Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Male scheme 15 Aff Kovel the general principle of constructing a mall from Portage Avenue to the parliament buildings was adopted at a conference of interested parties held at the City Hall yesterday four. Registration of Winnipeg voters who will be eligible to cast their ballots in the coming provincial election takes place the first three Days of next week. On Page 22 a map is published showing the various subdivisions. Vol 258 today s and warm. Winnipeg saturday May Sun Ribota 4.53 sets 19.36 Moon rises Midnight acts 9.12. Sun rises 4.52 sets Muon rises 0.20 sets 10.13. Fifty two pages in 10 electors or Thornton tells Portage electors Why government should be returned Mcpherson nominated Fame of present member in Only one placed before convention by staff correspondent Portage la Prairie Man., May 7 come Demoru the people 01 tins Elvince with the record of having our promises and pledges we ask for a renewal of the con Nee of the people of Manitoba in i or that we can carry out to a in Field again Barnes makes plea co operation to National demands come be fore personal says Hea d . Grain company producers bight to free mar of Export might entail serious loss fruition the different enterprises we have undertaken in the was How Hon. Or. E. A. Mcpherson . Unanimous Choice Prairie liberals in night. Of Portage la convention last Randi Maui reviewed the work of the administration during the Piast five years. I or Thornton particularly dealt rib the educational question and Cost of the parliament buildings replying in the latter Case to the criticisms of the Leader of the con str Auve party of the province. R. G. Pora a la Prairie. He declared. Portage la Prairie. He declared figures to prove his state , that the building would be completed for less than the Obliga t on entered into by the late govern ment with Kelly and this in spite of he increased Cost of materials and the increase of wares the Savins having been effected he said by the elimination of nearly one million Dol Lars Worth of expensive items of Interior decoration. Dealing with the subject of Educa Tion. Or. Thornton pointed out that when the administration took office one in every four of the Rural schools Ivas a bilingual school and the num Ber was being added to during the summer of 1915 at the rate of one a week. What the government had do was Only abolish the bilingual clause but to begin a policy of making the Public schools of Manitoba in the Rural districts Cen tres of Canadia ism and centres for teaching of other languages than English and the propagation of other ideas than those of Canadian nationalism. Recalling that one of the criticisms of the Leader of the conservative party was against the establishment of the taxation commission or. Thornton read a Resolution passed by the. Union of. Municipalities asking for the appointment of such a com Mission. And he reminded the meet ins that or. Willis was a past presi Dent of the organization and was still a member of the executive and us such had on the deputation that Tad waited upon the government to request it to Sive effect to this Reso Lution among the others presented. R. H. M. Pratt As president of the City association presided Over the meeting and introduced the proceed ing. Mcpherson unanimous Choice i de that he had performed the same l office live years ago. He has had a record in the House is we have been All pleased with it. And he has been an acquisition to the Norris Nistra meet under auspices of conserva Tion commission in Winnipeg Ottawa May press were announced Here to night for the agricultural conference under the auspices o the commis Sion of conservation in Winnipeg this summer. The conference which will be attended by officials from every department of agriculture in the Prairie provinces will open on july 14 and close or . Subjects to be taken up will Deal More particularly with Tolfe rate and extent of exhaustion of soil Ler titty throughout the entire West. And proposals of the depart me St an it to offset the Drain of the past five k oars Dur ing which time every available acre has been utilized for the j production of foodstuffs. Attention is also being paid to conditions in the drought areas. 3 the preventing of will be taken up. Forage Supply and if soil Drifting also Aid development by deepening Waterways special to free press Chicago May plea for the sort of co operation that carried the United states successfully through tiie period of the War was directed by Julius Barnes president of the United states Grain corporation to several Hundred representative men on the Grain Trade who came to Chi Cago today from All parts of the United states and Canada to meet or. Barnes at the hotel la. Salic. They came at his Call to con Sider the situation which will confront the country on june 1, when Federal restrictions upon open trading in wheat and the guarantee Price pro vision will be removed. Play fair avoid anything that will Lead to wild speculation and wide Price consider the nation in. Demands before your per Sonal desires for was in effect what or. Barnes told the meeting in his opening address copies of which were circulated to those present. George m. Reynolds president of the Continental and commercial National Bank of Chicago assured the meeting that although the credit situation is bad. The. Country Hasi passed thro ugh the worst of it .-ir.ii. With such co operation As was effective during the War period will avoid any serious Money disturbances this year. A Resolution for the appointment of a committee to Frame recommendations to Grain exchanges to fur ther the of or. Barnes was offered by Frederick Wells vice of b. H. Peavy co., it mrs. T. J. Hall who was one of quite a number of women present seconded the Resolution. No other names Beirs submitted like chairman declared or. Map in is in unanimously selected. And aids the applause of the meeting or. Mcpherson after thanking the electors for his nomination which he said practically to a Vot of Confidence in him on his record up i j Date referred to the conditions of 1914, which he described As deplorable and were impelling lie people everywhere to demand a change a change did come and Tho government had been in office five years. During that said he the strangest thing that happened in political life in the Dominion of Uma Clu took place. I think it is the j omy time it Ever did take , that appealed for the support of i we electors because it had fulfilled m platform and asked to be re l turned to Power to have an oppor carrying those measures it to the fullest Groat development in schools. The legislation that Ould require the attention of the ministration or. Mcpher views of North Bay men unanimous on Power question North Bay ont., May tic on the probable contributions from this vast North Jand to the economic Success of the proposed St. Lawrence deep waterway route if the necessary improvements were made in the French River and sufficient water Power were developed the men who appeared the inter National joint Waterways commis Sion today were unanimous in their expressions of Confidence in the great wealth yet to be uncovered in the Mineral deposits forests and agricultural lands of Northern on Tario. They were especially insist ent on the developing of water Power Here As necessary to the welfare of the newer sections of the provinces. The desirability of the connection the French River with nip to open the Way for rom the great lakes was emphasized. Those who presented their views were enthusiastic on the ques Tion of the St. Lawrence sea route being the most desirable thine from economic standpoint but they were unanimous on the Power question and on the matter of obtaining a water outlet to the great lakes by. The canalization of the French River. Grain company of Minneapolis was carried unanimously. The Resolution provided that a committee of five be appointed by the chair which in turn would select a committee of sixteen members two of the eight Middle West Ern exchanges dealing in futures. A third body known As the general committee would then be appointed to represent the Trade in general and to receive recommendations from the committee of sixteen for future guidance. The personnel of the committee of sixteen will be selected by the Grain exchanges of. Chicago Milwaukee. Duluth. Minneapolis. City St. Lo.. And Toledo. The personnel of the larger committee will be selected by Tho following com Mittee of five appointed by or. Barnes at the afternoon session of the conference of Minneapolis a senator Robertson asks for repeal drastic deportation clauses immigration act Ottawa May the Senate today Hon. Gideon Robertson s Bill re pealing a number. The deportation clauses of the immigration act aroused Strong opposition and after consider Able discussion the Bill was Aid Over until after the Senate adjourn ment. A number of senators expressed Strong antagonism to any relaxation of control Over British citizens who came to Canada and challenged constitutional authority. At tire opening of the sitting senator Mcsweeney brought to the attention of the government the proposed emigration from Western Canada of mennonites. Senator Dandurand asked for the opinion of Tho Manitoba representatives on the desirability of these people As Citi Zens. Sir James Lougheed said the government had no information on the subject but if these people were seeking the kind of Liberty they were said to be seeking the people of Canada would be reconciled to their departure. The grand Purchase agreement Bill was third Reading following a speech by senator Casagram during which he declared an increase in freight rates was absolutely necessary repeal deportation provisions Hon. Senator Robertson s Tell ameriding1 the immigration act re peals the retroactive provisions which made it possible to Deport British citizens found guilty of sedition or attempted conspiracy against the state at any time since 1910. It also protects British subjects can Adian Horn or naturalized citizens who have become domiciled in can Ada that is to say who have had five years residence in the Dominion. Senator Lynch Staunton expressed Surprise at such legislation at Tho present time. He believed the provisions were being re pealed should remain in the statute books to be invoked As occasion re aired and seconded toy senator a. B. Ross of old Dinton moved Tho six months hoist. Senator Lynch Staunton strongly opposed lessening the Power of the government at the present time to uphold constituted authority. The Bill he said should be left alone. The country was yet Normal. If the Bill passed As amended trained English and scotch agitators could come Here and keep the country in a ferment. The Winnipeg situation last year showed the necessity of the act remaining of the statute books As it was. It appeared the repealing clauses had been dictated by labor organizations. The present Bill would encourage agitators and was a confession weakness on the govern ment s part. Had served Good purpose senator Robertson said the protective legislation of. Last year had served a Good purpose but nothing had. Been done during the War that created More Trou ble and made it More difficult to secure stability in the labor world. He believed it was in British and unfair to deep such legislation on the statute books at the present time. War was Over and surely it was Only just to give a British subject a trial by his Peers before deportation. The Manitoba government had done Well when they gave a fair trial to Ivens and his associates. Would the parliament of Canada de port a British subject of five years residence in Canada with out a fair trial it was finally agreed that the b ill should be Laid Over until after the Senate adjournment. Absolute deadlock coalition lists leave Lloyd George attacked for advocating closer co operation with conservatives charges and counter charges in speeches result in continued disorder charges Dupont firm threatens Wood Boom announce programme Chell. Of new Stork an exporter h. M. Sager Chicago former president of the Board of Trade Fred. J. Log hide demands opposition to Dye stuffs Bill be withdrawn Washington May presiden japanese labor party adopt advanced platform London May associated Lively scenes punctuated the proceedings of the National Liberal federation Confer ence which began at Leamington to Day. The delicate Domestic relations of the party were illustrated during the week by the election of All Independent candidates to the management of Tho National Liberal club and the exclusion of All coalition Liberal nominees led to the anticipation of a Good Deal of friction at the conference. Actualities in this respect exceeded expectations and. Instead of Healing disputes Tho meeting developed into an exhibition of irreconcilable bitterness. Several members of the coalition ministry attended including messes. , Manamara Mccurdy and Keal but it Early demonstrated that the independents were in the great majority and meant War. The chairman. Sir George Lunn got i hearing for a speech in which the prime minister was strongly attacked As Tho advocate of closer Coop ration with the conservatives and a Resolution of Confidence in or. Asquith As Leader and expressing hostility to the coalition received warm approval but during the Seconder s and those of the coalition its who followed and delivered ver bal cuts and thrusts with great Vig or and spirit the atmosphere be came intensely heated. Or. and his colleagues were constantly interrupted Sie meeting was a scene of continual disorder which culminated in absolute deadlock when one speaker declared he preferred the company of the coalition to association with some Refuge in Nacle to assassinate Cam p Bell ban Nerman. The upshot was the withdrawal from the meeting of the coalition party headed by sir Gordon Seward. The retiring contingent held a meeting of on the Steps and roundly denounced the. Treatment received by them while the party inside proceeded to pass the Resolution by an Over whelming majority. Enters Brandon fight settlement approved Loans totalled fifty nine obligations discharged Praise and criticism Meighen asks for vote of fifty millions to carry on work during fiscal year in the House of commons the soldiers land set t moment scheme came in for Praise id a Cross tire criticism. The House was in Supply on a vote of 50.000.000 to carry on the work of the soldiers . James Kirkcaldy Iland settlement Board during Tho who was last night unanimously 1 ve3r Eho sen by Brandon he conservatives their representative of ister of the Interior related the work the forthcoming provincial elections. Kirkcaldy is Choice of Brandon tories of the Board. The amount of Loans approved to March 11, was approximately Soldier settlers on the lands whose loan had been approved totalled and of the number 09 had already discharged their obligations in under Tho agricultural Branch 955 men had completed courses of training 600 undergoing training it n v i to in .-.n. Liui ung. Or the his candidature unanimously in minions asked for this year a but two millions would be advanced Dorset by convention in Loans. Generally speaking the committee Brandon Man. May 7. Briga the work of the Board. But Kirk ilk Power of Quebec South was die general Kirkcaldy especially critical. It was too Early c.m.g., a . And two bars Croix i he argued to make any general de Guerre is the Independent con criticism of the soldiers land set Serva Tive for the constr to ency of Brandon his nomination i he thought the act had failed in its purpose in the older provinces. As a. Re establishment came at an enthusiastic and fairly measure it provided for one class of Well attended meeting of the conservative supporters held in the City Hall tins evening. Brigadier Gen eral Kirk Candy s nomination was a Ian Mous and was received with a great outburst of cheering on the part of the gathering. The Nomi Nee accepted the Honor in Brief but impressive speech in which he emphasized the great need of representation for the soldiers in the legislature. R. G. Willis Leader of the conservative party in Manitoba was also present and addressed the meeting. He condemned the Norris govern for its extravagant expenditures and criticized the principle of i them. Returned Soldier at the expense of All the rest. Major Power cited resolutions1 passed at the . Convention calling i or u reorganization of the soldiers land settlement Board. Had the minister acted on the resolutions must be supported. Or. Meighen replied that he could act on resolutions unsupported by evidence. But major Power insisted must have had some facts at the Back of their surely lie argued or. Meighen did think they passed Resolution merely for the pleasure of passing Dick Waugh settles Saar Valley dispute direct tax on the people. Or. It looks or. Meighen Willis said that the administration of i interjected with a smile. Iho Temperance act alone would i retorted major Power is justify the Osfelt of the present gov an admission which will be received while he also Belit lied the i with considerable pleasure by the credit coming to the Corri s govern j cd . Men in the minister s con men to Many acts passed. I . J or. C. P. Tem Pleton acted As chair Thomas Macnutt Aiso j Man tonight and on opening called for nominations for a conservative complained of delays in the. Valuing. Of land. Carich Aey of major general major John Ferguson of North Bay however told the commission that there was no contentious opposition to the St. Lawrence scheme. Which National Treasury what had been a son referred complis cd in education and asked be the effect on Muni Odo. In they would return to Power Willd revert to the old development in the schools had been enormous and the people of the pro nce must see that that develop. A Jas what they anted was the spread of education and proper teaching in the schools be maintained that the Norris proposes increase make maximum registration fee on mail matter Loc Ottawa May Canadian press in the maximum i is Tetra Tion fee from live to ten cents on letters or other articles sent by registered mail is proposed in a Resolution introduced today by the minister of customs and Inland Revenue. Tho Resolution which will be considered in parliament at an Early Date also proposes an increased postage on weekly newspapers and periodicals within a. Distance of forty Miles from i Cally the place of publication. Between Jan. 1, Jan. 1, 1923, the rate is to be one cent and one and a half cent thereafter. It is proposed to eliminate Trio free postage facilities enjoyed by members during sessions. Felt bound to organize and extend resistance am. Lockport n.t., Miller presi edit of i Tew York Millers and p. Is. Tia Goodrich Winchester ind., a trader. Was the cause of an these committees will remain in direction of the Grain trading in futures until s Uch time As the Market readjusts itself to the private control after three years of government control and the plan is in further Ance of the provisions of the. Wheat guaranty act which provides that the president take seasonable Steps to provide for and to permit the establishment of a free and open mar Ket for the Purchase Sale and hand Ling of wheat and wheat products upon the expiration of this Gage. Speaks. Government said j. Gage of the Winnipeg Gram change is too socialistic in a it does away with individual in Tia live in Canada there is general opposition to such control. We know something about it there too. For we have had no speculative trading in wheat since May 1917. The National subsidy of bread in Europe has crept in in an Cibort to protect their Consumers against i effect. I Rod costs of living Whir. Train the social . Barnes. We can without unkind Ness criticize a National policy on such theory takes from t Chanty for the other Shower of fireworks in the u. S. Senate today when senator Ken Yon Republican Iowa charged that the Dupont interests had practically threatened to attack the Wood Boom unless senator Moses of new Hamp. Shire one of the general a Campaign managers desisted in his opposition to the pending Bill to protect an american Dye stuff Industry. The Dupont Are the largest manufacturers of Dye stuffs in the . Senator Kenyon read a letter from Charles k. Weston of the Dupont publicity Bureau to sen Ator Moses which he declared was certainly in the nature of the Dye stuffs Bill which is described by its sponsors As framed to Foster an american Dye stuff Industry and prevent Germany regaining a world control of the business with its potential influences in the production of War munitions was before the Senate and senator Frelinghuyse Republican new Jersey had charged that pro German influences were at work to kill the measure. It was then that senator Kenyon launched charges. Table of the people. British control. We May More s soundly criticize on uie the inference question or. Claimed that Tho con party were facing the the a did of s a what they m Lavor of a what the. Opposed to. They said Leav but. Said r. Thal at the ume. They Havn a that policy because it measure ably prevents the usual Price influence on substitution of other foods and of food the most at a Active for their people automatically increases the Burden upon their National Treasury and complicates the problem of securing sufficient supplies of the subsidized kind in any time of relative Scarcity. To themselves there May be a Noin Paris May 7. The executive committee of lie general labor federation announced tonight that in View of the attitude adopted by the government against the strike move ment it Felt itself bound to organize and extend its resistance to. The government. Consequently the announcement said the federation is considering the entry of the new Industrial forces the strike movement at an Early Date. To night the general strike situation showed Little change As regards the i railway men and Tho miners but the to the Dock men wore returning to work. Eren us on any phase of the Tii foul me 1 by a petition Yunca and submitted to the govern said he pm " the province of Manitoba com Nave the courage to out and say what their Coll. Desires and what they Are support individually prepared in the old observed or. It was what will you it Tlora they Are say w politically. They Are in the question. Could they he when they had the same or in the held again that had red the Roblins government. To criticism of the ration that they had done icon unused Oil pass release 50 hunger strikers London May fifty hunger strikers were released from the Wormwood scrubbs prison today. If they Are go pass Tifft of gov wrecked in collision o a n at Nohich their people would substitute for instance cheaper Gran s in place of wheat but there is no inducement to the individual to do this when wheat is by National cheapest food for their table it is an artificial interference with the sound attraction of Price. Which naturally relieves the Short age of one food by the substitution also questioned whether the Grain Trade was in a position at. Fair prices Beaton Able Rush of wheat so the producer against loss and consumer against shortage site r the surprised at majority san Francisco cal., May lotions the withdrawal of japanese Siberia the establishment of a minimum wage scale passage of legislation Safe guarding. loss of employment repeal of Laws prohibiting Public labor Union meetings i Iso-1 applies. Canadian method of and Square Deal London May Canadian method of straight talk. And. A Square Deal has been successfully applied to were adopted by the a Xaikai or i the settlement of european labor Bor party of Japan at Tokio May a i troubles. The locale of these Dis according to a Cable despatch Recey j turban Ces was the Saar Valley de Here by the new. World a local japanese language paper. Britain sending raw materials to Germany manufacturing plants tied up with British contracts Paris May great Britain i strict and the who preached the j Docu Irie which has been found most successful in Industrial adjustments in the Dominion was sex i mayor Waugh of Winnipeg now a Meinzer of the Saar Valley commission sir. Waugh it in London for a few Days arranging to bring his family to Saa Briick which is the Headquarters of the commission appointed under the peace treaty to administer the affairs of the Saar District for the next fifteen years. Before his it in some cases in candidate for brr Idon. C. Donald j approved in the Middle of summer nominated brigadier general j were held up till the following Spring Lames i Kirkcaldy. The nomination there were delays Iii Thi inspect was seconded by James Young i Tion of Stock and. Equipment. Turere were further nominations j Here Rose to permit f--------1 j discussion of the special committee and a brigadier general was culled to the platform. In accepting the nomination he said thai he would do so Only on the condition that he be allowed the fullest Liberty with his vote a the interests of his party. He said that he realized the privilege that would be his in representing the conservatives and. Furthering the interests of the people unit particularly the re turned Nen. There is j to the men who went overseas and now that they have come Back to work he believed As Loyal in on scientific research or. Meighen intimating that he would subsequently reply to criticisms of the Lanai settlement Board. Discussion of land settlement How Ever was resumed before adjournment at 12.05 . The disputes act and franchise Bill Are on order of business for monday. The the ranks of labor As they were at the front afraid test Power of court to restrict profits he claimed that he is i of his labor of Ponce port German labor vote in Sim Derland election augmented by Irish London May 7 Canadian Assoc it ated in the Sunderland elec Tion 67 percent of the electors polled. Sir i Lamar Greenwood was unable to hear the declaration of the poll be ing in Ireland at the time. His elec Tion was. Confidently predicted but the increase in the majority was certainly. Surprising. The labor vote in creased by nearly five thousand being augmented by the Irish vote which is a Large Factor in this shipbuilding plies to inquiry that is Plant will be tied for a Long time to come by contracts with British customers. The British Are exporting great quantities of raw material to Ger Many for which they Are asking no payment in Money but Are taking manufactured articles in Exchange. Germany now is getting her Iron Ore largely from Sweden under Sim liar arrangement making her almost entirely Independent or France Loi raw materials. Ern ment he meet conservative loader Speaks r g. Willis opposition Leader in r j. . A the legislature congratulated the re tem include railway employees and meeting on choosing the candidate Here and he said the Liberal Nomine had of splendid Opportunity in so vice had lie made Way for one who had served overseas. As the total men who went overseas was one Twenty fifth of the population of Tia province he believed that the men i Are entitled to representation. The conservative nominee would make no criticism of the present gov , judgment will establish definitely status of Commerce Board Ottawa. May 7. A reference which will test the Power of a fed eral court to restrict profits in necessaries of life was argued in the suit Rome court of Canada today Wien in. P. O Connor . Presented for Lent this evening but said that judgment of the court an order of would discuss this at a later he Board which seeks to restrict the i profits which retail clothiers in of Greenwood re elected eng., May 7. Sir Harnar Greenwood chief Secretary for Ireland was re elected to Parlia ment today in the by election Necer is used by his recent appointment to the Irish Secretary ship. Sir Hamar received votes As against 37d for v. H. Rutherford the labor candidate and for w. Howe. In dependent Liberal. _ Texarkana tex., May a Missouri Pacific local Passen Ger train and an extra freight collided head on near Hope ark., tonight. Railroad Here said the passenger train was badly wrecked and four cars of Tho freight demolished. No re ports have yet been received of the casualties. A Itomi oltion of the producers right a la inf that producer to a natural Adan t-fire1 Eithen Justice dictates that he should be protected against the col Fonse which might follow a surplus confined of inefficient Home then suggests a the of to produce sat the sex Nensa 01 the National Treasury at once suggests a measure of. Recagni for the consumer As Well and to once enter All the difficulties foreign decorations for Canadian soldiers Ottawa May records of the militia department has just received a Large number of foreign decorations for distribution among Canadian sol die s. They include awards from Italy France Rumania and even from China and nearly All Are accompanied by the official certificates bearing the account of service for which they Are Given. The most picturesque decoration of the entire collection is the. Chinese order of Wen he which has been awarded by the chinese government to major Douglas of the 9th rail Way troops. Bank robber killed progressives approve of Euler amendment Ottawa May press a result of a caucus held this afternoon by the National progressive party it is believed that support will be g Iven by the party to the Euler amendment to the franchise act which seeks to relieve wives of naturalized aliens from appearing be fore a judge to obtain a certificate of franchise for Dominion elections. This was the first caucus attended by Hon. T. A. Crerar Leader of the party in six weeks and he was warmly welcomed. Sub committees were appointed to Deal with various phases of the budget de Bate and they will report Back to a further caucus fixed1 for tuesday bavarian troops May. Bavarian troops which have been in the Ruhr Basin have been withdrawn according to the Nord Deutsche All Gereine Zelot Nei Semi Industrial workers Weic it did. Or. Willis said that Brandon very strained and threatened a i As second City of the province should Oral strike. Or. Waugh became con have Cabinet representation. The re Vinced that the whole trouble Wab i port has been circulated that Tho based on misunderstanding and was i conservative a government is dead but finally requested by other members of or. Willis stated that it is very much the commission to put his theory of i alive. Practical test. A meeting of representatives of the men affected was called and or. Haugli save them a straight talk pointing out that the German government had agreed to the administration of the Saar Basin by and that ui3 circumstances his hearers could serve both the commission and Ber Lin he promised them Security of tenure of their posts providing they gave faithful and Loyal service and it developed that this was really Tiu sum of their Hopes and fears. Sines that time there has been no trouble the Kapp revolution in Germany caused scarcely a Ripple and there have been no communist disturb ances. The attitude of the. People is that the War brought Only suf Fering and they do want an other. Or. Waugh s duty on the commission is the administration of finance and food Supply. The lat Ter is a problem since out of i. Population of seven Hundred thousand the greater part Are engaged in Industry and the peasants Krow Only enough for themselves. Or. Waugh has already had a Lunatic Asylum converted into an agricultural col lege to teach modern methods of agriculture which Are badly needed in the District wooden ploughs Are still used. Warn Loic i Orcy -7 Washington May to son a protest against recognition of bring the Republican Resolution to the soviet government of Russia Ana end the state of far with Germany j had telegraphed All prospective presi and Austria before the Senate a dental candidates asking them to de the termed the present Norris government As the most sex that has Ever held office. It had been pledged to Economy but there has been very expenditures. A direct tax was imposed on the people in the Muni Cipal commissioners Levy. Before Ottawa make. Argument by w. Tilley ., opposing counsel. That the parliament of Canada could Vest in a court of its own creation Powers to interfere with the disposition of property constituting an invasion of provincial rights in matters of criminal Law. Eugene la Fleur . Representing the at Torney Jeneral of Alberta spoke briefly on the question of provincial rights. The Case is t re hearing of a reference heard last March which the supreme court postponed judgment in order to enable the. Counsel to present a More Concrete Case than the last and to prepare for a. Judgment which will establish definitely the status of the making the patriotic Levy it was de As a prot Pixius tri cited that there should be equalized assessment through the province and this was done. The assessment made in 1916 was supposed to stand until 1920, said or. Willis but Many com were received from municipalities that they were assessed equally. Courts of revision were held Brandon s assessment fixed at in january 1918. A Short passed Prave the commissioner Power to adjust the assessment As i he saw fit and although the pro j London _ the argument lasted a a Day and judg ment was reserved. Labor Mukes protest against procuring of Blacks in Africa by inducement Ince s assessment was reduced s47. Brandon s assessment had been raised to he claimed. Executive committee of the labor party has sent a forma protest to Viscount Milner Secretary of. The colonies against that Brandon had been discriminated his instructions to magistrate in against in this respect. British East Africa to induce the could secure it at that . Expected within three or four Days. British merchant in new York new York May Lead ing British merchants representing mask the drapers chamber of Trade of the a drovers a United kingdom St. Louis mo., May de bandits held up the Drivers United Ivin Yuzui tonal Bank in East St Louis Illinois on the Steamer celtic for a tour of today one Bandit was killed. Another investigation of the retail Trade in the Bandit was captured in a. Revolver. United Canada. Canadian Duel Nineteen thousand dollars in cities to be visited by the party in Cash stolen from the was found eluding Montreal Ottawa Toronto later in an abandoned automobile. Winnipeg and Vancouver. Charges extravagance the government s estimated expenditure for 1921. At was also severely criticized by or. Willis. The noxious Weed act used to the province old re Gime but now it amounts to the civil servants Are costing the government Over More than in 1913. And he did think the great increase necessary to this ii mount. The administration of jus Tice is costing Over one Hundred times As much As formerly under the old regime. Or. Willis did consider it Good business for the government o loan Money out to the Farmers at g per cent., when the government if it is the mauve chiefs to procure native labor for the arms we Etc wages ranging from two Pence to three Pence per Day. The commutes agrees that such in inducement is tantamount to fore de labor Rind says that Oermann deprived of the Colony because she employed such forced labor. Charge priests with theft Florence Italy May priests wore arrested Here today on the charge of having stolen a bust by Antonio Canova the celebrated ital Ian sculpt or an alter by Robbia the loth Century sculptor and other Art treasures from the Abbey of Acevia. Copies of al treasures were substituted by the thieves. The police have recovered the altar. Like and run in a satisfactory then it might be workable contended the speaker. The Rural credits act would continued on a go ten.5 discharged from Hospital Belfast May hunger strikers who were removed from the jail to the Hospital during the week were discharged today and departed for their Homes in the South. Best found guilty of warder. 2-s Pontiac. Mich May jury in circuit court late today found Anson Best a Michigan youth guilty of the murder of miss Vera Schneider to Telephone operator whose body was found on Tho porch of an Noe or Jujj copied dwelling in a restricted Resi Dence District Here april 25. Best Fri was. Sentenced to life imprisonment ff4 at the prison. Go new Borden York. In new York May to Jert Borden prime minister of Canada and lady Bor Deiv arrived in new York this Aucter Noory from the South where they have spent severa.1 months for the Bone flt. Of their health. They were acc Zix pained by George a. Tales prime minister s confidential Secra. Tary and j. A. Pugsley. Of the can Adian department of railways ;