Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 17, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Prices for wheat crop detailed figures with regard to the prices obtained for the Western Canada wheat crop Are As a follow up of the tentative estimate which was published some time today weather far and a Couer big building conference the next conference of the Canadian building and construction industries association will be held in starting it was announced at the annual meeting of the builders Exchange last Page december Ontario urges him to carry Banner of Victory to House of commons provide sinews of War decide to incorporate every Federal Riding for political purposes lining up Roll Fly behind Crerar As the Leader of the Farmer party in Era the United farm at at their convention j went on record As rises sets Moon rises sets Twenty eight Pagelli four americans killed during riot at Manila four United states and seven were killed Here lost night during a riot within the walled City Between enlisted men on the filipino constabulary and the Manila the citizens killed were Captain police wich patrolmen Albert trog and John and Augustus Field clerk of the u s fifty shots fired when forty constabulary men sought to avenge shooting of a constabulary Man by the filipino governor general Francis Bur ton Harrison Rafael filipino chief of the took Active Steps to quell the French War minister resigns in protest As Wen Accord with j insisted upon two years Obliga Perrara political views and urging is to carry Lorth tie Banner of Sory in the House of commons end throughout the in order to show that they were Darlng to make such a Campaign effective and prove their Confidence in their Federal the Conven Nan took Steps toward raising the of having m mind legislation at Cen which made it illegal for any association not incorporated for election Pur to raise election the convention decided to organize even Federal Riding in the of Ontario As an association to of incorporated for political purposes Charters Are to be applied and when obtained they will give each Osso Clation the right to impose these it is ultimately will of used to pay the elec Tion Erpe sea of the Farmer Candi Flate in Federal some Ridings already Active not Only was the proposal to organize various Ridings Federal election purposes received with Gen Era and Hearty but it was announced that five or six Ridings had already moved in this this evoked More and no doubt was left in the minds of the delegates that every Riding in the province would be so i Secretary one of the organizers of the strongly urged such Federal he was optimistic As to the results in the next general and his optimism seemed to be catching in he the recall Plank in the platform was discussed a to its practical and it was warmly approved the Conven Tion decided to Send the along to Premier Drury for Liis con eld ration with reference to the far Mer the understanding was that the recall was not to be made imperative at but was endorsed As a general it suggested that the carrying out of this principle might involve some rearrangement of the British North America and Captain u an editor of the Farmers intimated that there need be no conflict on this he urged the imposition of the and said if it had Bene in Force in his Rowell would not be the sitting member the question of disciplining any member of who did not slow the interest in Public affairs that his constituents thought he came up for discus it was the consensus of Opin Ion that some form of consultation such a representative should be Tut the method was left removes misunderstanding the United Farmers movement As the common anal Luthc misunderstandings Suchec Ontario would j of Buck 6ecretary of the unit tory military service Lefebre the War resigned his resignation resulted from his opposition to the new military service now the chamber of which provides for is months obligatory Lefebre had insisted upon two years service with the it was announced this morning that Flaminius president of the financial commission of the chamber of had agreed to take the War ministry in succession to new Trade agreement with Krassin reached of declared be in session today the elections in have e True sentiments of Ontario that the am Safe next morning the great is in much voicing the Xebec m there Here we real conditions must be referred to Moscow for approval representing the russian soviet gov had conferences today with sir Robert president the Board of lasting nearly the whole regarding the resumption of Trade Between Russia and it is stated that1 agreements were but their conditions must be referred to Moscow for upon receipt of a reply from Moscow another which it is believed will definitely determine the Success or failure of the will be it is authoritatively declared that the main obstacle in the Way of an agreement is British dissatisfaction with the replies from Moscow per Taining to the cessation of the Bol in Erik propaganda in the defective Oil brings danger to Frei Pter every splinter of Wood has to be Burnt for fuel that would not Burn brought danger and delay to the shipping Board West which was clocked Here to 27 Days out of after unusual even on the wintry North helpless in heavy when the fuel Supply failed in the Crew to Burn deck doors and other wooden parts to obtain fuel for the auxiliary engine that ran the steer ing gear and the freighter came to port without a splinter of Wood left when the Wood was All the engine went dead and pumps had to be manned by the Crew took turns at the hand steering strapped to the wheel in pairs through several at the end they were so worn in mind and body by their experiences that fist fights broke out her skipper said the Oil that they could no Burn was taken on at London to replenish their after they Given barrels to assist a Steamer that ran Short at at Montreal banquet he styles himself private but faithful Soldier King says efforts to secure him for Cabinet were frantic platform and the Farmers of Ontario for All none of the Forf Thi convention this City cause Section with in the since the annual spelled n of there waa an Evi 1wmony Jit tonight by a Amons in con a dents to the practical sch e of the Tariff the Pat but u called to similar to that Nazian Council of West a l sri cultural in there on the Rock of to reach a serious of Secretary on the question dec Canadian liberals gathered in a Large and enthusiastic Assembly Here testified to their appreciation of the fifteen years leadership in the government of the pro Vince by sir Lomer the speeches were hardly of lit Cal aside from some references of Mackenzie and those who looked for important pronouncements were disappointed sir Lomer Gouin said in one of his few political asides that he had no ambition or desire to go to As his journalistic friends or As the makers of cabinets would have King claimed it was an open secret that nothing Short of frantic efforts had been put Forth from Ottawa to secure our guest of the evening As a member of the fed eral Premier of who presided at the in proposing the Toast to the lib eral turned to King and said you Are Here in the heart of you Are the successor of and Man is better qualified than you Are to answer this Toast to liberalism Quebec a steadying influence in the course of his King remarked that in the Champion ship of free institutions of govern ment in and citizenship in the British Empire As a guarantee Canada had no More Power Ful advocates than the two gushed frenc Canadian prime ministers and Liberal whose names necessarily into close association right sir Wilfrid Laurier and sir Lomer each had displayed never failing courage and persistency in that King said be cause of her unwillingness to yield too readily to practices and proce not easily to be on constitutional has sometimes been thought of As n a More accurate interpretation would Iii the to fundamental where due authority by Way of popu a control has been a regard or constitutional government which s of the very of n a very real Quebec regard or constitutional procedure has made he oldest of the provinces a steady no influence throughout our o no Small by her regard or she has helped to keep political movements cons Titu ional at no moment in the history of the Dominion is this being clearly recognized than at the present the province which free years ago was being referred to by its detractors As a hotbed of be is now being praised As a bul Wark against defended Canadas nationhood this regard for constitutional pro and what has been Learned of he secret of free government through to has found expression n relation to the province of Quebec two each of which has had More than National the first is the Strons which has found increasing support throughout All parts if the against any and every tendency to a to the old order of Centia Iza Tion in into Imperia and inter National it is Canada As a not Canada As a province of he that Liberal leaders were the first to put Forward and have steadily maintained As the goal of our National the other particular in which re Ard for constitutional government Jas found significant expression in this province is the attitude assumed Many civil servants taken on without passing examination May be retained by staff dec relaxation of the civil service act which May far reaching effects is contemplated in an order Council pre pared by the the order provides for the placing on the per manent without the necessity of examination a Large number of employees taken on temporarily during the past few Many of these employees were attached to the various particularly to the finance department and taxation to the records and other without being compelled to prove their qualifications in the regulation competitive they received salaries which in Many cases were in excess of those Given to permanent employees doing Simi Lar a conference of Deputy ministers was recently As a result of which lists were submitted containing names of temporary employees considered worthy of being permanently the civil service act is subjected amendment by and very Many amendments have already been made by this Means was Framel on the principle civil service Reform and with the so far As More recent modifications Are concerned of abolishing it is fairly obvious that the relaxation above referred to might be abused an extent which would outrage the Prin Ciple on which the act was four vessels in three towing re lays assisted in bringing the West Warneke to labor to have full slate port Arthur civic election port sick a returned was nominated for mayor by the labor which will also have a full slate for the other municipal son of Moose jaws mayor is Saskatchewan Rhodes scholar a son of the mayor of Moose was today selected As Rhodes scholar for Saskatchewan for nine applications came before the selection committee new York Parade in protest 01 prospective Blue sunday Tan he it Sun Broadway a mourn by the inter of which crepe slow Puri Al life under bands Weir weary Way at the Are town a and Chain asked to for Riding a on the next whistled on Sun we third float was a stocks for kissing his put in Cage for and the last i the Pillory for leaders Helen and Warren take you to France the Many readers who Are friends of that favorite free evening bulletin Fea Helen and will Welcome Helen and Warren in a new series of stories of this popu Lar which begins in to morrows free press mail and evening the first is sub pitied the crowded Paris hotels Force an adventurous search for a there will be about eight of these French including accounts of visits to battlefields and devastated cathedrals and told in the intimate Helen and War Ren continued on Page Rhode scholars peace Parley bail Eireann will meet to premiers proposals provincial inspector testifies at Assiniboia housing inquiry representatives of Maple Leaf main Tain its prestige that Canadian Rhodes scholars Are holding their and maintaining the prestige their native country at is shown by the annual statement of the Rhodes Trust for recently the list of honors won by Rhodes scholars during Fethe year for War ser includes the belgian order de la presented to wis Nova Scotia scholar for two canadians won the de new Brunswick and British Columbia in the final honors firs class standing in Juris prudence was won by Quebec and in modern languages by Manitoba in the second British has standing in English in the Short ened honors Saskatchewan has standing in with and Nova Scotia has standing in modern with two canadians were also admitted to study for advanced de Quebec for and Rogers for poverty of Russini or yes Trotsky peace drive despatch to the Polit Iken from Riga says Leon the russian bolshevik min ister of has been engaged in a vast propaganda scheme to emphasize the need of the correspondent adds that Russia was Neveu poorer and distress never was greater than now and that the russian government is willing to give conces Sions to foreign capitalists and would Endeavor to avoid conflict with neigh Boring new York tax Day disappointing new in new York yesterday was a disappointment was announced at mid night by collector there was about due in federa taxes and it was expected that Abou v Ould be instead collections were Between and the largest single payment made Here yesterday was testifying at the resumed investigation last night into the Assiniboia housing provincial building inspector John who had re ported adversely on forty of the houses stated that in 21 cases the contractors had made defective work and that the specifications had been complied he declared that Many of the houses erected were of a class detrimental to a Munici and in his should not have been built at but pointed out that the specifications called for houses of the he also stated in the Case of houses to which his attention was his valuation of building costs was higher than the contract builder and con who had entered into con tracts with the City and District land company to build about 18 but completed Only of was called by counsel for Assiniboia rate it was the intention of coun Sel apparently to get information brought out showing the part played by the City and District land com Pany in connection with these con and the profit it stood to re copies of contracts signed by tender Down and the Many of which bore the signature of Reeve cd the were but his examination regarding them was postponed As a result of opposition by opposing who claimed that they had not been notified that evidence of the kind was to be proceed this evening the investigation was adjourned till 8 Oclock when the examination of Underdown will be proceeded replying to representing Assi Nicla rate said he had entered tracts with the City company for the erection of Bouses on Roberts and Aldine streets the Woodhaven he produced copies of about 18 in num signed by him and Richardson and Williams were the solicitors and presumed that Richardson was the Claude representing the Assiniboia said he had not been notified of the to be Given by this while consenting to the submission of the documents in objected witness being examined regarding them at w appearing for the City and District land also stating that he had understood that it was provincial building inspector Mccrea Olio was Underdown stated that he had completed three of the with the of and his profit on each was about or instructions Are that Underdown did riot the houses for which he had and As a a Large loss devolved upon and land Deacon put some further ques and in reply or Underdown stated that his profit had been about 8 per on More objections were made to fur ther they by judge George Paterson conduct the who stated that he examination could be resumed at of nights inspected 360 houses provincial building inspector John examined by Isbister had seen a number of the to uses built in connection with the Assiniboia housing he had requested to examine them by be provincial which wanted a Survey made of houses built m fort Garry vital and Assiniboia in order to ascertain if estimates were being he had seen and reported upon 360 houses m As he found that the majority were fairly and that some were very there were some forty on which he had to report these houses were on Roberts Aldine Thompson Wyndham they were not finished and he of ejected to certain methods of con about two weeks said Mccrea building inspector of having reported that he had issued a final certificate on of houses adversely reported he had again examined houses an reported upon Mccrea report wa6 it contained the following passage contractors have made an honest Endeavor to rectify and make Good the defective work reported upon by in fac they have done a lot i i now find that the buildings comply with the examined by d resenting ass Boia or Mccrea said he had stated in his first report that Many of the houses he had found in an unsatisfactory Coridi Tione would not last More than ten one reason for making that was that he did Noi approve of building on surface foundations under any Cyndi tips the called for that class if to keep those houses repairs would have to be effected every fall that was his reason for suggesting in his report that the houses should be taken Back an1 the Loans cancel he o the 21 houses unfavourably reporte replying to me Rea said there were sanitary As Well As structural defects in con Section with the houses on which head adversely i relevant Deacon was examining Mccrea with the object of showing in How building costs and the municipality had Lade a mistake in going ahead with s when judge Paterson in holding that the questions vere irrelevant and that the claim hat a mistake had been made in building houses could Ibe applied to Batons and other people who had with building Deacon stated that he hoped o show that the municipal Council and not been asked to build and that the scheme had been Era asked upon largely through the in Jand Isbister we dont admit let Deacon show Deacon i think we have Hown that questioned by Corea gave instances of having put higher valuation on the Cost of construction than the contract 3e Maxle this Independent Valu Tion for the guidance of the govern and had used his own judg ment and reckoned with the current rices of materials and upon had been built the City and District he a satisfied there had been a profit on the houses of about each reckoning local 1 difference in estimates examined regarding estimates o the of work done at some o the Mccrea stated that in one Case he had put it at whereas the contract Price bad been his higher he Ould have been accounted by be difference in the Price of i the Case of another contract for Iree the contract Price was and his estimate was in making his calculations e had taken outside on is figures the contractor would get Huggard would the con Ractor get a profit on his own Fig a Mccrea a would not like to asked by Huggard what he nought of houses built at the prices and Imper the conditions of those in Mccrea said he thought he class of houses they were Dis ussing were a detriment to a Muni Huggard should they be Only four members Are to be excluded from conferences peace negotiations have been resumed in it is Learned tonight on Good auth it is difficult to ascertain the lines on which the intermediaries Are owing to the reticence of All but it is understood that High Church including archbishop of Western and Bishop Fogarty of Are prominent among those continuing their efforts to bring about a in official interest centres in the expected meeting of the Dail Eireann to consider Lloyd Georges proposals in reply to father flan agans the associated press is informed that Arthur Grifor the sinn fein will be Given Safe conduct to attend the meeting of the Dail Eireann or any conference in Ireland or England concerning peace it is officially stated Only four members of the Dail Eireann would be excluded from participation in such meet but their names Are not Dis labor commissions report the report of the labor commissions inquiry into conditions in made Public declared that Eye witnesses to the burning of Cork Are unania in stating that the fires were rented under scheme in by Brownf Lew of the Long period for the re payment of the loan Mccrea they should one ahead True mentality of the City and lord Chancellor announced that the Fine Cache of liquor discovered by police Linet six cases of scotch found in Box car at fort Rouge the provincial police yesterday afternoon discovered a Fine Cache of mostly scotch whiskey of excellent and the intended Christmas cheer now lies in the vaults of the provincial License de cases in the lot there were they had been surreptitiously loaded on a Box car which presumably con aimed nothing but the was one the Rand trunk Pacific it was billed by the Northern lath company to and moved on wednes Day evening to fort Rouge Yards where its contents being suspected it was taken Possession of by secret service men and members of the provincial commissioner of provincial ordered the car to be moved to the station and he men on to unload the Jast evening the work was compleat beneath the bundles of lath the were it is stated in official circles that suspicion was aroused As a result of the watchfulness of the police no Irace i of such a company As the lath company could be found and the enquiries ended in the decision to investigate it is believed that the police have Trace of the person responsible for the shipment of the and that an arrest will probably be made no action in this connection having been taken up to a late hour last the Sunshine kid Days fool propping address 15 were officially presented today at a joint meeting of the National executive and he parliamentary labor and it was decided that a committee should wait on the Premier to urse further efforts for a truce in although the whole question of reprisals was most of the Ime was Given Over to the situation m Cork and the miscibility of four policemen four policemen were killed at Kilcommon when a patrol of eight of them was am bushed by 100 lords amendment accepted Canadian associated press in the House of commons Andrew Bonar government announced that f the programme before the House were adhered prorogation would 3e on thursday of next the Riouse dealt with the lords amendments to the Home Rule Bill and accepted the most Viz that constituting two in the House of lords tonight the Royal assent w0uld be Given to the Home Rule Bill of say Cadet murderer was insane Frank admission that Canon killed yesterday at county was shot by an auxiliary Cadet was made by Dublin Castle a statement issued by the Castle says that the Cadet was one of a lorry party which was ambushed near Cork saturday night and intimated that he became insane As a result of that it con firmed the report that the cad fit also killed Timothy a far mers a who continued on Page Norris confers with Dominion Power Board Lake of the Woods Levels Are discussed press Premier of Mani who has been spending the past two Days in the during time took part in the Nat ural resources conference Between the Federal and govern left tonight for the via together with h attorney general of was in conference to Day with officials of the Dominion Power aboard regarding the Lake of the Woods the United states government has requested that this matter be and the Mani Toba officials were seeking information from the water Power the Ontario governments also interested and the situation is stated to have been somewhat complicated by the Concession of the White dog rapids Power to the Drury govern Premier Drury was invited to attend today but was unable to do the matter is expected to be taken up Between the premiers of the provinces Manitoba supports the Federal stand of maintaining the present re while Ontario has control of her own Power and takes the of the Levels of the Lake of the Woods have a direct bearing on the Winnipeg Power Power in Ontario have abandoned demand for payment in american funds Canadian Ocean transportation companies have abandoned their idea of collecting Pav ment from British importers in american this plan was being followed for some it but when the Exchange Issue became such a live one complaints were received from the British who considered it extraordinary that Canadian steamship companies should demand payment in United states the commercial intelligence Branch of the depart ment of Trade and Commerce took matter with the result that the freight for British ports from Canada now goes Forward col Lect at the demand rate of Exchange at Montreal or London the freight now being paid in Cana Dian attempt is made to train at Montmagny sleepers Are found Laid across track attempt to de rail the train from the Mari time due Here yesterday was made at Montmagny when the Engineer per As he was nearing the station at this sleepers had been Laid across the evidently with the intention of causing an the special was nearly two hours the officials of the company were immediately notified and arrived on the scene where an investigation it is alleged that there had been some trouble among the Sec Tion owing to one of their num Ber being grand trunk sues Treasury for guarantees test Case is taken under advisement test Case brought by the grand trunk Western Railroad against the Secre tary of the compel pay ment of due the company under the guarantee provision of the was taken under advisement today by chief Justice of the District of Columbia supreme the Road seeks to set aside a ruling of the comptroller of the that Secretary could any guarantee pay ments until the final audits had been completed by the interstate com Merce guarantees approximating Are Hammill positively identified by widow says mental Strain compiling tax returns caused death John late today positively identified the body of a Man found dead from exposure Here monday As that of her John wealthy Ottawa for whom a continent wide search had been in Progress since november Ham Mills death was due to a mental depression from compiling his income tax returns in Accord Ance with the Canadian Hammill told authorities Here to to the exaction demanded by the Canadian Law in filling out tax returns were too severe for her husbands she was making the return for the Murphy Gamble com of which he was officials said she showed a Tele Gram from her husband while he was in fort which read i am tired and my Days on Are death is a former message said he had suffered a lapse of memory and was tired and order compelling obtain it from the sought attorney on behalf of his majesty the is a declaration be fore Justice in the non jury that the great lakes pager company of port Arthur obtain their electric Power from the Kings and also an injunction restraining the defendant company obtaining Power defendants deny they Are obliged to take their Power from the and seek a declaration to the effect that they can get their Power anywhere they also seek a declaration that the plaintiff through sundry defaults has neglected to provide them with suitable water Power and that defendants Are entitled to water Power at the usual and that the defendant has suffered damage by the neglect of the plaintiff to Supply them with water Pioneer settler a 22 Rifle clutched in his John aged a Pioneer settler of South Battleford was found dead in his Ted h4 bad been suffer ing with cancer and it is thought the illness deranged his no inquest will he resume construction work general manager of hopeful for next according to All indications there will be enough labor available next year to enable the Canadian Pacific railway to proceed with the construction of Many of the Branch lines in the West which were delayed last season on account of labor Charles general stated on his return from a trip to Western owing to Lack of Murphy Little work had been done past year on the railway but he expected that next year would see the completion of some of the unfinished the line from Acme to Drumheller and the Lethbridge Weyburn line ought to be completed by next it is Antici there is general condition of unemployment throughout the said but conditions in the West Are not nearly As serious in this respect As in the think conditions generally in the Are fairly considering every damage in Quebec fire damage done to the Eastern Wing of the College of Anne de la Posatiere yesterday is estimated at on which there is the magnificent Library and new dormitory were Over volumes j d difficult situation solved by sending whole question Back to committee Baltic states excluded Viviani Calls attention to obligations created by article x league of nations increased its membership to 48 states today the nor Mission of Luxembourg and of them with ten v it tree some abstentions from voting on their Mission led tha bin Hev he d Pii no grievance in f preferred nor to act either Armenia came tin main to div trouble the to do some the appeared to 5an of several members e he meeting Norri p leads sures such As lord Ronert who represents South afr Toa in the committee on the admission of new states having decided that Armenia could not be admitted now Rord esked uie least will he that will be adopted into the family of nations next year and to wish Well to president Wilson in his of mediation Between the armenians and turkish a simple Edward of suggested it might tie Wise to find out whether it was True Armenia had gone bolshevik and had made peace with Mustapha Kemal the nationalist by insisting further on the proposal of mediation of the Brit ish asked whether u would not be to drop the whole subject rather than risk a vote if the vote should be he de it would be like a slap in the face to Armenia if favourable u might prove to be without tangible the Assembly involved itself in a tangle of which Rene of As unravelled by the simple suggestion to Send the whole question Back to the com of would be unable to report at this application of Baltic the entire afternoon session was occupied in holding out Hope to is Lithuania and whose applications for admission Ware rejected by the these states found advocates in delegates Restrepo of Schanzer of and Prince Dowleh of Viviani said i join All those who express sympathy or Hope the Baltic but there is a grave question there is an article in the covenant which has made some noise the world article which requires the Mem Bers of the league to go to the Aid of a fellow member who is attacked who will be ready to go to Aid in the defense of these Baltic states let those who vote to admit them first make sure their governments Are ready to Send troops to defend on the Esthonia was rejected by 27 votes out of the 35 while Latvia and Lithuania each received 5 votes out of an obstacle to Small in discussing the admission of lord Robert replying to said South Africa will not Send troops to help Bulgaria or if we have admitted them to the i think article should be interpreted with the risk it is an obstacle to the admission Small but should not be great that the covenant must be regarded1 and that it involved a risk which should Ibe Georgia received 10 votes for admission to 14 cast against the Baltic was allowed to participate in the organizations of the mandates difficulty the serious differences Between tha Council and members of the Assembly were publicly aired at a meeting of the mandates commission held this afternoon to consider the report of the the re port draws an indictment against the councils refusal to submit the draft of the mandates for Mesopotamia and Palestine to the Assembly committee except upon the that the committee should make no Ontario brides under 16 must return to school Star Spe Cial from Sudbury brides under 16 years of resident in will have to return to school next according to in Spector of technical education of the this will comb about when Section 3 of the adolescent act comes into Force the beginning of the fall term in Gavin says Thev estimate that will be 100 girls continued on Page fearless and forceful Arthur Walwyn Evans one of Moat notable lecturers of tha Day doctor Arthur Walwyn who lectures Central congregational Church saturday under the auspices of the Board of la recognized As one of the big men in the lyceum world to does not mince words and has a Leputa Tom throughout America As a fear forceful he has some very pointed things to sey in his lecture about William Randolph Hearst and his Campaign against great Britain and his attempts to the Lions in one of the most fluent lectures Ever delivered in this says the Calgary Evans held his Large audience spellbound for an hour and forty and at times had the people in roars of laughter at his witty remarks and Apt descriptions o personalities that he in the course of years of travel had a Good musical programme is being arranged by the Board of Trade to precede the weather the following is the weather report issued from the Johns Observatory at 7 yesterday West Wina at 8 Miles an minimum and maximum temperature ton 1432 24r Prince 1624 med grins 2032 Moose 19zo 1322 1525 1018 port 1629 Onue Parry 2628 3045 2834 3234 3036 3034 2634 3242 ;