Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Committee Formed
A Saskatchewan meeting selected representatives to form a Wheat Pool committee for cooperative marketing. Premier Chas A Dunning announced the resolution’s submission to the inmeeting, with city attendees dominant and farmers in smaller numbers. The group aims to establish a long term contract basis for farmers to manage their crops through coordinated marketing efforts.
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A. Mature
Gaawera
Central
SGGA
WN. Thresher
Dinemere
la Brouiletle
Lands
Farmers Union
Africans Should Not Be Taken Into Army
The mandate commission report states that Africans should not be recruited for the army in the mandated territories. It approves measures against alcohol abuse and recommends a council act on importing alcohol into African mandate areas under Britain. The commission emphasizes protecting native rights and limiting native recruitment for army use in Togoland and Kamerun.
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Tome
League
Smantajer
Pilon“ Aloning
Thesanan Jearory
Council of the League
Togo
Kamerun
English Labor Leader Hodges to Visit Vancouver
Montreal to host a fraternal delegation from the United Kingdom as English labor leader Pontreal-Frank Hodges travels from Montreal to Vancouver. The Montreal Trades and Labor Council plans events to present Hodges with their views on national labor issues during the visit. A seismograph in Gonzales Observatory recorded a distant quake complex, 4,600 miles away, with waves lasting about two hours after initial onset.
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Pontreal
Frank Hockes
Britain
Federation of Great Britain
Montreal
Vancouver
Con Organized Labor of
Hodges
Viccinity
Japan
Gonzales Observatory
President Harding Leaves Washington for Final Rest
The funeral train carried the late President Harding as distant guns sounded farewell. Armed troops saluted and thousands gathered in somber silence. Canada’s Secretary of State Arthur B. Copp attended, paying respects to U S Secretary of State Hughes, marking official Canadian representation.
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Washington
Harding
Canada
Arthur B. Copp
Hughes
United States
Foster to promotes League of Nations on Canadian tour
Rt Hon Sir George Foster will launch a lecture tour to rally Western Canada behind the League of Nations. The campaign marks the first public appeal from Canada for the League. Also reported are the death of Dr Gordon Bell Manitoba Provincial Bacteriologist and the July migrant influx to Canada totaling about sixteen thousand with US immigration near normal.
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League Foronto
Western Canada
League of Nations
George Foster
League
Canada
Manitoba
Winnipes
Gordon Bell
Medical College
General Hospital
Pembroke
Ont
Henee
Pembroke Collegiate Institute
Toronto University
Ottawa
United States
Cuno vows German resistance as crisis deepens
Chancellor Cuno addressing the Reichstag urged continued passive resistance, promised to crush civil disorder with force, warned against civil war, and said Germany must rely on itself while France faced limited coal deliveries. He urged open discussion and offered to resign if public confidence waned.
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Reeion
Reichstag
Wen
Long Arene
Stinnes Companies Board
France
Government Mulls A Departmental Purchasing Board
Ottawa discusses a new system to buy and manage government funds and property. A wartime purchasing commission previously operated in part, but attempts to make it permanent failed. Proposal now places department ledgers under a cabinet committee with Lieut Colonel LeFlect as secretary, guiding sales and salvage of government assets.
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Ottawa
LePlech
LaFlect
Leer
Trans-Canada and Mountaineer Trains Withdrawn for Season
Regina reports that Trans-Canada Limited and Mountaineer trains will end service after the season. The last Trans-Canada trips depart Montreal Toronto and Vancouver on September 20. Westbound Mountaineer Nos 13 and 14 will be cut back west of Moose Jaw September 15 and eastbound September 19 with through cars consolidated at Moose Jaw while Nos 1 and 2 Imperial continue on current Chicago to Moose Jaw schedule.
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Regina
Yates
Trans-Canada Limited
Mountaineer
G D. Brophy
CPR
Trans Canada Limited
Montreal
Toronto
Vancouver
TransCanada Limited
The
Chicago
Moose Jaw
Cheago
German Mark Not Used In German Trade, Hoboken Report
Travellers arriving in Hoboken aboard the North German Lloyd liner Munchen say the German mark’s value has collapsed, ceasing to be used in commercial transactions in Germany. Merchants are losing dollar and pound value, with securities payments in marks hit hard, while commodities spike dramatically overnight.
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New York
Ruhr
Germany
Hoboken
Munchen
Resources Conference Deferred Winnipeg Postponed Indefinitely
Premier Bracken announced that the federal resources conference on the natural resources dispute in Winnipeg is postponed indefinitely. He cited western members’ inability to attend while wheat negotiations were underway, delaying talks.
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Winnipeg
Bracken
Western Hemiers
Port Charges Stable in Canada Compared to War Era
Ottawa notes port charges in Canada are nearly unchanged since before the war. The Marine and Fisheries Department comments on a Chamber of Shipping statement that dominions cannot expect cheaper transport without cutting port and terminal fees. Canadian dues rose less than Australia and South Africa and compare well with the 58 percent rise in the United Kingdom since pre war days.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Marine and Fishers
Star of the Chamber of Shipping
United Kingdom
Dominions
Australia
South Africa
McCormick Estate Distributes Over Eight Million
Executors announce the will of Mrs. Nelly Fowler McCormick widow of Cyrus H McCormick. Chicago heirs receive portions from the estate with more than 1.9 million allocated to scnioors and cnuretes and 2,579,860 each for Cyrus Hal McCormick Anita McCormick Blaine and Harold Fowler McCormick. The distribution allocates remaining funds to charity.
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Chicago
Scnoors and
Cnuretes
Nelly Fowler McCormick
Cyrus H. McCormick
Eliminate Twelve-Hour Day At Carnegie Plants
The 12 hour day at Carnegie Steel Company plants will end on August 16. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, said workers shifting to a 10 hour day will get a 25 percent raise in hourly pay. In London during the first week of August Canadian Pacific steamships moved farm workers to Canada for harvest work, with about 1,300 more booked on other lines.
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New York
Carnegie Steel Company
United States Steel Corporation
Elbert H. Gary
London
Canadian Pacific Steam
Canada
Belgium May Submit Reparations Plan To France And Britain
Brussels dispatch reports Belgium aims to press reparations talks with France and Britain direct. Paris may host discussions as Allied negotiations drag, with Belgian and British leaders urging a focus on material issues and cancellation of interallied debts.
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Belgium
France
Britain
Paris
Great Britain
Brussels
Theunts
Jaspar
Germany
United
No Assistance From American Vessels
Telegram from Cleveland steamship representatives states United States vessels will not aid moving Canada’s 1923 wheat crop across the Great Lakes. Grain men and the Board of Grain Committees report US steamship owners oppose tariffs and do not wish to evade Canada’s new lake freight act.
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United States
Canada
Great Lakes
Board of Grain
United States Steamship
Cleveland
Krupp Directors Lose Appeal in German Case
Krupp directors at Essen and the Krupp Company faced sentences from a French court martial at Werden. The Germans' defense argued the act occurred outside enemy territory. The decision overruling their contention is reported amid broader League of Nations disarmament talks.
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App
Krupp
Essen
Krupp Company
Werden
Highway Nearing Completion Victoria to Prairie Provinces
Public Works plans under Hon. WH. Sutherland expect completion of the tram route from Victoria BC to the prairie provinces by end of next year. The project advances toward connecting coastal and interior regions with continued government support.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Public Works Department
WH. Sutherland
National Debt Decline Report From Canadian Finance Dept
A July finance statement shows a small fall in net debt by about six million dollars while gross debt edged up. Increases in pension and investment funds and circulation contributed to the rise, with the end of July net debt around 11 million higher for the year.
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Ane Met Aeot
Canada
Department of Finance
Gov Canada
Kansas Wheat Crop Slumps in Kansas
The Kansas wheat crop fell by about 10 percent to nine bushels per acre, producing a total yield of 74.59 million bushels and ranking as the second smallest in 10 years. The crop outlook remains bright, with a promise of one of the three largest yields in a decade. Edmonton confirms James Thompson of York City and formerly of Caly as provincial auditor for Alberta Government, appointed by Premier Greenfield.
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Kansas
Edmonton
James ©. Thompson
York City
Caly
Alberta
Greenfield
Canada Not Bound By Armament Pact To Assist Europe
Paris reports the League of Nations prepares a proposed mutual defense treaty limited to continental application. Canada and the Americas would not incur obligations to intervene in European conflicts. The pact allows the council to impose blockades, request military forces, or plan financial cooperation with consent of an attacked state, and may appoint a commander in chief for combined forces.
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Paris
League of Nations
Assembly of the
League
Geneva
Canada
Council of the League
Signavortes
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Siuaaliire
Ela Coopera
Manaetes Commission
Convention of Trades and Labor Congress
Warren Harding
Cuno
Trans-Canada
Traine Leeve
Western Editors
Chas. Ro Morrison
Daily Journal
Alta
Carnegie Steel Co
England
Yen
Bank of France
Londdon
Ons
Hatian
League of Nations Disamament Committee
Europe
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