Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 18, 1931, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free july 1931 i rendered to be had Given no receipt to Aird under Cross Examina Tion from Jacobs and could not remember what advice or what ser vices he had rendered to warrant payment of when specifically by one the Beauharnois if he Ive any reason Why he had paid by Aird replied he could tells of contributions approximately As contributed to Post local Campaign funds by the Beauharnois company and its according evidence brought out today before july parliamentary committee Mies 1 Favio fresher after one transatlantic Captain Alexander Magyar and George Endres tonight considered Anci senator Back to from Budapest a Begalor and mcm0panp ju3ce and receive numerous Undis closed offers of backing for attempt largest contribution was thai made by Sweezey Kaydon and himself to for a return Jin that Sweezey said plan Tolly Back from Budaj Helo Manv was Frixen to new York with the Justice Liberal Petty in Ontario and for Hungary appeals to As 1 i Contri motions to the Federal it will Appeal to the valve Captain entire or declared the in our machine is so Good that i am which Sweezey had convinced we could overcome the for the Ontario conserva of a return As a Reward for their the two fliers were informed by com hungarian minister of that he had recommended that the High est the service first carrying the tills of be conferred on them a reception w ii t live party funds had been for him self and he had kept them it was in payment for advice he had Given or hearing was still in Progress 2 questioned by Peter or Sweezey said political con unions had teen made both of himself and the Beauharnois com Pany he was unable to give exact figures for the company contributions without examining the what contributions did you Mase to the liberals asked it would be Between and replied v tribute labor Congress convention were b t Melville Secretary convention Independent labor party Dele and her condition is report team Robert employee of Robert 774 Pacific Quebec and Ontario conservative organizers Compeer i i a Xiv is at ment on evidence he president of v for 40 coming from Mofat is survived Cao Adla Montreal about conservative organizer Quebec when questioned j Steve both of today on the donation the 0000 towards conservative at from Kurrs u sign funds in Quebec by the m Parlours to Brookside Harnois Power the dona1 Tion was revealed in the hearing before a government com Mittee at deny All knowledge Canadian press july when local arty chiefs were interviewed con the evidence before to ays of the House of ions committee investigating eau Arnols project by eau Arnols ended any knowledge of the gift 011 saw Braut Tui hand curved Krons 5 125 000 Sweezey claims to have Oak Dinette Krons Lade Ohn fitted Recel provincial association 3y Kilshaw i want to get to the Bottom of this i Jacobs has suggested that exchanged of the Bonds of the Toronto Harbor a proportion of these Bank the wit unfed trl Ning perhaps through of said As personal contribution to whom was that paid to the men whom i understood j j the collectors and organizers of j senator Haydon and Senj i added addition to might have Ator this would be in the company said that three members the progressive he did not know the exact had been in the habit of aiding in the general Eric Mccuaig re is 000 for the conservative part in said j while Jacques treasurer Uon of the company to the Liberal the conservative party in party might be All pay were made a Short time prior j to the last general what contributions were made to the conservatives asked they were Small replied or was helping personal friends i i had been in the habit Oil Bow election 1 gave i Given evidence conflicting conflicting evidence was Given concerning in Bonds and this was said s i u sensitive this was dispute i others trom time to by or mid who contended it would not be in settlement of a personal cd t h Bell de of his with cared that contribution after special dispatch to the free press by staff july was v a peculiarly Western Angle to j Irvine and Garland had the Campaign disclosures be Corae on his invitation to look Over fore the beat Harnois Mittee this morning when name of president of the Manitoba conservative was mentioned by Robert president of acting for got three progressive members of Parlia ment to visit the scene of the these three Mem Bers were Milton for Mackenzie William for and for com j ithe Beauharnois n the i they paid anything they bigot hotel expenses pursued i i j denies payments j they were not Given anything by Flthe company Norby answered i the 1jl pressed for a full Aird said he had addressed Sweezey on the Best Way of securing with the Hydro electric commission of Ontario but he could cot remember what his advice had been or give any a proposal had been made to 6aid to contribute 000 to the Federal conservative part but nothing was done about Peter White counsel for the com suggested this transaction was not completed because Premier e refused to accept the Sweezey did not know Why it fell Sweezey and Aira denied making any personal Button to can Chian High commissioner bran formerly Premier of on Tario no contribution had been made to the conservative party of said Sweezey no contributions were made i understood he replied other contributions to the conservatives asked White the election i gave a contribution to these three went to Mon Treal and thence to the Beau Harnois int it a fact that they were Iven 5150 each asked replied if any payment As made it was purely for the next had been exchanged Lor four per Bonds of the province of Sas Katche of this was held by Mcleod and company and 000 held at the Royal Bank for the account of the Champlain con strut ii this accounted i for the entire i another in Victory the witness had sold i Mcleod and comp being used in its a further had been exchanged for of Hydro elec tric commission these being held at the Royal Bank for the a he i want them As highly honorable they care to see the project in Good i regard any input Tion that they received any Money from us As an evil to say i regard count of the Champlain construction private accounts produced in answer to Aird said he had either held or disposed Ontario conservatives queried Ontario conservatives progressive groups funds or to progressive Sweezey torn following the at the following tack of Robert a year Sweezey said the company expenses expenses when three members of the Milton a Beau and e Garland visited pres to conservative association of was Eiven to cover sex he and others curved in helping arrange the to recall Raymond Par reaching repercussions May de f inn it i general Eric whom i under was the collector for the City Montreal that was i do not the present anyone else at the there were personal contributions that did not come out of the com pants thirty millions of they were entirely outside the com assume if you had not been interested in Beauharnois they would never have secured this replied As to Cook or Mackenzie was any Contri ution Given to a Man named Cook not As far As replied Jid Vou make any contributions o the conservative party in Mani Oba anything through daily no daily received a retainer rom the but he had no Struc tons to pass anything John of then was called to the he was an Engineer of he inter ested in the Champlain construction company and in the Concrete Mas he remembered re of the Bonds according to the Mem m was recalled to the trandum read by from hotel sex j be asked for Protection of the Mackenzie and Jacobs came re lenses were paid by i Canada evidence which was to White to Call As on behalf of Beau i corded to for his trouble according to was paid Garland is one of the Foremost opponents of Beau Harnois in he opposed it before he made this and he has opposed it just As vigorously after he in one of the members responsible for i quests to White to Call As dresses the Bankers who wrote let Lucien counsel for acknowledging the Bonds were province of objected to line of he had not been want to examine said he and was surprised this is Only the that counsel should have proceeded also asked that All in private accounts be White retorted that it was the agreeable to calling i election of the committee but if a questions should to proceeded j i examination of Griffith Locc i aids the the Aida news in today advertisements from the classified filling station in Busy with Large repair garage and ser is for Sale As a Golas Eon Cerbu Slenes seven or eight room Home la wanted in Good residential Dis Large local billiard old established and Well is for Sale at half of replacement value to close an Ness contractors and also Wool Are advertised at Low miscellaneous Homes of now under construction by Well known builder for local firm of will be shown to any one houses for business Man owning property on eed River desires to get in touch Vith experienced Nursery Man to manage and develop Nursery Beautiful summer residence at Minaki is offered in Exchange for Winnipeg re Gordons attitude his own attitude was the same As were so should senator Raymond and Sena Tor the committee agreed to have aids accounts produced nothing further was said Abou that previously set out by Hon accounts of the Gordon Anone in the fullest examination in named by Dot either to hive before the committee or have his at his Home m evidence John taken head of the will at win so Gerion of Samuel member of the committee Tion in add tic will produce his and other Peur White wih form list of other witnesses to be Doss Bly general Mcquaig and Jacques who handed the conservative party funds in Mont real and stoutly denying he had acted go Between for Sweezey and the Ontario conservative or contended he x still possessed the Bonds or their Beauharnois president had paid t him in the Bond and the in said Aird been paid to him for service a gentleman came to me and made some he thought a contribution would be in order because we probably would have More dealings and gratefulness always is a consideration when Deal ing with democratic what amount did you asked from the company Victory replied to whom Jonn of can you give me the numbers of the Bonds onry he remembered receiving 120 Bonds from or Ord filed a memorandum which set Forth that in Bonds with every one there Richt be some doubt As to the right of the committee to investigate mat ters involving the province of que but As Lar As anyone pation in the was anyone interested 10 but yourself Aird i was asked to explain Why the Bonds had been Given Aird said some years before when interested in r 5 1111 j r m Peiu Arnou project Power development he had attempted concerned Tro comm tee cer to get contracts for supplying Powe Ati the right to know the i to the Hydro electric Power commis in when he heard or m Leuno then asked grlf1 Sweezey was attempting the same with How much Money was contrl1 he had gone to of any payment to Cam sign funds of the party by the of porcelain top table and lain i its absolutely news to umm Tity Hail 5piece won s i bedroom 2 Simmons declared i know nothing about j a Ltalien porcelain top Isrl i tricycle Oak office Tablet and Ive heard nothing about Ive heard of said j one minute like v t in the Ippi Salituro Pride gigs con Cleu w chief whip in drugs and us Lul Domestic s and president of the Ontario for sets Faciso Active i phone 2u Oki and get Hon William minister of Kilshaw auctioneers ands and said i know no of any Beauharnois Butch to the party m witness answered Liat Between 700000 and went to the party and was raid to Jacques conservative party treasurer in the there was an interchange Between it has been said that Fergus in benefited personally from this or some other i there i in Mackenzie and White when the former asked Griffith about what took place at certain meetings n who suggested that asked Samuel the Toronto for re plied White i said Griffith was not present Aird had suggested he might be Able to help secure the Swaczy had when Beau Harnois got the Ontario said or be had received the who did you see among the Hydro people asked no was the then said you got doing the witness failed in Many pursuits and his testimony could Only be Jacobs asked what the witness had to say with regard to the state of Sweezey that the Money As a member of the Beauharnois in any Way said counsel for Beau then examined the witness pressed to elaborate on the Rea son Why he had been paid Aird stated that he had advised Sweezey in respect to the poin of delivery of Power to the Hyde electric there a some difference Between the Beau Harnois and the Hydro on this Point he could not remember what his advice asked if he had Ever practice a an Aird said no swering another question he Sal be had received in Victor Bonds and a Cheque for As he was leaving for Toronto tha night he had Given the Cheque to Friend called he d remember whether main returned him a Cheque of his or i remarked for that you reasons of cloaking this transaction in a cer Tain amount of that so i want telling everyone about Why not the witness replied thit it was h retorted he was was to be to the conservative i Haci no dealings with him and instructed by committee do not know of anything he Mackenzie on another n the keeping of the Royal and another Block of also in the Bank of the Royal Bank Deposit was being held for the Champlain construction Corn Jabeen demonstrated to me the funds were not in his hands or any body like there Isno one like said Samuel amid Quebec liberals what contributions were made to Commerce for the Concrete masonry Victory sciatica stabbing pain in hip and Bigi tres completely relieved this Case sciatica and neuritis thesus Ieper was her husband writes i got a Box of tres for my wife who had been troubled with sciatica in the left hip and neuritis in the left she now seems completely equally Good for lame Neu no harmful 50c and to k try or White then referred to a Vic tory Bond for with he had been purchased securities for the amounting to what has become of the for which you exchanged the Victory Bonds he i put it into my own personal next counsel asked in regard to Victory Bonds amounting to for which were purchased Bonds of the province of British Columbia valued at later changed for Bonds of the province of re his records White found of this in had been placed in the Bank of Commerce for with this statement the witness counsel then asked in respect to a further in Victory which were exchanged for of the Bonds of the Toronto Harbor a proportion these bands were placed in the Bank 01 Commerce for the wit Ness the balance being used in his personal the next had been exchanged for four per Bonds of the province of Sas Katche of this was held by Mcleod and held at the Boyal Bank for the account of the Chin plan construction this accounted for the entire another in Victory As far As i said to ask questions without be und3 Lennox on time Sweezey had not made so direct a but merely said it was impression the Money was to go to the conservative i had no intention of giving the Bonds to the conservative said when Jacobs declared the wit Ness did not appear to be very successful in his business enterprises until the the chairman smiled and said give him time aids father sir John president of the Bank of was but his son had a and in the Bank of Quebec liberals asked masonry we made contributions to both we made cont Quebe said i am unable to stats How much to the liberals because in delivering the securities to senator Raymond and the interested in Beau is he grif Ith sir Herbert was to receipt Given How in the form of was received by Liberal party in Quebec asked i do not said who could Tell us that1 i suppose the Liberal said when questioned by securities to senator Raymond Ana by or Griffith he had senator we expressed the in Bonds and ref that Tel Furnum to to a Atli v i Hope some of them would go to the j com1 the action sate of 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j the piss size Ting of creditors m at Tiok Sale of household furniture two piece Kroe hour mohair k very Fine Walnut Trio stove i White Roc Culaton p Kitchen Este Siw k at Grays auction Jap Smith on k july 18 j at 2 t will sell 2piece mohair Chester Iem get n Spiece famed room Gate leg Extension s j ers to 2 very Fine 1 Hoosier Kitchen Force Lalotoa j Kitchen 2 steel Beds email size 1 ret room 3 Small ice 5 drop Side couches 4 Small air s bedroom Gas Cal ii Chester Llyl bed in Odd Teal size 4nurnh electric Whitetop Kitchen Kitchen Termi Okay set it by auction by Carter auction Bale of Abioye estate will be held at in Liu Vitt of the official in the in the City of on tues Day the21st Day of at the hour of eleven Oclock in the Fri i general household and further take notice that if Hrica Quantity of you have any claim against the debtor dishes and other useful for Vaars nut led to proof a Lecleric Singer table a of such claim must filed Ith the trustee when appointed otherwise at july auction booms the proceeds of the debtors estate will be w distributed among the parties entitled thereto without regard to your dated at in this Day of a1 the traders Trust kcaeter4 phone july 18th own private when the Aird evidence completed for the Day Jacobs asked that sir John head of the Bank of and father of the last be the committee adjourned shortly before 3 Oclock Emtil patently failed in Many sued serial numbers of Tho witness said he was willing to said that is had not represented to no was Given by Sweezey he was Aid for the 120 Bonds from the conservative party conversation tool As far As he wa3 by the were there any tons asked about the Ontario liberals i gave trifling amounts to replied i gave person ally perhaps two or three thou Sand to of he is president of the Ontario Liberal said not interested is Parker interested in Beau he is said he added that Parker once uni some Legal work for the com Pany in Toronto and had received the usual rate of a voucher for dated March was then produced by he asked Sweezey what it Only Sweezey and himself knew of the transact do you think you this which you received asked the witness replied that he thought Max Erzie was any Contr so considering the eventual Cost of Buton Given to a Man named Cook the not As far As i replies what did you get the for nil real did you make any contributions to the conservative party in Mani Toba anything through Daly no Daly received a retainer for asked Ald replied that it was for services rendered i i giving information to Sweezey As to How he should locate the thought information valuable no Bill had been sent Swaezey from the con Pauy but he had no after the Hydro contract had been instructions to pass anything must he a contribution Quebec conservative Campaign the witness another for was called to the attention of Sweezey by it was signed by the mar investment company and Cov Aird testifies John of then railed to the he was an he Ald told Samuel he believed he had assisted Sweezey in this connection Al though he was unable to Tell Jacobs exactly what advice he had ested in the Champlain construction j the Beauharnois company and the Concrete masonry i n was not until after the Bonds company he remembered receiving secured that he told his 120 Bonds from memorandum i sir John said the wit 91 Usu m the witness had been sold by cred the Purchase of Victory Aird Mcleod the proceeds i suggest that Worth of in its be renal those Bonds was used for Campaign Frigidaire Wonju Cash balance 2 years e Nesbitt Ltd being used in its personal a further had been sex for of Hydro electric commission these being held at the Koyal Bank for the account of the construction com questions continue was there any proposal to make a contribution to general said i think replied he added that he could not say de he suggested that the in formation secured from which set Forth that in air Sweezey was a very close col was on Deposit in the Bank of another was in the keeping of the Roya Toronto and another Block of s also in the of com the Royal Bank Deposit was being held the Champlain con company and in championship won Al by 3 detachment army medical Kingston Canadian press july nest aid1 championship of Canada has been won this year by a team representing 3 detachment of the Royal Canadian army medical results of the 1931 Dominion trophy competitions conducted by the Canadian Branch of the John ambulance show the team compiled a total of 281 Points in the As compared with 283 by the second ranking composed of members of Canadian Pacific railway police at Windsor Sta other competing teams in the order in which they finished follow Canadian National fort Rouge 275 team of 2bb team of 250 Canmore Coal com Pany team 247 Canadian National railways team of isaid that if investigation was to proceed along these he Sweezey should be accorded the Forsyth Rose and the Bank for the con the Federal conservative organizer Protection of the Canada i asked i a proposal was made to me that i con i tribute was the contribution made the Best in m Stop perspiration of your feet and under arms Wila foot nol its guaranteed Price til drat i said Bennett would not accept i do not replied that Money would be raised from some other interjected Ian i do not think that should be declared it should not be it should be countered or were contributions made to Crete masonry White then referred to Vic league of said and later when he found Sweezey in difficulties about the Hydro electric Power commission he suggested to Sweezey that he might be of some do you really Sweezey was such an utter ass to relieve your information was Worth to him asked tory Bond for with pounds Sterling Sweeze replied any one in the has become of the government about i asked the contract be for the committee to inform him that he must and to Accord counsel asked in Gard to air unite then asked if there were any further Conj Una to this said you just used Christian science declared when the Why 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