Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 1924, Winnipeg, Manitoba UNEMPLOYMENT QUESTION the Winnipeg Trades Council a report that hc arc refusing employment to local men uen taking on newly arrived t n by Premier Bracken being 2. Manitoba I SUBSTITUTION OF COAL The manager of the company supplying coal to Tuxedo barracks tells the coal inquiry commissioner how the 29 cars of coal were replaced by 3. fair and local Sun rises 4.18; ami Moon rises 22.02; moon sets 6.03. JUNE 18, 1924 Price 5c per Edition Defeated By Labor in Pretoria Surprises Supporters So par Labor and Nationalist Have Made Gains in 10 Seats Three By Government Ceiling View is That Cannot Now Hope to Secure a Majority FOURTH PARTY HAS AT Rum Running Treaty Between Canada And the U. S. Has Yet To Be Ratified of Progressives of Independence SMALLER THAN Not More Than Seven or Eight Take Part in the New Alignment PREMIER JAN SMUTS scat in Pretoria South African Press South 17 the Smuts the 7; 1. i The prevailing view tonight that j cannot now hope to j Bailey Defeated I ministerial de- in where Voe the former dotted by the Ttar by a majority of V The scored a sain H formerly to tho Tress from June fourth cal party has emerged in the ment of This which lias existed vicariously ever since first sion of the present and has labored to obtain its ends under has hitherto been known by a number of it was known as the radical of tho Progressive and latterly as the the latter title being earned as a result of the 1he supporters ot the movement sought to inject into the slower and more stately sels of the parent To Blaze New Trail Like many another new born tical the cording to authoritative is 4. to a new trail in tho Understood it Will Not i ness of political In its framework it will eschew those stanchions and girders which its forerunners in. the history of cal parties have i There is to be no The bond j of party js to be so fastened unless otherwise an observer might think its members were quite Tho union is to be founded upon a of out- look on the major problems con- the nation since it is organized on what is called tional this unity of it is will continue in the The which was estimated in a recent despatch at about 15 has shrunk in the and it appears now that there will be no more than seven or eight names pended to fho of Despatch to Free Press from Staff June of the political disruption at caused by the Republican and the Democratic national con- and the adjournment to December -I of congress which has a vast amount of to between Canada and the United States Lp prevent between tire two countries has yet to be ratified by the United States senate and by the Canadian is expected that the United States senate will implement the signature of Secretary of State Charles Hughes to that treaty as soon That when in will end the business oC vessels from lake ports lor laden with be- cause article T. of the pact provides expressly for such contra- Jt high contracting parties agree that ance from Canada or from the United States be denied to any vessel cargo of the importation or which into lire territory of Canada or of the United as the case may is when it is evident from the size and general character of the or tire length of the voyage and the perils or conditions of navigation attendant upon that the vessel will be its cargo to tire destination in the application for While there it is difference of opinion last November when this negotiations the two governments Were instituted especially there later developed a unity on this and points in the and it Js known that the United States has been more eager for the framing of such a pact than possibly the but both firmly agreed as the urgent of of such provisions as the treaty now There is no need of a re- opening of that part of the work is All that remains is ratification both sides of the Come Up Until Tuesday Next of to Move to Have Committee's ment Rescinded Press Juno expected debate oil church union was not proceeded with When the was called for consideration in committee it allowed to probably owing to the absence from The government gained Gardens from the Labor Dr. la Pretoria Edward a member of the Smuts cabinet and chairman of committees in the last of was defeated by 55 votes by she Libor scored a victory in where their defeated by a narrow which has now been before the house since early in and a lively de- bate is Notice of Amendment has already been given of amendments to the by L. of on behalf of the The main amendments proposed are those which sary to rescind the amendment to inserted tho bills committee on motion by of the ijam of including special section Inserted to Hcm who resigned vide the should not come ilic cabinet a month ago into unless and until the courts have decided that general had power to agree to a union and that the is i powers of the federal the Securities valued at of loot stolen in recent mail near recovered in Page 12. to participate in third convention ot Paul on equal with other The Manitoba closes with slight committee 2. Tire Board oC Trade publicity com- of is complimented 6. The police commission Hie who in new 11. File Provincial convention of the MBS pf England will be held in Page S. G. Porry addresses ol at the 8. amo Garry years Canadian Pacific crop uniform j 2. Movement to establish new regime in Russia good Alloway tells how the na was given to Fort Ga The proposed contain a amendments also tlie on SENT TO AFTER FORCED MARRIAGE Edmonton Man Charged at Seattle on NEAR RIOT OCCURS IN RHODE SENATE With Mann Act Republicans Try to Prevent Gov. Toupin From Presiding 1'reps near riot broke nut in the state senate here this when a group of Republican senators tried to pre- vent froin The occurred when Arthur A. one of tho determined to take con- trol of the senate at any ed trie platform as Top in arrived fit tho door and called the to The unexpected action of man threw the body into an Senators clashed and many of tho spectators swarmed onto the floor and took part in the free-for-all list was sent to Governor Flyn that a riot was in and he hurried to the senate his arrival and appearance on the rostrum tho stopped A few minutes after the ance ended police from practically every precinct m the city arrived at the state house to prevent further June long pated ence adopted by the last economic conference in opened tonight in the house of com- with the leaders of every party except the Lloyd listening to the Ing The preference resolutions come before the house on the understanding given by the premier that they should be sub- mitted to the free vote of the which will continue was the greater part oE the evening at a high was free from party bickering and Preference Not Subsidies Sir Phillip former Dave Sets New Mark for Metre president of the board of opening the devoted his at- to the first conference concerning the free tion of dried his first being that this kind of preference encourage small holdings in the dominions for ex-service not was the right he adding that subsidies had to be raised entirely by the British He that they offered less ity to the exporter and would also have to be given to the home Sir Phillip claimed that the Winnipeg Athletes Shatter Records m Olympic Trials Coaffee Olympic 100 Squabble in Final of 100 Better Policy Than Declares in Opening Speech FUTURE OF CONFERENCE INTERVENES Urges Need of ing it Representative of in Countries Concerned OFFICIALS OF POSTAL CALL Dominion Cabinet Grants ence on Wage to Held This Morning HON. JAMES MURDOCK in eleventh hour conference with postal Murdock Suggests Grievances Be Discussed Before Final Action on Walkout Taken m I Federation Executive Had Fixed Strike to Start at 5.P.M. Today When Call Came to Hie June ern athletes well here when they furnished moat of the star performances seen the pic trials held in the Dave proved to be the of the field when he romped home to smash the Canadian record for the five thousand metre This almost was not at first included in the Winnipeg team and it Is understood that he only sent on the request of Coach who was impressed with his showing while out has put in. a week's ing up at McGill un- known to Cornelius knocked 40 seconds oft his Today he started out a name Tonight he is the talk of all the of- His followed the un- fortunate collapse of E. after leading the with McGill a good a tendon and collapsed while the last TIad he been com- plete the distance it is. almost tain that the Olympic record would have been equalled and a dous would have been vided at the was Gill was never pressed won 2 He won out in 15. to the 400 was held 100 metre In three starts all were called off due to his When the pistol went for the fourth time the start looked to be fair but who had equalled the Olympic record in the first to walked off the track and protesting .to the officials got a When the results were an- crowd its and but it Was agreed the start had been wHl be given another chance it has been decided that he will given a chance to run in the of the 100 metres which was run but which will have to be run over Coaffee led the field and ran the distance in 10 4-5 ling the Olympic strong was C. Neilson spoiled his form by competing in. too many In the 310 hurdles race he in: a by failed to impress when he knocked down six this he was trying his hand at the in fie threw the less than 20 and will not make the While he was competing in. this All That is Needed is ness of Weather Man for a Complete Parade Will Move Down Main Street Prom Broadway 10.30 This A.M. government increased the British preference as a for Great Britain raisins the cattle There was some derision when he spoke of lost dominion of the United averring that Page THIEF BREAKS INTO mm OF EDSEL FORD Arms be the sore spot in for the on in Russia makin s. On of U.S. to Japan will sentiment of public to 1'rcss June Arthur was sent to the penitentiary four days after his forced marriage one of the two women who came into his arrested by ment of justice agents and indicted for violation of the Mann act the grand He was charged with Ethel Clarice Sloan from to Seattle by taken from the county jail bv Deputy Marshal Smith and was married to Caroline M. other woman in the by P. Monro upon a plea oC he was sentenced by Judge to 1U months in the the wing of Progressives fourth political party at Favorites have great day at s Jockey suspended for 15. Debate on preference resolutions in British house ot Mussolini 3Iiv'e, 's grip on internal and crisis is matters are tabled by Health scourt defeats Taylor in 14. report for 4. in senior Jaw Faces Strike of Workers to Moose June lowing the refusal of civic electrical workers to accept the compromise wage salary Moose Jaw city council tonight passed a resolution asking the federal minister of labor not to appoint a board of conciliation to adjust the dispute existing the city and its de- The council's Is stated to have rendered likely a by 30 or more men employed at the power Confession By Greer In Despatch to Free by Preo Press VI Los June tion of a signed d to have been made Horace A. the night Cortland S. wealthy young was shot in his and read in court day was the outstanding feature in of former chauffeur for Mabel who is charged with the Three police officials gave dence that Greer walked into the police station last Year's laid a pistol down on the and announced he had shot Written evidence of Dines was to the effect be could not remember who shot Prosecution der fence lawyers agreed to have Dines evidence read to the owing to his inability to Toronto Girl is Awarded Against Press June 17. Judgment for 200, with has awarded Miss A W. against Dr. F. G. for pain and inconvenience suffered toy her as a of the breaking of a hypodermic needle the muscles 01 her jaw during the extraction of two wisdom SWEPT BY FIRE m MILWAUKEE Caused By Explosion of Damage Estimated at Tress June resulting from an explosion of dust in elevator on Menominee Milwaukee yard roads late caused damage to the and contents estimated 8500.000. Several employees at first trapped in the burning building were later accounted Agree League Eventually to Take Over Military Control of Germany TODAY ta Free Press Office BE OPEN to 12 Noon AND P.m. to 11 p.m. telephone service for of Want and will be maintained 9 the above t0 being a public Hle Evening Bulletin is and distributed earlier June the of Nations eventually will take the military control oC Germany now exercised by the was when Lord of and De of reached a full agreement before the League of Nations council on preliminary steps for military control of Hungary and B was before the by but De tho de- clared that the plan which the league less or central vill serve as will adopt for the I powers necessarily 1 basis when the question of German control comes League delegates here ly declare that the statement marks turning point in European as decisions which the allies have dictated since tho war henceforth will be entrusted to the league under Marsh Expedition Brings Three to Colon Darier Hinterland tinted to Tree by Private Canal Juria 17. Two young and one young with straight blue eyes and ivory skins have brought into Colon the Marsh which sot out to search for in the interior of The men and women wear clothes and speak an Indian age and laymen here consider them genuine Professor Marsh refuses discuss his Dustin Farnum Seeks Divorce June Dustin the filed suit for divorce here charging wife was Miss Mary Elizabeth WARRANT ISSUED ARREST OF MATTHEWS Charge lLaid Against Former sistant Treasurer of Ontario Tress June 17. Upon tions Attorney-General a warrant for the arrest of former Assistant Treasurer Charles A. of has issued by the Ontario provincial The charge is of tion of the Secret act. Although it was on March 2S. 1924, that Matthews provincial police officers detailed to shadow him this is the first definite move on the part of government to secure his Assistant Treasurer Matthews left the parliament buildings about the middle of sensa- tional evidence at a night sitting of the public accounts in which he was accused of Part If ing- in a three-way split of an profit on a provincial bond The also Involved C a distant relative of Ma t- who disappeared about the same and is believed to be with the Hughes to be Honored Porch Climber Eludes Guards and Steals in Jewels June of the automobile wos some friends in his last Saturday a porch climber eluded a cor- don of broke into the house and stole nearly worth of police declared The total value of the loot was fixed at A pearl necklace w as among the cles When the robbery was discovered shortly after midnight police were taut kept robbery a in they might more easily trace the The theory was first advanced the robbery was an but this was when discovery was made that the thief climbed the porch and entered through a screened The most part of the whole episode concerns the manner in which the daring got through the police cordon Police have guarded the home ever since the re- cent attempt to extort money from Mr. Belgian Balloon in Gordon Race Reaches Ireland All thai the committee on Winnipeg's Golden Jubilee desires is fair weather for so that ing will mar the splendor of the The committees having the parade in charge held final meetings day and there is and operation all the they re- Finishing touches were be- ing placed on scores of and autos last and this morning workmen will be busy com- decorating of some oC the larger Parade Big Feature The streets reserved for the ation are those between Portage avenue and Broadway and from Mam street to with Donald clear for The start of the 10.30 sharp and the old Indian who will head the mounted on typical steed of his race should in front Union street at By Portage avenue should be the city hall by 10.55; the Main street subway by 11.OS; Burrows where the pageant will by 11.15: back down the west Bide of Main the subway should again be by 11.25; Main street and Portage by 11.40; turning west on the intersection of June London 4 17. The American secretary of Charles B. will be the guest of the at a dinner given in honor in don on July 21. The Prince of Wales intimated intention of Duke of Connaught has i The will TODAY'S RACING CARD June is reported that tho Belgian piloted by Ernest in the Gordon Bennett has been sighted over The United States balloon piloted by W. G. Van landed east of The which was one of three United States en- tries in the Gordon Bennett had in the air more than 36 The is weather report issued from office at 7 p.m. ic i 78' and over Ihe preater of Pros of the Postal Federation of riedly left for Ottawa shortly before midnight in response to a telephone message from the ing that the 7Dominlon would grant a conference on the question at 10 o'clock A meeting of the executive was in session when the came had tentatively 5 p.m. tomorrow as tho hour when the strike was to whether it go into effect or not will depend on tho in- with the Request Came From Murdock Despatch to Oio June invited by the government to so down to and the whole of Hie officers will so dowa to confer with the and our train leaves in ten This announcement by President R. G. chairman of Canadian Federation of Postal was made to a group of who ly at the Sons tlie termination of two hours of debate among the officials of the at last The intimation was Iho request for a further conference came from James minister of when in a few days promised that the difficulties existing between postal employees and tho ment would be satisfactorily Basis of Conference President K. M. of. the Toronto board of was in com- with Hon. James dock earlier in the and had a short conference with the of and lett for Ottawa to confer with Hon. Charles and Hon. of It understood that the of the conference on SAYS CHARGES AGAINST MEANS Witness Trial Recounts Series of Allegations United by Free Tress New W. a government witness in the trial of Gaston B. fied that Means had told him of huge money advances made to the Re- publican Andrew W. secretary of the The money was to be son sware Means told by a barrel for releasing liquor from government contributed to the according to alleged statement to Johnson on Page a former was the first witness l- in more the trial In which Means and his are charged with attempting to remove liquor from bonded wiather has ana but tlie west the FIRST Four and 'a Jim Growl in HaU no 103 113 100 107 100 the The council ot the of tions today asked the permanent court of international justice to give a decision on the Slav frontier referred league by tho council of ambassadors as a matter endangering The council approved the of an intelligence reau at Singapore for combatting epidemics in the Par The of approving Great Britain's mandate for Mesopotamia was postponed until the September Great Britain drafted her mandatory obligations in eral treaty which King recently but the council desires time to study its con- The council authorized a new in- into the quantities of opium and cocaine necessary for the world's and scientific The information will be in con- with the drawing up of the proposed Merry Cherl S ECO N D Western Canadian Breds 3-year- olds and Furlongs Saucy Sally 105 i -i in Rainbow Tom Echo THIRD 3-Year-Olds and Upwards Five Furlongs Hasty Richards Gorman Miss Taft Tough Nut Annette Teller Crest St. Leon ComeOn Sam Redwing 3-Year-Olds and Upwards Furlongs Bon In 310 116 114 111! 11-t 116 116 116 105 107 Six 112 110 107 115 Hopover Whippoorwill FIFTH 3-Tear-Olds and Mile 50 Sam. Ren My Laddie Mock Orange Black Monkey SIXTH 3-Year-Olds and Upwards About Five Silk Sox Lady Lou Billy Connor Tim Kane The Sheik Southern Gentleman Ruggles Perch Also Cannell Lady Edmonton SEVENTH 4-Year-Olds and and 110 107 105 107 115 116 107 116 103 fair and moderately ment League Commissioner for Hungary Salary Jeremiah of League of Nations high commissioner for has be- come a year Introducing the idea ot has moved to cheaper Prices Climb quoted at per 100 pounds here an increase In of ten Vancouver Italian Crisis Abates as Mussolini Tightens His Grip on the Situation tlir Free By FRANCISCO RAE situation and the is aba tin Phil Johnny O'Connell Prairie Old Rose Marona SPECIAL NOTICE Positively no horse scratched after on day of the 105 102 302 10.5 pounds apprentice and lodged In where the state prosecutor immediately began to question It is reported mat important documents were found on and that they are likely to throw considerable light on the A. reporter on the Corriere simultaneously with the Free Press Fifty Years Ago Mr. of died and was burled at St. with Orange fought at and came to this country with the Sixth 34 years S. Volume ed for horses for the Northwest Forty-Five Years Ago There was a good display of fables on the around hotel entrances were given the name of brown Banjo a well known arrived to take part in the Dominion Day Forty Years Ago Mr. Asa hail on tion at Qu'Appelle some specimens of wheat 24 inches the average height for 30 being fully 20 the wheat was sowa on The new Dominion 3V4 per loan was offered on behalf the Canadian government to Glyn Mills Co. Thirty-Five Years Ago The application 1.0 railway com- for crossing of the by the at Portage la was adjourned such time another application under Section was made for the M. Thirty Years Ago The promoters the Southeastern railway the for another audience to dis- cuss the question of the single tax visited the The assessment of Winnipeg for the year amounted to Twenty-Five Years Ago The builders of ed an It was ed that the Winnipeg hotel be erected near present at a cost of and nave a description of their visit to the locust haunts in southern Twenty Years Ago the popular of the Bank McDermot waa by S. J. warm weather of the last few davs started to work their camping ot the 30th the crack snot who won place the waa with Mm 5100 in cash by A shift in the cabinet m eased There is a duct a full supposed deputy conviction d to into the Socialist he in e was Genoa today when at- to escape motor journalist kidnappers of on the northwestern frontier for Commander wanted in connection with the may attempt to escape into France The press that since the case has been out of the hands of the police the investigation has moved more swiftly and with more certain WATCH Tomorrow's Paper Reports of all holiday including a full account of the big public the greatest event of its kind in the history of will be carried in morning's Free
