Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, May 28, 1921

Issue date: Saturday, May 28, 1921
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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 28, 1921, Winnipeg, Manitoba Government control Fig meeting under the auspices of the Modera a Niue of Manitoba inthe Board of Trad building launched a petition urging upon the Federal the Assumption of control of the Sale of the governments and strikes right former speaker of Tho British House of discussing government and labor troubles last declared that the less governments interfered labor troubles the sooner amicable settlements could be is says wages must soon drop in 200 rises 428 Sun sets rises Sun Seta 2024 Moon rises Nikon Moon rises 042 Moon sets May edition with we on trains pages i troops be sent Toj Reland sol government decides to use to Fly reinforcements to bound up rebels working Over big lfj3s chief feature of new plan to restore order lit trial troubles and silesian Ison have made it difficult spare men hitherto v Mav Cabinet has to Send Large reinforcements and t is rumoured that new be Aires Are to be adopted against Republican forces in the South according to an announce enl by the London a Large number of Mobile troops Joe newspaper Are to be pm Joyed in a systematic Roundup of a feels Over Large if adds have not yet been settled muffins to the continuance of state emergency through the Industrial Mii Bles and the need of sending oops to it is difficult t troops at to use South african methods the reported decision of the gov eminent is the subject of various onnors the newspaper versions of us situation differ the West striking Story being that of the july which says it purposed raise the present Force of 50 00 ran in Ireland to jotting the objects attributed by the daily sketch ii the establishment of martial Law thou ghost the whole of wan of such As the ate Field marshal Kitchener adopt sin South and wide Militar iterations m combination with the around the coast to afford Rater the enter persons and v vote cast in Ulster May unofficial Umstot the votes cast in tuesday actions in the six Northern coi tie Ferman at Londonderry and show unionists received 34128 sinn seiners the and the i depend Felt Labonter there is to b Luetto the unionist vote uni Ltd voters whose ballots will b Tei on figures would indicate tha few Combina Uon shot Uyn View of the proportion of have about 2 in Ember in the new parliament t the unionists although it is con of tiered probable the unionist repro reach the fac Flat the nationals either resign his sea for West Belfast or possible Puaa Trothe unionist As wed almost certain that a Union 1st mild be chosen for whichever Settle resigns two surprises of the voting wer we poll of Arthur foun toot the sinn fein i Otone and where he re More than votes Abov Tif Corst and the majority of Nore than votes which is James Craig had Over Eamonn d sinn fein fired customs Dow inlay the destruct lira of the Dublin old customs hous in a hoary operation ordered b is the statement we tonight by Irish bulletin crimes the operation As Maple the atone moment a misunderstood the premature Cessa says the i the building was Burne seize All belonging to Bergdolld May All the of Grover Cleveland draft who is now in Germany an escaped Vas seized Here today by colonel Thomas alien property for the United states government by order of president with it was temporarily seized the property of his Emma and of his Erwin now serving a sentence in the army disciplinary Barracks at leaven As a draft action was taken under a new the value of the seized estate owned by Grover Bergdoll is estimated at commissioners hear Many Farmers favor cleaning of Grain before shipping sessions at Carnduff Sale of cruisers Niobe and Rainbow is sharply criticized country represented Long enough As dealer in old says Clark the Day at the capital May press once More the onetime Canadian Niobe and sailed into the limelight when estimates of the department of the naval service came up for discussion in the House this it was 9 Oclock when the House embarked on consideration of these but no time was lost in under government member from immediately fired a broadside of questions at minister of Marine and naval in regard to the Dis position of the the in explained that the together with two obsolete had been sold to the new Brunswick rolling for the company had paid Cash and had then stopped the vessel was still at and would re main there until paid the Price paid by the government for the Niobe was and for the two sub the government had realized Cash from Type Sale of the Rainbow to Ai Seattle Best offer minister Fripp critical of the transaction whereby the government had disposed of the an Ottawa firm had offered for the Niobe but its offer was then minister had accepted the tender of Bruns Wick the two this seemed minister replied that the Best offer had come from the successful the Justice department now had the and was taking action to recover the amount the vote under consideration was for maintenance of the Royal Canadian Michael Clark intervened to say that he thought the country had been represented Long As a dealer for old he would like to know it would be before Tolje ships taken Over last year would be haggled Over for of he would like to know what was being done with these he thought the minister might make a statement on the whole administration of the vote not really higher Ballantyne said that the Cruiser Aurora and the two destroyers were in the Force in charge consisted of 600 officers and the naval College was in oper continued on Page denies of Salmon was inferior Sloan says donation was choicest Good Sample Market suggested As remedy for Many grievances by Woodward special staff correspondent with the Grain May Tio ably the Farmers of this District Are interested in the problems of Marj keying their crop and Are not yet satisfied with most of today the court in which the sessions of the Grain commission were was the Given crime mainly from Farmers apart from one witness the person an elevator and a statement de across the line last night from a who is president of the North Dakota Farmers the last named will probably testify in but his written state ment was mainly to the effect that there is no spread Between Street and track prices and that the cooperative elevators across the line pay dividends to shareholders on the basis of the amount of Grain put through the the consensus of the Farmers Evi Dence Here showed that Farmers think it would be desirable if local houses were equipped with machinery sufficient to clean All Grain before ship providing that the dockage at the terminal Points was there was a divided opinion on Pool ing though a fair number were in favor of wheat Board plan if sufficient Advance was Given in the the first witness of the Day thought that if the Board advanced too much the country should stand any the most articulate witness of the of the opinion that if possible wheat should be sold on a milling and baking basis of but he was the Only one who touched on that tonight the commission leaves for North Portal where there is a morn ing morning session the Royal Grain inquiry met this Staples and if Bairn was it is propos that later on commissioners will go out in pairs in order to cover More Points in a wide in less time before Harvest the first event of the Day was a signed statement put in Byi a made president of the Farmers Grain dealers of North the acting chairman said the statement would be received for what it was assistant counsel objected to the statement be ing received As evidence lanes statement set Forth the Farmers movement started in North Dakota because the Between Street and track Price the effect been to bring Down that spread from 10 and 11 cents to 3 state Law now fixed elevator charges for All wheat at 6 cents per elevator operator for Canadian company for seven was the first witness he said the crop bought Here mostly graded one and he heard no complaints about the spread Between Street and track prices at the beginning of the buying season was about but As the season went on track prices were paid for it got going without any orders to do one elevator started the Fol except co and he understood they staff correspondence May is polling Day in Yamaska and As a consequence parliamentarians Are in a rest loss from the political viewpoint there is much at stake in the in Yor Sunbury the fight is Between a a whose has also been endorsed to the in Yamaska it is a three cornered for the for the liberals and Lambert for the Yor Sunbury Hiis for some time past been a government stronghold and a loss Ere would seriously impair the governments Yamaska by inclination and Victory for either the government or the progressive would constitute the first break in the solid Quebec so that in both seats every Effort in being put Forward by All parties to in both seats the Issue generally speaking is the record of the the fight in Yor Sunbury is a Peculiar both candidates Are the progressive u District Asa it has been rumoured that there will foe but a Catholic vote and Tipiere is the men who have been Down there predict that the result very much depends upon Hie support Given to the progressive candidate by the it Bye Ericton Breaks As it has done in past years when there were Only Uvo parties in Dominion then it is pre dieted by the progressives that they will As a mutter of say that they can Well afford to permit the government to continued on Page Mooney Appeal for new trial denied judge is but Law does foot allow it san May judge Louderback today denied at Torney Byron parkers application for a writ designed to give Thomaa Mooney a new in denying the judge Louderback said that had there been any possible Way under the Law whereby he could have Given Mooney the writ would have been he did not deny the Justice of the application for a new but re fused entirely on technical holding that the writ asked for was not applicable in this Stillman denies he sought settlement intends to go ahead with his v fight for divorce new May for new York Bank late today issued a statement de Nying that they had taken part in negotiations of settlement of the divorce action he has brought against the former Cornelius for it was the Bankers intention to go ahead with his fight for the next he would be held in june 1 and 2 As the statement says negotiations for a settlement were attempted by counsel for by a Friend of Stillman and by members of his the negotiations because to acknowledge the Parent age of the Guy must be permanent tells Coal miners and owners no subsidy until peace is agreed upon Community apathetic less pressure brought on government than in any great stoppage agreement is reached in Marine strike May agreement on wages and work ing conditions was reached to night Between representatives of the Marine engineers beneficial association and chairman of the shipping the terms will be eur minted to the various local unions sunday for the action was taken regard less of the decision of the Amer ican ship owners communicated to Secretary Davis today to refrain from entering into any agreement with the the terms Are understood to provide for a 15 per reduction and changes in overtime rules and working if insufficient More will be no matter How Many thousands Are required May prime minis Lloyd initiated another attempt this morning to end the Coal stoppage when he addressed a Deputa Tion of mine owners and the executive body of the miners urging the necessity of an Early resumption of work because of the alarming in crease in unemployment and the slowing Down of All it is eight weeks since work in the mines Lloyd George repeated the governments offer to Grant to tide the Coal Industry Over the period during which a per manent settlement shall be negotiated but warned the conference that there was no Chance of increasing that he added we shall not put a single Treasury note of the table until we know that the terms of a permanent peace Are agreed should agree on machinery Lloyd George strongly urged on both sides that unless they could see an immediate Prospect of agreeing As piers granted by Ite Wrol Bill correspondence Between Drury and Norris tabled in House Garfield is under heavy guard recognized when he inquired Way at May Man murderer of Ben of who escaped from jail wednesday to figures the should in jail handcuffed and under constant scrutiny of armed con with no that he will be Able to make a second dash for he was identified this afternoon by sheriffs officer of Oxford who hurried Here in response to a wire from chief of police sheriff Mcgee a tonight to take Garfield Back to to be hanged there on june but at a late hour it had not been decided whether the re turn journey should begin tonight or be deferred until tomorrow morn recognized by women Garfield was sitting i the Bench at Little radial railway station at 2 Miles West of at this morning and was recognized by two of whom he inquired in what direction the the North the women told their township and John Tom a f is effective today continued on Page Montreal Bank Teller Vuk he i exact was the discipline that Nen were immediately in 1914 May charges recently cabled from London by John Mccormac to newspapers on this continent that British Columbia put one Over on England during the when a grift of cases of Salmon was made which turned out to be so inferior that much of it had to be Crown away or fed to Are being stoutly refuted by the we minister of mines and commissioner of the cases Salmon dotted by British Columbia to the Imperial government in the fall of 1914 consisted entirely of the choicest Pink Salmon packed in province hat no other species of Salmon was included m the before purchasing and shipment it was most carefully inspected by the most competent inspectors and buyers for British firms in the said son or Sloan a leading member of the London chamber of the dispatch to the told your correspondent that of cases of Salmon which were sent As a gift to England during the some were Given to the German prisoners and much of the rest was so inferior that it had to be thrown this is the in of the despatch As it is be panted today in the Vancouver 10 men vju5ntlnued on Page red Cross 10 Aid peace work Are explained by a Gallagher 7an Mav 27 meet Job execute a of the Brandon Moss association was held this 1 m the Prince Edward hotel of hearing Gallagher pointed out that a Campaign planned to in the red at the league of nations had decided to carry on rat e and bad amended Asio use funds for of a proving and mitigating pointed out that would have control of a Wreen Tage of its to it saw such As child he also there proposal red Cross to Aid decided to Ald to former Teller at the Bank of pleaded guilty this morning to having february from the head where was employ Edas foreign Exchange judge Coatsworth deferred sentence until monday City men held with liquor taken across Border May Sioux City men and their together with 18 cases of whiskey Brou tit across the line from the men had guns in their Possession when remove wheat restrictions the Cabinet today Autho Nied suspension of the restrictions Jon the importation of wheat beginning August steamships Steamer at from Carona new ports celtic new Tork Liverpool Oropeza Southampton Rochambeau new York re Attalia Genoa new Yorac critic Naples Newyork Saskatchewan expected to return Martin Birday features f Page the editor 32 282930 if Cial wee i o 12 or Days 30 31 15 for Canada 45 4fa Cecil staff correspondent Mav the political situation in Southern Saskatchewan is extremely favourable to the Martin acclamations Aie anticipated in we Burn and other constituencies m the South West apathy on the pact of the electorate will prove the greatest weapon against the government in the Southern Section of the in the extreme Southeast Corner of the a conservative it is believed the opposition will Send their candidate to the Premier Martin speak at Oxbow and other opposition centres next gov eminent supporters confidently predict Matiy candidates will their elect Only some of Usaj 20 be selected join Premier states he will be extremely Well pleased if six or eight of his followers Are by Northern Saskatchewan will be scene of the greatest political following nominations june the situation now is that of the no Campaign meetings t being held in Southern Piu minister of agriculture and in Only Nuge a before the elections take of the government to tinting licenses to Export and school Questi a constitute the Only criticism Shioli is directed against Tion in this of on Bill signed yesterday by president i Harding May embargo Tariff Billias signed late to Day by president the Nev Law will become effective it will affect for a six months period mos farm pro ducts and carries a provision de signed to prevent the dumping of foreign goods in the United in the event of passage by con Gress of the Longworth under which the new import duties would become effective immediately upon introduction the permanent Tariff Bill House leaders said it naturally would supersede the Emer gency which carries Only a few items compared with thous ands inthe general House republicans plan to meet wednesday night to decide whether the Resolution shall made a parts i farm getting a description of Garfield chief Melville Over the Tracey went to the station and accosted where made off up the called Appleby and Lawson to his assistance and who was from want of sleep arid was easily made drive him into Georgetown rid landed him in jail at one Garfield refused to and after the arrival of officer Moore persisted that he was Thomas of when captured Garfield wore the same Blue suit in which he escaped from Woodstock but had on a new hat and boots stolen from a store in Milton during the he was but had in also probably a fruit of the Milton May turnkey of the this afternoon suspended by sheriff my gee As the result of investigation cannot be left at mercy of purely private says Meighen May Canadian the Federal Bill respect ing of the Woods to which the provincial government of Ontario is Only provides Power to exercise the jurisdiction of the Dominion Over navigation and International was the re germans fight poles when ammunition runs out attack with knives and and even fists everything ready for Yor Sunbury polling May be Midnight before Complete returns available 27 sheriff John who is the re turning officer for the by election m said today that every thing in the Way of preparations for the polling tomorrow had been com there Are 47 electoral sub i in the constituency and there will be 97 polling seven i Leen of the polling places Are in it will probably be eight Oclock or later City tuna before the returns commence coming in and it will Likely be nearly might the Complete returns Are joint in Yamaska fight May noting of the government the Liberal Aime and the Farmer can was held Here this afternoon in the fight for by to the seat of which will be decided to the speeches were alone lines of meetings soviets to Send x to British Coal miners May despatch re chive ii Moscow russian soviet trades of i v f t Congress has Biassed la resold Dakota treasurer May composition not authorized to endorse Sale of grand May unauthorized of North Dakota Bond Sale by Frank of Valley United states is Likely to Cost him his official according to info lation received Here from washing on last Andrew Sec teary of the is understood o be conducting an of he affair White made the efforts of senators Mccumber and the latter a nonpartisan White pleads innocence of trying o use his office to promote Sale of he was no aware f the rules of he privilege of testifying Sarto the machinery for settling the that the feature of the stoppage that impressed him Roost was the curious apathy which has affected the whole and the reluctance to Settle the i have never seen a great stoppage where less pressure was brought on the government to Settle the prime minister the miners Are not so much to face a reduction in As to go and Tell their men the real the min owners Are not eager to be Gin when they know it Means be ginning at a loss and the first Man they have to face is their at the conclusion of Lloyd Georges statement the conference and the prime minister inviting the miners executive to Confer with him at Oclock this of Ter which the owners asked to see him at 6 attitude of the Community during the course of his talk to the miners executive and the Coa owners this minister said the general Community it does not matter so much now that no or Ders coming we have goods we we Are running our Mills and factories at a and we have passed from that tropical Luxuriance which Trade and Industry enjoyed to a Winter arid in with the the attitude rather to go on As we Are unless we get a real Lloyd George denied a real settlement As one ensuring against periodical and one enabling manufacturers to compete in he pleaded not merely for an agreement on a machine to but a machine that will that will have the right to determine in the end if there is failure to you might have a bed time limit within which the Par Ries should Confer if they agreed Dur ing that period there would be no need of anything the prime minister said he had a suggestion which he would make at the time if there should by Stich a body to reach an he asserted the government was sternly impartial the two in the Hope that the disastrous and costly if May seriously imperil the Industrial existence of the country shall be brought to an octo lie 1c j Iii Ivi t j ply of Premier Meighen to Premier Clearing the Eastern of this is indicated in recent correspondence on the sub tabled in the House this after noon by the prime the correspondence includes a series of telegrams and letters from Drury to to Arthur Meighen and his re plies to the opposition in on april 28 Drury Tele graphed to Premier Meighen stating that because of Liberal and conservative opposition the Bill had been withdrawn in the Ontario he urged that the present arrangements be continued in the meantime and assured the Dominion government of the thorough cooperation of on tario1 to ensure the Best results to All Meighen replied the following Day saying that the question put for by Premier Drury would be Given careful consideration and if it could be arranged his suggestion would be carried on May 6 Meighen received a Telegram from stating that Hudson was in Ottawa and would take up the matter Meighen and sir James minister of the Hudson authority from the Manitoba government request sex Dominion of the Norman followed by a declaration that All works now Here after to be erected in the Waters affected bythe Lake of the Woods control should be for general advantage or to this Telegram Meighen replied on May 7 stat ing that Hudson had already seen sir James and that the requests made would be care fully Board lacks authority on May a letter was received from Norris stating that the present Board lacked authority to make its orders could oppose its directions with in for that reason the Mani Toba government asked the Dominion government to take Steps necessary to secure proper and adequate control of the flow of the Waters in Norris said he did not see any invasion of provincial rights in the measure the Waters in May guard of British troops from the supplemented by planes and Are Sist in reestablishing order in up pfc arrived Here Are being distributed from Here to where British general Headquarters has been in British quarters it was said today that if this number of troops was unable to suppress the polish insure sufficient reinforcements for that purpose had been matter How Many thousands re to act at the same time there were re mors that the French were reinforce it was said unofficially that the British French did not intend to cooperate while the French general Lerond is in com the British probably will oper ate acting on the principle of a state of siege and Mili tary four British battalions May March from Kruzburg toward Dis Kab Post is the weather report is sued he the Johns meteorological Observatory at 7 yesterday r 70 maximum Cor the 67 Northwest at 12 Miles an Clear Winn Peff was again the hottest Point reported i Canada and at 10 30 p m the threatened thunderstorm broke the maximum Winnipeg highest for the season showers have occurred locally in the Western provinces but the weather has been partly Cool in Saskatchewan and Alberta minimum and maximum temperatures Dawson 30 Prince Rupert Victoria Vancouver Kam loops 44 Calgary Edmonton Battleford 44 Prince Albert Medicine hat 50 Moose jaw 57winnipeg port Arthur White Kulver 5t Parry sound 78 London 50 75 Toronto 49 King Ston Ottawa 76 Montreal Quebec 80 John Hall tax 78 of Early settlement of strike in paper Mills May of the strike of workers in Many of the paper plants in the United states Newfoundland May be brought about Early next week the question of wages and working conditions to a it was Learned Here the paper workers asked for a wage increase of 10per while the manufacturers sought a reduce of 30 per and adoption of a nine hour instead of eight in the new working agree which was to have become effective on in some plants Andon May 11 in Smuts leaves Capetown to attend premiers meeting May accompanied by which included several Cabinet sailed today for London attend the dominions the Premier was accorded a great ovation on his departure strict of insurgents and leaving the Oder insurgent forces Cut off and it the mercy of the who Are starting isolated defensive move ments from the left Bank of the persons arriving Here from Ratibor and other places say that the germans went into Battle with 25 rounds of they threw away their rifles when their ammunition was and attacked the poles with knives and clubs and even Bare and drove them out of several at some places forcing them Back five poles make the poles have brought up heavy Field pieces to a number of Oder Posi and Are reinforcing their personnel and bringing up supplies of ammunition and machine guns in the expectation of a general German which Thiis far has not the germans Are said to have requested permission to assist the Allied forces when the operations against the poles says poles rights forfeited May cellar Joseph with declared Here through their forfeited their moral to the plebiscite area of upper he disputed a recent assertion by Premier of that Silesia had been gently annexed by the germans six centuries the poles have no historic claim to upper the Chancellor nor can the German plebiscite majority of almost be the polish claim to the Region is without for Industrial upper Silesia is the creation of Ger Man skill and non German experts have asserted that the poles Are incapable operating continued on Page continued on Page Canadian chamber of Commerce progressing Many officers have been chosen already by John Mccormack special Cable to the free press May organization of the Canadian chamber of com Merce is proceeding sir George Mclareis of the can Adian Pacific has been the unanimous Choice of the Council Fop but he has not Jet Defi accepted the appointment in View pressure of his business of the Masse Harris and colonel Grant Lorden will while the High commissioner for can Ada will be honorary and sir Edgar newfound will be honorary the Council will be entertained next week by colonel Morden and lord Beaverbrook at colonel Morden country it is understood the chamber has been offered accommodation in the Rhodes Trust build Waterloo special Canadian Flag supplement Book review Section reviews of important new and special literary articles will be found in the literary and Book review sectioned with this see Canadian Flag printed in for suggested designs for a National Flag Senate attempts to bring into league of nations Defeated action on disarmament questions and against beginning a new Pacific coast naval base was begun today in the but other amendments to the naval appropriations Bill were not disposed of when adjournment was taken until next tuesday Over the memorial Day disarmament proposals caused a brisk clash today Over amendments of senators Pomerene Ohio and Walsh with the Borah amendment authorizing and requesting the president to Call a three Power conference to discuss disarmament already in the sen at6r Pomerene offered a supplementary it would have authorized the president to suspend United states naval construction for six months in order to arrange the and if a disarmament agreement should breached to sus construction in part or in the proposal was beaten once Point of order sustained by vice president by a 29to f suspension j even a livelier in which the league of nations controversy was fought Over developed on sen Ator Waldys which a Field have requested the president to Send United states representatives to Alt with the disarmament commis Sion of the league of nations in consulting this amendment was 42 to after it was denounced by sen Ator of re publican As a Side door in trance of the United states into the expressing the Hope that the Prossi Dent would Call the disarmament con Ference proposed by the Borah and that such a Confer would be senator Lodge added but i do not propose for one to join in any Way this league of and i do not propose to enter any Side door or Back the toll Call was on party lines except that three Shields Walsh Massachusetts and voted with re forty years ago whellams arrived in the City with a party of English destined for City the Midsummer examinations in St Johns College the governor Gen reals medal was awarded John and am tic other prize win Ders were two lots at the Corner of Carlton Street and Portage Avenue were offered for Sale at list auction Sale of Brandon lots was advertised for May thirty five years ago the opposition members in the legislature were entertained at a ban at which major Mcmillan pre sided and among the speakers were Cameron and g president of the Board returned to Hie accompanied by Iii the fourth session of the fourth legislature was one the outstanding measures adopted an amendment election act to introduce the system of voting of the local can Adian Pacillo railway Treasury de was transferred to Pacific division As thirty years ago Steps were taken for the Formati Oft of a travellers Circle in the including Carey and was appointed to arrange for a suitable reception to be Michael was elected by acclamation As Alder Man from Ward band attached to the mounted infantry school was disbanded and the members re joined the As deputation from Grace Church on the civic Board and pro tested to the opening of King Street South of notre Dame Twentyfive years ago the City Council appropriated to test the system improving the streets with Experiment to be made on Charlotte and the work awarded to Dobson Library and Reading room was opened with appropriate grand first ses Slort of i augur ated1 by the department of agr Cul lure was opened at the Mulvey with Jill Tyre in the chair and Many teachers Twenty years ago members of the National association of railway commissioners spent the Day in Sam a Meni Berzof Sara Thronas on his re turn from South was Given a rousing reception by his former companions in the service of the Street railway and was entertained at Midnight banquet at River g Allen was appointed Secretary the Winnipeg baseball and Hooper Saros As official ump department of ;