Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 5, 1911, Winnipeg, Manitoba Jia v 3s VOL. 38. WEATHER Cool Sun rises 4.23 8.31 p.m. Moon rises 2.03 sets 2 JUNE 5, 1911. TWENTY-TWO No. 286. WRITES TO LONDON PAPER Says Canadian Affairs Are Being Dragged Into Party CRITICISM IS UNFAIR Actions of Some British Public Men Do Not Tend to Empire une Hon. W. S. a letter appearing In the Morning post regrettable feature of the discussion in England of the reciprocity agreement dlan is the disposition in some influential to drag Canadian affairs into the field of party For the public men of England upon in- assail the NEWS OF THE DAY June 4. The weather forecast for today as Cooler with scattered In a wreck at West Emerson day morning rolling stock was aged to the extent of A man had a miraculous Page 1. Hon. S. Fielding has written a letter to the London Morning Post charging that Canadian affairs are be- ing dragged into the field ot party tics to Page 1. A a day fine has been imposed on the Yukon and White Pass Hallway company for failure to reduce its rates as ordered by the Dominion railway Page 1. the three year child of Mr. and Mrs. John Aberdeen was fatally ed while playing with Page 22. In a speech at Crystal J. G. said he expected that would result in lower freight rates in the Canadian Page 1. The Knights of Columbus held a fourth degree conferring in Winnipeg Saturday for the first time in western Page 13. The Canadian Order of of attended service at St. Andrew's church Page 22. EXPECTS LOWERING OF FREIGHT RATES TurrifF Deals With In- Phase of TRAINS COLLIDE CRYSTAL CITY MEETING information to responsible governing ar in any of the dominions c T promote the mutual J. F. Greenway Expresses Surprise at Action of Western Canada point out five the by Ihe which is reciprocity treaty of Post's Post might The have hesitated his position as a Canadian to attack the sentative nl the opposition party here a little It is hazardous to assume Lord was merely ng a party cry seeing that the Liberal government of weighty despatch was addressed to the Dominions pointing out that any such action as Fielding had now taken on the American agreement would seriously jeopardize the of the Calls it Grave in- The regarding Fielding's fays the tariff reformers are j compel Canada to drop a policy most profitable to herself under of alleged opinion in this The Unionist demands In the lords and commons are that the should veto the reciprocity deprive the dominions of the to self government in the region of commercial Such teaching 1? incompatible with the unity of the This is the moral Fielding's grave warning drives home to the English Germany Watching London a. member of the writing to the Die says Germany must make a strenuous effort to increase exports to In order to achieve the conquest of the Canadian market it would pay her send agents and commercial travellers to Canada to study special trade tions and ascertain the needs of the A regular and frequent steamship service from Hamburg and Bremen to Canadian ports is German capital can be ed in Canadian real and thus the way would be paved to an extensive man connection with No Shabby June Wilfrid writing to the Times regarding tha statement of the chairman at the an- meeting of the Metropolitan Waggon that the Canadian government -had in connection with the posed bridge over the St. Lawrence at It is only fair that I should state on behalf of the Canadian government that the construction of the bridge was placed in the hands of a board of engineers who received and opened tenders and reported on the same to the government Hon. William Paterson Trill not company Hon. Frank Oliver on h-s reciprocity tour through the Fagi 1. The victim of last week's tragedy at the Winnipeg Exhibition grounds identified as Page 22. Four thousand workers at Vancouver say they are firm in their in- tention to go on strike Page 1. indications are that every seat T Ul be contested at the provincial tions in Nova Page 1. Passengers ol the wrecked Soo flyer arrived in Winnipeg from Page 15. Francis who Is alleged to have shot the chief of police of Red Deer has been 3. T. P. O'Connor says the veto fight has practically dropped out of active politico in Page 10. Baron Von of advises friends to invest in western Page 22, Ten persons were drowned as the result of launches capsizing at Salt Lake City and St. Page 1. Thousands attend sessions of the Agricultural college special throughout the Page 14. King George's birthday was quietly Observed Saturday throughout the Page 10. A syndicate of British capitalists la power franchise at 3V A break place in the now dam being constructed at Page 1. Rain review of the Winnipeg Rifles Saturday A midnight rainbow was seen at Emerson on Saturday Page 1. Imperial news and legal Page 10! sporting Pages 6, 7, and 8. Crystal June reciprocity agreement was discussed for the first time In this district at a well attended meeting held in the Music hall Saturday T. G. Grain occupied the The speakers were J. F. Greenway J. o. were well received and listened to Mr. Greenway first referred to the tory of the two great parties on re- pointing out that the ers of both ha 3 on various occasions stated they were prepared to with the United States for city as soon as that country was pre- pared to deal and It was a surprise to the speaker to see the Conservative leaders and western Conservative members unitedly op- posed to the Fielding The surprise was all the greater on count of the many favorable terms of the and the fact that It or any portion of it could be abrogated at any time should It be found any Canadian interest was Injuriously Western Canada had barded Sir Wilfrid Laurier during Ms 1910 tour through the west with de- mands for a lowering or wiping out of the tariff and followed it up by a large delegation invading Ottawa in December Sir Wilfrid had shown his love and his In the west when he had to a very great extent met their demands In direct tion to the wishes of ers and financial institutions of ern Fireman Ham in at Weal 000 Lose to Rolling June head-on collision of two freight trains made a bad wreck in the yard at West Emerson about 9 It was lucky that nobody was The damage to rolling is mated at A light freight hauled toy engine 72 was coming into the yard at the north end with full speed and crashed Into a No. 538, which was about switch tj a The engineer and fireman of the engine jumped after putting on the air and Engineer of the also jumped when he saw the but the fireman was In the cab when the crash and escape from death is almost The engine was badly rammed and and if the occupants of cab had been there at the time of ths collision they would have been to Tlie coal in the der got on fire and the engine is a com- plete A carload of consigned to were scattered on the a car was attached to the but the occupants did not suffer In- A few empty cars of the train telescoped the engine and rolled over into while a third rested on the boiler and remained there till MEN DECLARE THEY WILL DOIT WORK Four Thousand Industrial Workers at Vancouver Firm About CITY FEARS TROUBLE Strike Breakers Believed to Be On Car Men to June 4. Four engine was also pretty badly The wrecking crew from Winnipeg came down shortly after and had the track cleared at 5 The train from Winnipeg this morning was stalled at and did not get through till the wreckage was thousand union workers In ver will leave their jobs if they stand by declarations made by labor leaders at a big masi removed by the wrecking The meeting in the horse show building ltd OWN WHEN UPSET Six Meet Death Near Salt Lake City and Four at St. Mo. Helping the Sir Wilfrid had taken the part the and undertaken to fight cause and all Mr. Greenway hoped was that the farmers of ern Canada would stand as unitedly for the man who had dared to take up their fight as the the railways and financial institutions would stand unitedly against Mr. Greenway illustrated the difference between the two parties by the their Sir Wilfrid during his tour of the west listened to the farmers of western Canada and went back to Ottawa to do their Hon. R. Borden was this Salt Lake Junt persons were drowned in Utah lake when the launch on which 16 persons were attending a party given in honor of the approaching marriage of Miss Vera Brown and B. Among the ed were the prospective bride and groom and two other children of Capt. Frank the owner of the The drowned Frank aged 23. Vera aged 21. Helen aged 18, all children of Capt. Edward B. Benjamin W. Sherwood Raymond and his 5 year All of the victims of accident lived in Salt Lake At a late hour to-night that of Miss Vera had been Tragedy at St. on The proposal o Messrs. McVety and othe prominent unionists Is that they make the attempt to tie up the town in support of the striking carpenter who po far have not been able to sue ceed in their struggle against the Master The carpenters desire closed shop with 14.50 per while all that master builders will agree to give Is with open It Is for the pose ot helping the unions that the other unions belonging to the Trades and Labor council propose to walk The street car men and the electrical employees of the British lumbia Electric Railway at the power plant voted against striking so that one of the threatened calamities incidental to the general strike has been A committee from the city council met the master builders on Saturday morning and representatives from unions late that but no progress was Another meeting will be held early Monday The master builders have so far re- fused to meet any committee from the declaring that they are able to keep jobs going and are not at all dependent on union Trouble results are looked for in the jf a prolonged strike as a large of undesirables have been en- tering the city for weeks at- NOVA SCOTIA FIGHT Name Candidates in Take Place on June will take place for the provincial tions In Nova Scotia on Wednesday of this Party conventions have named candidates In every point of this and there are straight tickets In each of the eighteen con- In King's county there is only one straight S. C. to two but the moral and temperance reform have a ticket composed of one Conservative and one while Liberals have the regular ticket of The only other break from a. straight party fight is in where a Labor candidate Is in the fax elects three and the government and opposition tions have each nominated a full The Labor party has nominated but one The organ of the and that of the opposition In this city have united in supporting the Labor John T. but they are both working as as they can for the other two on tive GEOLOGISTS ENGAGED Two Experts Secured to do Research Work in June Reginald A. of the Massachusetts Institute and Andrew C. of University of geologists DETERMINED ON RECIPROCITY Makes Speech at Chicago in Which He Defends WANTS PACT GIVEN TRIAL Does Not Believe Canadian Wheat Will Cause Lowering in June 4. Striking straight from the calling a spade a and not mincing ters in the President Taft cussed the reciprocity agreement with Canada before the Western Economic society In Orchestra hall last night in the most able in favor of the ratification of the agreement thus of world-wide have been en- far gaged by the Canadian geological j vey to do special research work in Canada this Mr. Daly will take charge of a party which will begin the geological mapping of a section of the Rocky lowing the main line of the Canadian Pacific a that will ably take ten years to The first cross-section along the national boundary line was completed in co-operation with the United States geological survey three years The work is of vital interest to geologists all over the world as throwing on some of the basic problems of modern Dr. Lawson will investigate the rich geological storehouse of the Superior Both men are with brilliant university PATERSON NOT COMING traded rumors of between Fort wullam on unions and and with their T. C. Morris Will Accompany Hon. Frank Oliver Through June 4. Hon. Frank left for the west and during the next four weeks will hold a series of political on the reciprocity sue in the prairie Hon. William whu was ex- to go with has arranged to a number of meetings in and will therefore not go Mr. Oliver will address tne Canadian club at arrival there is expected to be serious collisions between strikers and The employers complain that the Comercial Financial Page 14. Page 11. on Page PROFESSIONAL London Methodist Conference Has No Use for Their June evangelist was raked fore and aft by the London Methodist con- which rejected by an over- whelming vote the recommendation oE the general conference calling for the inauguration of such on the ground that there had been some of spiritual many pits were satisfied with ethical and that preachers were insensible to the awfulness of The conference decided to appoint one of Its ordained men as conference Reciprocity Meeting aV June W. president of the Grain has received notification R. McKenzie that Hon. Frank minister of and ably Hon. minister of will speak in Brandon on June 10. on Ar- are made to a meeting Of the Grain Growers in the hall on that Methodists Favor Port June Bay of Quinte conference has voted favor of accepting the basis of upon by of and The vote was 167 yeas and 15 for Watrous June Chipman and of are setting levels for the new works for the Several tests have been made at Manitou where a number of springs will be used to supply the waiter for the town in near believed reciprocity would to a great extent the transportation tion in that it would give Canada the advantages of increased railway resulting in reduced rates since the Canadian roads .to get the trade would have to lower rates to compete with the American Mr. Turriff In calling on Mr. the man referred to the good work done for the farmers of the west by the member for Mr. Turriff spoke for over an He first re- ferred to the argument advanced by the opponents of that reciprocity with thj United States Ste. 8.30 MARINE PASSED THE Marie Juno Henry WEATHER The from thr meteorological office at John's Is as ture 7 p.m. 66.8: maximum for preceding 69.S: 56.3: 2'J.9J; at 6 hout Temperature at 7 a.m. 62.a; maximum Iir the preceding 09.1: north at 3 an at 7 p.m. 74.1: for 15.9. 62.9: 29.8; sasl 2 miles an i nf meteorological service at 7 last 4. Winnipeg as 45 raining 56 Winnipeg clear 60 clear fair 76 fair fair 53 in many parts of the provinces yesterday Tim nnt tho mosl part lair and Minimum W. 66: 36. 52; 40. 52. 12. 62: 44. 48. 78: 60. 7S; SO Farry 54, 71: Toronto 75; 74. 48, 74; 36, 63. 3.30, 9: 10: iary reaL 3 30: 4: 6.30: 7; 8.30; Large 1C: 12.50; 1.30: 2: 3.30; 5. OCEAN Arrived New York Quebec Quebec Quebec Quebec Quebec on Page NEW MINING LAW Will be When Federal Parliament June A establishing a new Dominion mining law will be in- into the commons by Hon. William minister of when parliament reassembles next The will be a and general ment of- the existing laws and tions It has been largely drafted by F T for the and Reginald director of 'the cal in consultation with Hamel director of the Mining Institute of and the mimes de- of the various provincial It is hoped that the bil will provide a basis for uniform mini- mum laws and throughout the applicable both to ally controlled and to provincially con- trolled mineral MIDNIGHT RAINBOW Sight Witnessed at on Saturday June An sight was seen here last night in the shape of a midnight It had threatening rain all and about 7 o'clock p.m. there was a light Fronts then on the clouds began to get very thick and and about the rain fell in torrents for about 30 This was ed couple more showers of a like accompanied by very sharp and later by hall cl an en though very did scarcely any John A. 16 years a August 36, a Charles 42, The name of the fourth man has not been and the bodies of the dead are The is to over- crowding of the Seven men were seated in the stern and when it dipped under a wave all rushed for- ward excitement capsized it. One was rescued toy ferry hands in their life boat and two others by a party in another Drowns drowning fatality occurred this afternoon miles south of the when Leslie aged eldest son of. Robert W. a well-known farmer of the lost his life while boat inj with some companions on a The raft capsized and who could not was drowned in twelve feet of water before his companions could rescue whole affair is the work of a few men M. who are pronounced Nn resolution was passed at Saturday night's mass meeting at which they were the chief the men being merely exhorted to go out on strike and Fight to a The feature of the conference of the union leaders with the civic diation Saturday after- oon sensational charge made y McVety that the Vancouver been used by the employers to legal operations of union men nd that the did ng in the although appealed o for relief by the union So did the alderman deem his that he was asked to pre- ent the charge in It will as there was only a light wind the sky to the west to as the moon shone to the east on the receding bank of a rainbow could be seen very Crown of lork A. New 1 WINNIPEG FIRM GETS CONTRACT Will Do City Paving a June tho successive year and company of Winnipeg the season's paving work in this city at the price of a square The council at a m Friday night accepted the der of this construction may now be at any Two years this company charged a square yard for the paving work here Last year the price was A fairly heavy programme of paving is out- by the public works committee during the BREAK IN DAM Portion of New Structure at data Carried June sec tion of the new lower dam was ed away Saturday afternoon and the water pouring through is doing con- damage to the earthen em- The break was caused by the two set in tne dam carry down the water becoming loose and allowing the water to away the clay The loss to the contractors will be NOMINATE T. C. Will Be if Minister June York Liberals met Saturday afternoon In convention and Sir A B. for the commons In accepting the however the minister of justice promisee to be a candidate should the general election be held this If the elec tion Is deferred until next or I any other cause in the meantime Sir Alan wishes to T. C. Robin of will be his sue cessor In the field without the formalit of another FIND BODY IN John Death June ty occurred In the Edgely district Mrs. John Howden left her home to walk to Mrs. James a mile late in the afternoon two farmers driving on the road where It crosses a slough no- a dog whining on the bank and noticed something In the On investigating they found the body Mrs. It is presumed that Mrs. Howden overtaken by a fit and fell into the He will speak 7, at la Prairie Selkirk June 8, at Virden Juno 9, June 10, at June 12, and at Dominion City June U. The leader of the Manitoba will with the The itinerary in Saskatchewan and berta has not definitely MANITOU LOSES be submitted to the police d McVety j M. Veterinary Panes Aged 64, June 4. There away early Saturday morning at his farm home near M. aged 64 He was one of the early settlers in this part. He rt-as born in Ontario where he taught school previous to graduating as a veterinary He practised for several years at Stayner before com- ing He practiced his profession In Winnipeg for a number of removing to Manitou where he en- would produce affidavits if necessary o show that police officers were not dealing with the union men in a fair The typographical union of the city fcus decided not to take in the fa arious He was active In HAULTAIN IS FIRM Has Not Given in to From Federal June is reported that efforts made during the past three weeks by the Conservative party's managers to Induce Hon. F. W. G. the Conservative leader in to recede from his at- of cordial support of the agreement and Join forces with the federal opposition leader in the fight against the have been It is felt that Mr. stand supported as he by all his followers in the Saskatchewan constituted a very great embarrassment to Mr. Borden's com- ing anti- reciprocity campaign to the He has been strongly pealed by his political allies at Ot- but so far his declared tions that reciprocity will be a good thing for his province and for Canada as a have apparently remained RAILWAY FINED Penalty of a Day on Yukon and While Pass June Yukon and White Pass railway company Is ping money at the rate of every day for failing to comply with of the railway commission carry out which they were till Juno 1. The commission ordered the com- pany to reduce its rates between and White Horse and to file a new tariff before June 1. This was early in Aurtl and the company had two months to appeal before fine went into An appeal has been and a special meeting of the cabinet council has been called for Tuesday to consider It. According to Dr. McLean of the railway the case is most intricate and will take time for the to In the meantime the company is liable for the amount of the tion and at the time of his death was on the directorate of the direct lation movement for He was a capable and of an Independent turn of The funeral took place on Sunday and was largely A widow and eral children HOLLAND RESIDENT Alexander Menzies Away After Short Prominent June passed away at 5 o'clock He was a resident of Holland for the past fourteen and died after two He was in fifty-fourth and came to Holland from Bonny During his dence here he was an active in interests of the Liberal He was a member of the local sonic Mr. Menzies is survived by a wife and two one Mrs. George living and a sister and two brothers in The funeral services will be conducted by the Masonic order on Monday afternoon at 2 EDMONTON'S DRY Break in Main Results in Water Being Off for June literally taking a mud bath Saturday residents of this city woke up this morning to find the city without any water The rains of the past few days have churned up the river where the supply Is anc the house taps emitted a ored Huld with cupfuls oC sand to every pall During the nigh a twenty inch main broke on which necessitated shutting off the water throughout the repairs were made late in the Ing houses and rooming apartments were put to great and several have threatened to sue the city Exposing the plot of the Interests to block the agreement in the explaining clearly how the is going to benefit ervery of people In the United and respects to those who are opposing the President Taft made the flat declaration that the interests are disseminating so-called facts which experience will show to be false and Declaring that Senator Root is one of those who is actively working against either the passage of the agreement or trying to so load It with amendments and that the real object will be the flung down the gauntlet to the mies of the measure and notice upon them that he Is in the fight till the Where Opposition President Taft declared that the principal opposition to the Canadian reciprocity came not from the but from the lumber and from American manufacturers of The president outlined some of the by the opponents practically the ers that they were by special and that fate of the agreement rested not so much with the United States t as with the people of the If I le farmer and the country at could be brought to under- stand that this treaty was In the in- of the majority of the he would no longer fear the coming vote In the The sparing in hia He told the reasons for the opposition to the treaty by the lumber trust and by the paper and without using names scored a York two of whose members recently appeared at the hearings be- fore the senate finance committee ostensibly in behalf of the National Grange and objected to enactment of the In spite of the fact that large forces are arrayed against the president expressed the belief that the ment would become a on Public said President if It passes at because the force of public In Its I have to said President that I desire o express my sincere gratitude to the members of the Western society for giving me an opportunity o address on this important subject so distinguished and Intelligent a com- reciprocity ng for free in agricultural ducts of the two and a cor- responding reduction of duty all ihe secondary food and for considerable reduction in a number ot manufactured passed the louse of representatives in April was referred by the senate to Its com- on finance and has under consideration by the committee for a number of Witnesses In favor and against the passage of the embodying the agreement leard at and we now hope the will be brought to the possibly without New June James or the head of the Steamship which recently secured the contract for a steamship service between Canada and the An- is en route to Great Britain where he proposes to let the contract for a new and larger steamer for the BIG DEAL REPORTED AT PACIFIC COAST B. June is reported that and Mann interests intend buying the Western Fuel company's and mines on Vancouver Island for A loan Is now it is on aln option secured some time on LOOKING BACKWARD The Free Press Founded in 1S71 THIRTY YEARS H. Sutherland and Bro. have tract for the Canadian Pacific new addition to the Queen's hotel will be shortly The council appointed a com- to attend tp road the elde of the Red and to arrange for a. proper grading of highway from Winnipeg to A traffic bridge a little below the limit of John's church Is talked of. A London cablegram Hon. Alexander Mackenzie has left there for a tour in Switzerland in the that the extended journey may his TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Find Body in June attached to the Mounted Police wll leave to-morrow for a point ten mile down the near wher the body of an aged man in a decomposed condition has been found Hail at Emerson June heav accompanied with som passed here at this evening The hail was as large as but was not accompanied by much Deputy Registrar Toronto June deputy registrar for Ontario died suddenly to-day at aged 84. Fenian Raid Veteran June M. for 11 years manager of the Theodore Heintzman and a veteran of the Fenian died here 16 Metropolitans the 8 to I at Mclntyre Uw liet in shooting at the range with a scoro of 70. defeats cricket eleven by a of 1.74 to 58. The winners were captained hv H. A. C. P. H. G. Wilson arid das bowled for patent besn Issued Bell Farm Co. for tion and cultivation TWENTY YEARS R. H. Girling of St. John's won stiver medal for in the University J. Manitoba captured the General's silver medal for modern Judge notice that Dominion for beinE Press 1J. Clipper's team 5 Clipper's E. R. and J. and MacGregor did good work Jor Free Frees
