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,.1, -mi 1 1 T-yr- kv ri O-Y, "WETS" PLAN APPEAL FOR BEER AND WINE LICENSE 1 11 DEfAND i REFERENDUM 10 finjEEH 1 "Wets" Reported Preparing to I Invoke Aid of Direct I Legislation Act 7 WANT LIGHTTWINES, TOO Anti-prohibition forces in Manitoba plan to invoke the aid of the Direct Legislation Act on the provincial statutes for the purpose of obtaining either the repeal of the Macdonald Act, or sufficient amendments to it to allow of the free sale of beer and light wines, according to a well-defined report current in legislative circles today. Steps are now being taken to have a large petition presented to the House, praying that the 1 desired amendments, or new enactments, as the case may be, be 1 undertaken. Only 8 Per Cent Needed tn order to compel official recogni- ticm of such a petition, under the Ih-vect Legislation Act of 1316. only per cent of the total electorate Is needed to sign, and liquor men believe they easily ran obtain such a ptr centage. i If the required number of signa ture is obtained, the petition will have to be presented to the Speaker of the House who the art direct a to have all signatures certified as to eligibility by means of the voters' lists.

If, after verification, all is found according to law. the proposed mea-ture must be submitted to a refer-k rndum of the people, providing such law is within the jurisdiction of the provincial government to enact. If doubts are entertained as to its validity the attorney-general is empowered to submit it to the Manitoba courts for legal decision. READ THE STORY OP "COL FEARKES, IN TIE TRIBUNE NEXT SATURDAY jyXj day max. 2.r.

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MMrv- Winnipeg, Wednesday, January 15, 1919 -eighteen pages No.i3 u8HOOT USF HUNGRY MOB CRIES PETROGRADS RESIDENTS jOESNp Populace is Fed on Unground Oats 10,000 Riot for Bread REDS FIRE ON MARCHERS i STOCKHOLM, Jan. 15 Hun-' ger riots took place in Petro-grad Saturday and Sunday, ac-cording to advices received here, Ten thousand people paraded through the streets shouting for bread and were fired upon by Bolshevist troops, who are said to have 'been Letts. Desperate from hunger, the crowds are reported to have asked the soldiers to fire upon them. Dispatches state that not a single piece of bread is to be found now in Petrograd, and unground oats are being given to the people. Propagandists, disguised as refugees, are said to have been sent into Finland by the Bolshe-vists.

The police there have recently discovered several organizations which are alleged to be plotting a new insurrection. POLICE OFFICIAL DIES US RESULT OF MOBBING QI'E'DEC, Jan. 15 Ion Helanger, the secret police officer for the mili- tta, who was attacked by a mob at the. outset of the Quebec riots last spring, died early this week In Montreal. It appears his death was indirectly due to the injuries he received then at the band of the mob.

WAR BABIES Who Will Have to Be Introduced io Their Fathers The Winnipeg Tribune will be glad to print pictures of Manitoba babies who were born while their father were in service overseas, and whose fathers will have to be introduced to them or have already returned and made their acquaintance. Send photogVaphj, together with brie particulars, to the War Baby Editor, Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Judson To Refute Fire Allegation Counsel Says Law Forbids Taking Action for Libel Against Companies C. S. Judson today announced that he would not attempt publicly to deny the allegation of Incendiarism against him, contained In the statement of defense filed Monday by tn-turance companies he Is suing for recovery of fire losses.

"He who laughs last, laughs best," Mr. Judson remarked. Intimating that from experience with Insurance firms he was not greatly surprised at their attitude. Although no public statement will be Issued, A. K.

Hoskins, K.C., counsel for Mr. Judson, within a week will file a formal refutation of the charges for the purpose of court records, It was announced. Owing to the protection given by the law to persons making charges in legal documents, Mr. Judson cannot take action for criminal libel against the Insurance firms, Hos-kins sas. "Otherwise," he added, "we would most certainly do so." The trial is to be brought on as quickly as possible, because both sides are eager for court action.

HINDY WILL LE.D GERMANS AGAINST PuLISH INVADERS COPEN'I IAOBN, Jan. 15 Field-Marshal von Ilindenburg will soon take command of the German troops opposing Polish forces iu eastern Germany, according to advices received here from Iiroinberg, quoting newspapers printed in the province of 1 'often. TRIBUNE TRUMPS i WrongOne makes facsimile and the olner sick families. The mills of the Peace Gods' are grinding. Pray Cod they grind the war lords to powder.

Some one suggests getting clear of the ex-kaiser by cutting a hole in a Lowlands dyke and drowning him out. George Allan, M.P., once a rnlghty lumber king on the Pird Tail creek. How lb the mighty fallen! Sir Wilfrid says there Is 1-ome "kick" left in him yet. lie must have been dnnking two and a half uer cent. i That gnat nation, to wit: Canada is to have a Hpecijjl representative at the peace conference.

We're get. 1 ting a big boy now. "Will war time prices enquires a magazine advertisement, lion't know and don't believe the magazine does either. As our bodies to be in health must be generally exercised, our minds to be in health must be generally cultivated. John Buskin.

The Crown Prince is now complaining about the lack of variety In the food served In his Holland Internment camp; the ungrateful ron- of-a-Hun. Kind of natural like to sec old D. B. llanna cavorting round our thor- oughfares If only for a day or so. D.

B. a fine old democrat and a ricothmao forbye. i Kind looks, kind words, kind acts, and warm handshakes these are a secondary means of grace when men I are In trouble and fighting their unseen battles. Lr. John Hall.

Wait till we see what the. Union Government dues with the tariff at the coming session before reaching any set conclusions as to the position of the parties on the tariff. the concensus of opinion among the Canadian people Is I that K. Ia Ilordcn, our Peace rep-j ivscntative at the Paris conference, Is preferable to the Hon. Hob as Prime minister.

Mr Wilfrid talks about free trade atlll being the policy of his party when all students of liical history In ''anada know that many, if not most of the tariff reductions, came from the party which professes high tariff. Charlie. Murphy, that old line Grit, wants it understood that the official Liberals nre really not In favor of barring out from the party all those mistaken ones who voted for I'nion Government. Well not exactly for about nine-tenths voted that way and b'gosh they still think that way. "Old Timer" wants to know when the big flood occurred In Winnipeg? Does he mean the one away back I In the forties or fifties when Sir Watkyn was singing "Rocked in the Cradle of the lr-rp." or the one be-fore the boom when Geurge Allan ran a little saw mill not for from Tall creek, and turned out shingles and slabs with his crosscut saw.

70 IKIED EHJPE Seventy soldiers who crossed on the "Araguaya" reached Winnipeg on a special hospital train which pulled i into the Canadian Pacific railway station at 8 o'clock this morn fcta Forty-six of the men have homes In Winnipeg. The remaining 24 werej for points further In Military I District No. 10. I Red Cross ambulances met II of the men who were taken straight tof Tuxedo hospital. Three were cot cases.

Representatives of military headquarters staff, Tuxedo staff, the Returned Soldiers' association, were I at the station. I.leut. Edgar waa officer commanding. MEET ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS DOWER LAW Mrs. James Munro headed a delegation of women which waited upon John Allen, deputy attorney-general, at the parliament buildings today for 1 the purpose of discussinir with him a problem affecting the operation in Manitoba of the Dower law.

It is stated that there came to the 1 attention of the Political Education- al league an Instance here a hus- I band deliberately evaded the Dower law and left his wife and child pen- nlless. Mr. Allen refused to make a public statement after the conference. He intimated that the criminal phase of I the mutter appeared to be of greater imporance than the suspected flaw In the statute. I ALLEGE MAN FCUND WITH WRIST CUT TRIED SUICIDE R.

McDonald, who was found In his apartment In the Stone block early this morning ith an artery In his jleft wrist cut, is alleged by police i to have attempted suicide. The man 1 I was taken to General hospital, here condition Is reported to be fav-, lorable. He suffered a serious loss; of blood. He is thought by police to I have cut his wrist ith a razor. He Is 52 years old and Is said to have been mentally depressed from 111-I 'ness.

An Investigation is being; made. MAY SAIL SATURDAY OTTAWA, Jan. 15 The liner Aqultania, carrying Canadian troops. probably will sail for Canada next Saturday, but the exact date and details of those on board are not available at the militia department. I Vienna Is Given Food By British Tommies Arrive in Austrian Capital With Supplies For Residents VIENNA.

Jan. 15 A small body of British troops arrived here Tuesday as the convoy of a trainload of foodstuffs, a present from the British army In Italy to the women and children of Vienna. Great crowds followed the convoy through the streets, giving the men a cordial welcome, but one devoid of any especial enthusiasm. The British officer in command explained to the burgomaster that the supplies were sent in recognition of the fact that Austria had treated her British prisoners with consideration, In contrast with the inhuman treatment given by the Germans. Three additional tralnloads are to follow the first, to alleviate the needs 'of the women and children until re-i gular shipments begin coming in.

The burgomaster told the British commander that the food had arrived i at an opportune moment, as the situation was reaching a crisis through the fact that Vienna had not enough flour to last more thati the next four i days. HERO IS AWARDED $500 DAMAGES FOR ALIENATION OF HIS WIFE'S AFFECTION William H. Tate a. returned grounded soldier, today was awarded $500 damages in his suit Against Arthur Deering, a teamster, for alienation of the plaintiffs wife's affections. Chief Justice Mathers, in rendering Judgment, declared that the circumstances were such that he would have cheerfully given a bigger award had more been asked.

Details of Yates' story were deeply pathetic. After considerable service, overseas Yates returned home to find his wife, the mother of three children, gone away with Deering. For a long time the husband tried to effect a reconciliation but failed. He. heard nothing of her until Christmas Pay, when his eldest boy, aged 17, came home with the news: "Mother is dead." Inquiries proved that Mrs.

Yates died Dec. 18 at St. Boniface hospital and was buried witriout her husband being notified. NO WONDER THE JUDGE CALLED HIM BRIEFLY 'HEN' The city police court docket bore today the longest surname In the records of the police department. The name was Zarlanezukiewicj Henry Zarlanezukiewiej and the owner was charged with beating up a "friend" whose name Is Mike Pluta.

The case was remanded for hearing Friday so Henry can find a witness, who, he avers, will establish his innocence. Just a Few Tribune Want Ads. that brought Immediate results, the most of them on the 'same day the want ad was Inserted. Miscellaneous For Sale rem sai.k i9no wASHF.n. anon new.

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f'hone your Want Ad today to Main 6620. "DOINGS OF THE DUFFS" 1 A New Daily Comic Feature FOR TRIBUNE READERS "Doings of the Duffs" is not a new comic feature, by any means, because it haa been printed for years in some of the largest newspapers in thia country and the United States, and long ago won the reputation of being one of the best comic strips on the continent. But it ia new to Winnipeg, and. The Tribune has obtiined exclusive publi-cation rights for Western Canada. Beginning next Monday, "Doings of the Duffs" will appear daily on The Tribune's famous cartoon page.

Look for it. Get acquainted with it, and you will be well rewarded. There's a smile with it every day. 1 They won't I La come bacte atiAA wysfcf e.om.T.'lT erosainB the Rhina eastward bound, nach Berlin! Do you think they'll ever oome back again? We think they won't. MAYOR GRAY TO SUGGEST APPOINTMENT OF WOMAN CITY POLICE MAGISTRATE Mayor Gray will suggest to city Cuuncil or provincial authorities 'that the attorney-general be asked to take up the matter of appointing Ja woman magistrate to sit with the acting magistrate In considering women's cases In court, he announc-j ed today.

The mayor paid the woman magistrate should be a mother, for in that case only would the fairest and most considerate treatment be given women who appear In court. "The need of a woman magistrate is pronounced." Mayor Gray said. "I intend to do my bct to have one appointed." The plan could not be placed in operation until next year. 'REPORT SAYS EMBARGO IS PLACED ON HOGS INTO U.S, It was reported at the. parliament buildings by telephone from the I'inon Stockyards today, that American veterinary officials were refusing to grant health certificates to hog shipments for I'nited States 1 points.

This was taken try stockmen to mean that an embargo had been I placed on C'antiidan hogs by the United Ktntes department of agriculture. One American veterinary as-iseited the reason was "Hog Cholera In Canada." Asked his opinion concerning this situation, lion. alentine Winkler, milnster of agriculture, stated em-Iphactically that the west was entirely free of this lug disease and laid been so for a long time, Winnipeg dealers said the. real reason for the embargo was the congested conditions at United States 1 yards. SAYS ONTARIO SUPPLIED 43 PER CENT, OF TROOPS TORONTO.

Jan. 15 Ontario's splendid war record was referred to I at some length by the premier, Sir Wm, Hearst, at an informal dinner at the engii.ipis club here Tuesday night He said that of the 53S.2S3 soldiers recruited In Canada, no fewer than 231,191 wera Ontario men. Ontario, with 31 per cent, of the population of Caifada, had furnished 43 per cent, of the troops raised. The total voluntary contributions by Ontario for patriotic purposes, as near as they could be figured, he said, amounted tc r1.891,000 whllo for alii "Canada the amount was SPARTAGANS I WED IN BERLIN BERLIN, Jan. 15 A cordon of troops has been thrown i around the suburb of Moabit, one of the most important in- dustrial sections in Greater Ber-j lin, for the purpose of carrying! out the work of disarming civil-1 ians and such Spartacan fighters! as are still at liberty.

This section of Berlin is notor. ioua for its riotous tendencies' and is generally looked upon as, a gathering-place for all the criminal elements-strikers Resume Work The employes of the Schwartzkopff Works, one of the most radical bodies among the Berlin proletarians, voted Tuesday to resume work today. Slm-j liar action also put an end to the I strike of railway employes. Berlin's long week of Bolshevism is ended finally. Here and there, scattered desperadoes, mostly youths, still fire occasionally from some house top and during the night attempts are made by small bands of the followers of Dr.

Karl Liebnecht to revive the reign of terror. They are insignificant, however, compared with what has passed. A few Ppartaeans tried to recap- ture the Charlottenburg police head-(Comludfil on Paa Two) i 51 WINNIPEG SGLOIERS i DUE AT HALIFAX SUNDAY The "Empress of bring- Ing 51 returned soldiers for Military District No. 10, will dock at Halifax Sunday, according to advices re- celved at military headquarters to- day. One officer, two cadets and 8 other ranks are listed as passengers belonging to this military district.

The "Olympic" was to have reach- ed port today with 12 officers, 21 I cadets and 630 soldiers and civilians for this district, but a cable received this afternoon from Halifax an-I nounccs the vessel will not reach i (port until 7 o'clock Friday moruing because of thick weather. SENTENCED FOR ARSON YOKKTON, Jan. 15. Hml Goldstein, of Carjora, was found guilty of arson and theft Tuesday and sentenced to one year hard, labor In Rcgina JUL 10 PERSONS, 12 HORSES KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF TANK OF MOLASSES Jan. 15.

At least 10 persons, are known to have been killed by the explosion of a storage tank of molasses in a freight yard near Cutts Wharf today. The explosion blew away two of the supporting pillars of the Atlantic avenue elevated railway structure, demolished several buildings, blew an electric freight car off the. track, overturned a number of heavily loaded trucks and killed about a dozen horses. The men who were killed were I teamsters and employes of the city who were at work for the city street depaitment In the yard adjoining the freight yard, where the explosion occurred. The molasses spread over the street to a depth of two or three Inches.

Many of those killed or-injured were covered with molasses and could not be readily Identified. DRUGGISTS UPON DOMINION LIQUOR LAWS OTTAWA, Jan. DrugglMs from coast to are in session here today dlscutsing liquor regulations si they affect the Canadian Phamaceu-tlcal Association, lp to the present druggists as a whole have take the stand that they will not become liquor vendors, a'though they are permitted by law to fill doctor's prescriptions. LIMA MOBS START FIGHT WITHJODPS Business is Paralyzed by General Strike in Peruvian Capital i RAILWAYS ARE TORN UP LIMA. Peru, Jan.

15 Busi-ness is paralyzed and there have been several clashes between mobs and troops as a result of the general strike declared Tuesday. Maritime workers and men engaged in transportation service are idle. The strikers have thrown up raila on several roads and have attempted to cut off the city '8 water supply. A few trains were operated Tuesday night by the military authorities. Mob Attacks Arsenal A mob of strikers attacked the arsenal here Tuesday but wa driven off by troops.

There were also small encounters between strikers and troops throughout the city. The strikers made, an unsuccessful attempt to burn the Callao railway station. Hotel employes today Joined the strike and virtually all the hotels and restaurants are closed. The food problem threatens to become aerlous. Communication with Morocha, where the copper miners struck Monday when a general strike was proclaimed throughout the republic has been Interrupted.

800 KILLED, 5.000 HbnT IN BUENOS AIRES WASHINGTON. Jan. 15 Approximately 800 persons, have been killed and Injured In the strike disorders In Buenos-Aires, accordlne to advices recelvud today In tho state department. Of the wounded, 1,500 received treatment In hoepitah'. The Argentine chamber of deputies Tuesday, by a vote of 62 to b.

declared niartia.1 law throughout the province. It will pj.ss the senate today and be ready for the signature of the president. Meanwhile, it will become effective Immediately. Crowds outside the newspaper offices cheered the potitlng of the bulletins. 27TH BATTALION MEN IN REAL BEDS, WITH SHEETS The 27th City of Winnipeg battalion is now stationed at the German university town of Romllnhoven, three miles from Bonn, it is revealed In a letter received today from Pte.

Bert Stainsby. "We arc sleeping In real beds, with real, white sheets on them, for the first time in many months," Stainsby writes. He goes on to say that war, tinder such conditions as the 27th men have found at Romlinhoven, is less what Sherman said It was than anywhere else In Kurope that he had been. MISSING MEN LOCATED KALAMAZOO, Jan. 15 Fourteen men reported Tuesday as unaccounted for after the fire which destroyed part of the Hotel Wltwer hero Saturday night, were located today.

One man, who perished In the fire, has not been identified..