Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 14, 1929, Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 Jriley Rometer headings free press thermometer readings 7.30 p.m., aug. 33 j_g1 30.311 p.m., aug. 33 -i-fj3 12.so n.m., aug 14 2.30 14 for full text of meteorological office report see h Uge one. T vol. 34 air and becoming Wai . August 14. Sun rises 5.15 Sun . 19.401 Moon rises. 16.40 Moon sets . Winnipeg wednesday August 14, 1929 Price 5c per copy edition with comic Loc. 28 pages indications Point strongly to Happy ending of reparations con Ference at the Hague France and Italy almost certain to recede from positions which have Gaustad crisis the scene when Dorys open big conclave difficulties presented by evacuation of Rhineland and payments to Britain Likely disappear associated press Cable tie Imsu aug. Rapid j a Otiss in private talks the Powers at the Hague reparations conference tonight on the verge of a satisfactory Compromise for both the political and financial aspects of the Young plan. Evacuation of the Rhineland by Christmas to satisfy Germany and Exchange of part of the conditional annuities Lor unconditional ones to meet the demands of great Britain were the basis for the Compromise discussed in the private apartments of the different delegations today with delegates retiring from the conference floor to the seclusion Small gatherings and personal contacts the quietest Day of the conference in outward appearance promised far reaching results. Important negotiations went on behind closed doors. Propositions made to it. Hon. Philip Bowden British Chancellor of the exchequer by the French belgians and italians were admitted by the British delegation to be Well Worth consider ing and. Notably relieved tension of the financial deadlock. Meanwhile Premier Brand of France showed such Good will with reference to the evacuation of the Rhineland that actual dates it beginning the movements of troops were discussed. Sentimental considerations have led a Good Manyi delegates to consider Christmas As a suitable time for the last foreign Soldier to quit oar maa territory. A committee of jurists set vip last week to consider the Legal aspects of instituting a control commission to verify armaments in the Rhineland i Eiter evacuation met today. Kuruts will report to the political Mark conclave monster biennial convention gets away to auspicious Imperial Palace holds initial thousand knig its of Khorasan and nomads take part in spectacular March to Cenotaph for solemn to be staged today. Launched to an auspicious Start yesterday with important events of an International calibre the Dokey con present to picture that veritably thrills and with the Many the South to whom the sight was a Novelty. Drill teams and the leadership of the order in the Fife and drum and band divisions. These contests Are expected to bring out a. Large crowd of spectators and Competition promises to be exceptionally keen with All teams right up to form. When the Imperial Palace conclave resumed at 7.30 o clock last evening the ceremonial of the order was Pur sued by the delegations from is Persi ing Michigan and by the Winnipeg lodges. The participants in daringly j hued attire went through their pre scribed motions regularly and attract this photo shows the scene at the opening be Ramon. Yesterday in with the 19th biennial conclave of. The dramatic order of the knights of Khorasan. Nearly of Lively and the ritual of the order at the conclusion of this programme. Princess Moon Flower Soprano Mascot of the Denver delegation Sang. Honoured Allied Soldier dead in a ceremony scintillating with color and momentous in its International significance. Donkeys and their Sisters of the Imperial Santha nomads a Rundaka 10.000 Strong paused temporarily in their affairs of Confer ence and round of carnival yesterday afternoon to pay solemn homage be fore the Cenotaph on the mall to the memory of the Allynd War Send. Two other outstanding Nubler events on the convention s bar first Clay pro mention will enter its second Day s pro they made a particularly hit. Next gramme this morning with resumed in the line smiling and waving their deliberations on the Many momentous greetings came mayor Dan Mclean matters to be considered. I himself a Doycy col. Ralli we of decided today Are the i general chairman of Atn Bura Temple in the zouave patrol and Winnipeg s . Convention also to championships committee with other Imperial Palace officers Riding in a big automobile. Every one wearing their Dokey hats perched at a Jaunty Angle. Units they were followed by the marching uniformed delegates of Tabara Temple and the visiting votaries Drill continued on two the members of the order who have Gat tiered in we nil Peg from most parts of Canada and the United states met in the big Assembly Hall at the Royal Alexandra hotel for the inaugural formalities at which the Point was stressed that it was the of the donkeys to Foster the Best of. Friendly feelings Between the Dominion and the nation South of the line. Among those present were William h. Duthler Imperial Prince of Barre Vermont who called the gathering to col. Ralph h. Webb general chairman of the Tabara Temple Winnipeg who presided Hon. J. D. Mcgregor lieutenant governor of Manitoba mayor Dan Mclean a to thereon m.p., Hon. W. J. Major k.c., attorney general of Manitoba . P. G. Taylor k.c., conservative Leader and John Queen Leader of the labor party they occupy places in the front Row. Heroic fighters aided by change in wind save town Little grand rapids is scene of stirring Battle with Forest. Fire prospectors in Herb Lake area forced to take shelter in Lake area saved. Heavy downpour of rain the continued on Page three Leo twin three year old boy lured to fail to find clues conn., aug. Theory that a crazed by drugs or three year Oid Albert Mikenas of Ansonia. To his death in Hopkins. Meadows Here grew today As police called in Yale ill varsity scientists in an attempt to unravel the mystery of the boy s fatal injuries. While medical examiner Marvin m. Scarbrough of new Haven and Mem Ber of the Yale medical faculty endeavoured to determine the exact cause of death police under the direct an of Deputy Coroner James j. Corrigan pressed their inquiry on two lines. Statements of mrs. Martha Sewalls of Sheldon who was bathing with the boy s Mother mrs. Katie Mikenas when Albert disappeared two weeks before his nude mutilated body was found caused detectives to seek an elderly woman said to have been pay tag particular attention to the boy just before he vanished. Newso fineday Wespon Cliency leads two persons to lives body of miss j. Cantley. Winnipeg found in River and that of 6oldier discovered in Bush at St. Page 4. With All arrangements completed Ine the native time for the com Menca of the flight of the Graf Zep Pelt to Tokyo has been Page 12. Striking scene la witnessed when nineteenth biennial conclave of dra Matic order of knights of Khoras is officially Page 8. Damage estimated at was Lone by tuesday morning when number of amusement Booths were Page 11. Winnipeg citizens luncheon officers of Imperial Palace . Guests or local convention com Page 8. Wheat futures prices did not Hoh gains tuesday morning and closed Csc lower to a higher. Tage 18. Ten thousand knights of Khorasan and their nomads gather at Cenotaph to Honor Soldier dead. Page i. New Mexico towns Are swept away Wynea flood Waters break through Dykes in Rio Grande and Halo puerto. Age 1, an. Agreement on the be Partlon pro now seems possible As result of scent developments at the Winston Churchill declares that Britain s Only desire is Lor peace Cramer Oast and Wood of the until Page Sarc clue at the Pas today a holy officiates at open p St. James Garden rinks beaten in ing Page 21. Shooting at Canadian heroic work by the fire fighters Aid i in preparation for a departure Indian de by a change in the wind and a j women had canoes and other Craft loaded with belongings and in Readi Ness for being pushed out into the River in the event of the fire fighters deciding that there was nothing for it but to leave rain was fairly general in fire affected areas in the province yesterday and either extinguished fires altogether of enable the Force we Rich the forestry department Hao now at. Us disposal to get better control of the situation. With the exception of the Blaze at Little grand rapids no. New outbreaks occurred yesterday and department officials in the City Are taking a Hope Ful View of the state of matters. Settlement of Little grand rapids from being wiped out by Forest fires yester Day afternoon. Little grand rapids is a Hudson s Bay company Post and Indian Settle ment East of Lake Winnipeg on the Berens River. 40 indians make it their place of and in addition to the Hudson s Bay com Pany s Factor a number of Whita per sons trappers and traders havoc their Homes in the Vicinity. The fire broke out Early in the Day and spread with extraordinary rapidity. Sweeping along in the direction of the settlement the situation became so alarming that every person physically Able to Render assistance was called out by the Forest Ranger in charge of protective operations. The fire fighters strove desperately for hours to keep the flames at Bay. But the fire advanced right to the Edge of the settlement. Broad fire. Guards had been constructed Here in spite of them the settlement appeared to be doomed when the wind suddenly changed and the rain came Down in torrents. For a time it looked As though All would have to Fleo for their lives and triple drowning tragedy reported at Hasina Beach Buffalo Lake Botha Alta. Canadian press despatch Edmonton. Alta., aug. Of a 1 Ripic growing tragedy at a picnic at Hanna Bench on Buffalo Lake near Botha Alta., on Lacombe Cor Iii tier. Line reached Edmonton today. The victims were Margery. Horton 15 Francis Horton and Edna Payne 14, the three girls went to their deaths when they stepped into a deep Hole while bathing. The Horton girls were Sisters. View of Uig a Juau Urio. To triv should the elements remain Fluor near Eloi Ojo s when of for a Little longer it will be i reasonable to expert a return to i Normal one of them stated last night. Prospectors 1 Lee for lives special despatch to the free press the Riis Mali. Aug. Story of a race for life from a Forest fire in the kerb Lake Region of Northern Manitoba was brought to the pcs to Day by Rudolph Botcher and Joe Dubois prospectors. This two men were doing assessment work on their claims East of Herb continued on Page three High officers of japanese army killed in preparing for arrival of dirigible special United news Cable to the fre press by free priss private wire Tachikawa in inn aug.1 very High army officers including major general of the Imperial general staff were killed today when a military air plane crashed at in while making preparations for the world night of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin. The seventh occupant of the plane also an army officer is dying. The plane was a huge bomber. A second plane which was flying with the one that crashed contained general Suzuki head of the Imperial general staff. Bartenders capitulate to volstead prohibition Law associated Tress despatch Kansas City mo., aug. Bartenders International league of America has capitulated to the vol Liberal former member gets All votes in Pelican Narrows Canadian i Russ despatch Prince Albert sask., aug. Five polls out of the fifteen subdivisions of the Cumberland constituency. D. A. Hall Liberal candidate in the election held monday has a majority of 127 Over John Beda the Independent candidate according to results which reached the City this morning. The polls heard from gave the re sults As follows Hall Bella Lac la Bongo. 28. 11 Pelican Narrows 28 Island Falls .s3 3 Callnan s Point 32 1 Torch River. 19 3 totals i.145 17 Gentles sails for Home Quebec quo-., aug. Eric Geddes a for Mer minister of transport in a British wartime government and Stead act and following a weeks now chairman of Imperial airways convention Here will be known of limited sailed from Quebec today on fic Lally As the beverage dispenser the Empress of Australia following a International league of Brief business visit to this country. Crop inspection report by e. Coka u1nij agricultural and commercial free. Press Moose jaw aug. A working on a very the 80 Miles to Weyburn from Regina Short thin crop that looked dead Ripe by Way at Corinne Milestone but which showed Many soft Green Lang. Yellow grass and. Mctaggart. Berries finding on the whole More fairly Good two , crops than was seen on the Francisi and Many Are at work in line into Rogina on monday. Miles i the Fields Miles of Marquis thin in stand j worked directly West from Way morn but very even. In height marvellously to Trossachs District South to bad Lyle free from but Short with thin West to Caylon North and West into Heads and. Thin berries when rubbed out. In Many cases where Straw Moose through Moreland seemed dead Ripe Many of the berries drink water and Pasqua. For a few were still quite soft and. A number Miles West of Weyburn fair quite Green. The very Best Fields seen crops with stands very even , were Between. Milestone and bang. The j but with berries rather thin. These percentage of crop that has been slowed Down is High there Are places where for three Miles of a. On each Side of the Highway there is one continuous Black excellent cultivation by the Way but not the two crops that predominate Are wheat and Oats with a Little Barley. Oat crops have in a number of cases been mowed and stacked for feed. At yellow grass found the Pool elevator Man the proud redolent of the first Load of wheat of the season for his District. This was Quality and fairly but in Tough. Near yellow grass Fields were being Cut immediately after leaving Yeomans there was a very desperate falling from Grace. Very thin very and very badly filled crops predominated practically All the 32 Miles to Banville. There were the Odd exceptions it such were rare. About three Miles North of Radville came on Fields where Barley had been Cut with com Bine without scathing. One Field yielded six another seven and yet an other eight bushels and the Man operating the Combine stated that a Friend near a Adellle had threshed on Page twelve filers Clear communists arrested organization decides to continue efforts to gain official Winnipeg pythian Sisters cordially Welcome nomads sessions of Imperial Santha Are entertained at local Branch of order to be initiated today gramme yesterday earned j raise of the City s populate Princess in election of officers i turned out m thousands As j these were the big to the warming up. Cenotaph through Tiv business Section two Hundred refugees from stricken towns seek safety from turbulent Waters damage estimated at 000 has been caused and Peak of flood not reached associated Vrest san mar Elul. . Aug. 13. The towns or san Marciial and san acacia and the band concert in of the were under water tonight while re Par Lamens buildings whirl followed Crews fought to Stem the flood greetings from the pythian Sisters of the Winnipeg temples and of the whole of Canada were conveyed to the Imperial Santha delegates and re presen Tatlis yesterday by mrs. A. L. Partick at a luncheon in their Honor by the local ladies entertain the Princess Rinichi convention with delegates. I the is attending the Denver band of Many Halls in stir Likhite banners waving bands Marine bag go Waters of the Rio puerto and piled Mont committee of which she is mrs. Partick told of the great pleasure and Honor it was to have these visitors As the guests of Winnipeg and hoped they would always remember this occasion As a Happy one. Approximately 250 women 1 sat Down to the Eracli guest finding beside her plate a Souvin scr gift from the hostesses in the form of a Dainty manicure set with the convention Date engraved on it ii Llan Princess honoured a pleasing diversion was the singing of the Indian love Call by the Sioux Princess Rinichi i Moon daughter of a Redskin chief. It was her Royal highness birthday and when a tour of inspection of the various depart my Pany s Sti place was delegates were free for the remainder West Acrell. Sandbags High on the levees As a of the local Temple band safeguard against the Rulo Grande horns cow Bells whistles and other which tumbled swiftly toward Elc of the Day. Recognition from City the applause which followed her sing Ling died Down a. Bit she was present i de with a sheaf of roses by mrs. I Partick on tas half of the committee. Opening session of the Imperial j under Way at noon alter about 34 ook part Dosev some col v Here were about teams route a instruments kelp full pliant Butte Lake Only a few inches Tore where the luncheon took Reaf procession of Dale Suttas i below Lilje top of we Dykes. Tav the guests their Gay recalls pave the a two Hundred refugees from Sarv iwas Ove treat that will Long be re Marcial and Vicinity left the town i was Oie. Weiju w lag to escape Tlle flood. They estimated that dnmag0 totalling More than had been done today and said further rises in both the Rio puerto and Bio Grande were expected. The Village of san a acts which has a population of 100, was completely swept away and livestock and poultry the flood Waters. Tha town of Marlal is ten feet lower than the Bottom of the Rio Grande and should a ser ious break occur in the levee there the entire town would be wiped out Day in the hotel and lasted a Bare half hour just Long enough or the initial rites and the Reading of resolutions which Are to be considered during the Dar Taar. No Public ceremonial Public ceremonial was dispensed we the Outh on the Cenotaph. Yesterday by the Maharan l. Kathryn on rank. Ajom the rout of England of Altona. As the opening Spectator ? on tie Iriri ing to the Din. The formed up it th-2 Royal hotel convention Hen and moved he Necta Culcer procession South on main . West in vial was almost an hour behind ulc owing to the length of the proceedings in connection with t in Public Welcome arid convening of the Imperial Palace dramatic order knights of Khorasan in which the nomads joined. This morning sittings in. Fusil will see the Durbar s Wing i ill the pro Canadian despatch Toronto out. Aug. 13. Mounted foot and. Motorcycle police tonight nipped a communist meeting. In the Bud. The police did not stand on ceremony but used their. Fists and. Batons freely. Crowd of several thousand people in the Park it was impossible to say How Many were communists bus Trie great majority _ continued on Page Plovc of. Them were Ordinary citizens enjoying a Little fresh air on a line summer i evening. The signal for vigorous action on. The part of the police was the gather. Ing of a Little group in the East Side of the Park. In the Centre was Jack Macdonald Leader of the communist party in Canada. Several men and left by my Vermont visited by Hurri killed and traffic is dislocated dieting is condemned by Academy of Medicine As cause of Many diseases associated Tress despatch Rutland. Aug. 13. Continued on Page five White Star line to build larger ship than Bremen associated Tress. Cable London aug. A. Belfast dispatch the Dally news says today that the keel of the ton White Star Micklebury late today. Thousands of i dollars damage was done and fear Felt for the safety of boating parties which had been seen on the Lake be fore the terrific wind arrived. Two boat men or. The. Lake were badly Cut As they swam to Shore after their Craft overturned and scores of livestock were reported to have been killed As the wind Tore up and blew Down Trees and buildings. The path of Hurricane was through a Rural Section the Only towns of any size special ten Pleil news despatch to Iho free press by free press private wire new York aug. 13. The 18-Day reducing diet which has swept the coun try in the last few months was branded by medical authorities today As a dangerous practice in the class with the pineapple and Lamb chop fad. Its i Twenty two women rushed predecessor of a few years ago. I the new York Academy of Medicine to Hospital following ban through its information Bureau an t f bounced that diseases which originate 4uet of to re the pm plovers in nil Cinns k rest and port Avenue store pod t Cioll work and windows from to Bottom to is. Wal Many took no lots ref Vantage on roofs As the o parsed by Tref if. And thousands of acres of land would be flooded. All crops Alonsa the Rio puerto from san acacia to san Marlal were under water. The River had Cut away its Banks and was flowing on either Side of the Santa fes rail traffic was suspended Foi the i Road main line tracks which Hue being f Irish Iii crowds of from Albuquerque to Elpaso with .1 Clear of vis we Oli was with run afire from an Precin hearted he James Hoyal vizier of at barn Wynn Lee. I s Hlub and Ploe a irl of that Tim nip. J looking led the procession. Always the Vil ties mnrhpfk1 mothers from fhc5 ;