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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
2
Millers association members from Ottawa Valley confer with Sir George Foster on whether to continue the Canada Wheat Board for marketing the 1920 crop. They disagree on the issue but urge government action soon and press concerns about flour rates being too high relative to wheat. Sir George Foster promised review of their complaint.
The government signals a drastic shift by strengthening all British Army forces in Ireland and placing southern Ireland under martial law if needed. Under Sir Nevil Macready, troops would assume police powers and respond to Sinn Fein with heavy weaponry including machine guns and artillery.
Kings of Norway and Denmark and Prince Arthur of Connaught attended the Swedish crown princess Gustav Adolphe's funeral in Stockholm. The British and other diplomats joined crowds along the flower strewn route from the royal castle. The procession began after 2 pm to the cathedral where the Arch bishop of Upsal officiated with a British chaplain.
A telegram reports high Mexican officials accompanying President Carranza were captured or killed in a clash between federal troops and revolutionary forces led by General Reyes Marquesz as they moved from Mexico City toward Vera Cruz. The message came via financial agent R. E. Prisquira to local contact Alvarez Abregon.
Tenants have purchased more than 75 million dollars worth of New York realty in the past year under a cooperative ownership plan as a protest against high rents.
Judge Malone in General Sessions refused to dismiss the charge against Police Inspector Dominick Henry once commander of the Tenderloin district. He faces neglect of duty in New York's vice war for failing to suppress undesirable activities. Defense argues no regular immoral establishments exist and raids cannot be legal. The lawyer cites ongoing offenses.
Sir Robert Borden arrives in Ottawa from five months abroad in robust health. Supporters led by Sir George Foster greet the premier and Lady Borden with cheers as they step from the car. Dr. Clark, Red Deer MP and National Progressive figure, shares a birthday toast with the returning leader.
London reports Chancellor Austen Chamberlain announced an anonymous donor has given 130000 dollars to cancel part of the war loan and reduce the national debt. The donor says he declined military service but wishes to spur similar patriotic generosity from others.
Despatches from the front say a Bolshevik extraordinary commission executed eighteen men and seven women in Jitomir just before the town fell during the Polish drive on Kiev. The dispatches also describe the alleged massacre in detail.
Berlin reports an independent appraisal of destruction in French and Belgian districts and has incorporated the findings into a detailed memorial to be presented to allied representatives immediately.
Victoria B C The west coast whaling industry on Vancouver Island will grow with English capital. The plan includes commercializing all whale by products and waste from non edible fish caught by vessels.
London observers report a debate on continuing the Anglo Japanese alliance. W A Watt, treasurer of the Australian Commonwealth, arrived in London and urged closer Britain Dominions foreign policy cooperation. He emphasized Australia’s stance as a white man’s country and warned of large non white populations in Asia, urging empire unity and imperial policy alignment.
A 12 year old London messenger boy reached New York on the Carmania delivering letters to city administrators and a note from Sir Arthur Pearson to Frank Munsey. The voyage carried a London music publisher seeking to counter a rival in the U.S. A British mission led by Sir Herbert Abel with Lady Abel and Sir Herbert Rowell also aboard en route to discuss commercial transactions with Washington, D C.
Ottawa reports gross earnings of 53.56 million dollars for the Canadian Northern Railway for the year ended December 31 1919. Expenses totaled 61.05 million with a deficit of 5.70 million and interest charges of 19.97 million. Mileage rose to 9 685.7 miles from 9 566.5.
The Mennonite Situation reports Mennonites in Manitoba prefer relocating their colony rather than leaving the province. They asked the government to survey for a remote tract lacking settlers where education and religion could be provided, possibly near Hudson Bay. The province has rejected such concessions.
Winnipeg reports only about 40 percent of Manitoba wheat lands will be worked this season unless more workers volunteer in coming weeks. T. J. Mather of the Dominion employment bureau notes that vacancies in the last week are nearly three times the number of applicants placed.
Former Emperor William at a recent dinner thanked Count von Bentinck for hospitality and for the trouble caused for his sake. As a keepsake, the former emperor presented a marble bust of himself.
Seeding in eastern Alberta rises from 56 to 8 percent completed as progress continues in eastern and southern regions. Intermittent showers slow activity, but officials expect nearly two thirds of the seeding finished within a week.
Reports of gold discovery in northeastern Siberia have reached Nome, Alaska, spurring boats to await navigation opening to carry stampedes to the new fields.
Berlin reports allied nations present a list of German war crime suspects to the government. Named are four U boat commanders accused of torpedoing hospital ships, Generals Stenger Below Von Below Langemann and Krusa, Prince Ernst of Saxony, and others charged with typhus germ spreading, killings, ill treatment, and robberies of prisoners. The demand is their appearance before the supreme court at Leipzig.
Special committee on pensions heard Dr Parfitt report tallies from five years of war showing 35,684 Canadian soldiers killed in action and 42,920 deaths from tuberculosis. Tubercular cases reached 8,508 in the Canadian Expeditionary Force through April 30, 1920 with an incidence ratio of 14.4 per thousand. The British force showed 6.14 per thousand. Canadian incidence was 120 percent higher than British.
Sheriff announces sale of former Kaiserin and Kaiser goods seized for unpaid bills. Sixty five pieces from Berlin and Munich estates arrive via Valdemar Pevelson, with intent to auction at a major gallery on May 22. Objects include salons, portraits, furnishings and antique items once owned by the Imperial family.
Manitoba cattle breeders in Brandon postpone the June 2 sale to avoid competing with Saskatoon and to enable Dominion government buyers to attend. Seventy animals, mostly bulls, were entered for the sale, arranged due to severe March weather limiting attendance at the annual event.
Joseph F Milkuso a native of Croatia in Jugoslavic claims he began traveling in 1901 to cover twenty years. He says he has walked about 98 000 miles of his 175 000 mile journey and has arrived in Toronto where he secured Premier E Drury's autograph for his collection.
Lonidon reports that eleven oil wells drilled in Great Britain have yielded a total of one hundred thousand gallons of oil. Observers note steady output across fields and ongoing exploration efforts.
Officers who served under General Currie in France presented a sword of honor and an illuminated address in Montreal linked to his appointment as principal of McGill University. The address bears the signatures of every officer who held a major command in the Canadian corps when the cease fire sounded.
Vladivostok negotiations between Japanese and Russian commissions led to an April 29 agreement aimed at restoring friendly relations and preventing future conflicts. The 12 article pact requires suspension of belligerency, withdrawal of armed Russians from specified districts, and seizure of arms with Japanese troops to determine disposition later.
Lindsay Crawford of Toronto and Rev. Dr. A H Irwin of Antrim addressed two to three thousand in Winnipeg on Irish self determination. The event had interruptions and lively questions about Ireland's role in the war era while Dr Irwin defended his passport issue and spoke on the Irish situation.
The agricultural committee of the commons proposes standardizing fruit containers for raspberries and strawberries from Ontario and British Columbia. After June 1 berries and currants will be sold in four-fifths of a quart, one pint and two-fifths of a quart boxes, with authority given to Minister of Agriculture Dr S F Tormie to issue further regulations.
Telegram from General Alvero Abregon received by Robert V. Pereira reports President Carranza surrounded and in desperate straits at Rinconada near Esperanza station in Puebla state based on revolutionary sources in El Paso Texas.
Magistrate James Gardiner of Glasgow predicts prohibition will pass in Scotland as recent plebiscites of workers show strong support when voting time arrives. He warned the trend mirrors movements abroad and expects a decisive two to one margin.
The German raider Moewe, famed for sinking 60 Allied ships, has arrived at the Firth of Forth in Scotland and has been surrendered to naval authorities.
In Toronto Hon W E Raney pulled his bill to abolish appeal to the privy council from Ontario. R R Hall asks if Canada is self governed with England as final court. Dewart condemns the bill as disruptive. Raney argues the criminal appeal right was taken away.
Authority approves issue of the new Canadian cent on May 15 with circulation anticipated toward month’s end. The coin will be about three quarters of an inch in diameter, slightly larger than the ten cent piece, and bears George V on the obverse with Canada and date on the reverse flanked by maple leaves.
The Alberta Department of Agriculture has finished seed grain distribution for settlers spring needs and is summoning field men. Officials expect the total value to reach about 750000 dollars, roughly double last year and the largest annual amount since the program began. All supplied grain is grown in Alberta.
Judge Charles C. Nott condemned weak enforcement of the prohibition law in New York City as Frank Murray received seven to fourteen years for first degree manslaughter after pleading guilty.
Hon. Arthur Meighen secured the first reading of a bill to grant municipalities the same power as provinces to regulate employment offices.
Dr. S F Tolmie minister of agriculture presented estimates showing total agricultural wealth at 7 379 299 000 with 53 144 640 acres under field crops in 1919 He sought 3 903 000 for the department a rise from 3 648 000 The debate focused on experimental farms subsidies and cooperation between federal and provincial agriculture efforts A Peterboro member noted no Farmers party presence in the chamber
The Soviet government agrees to spare the lives of soldiers separated from General Denikin's army and other anti-Soviet troops who may be captured later. British officials received a note confirming this concession, seen as the most satisfactory communication on the subject to date, with protection for Denikin's men tied to trade agreements or other Soviet concessions.
Despatches from Santiago confirm Britain has offered Chile a number of submarines of the latest type. The price will be low and Chile will receive easy payment terms.
Rev. George Le myuen, claimed as Canada’s first native Chinese Anglican clergyman, was ordained a priest in Vancouver by Bishop De Pencier, marking a historic milestone for Chinese-Canadian religious leadership.
Raids across Ireland destroy fifty police barracks and burn documents in twenty income tax offices. Seven court houses are attacked, with several barracks abandoned and no loss of life. Widespread strikes occur in Antrim Cork Leitrim Wexford and other counties amid guarded operations.
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