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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
2
In a northern diary entry the author recalls heavy dog train work and scarce supplies. He leads a six-train expedition to Grand Rapids Post for ammunition, marches four days to trap scarce food and fur, and endures brutal cold and mutinous fatigue on the return journey.
A Ottawa despatch notes federal plans to handle unemployment among returned soldiers as they fade into civilian life. With care for seriously disabled veterans continuing, the rest must cope alone, as aid programs end and provinces bear more of the burden.
Allied officers commend the heroism of Gen Wrangel's troops during the Crimea disaster. Cavalry under Sub-Generals Markovitch and Skalon suffered losses defending Perekop, believed to have held if Wrangel's forces not sent onto the frozen sea. The Niemetski regiment was nearly wiped out with only five survivors.
A cyclone swept through Sicily causing eleven deaths in the Missimeri area and destroying a number of houses in Bagheria and nearby places, according to a Palermo agency report.
Paris reports ongoing discussions in France and Britain over Greece. Venizelos and Greek affairs are under Foreign Office review with France and Great Britain seeking to act in concert.
The British Columbia Court of Appeal ruled provincial legislation banning Japanese employment under timber licenses was ultra vires. The case arose from a June reference after a dispute between the federal justice minister and provincial attorney general over the province’s power to enforce an order in council prohibiting Japanese workers by license owners.
Ottawa reports Kingston Jamaica confirms the Legislative Council has ratified the Canada West Indies trade agreement. It is the fourth West Indian state to ratify, with Canadian Parliament needed for final approval before it becomes effective. The measure is expected before Parliament early next session.
The National Farmers' Union calls for a nationwide production hold by local unions to protest deflated prices and alleged one billion dollars in lost value. The move aligns with a prior Wheat Growers' Association action as delegates note farmers are withholding a sizable wheat crop awaiting profit-making prices.
The state attorney seized the books and archives of a Berlin branch of an Amsterdam bank linked to smuggling fortunes of Hohenzollern princes and nobility. Nobility leaders used the bank, with blind accounts, after the revolution, and the former Crown Princess hosted the bank head near Potsdam. The raid followed a tip, with the bank head believed to have fled to Holland. The Majority Socialists demand a Reichstag statement.
M. Tchitcherin, Russia’s foreign minister, cables Earl Curzon that British naval participation in evacuating Gen Wrangel from Crimea would be a hostile act and breach assurances given to Moscow. He urges Britain to refrain and warns of inevitable Russian conclusions.
Washington reports the Internal Revenue Bureau issued orders banning Jamaica ginger and all ginger tinctures used as beverages under the prohibition. The ruling applies to Jamaica ginger extract and any other name for the alcoholic preparation intended for beverage use.
C Rice Jones, general manager of United Grain Growers, argues farmers must steer wheat marketing to obtain fair prices. He says price signals and timing, not a strike, explain market moves and supports cooperative pool marketing controlled by farmers to access the final consumer.
At a provincial luncheon Lieutenant Governor Brett and Western Canada Colonization Association directors heard Medicine Hat mayor M A Brown outline plans to settle 20 000 000 to 30 000 000 acres in the West bringing 509 000 settlers and 500 000 new Western residents, boosting Eastern Canada. He urged West businessmen to subscribe 300 000 to 500 000 for the association while noting Eastern subscriptions total 1 306 000.
London defense issues centered on an empire wide meeting planned for June to discuss imperial defense. Bonar Law described it as following the model of the 1917 18 Imperial war cabinet meetings with general agreement on defense matters but no fixed arrangements yet.
Ottawa notes that physicians dentists veterinary surgeons and retail druggists who obtain narcotics to administer to patients are considered distributors under the revised act. They must file returns with the health department. forms have been sent and penalties apply for noncompliance. Fines range from 200 to 1000 dollars plus costs and up to one year in prison or both fine and imprisonment.
Hon F B Carvell, chair of the railway commission, denounced the express system as wrong during a session in St John to consider a 40 percent express rate increase. He blamed late trains on freight unloading and noted fruit and liquor move by express, arguing liquor rates should rise significantly.
Dublin reports say documents on a plot to infect crown troops with typhoid and glanders in cavalry horses were seized during a raid on Prof Michael Hayes’s house. The Irish Republican Army chief of staff evaded capture by leaping from a ten foot wall as troops pursued him. The county council vowed to follow local government board rules despite Dail Eireann decrees, signaling a breach in loyalty to the republican parliament.
Basile Maklakoff special envoy in Paris for General Wrangel says the fight against Bolshevism will continue. He notes Wrangel's third army remains intact in the Ukraine and could form the basis of a new military movement. The effort may proceed along bloodless lines as well as armed action.
Eye witness accounts at the Commission of the Committee of One Hundred Investigating the Irish Question reveal partisan Sinn Fein witnesses claiming civil processes in Ireland, except those of the Provisional Irish Republic, are effectively ended under British military rule.
The Ontario branch of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada denounced mail order houses as a menace to rural retailers. They claimed these firms drove many small general stores in rural Ontario out of business. The convention backed daylight saving from April 1 to October 1 if adopted dominion wide.
The British Columbia Salmon Canners Association reports a 1920 total pack of 1,177,045 cases with an estimated selling value of 13,307,719 dollars. The prior year saw 1,393,556 cases packed.
Lord Robert Cecil, representing South Africa at the League of Nations conference in Geneva, pleads for a bold reconciliation policy. He frames himself as Smuts' substitute and son of the British prime minister, noting Smuts once led Boer forces against Britain. The speech was loudly applauded.
Ottawa reports that major changes in Canadian penitentiary administration are expected from a Royal Commission tasked with drafting new regulations. The commission has held several sessions and gathered input from Canadian officials and will visit New York to study U S penal institutions for insights.
A Pravda report quoted by Central News via Copenhagen says the Soviet Government plans a winter campaign. It calls all citizens up to 36 to arms and to replace capable male factory workers with women. Fifteen new divisions are forming between Moscow and Vitebsk.
An order in council prohibits sale or disposal of 11000 acres along the Athabasca River. The lands are under gas and petroleum leases and under Alberta government authorization to conduct gypsum and sodium chloride operations in specified townships.
Privy Council President J A Calder returns to Ottawa with the Prime Minister after a West tour. He is currently resting due to a severe cold before resuming official duties.
London report shows 24 districts voting for limitation of licenses and 23 for no licenses in the Scottish prohibition poll. results unchanged in 196 districts observed so far.
Ottawa reports Canada has been invited to send representatives to the international dairy exhibition in Palermo Buenos Ayres Argentina from May 8 to May 27 1921.
A squadron of six Wasp type submarine chasers purchased by the Spanish Navy from the British Admiralty has arrived here. The boats are all of the Wasp class.
Warden Lawes disclosed a lint and paper fuse found in a cell of a Russian inmate in Sing Sing prison. He believed the device indicated a plot to start two fires in the workshops with the aim of a general jail delivery.
The Parliamentary Labour Party executive issues a manifesto signed by Arthur Henderson William C Adamson and John R Clynes urging withdrawal of all armed forces from Ireland and election of a proportional representation constituent assembly to determine Ireland's future with protections for minorities. It notes disappointment with a parliament led by a mechanical government majority and plans a national campaign and a commission to study Ireland policy and methods.
In Montreal at Old St Andrews Church a large crowd witnessed healings as Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson, the Ontario evangelist, prayed for the afflicted. A girl said to suffer from hip disease laid down crutches and walked, while deaf ears opened and a mute spoke, proving restored abilities in the gathered audience.
The Saskatoon winter fair drew large crowds last week with heavy draft horse shows and more than $6,000 in prizes. Albert Robbins of Laura Sask won the boys calf class while James I Moffatt of Carroll Man claimed the grand steer championship. Follett Brothers of Duval Sask captured many sheep prizes as the annual sheep and swine sale occurred with hog trading slower but sheep earning a top ram at 140 dollars.
In the House of Commons Hon Edward Samuel Montague secretary of state for India admitted a dangerous situation existed in India and said the Government there would be left perfectly free to take whatever steps it deemed necessary to deal with it.
The foreign office stated that Britain has no intention of seizing Batum or any other Black Sea ports. In Moscow a Soviet protest was issued against the alleged plan of occupation.
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