Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 4, 1913, Winnipeg, Manitoba West her forecast., ii with scattered showers. Thursday september 4, 1913. Twenty pages. No. 52. Says forms were sent out Only to get views of Farmers two Lively sessions Delta Farmers petition for Protection against Lake Waters. Valuable lands ruined. Three. Hours of a northerly wind sufficient to Force water Over farms opposition against clause regarding Tough or Damp samples. W Grain commission sat yester a and afternoon the City Hall and various i presen associations of free press special Portage la Prairie Man., sept the bordering on Lake Mani Toba in the Vicinity of Delta Are fire paring a petition to be sent to Ottaw praying for Relief from the flooding of their lands As a result of water being driven by the northerly wind through the canal which this Spring was piled to prevent the Shore from washing away. They claim that with y hours of a northerly wind water will Lloyc l their farm Sto such an extent that valuable farm land is being destroyed. When the water recedes they state it leaves a Deposit of Al Kali which does great damage. One Farmer stated that he was making Hay one afternoon and went to the Liell the next morning to find it under water and ducks swimming about. The petition is being generally signed by the Farmers who ask that the1 canal at Delta be closed As it is use i less and that such Steps on Thyl uart government will afford them action by Alliance on liquor problem forecaster at annual meeting makes second attempt Frank Jones convicted at Winni Peg cuts bar of cell. Mystery How he got saw pu1 question on ballot Temperance legislation reviewed and suggested courses for work discussed desperadoes have boasted that no prison could hold them captive. I free Bresa special officers of the Penitentiary at Portsmouth have been Given proof Mecum Brothers have not lost Hope of escaping from the big prison. Last night it was. Discovered that one of in Hijii runt Lou nails Tryc would believe that the Veth reported he will quit in favor of general candidate in october. Mexico City sept. 3. That Gen. Had sent out the sheets. The finl use Salon Utken up at the of noon of the was that of the regulations so Olaf Kimii Iii so us 10 utilise Aii Iest exp eve their space the i aim is oru Sulu act uie Toni Owinski conditions unit " in Case there is n dispute As to the in a fluid accuracy of Uio receiving 11 Snail in incumbent upon lists a intr of Tiv Elfva Tor to prove Tincu the Ica iss Are i. It prep to Sample must to drawn from tac ii Waggon Load the. Of Vair operator Ai tile time of in inc presence i party Denver Mai same. Sicil Sau Iidle Puble itt Ceu ill a receptacle Sulusi autury to the owner of tie Grain. The Grain taken into store Sipau be stored by itself in a. Bin until receives certificate Grade and Ducki age Given by the chief inspector let Vertu intends to quit the presidency n. Geronimo Trevino and the october tement made to mexican close making his Way to the capital and Little Effort Baa been made to disguise the fact that he has been officially summoned. Just How the contemplated succession is to be brought about has not been disclosed. There arc persistent rumours of in Joe Ridi Bijj changes in the Cabinet and it is said Gen. Trevino is to be made to us j minister of foreign relations in order 6. It the Grain delivered the Sample drawn must be properly mixed in the receptacle until to Lias been placed. The owner Ami the elevator shall then take out of Tho Quantity mixed at least 3 ibs. And place it in a Rece Tuele which must be jul tiered and sealed and so made it can of securely locked. The re shall be provided by the valor and secured by. lock shall be provided Tay Tho owner of the Grain and he shall remain in Possession of the key. The receptacle shall thereupon be immediately for Tvardek to the chief inspector All charges being prepaid. After receiving the inspector s certificate showing Grade and dockage the agent May is in a storage ticke1. Showing Grade and dockage As Given by the chief inspector for Lull amount of Grain taken into store. He May then store the Grain with other Srain of similar Grade. He shall deliver to the owner not less than the oar Quan Tity called for by the storage Aat the owner has surrendered and Haiti All lawful charges against such Bain. The owner of the elevator shall cases when Grain taken into store under the foregoing conditions sitar anime the Grade and Vois it As species in in the storage 8. At Tho time of delivery of any brain where a ticket of this kind is being used if the owner Tili the ele Vator Marks such tickets Tough or legally to succeed to the presidency. He was reported to be at Tampico last night and is expected to reach Mexico City tomorrow. The american exodus appears to be practically at an end. Only a Small percentage of the american residents of the capital left. Lind thrills Vera Cruz sept. Wil son s representative Aesir Admiral Fletcher returned tonight from the Vista Hermosa plan tation where they went yesterday on the invitation of a Minnesota Friend. The trip afforded no More thrills than the knowledge of a raid on the pro Perty a few Miles from the Plantation on the same night they spent there in which bandits killed the Man in charge pesos and the sight of the body of an executed rebel on the porch of a building alongside the rail Way. Toronto sept. Dominion prohibitory Law will probably be asked fur by the Dominion Alliance. This was foreshadowed in the report which f. S. Spence made to the annual meeting of the Dominion Council at the metro Politan methodist Church today. In the afternoon w. Patterson outlined a method by which this might be obtained and the whole matter was referred to the legislation committee. Reviewing the position of the pro Vinces regarding the Temperance move ment or. Spence pointed out that there were two alternatives for further attainment one Way was to make a United de Mand on the Dominion government for a National Law and for this there was Strong expression through out the land. The other Way would be to work for provincial prohibitory Laws or they could ask the Dominion government to so Amend the Canada Temperance act to enable the vote to be taken in provincial areas instead of by counties. Or. Spence pointed out that the legislation could be i 1 a Dominion prohibitory to be put into Force by act of parliament directly. The plan which is urged in que to have a Dominion Law enacted which would come into Force after a ote of electors. Provincial legals lat Limi for pro libation in the province As a whole. But in this Case further legislation toy he Dominion would be needed in or Jer to guard against the importation of other reviewing the course of Dominion Empei an be legislation since confederation or. Spence referred Partick arly to the plebiscite of 1828, which gave a majority a pc Igor of pro Hiki i on but which he Dominion govern ment would not act upon because it would have to coerce Quebec which Ilone was opposed to the Temperance legislation. Or. Patterson s suggestion was that the ballot papers for Tho do minion election should be printed the the others alias Frank Jones had managed to get a saw and had Cut through okie of the bars of his cell. The saw is different from the Type used in Tho he managed to get it is a mystery the Mecum Brothers boasted before they came to the. Penitentiary Here that no prison could hold them on april 1912, Tivey made Good their boast when they Arthur Bonner and George Brown made their Way out of prison in Broad Daylight after Felling a of guards and Locking the prison surgeon in a cell. F As they have 37 More years behind prison Walls they will no doubt continue in their attempts. Harry other Mecum brother ii at work but Jones Bonner and sex own Are still kept in close confine ment. Grain congestion feared at l world s news summary no demand for Canadian wheat in English Market at present awaiting lower Price current is Jubie Twenty five vessels in Harbor must wait turn to unload cargoes thief repented Deverteuil receives Radium stolen from him recently. Vancouver b.c., sept. Tiny particle of about which was stolen from the offices of or. G. L. Deverteuil recently was re turned through the mail this morn ing. It is thought that the thief hav ing read of the deadly effects of Radium unexperienced hands upon the human body became fright ened and decided to return the precious Metal or else heard that a Man s life depended upon its return and gave it up. The package in which the Radium was sent was posted in Vancouver and bore a Date stamp o late yesterday afternoon. When the package was opened i Deverteuil found that the Radium was absolutely unharmed and ha3 not tampered with in the least. He is of course delighted to recover this Radium which is the Only particle in existence in Canada West of Winni Peg. Bankers continue criticism while republicans Batter at it in House. Washington b.c., sept. 3. Tho administration currency Bill was under fire at Boih ends of the capital today. Whille representatives of the american Bankers continued their critic isun of the Bill before the Senate currency committee Republican Mem Bers of the House Cornel the made an ineffectual Effort to have new hearings opened up there. The administration forces on the Bouse committee Defeated the plan for new hearings by a vote of 10 to 8. All the supported a Resolution offered by representative Burke of Republic which that the Secretary of the Treasury Tho comptroller of the and representatives of the Bankers association be heard. Burke Resolution was Defeated and the committee adopted one by represent , of Democrat 3e action to. Manufacture Sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage a further suggestion was ballot of each elector should be. Nullified uness he voted upon this q question. The idea was that at each succeed ing general election this question should be voted Antil not less than 52 per cent of the. Vote was in favor of legislation and that them action should be taken at the Parlia ment for prohibition of the importation manufacture and. Sale of intoxicating liquors for beverage purposes. Fire at Strathclair business Section suffers heavy dam Montreal sept. 25 Grain steamers in the Harbor waiting their turn to unload and no demand for Canadian wheat on the English Market local Grain men fear a worse congestion toward the end of the Navi gation season than has been evident this year. An official of one of the Inland steamship lines stated today that some of his company s boats been delayed Here for 7 or 8 Days and that there was no probability of the feet now on its Way Down the River being cleared of cargoes within a week after arrival. Some he said arc unloading their cargoes1 into barges Sii order to make their scheduled Dace for westbound sailings. The Cost of this operation in some cases amounts to Soo which is expended simply to get despatch in the sailing of our two or three tramp steamers Are loading wheat in port today and the Grain elevators seem fairly Able to look after the Supply from the West for the immediate present. An official of the Harbor commission said the elevators were not choked by and were operating both ways. The actual congestion at the port is Only one feature of the Grain dispose Ion problem which will face Canada this season., lie said. A local Grain merchant who is sent for a. Large British firm explained the situation which be said was particularly acute just present though signs of Relief were apparent. British Millers mix Grain. British he said Are unlike canadians in the fact that they mix the j grains which they receive from All parts of the world into a. Cer Tain Standard of blend for the bread of the nation. Canadian Millers use almost exclusively Canadian Grain in making their. Flour but great Britain depends upon the Argen Tine and the United states As Well thurs ii sept. 4. The weather forecast for today is As follows cooler with scattered showers. Montreal Grain men greatly fear congestion at that port toward close of navigation. Boats waiting to unload and there is no demand for can Adian Grain in England. Page the Norwood wanderers team of Winnipeg Only succeed in securing a draw with the Toronto eleven in Tho soccer tournament at fort William after a. Fast game. Page g. Trustee Joe Lally of Cornwall has ordered the Mann cup holders at Van Couver to play the Young conserva Tives of Winnipeg on earlier dates than previously suggested. Page 6. Grain commission announces at Winnipeg meeting that no rules have yet been Laid Down for guidance at elevators. Page 1. Municipal affairs were under Dis Cussion at yesterday s sessions of the convention of chartered accountants. Page 2. Thaw was yesterday released from Sherbrooke jail As a result of proceedings introduced by counsel for state of new York. Page 1. Orangemen Are threatening to de feat Roblin government if Colwell amendments Are not repealed. Page 5 w. G. Laird of the St. Charles country club again captures Mani Toba Gold championship. Page 6. Canadian missionary is found in starving condition and is being sent to the Dominion. Page 4. Frank Jones sent from Winnipeg to the Kingston Penitentiary Sec and attempt to escape. 1. Sex president Taft of the United states is elected president of the bar association. Page 7. Farmers of the Delta District Pell be thaw released on writ of Hareas Corpus authorities secure fugitive rushed to Coaticook every likelihood that he will be handed Over to new York state surprised fire Protection. Free press Strathclair Man. Sept. 3. Fire out of Thon what Ever Grade such Sample May receive from the inspector it will still Grade Tough or if the elevator operator fails at any time to preserve such samples in the manner indicated in the Case of Dis Pute the onus will be on the elevator operator to prove the proper Grade and not on the owner of such Grain. Rule 8 considered unfair. Considerable discussion Iok place these rules criticism largely being Nirei Tecl against Rule 8, which Many of those who Snoke seemed to consider to the Farmer. F. W. Green of i Chewan Grain growers As particularly took this View. To stated that he wished to make a Fuller statement on this and other int was this morning and or. Magill Wim Tea that he would be Given the . A. My ninth. Of the Saskatchewan elevators said that he ?.m not i incl and reference to special Binn intr within the meaning of the act. He wanted to ask the Board then p Mia As to that. It was pointed out hat the Rul intr As to that was Jav in in Grain act. And the pro la on5 before them were to meet conditions where Era in bad to a Lient until it was possible to t. A. Crerar. Of the Grain company said that his com had tried to do As much special a Init As was possible it there times when it was not possible Only on rare occasions Thyl to Mvi be Able to special bin for Brno Cletion until inspection and i Rothsr. It from further that both of. Dunning Acyl Crerar Nelv Stool Strain by special that feb no store these Par boys have not been captured. Portage la Prairie Man., sept. No Trace has yet been found of the two boys Archie Eddie and Phillip of Winnipeg who yesterday made Good their escape from the port age training school but the local authorities Are keeping in close touch with the Farmers throughout the sur rounding districts As it is thought the boys will try to procure work from them if such is the Case their arrest will shortly be affected. The roads to Winnipeg Are also being closely watched and there is but Little Chance Cor the boys to make their escape to that City unless they travel by Many fire alarms at Montreal. Montreal sept. To the num a of 325, or the increase of Over i per cent., were turned in for the brigade of the City during the do of August according to the re issued by chief Tremblay today. People. David Williams and Al Cai on were burned to death. 7 p. Is the closing hour Lor All Dis play and classified advertise ments for saturday s free press. Insertion can Only be guaranteed if copy is in this office by thursday preceding. All cuts or Mats must accompany copy otherwise free press cannot guarantee their insertion. To insure insertion in sat sturday a Issue contract or casual advertisements must be in hand not later than 7 p. Friday. Phone main 6340 broke out Here the s morning at 3.45, which wiped out about two thirds of the business Section of the town and caused loss to the extent about 50 per cent. Of. Which is covered by insurance. The outbreak started at the drug store of Hugh a. Patterson spread to the Union Bank building the Post office occupied by Archibald Mclean the lumber office and Yard of Finch Withers and company Ben. Glover s Blacksmith two build Ings owned by w. G. Ivock Hart including his printing Plant and the Plain talk newspaper. The bulking occupied by the a Manitoba govern ment telephones was also destroyed. There was no fire Protection and water had to be carried from Wells at i distance in pails. A gasoline engine owned by the bakery was put into operation but was inadequate to Cope with the Blaze in face of a Strong wind which was the time. The whole of the contents of the Post office including mail postage Stamps Money orders and books were destroyed. Loner distance and local Telephone lines Are out of commission. Already business has been resumed in Many cases. The Post office has secured fresh supplies and is in opera Tion in James. Sinclair s residence temporary offices for the Union Bank have been secured in the millinery store and while premises have not been secured yet for the and Job printing Plant the owner or. Lockhart has gone to Winnipeg to secure fresh machinery and make arrangements for the printing of the next edition of his weekly there. Or. Look Hart publisher of the Strathclair Plain talk who is Miv was seen he states that the town Ris hit by the fire fire Protection had been urged from time to time but no action had been taken. This was the first serious fire that had Ever occur red there and the greatest sufferer in this Case was Harry Roberts who owned All the buildings in question with the exception of printing office and had them rented to the occupiers. The Union Bank has a new build ins nearing completion and the books of the institution had been removed to the vault in the half finished Struc Ture the Nierth before the fire. Or Lockhart Speaks highly of he work of the Volunteer fire fighters who worked under difficulties several hours before the fire was put under control. The ladies of the town also Render valuable help by providing Coffee a and other refreshments from Early morning till noon by which time the fire was under control. Found Bones in old tent. Vancouver sept. From the North country tonight state that a bundle of human Bones were found in an old tent a few Miles Coosa to the Donjek Landing on the Way to Dawson in the Tyson. The Man had evidently been dead for Many years. On Trie Beaver Divide not far away from the place were found the Bones of another Man whose name is believed to have been Milan or. Nylus said to i have been a trapper. Bank e is Clation n we Fiuty in o in and by Ali 0" -1 a a Hli e f in of e reface at Chicago had been repeatedly suggested to the proponents of the Bill and every one of them seriously discussed and carefully considered by those responsible to the country for this legis this action will result in the conclusion of consideration of the Bill late tomorrow and the report Ingres of the measure to the Louse next monday by chairman Glass. Democratic leaders will be prepared then to urge immedi ate consideration of the Bill by the House. The the committee meeting re Ragsdale of South Caro Linn was the Only Democrat who favored the opening of new hearings. The Senate hearing s wih continue throughout the week with the members of the american Bankers committee As chief w Inesse. It is expected an Effort will be within a snort Tine by Republican of the committee to Force the Senate to fro on re Cord on a motion to defer All currency until december. Senators who favor such a plan will ask that the committee give extensive hearings up to december 1. Tapsouthernalber1 a a Nainee Carleton announces pro gramme of grand trunk Pacific. Free press special Calgary Alta sept. Carleton of the . Who is engaged in the work of building the Road through the Mountain at yellow head pass is in Calgary and state to the free press correspondent to Day that he believed the . Would commence next Spring on a Southern line through Moose jaw and Medicine. Hat the crows nest pass and tap Southern British Columbia. He stated that the present line through the mountains to the. Coast would be completed by that time. I not Able. the authority from which we received this inform he said but i figuring placed on the engineering work of that line just As soon As i finished with the yellow head pass Road. Other engineers As Well As myself have been Given to understand there is by no Means an Over Supply of Canadian Grain in Europe now but the fact is that Millers or. Of the Canadian pro duct As possible 4.As. The Price higher than that of other countries american Farmers have no difficulty in disposing of their crops for their wheat is not to be compared to oui Manitoba hard. Hope for Shorter Price reports of a bumper crop five buoyed the Hopes of Ilu Glish dealer that Canadian Price will go Down whereas the Canadian Grain hand Are forced to hold the Grain the have brought from the Wes until their Price can be met in the other Side. Of we shipped today .1 the Price British firms Are. Offering to loss would be Between i to 2 cent per Bushel. Wheat from the Platte from the Nile and from the can be had much cheaper and Verj Little of our wheat is wanted in con sequence. About the end of the Loca navigation season i expect the pro Blem will be forced to a solution. There Are two ways in which the bal Ance May turn. If the Canadian crop is very Large demand will be easily met and the Price Wil e Down. On the other hand if the sup ply is not unusual and i do not see any probability of its being so the Canadian Price will have to be met since the people must have the abused Little son Ion Ottawa government for Relief to Nev Coaticook. Que., sept. Ken Drill thaw prud out of the Sherbrooke jail on a writ of Hareas Corpus obtained by a coup of William trave a Jerome enjoyed three minutes of lib erty afternoon and wits then seized by the Dominion immigration authorities and hustled by automobile i to this Little town where tonight to paced the floor in the immigration de Tention room Over the grand trunk railway station. Tomorrow morning a special Board of inquiry will in his Case and by night to May be thrust across the Vermont Border As an undesirable alien. His lawyers fave Ned no procedure to resist extradition to new York and the belief cur rent tonight that Bro re Many Houra thaw would be in tie Mutte Awan. Asylum for the criminal insane from which he escaped on sunday aug. 1.7. The beginning of the end of thaw s Refuge in Canada came with dramatic swiftness. A writ of Hareas Corpus sued out last saturday at the to hic lion of Jerome with Tunlin Liou Dreau chief of police of Village As Petitioner sustained at 2.4.r o clock torn flooding of lands. Page i. Hon. W. R. Motherwell predicts big Nerease in Saskatchewan wheat crop Tor this year. Page 12. Many Star boxing bouts carded for Winnipeg for the nest couple of months. Page g. Over thirty thousand workers Are being employed in the Harvest Fields of the West. Page 4. Dominion Alliance moving for prohibitory liquor Law for whole of Canada. Page 1. Cameron of Lochie the heal of the clan is visiting in Winnipeg. Pago 20. This afum noon by Matthew Htit Chiu son Superior judge of the District of St. Frani in sitting in Chambers at Sherbrooke. Stolid Puj dirt numb thaw not 5 feet from tax As he rend. Hen in the very last Para graph the court Dei Lared him a free Man whether he desired his Liberty or not. Thaw seemed to up in the lounge where he fat. A Cigar stump fell from his left hand and scattered ashes on the Hoor trom his right hand muttered two Gay bits of ribbon a. Child had Given him. Again taken in charge. But to did not Rise. W. K. Mckeown ;