Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 10, 1928, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg rec press thermometer readings oct. 0 a., oct. A Al a Mio a., oct. 10 i. 14, ?.m a., oct. 10 43 for full text of meteorological of lice Sec Page one. Yol. 3-t 83 october rises 6.41 Sun sets. 1743, Moon rises. 2.58 Moon sets n.15. Winnipeg wednesday october 10, 1928 Price 5c per copy a edition to Tai comic id. 26 pages by argues Dominion has not jurisdiction to ratify treaty with us or St Lawrence deepening says Britain might negotiate on old View of Canada but Only Lon Don parliament can approve jailed three years for refusing to pay Alimony admits defeat is Fred special United news despatch to free i press by free press private wire i Willows calif., oct. 9._the cell i tha. Sam held has occupied in the i county jail Here for More than three years because he would not pay his divorced wife Alimony was empty to night because Reid had admitted defeat Reid decided he would pay ail Back Alimony primarily to help another Man who had met trouble l by intervening in his behalf. Sheriff Hoy heard of Glenn county had been cited for contempt of court because he took Reid from the jail to a meeting of his buddies of the world War that was in san Francisco. Heard was ordered to pay a Fine of for contempt of court. And at Prague in building collapse victims trapped beneath tons of fallen masonry All ready for flight across Atlantic holds no authority in , act for Canada to assume treaty obligation for province Only special of Pitroli o Hie free Tress from j Stilt t . 1 Ottawa. Oct. Direct Challenge a chadian autonomy was made this j to text soon n. Tell by k.c., of arguing before the supreme court ens for Ontario in the reference Power rights. Declared in Riff it Flint the Dominion parliament had not the legislative to ratify any possible treat the United states for deepening the St. Lawrence River a or , of jurisdiction the Imperial Radii ardent. Great Britain might on tie advice of the Canadian minister negotiate set ii a treaty but. Only the parliament at Westminster could approve of it. There no authority Section 132 of tile Ortli America act. 1 or. Tilry contended for can Ada to assume a in Cay obligation for speaker Fitzroy takes step rare in parliamentary history eight Storey Stone office building being erected in heart of Czecho slovakian capital forces work frantically under beams adjourns. Members going in body to Tion blamed for disaster. The new giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin Only awaits favourable weather to Start on trans Atlantic flight to new York. 63 persons aboard on the trip and she will carry mail and freight weighing about 750 pounds. There will be incidentally developing and that the Only seat application by member declared bankrupt for Chil Tern refused say balance of Power held 8y states London. Oct. 9. It. Hon. E. A. Troy. Speaker of the House of com Mons. Has taken a step rare in Parlia i Ana disqualified democrats think vote in Illinois Missouri Tennessee Kentucky decisive Zeppelin flight delayed by unfavourable weather Outlook Homan. Conservative member for j Ashton tender Lyne. Or. Homan was declared bankrupt March 31. Last. The speaker s action was taken despite the i fact that or. Homar. Had applied for i the Chiltern the traditional method by a member of the House of commons May vacate his seat. His application however was j not granted. J big Airship ready to Start flight across Atlantic at moment s notice but Eckener says it would be Foolhardy to Start if ship could Rise As result of sudden drop in barometer and Rise in temperature. Int carnes1 assets petition filed in supreme court names three at Lanta men Rouchou. London or. Tilley declared there a nothing upon which pc lordships predicate an answer j cannot what rights from n treaty until we know provisions Are in the ror Tia reason or. Tilley argued that question a cull not be answered and until the nature of any treaty was known. Non tidal Waters not navigable As to question no. 1, which asks the bed of a navigable River is wasted a the Crown in the right of the province is the title subordinate to the Public right of navigation or. I declared that the word Nav meant navigable in in tidal Waters which Are navigable there a Public of navigation but. contended the Public right of not. Inherent in non raters. The rights must be or decided by the be and the facts Are not is ice this non tidal Waters in Ontario not navigable in Law. Jelev Atlon assertion of provincial ownership Prater Powers was made by or. Til he remarked. Your lord a tips these questions arc sited to Cic Iermini How Dominion May Over the provincial lands and the " Ater Over provincial lands which really provincial assets 1 or. That Bot i sections of. L should be answered in the Ashton under Lyno at the i so Nepal. 19a4 the of the House of commons. A commoner adjudged bankrupt is in capable of participating in the pro i a sidings of the House unless six months of the order a judging him1 bankrupt he obtains a. Discharge with a certificate to effect that the republicans agree they will have Learge bearing Wor ried Over new York special United news to free press j Day but he Liy fret Prus Iti vate Vire tension not to emphasized his Lart except i i Cdr Lilia fun. Germany oct. 9. Proper conditions. I the giant dirigible. Count Zeppelin or. Eckener said that owing to the j was jammed with mail and freight to sudden drop of the barometer by 11 night As she waited in the hangar for Points and the simultaneous increase favourable conditions to Start the Asti Jin temperature it doubtful if the mated 78-hours flight across the at j dirigible could Rise with her present lactic to America. J Load. In i charges Mission Board negligent in employing Carnes without enquiry bankruptcy was due to a misfortune. By icle Elinn Campaign opened Tho by election in Ashton special despatch to Frame ii. I oct hold the balance of of the Bis aircraft said he candidate who is fortunate enough to Spring a Surprise , Lunue 10 Burdio. Win them will ride to Victory on the were that the could not possibly will be 03 persons aboard including a first tuesday of next month. Get away morning. The Crew of no proximate by 40 men. Q four states although or. Hugo Eckener. Com it was announced that the probable i tended to conserve for n in j Mander of the blah aircraft said he. Passenger list for the trip to new Home Mission Board c i passenger list i York will include the trip 13 guests. There press despatch Atlanta fin., oct. Petition in the Baptist certain reported assets of Clinton s. Carnes its indicted former treasurer has been filed in supreme court Here naming three under Luc has or Ned. C. J Missouri Central regional. Director for t. T ii the democratic party. Senator Hawes believes if gov. Smith can win these. Tater and hold the solid South intact this is the prediction states senator Harry b. Hawes of of United i count is ready to i about letters have been placed appointees of the Board. Soll Altor he Cotua defeat Herbert Hoover. Of Kas Tafari brings wrinkles to brow of european observers special i a Ioctl news Cable to free press by i rate press private wire by Keith Somis Appeal to governor , oct. 9. Great rejoicing to night in Addis Ababa capital of Abys Sinia upon the Coronation of has Tafari As Monarch has brought Europe smack up against that puzzling King last Hode Inkins problem again. Plainly the Elevation of Bas Tafari to the throne and the great rejoicing i i of his subjects is reported in Des-1 i patches from Addis Ababa has brought a few More wrinkles to the brows of political observers Here. They can i Only speculate however upon what is for Tuc murder of j although this is democratic Start on a moment s notice. Opinion. Republicans agree to the extent that they admit the Quartetti will have a Large bearing. The states Are Illinois Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky. Tennessee already has been claimed by the republicans although it can be rightly classed among the doubt Ful states. Illinois normally Republican. Is considered Fertile ground for Smith because of the heavy Urban vote. J cml ulum Stales Missouri and Kentucky Are pendulum states swinging to one party then another. Missouri has heavy democratic leanings but this tendency is outweighed by the fact that the i voters already have repudiated sen Ator Jim Reed and his wet candidate. While Missouri is in the doubtful column. Hoover has a better Chance there than his opponent. Kentucky May go either Way and no one has it would be us Start said ctr Nung that an unfavourable tended Over All possible routes the Atlantic. He said the unfavourable conditions might have been avoided if had Bicili made Early to i aboard the Derigi All As mail for the Foolhardy to trip and both freight and mall to be carried will about 750 pounds a for the trip have been Pur passengers were assured they would be virtually Ell the comforts of Ocean liner travel except continued on Page two estimate . Wheat Bare plot to blow train larger Corn and Oats crops government of Victoria of also predicted by depart fers Reward for ment of Agricula tire information on bombers. Continued on Page Sevin rated press a Spaich n. oct. To irom a Justice of the supreme for William Edwards is err justices Butler and after septembers Monarch. King lit. The Case to be Zogut i of Albania passed off the front. Made t sentence from the is the last Hope be of Hickman is oct. Id. Inquiring death of Joseph a or a authorities to of to lights on pages of newspapers there were other disturb in rumours from Poland where it was said Pilsudski had his eyes on the Crown Ond from Hungary where it was reported the former Eru press Zeta. Exiled to Spain confidently awaits a military coup Whlon she expects will put her son Tho Arch j Duke Otto on the estonian ship daringly seized in Finland Harbor special Vii cd news Depatt i to i rce Tress by free Tress private wire Washington. oct. B. A larger wheat Corn and Oats crop than in 1927 was pret listed today by the Agil culture department. The preliminary production of All wheat was placed a. Bush Els. As compared with bushels last year and the yield of wheat per acre was announced at 15.7 bushels the Quality 89.4 per cent. The Spring wheat crop was placed at bushels and the prelim Inary production of durum wheat in four states was estimated at bushels As compared with _ will Mark debut of recently bushels last the yield per acre of durum wheat was estimated at 13.8 bushels and the. Quality 89.6 per production of other Spring wheat was estimated at 240.3s1.000 bushels. As against 243.0qoooo bushels last formed United party led by sir j. Ward Cal Cit tolling movement in Standard Stock and Exchange 15. Atlanta court seeks to is Canadian press Cable Hulsi Nyfors finn incl. Oct. Large armed ship the Martha an estonian layer it Challenge of Canadian Auto by w. X. Tilley. K.c., in Powers Nipon in Chat futures declined i to tuesday in face of quite est col. Walter Peacock appointed Field o salvation for West 5. Speaker of British House disk Drifus neuter of com declared . Robert Forke to return to or 5. More 100 killed in Cal Al Prague. Coccho ate rally in the Exchange surprises Short inter h. Democrats say four states hold bal la presidential elec a legend to have been in i us running. Was daringly a by a finnish sheriff and constables who boarded the ves in darkness surprised and hand cuffed the alleged smugglers on the deck and then overcame the of Crew before the latter were Able use their hand grenades. A Large Quantity of liquor was found aboard the vessel. The to use Canadian press Cable Wellington. New zealand oct. 9 via zealand s parliament elected in november. 1925, when the Reform party headed by Premier j. O. Coates was returned to Power was prorogued today and the general elec Tion probably will be held on nov. 21. The election will Mark the of the recently formed United debut party. Headed by former Premier sir Joseph Ward which combines liberals. Nationalists and others opposed to the re form and labor parties. In the 1925 election the Reform party elected 55 members in Tho House of representatives which has a membership of 80. The liberals and inde pendent liberals elected 11 members. The labor party 13 and independents barred from Canada bandits raid Bank in North Dakota year. The yield per acre was placed at 15.5 bushels and the Quality at 90.fl per cent. The Oats crop estimated by the department at 1.452.96g.ooo bushels compared with bushels last year. Yield per acre was placed at 34.0 bushels and the Quality at 89.1 per cent. Says by Ulii mists mrs. Flora Hackett at to Ronto charges bribery of governments to cars table Melbourne Australia oct. Via outrages perpetrated in the state of Victoria by militant Dock strikers resulted today in the victorian government offering a re Ward of for information Lead ing to the arrest and conviction of persons who have thrown bombs. The police learning of a plot to blow up a train carrying Volunteer workers to port Melbourne to work on the night shift ordered railway traffic suspended for an hour tonight. General John Boykin and Cerns headed. The petition an amendment to suit filed several weeks ago by Walter r. Lawyer and Baptist Layman alleged Carnes joined to or. A d. Gray former Secretary now acting treasurer of the Board and that the belonged to the Board. The suit that or. Gray s Home Given As loan Security be held for the Board. Hugh. Wallet. Custodian of Board securities owes Carnes or the Phoenix realty company which Carnes headed approximately the petition said alleging this also is Board Money. Wallet was asked to Turr. Over securities estimated in the suit to be Worth ask companies be or. Arthur j. Barton office Secre tary of the Board the suit Eaid Bor rowed from and repaid it. Tile Phoenix firm and Auto he claiming which Carnes headed were financed out of. Board Money the suit alleges. The court was asked to restrain the companies from delivering any assets of games associated press Cable coct , oct. 0. Collapse of an eight Storey Stone office building being erected in the heart of the City today buried More than 100 workmen the majority of whom were believed to have been killed. Eighteen bodies had been recovered tonight. Relief forces worked frantically under the beams of searchlights to Eracli the entombed men. Whose 1 piteous appeals could be heard coming from under the debris. The frenzied i cries of relatives who were pressing against the police lines added to the horror of the scene. The collapse was attended by tremendous detonations from the falling girders and Hundred of tons of masonry. The populace of the Vicinity Ivas terrified. Every available Emir i gency organization Salvage corps and Hospital unit was Rinshed to the scene. Parliament suspends sittings both Chambers of parliament sus Pended their sittings and with the Cabinet the entire membership Hast ened to the scene. The falling Walls piled the narrow Street High with tangled debris. A score of persons in a passing trolley car were seriously injured while num Bers of pedestrians were treated for lesser hurts. The catastrophe occurred at a time when the business Street was thronged. Under the direction of City engineers the. Rescue forces tunnelled into the wreckage through the Wall of an adjoining building and recovered the bodies of three workmen. They heard the cries of of thins whom they were unable to reach. There were several horrible incidents. As when a woman found in the ruins the severed head of her husband. The police had to take it from her by Force and he was led away still shrieking in delirium. Hasty construction blamed. Government authorities attributed the collapse to defective Cement and Hosty and faulty construction. The contractor had pledged himself to pay a Fine for each Day beyond january 1 that the building was uncompleted and he orders Speed up the work in order to avoid such penal ties. The architect of the building was said to have committed suicide on the spot when he saw the disaster. The chief inspector of police who was hurrying to the ruins with a. Group of salvages wus rain Over and by a motor of the lire depart Moni. At Midnight it was estimated that 65 men were still buried in the ruins. Among them were three til Luluk inspectors two score of other were reported missing and it was feared that Many of them had been caught when the masonry fell into the crowded Street. The United states consulate the offices of a motor company and Young men s Christian association building All of which Are within a few i Yards of the cd i lowly escaped 1 girders. Damage from contractors doing work at head of lakes for past five years ask movement for earlier closing of navigation makes Little Progress i associated tres Calio Ottawa oct. O. Ice breaking service maintained by the Dominion government at Evvi William and port Arthur were t in summer invited by the department of Marine and wish Crucs and to by celled until sept. 8 last. This con tract provides for keeping the har Bors fit fort William and port a thnh sufficiently Clear of ice in the Spring and late tall to enable ves Sels to move one tender Only was by the department and that irom present contractors who Iivo been performing the service for the five years at a Price of iwo annul. It is understood that the tender recently submitted asks for a subsidy of annually and in that connection it is understood that the department cons Derd Hie figure excessive and As a consequence negotiations Are now Aroi Roesslng with touches broken live wire is of Short duration continued a pc two the Central strike committee which directing its efforts towards extending the strike of Waterside workers. Today decided to recommend that members of the Carters and Drivers Union and the engine Drivers and firemen s association cease working with non unionists. 1vf report liquor deaths Canadian Tress de Syatt Montreal oct. Boy was killed in a violent wind storm that swept Montreal and District today. The wind which lasted for a few minutes played havoc with Trees Telephone and Light standards. As a consequence from the free press files oct fifty live years ago today ism the Woollen Mill at St. Donifae All ready to go except for car clothing a picker and i Noii these necessaries arrived in Winnipeg on the next boat. It was announced. The Mill would Start almost at once. Surveyors who had been inhaling the Ozone of outer Manitoba All summer. Were returning to the bosoms of t in Winnipeg for the War established in 18 cases says chief medical examiner at new York the Folio in is the weather report issued t from Winnipeg office a Ica Nadmi Nelv iul1 1 Russ o despatch is it. Arllier a Cocbrane is p. Sound 43 to Nylon Toronto 52 p. Temperature. 46 maximum for the preceding 12 hours 50t minimum 35 a remoter. 23.94 South kind 5 Miles be Charles Norris chief medical examiner finitely established today that in ,4, the 34 persons who died of alcoholic Over the week end had been victims of Wood alcohol. Or. Norris said he believed the epidemic had ended. Inasmuch As no additional cases were coming in an indication it thought that the source of the deadly liquid had been shut off. Possibility that All or part of Tho Supply of poisonous drink might have found its Way into the City s speak easier through a leakage irom a shipment of Wood alcohol at Syracuse recently was considered to Day by investigating officials hour sky . My a Ruport 40victoria to Vancouver go Xci loops Edmonton 20 s. Current 4-1 p. Albirt___t3 my. Hot if Relna 35 1 bin Nylon. Kenora in the 41 44 Montroal. In 43 our acc fit. John 38 i outta 59 Chat town West has been meekly in sections forecasts Easterly winds rain. clo Iida and cooler with showers followed by local nov flurries. Nookie Canadian press despatch Toronto oct. 9. Charging liquor i interests with bribing courts of Justice i and governments. Mrs. Flora Haskett of Ottawa addressed the annual meet _ n u Luifan i ing of the provincial Council of Muti enter state Bank at Glenn eld Force Casmeir his we Christian Temperance Union men -.-.-_. Of Ontario Here today. Liquor she declared arc growing so wealthy that they can and do buy officers of the government and even governments Magis trates decisions on Drunken cases were repeatedly quashed in higher courts on technicalities she alleged. The More quickly the government stores go into bankruptcy the More quickly will the government of Ontario be she remarked. Mrs. J. Morrison of Brantford. Ont. Expressed regret at the increase of tobacco growing in Ontario. The coun cil will offer prayers for Herbert Hoover s Success in the United states presidential election. And two patrons to lie on floor while they gather loot totalling then locked in vault while ban dits make escape. Retain world base v. 1s series Mark. If who is assistant cashier. Aen ordered to he beside him and two patrons were also forced to Goj through the same process. J one Bandit guarded the group while Ern part of the state Street Wesl Border. Police in this have Hamilton Hamilton. Ont. Oct. A Brick through the Glass door of e. H. Wodehouse s jewelry store on King West Early today two men valued it More lights were off for a portion of afternoon and Street car service in one if Section was interrupted for three j hours. Fifty years ago the victim was Paul Lair. 9, who nearly eight Miles of Iron Hod been was electrocuted when he touched q11 the ulna Brunch South. Broken live wire. Police made fruit. Fl. St. Boniface reported j. H. Less efforts to revive the boy. Rowan chief Engineer who came in the Eastern Section of the City suf Roll Lyle end of on a hand car feed most heavily from the dropped into the free i reas of fourteen poles numerous Trees and acc Rowan stated he had cover car wires were blown Down. I Eti the eight Miles in 25 minutes but in the North end several wires from opined that the forthcoming Iron now the Cedar Power Plant were broken would do even better. By Trees that fell on them and the Power to the West end of the City was years api Cut off for the greater part of the Jemlick. Beynon Bister of i. Afternoon. Rev. T. B. Bernou of Vert Len the greater part of the damage to Leo. H. Johnston of Stone repaired tonight and lighting and car j Kev. Leo. Beynon. Of Brampton. Service was resumed in the affected ont. Nuttier of the Bride Oolicia Toni sections of. The City. I it the Hon. A. Gladstone and lord Tennyson Post. Negro shoots four dead of Tow on and then commits suicide special Neva despatch of free press by free press private wire Austin Texas oct. 9. A Sun in the hands of a ruthless negro resulted in four killings and a suicide Here to Day. After shooting to death chief of police j. N. Little Page two negro women and Joe Blunt a White Man the negro whose name was Alexander turned the gun on himself just As police were closing in on him. Neys. Vorte years a the lightweight championship in nettle Between Jack Maul lib and Billy Dacy. For a purse of Niu the police Gazette Diamond Belt Tooi place within 10 Miles of new eleven fierce desperate rounds were fought and Mcauliffe recent Winner Over Jem Carney of England Knork fit Dacy out the i Gilt. With Lam ing about three quarters of an hour. Jury urges need of lights being carried on wagons p thurly five Var. As word reached Winnipeg of the of Joe Hess famous Temperance Turco and and author or out of darkness into Light or. Hess away at Home a Clarendon surrounded by is w. A. Nam lure was Nisi cd to miss Charlotte Woods. Andrew Moore is exonerated from All blame in connection with death of Joseph Balderstone Middle Church Market Gardener who was fatally injured last thursday evening Habernan boy Driver of car which caused death of Henry Schlossberge also freed of responsibility. That provincial authorities undertake to oblige Farmers to carry lights on their wagons when passing provincial roads at nights was the recommendation made by a jury under Coroner or. Cameron at the inquest conducted last evening in the death of Joseph Balderstone. 00-year-old Middle Church Market Gardener and former school teacher. The recommendation accompanied a verdict of accidental exonerating Andrew Moore of 174 Nas Sau Street a High school inspector of All blame. Kalcl Erstone Wos filled last thurs Day night at 6.49 o clock while walking behind a Wagon drawing potatoes on the Highway at Middle Church. Opposite the Post office. He was crushed to the rear of the Waton by Moore s automobile which out of control thirty Urais the circulation of doll my i Ocanada 81 and 82 Bills had increased nearly a million and a half intern Jones. A Ell known Hunter who had gone up to the Arctic with the intention of Bringm into civilization a Herd of Musk oxen reached Seattle he had caught Musk oxen but the eskimos superstitious about letting the animals leave the Northland had Cut their throats. Is result of the glaring lights of an Auto we _ Mobile coming in the opposite direction j m2nitoba. Was unable to evade the crash. Throughout the inquest evidence was conflict Long and entirely Circum Stantial. Tills accounted for the jury being out almost two hours before reaching a verdict. Sons ii pc i graphic descriptions of the Accident were Given by Balderstone s two trans. Joseph or. Acid John. The former was driving the Wagon behind which his father was walking while the latter was driving a team of horses about one Quarter of a mile behind his father. Both stated that Moore s automobile was proceeding sout Lawarda in Twenty five All cleverly Pioneer cell run of. Passed Batho. Of the editorial staff of the nor West Farmer Vas married to Adeline first fair at a won Kiclty Yukon was a great Ucer a amazing vegetables grains fruits and Bowers were shown. The i qty years api i1m1s Bolasco b famous play the girl of the Golden West received its local premiere at the opening of the dram Atic season in the Winnipeg there was increasing interest in the coming boxing bout in Sydney Between Tommy Burns and tack continued on i Jet Johnson and the Puki dsis1 pictures were in every australian paper ;