Husband murderer faces insanity plea after gallows escape
Chicago reports the case of Russell Scott who fled the gallows as he was found insane since sentencing for a 1925 murder. He was confined to Chester Hospital as psychiatrists debate linking mental illness to criminal responsibility. Scott claims innocence and blames Canadian interests for a supposed persecution.
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Chicago
Illinois
Russell Scott
Scott
Chester Hospital
Joseph Maurer
Theater Aaykin
Chester
Hegan
William S,. Stewart
Toronto
Thomas. Scott
Forest fires very bad in British Columbia
Calgary reports Alberta forests remain clear but British Columbia railway belt faces a swarm of fires. Revelstoke Salmon Arm Kamloops districts show major blazes with dozens of large fires, out of control in many areas. 176+ firefighters engaged as winds and lightning spark multiple fronts from Nelson to Cape Horn.
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Calgary
Alberta
British Columbia
Forestry Branch
Revelaloke
Salmon Arm
Kamloops
Bad Ag
Bern
Conch
Salmon ‘Arm
Armstrong
iMera
Mountain
Haderby
White, Lake
Golden District
Nelson
B.C
West Kootenay
Cadegar
Junction Point
Grohman Creek
Cape Horn
Arrow Lake
Nakusp
Alberta legislature wrecks gas pipeline bill changes
Edmonton notes consternation as the legislature by a large vote struck out the administrations provision on common carrier rights for gas and oil pipelines. The government faced defeat on its own policy after Brownlee and Hoss urged acceptance of a clause enabling the minister of public works and the public utilities board to decide if pipelines should be common carriers. The attack follows debate over the southern gas line from Okotoks to Calgary.
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Edmonton
Avhen
Brett
J. S. Stewart
Ims
Brand
Brownlee
Alex Hoss
House
Crants
Southern Gas, Company
Okotoks
Calsgary
Browning Under Fire Over Adopted Child Case
New York August reports Edward W Browning the millionaire real estate operator faced authorities over the adoption of Mary Louise Spas. The two girls he supported were questioned about their background as Browning seeks a path to return them to their Bohemian parents. Page Five continuation notes scrutiny of Browning and the adoption saga.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise Spas
Browning
Bolen
Edward
Lethbridge Regals Face MANGE TONIGHT in Two Provincial Mayoffs
The Lethbridge Regals meet the Mange Types in two games at the ball park with first pitch at 6 o clock. Fans urged to turnout for the evening game as the provincial playoffs begin.
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Lethbridge Regals
Ball Park
Irish children dying of starvation reported in Clonmel
The Clonmel mayor's report to the corporation describes grave conditions with tales of woe. Children have died from starvation and illness due to lack of nourishing food. It notes women found taking potatoes from Clonmel Asylum to feed starving children and says unemployment dole reaches only about one hundred.
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Dublin
Clonmel
Grimes Fined for Fighting in Pirates Robins Game
New York August 5 Burleigh Grimes the Brooklyn pitching ace was fined 200 dollars and suspended three days by National League president John A Heydlee for starting a fight with Max Carey during yesterday's Robins Pirates game in Pittsburgh.
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New York
Aug.s
Burleigh Grimes
Brooklyn
John A. Heydlee
National League
Max Carey
Pittsburgh
Robins
Pirates
Typos Juniors Win In Best Ball Game
In the season's best game, Typos Juniors beat Lethbridge 6-3 after trailing 1-0. Ridpath shut out the locals for four frames, Pennington pitched well with eleven strikeouts, and Ridpath fanned eight.
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Typo Juniors
Lethbridge
Typos
Ridpath
Drazen Well Conditions Confirmed By Local Citizens
Mr. Gi8S. Plugle affirmed the description of conditions at the Drazen well in the Many Island field as reported by The News yesterday. He and other citizens visited the site, inspected the slaaiou, and found the account substantially correct after a careful afternoon examination.
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Drazen
J. Ty Bergman
Plugle
Pala
Yesterdafternoon
Trail Riders Start Across Canadian Rockies From Banff
Thirty prominent American society figures scientists and artists leave Banff for Marble Canyon British Columbia to begin a three day horseback crossing of the northern Rockies. The cosmopolitan party includes Dr Walcott Carl Rungius the Duke of Nemours and other noted riders among sixty pack horses and twenty gold button veterans. They hope to blaze a new route ending at Wapta Camp near the Great Divide Tuesday afternoon.
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Banff
Alta
Marble Canyon
British Columbia
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Rockies
Dr. Walcott
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Carl Rungius
Duke of Nemours
Paris
Potts
Jimmy Brewster
Rocky Mountain Guides
Buffalo
Ahhel
Long Lance
Wolverine Plateau
Wapta
Great Divide
Russell Fowler
New York
Lady Lougheed
Dorothy Lougheed Hussey
St. Louis
J. Murray Gibbon
Cora J. Best
Minneapolis
Belmore Brown
R. M. Kimbel
Nn. Palehske
Chicago
Leonard Richmond
A. G. Leighton
Loandon
England
Will the Stinnes Group Face Bankruptcy?
Berlin reports the Rhenish Westfälische Zeitung says leading German banks led by the Reichsbank must back a liquidation plan for the Stinnes interests. Without support to alter methods, the great concern may declare liquidation, the Stinnes Journal notes, amid banks demanding higher interest.
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Berlin
Rhenish
Westfalische Zeitung
Fassen
Stinnes
Reichbank
Hugo Busnes
Subervision
Stinnes Journal
Maceos
Nurse Threw Ink Bottle at Prince Picture in Dublin
Nurse Dora Maguire attacked a Prince of Wales film in a Dublin theatre by throwing a bottle of ink at the screen. She was fined £5 in the police court and ordered to compensate a girl musician whose clothes were ruined. The nurse said she opposed cheering those who aided the Black and Tans.
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Dublin
Pringe
Wales
South Africa
Dora Maguire
Ann Tans
Preston says shipping rates lowered by British interests
Montreal August 8 Drastic cuts in European to Canada shipping rates announced by British interests. W R Preston Canadian government investigator says emigrants will pay forty dollars per person, cattle at 415.00 per head to British ports, and merchant use rates reduced. He accuses a shipping combine of maintaining high rates and says the fight against the combine is on.
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Montreal
Europe
Canada
W. R. Preston
England
Preston
Melita
Great Britain
Shipping Combine
Medicine Hat bye election likely within two months
Premier Creenfield says the Medicine Hat by election date will be set soon as the 120 day rule triggers. Rumors link new Conservative leader McGillivray as a possible candidate with Labor and Liberal parties expected to field contenders in a three corner race. Calgary reports show McGillivray noncommittal while local Conservative officials respond cautiously.
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Blackstock
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Creenfield
Ced
Bumivulou
McGillivray
Liberals
Labor Party
Hig
Labor
Liberal
Calgary
Mr. McGillivray
French forces push in Moroccan Rif region reports
Fez reports Aug 8 that French flying columns advance in the Rif and surrounding areas. Abd al Kerling 5 states his views by Aug 16. The Rif is said to have suffered over 300 killed as tribesmen resist while villages on the Bibane range and Darromleli area remain under control.
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Fez
French Morocco
Mons Amine Tee
Aly Tender
Abdel Kerling
Yo Onezzan
Othez
Bibane Range
Darromleli
Taberrant
Local court fines woman for theft at Woolworths
A woman identified as O Hoffman was caught stealing from Woolworth and, pleading guilty, was fined five dollars plus costs. The incident at the local store drew attention to petty theft activity in the area.
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Woolworth
O. Hoffman
Police Cour
Port Arthur Mill Grinder Fatality Report
A worker was killed in a grinding machinery accident at the Provincia Paper Mills plant in Port Arthur late yesterday. A widow and one child survive.
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Port Arthur
T ‘Provincia Paper Mills
Further Fights Reported in China Between Warring Factions
Canton reports of renewed fighting between rival factions with gunfire heard over two nights. Claims say foreign workers seeking to return are blocked by officials. In Toronto three main parties emerge from recent turmoil with pro Japanese, pro Russian, and nationalist aims.
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China
Canton
Toronto
Ddwari ‘Wilson Wallace
Cen
Republican Party
Wallace
Sugect
Opera
Wheat Market Edges Lower On Restricted Export Demand
The Winnipeg wheat market showed an easier tendency as export demand remained restricted. Prices fluctuated with October delivery down fractionally and December and May futures also easing. traders largely closed positions and weather conditions buoyed some grains while rye and flax advanced amid light trading. Cash wheat remained tight due to limited offerings and ongoing export demand concerns.
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Winnipeg
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Mafalda
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Hesse
Prcess
Grimes
Ooe
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