German Banks Shift 60 to 70 Million Francs Amid Paris Withdrawals
German banks moved 60 to 70 million French francs held in Paris to Holland and Switzerland within 48 hours. The funds were withdrawn hurriedly in anticipation of seizure by the French government as penalties for Germany’s nonpayment of a 2 million pound instalment on prewar private debts.
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Holland
Switzerland
Paris
United States
Associated Press
Germany
Fregehmen
GAR SHORTAGE IN WEST NOT LIKELY
Ottawa August 4 Canadian Press reports that there is little likelihood of a car shortage blocking western wheat to market. Information from the department of railways says Canadian National Railways are in better position than ever, with no net increase this year but rapid repairs and many cars returned to the west for the annual eastward movement.
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Ottawa
Department of Railways
Canadian National Railways
Baron Lync Visits Yukon Territory
Baron Byng governor general leaves for Mayo City and Keno Bill camps with George Black and Capt Moorehead. Yukon citizens present gold nuggets at Kiondyke creeks and Arc tic Brotherhood hall reception. War colors of the Second Motor Machine Gun Co are handed to Yukon governor for display. Return to coast planned for August 10.
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Arctic Brotherhood Hall
Baron Byng
Cariboo
Mackenzie
Second Motor Machine Gun Co
France
Yukon
The
Save Boy From Asphalt Pit in Bend Oregon
Nine year old Hollis Nanchester sank into a pit of half melted asphalt left by a paving contractor. He was trapped for about thirty minutes until workmen rescued him with a helper present, while another boy, Harold Rollins, attempted a rescue. Rollins then sought help after the trapped child reached waist depth.
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Asphalt Pit Bend
Ore
Hollis Noanchester
Harold Rollins
Young Rolling
Northerlife Viscount in Worsening Health Amid Anxiety
London reports great anxiety over Viscount Northerlife as his heart weakness increases and he remains in general exhaustion this morning.
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London
Viscount Northerlife
Weather Summary For Canadian Regions
Past 24 hours were generally fair and warm. Forecast for Saskatchewan and Alberta calls for partly cloudy skies with showers or thunderstorms in many localities today and Saturday.
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Nelson
Vancouver
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Sask
Alberta
Elevator tariffs stay unchanged in Winnipeg decision
Winnipeg officials announced the public terminal elevator tariff will stay at last year’s levels until September 1, 1923. The board of grain commissioners will discuss public country elevator charges on August 17. Chairman Leslie N. Boyd cited no fuel or labor cost reductions justifying a rate cut.
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Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Leslie N. Boyd
Gasoline Prices in Canada Drop Across Dominion
Toronto August 4 gasoline prices across Canada fell by 1 12 cents per gallon at wholesale to 34 cents and retail to 20 cents. Refined oil prices dropped 1 percent to 20 cents a gallon. A two cent cut per gallon was also announced for a spline by Standard Oil Co of New Jersey.
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Toronto
Dominion
Standard 1 Co
New Jersey
Austria on Verge of Financial Chaos
Paris reports Austrian government officials urge allied powers to address the crisis at the upcoming London conference. Vienna warns a financial collapse could destabilize Central Europe and affect the broader European situation.
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Austria
London
Paris
Europe
Saskatchewan Panics Over Wheat Board as West Sifts Names
Emergent session in Regina as Saskatchewan presses Ottawa for a reply after James Stewart and F W Riddell decline Wheat Board chair and vice chair roles. Premier Dunning says the province urged re reconsideration and may propose new nominees if the refusals persist. A Calgary conference with Premier Greenfield is planned.
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Ottawa
Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
Alberta
James Stewart
F. W. Riddell
Canadian Wheat Board
Regina
Sask
Calgary
C. A. Dunning
Scalded to Death in Stratford Toddlers Playtime
Stratford Ontario August 4 A three year old boy James Scott Mitchell died after tumbling into a tub of hot water while chasing a kitten.
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Stratford
Ont
James Scott
James Scott Mitchell
Unions Reject General Strike Talk From Gompers
Toronto August 3. International officers say a general strike of all AFL unions in sympathy with miners is unlikely even if President Gompers favors it. Each international union acts on its own feet and the president or councils have no authority to declare a general strike.
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Toronto
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Fishermen Drowned Off Catalina in Sudden Storm
The three sons of Mark Sheppard of Catelina were drowned returning from the fishing ground when a whirlwind capsized their boat. one son survived.
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St. John’s Mid
Mark Sheppard
Catelina
Arrest of Sam Joy’s Husband in Alberta Murder Case
Hillcrest Alberta August 3 sensational development in the murder of Sam Joy. Nikolai Joy husband of the woman who confessed is arrested by Alberta provincial police after the inquest opens and is postponed a week. Mrs Joy testifies she killed her brother in law in self defense. police doubt her story and plan further inquiries. The couple and a key witness will be jailed in Lethbridge and Calgary while investigations continue.
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Hillcrest
Alta
Sam Joy
Nikolai Joy
Joy
Alberta
Sam Villa
Lethbridge
Calgary
Many Island Lake Oil Field Visit by Snake River Directors
Mr. John Kron and Mr. P. Johnson directors of the Snake River Royalty Syndicate and Mr. R. Mattus arrived from Wallace Idaho to examine the Many Island Lake oil field. They plan to drill at an early date and stay several days to assess prospects.
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John Kron
P. Johnson
Snake River
Eastern crops generally good across provinces
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes July end crop conditions: Prince Edward Island reports promising crops with heavy hay, very good grain, above average fruits and potatoes. Nova Scotia hay average, grain very good though lodged, potatoes exceptionally good. New Brunswick crops recovered from June floods with good hay and fair potatoes. Quebec hay advanced with yields at least double last year, general grain outlook encouraging. Ontario reports goat hay, fall wheat and rye good, barley cutting, potatoes and roots promising.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Cutting Wheat Starts at Taber
Taber reports Spring wheat cutting began at 4 o clock on Wednesday morning August 2 on the Feiler Warren farm two miles north of Taber near the river and cemetery. Tenant Meritt has 130 acres of Marquis ready, sown 92 days ago. The crop looks promising with kernels not yet bursting and wheat typically ahead on this clay loam land.
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Taber
Feiler Warren
New Westminster
B.C
Meritt
Marquis
Two Die in Clay Pit Explosion Near Roanville
Two killed and two injured in a clay pit 104 miles west of Brandon as dynamite was used. Victims are E. Mundy of Virden and Fred Hutchings of Winnipeg. Injured: Fred Montgomery of Brandon and Trainmaster J. F. Earl of Minneota.
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Brandon
Roanville
Here
E. Mundy
Virden
Fred Hutchings
Winnipeg
Fred Montgomery
J. F. Earl
Minnedosa
Wenyancing Forest Fire Threatens Vast Regions
Spokane Washington reports vast fires from Montana to the border as thousands of men battle blazes. Theodore Goodyear, assistant state forester, says conditions render Withington nearly helpless amid hot dry weather and recent severe thunderstorms. A firefighter on Foch Creek Idaho was killed when a burning tree fell. Lightning sparked many fires and inaccessible areas hinder suppression. Glacier National Park Blackfoot Forest and Kaniksu forest are affected.
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Spokane
Wash
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Theodore Goodyear
Foch Creek
Idaho
Bootleggers Blocked by New Liquor Rules
Victoria reports new regulations from Attorney General Manson slowing bootlegging. In three weeks 60 000 cases landed on the coast from England, 5 000 cases to the government liquor board while the rest goes to private trade. The crackdown delays a planned whisky ring merger, allying bootlegging and warehouse interests in cross border smuggling.
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Victoria
Manson
British Columbia
England
Government Liquor Control Board
Greeks Protest Allied Action on Constantinople
Athens reports Greece will occupy Constantinople to force peace by a decisive campaign against the Turkish capital. It objects to the allied decision that blocks Greece from acting as a beligerent to end Turkish resistance and moral and military endeavors.
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Athens
Constantinople
Greece
Hostilities Begin as Guardsmen Fire on Ambush in Staunton
Staunton Indiana August 4. National guardsmen on guard duty were fired upon from ambush as the state department moved to take over the mines. The troops returned fire and the clash extended across the area for over an hour with automatic rifles in use.
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Staunton
Ind
State Department
Counsel seeks Lords permission to appeal in Wilson assassination case
London August 4. Counsel for Jos O Sullivan and Reginald Dunn, sentenced to be hanged on August 10 for the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, applied this afternoon to the Attorney General for permission to appeal to the House of Lords.
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London
Jos. O’sullivan
Reginald Dunn
Sir Henry Wilson
House of Lords
City Market Prices Today For Groceries And Produce
Prices listed include beef four cents per pound and up veal eight cents and up mutton and pork twelve cents and up butter twenty five to thirty cents per pound eggs two cents a dozen beets carrots onions and radish eight bunches for twenty five cents cabbage four cents per pound cauliflowers ten to thirty five cents each peas three pounds for twenty five cents beans four pounds for twenty five cents cucumbers fifty cents a dozen lettuce ten cents a head outdoor tomatoes twenty cents a pound potatoes ten pounds for twenty five cents.
Dartmouth Crew Dives After Narrow Regatta Upset
Sixteen members of St Marys Aquatic Sub War canoe nearly drowned when their boat capsized at the finish of a Dartmouth regatta. The crew, racing behind, were rescued after Rev Noel Wilcox leaped from a judges boat to save a man from the bottom and others assisted in the water. Canoes and boats crowded the scene to recover the crew.
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Dartmouth
Aus
St. Mary’s Aquatic
Bt. Mary
Noel Wilcox
Irregulars abandon Suir river stand as National troops seize towns
Dublin reports National forces advance from Carrick on Suir after the irregulars evacuate, destroying Suir bridges. Government units capture Butlerstown Castle near Waterford and key towns including Mullinahone Windgap and Cahir as they push toward Clonmel Waterford. Royal commission on pensions delays evidence until August 22.
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Dublin
Suir
Carrick-oh- Suir
Fleein
Dungarvan
Cahir
Clermel
Waterford
Clonmel
Butlerstown Castle
Mullinahone
County Tipperary
Windgap
Kilkenny
Commissioner Fream to Address Rotary Club Monday
Commissioner Fream of Calvary will visit the city on Monday to address the Rotary Club at its weekly meeting. He is expected to meet with business leaders about the Drought Relief Act and related matters.
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Fream
Calvary
Rotary Club
My. Fream
Cty
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Baron Lync
Yukon Territory
Northcliffe Worse
Grain Board
Canada
Standard Oil Coy
Walter Mwckeown
Royal Commission
G.W.V.A
Stewart
Riddell
Sam Gompers
A. F. of L
Swindon
Wiltshire
Great Western Railway Works
Great Britain
Lake
Snake River Royalty Syndicate
Wenyacing
Staunton, Ind
Drew
W.V.A
Pensions Board
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