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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
1
The Montreal mayor and colleagues call for organized tours of eastern Canada by the dominion government. He argues eastern officials are ignorant of western realities and must see the country to understand its possibilities.
A party of Montreal and eastern delegates led by Mayor Lavallee visits Portland on a tour of prairie cities. L A Lapointe Charles Poissant and Lege Boyd accompany the group en route to the Union of Canadian Municipalities convention in Saskatoon and the League of American Municipalities meeting in Winnipeg.
The US armored cruiser West Virginia, flagship of Admiral Reynolds, sailed for Victoria to greet the battle cruiser New Zealand and join the Victoria water carnival. Pacific reserve sailors will represent the US Navy in events while Victoria hosts a week of naval and athletic contests. Edmonton reports a judge was asked to quash three moving picture show convictions under the Lord's City act.
Moose Jaw August 3 delegates from the realty exchange spent six hours in the city and were feted by local real estate groups. About 1 000 attended breakfast and lunch as more than 100 cars joined a large auto party before the delegation left for Regina.
The Interstate Commerce Committee orders express rates cut by about 15 percent costing the companies roughly 26 million dollars annually. The reform halves the current 900,000 distinct rates to under 650,000 using a 950 block system proposed by former Commissioner Franklin K. Lane, aiming to end the freight rate maze.
Mr. Robert Collier leads Calgary and Canada delegation to the International Typographical Convention in Nashville Tennessee. Calgary group includes President Johnny Bleaken and wife, Secretary Andy Daviege, and others plus two Highland pipers. Western Canada contingent travels by special train from Chicago and plans a bid to host next year’s convention in Western Canada or Alberta.
Glasgow reports that twenty two coal miners perished in a late night fire at the Mavis Valley pit of Cadde Collieries near the city. Bodies were recovered today.
A group of criminals set fires across Virginia Minnesota after 2 am including Smeshburg and Lashburn’s furniture store and its flats, the State Bank of Virginia, the Duluth Mesabe and Northern depot, and Andrew Grande’s warehouse. Residents escaped through smoke in night clothes. guards were posted at banks and the post office as police hunt for the suspects.
In Victoria on Aug 4 Rev Ervan MacLeod from Dowynock Scotland challenged Canadian Presbyterian pulpits for not preaching the gospel. Rev Dr Campbell former pastor of the First Presbyterian refuted the claim citing Canadian college orthodoxy and the earnest preaching in local pulpits.
Bucharest Aug 4 Three days extended armistice among Vatican states delegates from Roumania Serbia Greece Montenegro and Bulgaria to seek reconciliation of various claims and differences in the joint Balkan peace talks.
Under King George's patronage an international conference on infant welfare and mortality prevention opened at Caxton Hall London. The gathering includes noted medical scientists who have arrived to attend the International Medical Congress, with sessions continuing tomorrow.
The Montreal officials including Mayor Lavaliee and aldermen toured Medicine Hat visiting water works and industrial areas. Mayor Levanee praised the city’s free gas for motive power as a trump card to attract manufacturers, noting population growth as proof of development. Continued on page eight.
An unknown shooter fired two bullets at Chief of Detectives Stephen Malone as he entered his office at the Omaha police station early today. No further details on motive or suspect were provided.
President Gomez declares he will personally take the field to quell Cipriano Castro's uprising. Venezuelan forces mobilize at Maracary and Barquisimeto to attack Coro and intercept Castro's possible escape, while markets falter but citizens trust the government to restore order.
On August 4 in Victoria J D Hazen with Desbarats and F Napier Denison visited Gonzales Hill to inspect the site for Victoria’s new seismological observatory. Denison outlined the building plan the site’s advantages and Hazen approved of the plan and location.
Montreal hosts the Canadian division of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers for its annual convention. The session opens with Warren S. Stone of Cleveland as a prominent attendee, the Grand Chief, guiding discussions through Thursday.
Secretary Bryan announced Henry Lane Wilson's resignation as ambassador to Mexico. President Wilson said intervention is neither possible nor likely for a peaceful solution and would soon announce the first step of US policy toward Mexico without revealing details.
Lethbridge hosts the Western Canada Irrigation association meeting at the Majestic Theatre with record attendance. Delegates flood hotels and reserve prime rooms as speakers arrive. The opening session features a city elite gathering, a fire department drill, and addresses by Duncan Marshall and local leaders.
Antwerp reports a gold field of exceptional richness found in the southern Katanga province of the Belgian Congo. Despatches received here confirm the discovery and imply significant potential for mining activity in the region.
Three carloads of Chicago real estate men attending the Winnipeg session passed through Medicine Hat en route to the coast. Subscribe now for The Daily News.
A list of successful candidates at departmental examinations for Grace VIST Lethbridge Centre including Medicine Hat schools. Names are given in bold. many entries present with varied spellings and initials for students such as Adams Vertia Allen Agnes Ruby Alsacker Oscar Anderson Nora Archibald Hannah Baines Allee Baker Alfred Baker Robert Ballantyne May Bateman Mery Elizabeth Brown Winnona Brown Zola Bryner Gwendolyn Burr Ina A Caldwell Cleo Fern Campbell Archilge Chadwick M Lay Chipman Stella Christensen George Collier Lane Connelly Grace Cook Fay Cox A Edgar Crookston Milton Davis Donovan Lloyd Davis Thomas H Day Galvia Dobbie Marian Tsabel Dobbie Mary Miller Dodman Walter Dow Bert Dunham Walter Earl Mary Rilen isterbrook Ralph Emmerson Sarah Myrtle Galbraith William M Gardner John M Garnett Annie Garreau Eliza Gedlaman Antris Gibb B ersha Gibson Violet Ry Gillespie Joseph Gillies Joseph Glenn Marty Gordon Marguerite Graydon Blackie Rob Green George Green Josie Grier Kathleen Hibernia Hagill Freda Hansen Orvins Hansen B A Harman Harold Harvey Lucille Healey Edna Av Meath Catherine Helier Waiter Henin Ber Fern Hesketh Sabina Horn a per
Four to five thousand salmon fishermen on the Fraser River struck halting canneries. Greeks, Japanese and whites refused price cuts. night clash saw Greeks boarded and fish dumped overboard. Government cruisers ordered to patrol gulf. landings barred at canneries. cannery workers also struck.
Tracy Minnesota August 4 A switch engine struck an automobile on the main crossing of the Northwestern road. Mrs Connors was killed instantly when her body was cut in two. Mrs Comstock and her son Charles were seriously injured and unconscious. Tom Connors and his daughter escaped with minor injuries. The Comstock boy attached to the engine the girl clung to an ash pan and survived.
Mrs. Alice Stewart wife of James Stewart customs official at Carson Washington died while attempting to light a fire with gasoline in Grand Forks British Columbia on August 3. The accident report notes fatal injuries in the incident involving an apparent gasoline flare up.
In Wheatland California a gun battle between 400 hop pickers and a sheriff posse left four dead including Yuba County District Attorney and two deputies. A special train of militia left Sacramento with 200 rounds each and three days rations. Violence erupted when Durst refused demands and Constable Anderson was beaten. two women and three hop pickers were wounded as shots rang out.
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