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Date 1912-08-23

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OES forced to way of ike room all goods ew of the 3 in price rings. . Calf oes ; new goods on 3.95 Regu. rice . JR BOYS FOR RICE OF ONE L Top k elk, 10 inch Vici Kid ff ise Slipper x DAY UND INVESTMENTS: PAY RENT? when you uy a gaad home on Bal- street for 2800. Small payment; balance easy. house is fully modern on ce lot 50x150, LAND ST A beautiful new, seven room house onerete basement and mn conveniences, for only See us before te of rooms in the INIBOIA MUSIC STORE. MAIN ST. dvertise. negars unadulturated. gt; which should now on hand e pickling sea- Malt and Cid- k. Crosse brands. Present Dafly Avernge 16/6 Covles. Advertisers in Daily get the benefit of the Weekly country circulation. No extra charge, Books open to ad- vertisers. MEDICINE VOL. 3 NO. 38 lt;u, k ing Barrow When He Fell Into River Body Not As Yet Recovered. Gordon Tetrie, a Shore, whe ay sides on Elizabeth St, and who fs employed by the C. P. Ry fell from a plank where he was working on the Faltway bridge this morning and was drowned. It appears that Tetrie was Rails Loosened to the two remaining gunmen involved 1) Provincial Library MEDICINE HAT, ALB Laborer Fell Off Bridge and Drowned ing sand on a 12 fnch plank to TO BREAK STRIKE Port Arthur, Ont. Aux. 22 True Indianapolis, Ind., August 23 The to the promise -made last night, by anmual convention of thy American officials that freight would be moved Veteriiary Medical Assoctation, wntch at thelr sheda feday, the Canadian is to be held in this city the coming ROBBED FX R Northern this morning commenced week, is expected to attract about unloading cargo-f om the steamers /2000 members from all sections of Ames and Pellatt The number of th . United States and Canada, men at .work 8 Mot large, but the Among those who will take part in Helped Himself to Mail and officials belleve thiat the end. of the the center of the bridge where the work of double tracking fs going on. Nobody saw the aceldent, or heard any cries, but as an engine was pass- Ing at the time, this Is easily uecount- -ed--fory-but-one of the workmen saw deceased's hat Moating down the riv- er. The body has not yet been recover- ed, but Sergt. Harper and Detective Campbell are grappling for the body this afternoon. Wreck C.P.R. Express Section Men Found Spikes and Angle Bars Removed Short Time Before Stonewall Express Was Due. Winnipeg, Aug. 23. The discovery of a deliberate attempt to wreck the Canadian Pacific passenger train No. 108 on the Stonewall branch, at a point two miles south of Komarno, made made by a section man early this morning. The train is*due In -Winntpeg at 8.50, and between six and seven o'clock it was discovered that spikes had been extracted and angle bare removed from both lines of steel the front ends of the rails being pull- ed out until they stretched outside the tles. Marks indicated that the men had been working on the wreck- -(W.-A-PDiapateh) ing job some hours, probably early this morning, and the displaced ma- terial carried away. The wrecking crew has been unable to discover eith- er spikes or bars. The ection man went north to the nearest wire point and stopped the southbound train. If this line had not been regularly pa- trolled as usual early this morning before trains go over it, a disastrous accident would have resulted. Chief Bell, of the Canadian Pacific police, is working on the ground with a body of men, and it is hoped that the wreckers will be-rounded up. IF JAPAN nel EMPEROR CONCLUDED Last Function Took Place Today at Tokio. Tokio, Aug. 23 Yoshisito, the new Emperor of Japan, today completed the formalities connected with his cession to the throne. At the con- cluding: function was the reading by the premier of a special imperial edict td the members of the Diet assembled in extraordinary session, The. docu- ment was as follows: I have ascended the throne of my imperial ancestors and expect to fol- low in the footsteps of the late em- peror, obeying the guidance of my ancestors, An appropriation of 750,000 to cov- er the expenses of the funeral of the late emperor was then introduced. The remainder of the cost of the fun- eral ceremonies which will amount altogether to 1,000,000, will be borne by the emperor's private purse. The lying in state of the body of Mutsuhito is to be view by the entire diplomatic corps on September 4, who will be admitted to the death chamber after an audience with the new emperor and empress. THE BECKER CAST PROGRESSES When He Appeared in Court He Refused to Plead to New Indictment His Tools Plead Not Guilty. (W. A. P. Dispatch) New York, August 22 The court was stifling hot and packed to suffo- cation when the prisoners entered. Becker. towered above the others. Standing in one group they. waited for their.cases to be called. The first was that of Becker. As the clerk read the indictment, charging murder in the first degree, John F. McIntyre, Becker's counsel, anioun was prepared to plead to the indict- meent which the grand jury handed up some weeks ago. But that indictment has been su- perceded by the present one, said Judge Mulquee: Then we refuse to plead, said Mr. McIntyre, He then asked for a postponement, and Tuesday, August 27, was the day set. The -case of Whitey Lewis quickly disposed of by his plea of not guilty, and was followed by similar pleas from Dago Frank , Jack Sullivan and William Shapiro, chauffeur of the murder-car , court then adjourned. The.five men arraigned today in- eluded all the prisouers so far arrest- ed in the Rosenthal case but not all those indicted. Gyp-the-Blood and Lefty Loule, Claim They To Lethbrid Books The Judicial Investigation Was Begun Yesterday Some Damning Evidence. CHIEF INTERFERED WITH COMBINATION OF VAULT Is Clerk s Explanation for Changes Shown in His Books. Lethbridge, Alta., Aug. 22. The first day s proceedings of the judic- jal investigation into the charges against Chief of Police Gillespie of, this city before Judge Winter was Paid Money ge Chief But Don t Show It taken up largely with the evidence of the police court stenographer, H. S. Bryan, Bryan gave evidence re- specting certain fines which bad in some unaccountable way been omit- ted ffom the police court cast book and also with respect to certain erasures In the sheets of the police court. Bryan sald he had seen Gil- lespie interfering with the combina- tion of the vault in the police station after he had been deposed. Several witnesses testified to hav- ing paid Chief Gillespie money for licenses of which there appears to be no record. Keepers of disorderly houses will be called to give testimony on the re- ceiving of hush money and sensatidn- al developments are expected, which rumor suggests will implicate cer- tain aldermen. bit of testimony was a the shooting have not been captured. (W. A. P, Dispatch) New York, August 22 A sealed In dictment charging perjury was hand- ed up by th nd jury against Chas. Steinart and James White, former members of Lieutenant Hecker's Strongarm Squad. They are charged with Framing a gun-car- rying case against gang leader Big Jack Selig. The arraignment of Becker was which has been adjourned. Daniel Frohman was foreman of the Jury, which after hearing the evi- dence returned a perfunctory verdict that Rosenthal had come to his death by means of a bullet wound in the brain, Caused by some person or persons unknown. The first witness, Dr. Otoschultz, coroners physician, testified that Rosenthal s death had been caused by bullet wound in the brain. There was another wound in the jaw and J. Brady, on duty in front of the Hotel Metropole, when the shoting oc- curred, on the morning of July 16, testifled that he had seen Rosenthal bleeding on the sidewalk and heard 5 shots. Policeman Williams. test - fied that he was dining in the Mero- pole at the time and when he heard the shots he pulled his gun and ran jout onto the sidekalk. He and other officers then jumped into a taxicab land gave pursuit to an automobile going east. This automobile he learned later was not the gray car in which the lassassins escaped: The policeman's most interesting itement that He had seen Bridgie Webber in the IMetropole shortly before the. shooting the Cadillac Hotel. District: At torney Whitman gaye out the in- formation this after on that he dis- jcovered si bank accounts of police deut. Becker's showing deposits of ubout 12,500. The prosecutor now has located sums of money gating 125.000 on deposit in toed banks by the accused police officer. Magistrate Joseph Corrigan has volunteered to turn over to the alder- manic investigation all the informa- tion he has obtained regarding police. New York, N. ., Aug. 23. The blackmail phase of the Rosenthal murder case is now being probed by District Attorney Whitman, who has fet it become known that he had ob- tained evidence implicating a police inspector and a civilian in grafting. While Mr. Whitman will not commit himself, it is known that he expects an offer of a complete confession from a man higher up mn police cir- cles, whose story will lay bare the graft system and whose narration will involve many others who have profit; ted by blackmail on-gambling and disorderly houses. New York, Aug. 23. Charles C. Steinert and James. C. White, the po- licemen who were indicted by the grand jury in connection with the ar- rest. of Jack Selig, were arraigned before Judge Mulqueen today. They pleaded not guilty to the indict- ment charging perjury and were held in 10,000 rat GRAIN COMMISSION TO MEET (W. A. P, Dispateb) Calgary, Aug. 28 At the forth- coming sesison of the Grain Commis- sion to be held in this city on-Mon- day the 26th inst, the board of trade grain exchange farmers of Alberta and the railways will be represented on the grain exchange and will ask what progress has been made towards the establishment of a survey board whose work it will be to act as a sort of appellate court to review the (dectsions of the locat inspectors, We have good buys in all parts of the city. Let us show them to you. Hollinger Agency. DETROIT GRAFTERS UP (W. A. P, Dispatch) Detroit, Mich., Aug. 23 Whether a number of Detroit Aldermen, charged with accepting or announcing their willingness to accept bribes, will waive preliminary examination and be bound over for trial, may be deter- mined late today when it Is expected the preliminary hearing of Alderman Louls Bronzo of the thirteenth ward, will be completed, Th ;Bronz6 hear- Ing began yesterday afternoon. Five lots left in Block 18, North Yuill at 700 each. H.C. Pettet Co., Phone 481. a8-tt lone in the tongue. Policeman John The party, for which. preparations on the most elaborate stale have been Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, will leave Toronto for a purpose of raising funds to aid the tour of the West August 28th. They project for the erection of a memortal will he in Winnipeg on the first of September and Saskatoon on the 2nd, stopping at Prince Albert, they willkcuring the loot he commanded Witn- Manitoba Harvest r the strike. FETE FOR TITANIC MEMORIAL. Boston, Mags, August 23. The President and Mrs. Taft, residing for the summer at Beverly, the many for- eign diplomats who have their sum- mer homes at Magnolia and Manches- tre-by-the-Sea, anda long list of notables included among the North eyed this afternoon to Gloucester in acceptance of inivitations to be guests * at the grand garden fete at Lookout Hil, the magnificent summer estate of Mr. and Mrs, John Hays Hammond. making for weeks (past, is for the in Washington to the memory of the men who went down in the Titanic. CECISLATORY WILL CONFESS: BRIBERY Men High. in in State Make Overtures to Prosecutor be in on to the return leave again on the Kamloops September 17th. Through will be completed by the arrival at Vancouver September 18th. They will sail for Prinee Rupert on the urney the itinerary calls for VETERINARIANS TO MEET. the convention programme are Dr. M. two cents an hour; This ts decided have charge of the medicinal clinics; wounded by his own revolver while 7 ete Ds almon, ebo wae 5 the-company to-be-the best they jandDr.-D.E, Sah thetrensUng capture, after he had robbed 1 do and that it depends upon the first veterinary to become a member in. matt 4 action of the men today whether fur-lof the United Statea Bureau of Ani- e Mall car on the Union Pacific ther attempts will be made to break mal Industry. tain No, 101, which left Kansas City for Denver at 10.10 o'clock last night DUKE STARTS ON WESTERN TRIP. ON AUGUST 23tH Shore summer colonists, all journ- Wil Land in in Peg Sept. Ist and Medicine Hat Octo- ber 11th. (W. A. P. Dispateh.) Montreal, Aug, 22. Their 1912 AT NEW we ? ee RTA, CANADA. FRIDAY. AUGUST 23, Was Shot by Own Gun. p ig in sight F, Brenton, of Detroit, president of Chief Agent, A: -B. McDougald, has the association, Dr J, W. Klotz, of jarranged to speak to the strikers at Hoblesville, Ild., who will have (W. AP. a meeting this afternoon when he will charge of the surgical clinics; Dr. Topeka, Kas, Aug. 23 The daring once more offer them an Increase of Harry D. Gill, of New York, who will Fobber why was shot and seriously and was still alive at a hospital here this morning, but the police had not yet learned his identity, the train, known as the Denver Express, a long train carrying heavy mail, was Just leaving Kansas City when an active man, slender. and about 40 years of age, ran across the depot platform and leaped into the mail car through the open door. J. D. With- ers, the clerk in charge of the ca turned and faced the man who level- led a revolver at him. Withers was commanded to bind and gag his five associates and not to raise a hand if he cared for his life. Withers obey- ed the command and bound and gag- ged all his fellow workers, B. D. Smalley, J. C. Gaines, C..H. Stewart, F. Oldham and Robert Hartsfall. The robber then went through all the reg- istered pouches, stuffing the rich packages into his pockets. After se- Royal DARING suns WAP. AND CAB TELEGRAPHIC save Then Boarded Sleeper Dispatch) ers to untie hig Comrades, being care ul to keep all the clerks covered with his revolver. At Bonners Springs, where the train made a brief stop the robber commanded the/men to work the mail so as not tovattract al of persons at the station. When Las rence was reached the robber dropp quickly from the car and ran towa the rear of the train, Withers quick ly gave the alarm to the:traim Grew. A negro porter said he-saw oa man 9) with bulging pockets enter sleeper. Conductor F, Smith hastily sum- moned two Lawrence: policemen and all three followed him into the car. The robber had hidden himeelf fn an upper berth. Smith pulled the cir tain aside and made a grab for him. The robber raised his revolver and Pulled the trigger, just: as. Caught his hand and turned 1 The bullet entered the man s close to the heart. He py weapon with a cyrse and moaned pain, In another minute thie tor and the two policemen ged him into the aisle and: his arms. The only clue of the man s identity was a letter in addressed to Mrs. Willis Lonesberry, then proceed to Etmonton where two days will be spent. coast 22nd. They will Calgary on September 4th and eth and visit On the land had seen him again In: front of 3 at Capital. FIGHT CRAFTERS No Proposals of of: Confession these visits: Nanaimo September 27th, Victoria 17th, Vaneouver Oct. 3nd, Vernon 4th, Okanagan district and the water- - wayeuntil-taking train again at Nelsofi October 7th, Macleod 6th, Lethbridge 9th, leaving at 10 a.m. on Thuredey Ostober 10th, for a cine Hat aid op Faw that night. aes (W. A, P, Dispatch ) farmers were getting safe, Work is Winnipeg; Avg. 23 Hain last night next fortnight if will be. practically, and today stopped harvesting in Man- itoba just as simptitied ty Ae shart ) Coliithbus; Aug. 23. Frightened. by the mitss of testimony uncovered..by the. investiatition of legislatixe,;brib- ery in the past:60 days, and fearful of impending disclosures;'fa number of men involved in l gislatiye bribery have made overtures to:the state to see if arrangements:could be made for a surrender and confession. Of High Standing. Pending before County Prosecutor Turner and Attorney:General Hogan are several tentative plans for confes- sion.-They are said to be sinde by men whose standing has been high and in some cases whose connection with the legislative bribery has not before been revealed. No proposal has been accepted. The state uncovered /leads that have brought ott astounding information. Armed with this and ready-to Fesume the fight when the grand jury meets next month, the state feels it can re- turn many indictments against new partles without a confession-from any: of the men involved; The state is occupying 's position quite different from that at the be- ginning of the graft prosecutions. There was a time when the officers probably would have welcomed) a proposition to confess. New It is in position to dictate terms. It has in- sisted that before any term are made, the state must be supplied with an outline of what is to be included in the confession to be given. Un- less the state knows in advance what it is to get it will refect all proposals for surrender and confession. Don't Need Confessions. It is claimed that Attorney General Hogan and Prosecutor Turner can make cases against many men who are in the bribery scandal and will not be in need of any. confession. Names of the men who have made the missed, Turner said:- We're. not. going to dismiss any case, These cases are all to be tried and the facts wilh go to the jury If the cases have been proved or not. We absolutely refuse to recommend Investments on, property that we would not -purcliase ourselves. Hol- linger Agency. party will be in Ottawa on the fol- lowing Monday, October 2st. EDMONTON POLICE PALL INTO Political Interference Reason Given By Chief cood progress for spring wheat cutting, though but the ignin fcinge of the crop has yet been (WL A atch) ooked. amonton, Aug. and most sensational development of scandal which recently has centered about the police department as a te- sult of certain ings and resignations of Lancri, who was placed in the hands of the may- or and commissioners late this af- iternoon. The chiet admits frankly, the action is the result of politi- cal interference. aldermanic Five lots left in Block 18, North Yuill at 700 each. Co., Phone 481. WELSH: COUNTY RE-ELECTS LIBERAL Majority of 2728 Over the Unionist Member For- mer M. P. Died. 6:A. P. Cable) London, Aug. 23. The bye-election of the Welsh Count East Carmichael, vacant thro an Increase of nearly a thousand in the total unionist vote, Five lots Teft in Block 18. North Yuill at 700 each. aca Co;, Phone 481 H.C. Loose Leat System The News Jot Department has every facility for sup- plying the most satisfactory. H, C. Pettet Are Accepted Claim On the next*day Regina will be well into their work. Rain bas also + They Are Not aes ee a, O uae Head.) taiten over northern districts of 4 i pelle, Bri Po ? Needed. Re eee eeetil Ostober 19th, Tho S eKetehewan and Alberta, and ap- pears to be. pretty general through - out the Canadian west: Few binders will be at work fore Monday at the earliest. peratures continued-low last night but well above the frost levels: The ey cool wave seems to be working west and should touch Saskatchewan and Alberta to-night, while prospects are for warmer weather in Mani- toba. Reports from all over the Is country show that during this week had been made on be Tem- While the cool weather has not brought along the fields as quickly as was hoped, it has had the effect of filling out the head and provided the crop can be safely garnered, pros- pects just now are that the average yield will be considerably heavier than was the forecast a few weeks ago; that is to say, it will run round twenty bushels all through. The setback to harvesting this week will give harvest labor clranco to catch up with requirements and may do something to renovate sup- plies of binder twine which are about exhausted, although the is companies are said to be running in happen- 38-tt Shicago and Minneapolis. Summing up, though the harvest has disappointed its early proniise of being a weekor so earlier than us- ual, it is by no means dangerously late, and given good weather for the ugh the death of Abel Thomas, Liberal, re- Bulgaria, 63750,000. bushels. pee 387,927,000 bushels. 6YvE, 28,948,000 bushels. ? eis Spain, 26,984,000 bushels. Pettet a8-tf Egypt, 76,448,000 bushels corTon Egypt, 844,144,000 pounds. RYE Prussia, 346,444,000 bushels, a number of cars by express fromy: World s Cro johaepener of .the straw. (W. ADP. Dispatch.) . Brandon, Aug. 23. Provided Bran- don district enjoys the splendid wea- ther that . has prevailed during, the past week or more, harvesting opera- tions will be general around here first of next week. So far very Ht- tle grain has.been, cut in this wdis- trict. Harvest being considerably a ter han last year: Warm is still needed badly, however. day is. cloudy and threatens rain. (W. A. P. Dispatch) Regins, Sask., Aug. 23. ryest, is general-in outlying districts atou Regina. today: Cutting, has com- meneed on farms immodiately ad- 3 joining the city:and by will s be general. Next week will see every binder in the coumtry at work, No rain here today, thus far amd none for a week. ever, and there. will be, probably, a shower . later. Weather conditions have been ideal and this year's crop, if, it escapes the twenty-seventh; will be the best ever. Edmonton, Aig. 23, After a few 9 days of highly favorable for the farmers, the clouds gathered over the Edmonton district last-eyening, and: about 10.30 the rain came, It jell all night and thete is. in- dication that-it- will tain+gome-more today. The harvest already has be- gun in many parts of this district and has created a small spasm of 7 fear among the farmers. The star- city of binder twine is not critical a at present. a overtures for confession have not sulted as follows: Jones, Liberal been made public. 6082; Mervyn Pool, Unloni : Attorney General Hogan and Pros- Williams, Labor, 1089. 4 recount (W. A. P. Dispatch) ecutor Turner held a long conference was necessary before the Liberal ma- Washington, gC. Aug. 23 Pre- Bulgaria, 12,400,000 bushels. over the cases today. They declined jority of 2,728 was arrived at. Wminary ft of this year's pro- Belgium, 22,518,000. bushels. to make any comment save to advise At the last general election the duction o iret as Denmark, 18,038,000 bushels. those interested to await develop- Liberal majority was 3,510, and pre- oi. rey ee ae BARLEY . ments. vious Liberal majorities were as ed today by the depart- pryssia, 1,125,000 bushels. Every case on the docket is to be follows: 1910, 5,168: 1906, Liberal, ent Of agriculture, by cable, from Bulgaria, 18,373,000 bushels, trled, County Prosecutor Turner said. unopposed;1900, 2.782; 1895, 2,005; the Indermationai Institute of Agri- Canada, 32,520,000 bushels, In reply to a suggestion that the in- 1892, 3,216, Significant futures were Culturg Rome, Italy, as follows: Peypt, 10,844,000 bushels, dictments against Senator T. A. Dean the instructfon- for thefirst time in WHEAT Denmark, 000 bushels. and former Mayor C. A. Bond be dis- the riding of a labor candidate and Prubsia, 90,472,000 bushels. oaTS Prussia, 387,444,000 bushels Canada, 340,022,000 bushels. Denmark, 468,000 bushels 2 gt; Hungary, 9,000 bushels. ; RICE - Spain, 8,564,000 bushels. ypt, 14,500,000 bushels. 00 5 The condition of cereal crops in , ssi 1g Buch as to predict

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