Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Conditions in England graphic description of conditions As he found great Britain was Given in an address by Rev Christie yesterday at the annual meeting Canadian moderate opinion if tinged if government concurs civic elections today polls open from 9 to 8 vote Early to guard against congestion at do not Mark your ballots with an x use the figure and where there Are More two candidates indicate your preferences by using the figures today and mild december 3 1920 san rises sets Moon rises thirty pages be who Hajj i la asked again refers to r difficulties in House of lords the Unco prom a opposition or indifference of a them Ireland towards the Home lie till has been markedly affected if the amendments in the House Olms according to the Pilto correspondent of the London the moderates of All parties that the substitution of joint sessions of the Northern and South to senates for a Council in Ireland to improved the the coun Haa Virnig been one the most in Jinjr Alzir features of the the government concurs in the Fords amendments and Alpoim proves the financial provisions of the Bill the correspondent Moder Ite Irish opinion May be radically Linthe House of lords How Baron Birkenhead again re erred to the difficulties involved in amendment offered by lord i and expressed the hop s to ire1 not of Jat he would reconsider the Matte Lefore the report stage was reached there seems to be a belief in som limiters that when the question comes up again in the report Stag changes will not be persisted says privy Council appeals relic of Imperial supremacy associated Bern Dale Edinburgh univer contributes a letter to the times discussing Dominion appeals to the privy Council where in he suggests that though lord May righting asserting the balance of Legal opinion Canada still upholds the value of such lawyers obviously cannot be Keith asserts that the Appeal to the privy Council is relic Perial going Back to the time when colonial courts might have perpetrated a grave injustice unless subject to effective the Only Hope for the preservation of the appeals says in merging the committee of the lords into an Imperial court of but this is regarded with Little favor in Legal circles in the United King by league commute officially decided it does not guarantee territorial integrity of members unanimously adopted considered most important v decision yet taken by league members assessment Aci municipalities ask govern assistance for charitable institutions urges equal franchise for convention at Brandon closes i London search successful Jef of i keen search gift m Scotland Yard operatives to in Jenover sinn fein machinations Are t0 Levine Topo stunt Ith is declared that Many documents Lave been discovered which disclose in Complete list of the members of the Irish self determination league find also clues a to the whereabouts f the women desired by the author the clues in the hands of the Cou Andward authorities Are being measures for the safety Public buildings being be the ques l Abbey to the Public toeing among documents of seized Are balls Dei number of liners com ing from abroad and also letters con tabling evidence of plots against buildings and various undertaking in and throughput the countess court Martiale the Royal bar Acks today countess number parliament Tor the tricks division of Dublin who fas arrested two months tied by court Maii tial on charge of conspiring Between my to organize a manna otherwise known As sinn fein boy this organization has been chased Vrin conspiracy to murder military Lolice with unlawful drilling the arring of arms furnishing recruits to the Irish volunteers and generally promoting the countess looked extremely ill newspaper photographers who took snapshots of her were held by the military who confiscated the photographic the newspaper men were searched when they entered the Barracks where the countess is being to countess today refused to re the and the session was occupied with the examination of witnesses for the dealing with the Law of counsel Lor the Crown quoted state had been made accused on her the proceedings were enlivened by the countess acting As interpreter Lor who frequently stumbled pronunciation of Irish in the translation Docu staff of resolutions employed the convention of the Union of Manitoba municipalities at its final session the absence of contentious matter being More work was accomplished today than during the of the previous resolutions de the government for amendments to existing they called for changes in the assessment act and or assessments not to tie made in Townsand villages until March for disposition of taxes on Grain elevators government property for equal franchise women in Rural and Urban districts and mental to v5 of provincial my legs x of the league covenant does not guarantee the territorial integrity of any Mem Ber of the according to the first official interpretation of that Art icle by the unanimously adopted by the commission on the admission of new this declaration is generally regarded As one of the most important decisions yet taken by the league amendments for revision held the floor of the Assembly the de Bate bringing out clearly that Amend ment of covenant was in the minds of nearly All the some of whom were More press ing in their desire for a perfect instrument but All thinking of would remove obstacles to the entry of the United a moment of 7 the close of the a moment of great when sen or of Argentina who failed to part in the voted alone against the Resolution rejecting consideration of amendments to the covenant at this the presiding visit As if unable to believe that a single Delegate would prevent unania v relieved the tension whence remarked postponement of consideration of Amend ments iriv olved a question of on which unanimity was not thereupon the chair Man declared adopted the which provides that the scandinavian amendments be studied by a rep prot for use during the following hours from 12 Midnight to 8 daily from 7 saturdays to 2 during these hours the free press private Branch Exchange is Call the listed below instead of the general number in use the Exchange is a3381 general enquiry pc editorial City editor Telegraph editor a3 editorial reporters reporters a3 reporters society editor sporting editor City delivery a3 3 circulation and complaints room chief Engineer composing room room printing Are particularly to note the number of the City circulation complaint a3 330 giving the committee authority to consider any other amendments that be the gents he was bordered cadets funeral bodies of Olteen auxiliary police the Culins of the Kil Michiael were brought today from Maroon and placed an a Navy tender for ship ment to contingents of the Noyal Irish constabulary escorted the melancholy procession through the places of business were closed my All num Bers of men and boys failed to uncover As the procession pass Cal a Large crowd watched the embarkation of the protestant Bishop of Cork and Otter Church officials assisted the in carrying the coffins the whale bands play s tender took the cof continue Al on Page the Sunshine kid or Ohop qing Tolje of dealt j with following placed before the convention k from to the executive to have synopsis of the Hail for the information of lost after Dis amendments to the assessment act Are asked for in the following which carried whereas in towns and villages assessment must be made under the business tax Reni Al basis or on assessment of per Sonal and whereas either system brings of taxation on certain rate be it resolved this Union of municipalities do petition or otherwise ask the provincial govern ment to so Amend the assessment act As to give municipalities Power pass bylaws setting Forth what business shall be assessed on either of the aforesaid Revenue will be sought from Grain elevators operating on government such although in operation and providing private Revenue cause municipalities to a severe financial loss on account of the not being taxable the a convention re solving to petition the government to pass such legislation As will make the same assessment of elevators on railway rights of ways As real estate is also asked in another equal franchise for women franch sement of women was a in the following Resolution whereas women in towns and Vil Lages Are not on an equal basis As regularly franchised women in Rural be it resolved that this Union of municipalities petition the government such Legisla Tion As will put women in Urban and Rural municipalities on the same basis As regularly franchised the convention desires that assessment of towns and villages should not be Reade earlier than March in the year in which the taxes Are governmental assistance to Charit ble institutions should be rendered through a Levy made Over the equivalent assessment of the prov nce and collected through the municipal the Reso ution was proposed by delegates rom trustees the Highway from Emerson through Winnipeg to Selkirk should e named the lord Selkirk High the convention loss of one More ask no for the list increase in the Wolf closed the savings Banks system explained Weir addressed the explaining the system employed in institution arid its Money deposited is he to finance the Rural credit Hirough the consolidated Revenue the farm Loans school districts and Rural municipal at the present time have not enough Money to Purchase municipal to Flay of the league on amendments to riot to changes the of great the of important changes in the iwas not regarded As perfect he and eventuality must be considered of the Assembly being called upon to amendments of far greater importance than those now t the motive is you Amend the covenant you Amend Call 8 if you fail to receive your morning paper Manitoba free press Vdell in is yield Mcdonnell estimates loss of a Ottawa enquiry 33 to break even Carvell is surprised by the number of complaints of service rendered constances return ratifies hostile acts Allied premiers in London agree not lord Desborough who Birmingham times confuses noted sportsman the Allied pre Ere Rice today greed to the treat of Versailles which Seal to the peace of the another motive of the Balfour was theron that years experience in the work of a covenant was insufficient to Stow just what amendment should be and the committee Canadian press although an Effort will be made to the express rates hearing be fore the frail Way Board to a close on Friday there Isa Prospect that it will not be concluded before Satur Day when the Board adjourned at 5 Oclock this there still remained to be called As a witness Lockhart a Toronto who will be examined by corporation counsel for the City of with this witness Geary will Endeavor to demolish some of the statistical computations presented today on behalf of the do minion express company by general manager argument by counsel is expected to commence be fore the noon adjournment and is expected to several during the course of his Examina Tion general manager Mcdon Nell predicted a deficit of Over 000 for the Dominion express com Pany and told the that in Der to break even during 1921 in creases in rates amounting to 33 per cent Are he maintained that the going dry of four pro which voted for prohibition on october will seriously affect the express Ontario go Boedry in april it would mean another Large decline in liquor shipments by reduces estimate of revised figures As to the estimated deficit of express com Pany on this years operations were submitted at the continuance of the hearing yesterday by Mcdon general Ion express katoori1hearing the company placed recommend chlorine Gas for destruction of gophers Canadian value of chlorine pm for the destruction of gophers is in a Brief article which appears in the november agricultural published by the Dominion department of the article describes a number of experiments which were conducted to ascertain the effect of the Gas on re in the conclusion that these animals can be effectually destroyed by Means of that the destruction can be accomplished in a Short and that it is the pro Cess of destruction consists in lib chlorine Gas into the when the animals either come to the surface or die in the the entomological Branch of the department of Agri culture is at present taking Steps to have special cylinders made to contain chlorine for use in this Likely to escaped oeb1s Trade agreement Bri Tain ready for signature continued on Page Hope everybody sees that in andde6irvin scouts bravery at sea jumps from minded pass deck and rescues girl 2ra special despatch to the Star from Quebec says when the liner Minnedosa was in mid Atlantic Between Liverpool and a Niney Earold girl with was climbing on the railing on the port fell a youth named Ronald formerly of Castleton Waltham immediately jumped fully clothed from the deck into the cold and rough water Between 40 and 50 feet he swam for the drowning and held her up As they were almost they were rescued by one of the ships they were aboard terribly but both recovered from the effects of the and the following Day Webb presented by the on behalf of the Pas with Webb was patrol Leader of the 8th Walthamstow and second lieutenant in the 7th battalion county of London he recently won the Cadet officers open Miers greek government declaring that restoration of to the throne of Greece Wald regarded ratification of constant iries hostile and create a a Scrable situation Iri the relations Between Greece and text of the note follows and italian governments a Aye constantly in the past Given proof of their Good will greek Pepple have favored the attainment of their National therefore have been All the More painfully surprised bythe event which have just occurred they have no wish to interfere in the fairs of but feel bound to de Clare publicly that restoration of the throne of Greece to a King whose disloyal attitude and conduct toward the allies during the caused them great embarrassment and could Only be regarded by them As by Greece of his hostile this step would create a new unavoidable situation in the re lations Between and the and in that Case the govern ments Reserve to themselves Complete Liberty in dealing with the situation thus May revise turkish treaty the foreign affairs committee of Canadian associated it was the Earl of bes Dorough who died at birding Ham while making a and not the noted sports Man and chairman of the Chamow of these i particulars of ten articles contained in document under discussion the Moscow an a nou Cement that the signed Trade agreement Between Britain and Russia had been handed to Leonid met with denial from Brit ish officials who have been a party to the with the comment the negotiations Are proceeding satisfactorily arid verging towards a there is every probability that the agreement will be signed within a few nothing is forthcoming respecting the Points obstructing British it is Learned that these Bare narrowed to one or two questions on Are an adjust Large number of candidates in Field adds to Gen eral interest polls open from 9 to 8 supporters of both Par Nell and Farmer express Confidence the civic election is held today a is elected ten Alder in Are to be one of whom will serve for one nine for sch001 trustees Are to be two of whom will serve for one six for two year one Alderman already hav ing been elected by acclamation his name will not appear before the elec tors that is Pul acclaimed Alderman for one year in Ward the evenings for the past two weeks have hummed with the sounds and echoes of the civic discussions which have been carried on by the candidates in every school in the for purposes mainly of con these series principally be came distinguished try the mayoralty candidates both Etvard Parnell and the mayoral Laid their views and policies before All sections of the each asked that a big vote be Hope for record the duty of casting their votes for those they would have represent them in the City Council of 1921 rests upon the citizens of Winnipeg if out of their approximated car Merce last summer convention at As stated in the the Earl is succeeded of Viscount coalition member of the House of commons for the Elevation of the Viscount to the House of lords will thus create a vacancy in the representation of the Dover Visco int Duncan non received a majority of at the last general handled Blind death Wood thief and peddle gets 18 years new second to be Carmine tried of petition at the National sporting the French Senate examined the near Eastern problem during a meeting and decided to ask pre Mier leagues and French High commissioner in to outline their the commit it is seems unanimous in hoping that turkish treaty May be Sot necessarily War Reading the text of the Allie Cunoff to g an Drew Bonar the government replying Toa question in the House of commons said the declaration obviously meant that if the greek people choose to take a step which this country would de great Britain and her allies would have no intention whatever of resorting to hostile action the sense of Force to prevent them giving effect to four men indicted in connection with to left and distribution of Wood Al Cohol whiskey last after 100 died from drinking it in and new was sentenced in the court to 18 years in sing sing for manslaughter in the first barges for France dyestuffs Bill read first time in House of commons associated the House of com Mons today the Bill a regulations the importation of dyestuffs was read for the first empowers the Board of Trade to prohibit Dye imports except under abandon compulsory loan associated Queensland government has announced its decision to abandon the compulsory provi Sions of its proposed local re to this decision the times says this is Welcome news arid shows Queensland is beginning hungarian Cabinet resigns the Cabinet headed by count Paul Teleky As resigned the ministry was formed on july judge orders delivery on payment of balance of Price Justice Mac As a special judge in on a petition presented by the French government made an order wednesday that five steam now partially completed and held at que Beor shall be handed Over by the liquidators of the National shipbuilding curl portion and the three shipyards limited to the French Republic on payment by the latter of representing the of the Price owing on the work of construction As far As it has the petition was presented on half of the French government in order that were then at three might not be comic bound for the Ted a calculation showing a probable deficit slightly in of the figures based upon actual by the com Pany its operations up to july 31 a calculation for six months of year hese Fig ures added a sum in of the increased pay ments the company must make to the railways because of the 40 per increase in freight Moule gives costs per assistant comptroller of the the chief witness and he was examined and Cross examined by representing the City of in connection with the railway mail Case j and the former application of the express companies for increased gave computations As to the Cost per mile to the railways of express and mall car movement this morning he brought these computations up to putting the present Cost moving a passenger car per mile at cents and express car at by applying the adopted by the interstate Commerce commission of the United the Cost of moving an express car per mile would be Moule also calculated the Cost of moving a freight train per Mil eat slightly Over 16 for the first nine months of the present he the car mileage had been weaning of freight rates during Cross examination by Geary the question arose As to the meaning of the recent judgment Given by Carvell in the freight rates close Ipuche with i the governments conversations on the subject say it is Likely that their insistence that the soviet government assume All debts of the Phi regime will commercial character Are the of it is will the first concern the British conferees possibly some contested Points will be left Over for Clearing up in the future the proposed Trade agreement tween great Britain and soviet rus Sia consists of ten for the appointment of one or official agents to reside and exercise their functions the Case in so far As profits Are can the chief commissioner in territories of other with immunity from but also provides that such agents shall have the rights accorded diplomatic of the Vise of passports and the lib erty of communicating by code and cipher provision also made that the official agents shall be at Liberty receive and despatch couriers with which shall be exempt from inthe preamble of the agreement it is stated that whereas it is Desir Able in the interest both of Russia of the United kingdom that Trade and Commerce should be forthwith Between these and whereas for this Pur pose it is necessary pending the conclusion of a formal treaty Between the governments of these by which their permanent and political shall be regu that a agreement should be arrived at Between the government Oft the United kingdom and the russian soviet the aforesaid parties have accordingly entered into the following agree total of eighty some Sev Enty thousand were to cast their votes the decision might fairly be taken As a very Complete expression of the verdict of All Only some thirty their votes last every to a much greater number voting have increased by has the same preparatory interest been in the issues of the to organizations Are claimed effective than every to remade feeling Vaj Png citizens selves seems to to Tion to vote in greater numbers has been their Early voting warnings sent out by they Point defects voting until late in the vote is the avoid congestion which invariably tends to clutter the polls Between 6 and 8 May unavoidably be prevented from casting their votes until later but those who can do so should take advantage their Opportunity Early in the Parnell did not hold Public meetings last night he concluded his series on wednesday in he visited his committee rooms last when he met his Campaign Farmer held some meetings last issuing his the support of the citizens All the Ter posed to state that under the terms of the judgment the was presumed to be provided with reas ten articles continues on Page report the following is the weather report issued from the Johns meteorological Observatory at 7 26 wind at 8 Miles an the weather in the West yesterday waa fair and Man Muir and magnum temperatures 20 12 below rup Ert 1020 3fc 48v Kara loops 3840 2450 a 202o Prince to realize the danger politics with of mixing White 1436r Parry sound 2836 3844 3644 3238 3236 3238 3036 3844 Cabinet opposes building postwar dreadnoughts Asso elated As under stood the British estimates recommend building one or More postwar dread but the belief is pretty that the proposition is viewed unfavourably by the cab forty increase in newsprint prices for Winnipeg newsprint prices for the Winnipeg the first six months of 1921 have been announced by the paper j company which supplies this the Price quoted l 7 cents a or a this is an increase of per or 40 per Over the Price paid for newsprint during the last six months of 1920 it is an increase of 75 per corresponding Price for the first six months of the increase of a ton announced As alone greater than the paid by the free press for news print As recently As 1 the Piee is the and to it the must be the freight now paid by the free Tress from its source of a ton paid r years this will make total Cost of m Over 243 11 continued on Page resumption of regulations France delights Vatican that the deputies had for a reestablishment of diplomatic relations with see at the Vatican with est at the it was said harder struggle expected a the French but that a re establishment of relations would be finally approved by that after which France will appoint an ambassador to the Vatican and Ter a Nuncio As its representative in prohibition poll Scotland leaves Greenock unchanged associated pull on scottish prohibition leaves much As one Ward voted for Noli another for limitation of i and six for no fifteen licenses out 125 Are Ayr has voted no baptists raise big Asso Britain have succeed Eden raising a Quarter to increase stipends of its missionary the ten articles of follow the Glrst provides both Par ties agree to remove forthwith All obstacles hitherto in of resumption of Trade Between the United kingdom and a russian in any commodities other than arms and ammunition which May be legally exported or imported into their respective territories to or from any foreign the second article provides that British and russian merchant their Crews and cargoes shall in ports of Russia and of the United whether Alf germanic or school were optimistic and protested their belief in their elec Tion but some be so sure As others Well May the produced its these Are admitted to shed the chances of Success for they Are contented to make certain the election one slate it cast today be the x is the election officials Are insistent in their reminders to the electorate under any to Mark an x on any but la every instance to express completely their preferences in numerical 3 arid to on the City has been polling with exceptions these Are located in Public school if uncertainty exist As to which poll an vote at he can ascertain by ringing up either the citizens Central com Mittee Portage and Carlton phones or or by applying to the labor Temple the candidates Are f for Edward Farmer in dependent for Ward 1 three to be two year term continued on Page Loep House off lords passes Bill to relieve unemployment associated House of lords to Day passed the unemployment Relief Bill and continued the debate on we Home Rule billin steamships from Saxon Dante arrivals at new Tork from Tendon Naples sailed Liverpool Montreal Australia embargo Federal government has remove the embargo on with the exception of controlled to importations into Australia from these a will stir be William Liverpool deaf not hearing bandits shot Borte was unable to hear Youthful bandits when they to hold up his one of the shot him through again in the hip Bortes wife and sister inlaw div the boy bandits fled without Borte came Here a week ago to a grocery Frame Alderman her Bert Morrison i depend Murray Man Ward 2 three to be two year term Thomas Bpyd Flye Jessie Kirk my Mounsey Alderman Ernest Robinson Charles oneyear term one to be to labor John p Sutherland Ward 3 three to be two year term heaps Jesse Howard lab Samuel Lewis Dan Moyse Alderman Simpson i Jim ton Independent i school Ward to of two year term Ward 2 two to be term Ami Joseph Maud Mccarthy Georee Reynolds oneyear to be elected George Adam Gar net courts James Simpkin Ward 3 two to be elected two Beeken Welwood United increase otlu2 in the Public debt Dur foe the month of november was announced today by the ;