Man afr w. I. Smale and handed hip a Cheque Cor it was requested that the sum be divided into live a Arcis of 51 m each to the following clydesdales Percheron Sto thorns holsteins and Bose four children in few Days. Moose jaw. Sask. May family named cum Ore residing at Westview is Miles West of Here has just had the affliction to lose four of its children within a few Days of each other All from cerebral spinal Menin gitis. Their Ages Range from. 5 to is years two boys and two girls. Their illnesses Only lasted 12 hours and Only one of them consciousness after the symptoms developed. The provincial medical officer had Tho Case under consideration and sent a serum to be injected which was no Avail. Regulation of corporate wealth. That protective Tariff swollen the fortunes of a few and that underpaid workers and people Are burdened with unjust taxation. It Urt Lier declares that the repel incan Pennsylvania Bas issued a pronoun Cimmento mis called a. Plat form every item of which is an indictment of the Republican party in the state and three great issues overshadow others representative govern rent must be restored the judiciary to restricted to its proper sphere the evils of. The Tariff system must be condemns Taft Campaign. We share in the runs a Plank which All feel at the spec Tacle of the chief magistrate of our country lowering the of the of fice by indulging in a Petty personal quarrel with his predecessor and with holding prosecution against great corporate it declares Roosevelt Foi Tower the conduct in office As Taft and states that the recent events furnished conclusive reasons for an Amend ment to the extent of making a presi Dent ineligible to succeed himself As Well As for legislation which will pre vent any executive from employing the great Power of his office to fasten on the country a successor of his Choos Texas county convention. Dallas Texas May counties where democratic conventions were held show the following 1g7 Harmon 72 Clark 9 4. Four of the 7c counties did not hold com mentions. There Are 2-t l counties in Texas. Returns from 60 co unities where re publican and county conventions were held to Day show the following re sult Roosevelt 22, Taft 17 uninstructed 10 split delegations or con tests 6. Four of the by counties re ported no conventions held. We san leads. Returns from approximately one half of the state show Woodrow Wil son far in. The Lead in the number of instructed delegates to the democratic state convention selected at county conventions held throughout Texas to Day. In the democratic convention contest 121 counties assures Wilson 251 delegates to the state convention Harmon 65 Clark 29. Thirteen counties appointed uninstructed Dele Gatio is. It is Nece to have 312 delegates to control the state Conven Tion. Only 127 vote Are necessary to control the Republican convention. Re turns received up to 11 o clock gave Roosevelt 50 delegates to the Conven Tion Taft 30, and 27 Are uninstructed. Four counties reported no. Conventions held. It is not believed pro Bable that county instructions will prove sufficiently continued on Page twelve Bull not sacred sikh fined for allowing animal to run at Large. Victoria b.c., May Singh was fined in the police court this morning for allowing a Bull to run at Large in the streets of Victoria his excuse was that in his country the Bull was a sacred animal which is never tied up but is allowed to wander at will. The magistrate explained to turn that a different custom prevailed in. This country and Bogar Singh agreed to keep the animal tied up m Tucture. Militia officers terms extended. Ottawa May orders announce that the period of tenure of office of adjutant general by Genera f l Lessard c.g., is extended to apr 1s13 that of colonel j. L. Big Gar As director of supplies and transport to dec. 1, 1912, and that of Lieut col. G. A Maunsell. As director of Engineer services to april 1, 1913. Halifax n.s., May morning chronicle will print to Morrow the Fol lowing Telegram received in reply to a Telegram to Theodore Roosevelt ask ing him to explain the sense in which he used the words political reasons in his letter to president Taft made Kew Telegram to or. Roosevelt stating that the conserva Tive press in Canada is interpreting the words political reasons used by him in a confidential letter to or. Taft As meaning that sir. Roosevelt believed that the annexation of Canada to the United states would speedily follow the con summation of the reciprocity negotiations has been received. Such an interpretation is not warranted by the facts. When or. Roosevelt used the words political he had not the slightest thought of the annexation of Canada or her subordination in any Way to the United states. If you will turn to or. Roosevelt s speech of feb. 10 la St at Detroit jvhch., you will see that he staged in effect that his chief reasons for favouring the course of or. Talt As he then under stood it was to promote the kind Liest and most Friendly Good feeling Between the two countries. In that speech or. Roosevelt said i feel that we Are to congratulated As a nation upon the likelihood of Oti Taining a closer Reni service corporation such municipality. Ity in in Iii oui j be the supervision of the commissioner. It would mean that citizen with grievance against any Public Puli a could Appeal to the commissioner Aru be a hearing. In this it Xiv Ouita probity of Tariff and Trade relations be exactly Lille the Dominion commission which Hail proved so Nally successful. He was satisfied the City would have nothing to pain of in the Long run. If Asir Luvi a at any action of the commit Kion City could Appeal to rhe . And he Katiti Rietl that it Kuulii ii Al operate against he City altho Ingli thu City operated so Many of own Iliili i tics. Controller Douglas Rii Gued thought the City would Boins away its of so Lollino a or judges in Case of Daft Juull . Ing under Tho would cant Noodt 1 Wulw. Canada. Among All the Powers of the Earth there is Nono with which we should desire to be upon a More intimate footing of equal to which we should be More closely bound in relations of Mutual helpfulness is teen and Goodwill than in the cae of our great neighbor to the North whose Prosperity and should be a matter of Pride to All who dwell on the 4j-Nerican continent. I Welcome the proposed reciprocity treaty As marking a signal Advance in bringing about the closest most Friendly relations be tween the two similar sentiments were also expressed by or. Poosevelt when he spoke in new York City two Days later. Or. Roosevelt has always done every thing in his Power to enable the two treat nations of the North american continent to live together in peace and Harmony each according to the other the fullest measure of respect and esteem. Specially or. Roosevelt has always and on every occasion spoke of or treated a Nada As a Friendly nation on whose Independence he would thirty five years ago to Day no More dream of encouraging Agi res Sion by the United states than he would dream of encouraging such aggression by any other nation at the expense of the United Frank Harpor Secretary to Theodore Poos Evelt looking backward free press was founded in Regina liberals choose Bole. Regina sask. May a larg e a attended meeting of Regina liberals tonight j. F. Bole the present representative in the legislature was chosen to contest the constituency in the prov Jacial election. Richeson a mormon j woman formerly associated with him says he was an elder. Boston May v. T. Richeson under sentence of death for the murder of mibs Avis Linnrll has been a Moi Mon elder and secretly connected with the mormon Organiza Tion for several years although preach ing from a Baptist pulpit according to a sworn statement just made before William a. An attorney and Justice of the Peice. The author of the affidavit mrs. Louise e. Brit Tain claims to hav Rajeen formerly connected with the a Lormon Church and to have been celestial wife of a new York Man who is at the heal of the mormon organization in the East. In Tho statement mrs. Brittain asserts that she Hab Tiv Teson for several years past first meeting him three years ago at a mormon Confer ence held on station Island where she says Tho Baptist Clergyman was re cognized As Norf of the mormon elders and was particularly in the affairs of the conference. She has since seen him Many times in and about Boston and has Given him the mor Mon signs which were always answered she claims. She says she attended a mormon confers ice at Providence , a. Little Over a ear ago at which Richeson was pre at and that she received command from my As a mormon elder at i Boston gathering of the leaders of he Chirick the Ottawa govern Tomsit appointee ficery of the Hudson Hay company i life Watin Usu Ici 10 Watin and to give Dill of Niider tie act. A fire alarm for Winnipeg is to be ordered at once. for Sale at m front one in in. I steamers Miu Igitol a. Collided near i-1 pm bin a. Curing the Nova Mist. The Dana fac thirty years ago through Tri offic by train Foj Paul and Winnipeg Hua n ii jilt. D. The in cart Aouni of mor Ris having repaired. De War j Iii plan has 10 Rev. Wal Jack Ross on Uhul flu it Lvi. Winni Peg for Twenty five years freight Rales West of Hul a us reduced per cent. 9 terrific volcanic erupt oct Sirj ii la Mexico. M in Fukuma. W Rev. H. A. Tudor. C.a., vain As Rector of All saints Church la a number of rare and Wero carried off Liy for Jin i residence f. 11. A Ort. Rouge. Years ago Corner Stone of the new Cli at immaculate conc lion Winnipeg Vaa blessed by archbishop i acc. M a f. Martin was nominated As Tion candidate for Mori la. Tar Ali tin nominate of John Schaffner tta.1- nominated by than Serva tics. C. G. Ham was. president of. Firm inc Union a o. Laj of loosed the suspension of. Council rules unit would have Maui it possible to give the Thiry acid Linal reuding. A i Vuu of Council is required of pans a pension of rules and a rail vote Slung. 7 in favor of a third Reading and g against. The bylaw come up for Ianul Ralit cation at thu next meeting of cot inc a. It is that a special meeting to j on. Purpose. When the vote had taken mayor Waugh Mayo the he had been informed by the win pics. Isle tric railway Cor puny thai hit company to i Oiler with oily on the joint use do poles and. Other matters Between the company and the City. Controller Harvey who the bylaw mini Ediale by Respoli Rietl a d Jinwon of and that it exactly Why -.vantc-0 the bylaw i. In through Council at once. Urn the company coming to us ply because of this bylaw. They Titis want was the terse from the controller. Controller Douglas objects. Controller Douglas stated Bik Tion immediately the b Law n read. 1-Le thought it should be lie n Over until another mint Iii As ii i not been sufficiently 1 lit Hail not enough information As i m exact effect. He Lik ;