Thaw Case Pressures Acting Governor and Canadian Authorities
After an all night conference Thaw’s counsel declined to produce the Mattewall fugitive in superior court on habeas corpus. Officials and Thaw were uncertain of the plan with the New York line likelyal. Carnegie visitors offered encouragement while Thaw remained reticent. Thompson, identified as Roger Thompson, faced bail denial and a Friday hearing for immigration violations.
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Sherbrooke
Harry K. Thaw
Mattewall
Thaw
Mrs. Carnegie
Mitchell Thompson
Conger and Hernbeck
Roger Thompson
Thompson
Immi
Immigrant groups cross in two large Canadian border passes
Winnipeg reports J Bruce Walker says two specials carried 275 migrants from Illinois Iowa Kansas and Wisconsin to Calgary via Canadian Pacific securing farming plans. A separate group of 370 land seekers from Wisconsin Iowa and Indiana headed to Last Mountain valley Saskatchewan with eight thousand dollars each.
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Winnipeg
J. Bruce Walker
North Portal
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Wisconsin
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Natural Resources Department
Wmerson
Man
Last Mountain Valley
Saskatchewan
Indiana
Chinese Registration Regime Rests as Deadline Nears
In Panama Colon on August 21 no Chinese residents have complied with the new registration order set to expire September first. Merchants urged changes, but Foreign Affairs Minister Maniesto Lefevre announced the policy would stand. Consul general Yang Keung may be expelled for failing to enforce the law. About 50 Chinese are in Colon, and strict enforcement could trigger a mass exodus and short term business slump.
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Colon
Panama
Maniesto Lefevre
Yang Keung
Paniana
Smuggler Arrested in Cross-Border Horse and Grain Ring
St Paul notes a raid into Canada uncovering wholesale smuggling of horses cattle and grains worth thousands. Collector Judson Lamoure Jr aided by Special Agent George Foulkes has led to multiple arrests along the border and plans to arrest a well known St Paul cattle dealer once located.
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St. Paul
Canada
Judson Lamoure, Jr
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
George Foulkes
CIEL FOR STRELT RAILWAY SCARCE
The street railway company struggles to secure rails delaying construction. once steel arrives, work will be rushed. Albany notes: New York State legislature approved a week’s adjournment with both houses meeting August 27 at 8:30 p.m.
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Albany
New York State
Drayton Probes Ocean Freight Rates in London Inquiry
Drayton, KC and head of the Dominion Railway Commission, arrived in London to investigate alleged unfair ocean freight rates. He has met steamship representatives and consulted the Board of Trade, while discussions remain confidential. Ship interests claim two decades of restricted competition and higher costs. they deny a monopoly and cite 24 percent rise in operating expenses. A Calgary city engineer, Harry Orser, was killed by a steam roller.
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London
H. Ol. Drayton
K.C
Dominion Railway Commission
Board of Trade
North Atlantic
Harry Orser
Calgary
Uniform Textbooks Free Across Canada In Education Talks
Ottawa August meeting of the Dominion Education Association opened with discussions on free textbooks and uniform texts across provinces, reciprocity in teaching staff, and whether Montesori methods should enter Canadian schools. Also raised were cross provincial teacher movement, a central education bureau, and provincial coordination in specialized education fields.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominionducational Associaion
Royal Commission
J. W. Robertson
European bankers not lending to Huerta loan
Paris reports no confirmation of a Paris bankers offer to float a $20 million loan to the Huerta administration. The Banque Des Paris Et Paysbas and Lazard Freres disbelieve the story, while the French foreign office signals caution until U S recognition of Huerta.
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Paris
Mexico City
Huerta
Banque Des Paris Et Paysbas
Lazard Freres
Medicine Hat considers new food and milk inspector
Rumors swirl around the creation of the food and milk inspector post with several names in contention. The board of health has not announced the appointee, but reports say G C Davis, formerly of Saskatoon, may be chosen and is willing to relocate to Medicine Hat.
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Board of Health
Gk. C. Davis
Saskatoon
Medicine Hat
Royal couple escape gunfire near Sinai Roumania
Revolver shots were fired today at King Charles and Queen Elizabeth Carmen Sylvia while they rode in an automobile near Sinai in the Carpathian mountains. Neither monarch was injured, and the chauffeur maneuvered the car to safety.
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Romania
London
King Charles
Queen Elizabeth
Carmen Sylvia
Roumania
Sinai
Carpathian Mountains
Winnipeg Chief Justice rules on Gimli election protest
Chief Justice Mathers rules that substitutional service in the Gimli election case cannot be extended a second time after A. J. Andrews seeks to extend, since E. J. Taylor left the province within the original period. The court holds the second extension and resulting substitutional order beyond King's Bench powers. The judgment will be appealed to the court of appeals.
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Winnipeg
Mathers
A. J. Andrews
E. J. Taylor
Gimli
Court of Appeals
Taylor
Court of the King's Bench
Mrs James C Smith Dies in Leysin After Titanic Victim Husband
Mrs. James Clinch Smith, widow of Titanic victim and sister-in-law of Stanford White, died yesterday in Leysin Switzerland. Her husband, James Clinch Smith, resided in New York and was a Titanic passenger.
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Paris
James Clinch Smith
Leysin
Switzerland
Smith
New York
Stanford White
Derbyshire by election yields Liberal Labour win for Chesterfield
Barnet Kenyon narrowly defeats Unionist Edward Christie and Socialist John Scurr to win the Chesterfield seat following the death of James Haslam. Kenyon, a Liberal Labour candidate, secured 7 724 votes to 5 539 for Christie, with Scurr far behind. Miner support helped despite Labour repudiation and reflects coal miners' voting tendencies.
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House of Commons
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Barnet Kenyon
Edward Christie
John Scurr
Ava
James Haslam
Kenyon
Haslam
Derbyshire Miners’ Association
Labor Party
Eight Inch Naval Gun Test Kills Three Officers
An eight inch naval gun burst during a test at Pola today killing three officers and fatally wounding six others while injuring about twenty. Among the wounded is Admiral Count Von Wellenburg of the Austrian navy, president of the naval technical committee, whose legs were torn off by flying steel. The gun was a new 305 centimeter type carrying about 150 pounds of charge. recovery for the admiral is doubtful.
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Pola
Count von Wellenburg
Special Train From Redcliffe for Labor Day Trip
Redcliff citizens will be invited to Medice Hat for Labour Day with a special CPR train. Arrangements to be announced Friday or Saturday. The train is to depart Redcliff early morning and return on the regular evening schedule for about 30 cents.
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Redcliff
Redecliff
Charges Against Bulgarians Confirmed At Adrianople
London reports that Russian investigators allege Bulgarians massacred Turks and Creeks, desecrated mosques, looted homes and the Sultan Selim library after occupying Adrianople. About 20,000 Turkish prisoners allegedly starved or frozen to death. General Veltcheff accused of brutal treatment.
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London
Ashmead Bartlett
Daily Telegraph
Constantinople
Adrianople
Sultan Selim
Sofia
Veltcheff
American Judge May Be Impeached
Washington charges, if proven, could form another impeachment case against Federal Judge Speer of the Fifth Georgia circuit. The House Judiciary Committee met in a guarded session with the Special Examiner Lewis report and DOJ affidavits and exhibits before them.
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Washington
Senate
Speer
Fifth Georgia
House Judiciary Committee
Lewis
Department of Justice
Fires Spread Across Parry Sound Region Amid Wet Weather
Wet weather keeps up as bush fires spread in multiple directions near Parry Sound. Fires burn along the Canadian Southern line in Ontario near Ambo, seven miles NW of town, plus at Blackstone Lake destroying carwood and at Bear Lake causing damage. Wires are down and no further news.
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Parry Sound
Canadian Southern
Ontario
Canada Explosives
Ambo
Blackstone Lake
Canada Chemical Co
Bear Lake
Royal Clan Declines To Express Opinion On Home Rule
The royal clan of the order of Scottish Clans in Philadelphia declines to back or oppose home rule for Scotland. The press committee cites the group’s non political, religious character and says the body would violate its principles by taking a stance. Delegates from US and Canada attend. F. J. Robertson, invited speaker at the clan banquet, promotes home rule.
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Philadelphia
the Order of Scottish Clans
Scotland
United States
Canada
Scot Land
F. J. Robertson
International Scotch Home Rule League
Edinburg
Robertson
Crothers Leaves for England for Saving Oct Return
Hon T W Crothers departs for England today and will not return until October 1. David Smith, a Todmorden Ontario farmer, left an estate valued at 264217 dollars.
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T. W. Crothers
England
David Smith
Todmorden
Ont
Poincare Celebrates 53rd Birthday at Sampigny
President Poincare marked his 53rd birthday at his Sampigny country home after arriving two weeks earlier. Authorities received him in a special pavilion at the railway station, a gesture Sampigny hopes reflects its notable resident over the dilapidated ordinary station.
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Paris
Poincare
Sampigny
Investment Firm Buys Ontario Lands Inauguarates Farm
St Catherines August 30 The St George s Land Investment Company of London Moyland with a subscribed capital of twenty million has purchased the first of fifty farms they intend to acquire The property will be used as an experimental farm The company will allow current owners to remain as tenants at a six percent rental The firm led by President Hon Reginald Borthwick plans to bring in skilled farm hands from England to prevent labor shortages.
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St. Catherines
St George's Land Investment Company
London
Moyland
Reginald Borthwick
England
London Denies Huertas Railroad Concession Report
At Lord Cowbray's office in London a categorical denial was issued regarding a U S cable claim that President Huertas of Mexico granted major railroad concessions to an English group led by Lord Cowbray.
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London
Lord Cowbray
United States
Huertas
Mexico
Notorious Gang of Crooks Captured
London authorities say an international gang of crooks tied to secret services across several countries was taken into custody last night. Papers found amid their quarters reportedly reveal plans to rob the Bank of England. Scotland Yard had learned the group rented a stylish West End residence with a member posing as a famous American heir. A day raid resulted in all members' capture.
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London
Secret Service
Bank of England
Scotland Yard
West End
City adds strong new gas well in Industrial Center
Gas flowed freely at a new city well in Industrial Center with high pressure and strong output. Drilling reached 1203 feet due to deep land, and the Red Cliff Realty Co drillers under C Duffield capped the well after pressure rose. Awaiting daily volume figures.
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Redcliff Realty Company
C. Duffield
Publication of Wilsons Note and Huertas Reply Simultaneous
Washington August 21 Officials believe Lind has failed to press Huerta toward recognition yet expect an amicable understanding may still be possible The note from the United States and Huerta s reply are expected to be released at about the same time Officials say Huerta has not yielded while Lind s mission is viewed as a partial failure but the United States seeks to show foreign governments its efforts toward peace and accountability for the failed attempt to see Huerta adopt the American viewpoint
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Washington
Administration
John Lind
Tluerta
Lluerta
Wilson
White House
Huerta
Tind
United States
John Tind
Lake of the Woods Milling seeks western plant site
The Lake of the Woods Milling Co aims to locate a new plant in the western region. Medicine Hat is deemed unsuitable due to existing mills and competition. City inducements are still hoped to lure the facility, despite skeptical prospects.
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Lake of the Woods Milling Co
Councis
The
Lake of the Woods -Milling
Medicine Hat
Pankhurst Says She Will Lecture in American Cities
Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst told a correspondent she plans to lecture in New York and other U S cities at year end. The leader of the English suffragettes described the movement as international and noted five U S states grant women the vote.
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Tourville
Emmaline Pankhurst
Christabel
Union
England
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