Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 18, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Vol. 41. Weather forecast fair and colder. Sun rises 6 35 Lum Seta 6 37 rises. 2 48 . Sets. 9 44 . Great Britain s naval estimates establish record expenditures placed at two Hun dred and fifty seven millions an increase of thirteen millions. Object of admiralty is to Complete eight squadrons while nearest competitor is finishing five completion of Gibraltar Squadron postponed owing to delay in German construction Oil to be used As fuel in All ships except in line of Battie vessels big clash expected Senate and commons to lock horns on railway act. Clauses Abe struck out upper chamber inserts original limitations for construction of line Ottawa March 17.trouble Bette e the Senate and commons seeing Likel to develop As a result of the action of the former body or at least the railway committee of it in extending the time for the commencement an construction of railways. Tie subject has risen persistent this. Session. It has been usual t Grant a company two years Star and five years to Corn plete its line this year r. B. Bennett of Calgary initiated a move to make the. Period one and three years respectively. Of Tor enlivened discussion this Amend ment was put in several Western Bills and they passed the House. On reaching the Senate however in the original clauses have been inserted Aiu the limiting amendments struck out by reactionaries. Action of that kind was taken by the Senate committee this morning. The Bills As amended will have to come Back to Tho House for concur rence and in View of the blockade b the upper House of the proposed re forms a Lively discussion May be an. Tick rated in neither upper nor lower House did the division of opinion adhere to party lines. F Winston Churchill yesterday introduced the naval estimates amounting to $257,750,000, admitting that they Are the highest on , but adding that every delay accidental or deliberate by the next strongest Power to eng land will be watched by the Esti mates show an increase of $13,700,000 Over those of last year. Some of the other features of the address Are estimates for 1914-15 Are the largest Ever presented to the British commons but considerable reduction is expected next year. Growth of expenditure due to in creases in pay greater number of Large guns and advanced Cost of ammunition. Admiralty desires to Complete eight Battle squadrons by time next Strong est Power has completed five. Expected that Large number of vessels would be completed in 1914. Admiralty must look to Home production of Oil to be used As sole fuel in All vessels except line of Battle ships. Ships could be sent to sea. Fully manned on very Short notice. Good Progress being made with air. Fleet. British admiralty has postponed completion of Gibraltar Squadron. Great Britain s diplomacy depends in great part for its effectiveness upon her naval strength. Government proposes to place squad Ron of eight ships in Mediterranean next year. Stations docks and repair plants should be established in Canada. Great Britain will have ten vessels equipped with 15-Inch guns by time any other Power has two. New vessels would carry most Power Ful guns. Government still hopeful that Canada will share in naval defence. Development of German Fleet so rapid As contemplated two be aids ago. Via. Keuter s Ottawa a Penry London Larch 17.right Hon. Win Ston Spencer Churchill introducing t in naval estimate in the House this after noon said it was the largest estimate for thu Navy Ever presented to the British commons. The total is s2o7,"50,000, an increase of $13,700,000. But it was to be remembered that except in one respect to which would refer later there was no change in the policy adopted two years ago. He proposed first to explain to what the increases were due and to dead Prim drily with the financial aspects and second to show How the increases arose from past decisions of the House or were consequential upon Stan Dardig which parliament had approved. In the third place or. Churchill said be proposed to Deal with the new pro gramme and then would examine standards of the new constructions which tie admiralty were pursuing Rixis would Lead him to discuss the position in the Mediterranean and also on the Pacific. Lastly would Deal the the general question insofar As it affected great Britain and the pm. Hire. Causes of increases. Or. Chin chill Drew attention to the it that the growth of expenditure As due to increases in the pay and number of tie personnel of the Navy to an increased number of Large guns to to the increased Cost of am Muni Tion. The admiralty sought to com plete eight Battle squadrons by the Zwic the next strongest naval Power Lac completed Fivi. The Battle Cruis ers would in either Casena there would be a proper proportion 01 destroyers and other Craft. The other ships at foreign stations did not come into the calculations. These standards of establishments were Rea j Sona by j i n t l moderate and glad att Jiral Vonti a Phi had taken Occa a to say jul. He lacks id that no Ilion completed jts naval organi Tion. That was quite True. It would . For great Britain to com Lier cd ve1opmeiris at a somewhat Thui was now proposed. Two lives lost in Toronto Tel fire victims left building1 but re turned to rooms third guest May die. Dead. Max Cohen St. Nicholas new York. Fred Levenson the Bronx new York. Injured. Uti s i Iua Dmn would be completed " lie end it the fintain Ial year j014 body of Paquin found. Nui Ivi. Ask. Laic a j7.the Botev ,.if farm in. I p Ori in in a a d v i l j o Torii site. Isno to i \ in t i l e s r Ive r by 1i i r t us y lir sided by Cuil i t i i u u i i t r. Of l i i r Mot theil l Oli,.c. ,. I. M k a y Ivi l l liquid i 1 1 i k p s i to u Loii borrow. Edmond s. Giles Montreal probably fatally. E. Edwards new York. William Gray assistant manager of hotel. Scene Woodbine hotel 102 King Street West. Damage $150,000. Insurance contents $30,000, building $50,000divided amongst the Royal Bri Tish North american Queen s and Continental insurance companies. Toronto March 17.-two men were burned to death one probably fatally injured two men seriously injured and $150,0.00 loss caused us Jire we Kali destroyed the Woodbine hotel one of Toronto s Best appointed acid most modern hostelries last night. It Wafe in an Effort to save a valued Bull dog that Cohen and Levenson went Back to their Dealis. Or. Lee of 12 West 119-th atrejet7 new York occupied rooms on the third floor. The three men were sitting in Cohen a room when the. Smoke was noticed issuing through the cracks around the door. Or. Lee who was familiar with the hotel immediately hurried to the Hall and broke Down the door of room 304. His friends followed my to the lire escape. Str. Lee continued Down the escape but Cohen arid Levenson remembered the ipg and returned for it. That was the last seen of them until a was pursued after the fire was brought under control and the charred remains of Cohen were found amongst the debris of the third floor with those of the dog. The body was taken to the morgue and the search continued for. The remains of Levenson tout at 041 Early hour this morning they had not be a recovered. However there is no doubt that Leven son perished in the hotel narrowly escaped total destruction. The new portion of the hotel at the rear was completely gutted and damage to the extent of about $15 0,000 was done according to the estimate of the proprietor s son. The loss is covered by insurance. The fire was discovered by Stephen Spears about 7 15. He was in room no. 215 at the time,.and saw a Blaze Between that room and no. 216. These rooms were immediately Over the Kitchen. The fire spread with alarm ing rapidity and by the time the fire men arrived All the rear part of. The hotel was a mass of flames. Guests in the Grill room beat a Hasty Retreat and Many guests in their rooms got out in a hurry., there were eighty guests and the hotel help numbered forty. The female Section of the help made a Rush for the fire escape in front of the hotel one or two storeys up but were advised by the firemen to get out by Means of the stairs which afforded a Safe exit. They did so. In the excitement of the fire Mana Ger we. A. Gray broke into a room where thought a guest might be in danger and in doing so received a bad Cut an his right . The Alexander building Aduf Oinen g the Woodbine hotel on the1 West occur pled by various businesses. And offices was damaged by water Waneen Deal n act of a marked amount of Liberal territory and has had its population reduced to 30,000. The lock constituency of Francis has by taken away. Saltcoats on the other is been made a Liberal hive and its population increased by a big Exten Sion Westward to Over 36,000. With the obvious intention of creat ing a Safe seat for or. Wyke a new constituency to be known As Maple Creek has been created. This Riding s in the a huge which runs All the Way Down the what Sida of the province and round the South taking in parts of other constituencies Tow existing Alberta discrepancies. In Alberta even More startling discrepancies Are. Evident in so far As the population basis is concerned. A new Rural constituency of Victoria has been created out of the old constituency of Victoria with parts of ked Deer arid. Strathcona now Strong lib Oral seats. This constituency will. If approved Jaye a population of no less Han , and could not be conceived for any purpose than to create a lib eral hive whereby Liberal territory shall be taken from other Qon Stith their strength.,thereby in aired. Absolutely no regard is Here Aken Fop the principle o f Equa Uty of presentation. In contrast to this Riding of Medicine hat and or Jan seat will according to proposal Lave a population of only19,000, which s much below the. Unit the. Evident purpose Here As in the Case of Saska Oon being tar shave off All superfluous Rural parts which May be Liberal in complexion. Red Deer is another glaring exam be of the Gerrymander. The Popula Ion of this constituency has been reduced to about 2000 in order that it May be deprived of its strongest lib eral polls. From the North Ponoka Las been taken away. This poll gave dr., Clark a big majority at the last election. From the South Olds and Didsbury. Have been shorn Ofil these a having been responsible for a goodly portion of or. Claries majority. It is certain that if changes Are hot consented to in cases Liere such discrepancies Are have been described Are evident there will be dissension among the members of the committee distinction to these two provinces t is to be rioted that Little or no Dis satisfaction is 1 evident -. In connection with British Columbia and Manitoba i ". I ,. New Sun spot discovered. Toronto. March. 17.astronomers Lere to Day discovered a huge spot n the Sun. A new Scot they say. Ten Housand Miles diameter and big Nouch to Swallow the Earth without Iok Lnor. They figure out that it is a Lee Black Hole hot seen before. Brooks expects visit by Duke of Sutherland Brooks alta., March 17.the Young Duke of Sutherland is expected Here during the coming sum Mec on his first visit to the Suth Erland Colony while holding his his title. The late Duke of Suther 1/ind was the founder of the Brooks Colony and previous to his death had planned extensive developments along the most progressive lines for Young settlement such As beat sugar factory and a natural Gas Well for Light Aad Power demonstration farms to train new immigrants in the proper methods of Western farming arts similar advanced i Proy orients. The visit of the present Duke is awaited with interest because it May mean the carrying out of his father s programme. Alleged threats of Geo. Stockton to kill witnesses against him. Sentenced for forgery. Held in Moose jaw until or Justice Brown can make inquiries. Moose jaw sask., March 17.fol- lowing the threats made by George s Tod ton sentenced this afternoon i to two years in the Penitentiary on a charge of forging and uttering a Cheque for $30 by or Justice Brown in the supreme court this afternoon that would upon the his sentence kill those witnesses who had testified against him his lordship ordered that to Fie prisoner be kept in this City and that a rigid investigation be made into the alleged threats this investigation will be carried on under the supervision of. E. Arm Strong Crown. Prosecutor and if the charge can be proven his lordship intimated that the punishment would be Raade More. Severe. The offence for which Stockton was found guilty was committed at Elbow and the Cheque the cause of the trouble was made payable to j. B. Mctaggart local superintendent of the. a charged with jaw. Sask., March 17.the Spring sittings of the supreme court erim.lna.1 and civil jury assizes opened this morning before or. Justice the Case of George Arthur Stockton alias Jamos Mctaggart charged with forgery of a Cheque for $29.20 at Hawarden in december last was the first Case. The accused pleaded riot guilty. At Hawarden and Outlook the accused represented himself to be a brother of supt. Mctaggart the Canadia Pacific railway in giving his. Evidence on Bis own behalf the accused stated that As manager of. The Western insurance company was under Bond for. $300, and stated that would not have risked the toss of the Bond for the value of the Cheque. Accused admit Ted having Feen sent to jail from Moose jaw and also that had been found guilty at Winnipeg of Van indecent As j Sault on a Young boy. .1 government Bills Advance a stage Ottawa House preparing for transcontinental report and budget debate pollution of streams committee will continue inquiry regulations for cold storage brought Down Lively session of Ontario Bill to replace g. Howard Fer Guson in Good standing cause of All night sitting l Ioe pie tar into March s special Ontario legislature passed through a session today that will linger in the memories of tooth Cartier wants and spectators As one of the m Ost unique that the House has Ever witnessed. An Effort on tha part of the government to Rush through. Without Opportunity for Dis us Sion a Bill indemnifying a. How Ard Ferguson member for Grenville rom forfeiting his seat As a result of conducting an investigation into the conditions on the. Trent Valley canal for the Federal government was resisted with considerable spirit by Tho opposition. The proceeding was characterized by n. W. Rowell As gag closure and a n invasion of the rights of the members of the House. Tor Over two hours and a half the government struggled to have the Bill a trod Ceci and read a first time but or. Rowell and his colleagues Success fully blocked All Progress. The speaker seemed to have lost control and Points of Carder were raised to add to the general Bonfu i Ion. In vain or. Foy protested that t was a Case of reasonable urgency but. his method of procedure the opposition Clung tenacious y during the Alt night session a despatch from Ottawa poin Tine out that or. Ferguson had accepted a commission for which received compensation from the Dominion government was the cause of the trouble Point of the article apparently was Ivell taken. Or. Ferguson was an offender against the Law of the prov nce. The Public accounts committee if which is chairman was to meet Iri wednesday morning and his ser rices soul d not be snared. was accordingly decided to Rush a Bill Hoogh at one. Sitting. It was the attempt Toa Conidia Dominion to Bona fide settlers for eardic Nanc Ihu Poser u an unset Price with a in Rod of. Sny Twenty years Given for payment. Wit regard to that portion Lyons further or Back would advocate that to be divided into Man farm hold Inch under the same arrangement. He thought by this it ans a better method of settlement could be obtain and than by having the lands in the hands of inc of gators. Thornton endorsed Deloraine Liberal convention ref to firms nomination of old member. Free frown Deloraine Man. March answers. Page 13. Imperial and foreign by in by a by of to o r k july. The meeting proved the most j enthusiastic Ever held or a. Talmre a Owh and wa8 a spleen 3id from the whole constituency and Spe Ial cof Gateb from tie newly added territory in the North. Or. I l l of Nam l urn a and or. Taylor from Elgin Prex Cabied resolutions from Ruji Rcpt native or la. Ringk in tilt five a a Torii thus endow King lie h., Lin of then inc convention of a year Iro in Schlec Rinir or. Thornton As candidate and prom Ising co operation and support. On motion of Jaf. Smart and a Sej Tay Lor a Resolution was into carried re fair Mana the nomination of l r. Thornton. The usual officers Dpi j lord i ii organization f l r t Hpe impugn 0 no. Page 6. By Bariuan r out and author. Is seriously ill hotel Here. Or Mcgale also to the la lira was stricken on Sun Day and remained unconscious for More spite -.. Added it. La Likel Hilj. with it Andy work cast la. Genoa _ Franconia Zeel Ancl new Tork Antwerp Kryst Sanfjord now York kor. Prijic Zeason Cecilie new Tork _ Bremen . Gorts flow new York Minne Tumka. London new York weather report the weather report from tie Mote Oro Loki Cai Observatory at St. John w r ill be Yeats Day. As follows temperature of 7 18.2 Inanc mum for the preceding12 hours. 21,2 minimum 8.3 barometer read link. 30.42 Nurt beast i l a. 11 mlle an hour. The Canadian Meteorol Yalcs. Are Vic taken at 7 o clock Laht evening. Search 17. We Njoes time were fort Arthur. 14 Cloudy Winnipeg. 12 Clear Lllan Nedosa 36 Clear que Aurelle 22 Cloudy Swift current 30 Ano Wink Prince Albert,20 fair Battleford. 30 snowing Medicine hat. 50 Cloudy Calgary 30 Cloudy Edmonton. 3fi Cloudy. Somewhat lower temperature has prevailed today in the Western prove Noel Al Ali ouch in Southern Alberta Nelch Tam nera Tures were a Aln Rotor Doc. I Lent snowfalls have occurred in Many part of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Minimum and maximum temperatures Dawson. 8 below. 14 Atlin. /.ero, 28 Frinco Koert 28-48 Victoria. 46-64 vancouver.46-58 Xvi a Loop. 32-60. Cd Montoya 28-34 Battleford. 16-30 Prince Albert. -1-26 ca.1 Earr. 28-30 hit. 3o-56 Moose jaw. 14-31 Reffina 11-27 que Appella 8 26 win Nynek 8-22 port Arthar. 4-18 po.rr3" Pound. 26-42 London. 29-50 to Ronto. 3o-47. Lii Abton. S2-42 Ottawa 30-40 Montreal. 38-40 Quebec. 36-42 . 36--14 Halifax ,28-40. Girl burned to death in Prairie fire. , x.d., March ing the High Ivind Altom or High prevailed on sunday a fierce a Niria ire swept the Qubti por lorm of Dukjin and Mercer a Oun Tica. I Vradiy about his of Sci body that his recovery at pro in Jet of Isidero a extra Mely doubtful. The Little Fel Low won brought to Bini kick on sunday tilt la and in receiving Trca Mont at Iii Buxman a liot3pltn.l ;