Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 11, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg tuesday june 11, 1918. Mage More serious than first Issue a statement at saturday. Director lion has sus Peml to pull until such a wrecked by the i to of Nair Iuse. Which re1. Pros estimate of the Board of to suspend pub Uca i get any hard owing to in the almost vacant top floor with tons in the states. The dealers there Walls panels and floor of highly in were anxious to Send coat West but flammable material Large Quad i War. Conditions prevent it. The Al ? pos j titles of paper lying around Loose Berta dealers notified Ottawa and official statement Survey of tin damage cd a s fire to the Plant shows that the loss the Complete make it More a Elvored to Render to the Community ror the Pant Quarter of a Cen the duration of v.nil.1 will coincide exactly with the possible space of time it will Lake to overcome the physical diff with which we Are confronted. Hope to resume soon. It is hoped that it will not be More than three or four weeks before the j pice ram Wiir be in the hands 01 its readers in bigger better and More serviceable shape than it has Ever been. In thus taking this temporary Bienve of our readers. The Telegram seizes Opportunity of tendering its thanks to those contemporaries Ami other printing and publishing Estah sements. The. Free press the Tribune the Stovel company messes. to , the Northwestern the saturday Post Winnipeg once a week and Many others who so promptly and generously came Forward on saturday with the kind Liest offers of the most extended assistance. For tic period during which the is without a Home temporary administrative offices will be opened immediately adjacent to the potent cause of Blaze mystery. The cause of the Blaze still somewhat of a mystery believe an overheated bearing at the top of the elevator Shaft started it. Another opinion advanced by some of the Telegram employees is that it was due to an overheated Chimney which passes close to the spot where the names first were seen. Civic deputation for Ottawa on coals situation from Page one desirable but this was not the time to take the matter up. There was no time now for the City of enter into j the fuel situation nor was there any j Money available. The Best thing to win do to meet the present emergency was for the citizens to put in As much of this Coal As possible at present. Controller Cray contended that the financing would not be such a dim cult matter to adjust. It would be up to the City to he a those who could not help themselves. This was an obligation which could not be evaded and it might Cost More if it were not tackled now. Aid. Fowler gave a resume of the firemen i former Appeal to Ottawa. The Agi tation going on now would bring re sults. He suggested that the Board of controllers be instructed to ask for Power to buy Coal if necessary. He came Home from Ottawa perfectly satisfied that Winnipeg would hot Condi cause there5 is nothing to operate except keeping an office a letter was read from the police commission calling attention to the fact that Constable Snowdon had been killed while doing his duty. The commission recommended that every consideration should be shown his widow and daughter. A letter was read from the a Ian Relief fund recommending that the City Sho Ilid grant1 55.000 to the organization. A communication was also read from the polish recruiting Mission setting out the method by which the funds of this organization were handled. Aid. Hanihan moved that ,t3 be placed in the the Mcgregor motor company Here and is charged with stealing one of their cars also with forging a. Cheque for the Case was remanded until tomorrow. Workers petition on behalf of Rev. W. Ivens front of City Hall for soldiers. After some discussion it i was decided to refer the matter to j the Board of control. Praise for Putter. It was decided to have copies of the City chapter printed. Aid. Cockburn said that through the action of controller p utter approximately had been saved. A petition to the methodist con Ference is being1 largely signed in local labor circles in respect to r eve. . Against whom action has been threatened before that body i owing to his energetic participation talks and in the last civic strike. Or. Ivens round in acted As editor of a strike Publica returned j Tion which was issued daily towards the end of the season of the petition is As follows the workers of Winnipeg to presi Dent Scott at the methodist Are trying to remove him. From his Church and we understand also from the ministry. There is no half and half about or. Ivens but we regard him As a Man in every respect. To of the workers he has proved himself a capable Friend and we cannot allow him to be removed without a protest. We have seen his Church full to the doors with the workers on several occasions lately and we believe that his strength in this respect will in creates. He is removed from this Church and from this City then the methodist Church will have made a great mistake so far As the labor men Are concerned. Trusting therefore that you t and your Church will see the full import of this move to remove him we Are respectfully name and address the room was filled with Gas fumes. Both men had come to the City to attend the convention of the Farmers association. To remain Young fluss the bowels regularly with Riga conference a petition to keep Rev. A. Ivens at Bic Dougall Church Rev. Workers of Winni Peg want to stand by the Rev. W. Ivens at this time when certain men building it will in the one such a Ron rec. . A put once move in on the task of. Daily to our a tacit is Ana the Tele Gram gender its Apo copies Tor cessation of the there is but much As the Ren having to take is compelled rec ret time As its Plant its Prem i shape to advertisers is forced to temporary it has in the Blaze soon got beyond control. Little fire damage was done Belott the two upper stories but water Sand attacked every piece of the machinery which is valued at More than the building. Caused havoc. Even the presses in the basement Are in need of repair. Hundreds of dollars Worth of news print stored in the basement be came worthless through the action of the water. Many of the Telegram employees yesterday received notice that their services would net be rec Muired after yesterday. This will leave a number of reporters editorial men compos ing stereotype and pressroom men. Advertising and business office employees and newbies without employ ment temporarily. Washington that they could Supply All the needs of Tho Canadian West. The Best thing for people Here to do was to get soft Coal in because it was not within the Bounds of reason to expect the . Fuel controller to allow Anthracite Coal to come West. Aid. Sparling said he had no sym Pathy for Coal dealers. Poor people could not Stock up now but White the dealer knew he could not get Oil Coal Why did he not Stock up soft Coal when he was certain of Sale at some time. He understood Many existing lumber Yards could be con Saskatchewan crop conditions very Good Regina sask., june aver age height of the wheat in the pro Vince is from four to five inches Oats from two to three inches while Barley in some cases is just through the ground to two inches in height according to reports received by the provincial department of agriculture issued today. The warm weather of the past few Days is just what was for the growing Grain and crops generally Are in Ezra Lent condition. Thera is i sufficient moisture in most districts and the general Outlook is Good. The Only damage reported is thac result ing from the frosts and Windy weather a weeks ago which has caused some reseeding. Cut have been noticed in numerous places. Summer fallowing has comr noticed. Farmers die of Gas fumes. Toronto june Kapey aged co years and Richard Goggin. Aged 5s, both Farmers of Madoc out., were found dead in bed Satur Day afternoon in a room at the Kirby House. They were lying in bed and water j e. Mild but sure Saline purgative which Sot Lenn the contents of the intestines wu3 facilitates their expulsion without causing Colic cramps or discomfort on Sale everywhere. F is Cente Tom bottle k1ga i water co. Mo2otu5ai Andrew Pattison. 508 Mcgreery Block distributor Tor Western Orem theft Case remanded june 10. R. J. Manning and g. L. Taylor were be Vertex into storage bins. The dealers i fore tha magistrate Here today on should put the capital into Coal not the City because the dealers got the the liver regulates the health if Cost so Little that you can Well afford several pairs foot for Best Wear or course another pair for Golf Tennis or a third for everyday Wear. It s a True Economy to have More than one pair or these easy comfortable Dressy Fleet foot shoes. It Means longer lends Nappy variety to your warm weather costumes. Fleet foot provides styles for men women and every use. Ask your dealer to show you the new styles in Fleet foot none genuine unless stamped f Fleet foot on. The sole the Best shoe dealers sell Fleet foot Canadian consolidated rubber co. Limited head office Montreal c branches throughout Canada often it is the Only room in which the whole family meets together. Youi1 surroundings influence your moods and because of this the utmost care should be used in its decorative treatment. Your own Good taste aided by the artistic harmonious tones of Flat Wall. Colours will make your dining any room in the House for that for a Silkstone adapts itself to any period in furniture or architecture. It makes a Wall Sweet and clean and is easily washed with Plain soap and water. Is it has a pleas Label printed in Gray Orange and Black look for this Label. Wii be Lufto it Irdale Quantity and Cost for you. Ask for cards. Limited win mpg Canada profit. Pressure should be Brough upon them to store Coal immediately. I controller Cockburn contended that. There was something wrong if the could get no hard Coal. The Prairie provinces needed i Jnore than Ontario and this fact should be recognized. He believed that the City had obligations to see that the people got Coal after they had done their Best to Secue a Supply. Controller Putter contended that the motion indicated that the City coun cil had nothing to propose. That was what the motion meant. Deceiving the Public. The proposition that the City should Supply Coal was deceiving the Public. The City Gassiot in a Posi Tion to do this. About tons had been put in last year by the City and the City could do this year was ten times this or tons. The latter amount would make Al most no impression on the City s requirements he said. When put to the vote Aid. Heaps Motif to Rin Aily carried. Aid. Vopni moved Tjaart a. Deputa Tion consisting of the mayor con troller Wallace the City solicitor and a. L. Crossin be sent to Ottawa and Washington to take up the fuel ques Tion in the interests of the City. Aid. Mac lean wanted an Amend ment that. The deputation should also be sent to the according to Aid. Wiginton As a matter of expense it was not Neces i sary to. Send four men. Two were sufficient. Aid. Fisher contended that the rail ways would not be Able to deliver the rec Muired amount of soft Coal. He said that the amount of hard Coal to be shipped to Canada this year was i not very much less than last year i and the interests of the be consulted in the allocation of it. Aid. Heaps declared that the strike showed that the worker had certain rights which Hiey would not see i trampled upon. Aid. Queen indulged i in a Little discourse on socialism j after which the was put carried. Suspend smoke bylaw mayor Davidson announced that 11 the smoke bylaw would be suspended -1 this Winter owing to the fact that j it was necessary to Burn soft Coal j protesting that the Cost of com-1 modifies was now out of Rea son mrs. Lipsett skinnier appeared before the Council on behalf of the women s social league and tils poli tical education league. She read n. Resolution from the latter -b.odies, which stated that after a careful study situation they were convinced that As a result of the controlling of the food supplies the larger financial interests had benefited the people Are being crushed by an Ever increasing j a. Complete reorganization of the Canada food control Board was re commended. Mrs. Skinner contended that the Price the producer should get for. The commodities should be set and a certain spread allowed to control the Price which the consumer should pay. If this spread were Small the middlemen would be minimized if not., eliminated and such a turn of events j was most desirable. She contended i that the food Board had got into a and that a Complete reorganize j Tion was essential a the first step. Another speaker declared that from i j the Point of View of the the situation was deplorable. She condemned the embargo on fruits and vegetables stating that these were a Means of saving wheat and hence should not be shut out. City s debt reduced. Showing that the City s debt had been reduced approximately one and a halt million dollars during the past j year the report1 of the City s fund trustees was brought in by Merman Fowler. The Alderman pointed out that the average rate of interest the City was receiving was 6 123 per cent. In Only one account he said was the interest in arrears ;