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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 26, 1917, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death toll from Cyclone mounting storm which visited Indiana City accounts for 31 dead and Over 100 injured auth of alleged Ladys putt Ilariu it Chi list a Turku which of the victims of swept Over March it is thought that the activities of the Ladys purse who has been operation hero for the came to a sudden this when chief of police Esselmont arrested a on suspicion in room the a runic Union when the Doorn was searched Thieo out of four i handbags alleged to have been stolen in scr the i fourth handles 1 but us contents wet found with the other the prisoner fives his name As John and claims to in a russian a Well set up Young about 115 years of a Wilson places my on a a rooting they base their Jan the fact that the Quebec government cannot impose on a part of the legacy that was in the Superior court of Quebec recently maintained the position of Quebec government in imposing the tax but the beneficiaries in the will of the deceased have filed an the principal claimants in the name of the estate Are Jeffery Hales Bur president of the Canada engraving and Litho of j and of of i late i Vurmay show num to ind place the m approximately jj1 the injured ten or More exit l r thought a Iuit Jer or1 bodies pc till lie irks tic of the or Eccl i devastated sections of ice Forward Mil from pasts Winwar movement Steps taken organization of a Dominion wide convention w4u14 Kadlu it in Usu l j3 i i i ii t t i he admits his but claims to to Handicap the army s Prev Montreat March Steps speeding naval construction the War Depan ment announced that failure of the army appropriation Bill at the Post session of Congress would not be a by the this believed to guide the country news ulgate to s the it Wal i the organization of a Dominion liar ins Tho week four women have papers in a voluntary censorship Prei wide win the War to be venting publication of details which i held in this were taken at the police Ai Aiu and other buildings damaged or houses had been torn to pieces and the wreckage with that from other Trust urls thit who had lived n them were unable Deline ply to pirate the files upon which they had reported to the police Tim Lead up them and their trinket sums of Money valued flu to by the victims was very Tjit the officers had very Little to work at one Oclock Luis torn ins chief Vas standing neat depot looking for his j Man Wlson a saw Turrian emerge a Cato on the opposite Corner and enter the oppose conscription held meeting in Quebec Lait night March i jeers was too Small to you lie Lurge crowd that flocked tonight to attend an Antinomy Raul Sion Homo three thous and persons trained Many wore turned the unania Troue for Olinjk of the meeting against was manifested by the applause which greeted Armand and Alderman eur Joseh a labor the Defeated candidate in the recent Dor of Hester also one of the tie frequently inter nipped by ii Road for his refer Puro to recent Noi Ticu and was that the conscription Horey had n More prominent place in the Mincis of those present than under sea Craft the latter disappeared and they believed that it was British Crew landed Twenty one survivors of torpedoed co Ronda landed at March British which arrive uni in port tonight 21 of ill Udine Tho Anil of the Steamer i Kiml up off the Irish torpedoed at Daj a Trot on the morning of March without about 200 off the Crow took to Tho the Teai Iier turned Over a bout with 1mon was Only nine of them were the bout with rot Sod off and Witt pick u up by the arriving Thoy an of Iii ins Battle Between i tramp Steamer mid a they exchanged did the Coronas men say Vii saw Tho submarine on the sur Iare apparent Unn vile to and that after a shot from tramp struck the water near title nostrils and head if your nostrils Are cloned and your head is stuffed and you cant breathe freely because of a cold w just get a Small bottle of Elys Cream Balm at any apply u Little of Uii aau Kepi i Cream into your nostrils and it penetrate through every air Page of your soothing and Beal Inu the swollen Inu oui membrane and you get instant a How Good it your Una Are your head is More blowing More dryness or for Elys Cream Balm u Jum what Buffer cars from Colfi ant Catarrh its a it All recent activities of politics in toilet most desirable store on Portage first Block East of in Stobart the very Best retail site in the also u Good store on main main Pepler 100 Sterling Bank offices a few Toore offices in Sterling Bank Corner of Avenue and Smith Beai Nablo fireproof be push sex phone to Sterling Pun to free jail prisoners my work in making the awards on destroyers today Secretary Daniels accepted the Niaj Ramum estimate of three companies of the 24 ordered nine will be built under the emergency Congress having special carry authorise a a number of other builders were in conference wit ii and indications Are Itiat today order will be doubled or even trebled if facilities for construction of the ves Sels from overseas it nay be Neces sary to patrol the International Boundary line much More thoroughly than is now being Meighen does not appear to consider that Canada is suffice july United in ideals to permit of a straight application of the militia he admitted that he had Given tie matter some but referred to the Case of and when told that Quebec would allow the militia not to go into operation without any serious More especially if the compulsion was Only for Home Meighen asked How one Kleiv that Quebec would by amenable to the act in View of in mass meetings that were held there Meg of n did not deny that on Tario and the Western provinces would easily be he asked whether it would be in chop militia act was to patrol the and on receiving an affirmative and mention of Iho Northwest mounted police being asked whether men would be and implied that it was very difficult to secure these he that the mounted police themselves did think an efficient patrol the Border was possible without x very Tariro Force of with regard to Iho raisins of the old militia Meighen plated that while the enlistment was to be purely voluntary it was hoped that if numbers were per Kun add to join this Force the men might be fit to take the second step fro overseas at a later Date of free Havins become More accustomed to i to build destroyers i United states awards contracts for i 24 to come i i tracts for 24 new destroyers were awarded saturday by the Navy be on the of Cost plus ten per the order was divided As Fol lows Union Iron san fran ten William cramp and six fora River ship building the department a precedent by awarding contracts on the same Day that bids were the boats will require the Complete capacity of the companies to which every offer to the depart ment was accepted and builders who did not submit figures today have been called upon for estimates As to How Many additional destroyers each can food mobilization Ritz Carlton hotel Here saturday of when Wiful Loy gave a private lunch to about Twenty live prominent an executive committee was named to Start work in the province of que Bec planning for the con m on which is to be held at an Early a Resolution was unanimously adopted portraying the proposed convention As having As an object pro motion of National Unity and to Dis cuss the economic and National prob lems arising out of the Mulloy suggested that a con Ference of a thousand representatives of National and other with no preconceived be called at such a he would embody National sol Dibbet Mcvol nov March a renter despatch from Pedrojr Radsay there is an excellent Omen in the fact that the despatches which Are beginning to arrive from the trenches from the deputations sent there connection Robert Rogers and the Hazen with sir some misconception having Arisen regarding the proportion of the voting strength of each Dominion and of the Mother country it is pointed out that each Dominion has one vote upon any which now comes in for the first has also one with the revolutionary movement arc As matter of it is stated full of military ardor and assurances that the country May rely upon its that very few matters Are Likely arise which will form the subject defenders to conquer the foreign foe of a divided every Endeavor be As internal enemies have already been j ing made to reach a unanimous tie i grand Duke Nicholas Xic Holovitch i has asked permission to reside at May com out of or so Toto recently returned to Germany tit a or her allies that prize court Proa second cruise in the 33 Medure was devised to the includes Tom tons of civilized warfare which Canadian sailing ship of not exist that consequently supplies tons an the or for Neutral european countries British three now be rationed on the basis entire cessation of their Trade with n entries must i a British Schoon basis of a owned which Trade with was last reported Sain a from St Between three pid tour thousand arrests have been made in Petrograd since the the despatch among the latest prisoners to in the wife of former minister an eight hour Day is being introduced in All the factories in Petro and a Central Board of arbitral ton has been appointed to Settle Trade would emf01ce How Keltto Bav Doc Nick March the promulgation of a new Allied doctrine Germany is demanded by wll Froy in a re solution Laid on the table of the House of commons for Debats next was left to the poor of the villages visited by the eus8iah official March the of fice communication issued to3ay front in the Region of Northwest of be tween Dvinsk and Ger mans launched deleterious but without causing us any on the remainder of the front there have been reciprocal firing and encounters Between romanian font there have been reconnaissance and reciprocal Cati Casus front in the direction of Khanian on the 18th our troops dislodged the turks from positions near the Village of Ilerina and from the Vermil Kerin on the 19th to attacked the who had occupied positions near the Village of on the remainder of the front there have been seek new trial governor Cornwall to intercede behalf of Jacksons Slayer March governor John of West Wiir intercede in behalf of John former resident of who is under sentence to be hanged May 10 at for the murder of Marshall immigration officer at win through Tho West Vir i Ginia Andrew of this a brother of the convicted j is seeking to have a new trial John Hogue is a member very Little activity on Canadian j of prominent Valley losses Light agricultural expert sends scheme to Wilson March United j states must devote self to increased agricultural production in the opinion of David the american representative a the International Institute of agriculture Lubin has sent to president Wilson a plan for food mobilization in Case of based on the experience of front March unofficial despatch received Here today from Canadian army Headquarters in France reads the enemy varied his activity on the Canadian front this morning by exploding a mine which formed a considerable Crater in this already much churned our men proceeded immediately to organize the since then there Jias been increasing our losses in raids and other Small affairs of the last two weeks have j been notably Light and the health of j Trio troops is the Bat j rations which come out for rest almost As fit As those going the violation provides in View of the murders and the Sitock ing violations of International on the High seas by the German govern this recognizing that Germany has placed herself in the position of an declares tia the time has come to enforce the new serbians in Corfu correspondent says the serbian press Bureau has issued a statement to the effect that the inhabitants of Eastern Serbia Are against the bal Garins anti Are organizing bands which Are operating in Tae mountains and forests the bureaus statement says the action of the serbians is due to forced wholesale requisitions inhuman treatment by the Imperial Canadian Canadian March of thex Orth formerly a private in the Canadian a reprinted after in listing a cult sir with a Canadian unit and coming to England he As Johns on 4 for from St by Mcpherson auction Sale of household furniture and instructed by the i by Public auction on March at z on the 37 Upton Street Between and Wolseley the whole of the furniture Aud c of Olden Oak dirt inc room Diot head sewing Fine leather Library transferred to a Eota Miskins Irr life Ami and Taneji tote North Lan Hall standstill brass Jacl in list of Moewes March additional list of vessels captured by the Ger european doctrine that no supplies Man auxiliary Cruiser which Beds Superior Chillis cot tort Tiger Litchen Etc terms h phone 264 a Rater St March railroads to organize brigades mobilization scheme launched in Toronto District March new mobilization scheme for organization of militia units into a Canadian de Fence Force was launched yesterday at a conference of officers at demand Relief Railroad Heads will meet interstate j commence commission Twenty three Western Day telegraphed the interstate com Merce commission that the Adam son Law decision and higher prices of supplies had resulted in a financial situation requiring immediate and asking it to name earliest practicable Date for a conference to consider such emergency action As May be the railroads did not specifically state that they would ask for a Gen eral increase in freight but there is Little doubt among officials that such a step is t the commission replied it would meet the Western representatives hers next and aiming to obtain a greater agric bit Ion major cultural Effort in View of the worlds who has charge of i Pembroke ont March shortage of food and also to prevent was in attendance from Withman was killed and two hereto food to the associated press Lubin said the first and necessary thin is to plan carrots and Corn on farms and also on every available City the measures should be taken for a Niziul food and for Industrial agricultural such As if America goes to War it must understand that the War will last perhaps two years refuse request major who has been added to the at Ottawa and after the conference major stated that four brigades Ara be formed in this military Dis two of them Are becom nosed three battalions each of two battalions and the Welland canal and a fourth of two units have not yet been detailed to the various the officers commanding thei Brit r i Sades Are to be fcv1 will not modernize prussian american treaties March United states has formally refused apr Many request to modernize Ana i the old treaties of 1790 and state department has replied through Paul Swiss minister Here charge of German refusing to accept the protocol sent through him to Thil government on february the reply that the United considering the treaties in Force in first in Puc second i Auto fourth collision on one Man killed and two injured in Accident in East one badly injured when an East bound train collided with a Light engine at j Moore 40 Miles West of at 6 Oclock this the dead Man was Thomas Freeland of the injured Are of of Engineer of the Light in Pembroke Hospital tonight Bren Nan declared he had no order to wait at Moore Lake for the freight train before proceeding Mcintyre May Brennan is suf Fering from a broken Collar Bone and shot by burglar Well known railway Man rushed to Wiota March old of the Mii Ian mayor Storey dead was prominent barrister and Gaiti cd 162nd battalion known in Railroad was their original is entirely unwell shot and probably fatally wounded italian official March the Tren Tino front bad weather has interfered with artillery says to Days War office on the slopes of Monte Sief we repulsed a recon altering at the head of the vis Dende under the Coyer of a thick the enemy at tempted a Surprise attack but was immediately driven on the Julian front there was again considerable artillery a few More rounds were on for Lyuu some damage was done but there were no on the Carso after heavy artillery enemy detachments attempted at Nightfall raid in the Licati Sec Tor but were driven Back with severe ing to accept Germany Tion of them As provided in the Tocol which expanded the exemption from seizure of merchants and their effects in Case of War Between tha two countries into general including enemy ships in port at the outbreak of which must either be left free or give Safe conduct Tor their Home even through a hostile the question left unanswered by the negotiations is the status of the million and a Quarter German citizens in this while the United states had refused to agree to the Blanket exemption sought in the German protocol it nevertheless will follow the spirit of the old treaties and not interfere with germans Here who comply with the dismantle wireless stations March ing measure to close hostile Avenue of communication in Case of War were taken by Federal agents today when orders were issued that All aliens who have wireless stations Dis Mantle them at among those to whom not dec was sent is a former a a it is said that Federal Law Michaelovich supports March Duke Alexander Moha Elovitch has Tele graphed Prince the from in behalf of himself and his grand Duchess a sister of the former and their intimating their read iness to support the View provisional government in every says Ren ters Petrograd bilious Ness Ikea Ike liver Rainn to work then new he of tier tit Mulson Irin out Ike wanted expert Lecco Wall paper personal employment fifth pills German naval officer who had powerful station at his Iii permits the operation of wireless stations by american citizens pays tribute to March the journal Des Debats in a Long and Friendly discus Sion of americas position says once the americans begin fighting they will go the conflict body and soul and with the Energy and tenacity that characterizes they will want to succeed and will joyously consent to the the idealists will be interested passionately in the Enterprise of the liberation of others will give to the Tusk the keenness they put into the management of their enormous legacy Appeal Case of claim reimbursement of tax March an Appeal Case involving a legacy valued at and the of which Are spread Over Quebec and is to come up at next term of the Quebec appeals court the Case is that of Tho George Bull of who left an estate of the action is instituted by the beneficiaries of the who claim As a reimbursement of the provincial tax imposed by Quebec on the Salesman wanted for Royal typewriters Orer Royal typewriters sold government since beginning of apply to Modem office appliances company 251 wore done whip of Awtry 2068 March Duncan organized the 162nd Battat Iori Over a year died Iri the military base Hospital tonight Valley Railroad and after an major Storey was taken ill last and since then has undergone several oper he was operated on again a few Days before outbreak of the major Storey was a barrister at mid by a negro burglar whom his wife had found in her room Home Here Yarnall grappled with the in Truder and her husband who was ing a hearing the leaped from the Bath tub and rushed to the negro relinquished his hold on Yarnall and fired Point Blank at her the Bullet entering the Groin and penetrating the despite his Yarnall succeeded in hurling the negro after firing another which foiled to take burglar and has not been stops All imports French Cabinet decree restricting Commerce March authority of the the minister of Commerce today issued a prohibiting All imports whatsoever except As May be authorized specifically by the government upon the decree provides that All applications for the importation of foreign goods mus Trpe referred to a commit tee in Parlia ment an the chamber of Commerce of parts All products imported special permits on the recommendations of this committee will be distributed among manufacturers and merchants pro rata to their indispensable re protest to neutrals French government will Issue against German devastation March French government gave notice night of its intention to address Neutral countries in protest against barium and devastation on part of the germans in the French Terri tory which they Are the official note announcing this says entire villages have been burned and the acts of the germans Are not destined to Check the of the French but have As their object the ruining for Many years of one of the most Fertile regions in great Welcome president Pei Neare visits Recap tured territory March poin Paul minister of War Louis minister of the Interior and Leon min ister of accompanied by the senators and deputies from the departments of the Somme and yesterday visited Nesle and where they were Given a warm reception by Tho aged men and women and who repeatedly shouted Viva be the Tricolour Liber ally displayed president Poincare at stand in before a Wall of the Halides troyed City where the germans threatened to shoot assistant mayor insignia of legion of Honor on the breast of a rift of francs he came to shortly after and it was through his efforts that the 162nd battalion was re he was senior major of the but it was ready for overseas major Storey was taken change in command general be Telitzky now in charge of russians on Central front March general Alexei Evert has been replaced by general let Chatzky As commander of the army on the Central general let Chatzky was in com Mand of the extreme Southern Wing of the on the russian front during general Brusiloff offensive Early last it was his Force drove the Austro hungarian out of Czernowicz and subsequently cleared Bukovina of hostile afterwards he participated in the drive northward in during the offensive his troops were credited taking More than general Ever who late in 1915 was appointed to the command of the russian armies in the is a Veteran of the Russ japanese War and rues turkish wars he distinguished himself in the operations around Lublin Early in the present general Everts command took in the Middle Section of the russian with general rus ski com manding the Northern an4 general Tvan Oft the re the Bulgari desert serious trouble among the around monae Tir March sem official despatches from serbian head Quad in the last few Days have ported serious trouble among bulgarian troops around regiments Are reported have deserted in a body As the result of Fri Filton Over supplies and their with teutonic according to these it has been necessary to rearrange several Large units the bulgarian Dos tribute if of suspected loyalty to places where they could do the least i Imperial conference few expected the form Jet of divided Canadian associated March the Imperial conference sat for the second time on sir Robert the Castor a huts us Cal Tina always bean the signature of april records now Sale Monkey still left a Yon limited Agency Stanwood limited Eaton
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