Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 7, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba Only morning newspaper in vol. 42. Weather forecast Sun. Rises. . Moon . P Winnipeg wednesday july 7 1915. Sixteen pages Bartuv Twne Raturi to 7 maximum 78. Minimum no. 2. Peculiar Angle Rohow Denzeal with Chambers v sex minister says he refused to take Back when Chambers offered it considered it an advantage to conservatives to have Cash re main where it was Itari ing evidence of disposal of this to or Simpson in France sex judge Phippen corroborates statements of attorney general Hudson All above Board during a whole Forenoon on the stand before the new Royal commis Sion yesterday the sex attorney Gen eral of the province Hon. J. H. How Den continued to Tell of the Clandes Tine Deal which he had carried on with William Chambers for the elimination of the election petitions were pending in the courts last Spring. In his previous evidence Howden had asserted that t. C. Morris now the Premier of the pro Vince but at that time Leader of the opposition had a knowledge of the Deal with Chambers and concurred in its being carried out. Howden had also stated that Chambers acted As the representative of the liberals in the matter. In his evidence yesterday Howden under a merciless examination by Isaac Pitblado admitted that when Chambers came to him and wanted to return the which had been Given him he Howden had refused to take the Money Back. His reason for this he said was that he considered it was an advantage to the conservative party to have the Money where it was. Howden also gave the startling in formation that although he would not take the Money Back from Chambers notwithstanding that at that time the elimination of the elec Tion protests could not keep the. Conservatives in Power the Money had since that time been actually Given Back to M. Newton the conserva Tive agent in the matter. Howden also electrified Al in the court room by the statement that Only on monday last this Money had been Given to Harvey Simpson of Virden. A brother of or. Simpson who had originally provided the fund and that Harvey Simp son the same night had sent it to or. Simpson who is now in France. Howden said Jock Early that he had thought it better to get the Money away before it was tied up with the commission As an exhibit. Howden admitted that he did not think this Money was really or. Simpson s private Cash. Another dramatic Money incident was brought up in Bowden s Evi Dence he told of the return of the other less to or. Simpson and of the Peculiar me Thod of its transmission. Howden had left it in a package at the Ada nac club to be Given to the doctor. He thought that it was a couple of Days after this that the doctor had called and got the package. Howden s cryptic remark. At the beginning of the afternoon session or. Fullerton in his re examination of Howden tried with great persistence to ask the witness what he meant by the cryptic re Mark he had made to Chambers if you Fellows Are Good you May get the other in this he was somewhat supported by or. Justice gait but or. Pitblado objected and was supported by commissioners Perdue and Robson. F. H. Phippen and N. Tilley who were summoned from the East by or. Fullerton to give evidence were called in the afternoon. They told of the arrangement made with or. Hudson and the conferences with messes. Wilson and Hudson in re Gard to the resignation of the Kolm government the suspension of the Royal commission which was to hand out an interim and the institution of a civil suit against Kelly. They both told practically the same Story As or. Hudson had told and both declared with great Force that they had not considered there anything wrong about these arrangements. They indignantly denied that they had been a party to any thing that was sinister or reprehensible. The both averred that they government control Supply of liquor july the Powers conferred by the defence of the realm act the British govern ment today by an order in Council decided to Lake Over the control of the and Supply of intoxicating liquors in Many districts where War material is being made and. Loaded unloaded or dealt with. Districts affected include the City of Bristol and surrounding towns Avonmouth Nev Haven Southampton Newport Barry bar Row-m-f1 Liverpool and adjoining towns and most of the Muni Tion and shipbuilding centres in York Shire. Members of parliament of All parties have undertaken a Campaign to thank the employers and workmen in munition contracts for the work they have already done and to urge upon them the vital importance of turning out As great a Quantity of munitions As the country is capable of producing. Enemy offensive in Galltin topped russians inflict serious losses on austrians to the Northwest of Wilkolak. The Czar s troops have taken abrade and Are holding most Points along their line. Made big profits on War tracts Hospital boxes supplied by Brownlee Ottawa yielded nearly 50 per cent tenders uncalled for work of Public accounts com Mittee superficial declares sir Charles Davidson Petrograd via London july 6. The follow his official statement from general Headquarters was issued to night in the Region of Muraviev and Shavlis Wist of the Middle Niemen on the i stir so front and on Tho left Bank the Vistula no essential Chanse has occurred. Thers been desultory Iii ins a Vic i occasionally became More violent. 1-Hure have also been isolated of a minor nature especially when mines were exploded. On Tho front Between the. Vistula j and uie Western. Bus extern july Des Perate Civi Tihin took place sunday Evams and monday morning in the sector of ure endow by Chipiwa. North of a Fen of the enemy to the East was Stop in a blow which we delivered on the flank on the heir fits to the Northwest of Wilko Blaz. There we inflicted serious losses on the enemy capturing on monday morning More than prisoners including 29 officers while about of the enemy dead Lay before our front. I yesterday now tempts at offensive Between the vie p Viz and Western bub. As Well As on the Villa fee Krylow. The upper Bug River the Zlota Lipa and the Dniester 110 Firu Taik took place on sunday. Or on Man aay russians Makina a stand. London. July 6. With tie a Scop lion of certain sectors Between the Vistula and the Bug the Austro be Man Rush in the eusters War zone seems to to losing its momentum. The russians have braced them selves and arc holding rut Uio St Points along their line the austrians Ciui continued Progress 10 the Northeast of Krasnik and fur ther East along the River vie Pru m Llie Ncik boyhood of Tarn Ogrod. This is a critical sector so far As a northward blow at Warsaw is concerned but it is evident that the russians Are stiffening their resist Ance after their Long Retreat and be British press for the first time m a More cheerful. View of Tho Eastern situation. It is noteworthy that today s Ber Lin official communication Speaks Only of a Sain of the Northern Poland front leaving the Southeastern Flold entirely to the austrians who in their official statement emphasize that an Advance of the Centre be tween the Vistula and the. Bur was made by the quiet which had prevailed in the British front in Flanders so Long has been broken by a Fri Pitisi Kain German trenches to the North of Ypres. The Advance was made after typical Trench warfare tactics backed by French artillery. This part of the Western front still holds its reputation As a area Field marshal French again recount inc How the germans have been bom Barding Ypres with was shells. Last 24 hours have brought a non renewed rumours that the Oai Mana Are planning to launch a new offensive in. The West their 1 e ing to duplicate their galician tac tics and break through to Calais at All costs. Reports to this effect came almost simultaneously from Brussels Paris and Amsterdam. The London papers give them. Ence although How much is guess work and How much is based on facts it in impossible to determine. According to the Zurich report ten Gennan army corps who have been recuperating in Tho Interior from the Rigours of the galician Campaign Are now moving Westward. The latest advices from Gen. Sir t Hamilton commander at the continued on Pago four on your vacation keep in touch with things at Home by having the free press mailed to you daily phone main 6340 now a dire your order. Made Plain the gallantry of the Brit ish and French troops who Are Flucht ans under almost insurmountable difficulties. _ _ _ Dufferin liberals nominate August Carman. Man. July at a con Montion of liberals of Duffer held Victoria Hall this afternoon at which representatives were present from All portions of the Riding e. A. A ust was nominated to contest Duffer in in the approaching provincial elections. The nomination of or August was moved by Bretly our of Miami and seconded by Griham of Culross Short addresses Sere made by messes. August j. H. Haverson Andrew Graham of i of j stocks of Myrtle c. I. A i in Gar. Of Elm Creek and others. Or August stands for clean pol and for a removal of the re Protil attaching to the political life of the province at present. There is no doubt that he will be returned by a Verv Large majority if opposed and the feeling Here is that he will be returned without opposition. Ottawa july certain re Tail druggists in the Early stages of the War succeeded in making fairly profitable contracts with the militia department was again demonstrated before the War contracts commission when sir Charles Davidson probed the contract of Thomas a. Brow Lee of Bank Street Ottawa for the. Supply of Hospital boxes for the expeditionary forces. Tho Story briefly is that mobilization was under Way in August last and the medical boxes with equipment were needed. Col. Carleton Jones we it to or. Brown Lee. Who already had been supplying drugs to the department and made an arrangement to1 get also the hos Pital boxes. A requisition was to the director of and on the basis of the arrangement made by col. Jones the order was placed with Brownlee. No tenders were called for. Brownlee proceeded to. Buy the kinds thirty of each. The big 1, were obtained from Parke Davis and sold to the department at a profit of about 49 Ner cent. The others were procured from the. National drug co., and turned overeat a profit of about 48 per cent. Most cases the goods went direct to the depart ment and not handled by the contractor except that in the whole Sale houses he Over Brownlee s total including business cured by. Tender amounted to taking the Hospital boxes and the other business together he figured his Gross profit at or 24 per cent arid claimed that after allowing for Over head charges his net profit on government business was 10 per cent. For boxes . 1 to 5 the respective Brownlee prices to the depart ment were and the prices he said he paid for them i Gre the Depa frn ent afterwards secured elsewhere by tender i further sup ply of similar boxes and this time the prices for the corresponding numbers were and Purchase of the next contract taken up was that of the Sale by the two macs co., of Ottawa of a number of House wives to the militia department. Stewart , of the two macs. Co., said that the company Between August and Janu Ary --by1 tender supplied housewives for or 53 cents each. He estimated that these articles Cost about 44 but could not give the exact figure without go ing through the invoices. Clenaghan said he had not been asked for this by the Public accounts committee. We the conclusion that the Public accounts committee was rather superficial in its remarked or. Thompson they went into my contract pretty Thor said the witness. Stated that the two macs is a joint Stock company. Company got All the profits there being no division with. Other parties. Or. Mccann assistant director of contracts stated that the wives were made from a War office Sample. Fourteen years in 1898-99, a number of housewives were bought by the department on a smaller order the Cost was 85 or 96 cents As compared with 53 cents paid to the macs. That no Effort had been made secure tenders on the housewives from other firms the reason being that the department was in a hurry. Minimum number of amputations. London july in 782. Cases has it been necessary to amputate one or More limbs of. British soldiers admitted to hospitals in England and France since the commencement of the War to the present time Accord ing to a reply made by Harold j. Tennant parliamentary under Secre tary of War to a. Question in the Louiae of commons. Canadian casualties _ Ottawa july lists issued last Kight reporting 34 11 kilted in action 4 prisoners 11 wounded and two ill. Five of the were in the tenth Bat Talion. Davis of Toronto 3rd Bat Tallons who was previously reported Only slightly wounded is1 now reported to have received a mortal wound the lists third battalion. Previously reported missing now unofficially reported Mcalpine. Hugh 736 Twenty fourth Street Edmon ton Alta. At eighth battalion. Bar g., Bank of North America Vancouver . Fourteenth battalion. Wounded june Gimlet Anthony Ottawa. Bayonet wound in leg. Railway construction corps. Seriously Ashworth Thomas c. Wounded in neck self inflicted. Nine . List Ottawa july following list was issued at 9 o clock first battalion. Killed in action . June Murdoch . John previously reported As William Chatham ont. Third battalion. Mortally Davis Lebut. Req Najid Nevillie Oraig previously reported slightly Toronto. Prisoner at v Sheppard. Henry Hish River Alta fourth battalion. Killed in French Fred. A. Formerly Southend Post office ont. It Jubray Rio a Hanington she Diac . Finch a Riojias formerly England. Mar Kridl. . Euben Alex formerly Wales. Ont. Fifth battalion. Unofficially reported de la Gorgendiere to Bert ,h., Prince Albert sask. At West Stewart. James formerly-., Ross Street East Moose sask. At eighth battalion. Killed in May Symonds Edv Vaud e. Foi Merly England. Miss lab april Woods Arthur Reuben Erin est England. Harris. Airl mor by corp. Egbert w., 562 Simcoe Street Winnipeg. Paterson. Corp. Andrew Thos. Formerly 1st and Scotland. Bernard a. England. Mcrae a . Scotland. Tenth battalion. Killed in. Stewa by corp. Robert o., Dun staff age a . Killed june Noddle. Makk. Janeville , George b. Formerly Stratford. Ont. Killed june w jul ram Toronto Edward form Erly 1417 Elphinston Street Regina sask. Killed june wounded june Cyril a. West Toronto. Thirteenth battalion. Killed in action june Benson Lester Montreal. Dangerously Seggie . formerly j7thj, Scotland. Mccaulj3y. Murdo Scotstown tiie. Fourteenth battalion. Wounded and Andre corp. Rene previously via Uville que. Fifteenth battalion. Wounded and prisoner at Dusseldorf Murphy. James of formerly new Glasgow , sixteenth battalion. . Var non Godra irid formerly Princess care of St. Hospital Vancouver . Denison Loco Irp. Edward s. Formerly Princess to Ronto. Both previously reported now second Field artillery Brig. Killed in Mcisaac John Bene Oine. Cape Breton county . Third Field artillery brigade continued on Page two German proposals Are not acceptable agreement by United states would mean sacrificing of important Neutral rights. Tentative draft of reply has been submitted to ambassador fat Washington d.c., july has submitted informally to Vitae United states through ambassador Gerard a tentative its reply to the note of june 9 which asked for assurances that american rights on the High seas would not to further violated by German submarine commanders. Careful examination of the contents of the proposed note As Oti i. Lined by ambassador which coincides with Berlin press Des patches of the last few Days High officials Are practically agreed that the United states cannot without sacrificing important Neutral rights express its approval of the German proposals in their present form. Just what Germany proposed has not been officially divulged. Secre tary of state Lansing today took the position that it would not be proper for him to disclose Germany Sposi Tion As informally reported by or. Gerard without authorization from the Berlin government. I rom Berlin despatches and authoritative sources Kere it is Learned however that the As the German foreign office with emperor William s subsequent approval would give assurances that Ameri cans might travel with safety on the High seas on certain conditions imposed by Germany such As the Mark ing of belligerent vessels carrying americans notification by the United states to Germany of the Date of de parture and character of such ves Sels and ail inspection insuring their non Carriage of War. Claims to have sunk transport. Constantinople july official statement issued today tuesday says in the Dardanelles a German sub Marine on july 4 Sank a Large French transport Steamer off see Tavel Bahr. We repulsed on the night of july 3 at tempts by the i wily to bring Forward Strong a a Viniotis against our right Holt killed in jump rom jail dropped fifty feet from window to Concrete floor of courtyard. Attempt at suicide by opening artery with a Lead Pencil in Success Glencove n.y., july 6. Frank Holt the Cornel who shot a p. Morgan in his Home Here last saturday committed suicide Here to night by jumping from a jail window to the Concrete floor of the court Yard about. 50 feet below. Holt was under the guard of Jere Miah Ryan a jail attendant. The prisoner was1 sleeping heavily and Ryan hearing a noise on the other Side of the cell left his place in front of Holt s open d Oor and started to investigate. Kyan heard a noise which he said resembled an explosion and hastily returned to Holt s cell Only to find it empty. Holt had slipped through the open cell door and climbed to the top of the cell tiers to an open window through which rhe plunged to the narrow court Yard below. Tries to open artery. Holt j. P. Morgan s assailant who has also confessed to the bomb that exploded in the Capitol at Washington attempted to kill himself at Midnight by try lug to open the his left Wiist with a Lead Pencil. The attempt was unsuccessful. Holt lying on his Side in a cell in the Nassau county pail a Vineola was seen by an attendant to writhe with pain. The attendant entered the cell found blood flowing from the wound the Warden and bound up the wrist checking the flow of blood. Notwithstanding the promptness with which Holt s attempt was discovered a lost a considerable Quantity of blood. V restless night. Holt spent a restless night tossing about on. His cot from which to had been unable to Rise during the Day muttering to himself at inter his keepers had taken from him his Belt his suspenders and every other article in his Possession with which they thought he could have Gont Linued on Page eight More portion of German Trench sir John French reports Suc c Ess on extreme took eighty prisoners. Retire in disorder German attack on height of the Arras and reims London july marshal sir John French commanding the British expeditionary Force in France today reported Liat his forces had. Captured 200 Yards of German trenches on the extreme left. He also announced that 80 germans were taken prisoners in this. Engagement. The text his communication follows july the last report there has been no change in the situation on. Our front. The fighting has been mainly confined to intermit tent artillery duels the feature of which has been the employment by the enemy of a Large Quantity of Gas shells particularly in the neigh boyhood of Ypres. During this period the enemy exploded eight mines at different Points on our front without doing any damage. On the other hand on june 30, we blew in 50 Yards of the enemy s front line North of nerve Chapelle. On the evening of july 1, North of Ypres a German sap was blown in by our howitzer fire and a platoon of infantry advanced to Complete its destruction. The few germans who survived Tali artillery bombardment were driven with the Bayonet and. A machine gun in the sap was found to be Des our casualties were insignificant and the platoon returned practically intact to its own trenches having completely succeeded in its a wireless report of july 5, claiming that they repulsed an attack with sanguinary loss on the Pilken Road presumably was tended to convey the enemy s version of this affair. On the morning of. July 5 the germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres routers railway after two hours artillery bombardment but a counter attack by our troops immediately recaptured the position. This morning on our. Extreme left North of Ypres we about of the enemy s taking 80 prisoners. The French on our left contributed to1., the Success of this Enterprise with the lire of their guns and Trench artillery shows. Great activity. The following official communication was issued Fey the War office to night the British troops have repulsed several counter attacks directed against the trenches which their occupied last nig lit to the Southwest of Pilken they captured so prisoners very heavy losses on the enemy. The germans have bombarded Arras and in particular the Cathedral with incendiary shells. Keims like Wise has been shelled. the argon be there has been Cai nowading hot no infantry actions. On the Heights of the mouse on the Ridge to the South of the Ravine of soil Vaux we have retaken a Trench work where the germans had gained a. Foothold succeeded in maintaining from june 27 and we have pushed beyond that. The enemy after a violent bombardment delivered a counter at tack which was checked by the lire of our machine guns and our Barrier lire. The germans retired in. Dis order. They suffered heavy losses. In the Region of Fey in Haye and. Oftle Pretre Forest there has been an intermittent. Bombardt nent with shells of All calibres. In the Vosges renewal of activity by the artillery of the enemy is re ported notably at Fontenelle Hilge ii first and thann which have been Canadian wounded want news from Home Ottawa july George Perley acting High commissioner for Canada in a Cable communication to sir Joseph Pope under Secretary of state for external affairs has pointed out that one of the chief wants of wounded Canadian soldiers in the hospitals of the United kingdom Al present is news from Home. The men Are simply longing for Canadian newspapers and to meet this natural desire it has been decided to utilize the services of the Canadian red Cross society in London. The request is made to canadians classes who desire to meet the wishes of the wounded men to Send clean copies of daily and weekly newspapers addressed to lady Cana Dian red Cross society 4 cockspur Street London . Canadian newspapers to for warded should not be More than a Meek old preferably should put up in bundles and mailed twice weekly the ends of the packages be ing left open the postage Rale on Canadian newspapers to England is one cent for four ounces provided the packages Are inscribed by Canadian when the bundles of newspapers have been received in England they will be sent under lady Drummond s direction to the several hospitals throughout the United kingdom where Canadian soldiers Are under treatment. Six lives lost in cordite fire Blaze occurs in Beloeil Plant of Canadian explosives near Montreal. Eight others seriously probable cause of the disaster. J reopen German Swiss Frontier. Paris july ten Days interruption the German Swiss Frontier has been re opened although the German authorities have increased the severity of the regulations re Garding passports for says the Berne. Switzerland correspondent of the Temps. Military necessity is the Only explanation Given the Swiss government for the cessation of traffic Between. Germany and Landing on Gallipoli Peninsula was magnificent feat of arms London. July the have chronicled the Royal Navy has been father and Mother to the army. Not one of us but realized How much he owes to vice Admiral de Robeck to the warships French and British to the destroyers mine sweepers and picket boats and to All their dauntless Crews who took thoughts of themselves but risked everything to give their Soldier comrades a fair run in at the in thus Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton com Mander of the Allied troops at the Dardanelles pays tribute to the Navy at the end of his first full report describing the purple Days of the Landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The commander in chiefs despatch to the War office is of great length but most of the events had already been chronicled in other official Des patches from him. Having reached the conclusion after witnessing the stupendous Battle Between the War ships and the land fortresses that it would require the whole of his strength to enable the Fleet effectively to Force the Dardanelles. General Hamilton prepared to filing All his troops rapidly ashore in the knowledge that an attempt to land on such a Well defined theatre of operations involved difficulties for which there is no precedent in military his tory except possibly in tie sinister legends of was touch and go. General Hamilton admits it was touch and Many times before the invaders established a footing. In several instances half of the Landing parties were killed or wounded before they could teach even the slight Shel Ter afforded by the Sandy Bank on the upper Bank of the beaches. A great majority of the senior officers were either killed or wounded. Turks had turned the Landing places into a sat traps. There were wire entanglements the whole length of the Shore with a supplement barbed wire network concealed be Neath the surface of the sea. La Jill mines and sea mines were everywhere and machine guns cunningly tucked away in holes in. The Cliffs were Able to converge their fire on the wire entanglements. So in fact were the de says the general that the turks May Well have considered them impregnable and it is my firm conviction no finer feat of. Arms has Ever been achieved by the British Soldier or any other Soldier than the storming of these trenches from open the morning of the 25th of general Hamilton Speaks of Long men being mowed Down Asi Rby a of the endless chains of wire entanglements he writes again the heroic wire cutters came out. Through the glasses they could be seen quietly snipping away under the hellish fire. As if they were pruning a High Praise for australians. Of the australians he like lightning they leaped ashore Andi each Man that did so went straight with his Bayonet at the enemy. So vigorous was he 011 Slaught the turks made no attempt to withstand it and fled from Ridge to Ridge pursued by the e australian in fantry.1 a shortage of ammunition pre vented the allies from training the hoped for footing on Achi Baba. It been says general Hamil ton to push in reinforcements of men artillery and munitions. Keith Ilia should have Falle i eld much subsequent fighting for its capture have been up to May he continued the net result of the operations the repulse of the turks and. The infliction upon them of very heavy losses. At first we. Had. Them. Fairly on the had it not been for those inventions of the guns and barbed suit i the turkish character and tactics to perfection we should not have stopped Short of the Crest of Achi general Hamilton pays to the French forces who lost heavily. 3te reports the British losses during Tho period Between apriljj5 and May 5 As 177 officers and men killed 412 officers and men wounded 13 officers and men missing. Constantinople prepares for siege. Athens july. Mitylene Des Patch says a general land and sea at tack agr Tost the Dardanelles Straits was opened on sunday by the Allied forces. Preparations Are being made in a siege of the City which is expected soon. Useless unable to participate in the military defence of the have been Orot ered to quit the capital. Air christians also have been ordered to . Scutari a City on the Asiatic of the bus phones also has been evacuated by the civil population. The turks have mounted guns at such positions As to be Able to Des Troy the great mosque of St. Sophia As soon As the allies enter constantinople. Humours have reached Here that the Sultan is dead. The Young Turk party is concealing the news fearing the political effect. I Montreal july persons were almost instantly burned to death and eight were seriously burned this morning when a cordite fire occurred at the Beloeil Plait of the Canadian explosives limited. The cause of the outbreak Caln Only be conjectured. One of two explanations is believed to be Correct that a spark dropping through the window from the nearby upon the explosives or that the bearings of. A machine used to Flake cordite be came overheated and ignited the flakes. The dead Are capt. ,1. Murray Wilson of Mont real superintendent of the company. Elmer Brown superintendent of the cordite Section at Beloeil Raoul savr Sau Beloeil. Richard Meyer Bellel. Mary Williams Beloeil. Bertha blogs Beloeil. The injured. The injured Are miss Bettma Lacasse miss Laura Kli David Pritchard j. Jodoin C. Scucch Henri Chicoine Ubald Simoneau and Charles Byrne All of Beloeil. At the Buoie cordite manufactured a a wooden building separate from tie other cordite. Bile a High explosive if closely a us lick a will not explode if a match or is dropped upon to. But will Burn quickly with a terri4c heat. Find bodies of officials. An idea of the nature of the fire May be gained from the Story of How capt. Wilson the company s superintendent came to be in the building. After conversing with the resident superintendent a jew minutes upon arriving from the Montreal office capt. Wilson left for the cordite department to obtain some samples which he wished to Supply the Arsenal at Quebec. He had not been gone Many minutes whoa the resident superintendent heard the Roar of fire. Wilson and Juliner Brown were found where they had been standing near the flaking machine talking burned until parts of their fallen away from the trunk As a re sult of the intense heat. Accidental was the verdict of a Coroner s jury and this seems to be about All that May Ever be known As to the cause of the fatalities. The injured persons were brought to the Montreal general Hospital. The Money loss is about suggest cities Supply Lars Hlaj. Montreal july suggestion was made to the City authorities in a letter from the overseas club of received today that Montreal joint irs a movement that is spread in of through out the Empire and contribute building an aeroplane for War ser vice the Fly Ingr machine to be named after the City. The letter favored the idea of a league of cities in the matter of supplying airships stating that five have been supplied in this manner. It was added that the plan has the approval of the army Council the Kinc and lord Kitchener. Weather report. Year Winnipeg Clear. Except for a few Light scattered show ers in Alberta the weather today Baa been fair and warm throughout the Weott minimum and maximum temperatures 64-72 Victoria 52-64 Kam Locopa 62-80 Calgary 48-78 Medicine but. 56-34 Edmonton 54-70 Battleford. 60-80. Prime Albert 48-75 mobb jaw. 49-83 Winnipeg. 52-78 port Arthur 46 72 Parry Pound 4b-70 London 46-74 Toronto 51-72 Kins non 52-64 Otuwa 53-70 Montreal 54-68 Quebec 56-68 St. John 52-72 Ual Fca a 68-8o. Ocean steamships. Steamer arrived at from United new York Copenhagen and Jajcan Boston London Berg end fjord Christiania sardinian. Glasgow new York tuscan a Glasgow new York Kelly will be subpoenaed by the commission should he Ignon it Liberal coun Sel May ask for his con Altal for contempt commiss Loirs asked to whether evidence warrants Lay ing of criminal Chargo. Prof. Brydone Jack s testimony shows overpayment of 000 on North Wing. After hearing evidence of minor importance yesterday after noon the commission adjourned until Friday morning at 10 . Meanwhile a subpoena will be served on Thomas Kelly requiring his attendance. In All probability he will ignore it and the Liberal counsel May ask his committal to jail for contempt. C. P. Wilson requested the commissioners to decide whether or not they think the evidence Al ready brought out warrants a criminal charge being Aid against Kelly. He explained that their lord ships opinion on this Point an important bearing on his own attitude should Kelly decline to give evidence. It will help me very said or. Wilson in Case the onus is thrown on me to ask for the com Mittal of Kelly if upon the evidence already in the commission would make an interim report suggesting that a criminal charge might be Laid against him. Assuming that Kelly will not offer any suggest that the commission consider whether or not sufficient has taken place to warrant laying criminal charge. If that were so it would have material influence on the attitude i should take with regard to asking Hie chief Justice Mathers promised that the commission would consider the Point thus raised. H. B. Johnson a clerk in the office of was the last witness yesterday. After Hie testimony which was not of great importance had been received coun Sel began to figure out what work remains for the commission to do. The Liberal counsel announced that it will be desirable to put v. W. Nor Wood on the stand once More in order to have him verify within the jurisdiction of the commission the evidence that he gave in Minneapolis. It was agreed that this should be done probably at the Home of Hor Wood in View of his indifferent health. Chief Justice Mathers said it will be Well to afford counsel an Opportunity of Cross examining Hor Wood. Some of the evidence riven before the Perdu commission has suggested to counsel in the parliament buildings Ciutac the advisability of re calling certain Hon. J. H. Howden it waa pointed out by c. P. Given some evidence be fore the Perdue commission which does not seem to agree with Hie evidence before the Mathers com Mission. Moreover a considerable part of the testimony adduced in connection with the Fullerton charges has a bearing on the parliament building Case. It was decided that this testimony my Crit be Road into the record. 1c counsel so desire the per sons responsible for it May be called. Every Roe Feer of the late Roblin government who has gluon. Evidence before the Royal commission has pro fessed his willingness to have private papers inspected. In order As or. Wilson phrased it to have these pledges implemented counsel for both sides in the cose will Agron on a method whereby the personal affairs of the sex Mia Loters can. Toa examined. Problem of Kelly s attitude. When Tho commission meets again on Friday h will consider too pro Blem created by Kelly s attitude H. Dancer May called to fir Lac evidence about this estimates and some documents will probably Bis produced from the Home Bank. That done the commission will adjourn further until july 16. Tho object of this is to afford time for the experts now engaged in. Invest Grattet Tho actual construction of the Parlia ment buildings to put in their re ports. John Woodman is the a can Tinea on pure Turco 7 . Daily 18 the closing hour for acceptance of display and classified advertising for next Day s Paten advertisers Are requested to Bond in their copy Lars re or Small Early As possible. All cuts and Mats should accompany copy. Office open every evening excepting saturday. Phone main 6340 ;