Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 16, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vol. 41. Weather mild. Sun rises. 6 40 . Bets 6 33 t rises 0 12 Midnight Seta 3 18 . Winnipeg monday March 16, 1914 Twenty pages. No. 217, Siron pressure Fob Western conservatives want consideration of Tariff on agricultural implements. Affect Manitoba vote Wisdom of a reduction being impressed on Cabinet in View of coming elections Ottawa March 15.the Battle be tween the Eastern and Western wings of the government forces which was based in the last general caucus of the conservative forces Over the ques Tion of free wheat will Likely be repeated in the next on the matter of the duties on agricultural implements. In connection with the latter question however Western conservative Mem Bers will be i enforced by members re presenting agricultural constituencies from All parts of the Dominion. It will be recalled that immediately following the action taken by the liberals in the commons for the abolition of the duties on wheat and wheat products As Laid Down in the Neeley Mcnutt amendment to the address Western conservative members in full govern ment caucus assembled expressed their views in no Uncertain manner. In a speech of 45 minutes duration j. A. M. Aikins. Member of Brandon urged that the government at once concede the demands of organized agriculture and abolish the duties on wheat and wheat products if they did not he said they need not Hope to bring Back a member from a. West at the next Back of demand the unanimity of the Liberal demand Tor the removal of the duties on Agri cultural implements evidenced last wednesday when the Knowles Thom son Resolution was put to the House backed by overwhelming and insistent demand from Farmers not Only of the West but of All parts of the Dominion has further added to the government s worries and has More than Ever con Vinced the Wing of the party representing Rural constituencies that some thing must be done. In consequence of the plea made by Premier Borden to the effect that the motion constituted a motion of Lack of Confidence in the government and that such subjects could not be discussed until the budget speech was brought Down the govern ment whip succeeded in gaining a Muiir animus vote against the Resolution. Fow however among the ranks of the government supporters there is a vigorous Call for a prompt Back Down from the position taken in the vote of wednesday and from the attitude of hostility assumed by the prime min ister. Government members representing agricultural districts do not scruple to express their opinions on the. Subject. From the Eastern provinces there is a demand that there be at least a sub Stantial reduction at this session. Western members on the other hand claim that Only the Complete abolition of the duties will satisfy. They Point out that the government has the Power while it has exercised since coming into office if raising the valuation upon which the and. Valorme duties Are based and. Thus making up for any reduction which May be ordered and that so Long As duties Are collected on this commodity the suspicion that this Power May be used will off set in the minds of the Western Farmer the Benefit of any proposed reduction. The Curt Ted unsympathetic attitude shown by the Premier to the Liberal demand last wednesday and the vote which followed has resulted in the receipt by conservative members of countless letters from Farmers every where demanding that they use their influence to change the government s stand. As a result these members re fuse to Content themselves with vague Assurance to the effect that a Way sfas found to do something which will not offend our friends the corporate they want action and they want it this session. Embarrassing position. The situation is particularly Embar Raesing to the government at the pres ent time when it is very anxious to do something substantial either in the Way of bounties or by an increase in tac protective duties for the Iron and steel Industry. How the minister of Nance. In face of the present Situa Tion can carry out the government programme in this regard and at the same time refuse to agree to the de mands of the Farmers either in the matter of wheat or of agricultural implements in one of the Many problems which is causing the administration Tony sleepless nights. There is also evident an. Attempt upon the part of Western ministers m the Cabinet to Force the hand of the no Kiister of finance and other Mlls two Friendly to the interests and. To compel a change of front. The san Suine Hope expressed in Western conservative organs that the government contemplates a reduction in the duties a believed to be not without inspiration from ministerial circles. The prospects of an Early general election m the province of Manitoba is admit Ted to be a Strong motive Factor in the attitude of the Western Cabinet Mem Oera and the other conservative representatives. It is Felt that some substantial Concession to Western open in upon the part of the Federal government would do much to offset the present difficulties with which the Hob in government is beset at Home. Whether the progressive element will prevail Ami the tall succeed in wagging the dog on this occasion or not. Remains to be seen when Tho of dept speech is brought Clown but much is certain that Strong pres sure will be brought to hear upon the government from its own ranks As a of the Liberal stand Noton y to reduce the duties on agric Laal implements but to abolish them together. Appointed King s Printer x Ottawa. Ajan a in at the meeting the Cabinet held on saturday a new mrs Printer was named to succeed he la Echarles Parmelee who before " k appointment was Liberal member parliament for Shefford. Que. For Tho St t Ime in Many years the Post i l l " n i l p i i by u French Canadian the having fallen to j. B. De l. Lac of. N w., of i i k hi., archbishop Tacho fifteen Hundred die terrible death Roll from sea of Azov tidal. Wave. Great russian Hurricane whole province suffers Ana heavy damage in Many Placas. Kater Nodar Russia. March 14.Over one thousand persons perished today in the inundation of the towns of Stanutza and achy Repaja by a tidal wave from the sea of Azov. The wave struck the towns during a violent Hurricane which Sweet the province of Kuban. Over one Hundred and fifty persons also were drowned in floods in Yasen Jacl. R. A collapsed in the town of Iem Yuk. Situated on the Taman pen if Railes Northwest of this City no Oding the greater part of the City and drowning Many persons. The sea washed away three Hundred and eighty build mrs of achy Repaja. Temcyuk is a historic town with a population of 16,000. It once was the seat of the turkish fortress Adass. Widespread disaster. St. Petersburg March 15.the Hurricane which swept the province of Kuban Southern Russia saturday was so violent that All the Telegraph lines were badly damaged making communication almost impossible. Meagre despatches received today reported that lives had been lost As the result of the tidal wave from the sea of Azov but no reliable details of the disaster came through. Alleged bribery of jury in murder Case Tracy Bangs appears in court and hearing is postponed de Fence May allege blackmail free press special grand Forks n.d., March 15.tracy k. Bang a the Central figure among six defendants charged with offences in connection with the alleged bribery of the jury that freed Mclain Cooper of the murder of James f. Ross in grand Forks in december 1911, late saturday appeared in Justice court to answer the accusation of bribery. Bajis waived the Reading of the complaint and by stipulation with prosecuting attorney o. B. Burtness preliminary hearing was fixed for March 27. Bang was released upon own recognizance. Harry Cooper father of the Young Man acquitted of the Ross murder also appeared with Bangs and heading was fixed for the same Date. His Bond was fixed at. , which was. Furnished. By the continuances the hearings of three of the accused men will be held of the same Date j. C. Mahon also having gained a continuance till that time. Tonight three of the accused men Bangs co oper and Mahon held a conference. It was generally under stood that the defence will be at Terp opted blackmail levelled at j. A. Sullivan the Bailiff on Hose rela Tion the sensational bribery charges were made and who. Himself faces prosecution. Another juror arrested. The Cooper jury bribery Case took a wider scope today when e. N. Bru Yere of Larimore a juror was arrested on arrival from Minne Apolis where he had spent several Days on business. Bruyere faces charges almost identical sith those lodged against j. C. Stevens another juror who is alleged to have made a clean breast of the affair to state officials. The charges Are that each actually received $30 in Cash from j. Andy Sullivan the Bailiff who has turned state s evidence and that each agreed to the proposal of receiving $3,000 in consideration of their efforts on behalf of the caused Man in the murder trial that has brought on the present charge that of Mclain Coper. Bruyere appeared before or. Jus Tice Mcloughlin and asked for a continuance till March 20 which was granted. He has been unable to fur Nish bail yet although he will be Able to do so within two or three Days. The accused Man is engaged in farming at Larimore and was formerly a. Base Ball player Well known in the red River Valley league 25 years ago As Catcher on the grand of jerks team. Train turns Over one woman killed and Many per sons injured near Mendota. St. Paul minn., March 14one Wom an miss Julia Highbury 22, of min Neapolis was killed Ami More than 60 other passengers were injured several fatally when two coaches of a 9-car passenger train on the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad tonight left the rails and rolled Down an embankment at. Mendota. Minn. The first part of the train remained on the tracks and came to St. Paul with the dead arid injured. The train left Omaha for St. Paul Early today. After passing the station at Mendota two coaches in the Middle of the train were derailed and toppled Over. One of them stood almost up right throwing the passengers to tag end of the coach hardly a passenger in this car escaped injury. Return open verdict. Prince Albert sask., March 15.late saturday of non a Coroner s jury re turned an open verdict finding that Joseph Primeau whose body was found on sunday last on the Canadian North Ern track near Duck Lake came by cloth by being run Over by a train there being no definite knowledge As to which particular train. Saw will o the Wisp. London. Ont., March 13. Mrs. Augustus Northcott a Well known local resident while returning with her daughter in a cab from a visit to friends outside the City this evening. Suddenly fancied she saw a Bright Light shining ahead and almost immediately afterwards collapsed and died in her daughter s arms before a doctor could be reached. The deceased was Over 70 years of age. Villa moving to attack Torreon War Secretary Angeles believed asked to command artillery railway town sacked rebels take Monclova on inter National line and Burn engine shops and cars Elpaso tex., March 14.coupled with the arrival Here today of Gen. Filipe Angeles Secretary of War in the Carranza Cabinet were persistent re mors that Gen. Villa would leave Chihuahua next monday night for the South and that the attack on Torreon might be expected soon after. Angeles is one of. The most expert artillerymen in Mexico and was especially requested by Villa to forsake political duties Long enough to com Mand the big army guns of vice in an attack on Torreon. That Gen. Villa purposes an Early move received additional credence Here when it became known George c. Carothers special agent for the state department said lie expected to leave for Chihuahua in a Day or two. Carothers is an old Friend of the rebel general arid particular though unofficial duty is to look to the interests of foreigners during the Campaign in those places where there Are no regular consuls. General Forward movement Houston. Texas March 15.a Gen eral Forward movement of both the mexican Federal and rebel armies at Torreon was begun Early today preliminary it is believed to the opening of the Long deferred for the Possession of the City according to a Chihuahua mex. Despatch tonight to the Houston Post. In the first skirmishes the constr drowned in air Hole j. N. Langridge of Regina is Vic Tim of frightened horse. His companion escaped returning from loan company out posts crossed treacherous River. Herbert sask. March 15. 3 n Langridge. Of Regina inspector for the manufacturers life loan department was drowned in the Saskatchewan River North of Here yesterday after noon this was the new brought to town at an Early hour this morning by c. A. Loewen. Livery Man. Who was with deceased at the time of the Acci Dent. Deceased left nere a couple of North a5�r�� make several inspections North of the River and was on re the Accident of liver it was necessary. Several the ice and to Cross the. To pass b e o t r about 100 Yarls out from the North Shore when directly Between the two holes one of. The horses attached to the buggy be came frightened and crowded mate into one of the Hole and in actin Sta it horses buggy. An occupants were floundering. In deep water Loewen supported himself on an Dee Noe and then secured hold on the buggy. But or. Langridge was less fortunate an the last Loett in saw of was the Robe in. Which Langridge was _ wrapped disappearing under the ice in the Swift flowing River. Close to the. Holes was a Sand bar. And to tins the horses managed to struggle dragging the buggy ashore with Loewen half drowned clinging to it. Free Fraser River of obstructions f . Slide blocks runway of sock Eye Salmon to spawning grounds government to act. Ottawa March 15.during an in Annj l11o a Pilstl of .0 it tuition lists it a said were put to 8ection the Fraser River spawning flight but i later minor engagements the rebel troops were reported Victor ious. Orders were Given by Gen. Francisco Villa for the Advance of troops late last night. His action was hastened by the interception of a wireless message from president Huerta at Mexico City to Gen. Refugio Velasco commanding the. Federal Garrison at Torreon. As caught by Villa s wireless station the message directed Velasco to take the offensive against the constitutionalists immediately. A special train has been started for Juarez to bring Gen. Felipe Angeles Secretary of War in Tho Cabinet of Gen. Carr Ariza to Chihuahua to com Mand the artillery with col or Van second in . Gen Villa is said to be impatient for the arrival of Gen. Angeles in or Der that he May get to the scene of Battle. He has suspended regular train service As ail rolling Stock will be used for troop move runt. Excitement at Juarez. Juarez March 15-official Juarez to night was waiting in a state of sup pressed excitement for important news from the Loutfi for it is now regarded As certain that Gen. Villa s attack on Torreon is but a few Days off. Gen. Filipe Angeles who will have charge of the artillery in this Battle left this afternoon for Chihuahua. Conflicting press despatches were received last night with regard to the Torreon situation but a report that the federals advancing North from their stronghold bad precipitated a Battle received no confirmation at rebel of flees Here. A press dispatch from Chihuahua received Early this morning said that the report of the Battle was based1 on the Story of a fugitive Ameri can who had it by hearsay. The Des Patch added that Gen. Villa did not be Lieve it. There have been a number of unimportant outpost skirmishes. Inauguration of a. Rigid censorship Over Telegraph lines tonight is believed Here today indicate that important fighting already has occurred in. The Torreon Region or that Villa has begun the Long a waited attack on Torreon. Railway town sacked. Mexico City March 14.monclova station on the International Railroad Between Ciudad Porfirio Diaz and Mon Terey was taken today by the rebels who burned the Railroad shops and cars and sacked ten. Town minister of War Blanquet minimized the destruction wrought by the rebels and insisted that the federals had repulsed them when attacked. The minister said he assumed that the rebels intended to move from Montclova toward Monterey. From the state of Guerrero various rebel successes were reported today. The rebels continue threatening Tam Pico but As yet have not. Attacked the the gunboat Tampico which recently jointed the rebels is declared by minis ter of War Blanquet Mohave gone ashore in the Harbor of Topo Sobampo. Cost of keeping prisoners. Mexico City. March 15.themex Beds last september it was ascertained that in consequence of construction work of the . Along the Side of Hells Gate Canyon some distance above tale slides of Rock and gravel had gone into the River at two Dif Ferent places forming obstructions " which j seriously interfered with the ascent of Salmon to the spawning Beds in the upper reaches of the River. At the time Large numbers of Salmon were below the obstructions seeking to make their Way beyond them. Immediately work was undertake by the department of Marine and fisheries in the Way of making a Channel through the obstructions to enable Salmon to ascend. By Means of such channels a Large number of Salmon that would otherwise have perished beyond the blockade were enabled to get beyond it and to their spawning grounds. Quite recently another slide took place which started about 3-00 feet up the Mountain Side above the railway and in its descent carried away 10 feet of the Tunnel Portal and about 100 feet no advancement in Home Rule both parties join in attitude re Mains Churchill s warning Ulster preparations again proceed ing and nationalists strongly resent concessions. Of the railway bed. Such a Large found dead in Bath tub miss Alice Prendergast 442 Edmon to a Street one of the owners of the Manitoba hair goods company 344 Portage Avenue was found dead in the bathroom of her residence at 3 o clock this morning. Miss Prendergast lived with her sister. The cause of har death is not known but it is believed that she succumbed to heart trouble while taking a Bath before retiring at nighty and the discovery was not made presumably until some hours later. Quantity of material came Down with the slide and it travelled with such velocity that it apparently has gone right across the Channel of the River making a fall of about fifteen feet in the bed of the River in a Short distance. It will be quite impossible for sock Eye Salmon to negotiate such a fall so thai if the obstructions were not re moved forthwith no sock Eye Salmon the most valuable species ascending the River would this year reach their spawning Beds which would result largely in wiping out the run in 1918, Andt each succeeding four year period thereafter. In View of the Large value of the Salmon fisheries on the Fraser River which can safely be estimated at half a million dollars per annul extraordinary measures to remove the obstructions Are can Only be done during the next few weeks. In these circumstances the govern ment on the recommendation of the can government through. Nelson 1 Hon. Or. Hazen minister of Marine o Shaughnessy the american charge d affaires today informed the United states government that it will refuse to meet the Cost of maintenance of the mexican prisoners now at Forti Bliss. The charge d affaires quotes extensively variously International affairs in support of the mexican government s Contention that the expense of keeping the prisoners should be borne by the United states. Prisoners escape ruse. Fort Bliss tex., March 14. 3en. Hugh a. Scott tonight began an investigation of a report Given i that mexican prisoners were attempting to Tunnel a Way out of work was slow because every tent in a can Vas City of 5,000 persons had to be examined for the Entrance to the Tunnel. Sent up for trial former City treasurer of Prince Al Bert faces serious charge. Prince Albert sask., March 15.in the police court Here saturday after noon Herbert h. Hurt formerly City treasurer was committed for trial on the charge of misappropriating $3,000 of the City s funds Between jan., .1, 1912, and a few Days ago when he was suspended. Evidence was Given by mayor Baker Aid. T. J. Agnew chair Man of the civic finance committee and Alex Bryson or the firm of Marwick Mitchell. Peat & Coho Are making a special audit of the City books. Bryson said that Hutt had admitted that there was a shortage of Cash when he asked Hutt to produce the Cash on hand called for by the audit and fisheries has authorized the placings of a sum of Money in the supplementary estimates the Cost of the work and the chief inspector of fisheries for British Columbia has been instructed to. Arrange immediately with a competent construction com Pany for the. Removal of the obstructions. London. March 14.the settlement of. The Irish Home Rule difficulty apparently has been Little advanced by the British government s great con Cessions. To the Ulster ites and taking the assertions of both political parties at their face value the deadlock today remains As great As before Premier Asquith s conciliatory offer was made in the House of commons on March 9. The signers of the Ulster covenant declare strongly that nothing less than the permanent exclusion of the pro Testant counties of Ulster from the Kristi government at Dublin instead1 of the proposed six year option will be considered by them. The More Radical. Covenanter de Mand not Only the exclusion of the four counties Antrim. Armagh. Lon and Down in which the protestants Are in the majority but they want the entire province of Ulster excluded. Anything else they say. Would be the desertion of their comrades in counties. Where protestants Are in the minority and would be treason to their covenant. Sir Edward Carson Leader of the Ulster unionists today sent a message to Belfast saying so far As our preparations Are concerned the pronouncement of the government if any thing necessitates a still More Forward movement this year. We Are going to make Good in action All have been saying and preparing for during the past two absolute limit. On the other Side the government newspapers assert that Premier Asquith s scheme is the absolute limit of concessions and is not a basis for further negotiations. Winston Churchill first lord of the admiralty., speak Ign at Bradford today said it seems to me that in Prin Ciple i Don t speak of details that it is the last offer majesty s govern ment can or ought to sir Edward , who is a close Friend of Premier Asquith. Writing in the Liverpool daily Post of which he is the editor takes a different viev. He writes in non political clubs everybody is confident that Premier Asquith has made up own mind to let the nationalists go that sooner or later he will Tetts Turnr Edmond that the Only Home Kule is one with the entire exclusion of Ulster.". Irish nationalist Nevis Capers declare that John Redmond the Irish nationalist Leader in the House of com Mons and colleagues could not possibly support a Bill containing fur original some of the nationalist organs bitterly denounce the nationalist member for submitting to Premier Asquith s terms. Ulster s preparations. Little talk a now heard that the orangemen s preparations to fight Are a Gigantic Bluff. The Covenanter claim to have 90,000 men drilling in sir Edward Carson s army with 60,000 rifles and some pieces of artillery. The London newspapers Are filled with pictures of Ulster men. In civilian clothes with Rifle and Cartridge belts executing skirmishes and other Drill like train so soldiers. Winston Churchill commenting to Day in Bradford address on the preparations being made in Ulster to resist Home Rule Sal a the first British Soldier or coastguard who is attacked and killed by the orangemen will raise such an explosion in this country As the tories Little appreciate and it will shake the foundations of Percy Shine Worth the chief Liberal whip in the Riouse of commons speak Ine at the same meeting said there would be no general election until the Home Rule for Ireland the Welsh disestablishment and the plural Vot ing Bills had been passed by Parlia ment. Settlement Hopes dissipated. Western associated one Cine Cable. 1 London Maroti 16.mr. Churchill s speech has finally dissipated the Hopes engendered a week ago that there was a possibility of there being a Settle ment of the Home Rule question by con sent. It is now accepted As certain that the prime minister s statement this afternoon will not contain any new proposals but will be an explicit declaration that the government has said tie last word. Ramsay Macdonald the parliament Ary labor Leader declares in the daily citizen this morning that the labor party will not accept sir Edward car ther surrenders from the scheme of Irish Home Rule. Continued on Page two. Another honorary colonel. " Ottawa March 15.militia orders announce that the Hono Viry rank of lieutenant colonel has been granted to Geo Fowler member of parliament for Kings county . The Transfer of the Headquarters of no. 13 Section Cana Dian signal corps from Calgary to Edmonton has been announced. The Ogario nation of a civilian Rifle association at Stony Plain alta., is authorized. Anxious that St. Peter s Case not pressed in courts Ottawa March 15.mayor Ross of Selkirk and Andrew Norquay of Winnipeg have been at the capital for the past two Days in connection with the St Peter s Indian Reserve Case which it is contemplated to take to the Manitoba courts with the intention of Havins the surrender declared null and void. It is expected that they will meet the minister of the Interior and the minister of Justice tomorrow afternoon and will urge that the Case be not pressed in the courts. C p. Fuller ton k.c., of Winnipeg one of the department s Legal agents who is now preparing the Case for submission to the courts has also been in Ottawa conferring with the minister of Justice regard ing certain technical details. It is understood that the representations of messes. Ross and Norquay will have Little effect and it is stated on Good authority that the Case will be real in to be proceeded with by the and of the present week. World s news summary monday March 16. The weather forecast for today i As Fallows i fair stationary or Little lower temperature. Number of Orange lodges of Mani Toba have asked for investigation into election of grand master at recent meeting of provincial grand Lodge. Page 20. Monarchs. Winnipeg hockey Cham pions will have out regular team against Toronto visitors in tonight s final game of the series. Page 6. Majority of evidence for Crown in Hae Al West Lelke Case is in. And it is believed Krawchenko will be called by defence tomorrow. Page 4. Winnipeg monarchs believe Mastel a member of the Regina vies was not eligible to play for the Allan cup but Are Over rules. Page 6. Toronto Rofes clonal Nock elsts de feat Victoria team by score of e-2 in first of series for Possession of Stan Ley cup. Page 6. Western conservatives at Ottawa Are said to be strongly in favor of consideration of Tariff on agricultural implements. Page 1. Hudson s Bay company is making preparations for construction of big departmental. Store in Winnipeg. Page 14. Selkirk delegation visits Ottawa ask ing St. Peter s Reserve surrender annulment Case be not pressed in court. Page 1. Liberals oppose any More conces Sions to Ulster and no advancement is made toward a settlement. Pages 1 and 3. Grand Mere hockey team will play Regina vies tonight and 011 wednesday for Possession of Allan cup. Page 6. Prof. Stoughton of Manitoba University urges haste ill Winnipeg town planning actions. Page 20. Congress has decided to make a Thor Ough investigation into Grain Trade of the United states. Page 1. Alleged bribery of jurors is Likely to result in. Sensation in grand Forks murder Case. Page 1. Mrs. Nellie Mccuing noted authoress to Winnipeg defends stand of militant suffragettes. Page 9. Loan company s official drowned in air Hole while crossing River in Saskatchewan. Page 1. Mexican Force s under general Villa Are believed to have started a March on Torreon. Page 1. Judge Dat son makes number of awards in Weston flood damage cases. Page 20. Fifteen Hundred killed in russian province by tidal wave on sea of Azov. Page 1. Markets by Cable and Winnipeg Grain fluctuations. Page 7. Editorial a Reader s is Otos and an Swers. Page 11. Society arid of interest to women. Page 9. Imperial and foreign news by Cable. Page 3, general sporting news. Page g. Commercial news. Page 7, financial news. Page 13. Father Dorney dead was Man who took papers to Lon Don proving Piggott forgery. Chicago. 111., March 1.1.the Rev. Maurice j. Dorney a Chicago Catho Lic driest whose name is familiar on both sides of the Atlantic died today at Morcy Hospital where sister is one of the nuns in charge. Death was due to paralysis following heart trouble which attacked a. Few weeks ago. Archbishop Quigley was present at the bedside shortly before father Dorney breathed last. Perhaps the meeting of Parnell and Falzer Dorney in the House of c3m Mons in. London will be the Public incident to be longest remembered in the civil life of the priest. Father Dorney was to there deliver to the Irish parliamentary Leader the Docu ments which showed that the inform ant Piggott s accusations against Par Al were based on forgery. The Piggott charges which formed an elaborate attempt to link Parnell with crime upon crime had threatened to bring about the expulsion of Par Nell from the commons and to cause the wrecking of Home Rule in Ireland. Largely As the result of father Dorney s successful Mission the prosecution suddenly collapsed and Piggott not Long after committed Sui cide in Spain. Father Dorney had been entrusted with the documents by lifelong Friend Alexander Sulli Van president of the National. Irish league of America and Patrick Egah former treasurer of the Irish league of Ireland will probe deep into Grain Trade Washington sub committee will examine charges of mixing and gambling keep platform pledges investigators to have fullest pow ers to Call evidence on facts and Legal aspect Ocean steamships. Steamer arrived a Ern res of Ireland Halifax Kur Filc Morwenna Manchester Halifax Halifax Halifax St. To Ubau. Sunder lamp John s . Heat Chicote St. Tohn St. Town manc of ter mount Temdle Cincinnati new York Hamburg St. John n few York n car "vorlca.vvj,i,a. V i Vano Onla Trieste new Ork London. Gibraltar no weather report. Saturday Venin r the weather report from the meteorological Observatory at St. John s Collece is an follows tem Punturo at 7 . 37.7 maximum for the priced info 12 hours. 40.o minimum. 13.5 barometer. 2972 Bou Host wind at 20 Miles an hour. Run div nor incr temperature at 7 . 398" maximum. 42.9 minimum. .57.3 Baro meter. 29.39 went wind at 18 Miles an hour Trace of rain. Sunday evening temperature at 7 p.m., 35.0 maximum. 462 minimum 3s.o barometer. 29.64 North West wind at 29 Miles an hour Trace of rain. The Canadian meteorological weather observations taken at 7 o a lock last evening. March is. time wore port Arthur. 38 raining a Winnie eur. 34 Clear minn�3osa 36 Clear Quappelle. 36 fair Swift current 40 Clear Pronco Albert. 40 Cloudy bit Tolford. Clear Medicine hat. 46 fair Calt Rary 40 Clear Edmonton. 42 fair. Fine mild weather has prevailed today throughout the Western province Al. Minimum and maximum temperatures Dawson. 32 below. 6 below Atlin. 24-30 Prince Rupert 36-44 Victoria. 40-52 Van . 38-50 Kamloops. 28-48 Edmonton. 30-44 Battleford. 36-4 Prince Albert 34 42 Calvary. S8-46 Medicine hut. 34-48 Mooso jaw. 33-43 Regina. 53-39 que. Delle. 32-38 twinn Leif. 38-46 port Arur 26-42 Parry Pound. 3o-42 London 25-47 Toronto. 32-43 Ottawa. 34-10 Mon Treal. 23-18 Quebec. 16-36 Halifax so-40. The Minneapolis minn., March in. A of All Grain and Cotton exchanges in the United states in eluding Tho Sample markets at Minn Apolis and Buluth. By a comr iss Loq made up of members of both houses of Congress and experts appointed by the president will be recommended by democratic leaders in Trio lower Bousa at Washington this week. Tho Coin Rul Tiee on rules after hearing arguments or. A Resolution introduced by representative James a. Manahan. Of Minneapolis decided on the extensive inquiry. The Ful l committee voted on Satur Day a favor of Tho probe and appointed a sub com Iitto to Nike n. Detailed study of Oie complaints Mario by the Farmers the answers made by the Chambers of Commerce etc., and then make a report to the House on the necessity of a sweeping investigation. The sub committee is up of the following. Representative Heary of Texas hard Wick of geor Gia Cantril of Kentucky democrats Lenroot of Wisconsin Republican and Kelly of Pennsylvania progressive. The democratic platform called for an investigation of gambling in Grain. And the proposed investigation is in line with platform pledges. The suggestion of a joint commission to make the inquiry was Maje i Veek ago by chairman Henry of to rules committee during the hearings on the Manahan Resolution. Or. Maii Ahan s Resolution called for an immediate investigation of the methods of thu Minneapolis chamber of Commerce and the Chicago and Duluth l Oai is of Trade. Detrimental to Farmers. The Minneapolis congressman who acted As counsel fur the committee in the lower House of tin Minnesota legislature that made an in july into the Grain situation charged that the Sample Market at Minneapolis was a. Detriment to the Farmers of Minnesota. North and South a Javota. Fin argue Many evils including the privilege of mixing Grain. Members of the Minne Apolis chamber of Commerce vent to Washington to refute the Siatt Morita made by or. Manahan. Grain men of the Northwest Are inclined to Elconin the National investigation they that it will Clear up 1.1 in . For at present there i n a certain amount of dissatisfaction on the part of Tho Northwest Farmers. Representative Alana an Spca Kink before the rules of Mutee charged that wheat coming from the Dakotas Vas doctored in Minneapolis elevators. He took Lor illustration live cars of wheat graded no. 1," no. 2" and no. 3" Northern rejected and no All this wheat in graded by the Minnesota state railroads and Ware House commission he said. It is bought on the floor of the chamber of Commerce by a Grain House. That same firm owns a i elevator but Tho elevator company has another name. The Grain is sold to a subsidiary elevator is put into its elevator and doctored mixed treated or what Ever process is used and when it comes out of that elevator it is graded As no. 1 Northern. The Farmer s Burden. The Farmers pay for the Grain on the state Grade As it arrives in Minne Apolis. He pays out a cent a Bushel commission to Tho broker for Selling it and besides has 10 pay $1.50 switch ing charge even if Tho car is delivered to the elevator directly. Tho Grain dealer operating through the subsidiary elevator company buys at the lower Grade and Sells on the higher Grade after the Grain is doctored. The Farmer loses through Tho during the Grain investigation by the committee Frum the Minnesota legislature a year ago or. Xvi Ina Han went on record As absolutely opposed to the mixing that was jux Mii Ted under the rules of the Sample Marketa. Following the decision of the rules committee of the House of re presenta tics at Washington to have a. Sub committee to go into whole Grain and Cotton situation. Chairman 1 Tenry issued the. Following statement Telb sub committee will look into All Legat questions involved As Well a i Vir a to appoint ing the joint committee to Malj a thorough investigation into tha methods and practice of the is rata and Cotton exchanges. A to whether Tow practices depress or enhance u c prices of farm product and whether they Are Good or evil. We Are agreed that this in one of the greatest Juo surins that has Como before the country r Congress and in View of the platform demand against gambling in the pc products i believe that the Promise of the platform should be carried out. If the joint a or unlit in Onn and papers fio that every phase of Tho situation of the Perrain exchanges and Cotton markets of new York. New Orleans Minneapolis Duluth Chicago and other Market centres can be investigated hotel keepers and bar keeps must be British St. Catharines ont. March 13. Hotel proprietors and bar unders must be British subjects in St. Catharines. To alien.1 apply. The St. Catharines License commission. Ers decided Las. Right the. Hence Forth no Icenho would be Grant l to a hotel whose proprietor or Barten Der is not a British subject. Tow commissioners refused a a to re. Lanham. A. Former Hani 1ton hotel keeper but a. Citizen of tha United states ;