Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 6, 1925, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature Winnipeg of acc press thermometer readings 7.30 ., aug. 5 10.30 ., aug. 5 4-64 12.30 a.m., aug. 6 -rs3 2.30 a.m., aug. 6 for full weather report of meteorological office see Page one. Rises 5.03 Sun sets 20.c4. N rises 21.35 Moon sets 7.42. Winnipeg thursday August 1j Price 5c per copy edition Wilh comic Loc. 18 pages decides May head league Resolution passed stating party should retain its identity As group in parliament platform adopted and motions on Hudson Bay railway Senate re form and banking approved clause on agricultural credits widened to include primary in-1 destries and natural resources i of i in Hon. Raoul Dandurand Oneal us president of Assembly Spruei or nations at its meet next month. Csom Lal despatch to the i rep i res Regina sask. Aug. a o mers ing was the decision of the Saskatchewan Federal i Roger solve convention Here today when a Resolution passed Stu Tuik that tie i to Tossie party should retain its id ont a i a group in parliament. The convention also adopted the progressive platform Afleur widening the1-iaii.se Reid Linic to the use of the suggested Canadian Delegate preside Over Assembly at september meeting Asri culture by the inclusion of other primary industries and natural the platform As adopted reads follows support of Tho Lasue of nations in the belief that ill l i prove an effective ask nay for to Kyj promotion of International co opera i Don and the achievement of inter i National Peaco Ami Security. Further development of tin British Empire should As a Coin Mun wealth of nations tree and equal and governed in accordance with iritis i constitutional principles. Any attempt to centralize Imperial authority or to set any govern body whether termed conference Council parliament or Cabinet Whoso decisions would be binding on the dominions inevitably Hammer the a growth of responsible democracy in Canada. Condemn Tariff Protection of the principle of Laroff Protection a substantial in crease in the British preference a reciprocal Trade agreement with the i nixed states and the immediate abolition of the Tariff on the implements of production. The Canadian Cus Toms Tariff so As retained to be based solely on the Rechul regents for Revenue. Of the Fields of Feder Al and provincial taxation by agree ment Between the respective authorities in order to eliminate the duplication of taxing Mach i Nery and to on Paffe two says in speech at Neepawa no difference Between them and liberals m iss Emma my Pherson ivies from fall under wheels of Beach train at Why tenfold have not used Power charges they have not turned government out for fear of losing indemnities special to 1 Orcas by staff c Neepawa aug. Ing his speech hero this afternoon with an attack on the progressive party. It. Hon. Arthur a Epphen. Far Mer prime minister and Leader of the opposition declared there was no Dif Ference Between the progressives the liberate and asserted the progressives had not used their Power to vote the government out of of fice because they knew they would lose their indemnities. The speech was made at a Well attended conservative picnic held at the exhibition grounds. Or. Meighen Sot a rousing reception. His speech was Cut Short by a storm that broke Over Tho District about taut was resumed at a meeting held in. The opera House in the . Hon. Robert Rogers was one of the it peaker and vigorously condemned the King Rovern rent for what he termed the destructive expensive and ineffective administration in a s Ives of the affairs of. The country Toronto doctor fined jailed guilty on 16 narcotic drug act Canadian press Toronto an p. Guilty on counts under the n Arctic Ifni act. Or. Kara Adams known Toronto Lictor. Was fined j of o and sentenced to six months in jail by if a Sis t rate Jones in the a Klice court today. The judgment Piven was that he be fined -200 on each count. In sentencing the accused. Maps in to Jones that he had used Tiu Cloal of his profession to make improperly by trafficking in Rinius. R. M. Groer. . Mouilso i ii defence Prado notice of a peal and it is probable that or. Aflame a ill be Given Ball pending the of tie higher court fourth brother to be drowned press Pyn fro Halifax m.s., aug. Rens in. Afre i 23, of Harrington Harlor. Canadian was drowned at ausust lne Canadian Labrador. Mon Day. He is to fourth member o is family to have met a tragic year three Brothers ins been drowned off the Southwest roast of found land last Winter. Denmark brings Forward plan to create commission of conciliation i Avis. 15. Senator Raoul Dandurand. Chief Canadian Delegate is being prominently mentioned for Tho presidency of the Assembly of the Leffue of nations which will Basin its sessions Here sept. 7. Denmark has requested the secretariat of the league to place on the a end for the september sessions a. Project for the creation of a com Mission of conciliation at the per manent court of International Justice at the Hague. Neutral nations policy the first reaction in league of nations circles to the danish proposal is that it represents an at tempt by Neutral Stales to remove from the Council of the league of nations the exercise of conciliation which hitherto has formed a notable feature of tie Council s activities and place it under the jurisdiction of the. World court which would appoint conciliators in any dispute. Fort William paper Mill workers strike settled Cun Nolian press fort William ont., aug. Twelve weeks duration announce ment was made this ats.oxnqp.3 that the strike of the at fort William paper company s Plant had been settled sad that the men will return to work under the agree ment originally in Force. One. Paper machine will be in operation in Days and the Sec Ond about a week later. Two Hun dred and thirty five men have Boon Idle on account of the strike of 32 Pupe makers. Progressives fail to make Good says Sanford Evans t. G. Murphy mayor the chair Man. Thanked the promoters of the series of Manitoba meetings for giving the people of Neepawa. And District an Opportunity of. Hearing or Melgren. The enthusiasm do splayed alleged assault on Barnardo Home boy leads to charge 1 a toss port Hope ont., aug. Vinci Al Constable Tom cousans today Laid a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm to Nicholas Thom son Barnardo boy against Everett zealand who is being summoned to appear before magistrate w. A. K. Campbell Lierck on monday morning. Tile Barnardo a come authorities Are taking an Active interest in the Case. Weather Dkl out the Fol Louitt if the weather report issued from the Winnipeg offer Jit 7 Yesterday temperature. 76 maximum for he preceding 12 1 oui a c l minimum 66 Bai Nutter 29.75 North wind it seven Nii Tew per hour slight pre fair. Weather Hap continued Fine arid warm throughout the West. My. In. My. News of the Day Man who impersonated an entire division thinner the Ereat War finds English Channel too much for Page 1. Hon. Roaul Dandurand men Jjo cd As president of league of a Assembly next 1. Safety committee decided filling station overhanging Alk is be to 7. Sev. Or. E. Leslie kids Oon and rotary club on the Church in modern 4. Scotia miners accept Rhodes final proposals to end 1. S a o merging decision reached by Federal progressive 1. In preliminary hearing on against a f. C. Menlove is 5. Miss Emma my Plisson Dies when Oik legs Are severed by Beach train. -1 Agni l. F a. J. Wilson lead.? round Manitoba Amateur self 12. _ mayor Schb demands immediate is Ion on pulpwood awards in Kildonan and St. Paul Saralen show arc 2. By terrific electrical storm sweeps across 1. Grand of l nit cd veterans a convention 5. Party or 40 British teachers pass rough 5. Government Takin or action Coal 1. Advises encouragement of use 3. Array plans Welcome to officers. Page 4. Or. Iti ipe Victoria n nne Ruivo Kii Loop so Ltd cur put Lefont a r. Albert med. Mat .3 .56 s8 72 so 80 80 78 84 port Arthur Parry sound London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal St. John Halifax 34 Al 56 .62 .58 .63 .60 .56 so provinces Light to moderate1 winds fair am warm Liun Derat orms in a few localities. Jakc Superior Light to moderate Uluth. Fine and continued on paso five killed by propeller of planed Dayton charges to be Laid against Reserve officer associated Vrem Dayton ohio., aug. Rexroat 20, Wilbur Field Soldier was killed at the flying Field an the result of his death Oftie ers at the Field said charge probably will be preferred again i Lieut. To r. Adams a Reserve officer from Wheeling w. A. A croat was turning the. Propelled of Lieut. Adams plane preparator to a of lilt. He asked went. Adam if the switch was off and was Tel it was. Giving the propeller i turn the motor the pro peller struck Rexroat. Crushing i head and breaking both an Lees. Mail plane crashes associated press despatch blooms Borg pa., aug. East bound mall plane piloted by Harr a. Chandler of new Brunswick crushed Here tonight. Chandler in the Bloomsburg Hospital with fractured Skull. The. Cargo of a fell into the River. Opens Way for chinese Exchange of ratifications open new regime says Sze United Dpi Ralrh to i to press by free press private Washington d.c., aug. Way was opened for the Chines customs conference today when ret rese natives of nine nations forma by. Exchanged ratifications at the St ate department of conference treaty providing for re customs meeting As Well As that the open this act inaugurates a new Kime for the future relations betwee China and other nations of in. Minister Sze of China. The Exchange of ratification Force intimidation and oppression which have hitherto been the Wea Pons of the Strong against the Weik a re to give place co opera Tion and Good centenarian Dies Sydney n.s., aug. Eliza Beth Lewis who six months ago passed the Century Mark died at her Home at adv Cardsville near this morning within three quarters of. A mile of the farm on which she was born. Two weeks ago she had her first automobile ride and Only Palling beneath the wheels of the acadian Pacific Beach train at vhf Tewold at 3 o clock yesterday afternoon Emma. , 55 Ilar Xland Street was so badly Rij ured she died a few hours later the waiting room of the station t Beach whither she had Een rushed in the Hope of securing local Aid in time to save her life. In. Route to visit her sister at lab she got off the train by mistake t is thought at and Hen attempting to again Board it he slipped her feet sliding across he track immediately in front he moving wheels. The train was travelling about 10 Miles an hour at he time and both legs were completely severed. The occurred in the presence of a Large in bar of persons who were at the Tatton. In its race with death to Winnipeg Beach the train crashed into an Auto truck at the level crossing this Side the ing the vehicle and injuring two men. Last rites administered following an Effort to Stop the flow of blood by Glrst Aid treatment the victim was taken into Tho bag Sage car and removed to Winnipeg where medical Aid could be secured. Hospital arrangements were hastily improvised in the waiting room of the , but it. Was perceived that the chances of saving her were gone. A Catholic priest was summoned from poem at and in administer the last rites. A Sheri notified of the tragedy. W. J. , 038 Elgin Avenue a brother left to the 5.30 train for the Beach but arrived Only to find his sister dead. Miss Mcpherson continued on Page two crop inspection reports Brief but terrific storm hits City while Large Section is in darkness Fores fires millions of dollars Worth Timber destroyed in British Columbia Stilwater Blaze assumes alarming proportions firing methods to be tried Sliu Oll Dan Mitch to the free press by e. Cora Hind Harina alta., aug. Reponte no. Sunday night i have covered Illes and have Croes Cut the coun by from Shaunavon to this t and i think have seen every Sable condition of crop. Leaving Shaunavon Sharp at monday Norneng 1 made the 40 mile run to Lull Lake Iju two hours in. Spite of Lany stops. For the first ten Miles lie crops have suffered badly from he heat and Are in much the same condition As. Those described to the Outh of Shaunavon. Stands sir 2 ratty thin and in some places very Hort hut on. The Whol e of filling too badly. Further North and up to the South Bank of the Swift current River there seems to have been More rain and rops Are much better. There is the occasional very poor stumbled Field iut anything on Good cultivation is Illing. Pretty Well All of it no in too fast for its own Good. The Luik of this even More rain is in for a. Good aver Asre Rop. Oats ail were very poor and that. Flax was seen generally Short and thin. From Shaunavon to. The Swift current is an excellently Farmed District. There is a. Very Large Irao unt of Good summer fallow ready or 1926. Marked change seen alter crossing the River and comes up on to the hug h land the change s quite marked this Section into Gull Lake having quite had much less rain. Many of show the dead White color that Means too rapid ripening and the a climates the. Same. Some Fields arc jeing1 Cut and Many More might. A be As no amount of rain now would help any but the very latest leads. The filling on the whole is As bad As might be expected from the appearance of the Heads Are Verv. Short from Gull Lake i worked almost directly not the to ii Bra on the pm press line. For the eleven mile is Safe to say not one Good crop continued on Hajje three special to free press by staff correspondent Virden aug 5. The tour so far being a two Day run of 310 Olfes from Winnipeg to Waskada and North to Virden with detours South has been through crop which of the whole is Good. There have been of Marquis wheat without rust but Only a few. There have been crops with a week to go before ripening with rust enough to do them damage in Grade and possibly in yield. The general Situa Tion is fairly thorough infestation developed mostly within the last week on crops just too far advanced to suffer much in yield but a Little As to Grade. The durum cheats including Kota have escaped the rust entirely and Are generally very thriving and ripening Well. No forty Bushel crops have been seen so far As can be told but an occasional Field May with Good conditions. The Root which takes toll of the Drums has nowhere bad and a few Fields Only have been seen where lodging was at All Seri Ous. Other pests appear Only slightly. Sawfly is less it has been for years perhaps because the do Burris Are to some extent immune. In any Case no larvae have been found in stems of this few dead have been found due to Root rot and some to wheat Maggot but the damage is Netti Gable. Heat damage appears in places but never on the summer allow of that it effects chiefly. Oats and bar Ley in the regions examined. Crops in general Are fairly Well Al though there Are exceptions and the Weed conditions very As usual from farm to farm much Sov Thirstle from Winn Plotr to , the Grain stands Are thin owing to. The prevalent with which the f plus Are Nuite yellow in places. Canadian press Behi Inch Vancouver b.c., aug. Timber tracts of British Columbia Are being swept through by the numerous Forest fires and millions of feet of Timber have been converted into charred and smoking debris in several Points on the Mainland and on Vancouver Island during the last three Days according to late reports received at the forestry office Here tonight. The Stillwater fire has. Fiss Mcd alarming proportions and threatens with destruction millions of dollars Worth of Timber. In a desperate Effort to Check this Blaze a gang of fire fighters under major c. S. Cowan chief forester of Vancouver District will undertake the Hazard Ous task to Check the Wall of fire by backfiring methods. Backfires will run for a. Total of a mile and a half in length and if control is lost it will mean that the fire fighters will have a race for. Their lives. Out of control the Blaze at fender Harbor u still out of control and jumped a distance of one Nile in a 12-hour period a fire fighting gang of 180 men is forced to Retreat before the advancing flames. S in the Interior incl deny the Kam oops Kootenay and Okanagan districts hundreds of new outbreaks have been reported which Are hourly adding to the grave danger fac ing . Eight new outbreaks have been reported in. The Fraser Valley but Are All Well under control and fire at Sooke Vancouver Island which has covered acres expected t o be confined within fire lines. Winnipeg Felt like dashing for the Cyclone cellars about 8.30 last even no when thundering big Black Douds. Rolling across the sky in ten minutes changed Day to inky in glut. The worst storm seen in Winnipeg Ince june. 1922, a tempest of wind and rain that at one time indicated a real old Kansas twister broke the Leat wave which for three Days had ung heavy and oppressive Over the Ltd. Failure of the lighting system idd cd to the alarm of Many House old ens. The maximum temperature during he Day was 91 degrees vening Banks of Cloud had gathered Vest and northeastward. One storm i alone report slight damage from Hall. At after massing Over Winnipeg the another serious riot in Welsh Coal Fields icon Irmell on Page tour n. Scotia miners accept government s proposals agree by majority of in total vote of Many abstain ing prom of steel corporation a adjourn meeting to consider proposals until undecided whether there will be Early resumption once i Breton her life Island. Was Elie Ott Cape government takes Steps to break deadlock in . Anthracite Parley to of sep Clyl United news despatch press by pro vote Washington aug. 5. In. Order to break the Between Anthracite miners and operators the government will attempt to arouse Public opinion by a Large dose of facts a Complete picture of the present Coal situation just what both sides Are using what each has at stake. To free use his last weapon the threat to Call Congress into special session to give him Power to take Over the mines i or some other effective legis lation the president would be Loath to take such a step unless it were absolutely necessary. It is. No secret however that both miners and operators fear any action by Eon and have always managed to Are using .jk.iv. And Nave always and How the Public will be affected Seydie their disputes without any As Well As the history of the present negotiations is being prepared by experts of the labor and Commerce departments. By presenting these facts to the. Public and showing on just what ground each Side is standing tie. Government Hopes to Force the miners and operators into a conference in order that a strike on september 1. When the present wage scale May be., averted. Coolidge studies situation the government has no Power of direct action. If this present Effort does not bring results president Coolidge May Call a governor. Pin Chot of Pennsylvania again As lie did in 192s. Pinchot however May shy from another such Call. If it appears that no settlement can be brought by the pies Dent May summon both sides before him at Swampscott and such Steps. Better Able to face strike the country is in better shape now to face a str acc than on some previous occasions. Mining of both Anthracite and bituminous Coal has been going at Iead rapidly lately operators looking Forward to a possible walkout. The production of bituminous Coal last week was the highest since Rumary. According to figures compiled by the Bureau of Coal economics of the National Coal association Liere. Sub co remit toe s action approved special press to Trens by Krte private wire Atlantic City n.j., cite Cial miners be ordered to Tilke Sepu 1 it no agreement is made meanwhile Between the miners and operators. The forty members of the anthrax continued on Page two Canadian Prstt despatch Halifax n.s., aug. Miners of Nova Scotia employed by the British Empire steel corporation agreed by a majority of in a plebiscite today to return to Woik under the proposals of the Provin Cial government. There were votes polled Many of abstaining from the balloting. Pile directors of. The corporation meeting in Montreal today to Cou Sider the same terms characterized by the government when they were presented last Friday As final pro adjourned to meet again to Morrow. It is still undecided there fore whether or not there is to be an Early resumption of work which As proposed by Premier Rhodes and his Cabinet will be under an interim six months contract pending a Thor orig h investigation. The Industry. Referendum on Check off wages paid would be those of 1922, or a reduction of six to eight per cent fro m the 1924 rates and of operations. Working Condit one would be those of 1924. The government would re Bate one fifth of their Coal royalties and the controversial Check off sys tem of Union dues being collected by the company would be submitted to a referendum held by the govern ment. Southern areas for plan final figures will probably show some slight changes but the approximate results were Given by the United mine workers Headquarters in Glace Bay tonight. The Large Southern areas of Cape Breton new Wiat Esford gave a majority of about seven Hun dred for the proposals. New water Ford a Wii of about 160 votes and Pictou county on the Mainland did likewise by a narrow margin of 10. Cumberland county gave a. Rna Jozity of 384 and the Northern Cape Breton areas a majority o f 151. A notable vote against was that at Reserve in the Southern area 69 for and 313 against. Police almost overcome in fierce three hour Battle Cable f Ammanford Wales aug. Was another severe riot tonight in the. Anthracite Region where the miners Are on strike. Several Hun dred strikers attacked a Colliery with a View to compelling the pumpers and other safety workmen to quit their Post. They were met by Strong party of police guarding i works arid during the fighting we Lii lasted nearly three hours the police commander and ten constables were severely wounded and Many of the strikers badly Hurt. The strikers in their attack almost overwhelmed the police but charged with their clubs in the face of a veritable misses of Al kinds. Reinforcements were Bur up to the police Cai but the fighting continued under the Light of a blazing Haystack which the strikers set on fire. A Large crowd of sympathizers with miners watched the Battle. The Winnipeg thinks of Cyclone cellar when dark funnel like Cloud Bushes Down from transmission lines Down and lighting system Only half in Centary reports from country indicate storm not general and damage to crops not As heavy As might have been. Expected. Earthward by the fury of the twist ing wind. The Street car service was maintained throughout but the Hydro by som was by he it inc at several Points. Fragmentary reports reports from the country arc fragmentary. 1 Olenti Ilu born the storm but All communication with Victoria Beach was Cut off. Across Lake Winnipeg Tho storm less severe. Winnipeg Beach reported a slight rainfall. The storm from the West was first j reported at Neepawa moving South eastwards. Gladstone and Brandon broke first Over Lac Dubonnet five serious damage to he City Hydro transmission and ausing a temporary failure of win i leg s water Supply. Sweeping southwest., this storm plunged into he Clouds of another coming weal my both converged upon Winnipeg Vith an ominous funnel shaped Cloud whirling along in the Van. A Cyclone threatened but the storm lifted slightly. In St. Boniface elec rec transmission poles were Hiir Lej to the ground and police were Call d out to guard the sputtering and lashing wires which Lay tangled on the groun-1. In Winnipeg itself tattered awnings Tesla de to the i to ence of the Gale while in less sheltered districts of the City heavy tin shed roofs were lifted and crashed. Passing Over Winnipeg i tempest seemed to save moved northwards in a. Wide twi of Curling towards its starting Point around Dubonnet. Hydro electric fish in the City Hydro Oslo citric tem waged a c new Pei the Battle against the Imam Enlil to protect the City s water apply and five is Enlil Light and Power service to citizens from the Standliy Plant. All unearned by a place sky of the cyclonic storm circling City wards and scattering do auction in its Trail Winnipeg 0 Laze in suddenly found themselves without water or elect Roca current shortly after 5 o clock. Half cooked rnca.1" grew cold in the Kjeu a rom Luneo two Chimpanzee blocks traffic in fifth Avenue new York lir Ciul tolled news to free tres free private wire new York aug. 5. Traffic in fifth Avenue was blocked by a Monkey today when a patrol Man and a taxi Driver attempted to capture a Chimpanzee which was stealing a ride under a taxi cab. The animal dashed into the evolution department of a Book store at fifth Avenue and twentieth Street scampered out across the Street Ond into a lace shop where the Chase Kiowa colo., aug. The entire town of Kiowa was inundated tonight when the Waters of Kiowa Creek swelled by a cloudburst of unusual proportions Rose to the highest level in the history of the town and swept the Roushh it. A Lxiv of the seventy buildings in the town were damaged of them stand liar in four feet of water. The water Rose to its Haj re level in ten minutes living the populace of 250 persons Little time to heed warnings. First reports were that there had been no loss of life but that the initial damage to property would amount to Many Small structures were washed into the streets and several Bridges were taken out by the water. Kilted his father because the wanted to own Auto l noted Paras Cable to free by free press private wire taboo neb., aug. 5.jth e desire to own an automobile caused Adolph Smetak 23, to slay his father John Smetak on their farm near Nebr. The youth has been taken Toj the state pen Ilert Ary for Safe Keebing fell owns his one Aston to authorities after the father s Fiody was of trend in a Well on the Fem talc charges of first degree will be.fue.1 him. Authorities said fire destroys flour Mill at Boissevain warehouse arid saved by efforts of fire fighters Bois vain aug. Mountain Mill was destroyed by fire Early this morning. The alarm was turned in at 3.30 a.m., but the fire had headway that it was beyond control. By the efforts of. The fire brigade and the citizens the and the elevator were Savedr otherwise the Plant is a com plete loss about Worth of hour destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. The Plant has been. In use for bout 20 years and was doing a Good local As Well As Export under the manager ment of Geo. Dow its owner. Tossed by Bull Man., aus s. A. O. Blows a Soldier settler was to l by a. Bull on his farm Here at an Early hour this he was in med lately taken to or Ross at Sel Kirk who upon examination Mia a his removal to the Selkirk Hospital. His condition la favourable. Twelve boys charged with stealing ten tons of wheat Kufas to my four Bonica Cai Millen port Arthur ont aus. Boys from the fort William Coal docks Section were in port Arthur police court today charged with stealing ten tons of wheat from a Canadian Pacific freight car. The Case was Laid Over for Eif Fht Days and the eight oldest boys ordered held in jail in the meantime. British consulate looted j at Zuchow when abandoned associated j rein Cable a Canton aug. Say that looting of the British consulate at we cow Iso Miles West of Canton took place immediately after the building was ordered abandoned As a result of toe Antl Forel ii agitation by chinese. The situation in can ton is quiet but the strike of chinese workers continue a. Death list in Kansas City building collapse totals five . City mo., aug. Men dog Gine today in a twisted of rubbish and debris recovered two Hodits bringing to five tie death loll in the collapse of n. Three Story Brick Rooming House Liere late yes to i Day. Nearly a dozen persons wore , none believed seriously. The building being remodelled and weakened condition of the wails and supports due to the alteration is believed to have caused the two upper Cave in. The Island today. He paid a Long visit to a Poison k Tomb. To commemorate his visit Tho Prince planted an Olive tree near the site of. Thai mansion. I pm Montreal ans. Lar re lotto Hull broke Awn from a Herd at the Eastern Stock Yards this late Nikon and escaped into the Strout. Down which it re Slid bellowing of. Frantic mothers snatched up their children automobiles were swerved Ini an other direction pedestrians Kod and a veritable reign of terror existed until the maddened animal was Fin ally killed by constables i tic first five shots entered his head but failed to Stop him and Only served in increase his however fell dead before doing any a mope Ocean arrived at Point Montreal olympic new York Southampton imm m m Teh resets Tims Aftel Polh. In this afternoon s Issue of the free prese bulletin will appear1 the departmental lists showing the results of the Grade Cine and Straffe in the teachers and combined a Chiwes. Mair who impersonated division in great War beaten in Channel swim Dover England. Aug. B c. Freyberg . Who once impersonated an entire a vision of British troops during the War. Has found that swimming the changer is too big a Job. Even for rim. Freyberg did his impersonation stunt in the Dardanelles during the great War to the confusion. Of the Turco Getiman forces there. His exploit required immersion in the shark infested Waters of the Dardanelles and he came out of. It but he said this afternoon that a Mere Lumpy sea in the Channel had compelled 1 in to admit defeat. The a older Swimm r was inter viewed altar he had recovered Froais 16 hours and 40 minutes in the cold Channel during which time he Rought to within 600 Yards of the big Lith coast Only to be swept away by an Adverse hide. He emerged Ora no where at Cape Gri Nez acro a the Channel Las night am a few min utes after 8 . Though the water toward England accompanied by an admiralty tug aboard which were ills. Freyburg to swim the Channel retails one of the Brilliant of tfo.2 great War. Ten years Grey bar was 25 years and Winston Churchill was trying to win War with the disastrous att car t o the Dardanelles. Fri by is was .1 a the British expeditionary Force to gain poll. He had fought in Mexico he fore 1914, and was fond of adventure. The High command of the Dardanelles exploit wanted to hoax the t Urco Gerrman forces into believing that a big troop Landing was being made at a. Certain stretch of Shore line. Freyberg undertook to to ashore in the Huluc if on entire division or an corps if Necen aary. He it three at different Points along the Beach As Wollod had the been coming ashore. Then division returned to the patrolled waiters and floated on the surface for hours until a destroyer finally picked him. Tip. That la How fre Benr won Victoria Cross probably the coveted decor fion in the world. Six times. Freyberg was limes. He won the d.3.o. With two bars for Otter exploit. And is a companion of St. Michael and St. George. From the free press fifty ago today 187s the free press Recei Ved a copy of the first number of the Thunder Bay Sentinel. Published at pro non Arthur s by m. Two troops Tuout 70 men of Northwest mounted police left for Carlton to investigate Tho trouble at that Point. Forty five years ago 1mo on. Account of the Low water in red River. Water non sent in a petition to have a platform erected it the foot of Potof Floc Street. It rumoured railway company succeeded in ratting enough British capital to boo Milns on Tho Prairie. Forty ago 1sw. Ii was stated that Thomas a. Edison after ight years or hard work and taking out of was not Worth morn than tire Winnipeg Pickwick club held their Lawn party of bin Norman b go ova Kildonan. Thirty five. Ago 1wo Cov Fifer a new wheat Rachad Tow yacht coat Defeated the Mann so a in second of the series Lor tar soft cup. Twenty ago the intermediate Folio oar cd of Howard Lea Veteran ;