Mayors Greetings Boost Calgary Bid for Typographical Union Meet
In Nashville Aug 12 report, Mayor Spencer of Medicine Hat Alberta sends a formal greeting inviting the International Typographical Union to hold its 1914 convention in Calgary Sunny Alberta. Letters from Medicine Hat and Alberta Labor express strong backing, praising climate and hospitality while pledging united support from Canadian unions and U S delegates.
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Nashville
Tenn
Calgary
Alberta
International Typographical Union
Canada
United States
Providence
R. I
Medicine Hat
Typographical
Alberta Federation of Labor
Saskatchewan and
Rudyard Kipling
Banff
Great West
Bobsting
Alberta Federation
Alberta ‘Federation “of Labor
Galgary
West
Bellamy
Medicine’ Hat
T. U
Robert Collier
European powers sharply divided on Balkan affairs
London reports reveal Austria and Russia seek to guard Bulgaria from weakening and reserve rights to revise the peace treaty, while Germany and France oppose revision and push for ratification. Russia faults France for siding with Germany. Turkey demands Adrianople evacuation despite claims of a united Europe.
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Germany
Austria
Russia
France
Britain
London
Bulgaria
Charles
Vienna
Novoe Vreyma
Chimeras
Turkey
Adrianople
Europe
Edward Grey
Balkans
Castro’s Uprising in Venezuela Reported a Failure
Washington reports Cipriano Castro’s uprising in Venezuela failed as General Torres and his officers were captured. American Consul Voelter in Caracas confirms the early dispatches.
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Washington
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Voelter
Caracas
Torres
Wilson to Huerta Message Ready for Presentation
Mexico City reports the state department message from President Wilson to President Huerta is ready for presentation. John Lind, Wilson’s representative, arranged the Spanish translation and seeks Mexican government reception. Unstable attitudes and noncompliance with intervention plans persist amid unofficial sensitivity. Two American correspondents, N A Jennings and Marvin Ferder, were released after Sunday detention by interior ministers.
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Lind
Wilson
Huerta
Mexico” City
State Department
Washington
John Lind
State’ Department
Nelson
O’ Shaughnessy
Stent
Fonda Mexico
Australia stance on Panama exposition unsettled
A Melbourne despatch to the Daily Chronicle reports that all Australian states except Victoria long New South Wales remain uncertain about joining the Panama exposition because Great Britain has declined to participate.
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London
Daily Chronicle
Melbourne
Victoria
New South Wales
Great Britain
English Unionists Home Scheme Opens to Shelter Ulster Women
London August 12 The Unionist women's organization appeals to England's women to offer homes and shelter for Ulster women and children if men are called to fight Wardell Smith MP of Warrington announced the appeal extending a scheme approved by Sir Edward Carson The Warrington league promises care for 500 Ulster women and children with plans to increase this number
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London
Unionists Women’s Organization
England
Ulster
Wardéld Smith
Warrington
Edward Carson
Warrington League
Will of Harvey Dwight Filed for Probate in Toronto Surrogate Court
The late Harvey Dwight president of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Company has left an estate valued at 945,548. Real estate totaling 32,605 is located in Winnipeg with mortgage securities of 2,495 and life insurance of 22,262, the remainder in stocks. A February 18 1913 will leaves 40,305 to daughter Mrs D H Ross of Winnipeg, while widow Margaret Dwight of 107 St George Street Winnipeg receives the residue minus 2,000 insurance.
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Toronto
Harvey Dwight
Great Northwestern Telegraph Company
Winnipeg
Ins Life
D. H. Ross
Margaret Dwight
St. George Street
Heat Wave Grips Kansas City as Temperatures Soar
August heat sets records across Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma with many stations posting 100 plus degrees. Great Bend hits 110 while Wichita area reports 105 in multiple towns and Oklahoma City records 102. Rain offer little relief and forecasters warn heat will persist for 24 hours.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Great Bend
Wellington
Topeka
Atchison
Greenlend
Horton
Cottonwood Falls
Joplin
Oklahoma City
Canadian Wheatlands begins cutting 17000 acre crop near Suffield
Yesterday the Canadian Wheatlands Limited started cutting their 17000 acre wheat crop near Suffield. Forty one binders were put into operation. Eight traction engines each hauling five binders are being requisitioned for cleaning up the corners. All fields are two miles long and one mile wide. The wheat will be an average crop.
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Canadian Wheatlands, Limited
Suffield
Japan courted by states over Diaz envoy
Tokyo intimates to Mexico it will receive General Felix Diaz only as a private individual to thank Japan for its role in the Mexican centennial. Diaz party reached Vancouver and planned to sail Wednesday as the debate over Mexico US relations and California land policies draws comment in Washington.
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Felix Diaz
Japan
General Diaz
Vancouver
Washington
Mexico
Jen
United States
California
Mexico City
Thirteen Hurt as Circus Train Is Struck in Nebraska
Thirteen circus employees injured when their train collided with a Rock Island passenger train at Richfield Nebraska while returning from a Denver conclave. They were taken to Omaha hospitals where three were reported as dying. France returned the bronze bell captured at Sebastopol in the Crimean War to Russia.
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Omaha
Richfield
Neb
Rock Island
Denver
France
Russia
Sebastopol
Canadian Pacific Approves Dividends for Railway and Land Sales
At Montreal August 11 the Canadian Pacific directors approved an ordinary dividend of 3 4 per cent from railway earnings and 3 4 per cent from land sales. No action was taken on new stock issuance.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Directors
CP visiting grain traffic ahead for fall
Grant Hall of Winnipeg general manager of western lines leads a CP inspection party including D'Alton Coleman W C Woodhill and F W Alexander traveling on private cars Champaign and Lillooett. They forecast a bright fall traffic and say CP is prepared to handle the grain movement with extensive preparations in place.
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Messrs
Grant Hall
Winnipeg
C. P
D'Alton
Ogilvie Milling Co
Dobell
Ogilvie’ Co
Hall
Impeachment Rumors and Duluth Strike Report
Impeachment discussions around Governor Sulzer surface briefly in a garbled Duluth item. The strike in Duluth and Iron Range rail and mine operations appears resolved with the Missabe and Northern line back in full operation and boats loading as usual.
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Duluth
Pres. McConagle
Duluth, Missabe
Northern
Colerain
Steamer North American Runs Aground at Mackinaw Island
The passenger steamer North American en route from Chicago to Fort William ran aground on Mackinaw Island mid August 11. Passengers were rescued by the steamer Algoma and no serious injuries are reported.
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Mackinaw City
North American
Chicago
Fort William
Mackinaw Island
Algoma
Rebellion in China Reported With Shifting Alignments
London dispatches relay growing chatter of a resumed rebellion in China. Gen Chang Hsun supposedly pledges to the emperor and may march on Nanking. Feng Kuo Chang delays for fear of communications as Manchu forces move. arms pours into Shanghai. Yuan Shi Kai orders arrests of all conspirators against the republic.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Peking
China
Tien Tsin
The
Times
Chang Hsun
Nanking
Feng Kuo Chang
Gras Chang Hsun
Shanghai
Woo Sung
Ang
Yuan
Shi Kai
Republic
Daily Mail
Thirteen Killed in Canal Slide at Porto Bello Quarry
In Porto Bello on August 13 a sudden canal slide buried a steamshovel and killed thirteen men who worked there. Rescue efforts were hampered as debris blocked access. Officials opened inquiries into the accident and safety at the site.
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Colon
Portobello
German Americans Flocking to Canada in the Thousands
Ottawa reports a heavy influx of American German Extraction citizens into Canada’s West. W. J. White, immigration official, says arrivals come from Pennsylvania and Missouri, totaling 142000 last year and likely over one hundred thousand this year. He notes good flax and grain yields and expects much of the western wheat crop harvested by week’s end.
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Canada
Ottawa
W. J
United. ‘States
Pennsylvania
Missouri
United States
White
Prairie
Dervishes Ambush British Camel Corps in Somaliland
Aug 12 Aden reports a 2000 Dervishes force ambushed a camel corps of British naval troops near Burao in British Somaliland. The action killed two officers and about sixty men, with heavy Dervish losses. A small remnant was found by a 300-man flying squad. The attack threatens nearby Burao as authorities assess the crisis.
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Aden
Arabia
Elay
Camel Corps
Burao
Somaliland Protectorate
Horace A. Byatt
London
Buroa
Bruce reports tsetse fly spreads sleeping sickness in Nyassa Land
Surgeon General David Bruce reports findings from two years of study by the sleeping sickness commission in Nyassa Land. The disease here is faster and more fatal than Uganda’s or the west coast form, with no recoveries and many infected wild animals rabidly shot. experts may urge destroying game. Lady Bruce adapts to tropical lab work.
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London
Africa
Nyassa Land
David Bruce
Wuginud
Lady Bruce
Sir David
Nyassa
Uganda
Congo
Bruce
Impeachment Fight Near in Albany as Sulzer's Foes Rally
In Albany on August 12 the assembly body debates Governor Sulzer's impeachment. Absentee votes loom large as Levy and opponents press for 76 votes to impeach while progressives and Sulzer allies seek to delay. The senate plans to time its move after the lower house. Sulzer, fatigued, awaits the outcome and may issue a statement if impeachment fails.
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Albany
Sulzer
Levy
Hinman
Schan
Alfred K. Kennedy
New York
Senate
Beb Sion
Capitol
Republican Conference Today
Resolutions on Police Magistracy Move to City Council
Medicine Hat city council read three lawyer drafted resolutions from the bar urging appointing a legally qualified barrister as police magistrate and raising the salary from 1500 to 2500 per year, while council action remains uncertain.
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Solty
Medicine Hat
Bomey
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Barea
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