Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 17, 1913, Winnipeg, Manitoba 41. Fair and SUn p.m Moon JULY 17, 1913. TWENTY-TWO 9; FREIGHTAGE IS NEED Saskatchewan Royal Grain Commission Returns From European COST DOUBLE rs of Board West Address Many Meetings in SPECIAL ACT OF GRACE Hon. W. J. Roche Permits Hindu to Bring Family STRUGGLE FOR Fortunate One is Not Supposed to be in Sympathy With July The province o. Saskatchewan royal commission on credit and grain ttin here The a its final sitting here H George minister I A F. deputy finding of the commission was formed to in- two subjects of vital farmers of west One is tl development of farm farmers o toe is the improvement of agricultural order that the of the development of the province on productive may the position of the grain on the markets of the world and the Various channels through K the grain would have to pass with a view to perfecting and in- the cost of transportation of wheat from western Canada to Farmer's Heavy under present is suffering under a heavy burden through the present high cost of lake and ocean while the price of grain remains stationary and the food and other necessaries of life outside of farm products have in- creased all have travelled nearly all the world interviewing the gram brokers and transportation in fact everyone who would be likely to help in the We first visited New York and Then we ed to England and spent some time in then we took -in the great grain of Liverpool and where we found that there is machinery and plant enough to deal with twice the of grain re- July the distinct stipulation that the special concession is to be of and not as a pre- permission has been by W. J. minister of the interior for the admission of the er and the four couver Hindu named The relatives of Hakim have been at Hong Kong for en- to special mission referred The the Hindu Is not supposed to be pathy with the members of col- who have been responsible for the agitation raised to let the bars against the wives and children of their is to have been a favorable and ing in the granting of the Colonel S. B. Steele to Command In New Militia Forecasted at Camp BREAK HIGH ALTITUDE AT BRANDON Blakeley With His Curtiss Splendid Flight at FARMERS OUT IN FORCE Big Programme of Races Crowds ed From Outside MURDEROUS ASSAULTS Lloyd Attacks and Nearly Kills Another ASSAILANT MAKES B. C. Bennison has Fractured Skull and Both Victims in- Precarious Then to Hull and crossed over to Antwerp and went on to Copenhagen and everywhere we were treated right in we were re- reived Which showed us that have already a firm the markets of the during our travels that beria and Germany can their grain on the markets of western Eu- rope much cheaper than the Canadian western Grain some places the latter ad- vised to in for mixed and not do so much in but we that farmers must produce as they have only a local market for their local whereas if they grow whole world's market is open to In tne matter of tion of the wheat from the farms to the market the cost is nearly double that of any other wheat this only applies to lake and the ex- Ira cost of When wheat ing on a big scale was started in the province many American elevator com- panies came into the and they bought the wheat for what they cared to the farmer having to be con- as he had no one else to whom he could offer the the government has taken the matter up farmers of the province have formed themselves into a co-operative elevator society imder the direction of the minister of This was started only a few years ago with practically now the society has over 200 elevators in constant The object of the government In the company was to make the keting much easier and better for the and by their sending of grain to these centres to overcome the con- ditions that have hitherto prevailed at the country points in operating the The Right Hon. George 'The government of Canada year received in toms duties and shared part of this all the industries or Canada except the western The only Part the western farmer had in this was that he paid his share and having Paid received nothing in Profits are great many people are under the impression that at the present time the western farmer is carrying on his ness at an enormous This is a from 1909 conditions have such that a farmer has had as as he could manage to make both on of the heavy the of grain from the to the Our grain Considered by European experts to in the the world's are open to but things must en in the way of as to the farmer a chance So well was Camp Sewell attended this so efficient were the soldiers and so important a part has the west in in particular played in the militia fairs of Canada that a new divisional area is shortly to be created with as and Col. S. B. in com- Such has been learned on the very best though the hint was given by General Sir Ian inspector general the overseas in a officers of the militia at Sewell after they had reached from the which he attended from start He had met Colonel Steele on numerous casions and had come closely in con- tact with him and knew well that his rank was that of a colonel yet in this particular to him twice Steele and this was taken by the cers present to be forerunner of his Whether Steele's motion will go into to a major generalship immediately is a matter of conjecture but there be commander of the new There a. necessity be other promotions and is very little doubt that Major H. D. B. chen be confirmed as assistant adjutant general in which capacity he has acted some With this confirmation will doubtless come the rank of though this also is somewhat of a matter of Press July ing features of the Dominion Kair were the breaking the dian altitude record for aeroplanes by the Curtiss who ed a height of the at- tendance ot a Very per of them being The extraordinary number of are on the ground js one most striking Three of ten coaches from iota and Neudorf came in packed to tht in his power chine made three nights during the day The first of was of 'a special when he carried a by mail between the branch post office on the grounds and the main office on Rosser Travelling at a little less than a mile a flew at a. height of feet over the business and dropped the package with unerring aim He then to tne t until he was lost entirely from July about as B. C. living 9 miles southwest of was putting away his he was at- tacked by Lloyd one of his hired men Atz used a as a and after knocking Bennison down several times left him for He then his attention to ard wiio had aust returned the and struck him will the barrel of a 22 Bennison re- covered sufficiently to stagger to the house report the Miss a bravely ran and after for some time Warne on the She carried him into the At 6 evening men are in a precarious but skull Is No motive can be ve The aided by are scouring the country the who answers the owing Age 26 height 6 feet S weight He was in the covered over 20 minutes Praise in return for his were at when 1.1SJ.J toe king opened the royal agricultural MOW and we were invited the All tho Bristol wiants spoke well of of wheat on the Bristol market and port with its splendid and of quick transportation should future port for Canadian the go to Toronto where we spend a few then leaving on Pago tribute was Col. Steele by both Sir Ian Hamilton Col. Sam Hughes and such tributes ally made as they before the flower of the western adian and with a full edge that the lemarks would be in press of the as well as that of the east were ably made with forethought fore- casting coming There are at divisions in Canada with headquarters at don and Winnipeg quarters embracing the tenth military district will be the seventh and it was shown at Camp Sewell that ally it will lead all the other It is a known fact that the division is one battery short as four are sary and in district No. 10 there are but three but this is a matter which could be set at once and rests solely with the minister of who could order the estimates to cover the Winnipeg has very clearly that she can raise splendid regiments as anyone who has watched the growth of the 79th eron the 106th Light the 10.0th Winnipeg Grenadiers the other corps ing the past three years will The department is now working on of the new area and official announcement will be made in the near Proper 7 The promotion of Colonel Steele will come not in the least a surprise for no man in the Dominion done more for the militia than who has earned the I affection and esteem of all the troops the Under his guiding hand in three years district No. 10 has be- come the backbone of Canadian militia whatever may the The new drill halls and armories shortly to .be in will place this city ahead of other in the Dominion as a ional headquarters and such was Col Sam opinion when he the guest of the officers of the Winnipeg garrison at the Royal andra hotel during his visit here He stated that Winnipeg de- served all she was getting and he was glad to be able to give it to The minister of militia went even further than this after his inspection of- Sewell and publicly it the best every way of all the camps he had seen in the inion while on his tour of inspection with General Sir Ian 'The local officers of the permanent force and the staff will not discuss the com- ing creation of the new division bu there is no question as accuracy of the fact that such is to the case CORPORATE UNION HIS MAJESTY SENDS SYMPATHETIC July command 01 the Lord secretary to his has communicated by gram to Mrs. G. R. R. at the Prince George the deep of bis majesty for- Cockburn for the loss of her distinguished Major dcn Z c. died the west as the result of a kick a vicious Woodstock Clergyman has a Basis Church July W. T. of has a for church union which he wil submit to the Presbytery of Paris a ts next Realizing that thero is danger of as many bers in each of the three churches are unwilling to give ap their Dr. McMullen proposes each of the churches enter corporate holding and re- I its present basis In way the difficulties church property followed the union United Presbyterian and Free Churches in Scotland be impossible as no breach of trus 'e After altitude record n the evening off. bis at feet and came down 11 a series of graceful to the He carried an The fair management a vire this afternoon from who put on sensational alloon stunts at stating hat lie will be in Brandon tomorrow o for two ascensions First Big Like the starting of a big Ive the Dominion Fair is gaining neritum but should under a full head of by people are Ine off their visit until everything is n and in consequence the jif grand stand was not by any means either or shauld be the first big day f the for livestock is always me of the great drawing cards and starts in the ial excursion trains are Broadview arrd X D The fair management is off er- ne up incense to the fcr t would be hard imagine two more summer days than those that lave passed since the exhibition ed This weather has had the effect of making the track very fast and a first class programme of was put on for the first dent of the speed t who handled races at said tonight Lhat he was taken with the new It Is well laid out and has the right Kin I of He is to my mind one of the best tracks in connection racing those who love game here are looking forward to a race between Grand Opera and College are two fastest They did not in Winnipeg for the reason that they were entered m same Opera through the grand circuit m the It is also worthy of mention in connection with sly that the spectacular chariot races put on evening by He runners to sulkies are among the exciting events on the attraction Indian As usual ment of braves and the r outside It is Stated that there are Scores of Indian ponies in the of camp and e is a miscellaneous collection FIVE SUFFER FROM Vital Men Working on New Agricultural College the TWO ARE SERIOUSLY ILL Canned Meat Eaten at Lunch Believed to Have Been Cause of Five plumbers employed on the new Agricultural College suffered all the agonies of ptomaine poisoning yesterday for a. time at least two of are in a serious according to Dr. of The men were taken ill shortly after the noon when they broad shouldered of a quantity of canned wavy wearing mottled corduroy khaki greenish tweed brown high and is of Swiss SAND IN PEPPER Montreal Grocers Being Prosecuted for Adulterating July 16. A campaign against grocers who sell adulterated spices and the was begun today by J. X ion acting under in- from chief of the department at Seventeen grocers were brought up before Judge charged with selling adulterated Evidence showed that large quantity of sand had been mixed with cotton seed oil was mixed with Three of them pleaded guilty and were condemned to pay a fine of and or go to jail for a teen pleaded not guilty and trials were fixed- for Mr. Costigan stated that hundreds of complaints had been sent to the department at Ottawa in the last three months the of he was being sold in black pepper to an Every grocery found selling a mixture of sand and pepper would be brought The city health officers as well as official's provincial boards of health had been notified by the officials ot the federal government that action would toe taken against all grocers found selling adulterated expected the of INTERESTING SEQUEL Private Detective Winnipeg Charged With False charge of theft and sequel has caused a ter of in of the Chatterson De- appeared before Magistrate on a charge false This -is the sequel to a case which was heard yesterday when mens charged Mr. t a game warden residing at and a Mr. Crossby the same place with the theft of a bag cZ the case being dismissed by magistrate as there was nothing indicate In Mr. swore out a warrant for It pears that secured a rant with the signature of Col. Orde of no record can be found that Orde has a. commission of this The has been adjourned a and for a their employees tried by simple remedies to give them without It was then seen that medical attendance was and Dr. W. Eobson of was summoned and gave them necessary of the sufferers soon felt the effects of the medicines but two others were grave danger for some night the men were in their in one of the rooms of the college which took on the appearance of an hospital with the patients tucked in their harrow camp According to the by their fellow employees in the biological building J. W. was their The all of are residents of St. furnished their own The cold meat was cut by the victims of the and it was impossible to find out where the goods purchased or by whom it was put Other workmen in the employ of Thomas Kelly en- gaged also on the college have a camp where their meals are it was close to where the sick men ate their is stated that they did not obtain any food from Kelly's It only a short time after the returned to their work that the effects of the ptomaine poisoning be- gan to be felt but one after the the five complained of being At 4 o'clock all five were stretched on their blankets in great distress and when no relief it was felt that condition was It was then that the of 'the Winnipeg physician was He administered ics and stayed at St. for a period and to the city only he there was no immediate He reached about He was un- WORLD'S NEWS SUMMARY The both men and women are 2? awl's of tomtoms STone of the iar sounds on the fair nature touch is the wild tori including Canadian ana nil kinds of ducks that swim in the all tho within the are There is menagerie containing many artificial lake animal among the new feature of rear a fair is the inauguration of new department known as a i building is designed to a p and by fruits n vegetables the vast wealth of ia around Tus taken in the various must have cost hundreds of They form a of wealth and ture of the farmers in M it of the are of farm homes and lings are of uniform artistic re and almost every home surrounded with close 55 T municipal councils that have con- to this section include North and Other striking exhibits are those of the Saskatchewan and British Columbia They show an elaborate display of ey trains and in the case of the coast Fresh shipments are every second The Dominion government has wheat the Saskatchewan govern inert a water which pours a of T COMPLEX QUESTION Commission Conservation Start Work in British 16. The work in the Dominion Commission vation has been der the V. a Toronto He has sent into the two to take the flow of the principal streams along main land coast from to Prince They are out- equipped a months Two other parties at outfitting for similar work the Fraser and other inland An investigation is also rhade Vancouver All this work assisted the cial The water situation in British Columbia is very for rights date ba to tre early days placer mining in There are 500J) water in on Died of Heart July formerly of a grocery store at English was found lying on his bed dead this by Mrs. H. A. the landlady of a private ing house at No. 7S7 Hornby The cause of death is believed to have been heart 7p.m. FRIDAY IB the closing hour for all dis- play and classified ments for Saturday's Free Insertion can only be guaranteed if copy is in this office by Thursday insertion In issue contract or ual advertisements must be- in not later than 7 p.m. Phone Main 6340 able to furnish names of A hurried trip was made a re- college out he not permitted to enter the building by the night who also not know the of the sick They that the never called by their proper names by but that names all the vogue among the The watchmen also that while the men had betn fearfully ill earlier in the that they had been resting since the visit and apparently were on a fair way to Winston Churchill shows comparison of naval by Germany Britain since 1911 and will make ment on Maroons take game from and draw sensational evening contest ten innings out- a Page 6, Saskatchewan Royal Commission markets is back Canada from European tour of Page 1. Defeat of oy gives uncertainty ito the championship Page 6. Premier Asquith promises duce reform of the house of lords at the next Page 2. Contract for the new buildings is signed and work will com- mence at Paso 14. W. T. Roche permits to bring family into Canada as special act of Page 1. Grand wins feature event on first day of races at Brandon Page 6. Welcome office of Daughters of the Empire opened at the Industrial Page 9. municipal building opened by Hon. at Page 4. Increment tax on real estate profits desired by Edmonton Page 1. Lloyd Atz attacks employer nearly kills another Page 1. Harrison Norton instantly killed by runaway team on Page 22. Winnipeg leave for tne regatta at Page 6. River merger proposal proved by 13. Celtics defeat United in exhibition Page G. President of says outlook in Canada is Page 15. Revolution puts Mexican railway on the Page 22. Regulating the issues of urban Page 15- High altitude record broken at Page 1. i Fluctuations in Page 14. Exhibition closed its gates last Page Conductor dies from 22. Worries beset Premier Page 12. Montreal shows marked Page 13. of special interest to Page 9. Winnipeg made divisional Page 1- Leaves from a London letter Page 2. Foreign markets by Page 14. Imperial and foreign Page 2. Answers to Page 11. Looking Commercial Page 14. Editorial Page 11. Personal and Page S. A Reader's Page 11. Music and Page S. Financial Page 13. REAL ESTATE PROFITS Edmonton Alderman Desires Levy on Values in Excess of DELEGATES NOT PLEASED CAUGHT UNDER CAR Edward Buttery Seriously Hurt in Auto Accident at man seriously injured and two others suffered severe cuts and bruises when automobile turned turtle on Broad street this an employee uf the age pinned the car Cor several minutes before the crowd that quickly gathered was it from He to the eral hospital in an automobile and was was an- last night from the hospital although still from the shock and Mr. in- juries were not dangerous unless com- No bones were broken but there is a slight sion of the Harold the accountant the who was driving the car received a bad cut over his eye required several stitches and bruised A Mr. the third occupant the only a few Will Be Guest of July 16. Sir tan with Gen. Ellison and left by an afternoon train to spend a couple of days prior departure their return to headquarters at as the guests of Rt. Hon. L. and Mrs. Borden at the premier's summer home at St. N.B. Boy Killed by Street July C- 6 year old son and Mrs. Rey T. Stevens died tonight after being by a street car at Thirty-fourth and Both legs He died in the city hospital an hour He was Bent on an by his mother to a grocery Wetland Canal July for the construction of the of the new Welland canal will be received tomorrow and considered at an early A number of prominent con- tractors are in the city today in con- with Sir Wilfrid July who for several days was con- fined to his residence owing to a slight attack of is reported to be fully and is again up and about in the best of Fatally Injured by Street Rt. L. H. wife of former United States was struck by a street car today is not expected MARINE NEWS PASSED THIS Sault 1-ev 9 30 11 11.30 130 Frank 2 2.30 3 3.30 4 4.30 0 0.30 7 Samuel 8 p.m. S 9 Northern 10 Joshua 10.30 11 1 C. 2 North 2.30 4 Midland 5 6 7 p.m. 7.30 9 p.m. OCEAN Steamer Serrana Mount Italia Mount Hesperian Savoy Mont Eagle Oceanic Imperator President Lin I. aeon i a Campania Arrived at From Montreal West Indies Montreal Halifax San Domingo Quebec Quebec Glasgow Quebec Quebec West Indies Liverpool Yokohama New York Southampton New York Hamburg coin New York Hamburg Boston Liverpool Queenstown Philadelphia Glasgow Glasgow Liverpool Liverpool Antwerp Boston Philadelphia New York Philadelphia Reserved In Drainage Case Portase la July The kings bench civil assizes were concluded ten The final case was an action against North Norfolk over damage resulting from It occupied several days and judgment was Died While Driving Moose July H of for the C P and well known old JFree suddenly ex- Tuesday when driving with wife on their way home from a visit was due to WEATHER The report Ihe logical observatory at St. John's college is aa at 7 77-1; maximum for Hie 12 hours 81.2; 65.8; 30 05; northwest wind at 1O miles an area of high which was over the great lakes last and the shallow which was over Is The weather in Canada has been for the most Kara 46-75; 40 70- 44-63: 50-74 Say Important Matters Were Not Taken Up at Municipalities very piece of legislation came up In resolution of G. H. ot which was presented It the development and of moneys on public im- have been tremendous in all western Canadian towns and and the possibility of the money for the such works is beginning decrease because of a tightness of money all over the theres expenditures have been immensely olio values of urban lots directly affected by such and adjacent and added values havo formed the reason tor a deal of undue and the ot ines of business which fluctuate to the of for public and lava made it possible for land ators to reap large by no fort in the direction their but solely the result of the communities and on public convention believes the time is ripe for the application principle of an tax on the profits on ihu sale cf real estate in excess of tho i assessed value for which such may be taxed by in i it is so that tile com- in the west are such real desirable and valuable by the undertaking of may reap some of the thereby tbs debts which they have curred in the progress of their After much discussion it was de- ferred to the which copies of the resolution to organizations for Municipal The feature of the convention ad- dress delivered by ford of In his address Mr. Evans advocated the establishment of a local board which would the same capacity as the boards of great so. that before any issue of debentures could be made world money she means of the disposal the morey asked for issue be investigated and would receive stamp of approval from the gov He cited the case of one the in London had re- cently completed a trip through ada inquiring into the stability of clues both in the east and the He had made this trip as his clients the great body of He went hack to England with the decision never m the future would he mend a bond issue because it was In ha had seen so many Instances of cious municipal expenditure that before he would recommend a issue to j his clients a investigation of the city concerned would have to Must Establish Tf Canadian municipalities were to secure money readily on the 1-ondon in the governments have to take action along these lines that when issues were made on the they would have behind them the approval of body of who would Hius assure' the British investor that the he contributed to the of the cities of Canada wisely and Judiciously Commissioner of Mayor Shortt oJ Edmonton and Alderman MacKlin of Swift also a prominent part in the Mr. through his intimate knowledge as en- gineer to the Acton London county on OFFICER RETIRES Investigation by Col. Sam Hughes Ob- tains July has been promptly to from connection with defence forces of- Canada as a result of Hon. Colonel investigation in regard to tho bibulous tendencies of a few of tho minister's guests at tho now famous Halifax garrison banquet of Friday It is understood that several other officers have expressed regrets for indulging in liquor at the Tho cident will now probably be quietly Colonel believes that there is litle necessity fur bing in the moral of strictures in regard to intemperance and idleness on the part of small of officers who draw pay from militia ALBERTA WOMAN s MISSING IN CHICAGO 111., July The cent- ral police this evening were asked to search for Mrs. R. J. of who became separated from her husband at South State and Van Buren streets The husband fears sha may have become ill or by
