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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 22, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba X care for soldiers orphans the provincial chapter daughters of the was especially pleased yesterday with report from Khaki club telling of the Good work being done at Home for soldiers orphan removing old landmark in the demolition shortly of the old legislative build one of the historical landmarks of the province will be built thirty five years ago at a Cost of wreckage is of High Ifft 244 today and april Sun rises sets Moon rises sets Twenty six pages r i military Force it Imby computing amount of Canadas War indemnity april 2 Canadian i press the amount of Canadas i War indemnity from Germany is now in use diary r face Jig computed for present anon to supreme coun Iris Dunaj Pecce Essid treaty for considering such decides approve naval plans to dispose of mandatory later Cut apart from Turkey april associated the supreme Council of the splies is prepared to execute the rakish treaty by military Force if necessary the Council accepted to to plan drawn for the employment Allied armies by marshal a marshal sir Henry Wilson Britten chief of and general italian chief of who present at the morning Tiro Hundred thousand Allied troops Bow within the Borders of the Strag ethically dispose in answering a series of questions of 1 Homas Hay in the House this stated that the treaty of peace limits and defines the classes of claims which May be presented by the Alliea and associated Powers against insofar As Canada has expended Money or incurred obligations covered by the she has a the government is taking the necessary Steps to see that the claims ii i and these forces can be increased Turbush resistance develop formed Turbush resistant essential probably Supply the Large Leof supplementary naval also approved by the the Day at the capital reestablishment committee of commons hears Many complaints Are properly labor to investigate conditions in Russia tubercular soldiers declare present rate of pay is inadequate Greece largest num plans were to Baron commander of be British grand and Admiral assistant to the chief Juniie general staff of the French explained the plans in the treaty does not include the Tal arrangements Tor mandatory slates they will be simply Cut apart from Turkey and disposed of by the supreme Council in the the Council has determined to leave Kur Stan part of turkish territory for a period of two years and then decide whether to leave it with Turkey or Teke it a separate province under a this morning the Council discussed the composition of naval and Aerial commissions in it Jave to the military and naval experts the instructions necessary for preparation of duta for compilation by the editorial committee on articles relative to the turkish Settle turkestan the limit to be fixed for the right of requisition to be exercised by these committees also was the question of turkestan was settled by the Council the Council had a dreary three bours1 afternoon session Over Turk ish bondholders rights then Over but did not finish the treaty the news of Ger Many request to retain an army of was discussed in an anxious manner in conference it is that was marshal Kochs original figure for the German but it was reduced to n the instance of Premier Lloyd j the premiers decided to end the Council on Jinny questions will be left unset but each prime minister has internal problems at Home demanding his that is the official sex the communication issued by the Council after the afternoon session mows the Council resumed discussion of the clauses of the turkish treaty and afterwards heard naval and military Wiperts on certain technical Points which required Clearing the sit Ting was closed with certain territorial questions under expect May april ated grand dad and Keri tonight received notification that the turkish peace Dele gation is expected in Paris on May the delegation has not yet been but doubtless will be headed by darned Ferid Balfour in san san april British member of the league of nations executive who has been act As the presiding officer at the councils arrived in san Jiemon today to represent the league of nations in discussions with the supreme Council regarding the Man for which the league my been asked to the discussion is expected to turn in the question of funds and Mili of which the league has which has been seated As the capital of a Home of Mustapha the turkish nationalist and he is a Deputy from that City in the Turk so he a reported to troops in Wimch league of Miler the would have the task of toning japanese Ana greek military and naval experts we arrived Here to take part in the framing of the military clauses of the it was officially announced Here last Council approves of British Mission Grant passports april delegation of British which is going to Russia to investigate the general will be composed of three representatives of the trades Union Congress and four representatives of the labor the delegation will leave London next the foreign after receiving san remo advices yesterday that the Allied Council approved of the informed laborites1 that they would be granted passports for is having been previously conveyed from Moscow that the party would be persons grata to the soviet Russia the Trade unionists will investigate the working and living conditions in while the political representatives of the delegation will confine their inquiries to russian governmental ministry and economic and Trade of the furnishing trades Hiss who was recently Defeated for parliament and who will repro april press suggestions As to proposed changes in the pensions regulations have already been considered by the special committee on pensions and reestablishment and several suggestions in regard to reestablishment Are before the committee for later the committee is anxious that any further general or specific constructive suggestions on either pensions or should to placed in its hands at As the committee sittings can not continue the chair Hume issued the following statement tonight the committee must be prepared to present a report to the House be fore the session there have already been brought to our through the other Soldier and civilian Organ a number of problems connected with the subjects of this in on the pensions Side among ethers Are the following increases in pensions to disabled Menand their families to widows and their children to mothers and their special treatment and allow ances in the Case of those suffering from from amputation or changes in the provisions o the present Law which withhold pen Sions from the families of those who marry subsequent to their disable As to while Evi Dence has not been Many suggestions have been sent the committee would appreciate receiving at the earliest possible an further general or specific construe live suggestions of either Side of the these should be addressed staff correspondence april the budget according to sir George but a week or ten Days speculation is Rife As to the methods which the new minister will employ in the collection of much needed while great Britain under her just to off a goodly part of the principle of her debt it is not anticipated that sir Henry the new Canadian finance will be ambitious enough to do More than provide for a portion at least of the present anticipated the decision of great Britain to and even her business profits tax was received Here with very considerable it has been anticipated that Canada would allow her business profits tax to for the past year Are largely still to be and though there would be lots of time to revive the tax if it is thought necessary before the next accounting periods Are the tax is popular neither with the government nor with those upon whom it is and it has been disappointingly unsuccessful in the conscription of wealth during the four years of its during 191617 it realized Only 12 millions in the succeeding year there were collected 21 millions in 191819 the sum realized was 33 or a total in the three years of about 66 million during the fiscal year just past the sum of about 45 millions in the four years of its sex about 100 millions were produced from this form of or an average of 25 millions a year in times when profits were High and War orders were in it would appear that very Many companies have evaded the full effect of the tax by increasing their capitalization and by placing Large sums in there is further evident an inclination on the part of Many firms to sit Back and wait until the tax has and this inclination has undoubtedly a serious effect upon 1 the suggestion is made by of Centre who is a keen student of financial that an alternative May be found for the present form which will eventually reap the while at the same time encouraging production and increase and giving to the state a of partnership in indigenous Canadian in on re Stabli continued on parse May Call new meeting of striking switchman no further word of ice bound steamers immense mass meeting passes Resolution Cash gratuity on alleged in gun fight fourteen injured debate Over april teen believed to be Industrial workers of the world strike cumbersome and unnecessary All organization of returned men join in the Campaign sent the British women Kwirtek and to the chairman committee on pen Ocvil Juji 1 i 11 to if of the typographical were named today by the executive will name its representatives at an Early Date and decide whether correspondents will be permitted to accompany the Trade the labor party company is prepared for modified proposal Way for negotiations with is still open while the Street railway company regards the wage proposals of the Street railway teens Union As too extreme for it has opened the door to negotiations on modified the company is also willing to let the mat Ter go before a Board of conciliation under the Lemieux act or before the joint Council of created under the Industrial Dis Putes this is the stand taken by the ments made last conferences were held yesterday morning and afternoon Between general superintendent of the in the absence of who was called out of the City on and a committee representing the no agreement was the committee was informed by but it was that the unions demands were too extreme to be the company was prepared to new if the Union desired to present the door was always open to the employees or to commit elected by the employees for the discussion of any matters that might be considered it was the committee was also informed hat the company would no of action to the Union petitioning for Board of conciliation under the be Lieux or taking advantage of he Manitoba Industrial disputes it by getting the question arbitrated v the joint Council of Andrew Secretary of the when questioned last Aid the position was unchanged so Aras the committee was t would be for the Union to decide whether the proposals which had been presented would modified or to England Sions and House of Case for tubercular representations of tubercular sol Diers were placed before the com Mittee at the morning they were presented by Agathe Des and fort who urged that the present scale of pensions is inadequate to provide for tubercular men and their they also requested changes in regu lations governing pay and allowances to patients in free Issue of clothing to pensioners taking training Extension of training of civil service positions for tubercular men fit to hold them provision of sickness and Accident insurance to All disabled exse vice men Extension of free medical treatment to dependents of tubercular patients while such patients Are in Sanatorium or while in receipt of total disability and several other amendments to the word of Canada As mandatory for Armenia april govern in considi1rinsr who to Send to the financial conference 01 la next in and announcement of is Choice of Cana representatives would be made i due sir George Foste lorried Belaud the this Una George informed be that the government had n cognizance of the rumoured be by the Allied Council of can As mandatory for Atlanda would have no represent be at the san memo conference George stated in answer to or fined for illegal april Law Quinn Nolc Van Riper were Fine for i Ach in municipal court today r Uola Tion of the state statute con i the advertisement of Minin and Van to with several curb brokers arrested recently in the Cam of attorney general West Allen against illegal advertising o Lawson pleaded guilty to the which contained 13 counts of clix arrived from new York Antver Tor want per the recommendations were that the total disability pension for a single Man should be month allowance for dependents on the present that such total disability pension should be paid for a minimum period of one year from Date discharge from Sanatorium treatment and that such total disability pension should be continued for a longer period in All advanced cases of upon the recommendation of the examining medical the granting of allowances Equi Valent to the amount of a total Dis ability pension on discharge from in All cases of aggravation Djie Ito in order to give such patients the Opportunity making a Complete that reexamination for pension purposes be where at All by the expert in tuber culo under whose care the pensioner took Sanatorium the granting of pensions to the dependents of a deceased tue ecu Ous Soldier married subsequent y to contraction of the Are driven to or Pyper held that men who were disability pensions were often to work because their pension Grunau released from jail when deposited april Leader of the outlast Chicago Yard mens Olio was released from jail at after friends had deposited was expected to Call a new meeting of strik ing switchman to end the following the tumultuous termination of i mass called by a committee of strike leaders to vote on returning to declaring they had been sold out and hooting Down attempts of strike leaders to Appeal to them to end the several thousand strikers to Day bolted a mass meeting when it announced who was to have was still in the gathering broke up in an tumult reigned inside and outside the Hall for a half but there was no and no arrests were Shannon and m7x who urged the strikers to return to work and await action of the Railroad labor Board on their demands for increased tie announced that 120 men returned to work today and that livestock receipts in Chicago and the movement of and fresh meat to Eastern Points were eleven Hundred of Coal were re exhibition munitions guaranteed harmless weather conditions Over great lakes not so favourable Sault april further word has been received from Whitefish Point since this morning Light keeper Carlson advised that the two supposed to be the Harvester and John succeeded in breaking through the be at Whitefish and sail result was that these men suffered elapses and had to return to hos Pital he asked that the full Dis ability pension be paid to tubercular patients for a minimum of 12 months instead of six sixty Dol a month was not sufficient for a Man to live on and a Man had to Tork to eke out his living whether not his health would permit him Argentina press criticizes new York Bankers Buenos april commenting on the fact that the British government is loaning Argen Tina to pay off a loan of the same amount by new York Bank after the latter had refused to renew criticizes the Lack of indulgence on the part of the North Ameri can the newspaper says this Means that Argentina in future financing will turn again to England the traditional indulgent Mecca o our dislike proposal to increase postal rates april associated commen on the budget is nowhere the main criticism being an absence any real sign of govern ment there is much rumbling at the proposal to increase the postal rates which will affect Cor Respondence with the the Chancellor of the announced in the House of commons today that he in tended to stand or fall by his original increase the excess pro fits tax to 60 per from the pre sent 40 per the Chancel Tor Aid that if proposals subsequently were introduced for the taxation of War acquired wealth the extra 20 per would be it was imported last night that was considering the not be permitted april press the government has a guarantee that All Active munitions returnee from overseas Are properly Examinee and guaranteed to be harmless be fore being used for exhibition Pur this information was Given to James of Parry n the House of commons or Arthur asked whether a claim had been made for compensation for the death of who was killed at Parry sound fall fair by the explosion of a Trench mortar supposed to be he was told that such a claim had been made and that the question of making provision for the family of Alves was under Vas insufficient to live the or life was Little better than a said was natural to be eager to get Towk civil there was not Suffi treatment when Many readmission there had been Over 200 readmission cases in Cabatoan dumber of having big retainer for april Canadian has accepted an annual retainer of to act As counsel for the government this about to cover All fees and Doherty gave this information to Casagram in the House of commons in mass meeting in the Board or Trade building last crowding the immense convention Hall to Over the exse vice men of the forces and Public men generally of Winnipeg enthusiastically endorsed the reestablishment resolutions presented under the auspices of the various veterans a Dominion president of the great War veterans being placed in the chair by the Courtesy of the other speeches of Short but expressing the feelings of the various veterans organizations on the subject of Cash gratuities and Rees also on the care of de Pendents of fallen were delivered with considerable Force but great calmness and though the com pass of the speeches included every phase of the veterans the meeting was remarkable for the order and the Early the last notes of the National Anthem dying away be fore Maxwell announced during the meeting that the same action being taken by the representing was being taken in All the provinces of the the cloy of Brandon tuesday night passed resolutions similar to those presented to the meeting in British Columbia there is a grand Council noting along the same lines Ontario Veteran organizations Are getting together with the same object in and French Quebec is right in while the maritime including the Are behind the movement to a so that the returned Sailor and munition worker will pre sent a Strong United front to the government at and Confute the charges that the veterans do not know what they and that they Are not capable of handling a Cash gratuity no what sir George id out of sight into Lake say Foster or others in tie Cabinet May the stuck in the ice about four Miles East of the in a wireless from the har Captain Smith stated that a Low Steamer would hardly make the the Jenkins locked up late tuesday night and would join the barium this morning so that sink political differences introducing the Maxwell made some general remarks on the pressing need for the sinking of political differences of opinion till the great question of reestablish ment is satisfactorily and is general criticism of opposition and one policeman Are in local has pitch suffering from gunshot wounds in a Battle on near the never sweat at j Oclock this police officers believe two of the alleged Industrial workers will Battlefield memorials police Are searching for three other men said to have been wounded seri1 striking miners Are massed j special committee of House in Fylander Street in front of the feeling runs i been called named grand trunk Bill up again westerners urge need developing resources believed government will take action in near future april Canadian Here now Point to the firm belief among Western of parliament that the gov intends to take some Defin Ite action along the line of the development of natural resources be fore the close of the present headed Iby those who have been j pressing for such a delegation of some supporters of the government waited on the govern the Cabinet men present included sir George acting prime minister Jonarthur Meg sir Henry Drayton and Ballantyne was urged that the government should immediately con Sider undertaking some policy where by the Mineral development of the country will be extended by effective on the ground that this would be one of the possible methods of increasing the Lessen the enhance secure a Market for agricultural pro vide employment where it is badly furnish freight for the Al ready Over developed make Canada commercially Independent of the United and generally help to give Canada its proper place among the advancing Industrial nations of the april Canadian another protracted session on the proposed ratification of the grand trunk agree the House of commons to night put the Bill through committee but agreed to allow the third Reading to stand Doherty stated that third Reading would come up in the Ordinary course Tomor replying to Mac Kenzie Reid stated that no amendments could be accepted to the agreement As already decided upon Between the company and the then it is useless for this discussion to proceed any said the Leader of the opposition and the Bill was reported out of commit tee at april press a somewhat Stormy discus Sion in the commons this Progress was reported on the government Resolution to provide for the establishment of a purchasing com Mission for government a similar measure was introduced by Rowell at the last ses Sion of but it did not succeed in getting its introduction today by sir George Foster it was also strongly urged that to there was a probability the two could to hear the views work their ways weather conditions Are not As favourable which was Southeast yes having veered to the North and hold the ice heavy rain fell last night but the temperature no steamers Are reported in the River unbound open poor mans Reserve land near Saskatoon disposed of to Exso Diers april Soldier settlement Board announces the opening at Saskatoon on tuesday of the poor mans a former Indian ser vation in the Touchwood Hills Dis 100 Miles from there Are 29 farming totalling about acres in the and most of them were disposed of to returned soldiers by the ballot sys of spokesmen from different Veter ans the list of speakers included of the soldiers and sail ors labor league Browne Wilot the army and Navy vet Erans association Leo presi there has sprung up throughout the entire country an insistent demand for the development of the natural definite announcement the government is understood to Nave replied that it was already cognizant of the arguments put Forth and that some definite announcement of policy could be expected before the close of the present practically every province was re presented at the conference in order to keep the question prom finish Caillaux trial april former on trial before the Senate As a High charged with having had treasonable dealings with the spoke in his own defence today the trial will he finished to night and will go to the judges to Morrow for which will be taken in secret appoint inspectors to dispose of world estate april creditors of the Toronto world newspaper com Pany met this among them being representatives of the Sterling the Bank of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Bank of and also a number of the list of creditors was not read at the three inspectors were appointed who were authorized to dispose of the estate of the to Ronto either toy private of Public the creditors decided in favor of continuance of the management of the paper by Assignee Clarkson pending the winding up of the world company personnel of Harbor april press it is understood that the Quebec Harbor commission As reconstituted will consist of sir David chairman of and tax might not of few i to remain at 40 per in View of Halifax Gibraltar i hostility shown to the proposed sailed to Iii parliament and we been discharged too a Man was paid while under Sanatorium treatment and his Board and when he left the Sanatorium he was Iven a month but had to provide his own living some of the men going Back on full disarm by pension received 560 per month while in the while the Man not yet received Only Simmonds claim was unfair to the patients not vet or p Mcgibbon Muskoka Pointer out that tubercular patients in their first six months of civil were necessarily under heavier expense than other disabled they needed special food and or Simmonds told Arthurs that tubercular patients had great Dii culty in finding employment be cause of a widespread fear of in aggravation cases were pensioner according to the said hear evidence of today the committee heard evidence of tubercular patients their request for special treatment j u of Agathe Des and l Quappelle spoke for the tubercular during the morning the latter referred Tosa Natoria As being the and in Creen armament continued 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which were seconded by the other speaker Resolution 1 that this mass meeting of exse vice mein Bers of the forces and Public of the City of Winnipeg Are con Vinced that adequate measures of reestablishment of Emem Bera of the and naval services and overseas mechanics has not been accomplished and that Only a very Small proportion have been Given the Opportunity of reestablishing and that this Small number have not received the required training to it them to take their places in the ranks of skilled labor and other pursuits and that a serious commercial disability has ensued to All such a members owing to the fact of their services to Canada and the and further that no principle of Gen eral reestablishment has been admitted by be it re that we desire to place on record our supported by facts within our that within the principle of Gen eral reestablishment should be conceded by the Federal Parlia ment and provisions made to meet the need of 100 per of the forces previously domiciled in and the dependents of our fellow that a Campaign of Educa Tion be immediately launched to prove to the Canadian As our Best thl crying need for an equitable system of reestablishment based not on the idea of compensation for services for that would not be possible but to enable Exerv ice members regain something of remark that the president of the privy Council found it Wasno Childs so father had taken it opposition criticism of the Resolution was based on the Contention that the government was seeking to Cumber the country with another commission which was the work could As Well be done by the Deputy ministers or other offi cers familiar with the needs of the various the govern on the other contended that the War purchasing commission intently before the Goveri unsent the j had saved the country and members from the West Are this commission would do ilke ing a series of questions to be used some of the government sup As the Ceamon is thought and for the Day after Tomor Row Campbell the Pas has both a question and a he asks details the in the mining various ores and natural Gas and Oil yielding his motion reads that in the opinion of this House it is in the interests of Canada in connection Vith the development of its natural that All Machin Ery required to recover and Market the Mineral resources of can including Oil and shall be placed on the free list in the customs Transfer of april is the Canadian intention of the government to Transfer to Saskatchewan Manitoba their natural resources As soon As to the and John of said that there was no need for this cumbersome committee Juat to give somebody a Nice fat Early in the afternoon the House divided on an amendment introduced to of South to the food and drug the amendment was Defeated by 100 to a majority of 13 for the govern the members of the new progressive party voted with the More opposition to grand trunk Bill in the evening the grand trunk Bill was again before committee 6t the whole opposition criticism showed no sign of and Lucien of professed to see in the Bill More than appeared at first he aroused fair and equitable to All other provi amusement by comparing govern inces of the can be Arment acquisition of the grand trunk ranged information was Giyen system with the methods employed to of in the by the bolshevik in refer House of commons this ring to can Campbell was told that it had nonskid the time has come for the been the policy of the government to representatives of the people of Cari make this Transfer Ever since its Alja to put a Stop to this Radical parliamentary action was i policy of the especially when bolshevism is introduced into this country by minister who car Ries a Bible in one hand and a tem Perance tract in the Cannon also took a fling at he was Good irishman in some people say that is not As Good when he reaches Paris and has to discuss the Frish situation facing Lloyd he would the honorable gentleman him who Are the necessary to effect this sails for Liverpool liner Megantic completing journey round world new april passengers and the Bri Jitt Tish steamship Megantic left Here to and new zealand protest recognition As Irish ambassador april Telegram protesting against recognition of sir Auckland British the made their and said he did not say Jual what had been Doherty expressed the View that the line taken by Cannon constituted a Gross in Jurious to the interests of finally the chairman requested Cannon to stick More closely to the subject under at the opening of the House a Spe that in View of the inadequate reestablishment measures placed on the statutes of Canada and that the minimum of results have accrued at the maximum of that a system of Cash gratuities is the Only logical Resolution it re solved that a joint Council of All veterans associations in Mani Toba consisting of two delegates from be immediately formed for the purpose carrying out those Basic principles for which they unitedly band going Strong while the crowd was the great War veterans band provided a Lively programme of and by its strength of numbers and a Ualita of performance substantial y discredited the vague rumours recently to effect that it was out of in introducing the resolutions to the Cartwright spoke a Hearty Welcome to the thousands pre sent which augured Well for the unanimity of purpose so ardently de fired by the leaders of the men in the fight for satisfactory reestablish ment he pointed to the pittance paid widows and families of fallen soldiers and the meagre pensions paid to soldiers while spending six months learning a Trade that requires from three t six with resulting Down with m tet Das an overwhelming majority of the j War memorial Irish people having elected to live in the motion of Hugh under a Republican form of govern re seconded by read the unless we j House this afternoon appointed a repudiate the american people of special committee to consider and self determination repeatedly enunciated before our Entrance into the during the and after the signing of the we cannot accept the credentials of Geddes As far As they relate to the Republic of we Atice the following la the weather report issued from the Johns College meteorological Observatory at 7 yesterday maximum for Precco inc 12 bar wind at s Miles per hour the following meteorological observe report on the question of what if should toe erected on the battlefields of the great War to commemorate the gallantry o the Canadian Guthrie had been selected for the Pur pose of erecting memorials in commemoration of the following Battles St Observatory Ridge or Almy that in the last year for the purpose of erecting a the Sites had been conveyed to the ice Lions taken at 7 april 21 were port government of Canada and in the Medicine Cloudy Cloudy weather continue unsettled and coot throughout the West and showers have occurred in nearly All Southern minimum and maximum temperatures 333 Prince 3246 Vic 4043 4050 3854 3o3s 323d 36 44 Prince 345o Medicine 3442 Moose 4143 3344 3844 port Trad continued of Page vein or and the the govern ment Felt it proper to ask the House to take the whole question into consideration and for this purpose that a special committee 1e appointed to go into the facts and determine upon some general policy for the erection of permanent memorial the names of the members of committee Are or red Rodolpha me continued on i ;