Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 30, 1918, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba fees press Winnipeg wednesday october 30, 1918. Soldiers expect to secure land Secretary treasurer of Dominion addresses let Ter to Premier Borden Ottawa oct. 28. R. M. Stewart. Of the . Ocanada has a greased Tho follow in letter to the prime minister. Sir Bora instr while it has been admitted members of your government that the available arc non lands Are both insufficient to meet and unsuitable for the estimated requirements of Soldier settlement. It is a matter of common knowledge that Many Mil Lions of acres of land. A. Large portion of which is suitable for agricultural purposes is held Idle and unproductive by the railroads various other corporations and a. Multitude of Pri vate speculators. As members of the Canadian expeditionary forces have been led to believe that such of their number As desire to Settle Ori the land would on discharge receive a free Grant of one Hundred and sixty acres and pos sess right of Homestead entry on an additional one Hundred and sixty acres they now expect that Tho government will fulfil their Promise by making Idle land s in the provinces of Canada in which they Are domiciled available for. The purpose of Soldier settlement. It is understood that your govern ment has entered into negotiation with the several provincial govern ments with a View to acquiring by a portion of the Idle and unproductive lands within their respective borders.1 the returned soldiers naturally wish to be made aware of the Man Ner in pro poses to acquire these lances and As the matter is one of to Therri this association requests the favor of a definite reply to the i following questions i will the government consider i the possibility of state expropriation by fixed schedule which Jill eliminate All speculative and will not impose onerous either on the cultivator who works the land or on the general come Unity does the government intend to buy. At the Public expense such land As private speculators Are will ing to disgorge at prices out of pro portion to their Prairie value ? will the government failing other measures consider the idea of passing legislation whereby All Idle agricultural lands in Canada if not brought under cultivation within a definite period say ten will revert to the Crown believe Init hat a penalty should be imposed upon All those who hold i agricultural lands in a state of in productiveness we suggested to the then acting minister of finance at the time of the introduction of the Bud get during the last session that the Federal government impose a super tax on every acre of land fit for agricultural purposes Field and unproductive such tax to increase in proportion to the acreage in reply the Hon. Or. Maclean stated that he believed the matter would have the consideration of the government during the recess. But while the government has refused to tolerate idleness in the individual punishing All who do not work and while for he Good of the country you have compelled lire uni dial citizen of military age to place his person at the service of the state we find that Mil hons of acres of agricultural land Are held by speculators in a state of unmolested idleness although it is of vital 1m count Michael anti dynastic forms state in Hungary Copenhagen oct. An inde pendent and been former leadership of count Michael Karolyi anti dynastic state has in Hungary under the agreement with the czechs and i South slavonian. According to i Vienna reports received by the poli we not believe that the right j taken. In a speech Budapest. Karolyi Ortance to Canada that her Agri i be developed. To hold land or property in More sacred and inviolable than the right of the individual to the Possession of his person and we do not under stand Why when the individual sur renders the right to possess his per son or is deprived of it for the Good of the state the right to hold land in idleness when the Best interest of the country requires it to be Tulve should not be Mado highly unprofitable. Declared he had presented his pro gramme to emperor Charles who refused to accept it. Karolyi there upon put into or Fec his plan for tin Independent state. Decide on programme count Michael Karolyi and the Radical socialist party after a con Ference at Budapest have agreed on the following programme abolition of the present Parlia mouthpieces of Public Telephone throughout the province the boar took under advisement the question of stopping Jiff work by threshing gangs but decided to to the discretion of local boards of health. Ducr task at Vancouver. Vancouver b.c., oct. In Ira Lluent pases and decrease in mortality was reported Here by med health officers today. The situation is still regarded As serious but according to. Newspapers. Count it is expected to Lessen from Day to Karolyi returned to Budapest last Day. Isidore Frankfurter of the drug might and said he. Had submitted his manufacturing firm of that name in programme to King Charles who Winnipeg died Here this afternoon Nan not accepted it. Of pneumonia t is understood that count an Grassy the Austro hungarian for eign raised objection to the hungarian Independent Patty entered into negotiations at Vienna with prof. Lammas a the new Ruhr Trian Premier but. Without results if land for the purpose of Soldier i Centary system the establishment settlement is to be acquired by Pur of guarantees for a. Free political , the government paying the Hungary the recall of the hungarian present holders the prices troops to their Homes and Are now demanding for it it follows ton of the War with the Hope of Safe thai Soldier settlement instead of guarding the interests of Hungary at being open to All those honorable the conclusion of peace discharged soldiers who desire to abandonment of the German Settle or. The land will be open Only Alliance the dissolution of the Hun to a privileged few who have funds Saran Power House with subsequent of their own to enable them to take elections by the direct and secret bal Over land so acquired. J it of both male am female voters. Such a scheme Smilg be Mam j of the censorship and testy unfair and As we consider the establishment of the Freedom of that these lands could be acquired of ass Narf Noblit by . Without occasion a Peen the Plebs Ancl meet ing any actual financial loss to their present holders we would respect fully request the favor of a reply. Members of Canadian fisheries association thursday october 31st Anada s National the Canada food Board asks every patriotic citizen to eat fish upon thursday next. Be sure the fish you eat that Day is daddies Chicken Lily Brand Trade. Mark regi5terec the delicious new sea food from the Salt water of the Atlantic can be obtained at All pure f0od shops. If you have any tolf faculty write or phone to. Watson a Selling at not Winnipeg ulan. Lily Brand Chicken baddies Are packed at Canso Kova Scotia by the maritime fish corporation limited. Head of lace Montreal. Canasa Board License no 1-158. Wholesome economical nourishing even than Mccormick s Jersey Cream sodas Are an economical War time food worthy of your patronage. Baked to an alluring crispness in our new big Snow White Palace they have a flavor that will make you appreciate Mccornick Quality. Of Rucks Jersey Cream sodas factory London Canada. Branches at Montreal. Ottawa. Hamilton Kingston Winnipeg Calgary port Arthur St. John . Canada food Board 11-003, m-i6s sold fresh in sealed packages recognition of the new states of Ukraine Poland Czecho Slovakia the South slays and German 1 count Karolyi count b at Liyan and Baron Lorg on had an audience with emperor Charles saturday. I rejected by Premier Dammasch Budapest oct. 29. Count Michael Karolyi president of appointment of count Karolyi a Ieremi it of Hungary and that. King Charles thereupon appointed Arch Sukul to consult Wuh political leaders with the object of trying to bring about a solution of the political count Michael Karolyi is president of the hungarian Independent party and has lung been an opponent of the government party of count . He has been in favor of hungarian ban enforced at Moosomin Moosomin. Sask., oct. Schools and theatres a i Al tbsp Iii have been closed on account of j the flu epidemic. There Are now eight cases town but to Date there have been no fatalities. The epidemic is very severe in the districts South of town where there Are Many serious cases. Its. Bonar of High. Succumbed on Satur Day arid the condition of others in the Wawota and Kef so djs tricks is critical. The. Only in Moosomin is much anxiety Independence and on oct. 20 sub i prevails. New fitted a motion in the hungarian j precaution is Faerris taken House of lords apr the disunion of i to against the spread of the Hungary in urn Austria. Disease in addition to being count Karoly Luis to Broadview hero succumbs. Austria Hungary to make peace j Broadview. Sask., 29.-m3____ since depth Ember 1315. On several has been cast Over this town by the occasions he has demanded in the hungarian parliament that Hungary make peace. Last february count Michael was accused of High treason by his Cousin. The hungarian ministry has never taken action on the charges against Hirn. Shortly before the outbreak of the War count Karolyi was lecturing in America. He sailed for Europe late in july same time and and wan detained at Bordeaux for j several months finally being to return Home. Death of one of its Gallant returned soldiers. Treut. Frank e. Boultbee second son of or. And or a. G. P. Boultbee who succumbed on Mon Day to influenza. Deceased enlisted in 1915 with the 10th s. It Portage and. Returner in sept. 1917, haying been acid Ritly Hurt his brother Leonard enlisted at the is also returned. Another brother Harold v., is at present in. Arid1 another Ernest resides in Winnipeg. _ fulfilling Doty up hold. In pita Toronto get that the base Hospital is Ful a lips the duty for. Which it exists refusing to admit that it had Jeen crowded beyond its capacity and car. Hepting full responsibility for All add vice on Hospital matters which he has Given to his superiors surgeon general a. T. Acting director gain Era of medical services for Canada was the chief witness at the Resur ried inquest into the death Oli f. N. R.a.p., at the Gerrard Street institution. Answer far their it is impossible that Justice can by dealt out to the world if those who have instigated the crimes of the last four unpunished. Foi me n and Enver the immediate instigators of the armenian like Jemal the hang. In Aii of Syria there is nothing but cinder nation but it will he a parody the great settlement they Are allowed to. Become King s in exile like Constantine of Greece who tried to sell his King Flom lord a Mesa of of Claire. Of Ferdinand of Bulgaria who that the role of Reynard avas the safest he could adopt. And yet it must not be gotten that the a ctr darn of ser Iila has to be answered Fop by some body. The Warne May be divided Between the bulgarians and the mag Vars but the Bulg Arians and the i magyars a Ppd have been impotent to inflict or Martyr Clem if in Vienna and Budapest Hail rot proved benevolent to the atrocities. 5ome-Bocly. In tiie Nam o us Titi in Lunna is i incurs Ible and ski yield a user or a Page in the Hli Orv or the Vormit that the t uth about to cannot very Well be told in a daily newspaper. And again behind All tills there is the Burden of Berru every allot Anci that Waii by made and there still remains the ran. Of Belgium the murder of women and children of the Lusitania the bom Barding of cathedrals and ruined castles the slaughtering of not combatants by zeppelins and a boats the carrying away. Of people into Captivity and forced labor they were once carried away Foy Nebuchadnezzar and Belshazzar burning of towns the devastating of Fields and and the poisoning Tii Ells and then last and finally the Enco uras Emont of i Uritta to proclaim a holy War which w Oisiu have entailed massacres of us Tali proportions massacres compared which the actual murder of the anians would have been an incident. This is the Burden of i science Monitor. Flu less in . Navy Washington. Oct. Spanish influenza epidemic in the Navy it declining rapidly the Navy depart ment said today. Fop the week ending october a a total of new cases were re ported compared with 4.373 of the previous week. Deaths totalled Otas compared with 387 of last checked in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires oct. Span ish influenza Here is subsiding according to reports from medical authorities today. It did not reach serious proportions and there were few fatalities. The theatres will be reopened in a Clay or two and Busi Ness conditions Are becoming Normal refuse to lift freight embargo influenza cause of Dian railway employees being off duty in East Montreal oct. A total of railway employees now off duty in Eastern canada1, on account of the storms of telegrams from on Tario shippers to the Canadian rail Way War Board coaxing demanding 24 hours would it appear thai there is a great increase in the influenza epidemic the real fact is that there is a very evident decline. The reports from the medical men yesterday showed that there was a considerable decrease in the number of fresh cases. It is fully expected j that the epidemic has now reached i its maximum and is on the Wane. Or. J. Barrett Scott aged 37, died last night following a Brief attack of influenza. To came Here from Ottawa six years ago. F greater precautions Edmonton alta., oct. Is no abatement in the in Frienza Epi Demic Here. Seven More deaths Are j reported tonight making a total o f -13. I it is said that a number of Soldier j patients have died at military hospitals but acting under orders the military authorities refuse All i information to the press. The doctors i pleading or ordering the Board to lift report a considerable number of the embargo which forbids the Licce patients to be in a very critical Tanque of freight from Points West of hardly Likely to live. I Toronto for Points East of Toronto sex i the local Board of health has cent overseas Export freight will a recommended to the provincial auth a rectify have no effect upon the Atti that All places of business be tude of the Canadian railway War Board. In a statement issued this morning w. M. General Secre tary of the Board explained that Noth incr but the abatement of the influenza epidemic could enable the railways to Nav provincial. Minister meet All traffic requirements and that the total number in the meant Irie embargoes imposed were absolutely imperative to keep i Only 10 . To . A further Effort to combat the in epidemic. The estimate in Edmonton to noon was cases with 33 deaths. The Hon. A. G. To of health cases in Aorta outside of this City As provincial Board of health this the roads from becoming congested. 1 in View of the spread of or. Medical health of Tlle. Epidemic extended the finer commenting on the marked de. Order prohibiting All Public meeting crease in the number of eases and i or shering. Sever or More per deaths from influenza today including schools churches de the conviction that the epidemic thures. Picture shows auction was now under control. Cases re port whole province of de today were 336 and 69 deaths. Total i Alberta the order is m effect after cases and deaths since october 1 Are pm j1. The and respectively. De Tlle comp Teory disinfection of the total number of municipalities in. The province reporting Date Are 712, with a total of cases and 2.320 deaths. Generally speaking the epidemic throughout the province is i on the decline. Sixt Eert new cases. Brandon oct. 29. Sixteen new cases of Spanish influenza were re j ported Here today. This shows a slight increase Over the average for j the past few clays. The total number i of oases reported since the outbreak i o the epidemic is 167. There has been i five deaths in Ali no further ones having occurred since sunday. The teachers from the Public schools Are rendering valuable assist Ance especially in making a House to House canvass in search of unreported cases. urgent Call was i received from the mayor of Oak Lake today for assistance stating that the doctor and druggist there and a Large num Ber of the inhabitants were sick. Or. Bolton the medical health of left Here tonight accompanied by or. Beer to Render any possible assistance. J spreading in Saskatoon District. I Saskatoon sask. Oct. Epi Demic of Spanish influenza in Saska Toon is spreading rapidly both in the City and surrounding District and i urgent appeals for medical help Are coming to the City from Dundurn i where 14 cases Are reported at. The big Schwager farm alone Winkle Young and on the Goose Lake line. I there were six deaths reported in the City yesterday. I starting wednesday morning a Central committee composed of Way or Young Alderman and lira. Stewart Morse and Alexander were appointed by the medical association of Saskatoon which voluntarily passed a Resolution by an unanimous vote unreservedly placing the physician s of the City under the orders of thu Central committee. It was decided to placard All influenza cases doctors to carry the placards around with them. Owing to the number of physicians ill with influenza from this Date on while the influenza epidemic lasts any person wanting a physician for any purpose whatsoever must Call up the Central it was also decided to have one physician put in charge of the City Hospital another physician in full charge of St. Paul s Hospital and a third physician in charge of Emmanuel College. The Sere now vac Cine which or. Manning Bacteriol Oil 1st at the is preparing will be ready in. Large quantities about thursday and two or Throe Central offices will be opened under charge of r several physicians nurses where All who wish to be vaccinated will be done free of charge. Can procure alcohol. Regina sask., oct. An emergency epidemic measure the provincial government for the time being has withdrawn the provisions of Sec Tion 20 of the Saskatchewan temper Ance act which prohibits the Sale by j druggists of alcohol As Medicine unless on a doctor s prescription. Owing to the prevalence of influenza it has been thought advisable to modify this clause and emergency regulations governing the restrictions of the Sale of liquor by druggists were approved by order in Council today. The influenza epidemic committee was reorganised today with Alder Man p. England As chairman n and or. J. V. Connell As medical advisor. Arrangements were made for a House to House canvass to ascertain the number of dividends of better health and come but arc being enjoyed by thousands who five invested in u instant Postum As their regular table beverage in place of Tea or Coffee. Convenient economical delicious Stop i rub out i instant neuralgia pain from your face head or body with St. Jacobs liniment you Aie to be remember that neuralgia torture and pain in the easiest thing in the world to Stop. Please Dor t continue to suf Fer it s so needless. Get from your druggist the Small trial bottle of St. Jacobs pour a Little in your hand and gently rub the tender nerve or sore spot and in pain ache and soreness is gone. St. Jacobs liniment conquers is perfectly harmless and does t Burn or Discolour the skin. Nothing else gives Relief so quickly. Its Early stages and simple precautionary measures will be distributed to every House. Additional Hospital accommodation and nursing assist Ance is being provided for. Deaths today Are believed to be Twenty seven with no record of the number of new cases. Decline evident Moose jaw oct. The total of 17 deaths during the past Gray hair try main s Nat i no hair lest Ontive used a directed. Is guaranteed to Sray hair to its natural color or Money refunded. Positively not. A Dyo and non injurious. Price on Sale in to Vinyl pcs at Mccullough s drug Cor. Fortese ave. And Sherbrook St., Shor. 200 Cor. Broadway ave. And Rook St., phone brr. Jitt. Canada food Board retail License. No. Open at 9 . Close at 6 . Buy Victory Tommy comes marching Home for the last Day of october another sweater and coat Sale 50 men s Pullover sweaters men s Cardigan jackets men s heavy rope stitch shawl Collar sweater Coats. All one Price Tomor Row Only a limited Quantity of each line so you Tad better be Early thurs Day for this sweater coat bargain for there Are regular values in the lot for Early buyers. All sizes in the and special lot of men s scotch cardigans and than one Hundred Cardigan jackets included in this big sweater coat Sale tomorrow. No phone and no c.6.d. Orders nil f these sell to our patrons such a collection of Beautiful is rfcs at places less than they can be bought whole Sale Speaks volumes for our system of ahead and baying in quantities when prices were right. It takes months to prepare for a big Sale like this and what renders it Niobe difficult is the great Scarcity and High Market prices for Silks of All lands today. Our silk sales Are aft tvs succeed because we have the right Silks at the right Price. Special lines for thursday s Selling will be the following. O0lors annual Sale Price per Yard o 27 Inch silk 36 Inch Floral Japan. Silks White ground Witk 3s fancy striped shanty tag Inch Natura few Silks 3si Inch Plain Silks 36 Inch coloured crept Only annual. Sale Price Yard note Many other lines on Sale besides the above at various prices ladies Over gaiters for thursday All sizes. 10 buttons. On Sale thursday just an even 12 dozen of each Shade Brown Grey and Fawn to be placed on the bargain tables. Regular Price and thursday ladies 10 Button High Cut Over gaiters Selling main floor shopper Section. Thursday hosiery Sale 50c 100 dozen women s Plain Cashmere Hose in a Good Winter a eight Garter tops and have double knit feet. All sizes ;