Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 14, 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature Winnipeg free press thermometer readings 730 . September 13. 1030 . September .13. 80 32.30 ii.ni., september 14. 2.30 . September 14. For full report of meteorological of fice see Page one. 61 and showery. Sun rises 6.do Sun 18.46. Moon rises 20.39 Moon sets 9.59. Winnipeg wednesday september 34, 1927 Price 5c per cup edition Julih comic Loc. 30 pages Mips up tidal wave believed to Hare extended Miles along Pacific Ocean Piatt toll expected to run into hundreds while thousands Are believed homeless lint of Mexico s greatest seas Salina Cruz and badly damaged prediction of heartless summer apparently not meant for Early autumn when the Learned corps of weather forecasters predicted a lie atless sum Mer they May have done so with the utmost Confidence but they did t say anything about what a Long suffering american continent might be called upon to endure in what is officially known is the fall. Yesterday on the threshold of mid september the mid Western states Way Down into Kansas and the Central provinces of Canada enjoyed temperatures that Only just failed to read h the nineties. By reaching 89 and staying there Between three and four o clock yester Day afternoon Winnipeg thermometers i Gaxhi outclassed All their competitors in Canada. London. Ont., was again a runner up at 82. But apart from these net a mercuric column in the Dominion offered any Competition at All. Saskatchewan temperatures attained the seventy class Moose jaw making the record at 77. But Westerly from there the temperatures were seen to fall until he Monton came within two degrees of Frost and Only Rose 10 degrees Rora that Point in the course of the Clay. A storm appeared to be brewing in the Western provinces and the North Western states. Kanii was general except 111 Manitoba. Last night Portage la Prairie reported a Short Sharp Shower which appeared to be travelling in the direction of Winnipeg on the wings i of a southeasterly wind. The expected rain arrived shortly after 1.30 this morning with a Short but heavy Shower. Warm weather is again predicted. Despatch a Rales. Ariz. Sept. 13. A storm of intense severity which whipped up wave believed to have extend fit n thousand Milns alone the if Filc Ocean has spread death and it Striction Over the West coast of Merino first news of the disaster. Stirring last wednesday reached this bards town today. Meagre reports to the Nogales Herald Ore badly crippled communication lines said the de Ith toll might reach into hundreds while other hundreds. Per lips thousands were left homeless by shipping suffered severely. Tiree great seaports suffer three of Mexico s greatest a Bonnas. Salerm Cruz and Man Anil v diminish saturday noon property loss while two vessels of the National line the Jalisco and the Savioja. Are missing. Mazatlan fourth in Orient West coast port also Felt the ssh of the storm but not so severely As the other towns. The storm described is one of the Tott hurricanes in the history of test Mexico headed up the coast from the Gulf of thu Anteuil. Oaxaca and wept northward As far As Gua Ymas. Era Ora. I within 300 Miles of the United states Border. Territory several Hun dred Miles Inland was reported of Itose. Half Oaxaca c Ity swept away less of life and property concern no exact information was is believed to have been heaviest at Sauna Cruz in the. State of Oaxaca. A dispatch relayed by said that half of Oaxaca City swept away and that the damage augmented by giant combers which crashed thro Tigh the town. As the Waves estimated to have been 25 left High swept Back into the Ocean wreckage from broken buildings was carried into the sea and swept up a Jan. Many Small Craft along the coast have not been accounted for and it is learn the loss of life at sea was heavy. Shipping has been halted. The storm amended from the very Southern most state of Oaxaca up to the Northern Sonora. Sweeping Over eight states. Reports coming by various routes reported severe damage at Zavaros port Sonora. Several causeways. A Lars and the customs House were lost. People flee from Homes people have fled from their Homes in virtually All districts from which reports have been received. At Guay Aas. Where the storm apparently spent itself three streets were reported in undated and considerable damage done High winds. One of the town s principal hotels was threatened continued on heat mid West at least half dozen deaths caused temperature hits 95 in Chicago Montgomery ala., with 98 degrees believed to be hottest City in . Special in hurl Derditch to tru c press by free press private wire Chicago ills., sept. Unprecedented heat wave has caught the mid West unawares As record tempera Tures for this time of the year have been recorded in practically every state in this territory. At. Least half a dozen deaths were i attributed to the terrific heat. Count less thousands spent the Day at Cal j Capo s beaches. Schools at Torre i haute. Indiana were closed at noon j and an order was issued closing those schools at noon Dai y until the end of i the heat wave. The United states weather Bureau sees no immediate Relief. At 1.15 . The Bureau Here re ported the temperature had reached 95. A new All time september record for Chicago. Two deaths Here were caused by the torrid heat. States in the mid West Kansas Missouri. Wisconsin Indiana Iowa in Felt the broiling Sun and reported new records. Two deaths in St. I Nils two heat deaths were recorded in St. Louis As the Mercury Rose to 94. Several prostrations were reported in Indiana. The temperature in Indian of1heday executive chairman of the can Man chamber of Commerce at Van wer endorses Premier Bracken s Page 1. By. H. Lewis. Argusville Heads Sun Toba. Medical association. Page 2. Rate increase Lead in National Page 21. Mir. Likely to Appeal order of Hall Board keeping open St. John Rosalic jct que report of the and Hoa Church in Canada shows finances Page 3. He Mcteal department of agr Cul the Prarle wheat crop was be cent. Cut Page 3 Ra-mki0118, to end Coal 5trlkc in when conference adjourns Page 6. town supports ice Paai establishment of Page 6. On9ervatlves be reinstalled Ola diary in 0aug5e weather prevailed seek in s elks in baseball game former Manitoba in Page 8 and destruction Page 1 thl workers or Telephone com threaten 24. May Elose n line in Japan steamships continued on Page declares Feng sets out to exterminate secret society at Changte Northern Ohina special United news Cable to 1 rce tres by free press private wire London sept. Daily express Shanghai correspondent cables that entirely unconfirmed reports from banking say that marshal Peng Yin. Christian has massacred people of both sexes at Changte a City in Northern Honan. The reports say that Tho red a secret society of Farmers organized to protect their Homes against both militarism and communism recently destroyed a part of the Kinhan Railroad believing that Feng intended to spread his in fluence toward peking. In reprisal it is declared Feng Send his troops to the City where Tiey butchered All inhabitants suspected of membership in the society and their families determined to exterminate the entire organization. Miss Ruth elder Waves aside All suggestions she aban Don project arrived at from to and Cherbourg i or Vancouver Auckland Vancouver London Rotterdam Montreal new Burgos Aires wow Hamburg b Copenhagen a Copenhagen associated press pcs pitch w. A. Sept. Ing but Adamant m is Ruth elder. Lakeland Fia. Avla Tolx. Tonight waved aside All suggestions that she abandon her proposed to Paris air plane flight. Wheeling Bankers sponsoring the flight at conferences vainly urged miss elder and George w. Haldeman her Veteran navigator to postpone the hop off for prance until next year. We agreed to go and Are going. Miss elder said. She said she and Haldeman would take off for Roosevelt Field n.y., at noon tomorrow and that the trans oceanic flight would Start As soon As weather . Miss elder announced she and Haldeman take a direct route from Roose velt Field for Paris rather than by Way of Newfoundland. Typographical error in Banfield advertisement owing to a typographical error in the advertisement of j. A. Banfield. Published in tuesday s free press evening bulletin the Price of a Dinens room suite was advertised at s69.50. This should have been fearing brother in Law Slayer of troopers might visit him takes own life associated . N.y., sept. That his brother in Law who is be Rig sought for the murder of two state troopers might come to is Home drove George Miller to shoot and kill him self today state troopers guarding1 the Miller Home said. The brother in Law. Wilmot Leroy Wagner shot troopers Robert boy and Arnold be Amussen at his Cana Edla Home last week when they attempted to arrest him on a minor charge. N British territory decision Prenie Sierra Leone us court disturbs British government. Canadian press Switzerland. Sept. 13. A discussion on a recent judgment Giveaway the supreme court of the Serra Leone protectorate upholding the right of a slave owner to recapture an escaped slave which was raised today at a meeting of the committee of the league of nations Assembly on the suppression of Sla very. Sir Edward Hilton Young . Of the British delegation said the decision of the Sierra Leone protector ate supreme court had come As a Ells agreeable Surprise to the British government and had revealed a hiatus in the legislation of the protectorate which was being remedied by urgent measures. The British report showed that edo.000 slaves had been liberated in the past is years in territories under British influence. The committee congratulated the British representatives on the completeness of their reports As compared with t la meagre chess of the reports of representatives of other nations. Saskatoon District m steady rain All monday night Means several Days delay Canad inn press "despatch.1 Saskatoon. Susk., sept. 13. Ing operations will be Helcl up for Sev eral Days As a result of a steady rain during the night and this morning on All sides of the City. During the afternoon the rain let up Here but heavy Clouds remained Over the City and there was no sign of Clearing. Biggar. Wilkie Macklin and Points West reported heavy rain and Simi Lar advices came from Tisdale. Naicam. Melfort and Points East. It rained at North Battleford. From All reports it appeared the rain was quite general. A number of Farmers started threshing operations on monday and were halted by tha rain. Police c a a wrecked new Glasgow in collision with train new Glasgow n.s., sept. Of police Daniel b. Chisholm and John Chisholm. Of new Glasgow injured the latter most seriously when the Sydney express struck the automobile in which they were driving at Hopewell siding today. The machine was completely wrecked. Dies of broken neck Vanguard sask., sept. 13. William Murdock Whitewater Montana har Vester whose neck was broken Satur Day night in an automobile Accident at aneroid sask., died yesterday morning in Hospital Here. Weather report the following is the weather report sued from the Winnipeg meteorological office at 7 . Temperature. 81 Maxi mum for the preceding 12 hours. B9 mini mum 61 20.39 Southeast at 12 Miles per hour sky fair. A deep depression has developed Over the Northwestern states and Western provinces and rain has been general except in East Ern Manitoba. Minimum and maximum temperatures i. A. I. A. Dawson__20 48 port Arthur. 58 60 Prince Rupert 38 80 Cochrane 48 Victoria 48. 60 Parry sound 56 68 Vancouver 44 60 Kamloops 50 06 Calgary-----44 48 Edmonton 34 42 Swift current 56 70 Battleford Prince Albert Medicine hat Moose Saskatoon port Arthur. 58 Cochrane 32 Parry sound 56 London Toronto Kingston Ottawa Montreal Quebec. St. John Halifax Charlottetown forecasts winds warm and showery. Saskatchewan and Al winds unsettled with occasional showers Lake East Erly Winda fair with much the same tem jurisdiction of rail Board is challenged As result of ruling application Tor rescission of order keeping open St John and Ste. Rosalie gateways dismissed chairman says maritime provinces consider them important in pro Viding competitive route agrees proper course is to leave crucial question of jurisdiction to supreme court special despatch to the free press from staff correspondent. Ottawa sept. A judgment and order issued this afternoon the Dominion railway Board dismissed the application of the Canadian National railways for rescission of the Board s order to keep open the St. John n.b., and Ste. Rosalie Junction. Quebec gateways or to file joint freight rates with the Canadian Pacific railway through those Points on freight gloated in the maritime provinces and bound for Points West. It is expected that the Canadian National railways As intimated by counsel. For the Road at the hearing of the. Board last week Eugene la Pleura. E.g., will Appeal from the judg ment of the Board to the supreme court of Canada the railway challenging the jurisdiction of the Board and asserting that the Board had no Power to Issue the order of july 14 last instructing the roads to Issue joint tariffs. The question of the St. John and Ste. Rosalie says chief commissioner h. A. Mckeown in his judgment has been regarded by the Eastern maritime provinces As one of great importance inasmuch As it pro Vides a competitive route to the West and from the time when the construction of the Canadian Pacific railway gave Rise to the advantages of such Competition or at any rate from the Date on which this Board began to function now Over 23 rates continued Cri Page two Alberta areas both cutting and threshing seriously handicapped by storms Conn Tifin a Snutch Cul Hrnry. Alta., sept. 13. Heavy rain storms broke Over Large. Areas in Alberta during tuesday morning hold ing up both cutting and threshing in the Fields. Prom As far South As Letha Ridge from four to nine hours of rain was reported. Reports from the districts indicate that the storm came from the North East. Almost continuous rain was experienced in the. Calgary District from Early morning showing Little sign of Clearing in the evening. Crows and Macleod subdivisions of the Canadian Pacific rail Way reported from four to nine hours of rain. Alders de and Cardston subdivisions reported from two to four hours of rain. Prom Stirling. Alta wan and not Keu subdivisions rain described As heavy halted All cutting and threshing. Bassano to the East of Calgary re ported heavy rain during the morn ing All harvesting work being held up. Sights broken Down Steamer 500 Miles out of new. York special in Licul news in fran press by free press private Iverc , sept. Of an unidentified steamship broken Down but not in apparent danger in the Atlantic Ocean about-500 Miles out of York was reported to the inde pendent wireless today. The message describing the ship was received from the Steamer Coeur d Alene of the american Export line. Last photo of old glory tremendous destruction on Kyushu Island Japan two Hundred and seventy killed in Kumamoto while Are rises i o feet High oven towns of Kojima and Nakamura causing wholesale Damag a other districts in Korea and Japan visited by terrific earthquake Shock Pelt at Tokio. This is the last picture taken rising from the Sands of old Orchard fatal flight. At old it shows the plane Beach me., taking out to sea on the wreckage of reveals Ocean weather thirty four feet of Wing of 0 d a logy Rifg three. Tank sections taken from support tangled mass Hope to find clue fro Fate of fliers. Associated press despatch sept. 13.----the daily Mirror tonight announced receipt of following message from Douglas Muir St. Johns aboard the is. Kyle theh Essel Chart ered by the Mirror to search for the monoplane old glory. Aboard is. Kyle off Newfoundland the of the old glory taken from a heavy sea consists of 34 feet of containing three Tanki sections Glass fuel gauges and feed pipes connected to the tanks. A fourth tank is missing. The other three contained Large quantities of gasoline when picked up. Engine and body of the plane evidently had been torn from Tho wings leaving no Trace of the control cockpit except one lever and speaking tub located near the fuel gauges. "fragments., of Canvas body casing Are painted Silver and Blue. The ship s Niider Carriage and loft wheel Are fairly but the Wing and support Are a of stays giving Evi Dence of boisterous weather existing since the disaster. Nevertheless other records May be found in this Vicinity give a clue to the who accompanied old glory on this ill fated Endeavor. Therefore we will continue the search come what mrs. Philip a. Payne Lloyd bertaud wives of two of the missing fliers and mrs. Florence Callaghan bertaud s Mother were kept in con Stant touch with developments today and refused to abandon Hope. They Clung to the belief that the men May have been picked up by a fishing boat not equipped with radio. Cast u reach on Canadian Piess despatch Harbor Grace nfhi., sept the eve of their turning Back after halting on the Brink of that dread space of air and water that has Al continued on Page two victim of scientific Seal while experimenting with Gas mixtures Canad inn Manchester sept. Tim of his own scientific Zeal or. Bis Dawson Wilson surgeon and anaesthetist with a British and Amert. Can reputation was found dead to night in his Laboratory. Dis covered the experimenter with a mask Over his face before a machine which admin Stercl Gas mixtures. It had been or. Wilson s great ambition to obtain and prolong the analgesic state which is obtained momentarily when a person under an Anaesthetic loses feeling yet retains consciousness. Or. Wilson s brother said that the former believed he had sufficient will Power to prevent Iii self from losing consciousness completely. Colleagues Are of the belief that he met death experimenting on himself to discover thy actual effects of an Anaesthetic which it was his was the Only Way to obtain essential data. Resolution condemning All wars is urged on league or. London Netherlands tells committee handling Dis anime it problems spirit of arbitration Security and disarmament not Boncouri says failure of Tri Partite naval Parley will not affect league plans. Associated Tress Cable Genii flan. Switzerland sept. 13. Or. Jonkheer j. London of the Netherlands and m. Paul Boncouri of France addressing the league of nations Assembly committee which is handling disarmament problems today maintained that arbitration Security and disarmament which were the fundamental features of the Geneva protocol were far from dead insist ing that their spirit. Hovers Over the or. Loudon. Who is president of the league of nations preparatory Dis armament commission declared that popular campaigns to outlaw War in various countries would immensely. In fluence the Forward March of the principle of arbitration and help Dis armament. He urged the re framing of the polish Resolution so that it would not Only condemn wars of Agall War s of whatever nature. M. Paul Boncouri urged the restudy of the Geneva protocol. He believed disarmament would be difficult unless Security were achieved. He voiced the fear that Security a disarmament conference would be a Grest deception and that it would be a sur armament not a disarmament conference. The. French Delegate declare that the regrettable failure of the Tripar Tite naval conference would not unfavourably affect the. League s disarm Ament plans and he was of the Opin Ion that the league s commission had. Achieved notable pro Gress especially As to methods of army reduction. The R.C. of danger he believed was the naval problem but remarked that if history recorded that the league s Effort had broken Clown on the question of whether Nava tonnage should be estimated to tally or by categories of warships the world would not be angered but would Greet such a farce bursts of Farmer killed two sons Are Hurt. When air plane hits Wagon at Airport special unit id news despatch free in ass by knot i Russ i Riv Juc wire Portsmouth Ohio sept. 13. The newest form of sudden death which has no More respect for vehicular traffic than the for pedestrians has claimed a victim Here. Norman Hopkins 26, was killed and his two sons injured when an air plane piloted by Bay love Cincinnati struck their farm Wagon near the Edge of the Airport Here. Ontario woman loses life while travelling from England to Philadelphia associated press despatch Philadelphia. Sept. 13. Mrs. Cyril a. Mumford 30. Of pair acres farm near Hamilton. Ont., was swept overboard from the deck of the British liner London Mariner last Friday while the vessel was in route from. England to this. City. The tragedy was revealed tonight when the vessel docked Here bringing a tale of a Stormy voyage. The husband and. Three children of the woman arrived by the vessel. Or. Mumford. A former in a Tosh army officer was returning Walji ills family from a tour of England. Scot land and prance. Mrs. Mumford. Who had been on an upper deck of the vessel was carried Over the Side by a huge Post office robbery special l Nitro news Cable in free pros by free press private wire , sept. From the tidal wave on Kyushu j Island Japan Are expected to exceed the initial estimate of killed and injured tire Dally express Tokyo Cor respondent declared. J the despatch which is unconfirmed quotes an official japanese state ment. The correspondent s despatch continues twi Hundred and seventy j persons Are reported killed in Kumamoto prefecture. In addition Are missing and 750 houses been asked flooded. Away and the submarine tidal wave others Vas Follo ived by deep rumblings indicating a sub Marine earthquake. The wave Rose ten text High Over the towns of Koolma and Nakamura. Causing wholesale destruction. Some houses were swept two Miles Inland. Many other districts in Korea and Japan Ware visited by a Ter Elfia typhoon and heavy damage was caused at widely scattered Points. Five thousand houses were inti dated and persons Are Home less in Omura. Nagasaki near Omura. Suffered heavy damage. A Sharp earthquake Shock was fit in Tokio at noon today. Halo appeals for Aid from and other districts indicate n Lack of food supplies. It is impossible to estimate the total damage. Barber describing fight with razor in lakes police of Hustle associated press pcs Patci Ila Don Field n.j., sept. 1 response to the stammered Al breathless youth who dashed pm of a nto the station House Here with cries f Mur Der police razor fight Barbor three policemen armed with sawed off shotguns raced by motorcycle to a main Street to sorial establishment today. Entering the shop the police saw the White faced figure of a Barber on the floor his coat spattered with blood. Over him razor in hand Knelt a Patron blood dripping through the lather on his Chin and neck. The latter Barber there was trying to shave me and show me at the same time How Benny Bass licked red Chapman. He sent a left Hook to my Chili with the in his hand saw blood and George Brown employee of Western implements ltd., instantly killed Canadian press Keolna Susie. Sept. J Brown an employee of. Western implements limited was almost in stantly killed today while assisting in the unloading of a car of four Inch St Al pipe. The Accident occurred immediately after the noon whistle blew. Brown remarked to James Walker one of the men unloading that Jie was going to punch when the pipes which were piled on the loud ing platform rolled Over the blocks which had been Laid to hold them carrying Brown with them and pinning him Between the loading platform and Tom car. Brown with his wife and two Chil Dren came to Canada from Durham England less than five months ago. Man wife Boarder found Bead in Rome believed husband shot woman Boarder and himself associated. I desk Alclo a Nuiry Conn. Sept. 13. Or. And mrs. Charles Bill and Alfred Kelly a Boarder in their Home were found dead by police in the Bill Home shortly after 11 o clock tonight. It is believed that Bill shot his wife and the Boarder and then killed himself with the same revolver. Teacher has broken by 13-year-Olc Pupil mount Holly. Sept. Caroline Carroll a teacher received a broken today when she was hit by William Albertson 13-year-old Pupil with whom she had remonstrated for alleged failure to Salute the Nookie or son of aged couple in charge Dis covers till looted can Nolian press drs Ratcli fort William ont. Sept. 13. About Midnight last night the store and Post office a South Gillies about 30 Miles South West of fort William was raided by robbers who stole s150 the Post office till in Silver and Small Bills. Or. And mrs. Couch Are an aged couple and their son. James. Went to the store late at night and noticed that a window was pried open. He at once investigated the till in the Post office and found it broken open and rifled of its contents the provincial police were notified and left the City this morning and Are investigating the robbery. A would n a Sqq w. M. Birks at Canadian. Chamber of Commerce says agriculture primary Industry executive chairman of convention invites move by Manitoba Premier Canadian press def Patch Vancouver. R.c., sept. Business Ivill accept the proposals of Premier John bract in of Manitoba and will Endeavor to co operate with t no agricultural intercut for Thi better ment of Canada As a business will do More it will to Mere than half Way to establish a spirit of Friend Liness Natl co operation Between the Man. On the inn and the Man in Tho City. This was made Clear by w. M. Birks Montreal executive chairman of the Canadian chamber of Commerce in speaking at the morning session today of the convention. He put it directly up to or. Bracken to make a move. In tiie matter. Or. Birls was reviewing the alms and objects and the scope for National Good of the chamber mid after the Hris of the opportunities that existed for service lie went in let me say after the no table address last evening of the Premier of Manitoba that we base or entire programme on the chamber s recognition of the inter dependence of Agri culture and Commerce. Agriculture is our primary Industry. If the Farmer Iii is. We Al suffer and if he succeeds we All Prosper. I continued on Pace lock backward from the free press files sept. Fifty years ago buffaloes were going Down and so were the prices of the Robes of Buffalo Robes sold by auction at Mont. Real for the Hudson s Bay company. The prices received were front 20 to per cent less than last year. Forty five Aro one of the prettiest girls Ever seen in Winnipeg that is to say if she bolted like picture 011 Tho. Hand was shortly to take her life Luler hands and make a ascension at the driving Park her Ivas miss Nellie Thurston and she w.-i-, to go up in a Muslin and rubber Loon of the satellite years ago the feature of the state fair at Len Voln. Neb., was the trotting of Little wonder Mare Lay Eye Sec who brought the record for n mile on a ii Alf Iii Ile track Down to of those Winnipeg johnnies who were to smart with guns were invited to ome up to Nix Valc and take a crack it at the Timber wolves that were Knock in Clown and dragging off calves and at the rate of five or to a week. Thirty five pc irs Aro roofs were traded and rain barrels distributed promiscuously among those who did not own them when a. Baby cd clone swept the streets of Winnipeg w i fear favor or to Champion j. Cor Jolt a Philadelphia was enthusiastic. But tame to the receptions acc Carea the great John l. In Days gone by the eager fans were the fair who bombarded gentleman Jim with Floral Lavois. Thirty years Aro several Eastern papers highly favored Jie proposition that Lora strathcon.1 in made governor general of i cannot advise anyone to come Here to land Gold lying around in wrote l. B. A. To unclog the Safe arrival in Dawson of he Winnipeg party but it is a healthy lace. In spite of which fact or. Nor Quay has Hung out Ilia Twenty five Viii s Abo Winnipeg welcomed a go Nuno and antipodean when sired Mund Premier of Australia accompanied by some Mem rent of his Cabinet took a flying look at the Hub had with s r Douk l cml Lynn and went for a drive oui to that old. Ilace or vice regal entertainment Silver Heights. Timity years. Aro general Booth that Doughty campaigner left London in route Fox was announced that work on fat Canadian Northern and grand trunk 1 Pacific terminals in Winnipeg would begin at now definitely that sir Lipton. The would again. In 190fi, Challenge for the America ;