Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, December 20, 1919

Issue date: Saturday, December 20, 1919
Pages available: 50
Previous edition: Friday, December 19, 1919

NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Used by the World's Finest Libraries and Institutions

Logos

About Winnipeg Free Press

  • Publication name: Winnipeg Free Press
  • Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Pages available: 50
  • Years available: 1872 - 2025
Learn more about this publication

About NewspaperArchive.com

  • 3.12+ billion articles and growing everyday!
  • More than 400 years of papers. From 1607 to today!
  • Articles covering 50 U.S.States + 22 other countries
  • Powerful, time saving search features!
Start your membership to One of the World's Largest Newspaper Archives!

Start your Genealogy Search Now!

OCR Text

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 20, 1919, Winnipeg, Manitoba Tax payment held up owing to the Bank withholding the Street railway has not yet made a payment on its arrears of and the civic finance com Mittee is contemplating Legal today and want embargo on butter a motion to come before the City Council on monday night will request the government to place an embargo upon butter and in order to prevent milk shortage and the december 1919 rises sets Moon rises rises sets Moon rises sets fifty pages Bury patronage not easily filled declaiming against system and abolishing it Are different things Cabinet struggles with question All Day and gives up dozen seats offered seamless Conven Tion ends 19mdeelaiming the patronage and abolishing Are two quite Premier Drury and his Cabinet col realized after struggled almost All Day Roiti 10 Oclock tonight with the the ministers it up they took High ground on it As a question of but How to Tarry on the affairs of the pro Vince of Ontario with Patron the absolutely ruled Vas the finally they named a committee to look into the matter and report tiie labor members attended inc another question that was discus Ceil with the caucus enlarged to take in a number of prominent who have been in attendance at Fie was that of finding for Premier line minister of attorney it is said twelve of the legislature offered to their it in older to provide Safe constituencies the three seamless convention the passing of a Large num of important resolutions the sixth annual convention of the lulled Farmers of Ontario concluded this one of the resolutions expressed favor of Long term bans for Farmers at Low rates of in Terest and requested the provincial government to introduce legislation establishing such another Resolution called for More uniform rate for Hydro Power and for the development of Ontario water the Senate of Canada was asked by Resolution to Ainerd the railway Sot so As to give Long distance Tele phone connections to Rural subscribers at regular Long distance the Canadian wheat Board does 1101 stand very High the estimation the a Resolution express ing Confidence in the Board not receiving any of of the United farm wonder of scores Lloyd George i trying to blame Amu a attitude of the United slates with regard to sell Lement of affairs in Europe occur j pies a Large part of the editorial Dis Cussion of Premier Lloyd Georges speech before the House of commons the morning Post scores the Premier for trying to throw the blame on the american and Calls the speech a of fail it defends the Senate action on the league of nations and says Lloyd George put his Money on the wrong horse when he supported president Wilsons disastrous bound the newspaper then attacks the league of nations As a declaring it would be scrapped As a 7 the daily mail emphasizes theim Ortance of the announcement dealing which it says undoubtedly involved the end of turkish Rule in it regrets the Perate need of a solution in the near and says that the uncertainly re Garding final decision by the United states compelled the allies to act without further unemployed returned t receive Relief for Christmas fifth Wisconsin congressional District returns member already ejected Large unrolled vote needy cases among the unemployed re Lumen soldiers in several cities will live Relief extended to them in time to enjoy a Little Christmas this has been made possible through speeding up preliminary work of arranging for the distribution of Relief through the Canadian Palm ionic tonight the forms arid documents necessary for the Extension of the recently provided Relief Are speeding on their Way to life branches of the Palm ionic and Disir Bulion of the have actually begun by tuesday j and wednesday of As j far West As it is expect Victor to1 de Hal the Disir Bulion will be tin Day was to Congress Der Way before Christmas Day has made hard May again be barred from the fifth Wisconsin Dis and in the centres farther biotic branches before Mon Day i the Money is being distributed through the Palm ionic winery to Exso Diers who Are unable to1 secure employment during the Winter months to those who Are unable to secure adequate employ and to the dependents of each of these classes of the Bene fits Are confined to men who were living in Canada before the out break of the War and have return or to the a members of the forces who have continuously re sided in Canada for two months prior to making application for As the procedure to be adopted will be As follows an a member of the forces who i unable to obtain or for whom employment cannot be secured through the government Italy bread Price will says controller figures in trial Here of Russeli for seditious conspiracy Christopher on stand letter a written by mines official put in by Crown Dur ing when the strike of Alberta miners u i ifj1 Jlove Vicau i t Viiu i having Defeated Henry away the Money will be available running for distribution among the Necessia Canada Gazette reports the incorporation of flying company for City the i Corpora the Aerial Tion is announced in Issue of of transport and taxi company with a capital Stock of head office at tetters Patent have been issued to and barristers account ant Andrene student at All of for the purpose of main As a fusion by Ous cases Assoon As the forms can Berger s vote was reach and Bodenstab who is super the returns indicate that a intending the Disir Bulion of the proximately voters did stated that in the cases of go to the the total Regis centres like traction in the District was about Hamilto nand London it should the House again re fuse to seat the fifth Wisconsin District will not be was not proposed to Trust sending the forms through an already Over loaded express but would be forwarded by special l patriotic fund Al the address de acne Moi lamps be Laken care of by the signalled represented in Congress until after the regular election in announced i do not believe in spending any Niobe of the Peoples Money in that declared the Sergei statement Barger made the following state Ament while my election May undoubtedly be characterized As nothing Short of a revolutionary act in View of opposition by the entire capitalist not Only of Milwaukee and of the yet it can so thai there would be the least possible he Antici there being none available and who thereby is in Necess Itous Circum May apply to the representative of the information and service Branch of the department of soldiers civil reestablishment in the government office for a certificate slating Hal no work is Avail before the Issue of such a he will be require Dlo produce evidence Aslo his if work is no Cerli finale will be the certificate must be delivered to the Canadian assents 10 but of the yet it not exactly be called a Victory of the Saskatchewan House brings socialist the socialist party simply took m Many Taining and operating service of the Lead and furnished the Advance Craft of All for the Carriage guard and Foremost ag6j for hire of express and freight Between such Points within or without the limits of can Ada As May from time to time be determined upon by the and granting such other rights As Are Given under the companies another incorporation gazetted is the Manitoba clays and building supplies tool 9 Winnipeg As a matter of my Reece is simply the first sign of the Rej Awakening of genuine democracy in this country since the Days of the j struggle for the emancipation of the Black my Iimura waste ment to minimum w bolsheviks demand release of All English prisoners in Exchange for 100 reds launched last now a one big Union was of but then an official of the United mine workers of wrote advising that snapshots of the men who refused to go on strike should he secured with the object Muri the food Ina state men issued yesterday on the food sup ply Silva lion in declared the nation during the present year had produced quintal of As compared Wilh last quintal equals 1 12 the needs of the civil he amounted to Quint als wheat had been sold by the government Al sixty lire per with out reference to the Price in order that the people might be this he resulted in very heavy losses for the which would result in an increase of the Selling Price of wheat o ninety lire per the Price paid for it in the Price of he add would in consequence the signer Muliadi said the govern ment had been forced to pay 130 lire for wheal imported from Argen Tine and 180 lire when bought in North of the men Heller after the strike left drum for outside 4 Ien tenant com pained by i dont know whether the House visited the Saskatchewan legislature eat and i care Little if Only and formally gave the Royal assent negotiations Aci Between James representing great and Maxim will s the continued fight for my seat will to the following measures furnish the occasion to awaken the i to Amend an act relating to the common people of the United Transfer of writs of execution to new especially the Woi to a Rei judicial districts respecting Reat dangers before raising of Loans authorized by i i the i us and immense duties that we score of Ontario physicians Are blacklisted for too generous treatment must fulfil if modern civilization is to Progress or even to As to the voters of the fifth legislature to am lands tax act Respi to seed in the noxious weeds a the the and the wild rating advances Lin to Amend and the Fol 1 can Only say Well done j lowing private Bills the eyes of the world Are upon to extend the utne for issuing i to in do notre Dame incorporate the you have vindicated one of the Basic City of Saskatoon de principles of modern corporate Les Speurs l Cle la and to in the primary election when Only convention of Baptist churches in one of the voting strength of the j and r 10 Ihn Norm scrip ions and of aim of liquor obtained for alleged office Cayuga Secretary of were j use by a few physicians inthe prov of director3 of Ince have led to stoppage of supplies 1 and honouring of prescriptions at on i Tario government dispensaries of Farmer about a score of doctors during the past fortnight by directors of the on Tario License three of the doctors in question had been convicted in police court for violation of the Ontario Temperance of the offending physicians Are not but the Board has under preparation a circular letter to elected to the the offers of Edgar United for South has feed to resign his to one for Premier Drury in the Ontario it is announced Runoff i it is expected that Eiurby will accept his it is urn ored that John who was elected in South will step Tut to make Way for Manning Huberts minister of tins the constituency in which provincial treasurer in the Hearst Vas this still leaves attorney general to be fifth District was Berger took More than the highest vote cast in the District in any congressional election never exceeded at the dental election which was a i momentous and in the special senatorial election in a spirited contest which was coupled with intense struggle Over the Choice for the District East if that Many votes should Beer be sent to All physicians practising in after Issue of that Cir Cular the practice will probably be adopted of giving to the press names of doctor whose orders and prescriptions Are suspended at the dispel the labor and Farmer members Are having a conference at legislative buildings today to in about i Toronto still 1 citizens Liberty league be idea quarters for the at any place other than Toronto was defeat Daniel Hogan of moved Fin an Eastern Headquarters be tit abolished and was seconded by takes up Challenge plies to Raney t Essex in committee an amendment was made to the Bill to regulate the prac Tice of optometry in lifting from of optometry the right to conduct examinations and vesting this Power inthe University of the Bill with this amendment was carried and becomes effective March amendment to minimum wage v Bill under was an to the wage the jurisdiction of the and on behalf of soviet which have been going on at with a View about repeat places to thed to work under assumed and to run them fun towns letter was put in by coun for the Crown at last night s ses Sion of the trial of who is charged with seditious it was submitted while Chris formerly an official of the ump of and now president of no 1 was undergoing a gruelling Cross examination As to the causes of the Alberta miners strike and his attitude toward certain Cor Respondence that had expressions in the letter were taken up by Justice Chris Gopher told his lordship that he did notre Jeraber whether he had stated his approval of snapshots being taken for a Scab but he a 1 roved of them this avowal brought the Sharp query from his do you approve of for warding photos so that these men May be afterwards run out of to this the witness gave a negative but added that he would approve of their being forwarded with Aview to the men being run out of the conducted out of Christopher is the Man at to suggestions by Crown found in his night revolvers and bombs used in Dublin fracas care filly organized attack on lord French with Mill grenades fails one of the would be assassins is killed when the police return fire detective and policeman wounded party am bushed in narrow Road Curtin own on the top of a House in an Alberta mining amp by returned soldiers and ruin out of the witness denied that he had been i his Iii lit gown at the and sex thirteen cases of lethargic1 encephalitis reported in Alberta City another suspected Case of sleeping sickness or lethargic or Menin As various physicians choose to Call the mysterious has been reported to the medical health department in the Case ailing Ham of this this patient was removed Toan isolation Section in the general Hospital where she is under if the suspect Case it will make the thirteenth Case of the disease reported in or of persons brought to Calgary from outside since the malady was first noticed in Albert of these 13 five were report Eden novem the last death reported was that of Margaret Jones of 64 years who died on determined but unsuccessful attempt was made today to assassinate vis count lord lieutenant of the attack evidently lad been most carefully Organ Zed at a spot in a wind of have not been joined that he had been conducted definitely broken according to of the town in an Auto by 11 facial announcement the announcement were merely postponed to per Mit the two representatives to return to their respective countries and con Fer with their the bolshevik demands in the Pris Oner Exchange negotiations at Copen Hagen Are Given in a Moscow wireless message received the release of All British prisoners is offered in return for 100 bolshevik and 26 others mentioned in a special removal of obstacles preve Vitino the return Bunch of whose services had afterwards been dispensed examined by for the Christopher denied that the Alberta miners strike was in any Way connected with the Winnipeg claiming that it had been called in consequence of an order issued by that there should be an eight hour Day with a corresponding reduction my to admit that the order j Mark from Germany is also demanded in the will fight it out of save nine hours pay for eight land would get the nine hours song Little or nothing had been done to get a settlement the in View of the trouble at win fitness maintained that every minimum wage 1l Lillial Vul co cast next the chances would j be in favor of but is vice j tory would not be registration the total number of names on the j Bill gives the Board the right to de registration lists in the Termine the proportion 33 removals and illness times which May be employed in and attempts to to the attitude of the British govern in restaurants and when asked amendment in this tended to Ste Stive reduced the number both Able and eligible to vote below shop or factory to offset attempts t Vade the act by the employment of about voters have been Reia Large number of stering every Day since the Pri the motion of to he replied in the we must leave the matter to the stood from Premier that he wished us to because of officers being in dual or and claimed justification for Brown and himself advocating government has fifty seats against thirty i opposition Massey sweeps country dec associated commissioner for new zealand announced the government fifty seats and allot her parties com James car Russell and David Budde t return0 Are incomplete but prohibition seems to be Carriea As a Surprise to the while connected with that Yetf the results come his Surprise sir Joseph from the peace the cities committee nce broke Gist ering every Mary g e Mary it was conceded that asking the government to bring tenths of those were Bodenstab sup Down legislation requiring Automo Ashe socialist organization always has its voters in Selling companies to keep a Stock of repairs in the was wide awake to the fact that Berger and it is sex has attached a stigma to the City that i a Bill will be introduced after it will take years to business i Christmas suggestions professional men and made that the legislation should civic leaders put their shoulder to also give government control of the Berger ran upon prices for repair parts and require he stood Back of every companies ceasing to manufacture word he uttered against the and Al sell autos to protect their Pur Liberty i Secretary Morrison fought the refused to retract any of the state ments he made before the House committee in Washington during the hearing that precede the vote ing him a he said he was Runi Ning on his j will await v move to i Jor a period of years there Here proposal calling it a move awards meeting in wednesday Challenge was disintegration and the smashing their the motion local option in taxation was eni cursed it was decided j 0 furnish i Lubs As far As possible with literal ire in their own the Stormont county delegates wanted reopen the question of organization of Federal we were gerrymandered by the Dominion government and dont want to be gerrymandered by the one of the members j Nas Secretary Morrison assured them seat Jor one of his in wus factory arrangement for Repei with your we station be j e Riding of North Essex the meeting passed a Resolution to of to run will run effect thai ii Kent Miff had of we Are Date of leagues and the race track men in any constituency they might choose in the province and he believed that they could not win in any electoral Riding in on Tario even were they to throw a Mil lion dollars into the following is the reply to Raney the citizens Liberty league of the count of Essex accepts your Challenge As it appear sin Thelon Don free dated we Don Itee North is represented by tis has Bee offered to Drury present method of Tho Dominion govern against s Are opposed such As House of to is expected until he himself to be sworn in As a genre shall then As i did the previous Dallinger p House May take action on a re solution to deny Berger a seat with matter postponn6strike letter carriers Toronto wait till after Christmas will be strike of the letter carriers of this City until after Christmas and pro Bably not at at a meeting held tonight to discuss the strike question mayor Church addressed them and promised to take up their grievances wit the government at Ottawa As u a twi ii it net first with were made by counsel for the de and Dent at the or me that is what the bolshevik army is successfully expressing disappointment Over the failure of the said he had offered Litvinoff concessions that any reasonable Man would have but that Lite Ilioff had that if he returned to Russia with such proposals he would be greeted with laughter and then the British Delegate is said to have Learned from Independent sources that the prisoners of War and British civilians in bolshevik hands were faring As satisfactory As conditions in Russia would estonian terms a agreed to return arms to the North Western russian army and participate in a attack on Petrograd ence of according to news paper despatches received it is said this agreement was incorporated in an answer to an Allied note received by Esthonia reds take fighting in the Vicinity of on the Westho Nian where the bolshevik of referring the matter Wil the government at the elections or k0on As is reported Murray called a George and in a attempt to set the doctors evidence accused the committee of deliberately prohibiting the strikers from effect ing a settlement by wrapping around the strike an atmosphere of revolt and his lordship stated that he had already ruled that the court had nothing to do with the citizens As it was not on whereupon Mcmurray dropped the matter and let the witness the attempt of the Clrence to Intro Duce evidence establishing Allega Gallons of bribery and coercion made against the in connection with the witness Harry the court refused to Daskaluk give evidence calculated prejudice the jury toward evidence of other witnesses from the Force with which he had been As a result of a motion by the de Fence a Bench warrant was issued on Daskaluk was arrested the following Winnipeg was present when Danaluk was on the stand and while Aobert fired a Valley of questions at the witness which he did a i f i i Dixon testified at Lliel that he n the i opening hearings on the Case t Dallinger explained id Ever will Yie i e j the letter carriers Are annoyed be the result of the mayors j captured is reported before in an official statement issued by the soviet government at Moscov with Ottawa and it is bolshevik to have executed a daring Laid on 85 Miles Soutua ast i sectors of a number of employees by themselves j that in appointment of other j erectors care be taken to see the chief sections of the country in the railway he meeting of directors of the l following the Morrison was re and Harold and Herb of were elected directors 10 Complete the childrens Home destroyed the Werm Ometer hovering around 12 a fire broke out this morning n Oclock the childrens which was completely destroy the Matron and four Young the by you in your speech or Toi wednesday prove Uja you not a fit Man for the position of taking numerous attorney a tit Man i general of the province of old age the House of vote of 311 to representative voting m the lithuanian Mission Flanc Mission from we at her is the weather report commons today passed a resort n u were in the Home at the and All escaped Pratti All the contents of the Home the building was owned y and the loss is Cov by spin inks stages and becomes effect it involves an Addi Tiona Cost to the state of 000 treating 683 Toronto the Toronto smallpox records today new cases reported and 34 there lithuanian government arrived Here announced Hopes to negotiate a Loa s100 in the to United to Purchase supplies machinery and raw appointments gazetted appoint ments Are gazetted of colonel Provost 1 As commissioner of police and of his the Massey and warn himself failed to secure pro veto have been result will entirely re parried the result verse those of a few months age Van the we s we mainly through the airy solid vote Ware the Honor be had the liquor hand him and although believed to be Only lukewarm to wards Civ no Road with High Walls and affording a the assassins a Good hiding one of the attacking party was and a detective seated with the chauffeur of the Vio regal car was lightly wounded in the vols a int French was not some distance a bicycle patrolling his was shot in the both bombs and revolvers were used by the the number of whom is variously estimated at Rorn five to the smaller is considered More the vice regal party fired on the would be assassins As they fled across the hut All of them made their escape except the one Man who was shot through the head dying Viscount French had been visiting Boyle and and returned today by train at one he alighted at the suburban station at Phoenix near the spot where in 1882 lord Frederick chief Secretary for and his Werf the station is about mile from the vice regal obstructions in the Ambuscade had been carefully the assassins placing obstructions in the narrow part of the hoping to compel the motor in which the vice regal party were travelling to behind the Hedges Walls they had stationed them selves in favourable positions for firing upon the when the automobiles revolvers were fired and some bombs were the assassins evidently expected Viscount French would be in the second car in the and at it most of the shots were he was in the first into which Only a few bullets a struck the detective who was sitting beside the chauffeur of the first in the almost immediately the vice Rega party opened fire on the who took flight on across the Field during this one of the later identified As having fired directly at Viscount French s car was seen to throw up his hands and several of his friends Stop Ped and lifted the intending to carry it they abandoned it when they found the Man was find bomb ground the lingers of the fallen Man was found the ring of t charged hand and in Lis has Massey is an it seems he received Home Rule and Al Stern Paul Kowalski hanged polish murderer pay death penalty at Hamilton this morning at Sunrise i fellow country a Lucli pockets were two one of Spanish make and the other an old German also there was found in his pocket a Bank Book which identified him As Savage the clerk of a spirit and employed in North this Book it was ascertained that he had deposited a sum of Money earlier in he Day belonging to his the police Hope through this identification to track the mans the entire affair lasted about halt a but during this time the Ali from both sides was Viscount French proceeded immediately to the vice regal where in had luncheon As the Polico vent out and searched the roads and leads in the neighbourhood of the hooting but late tonight they had let reported Matins and Hough they found some undischarged hand grenades in the v 3 count French received numerous Tele Grams during the Day congratulating aau an his spoon that he had acted voluntarily As a Era w reporter to the Western labor turnkey he powerful during the night George who said j Awtry was so i sprang upon the powerful pros lonerant1 forced into his he had been medical practitioner besides capturing five Cannon and 25 machine sons quarantined account be judge of up to wheat sir George Fosters announcement on increased wheat Ottawa today As to the report from Toronto to effect that an Advance was from 12 to 15 cents per Bushel in the domes tic Price of wheat to the Millers of Canada was Likely to be brought in to sir George Foster stated that it was entirely a matter for the wheat Board to Deal James Stewart of the wheat had been in Tut not the government on that sub Jet Stewart is at present on Hia Way Back to continued on Page 6 German restaurant strike of restaurant called yesterday in protest against the food ministry s new regulations suppressing illicit trading in not Only has spread to All the the hotel keepers in Breslau Frankfort Dresden and other cities have offered to it is regarded As certain that both sides to the controversy will in main and that a Complete strike of restaurant keepers will re sult throughout Walski that he died shortly this morning was car ried out without a after the condemned Man had sobbed out a few words in a foreign language to a pol ish priest who administered the last believes prisoner innocent father interpreting said he says he is innocent and had nothing to do with the first Crk Walskis last Only Ocean arrived Halifax Liverpool co Fumble Rosalind Kingsley Jutland Jit for Liverpool Manchester Kane City s Fanon Baren duct Halifax Liverpool johnb Spain keeping with the protestations of innocence which he had repeated father after the trap was declared he believer innocent of the first him on his among the from of these messages Eorge and Premier Lloyd attack coolly planned that the attack on Viscount French had been carefully and coolly planner to is indicated by the tact that his assailants placed handball at a Public House near the scene of while awaiting the s further evidence of thl v conveyed by the fact that the assays ins carefully huns a Carl across tic the scene of the Road at the scene which stopped the to regal procession of tour the attack a Case us similar to those used in War was in the late tonight Tho police said have been thirty men in the deployed at of More than 200 one with fired from an Ivy covered the Viceroy had with him Only four armed these not to leave the no Matte what they were unable to pursue the mls Criollo be and soldiers raided the premises of grocer named the slaying of and that the killing of the two guards was bred of belgian trains cancelled Many trains were taken off the schedules this morning because of the Coal Short age resulting from the miners p trains at the hour of the attack on Dis count the pos mistress of Branch office in Dublin was held up by bandits with revolvers and her Safe an attempt was made today to de rail a train near county stones were piled on the track of 3s were out the passengers after ;