Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 28, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Approves of Cenotaph the civic works committee has approved of the the club erect no a Cenotaph at the women and main Street Asa War it is hoped to have it completed by May five sir Oliver Lodge lectures a Large audience attended at the Board of building last where sir Oliver the Emin ent British lectured on the continuity of today fair and is steamship is made millions i inv makes vigorous attack on Canadian water transportation wants control of rates Boffl asking that water rates come under railway Board up for second Reading april in the House tonight of what a facetious Lember termed a Hardy perennial the Strons charges against i returns from primaries indicate trend of voting Dement of the Canada steamship Ines last year a surplus of millions and assets totalling fifth All he said had been taken from the pockets of these in the form of excessive railway freights on Western Grain were but when the Srain reached fort William was turned Over to a group of vessel owners who were not under a form of government new april 27 Canadian press returns from the primaries in Massachusetts and where both Republican and democratic delegates to the National convention for nominating presidential candidates were voted for were still incomplete sufficient news was to indicate the trend of the completion of returns More than half the state of Massachusetts tonight indicated the probable election As Dele Gates at Large on the Republican ticket of senator speaker Gil former senator Rane and Edward these four Are All a pledged to any presidential but favor governor on democratic ticket the regular by i senator appeared sure of 1 they also Are in new Jersey senator Hiram of was leading late tonight by a Small majority on the Republican the demo cratic big four pledged to the candidacy of governor Edward who has announced thai he would carry his fight against prohibition into Thesan Francisco Conven was elected without threaten to tie up port of Liverpool Irish workers immediate release of sinn fein prisoners april 1920 the Day at the capital Sun rises sets Leopn rises sets Twenty eight pages deputation to lord made to government e bushels this would be Bristol against or armstrongs arguments contested by members sitting on ins d of the Edmund Bristol of Toronto Centre claimed that Armstrong had misstated the assets of the Canada steamship lines Bates on wheat during the said or fixed the Canada wheat the Only Way to get rates was by building More m of fur ther argued that to place shipping on Inland Waters under the control of the railway Hoard would increase rather than decrease freight debate on armstrongs was adjourned shortly before mid night on a motion by my ister of Reid urged that the being of such import should be sent to the railway committee where All interests could be the Only supporter of the Bill during the was member of the National Cressie party from Keefer port Arthur Ami Ernest Lapointe Quebec presented protest against the Bill from the boards of Trade in their debate on armstrongs Bill was preceded by a discussion in commit tee a government Bill to Amend the soldiers land settlement Bill which finally went through com Mittee and now stands for third read during the Arthur minister of the made the interesting statement that women who served in the Imperial and Allied armies and ordinarily re Side in come under the pro visions of the settlement Reid adjourned the debate at no word of Oconnor the speaker announced in the House this afternoon that the writ for the election of Angus As member for had been l referred to a press which to described As being Almos too Good to be that Oconnor was about to resign from the Board of 1 wish to ask the Sov Piedlow if it is intended to demobilize the bal Ance of the Board or to allow it to efface itself by the process of Elim sir George Foster the govern ment has had no notice of the intention of Oconnor to such being the demobilization Call not Fielding asked if the government had reached any decision in regard to the appointment of the chairman of the Board in Succes Sion judge sir George replied that the ques Tion could not be answered at the present amending soldiers settlement the House went into committee on a Bill to Amend the soldiers Settle ment after giving it second read in answer to Jacques of Arthur Meigh minister of the said that one purpose was to define the responsibility of the soldiers settlement As respecting who had served with the British army As were not included among those who could come under he act women who had served in ins Canadian army were entitled to in privileges under the another of the amendments was enable the soldiers settlement Hoard to Grant special advantages to settlers on unimproved this was intended to encourage new Cul a third amendment gave to the Board Power to include in the Security which it took for Loans on the Stock belonging to the Bor Ernest Lapointe asked Why the land settlement privileges were not Grant to women who served As nurses in British t the minister of the Interior in declared the primary purpose of tie whole settlement programme was to secure Canadian nurses were included because they i might have children who would be Able to help on the the gov did not feel jus fied in including women of the British army who might come to Canada merely for the purpose of obtaining the land settlement Privily compelled to limit Meighen said that the exception from the land settlement act of soldiers who did not go overseas was not in the nature of a the government was compelled to pension investigation practically Complete two weeks needed to Deal with reestablishment april Canadian special committee on pensions and reestablishment has come within reaching distance of the end of the first phase of its work it is estimated that another almost clean up the pensions end of the investigation and the members free to take up re Stab 1 this end of the enquiry is expected to take another couple att private sitting of the commit tee this the matter was placed before the members and it wag Felt that sufficient evidence on pensions had been guide the committee in its there Are three or four More wit in cubs vet to be heard and the we i pensions plan is to be taken this is expected to occupy the committees time one pensions commissioners also be called the question of night sittings been shelved for the but next week will probably see their beginning if is 25 per increase needed n increase of 25 per All round is necessary if pensioners Are to live comfortable under present standards of according to evidence Given today by miss Helen r y Reid of miss Reid stated that Many soldiers children in Montreal were suffering from Mal Nutret Canadian patriotic fund of which miss Reid is an is carrying a heavy Burden because of the Inadequacy of the pensions officials of the fund that they should not be called upon to augment government Thev had other dependents of sol Diers on their lists who were not receiving any pension or and with the additional Burden re the fund could carry on for some the whole question of augmenting payments from the patriotic fund would discussed at a meeting of the National committee to be held in Ottawa this numbers of pensioners come to the patriotic fund for some times As much As had to he provided this not encouraged be cause it was Felt that the govern ment should provide adequate subsistence children Lack nourishment in Montreal nearly 40 per of soldiers when were found to be poorly in Quebec the Standard was Low malnutrition was not confined to soldiers children milk t 16 cents quart the pre sent Montreal Price was a luxury to these families needing Throe quarts of milk were buy Ine Only ignorance of parents was a contributory Factor to but All the education in the world would not help parents who lacked Money to buy their children miss Reid instanced also the 50 or so amputation cases in Montreal who had been dependent on the Federal emergency fund and no could not secure work because or their the minimum on which a single Man could live was a totally disabled Man would require More than this a pensions Board investigator from said most of the widowed pensioners worked in order to save Money they would probably do the same if their pensions were Hiram of the orthopaedic Branch of the Tor told the committee that the Canadian artificial limbs were a least equal to any manufactured artificial legs in parti Cular were giving but i no country had yet discovered a satisfactory artificial individual files in cases introduced by John Dereon were read when the com april lord mayor today received deputation representing Irish who threatened that unless the sinn fein prisoners were released from worm Wood scrubbs prison within 4s the port of Liverpool and the industries would be held up by a strike of these workers in Liverpool number similar action is being taken at other it is said that the lord mayor of Liverpool is making representations to the government on the surrender to april Ballander police Barracks in county Limerick surrendered to afro men who assaulted it with rifles and sex this the siege lasted three the victors seized ammunition and bicycles belonging to the Garrison and burned the three policemen and one of the at1 tacking party were approves Senate april nations to the treaty of adopted in the Senate on March by which that body went on re Cord As sympathizing with Ireland and declaring she should be admitted to the league of nations As soon As her government is registered the death of tyranny in ire said monsignor Michael fog Bishop of in a Sermon Here he declared the importance of the action of the Senate could note overstated and it applied the principle of Freedom to search Irish april special Force of detectives boarded the Anchor line Steamer Columbia on her arrival at Moville today and minutely inspected the passengers and their it is reported they were searching for professor Earnon he president of the Irish whom the authorities suspected was of Mizar investigation took place at Londonderry when passengers were release five More strikers Fet Aff correspondence april railways and steamships Promise for some time to come to provide a fruitful food for controversy in ment in the matter deficits of the National the Peoples representatives Are this year called upon to vote in the matter of operating the sum of in have been appropriated for the purpose of completing the governments shipbuilding it is probably natural that opposition members should insist upon a very considerable amount of information being forthcoming with regard to such expenditures in the surprising Point of the Situa Tion is that the opposition has not pressed harder than u minister of Tho other might reasonably have been expected to be More intimate his explanation of matters than he has been in there Are members on his Side of the House who entertain the opinion that he could easily have shown More delicate in any the opposition has been practically informed that if it wants information it must go to the corporation which at the present time administers not Only the National but also the Canadian government steamship it has also been warned that the divulging information asked for will be of special interest to the in the shape of the chief competitor of the Canadian Canadian in the there Are that the Canadian government mercantile for which the country or will pay Over will not for Long continue to be a state but will shortly slip into private last William of made the following observation another tiling is this minister of railways or the govern ment aware of the fact that who is president of the Canadian government merchant and practically the general is also a director of the Canada we were told tonight about not letting our competitors know what we Are Flo int but Here is a Man who is president of our Canadian government merchant and if am correctly is also director of the Canada whether Duff was correctly informed or his statement continued on Page absolute uniformity of headstones decided upon april Kan Graves commission has decided i first of a series of City meetings is held in Good Templar Hall an interruption by Johanssen is answered by the attorney general Man and woman who was or who died in the Plain design in Portland Stone has been recording the regiment and j Symbol of religious Faith and the i inscription which Kipling their name Lively for evermore room at the fool of the Stone for an inscription Limi cd to 66 words anxious to make Progress on lines of Industrial disputes legislation address by Robertson need of adequate machinery r w do personally by Iii Uii the first of a series of Organiza est to the this principle of j recognized asks thorough Tion meetings for Winnipeg of sup porters of the Norris government lu1 o Luc cull a j Velv t was held in the Good Templar Sargent Avenue and Mcgee Street whether for Field marshal or Camp has the approval of reference Likely made to sinn fein policy making a All of them attention drawn to Geddes state ment on Irish question april question was raised in the House of commons today whether the governments at Tention had been drawn to the re cent official statement of the new British ambassador to the United states in which he declared that proposals for the secession of Ireland from the British Empire had been re Bonar Law replied that the ambassador undoubtedly referred to speech to a named was Cali net Russel loses verdict in Famou land suit sued for recovery of dismisses action april David of a broker and has lost his big Law suit sir Edmund of new Bruns Vlcko the National Trust executor of the estate of c and executor of the estate of the late Hon Donald rus Feu brought suit to recover from the defendants the sum of and or Justice Middleton dismissed the action the plaintiff was not in court when his Case was plaintiff in his statement 0fpofafm that in May 1906 it bought acres of from arrival in the states recently sir Auckland the new British referring to tie Irish said in a written statement it i he known that proposals for the secession of Ireland from the British pm pie have been submitted to the British As announced by the prime minister in the House of have been intended for accommodation of canadians in London april Canadian associated of con naught will on monday next the Duchess of Connaught Memoria Hostel at Bedford Square provide out of the donated by Cana Dian women As a personal gift 19 to lathe Kostetis intended for Canadia men staying for a Short period in t Ondon and will accommodate 6 the charge is eight shilling British warships sold to chilean government april com Mission will leave immediately of England to bring Back the warship Chile has purchased from Orrea j april 27 announce me Luthc of British warships to Chi been made according to to air Alt tie first announcement my from the chilean government t were secretly assisting continued on Page r continued on Page the following is the weather report issued from collese meteorological Ohser Vantory at yesterday maximum for Prescod inn 12 bar North wind at 4 Miles per 10the Ron Owins tons taken at april were port Clear Clear Prince fair Cloudy 41 Cloudy Swift fair Medl Cine fair Cloudy been fair Oia somewhat Milder throughout Tho West and a few scattered showers have occurred in Saskatchewan and vim mum and maximum temperatures Prince Rupert 3646 4662 e260 3254 Edmon in 32s6 Prince 3246 Medicine v 4260 3752 0 3o47 1r50 port Arthur 3444 Parry 4056 London 4259 4148 3b58 Oue Hec 3248 3046 i to have lost As a of the land having be ii All claim to the fur auction sales total the Day and not Only brought being on officers Are elected for Moos min Hospital april elected the directors c shipping a estimates undred million pounds to be met by vote of credit april expenditure f the ministry of shipping exceeded to estimates by is to be met toy a vote of according to the appropriation a ounts for the year ending with issued the expenditure exceeded the estimates which the deficiency re lived on account of appropriations tall eco nearly the expenditure included 00 shipbuilding abroad for which the fiscal accounts have not been re making the total expenditure Orthis service during the financial years front 1916 to 1919 still await no settlement the con Crete shipbuilding for which special Yards were shows a loss of according to the appropriations sneaks Back to prison method of beating pres ent High Cost of living april need paroled three weeks ago after Ervins part of a sentence for Bur Lary scaled Tho Walls of the state Penitentiary from the outside Early his morning and sneaked Back into prison because he found himself unable to Cope with the High Cost of Vingas a free prison officiate said it was the first time a convict had climbed the Walls to get Back into the the Only Way to beat the High Cost of Livins is to be in said Needham when asked his reason for returning to the corporation boards to consider offers april in and definite stages will be reached on thursday in the comple Tion of this ambitious Coal and shipping merger to he known As the British Empire steer by the of the Dominion steel the Nova Scotia steel Coal the Canada steamship will have passed upon the offers to be made in the name of the new and the matter will then up to shareholders of and the other enterprises last when representatives of this part of the City were selected to form part of the general Central committee which will make the arrangements for the holding of a convention for the selection of Candi i will Given i Gowanlock acted As and i the meeting was addressed by at Torne general 1 the business for which it had been called had been transacted and the chairman was about to leave the chair when who was accompanied some others who had been prominent at the gather ing of the so called Laurier Liber als held a few weeks Rose to speak and began to attack the gov there was some interrupt Tio when the attorney general in him the government does not fear anything he has to he and Tho chair Man told Johansson to although the discussion of politics was not what the meeting had been called Johanssen then proceeded to charge the government with not hav ing fulfilled its pledges and concluded by proposing a Resolution of no Confidence in the a Young Man in the audience i Ohnson had sneaked to the danish Consul to escape conscript Rose to second the Resolution consideration april Canadian Kipling and Winslon with other members of the commiss of the Industrial Sion addressed a meeting of the army act was proceeded with committee in the the Royal comm Sion on Muff Commee n e i v r i cation of labor Laws met today acl Willi intensity o on the us West made by feeling stroke in avar of absolute in Inister of r f a i labor Tom president of the Lemal trades and labor Congress j g Rose when the chairman and told Johanssen that he was Abus ing the Liberty he got to make at statement declined to receive the there would be plenty of Opportunity later he to Dis cuss the record of the attorney general replies the meeting accorded Johnson the High to reply to the accuser of the and afterwards e although an Effort was made by Johanssen to get the chair Man to take a vote As to whether the meeting would overrule his decision or a few appeared to be with Johanssen but the maj the meeting applauded the no department labor to my Progress on the line of Industrial disputes no would attempt to enact labor legislation until it had been carefully thought out and the feel i Lra aes Ana had1 been to aim at dog Niy and Simi representing the Canadian i manufacturers and employs us o As Well As and Deputy or Churchill said that the whole minister of spirit of the army was in favor of j s senator Equality and to Mirn Denkines army Able to withstand attacks reorganized by port reds preparing offensive april Wran who is attempting to hold to Gether the shattered forces of Gen eral Den Kine in the Crimea until the Yare assured of re that the object of such meet Ings As the present for general Good if labor legislation sought Buboi men could be whipped into shape and made reasonably acceptable to other parties said the minister of the was pre pared to go ahead and do what was reasonable and fair in the interests of the government was in a position to accept sus the Yare assured of in a Osilius in ported to British official quarters to Digestions from any one class of the Day that he had been Able to re Organ Canadian people More than another Man to withstand in pm dressed tile opinion that mar ize the men sufficiently to withstand the isolated bolshevik he expressed the opinion that Chinery should be Wyeth soviet notwithstanding Moscow Ory attorney general and appeared to be in favor of the ruling of the chair deadline for saturday advertising copy in 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democratic Way of ascertaining the feeling of the each Community would have representatives according to the number of polls included in the Dis two being chosen from each poll the Central committee would decide the City convention would be the attorney general impressed the importance of every one who Vas entitled registering As upon the St that would then be for of Only would the provincial elec Ion but it would also be sed the referendum on the Temperance question that would be submitted Early in the he also ave an explanation of proportional presentation which would be the Lection machinery in Winnipeg and he was would commend self to every one for its fairness and we knew per etly he when we in produced this system of voting that t would be of no political advantage o us i am perfectly sure that As hings stand today on the old clock system of majority the government would have Heen Able to elect More than Fivi or six we chose to adopt this system be we were anxious to have representation in the legislature a Cor rect and precise Mirror of the electorate names of committee the following were then selectee the representatives to the Centra committee b p James will Gibben w Bradley Mcdonald John Norman a Mcmil other reports received Here indicate or provincial or that would that the bolshevik preparing for Joe available when needed to a general hoping further to disputes in industries oils id All the crush followers before Public utilities now covered by the great Britain demand for their during the past year Tho fed Section is recognized by the russian Cral Board had been frequently be i Quested to Grant boards for Indus that the bolshevik will accede to great Britain demand that the Den Kine troops be afforded protec1 the British government is still unsatisfied with the reply received from soviet government and is awaiting a definite answer to its last which requested a yes or no reds revolt in Yugoslavia april bolshevik re Volution has broken Oul in Slavia save a Central jews despatch fr6nv advices to the Messager of that machine guns have been brought into action in hundreds re said to have while Atal riots have occurred at Labia ii quarters Here re not alarmed Over reports of revolutionary troubles in that and declare diplomatic despatches rom Belgrade yesterday indicated thing the Trieste report of n uprising is attributed to a faction f troublemaking who Are tries outside arrest in connection Wim Wolf murder Case actions Aroi ised suspicions of Farmers jtprit27 to launch four liners plans three for at one for Pacific routes continued on Page Deadwood coach to be feature at Horseshoe april Cable ram was sent to London today offer ing to loan to the International hours show to be held in do Phat of the famous Deadwood Coin Mon in the West Many years am exhibited More recently by the lat William Cody Buffalo Bill the offer was in response an advertisement London papers the coach which is owned b the original is believed to b the kill Biank director april gang of bandits was hunted in Mary s the District of Columb a in Lullin seeking to Embarrass Ian Ita loser Ufa facials the deaths of Jacob his wife and five and a chore who were murdered at the Wolf farm near Here tonight arrested a Man whose name is said to be Dave no charge has been placed against and he is held pending an investigation he is said to be a stranger in Dis Hanson was captured after a Chase of about a mile by a posse of citizens who scoured the District in Automo Biles following reports that the mans actions aroused suspicions of several Farmers residing about ten Miles from when questioned by the authorities it is de Nied knowledge of the murders and denied that he had been in the Vicinity of the farm on thurs it is said by the that lie had re april Canadian Pacific Oce Hill j f ervice plans t is Yea to launch four arge these Are for the at Antic route and one for the Pacific those destined for the for Mer route Are classed with the m hips but will be tons greater Han either the Melila or the Meta Many King movements have been incorporated into the new ves Sels the first of which is expected to Kethe water in the Empress of Canada probably will be launched n and will make around the world trip to the a acid about already practically All Ler accommodation has been re served As the new Empress is said to last word in comfortable a Eastern collieries will be Idle May men assert april min ers in District Nova Scotia and new will be Idle on May 1 As a protest against the refusal of the judiciary of Manitoba to Grant bail to strike leaders now serving jail a vote has been taken in two thirds of the locals indications now Point to a Complete tie up of the collieries in the District on saturday gently served two an jail at i for Petty offence Snow try after Hanson sail steamship 19 years living to Lilly on a farm near told the that a masked Man alighted from an automobile late today near a where Reichling was blowing and asked the latter to set some Saab line when net said the Man struck him and his shot gain him Fol Taft in nearby watch for the which contained two find discrepancy in report to government april discrepancy of nearly feet of Timber in a report made to on j Saloon Timber 1y the Spanish River lumber company to the Plinea Lum Ber company of was rented on by Arjustice kid fell at Nea Luc the Timber limits at Border following their Holdup 11800i006 feet were of the first National Bank at same while Only were report Prince welcomed Iby new zealand natives n z Pili the Prince of Wale arrived Here today Auckland the maoris Here and at the stations along the route greeted the Prince with picturesque native programme interrupted april arrangements for the tour of new zealand by the Prince of who arrived at Auckland recently ii the baits Cruiser australian trip were Dis arranged by the sudden declaration of a strike of the railway Bays a Central news Patch from Auckland today tha plans were for the Prince to Start hib rounds of new zealand during it was says the de that the engine of the train of the the Earl of had been tampered Iceland applies Fok Ings Francis do reactors of was shot and m with Cash and Bonds totalling nearly Only were reported to the manager of the Spanish r manager of the spams River stated that the Dot go North to build april a party of thirty one shipbuilding mechanics left Vancouver this morning for Edmonton from whence they will Jour Nev to peace her to build steamers for the Lamson feh Ubbard which is going into business there nine members of the party Are from Victoria and the remainder from this i general strike april a Gen eral strike has been declared Here following the arrest of 15 members of own the local Radical committee who Are Terence was due to the use of two different systems of and promised that the company books would satisfactorily Clear up said to responsible for a the bomb being Pat Amundsen returning to Alaska Aprl who set out two years ago in an Effort to reach the North is returning to according to a message received by membership m league april Inder pendent state of Iceland for membership m the league tons other applications to be at the Rome meeting of the Council of the league Are from the Republic of Sain and Luxem demand Allied troops withdraw april Deutsche Zeitung says the German government is preparing a note to France a which a demand will be made for he wic a e withdrawal of the troops Frankfort and other recently f the demand will bar says the on the As Rouni that the German troops Region been reduced t the peace treaty to Ocean the radio station at today from i i steamy a Carters canonic Boston april Carters of City Are threatening to strike from Genoa Lillet unless a 48hour week and 60 m re Boston cents an Many of sailed from present natives of Are Waisa 1 receiving cent Sven ;