Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 26, 1924, Winnipeg, Manitoba PROBE NORTHWESTERN AFFAIRS Hon. F. Black announces in legislature that the is conducting an inquiry into affairs of Northwestern Life Assurance The he had on deposit for com- Page 3. HAVE SIGNED CONTRACTS More than signed contracts have been re- at the Manitoba Wheat Pool and some hundreds are still in the hands of the Wheat acreage lighter this 6. 49 2 2-J FORECAST Partly cloudy and rises 6.13; Bun sets 18.50. moon MARCH 26, 1924 Price 5c per Edition with 24-. PAGES Bloodhounds Indicate Lunatic Committed B.C. Double Murder POSTAL EMPLOYES Comes Ot- Officials Have Been Active Port March The murder of Mr. and Mrs. Albert last Friday is close to a solution A belonging to 'the la be- Co have done the brought here by Provincial police this morning traced the trail of. the man be- to be the Without the hounds ran along the highway through the village of and along to the mental asylum at People of Queenstown Pay Last Respects to Victim of Assassins Measure Given Second ing Referred to Special Committee Local Workers Hold Mass Protesting Against the Cut in Bonus Strong Resolution Setting Forth Views Adopted Archdeacon McElheran Presides Police feel assured a maniac from that institution tiie PROPOSALS BY Suggests Representation in House and Senate Be Re- By One-Third Debate in Parliament Over Buying of London Property Long and Bitter Trent March suggestion that the representation in the house of commons be reduced by one-third was made tonight when the was before the house for second Harry Portage La voiced the proposal on the ground of A saving of a year would be effected by reducing the membership in the he He did not stop at reductions in the of the lower but also proposed that the senate be reduced by thus saving and that the cabinet be limited to ten Graham Replies to Hon. George P. minister of replied to Mr. j insofar as the suggested reduction in Canadian the cabinet was by March 211. Parliament Paring conditions in the voted for the purchase of States members of the United States March Canadian Federation Employees in a received from tho to postal the nent having promised Immediate on salary The men's in salary lon effective from April 1D24, any cost of living no being made between heart from the Union club on Trafalgar Square of ail postal i as a Canada House at an early hour Progressives Are Expenditure of Voted By 57 to 32 Cable to Free Press and New York March incident since the of the has created such intense the people of Queenstown and the harbor Districts as the oil Friday in which Private his This when a British military funeral party marched down from Port at Spike Island to the pier to place I the coffin on the war department the whole of the sea front at was thronged with the cathedral death bell was and the Roman Catholic bishop of Dr. accompanied by all the cathedral was there to show respect for the dead The lord mayor of Sir James chairman of the harbor members of the urban council and representatives of all creeds and classes assembled to join in the tribute of All business was suspended in the and flags were mast and blinds were drawn and the As the Alice left the pier at Spike Island and passed round the western Haulbowline on the way to the destroyer the with the representative men already named and a ot put off and she passed between the naval pier and the destroyer the was sounded and the Free State troops on Canadians Beat Calgary and Win Stanley Cup a Montreal Team Scores 3-0 Victory in Thrilling Game at Ottawa to Win World's Professional Hockey Put Up Game but Are Outplayed by Flying By Children's Noise Man Shoots Mother D In the Ross Says Treasurer Shared in fold Split of Profits Sensation Provided at Inquiry By the Public Accounts Committee inps n Impartial on which have according to postal has mised to carry out the tion resulting from the throughout Canada to referendum 93 per tor a. event rhe government re- j over consider said a leader nf the i are pleased i shown a petition to reasonable and to meet the requirements and request Strong Protest Against Cut in Bonus The postal employees of the attended a meeting in the old Pan- theatre last called by on STATES BONUS ARE Battle Between Treasury and Bonus Advocates Continues 1'rcwy Private March Tlie treasury and j cates of the bonus when of i the i meet with and j ve of j the ways and means j the new estimates on j the cost of the bonus to be aa These statements came ia answer to an increased estimate j furnished which the j old one by mure than i is a reason for dis- j actuary his by charKing the government an addition to yearly thereby than doubling the this after the Conservative opposition had put tip a stiff for many hours against what they was an autocratic act on part of government in purchasing the building nnd asking parliament for authority Tho debate was and occasionally Precedent and policy were raked up the committee Amendment is Defeated An amendment by J. A. that tho item be struck out was defeated and the item was adopted hy a vote of to The Progressives were Of tiie dozen who remained for the five voted wich the government and including Robert Progressive I the Labor and pendent members the having it on ground of j i Tremier King explained the i i of the which bid four separate establishments in j don with separate i would effect a i The high had assured him the new ters would house nil Canadian of- fices in postponing con- of some 000 had been saved In He was satisfied this building would be a Government to Stand or Fall any this government will stand or fall by this he said regret to hear raid Mr. the vote in taken I will vote against Towards midnight a series of Con- servative questions elicited from the government the fact that they were responsible only to the president and were not required to appear in If Canadian minister's were relieved of their the number could be cut in Second reading of the was moved by Premier and carried after some It now goes to a special yet to be which will map out the con- on the basis of the creased The is identical to last Last session the was given first and second reading and then referred to a which re- commended that it be held over for a To Adopt Conference Methods The prime minister stated that in making the redistribution the ment proposed to adopt the method of A committee selected parties of the bouse would tied 1U1K1I RADICALS Despatch to the March of the most thrilling hockey matches ever seen in Ottawa the Montreal dians tonight shattered hopes of. winning the Stanley of the world's hookey when they defeated the westerners under their own rules by a score of 3 to 0. flying Frenchmen were too good for the found invaders ed the fans to a sparkling battle Cor the full sixty Realizing that it was do or the threw they had into a desperate attempt to pull the series out of the hut it was o and marched with their second straight victory of the series the world's Blinding Hockey was almost j played at a blinding speed and the fans hail a I dull from the time TU. Hon. Arthur faced the puck im- i til the final hell clanged the j knell of the western i body chocking was both teams handing out the avoirdupois without and numerous I allies were inflicted by Referee Art jumped into an in the first This j of a heady play Both goalkeepers provided feature with the other five members of each team giving all they Great Goal The final twenty minutes was only under three and one-half minutes when Rilly Boucher made it two to subbing for worked through tlie gary defence in clever and ills well-timed pass to the wing Boucher uncovered and in a position to beat The feature play of the whole was the scoring of the third Final goal by He stole a pass in his own through the Calgary front line and tore in I from the wrong Gardiner crowded him to the and lie swooped around the end of the slipping the puck into the cage as he came out again on the other The time waa 10.20. and with this goal Calgary's light went Howie star of the was seriously in- jured in the second when He was by The hi Confession Clearing His Landlady 1-Vrc E IN ITALY'S AIR FORCE Stated Four Times as Many Planes For Manoeuvres This Year NEWS OF m DAY March air force has built up to a point tnat ability to hold her own ly in this field of military according to State The ne presses October four t'i 1'ress 1'rlvnli- radicals held n meeting and decided to demand from Ford on treat to blind his told Detroit police questioned for that at the meeting it was planned to blame Mrs. Anna in tho event the plotter should She had been taken into custody with but was today after his alleged Simek said she had no connection with the After hearing sistant Prosecuting Attorney Robert M. said he would recommend the issuance of a warrant charging j him with a malicious threat to ex- i detectives endeavoring to check up on Seek to Emigration goal the hy skated down i the left wing and flipped a knee high I shot our of the corner that Reid was not Tt found Lhe corner of the net in 4.55. the remainder first and through the gruelling period on even were considerably weakened by loss of and Boucher in this both of whom were forced out of the game through ligaments of his right shoulder were and in his it was feared ho har suffered internal nie Morris had to switches in his head from an in the first Dutton Stars Duton turned in a stellar game for the liy Cully Hernin greatest sensation in Queen's in years occured at the public accounts com- of the legislature late tonight when former manager of the bond department of the Home Bank made a statement that the 510.- 000 profit he made on cession duty free bonds had been split three ways C. and Charles deputy Immediately Suspended is married to a ter of Mr. G. M. who was with Mr. Ross in selling the bonds to the which was his share on one HOHS and Hart had previously told the committee that they had split the profits out mentioning either Mr. Matthews or Mr. Immediately following W. 1C. provincial notified Mr. Matthews that he was suspended from the lic Mr. Matthews was told not to report at the office that his work would be taken of. Details of Transaction Ross and Hart said they had nobody in the government but had simply communicated an offer hy letter to sell bonds to the government anil that the ment had accepted The bonds had been bought by the Bank bond department from the Dominion Securities and sold to Mr. who sold them to The sale amounted to about Got Tip From Matthews Mr. formerly a young Toronto bank testified thai he received a that lie could make -some lie took age of it. his profit being on first The tip came March 25. Demented by the noise made by four small boys In a flat Hichard 59-year-old shot their mother today and then killed Tannhauser complained bitterly for months about the noise made by the sous of Mrs. Bertha who are 13, 10, 5 and years of day he threw a brick Into the door of the Kirkly Later he threatened to beat the had him placed under a bond to keep the Shot in the back as she carrying food to her Mrs. Is expected to Tannhauser left a note to his saying he could not endure the noise any and asking for an Inexpensive TO GERMANY WILL BE I GREATEST EVER MADE I Only Awaits Reports of Committee To Be Under Way in Three or Four Weeks Total Loan Expected By Leading Bankers to Run as as Believed it Will Be Offered at Lower Rate of Interest Than That Made to Austria Returns From Smaller Towns Threaten to Wipe Out Lead in Cities h io thf rrc 1'rCBs Democratic Delegates ed For McAdoo Winning By 15 to 1 Sioux New March the long awaited German loan eventually is it will be one of the largest in the history of international This was established today through conversations with who have active part in the major foreign loans in Awaits Reports Such a it was but tiie of tho to bo fully way three or four Contrary to reports made here local bankers have heert on the The entire rests on the report of the which Is scheduled for April 1. lint which may be delayed at least a The according to ing may run high aa with at least to be floated In the from 111 WOMERS RATIFY in was Sprague Moreno were the bets for the Coutu did a henp of useful nnd Dole Cleghorn filled In re- IleC role -in h's heady work accounting for second Vezina 1'iis on 17) ex- gratification that t as many aero- planes as last year will participate In the Italian air tu times J. T. of 3 as leader ot Saskatchewan provincial Conservative at j convention at 4. j Japan considers action of house committee on immigration in exclusion clause as directly dis- 4. further investigation is being Into death o' Jesse in- friend of Attorney-General S. n All protest is thrown out and j Commons Ail I TO i PARLIAMENT TOWER y will meet Owen Sound in Canadian junior 17. British government sustained by of commons on its policy re- Singapore naval is on bleak of Staten adding to of unsolved 1. denies companies which he has been associated regarding 9. negotiations for settlement of written tramway break Amendments Nwn El March ures to stop immigration of Mexican laborers to the United States have been taken by Secretary of the In- of on com- plaint of Juarez Orders will be issued to railroads not to sell tickets to groups headed for the and state governments will he required to inform their people that it is useless to leave home unless they have some guarantee of Approximately 200 to 300 riving in Juarez dally and rived are 500 ar- ar- j 7. j airmen attempting i flight forced by fog to j 1. nations represented in settlors who arrived in J Press March house of commons today appropriated 000 to complete the tower of tne parliament Dis- cussed in the house the S again gave rise to sharp 1 Hon H. H. Stevens moved to reduce j 1 u bv his j was defeated by 96 to 4S. I Labor member Centre moved the vote out defeated by 124 to 14. Another amendment by Sir Henry Drayton to make the vote read the of the tower Boy Found Hanging in Bathroom March from rope tied to a nail in tiie bathroom Then J. S. j of his ippe was found dead by his mother Mrs. could give no other motive for the deed but the The hoy suffered from a deformed ARE SAYS CROSS Will Break Up Saskatchewan Liquor Commission Officials March E. A. chairman of the wan Liquor now ing trial on the of in connection with the removal of tain documents the Regina home of Z. in the course of a liquor is not to be pended unless found guilty of wrong doing by the J. A. made that clear in the legislature session this morning in answering a question from Harris leader of the Tha general said he was going to back up the of the liquor sion in carrying out their difficult task just as long as remained in no evidence haii been presented to him to warrant same applied to chief clerk to the and also under the shadow ot the theft Mr. Cross also explained tne whereabouts of the mystery ments he let it be known they were resting securely In an otherwise un- used vault in his They were properly and no person had access to There they would remain until action of the courts decided ally he had not examined the They in of a peace officer of ASKS DISTRIBUTION WHEAT BOARD SURPLUS Robb Tells Knox in House We Have We'll March claims of western farmers to a share in the surplus profits remaining from the administration by the Canada wheat board of the crop were brought up in the house of commons this by Andrew Knox prince Hon. J. A. acting minister of said that his and that of the minister of finance Hon. W. S. waa one of we have we'll hold. The sum owed the government tor seed advances to the farmers was many times as great as that re- maining in the treasury of the wheat The government felt that It might very well apply the latter against the Knox said that the arrears rain were not necessarily were Peace in Bituminous In- dustry For Three Years March and file of the Workers of the new wage ing peace in ibc bituminous industry for three years hy an overwhelming it was announced here The vote was to 28.253. Tho new which was negotiated at last month will continue present wages and working conditions in effect for another three years beginning April j 1. While the contract embraces the central competitive com- i posed of Ohio and Western nil other coal mining contracts are based on it. At the expiration of the last two miners went on strike a Is. March 25. -Un- expected strength hy current Johnson in the towns neither ened tonight to wipe out early lead maintained by Calvin j Coolidge In the larger and to j upset nil predictions by capturing j the state's Republican delegation the in the presidential With Johnson's still in the he nulled up in precincts until may vole 3.200; jt was said Thousands voters who not when their methodical nf tho stale a month aero have j sworn in cast almost an 1 Idly I On returns at 3.SO I likely to carry nearly every rural i in some of them running 5 j to 1 over the president With 102- Included in the j totals compiled by Republican I quarters had anil in tho nomination contest i against Sterling's In the last 25 precincts j held his lead over j but reports from the solid farm j counties were slow in I Democratic Returns The Democratic pledged i for McAdoo were winning by a 15 i to 1 over the boosting i for a at the An embryonic fusion of. j minority Democrats ana I Labor votes against McAdoo out a fiat City returns gave a lend of and Sterling United be nearer trie Lower Rate of The loan offered at iho Word markets carried a 1.1 at I s expect to r of Interest loan of out in the last This cent yield 8 cent. ed at no i d e n t a i 1 J. nd s lend of THREE-DAY FETE TO BE HELD IN Celebration of Dethronement of Glucksburg Cubic liv March three clay cete Greece is celebrating the definite dethronement of tne burg dynasty and the of a Greek subject to con- by a provided hy the adopted the national for Sentenced to Hang for Murder of Brother-in-Law Free March 25. ffed ana heavily j. B. tn for tn strike This was 1 was i had to reduce the Winnipeg's U was defeated by Midget i Robert IS. I voted with the the and out i the the custody defeats to win smash two senior shooting 3.006 for 17. says people are good progress in Athabasca 5. Johnson develops strength in South Dakota says U. S. are boosting western age 5. Stated international loan to many be cvor Donald of and at P. Davidson elected president of Brock Community will Clean-up on eve of Arbor tor merchants course a. team arrives in Toronto Ahan cup k Wright lectures on Social lt vote by to 44. Progressive government in all Drowned While Crossing Ice March 25 Stuart of was drowned while crossing the bay above last night when the ice broke up under his He leaves a and two small Fog Forces British Airmen Trying World Flight to Land Near Havre U.S. Army Aviator Killed When Plane Crashes to 1 lio 1'rp.s Mount March 15. to the ground from an altitude of 300 Lieut. of the army aviation post at was instantly killed late when his plane failed to out after he toward a target during gun An investigation was im- mediately after the tragedy to mine the for seed owed by the same people benefits under the He asked the minister to reconsider his There was no further Believed France Will Accept j Paris March was declared In authoritative sources today that stood ready but still Salterfield appeared before Judge John D. Humphries in Fulton court here and was sentenced to hang April -o the murder of his REBEL CHIEF EXPECTED AT HAVANA j Lookouts Keeping Sharp Watch For j Zaragoza United News ruble free liy March Morro Castle are a sharp j watch for the rebel Mexican believed to be at this bringing Adolfo de chief of tiie rebel forces the Mexican It is stated that the Mexican government will ask that the vessel be detained if cal amnesty will he and General leader of the Con- is expected to return next lie been In exile since Ms attempt to overthrow the LOOKING due in the Press afn but not local election came op- to keep tilings j pending iho ot Fifty Years Ago out for I brought the French R in December of killed Hart after an over the The estate of Satterfield's Hart's Land at Cal. March 25.- that hopped off from San at noon landed at Redding i to remain this j i lure number of I GRAIN COMMISSION TO whu Ul- TO deceased j charges Made By Van Allen in Winnipeg lo their Forty-five Years Ago 1879 Emerson was reported to be ed with start at cleaning which badly needed bootblack com- strcot A Crissy They will II it 111 J northward to Seattle tomorrow j j March Thomas j minister of trade and has instructed the Inquiry commission to com- I expected to accept the suggestion from the reparation experts re ing pledges in the Ruhr an withdrawal of the ana ministrative organizations there in exchange pledges Cor tne ht the experts will j sky News Cable to Free by 1'i-rj-. 1-nv.ito VI I March The I j piloted by Lieut. A. S. C. i was forced to descend when its was blocked by dense fog near this j 'The landed at near cats afternoon and will resume night tomorrow ins. proceeding to Deported From England March Great Britain entered the air race against United States at 12.10 p.m. when an plane manned by a trio of .Mr Force aviators rose from Southampton water amid an of land and seaplanes and turned its nose toward of there is not any Three British fliers of long experience in tho air merely wanted to try to fly around the world their and the air ministry gave them it is merely a coincidence that a group of United States planes happened to be trying to accomplish the same j thing at the same i everyone in Great Britain looks upon the venture which begun here today as a race against the United States which left flying in the opposite di- last Put Trust in Kipling Phrase a single plane its in competition four United on Rumanian and Hungarian Governments in Agreement Tress March official press declares the Rumanian and Hungarian governments have signed an whereby the latter finally recognizes Rumania's to the Invasion of 1919 and withdraws claims totalling gold At the same time Rumania renounces claims of 30.000.000 lei to cover the costs of the Wants of Venue March know ing was the reply of ban associate counsel for the Rev. when asked today regarding a. report that Delorme would be within ten davs at defence will not ask for a. change of said more thoug Mexican Income Tax Law Has Many Unusual Features JST El March ine Mexican federal income tax number of unusual lea to Juarez holds that a be assessed a higher and a plumber than a contains according The law rapher must rate than a T is a poorer man than a tery winnings are exempt from tion and burled treasure is the free OCEAN STEAMSHIPS Arrived Ills summer of forty wild Hew over the Forty Years Ago Five thousand persons witnessed meeting in Boston Mitchell and Jake to whore win i champion of to Investigate charges j and made by H. Van i M railway for the at t he j official I hearings of the last Mr. Van Allen i charges gainst Ago i tiie government at of slou were supplied i and Son completed their i of tho new St. 1'etcr'a churcn 2 a j .lt Ht. at Thirty-five Years Ago Tne following elected Rat Rive s. ia Made Bishop of St Hyacinthe March of Itev vicar capitular of the diocese nf to the Pist 01 bishon of Ste. Is also on Unsolved Slalen Island Mysteries Egyptian Flag Hoisted Today Honoring the birthday of Fuad I King of who was born on March 26, 1868, the flag of Egypt floats over the Free Press It consists of three white each with a ed white star between the on a red March 25. On the j 1 Ul I bleak marshes of Staten that strangely backwoods borough of New York where so many gruesome crimes have been committed or I covered a woman was murdered cay while her 1 from the i Mrs. 31, an I ally atti i and well dressed j i -as motoring with her her when a passing forced their car off the der of the road into the Mrs Bauer tried to run the car but tiie wheels only spun and dug themselves in. Presently a young man came along in a small he I'll drive you to a farm house down thv road where you can someone to help you Finds Daughter Dying Mrs. Bauer thanked him and got around a bend of about 300 yards the anxious after an hour's hut was relieved to see same young man returning in his instead of stopping or giving any word of Mrs. he stepped on the throttle and clattered away ward the jungle ot slums and on A. H JOE. lor I D U R. Joe a foothill team lu witn St. Thirty Years Ago Benson lectured church on members of the In peg took up question of dross re- form house passed a to protect Insignia of tiie Red Cross society from use for trade T. M. Vibert married to M. by V. V. Twenty-five Years Ago The population of Manitoba the tiie taken In 1RS1. gave 152.000; an increase of 1SS.OUO in nine old-time bee was i held on the farm of W. i den and a. building on a 10- i ft. stone Twenty Years Ago The of registered letter in- Canada wont into of ot the leading oil in It. for- merly of was nominated Cor
