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Newspaper
Charlottetown Guardian
Location
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
1
Special to The Guardian reports Greece plans to receive former King Constantine and his family with a Greek cruiser and warship escort at Venice, as the plebiscite result and invitation to Athens prompt his throne return.
Agent General Wade of British Columbia told a Canadian Association audience that the Empire cannot be formed at a banquet. He noted Canada led in preferential British trade but faced an embargo on cattle and government control of salmon fruit and bacon in Britain. He condemned firms doing business with Canada via New York agents, calling it unpatriotic.
Ottawa December 11 The Minister of Labor granted an application for a conciliation board to handle the dispute between Canadian National Railways employees and railway management over the Hanna order. A three member board will be formed with two employee and management nominees and a chairman appointed if needed by the minister. The Hanna order bans employees from active political participation under penalty of dismissal.
Berlin dispatch reports the U S representative has allied with Entente governments in protests over speeches by German leaders in the occupied Rhine area. A joint British French Belgian note accuses the speeches of challenging the Versailles treaty and warns leaders to avoid actions that could threaten its revision.
Washington December 10 delegates from France and Japan align against Britain Italy and the United States in a session of the cesoie conference officials report the second German the conference unresolved due to unclear wording and gaps in the dispatch this item notes shifting alliances among major powers in a wartime meeting
Friends mourn the sudden illness of Major A A Bartlett who collapsed at his residence The Crest Fitzroy Street late Saturday night from a stroke of apoplexy He was conscious only briefly and received immediate care from Dr S R Jenkins who deemed the condition serious throughout the night
In Rome on December 12 Marquis John Benedict, born 1836, died suddenly yesterday. The Pope mourns deeply. The Marquis, who recently visited the Vatican gardens with the Pope, appeared well aside from age related infirmities.
Premier E C Drury of Ontario spoke to the Winnipeg Citizen and State on two extreme political schools. He contrasted vested rights with socialized state power and urged a middle course as the correct path. He cited examples of vested wrongs and a recent letter asserting the state should feed clothe and house the people.
In Wolfville Nova Scotia on December 11 the Baptist boards of the maritimes voted to raise 1 909 000 for Acadia University after the December 2 fire destroyed the college building. Governors led by Dr George B Cutten will rebuild on the same site, add a new building for Acadia Ladies Seminary, and secure an endowment to raise professors salaries. Further announcements will follow.
North Dakota banks largely closed in the last three weeks due to crop shortages. F. W. Cathro cites small banks in western territory and four poor crops, noting 1919 failure and 1920 planting costs. Many banks may reopen once farmers sell crops. total resources of closed banks pale next to a single substantial bank in Ellnais.
Halifax Nova Scotia December 10 The Nova Scotia Highway Board dismissed chief engineer J W Roland and assistant chief F M Clark and notified all permanent staff they would be out of work after January 31 1921. Chairman W G Clarke resigned and A McMillan of Antigonish was appointed chair. An ongoing inquiry into expenditures revealed irregularities including inflated boulder removal figures on St Margarets Bay and Port Jolie roads. The board warned that the investigation may reveal deeper issues and noted minister H H Wickwire acted independently at times.
At Winnipeg on December 11 a Canadian meeting addressed the Host Council of Agriculture. Western Provinces asserted equity in the public domain and rejected the notion that their claims were unentertained. Leader T A Creem, of the United Farmers, spoke on the matter.
A Toronto Globe letter writer argues for strong farmer protection and a Wheat Board to stabilize grain prices. He contends farmers deserve net profits over production costs, rebukes consumer-only gains, notes losses despite years of work, and accuses labor unions and packers of harming farmers while rail and creameries face manipulation.
MONTREAL December 12 The Toronto detective Lecet ive Mitchell commented on the inquiry into Ambrose J Small's status. He said Small and Doughty were closely connected for a long period and appeared to share a direction in their actions. Dolly was found in Oregon leading the simple life according to the detective.
Washington December 11 Senator Albert B Fall of New Mexico is President Elect Hardings first choice for Secretary of State after conferences with Republican leaders. If Fall cannot accept, Knox of Pennsylvania will be offered the post. Hill and Root have been eliminated from consideration.
The Montreal Daily Star reports that the Silver Fox Selling Association on Prince Edward Island offered a $100 prize for a trade name to identify their silver fox skins. Over a thousand names have been submitted from the Star and Ontario papers, including Waugoosh Lunatic Peifox Abegweit and Shumuh Nagus, with no closing date for submissions.
The fragment lists costs per acre for labor oil and Bova, with unclear context. It appears to be a continuation labeled RE c and mentions hogs and agricultural expenses, but lacks complete data or identifiable entities.
Canadian pulp and paper leaders arrived in New York for private talks with U S publishers. Discussion centers on 1921 newsprint pricing while U S publishers eye potential price slump due to higher European imports and regret long term contracts amid shortages.
Special report from Rome dated December twelve describes a massive quake that fatally injures 200 people and renders about 15,000 homeless. Tepeleni district and Avlona area suffer extensive destruction as towns like Abhbania are razed and aftershocks persist.
Montreal reports an unusual theft at Old St. Andrews Church on Beaverhall Hill. Pastor Robert Baker left a thousand dollar fur coat on the altar while he went downstairs. on returning he found the church occupied and the coat missing. The incident unfolds amid church activity and speculation about the thief.
Paris dispatch reports Bucharest under martial law following disorders in the city and the Thursday explosion of a time bomb beneath the Roumanian Senate speaker's chair, as announced by the Roumanian legation.
North Sydney dispatch notes no settlement yet in the railwaymen strike. Superintendent Alex S. McNeill of Scotia Coal and Steel Co. returned from Montreal after confering with President McDougall and other Railway Brotherhood officials. He said there is nothing to deny for publication.
William Gene, county clerk and former M P, dies in New Glasgow at age noted as a prominent and popular citizen and leader in Pictou County.
Fredericton, N B December 12. Potatoes sold for $3.00 a barrel in the market here today and all lines of produce stiffened. Meats were weak with beef and pork selling as low as eight cents a pound by the quarter.
The double funeral of Philip A Logan and his wife Eleanor, longtime residents of St John, N B, will be held in Fredericton Monday morning. The aged couple died within a day of each other after Mrs Logan succumbed to pneumonia following weeks of illness.
Austria faces imminent bankruptcy as Vienna reports a collapsing economy and exhausted government funds. Despatches warn the country cannot buy food abroad and may run out of essentials within two months. Chancellor Mayer summons a foreign powers meeting as the reparations commission looms. Officials’ strike cripples government functions with 25 000 workers idle over pay disputes.
Mr. Logan died today after a lengthy illness. He previously served as superintendent of the Canada Eastern Railway at Gibson.
Northwest winds bring colder air as high tide shifts from 1.12 this afternoon to 12.18 tomorrow morning. Sunset is at 4.22 this afternoon with sunrise tomorrow at 7.Al. First quarter moon noted for Saturday December 18 at 10:40 a.m.
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