Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 20, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Will hold the pageant at a representative meeting held last night it was decided to go ahead with a pageant to commemorate the various from 50 to 250 falling this 242 today and too Many representatives 1 an unusual situation faced the Canadian nations express yesterday when two claiming to represent the showed up at a Tho majority committee has applied for a Board of con april 1920 Resolution introduced by Edwards opposed by Quebec members 15 finally withdrawn Foster says government unable to accept instructions contained in Resolution in the a Pinion of this a Federal Bureau education should be established it motion proposed by of gave Rise Ite in the House today which Jura policed the proceedings and eventually in leu in the withdrawing c the Edwards urged the est Aodish nent of such a Bureau in a Central Clearing House of information on Edas a Treasury of Good who is temporarily leading the third was in general agree ment with Tho but it met Vruth Strong opposition from Quebec they took the ground that it was a thank attack on rights of the pro Vinces to control their own educational Quebec said Quebec held her a Onomy in education sacred Anil mild not change one comma of her sir George Foster did not Sec in the Resolution any Effort to interfere rth provincial it was rather an Effort to work on the understanding Between All the provinces in regard to but the passing of the Resolution would mean a direct instruction to the government to do something based upon rather vague fit i american federation of labor to Montreal april the 40th annual convention of the Ameri can federation of labor will be held at beginning june it was announced at the Headquarters of the among the subjects with which the convention will Deal the announce ment enumerated the organization of the yet unorganized workers to defend and maintain by every Honor Able Means in our Power the right to organize for our common Advance ment to assert at any the equal rights before the Law of All workers with All other citizens to arouse our fellow workers and fellow citizens to the danger which threatens to curb and Lale away their guaranteed rights and order Council tabled contains invitation to members of to join up form and the not care to take government would instruction so to insist on Germany fulfilling conditions method of enforcing compliance not yet decided april associated the inter Allied supreme Council began its formal sessions Here the meeting was1 opened punctually at the hour 11 in the Villa on the Hills to the Northwest of the main while the turkish question was on the programme for first consideration by the conference it develops that there already has been discussion Over the question of enforcing the execution of the treaty of peace with there seems no doubt that tvs premiers Are agreed a joint Declara Tion must be sent to Germany re Quiring her to fulfil the conditions of the Versailles and if she does not do the allies will take measures to compel the pre have not yet agreed upon the form of pressure to be used will not serve More than five weeks in any two years in times of peace the Day at the capital april press the order Council authorizing the formation of the Canadian air Force was tabled in the House this afternoon by it issues an invitation to officers and airmen of the Royal air Force now resident in to join on the footing that they veil under Ori diary peace be called upon to serve for More than five weeks in any two they will receive pay Only for the time Are actually on and enlistment will be for a period of four the aim is to build up an air Force in Case of future and it is pointed out that the Cost would be against any attempt to build up a purely professional for this the plan is being tried of arranging to have practically one 24th of the Force on at All there Are said to be officers and airmen of the in Canada and another Large number who have not actually seen service the order Council Points out that in any future an air Force might be a vital and Canadas Hope of being prepared lies in having at her command a Well trained Force of civilians who would be ready to take the air at practically any released from negotiations Are under Way where by officers who join the Canadian air Force and Are Aleo on the re serve of the will be released from their obligations to the latter insofar As they might interfere with steamers make Way through ice to Soo no Joi Lelve As was expressed in the res adjournment of the debate was mover by but Davidson failed to secure a Seconder a Edwards closed the debate Irith a pre neral Here he took Issue with the View of Quebec Mem Edwards could tie establishment of such a Bureau be construed As an attack on constitutional the Bureau would have no Power to make it Tould merely gather tile House at tribute to Julien heroes Fernand recently elected Liberal member for Mon was introduced in the hons he was presented by Mackenzie King and Rodolphe sir George Foster reminded the that next thursday would be tie anniversary of the Battlo of t he with Siemonsen of Tho to ask that irony cars on members 0 this chamber stand for n minute or two in silent prayer in commemoration of Tho and of the by Fly and heroism of Tho Canadian coops which upheld the Honor of Cirasa and made Canada the Admira and gave it the respect of the Ivory do Mackenzie King and he House agreed with applause to met Tho the House carried chills action for the production of All Cor Respondence relating to the promotion othe Secretary to he Deputy minis or of Justice in let and How Litany Farmers the House carried Archam rails motion for a return in the nouse showing the number of farm ers rho enlisted in the Canadian expeditionary voluntarily or Wilder them s the House carried silts motion for a return in the 0j6o showing the extent of Canad an credits to Greece and Roumania full particulars of purchases nude by the Dominion government to these two Federal Bureau and Edwards introduced his Resolution that the endorse his proposal for the Fri abolishment of a Federal Bureau of education at he did not pro pose legislation which would interfere with the rights of the provinces in a matter of said de after Reading fissures showing the proportion of the alien and illiterate population in Edwards fat on to speak of Tho mennonites Manitoba and Saskatchewan and in opposition to the establishment general educational facilities in tiie provincial government he exonerated from any responsibility for the fed eral government had drawn up the with Tho mennonites when sect first settled in Canada and granted them exemption from Baitary service and Given them a flute rights in the matter of Relig is and general education of their tin resulting evils could be remedied by action from Resolution v Edwards stated that in his Union his Resolution was justified the action of the Saskatchewan wer Mem in requesting the do parliament to provide a fund the and Quinten Ulic of evening and continuation should Germany continue the performance of any administration of the Force will be under provincial of which the lieutenant governor of each province will be asked to act As honorary the proposal is to have airmen who will normally Purdue peaceful it is thought that War formation it should Only exist on paper and not that Germany in the form of embodied the War training will be intensive and and it is sex Premier Lloyd George suggested pressure depriving Germany of raw materials and inter course with the Allied countries Premier Millerand is declared As said that such with out the use of naval or military would in effect be no pressure and could conduct her economic business through the Neutral countries just the the Only warning that would be the Only pressure that would be he would application of such As the military and naval advisers might deem Premier Lloyd it is resisted this Premier Nitti inclined towards the British prime ministers View and the mat tier rests there for the a com Promise May take the form of an ultimatum to Germany with the threat of applying effective aulsion without indicating what form the compulsion Hught i reply to Wilsons in considering the turkish treaty1 the Council decided to reply to president Wilsons note on the subject giving him full explanations Why it could not accept the Points lie made in this the reply of the allies in thus sup plying full information on this ques taken Here to indicate their open water visible in Lake Superior april activity became a reality this morning when somites heard the sonorous blasts from the whistles of he Steamer Harvester As she headed or the locks at 9 Oclock this morn while reports had been Preva that steamers would probably arrive no news had reached Lere that they were already on their slipping past Detour during the just to everything they can to help j the chairman declared the sitting petted while Only one or two training centres will be opened at these will later be extended us the occasion Tion is general attitude in treating the toward the unsettled european the turkish treaty was approved by the Council today in the general form in which it was drawn by the Council of foreign ministers in Lon changes were made in two Railroad unable to accommodate settlers arranging loan of equipment for peace River line april Canadian press president of the Dunvegan and British Columbia is in it is understood that he is Here to Endeavor to arrange for the loan of sufficient Rollin Stock and motive Power to accommodate the great influx of new settlers which is pouring into the new country opened up by his Mcarthur gave the follow ing interesting information As to the movement of traffic into Grande Prairie and peace River the said Mcarthur at its wits end to accommodate the new settlers for this trains leaving Edmonton Are crowded to aged former turkish minister to Athens and a member of the turkish Umi Stice is but Lor is not u the afternoon the coun cil continued consideration of the turkish discussing the Fin Ancial the Bagdad Railroad and turkish the financial experts of the three governments were in sir John great Britain s Oil has been sent for in Oon with turkish Oil for Export and other fuel Italy Ana France Are Short of fools u the various be a uniform system of of feeding our diner is Able to serve on two meals a it this tide of immigration something mus1 be done at once to relieve the con about traffic generally Anc the earning capacity of the Road will not permit Turkey to Rule Over Armenia april Atlantic news whatever action the supreme Council meeting in san remo today May take in reference to the adoption of modified attitude toward it will not involve retention by the turks suzerainty Over it is understood on unimpeachable authority that is far As the supreme is there never has been any consideration of permitting the Cotui nation of turkish Rule Over Armenia in final disposal of the turkish treaty us planned by the momentous it appeared he was prospects were never for Over year our earnings have been Ove Bur operating charges and with extra equipment and motive Power t handle the vast traffic that is devel Oping both westbound and East we should soon be on few cases of fraud in handling emergency fund april press there have been Only three or fou cases of fraud in connection with the Federal emergency fund for the re establishment of returned according to a return tabled in the House this afternoon for Chisholm or Chisholm was told that ther bad been Many cases of attempt but Money had not been Pai Over there were also Many Case m which overpayment had Bee made but in recoveries a Bee i made in future payments o either pension or any further action was to be taken which migh staff correspondence april budget speech it is be delivered during the first or second week in at the present the minister of finance is probably the most harassed Man in the Sov inasmuch As upon his shoulders Falls the task of making both ends meet at a time when expenditures and revenues Are very far apart the problem before him is in a few Ordinary expenditures for the coming fiscal years Are estimated at other expenditures bring the total up to without taking into account probable the total revenues for the past fiscal year amounted to on the same basis of the minister is faced with a deficit of on Ordinary expenditures and a total deficit of and the minister has declared in the House that at the present time he has absolutely no intention of floating another popular it would therefore appear that new sources of taxation Are to be for there is no reason to believe that the present sources will produce any More than they did during the last fiscal of the total for the past customs and As provided the total of in All while miscellaneous items provided the bulk of the latter was produced from excess profits and which contributed nearly double the amount secured the year it is interesting to note while sir Thomas White estimated the loss in revenues from the customs Tariff due to the reductions which he made in his last budget at there was actually an increase of in customs receipts during the f in spite of the record revenues during the a surplus of revenues Over Ordinary expenditures of Only is while capital paid out of amounted to the formidable sum of of which was for the Wal Ordinary expenditures for the year were in excess of those for the preceding year by the considerable amount of the net debt of the Dominion when the War broke out was at the end of the fiscal year just passed it was trembling at Niy ies again unanimously nominated As the government Candi Date in Cypress continued on Page ent enthusiastic convention at Glenboro considered Good Omen for Campaign by staff april my of the sitting held today in the was unanimously Canada should have own labor autonomy action of Congress is sharply criticized criticism is made by Niagara of de policy of the american federa Tion of which has requested Congress to place barriers in the Way of canadians and mexicans Gett ing employment in the american sugar beet the of is simply he they at a convention Odd Fellows chosen As the government candidate in the constituency of Cypress at the coming provincial to other name was submitted and Myles acknowledging the Confidence of the said he Felt assured that with their cooperation the Riding would reelect the candidate support ing the Best Peoples government that has Ever been in existence in any province of the British the attendance of who included a number of was Large and every pol Ling except a Small District Cut off by the ice thawing in the As having the men chosen for the occasion on in addition All elements in the constituency were represented and absolute unanimity prevailed from the Start to the close of the All taking part regarded the gathering As auspicious opening of the Campaign so far As the prospects of the Success of the candidates supporting the administration Are the convention opened with the president of the association in the and the first Busi Ness was the election of officers to conduct the lament and the Secretary treas asked on account of business to to relieved of these officers for the convention unanimously elected William Watkins of pres ident George first vice president and Stock of second vice pres Frank was chosen All the elections were without this business William proposed and John proposed the nomination of As the no other name being submitted Sun rises sets Moon rises sets French officers on trial for abandoning positions april 19 trial of com Mander of inc French fortress of Mau Beuge at the beginning of the colonel Charlier and several other officers accused of abandoning their posts in the face of the enemy by surrendering Mau Beuge to the germans in began for the second time by a court martial Here who commanded the French army which conquered the last remaining German positions in the Che Mindes the first trial was commenced in but at the first sit Ting the government applied for a which was Winnipeg and Hamilton produce bread both show Cost less than 7 cents a Pound april Canadian to the Bakers of production and delivery of bread throughout the Dominion averaged cents per Pound according to returns published by the Board of Commerce of Canada for the month of this represents an increase in february of on third of a cent per Pound Over january a marked increase in the Cost or nearly every an increase in the Cost of labor and a decrease in consumption of bread of about two per cent Over the month of january Are noted in the report Twenty six pages chamberlains revelation of growing Revenue sur prise to House income tax unchanged announces proposal to Eaise excess profits tax to 60 per Centre per this put his boat into along the one big Union and the ice above pipe Island Early this morning and successfully made his Vay through the heaviest ice was encountered just above sweets Tho remainder of her trip through he River was the it i drawing huge sums of Money from Canada Annu ally and yet it would Debar canadians from going across the Border to member selected As the candidate for the Myles in addressing the convention expressed his real satisfaction and pleasure at being nominated it is time for Canada to have its i at such a splendid gathering own labor or John Harlum is at Detour this of morning for when she arrives at both steamers will make an attempt to proceed further up the ice conditions at White fish of Dele those april associated feature of the budget statement delivered in the House of commons by Austen Chancellor of the was Tho revelation of the country bounding Revenue and a Surprise by the Chan cellar in his announcement of a Pur pose to raise the excess profits tax to sixty per when it had been expected this tax would be abolished and a substitute tax in closing his Cham referring to the Gigantic sacrifices that had been endured throughout the described the nations As one of unexampled and unequalled he made no such As had been fore to Institute a sinking fund to redeem the National debt within 50 but he announced that there would be no More borrowing to bal Ance Revenue and expressed the Hope that the new tax proposals would enable the redemption pounds of the debt this pounds next Gates and representatives supporting the government ice conditions at White fish Are not the Ico extends almost from Iroquois Point to beyond vision above White fish White fish Bay is heavily packed and no t open water is visible in Lake Supe the weather is with prevailing Southwest with Strong East and Southeast winds the situation should become bad Buze at Rose livery barn destroyed and stores damaged april fire which started 2 gutted the livery barn owned by Fred Woods and a stable which was full of All were two stores owned by the Farmers Mutual narrowly escaped and were Only saved after strenuous efforts by a voluntary bucket the absence of wind saved the rest of the the Liv Ery barn loss is around Tho merchandise in the Farmers Mutual stores was damaged by water to the amount of All the losses Are covered by the fire is believed to have been caused by workmen fixing up the roof of the livery barn with tar member of an International from practically every part of the agreed that the movement would eni constituency of he had courage the one big Union and Given the Best service was in his i Power to give to the interests of the province and the constituency he rep and their nomination gave him Assurance they appreciated that politics was not and should not be a if he believe that being in politics was rendering useful Public service if he did not believe what he had done the politics he had supported were in the Public interest and for the Public he would not be in mentioning that the next Day a convention of the As it was he in the news paper would be held in the same Myles said the product because of the High Cost of Namo indicated that that party want the prices of the corpora1 de to be Back into the old party holding Down prices steel corporation Abid ing by agreement new april chairman of the United states steel informed the Stock holders at the annual meeting in Hoboken today that the corporation Ivas holding Down the prices of its eighty per cent of the districts re show a Market increase to the Cost of general production and of the thirty five districts in the Hamilton shows the cheap est or cents per Pound and Montreal first District shows the most costly or cents per most of the districts show an average Cost or about seven and a half cents a besides Only Winnipeg shows a Cost of less than seven or cents per while Mon first Victoria arid Vancouver show a Cost of Over eight cents a students juju Tim strike chinese demand abrogation of secret treaties april United press three million students throughout the fourteen Northern provinces of China went on strike today in protest against direct negotiation with Japan on the Shantung according to reports received the who Are parading the streets of the principal Are seeking to enlist the support of chivas Hundred million Trade unionists abrogation of All secret treaties is demanded by the striking students who have promised they will not molest and the new taxation practically includes in creases in postal and Telegraph the raising of the duty on spirits from 22 shillings and sixpence to 70 shillings and sixpence the Beer tax from 70 shillings to 100 shillings Pel doubling of the wine with the addition of a special and Val Orem duty of 50 per on sparkling a 50 per and Valorme tax on imported a number of additional stamp duties on Commer Cial and Stock Exchange and a tax of a shilling in the says British Reserve really just shyness Lions products have not been raised above those fixed by agreement be tween the Industrial Board and steel manufacturers on March definite aim desirable Post comments on coming Canadian press conference april associated is a Long editorial in the morning Post regard ing the coming press conference in it recalls that at the first i and future policies of the conference held in the Lead Myles declared this would be a unique the government would and the dilates would largely depend on their not on strict party but he took it that the convention that had just nominated him was not a strictly party convention with the old party cries of the the Days of the old party shibboleths had gone that was a convention of supporters of the present provincial administration without regard for of those who believed the rec Ord of the government during its years of office was such As should command the support All who wished Well to Manitoba and its de coming to speak of the past record dominated by considerations m of prove necessary in these de taking will be financed by Means possible u until disposed of in Accord n Nee the French to internationalize Dardanelles waterway of these he at in inti from a report from v Anderson of Koginu and that in of the nine Provin a diff rent kind of history was e Edwards quoted statistics on in Canada in supreme that fifteen and one april 19 the supreme of the total voters were Council has decided to m Nablo to or i the Dardanelles a much of to a from of a and construction work to the extent of at least is to be proceeded with this weather report is Job sorta april american newspaper Corres who represented the London daily and its associated papers in addressing the Canadian club Here said Twenty years of thinking it he had at last begun to understand the British Wile said that what americans thought cold Ness and Reserve in the englishman was really who is of Irish said he sympathized with the Irish race but any Deal with the Irish must be a Square Deal within the British it was a political be he that Ireland must re main within the British Imperial sys great Britain could not give Complete territorial Independence to Wile construction of big pulp Mill to be proceeded with april of the Brompton pulp and paper com met Here this after noon but beyond declaring the usual quarterly dividend of 1 per on the common shares of the failed to take any action on the rumoured capital reorganization of the reports of which have been current in Market circles for several Days following the meeting of the however it was announced that the construction of the new ton pulp Mill at East Angus would be proceeded with and it is hoped that installation will be in end of t d by acclamation Swift april g Westlake was elected by acclamation today to the City Council to nil the unexpired term of Macwil Liam who had resigned no other nominations were on Friday the labor party held a meeting to Pitr j ii aia nor authorities of the Empire sex Semi confidential courses the current policy of the gov record of i Ern ment regarding naval and forthcoming conference should have some definite aim in the Canadian press conference is a new Experiment and it has got to number of he had never yet seen in Canada a candidate appearing before the elector putting Forward As his claim full operation before the Myrent i new exp i Willcut it la i find itself we have to Trust the for renewed support the platform of Many Able men behind it to discover the previous election he wanted to the inspiration that will turn it to the least about those adequate it weights at head of lakes Are fairly satisfactory april press the House of because such pledges were generally made to be forgotten and with this Myles called attention to the eleven planks in the government platform submit Ted at the last election and he declared that every one of them had been carried sir George use of commons h of the Plank Foster told some talk a before dealing with Anks he said there had about Farmers can permitted to return miss Canadian leaving april a who is alleged to have come to Portland from Canada with William to Day was granted permission by the United states immigration depart ment to return of Canada at her own Langstaff is now serving sentence of nine months in the county he was convicted on Testi Mony of miss who has a wife and child in Wil be made the subject of deportation proceedings following his fed eral officials Pound on limited liability the income tax was not except for an additional super tax of six Pence in the Pound on incomes exceeding thirty thousand pounds Pel left Over for special two questions were left Over for special taxation or Levy on which the Chancellor Aid the commons would decide when he commission studying the question and an changes incident o the income tax in accordance with he recommendations of the Royal commission under which the exempt Ion list for married couples will be 50 pounds and for unmarried persons the present tax on motor cars ind petrol arc to continue in Force until the end of the when they vill be superseded by new dealing with excess the Chan cellar said they had greatly exceeded any forecast he should have dared to and had he foreseen the pres ent situation no such reduction by 10 or would have been made last debate on the budget wins Post soned until expenditures below or in introducing the budget in the House of commons today said the expenditures for 1920 were approximately in excess of the budget estimate of last out below the revised Esti mate he made last regarding chamber lain declared that the result was not Only More favourable than had been but greatly exceeded the original budget estimate of re m of the government i in the provincial but was not aware of any general Distin his opinion the platform of Flie satisfaction with to the ignited Farmers was concerned eni Bill to raise funds meeting opposition april publican leaders tentatively agreed today to raise funds for Soldier re Lief by a Gross sales tax of not Mon than one per under this plan which was decided to present to the House about May would be in quarterly instalments beginning january vigorous opposition to the Gross sales tax already has been expressed by some democrats and leading re and a bitter fight on Section of the Bill is besides proposing adjusted compensation at the rate of for each Clay of and which would in elude men and the Leisla weights Given in terminal elevators at fort William and port individual complaints were received from time to time and these were All the Board of Grain commissioners had received the state ment from one of the largest shippers of Grain from Western Canada to the head of the this statement said that the outturn from this shippers cars at fort and sort Arthur elevators were 100 per tirely with the realm of the Federal none of them so far As he knew were within the Powers of continued on Paffe House greets sir Sam and Lemieux i april Canadian were being extend sir George stated that the Only j by members today to sir Sam Janes and Rodolphe Lem Grain commissioners was raised both of whom were m the the order of Grain this was i buildings for the first time since the 1 the Grav applied to j Roddy Lemieux and also received country that furnished the a War decoration which had been con chief grounds of include alternate of land Home building and Extension of vocational training the general outline of the Bill a agreed upon at a conference Between members of the House steering com Mittee and Republican leaders of Thi ways and Means Case against Larkin charged with anarchy i new april opening the Case today against James Lar Irish charged with Crim Inal assistant District at Torney Rorke Eaid he would prov the defendant was a member of the communist party National count of nine and that he had participate in a conference at which forceful overthrow of the government was and discuss entering the but not agree upon a did typhus ravages april feed upon Lemieux sir Are said or Sam Hughes was looking much better r k with what kind of Goven As the result of his stay in the people May vant my health has much he has killed thousands in Siberia an said and i Hope to take i thousands Are still falling victims to the House probably to passed the re the according to 1c head of an american red Cross party which arrived Here Sun Day night on the Empress of Higgs remarked that the pres ent chaotic conditions in Russia could not prevail the great mass of prussians being earn j Estly in favor of stable government russians will ultimately get on their and then we May look for off things in he seat in Ocean St aug r t Dunbar Lilge Liitalien new Kaiserin Augusta Victoria la Touraine sew Dura Iva Osta Gibraltar York san Giovanni Naples new York Canada ment these people May of our own we Are Only con corned in this Case with whether o not they urged violence o other unlawful Means to make 100 000 the actual exchequer seipts were nearly excess of on the present basis of taxation the Chancellor calculated the Revenue for next year at exchequer issues for the past Chamberlain were the Revenue i which was was deficit of More than the budget estimate and nearly less than seemed prob Able in the decrease m the floating debt since the end of Mirch was almost exactly the floating debt on March of this the Chancellor was new years or Chamberlain estimated the expenditure for the new year at 177 452 leaving the existing of taxation of to go for reduction of the or Chamberlain was not sufficient by Way of and he is going to ask country for generous efforts to improve British credit and lighten the future the Chancellor debt amounted showing said the external to reduction of during the and this would be further reduced in the current year by repayment of the Anglo enc loss of the whole he declared would be repaid next autumn without further borrowing from the United great Brit Ains decision to half of the Chamberlain already had a pronounced effect on her must be reduction in Las year there Hail been Addi Tion tothe country but thin year there must to a subs usual re the Chancellor government had decided Nii irn borrow a the the t there should be no More borrowing to bal Ance Revenue and Only borrowing would be to meet floating the Chancellor outlined proposed in eases to he Maidho to revise the postal the letter rate Betner raised to two Pence for three an of a half the newspaper postage will be or on Penny for the minimum for telegrams will tie one shilling instead of further duty on sailed Halifax Liverpool Liverpool score of arkansans killed Little april a scores of persons were killed and Many injured in storms which swept would 1 or Chamberlain said there would Fla further duty on the Price vein raised to 12 shillings and Pence per bottle for the As i against the present Price of 10 Sny rings and 6 the wine duty would be he and on Sparklin wines the duty would of per cent Tad the Beer duty would be increased to 30 counties arkan1 last according to meagre the messages received today Over a tie moralize wire ui1ic1 the Chancellor announced taut the continued on ;