Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 24, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg eke Day april 24, 1925 8skiih a skew for to follow up does not director of negligence court holds erts failure to give Evi 3ce creates unfavourable impression asian Prospo tech 23-in Tho Appeal Smith Home Bank of Montreal against his sentence by county , in the appellate a. C. Momas counsel for the Appellant of the big accounts i which he declared his knowledge of. He said showed that col. Smith by of Theli Board meet Ich Howe sound pulp com path. Accounts were in other accounts col Given instructions that made. Mageo commented on radio today s five Best features copyright 1925, by United press Wiz new York 8.40 p.m., women s glee club. Kid St. Louis 8.30 p.m., City club glee club. Kex Oakland 8 p.m., players in paid in tic Hartford 8.10 p.m., Hartford choral. Cap Washington 9 p.m., . Temple shrine band. Manitoba taxes too table d Hote on hotels losing continued from Page 1. That account hut forget Verlo ins following it up dear a director of Negh of Mcmaster declared that col. Usted the general Man said that juries -jil30 judges were bound t adorable inference w Aro Rabl Hen a k did not testify on his own Ferguson added that i peal court had held that Tho the proper thing to his find quoted a judgment that was entitled to draw an inference when a Pris did not give evidence in Hypha of Ilc Viaster argued that from it was proved that Smith did know of some wrong his conduct had been Sial could have been required of Ferguson agreed that a Bis Point in favor of col. And also that to had done wrong inspection of branches in ziment was then heard on the of the branches of the a including Toronto Branch ail the big Loans were the court was informed iry Ere never had been an in Kioa of the Toronto office and chief inspector for had been pre Ted from making an inspection Toronto a twice by the general Sajer of the Bank. I. Ferguson thought the no inspector s report had is reached the Board of directors Nave roused the suspicion directors because the inspector u appointee of the Board i tie Board had got the reports inspector then these things h reined the Bank re he said. Ould not i master argued that the in might not know any More at the assistant general manager bad no suspicions because much a kept Buck from him by Tho Gen Al manager and the president. Government completing the Road to tide water without delay was unanimously passed on motion of t. J. Porte seconded by col. H. A. Mul Lins prominent cattle Man. E. D. Martin presides at the meeting which was held in the auditorium of Tho Board of Trade building. Replies to Mother wet taking up or. Motherwell s recent question. What evil spirit selected port or. Martin said he had the Good Fortune of being personally acquainted with the two men who had the selection of the Road and the port. So far As he knew there was no evil spirit about them. They were just As Fine specimens of manhood As he had Ever seen. I can state As an Engineer that these men did a Good or Martin declared adding there can be no mistake about or. Martin de scribed an article in a recent Issue of Toronto saturday night As another excuse for there were cer Tain interests that did not want the Road completed and they stated that Churchill was the better place. The Man who wrote that article had a town site up and naturally he wanted to get something for it. That might be enterprising on the part of the individual in question but who wanted to pay taxes for his special Benefit personally said or. Martin he did not care which place was made the port but As the Grade was finished to port Nelson As there was Only 90 Miles More steel to Lay to reach it As millions of dollars had been spent on port Nelson and As the Grade was easier they ought to be game enough at least to finish what they had not Only started but had carried through to such a great extent. Controversy is fatal if we allow controversy to develop at the present time As to the relative advantages of the two ports we will allow the deliberate murder of the project that we Are anxious to sea was How general Pat Erson put the matter in taking Issue Voth or. Mother Well. When the on to the Bay association was organized he explained they decided that the one thing to avoid was any controversy As to the ports because the important thing was to get one port. This Issue had just been raised As a he quoted an Engin Eer prominently associated with the construction of the Hudson Bay rail Way As stating that Churchill was 100 Miles farther away and Why pass a port nearly completed and go. To the additional expense of building an other one Hundred Miles of railway he also quoted Engineer Mclaughlin As stating that though he would have been inclined to favor Churchill had to had the Choice of selection in the first place they would have had to port Nelson anyway As Canadian press despatch Ottawa april financing in All its phases was discussed the committee at the House of commons which deals with Cana Dian National railway Afi Aira this morning. Everything from the in trl cases of the funded debt to the difficulty in getting the Public to accept a plate dinner instead of the wider Choice of dishes which an a la carte menu provides came be fore the committee in the course of the questioning which sir Henry Thornton and his staff of had to answer. The committee Dis posed of All that part of tha Cana Dian National report which deals with income today. The committee will sit practically every Day until the statement is disposed of. An attempt is being made to secure for the Canadian National properties a uniform rate of taxation in All the provinces it was stated Canadian National hotels Are run Ning on the whole at a deficit but Are a necessary adjunct to passenger traffic like the dining cars which bring no net income and sometimes a deficit to railways on this continent. Manitoba taxation major Graham Bell Deputy minis ter of thought the Manitoba lines were too heavily taxed Anc that allowance should be made for density of traffic and difference in income compared with competitors Tho committee agreed on the uniformity idea. Sir Henry Thornton replied to a cite Salon that the net earnings were not earmarked. The ten hotels of the system were operated last year at a loss 938. The fort Garry lost the Macdonald. But Tho Cha teau Laurier made . Revenue totalled taxes i Churchill was not big enough. Annual statement untrue the favored routes Justice Mulock and that the annual statement Rovern Niento showed that to at the outset of his address or. Martin declared that Fred v the been made. That is not right cause there never were he added. Any in was pointed out that the Varl a reports had gone to the general and not to the Board of factors. These included reports a branches and on Loans made f tha Bank. Then every director would have to Ead Ful these documents to find vat was wrong with the Imen Tod or. Justice Hodgins. Or. Ishier agreed. Temares for general Section in Alberta pm Uncial Liberal Leader plans aggressive speaking tour Canadian press despatch Calgary alta., april prep ii Iloa for a possible general elec we this year c. K. Mitchell Leader x he Liberal opposition in the Al legislature is planning an a Sastre speaking and tils Spring and summer. Passed through Calgary today is Way to Edmonton from where 7 proceed to several Points in North to address party meetings. Jia 1 intend to assume that there be a provincial election before Jear is he told Tho Cana press i am attending a num o party conferences and con 8tlons and speaking at various tvs of the province beginning in is Likely that nomination con Sturas will be called in a number Ridings in the next two april Prince Zed Scheno. Self styled Kurdistan of Cherbourg. Was authorized today by the department. France april liner. Of the French line sex 1 to arrive Here from new saturday has been of reduce her Speed because the and expenses to sir Henry s remark that table d Hote system was being tried in the mar times first g. W. Kyte chief Liberal whip intimated it was not complimentary to that Section but sir Henry turned it by saying we expect a better opinion because of tha Superior intelligence of the British subjects and canadians Are preferred sir heur said in selecting employees but Ai coloured Pullman porters Are employees of the Pullman company. Another claimant for my a wards estate mrs. Annie Edwards Winnipeg says she is Niece Canadian press Calgary Alta april to Obj Houser and mrs. J. Redmond o Lilu. Gi.10 Sion there had pointed out that the Hudson Bay route was one of the Best and most favourable routes not Only for Canadian products but for the products of the Northern states of Tho Union. Or. Martin went on to dispel some Eastern delusions about the Hudson Bay saying that it never froze Over ice being con fined to coast line water and asserting that so far from or being involved the line could be completed at less expense than a similar stretch of rail Way in any part of the Dominion or the United states. Or. Martin spoke of the great Iron Ore deposits on the Belcher Isles in the Bay and said that though development of an immense Industry there was possible if the railway were completed opposition was expressed by a Winn Pes Man interested in the steel Busi Ness on the ground of the expense involved. That Man does not know any More about it than i do about a flying machine said or. Martin. General Paterson said that one of the great troubles of Canada was that there had been too much development East and West and he endorsed a statement by j. W. Dafoe in a. Recent speech to the shippers Section of the Board of Trade that had this country been developed North and South there would have been two Large cities on the Hudson Bay Long ago. There was room for both ports but at Tention now should be concentrated on getting one. And -ivj.ra. And another son James in Toronto mrs. Saunders bases her claim t the major portion of the vast ;