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Date 1912-07-29

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uly 27th, 191 Few Big Snap feet, Block M , adjoining R, depot site, 9500 It, Block 88, facing Y. W. Bite, 2600, Herald t., Block 23, 1000. Central Park it, water and gas, Bleck 11 000, it, Block 18, 800 cash. 4 t. Block 4 (sewer, water andi 48) 1300, High School Annex t. corner, Block 23, 1200. t., Block 20, 1100. North Yuill. t. lots, Block 18, 700 each, South Yuill t. lot, Block 8, 1050, Rosedale lot, Block 7, 1200 cash, Riverside. i t. lots, Block 14. 600. lots, Block 15, 560, 0 ft., Block CO 1200, C. Pettet Co. Toronto St, Phone 481, ion of Musicians, the manage aw York theatres have decided itres devoted to the legitimate Next season ten of the th this city will be without o s and others will probably fol- The musical com Vaudeville houses, of course, compelled to continue the use estras and it is estimated that t for orchestra service under r Seale will be increased by gt; 6000 for each ote of the The new scale which the ui etermined to enforce places a ous burden upon traveling companies carrying their own as: Under the old scale the carrying an orchestra for a of forty weeks was 16,800, nder the new scale the cost about 75,000, a difference of Year for each company. It ed that there are few com- hieh could afford the addition- Be. Old Timer 10c Cigar. Limited . rice er of precedent find these virtues sER CO. TACEY, Mgr. d South Railway: are prepared to offer z noval Tailor 88 from Toronto and Pressed by expert Present Pafly Average 1676 Coples. Advertisers in Daily get the benefit of the Weekly country circulation. No extra caarge. Books open (o ad- vertisers, DICINE HAT NEWS VOL. 3 NO. 16 lt;b, DAILY D UB: ALP AND 0, fd CP.R. Empress of Britain Wrecked - Coal Collier Six 4S Big Liner Struck Dominion Coal Co.'s splice, Cutt- ing Her in Two Memories of the Tit Sic Sent Pas- sengers ina Panic to the Life Boats None Drown- ed Empress Returned to Quebec. (W, A, P. Dispatch.) Quebec, Que., July 29. The Can- adian Pacific Railway steamer Em- press of Britain, which left here last Friday evening with more than seven hundred passengers bound for Liverpool, returned to this port this morning as the result of a collision which occurred with the Helevitia, 8 collier steamer chartered by the Dominion Coal Company, The im- pact occurred at 4.30 p.m, on Sat- urday between Cape Magdalene and Fame Point, a distance. of about three hundred miles from this port. The accident is attributed to. a ense fog which prevailed at the time, as without. any. warning the Empress crashed into the collier, eutting her in two. and sinking her almost immediately. The bow of the Empress was stove in and in an instant the water . flooded her for- peak. Most of th passengers were on deck at the time and a scene of disorder followed the crash of the collision. The date: of the Titanic was frceh in the minds of all and as the large ship. shook from bow to stem by the jar of the collision and then ploughed ahead amid the sound of crinehing iron work and shattering timbers, some of the passengers, panie stricken, rushed for the lifo- boats but the officers with com mendable coolness eaimed their fears as best they could and order was gradually restored. (The work of saving the officers and rew af the Helvetia was then begrn and all were taken safely on board the Eni- MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA. MONDAY. JULY 29, 1912, press. When Captain Murray and the officers of the Empress had re- stored order among the frightened passengers and all the crew of the 4 Helvetia had been saved an invosti- g cation as to the damage suffered by the Canadian Pacific made and the Captain immediately ordered the ship about. TheHmpress of Britain left hero at the Louise embarkment exten- sion at 7.15 o'clock om Friday last instead of her usual schedule time 8.30.p.m. She was delayed nearly four hours on account of some twenty padsebgers who has missed the Montreal special steamer train and had to come to Quebee by the regular passenger express that ar rived at this city at 6.30 p.m., and then had to be transferred into car- ringes with their baggage and be driven to the steamer landing. The delay no doubt was responsible for the collision, a disastrous end Saturday, was the most modern collier in the Dominion Coal Company's fleet. Sine: was built only Isst year at Walker-on- Tyne. She was 375 feptilong, 52 feet beam, and had a depth of 31 feet. At the time of the collision she had a cargo of 8000 tons of coal, The Helvetia is not the property of the Dominion Coal Company, bub had been chartered from Low - den and Co, Up to the present the Dominion Coal Co. hos given nq. estimate of the loss, but the vessel is fully insured, Hundred Hurled Into Sea By The Collapse of Dock Terrible Calamity at Binz, It is Thought. Germany Twenty-one of Recovered M any More Lost Their Lives, (W. A. P. Cable.) Binz, Germany, Jny 120 A shocking catastrophe, causing the deaths - Raltie- Bathing resort. The lauding. stage which was. crowded to its utmost eupacity during the concert given by a local band, ollaps d and threw dred persons into the sea. Twenty-one bodies have -be n recovered, but it Ig believed many more persons lost thefr lives. Many excursionists had come from all. parts of northeastern Russia to spend the day on the shore. The Ogilvie Permit Calls for 450,000 Will Send Hat's Building Permits for July Soaring High Above Other Cities Already Month is But Little Short of Equalling Total of Last Year. The permit for the erection pf the Ogilvie plant has been and it provides for the expenditure of 450,000, which will no donbt send Medicine Hat's total for the month far above any of the other cities of the Dominion. Already the permits for July are only shout 125,000 short of 1911's total. The permits taken out are in number: three taken out 51,000 brick and r inforeed con- crete flour warehouse, four stories. and seven story tower. Size. 168 0s 271,000, brick and reinforced con- erete flour mill, distribution sta- tion and power house, six stories. Size, 300 x 52. a 128,000, brick and reinforced con elevator 143 ft. 6 in. by 51 VIVID WORD PICTURE OF ATES WARING DISASTER Rev. Dr; Burke, Passenger gt; Great Britain, Portrays Aboard the Empress of the Scenes Aboard the Big Liner The Meeting in a Dense Fog The Collis- ion The Rescue and the Final Parting as the Big Collier Went Down to Its Watery Grave. SOWA. Quebec, July 29 The Very Rov. Dr. Burke, one of the passengers, give his account of the Empress collision as follows: I was on the dock at the moment and saw everything that transpired as well as it could be seen. The sea was calm and great veil of fog hung ov- er it ominously. We were near to the Gaspe coast, much nearer when the fog srose than appeared comfortable. The siren of our ship had sounded with painful regularity for a couple of hours and most of the first-class Passengers had retired to thelr cabins tc escape It by an afternoon nap. It Was a quarter to five when I went on the deck to watch a game of billiards, Our horn sounded its dis- mal alarm and immediately came the answer from something immediately under our bow. Three whistles made everybody ready. Thero was no tim for anything ele, no room to turn, no Dispatch.) ing at half speed. 1 rushed to the forward rail as. did the others, with cues in thelr hands, There was still nothing to be seen, though it was felt that we were upon some ship, The Diack fort of a collier rose out of the thick mist and we crashed into it amfdships and ploughed our way squarely acrors its beam. Even after our ship ceased to cut its victint furth- fer-atwain, we kept on pushing t bod- fly before us or it would have gone down like a stone. I knew something Serious had occurred, although the impact was not much as to cause gener- al alarm. In itself the: whistle and crash, however, brought everyone quickly on deck. Scarcely had .he call for the boats sounded out loud and shrill when almost at the very sound the tacklo began to run through the blocks with many groanings and the sailors having unhooked the blocks began to play the oars as best they Chance of escape. We were proceed-could. Had not th sea been as smooth as it was a serious problem would have confronted us. These little boats were like toys upon the ocean. They first thought to take off the Helvetia's crew with them, but it was not neces- sary, Our ship was bridged upon its victim and stayed there as long as she jcould, but the crew of the doomed vesgel knew there was little time to jepare, . They climbed up over the. HOW into the Empress, There was a woman and girl among them and these held on to the ropes Uke: the men and were pulled into the ship. The Chinese stokers came out Jot the hold like rats, then reshed in- to the forward quarters rae UT. the ropes to our deck, each with a sweater in his hands, which they with within ten minutes. By this time it was apparent that the Helvetia was sinking fast. The water filled the coal laden hold and she went down by the stern rap- idly. We tried to get away from her, but we were so. firmly inbedded. that we could not extricate ourselves. There was no panic among our people. One Woman swooned in the steerage, but apart from this, there was no demon- stration whatever. Most people hail gone to their cabins and put on over- coats for an emergency, but while we were. prepared to sing, all felt that there would not be so sudden a leave taking as to prechide preparation for the worst. By and by the ocean ad- vanced on its victim. The Helvetia was now down to the portholes and through them the water poured in up- on the decks. The commotion caused by the propellers filled up-to the gun- wales and she began to go down stern foremost. The bow stuck up in the air and weight, I was dftaid she might fall in upon us in the final plunge. She had to tear away our plates. When this latter happened we had a whole square of-steel attached to our bows. Down she went and now we surged and settled down like a new vessel from the Ways-and were free. In th twinkling of an eye and with the rat- tle of some bars falling from the windlass on the bow, she sank. There was mo-more displacement of waters, no-commotion- whatever, just a little loud of vapor steam from thelr en- gine as down she went to the bottom. The ocean levelled over her grave in a moment and but for a very few pie- e8 of small timber one wouklnaver have known that a perfect ship rode ee ion outtmestee 34 minutes previous. The crew of the lost ship were well cared for. We looked to our damage which was considerable, and- pointing our nose again towards Quebec we Went back quietly in out tracks, The shore was hugged assiduously lest anything untoward might make neces- sary for us to land. Wo were all amazed and dazed at the suden accident and disappearance. About,our progress nobody. complain ed, Indeed, all saw another awful tra- gedy over again in this one and with thankfulness to God join d in the ser- vi e Sunday most heartily. The sea makes little of those staunch sbips of ours. It is only Pro- vidence which ever permitted man to bridge her for bis convenience. We must remember this, we do remember fc, and we shall not fail to Invoke its protection in our undertakings. We had a very narrow escape indeed. All. behaved splendidly. j VICTOR EMMANUEL 8 Rome, July 29 The twelfth anni- ersary of the accession of Victor Em- manuel IIL to the throne of Italy was celebrated today with popular festiy- ities throughout the kingdom. The Helvetia whith came to such infinite jabber proceeded at once to of large number of German excursionists, occurred last evening-at-the DUt on. The whole crew was on deck slanted toward us; We held her like a BRIG, GEN. CHASE RETIRE (Spegial to the News) Washington, Dy C., Brig. Gen. George , Chase, who was pro- moted to his present rank only a swag fetired from active service today. om ccount of age. Gen. Chase ts native Of Macomb, Ill, was graduated fom West Point in 1871, He served In the line, mainly in the cavalry, up to bis detal to the in- spector, general's department five years ago. Im his earlier career he did mugh Indian fightitik and for his commendatorg notices from his perior officers amd from the War De- partment. Died at 12.43 July 30th Grown Prince Succeeds t QW. A. P..Cable) Tokio, July 29 . The Emper- or of dapris died at 1248 July 30th, The Crown Prince Yeo- shihite hing succeeded to the throne, CW. ALP. Cable.) Tokio, July 29. Mutsuhuito, Em- peror of Jspait, was still alive this evening. Although he had been un- conscious since dawn, yet his heart continued to peat and he made an occasional feeble movement with his hands. i At 10 o' lock to-night the phy- sicians bull tin said that the Em- peror s temperature had increased and that hig condition had become more serious. (CW. AP. Cable.) Tokio; July 29. The Emperor had been unconscious since dawn Sunday morning. From that hour his -respir- ation had higg oma: continually more feeble and-he passed away in the pres- ence of the Imperial family and the ministers of State. 17 Grade 8 Pupils Passed Results of Examinations in One Alexandra - School Grade Announced. The results of the examinations in Grade VIII. Alexandra School have been received from Edmonton. 17 of the 32 Hat children that wrote were successful. This is a rather small per centage but the reports from other parts reveal a like condition. The successful pupiis: Stephen Bailie, Lance C. Brown, Lu- Cien Deschttmats, Raymond Deschar- mais; Edward Dobbin, Harry Dobbin, Mary F. Gordon; Hattie Malcolm, Mar- garet M. Malcolm, Annie Marsien, Ina Osborne, Gindys Patterson, Myrtle M. Smibert, Lister Smith, Florence Stew- art, Clarence R. Taylor, J. Harlan Yuill, TEXAS SOCFALISTS 10 HEAR SEIDEL (Special to the News) Grand Saline, Tex, July 29. Emil Seldel of Milwaukee, vice presidential nominee of the Socialist purty, among the prominent speakers sche juled to address the ninth annuai Texas Socialist encampment, which: opened al Progress Park here today with an attendance of visitors from all over the State. The gathering will last a week. MAY START BIG AUTO FACTORY (Special to the News) Indianapolis, Ind., July 29. The- At- las Engine Works, one of the oldest and best known manufactories of its Kind In the middle West, was put up at public sale by the recetver today. It fs rumored that the plant will be taken over by a group of Detroit cap- italists-and converted into one of the largest automobile factories in the world, A cording to the plans the concern will employ nearly 10,000 men and will have an annual output 000,000, Hi ess Shop. vravery and kill he received many fof lt;motor cars valued at about 20,- You can. buy 1 inch Pine Manilla. Rope for 12 1-2c per 1b. at McKenzie s 1dast ibscribe now for The Daily News. went to-his assistance, but Privy Council Upholds . Supreme Courts Decision on Marriage Lancaster Bill is Ultra Vires, Declares Highest Court in the Land Matter Validity of Marriage Contracted Before Other Than Catholie Priest W Londgn, July 29 The judgment of the judiciat committee. of the Privy Council on the Ne Temere case de- livered today, in effect is to confirm the answers given by the tour judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, that the Lancaster Marriage Bill was ultra vires.. Their Lordships express- ed the opinion that provincial tesis latures on legislating on the solemn ization of the marriage within the provinc could: impose conditions af- fecting tho validity of the contract. Concerning question number two: Does the Jaw of ghe province of Que- bee render null and void, :nless con tracted before a Roman Catholic priest, a marriage otherwise legally binding b etweeen (a) persons both Roman Catholics and (b). persons, one of whom is a Roman Catholic? Their Lordships considered it super- flous in view of their dectsion arrived at in answering question No. 1 to the effect that the parliament of Canada had not authority to enact the bill, Th second question raised a con- stitutlonal issue which they were not called upon to deal with, Lord Chancelor Haldane openet by directing in full the questions sub- mitted by the Government of Canada to the Canadian Supreme Cour:, as already published, and went on to quote the answers given by the Can- adian court. The decision on these questions the Lord Chancellor cop- tinned turns on the construction to be placed on sections 1 and 92 of the British North American Act of 1867, section 91 enacts that the par- parliament of the Dominion may make Jaws for the peace, order. and good government of Canada relating to alt matters not coming within classes of subjects: by act not assigned exclus- jively: to the legislation of the pro- vinces, and for greater certainty but not so as to restrict the generality of the foregoing terms of this: section. It declared that notwithstanding. any- thing in the act legislative author- ity of parliament of the Dominion of Cansde extends to all matterg com ing within scope, or subjects enumer- ated. One of these is marriage and div- orce. The decision conchided with the dleclaration that any matter com ing within anyoof the enumerated classes shall not be deemed to come within the class of matters of local oz private nature. comprised in. the enumeration of classes of subjects by , the act, assigned exclusively to the Jegislatures of the provinces. Section 92, went on His Lordship, enacts that in each province the egislature exclusively make laws in felation to subjects coming within the classes of subjects enumerated in this section. Among these is the solemnization of marriage 2ithin the province. The enumeration dlso includes among, oth- er things, property, civil rights and generally matters. of merely local or private nature within the province. In. the course of the argument on Lord, Haldane, it became appar- ent that the real controversy between the parti s-was as to whether. all questions. relating to the validity of contracts of marriage, including the conditions of that validity were with- in the exclusive Jurisdiction conferred on the Dominfon parliament by sec- tion 91. then the provinci A fatality which almost resulted in a double drowning took place yester- day morning in the creek, near Collin s slaughter house, when Herbert Graves went to the assistance of his friend, Arthur Panting, who was drowning. He was unsuccessful in his attempt Panting drowned and Graves nearly lost his life. The victim it appears, who was an indifferent swimmer, tried to cross the creek, but on nearing the bank be- came distressed, Graves immediately Panting ment Co, will be Back In the a: in a day or so and will then start east to ineet the directors of his eompany to have them approve of the agreement: North American Act, is Finding. (C. A. P. Cable) poWer extends only to the direetion and regulation of the formalities by which the contract is to be authorized and doesnot extend to any question of validity. This was a view contended foi by one set of counsel. Other counsel contended that the power conferred by section 92, on the province, to deat with the solemntzation of miarriage within the province had cut down. the effect of the words in section 91 and effected a distribution of powers under which the legis province had exclusive capacity Say by whom the marriage ceremony might be performed and.to make the Agreement With Canada Cement Co. Read at Sp Council Meeting This Morning Mr. Jones Take it East for Direct ors Approval. ; RE Ie EEE with the city. The agreement/as far as the city is concerned, is now ready other than the signing and as soon ns the signa ture of the company is attaghed the matter WIN then be rushed. The agreement is-one ofthe best official standing of they e 80 determined a condi idity of marriage. a was taken, it was clear Hons must be answe agreed between counsel son with any authority to marriage ceremony and to n regard to the religious those married by him: On ing indicated the bill would therefore: be tiltra vires of the Dominion parilas ment, Coming to tie uted question, sem A or B. of the second question is wered affirmatively, or both, has (Continued on page five) this morning, Tae It was read over at the connell esting and approved by acme of the council, That there was prac no discussion on the: mutter ar bs takes at ariacnow inet, the iho: elty s standpoint, the chet earns cae ee ee to be sturted as ay the by-law is moved by the ges gud com gt; pleted inside -of 18 months.- gt; LOCAL PRINTERS .- DISPLAY BIG GHUNK OF Ask the International Convention to Eliminate S, Flag From Typographical Emblem Wa Branch of Union Print (Preferably at Medicine Hat) Join Alte eration of Labor. At a meeting of Medicine Hat Typographical Union No. 451, held on Saturday evening the following resolution was introduced by Mr. B. W. Bellamy, and without debate unanimously. carried and was order- ed to be forwarded to the annual convention of the International Typographical Union to be. held in Cleveland August 12 to 17. Whereas there are forty typo- graphical unions in the Dominion of Canada subordinate to the Interna - tional, I, pographical Union, And whereas an international un- ion should recognize no flag but exist for the common unions in the various nations repre- sented therein, Be it resolved that the Interna- tional Typographical Union elimin- ate the national flag of the United States. from the union emblem of the International Typographical mn. Swimmer, Victim of Danger he Warned Others Against Arthur Panting: Drowned In the River Yesterday: Wrote Letter to the News Advo- - cating: Swimming Baths on Account of Danger of the River Herbert Gran Nearly Lost Life in Heroic Effort to Save Friend. Re clutched him by the leg and pulled him under the water. It was with the greatest difficulty that Graves released himselt from Panting s grasp, apd when he did so, he again tried to catch him, but the deceased sank just he reached the spot. Graves then shouted for assistance and two men named Appleton and Masters came to his aid. They repeat: edly dived in and tried to get the body but failed to do so. PATRIOTISI ers Home for On motion of Mr. oe delegate Watkins Was 3 get.in touch with the various gates from Canada to the tion to start a campaign for establishment of Stee Union Printer's The present Homie at Springs is one of the biggest stitutions in America and is ne saa i tained by the primers for the sole benefit of. ee its bounty. unpurchasable; its lt; ity. without price. A move ig ing made to-have a branch instit ed in Tampa, Florida, but Med Hat printers ieel that Canad oa would be a more suitable location, - and the climate most satisfactory. The Secretary was ordered to for- ward per capita to Lethbridge for affiliation with the Alberta Federa- tion of Labor, Subscribe now for the Dally News. ak taken to L. W. Yoken s undertaking parlors. - Deceased who was about 22 years of age, Was employed as delivery man. by Tassey's bakery, His father liv in New Westminster and the news of the fatality was wired to him immed- lately after the body was recovered. About two weeks ago Panting sent a letter to the News office which was Dublished, pointing ont the great The police were cessity for swimming baths in) the notified, and at one o'clock the body city, and the great danger there was recovered by Sergt. Harper and ia bathing in the river. es

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