The Winnipeg Tribune from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada • Page 1

Posed as Professor Andrews of St. John's Col- lege and Took Three Rooms From Mrs. J. Wrne Who Had Not Heard That There Was a Bank Robbery Until Jthe Arrest Was Effected "Tt's all up. 1 tfiicss.

I'll emtio "With the foregoing exclamation, iiiul without the slightest show of. or attempt (it resist-iiriec, John Knifeheiiko. tillered murderer of II. M. Arnold, the Plum t'ouleo lininch of the Bank of Montreal, surrendered to four police officers in his bedroom lit 4'W College Avenue at ten o'clock this morning.

The officers were: Deputy Chief Newton, Acting Chief Detective (ieortre Smith, Chief of Provincial Police KUiott, and Assistant Morality Inspector IJeorire Headon. It had eome 1o the ears of the police department that Krafchenko. whose location in the house was discovered lust evening, was oxpeetinj; some friends to visit him at aliout ten o'clock this iiiorniiifr. The police officers accordingly entered the house without making any disturbance. Was Asleep at Time.

The four named, together with Morality Inspector William Kddy, proceeded upstairs, and Deputy Newton. Chief Elliott, (Jeortre Smith and Headon stationed themselves riylit in the doorway of the room, which the landlady had indicated as that occupied by Krafchenko. Very quietly Deputy Newton rapped on the door, making sufficient, sound to awaken the sleeper. There was wait of but a moment, during which time the officers prepared their automatic pistols and steeled themselves for the battle which all believed was inevitable. A shuffle of bare feet across the linoleum of the room and then the door opened.

Krafchenko had the door wide opin bnfur lt uleapy- who the visitors were. "Throw up your hands," carne a loi-dl5iel llnif announcement, and automatically the prisoner held hi handn aloft, while he gazed In a surprised kind of way Into the muzzlea of four gltuinlng weapons destruction. Two Loadad Guna. "It's all up, I kupsj." he said, with a kind of wry amllc. for In a flash he hud recovered his wonted jaunty pose.

"I'll come quietly," hp lidded, and at once Headon stepped forward and promptly placed a pair of steel bracelets on the prlxonera wrists. That Krafchenko did not come to door armed Is a matter of much comment among the officials of the police department, Lying on the top of a bureau, alongside of the bed, was a 32 automatic Wehley Scott pistol while benenth his pillow was found another fully loaded automatic revolver. Thla lattor weapon whs not found until Jack Street and Detce-tlve Melville were sent to make a thoorugh search of the apartment. So many times hail Krafchenko dedal ed that he would "yn out fighting" -which means ho would die flgntlng It. can only be attributed to the fact hat ho wan not in the leant divree ex- pectins a call from the police, that he was not armed when he opened the I door this morning.

Cordon 8urrounds House Betting away. A strong, cordon whs In addition to the officers who en- ln the room when the officers tered the house, fifteen detectives and i searched afi'er Krafchenka had been Chief of Police Miicl hen on remained removed to the cells at the central po-on the watch outside. The pews was 'Ike elation, the officers found prartl-hrought to the department of no baggage. His overcoat was chenko's exact location last evening I hanging up ln the clothes cloaet and and at once Heps were taken to guard In the pockets of this were found two the premises and to prevent the man large rolls of Hank of Montreal bills. drawn around the place, but It wus decided that to make any mia-step In effecting the fugitive's arrest might probably result In the loss of several lives.

It was therefore arranged that the cordon of aimed men should remain on guard all night nnd that Krafchenko should be surprised this morning when he was lease expecting a visit from the police. The wisdom of this procedure has been acknowledged by all who are acquainted with the desperate character of the man. The police officials today declare that for several days they have been on Krafchenko' track. On Thursday Iat they arrived only half an hour too late to arrest a "physician" who was staying at j46 William uvenue. Kraf-chenixo for he was the "physician have got the wind of the fact that I i.ju hho iinKp on ins imca, lor without a word to his landludy he ikipped out and never returned.

Kxactly where he was hidden between Thursday evening and Saturday morning at about nine o'clock Is not kiiiwn. but at this time he wont to the house of J. Hyrne, at 43 Culloiit. avenue, and stated he wished to rent her second floor front room. She, never for a moment suspecting that her lodger was a fugitive from Justice, accepted the story that he was professor at St.

John's college, and rented th" room he desired. Little Money Found. he had discussed the question with the president he had found his mind open ami receptive to information. Though tills have been drafted hy members of congress looking to gov ernment ownership, none have been nirreed upon as an administration mea sure, while the result of Mr. Burleson's investigations are being awultcn.

"There is no doubt," said Mr. Bur leson. "that the inauguration of the pa. eel post and I he postal savings system has given a tremendous lmpe him. It has proved success in F.ns- land.

1 dont want to make any recom meiidations to congress until I um ab- solutelv sure of my ground. U. S. GOVERNMENT MAY TAKE OVER TELEGRAPH AND LEPHONE SYSTEMS SOON President Wilson is Now Seriously Considering Coming Forward With Such a Proposal Washington, I ec. 1 'lovernment hip of teleiaph and telephone lines throughout the country Is being Seriously considered by President Wilson.

Conferences between the president and Postmaster (lenerul Ilmson baveltus to the desire of people all over the led to a gathering or about country to have the government te-tho practical working of government come the means of communication ownership In these nations. here evt hero. It Is a subjict lnPlv-such a ostein Is In operation. The sub-1 two and three hundred million dol-Ject will be discussed at length In the! lars anod we must go very slowly Into postmaster-general's annual report, Kvery great nation except soon to be made public, though it Is us has adopted It. tiv no means assured that he will When Sir Herbert Snmuel, postmas-mnke any positive recommendations, ter general of reat Britain was here Tho postmaster geneiil faw the pres.

reoeiitiv 1 had two long talks with Ident for a few mliv tea today anil while they did not discuss the subject. Mr. Hui leson said as he left the While house that on prt vloui occa- Ions, when CMisflmasliQppgFS Christ iiihs shoppers will iiml each tlay in the columns of The Trihuni' a most roinph'ti' iisscmhlao of "store news." Just nt this time Winnipeg's uuiiiy stores re ulTerinir. through The Tribune-, nmny sucslioiiH in way of 'hristinus nifts. This dnily "store news" is invnluiihle to tfift-seekers.

If yon would keep in close touch with the oflVrinirs of the different merchants, READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE TRIBUNE. Captured by the Police Today hi JOHN KRAFCHENKO, Who was taken without a struggle in a house on College Avenue at 10 o'clock this morning. Bank Manager Who Was Slain I i 1 ittuui H. M. ARNOLD, Who was shot down by a robber at Plum Coulee on December 1.

In addition to these articles, the two pifi-tols end some articles of wearing apparel, the room was practically as hare as when It was first entered by Krafchenko. The police are In a nnnndiiry as to what has beccnie of the rest of tl' booty. There la no doubt ln tbalr minds hut that Krafchenko Is the rob ber of the Plum Coulee bank, hut as yeit they have been able to trace none 'if the missing lour thousand dollars, with the exception of the two rolls stated. The First Nsws The first authentic news of Kruf-chenko's presence ln Winnipeg was givtn to the public yesterday through the columns of The 1 rlhune. The statement in last night's Tribune was to the following effect: A report of more than ordinary persistence, is in circulation this afternoon to tho effect that John Krvfchenko was In a house on William avenue last night.

it Is further asserted that certain of the authorities got wind of the hunted man's whereabouts, and were actually laying their plans for his capture. Krafchenko, shrewd In his criminal business, and keeping a close watch on every movement of the police, apparently had his suspicions aroused that the sleuths of the law were on his track, and made a hurried escape In tho darkness. Chief Elliott, interviewed over the phone at two o'clock this afternoon, absolutely denied any Knowledge or KraTchenkos whereabouts. He did not know that Krafchenko was In a house on William avenue last night. Officials of the city police department this morning deny that any such Information (as to Krafchenko helng in a William avenue house) has reached them.

The source, of The Tribune's Information yesterday seemed to bo unquestioned. Luckier This Time Ex-Chief MeUne, the terror of the criminal class for decades ln this city, was on hand at the capture of Kraf chenko this morning. I "The ex-chlef bus been at the taking of a good many tough ones In his tune," said a former police reporter lus morning. "I remember well when ho pounced upon a man alongside whom Krafchenko looks like an 'ln- The man was located at Emerson. The chlf tracked him for eome time and finally landed him.

It took nerve and strength to go after this man, but the chief had both. "tin one occasion the ex-chlef got Mie worst of It. It was In nn encounter with a man named Pant, wanted 'for cattle-stealing. 'The chiefs plans were well laid and he arrest was carried out without any trouble. Through some oversight, however, nfter a hur- I tC'ontlnued un Page Twelve) I X.y iSS TIU3 WEATIIEIll Tmnrnir at 7 o'clock this lmirnlnu 2 0.

9 Yesterday's maximum 4'U Last lilgnt's minimum I'orreuat All Veti Fair ilar and un 'I'baradar with uo drltlMl rhenari l.w temnef atune. mum vol. xxrs. Business Officsi Main 6622. WINNIPEG, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913 Editorial Of flea i Main 6620.

NO. 290 IPTH1 MtccessiruM heirako Wfithouatt FMe 40'GLGEK EDITION Police ssJkimig Joosn Surrounded House at 429 College Avenue Last Night and Taken Into Custody This Morning at 10 o'Clock OFFICERS OF LAW TOOK PLACE OF FRIENDS WHOM HE WAS EXPECTING BANK OF MONTREAL BILLS STUCK TOGETHER BY BLOOD IN ROOMS OF KRAFCHENKO HOUSE WHERE KRAFCHENKO WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING -lheto by Itemliranilt Home of Mrs. J. Byrne, 439 College Avenue. Krafchenko 's room was the upper one with windows looking over verandah.

FORT GARRY HOTEL OPENING SET Invitations for the opening of the Port Garry Hotel at 10.31) on the morning of December 11 have been Issued bv K. XV. Uergman, manager of hotels for the (Irand Trunk and (Irand Trunk Pacific railways. Guests of the management will be conducted through the building from the sub-basement to the tot Tier-sheathed turrets, and at noon a luncheon will be served ln the great dining room, to which prominent men representtlve of the state, commerce and professions of the West, and of the press ot Winnipeg, have been In vited. Tonight a 'brilliant social will be held In the hotel, which will be thrown open for the annual hull of the Victorian Order of Nurses.

His Honor P. ('. Cameron, lieutenant-governor or Manitoba, will lead ort in an orricnu (Continued on Tnge Twelve) FOR TOMORROW GIVE DOMINIONS A VOICE IN MAKING WAR DECLARATION United Kingdom Cannot Much Longer Play Lone Hand Says Lieut. Horden DECLARES ONE FLEET NECESSARY He Contends That an Imperial Committee for Fore-'yu Affairs is Not Unthinkable London. Deo.

10. (C.A.P.) Veteran olTicers of both services ussembled at Whitehall today to hear a lecture by Lieut. Horden on "The Overseas Dominions und the Navy." "I believe," he said, "ono fleet Is necessary and we cannot get It either by contributions or by nei. we cannot expect the I'nlted Kingdom to continue much longer to declure for war or peace without giving the Dominions I the right to share In, the decision. An I Imperial committee for foreign uffairsl Is not unthinkable.

If we think we ati home here have the best nu we need not resltate to ask the Dominions to I work with us; If on the other band one of them has a better muii than) BABE OF SEVEN MONTHS LEFT IN THE THEATRE Fort William, Pec. 10 Mystery surrounds the leaving in the Corona theatre here last night of a seven months old baby girl by a person unknown. It was llrst thought tho mother had the babe, which was well dressed, and had been carefully tucked In a wicker bahy carriage-. At eleven o'clock this forenoon no one hud claimed the Infant. WINNIPEG MAN SENDS FIFTY DOLLARS TO SIR EDWARD CARSON Jjnndon.

Dec. in. Amongst the recent coimiinnlrHtlons to Sir Wliril liri-i'll II i r.n.i,.-i. from Wuldenslan Orangemen. Saskatchewan, and Cornwall Orangemen, Ontario.

A resident of Winnipeg sends "Just bv way of encouragement." ours, wo ought to be glad of his help. "The overseas Dominions," declared I tho lecturer, "would have a hard task to provide money for effective fleets, and a very much harder task to find the men to man them, (living them credit for all possible good-Will, it Is unlikely thet they will be able to provide a squadron of the line In less than twenty-live years. Reorganize Admiralty If a reorganization of the Admiralty were brought about It would be comparatively easy to lit in the other parts of the empire, because each would have It own navy board and nominate naval officers on the staff at the Imperial Admlialty. Thus both we and the overseas dominions would have control over the greater part of the money we severally provided for naval defence. We nhouid all be represented on a body resoonsiblo for the strategic distribution of the fleet.

In other words the five nations would all be ln an exactly similar position. To ths Melting Pot "Such revolution at the Admiralty as 1 have proposed." concluded the speaker, "Is not likely to bo welcomed at the Admiralty here because It means putting Into the meltlmr pot an organization built up gradually, and It certainly Is one ot the most efficient de-pnilments of the state. But If this would settle the very difficult prohh'in of co-opi-ratlon In naval defence and give us a single navy, it seems worth doing." Fifteen Hundred and Fifty Dollars in All Found When Alleged Bank Robber and Murderer is Taken WATCH FOUND IN AUTOMOBILE OF DYCK POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE PROPERTY OF KRAFCHENKO Evidence Believed to Be of a Most Damaging Character is Now Said to Be in the Hands of the City Police Department Kriilenev of the most deadly character implicating Krafchenko in the Plum Coulee robbery and murder ha been accumulated by local and provincial police, and the officials of the two forces are full of confidence that they will be able to prove tin) (juilt of the prisoner to the satisfaction of any jury in the land. Disguised in Woman's Clothes Krafchenko Paraded City Streets The police admitted when questioned this morning that Krafchenko has been ln tha city since last Thursday, and that he has been frequently parading; on the streets dressed In wo-mun's attire. Disguised ln this manner he visited a house at 546 William avenue.

The police were then hot on his trail, but the fugitive managed to make good his escape. Kor several days the not had been drawing closely round the suspect and severul times they were within fifteen minutes of having him within their reach. Conclusive evidence of the whereabouts of the fugitive reached Chief. Macpherson Inst night, when Krafchenko was traced to the house on College avenue. Chief Macpherson laid his plans very carefully.

Immediately surrounding the house with fifteen plain clothes men. Ho then took ex-chief Mcltae Into his confi dence and It was at first Intended to raid the house In the early hours of the morning- This policy was ulti mately abandoned In favor of the one Anally adopted by which the capture (Continued on Page Twaive) TRIBUNE They page. Huerta In Just two places, ln front of the bar and behind It. After all publlo opinion counts. It la going to help out on the milk question.

Another French cabinet has resigned. That's the kind of a cabinet to have. It Is pretty safe betting that Harry Thaw will never be returned to the Mattewan Insane asylum. Well, we now know exactly where we are st on tho school question. Them there amendments were designed to provide Separate schools.

Iiookn as though Hon. Geo. R. Cold-well and his partner, Hon. Jim, will have to go Into secret conference with the Orangemen once more.

It takes all kinds of gifts to make up the gift season, as shown by the following sign In a store: "A nice ferret makes a fine Christmas present." XVe always thought there would be trouble In St. Boniface when the reckoning day came, over all those pave-mentB. Interesting developments are promised. It there are any persons who are displeased with the cold, unpleasant winter of Florida and other southern states, we will be glad to entertain them. A theatre has solved a problem-A sign posted ln the house read: "Women More Than 80 Tears Old Are Allowed to Keep Their Hats on In This Theatre." Americans Are 8o Original Seen states have a "Liverpool," Nine have a town named "Sheffield." There are 12 towns named "Birmingham." C3 are named "Bristol, and 28 states have their "Manchester." Asi-ejsment Commissioner Harris reports to the School Board that In 1013, there were 32,088 children In the city between the ages of 6 and IB.

The Rchool board reports the enrollment of chlldten, and a dally average attendance of IK. 336. Here Is a chime for some figuring or s-me correction. In the room where Krafchenko was captured this morning forty-eight Burnt of Montreal bills were found, and ln another room ln the same hou.se one. H0 Bank of Montreal bill und sixty-four ji Bank of Montreal bills were, found.

Sixteen of these five dollar bills were stuck together with human blood and the single ten dollar bill found In this roll was also spotted with blood. In addition to the above money the. local police have also r. covered seven-ty-iour $10 Hank of Montreal bills In a hiding place In the West end of tho city. This hiding place has kisn been traced to KrafcUenko.

Tho money bo far recovered amounts to $1,150, all in Bank of Montreal bills. But the most deadly evidence that the police will present against Krafchenko Is the fact that the watch, found ln the stolen car ln which the. bandits made their getaway from Plum Coulee after the robbery anil murder, has been absolutely Identified as Krafchenko's watch. It was the same wutch as was worn by Krafchenko when he was arrested ln Winnipeg the lust time, and Ita number and the number of Its works was taken at that time. Owing to th confusion of the figures 3 and 8 It was at first thought to be not the name watch, but a more careful examination proved Its Identity beyond a ahadow of doubt.

Both Chief Elliott, of the provincial police, and Chief Macpherson. of the Winnipeg police, state definitely thut the watch is Krafchenko's beyond a shadow of doubt. TRUMPS Once again we can all afford to have a drink of milk. The old cry "not this man but Bar-abbas." which lias thundered down the ages for two thousand years, works out ln the constituencies at the present day. The voter would sooner stay by his party than abandon It to save his count Ey.

And Manitoba 1s the most glaring example of electoral perfidy throughout the country. When it Is recalled that Sir John Mncdonald declared in parliament over thirty years ago, when the C.I'.K. contract went through, that the company would be able to put rates ln forco ut a quarter of those obtaining on other roads, owing to the vast public subsidies given, and when It Is seen how high tho rates have always been ln tho west especially, it certainly furnishes for serious thought. Kvery reduction obtained In years has been purchased from the roads bv addltiouul subsidies. The School Boards figures ahow that there are 3,757 children of tho number enrolled In public school registers, absent from school every day.

On their face the figures look as though tho three or four truancy officers either had too much to do or are not doing their duty. Arthur Congdon, ex-chalrman of the public school board, addressing his fellow trustees last night, on tha need for assisting tho foreign population along educational lines, snld: Those to whom they looked up to be leaders and who nsplied to be leaders In political life, during the heat of an election, educated these people ln the most atrocious manner to he eractly the opposite to what their Idea of Canadian citizenship was. It was bad enoughs to attempt to corrupt and bribe those who re of the Anglo-Saxon rare, said h. but to go I'owti among the foreign population and roTiipt thern ln the way that was helng done In every ce linn tie knew of or anything about, was simply atrocious. And It Is atrocious.

Mr. Congdon. 1,11 il 'li" o' men In C( nsi-rvntive and Liberal. together In Manitoba, the abum'nati'n bribery will go on. It is in- n'Win man or body of men came forward with a il-n to ci.l-e forces In f.nor of dici liVIUcs..