Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba B. Weather forecast. Some local and sets . Sobti rises. . Sets . Saturday july 18, 191 thirty eight pages. No. 12. Urge at Winnipeg fair fix immigration Law Canadian act to be revised to fill in gaps. Yesterday s crowd estimated show by cloudburst. Of Ftp for All today statement made by president Cox of Public greatest Factor of Success would seize steamers. Points arising out of hindus Case will be covered. Spring sown crops r t today s programme. F athletic Day. J a open. 1 to luncheon. to 4 boy scout Al football tournament. Soy fireworks. Frau Ottawa july 17. The Canadian immigration act is to be revised at the next session of parliament passed several years ago and conferring upon the department very extensive Powers it has been founds in its practical a. Plication deficient in several vital Points. The fundamental theory is that a country the right to determine what i people should come As immigrants and those who should be rejected but there Are ways by which in practical operation this is circumvented. It is intended to fill up the gaps. In the Case of the hindus for example there is no adequate penalty for those who brought to Canada these unfortunate people. The owners of the vessel May be responsible but they live Over in Japan and to get at them May involve All kinds of bother and possible International Compromise. A Nice Point arises also out of the fact that the ship owners maintain they merely hired the ship to sir Dit Singh and people and were not responsible for inaugurating the excursion. It is proposed to Amend the Law so that in addition to the penalties upon the owners it will be categorically provided that the ship itself shall be seized and sold. There Are a number of other Points in regard to which the Law is to be stiffened government report on con to end of optimistic attack on or. Gordon i Portage social service Council express Confidence in Clergyman. Or. Meighen s remarks. Resolutions declares them to be malicious and mendacious. Livestock in the West Prairie provinces have increased Section has decrease. Free press so Clad Portage la Prairie man., july at a Meel ing of the Portage la Prairie Branch of the social service Council held on the1 evening of july 15, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted the last Lap of the 1914 Winnipeg sex jul oltion has been reached and this evening after the last bomb has been touched off and the very last rocket Mot up the successful fair will be but memory in the minds of the goodly proportion of Winni Eggers we visitors who inspected it during fee Jast eight Days. Yester Lay was the second largest Day in Point of attendance that the exhibition has enjoyed. In round num Bers people passed through the turn styles and this number is Only by last wednesday s crowd which numbered Over weather conc unions which left nothing to be de sired were responsible for the Large attendance. The afternoon and Early evening were absolutely Ideal but the Cloud burst which did not come unheralded like that of a week ago to night caught the biggest part of the sightseers who had lingered to see the whole programme of fireworks or in frantic efforts to win a doll at one of the numerous wheels of Fortune Booths. The rain poured in torrents 15 or 20 minutes and As a result some people received a thorough soaking. Fall practically All of the Jive Stock had. Been loaded into cars and made i Eya Home or to. Today the entire programme As made Long before the fair started will be carried out Faith fully. Said one j of the directors last evening we t want the people to suppose for an in Stant just because saturday is the last Day of. The the work of tearing up everything will be carried on. This our most successful exhibition and we Don to want our last Day visitors to leave rus bad tastes in their Mouths. Danger of strike is Ion referred men accept Federal mediation despite refusal made earlier in the Day. Chicago hi., july 17. Danger of a strike of. The engine Crews of Western railroads were deferred tonight when the representatives of the men accepted an offer of mediation by Wil Liam l. Chambers of the fed Cili eral nation. Board of mediation find con the meeting with the full Board will begin Here july 20. Offer of mediation by or. Chambers came As a result of a re quest by a. A. The Riholm chairman of the committee of which was made in spite of Pioneer woman dead mrs. Geo. English sr., of Virien Early settler of Manitoba. Free press special Virden man., july away at an. Early tour this morn ing after a lingering illness one of the first women settlers of this District Eliner Lee wife of Geo. English or. The deceased was born at Picton ont., 7 0 years ago. Before coming to Manitoba the family lived at London and. Brussels out. Coming to Manitoba in 1882 they settled in the Montgomery District North of Virden when there Only two other women in the township living thereof or Many years. Latterly the aged couple have lived retired in Virden. The. Deceased was the Mother of 12 children of whom 11 survive her mrs. D. Mcdonald Virden mrs. R. Lang try Winnipeg mrs j. L. Mcdougall Kipling sask. Mrs. T. A. Carscadden Virden mrs. A. Keedwell Saskatoon mrs. E. L. Cope Medicine hat and five j. George Virden James and Oscar Amelia sask. Her husband and a sister mrs. John Hume Petrolia beside a Large number of grandchildren and two funeral of mrs Armington. Virden man., july funeral took place today of Alice Evelyn Strathy wife of J. Armington after a Short illness at the. Ager of 59 years. came to Manitoba from Toronto in 1903, living in Winnipeg and was Well a Hown throughout the West As a commercial traveller. Buy ing a mercantile business in Grenfell the family moved there and four years wheat As compared with acres last year an increase being1 shown in Saskatchewan de crease in Manitoba. Oats in the three provinces occupy acres As compared with acres 1913, and Barley acres As com pared with acres. The net increase in the three provinces for the three crops wheat Oats and Barley acres a total of acres for the three crops. The largest increase of area in the three provinces is for Oats 000 acres which apparently shows that i increased attention is being paid to mixed farming. The acreages under the later sown Cereal crops of 1914 Are estimated As follows buckwheat As against in 1913 As against Corn for husking against Beans against potatoes against turnips Etc. Against sugar beats and Corn for fodder against it will be noted that the area under flax seed is acres less than last year the decrease being principally in Saskatchewan where the area sown to flax is acres or less than in 1913 satisfactory condition. The condition of sprig sown crops at the end of june will be on the Whoie fairly satisfactory except in regard organized and by next week it will be bubbling Over. The Campaign for William Carriere the Liberal candidate is Well Way and organization is practically Complete. Volunteer workers toy score Are crowding the committee rooms and closely checking the lists More than half of which represent. Either absentees or men never seen not heard of in this country. The town of the Pas is certain to j Sive Carriere a very Large majority As the sentiment Here is quite As against Rob la ism As it was and is in the an Active Frento Liberal association and declare that ninety five per cent. Of Mia French speaking vote is solid for among the English speaking elec tors especially the storekeepers and men the Roblin supporters Are As scarce As Hen s Teeth. Even the Rothlin workers there admit they have no Chance in the town and. Re their to the Camps up the line and t he Absentee vote they Hope to poll. Tonight a meeting of Liberal work ers crowded Slaney s Hail and great enthusiasm prevailed. A Public meet ing will be held saturday night and monday night if the weather is fair open air meetings will toe a unique feature of the Campaign. Drank Wood alcohol ment. It is not known yet however whether he will Lay Down arms to favor of Carranza. The United states s using its Ini Uerice through friends of Zapata to bring into Harmony with the peace programme and an emissary from general Carranza is now on Way to Confer. With Zapata. These activities on the part of the United states government result from a desire that when the constitutionalists Are installed in Mexico City and comply with the conditions requisite a be Selling widens weakening effect in new York. London helps on Price of International shares at Montreal 16 commercial news 1s foreign markets by cable.-. 13 fluctuations 4" Winnipeg options. 18 Aqueduct Section plans before water Board Ontario Farmers West 18 spying out the is Canadian associated press London july most interest inf moment in the Home Rule struggle was reached last evening and opposition leaders communications have been renewed approached i very nearly a settlement. The questions at Issue included the possibility of a settlement on the basis of no clean Cut out for Ulster and no time limit for but voting toy certain specific Ulster counties on exclusion from Home Rule. The counties under discussion in con Section with this proposal Are Antrim a Omagh Down Londonderry Ter Managh and Tyrone. There is a deadlock Between the Par ties As to whether or not the county of Tyrone in which the Catholic Popula Tion is predominant should be included in the Ulster counties which Elgirt take the vote in bloc on exclusion from Home Rule and at the moment no prospects Are in sight of a Compromise As neither the nationalists nor the liberals can concede its inclusion with the Otter counties. The daily news says that the of emment intends to keep the amending Bill in. Being As Iong As there is a possibility of any settlement being arrived at on the lines indicated. And statements that the Bill is dead or 13 to be abandoned should be discredited As they do not represent the Situa Tion the fact being that the. during which omens have been unfavourable has been succeeded by negotiations which have for the first time Brugli the parties within a measurably distance of Premier sees Kino. Directly after the rising of the House yesterday a second meeting of the cab inet was held at which some of the Irish leaders were present., later the prime minister had the King at Buckingham Palace. It was rumoured that sired Ward majority of one for or. Montague on the recount 28 sanitary men close convention. 25 Meridian Road men on Way to win not Al Watts Luta a Nipes r ,4 Carson also had been in personal con Toi formal a be an end to revolution in with its aspects. Ago purchased a farm where he now resides. Near Virden. The deceased ave in Thia is due to he continued. We have any cities like Winnipeg. Have none of these Bis these impressive Jagm Wicent Bank buildings if it not for the or the the Stock is the and the Man far was mostly highly esteemed by All who had the pleasure of her acquaint Ance. She leaves to mourn her death her husband a son Frank m., artist of Paris France her daughter. Miss e. L. Vivian at Home two Brothers e. G. Strathy Winnipeg c. A. Strathy Toronto two Sisters mrs. T. A. Glass Winnipeg and mrs. A. C. Sotheran fond Iwach ont. Who Are sometimes de Farmers Are wheat miners get sport gambling few the have seen that after a Jears of this kind of business All nutrition is taken out the soil. Continued on Page five Jack Dawson who has walked Australia to Winnipeg since while contesting for a p Lee for walking around the world la will be introduced in ont of the grand stand this of strike delay s a Reeme it. Ottawa july grand trunk Pacific guarantee agreement is not yet executed although the papers Are practically ready. Negotiations in directly connected with it Are in pro Gress Between the labor department and the officers of the company in Winnipeg respecting the carrying out of an award of the Board of Concilia Tion in regard to the machinists strike. It is hoped to effect a settlement. Bringing body to Winnipeg. The body of James Mckay who was milled under a Hudson Bay train is being taken Home by Friend and neighbor Don Ald Henderson. The Coron Tir and police do not deem an inquest necessary. Interment will probably be made in Kil ;