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The Seaforth News, 1919-06-26, Page 34 - TRIOLµO,,� pW Ali kl O11NT b P` LICE BATTLE IN WINNIPEG STREETS Action Followed Reading of Riot Act, When Strikers Persisted in Parading in Defiance of Poclaination-City Now as. if Beleaguered -Armored Cars and Machine Guns in. Evidence Winnipeg, June 22, -Ono man was killed and approximately fifty injured in yesterday's riots. Thirteen of the injured 'were shot. The tragic events of yseterday after- noon covered not more tient' half an hour. At hall -past two, perhaps, 20,000 persons were massed on Main Street With their focus at the City Hail. For the most part they appeared to be strikers, with among them several thousand returned soldiers, and they were congregated to witness or take part in the "massed silent parade,' which, it was announced last night at the meeting in Market Square of re- turned soldiers, would be put on by returned soldiers alone this afternoon as a last and final effort to break down the barriers the men claim have been erected against the propaganda of the general strike in Winnipeg. On the whole this groat mass was orderly, It contained many women, evidently of the strikers' families, but no children. Just before half -past two, a small riot developed on Market Street, just, east of the City Hall Park, around a man who was drunk. Trolley Pulled Off. At five and twenty past two a street ear passing on Main Street only made its way through the crowd amidst con- tinual booing and with great difficulty, the trolley' several times being pulled off the line. Evidently regarding the whole thing as a circus, a great stream o f citizens in their automobiles passed at this critical moment up and down Main Street, by no Means adding to 'the good feeling of what was fast de- veloping into an angry mob. Sharp at halfpast two, the word passed along the crowd gathered in the wide thor- oughfare of Main Street on each side .of the car tracks -"fall in." At that very moment Portage Avenue car No: 506 approached Irons the north, about half -full of passengers, mostly women and children, As it reached Market Street it was greeted by a roll - Mg roar of booing, its trolley was pulled off tlse line, and some stones were thrown. Women and children not out of the car and dispersed among the crowd, so far as it is known, un- hurt. The conductor and motorman remained in their car; the trolley cord having been cut, it remained a fix- ture at what immediately was to be- come a scene of battle. Mounted Police Charge. Almost simultaneously with this, -the cry went out from the crowd: "Here comas the bloody soldiers," and around the corner of Main Street from the south, opposite the Union Bank, swept a single line of red -coated Royal North-West Mounted Police. They covered the whole street from glitter to gutter, dividing as they passed the derelict car. Inunediately an angry cry was heard from the mob and an occasional missile was thrown at the passing soldiers, A hundred yards behind this first rank carne a second rank of khaki -clad horsemen, said by the crowd to be • members of the S traeona Horse, and the Port Garry Horse, but afterwards stated by Alder- men. Gray to be Royal North-West Mounted policemen returned from the front, to whom had not been issued the welt -known scarlet tunic. The mob surged in on the flanks of the horse- men and a free throwing of bricks, bottles and any other available miss- iles began, many of the horses and men being struck. They rode on, how- ever, north several blocks and then af- ter a short interval returned again with drawn truncheons, and, dividing up into columns of four on each side of the street, sought to drive the snob back onto the sidewalks. From alleyways nearby bricks had been torn up and hurled at the backs of the horseiiien, As they divided to pass the street car the in- evitable hapliened, One if the horses carne down, and the soldier, on get- ting his feet, headed for the east side, Where he dived into J. Thompson's undertaking parlors, 569 Main Street, With the crowd yelling at his heels. The doors were slammed to, but in a few minutes the plate glass front was smelled to atoms and 'a part of the crowd surged' east on Market Street to cut him off if he tried to get through the back way. For a minute the front of the store was'eomparatively empty and the soldier dashed out again and crossed the three hundred feet width of Main Street to Seek shelter at the corner of William Avenue. Ho was intercepted and carried back a little way out of sight, up Willia'ih Ave. Then followed the shooting. Almost immediately a party of Royal North West Mounted Police dashed to the rescue, the men with their revolvers drawn, and in columns of four. As seen from the other side of Main .Street they debouched into City Hall Park, immediately in front of its steps. Shots were heaed. "Theyare firing into the air," said one of the crowd, "They have only blank cartridges," said another. The. effect was elec- trical. The dense throng in front of the City Hall ran frantically across Main Street, and buried themselves in lanes and alley -ways, forcing their way into the small hotels that abound thereabouts. Men who no doubt had war exper- ience threw themselves flat into the gutter. The shooting took place ex- actly 'fifteen minutes after the first appearance of the mounted men, at a quarter to three by the City Hall clock. And two or three minutes lat- er City Hall square, and the wide ex- panse of Main Street was deserted. Across this waste of asphalt were brought the bodies of the casualties, by men who had been with them when they fell. These were placed in Thomson's Undertaking parlor. By three o'clock in the afternoon several hundred policemen with drawn truncheons were marching over the now empty scene of the battle where yet the street car burned. ' At half past three commissioned officers attached to Military District No. 10 addressed the crowd' at the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street, advising that the Riot Act had been read and that the city is new under martial law, and therefore every one should go home. Nevertheless Main Street was still badly congested and the fire brigade was turning on their hose to clear the crowds from the tops of the sur- rounding buildings. Armored cars with machine guns and troops at the "stand -to" were 'being held in reserve at the princi- pal strategic points of the city. Thirty-six hoists ago the returned soldiers favoring the strikers' cause held a mass meeting just back of the City Hall. Some four or five thous- and persons were present, of whom a good proportion had the right to wear the 'returned soldiers' 'button, Then it was that the idea of the "IMLaseed, silent parade,' was sag- Bested. It was stated by Comrade Martin, that suck a demonstration had been very successful in North Britain. The proposal was favorab- ly received. 0 MANY FRENCH SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION A despatch from Paris says:-Ger- ma,n figures oh the number of French prisoners held in Germany were found to be incorrect,' Leon Abrams, Under- Secretary in the Ministry of War, announced in the Chamber on Thurs- day. More than 60,000 French pris- oners in excess of the German figures were found in Germany. - kNOC IfElf. GOODRIDOINGS ' TO aA0 RUBBISH.' THE "TOWN KNOCKER." The only thing to do with the "Town Knocker" is to kick him out. Tolerate him for a minute, and he spreads like an epidemic all over the community. He is the original "Calamity Howler" and "laird -of -Ill -Omen." He is never so happy as when he can persuade other people to think the same way as he does. I'f allowed to "get the floor," he will knock the pins from under the best proposition on earth. He is against every form of im- provement and if he converts enough people to HIS way of thinking, the town will come to a dead stop. After having KILLED everything, he glories in the fact that nothing can be done for the town. It is doomed. The only thing to do with the "Town Knocker" is to head him for the cemetery. Ells habit of knocking is so infectious that it has been known to spread among some of the BEST PEOPLE. KICK THE KNOCKER OUT. PERSONS TO BE SURRENDERED Will Be Handed to Germany At. ter Signing of Peace. Six Points Are Explained. Paris, June 22.-A. protocol to be added to the peace treaty, explana- tory of the six points raised by the Germans, reads: "Firstly -A. commission 'will be named by the allied and associated Government to supervise the demoli- tion of the fortifications of Heligo- land in conformity with the treaty. This commission will be empowered to decide what part of the construc- tions protecting the coast from ero- sion should be preserved, and what part 'demolished. "Secondly -The sums which Ger- many will have to refund to its citi- zens to indemnify them for interests they may be found to have in the railroads and mines, referred to in paragraph two, article 150, shall be placed to the credit of Germany on account of the sums 'due for repara- tion." The protocal refers to German pri- vate' interests in railroads and mines in Shantung as distinct from German state interests. "Thirdly -A list of the persons whom Germany must surrender to the powers will be sent to the Ger- man Government during the month NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT VOTES TO SIGN PEACE TREATY Weimar Assembly Decides by Vote of 237 to 133 to Sign Treaty, With Certain Reservations Which Include a Declination to Give Up Ex -Kaiser for Trial. Berlin, June 22. --The German Na- tional Assembly, by a vote of 237 to 138, has decided to sign the Peace Treaty. The Assembly to -day gave a vote of confidence in the new Government of I3err Bauer, 236 to 89. This means that the treaty will be signed. Sixty-eight members of the Assem- bly refrained from voting. Paris, June 22. -Communications from the Germans to the Council of Four; relating to the vote of the As- sembly at Weimar, reached here at 7.46 o'clock this evening, and are now being considered by the Council. One of the communications is un- derstood to announce that the Assem- bly voted in favor of signing the treaty with certain reservations. It is not known that the reserva- tions are beyond a declination to ad- mit the guilt of Germany in starting the war and to give up the former Emperor for trial. OPEN 1.1115 OOORlo I.T11OU4HT 'YOU SAID LOUR WIFE WUn. OUT? , d I , 5H' WU.Z-DU'i I GUESS SHE CAME RACK TO 41T SOME 71 -Linn: L following the putting into force of the treaty. "Fourthly -The commission on rep- arations, provided for by Article 240 and paragraphs two, three and four of annex four, cannot exact divulgence of secrets of manufacture or confi- dential information. "Fifthly --From the signature of peace, and in the four months follow- ing, Germany will have an opportun- ity of presenting for the examination of powers documents and propositions with a view to hastening the work relating to reparations, thus shorten- ing the investigation and hastening decisions. "Sixthly -Prosecutions will be ex- ercised against those committing criminal acts in connection with the liquidation of German property, and the powers will receive any informa- tion and proofs that the German Gov- ernment shall be in a position to supply on this subject. --s ITALIAN CABINET RESIGNS FOLLOWING ADVERSE VOTE A despatch from Rome says: -The Italian Government resigned on Thursday following an adverse vote against it in the Chamber of De- puties. Premier Orlando, in announcing his resignation and that of the Cab- inet, said King Victor Emmanuel had reserved decision as to acceptance. The Chamber of Deputies had, by a vote of 59 to 78, rejected Premier Orlando's motion in favor of dis- cussing the question of confidence, which related to the foreign policy of the Government, in secret session, GERMANS SINK THEIR FLEET SURRENDEREDRED AT SCAPA FLOW Opened Seacocks. and All Big Ships, the Battleships and Battle - Cruisers, Excepting the Baden, Went to Bottom Flying German Flag at Masthead. London, June 22. -The German of- ficers and sailors forming the colli- plements of the,. German ships interned at Scapa Flow sank most of their fleet to -day. All the big ships, the battleships and battle cruisers,'ex- cepting the Baden, and numerous smaller craft were sunk, while others went ashore in a half -sunken condi- tion. Eighteen destroyers were beached by tugs, four still are afloat, while the remainder went under. The wholesale sinking of the Ger- man ships, which came to. Scapa Flow to surrender rider the terms of the armistice, was carefully arranged by the officers and crews. All explosives had been removed, and therefore the only means of destroying the fleet ,was by opening the seacocks. The ships went slowly down, with the German flag, which the crews had hoisted, showing at the mastheads: • The crews, composed entirely of Germans, under the terms of the armistice, winch did not permit of British guards aboard, took to the boats when the vessels began to set- tle. While making for the shore 'the boats were challenged and called upon to surrender. Some of them ignored the summons and were fired iii .51Eheel & F:lE1 ' OF "UN' 3E°--®. S%° M , QUICK:: I'LL SAVE YOUR LIFE IF I HAVE TO KILL YOV- Ijl(i Sin WHADDA 'YOU GONNA DO' WHERE'LL i-11p�-•- upon, a few casualties resulting. This stroke apparently was an en- tire surprise, and the first news reached London through a correspon- dent who was informed by farmers in the neighborhood that they had seen the German ships sinking, with their flags aloft. Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, re- tired, former director of the Intelli- genee Department, interviewed by the Weekly Dispatch with regard to the sinking, said: "It is a breach of the armistice, and therefore, almost tantamount to a new act of war, but ,at this junc- ture it appears to mean that the Germans intend to sign the peace treaty, It looks like a plan cpncert- ed in Berlin." Commander Kenworthy, M.P., told the Despatch he did not think the sinkings were carried out by order of the German Government, but were engineered by "a few hot- heads sick of existence at Scapa Flow. "The Admiralty or the Admiral in charge," he said, "cannot be blamed. Rather, the Armistice Commission is to be censured for not putting British crews aboard. But we are well rid of the ships, which were obsolete." I COULD FISWE YOU HEARD SWORN rhi'AT ME rALIr,N' THERE WUZ TO elESELF• SOME ONE iU(-" ELSE INi "� THIS ROOM' 7 LEADING MARKETS i3,readstuffs, Toronto Junfe' 24. -Maid Wheat -- No, 1 Northern $2.24% No, • 2 Northern, $2.211/5; No. 3 Northern, $2.17%• No: 4 wheat, $2.11%, le store Fort William. Manitoba oats -No. 2 OW, 793/aq; No. 3 OW, 7714c; extra No. 1 feed, 77%e; No. 1 feed, 7611c; No. 2 feed, 718,!X, in store: Fort William. Manitoba barley -No. 3 CW, $1.325/80; No, 4 CW, _$,1.30%0; re- jected, $1.23%e; feed; $1.23%c, in store Fort William, American corn -Nominal. Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 77 to 80e, according to freights outside. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Winter, per car lot, $2.14 to $2.20. No. 2 do, $2.11 to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2.07 to $2.15 f.e b. shipping points, according to freights. Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, $2.09 to $2.17; No. 2 do, $2.06 to $2.14; No. 3 do, $2.02 to $2.10, f.o.b. ship- ping points according to freights. Peas -No. 2 'nominal: Barley -Malting, $1.28 to $1.32, nominal, Buckwheat -No. 2 •.eminal. Rye -No. 2 nominal. Manitoba flour -Government stan- dard, $11, Toronto. Ontario flour -Government stan- dard, $9.0.75, in jute bags, Toronto and Montreal, prompt shipment. Millfeed-Oar lots, delivered Mon - tree] freights, bags included. Bran, $42 per ton; shorts, $44 per tont good feed flour, $2.80 to $2.90 per bag. Hay -No. 1, $32 to $35 per ton; mixed, $22 to $24 per ton, track, To-. ronto, Straw -Car lots, $10 to $11 per ton, track, Toronto. Country Produce -Wholesale. Eggs -new laid, cases returnable, 85 to 36c, Butter -Creamery, solids, 49 to 50c; do, prints, 49% to 50%c. Live Poultry -Buying price delivered, Toronto: Hens, 4% lbs., live weight, 30c to 00c; dressed, 30c to 00c; hens, 4% lbs. and over, live weight, 33 to OOc; dressed 83 to OOc' spring chick- ens, live weight 45 to 00c; dressed 50 to 000; roosters, live weight 23 to 000, dressed 25 to OOc; ducklings, live weight 35 to OOc, dressed 38 to OOc; turkeys, live weight 30 to OOc; dress- ed 35 to OOc. Honey -Bulk, clover, 26 to 26c per pound; do, buckwheat, 20 to 21e. Provisions -Wholesale. Smoked Meats -Rolls, 34 to 35c; hams, med., 43 to 45c; heavy, 33 to 35ei cooked hams, 60 to 630; backs, plain, 48 to 49c; backs, boneless, 55 to 57c; breakfast bacon, 47 to 500. Cottage rolls, 36 to 37e. Barrelled Meats -Pickled pork, $48; mess pork, $47. Green Meats -Out of pickle, lc less than smoked. Dry 'Salted Meats -Long clears, in tons, 28%c; in cases, 29e; clear bel- lies, 28 to 28nne; fat backs, 25c. Lard -Tierces, 34%c to -35c; tubs, 35 to 35%c; pails, $Sqi. to 3614,e; prints, 36 to 36%c. Compound lard, tierces, 3't%e; tubs, 321/.X; pails, 323,ic; prints, 33c. Montreal Markets. Montreal, June 24. -Oats --Extra No. 1 feed, 91c. Flour -New standard grade, $11 to $11.10, Rolled oats - Bags, 90 lbs., $4.10 to $4.25. Bran, $42. Shorts, $44. Hay -No. 2, per ton, car lets, $40 to $41. Cheese- Finest easterns, 291/4. Butter - Choicest creamery, 52 to 53c. Eggs - Selected, 52c; No. 1 stock, 48c; No. 2 stock, 44 to 45e. Potatoes -Per bag, car lots, $1.50. Dressed hogs -Abat- toir killed, $30 to $30.50. Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 lbs, net, 38c. Live Stock Markets. Toronto, June 24. -Heavy steers, $13.75 to $14; choice butchers' steers, $13.25 to $18.50; butchers' cattle, choice, $13 to $13.50; do, good, $12 to $12.50; do, used,, $11.25 to $11.50; do, corn., $9.50 to $10; bulls, choice, $11 to $11.50; do, med., $10.25 to $10.75; do, rough, $8 to $8.25; butchers' cows, choice $11.25 to $11.75; do, good, $10.50 to $10.75; do, med., $9 to $9.50; do, corn., $7.50 to $8; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75; feeders, $12.50 to $13; canners and cutters, $4.50 to $6.25; milkers, good to choice, $90 to $160; do, corn, and med., $05 to $75; spring- ers, $90 to $160; light ewes, $10 to $11: yearlings, $12.50 to $14; spring lambs, per cwt., $18.50 to $23; spring lambs, each, $12 to $15; calves, good to choice, $17 to $19; hogs, fed and watered, $23.50; do, weighed off cars, $23.75; do, f.o.b., $22,50. Montreal, June 24. -Hogs, choice selected, $21 per 100 lbs.; culls, $15; steers, $11 to $13.50; cows, $9 to $11.50; butcher bulls, best, $10; in- ferior quality, $7; lambs, $1.6; milf- fed calves $8 to $11; sheep, $8 to $1.2. Milk and leafy vegetables are more necessary for health than even a per- fectly varied diet. WHEN 5HE 4OE5' l I'IOPL 1' 001µ'T FOR GI ©OUT Min 0 a LE6 `(1RU, MANY VETERANS TO BE FAkMEI S 12,594 Get Qualification Certii% cafes For Land Settlement. A despatch , from Ottawa says: - Mr. W. J. Black, chairman of the Sol- dier Settlement Board, has returned from a visit of inspection to the Win- tern Provinces. Speaking to the press, he stated that he found intense in- terest being taken in land settlement by returned 'soldiers, - Already throughout the Dominion there have been 17,109 applications for qualification certificates, ' and of these 12,594 have been passed as qualified to participate in. the bene- fits of the Act. "The heaviest rush of applicants is in the Western Provinces," 'said Mr. Black. "In - one day alone, 1,035 returned men visited the Ed- and the usual run at present there is from 700 to 800 men a day, The organisation of the Board is being heavily Laked to provide the required service to meet :this situation," The majority of those settled to date, according to Mr. Black, are farmers' sons, or men from the Old Land, who have worked on farms in this country. "I had the opportunity," said Mr. Black, "of meeting a few of those, who have already been settled. They expressed the greatest satisfaction with the treatment received." GET 96 BUSHELS FROM NEW VARIETY OF WHEAT A despatch from - London says: - It is announced that the plant breed- ing section of the University of Cambridge, which is closely associat- ed with the Board of Agriculture, has succeeded in producing two new var- ieties of wheat, styled Penman and Yeoman. These were distributed to farmers and it is reported that the result has been to treble the average yield. One crop produced 96 bushels per acre. Milling and baking trials have shown that while the Yeoman variety is not equal to the famous Red Fife from the viewpoint of milling quali- ties, yet it is sufficiently strong to produce a good quality loaf without the addition of imported wheat. PRINCE OF WALES VISITS CANADA IN AUGUST A despatch from Ottawa says: -t His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales is expected to arrive in Can- ada during the month of August, and will be present at the Casiadian Na- tional Exhibition at Toronto, and at the official opening of the new Can- adian Parliament buildings. The following staff will accompany hint en his Canadian tour: Chief of stain, the Marquis of Salisbury; .chief private secretary, Lieut.- Col. E. M. Grigg; assistant secretary, Sir Godfrey Thomas, Bart.; equeries, Capt. Lord Claud Hamilton, and Capt. the Hen. T. W. Legh. FRANCE WILL NOT CEDE ISLANDS TO GREAT BRITAIN A despatch from St. Pierre says: - Recent Government expenditures in this colony of France are regarded here as virtually disposing of the suggestion that the islands be ceded to Great Britain and added to the Newfoundland Dominion. It is an- nounced that several million francs will be spent in the development of St. Pierre, the centre of France's fishing industry in the Western At- lantic. A contract had been placed with a New York company for the construction of a large refrigerating plant here, and work has already be- gun. A powerful wireless station is also being installed by the Govern- ment. STRIKES AND RIOTS PREVAIL THROUGHOUT ITALY A despatch from Rome says: - Italy is atthe parting of the ways, Never since the war, even before the Caponetto disaster, has the country been in so serious a state -so near, upheaval and sabotage as to -day, des- pite her victory in the field. Strikes, riots, loss of life and the pillaging of food shops from one end of the country to the other seriously threaten the industrial life of the na- tion begun thirty-nine years ago and made to prosper almost by a rile -sole in spite of the utter lack of coal and" raw materials, all of which must be imported. ' RAYL PAYS TRIBUTE TO CANADIAN TROOPS A despatch from London says: - John Brooks, Chairman of the Rhyl Council, writes to the press respect- ing Kinmel Camp. He declares that the Canadians have been a distinct asset to the town, which has organ- ized a gala in their honor. The be. havior of the troops has always been that of the beat class, of visitors, and instead of Rhyl leaving suffered through the Canadians, the present season has been very prosperous, Mr. Brooks concludes, Machine - oil stains will disappear If rubbed with soap and cold water. Hot water will set the stain. When making a cornflour mould mix the cornflour with water' instead of milk. It will turnout better and also, look :neer.