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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 6, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Civic honors for Falcons Tho Falcons world s hockey champions arc to be banquet cd and presented with Gold patches by the City when they return on May 15, the civic reception committee decided four. Farmer labor candidates at a meeting of the provincial executive dominion1 labor party last night it was stated that several seats would be contested in the coming elections by Farmer labor three. 256 today s and mild. Winnipeg thursday May Sun rises 4.57 sets. 19.53. Moon rises. 23.17 sets 7.23. Twenty Sis pages proposal regarding disqualification of Mem Bers unpopular membership insufficient grounds for deportation Washington May of labor Edson ruled today that membership in the communist labor parly docs not of itself constitute sufficient grounds for deportation of aliens. In ordering cancellation of a War rant under which Carl Miller a Ger Man teas held because of such Mem Defeated on division the Secretary declared that i Var Iris the criticism by or. Clark of bad Deer draws reply prom Calgary member 1 Louis Jette die Jast night had remarkable career in prominent Canadian politics in made world wide name through alaskan Boundary commission Case in 1903 while extracts from the organization s platform indicated extremely Radical sentiments there Ivas no serious Inlet lion to use Force or violence towards organized government. T i a Iii Ute i in a general review of the Cas Epperly chief Justice of the court Secretary Wilson said that the Ottawa May press ring that an attempt had been to make unrepresentative it of inc communist party m Kusta Are Vince of Quebec Ana father in Law d intended to be pursued the Hon Rodolphe Lemieux die i comm Misi this evening at 9 o clock. _ i j clause of the franchise Bill which intent of the parly itself. Precipitated a. Lengthy and at times bitter deviate. Or Ivee Flie s amendment was Lor o purpose of disqualifying any Man from sitting As a member in the erf commons who had signed am agreement whether amounting resignation or recall making him subject to the will of a group of toil electors the amendment met with the most determined opposition from the Mem Bers of the new progressive party because it followed on a statement some Days ago by o. R. Gould member for Assiniboia that he had behind him a committee of fifteen men who advised him As to the Courso he should take in the House and could apply the recall if he refused to accept their advice. It was not Only Tho progressives who opposed Tho amendment How Ever kiember after member voiced his opposition to the principle of tie recall until finally on the suggestion of Hon. Hush Guthrie minister in charge of the or. Tweedie expressed himself As willing to with draw the amendment. Amendment d Eola Rcd lost w h. White of Victoria Alberta however objected to the withdrawal of the amendment without the verdict of the House having been expressed through the medium of a vote and t be yeas and nays were called for. The Call for the Iatter resulted in a i oar of opposition to the amendment which was declared lost by the Deputy speaker. Introduction of the amendment by or. Tweedie led to some Strong criticism by members of the progressives. Intimated that As one of the prominent figures in the conservative party in Alberta he had sup ported the principle of the recall. J. P. Reid of Mackenzie said that the principle of the recall was sup posed to have been Stolon by the conservative party of Alberta from tha old non partisan league of that precinct. If or. Tweedie had not been Lender of that cult it was pretty generally understood that he was the punch behind it. Tweeds makes denial Lar. Tweedlie strongly denied hav ing supported the recall declaring that he had always been opposed to it was opposed to it now and saw no reason Why he should change his Altitude regarding it in the future. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King Leader of the opposition in opposing the amendment expressed the View that members should not feel that they Section nor particular cons Titu Sec ton nor an constituency except in so far As the attitude or his constituency was concerned i they should feel that they were re presenting the Peoples of Canada from to coast. _ the application of the new act to the Temperance referendums caused 5ome discussion which was finally deferred on the suggestion of the Leader of the opposition. C. Pow or Quebec South thought the whole country should not be saddled w in the Cost of a referendum which might of desired Only by a single province and taken in that province. He expressed the opinion that the Canada act might even be re pealed this year. Votes for Indian soldiers late in the evening the he Uso in committee reached clause 29, of Trio election act dealing with the alien an amendment was introduced Ana adopted giving the vote to in jeans who had served in the fighting explains action of firing into natives Dyer terms order As his dirty duty London May it was my dirty thus Brig. General r. E. H. Dyer sex Eom minder of Tho British troops in India today explained his order to a Small squad of troops to fire into a crowd of Indian civilians at Amritsar in april 1919. Dyer s men killed 500 and wounded inside less than a Quarter of an hour. First praised for his action by his chief then when after nearly a completo sup pression of the. Affair. The world Learned of it reprimanded investigated and ordered to resign general Dyer arrived in London to protest against what he considers being made the Scapegoat i am a he said. It took me 30 seconds to decide that the shooting was necessary to save British Rule in Punjab the province in which Amritsar it has taken the government a year to decide that i did wrong. I shot to save British Rule to preserve India for the British Empire and to protect englishmen and English women who lived under my Protection. Now i am told to go. Every eng Lishman i have met in India approved of my act horrible As it was. What would have happened if i had t ordered my men to shoot my Gauffreau whose Grandfather was a san Domingo planter. He was educated at l Assumption College being a fellow student there with the late sir Wilfred Laurier. He studied Law after his graduation and was called to the bar in 1s-57, taking up practice in Montreal. A sound Stu Dent and a capable pleader the Young lawyer soon established a Good clientele and he came prominently to the front at the time of the celebrated Guibord burial Case he be ing counsel for the Seminary of St. Sulpice it was but natural that hard student As or. Jette such showed himself to be during the Days of his practice at the bar he should identify himself with Legal literature and he became editor of la revue critique de legislation it de Juris prudence do and a correspondent of la revue de Droit International de Gand in 1ss7 he was named one of the commissioners for the revision of the Quebec code civil priced fire and published conjointly with his fellow commissioners in 1sss, observations relative an Cade de procedure which is the Stan Dard review of the judicial system and procedures acts of Tho province of Quebec. His natural inclination to letters and his Earnest principles As a Liberal led him for a time into political journalism and for some months he was editor of a held High office in his practice at them Jette was much respected by the members of the profession and for a time to was treasurer o t the bar association. He was called to the Bench As a Puisze judge of the Superior court in 1s7s. And the same year appointed profess or of civil Law in Laval University Montreal and had conferred he the upon Kim the degree of l.l.d1. Little Force would have been became Dean of away like chaff before the wind. Faculty. He was also a member of the thousands of natives were marching i financial Syndicate of the above uni on . At the time no one in i varsity and was from 1878 to 1898, authority to Naem Ned me of the contrary i was Given command of another operation afterwards As a result of which i was complimented by the general officer commanding the troops in India. Lord Hunter s commission after the provincial Council of Public instruction. To at. All times took much interest in educational Matte Sand in 1ssg the students and professors of Laval University presented him with an id dress and Purso by Way of acknowledgement of his efforts on behalf the Day at the capital Peck retires f by staff correspondent Ottawa May it cannot be said that the principle of the recall and Advance resignation is popular in the commons neither can it be said that there is anything Nice unanimity in favor of legislation which will deprive those who favor it of the right to use this. This fact was demonstrated in the course of an animated and at times somewhat disorderly debate precipitated by an amendment proposed to the franchise act this afternoon by Thomas Tweedie of Calgary by which it was proposed to disqualify any candidate for the House of com Mons who was bound by any agreement which had the effect of limiting his Independence As a member of parliament. It was fairly evident that or. Tweedie moved the amendment not so much in the Hope that it would be incorporated in the Law and become effective but with the purpose of precipitating a debate in which the principles of the agrarian party would be discussed. In fact after Hon. Hugh Guthrie the min ister in charge of the Bill had declared himself As in favor of the Prin Ciple of the amendment but intimated that it might be Well to withdraw the motion or. Tweedie readily concurred and moved for its withdrawal. After haying launched Forth upon an attack on the political career of or. Clark of red Deer course of it he frequently fell foul of the chairman. Opposition members objected to the amendment being withdrawn after so much time had been wasted upon it and w. Of Toria alta., took the minister to task for having permitted such a May cease to magazines to Canada Toronto May City is nov receiving from 54 to 61 ions of american magazines less each than during Normal distribution As a result of the paper shortage in he United slates. One american by publication Tuchich fairly flooded Canadian cities and towns until paper action is taken As protest in scarce has practically discontinued its Supply to this country. Some american magazines have ceased publication some have been reduced in size and others Are issuing Alvo months number in one to save declares statement made by Gen. Mclean attempt to discredit War widows occupation by troops causes great in control since 1866 name of common Hon esty and decency Ottawa May lengthy discussion. The chairman put the amendment and the some i it Hie imperative duty to publish the following tomorrow As a protest against recent occurrences and statements of general h. H. Mclean before the parliamentary committee on pensions Lieut. Col. W. Peck v.c., has tendered his resignation from that body. In a letter which he has addressed to Hume Cronyn chairman of the committee on pensions and re Etab ashment. Col. Peck stating that what ridiculous situation was presented wherein the government forces were downed by a thunderous nays on a one of their own members and of which during the afternoon they had evidenced approval. One Man sits in the House today whose resignation written out before his election is at present in the hands of a committee of fifteen and who is subject to the recall at notice providing there is a petition of 40 per cent of the electors who voted at his election in favor of his recall. Today or. Edwards was not sure whether to address As the Hon. Member for Assiniboia or. Gould or the Hon. Delegate for continued on Page two application made for incorporation of Bank Toronto and Vancouver capital be Hind new venture Ottawa play has been made in Ottawa for the incorporation of a new Western Bank to be Irown the Bank of Saskatchewan. Toronto and Vancouver capitalists Are said to be behind the new financial institution among the incorporator being Herbert Phil lips of the Imperial federation corporation Toronto and messes. Faulk Ner and Potts Pacific coast financiers. It is. Proposed to establish head offices at Regina and a number of branches throughout the province. Application is being made in the form of a Bill which make its first appearance in the Senate. The authorized capital of the institution is ten million dollars of which a million and a half will be paid up. Manitoba mennonites going to Mississippi conference finally decides that settlement must Migrate Plum Coulee Man., May convention to decide whether they would leave Canada or not was held yesterday by the members of the old mennonite Church at the Village of. Hineland never has the Hotle Village presented such a sight. Early in the morn ing the people began to arrive and by e o clock the roads from every direction were lined with a steady Stream of buggies and wagons. All the other villages in rhe Reserve were deserted except for children and very old people. Resign in View of what has occurred. Says that he does so not Only to protest in the name of the widows of the hundreds of. Brave men whom i had the Honor of leading in the late War but As a protest against the deplorable attempt on two successive Days to camouflage the incident and also in the name of com Mon honesty and decency " the full text of col. Peck s letter is As follows or. Hume Cronyn chairman of the committee on pensions and r c establishment House of commons. Dear sir in View of the recent occurrences and regarding the state ments of general Mclean i feel that it is my imperative duty to resign from your committee. Wilile i do not pretend that my to party to what has taken place. I therefore res Ign not Only protest in the name of the widows of the hundreds of Brave men whom 11 had the Honor of leading during the late War but As a protest against a deplorable attempt on two Succes Sive Days to camouflage the incident and also As a protest i n the name of common honesty and decency lean not bring myself to believe that actions such As have taken place Are u credit to the committee or Parlia ment. Paper. It is stated that it is not improbable that within a month or two there May be no american magazines available for Canada except those supplied to old subscribers. It is thought that shortly Ameri can newspapers also May be Vilh Dararan from Canadian s stands. Result of plebiscite Admiral Shepard to officially Transfer military authority to danish commander propose changes in Ontario liquor Laws infractions of act will be More severely dealt with Toronto. May to the Ontario Temperance diced by Hon. N. C. Nixon in the legislature today reduced the mini mum penalty to be imposed on per sons having liquor illegally in their Possession from to s100. The maximum penalty which May be imposed under the act is increased however from to s2.000. Either a line or imprisonment May be imposed at the magistrate s discretion. The Board of License commissioners is Given a greater measure of control Over the number of prescriptions is sued by physicians by being empowered to refuse to Honor prescriptions issued too promiscuously. The allow Ance of liquor to dentists for medi Cinal purposes is increased from six ounces to one quart. A person convicted of a breach of the Ontario Temperance be forbidden to have liquor in his Home while no one claims Here is any even if he move from the House where discredit in being described As of i the liquor was kept. This prohibition the servant Clas s because it is i remains in Force for a year following Copenhagen Ilay troops today occupied Northern Schles Rig the people of which on feb. 10, last in a plebiscite provided for in the peace treaty voted by a Large majority for a re turn of this part of the territory to danish nationality. The germans had been in control there since 1s66. Enthusiastic scenes accompanied the arrival of the Danes at Sonderburg. There the entire population among them a number of aged persons who still remember the rain of German shells on the town. 56 years ago. And a bout 50 veterans of the War of 186-s, were out to cheer them. A Force of Danes also arrived a hade Seif hade Sleven and were welcomed by a crowd estimated to aggregate 20.000. Danish and French troops marched through few it was on january 20, 1s98, that he was appointed lieutenant govern or of the province of Quebec and reappointed to a second term in 1903. Was appointed in March 1903, he one of the British commissioners representing Canada on the Alaska Boundary commission which sat in London and he with his opiate Canadian commissioner presented a written protest against the findings of the commission which commanded world wide attention. Created . In 1901 he was appointed chief Justice of the court of King s Bench in the province of Quebec in 1909, in made a Comman the e lesion Honor pc the same year was Dor of t France he was created . In York said the Fate of Japan China 1001 invested with this Decora by King George then Duke of Cornwall and York at Quebec in october 1901. He was presented to Kins Edward at Buckingham Palace in octo bar 1003, and was received private audience by his holiness and the other nations of Tho Orient depends upon the relationship be tween great Britain and the United Sta Tes. Sir Edmund recently returned from the Par East said he had been con Vinced since Tho Day the internal the Pope in the fidime month. Tonal arbitration boards were ill s t rpi10 ate Juir Louis Jette had. Quite suggested that the civilisation and political record before .1nv.nnnln ii. Ali j it is Felt Here that their headers have been . Their prospects of having this privilege., the mennonite people Here have be. Come very wealth As obtained All of War prices on products of the richest land in Paris May Allied reply to i the West land that has never known the objections of the hungarian j a Complete failure. Given ten Days to accept or reject peace treaty peace delegation to the terms of the j peace treaty handed Hungary a representatives in january was delivered to the Secretary of the Hun Garian Mission at Versailles this afternoon. The hungarians Are Given ton Days dating from tomorrow in accept or reject the treaty. A covering letter accompanying Tho reply Given out this evening be gins by saying that the Allied and associated Powers while hoping that Hungary will become in the future an peace in Hungary s element of stability and cannot forget even when they were Dis peace of the world depends upon the franchised As wards of the govern of Lvi Bai Pallogi Eular Waterloo asked i part of the clause inns with the enfranchisement Leav enemy of v0le entirely Oil Uechi of naturalization under British not of sufficient scope. I Tholt Amend i by under the is wit the enfranchisement avens be eliminated altogether l the question of whether an in linking of the English speaking peo Ples and thai without this Unity they cannot be secure. He declared that at the present time there was a Strong propaganda to keep great Britain the greatest Empire and the United states the greatest Republic apart. Grant for Hospital a that act shall not Neces 80 Manv kens of enemy origin were entitled i f bought Thoy had not the ten eare y and the new of did not we been i they might have Wen already naturalized under Bri tha al k 1" ill so to Login Lute lion a us who not Der the British natural in but deserved the vote. Brandon City to contribute to new institution Brandon. Man., May 5. At a Spe Cial meeting of the City Council held tonight it was decided to Grunt the request of tie general Hospital for a Grant of to the erection of the now Hospital Here this summer. This amount will be made up by the Levy ing of one Mill per year for five , and will yield at least per year. A delegation from the reception association again waited on the City Council and presented their Case. The ending Tho share of responsibility in provoking the world War. Letter Points out that ethnographic conditions in Central Europe Are such1 that it would be impossible to make the political frontiers of Hun Gary coincide with her ethical limits and that the results of plebiscites in the. Detached territories could not be far different from the result arrived at by the supreme Council after Man it evs tudy of the Peoples and their aspirations. Referring to the groups of Magyar population which pass tinder the con ,tro1. 0? nations Tho letter says Bench to was first their interests Are fully safeguarded by the terms of Tho treaties for the Protection of minorities already signed by Roumania and Jingo Slavia and ratified by Czecho Slovakia. Tha Council did not take any action in the Clau was not Clear assert int votes conferred by this t might not be taken away Tut operation of Tho Nutu Rali u be better to the paragraph altogether. Or remove disability. Of. Guthrie said in but has again referred the matter Back for further consideration. State closes Case in murder trial at Best votes and held the scat until a april 18c2, sir Louis Jette mar ried berth daughter of Toussant Fla Mac of Montreal sister of the Titt Hon. Rodolpho Laflamme who was minister of Justice in Mackenzie administration. Officers murdered rods capture red Cross train at Irkutsk is report Toronto May anxiety is Felt at the Headquarters of the Canadian bed Cross society owing to the Discini evening report from Vladivostok in regard to the capture of the keel1 Cross train at Irkutsk and the murder of the officers in charge. A Cable has been despatched to the British Mission in Siberia enquiring As to the safety of d. Doug Las Young hut As yet no re ply has been received. Colonel. Young has been acting As commissioner for the Canadian Rod Cross society in Siberia for More than a year and at the same time has been attached to the British Mission As instructing officer. Preparations Are being made by them to move after this crop has been harvested arid delegates left today 1 or the mennonite settlements near Swift current and North of Sas Katoon to advise them of the decision of their compatriots in Mani Toba. The opinion is expressed Here that it is quite possible that when the time really comes to leave some May break from the Church and de cide to remain there As Many Are known to be very loathe to take that i wish to reflect your committee As a whole or your Mhairi zians hip which has always been generous and impartial. Yours truly c. W. Walter Scott in London sex Premier of Saskatchewan concludes tour of Europe London May a. Cross Atlantic new service copyright Walter Scott former Premer of wan arrived by air plane from after an extended tour of the continent. He stated that he had been waiting to hear what the. British Premier had to say of America. There were three Little words that the americans were Foid of using which he thought Lloyd George the conviction. Liable to imprisonment. Persons convicted of being drunk or disorderly twice within three months May be committed to jail or to an Industrial farm for a period of no More than three months. Captains of ships on lakes or Rivers with in the province Are made responsible for infractions of the act which May their vessels. Imprisonment without the option of a Fine is made the penalty for persons who Are intoxicated while in charge of a motor car under a Bill introduce ed., e. .jra.ney. Or. Stey Enson of London suggested confiscation of automobiles while their owners were in prison. Villa gives support to general Obregon chances on the change. If they do might in Lis own flowery language would possibly cause the to obis it biggest split in the mennonite Church since they came Here from Russia in the sixties. While there Canadian Enterprise May Purchase London theatre i real 11 feeling Between Britain and the United states a few words calculated to reduce the latter s idea of self importance could not harm. Public dissatisfied news service copyright in theatre enterprises London May 5. Across Atlantic the Ai Canada have offered to Purchase the Famou s Empire theatre Leicester Square at the fact the impending Sale was announced a week ago stated h. A. Smith Allen s agent who attended the shareholders meeting. Russian bolshevik minister of foreign to the. British act with Ory period of ten ears Nom of War ending. Guthrie Eie Many persons of a Ontario who had to Ivore not Natur the Canadian act n within _______3 of can Cunt nuts evades British note London May m. Tcherine the sense counsel newspaper men who j interviewed Best related the prison police confiscate Hindenburg statue or s alleged statements that he had 33erlin, May colossal Hind strangled the Telephone operator at paso Flye her own request. County officers placed on the stand declared they had not used Force in obtaining the. Alleged confession As claimed by Best when he repudiated the statement attributed to Liim 1 prosecutor Oilles Pio. Enburg statue standing in front of after the War the Eric Stag which passed into private ownership has provisionally confiscated by the police. This action was taken in or Der to prevent the possibility of Dis by orders in the event of its being re moved from Germany deadline for saturday advertising copy in order to ensure careful attention and adequate display All advertising copy for the saturday Issue of the free press should reach this office not later than j . 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Berlin s Street car system is not Success Berlin May Street car system which Uia municipality recently took Over from a private com Pany has failed to Prosper under the new although fares have been almost doubled since the Transfer service has become so expensive owing to Tho Higier wages granted the employees that every month has shown a deficit which the tax payers have to Bear. The latter Are Cla Moring for publication of the balance sheets which have not Tower. Issued since the Transfer. Further wage demands threaten still Hig her elaborate entertainment for Industrial Congress Calgary alta., May of the elaborate entertainment which is by the Edmonton Board of Trade for the visitors to Canada s Industrial sessions which will be held in that City on june 4 and. 5, were discussed this week by Congress officials and the members of the Edmonton commit tee. The Congress representatives who returned to Calgary report that the plans presented by the Edmonton business men Promise an interesting and instructive visit for the Many prominent strangers who will gather for the Congress. The details of. The scheme Are in the hands of sub Coni mittens headed toy energetic Mem Bers of the Edmonton Board of Trade acid nothing is being left undone to insure their Success. Brings men to Aid of revolutionists in Mexico Nogales. Ariz., May Villa men. Joined the revolutionary forces today at san Tomico Chihuahua according to re ports received in Nof Raies Sonora. I Villa it was said will bring supporters to of Obregon. Carranza troops revolt Brownsville Texas May 3. The first defections of Federal troops along the. Tamaulipas line bordering Texas occurred yesterday when the Carranza garrisons at Camargo opposite Rio Grande City and san Miguel near Camargo revolted and declared themselves in sympathy with general Obregon according to advices received Here today. The revolt was orderly shots were j fired. Unconfirmed reports say that the Carranza Garrison at Melr opposite Roma Texas has also revolted. The same reports say that rebels entered Guerrero opposite , Texas several Days ago but left during the night without causing a disturbance. It was indicated this Garrison remained Loyal to Carranza. Destroy or division ordered out Washington May Daniels today ordered a division of destroyers now at new York with the Atlantic Fleet to sail immediately for key West where they will be held Foi possible Fiuty in mexican Waters. The flotilla is commanded by capt. Byron Long on the tender Blackhawk which win accompany the flotilla. Captain 3 Jong was in conference with Secretary Daniels Here last night and left immediately afterwards for new York to get his ships ready to sail to Dav. The move is precautionary it was Learned and in being taken with the idea that it May he necessary to use he War Craft to protect americans in angered the revolution. Labor Man awarded damns Toronto May 5. Damages amounting to were awarded Arthur o Leary. Local Lahore Man in his libel Sander suit against tames Simpson another prominent labor Man by a jury under Justice Middleton. Today. Or. O Leary was awarded on the libel charge and on the charge of slander. Weather report. Thetfo Lowlor to the weather report ;