Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 27, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature Winnipeg free press thermometer readings 7.30 p.m., april 26 j-43 10.30 p.m., april 26 -f40 12.30 ., april 27_______ 4-40 2.30 ., april 27 for full weather report of meteorological office see Page one. 253 and rather Cool. Sim rises. 5.13 Sun sets. 19.39. Moon risen. 8.18 Moon sets. 24.00. Monday pull 27, 1925 Price 5c per copy edition with comic. Loc. 18 Central states Ali ice distinct tremors Felt in parts of Ohio Kentucky Illinois and Indiana lost widespread of any recorded in Reg Iofi for number of years to damage reported except for slight interruption to wire service press Chicago april i la. Earthquake shocks were Felt through parts of Ohio Kentucky Indiana and Illinois Bolg it. There were three distinct -.remors, no damage was done except for interruption to wire in a few places according 10 Seismograph records the first Shock lasted six seconds beginning at " clock. The second eight in Tea later was of like duration the third. Beginning at 10.co, lasted Milf a minute. Most widespread in years disturbance was the widespread of any recorded in this Region for Many years. No courts of the Shock were received in port tonight awaiting immigration inspection. She juries 132 Cabin passengers and 504 third class the Megantic with is Cabin passengers and 414 third class Ali British is expected tomorrow. Discharge conductors on . Following inquiry Between 18 and 24 dismissed most of them on . Irregularities in Sale of tickets to chinese alleged. As the result of an investigation into alleged ticket irregularities a number of conductors on the Cana Dian Pacific railway company s lines Between Winnipeg and Vancouver have been dismissed during the past three months it was stated by inspection department officials in Winnipeg test night. The number of dismissals was Given As Between is and 24. It was explained that the majority of the conductors whose services have been dispensed were employed on lines in British Columbia. Whether the dismissals will be followed by court proceedings against the men affected could not Boas pertained. The railway officials Sot a clue to the irregularities from a Story which was published in a chinese news paper at Vancouver. This it is stated practically warned chinese travellers to buy tickets in the regu Lar manner and to beware of Chen disc this was trans lated by the authorities. In an Effort to detect any irregularities that might be practice chinese have been employed in travelling Over the Road for some time it is understood. Murderer of child leaves clues behind w As Nigton of unusual intensity and Dunt Luff probably More than Miles from Washington wore re lorded Early today on the Seismograph of Georgetown University. Procuring perjury Russell ., committed at Lunenburg. N.s., on charge Lunenburg n.s., april h. Hunks Was yesterday committed by additional magistrate a Ronburg to stand trial before the supreme court on a charge of pro curing perjury. The charge was preferred following the examination h witness in connection with the i inc of the rum run flu Schooner b. Bail was fixed at two states seek to put midget ban fit on trial United news to free i Rpss free 1 i Monte wire Chicago april states Are it Kini to place Henry j. Ernske. In reset Bandit before the bar of jus Mee. Who was arrested last week. Is wanted in Pearl River. . For the murder of two hunk employ during a Holdup in 1921. Chicago authorities wish to place Nim on trial for murder of Michael in a Bank hold up Here last March. The Piui Botlon of whether Werncke stand trial in Chicago or be extradited to new York will be decl Al tomorrow at a conference Between states attorney Crowe and new authorities. Newso Themy Koile Yalch s sentenced to a Jules at Letha Rise. For nerd or of a Braken Iun Calkins. 3. In Foi of of government As of Geiman presidential Ero a on. Not considered imminent. Age 1. Marshal von Vitinu Elburr president of i Sinany Liy Niaj Orlov of nearly 1. President Mcleod of the c Apo Breton District miners declares the win not 1. Much excitement a surd by Nahe in Ohio. Indiana Al and 1. Many conductors on . Dos following inquiry into ticket 1. Result of German election believed 111 spell of Alvo ministry a r 1. _ discovery of girl s mutilated by Gary. Ind. Reveals or rom murder 1. Special train bearing prize cattle through 2. Faithful Hearle. Early resident of Mai Peg Dies at 3. Hon. E. J. Me Murray approves of for 3. Shoal Lake Man confesses murder committed m 1. Cleveland and giants setting Pace big 12. Hobert Bald. Manitoba Pioneer. 1. Union of vials anticipate activity a 2. Are calming after a week r j 8. Sheffield United wins English soc 12. Odd Fellows observe i Lgth annl 2. Impression of Hob nailed Boot and club help police of Crowborough special Vitril Cable to free by a Are arcs private wire Crowborough England april perfect impression of a. Hob nailed Boot a Stout five foot club to which cling human hairs and the crushed body of 10-year-old Joan Annett Are the clues by which the police Hope to discover the Man who battered to . J with Throat Cut head crushed and hands torn was found in Edge Park which surrounds the country seat of lord Henry Neville. She was the daughter of one of the Castlo Man servants. The police investigation is spurred by the knowl Edge that Joan is the second girl within a few months to be murdered in this Village. Norman Thome a Young Farmer was hanged last week for murder ing Elsie Cameron his sweetheart. Murder is not crime in England. In one Post War year there were but sixteen murders in greater London and about As Many More in the provinces. Explosion traps men in Pennsylvania mine Gas which is said to have closed slope press West Newton pa., april explosion in the mine of the Westmore land Coal company near Here late tonight trapped eight or ten men in Side the Workings according to first reports reaching Here of the Acci is believed to have caused the explosion which is said to have closed a slope in which a number of men were working. The mine was being opened up by contractors and it is said the men imprisoned by the blast belonged to a construction Crew and were not miners. Progressive candidate for Saskatoon county nominated Conn Elloh i Ross despatch. Saskatoon sask., aprilj6. Charles Agar sitting member for Saskatoon county in the Saskatchewan legislature was unanimous y nominated progressive candidate for this county constituency at a party convention Here steamships arrived acquitted at Regina Godfrey Gritzfeld told court he had got third degree Canadian press despatch Regina sask., april de liberating 20 minutes a. Jury Here. Saturday acquitted Godfrey Gritz Feld of a charge of attempting to murder John r. Knox. Of Hymric. An unidentified Man entered Knox s House feb. 2, and. After at tempting to Rob him. Fired a revolver Etton which missed Knox. Gritzfeld says a confession was obtained after he had been grilled and Given the third degree for five hours by police officers. Five Bremen injured in fire at Montreal Eastern manufacturing District threatened for a time the Senate this year and if the Senate sufficiently hos tile toward Premier pain eve his government cannot endure. Conservative frenchmen refuse to see the slightest difference Between Oon Vinuto on Hajje two boy shoots grandsire but injuries slight peeved at reprimand Yarmouth lad fires Shotgun can Linn Tress despatch Yarmouth n.s., april ing a severe reprimand this morning from his Grandfather George Buller he lives near Here for having been away from Home for three Days Ernest Ellis agud.1 15 rushed into the secured a shot gun and fired at his Grandfather who waa walking in the barn Yard. Buller Well who received slight wounds in the face weapon from the youth. No action has yet been taken by the authorities. Bridge to connect Detroit and Border cities planned pc poncian de snatch Windsor april Frank j. Of Windsor has announced a plan by which he urges the construction of a municipally owned Bridge Over the Detroit River to link the Border cities and Detroit and to be built by both communities. Mayor Mitchell has secured an unqualified endorsement of the proposal from. Mayor John w. Of Detroit and the Detroit atty Council and Munici Heads of tie Border cities is to be held shortly to go further into the matter. Discovery of girl s mutilated body at Gary ind., reveals grim mystery special United Actis despatch l Ros by free 1 Russ private Gary ind., april lonely reaches. Wind swept Sand dunes and swampy valleys along the dimes Highway disclosed a grim murder mystery today when Hunters came upon the Torso a 16-year-old girl who had been shot hacked with an axe and then burned. In an Endeavor to hide her identity. The body was found in a swamp clean nor two Miles from Chesterton. Ind. Fresh automobile tracks the Marks of a heavy car led into the Clearing from the dunes Highway turned and led. Back to the Highway again. There were two Bullet holes in the girl s head. Both legs had been chopped off and both had been Cut off below the elbows. An and hand were found near by. The Corpse had been soaked in gasoline and fired. There is no clue to the murderer and no clue to the identity of the girl beyond a few fragments of scorched clothing. The clothing is Good and the body is that of a Well nurtured Earl who had never worked. The body now lies in. The at Chesterton. Police be Lieve that the. Murder occurred sat urday. Thousands of cars have i passed along the trunk Highway Over the and. The Trail is lost where the path of the death Rar emerges from the swamp Road into the travelled Way. Gary police state that two girls have been reported As. Missing in the last two Days and the parents of these girls have been notified. French acadian paper turned Moncton , april in the newspaper buld Irig Here tonight caused damage to the extent of. Several thousand Dol Evangeline is a Ian publication issued weekly. Special unit ii mews Coble to 1 acc Liy a rec i Riv Ute London april net effect of today s ballot with its defeat of a Man closely identified with the growth Ami sustenance of the re Public by another whose Fame rests on his services to the Hohenzollern cannot be foretold but it is certain that a change in the form of govern ment is not imminent. A Maiter of chief significance is the desire on the part of the More than germans to raise to the approximation of the former Kaiser s station i Man acquainted with the formality and etiquette procedure and Trum perv which surrounded the head of the state under the one of the most frequently repeated objections to the late presi Dent Fritz Ebert was that his train ing As a Saddle maker and Trade Union executive made it impossible for him to uphold the dignity of the German nation when be appeared in its name. By electing Hindenburg Germany once More has obtained a living Symbol of her Pride former achievements and past glory that probably had More than a Little to do with bringing votes to the old marshal especially among women voters who Are As much of an Enigma in Germany now As they were in the United states in 1916. Presidential Powers limited the presidential Powers Are limited by the Weimar Constitution so that nominally the president would have no More Power than a constitutional Monarch such As the King of England but the Constitution is Young and Young thing s usually Ara pliable. In any Case the presiden tial duties depend upon the Man with Hindenburg will go to the Wilhe Strasse a monarchist s brain schooled in the thought of a carded regime. His most recently published communication to the Kaiser pledged eternal fealty arid Devotion. Many of his supporters boldly stated during the Campaign that they not., .in.-., favor of . Two arrested on saturday night on liquor charges the premises of w. U. Smith. 7 Douglas Block. Graham Avenue were entered by inspector Eddie and officers and Hughes of the Winnipeg police morality depart ment at 11 Oclock on saturday in fret. Several cases of Beer were seized and Smith bras taken into custody to appear before the Post co court this morning on charge of breach of one Temperance act the Ity police morality officers also arrested Pete Zaden. 3cu stun Liny Street . A similar on. Iha sturday 1 Isth. Several of Beer and a of whisky was his premises. from free press files fifty years ago rain fell for the first time in eight old ferry scow was found to be Situck solidly near Point Taylor hustled _ around getting up a team to spell against the Winnipeg printers who had challenged the world to a spell song match. Forty five ago James h. Rowan was elected president e. Jarvis vice Prest Dent and a. M. Ramsay Secretary treasurer of the Winnipeg Cricket club at a meeting held in the hotel do sire Geo. An Drews presided at the dedication the room of Manitoba Lodge . F., on. The third floor of the caller Block. Forty years ago the. Students attending the Normal. School at Brandon numbered Iche 91st, in que Appel a received an outfit of fresh under cloth transport department sent i rom Moose jaw 100 head of beef cattle for the use of the troops Clarke s crossing and Prince Albert. Thirty five ago Lethbridge complained of dearth of ulwelling hopi he accommodation. A Hackman s team ran from the City Ball main Street arid dow.ns-. Portage Avenue without hitting Mackintosh was i elected member for Patti Sang his Farewell song to an american audience silo Chono Home Sweet thirty years ago father Devine Jesuit missionary Schreiber invented an electric train business Centre of the town of Hartney Man., , do stroked by took up in North to the alarm v. People on both sides of the bound Ary. Twenty five years ago it was announced that the Beu Telephone company would spend in bul Dinc a. Long distance system in , no Power to build a Spur line., Brandon exhibition Tlisov. Lair Board announced they would apr. Ply. For a charter. Twenty years ago Brandon admitted to the or series of the opt ton bylaws were carried at g a Stone arid was trounced the stonework of new Cape hotel would be by a Snipes club occupied their renovated quarters. 4 ;