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Thursday, September 15, 1927

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 15, 1927, Winnipeg, Manitoba . Winnipeg free press tire Rometer readings . September it 07 . September 14 s1-.30 n-m., september 15 .4.53 . September 15 53 for full report of meteorological of Iive. See Page one. Vol. 53 no. 132 and cooler. Sun rises. 6.02 Sun sets 18.44. Moon rises. 2105. Moon sets 11.22. Winnipeg thursday september 15, 1927 Price 5c per edition comic i of to pages succumb in Chicago 600 portable schools closed million seek Relief at beauties experts estimate that bus added to Corn crop of Illinois Day of heat and humid Ity predicted and then torrid spell will end two killed at Hull que., in trying to beat trolley across Sheet car tracks Canadian i Reis despatch Hull. Que., sept. Sixteen year old girl and her male com Panion on an automobile ride we re kill id tonight when their car was overturned after being struck by Street car on the outskirts of the City. Juliette St. Amand. Whose parents reside in this City died a few minutes after being admitted to Hospital Abraham St. Louis Barber of Prescott ont., succumbed while being rushed in an ambulance to Hospital. The tragedy occurred when the automobile apparently attempting to race across the Street car tracks in front of the trolley was struck and thrown on its Side. William Warren Prescott Driver of the Auto escaped injury. Of party is forecast in free a free press private wire Tewo. His sept. 14. The Iidle West remains in the Crip of a h at wave which in three Days taken a of 30 lives. Tuesday s record of degrees Here us equalled today and other cities re even More oppressive heat. The unseasonable wave will con j time for another 24 hours govern weather forecasters predicted., probable Relief Friday. J eighteen persons have died hero Tern the heat. J Orer six Hundred portable schools. It hiding classes from the Elemen Tarj. and senior High schools. Tie ordered closed today by acting conservative Leader speak ing at Windsor urges All who can to come Premier Ferguson promises liquor situation at Border will be cleaned up superintendent. William to. Oogan. Canadian press despatch Windsor. Out. Sept. 14. That the conservative convention in Winnipeg next month would be the greatest gathering in the history of Canadian. Politics was the prediction of Hon. Early 25.000 pupils were affected by Hugh Guthrie. Present Leader of the the order. Pupils in the permanent party speaking at a. Picnic of the is build legs were not dismissed. Many county conservative club Here to Bools in other cities also were Clos .-1 More than a million persons Jouett Relief at Chicago s beaches. Adds 3.000.000 bushels to crop government agricultural experts at Day. Outlining the system of constituency representation at the convention. Or. Guthrie urged every conservative who could afford the trip to attend to try Atlantic flight in few Days estimate the heat wave to c convention and make it the Lake added some 3.000.000 bushels to t Success which it was expected tie Illinois Corn crop. Agricultural experts at Des Molnes reported Iowa s Corn crop making the to be. One of the Rotten est political deals in the history of Canada would have Ruth special United news tie snatch to free press by. Free press private wire Roosevelt Field l.i., sept. Ruth elder 23-year-old aviatrix of Lakeland pla., who plans to Fly to Paris landed at Roosevelt Field Here a s.4s o clock tonight after a flight from Wheeling . She left Wheeling at 1.30 . miss Eider piloted the Stintson monoplane herself. She stepped from her plane for a few minutes to announce that she and her co Pilot. Captain George Haldeman also from. Lakeland will be ready to leave on their projected trans Atlantic flight within two or three Days weather permitting. Then she returned to her place. In the plane and hew to Curtiss Field nearby where hangar accommodations have been arranged pending the take off. Mist rapid Progress on record for been or. Guthrie although miss elder said she had piloted the plans herself almost three the prolonged 90 degrees sorted had hat Nave has advanced the maturity party backed of the nop of Corn and increased to Pon of Tlle Ontario and e5 m 60 per cent the acreage that is j Ern ments. Blocked the third Reading not the conservative by tha undivided up ale from Frost on sept. 30, officials j a roof. Rot Henry j. Cox. United states meteorologist at Chicago predicts one Awe Day of heat and humidity will j end the torrid wave. The general says Tho Toffi Pesature will continue High in the Central valleys and the Western Lake Region until thursday but the heat Bill moderate on the great plane thursday and in sections further East i continued on Pace 5eap1t towns Mexico 1ste four deaths in St. Louis in four deaths were at-1 tribute to the heat wave which j Zachea a maximum of 97 degrees. Continued in Page nine reports state Walls of water i of mountainous proportions rolled in jumps into River to die rescued seven hours later quarters of the Way from the Wheeling air Field she. Appeared. Fresh Anc showing no. Fatigue. I _ plea of Schlee children ends around world flight beg their father to think of them attempting perilous flight across cause of decision to end Long journey at experts add weight of advice to influence of Many cablegram from to. A n of gals Ariz. Sept. 14. Addi hut still meagre reports tonal news despatch to face Buenos Aires. Sept. Took Carlos Homero. 58, one second to jump into the la Plata River to die and Wen hours successfully to reverse his is Felon. He jumped into the River at old leaching Here of Hie tidal wave Dis Aster in Mexico said that Walls of water assuming mountainous proportions rolled into Many seaport towns and waste piers j wharves and in Many cases washing Back to the angry sea with a of human life. The spectre of a wrathful Patron Saint has risen above the wasted const line reports sad Many natives believing that the storm Ana was rescued at 7 by a eng a e storm was exhausted visited upon them As a punishment Oft weday Fitusi business session of the chamber of Commerce at Ora aver passes resolutions on Page 13. Hon. Hugh Guthrie predicts con convention at Winnipeg will in and Duke Schiller drop Over Harbor Grace in memory to u Sorill cell of a quota Law to 1m other than British French is being run Over by her Nice. C us in hear Surat presentations naturalization Pae 7 Manitoba s la Dunn or patrons automobile 1. Ai s Webb 4-ril0? Schlee cold run results in jct up Edd night at officers shot by com Italy assailant coming from the hand of san fran Cisco Mexico s Patron Saint. While uncertainty As to the loss of life continued Here fear was rising hourly for two steamers of the National Jalisco and the have been missing since the Hurricane struck wednesday. Report the following is the weather report is sued from the Winnipeg meteorological office at 7 . Temperature. 69 Maxi mum for the Precco Iii 12 hours 86 mini mum. Barometer ?9.r-2 Northwest Wirt at 24 Miles per hour sky. Clear. The storm is now passing a Twat to North Ward. Heavy Rains have occurred in Saskatchewan and More moderate showers in Manitoba and Alberta. Minimum Ana maximum temperatures 111. A. Prince Rupert 40 is port i. A. Arthur 74 30 51 Victoria 48 61 Cochrane Vancouver -.44 g6 Parry sound 44 Kamloops 60 fi3 london____62 82 Calgary 48 Toronto 58 74 Edmonton 34 42 Kingston 48 6g Swift current 38 48 Ottawa . 44 m Zatt Gerord 5646 5.t Price Albert 56 53 Quebec 40 5g Medicine hat 44 46 St. John. 44 63 Moose jaw.-. 53 57 Halifax 50 64 Saskatoon. 54 60 Charlottetown 48 62 Reilona 52 50 forecasts Manitoba and Strong Westerly grinds. Cd caring and cooler. Coca rank and quite Cool. Lake South West winds fair and warm. As Ter press Tokyo. Sept. 15. The projected flight of the . Monoplane Pride of Detroit across the Pacific on its Globe circling tour was called Oft Here to Day by its co pilots Edward p. Schlee and William s. Brock. The decision to Call off the. Fight followed a lengthy conference with aviation experts Here and others interested in the. Undertaking. Many cablegram from America urging the fliers to Stop at Tokio also carried weight. Brock and Schlee clouded the attempt to negotiate the Pacific would be suicide. They will take an Early boat for the United states and have their Mono plane shipped Home a cablegram from Chil Dren in Detroit begging their father. Edward of. Schlee. To think of them before he attempted to Fly the Pride of Detroit Over the perilous course to the Midway islands was largely the cause of the cancellation of the trans Pacific leg of the plight. The decision to end. The flight of the Pride of Detroit at Tokio brings to an end one of the most successful Long distance a flights Ever made Brock and. Schlee have flown Miles since the y left Harbor Grace fld on August Only serious difficulty was encountered in Japan near Onimura where they were twice forced Down by bad weather. They arrived in Good health and Good sports. The plane was in Good Condito and. They were still determined to make the attempt to Fly to Midway islands Miles from Here. Says Auto damages cattle beef business wives have no time to Cook roasts associated Tress despatch Philadelphia. Pa., sept. -14. The automobile has. Done considerable damage to the beef cattle business. Or. Thomas a. Sygler told the Annu Arcon mention of the american veterinary medical association of which he is president. Housewives no longer have time to prepare and Cook the big beef roast of the old Days he said. Once Ideal lovers divorced ills. Sept. 14. Fannie Bryce. The comedienne and Jules Nick a Arnsten new York promoter whose loyalty to. Each other in the time of vicissitude once stamped them As Ideal lovers today were separated by divorce. To seat on league coun res Lens As chairman of up Otic safety Campaign 7? by three Day in Middle Wist Lett United 20 Fleeto team a Etc Eaton Falconer for Cul ment in 3. Tunney fight situation n 21. Dec in Kyushu Island from a. Twice and increase Lead stated Germany to support Canada for seat on Council six candidates for seat which will be filled in plenary sitting of league Assembly Bernstorff urges some thing Concrete be accomplished towards disarmament. Fined for Sellins scaffold proves from Glasgow Lontreal Antwerp Canadian press Geneva Switzerland Fla sept. Speculation is at. A High pitch Here tonight regarding the prospects of Canada Aud the other five candidates for a seat on the league Council which will be filled at to Morrow s election in the plenary sit Ting of the Assembly. There is an impression that the German Delegate has decided to sup port Canada though senator Raoul Dandurand informs Reuters that he has no official knowledge on the subject. Wants disarmament hurried associated press Cable Geneva. Switzerland. Sept. League of nations preparatory Dis armament commission should hurry up its Kavork and get. Something con Crete accomplished toward disarmament. Count von Bernstorff Ger Many s War time ambassador to the a United states declared to the Assembly committee in a striking speech today von Bernstorff asserted that the people of the world were beginning to say that Over stress on Security was in excuse for not Dis arming. The arbitration arid Security sections of the league protocol Are still in a state of Mere argued the speaker while nothing Lias been done in the line another feature of the Assembly disarmament committee s sitting was the introduction by or. Pri Dyjor Nan sen the Polar explorer of the draft of an optional convention for tory arbitration of it is designed to allow the Powers whether members of the league or not to agree to submit their differences to arbitration in the Hope that by the Adi Eslon of More Powers to the condition recourse to War May be police investigating. Deaths of couple s two sons associated press despatch Blakely go., sept. Or. And mrs. Harris Hayes were accused in the verdict of a Coroner s jury Here today of having poisoned their daughter in Law mrs. Ames Hayes of Detroit who died Here ten Days ago under mysterious circumstances. County authorities revealed Shey Al so were investigating the Here of the couple s two sons both of whom were to have manifested symptoms similar to those from which. Mrs. Hayes suffered be fore her death. The. Elderly couple Are held for grand jury action. Lower Keilp erasures forecast for today Cool Westerly winds cause break in heat wave while Manitoba yesterday continued to hold Premier position Thermo metrically speaking among the Cana Dian provinces some Relief from the extremely High temperatures of the weeks appeared As the Mer Curic column started on a downward course. Though the temperature reached is one o clock yesterday afternoon this was modified by a Cooling Bree be and after having reached Maxi mum the Mercury commenced to Toboggan gracefully Down the tube and by Midnight had accomplished the much desired feat of reselling 60. Strong Westerly winds and lower temperature Are predicted for Mani Toba and Saskatchewan today while Alberta s Prospect is quite Cool weather. Zafra weather continues to be the Outlook Tor Eake Superior regions. Free state voters to polls today conceded Cosgrave cannot win seats to give him majority of whole House enough confident however of being Able to re form ministry with Aid of Farmers and independents de Valera with sinn fein Hopes to gain ten seats labor Lack ing funds has 28 candidates associated press Dublin Ireland sept. A Blaze of processions the political Campaign which holds the record for number of meetings my speeches ended tonight and polling in the Gen eral elections will take place Tomor with each party declaring Satis faction Over the prospects of Success. It is conceded that the Cosgrave government cannot seats to give it a majority of the whole ii ouse but government spokesmen Are confident of gaining enough accession to enable the government to re Rorm the ministry and carry on with Friia assistance of the Farmers and inde Pendents. Invite for government these two parties though putting Forward their own candidates every where have had. Their representatives appearing on government platforms inviting support for the government candidates after first preferences were Given to themselves. The de Valera plan a party which captured 44 seats in june expects to gain 10 seats aided by the sinn fein making a total of j4. Labor through Lack of Money was prevented from nominating 28 candidates As compared with 45 ast june. The labovites expect to retain. Their .22 seats and the red mond ites Are confident of retaining their six seats. To Cleveland Iron bus Job passengers of More than jewelry Salesman robbed of unit nil to free press by pres lilo sept. 14. Three bandits late today held up a Cleve land Akron bus near Here and robbed passengers of More. Than. In jewelry and Money. Approximately s40.000 in diamonds was obtained when the bandits relieved a. Jewelry Salesman of his Sample Case. Leonard Heine the Salesman work no for the firm of Adler and Heine of Stew York was in route to Cleveland after calling on jewellers t n act on today. On his arrival in Cleveland after the robbery he was taken to a 3olice station to describe the hold up. He fainted As he reached the station Wilce surgeons said he was a nervous wreck As a result of his experience. They doubted if he would be Able to make a coherent statement before Omorrow morning. Police guards. Were established on All roads leading into Cleveland in Case the. Bandits should attempt to enter the City. The bus Driver was a coherent on his arrival at the Italton. Killed in Accident Isadora Duncan world famous dancer Riding in Nice France drugged under and has spinal column broken. Dancer killed shawl catches in wheel of machine and she is drawn out and under rear wheel meets Fate of her two Chil Dren 14 years ago who also died in Auto Accident special Vlist Ftp news Cabin of free press by free press private wire Al Chi France sept. 14. Isadora Duncan world famous dancer was killed today when she was run Over by her own automobile. Miss Duncan died in a Hospital a few. Minutes after her arrival. Wear ing a shawl she automobile to give it a anal try out before Pur chasing it. The shawl caught in wheel of the automobile. Unaware the Liau Fatur started the car and miss Duncan was drawn out and under a rear wheel. Her spinal column was broken. Only a few Days ago it was report miss Duncan was to be mar ried to Robert Winthrop Chandler new York artist. Isadora Duncan no set out from an obscure. Girlhood in Chicago with capital to make the world her Public and in later years to keep her Public interested if not always Loyal by her eccentricities died As did her iwo Chi Dren 14 years ago in Auto Mobile Accident. They Patrick. 6, and Deirdre. The out motoring in Paris Vith an English governess in april 1913. The car after being halted by the Seine was re started by the chauffeur who lost control. It plunged into the River and the children and the gov erness were drowned. Ent of chairman at close of commission says evidence indicates illegal practices will be revived once probe other Means will be devised and rigidly enforced for detecting such that those who have escaped exposure must not think they can continue with now to prepare final report. Cut Ottawa Wadlan press despatch on.t., sept. Avo had some evidence brought before us to indicate that in certain quarters there would be a revival of illegal practices once our commission ceased to exist. For the Benefit of such parties and others Simi arly disposed i think i can Promise that other Means will present head of the department is such a chief commissioner Brown paid tribute to the press for us work in support of the commission i would like also at this time to pay tribute to the helpfulness of the Presa throughout Canada in giving publicity and general support to our to be devised and rigidly enforced for stated. The press reports have detecting such frauds and. That for general the future when such and illegal practices Are discovered they will Swift and relentless be visited with the above was Cue of the statements made by chief commissioner j. T. Brown of the Royal customs com Mission in a Brief address at the close of Tho Public sittings of the commission Here ton get. No doubt there have been some who have been guilty of defrauding the Crown of its just revenues and who have escaped the scrutiny of our he continued. For such let me say that the Mere fact that they have thus far escaped exposure and prosecution not he taken As any Assurance that such practices can be continued with in investigation justified the chief commissioner s closing address which was concurred in by his fellow commissioners w. H. Wright and Ernest Roy expressed sincere appreciation of the work done by coun Sel auditors and All others associated with the work of the commission Dur ing the Many months of the inquiry. Irrespective of the report which would be prepared and submitted to the governor in Council. The investigation had been Worth while said the chief commissioner. Two things above All appear to have been necessary under the he said. In the first place an exposure of condition is As they actually existed both inside and outside the service with an awakened and enlightened Public Coli science on customs matters As a re sult. The work of the parliamentary committee and our commission has made the exposure Jarly Complete. In the second it is essential to have to the department with the will and determination to bring about the. Neck shark reforms. There is every indication that the i famed cow girl and Rodeo performer held at Lake View Ore. Four flyers Are fished from Lake when aeroplane crashes. Harry Baldwin named As Premier s new Secretary Canadian press despatch Ottawa. Pn.t., sept. Bald Vin successor . C. Moyer As Prev the. Secretary to Premier King will Ake Over his duties Early in october. R. Baldwin is now in London eng., Here lie has been living for some Ime. Provision was made at the last Eslon of parliament for a new Posl Ion As ".chief, Secretary to the prime tills position has not so a been filled. Harry Baldwin is a. Grandson Aldwyn of the Baldwyn Lafontaine government. Nookie special United to free Tress by for triple Wiro View. Ore. Sept. 14. Lorena Truckey famed cow girl and Rodeo per former of the Northwest is being hold without bail Here while a grand jury acts on the charge that she murdered her Cowboy husband slim Harris Harris was murdered sept. 2 while he Rode in an. Automobile with Lor Ena. The murder committed with a knife was charged to an unidentified assailant by the cow in wife. Lorena. Admitted ownership of the Kii Ife taut maintained it had been stolen from her before the murder witnesses at a preliminary hearing testified the. Wife purchased the knife a Short time before the slaving of Canadian Toronto sept. Harcourt. D. M. Thompson and p. Spoor All of Toronto but at present interested in mining at Hudson. Ont. Had a narrow a Sofike from drowning in Lac on monday night the Aero Ane in which they were Ridini fell into tha Lake and turned Turtle it became known Here today. Harcourt. Imprisoned head Down Ward in the cockpit of the. Plane forced his Way through the Wing of the machine by p Aci Jig his feet or. Thompson who was lying in the. Bot1 torn of the plane. Spoor was thrown partly Clear of the Vicc Kage and Man Are a to make his Way w. Inc surface of the water. Commander a. Ross Pilot of the d Ane. Cad in heavy Fly ing clothes tried several times to grasp he entrapped men but they were fro before he could reach them. Try of the crash heard by Joseph pc nne ully. Who paddled out to the Unne in. A boat and picked up the men. All four off siem were badly bruised but were not Sinousy injured. Generally speaking been impartial accurate and reasonably full. For this much credit must be Given to the very Able representative of the Canadian press who has followed closely the work of the commission from its inception until the present tomorrow the commissioners will meet in conference. Preparation of the report will probably occupy some weeks me old is Gordon West struck Down by truck on Sherbrook Street lies at general Hospital in critical is fractured running out from in front of n. Parked car Gordon West. I year old son. Of or. And mrs. Albert West 645 Sherbrook Street was struck Down by a motor truck Jarly last evening Anil lies in i the general Hospital in a critical condition. A the property of the., great West saddlery company driven by a Macd Puncel 60s. Logan Avenue was proceeding South on Sherbrook Street Between notre Dame and Sargent Avenue at about b.50 pin. From d front of a car parked on the West Side of the Street the lad ran into the path of the truck he was struck by the Radiator and was picked up from Between the front wheels be Neath the engine and carried into nearby Home. He was later re moved in the ambulance to the hos Pital where he was attended by or. Sigurdsson. At no Early hour this morning he was reported to be in a serious condition suffering from a fracture at the base of the nud bleeding at the right ear and nostril. Bandits ransack House. Lock up servants take associated press despair i san Mateu. Cull. Sept. 14. Two bandits ransacked the House of b. U. I Braudt. San Francisco insurance Man Here locked up the servants the Only persons in the House and escaped with in jewelry. Quota Law May be applied upon foreign immigration minister of immigration seeks plan to balance settlement with labor May be imposed on settlers other than British French or american either by heavy head tax or limitation of agreement with transportation companies May be modified. Special despatch o the free press Ottawa sept. Of the agreement Between the department of immigration and colonization and the Canadian railway and steamship companies by which the. Latter secure Tran sport and place immigrants in Canada has yet to be accomplished for the coming year. Negotiations Are still in Progress according to the officials of the department. While no. Official declaration on the subject is obtainable it is believed that there will develop considerable opposition to inclusion in the coming year s agreement conditions similar to those of the agreement now about to lapse. Of the present min ister of the department. Hon. Robert have been frequently intimated. Wholesale immigration without re Gard to placement or to the capacity of the cot try Vand its industries for. Assimilating those admitted to the Dominion is not viewed with favor by or. Forke. He is. Rather a believer in the maintenance of a close balance be tween immigration and employment. Seek proper placements holding such views it is believed to be certain that there will be some modification in the next. Agreement transportation companies be More insistence upon with the there will proper placement by those companies of the people they bring to Canada and probably some further restriction imposed upon the selection of prospective immigrants by the agents 01 the companies. In some quarters so much opposition has developed to indiscriminate immigration that two now Well known instruments Are being discussed As of for adoption by Canada. One is the quota Law and the other is the imposition of. A heavy tax upon immigrants from countries other than. Continued on Pago thirteen prom the free press files sept. Is fifty years Aro or. Bradley of Emerson Chillon and the province and indeed the world to beat his two Bushel Sample of Amber Spring wheat of the Emporium Brand or. Bradley had Good reason to Back his wheat for the Sample weighed 06 pounds to the Bushel and the stalks had been or. Bradley intimated Al most Strong enough to use As cd six legs. Forty five years ago under the gaslight was the play which that talented organization the Bryton dramatic company was shortly to give in the ult Hall the agent who conducted the ticket Sale was located in Alex. Taylor s Book store and Alex was heard to remark that lie hoped the crowds who jammed his clerks against the Wall in the Rush to buy tickets for the show would be Good enough to remember where he was located when they needed books. Forty years the old House next to the Hoyal of s hotel was moved away to make room for the a. Harris implement company s new warehouse the foundation of which it was announced would be City Council after a not entirely odourless re trial of the nuisance ground plan restored the crematory to favor with the Hearty Accord of All. The aldermen especially of those who lived near nuisance ground or in the track the winds which crossed it. Thirty Klvac yours Aro the notorious Dalton eang of train robbers including Bob Dilvon Grant Dalton Amy Dalton. Sam wings and three fingered wore rounded up in wild new Mexico by Deputy mar Shal Williams of Perls Texas to mar Shal lost two fingers of his right hand but considered them Well lost rewards aggregating had been offered for the capture of the gang. Thirty years ago the fort William electric Light by Law was passed by a Large majority aldermen wrestled grimly and to the Small hours with paving problems present. Aldermen h. Wilson. Art Aruthnot Dyson. Eel and the Little Jubilee mine of rat Portage was sold to a Syndicate a Deal which made not Only the purchasers but the vendors very Happy men. Twenty five years ago Winnipeg Chen Asnon presented bus Jos Hogi with a handsome Tusti Monif Garry athletic association woj organized in preparation for the season president. Or. Leeming Mana Ger c. W. John Stone Captain Dave Keith. Twenty years Many Pronini sent women of the w. C. T. U. Occupied Winnipeg pulpits both Canadian and United St site a Dele Gates had come to the City to attend the Dominion Dom Inion trades and labor cobs pm began its in Winnipeg Putter and Alphonse Verville presiding ;