14 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1911
Page
1
Furious clashes overwhelm Liverpool streets as railway workers in multiple cities threaten a general strike. In Liverpool Islington fights involve barricades and fires. 200 injuries, 90 arrests, and martial law as troops guard depots and food supplies.
Chief Campeau reports a doubling of Saturday night drunkenness arrests since the early closing law, with total arrests rising from 164 in June 1910 to 293 in June 1911. He notes more cases tried in the Recorder's Court and blames pre seven o'clock bottle service at hotels and restaurants for the surge.
Kurt Wayne reports a catastrophic rail crash at the city’s western edge where two killed, two missing, and thirty injured as a Pennsylvania-Chicago-New York eighteen hour train derailed after a weak switch gave way. Rescuers worked by night lights amid wreckage. panic led to trampling and clashes as passengers sought escape.
In St Paul a notable thaw occurs as Frank A. Day and James A. Tawney, former Democratic chair and Republican congressman, reconcile amid family ties. Their shared past includes backing Cushman Davis to the Senate and steering Minnesota campaigns, though a later split followed, now softened by a daughter’s wedding linking the old rivals.
Calgary August 14 Special to News H O Knowles and G Bannan of Medicine Hat are among the successful writers who passed their first intermediate law examinations here.
Day becomes Democratic political manager and reconciles with Tawney after years of estrangement. In ten days, friends have seen the pair together, exchanging nods and smiles as they recall shared youth and their children’s marriages.
The Berliner ZeitungAmstag reports a German American arbitration treaty may be signed soon. It would align with the England France and US framework and aims to ease cross border disputes.
The steamer Adouar arrived with 74 passengers and part of the crew from the steamer Fifeshire which sailed from Adelaide July 14 for England and is ashore leaking twenty miles south of Cape Guardafui at the Cape of Aden. Two boats with 30 people are missing as a British transport searches for them. The Fifeshire, a 5800 ton vessel, belongs to Elderslie Steamship Company of Glasgow.
In Melville Saskatchewan on August 4 Benjamin O D Wells of Calgary based firm Maytland and Wells was believed to have killed himself. He hired a livery rig, rode out into the country and his body was found in a state of advanced decomposition the next day. A hat with two bullet holes was recovered and Olaf Olson reported hearing two shots. An inquest was set for tomorrow morning. Wells hailed from Amherst Nova Scotia.
Dr. M. R. Duhame of Montreal returns from Japan aboard the Empress of Japan with Mme. Duhame. He refuses to reveal the mission details until reporting to Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Ottawa. The trip aimed to renew the treaty capping Japanese immigrants at four hundred yearly.
Melbourne reports Premier Fisher wishes the Stead controversy closed upon his return home. He warned against naming individuals and implied Britain would take a clear stance if war arose, while London papers note his efforts to clarify the interview and keep Australian support steady.
Edward Jarvis Hodgson longtime Maritime legal figure and former Master of Rolls In Chancery and assistant judge of the Supreme Court, died aged 71 after a storied career. He served as Chancellor of King's College Windsor and was celebrated as a leading criminal lawyer in the region.
Alberta announces revised hunting statutes detailing licenses required for all hunters, restricted shooting hours, species by season, prohibited methods, export and sale restrictions, licensing fees for residents and non residents, and fines up to 600 dollars. It lists protected birds, open seasons for big game, and penalties for unauthorised activity under the Game Act.
Liverpool firm John Rogers & Co. reports continued labor unrest has left the Birkenhead market virtually at a standstill impacting trade and shipments today.
Regina Sask Aug 14 one of the heaviest electrical storms struck after eight followed by two hours of rain hail as large as walnuts damaged crops though full extent and area covered remain uncertain. Morden Man Aug 14 light shower but rain heavier to north and east with minimal damage expected.
Operators of the United Wireless Company stand by their keys at shore stations on Lake Michigan to protect steamer passengers and crews though telegraphers are unpaid since June. Receiver Sheldon Bacon, appointed in Maine, is expected to relieve the situation within days and will pay the faithful operators upon arrival in Chicago. A man at each key keeps watch for distress signals from lake boats.
A five to ten foot excavation beside a water hydrant at Toronto Street and Fifth Avenue caused little Fitzpatrick to fall in while returning from church. City workers’ carelessness left no boards or protection, creating a dangerous pedestrian hazard at the crossing.
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