Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 20, 1931, Winnipeg, Manitoba Temperature readings free press thermometer readings May May 30 May 20 31 May 20 for full text of meteorological of fice see 272 winds mostly Sun Sun and Moon Moon May 1931 Price 5c per copy edition Vith 26 pages Russia to present plan to wheat Parley outstanding development of de which occupies practically entire Day of House tosses out mattress while cleaning Home finds it hid Fortune Canadian press May de fire to observe cleanup week Costra local housewife More than she had bargained it was disclosed in overhauling the House she threw away an old it was burned by garbage collectors shortly later it was Learned that there had been Bonds and securities to the value of sewed up inside promising expresses View canal larger than provided for by order member demands frequent demands for healed features of discussion new brings up subject in parliament Canadian Tress May commit tee or the House of commons will investigate the Beauharnois Power its various and its scheme for development of Hydro electric Energy by the construction of a canal to divert a por Tion of the flow of the Lawrence River Lake Francis and Lake Louis in the province of this outstanding development pm appeals for reduction of discriminatory charges on Grain and its products analysis Shis Bay route will operate Marine insurance rates work out at about 3 12 considered extraordinarily High average rate on new York route fraction of one per 2 12 to 3 Michigan registration Bui now Only awaits signature of governor aisle Saied press May Bill which would require the registration of every alien in Michigan with the state together with submission of proof of Legal today awaited the signature of governor Wilbur the Bill was passed by the doubt expressed whether there pm be satisfactory develop ment of waterborne traffic Alberta Premier lodges Strong protest against decision of government Canadian fress May Lees than forty minutes to go the House of commons Havluj ended a lengthy debate on the Beauharnois found itself projected into another discussion of great Public importance affecting the other end of the Reid new informing the urged today in the course of a de1 House that he proposed to move an Bate in which the whole Beauharnois development was held up As a Gigan tic scheme to secure to private interests the entire flow of the amendment to the motion to go into brought up the problem of freight rates on Grain and Grain pro ducts which has agitated the Pacific coast province for several Reid had not finished his speech when the House adjourned at 11 charges that members of thei Dominion Senate were interested in was not his intention to of the Power and intimations struck the business of parliament that the Beauharnois corporation had said but something should at that Point for allegations of misrepresentation and improper Deal Lawrence River Power even gone so far As to attempt to corrupt judicial members of the Quebec featured a discussion which focussed the attention of the frequent demands for Rul Ings by chair on Points of objections to bringing the judiciary into commons and heated were features of an Impromptu debate which held the stage for practically the entire larger than provided for during the debate Premier Bennett declared the engineers re port shows the Beai Harnois canal now under construction is larger than provided for in the ordering Council passed by the former gov in stating that the whole matter should be referred to a com Bennett informed the House he had been electing information on the Beauharnois develop be had not had time to con Sider this and opinions of in but he agreed with Gardiner that the canal was larger than provided for by the the Lawrence River is undoubtedly being de watered if the cubic feet per second provided for by the original lease granted to the company by the province of plus the lease to take second feet is Given effect said the prime the River is being and the water turned into a which is not being built As a but As communication Between two water ways formerly served by the River be done to reduce the discriminatory rates on Grain and its the poultry of British Columbia had been in dire Straits in the last few and he hoped the government would take speedy action to remedy this continued1 on Page the matter was Flung into the Arena of the House by Robert Gar who has already appeared in the role of a Strong continued on Page Newsom thedas testifying before Williams advocates abrogation of con tract which compels Farmers to mar Ket exclusively through Pool new West mans appeals for reduction of freight rates on Grain and its pro ducts in House of Robert of United states Marine and two burled beneath land slide in pan european commission entrusts with task of drafting plan to bring Relief from economic British labor government May face Lew test in forthcoming report of commission on unemployment Saskatchewan and Alberta will Endeavor to obtain a much greater pro portion of the Coal Market in Mani proposed amendments to copyright Are again debated by special House of commons Page analysis of Marine insurance rates Eveal Hudson Bay route will oper ate under heavy this seventeen Young nurses receive medals and diplomas at Misericordia Hospital graduation Lake Shore is firm feature of other Wise weak session on Standard min Calls extended to ministers to 20 a noted Church pastoral charges in Manitoba Are local wheat prices the close of trading tuesday were to in higher for the Page Frank Well known in milling Industry in Fol lowing Beauharnois project is to be investigated by committee of House of James prominent old time citizen of Dies at age of commons refers proposal to banking and Commerce committee Canadian press May auditors to private companies would be Al Lowed to be directors under the provisions of a Bill considered in the House of commons tonight during private members hour and referred to the banking and Commerce commit tee on second by an amendment last session to the companies act neither the Audi Tor of a company nor any partner or associate of an auditing firm is Al Lowed to be a director of the same Tho Bill is sponsored by Hackett and was supported by him and b Nicholson Algoma criticism of the Bill came from both sides of the both Hon minister of Trade and and Fernand Rinfret former Secretary of were opposed to any relaxation of the res on motion of Hon Hugh minister of Justice the Bill was sent to the banking and Commerce private members May have had last Day in commons Canadian press Ottawa May private members have had their last entire Day in the House of commons Dur ing the present if a motion placed in the order paper by Premie Bennett is Ben Netts motion provides that on am after May and All sub sequent mondays till the end of the government business Shal take precedence after the Resolution is there will remain on one hour on tuesday evening and one hour on Friday Between 8 and 9 in each for special despatch to the free press from May of the Marine insurance rates on the Hudson Bay announced by the Imperial shipping committee reveals that Western can idas new Ocean route will begin operations next september a heavy in compari with insurance rates on the the sort Hern on the Northern and Southern Pacific the announced rates on the Hudson Bay route make it More than doubtful if there can be a satisfactory development of water borne the cabled giving details of the and issued to the Public by the Marine department is very and a Complete understanding of the insurance problem of the new route will not the possible until More Complete data is the announcement stated that rates on i quills would be 50 shillings per 100 pounds Sterling of tills is ten shillings less than the shipping com Mittee and the London underwriters at first the reduction was made As a direct result of the representations of the Marine department at of however works out at about per which is an extraordinary High of of supreme importance High insurance Factor in the movement of Are of supreme importance in the Case of the Hudson Bay route because of their relation to rates on More southerly and competing the Canadian government has been complaining for a score o and of the High rates charged on the the North Atlantic and North Pacific these routes must pay higher insurance than the Southern United states and the result declares planting scheme is beyond capacity of Prai Rie provinces Canadian press May a Strong plea for a continuance of tree station work in Alberta under Dominion government Premier has sent to Thomas minister of the Interior at a formal protest against his decision to withdraw All such work in the Prairie the Federal minister notified pre Miers of the three provinces Early in May that it would be impossible for the Dominion government to continue the tree Nursery at Indian head and Sutherlan and that the responsibility for work of that description must rest in future with the provinces tree Stock already applied for and ready for distribution this Spring would be sent As he and the stations would carry on for perhaps three months longer but no inspection service would be Given after May Premier replying to this notice in behalf of has expressed regret and Inas much As it had never been Sun tested general with i landslide in France Robert Dunlop believed to have Given life trying to save trapped woman Rescue led by wife of Soldier continued by Aid of lights Hope of finding imprisoned three alive abandoned by police and engineers two Winnipeg men Are Given further terms for Montreal Holdup May already serving sentences of 14 years each for holding up a taxicab John Wilford and George both of were today sentenced to six years each for a similar judge pronouncing sentence in the court of stipulated that the six year sentences should run concurrently with the longer terms imposed a week or so frowned upon by no encouragement Given in reply to representations by Canada Bennett tables correspond ence Between Stimson and charge affaires special United news Cable to free press by free press private May land slide which crashed Down the Loire j Valley Hills at the chateau la Fari Niere today and buried Robert the United states Marine and two other persons beneath tons of Rock and ment to representations made on Canadian press May encouragement to the Border com Muters is held out in the official reply of the United states govern proved so extensive that Hope of recovering the bodies before to Morrow wag although the led for hours by continued under the beams of four big search army engineers said shortly before Midnight they did not expect to recover the bodies before 11 behalf of Canada regarding the re Striction of commuting privileges across the correspondent Between Hume charge of the Canadian legation at Wash Secre was tabled by Premier Bennett in the House of commons wrong took up the commit veil Over mystery of surplus May be lifted suggestion to eliminate International dumping but among wheat it is Felt difficulty might lie in Defin ing fair Price and in implementing anti dumping agree for regulating flow of wheat to Market have been received from Balkan countries and associated frets George Hambleton May Russia now enters the before the con Ference of wheat exporting countries tomorrow she will state her proposals and plans and pos Sibly May something to the veil of mystery which still lies Over the actual amount of her available wheat in of the proposals of Maxim russian Delegate at Gen to eliminate International similar russian proposals at the wheat conferences Are rather especially after the Frank declaration of Samuel of the United states Federal farm that the Board had no in Tention of dumping surplus stocks but among wheat men the diff it s might lie both in defining a fair Price and in implementing the anti dumping agree prom four different sources today the conference rewired proposals for regulating the flow of wheat to the although differing in All four propose to oper m ind Henril Stem ate through the medium of an in the authority of the International organization when it Hau been altered in character in accordance with the regulations issued in tills the polish proposals vide for increasing or Export quotas accordingly As Price exceeds or Falls below level calculated on Liverpool or Lon Don markets for australian also pro decreasing the the continued on Page nine British foreign Secretary asked to preside at 1932 world conference place for Parley not decide but thought almost certain to be Geneva Denis and situation in a note to Stim continued on Page nine measure includes tax of Penny a Pound on the value of land continued on Page requires approval of National and de tails not completed associated Prici May government today promulgated the new agrarian programme which seeks to bring about cultivation of Large estates by cooperative farming the project will have to be approved by the National Assembly and Many of its details remain to be worked under the present scheme there will be no actual confiscation of the government declares the new programme is necessitated by a crisis now facing Spanish agriculture and by wife were burled with the Marine who apparently his life in an Effort to gave the woman when she was trapped in the wife still hopeful Dunlop continued to Hope that her husband might be found alive in some part of the Little Wavelike dwelling in which he was but thorough investigation by police and engineers caused them to announce that Hope Wai abandoned for the three a heavy army manoeuvring Back and Forth in a steady drizzling futilely rammed the rocks which had hurled Over the Cave by the at 10 the Rescue workers found a dead horse and a Wagon which had been caught in the the Dunlop Home is in washing general and Dunlop had been occupying the chateau la i Pari Lere for four which time the general studying the French language preparatory to entering the French War they were guests of the owner of the chateau on the Loire woman screams for help with Dunlop the Gen eral was standing at the foot of a Little talking to the son december and Stimson replied in a formal note May the United states note merely sets out the instructions issued to immigration officers governing commuters and makes no to the complaint that the spirit of the understanding arrived at Between the two countries in 1927 has been departed the information As to procedure in the latter part of the Secretary of continued on Page Alberta farm of triple slaying 1 alleged to have killed three of family and wounded self continued on paste associated press May House of commons tonight passed on second Reading the governments finance Bill which embodies the budget of Philip Chancellor of the including the new tax of a Penny a Pound on the value of Neville for the moved the rejection of the a majority of the liberals followed David Lloyd Georges Lead in supporting the but sir John adhering to his recent policy of hostility to the lib eral opposed it and casualties reported and criticized the land he contended the tax differed entirely from the land tax proposal of Lloyd George 20 years with which he then the vote on the motion to reject the Bill was 270 to narcotic ring disclosed May of a narcotic ring inside the at Lanta Federal Penitentiary came to Day when Lee a prisoner from was indicted in connection with discovery of 250 grains of morphine and her oin inside the prison five other prisoners were implicated in Ion of private members in of the 65 will submit proposals to conference in London Gold issues attract bulk of trading Fate rest in Quail Vancouver highlights from the capital special despatch the free by May Nois is at last to be the celebrated canal under taken primarily As a Power scheme and incidentally providing a link in the projected Lawrence deep is to be the subject of an inquiry by a parliamentary commit tee this was the one practical re sult of an All Day argument in the House of commons or Bennett promised the appoint ment of a but set of the terms of and l is being remarked tonight that the Utility and successor the com Mittee Vui depend almost entirely on these what can the committee invest gate0 the financial Structure of the com to one possible subject of in but this tit May be said is outside parliaments since Beau Arnolt As a Power company is chartered toy and not the the sole con Cern in it to stated in today was to Safe guard and this was former Liberal ministers when the company was required to make its canal suitable for Ocean the framing of the reference to the committee will be a test of Ben Netts and perhaps also of his Legal it was the prime minister who gave the Assurance of an and Mackenzie King approved his but the applause for turning the spotlight on Beauharnois go chiefly to the Leader of the third Gar of the chief of the u aided by his of Bow a year ago astonished country with the Story of Beauharnois and today repeated the Bennett list ened attentively to nodding his head As Points were and Evi Dently admiring both the dour Scot Tish tenacity of Gardiner and the Irish eloquence of his the effect of these gentlemen on Mackenzie King was he showed anger and irritation at in situations that he or any of his col fatally Hurt by falling under train near Chapleau Canadian press May injuries received when he fell beneath a freight sunday proved fatal to Phillip alias Phillip who died in Hospital Here the Accident occurred when Menard was Riding on the freight he suffered severe Scalp and also body and leg Menard is believed to have been on his Way from fort where he served a term the Industrial he about 50 years of Chartrand is rearrested on warrant charging fraud Canadian fress May Lionel one of two Dominion government workers recently on charges of racketeering in civil ser vice was rearrested this afternoon for Montreal police and taken to the Quebec Metropolis by the Montreal warrant charged him with on Deputy minister of labor in will retire soon Canadian press May my Deputy minister of labor and one of the Best known figures in the Canadian labor move Sut for the last Twentyfive wll re tire from Tjie government Selce next it was Learned at the legislative is expected that Adam inspector under the minimum wage will be appointed to succeed named to London Post May l former British Columbia lumber commissioner in great Bri has been selected As Specula lumber sales agent in or Browns selection was made at a meeting of lumbermen Here Toda and was immediately approved by minister of damage not believed to be great associated press May Sharp Earth shocks struck the City Early today throwing the populace into no casualties have been reported and the extent of the damage is not believed the first tremor occurred at rocking shaking Pic Tures from Walls and tearing wide cracks in a few minutes later the secon 1 shod was last ing ten and it Shook the capital awakened in their the people fled into the streets and cellars in their Sharp shocks were reported to have occurred at Oporto As Canadian fress May of is in hos Pital Here with an even Chance of recovery and three members of his family Are As the result of a shooting affray at the Mic Halavik Home Early tuesday it is alleged by Provin Cial seized his Rifle and shot Down his Baska Micha his and his brother Stephen he then turned the Rifle on himself a Bullet strik ing him below the and blowing upwards and out of the left Eye the eyeball was he was rushed to the Hospital arriving in the late medical attendants stated tonight he had an even Chance of no motive for the shotting is Given by police officers who hurried to the a lonely farm situated just Over 10 Miles from the farm on october 22 George Werny Chuk shot Down five Dwe Onychuk was hanged on March Export quotas those of the bal Kan countries and the United australian proposal under the australian contracting countries would give guarantees for due Observance of he plan through a Bond lodged with the Bank of International a Central marketing organization created under the australian scheme would have regard to the Normal relativity of prices As Between Market grades in participating under the polish Export ing count ales would agree during the coming crop year not to Export wheat except within the limits of their stated an inter nation would be the con Ference would Fly a Basic quota to be exported by each country during among other Points in the polish scheme Are 1 the International wheat would have at its disposal a Reserve of about metric quintals which can be utilized by a majority vote in order to up Export de signed to meet special requirements 2 the total annual quota would be allocated for a period of 12 no country would be without special author leation from the International wheat Organiza Tion to Export in any one month More than on fifth of its annual 3 Export wheat As Well As wheat flour could proceed without weather report the following s the weather report is sued from the Winnipeg meteorological of fice at 7 f33 Maxi mum for the preceding 12 f34 North wind at 18 Miles per hour the weather Lias been cold in with Snow in Eastern and for the most part fair and a Little warmer further British Columbia police still seeking firebug Canadian fress May Tion is being continued by the provincial police in an Effort to place responsibility for the series of House fires which Early monday morning destroyed five houses and threatened combustible material was discovered near other houses in the Vicinity of the Mima Aklavik 24 54 Simpson 40 Smith 55 58 Rupert 38 51 Victoria 48 58 Vancouver 45 62 Kamloops 48 60 George 36 56 jasper32 54 Banff 30 42 Calgary 28 4 Lether Lufte 28 49 Edmonton 28 54 hat 32 so current 28 so Battleford Mima Saskatoon 28 55 yorkton32 53 redina29 50 Brandon 30 43 42 44 Arthur 40 56 cochrane44 70 Huntsville to sound 60 76 London 57 73 Toronto 53 81 kingston54 70 Ottawa 56 82 Montreal 52 84 Quebec 48 82 John 42 56 halifax43 64 Charlotton 42 Albert 54 Moose jaw 27 50 forecasts winds mostly fair and Saskatchewan and Alberta partly Clouds not much Canue in Lake shifting to northward Cloudy and becoming with showers in Eastern districts and showers or Snow flurries in Western Dis Ocean steamships arrived York american merchant Baltic american shipper new York new York Ca Inthis Bremen London Southampton Bremen London new York new York new York Al wheat organization established in of match jumped or blast evidence Given by witness associated fress May Arthur British foreign designated tonight by the league of nations Council to preside Over the world conference for limitation and reduction of armaments which begins february Henderson warmly thanked his colleagues on the Council to night for the but said that he must consult the British government before no doubt was Felt but Tjai he would be the directing chief of the conference for which Long preparations have been in the the place for the conference has not been but 1 was con continued on Page nine from the free press May 191 fifty five years ago i Stewart Mulvey took Over the of Flea of superintendent of education in in the absence superintendent Cyprian Pinkham in new Boss Kitchen stove of All Manitoba and the Northwest was brought in by the Steamer Alpha Tor the new grand Central hotel the monster mass of culinary steel weighed at inquiry into Nova Scotia mine explosion fifty years ago one of Sam be sons Stony Moun Tain buffaloes had gone Hunting new pastures Over Manitoba now settled and slowed lands he had been equip Ped for just this contingency by a necklace of Iron links to keep him from being the victim of i sapper and a Liberal Reward was waiting for the Man who brought him Frank Walsh was looking for a Ood hello Canadian press River May Gar Field Stevens today told the commit tee investigating explosion in new Victoria mine a week that an instant before the blast occurred he had seen George Quinn strike a match to Light a test he saw the match converted into a Sheet of and managed to stagger through the Workings to the Airway where the Dow flow of oxygen kept him Stevens was seriously injured in the explosion which took six among them appointed to Rugby school May b Rector of the Edinburgh Academy has been appointed head master of famous old Rugby founded in Lyon is Only and was educated at Rugby and plan to end depression aim of pan Europe commission task is entrusted to subcommittee by Geneva with instructions to report if in order to per Mit immediate concerted International court is formally requested by Council to give advisory opinion upon legality of proposed Aust Roger Man diatoms associated Prtini May having poured their proposals for european eco nomic reconstruction into a com Mon the members of the pan european commission tonight entrusted a subcommittee the formidable task of drafting a plan to bring Relief from the prevailing economic this subcommittee was instructed to report if in order to permit immediate concerted International the league sitting this formally asked the world court to give an opinion upon the legality of the proposed aus Rogerman customs although this disposed of the juridical aspect of this critical question for the time its Side still possible occasion Foi vexing the conflict Over the teutonic Cus Toms scheme la now recognized As the most disturbing dispute which has Arisen among the great Powers since the league of nations waa the Gravity of the dispute becomes clearer when it is consid ered that four of conferences still leave France and Germany a Raye against each the Good relations of these two countries con the most important Factor in fort five years ago Lucius Seth for Many years Liberal member for Shef passed away in new a Young Liberal club was organized in Winnipeg Wade Mcarthur and Mather Jyh Woods forty years ago Oak Lake Village presented a Lively As seeding was practically Over in the and the had Leisure to come into town and transact their business horses and wagons could be on weekdays is Well As tied to every hitch ing past in front of stores and hotels outside the the Prairie was covered with the Sweet scented Yel Low cowslip and the wild years ago the Winnipeg rowing club min on their trip to were Well chaperoned among those who accompanied them were Frank a Joe Carter and Fred thirty years ago construction work on the link connecting the Northern Pacific Portage la Prairie Branch with Gladstone was gossip in England presaged for Young Winston Churchill a More Brilliant career than even that of his father this Young Man of under 30 was already looked upon a being in the front rank of parliamentary Twentyfive years ago the City of Brandon was anxious to secure a Union Northern Iron works had purchased a site in Elmwood Hamilton was making great preparations to Welcome Wil Liam native Winner of the Mcarthur had men at on his grand trunk Pacific Twenty years ago among Wynn spegers in the infantry contingent which was to attend the Coronation of King George v and was to concentrate at Quebec on May Wera adjutant of the mounted troops Gor Don 79th Cameron Highland ers of the Winnipeg grenadiers and the of european of the 90th ;