Re-arrest and habeas plea cloud Thaw case in Sherbrooke
In Sherbrooke on August 20, Harry K. Thaw awakens fresh legal drama as Charles D. White petitions a writ of habeas corpus for immediate release. The court will consider whether Thaw was illegally detained after his capture as a fugitive from Matteawan. Thaw sits in a guarded jail ward while debates unfold about irregularities in his committal and possible early release.
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Sherbrooke
Sherbrooks
Robinsky
Matteawan
Thaw
Pilgrimage Trains Carry Lourdes Pilgrims From Paris
The Lourdes national pilgrimage began with the white and yellow train departure and thirty-two follow-on trains. Compartments labeled sick were sealed and loaded at Moulins Clermont Ferrand and Paris platforms. A torchlight procession is planned after a night mass as pilgrims travel to Lourdes with high delegates and the wealthy ill aboard the white train.
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Paris
Lourdes
Moulins
Clermont
Ferrand
Red Cross
Paragremonial
Eight New Towns on Southern Line Reported
Lethbridge August 20 eight new towns to be opened this fall as the Lethbridge Weyburn line begins operation from Lethbridge. Names include Judson Wretham Conrad Skiff Legend Foremost Nemiscam Etzikom with Endon east of Etzikom not opened this year. Jaydot tops the Alberta side. Suffield line towns Enchant Trav ers Lomond Arimanda Wellbick Retlaw expected as western terminal in 1913.
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Lethbridge
Judson
Wretham
Conrad
Skiff
Legend
Foremost
Nemiscam
Etzlkom
Lethbridge-Weyburn
Endon
Etzikom
Stirling
Etzikom Coulee
Lethbridge-Weyburn Lne
Jaydot
Alberta
Suffield
Enchant
Travers
Lomond
Arimanda
Wellbick
Retlaw
Australia to Represent at Panama Pacific Exposition
Melbourne 20. Federal ministers favor Commonwealth representation at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915 despite some states declining to fund an Australian court.
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Melbourne
Aue
Commonwealth
San Francisco
Postal Revenue of the Country Shows Prosperity
Ottawa notes postal revenue acts as business barometer with four months to July 31 showing 4,585,507 compared with 4,142,849 last year. Ten years ago four months totaled 1,735,243. July revenue reached 1,286,074 versus 1,094,429 in 1912. 1908 July was 388,470.
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Ottawa
Soo-Svo Kane Flyer Robbed by Masked Bandits
Five masked robbers held up the Soo-Spo-Kane fast passenger train on the Oregon Washington line near Portland. They searched passengers under a viaduct, fired over twenty shots, a tramp on top of a car was wounded seriously, and the total loot was not disclosed.
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Portland
Soo-Spo- Kane
Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation
Alleged cyclone reports denied by Premier Borden
London reports that Premier Borden via Lord Strathcona denied English press claims of a cyclone as absurdly exaggerated. Canadian Pacific Railway steamship offices echoed the denials while Lord Combermere, in London after touring Canada, predicted a record crop and easing western money shortages.
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London
Borden
Lord Strathcona
Canadian Pacific Railway
Lord Combermere
Canada
Maroney Drowns Attempting Rescue in Toronto
Michael Maroney died in Toronto while heroically attempting to rescue a boy from drowning. The tragedy prompted mourning notes from the community and authorities vowed to support the family.
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Michael _ Maroney
Toronto
Manslaughter charge against Morris Kleiner dismissed
Morris Kleiner of Riverside Lumber Co. had manslaughter charges dropped by Magistrate Kealy after defence presented an independent witness E Day who testified Kleiner was about 12 mph at the scene and that both drivers misread each other’s movements. The case cited insufficient evidence of criminal negligence.
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Morris Kleiner
Kealy
E. Day
Kleiner
Riverside Lumber Co
Gershaw
Wilson
Butte
Hill
Retirement of Gen. Steever Ends Border Command Era
Brig. Gen. Edgar E. Steever, commander of the Department of Texas, retires from active duty as of today after being placed on the retired list for age. A West Point graduate of 1871 from Pennsylvania, he served across the west and southwest, earning a captain’s rank in 1886 for merit and reaching colonel in 1903 before a 1909 promotion to brigadier general and assignment to Texas.
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Washington, D.C
Bdgar E. Steever
Department of Texas
Rio Grande
Ton. Steever
Pennsyvania
West Point Academy
Jan. US
Amherst Gazette Founder J A Black Dies at 78
Major J A Black of Halifax died at Amherst today aged 78. He was a prominent militia figure and in 1866 established the Amherst Gazette, the first newspaper published in Amherst.
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Halifax
J. A. Black
Amherst
Amherst Gazette
Towed Disabled Airship In Medair
London Aug 20 The novel sight of an airship towing a disabled companion was seen at Aldershot this afternoon. The British army dirigible Eta attached a hawser to a naval air ship and towed her to the factory for repairs.
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London
Aldershot
Eta
Survivors Sail for Seattle After State of California Wreck
Thirty seven survivors of the State of California sailed for Seattle aboard the Northwestern. Seven passengers remain hospitalized. The wreck left ten coffins onboard with three unidentified. Officers testified before Marine Inspectors Whitney and Kell and were ordered to report upon arrival. Captain Cann went to the wreck site to locate mail and the purser’s safe potentially recoverable from the hold.
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Juneau
State of California
Seattle
Northwestern
Whitney and
Kell
Cann
Uppper Works
Free Sugar Victory in Senate Angers Sugar Schedule Battle
Washington August 19 President Wilson's program for free sugar in 1916 carried the day in the senate as Democrats backed the tariff bill and defeated all sugar amendments. Only Senators Ransdel and Thornton of Louisiana opposed the administration measure.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Ransdel
Thornton
Louisiana
Bristow
Gallinger
Fierce Fighting Around Nanking Reported
A Shanghai despatch to the Times says five days of desperate but unscientific fighting raged around Nanking on Purple Mountain’s western ridge. General Chang Hsun’s forces are described as lacking modern training while Red Cross reports claim Nanking has fallen, though unconfirmed.
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London
Times
Shanghai
Nanking
Purple Mountain
Chang Hsun
Red Cross
Roumanian Citizenship Offer Narrowly Limited
Berlin reports the Roumanian government will restrict citizenship grants to Jews who served in the army against Bulgaria. The war office orders several thousand Jews deemed illegally mustered to be sent home, affecting about 15,000 of the 300,000 Jewish population.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Roumanian
Laborer Struck by Lightning at Indian Head Farm
Charles Painter a Minneapolis farm laborer on Wesley Ford’s farm near Indian Head was killed instantly by a lightning bolt during a severe storm. The storm knocked down over 1500 feet of government telephone cables. Repairs began but will take days. lightning struck along wires to places including A Dickson's office where the public school board was in session. no other damage beyond a shock was reported.
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Indian Head
Charles Painter
Minneapolis
Wesley Ford
Here
A. Dickson
Hungarian Premier Fights Third Duel of Year
Budapest Aug 20 Count Stephan Tisza Hungarian premier fought a sword duel with Marquis Pallavicini Austrian lieutenant. Both men were slightly wounded in the head in a quarrel over charges of witness influence in a recent legal suit. It was the premier's third duel this year.
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Budapest
Stephan Tisza
Pallavicini
Count Tisza
National Negro Business League holds 14th annual meeting
In Philadelphia at Musical Fund Hall on August 20 the National Negro Business League began its three day 14th annual session with delegates from 36 states. Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder and president, delivers the evening address at the Academy of Music.
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Philadelphia
National Negro Business League
Musical Fund Hall
Boston
Booker T.washington
League
Academy of Music
Couple suffocated by gasoline aboard auxiliary packet
A newly married couple were suffocated by gasoline on an auxiliary packet off the Labrador coast. The Saskatchewan government report notes the province is harvesting a good average crop.
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Labrador
Saskatchewan
Fruit Inspector Warns of Poor Apples From Canada
Dominion Fruit Inspector Mr. Metcalf based in Medicine Hat says some apples, mainly from the United States and British Columbia, violate the Fruit Marks Act. He explains proper markings for imported and Canadian fruit and outlines grading: Fancy Quality, Number One, and Number Two with specific size color and defect standards.
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Dominion
Metcalf
Medicine Hat
United States
Thys
Polling in Chesterfield bye election centers on miners vote
London Aug 20 Polling in the Chesterfield Derbyshire bye election to replace the late James Haslan miners leader is under way amid a split Labour vote Barnet Kenyon disowned by official Labour runs Liberal and Labour candidate John Scurr appears as a socialist candidate Kid Christie Unionist seeks support eight months in the seat with result due tomorrow Haslam held Chesterfield since 1906 with a 2228 majority at the last election
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London
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
James Haslan
Labor Party
Barnet Kenyon
John Scurr
Kenyon
Kid Christie
Two Months Imprisonment For Shooting Horses
In a special session of the district criminal court Judge Carpenter sentenced homesteader Schuler to two months in prison for shooting horses belonging to Alex Sanderson. Sanderson’s horses invaded Schuler’s crop north of Whitla. Imprisonment to begin from his arrest on June 25, leaving five days remaining.
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District Criminal Court
Carpenter
Schuler
Alex Sanderson
Sanderson
Whitla
Blamed Motor Buses Rouse London Luncheon Spark
At a London luncheon Senator Jaffray of Toronto quips England is not asleep, blaming ironic Punch jibe about motor buses. Canon Davidson of Toronto comments in Daily Telegraph on national apathy and women's political engagement.
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London
Jaffray
Toronto
England
Punch
Canon Davidson
Daily Telegraph
Homesteaders Forced to Flee as Forest Fires Threaten Powder Factory
Rainfall has been scant in Halifax area as forest fires flare near Waverley powder works and communities like Bayside Shag Harbour Cochrane Island and Mahone Bay mobilize. Two hundred Cold River homesteaders retreat with ladders at windows and water stocked. Firefighters from Bridgewater and other towns rush apparatus to protect property amid a sweeping fire triangle over seven miles long.
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Halifax
Waverley
Cold River
Bayside
Shag Harbor
Cochrane Island
Mahone Bay
Bridgewater
First New Wheat Brought to Warner Elevator
Warner reports the arrival of the first new wheat for the season. Mr. Sim Barrows delivered two loads of winter wheat grading No. 1 from his farm about a mile and a half west of town.
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Warner
Sim Barrows
Barrows
Turkey Moves to Evacuate West of Maritza River
Constantinople August 19 The council of ministers announced Turkey is willing to evacuate all territory west of the Maritza river if the Ottoman government is permitted to take Adrianople.
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Constantinople
Council of Ministers
Turkey
Alberta boards set first session on agricultural education
Edmonton Aug 20 the first meeting of the board of agricultural education presided by Dr Tory outlines planned scheme for schools on government demonstration farms at Claresholm Vermilion and Olds three schools costing 36000 each with operating expenses from Dominion grant no tuition fees at start boarding paid by families first year housing to be provided in towns legislature may fund dormitories each farm 320 acres 20 acres for experiments boys learn blacksmith carpentry and domestic courses for girls auto and driving team provided local issues include suspicions of theft and contract awards in other news a Winnipeg man Edwin Brewer is under arrest for stealing furniture. the Oriental Limited accident near Crary N D leads to a Winnipeg court judgment
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Edmonton
Board of Agricultural Education
Minister of Education
Alberta
Claresholm
Vermilion and
Olds
Tory
Alberta University
Huncan Marshall
Duncan Marshall
Dominion
Édica- Honal
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