Million Dollar Storm Destroys Prairie Grain Belts
Regina reports show hail and wind damage across 75 to 100 miles east and southeast of the capital. A grain strip 30 miles long by five wide was levelled in Rainton and Cedoux as telegraph lines failed and losses mounted near Yellow Grass and Broadview. Brandon saw half an inch of rain with hail that damaged gardens and windows while aiding potatoes.
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Sask
Rainton
Cedoux
Regina
Yellow Grass
Tivan
Midale
Grenfell
Broadview
Brandon
United States fights for its share in Egyptian cotton trade
Washington reports the shipping board contends the Egyptian cotton case at London talks tests U S shipping rights. The board says it will press the limit and notes the United States enjoys a five shillings per cubic ton advantage on Alexandria to the United Kingdom routes, while Alexandria to the United States rates are parity with Britain, yet Egyptian cotton shipments are almost all on British ships.
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Washington
United States
London
Bie Shipping Board
Hmit
New Shipping Board
Alexandria
United Kingdom
Imperial conference debates empire constitution and wage policy
London August 5 British reports say the Imperial conference wraps today with adoption of a broader agenda than official summaries show. Key talks include a constitutional framework for the empire and a proposed one power standard with dominions nominating cabinet ministers and defense duties across territories.
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London
Can. Press
Millions of dead grasshoppers drift down the St. Lawrence
Reports say millions of dead grasshoppers cover the St. Lawrence River from Three Rivers toward Quebec. New York agriculturalists link the mass to a self-destruction event by the insects after consuming all food behind them.
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ST. Lawrence
Quebec
Three Rivers
New York
St. Lawrence River
Men From B C Coming To Prairies To Harvest Crops
August 5 Victoria reports 4000 unemployed men from British Columbia will travel to the prairie to harvest the grain crop starting about August 13 under provincial labor department plans. The department announced the arrangement yesterday and expects around four thousand men to take part in prairie harvesting this fall.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Field Marshal Wilson Rescued After Sea Swoop at Cowes Regatta
In Cowes Isle of Wight on Aug 4 Field Marshal Sir Henry Hughes Wilson was washed overboard from a yaw during small craft racing in the Cowes regatta. He kept afloat until two yachts skippered by Sir Arthur S. Cope and Colonel Hobart pulled him from the sea.
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Cowes
Isles of Wight
Henry Hughes Wilson
Imperial General Staff
Arthur S. Cope
Hobart
Arbitration plan adopted by Armour and workers
In Chicago Armour & Co. employees to about 30,000 join arbitration under the new industrial democracy. The agreement follows a meeting of workers and management and may set a pattern for other large packers to extend nationwide. In Vienna, authorities report over 14,000 Serbs detained in Belgrade amid the attempted assassination of Prince Alexander with claims of torture to extract confessions.
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Serbia
Vienna
Alexander
Jungo- Slavia
National Assembly
Belgrade
Arteiter Zeitung
Chicago
Armour & Co
United States
Hatfield Rainmaker Contract Details for Next Year
Hatfield agrees to a next year contract with a maximum of 12000 dollars based on three inches of rainfall and four thousand per inch for rainfall over three inches up to six. He will relocate 60 to 70 miles northwest and expects rainfall to exceed the contract maximum. Hatfield and his brother plan to depart for Los Angeles tomorrow morning.
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Amaker Hatfield
United Agricultural Association Io
Ma .F
Hatfield
Los Angeles
Greece Must Keep Troops Away From Constantinople
Athens reports after retreats with heavy loss the Turks are in a stronger position to resist Greek forces. A military communication to Greek newspapers says the main aim is to vanquish remaining Turkish units in Asia Minor while denying any Greek division advancing on Constantinople.
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Greece
Constantinople
Athens
Asia Minor
Market Prices For Local Daily Goods
Market prices listed include beet nine cents per pound and up, veal eight cents, pork eighteen cents, mutton fifteen cents, eggs thirty five cents per dozen, butter twenty five to thirty five cents per pound, potatoes two and a half cents per pound, spring vegetables five cents a bunch or six for twenty five cents, beans ten cents per pound, peas ten cents per pound, cucumbers forty cents a dozen, corn twenty cents a dozen, cabbage five cents per head, turnips three cents per pound.
Grand Trunk arbitration award may take time
Ottawa August 5. The Grand Trunk arbitration board, with Sir Walter, Sir Thomas White and Hon. William Taft, is examining the evidence. The process will consume time as a preliminary step before a board meeting to discuss the award. The government will be informed of the decision before the public.
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Ottawa
Can. Press
Grand Trunk Arbitration Board
Walter
Thomas White
William Taft
France Tackles Silent War Losses in Marriage Market
France confronts a postwar demographic crisis with 2,000,000 marriageable women unable to marry due to wartime losses. Authorities weigh social and economic measures to address the imbalance and support widows and single women in a transformed society.
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France
Denial Issued Over Reported Fort Norman Oil Strike
Edmonton August 6 report of a new oil well strike at Fort Norman by Imperial Oil Company is flatly denied by acting manager IL Draper who is in the city.
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Edmonton
Fort Norman
Imperial Oil Company
IL. Draper
Let Me Sleep Lets Caruso Heir Readies Testament
A will drawn by C. J. Sperco for Enrico Caruso leaves the bulk of his estate to his six closest relatives, including his widow Gloria and son Rudolfo. Sperco notes Caruso earned little per performance but aided fellow countrymen with $100 bills, and paid high income taxes in 1919 and last year. A Naples cable quotes Mrs. Caruso saying the tenor’s last words were Let me sleep as the Metropolitan Opera House draped in mourning for 30 days.
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New York
C. J. Sperco
Enrico Ruso
Tdnor
Gloria
Rudolfo
Enrico
Giovanni
Naples
Caruso
Associated Press
British Labor Prepares for Early Election Campaign
London Aug 5 The British Labor Party is planning for a prospective election campaign. Labor candidates have been selected in 370 of the 707 Commons constituencies, with efforts under way in the remaining districts. Seven of the selected candidates are women.
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London
Labor Party
Labor
House of Commons
Disarm Our Minds Before We Reduce Our Fleets
Lord Northcliffe urged Canadian delegates at a luncheon to foster goodwill and disarm their minds before cutting naval fleets. He warned a failure at the Washington disarmament conference would be a disaster and urged a big, shared effort for world peace and trust.
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Lord Northcliffe
Vancouver
Aus
Washington
Ulster cabinet calls again on Irish peace talks
London reports another Ulster cabinet meeting to discuss the Irish peace negotiations. Belfast reiterates no messages have been received from Eamon de Valera. In Belfast the meeting ended with no new developments and only incidental discussion of the peace question.
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de Valera
London
Ulster Cabinet
Belfast
Beamonn da Valera
W. B. Spender
City council chamber to host wage conference dates
Mayor Huckvale reports a letter from Mrs. Lewis Edmonton secretary of the advisory committee to the Factories Act requesting use of the city council chamber on September 12 13 and 14 for conferences to set minimum wage levels across industries.
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Huckvale
Lewis
Edmonton
City Council
Boakd
Springfield Man Robbed Of Liquor By Four Bandits
Four motor car bandits forced entry into Albert Oliver's Springfield Ontario home eight miles east of town early today. They threatened him with revolvers and recovered his private liquor stash and 35 dollars in cash before fleeing east at high speed.
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Aylmer
Ont
Albert Oliver
Springfield
Here
Czech Gendarmes and Germans Clash in Prague
Prague reports that one worker was killed and ten wounded when a German crowd clashed with Czech gendarmes on Wednesday. The Germans allegedly tried to hold a forbidden mass meeting, heightening tensions before the Prague parliament session.
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Prague
Russi
Senate
Greece Warned Over Constantinople Advance By Allies
London August 4 The allies warned Greece that its advance on Constantinople would not be tolerated as Turkey and Greek forces clash. In Angora a Turkish Nationalist court-martial sentenced fifty Greek prisoners and Turkish natives from Sam San Bruza to death.
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London
Greece
Constantinople
Teddos
Great Britain
Turkey
Angora
Asia Minor
Sam San Bruza
Rainfall Report Highlights Limited Regional Showers
Yesterday's rain measured .08 of an inch locally with most of the division seeing only a shower. Piapot and a point on the Empress branch experienced a roughly two hour rain, according to Canaafilan Pacific Railway Company reports.
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Canafilan Pacific Railway Company
Piapot
Empress Branch
Beaverdam camp thriving with 20 boys this week
Twenty boys attend the Beaver Dan camp this week, with capacity for thirty. Citizens may fund the boys at 2.60 per youngster, and arrangements exist for those unable to pay. Safe, supervised camp with four men on site and a shallow swimming pool.
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Beaver Dan
Rainbow
Scaffolding Collapse Kills Worker at Central School
In Peterhs o Ontario on August 6 a scaffold outside Central School collapsed. David Hartley died instantly and Herbert Landry fell 45 feet and is severely injured with no hope of recovery. The event is reported in The News Want Ad Columns.
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Peterhs O
David Hartley
Herbert Landry
Landry
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