Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 23, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature Winnipeg free press thermometer readings 7-30 ., april 22 .54 10.30 ., april 22________isq 12.30 a.m., april 23 try 2.30 a.m., april 23 for full weather meteorological office see Page one. 250 forecast Cloudy rain. occasional Sun rises. 5.20 Sun sets 19.33. Moon rises ft07 Moon sets 20.14. Winnipeg thursday april 23, 1925 ius pays to s am Jeffly six months term and Ful additional penalty for Ontario Bond scandal court reduced sum from has also paid As restitution Peter Smith remains in Penitentiary on three years term has not paid any of Fine Canadian despatch Toronto april Satis the ends of Justice for his part together with Peter Smith former Corincial treasurer in connection Riih the Ontario government Bond sandals Aemilius Jarvis prominent Toronto financier and Yachtsman was Early this morning released from the municipal jail farm at Langstaff Jar this Itson the expiry of his of six months imprison Jeat imposed upon him by chief Justice Meredith last october. Fulfils additional penalty late yesterday afternoon Jarvia off Lei an additional penalty imposed upon him by the Law when he paid into court through his son Aemilius. The Fine imposed spun him by the first appellate court Ontario on his Appeal from the one of which chief Justice Meredith had directed should be Torae jointly by Jarvis and Smith. Before his Jarvis had made restitution of to the province. Jarvis left the prison shortly be fore one o clock this morning in com Pany with friends and motored to Home in the City. Case now closed th3 Case of Jarvis is now closed la thous n there has been rumours that he will attempt to regain the amount paid to the province As restitution. Jarvis sr., and Peter Smith for Mer provincial treasurer were convicted on the same Day on a charge e in conspiracy to defraud the province a certain monies in the buying in a provincial Bonds in great Britain. Saith is now in Portsmouth Peni Atlary doing a three year sentence. A tas also fined but none of the amount has yet been paid. Disposition of the Iio it goes to the province or the cd of a matter for de commons reduction Price 5c per copy edition milk comic we. 22 pages released Aemilius Jarvis senior having paid s60.000 Fine and served six months ter min jail is again at session one of Sto Miest Ever held culminating in fist fights president suspends sitting when angry combatants upset his chair senator Lynch Staunton proposed cutting Quebec Standard to 50 Cumuli i i a cos Yusim Tell Ottawa april in membership on the House of is sought in a petition to thai Justy of which notice was in the Senate today by senator summon. He suggests that representation from Quebec i ii Icli is fixed Factor on which do representation from the rest country is based be reduced to 50. So that the unit or could be reduced All Tho country. Of Senate after transacting rating business adjourned until i in i iday afternoon. Of Tow ii is Jarvis sr., pays Fine of and having served six Jerm is again at Homeric passengers differ As to Crew of capsized japanese could have been on operation of Atlantic cargo route i 1 cult says of the International . Of Are placed at disposal of District Breton 7. Appeal of Home Bank direct f Ca Al Torrito Case of Clar being 1. Ladies open and closed championships to be hold in associated press Cable Paris april Herriot ormer Premier was elected to the coveted presidency of the chamber of deputies today in one of the Sto Miest sessions Ever staged there. He suffered a studied affront from he opposition however. As m. Her riot was the Only candidate who failed of election on the first bal of his supporters lacking thirteen of constituting a majority of the chamber membership necessary for t quorum. On the second ballot he was really unanimously elected 267 to 1. This negative vote it was Learned was cast by in. Hen lot himself. Fist fighting is no Novelty in the French lower House but today the presiding officer expressed the great est indignation that the deputies should carry their rioting into the Rostrum itself even upsetting the chair of the president who immediately donned his silk hat As a Sig Nal that the session was suspended. Fight becomes general this conflict ensued during the second balloting when Deputy bal Anaut charged that ten deputies had voted twice. T Leo socialist deputies attacked him and the fight became general. The Cabinet triumvirate pain Levy. Caillaux and Briand face the Senate tomorrow and will ask for a vote of Confidence on the ministerial Declar continued two fire wicked cananea resembles Jent City property loss exceeds 000 Over 200 Homes destroyed special culled despatch to tree i rest by free i Riente wire Nogales ariz., april 22. The Little mining town of cananea Virjo Sonera Mexico resembled a tent City today As Relief workers slowly began reclaiming the ruins of one of the most disastrous fires on the mexican United states Border. After raging 24 hours the flames that caused property damage exceeding and destroyed More than 200 Homes and the entire business Section of the town were brought under control today. A Check of the inhabitants showed one chinese merchant miss first Appeal of Mcmaster for Clarence Smith argues minutes not sworn to by men who signed dead Mccarthy replies or. Justice Ferguson says Law not satisfied with the manager s statement alone Canadian Toronto april first of the appeals by Home Bank directors convicted on charges under the Bank act by judge Coatsworth in the county i Ninal court Wais started today in the Appeal court presided Over by chief Justice sir William Mulock. The Case of Clarence p. Who was convicted of concurring in a false return the Bank s business and sentenced to six months in jail is being heard flirt. A. C. Mcmaster counsel for or. Smith argued that the Crown in the trial Case had not proved the minutes of the Board of directors of the Bank and most of the Day was spent in his argument on this Point. He said that the men who signed the minutes had that what had writ ten was Correct. D. L. Mccarthy representing the Crown stated that it was impossible to get this evidence because both h. J. Daly and col. Mason who signed the minutes were dead. Says books can be used or. Mcmaster argued that Accord no to the act books could not be used As evidence against a director they might to used against company. Or. Justice Ferg Uson thought books could be user against the directors and manager As Well. Or. Mcmaster replying stated that a Man who sinned the books Vas not necessarily the agent of the Tirc ctr. Or. Me master said he pro freeing of body reveals Boulder weighed 75 pounds Only press despatch surface tomorrow morning. In Thih that fel1 on Colllns p nned him ing to hot that it we shed Only 75 pounds Accord. From had succeeded in removing the body in which Hort the potion of the Tunnel and lateral body was found collapsed and fell from 60 to 100 feet of Vid via for Ati Lului lit Luik. Us Luil of the stands on silent duty Over the Mouth of the Shaft tonight with orders to permit no one to descend it. Passengers differ As to whether Homeric could have saved japanese special United ptts to free press ii a acc press private wire new York april 22. Differing my. Relief organizations Are Rushing food supplies to the homeless mexi cans. The business Section is a mass of re 10. Bulgaria do members methods in Meed by British i. Marler Montreal Liberal is Strong defence of government resting features Amateur Polf tournament at Hoy 16. Premier Harriot is elected few chamber at Stormy sea i. Commissioner recommends pay scavenger helpers. And Saratoga House Pau to wind up Hodgins born at Molas died there aged s fires rage at Dallas and Salt air resort l. J. Jones celebrate about tells business 5. On stand seven Tyers 5. Cwg fro by 1-ree i Ress i Rivle wire Chicago april 22. A crumple pile of feminine pair o silly stockings a vanity bag1, braid hat and a tattered Glove May serve to solve the mystery what1 police describe As one of the City s most gruesome and diabolic murders. The clothing was found near catch Basin on a Golf course i which the nude and mutilated Bod of a Young woman about 24, a discovered by a Caddie Hunting go balls. Terrified the Caddie ran t his Lime and notified his parents who in turn notified the police members of the fire department pumped the catch Basin dry before removing. The body. The girl s head and legs had been literally chopped malting identification. Practically impossible Large incision had in Side and most of the vital Organ had been removed from the Torso. Physicians said the girl had been dead several months. Examination of the remains by coroners phys clan Foley resulted in the theor that the woman was murdered. The were cleanly severed at the shoulders and the head was Cut from the neck in what was described a a Semi scientific manner. Thi nature of the amputations indicated the killer knew something about Anatomy and possibly was i medical student. Section of Swaraj its in open revolt against a site Cal Cable to tile free Triss by John Mccormac London april 22. The morning Post has the following Cable from Calcutta today s in a eader Speaks of open revolt by Section of. The Swaraj its against Das As a result of the latter s change front and alleged willingness to agreement with the govern ment. The Engalee pleads that the should help Das from the Ness he himself has made of his Public life by permitting himself to e exploited by people without brains r character to help him in his life s olice Check up Windsor Butcher s robbery Story Canadian Terji despatch Windsor ont., april 22. While Hercules Bezeau who told the Polico was beaten Cut and robbed of 600 in his Butcher shop Here shortly after Midnight monday by three red and masked bandits who locked him in an ice Box and fire o the shop is being held in custody he police Are checking up on his tory. Oronto to rank Home Bank editor to amount of can Dinn press Toronto april 22. The City of Oronto will rank As a creditor of in Home Bank to the. Amount of out of claimed from the Home Bank As a business tax or under a decision made by Harles Garrow official referee t Osgoode Hall today. It. George s Gross Waves aloft today in Honor of the Patron England St. George s Cross the. White Flag with red is the basis of the Union Jack Ripples against the sky today from the free press flags Al. Native of Winnipeg age 76, passes Awa mrs. Margaret Hodgins born o Point Douglas died there born on Point Douglas 76 year ago mrs. Margaret Hodgins widow of the late Thomas Rodgina died a the family residence so Annabell Street last evening a Bare Hundred Yards from the spot where she a born. Or Hodgins died in february 1920. Mrs. Hodgins Horn during her entire life was on poin Douglas the. Point where the firs settlers landed in what is now the City of Winnipeg. Mrs. Hodgins firs saw the Light of Day 25 years before the founding of the City and a watched the settlement grow from an outpost of civilization into on of the great cities of the continent and known Over the entire world. The family surviving Are to sons William Henry Hodgins Oak Bank ivian., and Nelson Mcewen Hodgins at Home one daughter mrs. Florence priestly Cochrane ont. The funeral will be held from the family Home at 2 Saturday to Brookside cemetery. Provincial Constable makes heroic arrests clubbed by Drunken motorists he brings in three of party canned Iii 1 it so despatch Elk Lake ont., april ing to arrest five members of a motor party showing signs of intoxication near Here provincial con stable Butler severely beaten but succeeded in making three arrests. Two men. Named Wyatt Anc Johnson have been sent to Cobalt or trial on a charge of having assaulted an officer while the Driver James Hodgins is held on a charge of refusing to Aid an officer. Search is being made for two Othena. The men took the officer s Billy away rom him and booted him about the Lead and body but he knocked out one Man with a pair of Handcuffs and managed to subdue the others. Little child whipped to death by grandmother United despatch to free Tress by tree press private wire Tillamook ore., a pril in inst will be held tomorrow into the death of Little Sylvia Louise Des amps. Whose grandmother whipped ice for discipline until the baby s Leath resulted. District attorney barrage said charges of second de murder pro barely would be lodged against the elderly woman mrs. In. C. dirt t mean to Hurt her. I Don t now How hard i whipped mrs. Who is 59. Declared today As he waited in jail. Yet the Little Ody of the child had More than 100 belts and bruises on it according to tie county Coroner. Weather report Tho following is Tho weather report issued from the Winnipeg meteorological fice at 7 Yesterday temperature. The preceding 13 hours. L minimum 44 barometer. 29.83 North eat wind at 16 Miles per hour sky Over the weather has been fair and showery southwestern Saa Katche an and in a Berta. My. A. I. A. R. Rupert s4 50 Resina _ 35 59 Ictoria _ 42 52 Winnipeg 44 61 56 port Arthur 46 54 Rix Rry sound 36 70 44 London 34 68 53 Toronto _ 34 62 50 Kingston. _ 36 60 Ottana _ 32 66 52 Montreal _ 44 62 32 so 28 s6 53 Halifax. _ 28 56 and Saskatchewan loud with occasional rain. Alberta. In with shotters Lake Superior Odrata to fresh winds partly Cloudy with Aca tiered choir cars. Vancouver 42 Kamloops 34 Algary _ 24 Edmonton 36 current _ 36 Attl Fortl 54. R Albi it _ z8 de. Hat _ 36 44 Quebec Loose 36 57 St. John As Katoozi 34 special a filed Ueli Antcli to free 1 rest by free press i Riente wire Washington april ing work on two great proposed Northern Waterways the great lakes St. Lawrence project and the Groat lakes Hudson River project will begin at once Secretary of Commerce Hoover Hai announced. Work on the great lakes St. Law rence waterway is made possible by settlement of negotiations Between the United states and Canada after a year of diplomatic correspondence disclosed in 16 notes which passed Between the two governments during the year and made by the state department. Hoover announces that parallel with the engineering investigation nto this project there would be an investigation into the proposed deep waterway from the great lakes to he Hudson River to determine its feasibility Cost and operating expenses As authorized by Congress. An appropriation was made to cover investigation. Agreement signed the United states and Canada Lave signed an which authorizes an enlarged joint Board of engineers to investigate the St. Lawrence project. The Board com posed of three representatives for each government is ordered to make a final report by the end of april this project is aimed at improving the St. Lawrence River be Ween Lake Ontario and Montreal continued on Page four London divorce court judge cites collusion Many cases brought by guilty parties seeking Relief site Cal Camo in the free Mill new York times copyrighted London april 22. Com ment on the abuse of the Law courts in divorce proceedings was made to Day by or. Justice Swift. He was trying a Case in which the husband signed an agreement to pay his wife weekly maintenance Tori herself and two.children., and. Then signed a confession of misconduct. If that is not said the i Udre what is it lit is. Buying a one half of the nowadays he declared Are brought by the guilty party. Divorces were rapidly becoming a Relief for the guilty rather than a remedy for the innocent. Many cases Are a perfect declared the angry the authorities had much better let such persons go before a registrar of 3irth.s, marriages and simply record that they Are no longer to live in siberian convicts overpower guards on train and escape associated Tress London april renter Des Patch from Moscow says that a gang if 84 convicts who were being re moved from Irkutsk Eastern Siberia y train today overpowered and Dis armed the escaped. Be fore they made their escape they robbed the. Members of the railway commission who were travelling on he train. Secretary Hoover says that . Negotiations with Canada having been completed engineering work on great lakes waterway project will begin at once. At my of tsp Salt air thirty families made homeless at Dallas and eight firemen Blaze starts in apartment House and fanned by Gale spreads rapidly before apparatus set up Salt air resort gutted by flames fanned by 25-mile Gale loss estimated at three British members of parliament say military league rules country More than arrested most of them on Mere suspicion special chlo to the free and new York times copyrighted Vienna april 22. The first account coming from responsible for eign Eye witnesses three members of tha British wedge Wood William Mackinder and col. Arrival at Belgrade to night denounced in a signed statement the terror methods of the bulgarian government. They declare that bul Garia today is ruled by a military league. They say that the total number arrested to Date was most of them on Mere suspicion. The three . S Point out the impossibility of All these being involved in the bomb plot. They Appeal to the Public opinion civilized coun tries to put pressure on the bul Garian government to bring the prisoners before the proper courts or discharge them. Shot without trial the statement says that a Large number were shot without any . S interviewed the bul Garian foreign minister who told them the outrage was executed by communists but with the knowledge of Bulgaria s Western Riel Hobor. In Sofia the Hunt for suspects continued All Day. A Large number were arrested. Two prominent Lead ers of the agrarian Prutkin chief of police under Starr Bulisky and Jiho coated press despatch Salt Lake City utah., april 22. The nationally know Salt air re Fiort on the Shore of great Salt Lake 20 Miles West of Here was by fire late today and dam age is estimated at upwards of the flames were fanned y a 25 mile wind and spread rapidly. Salt air was built in 1893 by the mormon Church and each year was visited by thousands of tourists especially desirous of swimming in the buoyant Waters of the Lake thirty homeless at Dallas special United news com Atli in free i Ress by free Tress i Vivete wire Dallas Texas april 22. Eight firemen were injured and 30 families were made homeless and damage caused by fire which destroyed Twenty East Dallas Homes and damaged ten others this after noon. The ablaze originated in an. Apart ment House and fanned by a thirty mile Gale spread to a dozen build Ings before fire fighting apparatus could be set up. X three Volunteer firemen Wero among the injured. All were caught when Walls of burning buildings collapsed. Twenty fire companies fought the Blaze which extended Over an area of three City blocks. Houses like tinder while police squads herded women and children from the scene men and boys carried everything movable from the Homes into the streets. Months of drought had made the houses like tinder and Sparks and embers carried hundreds of Yards quickly ignited them. When. Firemen saw it would be impossible to save the burning Homes All fire fighting apparatus was concentrated on buildings in the path of the flames. Wjt bin. A of a mile was stacked in. The streets for Hasty removal. Fire continued on Page seven thinks fumigating solution May be cause Man s death can Noah . X Toronto april i Vestiga Lon is being made into the sudden the of James w. Found dead in. His Home today from Eart fail tire it. Is thought. The in dial health department had Dis infected the House this week with he Standard solution at to Mckend ick s request chief Coroner Gra am stated that though he believes he. Disinfectant to be harmless he Voll to. View of the con to ton recently oif private full rating contractor whose solution it was found. Caused the death of some a match of a House he ;