Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 20, 1913, Winnipeg, Manitoba 40 Fair and Sun. p.m. Moon 6-6 MARCH 20, 1913. TWENTY-FOUR NO. 221, WORLDS NEWS SUMMARY JODGES Plead For Compensation When Estimates Are EXPEDITION Cost WHI Total Raised Explorer is Naturalized March working half the was able s all tlie supplementary 10 the current year and avoid Trains session on the last work before the Easter the house rose Premier Borden that unless the opposition Ls otherwise an opportunity given on Tuesday OF DOLLARS in assuming the chair and di- the chairman of tho committee the whole to resume the point of under fie probabilities -ire that an ar- will be arrived at to have M amicable discussion of the maUer -S a motion to adjourn but If tie speaker does not agree to motion will be one of That ita former course will be adopted is. almost the consideration of the today there were a ot discussions in regard to different including the i Page 11. expedition to the far for which an item of March 20. The weather forecast for today is as Fair and It is possible revised may go into operation if passed United con- Page 1. of former assistant city treasurer charged with Page 3. Winnipeg officials not favorable to bridge scheme proposed .by St Page 2. re-elected president at annual meting industrial Page 0. Winnipeg Canoe club elects officers nrd prepares for successful Page 7, Harry of found guilty of Page 24. Five killed in gas explosion at ing factory at Medicine Page 1. Thistle curlers retain O'Grady cup against Oak Lake Page 6. Ontario legislators defeat Rowell's Page 1. Hair dealers graft million dollars by juggling Page 1. Liberals are prepared to carry on fight Page 1- Dominions have set fine example in cadet Page 15. Crowd follows Friedmann and begs for Page 3. No change of party made by British by Page 15. Main street corner land sale big Page 14. i Charles Castle to leave office at end of Page 2. Much building work done at Page 14. Presbyterian mission fund nears lion Page 3. Brandon has as schools as BY PREMIER issues Manifesto Which Says Government Will Press for Changes in BROUGHT IN NEXT WEEK Hair Dealers Get Large Sums by CARRIED BIG SUM IN DEFEAT ROWELL'S MOTION Ontario Legislature the Abolish the Bar Party of Six Leaving for When Arrested at New Will Not be Enforced if Liberals From Position and Pass Naval March authoritative statement of the tude of the government was given out this the speech from the throne on the twenty first November was announced that a for aiding and the effectual naval forces of the empire would be Accordingly the naval aid was introduced on the fifth of ber immediately after the con- of the debate on the speech from the The lution to authorize the expenditure was passed through committee on the tenth of December and tho motion to concur .in the committee's report came up on the twelfth of On the last mentioned the the opposition moved an ment that the resolution be back to committee with instructions to strike out all other clauses ex- cept this and to j other clauses in lieu of the remaining The first clause j oE the resolution was therefore com- I mon to the policy proposed by the government and to that proposed by New March ed with defrauding banks in this try ani Europe approximately through alleged manipulation of Antonio Musica and his three and Philip Xew York hair were ar- rested aboard the steamer Heredia Two daughters of tlu elder Louise and also were de- The party were taken into custody just before the departure oJ the Heredia for searched at police ters a considerable amount of and much negotiable paper was found in the possession of the Fifty thousand dollars was taken from Ar- thur Musica and about more from other members of the The Musicas carried with them nine pieces of baggage which the police hauled to the It is be- that much more money will be recovered when their trunks are ed. The party will taken to New York American Interests Wilson's Lead and Notify End of JACKSON GROUP ACTIVE wed. was stated by Hon. George on behalf of the that the expedition was ex- to cost about In reply a question by Hon. Frank minister said that no effort would made to reach the pole A was made by ind Ontario for increase in the scale of the pay allowed county j j Hon. C. J. Doherty said that the of the judges were imder by the and had his personal sympathy Hon. Rogers indicated at one the proceedings that supply would be taken up again next This mean that there will be no more taral talk for some The iiy the members left the city tonight the Incorrect Press are a further echoes tf j iie disorder of Saturday night last ml bouse this afternoon in the Page 1. ti protests against inaccurate taper Premier Borden I iHm the Toronto Star a he had made Speaker King acclaimed by Greek Page 10. All-Star pro. play here Page 6. Threat of closure made by Premier Page 1. dies in S. John Murray Page 9. Fluctuations Page 15. realty 14. Elevator site sought at Pages 10 is elected chief in Winnipeg EffECT OF TilFF House and Senate in Informal Con- ference With President to Secure i rt rn 1 1 Oil March i lie senate arid the president came the That clause is as j for the Washington Announcement ed Statement by Sir E. Grey That Progress Was Being BELIEF IN LOCAL PREPARED TO Doing Away Treating March bars will not be The local law will remain in. force cause it is to be just lation by tha Conservative The government from time to when it is thought will put er restrictions on the traffic to mini- mise its a- straight N. W. Rowell's the was defeated in the legislature The long debate on the temperance issue wound up by Sir James and the leader of the and the points brought out by both speakers were in nowise The house divided on the amendment by T. H. for North The government ments were carried bv to 17. Alian Labor member for Bast voted the Mr. Rowell's motion aimed at the ab- of and club and treating the Liberals Enthusiastic in cus and There Will be No. Abatement in local and the elimination New March tlie announcement of the change of policy on the part of the United States toward the Chinese bankers said they had heard that A. Jackson of this city was agim active in an endeavor to arrange residue of the traffic to be a loan to China by interests outside of the so-called power Some time ago when negotiations between China and the consortium had been suspended because of the refusal of the Chinese government to agree the terms the bankers demanded In spect If the safeguarding 06 their Mr. theretofore un- known in larger stepped into the He organised a syndicate headed by C. BircH and of to lead money to China on an agreement none the provisions objected to by tho statesmen of the outcome of that arrangements made for a loan of ABSOLUTELY UNANIMOUS Will Discuss in House duce Vote of and this floated money markets on the European At that said some of it was taken declined however to name the which he asserted had and out of the consolidated first time on revenue fund of Canada there may ue tariff A conference paid and applied a sum nut exceeding tue president and Chairman for the purpose of the senate finance ately increasing the elective naval 01 tne followed by a longer All the money could have of been raised in this he de- but for the opposition of ihe bankers in the six power group forces of the Wilfrid amendment 111.1 in was voted down on the thirteenth of j and Chairman ot after a long debate of nearly the house ways and means four The second reading was laid the groundwork for a. series ot passed on the twenty-seventh of after a further protracted de- bate of nearly two and the house three cornered conferences that ave to follow before the tariff revision bills are presented to the house in Imperial and foreign and 15. Increased salaries for county to Dr. Michael lie sid this was an incorrect appreciation of what The speaker had Dr. Clark out operand he had appealed to tember for to place him i In order and the latter did so i B a i Hon. Dr. Pugsley found a Inaccuracies in the Halifax Herald the chief being the allegation aat he had been violent toward Of interest to Page Page 15. I Personal and Page I Music and Page S. Page 11 went into committee cm the on the As a of the twenty eighth of After a it was snid by Mr. Underwood lengthy discussion the first clause of j Senator that the which merely relates to its the two housea of congress probably was agreed the third of j revision the details the bills the committee has been continuously and that the opinions and engaged in the discussion of the i Desires of president will also have ond which is in the same terms been fully as the first clause of the resolution Tho over free decided and which forms part of the avowed I lne committee on ways and means i of 'a fifteen per will recur the senate been although from reduction of the sugar tariff policy of the as well as i in of the This clause has T not yet been although from March S to midnight March will be a stumbling block i there has been 232 hours of actual dis- few items of the j cussion on of which nad bills were considered j been by the The tbe of the perverse attitude of the opposition subjects wer- demonstrated by the that lor LWO .to of political influence in enforcement of the This was The government amendment was that the house realized the in as far as sible the Manor That great good has resulted from the local on- tiou that to forbid the sale ot liquor in hotels allow the sale in. would be disastrous in the ex- treme that this house its belief as to the evil effects of the treating which should be pat an end if possible by means of legislation or by other satisfactory The amendment presented by T H. was one of appreciation of the sood work of the government in administering the law and cation of the attempts o2 the tion the issue 5n tho of party Both these were carried by government March ad- for the Easter recess after 6 o'clock after passed through supplementary to tUe. extent a little over re- presenting expenditure already made during the current fiscal So far the government lias only asked for a negligible of tlie which will necessary tor the the closes at the end the The closed for the recess out demonstration of any When asked what the order of Business would be when it resumes after the recess next Premier Hordes stated that he was not prepared to but that the leader of the 09- tlw an vo re canvassed attempt to both and also that the disorder fad been planned by the 1 solid weeks they have been March the by-election in South Lanark today to fill the vacancy caused by the on Page Conservatives Medicine March 1 for the house Senate Will Act at The senate committee will begin To them he attributed the attitude the government at Washington toward his proposition which in he de- made It impossible to enlist any large Amount of capital m United American bankers who were bers of the group said they were not interested in anything Mr or anyone else might do in respect to money to They had offered no opposition to Mr. Jackson's syndicate in the past and so far as they were concerned any who chose to do so could a loan with If they liked the security Engineers and other authorities re- cently returned from say that the effect of the change of the policy of the government in Washington the ing of that country and The development in the new they would public utilities In the purchase of material and for these the government of undoubtedly would favor the in those countries whose banks had advanced money to it. Whatever concessions were made for the development of the vast mineral and other resources of the also would so to the FINANCIERS EXPLAIN Morgan Group Say They Only Wanted to Oblige Kew March a result o the statement by President position would be notified house When asked if i early opportunity would be given to j the action of Mr. Speaker .in assuming the chair over the head ot the committee chairman on Saturday Mr. Borden stated that tms would probably be among the first j items of business to be For three days tlie s relegated to the ana its future fate is still a matter of Tonight Premier Borden issued f official via the Canadian Associated in which lie i Z ated his charges of obstruction upon the of the Liberal repeated his declaration that the would go and stated that if the Liberals did not assume a. more reasonable attitude after the recess closure Laid by Montreal Seal assuredly be brought in. Such is the 3t Estate Broker Against lumiere and March scandal which tha 3cvernnient refused to investigate will now be aired in the criminal At 6 o'clock 1-ancto.t issued warrants miere and signed the and the affidavits laid before cUe lasi The complainant is real estate who was chief organizer for Leopold Coy j e who ran against Hon. Lotus candidate who Coderre in the He accuses and of having attempted to extort certam sums of money and a position m the Canadian civil service from ana the influence of Hon. and his electorial organizers Joseph Angrignon and Joseph by accusing and threatening to the three named gentlemen of fraudulent se charges he death of Col. John C. j ot the Conservatives of the Michael Clark was next on ion as soon as It is passed upon would not request the American caucus in the house ers heretofore interested in the for the loan in both on Page as quite content to let the historia Conservative majority from HOC a newspaper would report that the guarantee the storms of the past few days are playing j havoc with the train service in this A strong northeast wind has kept the cuts filled with snow and in spite of the fact that snow plows are at work the is finding V It u V w i been asked to guarantee u impossible to at j hour Hon. Mr. t t t arrived here tonight at about 10 the Quebec and Hon. Frank Cochrane iie knew it. The had Hurled to Death by Fierce a Explosion at Canning A having guilty electoral Mr. Lepage said was 'the first of a series of that he would these whom the minister of qualified on the floor of the house as mailers and The warrants have been handed to High Constable St. Mars who im- mediately instructed two of his men i to search for Lalumiere and The although believed to be in is not likely to be As to Lalumiere the last heard of him i New when he wrote was sailing for but is that he is in the New England s are under Article The where near the The train I T from due at Carman at Death and Injury in that point until early morning Medicine Hat Were in but Majority Escaped Sustain Simmer Is Believed To Be but Search Is Being Kept Company Was to Open Up for Business in Interested Place Loss at With Considerable i 454 of the criminal which makes 'the offender liable to an imprisonment of 7 w March 19. The of Medicine Bank of Canada proceed J ot H. of was in- that ps now in the service of the in any having severed his IT the department on April 1912. His salary while in the em- of the government was 1 Mar. Stefansson tor the current year wore In the absence of Hon. 4, the vote of for ansson expedition to was Put through by Hon. minister of Sir Wilfrid know what tho expedition period it said that Stefansson avenue and Centre .by the Royal The tenants of the present nave been notified to vacate not later than the end of this month in that the old may be at once be Medicine March were killed and at least nine injured through an explosion which followed and a large gang at work there arp clearing tlie debris in the hope of ing him alive or the He is to havo been in the building fire in the Western Canada Cold when the explosion and Packing this Firemen WEATHER be av ay for three and a half on 1'ive.) Owing to Friday being a statutory Ad- are requested to the Copy for their faster Advertisements Slivered at this office and not later noon on to insure insertion in the Tlie report trom the meteorological at St. John's is as Col- Temperature at 7 1.6: maximum for the 12 8.2: 50.05; wind at 17 milts an The service e-r observations taken at 7 o'clock March 19. as Port JO 2 Swift Prince 1! 6 Medicine 2 zero 8 Coin weather has prevailed today out western and snow has fallen in Maximum minimum 26-34: 24-32: 8-S4: 16; Prince Moose 52-52. MARINE Arrived Halifax Ionian Canada Arabic f tali fax St. John york Boston Gen Glasgow were in the building at the The J. gas inspector William painter and v teer Reginald paid Harry a boy on the Charles Mass. James leg head and back foot compound fracture of les and suffering seriously from Capt. fire scalp wound and back W. back and ankle D. shoulder arm scalp and leg Reginald a married wife and brother are in the j Bohannan arrived in the city some three days ago from having George a spectator at the fire when the ex- plosion drove the masonry ot the walls in all Caretaker McQueen was in the when the fire started and in an alarm by tele- Xo clear cause is given for the insurance lias not been cleared by that Leakage of The explosion through of eras while the fire ivts in i progress without the men were m the the seen Ito heave a the roar of the walls tie heard practically over the whole of the city and big crowds quickly despite tlie extreme partly out of curiosity to render such assistance as be After time it clear that only on search of the ruins could be of any avail and posses of men were detailed to excavate ent the work continuing well into the It Is hoped that the list of killed is completely was not considered safe to the search until 3. thorough examination has been although no living what had thins could possibly exist beneath tlm before those who were- I enormous the fallen ing- near as spectators could move the whole three structure feil overwhelming many in its more than those were in the building at the time and only caped death a FLEEING FOR SAFETY As soon as tho crowd had from the first shock of the explosion i there was no Jack of hands i help in the work of rescue and ss each the injured men was recovered he was taken to thf hospital where ir found in the majority of cases the injuries were comparatively The sound of the explosion and A small from a gas The were and after he ten there an ex- 1 plosion occurred which the whole and flung several New York men Out tne door clear ol tlw Klt jSte fireman ia AUSTRALIA'S AIM IN NAVY Press Special Cable in. the construction of an Australian fleet as the forerunner to a. Pacific ocean unit the Hon. W. at- torney general for New South addressed a meeting at the Colonial institute here on imperial Lord advised England that she should not attempt to make an pace in naval matters beyond the rate that tho British Dominions wished to Debris Overtook Unfortunates as They Sought Avenue of Associated Medicine March are dead and ten known to have been injured in a Kas explosion here The fire department called to attend a fire in Canadian Canners were working the lire when the full of escaping Hundreds of curious people drawn by the flocked to the scene and i they were in close proximity to the building when the calamity Three of the two sides and the were blown out and the roof raised high iii the j Those In the pathway of the flying I debris were buried They I fleeing for safety when death over- took them and were just getting put j of the or were out running away when the avalanche of timbers i and debris overtook them and they 1 mowed down in their That the list of dead and injured 1 su small is The force the explosion totally ruined the It was one of the best built plants the city Solid were blomi to pieces the force of the Three Tugs Crews are in Peril on j Lake Grand March Grand Haven caught in slush ice out on Lake Michigan in their fishing tugs since after dawn yesterday are in They are thought to bs practically without food or They are supposed to be somewhere in the neighborhood of where tlie of the station sighted two small tugs and a larger one through the hazy phere He says the vessels drifted out of The j tugs are March ments for the judicial district of announced are William late dominion inspector for to be John until recently head clerk in dominion lands office at clerk of the The appointment of the judge is not yet the name of Barrister of has been freely he being the senior barrister in the judicial premier's ultimatum at Whether his view will change after his followers had an opportunity to sound their constituents the and time has been given for British sentiment to percolate over tha is a for there is no change in tha Liberal As a of tho two continuous and the signal victory of Saturday they are more to fight for the principles for- which have already They stand for a Canadian so far sible in manned and ready in times of stress tc take its IK the line of the empire's and they are opposed utterly to any policy of Liberals They were in caucus all and the frequent salvos of cheers and storms of which came from the caucus room throughout sitting bors eloquent testimony to the resolute confidence of the party and Its unanimous determination to on the Borden naval When Sir Wilfrid entered the caucus room round after round of tremendous cheering behind the closed doors of Room IS. to its the applause would die to rise again to its full volume until the corridors echoed with It no ordinary and it lasted no ordinary for it fully five minutes before it had The acclaim the entry of Hon. Dr. Dr. of Red William of and others who had stood on the fighting line during the past two weeks was most equal to that which greeted the entry of the Old all this noise asked an arrival in the tc ears the cheering had been that is the Liberals backing he was informed are looking for a As a matter of fact no better answer j could be found to the reports of eral which have been in the government press the past two days than the volume and enthusiastic cheering with which the declaration of every speaker on Ease LOOKING The Press Founded in I i on LOSS IN OAK RIVER Oak March value of the three-story brick veneer Osborne destroyed by fire last in- surance of only The other building's Bank of British North and no serious injury and the loss in each case was covered by F. secretary of the Manitoba Legislation who is oil a ture was one of the who was obliged to leave the in He continued west via the this Thirty-Five Years Ago Battleford was greatly excited a. mi Red River by the mounted police that was endeavoring to an ana Stony Indian tribes to raid Northwest f ft 9 A plowing has been Thirty Years Ago A Dominion office was at Joseph ieft for Toronto to purchase Twenty-Five Ago Ar dispatch reported that tho o wore in consultation with B. on the Manitoba allowance There are bushels ex- posed to the at for lack of J. D. Lloyd's store at was Years Ago A that of there before sailing the f A uniform branch ot of Odd Fellows In Winnipeg w h J. W. Baker
