Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 6, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in Manitoba. Vol. 42. Weather forecast fair and warm. Yesterday 7 maximum 74. Minimum. 31. 6un rises . Sets al39 . Moon rises . Seta . Winnipeg tuesday july fourteen pages no. 1. Campaign funds Zadto comenout of Kelly extras architect Simon says Norwood so informed him on receiving his complaints evidence of witness borne out by his diary and by letters he produced instructed by coldwell prepare plans for caissons before tenders were in. Reserve militia movement planned Ottawa july the committee which has in hand the arrangements for organizing a Reserve militia in Canada had a preliminary gathering Here today under the chairmanship of col the Hon. Senator Mason of Toronto. The other members pres ent were col. George of Montreal col. Wilson of Halifax col. A. P. Sherwood. Ottawa and col. Chambre of Winnipeg. While not desiring interfere in any Way with existing organisations is proposed Lake some Steps ascertain the names and track of men who in the event of any emergency would be willing serve Home. is intended find out. Through local bodies the number of those who have trained and Are Wil ing join such a Reserve and those who have not trained tilt Are ready do so. When this information is secured the committee will meet again de further plans with regard training. The proposed service is be wholly voluntary and without pay. Giving evidence before the Royal commission yesterday f. W. Simon the architect who designed the new parliament buildings declared that i when he complained v. W. Hor Wood about the extras which the government was authorizing the Provin Cial architect replied the govern ment has get Campaign funds out of or. Simon backed up his testimony this effect by producing a copy of a letter which he sent on dec. 8 last sir James Aikins his solicitor in Winnipeg. In this letter or. Simon said he had remonstrated with the architect about the extras but Horwood repeatedly told him the government had obtain Campaign funds from that source. Self possessed exact and extremely careful in the use of words or. Simon proved an Ideal witness. He sat Low Down in an chair with his fingers touching Sherlock Holmes style and carefully considered each question before replying. From the Way in which his evidence is Borna out by his diary and by documents which he produced will no doubt have considerable weight. Under direct examination by c. P. Wilson the British architect. Testified that. As. Early As May 13, 1913, he was instructed by the Hon. Georgs it. Cold Well have plans prepared for the caissons. This was several weeks before the tenders were in. Or. Simon cabled a or. Drew of Lon Don asking him Send a plan for the Caisson scheme without delay and also make out a scheme for carrying the dome on steel and trans Ferring the reinforced Concrete piers and beams of the corridors into steel stanchions encased in Concrete. On the same Day he confirmed his cabled instructions by letter and the letter was put in As an exhibit yesterday. Counsel for the late government contended that or. Simon might very Well have received these instructions without the government having been committed the changes therein implied. Or. Simon admitted that a was not present any Council meeting of the government when these matters Wero decided but or. Coldwell save him his instructions and afterwards modified them. Noth ing could shake the witness positive conviction that coldwell authorized the change caissons prior the. Letting of the contract. In support of his assertion he pointed various entries in his diary which referred his meeting with the minister and communications which passed be tween himself and his engineers in England. Jar. Pimon evidently resents the treatment accorded him by the late Koblin government. He toll How without wetting outside advice his designs were rejected How Hor permitted him go the expense of preparing steel plans for the dome and then refused accept them and How he vainly tried in Duce the government let him supervise the construction of the buildings even suggesting that he would be willing forego his super vision fee in order see that Tho plans were carried out properly. In changing the design by what he de scribed As free and easy methods Tho government said or. Simon had taken a most improper course. There was no evidence that his own designs were faulty or that the calculations of his engineers failed fill the Bill was suggested by counsel for the late government that or. Simon s diary which has played so important a part in the inquiry has been pre dared in the expectation of being used As a Brief. Or. Andrews inti mated that there had been discrimination in the manner of making the entries so that some important mat ters were omitted and others inserted of set purpose. This was hotly denied by the who declared his diary had been prepared from Day Day. As was customary with British architects. I the had kept for but Ineas purposes alone he said. Continued on Page Kepi submarine Bay form hours dauntless courage and skilful handling saved the Anglo californian from destruction. Captain killed taken by heroic sailors dead and 8 wounded. Desperate stand grand Duke Nicholas de clares fighting in Galicia is of desperate nature Canadian casualties Queenstown july nine dead sailors stretched on her deck eight men lying wounded below and her sides riddled with shot and Shell the British steamship Angio californian steamed into Queenstown Harbor this morning after having a German submarine for four hours. The ship s escape from destruction was accomplished with no other Means defence than the indomitable spirit of her Captain and Crew combined with masterly , which Ena bled her frustrate the efforts her assailant torpedo her. The How Captain Parslow stood on the Bridge of the Asislo californian amidst a rain of shot and calmly directed the movements of ship until he was killed by a Shell and of How his place was taken by his son until British destroyers appeared and the submarine was compelled flee was told by the survivors. Thrilling Story told. The Anglo californian left Mon Treal for the British Isles on june 2-1. The submarine was sighted 8 o clock last sunday morning. Cap Tain Parslow ordered full steam ahead and wireless Calls for assist Ance were sent out. The submarine on the surface proved be a far Superior Craft than the Steamer and rapidly overhauled her. Meanwhile deluding her with shells. One the wireless apparatus on the Anglo californian out of action. Finding that he could not escape by running for it. Captain Parslow devoted All his attention manoeuvring his ship so a a pre vent the submarine from using torpedoes effectively. Captain a Brave Man. Our Captain was a Brave said one of the narrators. He kept 7p.m. Daily is the closing hour for acceptance of display and classified advertising for next Day s paper. Advertisers Are requested hand in their copy Large or Small As Early As possible. All cuts and Mats should accompany copy. Office open every evening excepting saturday. Phone main 6340 his Post on the Bridge coolly giving orders is submarine circled around us vainly seeking get a position from which could give us a death blow with torpedoes. All the while the under Vater boat continued rain hot and Shell upon us and times was so close that she was Able employ Rifle last one Shell blew the Captain Oft the Bridge killing him outright and terribly mutilating him. Just before that he had Given orders launch the boats tout this was very difficult under the Shell fire. Several men were uck Down while work ing the davits. Ultimately four boats were got overboard and were rowed away until picked heroic son takes the wheel the son of Captain Parslow serv ing As second mate was standing by his father s Side when the latter was killed. The son was knocked Down by the violence of the. Explosion. Springing his feet he seized the wheel and As father had done continued dodging., the sub Marine. Another Shell burst along Side him shattering one of the spokes of the wheel but Young Par slow remained his Post the wireless . Calls that hat been sent out had reached those Able give More than passive assistance however Bri Tish destroyers appeared. On their approach the submarine abandoned the attack and submerged. Young Parslow was still the wheel when the destroyers came up Crew of landed. Paul Lac France july 5. The Spanish Steamer Juan arrived Here today with the Captain and seven men of the French Schooner Hii on Delle the Schooner was sunk july Tov a German submarine near the westernmost of the mands off the coast of Brittany. The Captain of the Hiron Deile said. I a submarine appeared 300 Yards from us and fired a shot through our rigging. I lowered sail and raised our Flag. Some one called us from the submarine that we had three minutes leave the vessel and we j got a Lifeboat and. Pulled away., the submarine than fired six. Shots into the Hiron Deile and in ten minutes i saw my ship sink having seemed Over with her keel in the air. this moment two torpedo boats and the Spanish ship Juan took us aboard appeared and the i German submarine slowly submerged until she was out of sight Schooner Sunbeam sunk. London july Schooner Sunbeam of Kirkwall Scotland has by a. German submarine. Of tue Sunbeam was save quiet on West front i i artillery Active several Points Between the Meuse and the Moselle. Paris july following official communication was issued by the French War office tonight there has been relative Calm along the whole front without Iii Fontroy action. There is nothing report except artillery activity on the part of the enemy certain Points Between the Meuse and the Moselle. The Region of the Forest of Lepretre has suffered particularly a very Vio Lent bombardment with Biff shells. Allies gaining ground. London tuly under Secre tary of state for War. Or. .tenna.nl, denied in the House of commons this afternoon that the War office was concealing from the Public any news of a serious reverse Tho Dardanelles. On the contrary he said the allies have invade important Sains on Galli poli Peninsula in the last fortnight. Reports Are contradictory. London july activity was apparent today in All the three ele ments where the warring Powers c6me into actual Contact but reports As results generally were contradictory Berlin uses a reliable source for the denial that a German battleship of the pre Xhu Ead nought Type was sunk by a russian submarine tha Mouth of Danzig Bay but the official report from Petrograd on the occur rence is accepted us Correct by Lon Don where resumption of the naval operations in the Baltic has been watched with intense interest. Heading Between the lines of the various official reports is not Dot ficut deduce that the russians Are making a desperate stand Between the Rivers Pruth and Dniester. Granc Duke Nicholas commander in Chie of the russian forces reports thai the fighting in Southern Poland the most desperate character while Vienna admits the russians Are tacking in Strong Force. Quatro German sources however declare this Effort be a forlorn Hope. General von Linsinger s teutonic array after a fortnight of terrific struggles is reported by both Vienna and Berlin have reached the whole front of the Zlota Lipa River in East Ern Galicia. Berlin also claims important successes on the Western front where in the Forest of Lepretre the German forces Are reported have compelled the obstinately resisting French evacuate Trench after Trench Over a Yards front until a thousand prisoners including a battalion staff my a number of guns fell into the lands of the attacking troops. The French version. The Paris version this claim i that after an extremely heavy bombardment the germans succeed dec along a front of one Kilometre in re paining a foothold in the old line which had been taken by the French both sides report sanguinary by fruitless other Points Alom the Western line. Rumours Are again Rife concerning the operations the Dardanelles but the Public curiosity will be sate some extent when the Mornin papers publish the vivid report Fror general sir Ian Hamilton Comman Der in chief of the Allied land Force the Dardanelles covering recen operations on the Gallipoli Peninsula where fierce fighting from june 28 july 3 resulted in the Check with appalling Slaughter of a turkish offensive attempted under the Eye of Enver Pasha. Turkish minister of citizens of Switzerland who have been trying return the Swiss German Frontier report that the Frontier has been closed. They assert that this is the result of the massing of German troops preparatory an Effort drive the French from Alsace arid is part of a plan Clear German and austrian territory from the invaders. The. Expected opposition the British National Register Bill has elicited the statement from Premier Asquith that the government does not Ottawa july Short lists of casualties were issued from the militia department last night. Twenty four casualties were reported in the lists including five killed in action three dead from wounds or the re sult of accidents five prisoners there missing and eight wounded. The lists follow first battalion. Killed in action May Brown Arthur k., England. R seventh battalion. Unofficially prisoner at. Mccon eight John Wesley form Erly Braeside ont. J thirteenth battalion. Killed in action june Straney. Harry England. Johnstone Thomas Scotland. Sixteenth battalion. Killed in action june ind Oscar Norway. Seriously read Sydney h., England. Twenty eighth battalion. Gorman Peter .t., new zealand run Over by third Field artillery Brig severely 3 first Field artillery Thomas Parry sound. Formerly 10th Horne ont Shipp William Rougemont que. Second battalion. Killed in action. June 17 Smith. George formerly Nashua . Herbert formerly 1st Parry sound ont. Third battalion. Prisoner Magdeburg King. William 146 Street Edmonton. Previously reported missing fourth battalion. Turks sustain terrific losses formerly Mcdermott Michael Quebec seventh battalion. Unofficially reported Adams Frank William Robert 121 Hastings Street West Vancour previously reported killed in or. Eighth battalion. To. Formerly Vanscoy pose office. Sask. Previously reported wounded j. M01nto. Herman Hanover ont. My reported nine . List Ottawa. July following list iras received 9 o clock tonight first battalion. Charlesw. Chatham Dumdas. Ont. Wounded formerly 346 Caribou Street West. Moose jaw battalion. Battalion. Thirteenth wounded and prisoner jambs H., Verdun que. Or loudly reported Mcintyre. Corp. Ernest. Prel piously reported wounded and mis Montreal telegraphic briefs Whitemouth Man-., july g. Molesey left saturday for the front. Almor Wilson has also gone o take us the in the firing line. So far two men from this town have seen killed and one wounded. Man., july thirds of All Prain has been destroyed by cutworms. An interesting Experiment in the Way of sowing m dried up sloughs is being tried boar promises Well Sinclair Man., july w. Ebbern principal of the Public school has resigned accept a Simar position Oak Bank. Before in he was presented with a Bible and a music Cabinet. Plympton. Man., july successful banquet was held by the Friendship class. Among the toasts member of contemplate the introduction forced labor or conscription. Sayi losses Are heavy. Berlin july a despatch from a Zernowitz Bukovina reports that the russians Are continuing desperate but unsuccessful attacks in the re Gion Between the Pruth and Dniester Rivers and Are meeting with very heavy losses. These have amounted men in the last few Days. Violent artillery engagements raped saturday in northeastern. Bukow Iua the russians retiring followed by the Austro hungarian troops across the Frontier. Norwegian Steamer pick sunk. Harwich eng., july norwegian Steamer pick has been sunk the result of being torpedoed or strik ing a mine off sunk lightship near the Mouth of the thames. Her Crew of fifteen has been brought Here. Was a. D. Ferguson our away on Active which was responded enthusiastically. Ine guest of Honor was Rev. J. A Little. Little ark., july 5. The Sawyer racing Bill Appeal was Dis missed today by the supreme court and the decision Pulaski the Bill passed by the Legi Sayare which permitted racing Springs under a state commission and legalized parimutuel betting will stand. The action ends the efforts i cure horse racing the Arkansas resort. Sinclair Man., crops in this District Are looking Fine. There has been plenty of and some of the wheat has headed out. All the other grains and roots Are growing rapidly. New july second party of German refugees from Kiao Chau China arrived saturday from the Pacific coast. They will sail on the scandinavian american liner United states via Copenhagen july 15. was said that the refugees have a Safe conduct from the allies. New York july was exploded tonight in the basement police Heafer quarters directly under the detective Bureau. Most of the wind Owa on one Side of the building were Nanaimo b.c., july 5. Enquiry the North Wellington mine dus lost or. Justice Murphy. General manager Tomkin of the Pacific coast co. Admitted that the breaking through from the mine into the old South mrk was due the use of a by Lis company which they believed was drawn on a scale of 100 feet the whereas subsequent events showed to bet.32 feet. Powerful by plan b for British army Toronto july Curtiss Tihe noted flying Man and flying machine builder is in Toronto and will spend a Day or two Here. Or. Curtiss ave particulars of the giant biplane which is be ing built in Toronto for. The British government and of which he is the designer. The blk Lane will be 820 horsepower de supplied by two engines of 160 horsepower each. Her prototype the flying Boaonly carried two 100 horsepower motors which however enabled her make a Speed of 65 Miles an hour a Load of pounds. is estimated the Canada will be much speedier and Able carry a Load of pounds whether be guns bombs or ammunition. The can Ada will have a Wing sweep of 75 feet As compared with 72 feet in the should come up expectations there is every probability that Britain will soon possess a Fleet of Canadas built in Toronto. Prince Arthur reviews troops during cannonade Paris july july 2 Prince Arthur Connaught who has been the front with the British forces in the Western theatre of War reviewed the various French troops which had been engaged for a month in heavy fighting in the arg Onne Region says a dispatch the Temps. General name deleted by Cen Sor decorated in the name of the legion of Honor or the military medal those who had especially distinguished them selves. During the ceremony a terrific cannonade was taking place. Aster in which lives opened this afternoon before nver Pasha orders general attack and loses Twenty thousand men terrible execution line after line of advancing enemy simply wiped out by shrapnel and machine gun fire. London july official press Bureau tonight issued the following report from general sir Ian Hamil ton covering the recent operations in the Dardanelles about 2 . Date not Given the searchlights of the destroyer scor Pion discovered half a turkish Bat Talion advancing near the sea the Northwest of Rithia. The scorpion opened fire and few of the enemy got away. Simultaneously the enemy Canada and British War loan. Ottawa july regard the British War loan is not thought Here that there will be Canadian subscriptions any considerable amount. Some Days ago the British Chancellor of the exchequer was reported As intimating that financial institutions in the Dominion might More wisely employ their surplus funds in the Purchase of Domestic securities which might otherwise British prisoners Are badly treated capt. Hart Eegina released by germans relates some of his experiences. Cha Nadlman associated press London july Hart of re Gina son of the late Rev. Prof. Hart of Manitoba College Winnipeg who has just reached London after two months a German prisoners Camp was Good enough today Tell the Canadian associated press his experiences. Capt. Hart is of the Canadian medical service and was attached the battalion. I was taken prisoner on april 27. H had been close the firing line and had a party of wounded but there were no ambulances so he went attempt secure them. On i return with four ambulances h f Pindt her blocked by an Elm tree Winch had fallen1 through Shel fire. A the ambulances consequently were forced turn was coming on and nothing is Al Lowed on. The Road in daytime. Surrounded by germans. Capt. Hart however went on Alom the Aid of the Post where he Hai left the wounded. He passed lines of British trenches and was toll that there was another line ahead is he journeyed on. However when h came a certain Crossroads German soldiers stepped out from be Hind Bushes covering him with their rifles. Capt. Hart jumped behind a tree but the germans called out half a company their comrades who were in an adjoining House. These made their Way from different directions and eventually surrounded the spot Whei p the Captain Wae standing and secured him. Has pockets rifled. He was first taken routers Belgium and afterwards spent ten Days on the Rhine. Among is fellow captives were capt North Wood Lieut. Andrews Lieut Bell and Lieut. Owen All of the Bat Talion. All of them were then moved Dan Holm on the Baltic. The common lot of All these officers was have their pockets rifled the first night they were in Captivity. The railway carriages were crowded British and Canadian officers being placed alternately with Turco officers. White gentlemen will appreciate the company of Black gentle said one German officer sneer singly when this arrangement was made. The officer in charge forbade them the windows of the carriages Down but when their were turned the Ordinary soldiers of the guard allowed them get some ventilation., cursing British German officers he said used gather round the carriages the Ferent stations cursing the English and Canadian captives in very gut Tural and forcible German. Tha treatment the Camp was not bad added capt. Hart except in the mat tar of food which though they paid for themselves was supplied by contractors and was very bad. The commandant treated them with con Sidel action. Nineteen of them slept in one room but was very airy and gave Little cause for complaint. was least very different from the place where they spent ten Days Mainz where they were held Cap Tives in a compound like a magnified Bird Cage. Left others Well on june 17 capt. Hart was in formed that medical officers would be released shortly and eight Days later he was on his Way England. Capt Hart says a left the other Canadian officers Well and in Good spirits. Packages already received have been most Welcome As they have depend upon their own re sources for anything in the Way o decent food or clothing. Capt. Hart will spent fourteen Days holidays in England and will then return Active duty. tacked a Knoll which we had Cap tured due West of Rithia acl Airai from a Mullah in close formation several lines. The attack came under artillery and Enfil Ade Rifle fire the enemy losing heavily. The toe in Ost turks got within forty Yaras of the parapet but Only a few re turks made several heavy bomb attacks during the night oui i oops being twice driven a Short distance. Early in the morning i. Retained these trenches by a Bayonet alack. They have since strengthened. 5.30 thousand turks moving from into a Ravine were scattered by a reflect credit the Vigila nce and accurate shoot been two dead. Gurkhas make furious charge. Chime and with excellent Dawn the turks once Raore he e fierce fighting on austrian Frontier Geneva. Switzerland july severe fighting is in Progress on the plateau of Cornico and Roberdo be Ween the italians and the Austro hungarians according advices received Here today from Innsbruck the austrians continue cast Down welders. And 16 blow up hidden Rock lotteries on the advancing italian mountaineers. A Large italian army is reported .0 be marching on Plava from West Ern Corizia and be methodically driving the austrians despite severe resistance. An austrian aeroplane carrying a Tiloi arid an observer fell Down a precipice on the Spur of Monte Vero on saturday and was smashed was Many hours before the bodies of the two aviators could be reached. Gunfire effective. Rome. July following official communication from the. Italian War office was issued tonight the artillery fire against the austrian defensive works Malbur ghetto Mal Birgeth and Brodil continues effectively. Our offensive on the Carnic plateau is developing successfully. In engagements yesterday 400 austrians were taken prisoners. Our dirigible have successfully bombarded enemy Ensti moments in the Vicinity of Roberdo and the Dornburg Prodna railway line damaging the Pracina Junction and station. The dirigible were fired on but were not Howden s Story of Deal with Chambers implicates Geom Newton and we. Chambers in trans action with him ays or. Simpson put up Large sum with which buy liberals Birkett will hand excess Money deposits Cheque with War con tracts commission As evidence of Good Faith. Refund amount be estimated by sir Charles Hospital clothing payments. From signing up italian reservists. Cranbrook b.c., july Dis Castri Royal Consul agent of Italy is Here from. Fernle procuring parti find their Way London where the Cullars of and signing up reservists Market is required for Imperial and other cover mental issues. is believed that restrictions upon flotations will become More stringent As the War continues. Will have military funeral. Sewell Man., july body of pet. Walter Fenton of the 46th Bat Talion who died in the Brandon Hospital on Friday evening will be interred in Brandon tomorrow after noon with full military honors. It. Hill is in Brandon today making the i funeral arrangements. The funeral will be attended by the regimental band one officer one sergeant two. J corporals ,11 men for a firing and six comrades As pall bearers. Cranbrook and signed about. Wyeliffe. He turkish casualties in four Days London july total Turk ish casualties in the Dardanelles operation s Between june 28 and july 2 were Mesi killed and wounded according an announcement Jade tonight by the British press Bureau. s sn3-l a tace tack thous a commenced 30th on our right state that the action was commenced with a very from Midnight until of which our men Only replied by a series or cheers. The turks then launched their attack and came right on with Bayonet and bombs. Those who succeeded in getting into our saps were instantly killed the remainder were dealt with by bomb and Rifle fire from the seventh and eighth Light horse. By 2 . The enemy broke and Many were killed Hile withdrawing. Many killed sap. The enemy s attack was strongest on his right. The Turka were completely taken Aback by the concealed sap constructed Well ahead our main line and the dead Are lying thickly in front of this. Some got the sap several across it. All hese were wiped out by the fire from the main parapet further . Following the defeat of this tack the enemy attacked 3 . On our left and 30. Men came Over the parapets in front of the right of Quinn s Post. These were duly polished off. Enver Pasha directed operations. Prisoners brought in state that three fresh battalions were employed in the main attack which was by personal order of Enver Pasha the Tui Kish War who As they definitely assert was present in the trenches on june 29. This is confirmed by the statement of an intelligent armenian prisoner captured on Date. According him stringent orders were recently issued that no further attacks were be made if the turks remained on the defensive the British would be forced attack and would suffer severely As the turks hitherto had suffered but Enver Pasha when he arrived in the Northern Section Over Rode the instructions and orders were received by the prisoner s regi ment that the australians were be driven into the sea. On. July 2, after a heavy bombardment of our advanced positions by High explosives and shrapnel lasting half an hour the enemy in Fantry advanced but were driven the main Mullah about a mile from our front by the accurate shooting of the scorpion and by our Rifle and machine gun fire. 7 . The turkish artillery recommenced their bombardment under cover of which two battalions emerged from the Mullah the Northeast of our most advanced Trench and commenced an attack the open advancing in two regular jines. Effective shrapnel fire. At. The outset a very effective shrapnel fire from the tenth Battery Royal Field artillery caused Grea execution among the attacking forces. Gurkha supports then advanced and there being Isuf Licien room in the trenches took up a Posi Tion on some excavated Earth in the rear from which a de Adly Rifle Fri was poured into the advancing lines the turkish officers could be seen endeavouring men for Ward but they would not face the fire and retreated in disorder after suffering heavy casualties. The ground in front of our trenches in every direction can be seen covered with turkish dead. Patrols sent of nil rat report that the valleys and ravines Are also full of them. Then can be no possible doubt that Thi enemy s losses have been very heavy after checking and counter checking the reports from All sources Ottawa. July Promise of a restitution of excessive profits made by Thomas Birkett in connection with the Sale of binoculars the militia department was the most interesting development the resumed War contracts inquiry this afternoon the Promise was accompanied by a. Cheque for As an. Evidence o a. S Kooi Faith. The amount ultimately Ivill be the sum. Which in Charles Davidson decides he excess profits made with inter is from the Day Birkett was paid by the militia department. This is he second Case of restitution o Irolita the first being the return o made by w. F. Garland . Roush his clerk Powell in connect Ion with the drugs and Hospital dressings contract. When the inquiry was resumed Sam Bilsky was further examined in connection with tie Birkett Inonu a contract. The other Day w. P Ellis the agent for the militia de pavement stated that his lad control of All the glasses Hel by the consolidated optical com Pany. Or. Bilsky produced a Lette Ironi the consolidated optical com Pany prove that this company Hai offered Supply him with any binoculars he might require. Birkett gives evidence. Thomas Birkett recalled said Thaie was the Solo proprietor of the Keystone Supply company which sold 166 glasses the government a had since 1911, associates we shared in the profits on a. Couple o occasions. P. Hill counsel for or. Birket objected this line of questioning he thought would carry Tho in Quiry rather far afield. Sir Charles thought that the mat Ter should be gone into. Or. Birkett said that the binocular contract was a personal matter by the stationery used was that of the Keystone Supply company. Or. Bir Kett admitted that would have Bee better had Vised the other Pape he stated that this was the Only a contract in which be was in an manner personally interested an Tho Keystone Supply company a not since the outbreak of the a had any contracts with Tho Militi department. Or. Birkett stated Posi Lively that apart from Sam bilk no one had shared in any Way in the Crofts made out of the binocular contracts. Continued on Paffe Isif Fht capt. Taylor promoted. Ottawa. July militia Orde sued today announces that capt. G. Taylor of the Manitoba angers has Benn made a Majo capt. T. Goodland of the 101s regiment Edmonton a been seconded. Rev. Ralph Dous la Harrison has been appointed Chap loin of the 103rd regiment. Calgary rifles. Weather report. The report from met poro maximum for Tho proc clip 12 hours 73.s minimum. 51.4 barometer 23.so. Northwest wind 4 Miles an hour. The Canadian inefcorologicn.1 service weather observations taken 7 o clock last Ovol nil july 5. Winnipeg time. Ford. 7s. Cloudy Nai enry Edmonton. 72. Clear inf Liclan hat is n3n Minno Doxa. Clear port Arthur. 66. Rain Prince Albert. 72. Cloudy ii Appollo. 6s. Of. Rain Swift current 76. Cloudy Winn Lanesr. Fis. Fair the weather has been Fine Hirouchi out the West today with a Little higher tempera tire in All localities. Minimum and maximum temperatures Rupert. 54. 58 Vancouver 54, 72 Kami oops 62. A Calgary. 46. Fit Medicine hat. 52, 88 Edmonton. 46, 74 bottle Torr. 50, so Moose jaw 41. 7c Prince Albert 48. 72 i Nelpi a. 3s. 74 Bort Arthur 44. Is Parry sound 60 London. 53. 70 Toronto. 156. Cd 60. 6s Ottawa. 62. 70 Mon Treal. 62. 70 Quebec. 5s, 76 St. John 50, 72 a Ufa. Is. 62. Ocean steamers. Charges that Harris gave him reason think Chambers was his agent probably a More amazing Story Ever told in the witness Box in Caff i a than that related by Hon. J. Howden sex attorney general of Oba before the new Royal commis Ion yesterday. was amazing because of the rave actions made As the character of he political world in which or Howden moved. According his Story the political world was a place whore Nen talked n veiled language avoiding All definiteness where mention of details was avoided for fear of embarrassing consequences and where men Vir rally walked about with masks on heir faces and wearing that gave no sound of Footfall and left no race of footprint. Or. Howden admitted that he had Jeen a prominent Participator in the sort of political activity that depended on the utmost secrecy being main aimed. He referred frequently the lessons that he had Learned in the school of experience. He said plainly one stage of his Tion that did not have close certain things for his would close naturally the proper time. Some of the main facts brought out n the examination of the wit next were As follows a proposition had been made or. Howden that the sum of would keep the government in Powert by settling out of court All the elect Tion petitions. Or. Howden looked upon this sum As a very Largo one but he thought Tho object be trained was Worth it. The sex attorney general accords ing his statement was playing desperate game alone for that none of the other ministers aware of what he was doing. They knew that he was negotiating but of the daring scheme which ivol Vod the paying out of they not aware. was the redoubtable or. Simp son then president of the conserva Tive association who come the Rescue. Howden mentioned him that he wanted Tho sum of in connection with election Peti with this Bare information or. Simpson went out dig up Tho Money although he told Howden that was a big sum and he Didknow where was come from. Eventually he sent word How Den that he had raised the sum but Howden did not press him for details As How had managed make the raise. He declared that Umerle the Money was come by Tima Toly and he had Learned in that political career ask no then comes a most remarkable cadent in connection with the whip let affair and which makes read Liko a Page out of some work of fiction of the detective school. Howden told that the Money would be left Fok him the Carlton club. He was find there in a Valise Whon he went breakfast. Howden wont the club and according his there was a Black Valise on tha hat stand. Al was the Onty there opened and saw that contained a Large sum of Money in Hills. Knowing that wan the Vallad from Simpson Tho thu of the province called i g. M. Newton who handling the election protest fund for the Conser face Steamer arrived from Missanabie. Plymouth Montreal Cal Arian Liverpool Quebec new Liverpool new York the Union Trust company. Howden declared that William Chambers of Oak Lake was a Lenur for the Job craps. Or had represent j himself a us tint for them Ami that was who had. Caio that 550.000 Woi ild by required. Jar. Howden Law that he wont Sec or. Leader of the Pix Wolfon Al Tho Joyal Alexandra he told or. Norris that there was a Ileal on 10 Settle Jajio in which continued on Pago on your vacation keep in touch with things Home by having the press mailed you daily. Phone main 6346 now and give your order ;