Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, December 17, 1920

Issue date: Friday, December 17, 1920
Pages available: 28

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 17, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free december 19 Ope paces Black Winter bolshevism becomes Jve growing menace Ber of the striking employees Are Back at work at the rates of pay which they had previously Ontario starts railway v give work to unemployed a Clearing of the right Otway for the Temi Skam ing and Northern Ontario railway to a Point 25 Miles North of the present is to be Farmers could place a Large number of men waited at the government employment office Here wednesday for an Opportunity to Register for work or for a free meal dec from the civic Relief Organiza Delcas reached alarming sons m and a Black Winter faces j at the convention bolshevism is again threat ated that hundreds of men could Europe o t of Eastern and pm freq in farms if they had government or Eastern Jiuu j experience at it was stated that several experienced farm hands had refused to go out of the City when offered positions by farm want Kern a gloomy Christmas Canadian As thousands in grat Britain owing to Are facing the gloom offers Dollar for the Ontario t for Many government is disposed to give immediate financial assistance to the Bishop of London Jias issus municipalities to their expenditure upon unemployment re Lief on the basis of Dollar for to provide employment the limit of its Assur tur Irig historical and other Joseph one of the new aldermen elected in was a former resident of Winnipeg and a member of the free press he left for the West in the Success business College will hold its first Assembly informal of the on tuesday at the it an at Tractive programme of dances will be provided Ellis tables will also be arranged salons h every saturday morning in the Walker will close Lur thu present with tomorrows and As special through the kindness of the Eaton every child will be admitted absolutely parents also Are the behalf of citing Many instances to eclat append on citing vicars Are faced by Bank at the new year and Are Al a Tiv by destitute or Bare have already Given a 1 i can of his lordship hav la Ford myself Long other hand he states that has been received by him two but regretfully an that this by no Means Cov the needs of the j the federation of building trades operatives today decided not the invitation of Thomas minister of to Dis a that the minister sex 4 peeled would provide work for unemployed Montreal i investigation carried out incr the direction of the government labor Bureau Here ances of this character were Given by Premier Drury last night at a y last night at a conference of employers and labor men at the parliament but so Rar As the finding of a Means of be alg in comprehensive Way with me problem of unemployment is conference was bar Ien of another conference May be called 8 men for every 5 a surplus of three men for every live jobs exists in the Middle according to railroads reports received Here railroads have Laid off several men in the last three showmen being principally of Iii Stair the past few clays has revel the labor de according to there employers have also started to Cut from to unemployed of both sexes in Montreal us the pre sent voted in Toronto relieve the situation in this City me Board of control today voted for work in the Kracl and to the property department for repair work to civic shops to or Der closing Down the Michigan Cen trial railway car shops for two weeks was received at the office of the Mas Ter Mechanic the men will commence the enforced Holiday on 150 and 200 employees Are no reason is Given for the four million unemployment in great Britain has been steadily growing and Lias created a serious during the last few has become More urgent owing i to the Advent of severe there is Genera anxiety Over the t As nearly every Trade in i the country is a employ i ment is common among clerks and Middle class As Well As j among manual and official t statistics show that about Are i without occupation to at i labor officials declare the actual number of men out of employment is fully upon a majority of j these there Are and the total number of persons suffering from the present conditions is placed at from to a Large proportion being former government states policy press unemployment policy of the Dominion government was announced i the Gist of the announce ment is this the situation should j be met to the utmost possible t tent by providing work instead of hut should emergency Relief v measures become necessary by Roa Sun of utterly unavoidable i i the Federal Prover Ament will be will in to cooperate on the following j basis f the organization for determining j where Relief must fro and for Distri buting the same shall by provided by the municipal find in each before Relief is riven and As Relief is a certificate must 11 be obtained from the government employment showing that the applicant cannot he Given of f the general system and details and the safeguards adopted of approved by or on behalf of fade Roll will pay Jiff this is done the Federal govern ment is i Tiirik to contribute in j places where relic on any subs Tanj Tia scale appears o be necessary on third of the amount actually on this provided the j bother two thirds is either paid by i i the municipality or paid by the municipality and the province joint the of government policy is embodied in a letter and try senator fed eral minister of to Wal Ler minister of labor for on a c0py of the Etter to handed to do i of the id eating the Federal m attitude toward Ana t connection with a employ under extraordinary Circum tace Federal government has As Well at other times in Jae provision of the letter notary in respect of those need on account of drought Condi in portions of Western such cases of course the local a have coined in the sharing t the j strikers return to was stated at employers have also started employment agencies which closed their doors this summer be cause they were unable to find applicants Are now being rushed with busing the shortage of Domestic help and they has there Are More House maids on hand now than Are spinning company the Jenckes spinning said to be the worlds largest producer of tire wednesday night announced suspension of business in most departments and operating 17 Cotton Mills and ble Cheries in this state und Massachusetts to Day announced a reduction in wages of effective next the amount of the reduction was not but is under stood to be 22 per arranges to ration mayor Little has arranged a work rationing scheme on municipal in All cases where extra men Are taken on the pfc will be employed Only three i Days a week in order that the wages May be divided among double the crowd answers advertisement contract ing firm advertised for Twentyfive men today and such a Large Crown responded that a detail of police had to be summoned to maintain order applicants for work were asked to Call at but they began to gather at 4 is first Cut in 40 Eliza Beth Mills at Hillsgrove have posted notices to its 930 announcing a wage reduction 20 this will be the company first wage Cut in 40 commencing at Quebec City som time next there will be show an exhibition of French made goods which will afterwards tour the entire visiting All the important including Winnipeg these exhibits will be carried on Board a special train in charge o the Canadian Pacific a Fea Tufe of the exhibition will be a Rii Ovie show in natural colors of manuf was standing in front of the for Ages these have been handed Over to the juvenile auth the workmen compensation Board announced yesterday that pay ment by employees under the act must be made before january a penalty of five per is added to All assessments unpaid after this with additional pen Alty for prolonged the ladies of Alphonsus Par Bast will hold a pre Sale of work today and tomorrow in the newly completed Parish Corner Munroe Avenue and Brazier the Sale opens tonight witha whist while to Morrow afternoon there will be Tea served and in the evening a arrested in connection with the theft of an automobile belonging to december Georga Alfred Edward Licklider and a appeared in police court the juvenile was ordered to be handed Over to the juvenile court and the others remanded next two other juveniles have also been arrested on a charge of stealing an automobile belonging to Rob Kei Ore while it pan say 4 a merry Risemas with Flowers be sure that your Greet ing will be a Happy if Flowers carry gifts of other kinds Are of course but Flowers convey the spirit of the showing at the same time a really thoughtful just give us the names of those to whom you wish them to be and let us suggest what would be most approx be sure and order in Good that your or Der May Baj delivered on Chicago Floral 340 Portage ave Winnipeg Flower phone preserve the love that prompts the with Din Walt pearls i to Here is no season for r l Are always in no matter what the the hour there Are no finer pearls than the Dingwall collection of parisian and Oriental in which the fugitive delicate tints of the Rainbow Are retained and re fleeced in All their Beauty and Lustre in each and every to in search of a gift of a gift that will testify alike to your Good taste and regard for the consider Well these Dingwall finest indestructible parisian and Oriental pearls in swaths of 18 24 and 36 priced up to excellent Quality parisian Pearl strings from to Vineberg and company cloth i Ana company cloth wednesday evening that already a Large numb tile toys picture novel f a destructible sanitary special display at u Winnipeg Marble and tile Montgomery bldg wonderful Sale of to dresses reduced to ready for your Choice the most surprising opportunities you have Ever seen in High Grade fashionable dresses very stunning frocks for every equally attractive from style and Price shop upstairs and save French Bead bags breathing the very spirit of the season in design and skilfully evolved from the finest of from Paris comes the Assurance that they Are eminently Correct and delightfully in keeping with new mounts and linings in colors to harmonize with the they Are we have imported Only one of each de velvet hand bags velvet hand Baga that really Are impressive in their smartness of de there Are handsome All with Beautiful frames and every one is richly lined with and some Are fitted purse and while others have the swinging p o c k e t and to it is Only natural that those contemplating the presentation of a gift permanence and real value would logically come to Din Walls for because of the Assurance of the exclusiveness of the de and because of the prestige which the name Dingwall attaches to any fitted bags and suitcases every one of sturdy British fittings o f Ebony and Ebony and French Ivory and Sterling no superfluous Only the Fin est leathers Are used and the workmanship is priced according to from tobacco pouches fines Quality and All rubber a regular mans style in different sizes and to travelling cases we will deliver your Purchase to any address in Canada at our expense and of we were choosing a gift for our own we would certainly select one of these handsome travelling made for but withal very pleasing in appear fitted with Ebony and Nickel anything that can be ordered in person May be ordered by mail order service is that stores open every evening till 10 Portage at main main at Logan every coat reduced prices take a great Stock reducing Sale Small Deposit will hold any garment required tomorrow we Start a great Coati reducing offering our entire Stock of women and misses cutting and slash rag prices until we Clear our entire Stock of now is your come our p in our Stock us Stock reducing reducing lyceum theatre Davi m7 Portage Avenue ;