Pacific Mail Ship San Jose Afloat Near San Pablo Reef
San Diego reports all passengers landed from the Pacific Mail Steamship San Jose. The Farquhar speeds from port to assist, aiming to refloat the ship from Asuncion Island reef with its own engines. The San Jose noted resting easily with 33 passengers and 66 crew aboard.
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Cal
Pacific Mail
San Jose
Sanablo Reef
Naval Station
Pacific Mail Company
Asuncion Island Reef
United States
Farquhar
Asuncion Island
San Francisco
San Pablo Reef
Hastro
Paris Leaders Reach Compromise on Upper Silesia
Paris August 9 Premiers Briand and Lloyd George privately agreed on a compromise partition of Upper Silesia. Aug 19 allied supreme council voted not to send reinforcement or additional French troops. British delegation opposed sending new troops.
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Paris
Premiser Briand
France
Lloyd George I
Great Britain
Upper Silesia
Allied Supreme Council
Penee
13 Ton Yawl Makes Atlantic Crossing from Halifax to England
A 13 ton yawl cruiser named Wreith completed a passage from Halifax to Burnham on C— England in 26 days from July 1 to August 8. The small craft endured a tempestuous Atlantic voyage and arrived with the boast of safe passage or bon voyage.
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Halifax
Burnham-on- Cragch
England
Wreith
Athntic
General Alessio Robles Shot in Mexico City
The Mexican general Alessio Robles, brother of the minister to Spain and editor of Eldemocrate, was shot and killed last evening while driving in a main street in a residential area. Five armed men participated in the attack.
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Spain
Mexico City
Alessio Robles
Eldemocrae
Weather Across Prairie Provinces Shows Warm, Local Showers
Weather during the past twenty four hours has been fair and warm across the prairie provinces with local showers in Saskatoon and other points. Forecast calls for more showers in most localities today and Wednesday with periods of sunshine in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Victoria
Nelson
Igary
Meiliciné Hat
Lear
Regina
Ehoiady
Prairie
Sask
Sesk
Alta
Cdol
Winnipeg Street Car Men Form New Organization
A new union, the Canadian Federation of Street Car Men, was formed in Winnipeg last night. A large portion of street railway employees rejected the existing structure and repudiated the one big union model.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Federation of Street Car Men
Winnipeg Street Railway
Gud International
Lady Byng Plans Camping Holiday in the Mountains
Lady Byng expresses enjoyment of travel and a desired tour through the Dominion as part of the governor general’s official program. She recalls India and South Africa, lived in Egypt before the war, and hopes for a Pacific coast visit next summer with a mountain camping holiday. The article notes the British army total strength at 295,000.
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Lady Byng
India
South Africa
Beypt
G.O.C
Dominion
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
Canadian teachers seek uniform qualificatio n reforms
At a Canadian Teachers' Federation conference in Toronto on August 9 delegates debated standardizing teacher credentials. A Manitoba resolution proposing four years of high school plus two years of professional training for permanent certificates passed after removing the high school requirement, while Alberta argued against strict uniformity. The group favored greater equality of qualifications across the Dominion and praised President Charlesworth for resolving BC disputes.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Manitoba Teachers’ Association
Alberta Teachers’ Federation
Dominion
J. G. Lister
British Columbia
Moorish Rebels Annihilate Varro Column at Arruit
Madrid reports General Navarro's column besieged by Moorish rebels on Mount Arruit has been annihilated per a communication from General Berenguer. A Tangiers dispatch says Moorish rebels reached Melfila causing panic and Spaniards seek safety aboard harbor ships.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Navarro
Mount Arruit
Berenguer
Morocco
Melfila
London
Tangiers
No Hope for Sir Sam Hughes in Lindsay Attack
From Lindsay Ontario August 9 1916 Sir Sam Hughes remained alive early this morning though reports suggested death could come at any moment. The brief item notes his critical condition following injuries and does not provide further details on his state or surroundings.
Harvesters From Ontario and Quebec Head to Winnipeg
Winnipeg dispatch notes nearly two thousand harvesters arriving tomorrow to be distributed across Western Canada. Fourteen thousand more travel on fourteen special Canadia n Pacific trains and about five thousand on six Canada National trains the same day. Most workers originate from Ontario and Quebec.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Canadian National
Ontario
Quebec
Explosion and floods strike Japan killing and drowning
In Hiroshima a government powder magazine exploded causing deaths and injuries. In Yamagata floods submerged 5000 homes, destroyed 40 bridges, and left 24 people reported drowned as fires rage across the prefecture.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Yamagata
Theft at Aero Club of Canada Suspect Arrested
Toronto reports Detective Ward arrested William Belson a club steward in connection with a theft from the Aero Club of Canada totaling 1375 dollars Belson faces charges of theft from his employers and the case is under police review.
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Toronto
Aero Club of Canada
Ward
William Belson
Belson
Largest phone cable laid linking Detroit and Windsor
Detroit and Windsor officials completed what is described as the largest telephone cable in the world. The conduit spans the Detroit River enabling up to 600 simultaneous conversations between the United States and Canada. The line provides direct trunks from Detroit's 16 central offices to Canadian offices and supports growth to a population of 2,000,000.
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Detroit
Mich
Detroit River
Windsor
Ont
United States
Canada
Unidentified Plane Attacks Launch on Narragansett Bay
An unidentified airplane strafed a launch in Narragansett Bay near Providence yesterday afternoon. The attack wounded a girl passenger and injured a man, nearly sinking the craft with bullets and spray.
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Narragansett Bay
Providence
R. I
Rid
Herbert Vanderhoof dies after yearlong illness
Chicago obituary notes Herbert Van derhoof veteran editor and advertising executive for Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk lines. Born 1875 in St Paul, he edited in Portland Maine Worcester and Boston before Chicago work. He helped found the Canadian Monthly and led the Western Canadian Immigration Association.
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Chicago
Herbert Vanderboof
Western Canadian Immigration Association
Vanderhoof
Schooner Multnomah in Difficulties off California Coast
A 969 ton steam schooner Multnomah is disabled and adrift about 50 miles northwest of Blunt's Reef lightship near Eureka California. Wireless reports say the vessel may have lost its propeller or broken its driving shaft. It is en route to San Francisco from Seattle with lumber cargo and a crew of up to 20 men.
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San Francisco
Calif
Blunt's Reef
Eureka
Seattle
Mysterious 12000-ton vessel sighted off Atlantic coast
New York reports a 12,000 ton steamer seen about 60 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras by the West Keene. The ship, described with three masts two funnels and two foremast booms, kept four miles distance and did not answer a radio call.
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Cape
Hatteras
New York
Atlantic
Cape Hattereas
West Keene
Gems Worth $100,000 Missing Aboard Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago police investigate the disappearance of jewels valued at $100,000. The items vanished from a briefcase taken from under a jeweler's pillow in a Pullman car as the Twentieth Century Limited traveled toward Chicago. The report notes the case involves M Ma Levy, a Chicago wholesale jeweler.
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Chicago
Twentieth Century Limited
M Ma
Canadian trade drive aims to boost UK exports
In the British House of Commons Sir Harry Brittain questioned how Canadian import data favored the United States. Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame said trade officials are active, with trade commissioners touring the UK and Winnipeg, interlining buyers and firms, and arranging exhibitions to link British exporters with Canadian agents and seal contracts.
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Trade Department
His
Toronto
Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Canada
Trade Commissioner
Philip Lloyd-Greame
Harry Brittain
Department of Overseas Trade
Philip
Dublin government peace offer may be accepted by Dail Eireann
Dublin and London move toward peace as J J McKeown is freed from prison by order of Lloyd George after pressure from Eamonn de Valera. Sinn Fein regarded the release as a victory though London doubts Dublin Castle acted with the Lasdgal Government.
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London
Dublin
London Times
Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Ireland
J. J. McKeown
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Dublin Castle
Lasdag
Advisory sessions on fixing minimum wage for female workers
The advisory committee to the Factories Act will hold sessions in Lethbridge on Sept 7 Medicine Hat Sept 12 Calgary Sept 20 Edmonton Oct 3 to fix a minimum wage for female employees in diverse lines including retail trade restaurants laundries clothing offices millinery dressmaking and printing trades. Conferences of employers and employees are urged to prepare for the sittings. The note adds England fines for intoxication on licensed premises and for a dog in the street without a collar.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
Rotary Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Orider
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