Bolshevik Push Breaks Polish Front as Allies Read Hostile Action
Soviet forces break near the East Prussian frontier and form a large gap in central Poland while Soviet cavalry move north of Warsaw. Britain and France ready to act after Poland refuses a ten day truce. Lloyd George meets Millerand and Foch as Polish plenipotentiaries head to Minsk for armistice talks beginning Wednesday.
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Britain
France
Lloyd George
Miller
Marshal Foch
House of Commons
Warsaw
Associated Press
Eost Prussian
Great Britain
Framce
Premier Millerand
Irance
Hythe
England
Minsk
London
Poland
Russia
Polish Government Leaves Warsaw Amid Bolshevik Advance
Warsaw reports say foreign legations fled to Poznań by special train as Polish lines fall back. A Moscow wireless claim notes the Polish government is leaving Warsaw. Bolshevik forces push toward Myzynleg and Siedlce with gains near Brest-Litovsk and Pizzeczuc, while Poles entrench east of Nlawa.
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Warsaw
Posen
London
Moscow
Myzynleg
Nlawa
Danzig
Ostrov
Brest-Litovask
Sokolow
Siedlce
Pizzecuc
Brest-Litosak
Brest-Litovsak
Biuls
Tariff Enquiry Opens Sept 15 in Winnipeg
Ottawa reports the tariff commission will open its sittings in Winnipeg on Wednesday September 15 with Sir Henry Drayton as chair and a panel including J A Calder and Senator Robertson. The itinerary runs through multiple Canadian cities to gather cases from various regions before concluding in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Tariff
Winnipeg
Henry Drayton
Finance
J. A. Calder
Privy Council
Robertson
Henry
Prairie Provinces
Vancouver
Victoria
Vernon
Nelson
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Regina
Brandon
Port Arthur
Sault Ste. Marie
Windsor
London
Hamilton
Toronto
Kingston
Montreal
Sherbrook
Three Rivers
Quebec
St. John Moncton
Sydney
Charlottetown
Halifax
New AP Patrol Chief Named at Claresholm
Corporal Vise takes charge of the A P P sub district succeeding Corporal Clarke. Vise has served with the A P P since its inception and has been at Claresholm since 1917.
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Vise
A. P.P
Clarke
A.P
Claresholm
Sailors Besiege Police Station at Revere Beach Mass
Law and order prevailed at Revere Beach as naval and police patrols prevented further rioting after hundreds of sailors aided by civilians attacked the Metropolitan Park police station last night. Troops were deployed. at least fifty injured, three seriously.
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Revere
Mass
Revere Beach
Olice
Metropolitan Park Police
Higher salaries assured for Methodist ministers
Dominion Ministerial support committee reports ministers across the country are likely to receive salary increases. Secretary Densil Rideout says boards have not refused the request. The proposal calls for $1,106 yearly in country districts, $1,800 in towns, and $2,000 in cities.
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Fronto
Methodiat Ehurch
Dominion
Densil G. Rideout
Rideout
Ecitles
Record Wheat Crop in Australia With Strong Expected Yield
Australian cables report an almost record wheat area planted with a high satisfactory yield anticipated. The London dispatch notes robust planting and promising harvest prospects for this season.
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London
Ang
Canadian Associated
Presa
Highway Work Between Medicine Hat and Calgary Planned
A gang with graders will start highway construction tomorrow on the Medicine Hat to Calgary route. The section from the city to Brooks will be led by Mr. Dexter Bishop, road supervisor in Redcliffe constituency.
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Tion
Pingle
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Brooks
Dexse Bishop
Redelitt
Alberta Departmental Exam Results Decline Sharply
Edmonton reports the year’s departmental exams show record low passing rates with 63 percent at Grade VIII and 60 percent at Grade XII. The Education Minister notes heightened unsatisfactory results across Alberta amid war and influenza impacts and compares unfavorably with prior years.
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Edmonton
Minister of Education
Allies Agree to Reimpose Blockade
The allied conference at Hythe reached agreement on plans to reimpose the blockade over the Russo Polish crisis. No allied troops will be used, and the plan awaits British Parliament approval to be addressed by Premier Lloyd George.
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Hythe
Eng
Lloyd George
Arbitration Proceedings Delay in Ottawa
Ottawa August 9 officials of the Department of Railways say Grand Trunk arbitration will not commence until early September.
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Ottawa
Grand Trunk
Department of Railways
Grain price report October to December bids and cash quotes
The market notes oats barley and flax with Oct and Dec bids and cash prices. Oats range around 86 3 4 to 78 and 74. Barley shows Oct 125 1 2 and 128 1 4 with cash 143 1 2 for 3 CW and 133 1 2 for 4 CW, plus track prices. Flax quotes Oct 356 and 349 with cash 349 track 356. Rye 2 CW 17h.
Death sentence commuted for Indian inmate in Kansas
John Aday, an Indian prisoner at Leavenworth, had been scheduled for execution in September for the murder of fellow prisoner Thomas Watson. Judge J. W. Woodrough granted a new trial, Aday pleaded guilty, and received a life sentence. Aday, 22, was already serving life for killing an Indian girl on the Apache reservation in Arizona.
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Leavenworth
Kans
John Aday
India
Thomas Watson
Aday
J. W. Woodrough
Omaha
Gudity
Watson
Arigona
Calder to sail for England tonight
Hon. J. A. Calder leaves Ottawa tonight for Quebec then sails for England. During his absence Arthur Sifton acts as privy council president and J. D. Reid acts minister of immigration and colonization. Calder plans to return in time to join the tariff ed mulningston committee in Winnipeg starting Sept. 16.
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A. L. Lifton
Privy Council
J. D. Reid
Ottawa
J. A. Calder
Quebec
Arthur Sifton
Immigration and Colonization
Calder
Canada
Mulningston
Winnipef
Fire damages small Ontario stable at Industrial Age
A small stable on Industrial Age was partly destroyed by fire at 11 10 yesterday. Owner Mr T Shawhan of Ontario reports about 50 dollars in loss with no insurance. Firefighters responded to the blaze.
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T. Shawhan
Ontario
Ended Quarrel With Mallet Leaves Woman Critical
Saskatoon police hold Thomas Nash on the charge of attempted murder after he used a heavy mallet in a violent quarrel with Betsy Nash. She lies critically wounded in hospital, mother of five, widow of a Canadian soldier killed in France.
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Mallet
Saskatoon
Betsy Nash
Thos. Nash
Nash
France
Went Where Good Crops Were
A crisis owner admitted to officials that he used government crop reports to guide where his circus traveled. He displayed his show in poor crop areas to attract attention, then moved to regions with better harvests, hoping to boost earnings. He said profits had been falling hundreds of dollars daily.
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Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Department of Agriculture
United States
Serious Charge Against Vancouver Man
Mrs J L Lloyd died after injuries attributed to her husband Erskine H Lloyd. Police hold Lloyd for investigation into the woman’s death after she was found in her room at the Traveller’s hotel and later died in hospital.
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Vancouver
Aug. C
J.L. Lloyd
Erskine H. Lloyd
yeitherTraveller’s
Bandits Flee Beloved Officers In Alberta Cafe Shootout
A Bellevue Cafe gun fight left Corporal Ernest Usher of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Constable Frederick Bailey dead after trapping bandits Tom Bassoff and George Akroff. Bassoff wounded. Akroff killed. hunt expands to Frank Slide region with 200 mounted police and volunteers.
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Ernest Usher
R.C.M.P
F. Bailey
Tom Bassoff
George Akroff
Frank Slide
Big Posse
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Frederick Bailey
Alberta
Bellevue
Sentinel
George Akroft
Frewin
Areloff
Frank
Turtle Mountain
Jundbreck
Cowley
Pass
Macleod
Coleman
Colors of 175th Batt Deposited in Fifth Avenue Church
The 175th Battalion held a solemn ceremony to deposit its colors at Fifth Avenue Church after a parade from the Armory. Led by Col Spencer and the Pipe Band, the color party presented the colors to Rev Davis at St Barnabas before the ceremony. Capt Farrell welcomed admission for safe keeping as a memorial to fallen and faithful service.
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Fifth Avenue
17Th Battalion
Spencer
Wat
Armory
St. Barnabas Church
Mr. Davis
Fifth Avenue Church
H. W
Cox
Wa Ira M.C
Farrell
Jesus Christ
Policeman Shot by Mistake in Alberta Hunt
Lethbridge August 9. Nick Kystik sworn in by the Alberta Provincial Police was killed during a raid on foreign miners suspected of harboring Bassoff the wanted outlaw. A second man Whysick was shot when a cop mistook him for Bassoff. Bassoff remains missing as the manhunt continues through the woods and pass routes with guards watching for his return.
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Lethbridge
Nick Kystik
Alberta
Hillcrest
Bassoff
Whysick
A.P.P. Cotnstable
Bassof
Nolice
Basnoft
Prairie Weather Report From Western Canada
Weather data from Vancouver to Winnipeg shows clear and cloudy conditions with highs around the 80s and 90s Fahrenheit. The forecast calls for mainly fair skies in Manitoba and slightly cooler conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta with possible scattered showers.
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Vancouver
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Regina
Lear
Winnipeg
The
Pas
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Police court plea leads to jail for fourth liquor offence
In police court Emile Deail ets pleaded guilty to having liquor for sale. It was his fourth offence and he was sentenced to three months in jail with hard labor.
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Emile Deailets
Prisoner Escapes After Attacking Guard in Port Arthur
Alexander F. Gilles, an alleged auto thief with a lengthy record, seized a heavy wooden bench and struck a prison guard in Port Arthur Ontario at 6:30 AM before escaping from the district jail where he was held awaiting trial.
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Port Arthur
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Song of the Soil Movement
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London Scottish
John Stringer
Seattle
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Usher
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Mannix
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