Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 3, 1915, Winnipeg, Manitoba NO. 312. ONLY MORNING NEWSPAPER IN WEATHER FORECAST MOSTLY FAIR and Temperatures Yesterday to 7 60. 40. 8-40 v m Moon JULY 3, 1915. TWENTY-SIX VOL. 41. Everything Fair and Above Board in Incidents Leading Up to Resignation Refutes Insinuation of Improper Dealings Between Himself and Present Premier Money Matters At No Time Dis- Character for Norris Attorney-General Hudson Declares Promise of Immunity Not Given To Anyone The attorney-general of the Hon. A. B. finished his evidence before the new royal commission Altogether he had spent several hours in the and had been examined by both Mr. and Mr. Mr. Fullerton tried to get details from Mr. Hudson on all sorts of and his questions were ways answered with the greatest fullness and In Mr. in nearly every would go on and furnish amplifying ments of great There was never the slightest disposition to hold anything but rather an evident desire to tell everything that he Mr. Hudson declared with groat force and finality that there was never at any time during the tions for the change of or any promise of immunity for anyone who might be to be guilty of a Mr. Hudson gave full and com- plete reasons for the negotiations carried on with Mr. Phippen from the standpoint of the He pointed out owing to important these steps were con- as in the best interests of the After Mr. Hudson had Sir Rodmond Roblin was called by Mr. A. J. counsel for the former previous to this had asked that any members of the former government be given the protection of the He ed this protection in case of any sub- sequent action being taken against Sir on taking the asked protection from being com- to give a rehearsal of private and confidential conversations which he had held with other He to consider it altogether fair that he should be called upon to divulge conversations which he had had with friends under his own The although called by Mr. told a story at all refuted any idea of thing improper having occurred in the negotiations which led up to the resignation of himself and his He scornfully refuted any insinuation that anything of an im- proper nature had been discussed or hinted at between himself and the present He any suggestion of any money matters having been at any time Sir Rodmond also declared that he had written his letter of resignation He had been furnished with a short memo to in this letter of and he he copied it This memo had been handed to him by Mr. and was not the same as the one on file as an though similar in The declared that had resigned because he thought that a new government could up the moss better than he He had considered it essential in the interests of the Everything had been done fair and above and was subject Io the approval of the Mathers Sir Rodmond gave Premier Norris a high certificate of He had sat with him in the legislature tor years and had never known him to or even to a dis- honorable While politically they had always been sonal Sir stood in the after- noon for well over three and to Kit He declared that he was not tired in the He appeared to be distressed only by to repeat confidential chats which In- had with Mr. under his told had to an- the he answered and but without hamm lodged n. vigorous counsel for tne hia examination Sir Must Make Monthly Allowance for Wives July married man who joins the soldiers has to set aside a month for his or she does not get any separation lowance from the In artillery the officers are insisting that the married men set aside 1 5 a month io their wives when they en- After that they still have about a month entirely for spending because food and ing are all furnished If a man comes in and says that his does not need his a he is told that she does not need the a month separation lowance which the government gives in addition to the It is a very effective Way of ing any imposition upon the ment with regard to the separation and seems io be more than the provision that where men marry a certain time after they their wife was not entitled to the separation Il is fell if a man is prepared to give half his salary to his wife the government should be ready to give the tion Anglo-French Troops on poll Inflict Heavy Losses on the Important Heights of Chief De- fensive Positions of Taken from the July official con- has yet been received of reports that the allies have captured the chief defensive position of the Turks in Gallipoli but it is known that the Anglo- French forces have important and have inflicted heavy losses on the Ottoman The Turkish losses In the last ten days of near Krithia are at more than 12.000 Supported by the allied who poured a terrific lire upon the French troops on Wednesday es and communicating which the Turks had The bombardment by the which caused severe damage to the Turkish was conducted from the Dardanelles and from the Gulf of All dispatches received here today that the being washed around Krithia is the greatest land battle at the Dardanelles since the expeditionary forces were put Gen. Hamilton has con- his armies north of and is sweeping the Turks back alone the by sive short Each is preceded by fic bombardment of the Turkish trenches by Anglo-French ships standing inside the straits and ale the shore of the Gulf of The trench is of the most desperate Turkish and lied troops gripped in a More Trenches July official ment siven out by the British this evenins announces the capture of certain trenches in the Dardanelles operations which com- plete the capture of that part of the Turkish line captured the Trench on June 23. The full text of the statement Sir Tan Hamilton reports that on the afternoon of June 29 hostile columns moving west from North Achi Babi and south from Bahr toward Turkish flank indicated that the enemy was preparing for a counter attack against a position we captured on the previous Buring the ing two mine galleries in our right centre were blown m. after which the enemy subjected the trenches to a heavy machine gun fire for two After a lull and another outburst of a mined attack made against tne left of our position with the This attack was repulsed with a loss to the Destroyer Did Effective the southern front the Turks made a concerted attack along the where a de- stroyer with searchlights and fired into the main body and caused the attack was pressed closer under a artillery but finally was checked about forty yards from our Bomb at- tacks and intermittent con- but no further at- tack was and at 6.30 a.m. the French moved and by a.m. hid taken a strong system of en- immediately In front of the left centre of the line called by them number of Turks were driven out of the trenches by the and much execution was done during their Sub- trenches adjacent to the to the south were cap- tured after more serious thus completing the capture of all of that nart of the enemy's line re- to round off the Rams made bv the French on 21. enemy's losses everywhere were con- The positions arp being 7 P.M. DAILY IS THE CLOSING HOUR for acceptance of Display and Advertising for next day's Advertisers are requested to hand In their large or as early as All cuts and mats should company Office open every evening excepting PHONE MAIN 6340 PLANS ARE TO CADE Hospital Commission pointed by Government to Undertake LOUGHEED IS PRESIDENT Among Those Invited to Powers Set June order to deal with the situation which will arise by the return to this the progress of the of the sick and wounded from the the has appointed a under the presidency of the Hon. Senator to be known as the The principal duty of the sion will be to provide and equip hospitals and convalescent homes where the more serious cases may receive proper treatment where those whose injuries are less severe may have the opportunity to recover under the most favorable Powers of the powers vested in the commission To select medical and nursing and to appoint such other personnel as may be needed for the management of hospitals and provided that a general schedule of pay and submitted for approval bv the To call in the aid of any ment of the federal in particular to use the machinery of the militia to draw on department for stores and equipment and to utilize the services of divisional and district To control and authorize connected the ment and care of the sick and as well with the administration and maintenance of hospitals All expenditures or bv the commission will be made a charge against tne war or when that vote ceases to be against some other special fund set aside by through Its will have direct access to the Men Asked to The following have been invited to serve on the Hon. A. K.C. Sir Henry of Ont. Hon. Col. Rodolphe of Que. Smeaton of Que. John S. of Thomas of St. N.B. Frederick W. of Ont. Col. C. W. of of B.C. director-general of medical Canadian Clarence of underlying principle of the new movement will be to render assistance to those who suffered in. cause of the empire and to see that is to At the same a careful control will he kept on public expenditure for in any Is hound to CANADIAN CASUALTIES July 3. Twenty-eight are reported killed in of that number in the 4th Battalion and nine in the 3rd 130 casualties in two lists issued last Five are dead of In- three tile 10th and one man of the Royal dian Horse artillery is dead as the result an Thirty-one men are twenty-eight prisoners of and thirty-seven Twelve men from the 1st are That battalion also has five men named the Several officers are included in the roll of Lieut. G. A. of reported killed in is now re- ported at Lieut. PL. of is a prisoner at Capt. L. S. of is ally stated to be a prisoner at The lists SECOND Unofficially reported GEORGE Suffering from CHARLES Slightly GUNNER ly 6th Field Artillery THIRD Killed in June 15: JOHN care Mr. Third avenue North and Twelfth street June 17: Unofficially reported wounded and CAPT. LEONARD Wounded and LOUIS A. erly 160 Boyle Alta. SEVENTH 820 Pandora Previously reported now unofficially ROY B.C. Ont. ALBERT B.C. TENTH THIRTEENTH Previously reported now reported care E. R. De- ROYAL CANADIAN HORSE GUNNER falling off NINE P.M. LIST July following list was issued at 9 o'clock FIRST Killed In June 15: ARNOLD Ont. CORP. Ont. Missing after action near June 15: De- Mich. Ont. Sutton Ont. D. Ont. CHARLES So Fifth Alta. EDGAR St. Ont. Ont. Ont. Ont. Ont. BUGLER Ont. HAROLD St. James Ont. on Page ITALIAN ARTILLERY Successful Bombardment of De- fensive Works of Enemy Camp GARLAND States He Will Not be a Candidate for Federal July a picnic in Carleton F. for Carleton took the of that he would not again bs a. date or the federal He stated that to recent events he had decided to retire to private wished to make the announcement first to the people who had elected and loyally Reeve R. T. of roffe then He said that .as Mr. was he would be a. t Reeve A. of that would be a Garland's resignation is un- to be in the hands of Sneaker Spronle of the house of July ian statement the gress of hostilities was given out here action of artillery is ing more intense the entire frontier especially in Carnia where fire has been opened against the de- fensive works of an result in a short enemy camp of about 500 tents in the vicinity of beyond was The en- emy also by our fire from entrenchments in construction at at Sela de an Alpine detachment enemy entrenchment on the northern slope of Val the fire from which was hindering our occupation of the and at the enemy in two violent to dislodge our troops from the en- lout were both times with heavy One dred and fifty dead Some prisoners were captured and a hundred suns were the Isonzo river the action continues its from our artillery burned the village of of where 1-arg-e depot of supplies was A munitions depot also enemy twice at- tacked a position captured on the Carnio plateau hut they were re- Snow Storm at July rather unusual climax to the July 1 tion was a light hail and snow storm that made the No damage The storm hit town about 0 o'clock and was ed by The weather today is cloudy and Secretary of Saskatoon July tace a prominent official in sport organizations re- signed his position tary of the Saskatoon His resignation which takes effect Aug. 1 has been by the board of MAPLES TO GROW ABOVE GRAVES July 2. Canadian maples will flower over graves in Toronto forwarded large supplies of maple seeds to the Overseas whose Evelyn is now with the tish Red Cross to plant these practicable around the graves in cemeteries where the Canadian soldiers are buried in France and The Overseas proposes after the war to plant an avenue of maple trees at as a the Russian Military Experts Look for Great Turning REPULSE MANY ATTACKS Petrograd Official Report Declares Enemy Lost Heavily Along Wife of Krupp Principal July Bohlen Und of Lieut. Krupp Von Bohlen Und the of the great German gun works died She was formerly Miss Sophie of Famous Russian General July one of Russia's best known military killed on day in a. charge one of the Austrian positions in WEATHER The weather report from the ological observatory at St. John's col- lege is as Temperature at 7 55.1; maximum for the preceding 12 60.G; baro- 29.74; northwest wind at 3 rniles an inches of The meteorological service weather observations takon at 7 o'clock last July 2, 64, 62, 6-1, Port. Prince 50, 4S, Swift 5G, 5G, The weather has been today throughout the western provinces and light showers have again occurred in Manitoba and Minimum and maximum 44-SO; 5S- 82: 44-60; 2S-IJ2; 48- 64; 40-GO; Prince 44-50; Moose 41-00; 43-5S; 40-60; Port 52-M; Parry 58-72; 63-76; 62-7S; wa 60-70; 5S-B6; 50- 02; St. 66-72. OCEAN Lapland New York Liverpool Devonian Boston Liverpool Corsican Glasgow Montreal Amsterdam Rotterdam New York Perugia Gibraltar York July Russian official war statement was given out here June 30, of and the following in the and the we repulsed local German On the left bank of the Vistula the delivered barren attacks on the front In the direction of Lublin the enemy is in contact with us along the Rivers and the and Bug rivers the enemy continues to gress toward the north and the region north of on there was stubborn rearguard A regiment of Prussian Guards which had seized the village of was by our the front the on Wednesday and all of Thursday delivered ous most of which were re- inflicting heavy losses on the During our we took over two thousand prisoners and captured several machine south of im- portant enemy forces succeeded on Thursday evening In establishing themselves on the left bank of the is no change in the ter Think Drive Definitely July the opinion of Russian military the drive in has Deen definitely They now look for a great turning movement by the Russian troops that will force the abandonment of the German offensive between the and Bug in Russian where hard fighting is still in In their withdrawal before the superior forces of the enemy the Russians have shortened the distance over which it is necessary to trans- port reinforcements and The Germans and Austria ns have lengthened their lines of reports from the front agree that there has been a noticeable in the artillery fire of the This 1s due to the fact that in their advance eastward they have from their ammunition supplies in the hope of piercing the Russian a plan is the leaders to hare completely CAN PURCHASE ALL MUNITIONS PRODUCED July shell com- through Gen. Bertram has issued instructions to the different steel plants out to work night day on war if they ex- ceed the orders that have been placed with as all the munitions they can turn out will be Some of these concerns are ing- motors and other they to go full capacity with this output as They have all been assured that more orders are on the way and within a week or two they will contracts that will keep them busy for several All Enlisted Homesteaders July made some months providing that homesteaders in the railway of British on active shall be credited with the time spent on active has been extended to include homesteaders en- rolled members of any military force of Great Britain or her Provision is also being made for the issue of- patents to 1heir in the event of TERRIFIC ARTILLERY FIRE ALONG WESTERN July following cial statement was issued by the French war office on the entire front from the Yser to the there were nothing but artillery especially in the region of the the after a very violent at- tempted a now and general attack between the roads leading to ville and After an stubborn which at tain points developed into ia we were able to hold all our evening the after most intense artillery tion attempted on our positions on the a series of the first two of which were In the course of the third attack succeeded in gaining a foothold In our Through we re- captured this morning all our which the Germans are con- to shell the after the cesses gained by the British troops on June 28, the Turks attempted several violent attacks against the positions taken from They were repulsed with heavy June 30 we carried a Turkish redoubt in the form of a quadri- including six successive lines of The ground is covered with the bodies of Turkish have not been Recurrence of Heavy Gun July sudden re- currence of heavy artillery fire by the Germans at many points in France is a marked feature of the fighting on the western .in the meantime the ad- vance in Galicia and in Poland is and the Teutons have shown no disposition to diminish the of their eastern The Polish fortress of Zamosc has been and progress in other sectors of strategic importance in the claimed by There has during the week no official news whatever from the British front in but Gen. Sir Tan commanding the allied land forces at the in his second official dispatch of the records the repulse of a vicious by the who were bent on recovering the lost ground south of the fortified hill of Achi Baba and the strong position at which the British have for some time been attempting to The British a bit forward last and thus following day the after sapping and launched with the This was while the French force on the right in toward the east coast of advanced and consolidated ground won the latter part of The distances are not Achi Baba a Small Despite the hard fighting ever since the landing on April 25, the Franco-British expedition only lately has achieved anything notable ward strengthening its hold on tip o-f the Gallipoli Achi Baba being a small bristling machine rounded by barbed wire and raced with This is the reason why an allied progress is hailed with great satisfaction in It is interesting to note the utes to the bravery and even gallantry paid in almost every dis- patch the British dents at the At no time during the peninsula fighting have the Turks been accused of Unofficial dispatches from the Austrian frontier and from Rome state that the Italians have made advances in the Trentino and other places on their German and Austrian statements for two days have re- ferred to Italian attacks that were either or but have an Italian The Italians have not ad- great but they satisfied with the progress they Weather has inter- with operations quarter for several troop ments almost impossible in some Munitions Measure The munitions giving David Lloyd of wide power to secure ammunition passed the house of lords and will be a statute when the King affixes his There are manifold indications throughout the United Kingdom that the people only after nearly 3. fully sense the seriousness of the Only a few months ago the boast was is as Theatre patronage was ed. arid the restaurant trade The cabinet ministers now are ing the necessity of the most rigid economy by and school children are being besought to in- vest in the war The papers daily are carrying full page advertisements of the war The Teutonic successes in the slowness of the Dardanelles the failure of the allies to inaugurate the cussed offensive in the are re- sponsible for this change in public WILLIAM MCMILLAN Was Well Known in to Moose July has been received in the city by E. J. McMillan of the of his William at the age of The late Mr. McMillan was formerly a resident of Carberry and andi is well known in Winnipeg and having been a contributor to one of the Winnipeg daily papers under the of Deceased was timber and homestead inspector for a number of years while in Archbishop July improvement in the condition of Archbishop of who is critically ill here at the home of his was announced Temperature and pulse were better the mind was Russians Win in Big Naval Battle July hagen correspondent Renter's Telegram company stales that a sage has been received from land telling of a naval bailie off the east coast of that According to the gunfire was heard last and at 6.30 o'clock morning a naval action Was observed from and later ships steamed At 10 o'clock four cruisers were seen closely en- gaged near Later a German torpedo boat with many wounded ar- rived at on the east coast of BA T DAM A July man battleship which is and a battleship of the Kaiser with many shots under the Waier from the battle in the have returned to The pondent slates it is reported that not only was a German torpedo boat sunk at but a cruiser of the Magdeburg type Was also The German mine layer Albatross Was chased by four Russian and ran ashore to escape Twenty-one of mine crew Were killed and 27 were 1TISH SHIPS ARE COULD NOT JUSTIFY E.G. Shankland of Chicago Gives Interesting Evidence on Steel Two Torpedoed fay Underwater Craft that Sent the Lusitania to the MANNING AS WITNESS Steamer Destroyed When Men From Stricken July British the the and the were and sunk today by a. German The crews of the and the Caucasian were landed at The crew of the bury is The steamers casian were sunk by the This was the submarine which torpedoed and sank the Cunard liner off Old Head of on May 7, witti the loss of more than 1.100 According to the correspondent at Plymouth of the Exchange the submarine sank the while that steamer was the men in lifeboats from the Had Cargo of July consigned to pinger and Russell of this consisted of gallons of Submarine Was July 2. The British schooner L. C. which left June 1, for was sank off Fastnet today by a. German Tile under- boat then sank a six mites The crew of nine of the schooner was landed at The skipper of tho L. C. Tower re- ports that the after ing guised herself with two dummy canvas two and a. false bow These contrivances gave her the ance of a steamer with smoke issuing from her Norwegian Barque July Norwegian barque which was reported to have been sunk June 80 off by the gunfire of a. man was discovered this morning still The Kotka left May for an lish When the barque was at- tacked by the submarine the twelve men of the crew took to and were landed six hours at Steamers have been dispatched to tow the Kolka Into to which port her timber was Chased bv July of the crew of the Leyland line steamship in today from Manchester and told of being chased by a German and how the Warren liner Sachem was by British Capt. Jago would neither deny nor confirm the According to Iberian was only a mi Ins from the bar lightship at the mouth of the river Mersey when tho German was seen a. few miles Capt. immediately swung the er so that she was running In some direction ns the and sent out a wireless which was picked up by half a dozen big liners that were heading for tho submarine had sub- and Capt. Jago headed again for the Just at that time the which soiled from here June 9 for was and Capt. save her commander particulars regarding the Within ten minutes a wireless dis- tress signal was picked up from the The signal was re- several and by a message saying that the submarine was chawing said that throe British torpedo arrived in response to the the submarine had Says Russia Not July sian today gave out a message which he had received from the minister of marine denying sian responsibility far the sinking of the Dutch steamer Sank Turkish July British sub- marine in the Sea of on June 26. sonic the Turkish transport No. 42, which was full of to the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Ten of Crew July Amsterdam correspondent of the Morning Post the of the crew of 20 were drowned when the Dutch lugger 147' struck a. mine in the North Refuses to Answer Question and Defies Authority of Royal Inability to justify figures by V. W. Horwood in an estimate of the cost of steel to be used in tho south central and dome of the nnw parliament brought K. C. of to Winnipeg on a rush order In October Horwood ed that this would cost 047. His estimate was to for his After on Oct. 9, wired Horwood that ho could not see how his quantities of stocl wern made Ho points out that in- stead of 2.000 tons In the central excluding the he can find only 700. In a lotter of the samo lie says also that he cannot check the estimate of own prices as a. basis of he can arrive at only Mr. was put on the before tho sion After tho had como up through he was asked to explain how he came to see Dr. Montague on Oct. 15. He admitted that it. was because he hod not to There was a discussion between himself and Dr. Montague about nnd in end he reported 10 the at but only as to the south wins and Mr. that he not asked to report as to the Counsel estimate Included Hint it had been referred to in between that ho also to Prof. about it. tho witness persisted that in sending him information the domo Horwood something he had no to His own report would have the same without that One point in with this matter been up According to previous evidence given to the the for south portion mid was let on July 4 and shortly after- Tho testimony of fers lias boen to that it was together with the records witness to prior to tho short session of 17-19. according to evidence put In the estimate for it. of vigorous discussion and action as late aii Oct. 18, Carbon Copies Letters from own flips were produced ter witness had disclaimed of they Horwood visited last he got some letters had passed between him and land from the A hint as to how ho obtained them was allowed him to go through con- absenting himself from room Horwood he required certain from the fact that at he testified had done and from still more fact that carbon copies front files were by counsel It Is understood Horwood them to Harry who in turn handed them to from Horwood to Indicates 1h.it was exported to full report on building in- tho Horwood sent ibis in reply to an urgent wire from dated Oct. 0, Raying he couldn't moll his report for the following Monday unless the caisson was supplied to Tr. the mine Mr. staled that he not chock tip the New Price for Caisson The price of n cubic yard Is mentioned the figure on which the of the Mr. land wrote to Prof. would be to a from you as to what you are to Another to the tinted Oct. 12. on the Is 1.400 and of central portion not 700 2.100 estimate south 1.100 total dome above second floor Are you fo 1171011 these prices In your re- Wire at my position you nre to In your report as to Involved Excessive C. P. Wilson obtained from Mr. admission that he Dr. 1hM, the 000 as originally in- volved nn excessive profit Io tho This at ed and wnp made to of tural for 11: contains nn Item of per for He 1h.it. 5 per been for this the extra 1H pry been in to provide Asked if he hnd noticed this of tho Mr. ho had not H. on On Your Vacation Keep in touch with at home by having the Pres Press mailed to you Phone Main 6340 now acd give your
