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thrift and he city of las nothing ; to yester- ats and sor- me is NOW, AT POSSIBLE iMP LICKING ure which will -put them reach of all offices. ntages claimed for the new e numerous. Every firm levice will haye a er, which will be D imprint, and consequent- ot be necessary to. open e Deud Letter office in or- rtain who was the send se-of the invention, too, ay with the pilfering of lishonest employees. t view of tho Gd ernment, the machines will bring in il -revenue. rot: prominent bankers 8 men ih the city have ex- machine, and have x- mselves as being highly . with its possibilities and r sale on easy payments. ange for real estate. Ap- mn Leader. 54-tt Md Timer 10 Cigar. ith Bread Only one employee of the company, Advertisers to Daily get tho benefit of the Weekly country lt;treulation, No extra charge. Books open to vortiners. Present Dally Average 192 Copies. VOL. 3.NO. 75 lt;q, MEDICINE HAT NEWS MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA. MONDAY. OCTOBER 7 , i DAILY EDITION Weak AND C. A. P. 912 of Redd Twisted Mass of Steel Ma- chinery and Demolished Building Indicate Force of Blow. NO CLUE AS YET AS TO THE CAUSE Heads of the Company at Complete Loss for Expla- nation Loss is Heavy. The plant of the Redclift Clay Pro- ducts Company, a short distance east of the town of Redcliff, was-wrecked by an explosion which occurred about 1.50 this morning. Damage to the extent of about 12,000 was done, Dut no lives-were lost. The cause in unknown to the company. Phe explosion took place in the press building, a frame - structure sheeted with corrugated iron, about 100 feet by 50 feet. The terri- fic force of the: blow-up demolished the entire north wall, shattered the other three walls and reduced the three floors to matchwood, feaving the building a gaping cavern with tangled mass of machinery, iron sheeting, electric wiring and grant Jatea brick on the ground Jevel. Th engine room, which stands about twenty feet to the east of the ruined Press room, and the temporary kilns, situated about fifteen feet to the north, escaped damage merely be- cause the flying debris was hurled toward the inside of the bnilding. Mr, Oakland, Sr., nightwatchman, was at the plant when the explosion oc- curred. Pursuing his-rounds he had vistted the press building and, finding all in order, had gone to' the engine-room to. obtain a newspaper which he wished to Tread while eating -his lunch. He had -proeeded to the (may kiln. at tha.western extremity of, the works, and making sure that all was well there, had sat down to eat and Tend, When the 2ir was - riven with the stunning noise of the x- plosion, which, he stimates, happen- ed about seven minutes after he had inspected the press building. For a few minutes the. watchman, who is about sixty years of age, sat in a dazed condition induced by the terri ble concussion, and then, regaining contro of himself, be painfully made his way to the scene of the wreck; He states that he found no person and could discover tio traces of any. Mystery Surrounds Blowing Up of Plant iff Clay Co. ed by fire, he remained at the wreck for some time. Fortunately no fire started, + Mr, Oakland has been in the om- ploy of the company for about seven years. It was his duty to watch the premises and to maintain the fires in the kiins during the night. He was thoroughly conversant with the de- tails of hie. work and was always re- garded as a competent and most trustworthy employee. Mr. Oakland is shaken up by the experience he passed through but a not otherwise injured. He owes his life to the fact that he Was at a distance from the wrecked building when the explosion happened. The ground floor, or what was left of it, presented an indescribable scene of chaos this morning. Three floors and the north wall fell to- gether, the splintered wood from the former mingling with the wood and iron sheeting of the latter to make a tangled mass of wreckage. The whole weight fell upon the ten-ton steel press in which the bricks were made, smashing it beyond recogni- tion, A great heavy circular steel die about eight feet in diameter, which sat on the third floor, seems to have been hurled upwards and projected whole through the roof. It tumbled.down, teating more af the bullding as it went, and alighted on the. ground outside, partly burying itself. Trucks and other articles used in (the plant were thrown about the floor and smashed. The electric wiring was wrenched from its fast- enings and it and the torn ends. of the boards hung like fantastic fes- toons, making grotesque decoration for the wr cked interior of the build- ing. The terrific force of the explos jon could be judged from the fact that but three walls and part of the root remained of a three-story. build- ing, making the whole resemble a huge, empty, inverted box, Between. the..time -the- staff ot the, plant ceased. work on Saturday even- ing and the hour of the explosion, the buildings were continuously un- der the care of watchmen. Two men took turns on Sunday in relieving Mr. Oakland. The latter started duty about 11 p.m. Sunday night. When seen by the News this morn- ing, Mr. J. E. Lussier, head of the company, was at a loss to form an explanation of the occurrence. H. Lawton, engineer of the plant, had no opinion as to how the explosion happened. He stated that he was in close touch with all parts of the Fearing the collapse might be follow. (Continued on page 8.) VICTORIA 9W HAS NEW S 4 TEMPLE Thousand Na bs of India With Brass hn March in Processic 4 BiG. CROWDS Yee even Many of Participants Wore Indian Service. (CW. A. P. Despatch) Victoria, B. C., Oct. 7 A thousand Sikhs, residentd of Victoria, and nearby places, marched im procession through the streets of Victoria yes- terday, headed by a brass band, pre- liminary to dedicating a new Sikh temple, which has just been built here. The ceremony, the largest ev- ef organized by the Hindu: popula- tion of the coast, was carried out with military spirit, q large number of the participants having served un- der the British flag in India. They wore medals won there. The mysti- cal ceremontes incidental to the ded- cation of Indian temples, were car- Tied out in all thefr solemnity and attracted large crowds of sightseers. FREIGHT RATES INQUIRY OPENED Counsel Chrysler Presented the Case for the C. P. R. at its Opening. (W. A. P. Dispatch) Ottawa, Oct, 7 When the Western freight rates enquiry was. resumed this morning befor the Railway Board with Chairman Drayton pre- siding, an array of legal talent was on hand to represent. the railways. In opening the case for the C. P. R., Mr. F. H. Chrysler called. attention to resolutions passed by the Winni- peg-Board of Trade and other West- ern. bodies, on which the charges of unjust discrimination are based. The resolutions, he explained, were forwarded to the Dominion Govern- ment, which raised an enquiry by ithe Railway Board. Mr. Chrysler quoted the Govern- ment s order for a general inquiry, laying special emphasis on the fact that the point at issue is the asser- tion that rates west of Port Arthur constitute an unjust discrimination as compared with those in Eastern Canada. He proceeded to describe all that has transpired in connection with the enquiry since it opened last winter. Dealing with the decision of the Medals Won in British AT OTTAWA TODAY) districts thai others, but no similar influences, he Ald, affects rates west of Port Arthiand Fort William, al- though the charges to the Twin Cit- tes are afteoted Dy water rates, From Montreal east 0 Quebec and Marl- time Provinged ints rates are MORE a who will present, at the Opera tonight. EIGHT KILLED Eight Fatalities Reported ; and Several Others Hurt in Wreck. (W. ALP, Despatch) Hagerstown, Md, Oct. 7- Kight persons were reported killed and sev- eral injured ino head-on collision on the Western Maryland Railroad at nm, near Shippensburg, this ing. 4 FE ar BOOTH MEMORIAL FUND. (C. A P. Cable) Lowdon, Ost 7The General Booth memorial fand in Nottinghani, his brithplace, has closed with less than a third) of the desired sum, 10,000 having been obtained. CONNOT FRIGHTEN THE GOVERNMENT Premier Aaah Says Un- ionists Have Struck De- mocracy in Opposing Home Rule. 4. A. P,, Cable) London, Oct. 7 All-efforts to lo- cate the British submarine B2, which was cut th two Friday off the coast that divers had found the wrecked submarine iave proved to be incor- rect, of Kent, have failed. The- reporty. CANNOT FIND SUBMARINE) x AGENT OF GUNMEN SHOT IN- NEW YORK Selig, Who is Said to Have Supplied Rosenthal Mur- derers, Himself a Vic- io ROBS HIS SLAYER FIRST Accused Says Selig Held Him Up and Took 400 From Him. (W. A. P. Dispatch) (New. York, N. ., Oct, 7 Big Jack Selig was shot and killed last night. The east side gang leader, who is Said to have supplied the gunmen for the murder of Herman Rosen- thal, the gambler, was on a Second Avenue open car when Phillip Day- fdson, Who says he 1s a fruit dealer, Jumped on the running board and fir d the fatal shot. Davidson 1s said by .d nizens of the underworld to ve Red Phil, a Boston plckpock- et. Davidson jumped from the car and ran away, but was captured, pistol in hands. . He admitted the shoot- ing. According to the prisoner, Selig held him up early in the day fn an east side hallway and robbed him of 400. Selig was rushed. to) Bellevue Hospital, but before the am bulance reached that institution he. was dead, On his body the police say only 2.34 was found,- although a well- not learned, visited the Bellevue Morgue not long after Selig s death and asked the authorities to turn over to her 500, which she gaid S lig had in his possession when he was shot, BECKER'S TRIAL OPENS. New York, Oct. 7 When the Bevk- er as was called today, Justice Goff promptly denied a motion of Mr. McIntyre for postponment be- cause of the illness of his assistant, John Whart, New York, Oct: The death of ig, Jack Selig. although a severe Blow to the prosecition caused. no change in the plans for the opening today-of.the trial of Polico. Lieut. Charles Becker, changed, with the murder. of the gambler, Herman. Rosenthal... Two hundred and fifty talesmen reported early at the Crim- inal Courts building and curious crowds swarmed through the: corri- dors waiting to see Becker brought across the Bridge of Signs from the Tombs. Selection of a grand jury to in- Westigate all phases of the Rosenthal tions were that the examination of the talesmen.' would not begin until after eleven o'clock. The most rigid wiry on the part ofthe police and Aressed woman, whose identity waspHel leading from the vestibule un case promised to occupy Justice oh ia te apniians oem of ie See prior to the Becker trial and indica- ados, Wilson, had picked up the Held Up Porters With Revolver When Robbing People in Cars Was Later. by Plucky Porters. (W, A: P. Dispatch) Vancouver, B. C., Oct. 6. Prison that Convict Smit Guard J. H, Joynson was killed Sat- with his pistol. nson. el urday afternoon while attempting to He died within a i Ivastrate desperate attempt of H. Wilson jumped Wilson and Joseph Smith to esoape down Ly Bison, the from the New Netaiaet. peniten- ed the command to tary. rifle, but he was also breaking. gang, and as Guard Graig keys he woe with turned at the end. of ifs parade, Smith struck him on the head with; a hammer, krocking him down. He. hela up inte Jumped up and grappled +with Smit , sarched along, took: getting him down, but Smith rushed the momentary inattention. o In and together they ' overpowered and struggled with him for him and took his pistol. They they pistola, Smith was then ran toward the vestibule with Craig Other, guards. came after them but they had secured Smith and Wileon Bood start. lt; lt; : Guard Mount, in charge of the' ves- tibule, was standing in such a. posi- tion that they were able to set right) behind him before he: noticed: them, and when be turned the stolen reyol ver was in his face. They took ais) pistol and marched: him through the der the wall to the brick yard as if they were being taken to some place to work. In that manner they suc- ceeded in approaching Guard Morri- son and they were close up to him before he noticed that there was any- thing wrong. This guard was in charge excavating gang. Using the captured guard as a shiela they forced Morrison at the point of th revolvets to hand his over, The convicts walked doth guards along the back fence to the brickyard where Guard Blison was stationed on a long stand, running along. wall at an, elevation of 12 feet above the ground. Again shleli- Ing themselves behind the two ghards they. covered. Ath: thelr revol- vers and demanded that 3 throw * down his rifle and his keys, He, threw down his rifts. 7 At this point Joynson, who was en- gaged in another of the yards and had put his under the i charge of another o: appeared and opened fire with 1. He had to be careful not guards and apparently his shots were without effect. and fired at Joynson, it is believed of the others. board that the burden of proof that discrimination deos not exist, rests with the railways. Mr. Crysler said that the C.P.R. does not-admit that the evidence submitted establishes that a charge of unjust? discrimina- tion has been established or that it has been demonstrated that one sec- tion of the country 1s being sacrificed the, distriet attorney s office has brought to light nothing to indicate that Selig was killed to defeat the ends of justice. Davidson, his slay- er, appears to have been actuated solely by a desire for personal re- venge on the man who, he says, rob- bed him, However, it is remark- able coincidence, for through Seli Divers Search for Sunken Vessel Has So Far Been Fruitless. (C. A. P. Cable) Ladybank, Fiteshire, Scotland, Oct. The British Government. will als any that Mother bake. It's 80 good ) you try.it, you'll see of bothering with ing any longer. e you take a rest for a Kills Himself After Murdering His Wife Two Long-term Burglars of New Westminster Pe entiary Overpower Several Guards, Shoot have us supply the Crazed not Mildred fat baaeans a e z P A F e: lat the expense of the-other. It has not bow to such threats ag made DY) the state hoped to show that tis We think you'll ike Jealousy and Dixen:-2-private detective. He then 0+ been shown, Mr, Chrysler declar- the Unionist members in: Ulster, de- gangmen retained by Bald Jack But Are Subdued by Other Guards, Who RB: ended his own life. The tragedy occurred at Miss Dix- on s apartments at Seventeenth Ave. and Fifth Street. The triple shooting jor Nut Bread as well own, perhaps better. yway. ed, that there exists a difference in tolls amounting to a discrimination, speaking on Home Rule, They had, the public being fully protected with- he sad, raised the spirit of lawless- in the meaning of the clauses of the ness, but they must not imagine that clared Premier. Asquith, yesterday, 19 Rose shot Ros nthal at Becker's bidding. East side gangsters by the score, Through Failure at Reconciliation. to Fellow Officers Assistancer (W./A. P. Special Despatch.) RICHARDSON, MGR, TED WOUNDS GIRL DETECTIVE He Employed 3 Young Wo- man to Follow His Wife and Watch Her Actions. (W. A. P. Dispatch.) Calgary, Oct. 7 Crazed through was the culmination, of matrimonal troubles covering a period of more than a year. Unable to convince himself of his Wife's faithfulness, Davis emgloyed Miss Dixon to follow her about the city and furnish him with detafled re- ports of her actions and the places couver - Winnipeg jobbers, Kootenay: railway act governing the matter. References were made to the Van- and Regina freight rate cases, show ing that the question of Western rates has already been the subject of much enquiry:- Mr. Chrysler sald they could confine their doctrine to a case which happened to be conven- fent at the moment, He continued: If what four-fifths of the Irish people demand is not, granted, and if Irishmen see their Jong-cherished aspirations frustrated, filed past the, body of Big Jack Selig; the witness in the Becker case slain Saturday night, as it lay today jm his little flat in Broom street. Ontside the building the streets were filled with bimdreds of persons. who struggled to get within. Twenty po- lice were detailed to handle Regina, Sask., Oct. 7 Ten years) With Campbell aiarching in front hard labor -was the sentence handed im, James awakened second port out by Magistrate Trant on Satur- r 2 voket. and Gen day to Alfonzo James, a colored man, ana commenced arrested on the charge of atempting James told him to to rob passengers ona O. N.-R. train i rd thing or he wi then bent. down James, crowds and. a squad of mounted Pe (ae Saturday near Regina. ctoury ant hi whose aliases are Payton, Wasb- reconciliation with bis wife, John * . Davis, realty operator, last night fired three bullets into her body, kill- these cases did not demonstrate any they may turn and say: We will take sertous-unjust treatment of the West the Taw Into o although as a result of them there of responsible legiilators has ever liad ig: recent: years ben a number of struck a more deadly blow at the a foundations of democracy. man prompted Misa Dixon to betray her trust and later the young deteo- tive brought Mrs. Davis to her home the funeral procession to the ceme tery this afternoon. tral figure of one of the boldest at- tempts at robbery in the West. On Jan. 8, 1912. ny itl to eat yemeone. A 1g her instantly, and seriously, Mr.Cryster promised the board to er CHARGED WITH FRAUD. Friday afternoon he boarded the z Co. submit evidence to substantiate the BIG TASK AHEAD OF BRITISH . south bound train at Saskatoon and claim ofthe. Canadian Pacific that LAWMAKERS. (W. A. P, Dispateh) early in the moruing was discovered by Campbell, a porter of car No. 2, going through the cars flashing a burglar s light. On discovery James held a forty-four Colt under the nose of the porter and retteved -him of erything of value. James then pro- ceeded to clean up the whole train. Zondon, Oct. 7 In view of the Minneapolis, Minn., Oc. 7 Jobn stirring national issues awaiting con- x4 Wiley, of Minneapolis, promoter. sideration and action, the autumn or 4 railway which was to rim from session of the House of Commons, Wrnipeg to the Gulf was arrested which was formally opened toady:/+ gt;-post -offies-inspectors at North these are not through lines. they promises to be one of the most im- tampton, Towa, on 2 change of hray- should .not be governed by evidence portant of recent years. In addition ing used the mails to defraud and as to rates charged in Eastern Can-/to the all-important Home Rule Mea- 4, brought to Minneapolis fast Breater ada. They suggested that it mightjsure, the session Is expected to take night and locked up in the Hennepin western freight rates are not tnjust. FH, Phippen, on behalf of the Turkey Uapitulates onAutonomy Problem Willing to Grant Increase Jour, on behalf of the Grand Trank mntered objections that as seven years read, cakes he just as Treaty, which relates to a them being of Self-Government for)messre of self rovermment for Row- ye nocossary to enlarge the scope of definate action in regards to Welsh County jail. He will be arranged 3 a mania and bt Tt is stipu - tne enquiry. Disestabitstment, theFranchise-Bill,t+ tore the United States Commis - Roses. lated by the it the details Chairman Drayton: You can rest and one or more of the refom mea- are to be settled by consultation sasy; the scope of the enquiry will/sures demanded by organized labor. 5 I with the European Rumelian Com- e enlarged to include more than a STUDYING IMMIGRATIO mission, which comprises represemta- tives of Great Britain, France, Ger- many, Austria, Italy-and Russia. Shou this statement prove to be DR, WILEY TO SPE. WILSON. Akron, 0., Oct. 7 Summit County Democrats are making great prepar- the question of. discrimination alone, Vice President Bosworth, of the Canadian Pacific, was then examined at/length by Mr. Chrysler, with the FOR (G. A. P. Cabley Oct. 7. Prebendary Car- The News will publish a complete London, . innings by innings Balance Gan be Swung by isle, h ad of the Church Army, an Great Britain, Whose De- report . of the accurate there will be good chance object. of showing the basis of pres- ations for the big political rally here cis Pp - ision is Awaited. that the mediation of the powers re car drelght. charaes onthe Canadian tomorrow-nlght, ek whiell Dr. Har- Seam ee merbat on Sal: world s series games in. its) regu sulting from the Paris pour patl rs Pacitic, in both east and west, Atter vey.W. Wiley. former United States) 2 Army: lines, oes to Catt evening edition. As the members of CA P-Cable) may prove-cllectual i preventin the completion of the Canadian Pa-/chemlst and pure food expert, WIT gaze wo Study the results of the staff will be busy right up to the ents. London, Octr 7 What may prove war. The Balkan states demand jcitic, he sald, Western rates were es- spenk in behalf of the Democtatic (a sane, peo eeR Ons: Hie wilt Eee time of going to press, there will be no to be an important detelopment in that the Christian governors shall tabiished on the basis of rates char- national and State tickets. It will -be ) Tt across the country. + teanswer phone-calls, aidtaeiele Hapor will be Co the Balkan problem came from Con- be appointed in Macedonia by the ged in the west by the Northern Pa- Dr. Wiley's only speech of the eam- We have a 5 room cottage in High ee the e o-half hi oer s stantinople last night in the form of great powers. Article 23 contains no cific and Great Northern, two Amer- paign. He will be aceompailed. to school Annex for 210000 email nav. 2v the street one-half hour after the game is over, Phone 54, a statement that the Porte bas an- provision of this kind, but it ia be- can through lines, astern rates Akron by Congrsaman James. M. ment down, Balance 30 per, month. ve will giye out no information over the Phone as to- nounced its willingness to put imto lieved that if the powers were to were governed by water -competl- Cox, Democratic nbiminees for Gover . C. Pete Co. 268 Toronto St he result nd progress of the game. Hninbininiiviinlsinint- execution Article 23 of the Berlin (Continued on page 4.) tions which is more severe in some nor. + Kalser s Old Timer 10 Cigar.
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