Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free Winnipeg thursday october 3, 1918. Against menace of fire respect to lire control under the fires prevention act of the province fire Rie Tirl i la ascertained that the annual in the province is very fire u for the population. Over s3. 00 per head is he of statement issued by Deputy fire commissioner for b Manitoba j tile government to have this serious i waste reduced and Lor this reason j what might be termed n. Department j of in Lii safety Lias been organized i that will oars Tor the Many different j of work All of which will be made to fit into a proper and system Firo prevention tire Protection scheme for the Public weal. The Deputy fir commissioner has the following statement with should forbid every citizen from hav ing a preventable fire when every Loyal Ciuper should Realise that every fire and the resultant destruction 06 commodities helps the enemy and is a set Back to our allies and to our own forces. 1c we cannot realize this responsibility in a matter of such National importance then we must be made to do so by Law that shall fix personal responsibility for fires 3ufe to carelessness or neglect. That the s-.-13 Austria x .32 Germany Switzerland .13 comparison of the fire losses of various countries should be made with care for although the per capita losses of various countries has a superficial value it May be entirely unfair As in comparing a poor country with a. Wealthy one caution is equally necessary is com paring the record of one City with another. A single fire in. Any one year May increase the per capita loss application of Sulci a Law compelling of a City to an _ extraordinary de j with a Deputy fire commissioner thoroughly versed in All lira Chen of j the fire service it jts Hend. This office will of staff eco ant capita in .1012 equipped to operate As Fin i visor i or Bureau Cor the Public for the pro in 19.h or 3s.-1d per capita a coition of fires and would in 19ir and Over in Illg. Individual responsibility for fires due to carelessness necessary Canada s fire loss record has proven beyond question fire losses in the 56 cities of can Ada amounted to or per in per capita when vitality is lowered take Horsford s acid phosphate. Kex Eilent for the Relief of exhaustion due to summer heat overwork or sorry. Cooling and a bottle Advt. J Ristp us or the press in in to incr it. Be known to the people of to Nicola. Lii at they Niay Call on this department for advice and Assis Tance. Fire prevention As a War time measure the average per capita loss in can Ada for the period 1912-1915 amounted to ?2.s7. Comparative figures for foreign countries covering the same period Are As follows United -sta.tes. S2.2g Spain sd.81 South Africa is. 77 Belgium is. 03 Russia. .97 the time when patriotism France .73 a Sweden. Gree. For instance the per capita loss in the City of Ottawa was in creased from an average of to Over in the year. 1916 through the parliament building fire. According to figures compiled by the commission of conservation fire loss in Canada during 1917, totalled the number of fires re ported numbered but of damage resulted from 76 fires. T fatalities due to fires for the year number apart from the Halifax disaster. A report of this commission Points out that the total loss by fire in the United kingdom apart from fires Iacy i Tungsten amps the Light for Bright occasions a most one third of our Day is dependent to upon artificial Light. The great bulk of on is done by it. Goad Light mean s safety and pleasure for the Light Means discomfort increased Cost for the Light itself. The modern electric Light is the Quality Tungsten lamp to Day is the . Every moment s delay in Dis carding Carbon lamps is con ing you actual Cash and May mean inestimable injury to the eyesight of your House hold. lamps Are the Only Brand on the Canadian mar Ket made in their entirety by Orre manufacturer. Every step in their production is Correct to the Best modern scientific knowledge. Poor lamps Cost less i Dividu their bulk Cost is vastly greater and their ultimate performance infinitely _ less than Laco lamps. It is real Economy to discard every lamp that does not measure up to the Laco Standard. De Cida with your dealer to do so to Day. To for use sold by the leading electrical and hardware dealers when you get Laco lamps get them at Correct Model for the woman Vito chooses Ike Short wimp nth narrow or Mai item lot. All leathers s Inch or f Inch height. Lams or cuban heels. To Fri. Avoid Price extremes in buying shoes the measure of Economy in buying shoes is the service you get Dollar of expenditure. It is waste to buy shoes which were made to sell at a very Low Price Archt is equally Tan Wise to pay Fez treacly High prices. Beyond a certain Point it is not possible to increase the practical value of a shoe and when More than a fair a cars Price you probably paying so we say to you the road., Don to pay less than a pair of other hand Don t think it is necessary to pay More than at the outside. You probably can judge values for yourself if you will buy for service rather than appearance merely and if you will be guided by the dealer s knowledge and experience. A quicker to look for the manufacturer s Trade Mark on the shoes you buy. It is Thebes guarantee of Good value for the manufacturer s business reputation is behind it. . War time selections offer special service value for men women and children. Ask your dealer for them Ames Holden Mccready Shoemakers to the nation Winnipeg his Trade Mark on very caused by the enemy amounted from desert Lon than Arifi itch 101 t 4-n to tins desertion to cart my Coo "4 dirt condemnation n u Merit during the period of the strike May 14. 101s, to May 2.5, 1918. The prohibition of the undesirable and dangerous methods of celebrating Victoria Day freed the City from a very real fire danger. During the Celebration last year 13 Calls were turned in. And several fires resulted the Lack of Opportunity to engage in the dangerous practice of set Ting off fireworks on Victoria Day this year brought an opposite result no i alarms for fire being received. This is a most remarkable example of How tha people can reduce the fire waste if they use intelligent precaution in the use of fire and comply with fire prevention orders. It is not exaggerating to say that fully 75 per cent of our fires Are caused through Gross carelessness and indifference. Labor Union influence in fire brigades owing to the labor Union influence the Winnipeg firemen so far this year lost sight of the Well known traditions of the fire service and their duty to the Community As to leave their posts Only a remnant of the fire brigade remaining on duty to protect the City from fire destruction. Iron re can be nothing no matter How just the principles underlying the in monetary times reports the fire losses for january in Canada at an increase of and at the same time the Oss of life was .23. In Manitoba during february of this year seven lives were sacrificed to careless fires. Winnipeg makes the highest contribution to the National fire tax. As shown by the report of the citizens research league of Winnipeg which gives Winnipeg s average Fira Kiosk at per capita which is a cents higher than that for All Canada As a whole and 7u cents greater than the average of some 300 United states cities. The record of Winnipeg s fire losses Tor the past five years As shown from the fire chief s report is As follows the strike of the Winnipeg fire men the recent strike of the Edmon ton firemen and the strike of the Vancouver firemen goes to show there is a serious danger of the fire service throughout the country get Ting beyond control of municipal Ern ment it is therefore a matter of National importance that a fire Brig Ade s duties and responsibilities be clearly defined by statute if they Are to be relied upon for the Protection of lives and property. Surely there must be something wrong with the Constitution and administration of our fire departments to cause the firemen of Canada to 1913. 761 j91-l k71 Lilly 51 n 1916 4-Ji 1917 Sis this enormous fire loss a Canada is to a Large extent preventable by proper legislation compelling individual responsibility by education of the children an d the Public generally As to the use of fire by strict fire marshal Laws and rigid investigation where possible arson is suspected and by severe prison sentence for arson attempted Aron or with intent to de fraud. The following is a list of fires re ported As mainly of incendiary suspicious or unknown origin that have happened in this province since the commencement of the War and stroking property closely connected the successful conduct of War exhibition building fire Winnipeg occupied As military Barracks thought to be alien enemy act april 1315. City Hospital fire. September 1915 incendiary Union stockyards fire. July 1915 -10 head of cattle destroyed cause unknown. Carberry grist Mill fire Carberry Manitoba february 1.916 burned to the ground cause a mystery. Grain elevator at Reston Manitoba destroyed 15.000 bushels Grain evidently of incendiary origin. Rice Ila Ting company is. Boni face april 1916 total loss bushels of. Wheat Barley and malt stored incendiary so mooted but fire commissioner s theory is that it Yms set by fishermen camping on River Bank near the elevator. Fryeson son. Flour Mill Carman Manitoba fire March. 1917 loss 000 considerable Stock of flour. Northern elevator fire Winnipeg March 1917 capacity of. Elevator bushels of Grain Grain incan diarist mooted but the fire commissioner gave overheated journal As cause. Echo milling company elevator fire Gladstone Manitoba loss april 1917. Held an unusual accumulation of Grain and hour Mill products to the value of destroyed cause said to be Over heated journal. Saskatchewan. Elevator company elevator fire at 13enitor, Manitoba May 1917 burned to ground cause unknown. To the three Prairie provinces Dur ing tha year 1917 there were destroyed by fire at least 15 country elevators representing a property loss of about and an estimated loss of about bushels of Grain Princi Pally wheat. In general there were burned two Hospital elevators in Winnipeg and. Two hour Mills. Including All fires in elevators not far Short of. I bushels of Grain was burned i up or rendered unfit for human use in i the year 1917 in Western Canada. Malt stored. 1 attention is also drawn to the fire i loss in wholesale grocery warehouses since the year 1914. O. F. Gait co., limited the Blue ribbon Tea manufacturers of teas coffees and spices Jan. 24, 1915 while the fire loss to the was slight there was an b. Athletic adviser to air Force while still an official of the fire minder writers 1 had been asked by opinion of the Standard of efficiency maintained in this lire brigade would have been derogatory of then reputation As firemen and to then policy of fire prevention. Today i take up the duties of Dep Uty fire commissioner Lor this prov inc with the idea of accomplishing reforms in fire matters by a constructive policy rather than by a destructive one. And by an Appeal to those responsible for the Protection of Lite property from fire und the effects of fire to see to it that the fire departments Are brought up to the highest Standard efficiency and usefulness. National Assembly would by and the sob Rabije would a adjourns until Friday in order a statement of Bulgaria s might be Laid before r fives of the nation. Fire chief in Manitoba to be used by i them in reporting to this office fires that occur in their territory. Many Large lire losses Are due to the inefficiency of fire department operations and it la believed taht such a system Atic Check of the fire Protection of the cities towns and municipalities in this province will result in bring ing the fire departments up to a reasonable Point of efficiency it is to be hoped that the need for destructive criticism May not arise. J convoke National Assembly Sofia oct. Ferdinand s speech which Premier Malinoff read the Sobrane. Announced that the Absconder former tax collector has deficit in accounts Victoria. . Oct. De warded. Wards former prov Inghil collector of taxes registrar for Nana fio who absconded from Tiiu. I by months ago. And who investigation by provincial auditors Short in his accounts to amount been arrested at Mil inspector v. R. Ray has left to him Back or trial. He in willing to a min. Tit pc. Out fighting extradition. A Reward of Hud government for Meadins to Edwards Mac ii and con. Victioria and the search Lias been prosecuted diligently by Cial police for the last Shrek months. Twenty Soldier patients killed. With the american army North of Verdun oct. Twenty patients most of them already suf Fering from wounds in Battle were killed when Shell struck an american several nights ago. . H. G. Mayes Winnipeg officer who has been appointed athletic adviser to the Imperial air Force. Means will be devised by this office that will make for systematic Coop ration along these lines. Winnipeg fire brigade during the past six years As Winnipeg inspector for the Western can Ada fire underwriters association. I investigated and reported on every serious fire in Winnipeg. Quite recently the Winnipeg fire department has been in the limelight of Public criticism and if a Day or so ago. Extremely heavy water loss to Stock exceeding Bright Johnson warehouse win Nipe a almost totally destroyed. There was a. Considerable loss to the wholesale grocery stocks of the Jobin Marrin company of approximately and w. A. Mckenzie co., wholesale grocery sundries. Scott Bathgate building Jan. 1914, there was. A loss in this risk i caused from lire originating in the i wholesale grocery and commission merchants Section and loss was suffered on grocery stocks. In february 1917, this same building both sections were completely gutted and stocks of. Wholesale groceries contained in Sarne were a total loss. It must be Remer Breed that the record for grocery fire waste a not by any Means completely covered by record of fires wholesale Gro Cery warehouses. Unquestionably Large quantities of this class of food stuffs Are destroyed in department stares and other stores and in houses handling miscellaneous Mer Chandise which cannot be included under this specific heading. Other ares that have occurred in the province under conditions that support the incendiary theory Are As follows River Park Pavilion fire Winnipeg october 1915. Man arrested for the fire declared insane. Ban fled furniture warehouse fire Winnipeg october 1914. Incendiary origin. Three outbreaks in. One Day in Cha month of april 1915, in. The Vicinity Higgins Avenue Winnipeg sus unionize with labor with a resultant loss of status and Lack of True discipline a condition to my knowledge yet unknown in great Britain but com Mon in is the real cause underlying its inception in the ranks of the firemen is it due to their having to organize to Force a betterment of the conditions under which they Liva and perform their Al noted duties is then we must get a More logical form Organiza Tion and control or the whole fire service of Canada will become demoralized. Prevention of fires and fire Loia. I think it is agreed that the prevention of fires must begin with the people. If fire prevention and loss prevention is not made compulsory by Law it must be voluntary and the most available Way to reach the people is by a comprehensive co operative inspection Campaign combined with an organized system of Public instruction with regard to the dangers of fire and the prevention of fire waste which should reach every Man woman and child in the prov Ince. I attribute one of the main Rea sons for this waste which must affect the economic resources of the nation to the non appreciation of the fact that property destroyed by fire is practically absolute loss which Calls on the shoulders of everyone and therefore becomes a National loss. The Public must be educated to realize the extent of the Crimin ally careless and unnecessary fire m Aste and the need of constant Vigi Lance to prevent it. This education can be commenced in the schools and the lessons gained there carried to the Homes at j this time National stress this a i peal for co operative activity in. The prevention of fires should be Given earliest consideration and it is the purpose of this office to inspection Blanks for a continuous activity in fire prevention making every Day fire prevention Day in which every citizen male or female Young or old will be asked to co operate with the request that they report All dangerous conditions found in any building or locality which in their judgment ought to be removed. It is also my intention to prepare Blank forms Lor the furnishing of j information by owners or occupants of buildings throughout the prov Ince of the condition of such build Ings with regard to fire Protection. The said Blanks shall contain notice to such property owners or occupants of proper rules arid regulations to minimize the danger of fire and to suppress fire waste and con Tain certain questions requesting in formation of a definite character to show the condition of the buildings. These Blanks shall be furnished to officers whose duty it is to receipt for taxes on real property in every part of the to be Given by them to property owners together with their tax Bills two forms for each with requirements that one properly filled in will be for warded to the fire commissioner s office at once for checking and filing among the records of my office and that the other be forwarded six months thereafter. Co operation in fire investigation to attain the maximum efficiency in the investigation of fires the Aid of the fire departments and the police authorities will be enlisted. These officials will be to hold formal inquiries on the spot or As Canadian finance aptly expressed search fire is hot will be made. I Pec Ted incendiary so Brunild Manitoba. 1916, loss supposed incendiary so. .-19.16, two mysterious fires in factory District Between Wall and Spruce streets Winnipeg thought to be started by incendiary ism. 1917, three stables set alight within a narrow radius in Winnipeg incendiary so. This revelation to in creased vigilance and condemn in no Uncertain terms fires due to careless Ness or neglect. Immunity from preventable fires corroborative testimony As to the accuracy of the statement so frequently made that a majority of the fires occurring annually in Canada arc preventable is furnished by the experience of the two weeks when the fire brigade crippled by a strike. Owners and householders were forced to unusual care to prevent outbreaks. The result is shown in the record of fires for the same period in 1917 when compared with the Cor responding. Period this year May 14, child s Tope becomes coated if constipated if Cross bilious sick feverish or pull of cold take no chances California syrup of pigs can t harm tender stomach Livier bowels children love this fruit and nothing else cleanses the tender liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply till not Stop play ing to empty the dowels Ana the re sult is they become tightly clog ged with waste liver gets slug gosh Stom Ach sours then your Little one be comes Cross half sick feverish Don t eat sleep or act naturally breath is bad system full of cold hag Aore Throat stomach ache or diarrhoea listen Mother see if Tongue is coated then give a teaspoonful of California syrup of and in a few hours All the. Constipated waste sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system and you have a Well playful child again. Millions of mothers Grive Cali fornia Synop of figs because it is perfectly harmless children love it and it never fails to act on the stomach liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a bottle of California syrup of a which has full directions for babies child Ren of All Ives and far grown ups plainly printed on the bottle Ware of counterfeits sold Here. Be a get. Number of Calit the genuine made by California Fig for the fire depart nent 127. Syrup. Defusc any other with Sav 56 Calls Tor the fire with i Canada Foon Board retail License no. 8-10317 we open at 9 . And close at 6 . Six Hundred Only boys heavy sweater Coats Friday at ninety five cents boys heavy rib stitch sweater Coats with shawl and military collars two pockets. Worth and each. All one Price Friday bought a year ago at a big special factory clearance. Knit by Simp son. Toronto All these Coats Are Worth More than double this Price today. Tji sizes 28, 30, 32 and 34 Only. A sweater coat special for boys that should bring out a lot of mothers tomorrow at nine o clock no c. 0. D. Orders no dealers supplied. Knit underwear ladies fall weight combs., vests and pants a Chance one should not miss to. Supply the underwear wants of the family. Made of heavy weight Cotton High neck Long sieves and anode length fancy beading and draw tape at neck. 36 to 38. A limited Quantity Only at per garment. A to phone or c. 0. D. Orders. Friday bargain in ladies suit Section very special 40 Only of these splendid a i n t e r suits in. Cheviot Serges. Tweed and Fine suiting Serges. These Are All inter lined and Satin lined making a Good suit for win Ter and Early fall. They Are in a variety styles. Sizes 16-42. Extra special. Wichert Gardiner boots for women All sizes. On Sale priday 180 pairs of this Boot to be placed on. The bar gain tables. Wichert and Gardiner boots need no introduction to you Madam you know tin line. Shop Early Friday morning you la find yoin1 size Here. Wichert and Gardiner boots Selling Friday. Electric globes 25c we were fortunate in procuring another 500 of those Good electric globes like we sold last Friday. 500 Only 32 Candle pow Sci la volts electric globes. Regular 44c. Friday o c. No phone or c. Orders. A real bargain in misses7 and ladies7 fall Coats 25 this group to a wih. Find Chinchilla curl cloth and tweeds. Three Quarter belted and Loose colors Lark Grey and Brown. Friday bargain ;