Miners Plage Blame for Deadlock in Western Strike
Calgary August 2 The breach between Western Coal Operators association and District 18 miners widens as wage officers fail to broker talks. Miners accuse operators of a Shylock like stance while operators refuse conferences with striking districts. Five thousand miners across Alberta and British Columbia face disruption as hopes for settlement persist amid scattered ambivalence.
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Calgary
Western Coal Operators’ ‘Association
District 18
Messrs McNiven and Harrison
Dominion Fair Wage
Fernie
Michel
B.C
Kipp
Alberta
Palliser
Grunwald
British Columbia
West Front Russians Use the Bayonet
Allied and Russian forces report gains on multiple fronts as British units push east of Pozieres in the Somme region, French troops seize fortified German positions near Hemwood and Monaco Farm, and a Russian reconnoitering party conducts a bayonet charge in Champagne. French and British commands note prisoner captures and advancing operations amid broader frontline pressures from Verdun to the Austro German border.
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The
Somme
Hernwood
Monaco
London
Pozieres
Paris
Hemwood
French War Department
Meuse
Verdun
Vaux le Chapitre Wood
Chenois
Daniloup
Champagne
Kovel
Vladimir Volynski
Brussiloff
Kipa
Dneister
Parla
Army of the East
Jouvil
Moglenica
Sborsko
Pojar
Strupino
Africa
German East Africa
Panganiea
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Vandeventer
Dodona
Hoskins
Usumbara
Panganlao
Nguru Hills
Lake Ports
Bulletin Des _Armees
Poincare
David Lloyd George
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Joffra
Joffre
Republic
Marne
Yser
Artois
Russia
Germany
Complete list of victims in Ontario forest fire
In the vast Ontario blaze relief workers report bodies scattered across rail yards pits and ashes over hundreds of square miles. Identification is impossible with many missing and no reliable tally possible as flames swept through widespread settlements.
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Great
Ontario
No Contracts Allowed for Canadian Parliament Buildings Erection
Disjointed notes indicate debate over rebuilding plans for the Canadian Parliament buildings. A committee arrangement with Lyall Construction sets a cost-based fee: 8 percent up to 4 million dollars and 7 percent beyond that, with emphasis on competitive tenders.
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Lyail Construction Company
Qeleg
Calgary Thresher Firm Seeks Winnipeg Site
The Automatic Thresher and Machinery company of Calgary writes the Winnipeg Board of Trade asking what Winnipeg offers in light, power and a site for a machinery manufactory. Referred to Mr C H Webster, commissioner of the Industrial Bureau. The company needs two acres with a 40 to 60 foot frontage and is eager to locate in Winnipeg after a model threshing machine demonstration here.
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Calgary
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Winnipeg
T Machinery
C. H. ‘Webster
Industrial Bureau
Library Board Considers 200 New Books for City Shelves
The Library Board will meet tonight to review 200 new books across fiction non fiction and juvenile categories. A committee will select 100 volumes for circulation as part of a progressive educational policy praised by readers.
Auto st charged with operating without rights fined
Magistrate Rae presided this morning over a case involving an auto st charged with operating an auto without rights. A fine of $2 and costs was imposed. The Police Court shows ten more July cases than the same month last year.
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Becore
Rae
Autost
Hotels Question Revisited by Board of Trade Meeting
The Board of Trade discussed local hotel provision and agreed to consider having police or agents meet travelers at the station. Alderman Hamilton urged a definite council decision and will present it to Mayor Hawthorne. Hotelmen planned further talks with the Mayor regarding accommodations and water rates.
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Board of Trade
Industrials Committee
Ald. Hamilton
Hamilton
Hawthorne
City Water Department
Board of Health and Trades and Labor to Meet Tonight
A joint meeting of the Board of Health and the Trades and Labor Council is set for tonight at 8 o'clock in City Hall. The session will discuss public health concerns and labor affairs.
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Board of Health and the Trades and Labor, Council
Baltimore
Friday Ceremony Probed for 4th August Commemoration
City officials discuss whether Friday should be a holiday for the August 4 observance. Mayor Hawthorne seeks a prominent speaker to mark the event but has not received a definite reply. He says he will not request a holiday if the occasion remains solemn and no program is planned for the evening.
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Hawthorne
Electric sign planned for Medicine Hat restaurant block
The Medicine Hot Light Supply Co. erects a large electric sign before the building soon to house Nick Cotton and Tanaga restaurant. The sign measures nine feet by two feet and will be visible to every train pulling into Medicine Hat.
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Medicine Hot Light Supply Co
Nick Cotton
Tanaga Restaurant
Medicine
Local Casualties From the C P L R Baggage Room Staff
Mrs Albert Worsley sister of Pte Robert Hartshorn 40601 notified he was admitted to Bethnal Green Military Hospital July 30 with a contusion of the leg. Among enlistees from the baggage room Ptes Abbott and Bland killed while Ptes Bear and Hartshorn wounded. Pte Hawking served over a year in the trenches and escaped injury. Pte J F Annon Winnie fred mentioned as dangerously ill.
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Albert Worsley
Robert Stlartshorn
Bethwell Green
C.plr
Abbott
Bland
Bear
Hartshorn
Hawking
Pte
J. F. Annon
Winnie Fred
Trial of Sir Rodmond Roblin Roblin Case in Winnipeg
The direct examination of W. W. Horwood closed after eight days of testimony in the Roblin trial. Crown counsel questioned him about the $216 000 grillage and dome contract and the rivet estimates, which Horwood called a fake. Sir Rodmond Roblin and others face further cross examination as new witnesses, including John Sweeney, are introduced. The courtroom activity continues with documents and letters identified for evidence.
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Winnipeg
W. W. Horwood
Rodmond Roblin
George R. Coldwell
James
H. Howden
Horwood
R. A. Bonnar
J. A. Andrews
Srillage
Jin
John Sweeney
Public, Works
Deutschland Starts On Perilous Atlantic Trip
The German liner Deutschland, reported underway from America, heads toward the Virginia Capes area with potential to reach the lower Chesapeake Bay. Sailings indicated near Solomons Island and Baltimore with speed around 16 knots. Officials expect possible news of proceeding to Newport News or into the Allied blockade.
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Deutschland
America
Baltimore
Solomon's
Chesapeake Bay
Solor
Ginfa Capes
Solomon's Island
Aubin
Newport News
Germany Guarantees Dutch Ship Safety for Food Trade
London reports a Copenhagen dispatch stating the German government pledged not to destroy or molest Dutch ships carrying foodstuffs to England. The pledge follows a Berlin visit by Cornelius J. van Valen, head of the Oversea Trust or equivalent agency.
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London
Holland
England
Copenhagen
The
Express
Berlin
Cornelius’ J
K. Vanna
Trusant Ah Yavaie
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Library Board
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Roblin
Virginia Capes
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