Funeral train bears Harding to White House in solemn scene
Washington August funeral events recount the arrival of President Harding's casket by train after hours delay. Canadian secretary of state Arthur Copp and British diplomats attend as Secretary Hughes and Secretary of State Hughes receive honors. Crowds gather, band plays Nearer My God to Thee, and the casket is moved to the White House as mourners await further rites.
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Washington
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Hughes
United States
Aug. S
Preaylent Harding
Coolidge
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Thompson Te Succeeds Burley In Alberta Finance Post
Edmonton sources indicate Thompson of New York city formerly Calgary, may become Alberta financial commissioner within weeks. He would replace Fe. W Rubey, chief auditor since province formation, as Burley retirement follows under the Superannuation Act.
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James ¢ Thompson
New York City
Calgary
Greenfield
Thompson
FE. W Rubey
Alberta
Burley
Harvey, Richardson and Cole
Governs
USPF
Andff
Barkey
A. Rutherford
Sifton
Charles Stewart
UFLA
Car radiator blast wounds Sarnia man near city
Fred Smith of Sarnia Ont was badly scalded when his car radiator exploded while he checked an overheated engine about four miles from town. The blast, likely from a plugged overflow pipe, left him with serious injuries but he drove to the hospital before collapsing.
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Sarnia .Ont
Fred Smith
Smith
Seri
Wild night ride from Hamilton ends in Toronto homicide case
Archibald E. Kells helped George King escape after King shot and killed his 17 year old sweetheart Eric Johnson on a Hamilton veranda. King rode to Toronto with Kells clutching a revolver and threatened suicide at a cafe lavatory while authorities were alerted.
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Hamilton
Archibald E. Kells
George King
Eric Johnson
King
Kells
Waugh Named Chairman of Manitoba Liquor Commission
Winnipeg, Aug 7 Richard J Waugh former mayor of Winnipeg and British member of the Snare Valley Commission has been appointed chairman of the Manitoba Liquor Commission to administer the Moderation League Act for province wide liquor control. Hon M Black provincial treasurer announced the appointment and said Waugh will leave the Saare to begin duties at once. The other two commissioners were not yet named.
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Winnipeg
Richard J Waugh
Snare Valley
Mr. Black
Eastern harvesters arrive in the city
The first party of harvesters from the East arrived in Medicine Hat this morning. Some members were to proceed to Calgary and Lethbridge. Supt. Wright of the local employment bureau placed about twenty five and sent them on from here.
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Medicine Hat
Calgary
Lethbridge
Supt
Wright
Farm Workers Sail to Canada for Harvest Jobs
During the first week of August 3,000 farm workers have sailed on Canadian Pacific steamers to Canada for harvest work in western provinces. About 1,300 more booked by the line have been transferred to other ships as rush demand grows and one company cannot handle all departures.
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London
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Earthquake Recorded at Victoria B C
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded on the seismograph at Gonzales Heights Observatory in Victoria. The event began at 4 hours 0 minutes 45 seconds a m and lasted two hours, with the maximum wave noted at 6 hours 2 minutes. The epicenter was likely near Japan, about 4,600 miles away.
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B.C
Japan
Gonzales Heights Observatory
Wheat prospects in Hilda district good says Montgomerie
Former alderman Thomas Montgomerie and his wife visited Medicine Hat reporting wheat yields in the Hilda district expected to run from 25 to 30 bushels per acre. He noted his own farm two miles south of Hilda has a strong flax crop and that CPR line grading to Schuler should finish in about six weeks.
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Thos. Montgomerie
British Harvesters Headed to Winnipeg in August
Winnipeg, Aug 8. Fifteen hundred forty five British harvesters will land at Quebec on Thursday and Friday from CP steamers Melita Monteclaire and Marburn and be rushed to Winnipeg for harvest labor. Reduced fare to Winnipeg $56 valid til Aug 11. Ship passenger lists include 1635 on Montclaire, 1501 on Melita, 633 on Marhurn with rail cars and dining facilities to prepare for prairie work.
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Quebec
Canadian Pacific
Melita
Monteclire
Marburn
Prairie Provinces
England
London
Canada
Montclaire
Salvation Army
Glasgow
Belfast
Harvesters
Scotland says thousands of Scots seek Canadian farm work
Thomas Scotland of the Canadian Pacific railway office in Glasgow arrived in Canada with Scottish immigrants bound for western provinces. He warned that wages in Scotland prevent passage funds and urged Canada to act on empire settlement schemes to attract workers, noting 15 men were headed to George Lane's Alberta ranch and others to Bar U and other farms.
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Scotland
Canada
Thomas Scotland
Canadian Pacific Railway Colonisation and Development Office
Glasgow
Canad
George Lane
Alberta
Bar U
Prince of Wales
Forestry Delegation Tours Northern Quebec Visit
The Imperial Forestry delegation toured Northern Quebec aboard the SS Richeleu at St Alphonse and along Saguenay with members including Ward Lovat General White Sir James Calder and delegates from India South Africa New Zealand Australia and more. They await Ottawa conference outcomes and urge immediate global timber protection and steps to stop land clearance and migration to the United States.
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Saguenay
Ward Lovat
General White
James Calder
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South Africa
New Zealand
Australia
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B. C
Ottawa
Canada
Fies
Vic
United States
Chancellor Cuno Rejects British Reparations Draft
Berlin reports Chancellor Cuno in the Reichstag denounces Great Britain proposals on reparations as unacceptable to Germany and refuses to urge Germans to abandon passive resistance. Disturbances in Duesseldorf trigger mine seizures and wage protests, with miners deploying stakes and officials clashed at the Goering press. The Ruhr frontiers will close to ordinary travelers for a week, and the German mark plunges as commerce shifts to dollar and pound sterling with prices surging up to three hundred percent.
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Cuno
Reichstag
Great Broan
Great Britain
Germany
Chncellor Cuno
Frei
Duesseldorf
Ange
St. Selded
Salzerneulek Quines
Dusseldorf
New York
Ruhr
Hoboken
Munchen Sigerman
Wheat crop in U S to shrink under drought and heat
Washington reports a US wheat production forecast for the year based on August 1 conditions. Winter and spring wheat total near 850 million bushels with exports around 163 million after domestic use. Prairie crops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are severely damaged by heat rust and saw fly.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Winnipeg Free Press
Saskatchewan
Level crossing tragedy in Palgrave claims seven year old
Seven year old Bernice Steele died when a car driven by her father was struck by a train at a level crossing near Palgrave Ontario during the night. The incident underscores dangers at grade crossings as authorities investigate. Prices on Wall Street indicate confidence in the new US president.
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Ont
Bernice Steele
Here
Wall Street
Shipping tangle edged toward fix for Great Lakes trade
Winnipeg officials and grain exporters reached a partial accord on the New Lake Freights act after an informal meeting with the board of grain commissioners led by L. H. Boyd. The agreement aims to prevent tariffs from crippling U S shipper access while allowing contracts to govern demurrage and broker charges amid efforts to secure Ottawa approval.
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Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Board of Grain Commissioners
L. H. Boyd
United States
Fort William
Coaimmand
Boyd
4. S. Wrong
Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Confessions Stir New York Financial Section Rumors
Five killed four wounded as a freight train strikes a motor car at Griffiths Indiana. E W Fuller and M Metlee confess to federal attorney as revolutions wade in on stockbroker cases led by Whitney new counsel.
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New York
Aug. S
Wade
E. W. Fuller
M. Metlee
Cart ¥. Whitney
Elgin, Joliet
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