Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 20, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Several sunday fires two horses were suffocated and the stable burned at an Early hour sunday other fires destroyed automobiles valued at and Psi communists disagree in the labor Church service at the strand theatre last Curry and others attacked the line of reasoning used by the today weather car and december Seta Moon rises sets Twenty four pages is satisfied it is a living which has accomplished much Al says Rowell considers foundation of International court its great est achievement Jnora of Lon by delegates i o attended meeting of the Assembly of the of which closed last Light indicate that the majority Are with the results of this first fathering x of the Canadian gave his View As follows this first Assembly of the league 8 a tiers has satisfied its friends Ini disappointed its its most significant feature is the fact five weeks representatives item h different nations have found it possible to cooperate in a great variety of matters Ana International concerns and that As Assembly progressed it has developed in an increasing measure a corporate con a sense of Power and ubi orly and the conv Mcclon that it serves a great that guarantees its its greatest achievement greatest achievement was a permanent court of International jus Tice this was in itself a great substituting reason for the Sec Rel and As a Means for settling International in the space of five weeks the Assembly has accomplished More business than any part Ament of any the nations represented in the Ause space of the league Lias become More truly a world organization by the admission of former enemy and Neutral the league will live because humanity needs a similar opinion was Given by Rene of who Declar of that the Assembly had proved its vitality he in Farewell speeches last Paul president of As Sembly and Guisseppi president of told the delegates that the first Assembly had proved league As a living Organ ism and a it appears to he thu general View that the meeting has accomplished ii that could be expected of if not Toherty attacks attack upon Tecoil Vicil of the league of in in Hichs Cana Dian Minster of took a prominent featured a spirited debate i the Assembly of the Doherty expressed the disappointment Felt by the Canadian Dele Gate that no Opportunity had been Siven the Assembly to examine Man there will be no better test of the sincerity of the than the terms of the mandates and the manner in which they Are he sail the minister of Justice warned the Council of the league of the Gravity of the responsibility it had assumed in the mandates from publicity lord Robert the Afri can also criticised the councils refusal to communicate to the Assembly the text of the various Man dates for the administration of for Mer German Balfour defends British member of to Counci of the came to the defence of the after do Kerty and lord Cecil had concluded their Balfour charged that attempts were being made in Assembly circles to coerce the coun cil on the question of the As he saw was not in the terms or the manner of As stated by but in the liability of the Assembly to come into conflict the which alone be was intended by the of the covenant to have jurisdiction Over i shall not feel nor will my successor in the Council feel bound t anything this Assembly or any shall bal four report the Assembly eventually adopted the report of the mandate commit which declared the Council Haa adopted such a policy regarding Man that there was no Opportunity is discuss them publicly before thes want into the report also declared the recruiting of sol Irish sympathisers failing recognize Geddes ask Money Philadelphia sir Auckland the British ambassador to the United arrived at hotel Here last where he was scheduled to speak at Tho new England society Din he was greeted by 150 cards telling of the alleged conditions in Ireland during the occupancy of the Black and the pasteboard banners were car ried by women describing them selves As american As the ambassador stepped from an automobile he was forced to make his Way through a slowly marching column of Irish sym who failed to recognize him 33 he mounted the Steps several of members of the Irish Relief under whose auspices the demonstration was solicited him for a pedestrian who had taken a placard from of the women and hurled it into the Street was overtaken by a policeman and forced to apologize to the to file in crowd evinces the greatest kissing har Ness of Kings horses message to the people is1rstin51brs several towns have been destroyed and 150 bodies taken from ruins Tokio records probably under Pacific or in Gobi desert Buenos Earth quake which on Friday Vernoon destroyed several towns along the Argentine slope of the Andes were the most severe experienced in the since when half the City of Mendosa was Laid in reports rom the area where the Shock was heaviest indicate great loss of life and upwards of 150 bodies Laving already been taken from the wrecks of at tres portents More than 100 and at Costa de Araujo 30 More were it is feared that More victims Are As yet buried under he ruins in each at tres port la Valle and la not single House was left standing and Hose not destroyed were left a badly damaged no Esti mate of the number of persons in ured has yet been minor shocks continue throughout one particularly tremor being Felt yesterday morning at 8 Oclock in the towns of san Martin and the Are reported As being the City of Mendosa continued on Page Story of War but did not suffer any extensive Geyser 15 feet High in the town Costa de Araujo the convulsions opened great crevices out of which hot water is the water from one of these height of afe out and formed a Pool in two per sons were More than persons inhabit Little villages along the Eastern an Dean slopes and As reports continue to add to the Long list of apprehension is Felt that the final figures will be very the latest reports from coming in last said that the Shock at tres portents had assumed the proportions of a catastrophe to free Relief trains have been rushed to the from which 30 dead and As Many dying have been brought British minister must have no relations with Constantine of removed from the throne by the Allied Powers in and called Back by the recent Plebs Ite to resume his former a ived in Athens he came into he City by train and was received at he place de la those who greeted the returning Monarch included Queen Mother the and Princess Anas wife of Prince constantines train steamed into Laurion about 100 Yards from he place de la without and with the returning Monarch like an Ordinary traveller was greeted by he cheering of thousands of persons who had been awaiting his arrival Ince 9 Oclock in the in a Carriage Larawn by six horses Ruth outsiders followed by troops with Constantine at it started for the the Road along the route evinced the greatest frequently real no out of Bounds and Rushing p and kissing the harness of the horses drawing the Royal after visiting the Contantine to the Royal there he read a message to the no relations with Consontine government Las decided to instruct the British minister in Athens to have no official relations it was stated unofficial circles that great Britain was anxious to main Ain coordinated action with France and Italy and that conversations concerning the situation were pro waiting answer French foreign office announced that great Britain ind France were still awaiting the Syer of Italy to their proposal that he French and italia min sters Athens when Constantine elves such foreign foreign 1 officials would Notie considered rupture of As he charges d affaires of those coun Ries would remain in the greek the recall of the French military of Salon an the British naval Mission o Greece As the French and British ministers is also in Conte la ton by the respective govern it is committee recommends Congress to put duty of 30 cents a Bushel on wheat abandoning the usual Christma Snew years recess for the first time in congressional leaders plan to put through a heavy programme this week and present several pieces of legislation to the country As Sliday Farmers reef measures the leading places on the which contemplates final adoption of the Resolution to revive the War passage by the House before Christmas of the emergency Tariff Bill relating to agricultural and Progress on several other important the House will adjourn thursday Over Christmas until the follow ing while with its Holiday programme still Uncer to lean toward a partial cessation by Means of three Day recesses until after new years chairman who was authorized to report the Tariff Bill for the ways and Means is expected to have it ready in the House Early tomorrow and to ask that it come up for consideration tues or wednesday at the products to which Tariff Protection would apply and the rates agreed upon under the committee were As 30c a Bushel Wool in the 15c a Pound skirted 20c a Pound Mutton and a Pound 30 per cent Valorme wheat 20 per and Valorme 15c a Bushel a head if under one year old and a head if Over one year 40o a Bushel 2c it Pound 2c a Pound if cleaned and l4c a Pound if uncleaned 26c a Bushel Long Staple 7c a Pound and Cotton Peanut and soy bean 20c a Winnipeg City Council tonight to hold final meeting of year the meeting of the City Council but if the applicant under the recall of the ambassadors and be discharge of f their duties by charges d affaires would have the effect of Greece to the rank a third ass Power in the eyes of he three Man reported As dead in sanitarium recovering memory one of the stories that has come out of War was unfolded Here recently when two Vancouver men re ceded information from their Mother that their Alfred is alive n a sanitarium near a old Home at Scot although he had been mourned t dead since he worked in before report of his at the hands of sniper at Vimy april 5 was received by his Mother at she received an official math certificate Ana his personal be Alfred according to his mothers message is now in the Sun Isile mental ten Miles and is recovering from of his Brothers wondering How he managed to race his Way Back from the Conti nent to the neighbourhood of his old and if he fought through i of the War from and secured his or has sundering Lor four a at Costa de which was virtually another Shock o the most violent character occurred at s Oclock yesterday the death list has increased to Tokio records violent earthquake most Violen earthquake that has occurred since Seismograph Cal observations commenced in took place thurs Day evening at Tjie vibrations lasted hours and Wen so severe that the instruments were unable to give perfect it believed the convulsion tool place under the Pacific Ocean or in the Gobi Central 22 killed in Paseno Island earthquake shocks have completed the Tion of the albanian Village of Tepe advices state that 22 persons lost their lives on the Island of a the Entrance of the Bay of when the latest earthquake took the tremor was accompanied by a tidal and land slides buried the House in which the commander it is the hos Pital on the Island of Paseno has Dis Mill buried under a despatch received from in the province of says that the Volcano Villarica is discharging name and lava and that the Earth tremors in that Region v Sawmill in the Forest District Southeast of Puicon has disappeared under a mass of Earth sandstones the Turbic East of Lake Vil Larica is emptying into a great Earth from steam Are reported to be 1 dirty killed at from at the Entrance of the give details of the re which occurred there con currently wit the earthquake shocks Jit and a number of houses Yrea thirteen lose their lives in Ohio River launch Springs leak and sinks in five minutes persons were drowned in the Ohio when the United states steam sprang three below Augusta at 6 Oclock last the wife and two baby daughters of major in charge of the government dam at Ohio ire among those who the which was used at the verment dam at was bring no a crowd of 21 persons to Augusta launch was in sight of Augusta the Engineer discovered a leak the Side of the started the but the water came in too within less than five and before the passengers were aware o their it was the Boa and went eight men the disaster by lumping into the seven swam Shore incr one was picked up by and Captain was careless criminal carelessness upon the part of Captain master of the it steam launch Margaret in the Ohio River responsible for ithe according to the verdict returned by a Coroner jury following the recovery today of the body of the victims his daughter and the letters hav fair been trapped with three others in the upper Cabin of the Engineer Dan who had been employed o the boat for 8 months testified that he had repeatedly told capt Hart that the boat had open seams that would let in much water and that it was dangerous to operate c landslide and up to the present so deaths Are aeroplanes Jem idea Nazionale says it learns from Zara that two italian military aeroplanes have joined the forces of Gabriele Dan Gunzlo at Man furnishes mystery which he will do nothing to solve j0 a Large sack and suspend ii from Spike hip up on the Telephone test rip it Alexander furnished the Ponce a mystery Welch he himself Regules to assist Leai in i note fastened to the bag said not release him until he tells Why he was of Alliance officially denied night will be its last this Al Hough Only the penultimate for its the Promise of Ita that much business be Dis posed every indication goes to show that the bylaw for the pension Cheme for civic employees will receive its final it will be much in accordance with anti Cipa the Only notable it s will be in regard to the i minimum pension to be this has Ali along been set at the desire on All sides was to increase it f for a time that did not seem but As the pensions committee is understood to have been giving the matter sympathetic con it is not unlikely that the favouring larger amount Ivill be introduced and adoption in he bylaw to be passed even the mall project is Likely to out a Steo further in its 3ylaws covering both the straight an the Diagonal plans Are to be considered by the civic committee on works this when they will be sent on for councils consider the likelihood is that Council will adopt the straight project out of deference to the preponderance of expressed wishes of the and View of the More definite Adan Ages offered by those property own ers most largely and most directly i further consideration is to Bel Given the bylaw introduced for regi lating the standing it i pro posed that after the new year these shall be 1 2 Public 3 Public 4 Public 5 a d 6 legislation Andi Mittee is to have nine members three from civic pensions the civic pensions bylaw expected to be passed finally at tonight Council is claimed to be the most perfect instrument of its kind in the if not existence at the present it can briefly be summarized As a measure providing for the pro vision of a pension to every Civio employee or she served the City for a certain certain or been incapacitated after a number of years through ill health or bother stipulated it will come into effect from january after that every entering shall contribute a fixed proportion of his salary to the provided the employee has been three months in the below the age of 27 Date of entry into the fund the contribution to the civic pension fund shall be 3 of the employees salary Between 27 and 33 3 per Between 3i and 4 per Between 38 and 42 per cent Between 4i and 45 5 per and present employees More than 45 years of age 5 per any person after the new year who enters the civic ser vice Over the age of years Wil rot participate in the should an employee leave the die before his pension became operative or in some other Way be unable t participate in its he Wil be enabled to withdraw whatever amount he had contributed to Plu four per compound pensions will be granted persons who have served the City at Leas fifteen years bait have been rendered unfit for further service through sickness or Accident to those who have served at least forty years and re sixty years age to those who have served at least Twenty years and Are sixty five years of the scheme is based financially Union a civic pension fund which will be administered by Ahe cites sinking in i the idea is that the employee shall contribute the City under the Uncertain Pratt system that has been in Vogue Thi City contributes the employee has contributed set under the new scheme the pension payable shall itself be regulated a on fiftieth of the average yearly remuneration for the five consecutive years of service showing the Highes maximum salary multiple by the number of years of service up by not exceeding forty years of service m this be entitled to a pension less than then the pension pay Able shall be As Kested it is More than prob Able that while this is the minimum mentioned in the original draft of the bylaw which received its first Reading at the last meeting of the it will be amended at to nights meeting of the Council to read in no Case will a pension greater than be granted the City shall have the right to demand he retirement of any employee who is reached the age of Sist five upon three months notice eing provided How that should an employee who at sixty five years of age is entitled o the maximum pension of e retained in the service of the in shall not be required to make any Urther contribution to the As to How the scheme shall he the bylaw enacts that an amount of being an approx Nate estimate of the amount required y the fund at its shall be set up in books of the fund As asset due from the City o after the first years of an actuarial of the fund shall be and the above mount increased or con form with such each six months the City shall pay to the fund interest it the rate of four per per annul on Kunii actuarial adjustments the City treasurer will monthly pay o the civic pensions fund an amount to the amount contributed by the once every five years an actuarial valuation shall be made of the and should it tie found that there is a Edlu Simeni Mayte by either reducing the contributions thereto or increasing the benefits to be derived therefrom civic employees Are that participation by contribution to the civic pension scheme gives then no claim of any kind for retention in the cites nothing done or a opposed to be done under this by Law or any amendments enacts which received its first Reading by the City Shal prevent City from exercising it rights to discharge or retire at an time any employee from its service when the City Council so decides a nil be no Lia Billt unon the in respect of any claim for pen Sion or other allowances beyond Sal Ary or wages due and unpaid ant the benefits provided by the in respect to of the contributions made by the Puijs Fourier per annul at com Pound the bylaw enacts that in Assisi moment of and to return o contributions or of any risk it to pen Sion Nannie its or no bequest shall be valid or shall by the and no such re Ehtsham he attachable or in any Way liable for any debts of an Lethbridge exal Derman killed former City was tilled in an automobile Accident North of the City last the car stuck in a and in trying to extricate it the deceased was run being almost instantly he was a of weather despatch from Madrid today reports the issuance of an official denial by foreign minister de Lema the recent rumours that an Anglo Spanish Alliance had been the rumours Alliance were printed saturday by news la in the course of the following is the weather report 18 from the meteorological office it Johns College for the weekend Satur Day 7 2 below Zero maximum for the preceding 12 2 Benw 2 below 3020 Northwest Rind at 12 Miles per below Zero maximum for the preceding 12 Houri 1 below 8 below bar Ometer fair writ wind 7 Mies per hour Clouds sunday 7 temperature 35 Zero maximum for the Recert ing 12 above be Low Northwest wind at 6 Miles per hour the weather Pold throughout West and Light Snow Failen in minimum and maximum temperatures Prince 4242 4244 1016i de Zero 14 be 2 Prince 2 Moose 45 4 3 8 6 port 614 White n Zero Parry 2423 20s5 2330 2230 18r30 2428 2226 the Sunshine kid Avore for shopping Thall hold no settlement Premier says present policy of sinn fein leading Ever nearer chaos and ruin shows Why door closed Oflanagan wants treaty by direct negotiations with de Valera flan Vic president of the sinn who has been in correspond ence with the British prime minister regarding a truce in has re plied to Lloyd Georges latest Mes Sage in which the prime minister regretted that the door had been closed to those counsels of Good will which Vou invoked at the beginning of this in his father Oflanagan we agree that two things Are de then it is Only necessary for your govern ment to cease to violate your own Constitution in your attack on the Liberty of the Irish proceeding to argue that the sinn Seln is a re acting Only to violent attacks upon father Oflanagan continues must meet As equals remove the cause and the effects will cease he says that reconciliation is Only possible when accredited representatives of both nations meet As and concludes i have suggested the Only Way i believe peace to be i have not thereby closed the door though i May have discovered it when1 thought to find it father Oflanagan previous Mes Sage read i while sending through a peace and Good will to the people of your government has intensified their fiendish attack upon our our Liberty and our How hollow your fair words read in the sandwiched in be tween the Burnine of Cork and the murder of Canon Magner and Tim Othy Jou really wish for allow the Constitution adopted by the Irish people the last general election to perform its legitimate and acts of violence will soon become i As rare Ireland As in any of the most peaceful nations of the then arrange the terms of a treaty by direct negotiations with the offi Cial head of Irish Dent de this is the Only Road to reconciliation which vitally Tho reply Premier Lloyd George replied Ai i had hoped that with moderation and common sense on both sides it might have been possible to reach an understanding would put a Stop to strife Ifju Ireland and pave the Way to a you Row in your the Only Road to peace is the recognition of an Irish Republic and the negotiation of a treaty with someone you designate As the official head and presi Dent of i have never failed to make it Clear that there is no possibility of a settlement so Long As the sinn fein demands an Irish and continued on Page think More of Smalls Bonds still concealed prematurely launched Canadian explorer leaves Wejs 20 minutes ahead of schedule new Canadian government can Adian prematurely launched herself at the Halifax shipyards yesterday Twenty minutes ahead of eight who were engaged in crouched Down Between the ways As thereat ship began to and were discovered to be uninjured after the ship had passed safely Over them and into the no one was the Canadian explorer was to have been launched by sir Robert exp remier of he was inspecting the Hull of the vessel with minister of Public and Ballan minister of when began to the cause of the premature launching was the break ing of a rope when the blocks under tile ship were As the explorer touched the water a Sailor on Board smashed the bottle of Cham pagne hanging in ribbons from her Bow and intended for the tugs in waiting were taken by sur prise by the unexpected self launch ing and the explorer was carried by her momentum across the Narrows to the Dartmouth Side of the but no damage to the vessel is re sir Robert was presented with a Silver on behalf of the ship Yards by Murray of in the absence of h presi Dent of the Balantyne followed sir Robert returning the sex premiers comply rents and ing that sir Robert has himself done much to encourage the shipbuilding whatever he the shipbuilding Industry is firmly established in its Logi Cal philippine riots Lead to 77 charges of murder charges of murder will be wed court Mon Day by City prosecute against 77 philippine constabulary soldiers As a result of the rioting wednesday in which four United states citizens and seven filipinos were gov another remand of Doughty will be opposed tomorrow it is said that the detectives working on the mys Tery of the disappearance of Ambrose wealthy theatre owner of this who has been missing since Are still searching for ii Ore Dominion government Bonds than the Victory Bonds re covered at the Home of John Doughty sister on the Day Doughty was brought Back to Toronto by detective sergeant Austin Mitchell from Oregon the company which is administering Smalls is ate is said to be urging search n the belief that there May be a Large amount of Money hidden away some in government Bonds this be Lief is strengthened by the fact that whereas Doughty is charged with of Victory Bonds an recovered alone the the Case of with to to Flap As Wel As stealing Victory Bonds to the of will again be railed in police court tomorrow and for Wil be asked for on behalf of the it is paid that Doug tvs counsel will on nose another remand and will demand hopi Irtys immediate trial or free Dom on will raise for Relief of clothing workers new general executive Board of the amalgamated nothing workers of in Spe Cial session Here voted to raise i Relief fund for the 1 Union clothing workers in new it is Are either on strike or locked out by their pm Money is to be raised by Volun tary subscriptions in the affiliated unions in the and must provide for unemployed in Britain associated official representative of the ministry of labor stated on saturday that provision would to be made for unemployed for the coming 19 Ottawa conference called to discuss unemployment Canadian meeting of thee ecu Tive of Tho employment ser vice Council of Canada to con Sider unemployment take place in Ottawa 27 and superintendent of immigration for the province of new and chairman of the wires that he will attend if at the meeting there will be representatives of the trades and labor the Canadian manufacturers association returned sol and also representatives of some of the provincial govern the department of sol Diers reestablishment an prob ably other Federal departments will also be there is no specific programme for the but unemployment problems will be discussed and a conference held with the minister of with few exceptions impost ceases to operate As from today unemployment cause Drayton of opinion tax has served its purpose to curtail extravagance valued Pioneer of Manitoba who placed Community interests first nine years mayor of Virden Porfi behind local fair society Ocean steamships at new new from Havre Havre Naples Liverpool Southampton Marseilles Gothenburg Liverpool Bergen new York Erno general Francis Burton London son Liverpool special to the free press his Dence in the town which has been his Home for nearly forty Duncan Mcdonald passed away this morning in his 65th one of the kind Liest souls that Ever private citizens have Ever had the of friends and acquaintances that he has had scattered As they Are in All parts of the and his death will cause sincere regret and recall memories of years to people in All ranks of born in the Isle of his Early years were spent on an Inverness hire and As a lad he came out to Ontario with his from then on he was the reaching Boniface inl879 and crossing on the ice to make his first entry into win and shortly afterwards set using in Portage for a his part Ner there being now the Well known financial Man of until the collapse of the first big land Boom that Manitoba had experienced caused them to look towards ahead of they then ran Aline of stores from Oak Lake to Broadview ahead of the construction of the Mcdonald ultimately took up the implement business and for years was the leading dealer in farm machinery in this being for a part of the time in partnership with George who is now the Domin Ion government agent at for the last fifteen years he was been doing a real insurance and loan business and was the real driving Force behind the Agri cultural giving it the leading place of any of the purely agricultural societies of for the last few years he has acted As its Secretary and As was one of the founders of it and a director at its for nine years for nine years he was mayor of the town spell of office unique in and no citizen did better service his Community and prov Ince than he today the municipality of Wal lace is noted for its magnificent High which Bear testimony to the very deep interest manifested by Mcdonald in the Good roads move which at All times received his most Hearty the late Mcdonald has for Over Twenty years held the appoint ment of local correspondent to Manitoba free a position which he filled not Only to newspaper which he but also the Community of which he was so valued a his motto at All times was ser and oftentimes sacrificed his own business interests to beat service to the Community or to do some kind lir or act to Indi in politics he was always Liberal in his but Foi the last few years has been Moro of an he could Tell stories of great interest of the inner Polit ical history of some of them but Many of them of no great credit to Many bygone but he himself always ran As is testified to by a certain of referring to an election in which Richardson was the losing candidate and Mcdonald the returning Virden Park stands As among other things that this town owes to him is its Public one of the finest and Best treed in West Ern it was his exertions that secured this from the who originally owned a considerable part of this besides his wife he leaves to mourn his sons and one of and Arnold and residing Here also four Wil Liam and of this and of the funeral will take place Here on in accordance with his own will be of As simple a character As particularly emphasizing the request that there be no Flowers from Toronto fire losses losses in Toronto this year to Date total an increase of Over the fire losses for the whole of last in 1918 the losses by fire exceeded this years figure by Canadian Exchange in Breaks to new new reaction that started late Friday afternoon in the foreign Exchange Market became More pronounced Canadian Exchange breaking to a new Low of it was again insisted by some that this position is Bui others expressed the View that it is the natural outcome of the Western states supplying the de Mand for Grain and checking the movement from luxury tax was abolished by an Arceri Counci passed on on and after the specially imposed last Wil cease to the abolition applies to All luxury tax adopted in the last except those on spirituous and alcoholic medicated Patent and prop Letory preparations containing Lime and fruit juices spirits and Strong perfumery and toilet playing cards and con All luxury except those Are whether paid by manufacturers or the sales tax remains in full Force and authority for the the in abolishing has proceeded by orderly passed under authority of Section d2 of consolidated Rev Enue and audit which empowers the to remit any duty or the Laurier government twice exercised the author Ity granted under the Section once in when the duty on seed wheat for Farmers in the West was remit and again in to meet a serious shortage of Coal in the the customs duty was remitted on All Coal imported at All West of Sault Ste the same authority was exercised by the Borden government in remitting the duty on cattle and the present order providing for re Mission of the luxury taxes As specified Means that the taxes will not be collected on sales and importations made on and after unemployment a the predominating reason for the step taken by the it is was the great unemployment in the industries directly and indirectly affected by the luxury the evidence on this it is had disclosed a very serious state of Many important industries Are completely shut Down while others have Laid off Large num Bers of employees due to Lack of a condition brought about largely by the idea generally held by the Public that this method of Taxa Tion was intended to be of a temporary character Ami be having this idea in the Public had practically with the result that factories Inmany important lines could not operate and their organizations were seriously it appeared to the there that immediate action was necessary in the interests alike of manufacturers and Tho general served its purpose sir Henry minister of fun Ance after exhaustive study of the reached the conclusion that the purpose for which the taxes were that of curtailing reducing prices and causing people to reflect upon conditions and prices had been Well attained and that it would be unwise in the Public interest to continue the taxes in face of the grave unemployment and in View also of the fact that conditions and prices Are steadily becoming More sir Henry feels that the sooner Busi and3 a Liluis can be stabilized better it will be for everybody1 he considers it his duty to take prompt and extraordinary acas in this to meet extra Ordinary he also had in mind it is stated the situation of merchants were unable to stand up under the double Burden of failing values of their stocks and luxury taxes Revenue producer me abolition applies both to the luxury taxes so called by the purchaser to the Vendor at the time of Sale and to the manufacturers of cited abolition by order Council Means that the government will lose Tho which it would have derived the taxes in the Ordinary Courso of events till the end of March next when the fiscal year what that Revenue would have been can not As it continued on Page girl is Decoy Duck in chicag hold ups pretending to be lost lures Vic Tims to her accomplices pretty girl with a Pearl handled revolver today played the leading part in three Day Light holdups in the North Side residential in each Case she pretended to be stopped a passerby and asked him to direct her to an which always proved to be Only a few doors generally the person volunteered to Point out the exact but when it was reached the Pear handled revolver was placed against is Side and he was ordered to go in or get filled with two men completed the hold and tied the victim to a then he girl went Cut for Mother after three men had been robbed d tied the bandits one of the broke Loose and notified the two men and a girl were arrested in connection with the Roh but denied they were Irneli robbers entered n Storo Fly today and obtain from a policeman in guard is wounded in an Exchange of James exal Derman of this died suddenly at his Resi 152 Gomez Early this Gowler was born at Headin Gly 63 years he is sur Vived by his two sons and one All resident in ;