Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 14, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in Manitoba weather forecast mostly fair and warm. Temperatures yesterday to 7 maximum 70. Minimum 36, Fol-41. Sun rises 6-.3e am. Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Winnipeg wednesday april 14, 1915. Sixteen pages. No. 243. Investigate ill Public accounts committee recommends full inquiry into army contracts cover All provinces Joni a d. Reid promises affair will be prosecuted to Fin Carvel amendment Defeated. Ottawa april Public a Hon. Or. Reid announced thata commission will be appointed 10 prosecute the investigation during the recess. A Resolution was also adopted in favor of reforms in the Chaae of government supplies and canadians wanted for Navy air service Ottawa april men is made by the militia. Depart ment that volunteers Are required for the Royal naval air service. Selected candidates after receiving training in Canada will be despatched at once to England. Men desirous of being considered for selection must be generally Between 19 and 23 years of age and in no Case Over 30. They should apply to one of the following officers either by letter or person ally Secretary department of the naval service Ottawa. Captain in charge . Dock Yard Halifax. Supt. . Dockyard Esqui mall. Selected candidates will be required to obtain their Aero club certificate at their own expense but after their arrival in England and proving to the satisfaction of the their competence Movil. Up to 350 will be refunded to them on account of the expense incurred in gaining the certificate. On obtaining this certificate volunteers will be rated chief Petty officer 3rd Grade and sent to England. Selections for lengthy reports Alberta University offers base Hospital staff and equipment five Bulky volumes represent findings of com missioner Little new in evidence Deal chiefly with transactions in land lumber and grazing leases already ventilated. Was appointed by the present government to look for scandals under the late government in connection Ith the disposition of the Public Domain in Western Lanada were presented to Parlia ment today. All of Tho cases referred to by or. Ferguson have reference to transactions of from five to ten years ago and the commissioner has evidently done his Best in each Case to make some political capital for the present administration with which to off set the scandals of this session and the two previous ones. In the immense mass of verbiage in the reports brought Down today it is rather difficult to find out what the real facts Are. The commissioner has done his Best for his employers but even at that there do not seem to be any new or grave exposures which have not already been fairly Well ventilated in parliament in past sessions when the conservatives were in opposition. Or. In Erguson has already received and expenses and says he has still some Loose ends to pick up. Grand trunk and Edmonton paper although the subject does not apparently come within the strict scope of or. Ferguson s commission lie goes at great length into an investigation of Tho relations of the grand trunk Pacific company with Hon Frank Oliver s newspaper the Edmonton bulletin. He finds that when or. Oliver was minister of the Interior in 1905 the bulletin was re organized and in that re Organ Ibiza Tori the grand trunk Pany purchased Worth o Stock. The Stock. The company was increased from to and or. Oliver who Hai the controlling interest at the thin of re organization was Given official capacity arid the opening address was made by his worship mayor Henry the. First time that a mayor of Edmonton has opened any event at the exhibition grounds. Business As usual. A who heard his worship fully him when he said the members of the exhibit ii association Are to be congratulated upon Tho fact that they Ai o carrying out the injunction of lord Kitchener at the conservatives to follow this matter Colne Cement of inc War in that up so that we May get to the Bottom of or. Reid said he could not agree to the suggestion As purchases the other provinces had not been investigated by the committee. If the Resolution were to be the end of the mutter so far As parliament was concerned he would to the suggestions. Probably but the Resolution of would come before the House and any suggestions Mif Fht be made there. Or. Carvel replied that he wanted monton.1 they Are doing business As usual " continuing he said i am sure it has taken considerable courage on their part and they certainly have displayed great Enterprise in at tempting the shot this year More especially when so Many of the Lai-1 Ger and older cities of Canada have called off similar events. Owing to the Energy and ability of manager Stark we Are not Only having a show but the very Best Spring show in the history of the City of cd b i the organization of the staff has been completed the doctors and nurses residing in All parts of the province having volunteered or the work and everything is in readiness so that final arrangements can be made without delay As soon As the offer is accepted. Time Asp of the Day repair of prepared by commissioner Ferguson Winnipeg dealing with transactions in lands and limits which a erred during the Laurier regime have submitted to the Federal House debate today. Page 1. Commander says Kro Prinz appalling crime has been brought to Light with the discovery of the body Helm will make dash for John Scott near Cartwright. Man. A neighbor. Clarence. Orton is in Jai warships with the murder. Page by handsome team of Percheron. Obert Gas Iam and Mark Gard it Otise of Ontario Are the judges assisted in some of the classes by Pepper of Toronto and of Edmonton. Cattle judging will Start Dav morning and the cattle and horse sales will be held thursday. Some idea of the attendance at the show is gathered from the fact that the Arens seats Over 3.000 and was Well filled. judging ring is three ., through Frank Scott of Mon Treal the treasurer of the , took 150 shares for which he paid Cash. Commissioner Ferguson says that at this time the Was having extensive business relations with the department of the Interior of which or. Oliver was minister. The Stock was bought for the company by or. Scott upon instructions of the vice president but there was no record of any Resolution authorizing its Purchase. Or. Scott in his evidence said that he had lever attended any meetings of the newspaper company and that the railway company Hud never received Auy dividends from the Stock. Land and Timber leases. Three volumes dealt with transactions in connection with land and Timber . In the name of j. G. . For Assisi Iboina who was at that time commissioner of lands is connected with the transactions. But absolutely no Chargo is made against or. Turriff of alleged graft or malfeasance. The strongest charge preferred against Hin if it can be called a charge is that he was some what careless in connection with the granting of these leases. This it is to be no Ted is simply Mie opinion of or. Fergus pm and does not appear to e borne out in the evidence. The first document deals with the leasing of Timber limits in the Moose Lake and Cedar Lake districts to a. W. Fraser and w. H. Nolan of Ottawa and Montreal respectively. In the Case of the Cedar Lake lease or. Fraser asked that the department and Ertise for Sale 60 Square Miles the Mainland the islands selected to be considered one in Accord Ance with the. Statute As advertised the advertisement included the to acres and the islands. Or. Fraser tendered and received the lease. He was asked to pay his first year s rent Al amounting to s300, and did so but later wrote stating that the islands which were included in the tender had not been handed Over. Or. Tur Riff took the View that As the islands had been included in 1i.e advertise ment they should be included in the lease and according to or. Ferguson s report 17. Miles was thus added the Moose Lake lease. In connection with the Moose Lake lease it is charged that or. Fraser used or. Nolan s name to get this Jious h the department could not hav seen expected to know and prove that it did not know by sending the acceptance of the tender to or. Nol in this Case eight Miles was late added. It is to be noted however that in both cases the country received the Bonus in regular form Aud tha the ground rent of f-5 per acre a paid. At the conclusion of the Evl Dence or Turr f stated that he considered transaction perfectly Reg ular from the departure to s stand Point. Or. Ferguson says that or continued Page twelve Rathwell Man heavily fined. Rathwell Man., april j. Renson pleaded guilty to4ay to a Charlo of Selling liquor without a a Cense and was fined by Magis trate Breton. The charge was Laid by Reeve Faulkner. Prank Mitchell of Glenboro was prosecutor and h. B. Robison of Carman appeared for the defence. _., Turrif should have investigated mor thoroughly. He also contends tha not More than 60 Miles should hav been leased. The second document deals with grazing lease in Southern Saskatchewan it is charged that an irrevocable lease for acres of granted to a. P. Brown of or Al Suteu w Falls Montana who was Only the nominal d. Mcgremo of Brandon being the real applicant the lease was held Over for Moi than a year and was granted Attr or. Turriff had left the department or Mcgregor later disposed of to lease to a. J. Adamson who paid on year s rental and later assigned it t Tohn cow dry of Macleod for ?23 500. It is charged by or. that the country lost several thongs and dollars because the ground of of two cents per acre was not charge from the time of the application the lease but or. Turriff pointed 01 on faze two Issue to be unlimited. British Treasury makes new de parture for financing War. London april official Gazette announces a new departure n the part of the Treasury for fun icing the War. Instead of Treasury ills being issued from time to time y tender As previously was the ase there will be an unlimited Issue f such Bills. Was to be taken the probabilities were that a part of the Canadian army would vote while the other part would not have an Opportunity to do so. There was much discussion during the Day of an amendment moved by or. Pugsley providing for the appointment of a commission of three to take the vote one commissioner to be named by sir Robert Borden an other by sir Wil Grid Laurier and the third to be agreed upon by these two. In the event of a failure to agree the third would be chosen b the crier Justice of the supreme court. Hon. J. Doherty would not accept this amendment on the score that it would constitute an interference with military arrangements. In reply to questions by Hon. Frank Oliver or. Doherty stated that a commanding officer need not Tho vote of the men under him unless he to do so. In order to meet his situation he inserted an Amend ment providing that when an officer declines to act the officer next in rank shall take the soldiers votes. Or. Pugsley s amendment calling for the appointment of a commission will also be moved on third Reading of penetrated Straits for Over ten Miles London april 14. Renter s Penedos correspondent telegraphing tuesday says the British torpedo boat destroyer Renard entered the Dardanelles yesterday on a scouting Mission and ran up the Straits at High Speed for Over ten Miles penetrating the water Way probably farther than any of the British ships have yet done. A heavy fire teas directed at her but the destroyer was not hit. The British battleship London which followed the Renard into the Straits Drew most of the enemy s fire. The batteries on the Asiatic Side especially the howitzers behind Eren Keri were Active but those on the european Side were quiet. Possibly the turks have withdrawn part of their artillery on the european Side in order to be Able to mass it quickly at any spot the Allied armies choose for a Landing. The Battery bombarded by the Triumph on saturday apparently i. Permanently out of action. The weather is Rainy and murky hindering Crial , my youth is guilt shot finnish Farmer in Shack. Near port makes dramatic confession. After denying guilt tells Story of crime implicating wife of the victim. The Bill. Bill reprinted. The Bank of England cling on behalf of the Treasury is of empowered to offer Treasury ills Dally for either three six or nine months according to the fancy f the purchaser the Bills to Bear a fixed rate of interest to be determine d from time to time by the Treasury in the opinion of Bankers the new operation if skilfully handled will n addition to steadying the Market provide the government with All necessary resources for a consider Able period and obviate the Neces sity for another War loan for some Ime. Bonds purchased. Million dollars of greater Winnipeg water District securities sold. Toronto april 13. Wood Gundy and co., and the Dominion securities corporation have purchased an Issue f creator Winnipeg water District per cent. 5-year Bonds involving 1 the securities Are Short y to be offered to the Public at and will yield "5.40 por cent. The Bonds Are a direct liability and i direct charge on All of the taxable and in the limits of the water Dos Riet the total value being in excess if escapes from Camp. Russian princes and count believed to have reached russian lines. Geneva Switzerland april two russian princes and a russian count have escaped from the aus Trian detention Camp at Milotte. They Are Vladimir Jas will. Prince Michel we Setio and count Tolstoi a son of the writer. They were not on parole and it is believed they have been successful in reaching the russian lines. Count Tolstoi is 23 years this is the Aid time he has attempted to get Wuy. A Large Reward has been offered for the capture of these rus sians British Bakers Advance Price bread London april it has been decided by the master Bakers to and Vance the Price of bread beginning next monday to Quarter of a homesteader at Kaminis Tiquia and will be sentenced today. Page 1. The Public accounts committee concludes business but recommends Lull inquiry into All irregularities regarding War contracts. Page 1. Shorty Lyons convict la Walla Walla Penitentiary confesses to murder of boy Blair Brakenman at Morley alia., in 1912. Page 10. Signs of Fau in or off in Cash demand wiped out an Early Advance at Chicago wheat Market and quotations at close were weak. Page 11. British torpedo boat destroyer Ren Ard penetrates Dardanelles under fire for greatest distance yet covered. Page 1 methodist ministerial association Calls on Premier Borden to have judicial investigation into army contracts. Page 2 fair wage schedule on Earl Grey school brought again before school Board in letter of Aid. Riser. 5. Coroner s jury finds Mike Fox killed his wire while temporarily juror refuses to sign finding. Page 5. The deadlock Between China and Japan Over the demands made by the latter country continues. Page 4. The Chicago builders dispute continues employers Ana men showing no tendency to Compromise. Page 11. The Spring show of the Edmonton agricultural association was formally opened last night. Page 1. Miss Deal Champion fancy lady lady swimmer talks interestingly of a tutorial Art. Page 3. Winnipeg District . In con Grace Niven wills . Medal contest. Page 3. King Edward hotel and Peter s bar Ber shop at Beausejour Are destroyed by fire. Page b. Works and property committee name special body to investigate Jitney prob Lem. Page 5. The militia department Calls for volunteers for the Royal naval air ser vice. Page 1. The special War taxes will go into effect tomorrow morning. Page 10. Committee appointed. Organize resources of nation to in loaf. Quarter loaf pounds. Is about. Fotu Italy will uphold Serbia s claim to outlet London april pro longed says the daily mail s Italy has agreed with the entente Powers to support Serbia s claim to an outlet on the Adriatic at the morning session or. Doherty explained the Bill had been reprinted owing to number of changes which had been made. Or. Pugsley moved an amendment providing for the appointment of three civilian commissioners to take charge of the balloting. Sir Robert Borden explained that it was proposed that he and the Leader of the opposition would each name a commissioner. In the event of a failure to agree or the third com missioner the Choice would be made by the chief Justice of the supreme court. Regulations to be framed by the commissioners would be subject to control by order in Council. Or. Doherty objected that the adopt on of the amendment would Intro uce civilian interference with rail Ary organization and discipline. No supervision we. German of Welland objected o indiscriminate circulation of bal to among officers for them to Deal it to the soldiers who would Voto without supervision. No supervision ver the conduct of the officers was provided. Or. Doherty maintained that the thing of affidavits would prevent the ind of thing described by or. Ger Lan. Sir Wilfrid Laurier in supporting re amendment said that the Bill undoubtedly makes provision for the i Misc Nous distribution of ballots to he soldiers. This would be open to grave abuse. Sir Robt. Borden said he thought he men in the trenches could be rusted. No ballot would be Given to by Soldier who had not taken the Jath. The honesty of the vote would spend upon the integrity of the officers. Sir Wilfrid replied that it was no reflection upon the officers and sol hers to take the same precautions n regard to their votes As is taken Vith civilians. Does the Bill make any provision As to when ballots Are destroyed by Shell asked or. Michael Clark or. Doherty replied that no pro vision is made in the election act to i1 ballot boxes which might be struck by lightning. If lightning were As common Froe pc big special port Arthur out., april Palma who was on trial for the murder of William Leih Tenen a finnish homesteader on the Kamins Tiquila made a dramatic confession of his guilt under Tho ordeal of the trial for his life before the Assize court. In the afternoon Palma denied the charge and gave f. Confused account of his movements on the Day of Tho crime. In his confession later he implicates the wife of the murdered Man with whom he alleged he was infatuated. He claims she offered to anyone who would murder her husband. Mrs. Leih Tenen was summoned to appear As a witness at the trial no did not appear a warrant has been issued for her arrest. In the confession which he made Palma alleged mrs. Leih Tenen gave him the Money with which he bought the revolver to slay her husband. Or. And mrs. Leih Tenen were Fin Landers while Palma is an italian. The murder took place at the Shack on the Leih Tenen Homestead on octo Ber 5, and Palma was arrested by he provincial police on december 7. Details of trial. Oesper Bette fight forgot puss russians announce capture of several Heights in the carpathians struggle in bukow1na furious hand to hand fighting North of Czernowicz in dark Ness and torrential rain. Petr Grafl april follow ing official communication Fiora general Headquarters was issued to night on april 11 and 12. The Battle in the carpathians developed with Greit intensity from Tho direction Barl fled in Tho direction of Stry. Our corps advanced on both Bank of Tho Onawa South of they captured several to Tho Northeast of Tel Crotch and de a Victory in the direction of where after extremely desp crato lighting the Heights in Tho regions Tho villages of Bukovich Benec and. Rysso Konicy fell into our hands. We captured in this Section prisoners including 53 of Ceru Ami to took Ono gun and 20 machine g uns. On the Heights South of. Volos at especially in the Region of Ivo Zrowka. The enemy delivered impetuous at tacks in great strength. All of them Wero repulsed with enormous losses to the enemy. Bukovina. On an extended front in the direction of palesse Yky North of the enemy on if Jet of Tho eleventh delivered fur ious attacks in an impenetrable dark Ness and torrential rain but every where our infantry who net the at tacks with the Bayonet maintained the upper hand. On the front West of the Nieminen we repulsed several German attacks. In the Otner sectors a lows the whole of our front collisions Between a connote ring detachments have been More or less two gateways still barred. London april into Hungary still remain barred de spite Tho tremendous hammering by the russian forces an As the bes old pass is the less important of the two strategically a further Advance into Hungary hang s upon the pos session Zsok pass whore Tho in vaders Are meeting with the Ktut Oborn resistance. Several Days ago the russians Cap tured a position which have them command of a Road leading to rear of Uisok pass but since the teutonic allies have checked movement in thik direction. The importance of uie Carpathian operations is indicated by the Balf actions reported from this crease output of War munitions. London april important step toward the solution of the pro Blem of increasing the output of munitions of War has been taken by the government according to the times in the appointment of a Strong committee of which David Lloyd George Chancellor of the exchequer is chairman. The committee the times says will represent the Treasury the admiralty the War office and the Board of Trade in organizing the entire re sources of the nation in the desired direction. The first meeting of the new committee will be held today and it is expected that Premie Asci Ith will announce the names o the members of the committee a the opening session of parliament. Nerve Chapelle losses now London april casual list issued today of further Losse in the fighting last month Neuv Chapelle is much smaller than Thos Given out previously. It totals 39 men of whom 19 were killed and the remainder wounded. This is the seventh list of losses Given out b the British authorities on the Neuv Chapelle Battle and it brings the total of killed and wounded up men of whom were Kille Ocean steamships Steamer arrived at from Bochar Beau new York Bordeau scandinavian Liverpool St. John hello Golan Kirkwall new for America Genoa-.-. New York As shells Are on think my honorable other sectors on the Long Eastern front whorl the counter offensive in East Saliola. Which evidently was planned the divert the russian efforts from Tho socks to have been prosecuted Wlllie Little Energy. The people of the dual Are said to be greatly cheered by tin1 Atter s Homestead at Kaminiski Ciufu on the evening of october 5, 1314, was found guilty after a trial Lastin i until tonight and was sentenced by Hon. Justice of Toronto. The crime was a particularly dastardly one. Leih Tenen was found by neighbors Scon after the killing lying in a Pool of. Blood in a Trail through the Woods a Short distance from his Shack. All during the trial until the court adjourned for dinner at o clock tonight Palma assumed an air of stolid indifference and denied Tho truth of every witness called by the prosecution. At one witness he called you arc a liar Damn and attempted to climb from the prisoner .1, Box. Makes confession. The evidence for the prosecution was so damaging and weaved in so completely that the prisoner when he had time for meditation decided to confess and when the court was again opened at s o clock last night he made a statement confessing tha crime. Two years he began i was working on a Road near Leih tenon s House. I saw his wife go into her House followed her. She told me to Corno again and from then on my relations with her became very Fri endly t and i spent Many nights in Man general staff. Tins whole Campaign in the East pivots on Zsok pass where the Austro Gonnon forces Are in such Etc i Siren i to n Liui ult Orts of the to the hungarian Plains tire Likely to be prolonged. In the West the French apparently Are satisfied with their Rint successes Between Tho Scuko and Lorraine Frontier and Cli Ilin Only in have come in Contact with the1. Gor Man entanglements in this official German reports assert that determined attacks by the Krone ii have been repulsed along this sector. May to a dry England. Probably no session of tin j Ritin i parliament since the opining of la War has been awaited wit i Keener interest ulan the sitting which will begin tomorrow. A dry Enugu i. Unknown except for a period of two years Ino years in not beyond possibilities but to government Lias Given not the slightest official hint As to what action May but expected in its undoubted tie Termina. Tion to attack the problem the consumption of alcoholic liquors. Several Days Atso an opposition paper published a forecast of the govern ment plan which it asserted. Con her House while her husband was away. In March she intimated which "dpc-1-ir. To Iii 1to me that she wanted to get rid of template the hejuon., except prohibition of in Likht bears which would in manufactured government. This prediction received some confirmation to night from a Gover Mcm Iier husband and late she proposed Tiro of the manufacture Ami his country Batt Lefitia. I i Send would postpone the said the member for red peer. Mclean s suggestion. Continuing the discussion of the soldiers votes Bill this afternoon col. Hugh Mclean suggested that a list should he kept by the military officer of the soldiers who voted at the front. He also put Forward a modification of or. Pugsley s proposal that a commission should be appointed to have charge of the voting. Col. Mclean said that he would not pro pose that this commission should interfere with the distribution of the ballots. They should be. At the front merely for the purpose of general supervision. The minister of Justice said that it would not be Wise to put too much work upon the shoulders of the officers at the front. If they had to keep a list of the men who voted it might make it for them to take the vote. In any event it was proposed to have a. Record of the affidavits kept by the clerk of the Crown in chancery. As to or. Pugs Ley s suggestion of supervisors or. Doherty thought it would make the Bill unworkable. If the provisions in regard to scrutineers would meet the wishes of the opposition he would be disposed to refer the ques Tion to a. Sub committee for discus pm Macdonald. Of Pictou brought up the Case of the soldiers in Bermuda. Most of them would vote in the Halifax constituency. The conditions at Bermuda were Ordinary peace conditions. was there to kill her i of Alc Olioli Ikpi i i is to bocon Man a government monopoly to was willing to accomplice. In close toilet with the Cabinet says the govern ment is considering a plan for com plete stale control of wholes i and retail Trade in the Dom Ratie sup ply of alcohols. The plan the news paper add. Involves a monopoly in the manufacture and Sale of no Coholic liquors continued of Page sixteen weather report. Tic weather rep on. From Hie. To is us temperature it 7 p 6x3 j of .5 minimum 38.7 Imron Eicr 29.98 j Northeast Al an hour. J the Canadian observations Takon it 7 o clock j lust april 33, Winnipeg 76 Cloudy calf iry. 64 jii3mcmton. 66 to Loudy hut. I 72 rain Mjnnie oops 6 1 Cloudy i Ort a thur. 40 fair x Rinco Albert. 74 Clear que App Euc 78 fair Swift current. Fair Winnipeg 62 fair. The weather inns been Fine Tift warm today Nihro Ushomi Vest. I minimum maximum tempera Tures 20-52 Prince Rupert. 42-48 Victoria -16-54 Vancouver 46-58 Kam oops 52-6c Kim onion. 38-68 cat no Buleford 36-80 Prince 36-76 Medicine Hal 40-74 Mooso jaw. 35-85 35-88 Winnipeg. 35-70 port Arthur 22-42 sound 20-44 London. Toronto. 30-48 on a. 26-46 Montreal Quebec 32-48 is. John 36-53 Halifax -10-46. Col. Bluer commands Princess Patricia. Snail Jan press London is officially announced that Captain h. C. Bul Ler of the ride by Gaile has icon to the Prin Cess . Canadian Light inf sentry in place or on Sato. Colonel fan Juhar. Ocillor is a Ivoa temporary rank of lieutenant col Onel. Captain. C. H. Mantlo Reluya of the hoi Lincoln and regi ment Lias been appointed a acc Captain in the Royal Herbert Cecil Buller appears on the original hot of officers of Tho i Rani Ess Patis. His next of Ken Given at his Mother us her widow of sir Redvers Buller i Plympton. South Devon ;