US Warns Huerta and Constitutionalists Over Mexican Violence
Secretary Bryan via Consul Letcher warns Labauquilla Mexico that any violence against Americans by any group claiming civil or military authority will make the perpetrators personally responsible. He seeks a courier reply and notes protection of Americans “elsewhere” as a guiding policy.
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Washington
Huerta
Labaquilla
Chiquahua
Mexico
United States
Bryan
Letcher
Chametun City
Laboquilla
Penrose
S. C. Muize
Fuller
Tuller
Trulse
Labamulla
Fire near Moore’s Lake and Deep Bay menaces settlements
Haliburton Ont August 21 The Digby fire has reached settlements south of Moore's Falls burning along the west side of the road opposite Moore's Lake cottages and creeping toward Mooreland A second blaze spread north of Deep Bay near Quill Lake as authorities monitor spreading flames
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Haliburton
Ont
Digby
Moore's Falls
Moore's Lake
Mooreland
Deep Bay
Quill Lake
Phillips to Oversee Gas Well Digging in Camrose
A. P. Phillips of International Supply Company travels to Camrose Altay to supervise a contracted gas well project. Nine carloads of materials have already been shipped for the operation.
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A. P. Phillips
International Supply Company
Camrose
Altay
Mr. Phillips
French Aviator Proves Invention With Parachute Descent
Paris reports Minister of War Etienne witnessed Pegoud descend from an airplane using a parachute. The device uses an inflated air chamber under the seat and opens in five seconds, with automatic ejection after five more seconds. Pegoud says weather and height pose no problem for repeat demonstrations. Bonnet predicts six months to improve aircraft safety to car-like standards.
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Paris
Etienne
Hirschauer
Aeronautic
Pegoud
M. Bonnet
Dynamite and arms found near Nanaimo in strike area
Soldiers patrolling the Nanaimo region report dynamite firearms and ammunition hidden in woods and mining tunnels. A regular garrison is to be stationed for at least a year, with 1100 volunteer companies remaining in the field for weeks longer. Meanwhile London officials downplay broad unrest in the building trades, saying a general strike is unlikely.
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Vancouver
Aus
Nanaimo
Victoria
London
Port Weller Named Town Site for Lake Ontario Entrance
St. Catherines August 22 Port Weller will be the name of the new town at the Lake Ontario entrance to the Welland canal. A capitalist syndicate has bought several acres on both sides of the harbor and made this decision.
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St. Catherines
Port Weller
Lake Ontario
English Austen car crosses Canada on coast to coast tour
Canadian representative D A Gooch tests an Austen car in a cross country run from Montreal to Vancouver. The English built auto, uncommon in Medicine Hat, proves capable with no major troubles aside from a flat tire and a rain affected stretch near Refina. Gooch plans to report needed changes to push Canadian trade.
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Canada
Medicine Hat
Montreal
D. A. Gooch
Mr. Gooch
Austen Motor Car Company
Birmingham
England
Austen
Gooteh
Refina
Vancouver
Gooch
Joe
Nelly
Field
E Hill
Minister Roche to Visit Medicine Hat Friday
The Hon Mr Roche Minister of the Interior will visit Medicine Hat on Friday September that he was invited to address the Canadian Club but declined due to ill health. Mayor Spencer is arranging a city tour to show industries during the visit.
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Roche
Medicine Hat
Spencer
Canadian Club
Massacres Reported as Thrace Falls to Bulgarian Offensives
London reports intensify as Thrace sees mass killings and mutilations. Bulgarian troops accused of burning villages, slaughtering civilians, and raping or drowning Greek notables after Adrianople. Troop actions near Constantinople include a combat claim at Ortakeni with captures of officers and soldiers.
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London
Thrace
Adrianople
Express
Lewis Mallett
Edward Grey
Reechid Bey
Attila
Mskizagra
Tehorlu
Aslan
Tehirtlik
Cavakva
Constantinople
Ortakeni
Hamburg American line eyes private German exhibit at Panama fair
Berlin Aug 22 German industries regret the government decision not to send a national exhibit to San Francisco may still seek a private German section at the Panama exposition Hamburg American line aims to form an investigation committee with industries willing to be represented The move has support from art schools in South Germany and from the textile chemical and toy sectors Hamburg newspapers urge German participation if Britain acts similarly private exhibits on favorable terms are anticipated as a test of enterprise without government patronage
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Berlin
San Francisco
Hamburg
Germany
Nuremberg
Hamburg-American Line
Canadian Club seeks touring ministers for lunch address
White Secretary J C Rand efforts to recruit touring cabinet ministers for a luncheon address falter as Dr Roche’s health prevents public speaking. Lon J D Hazen rushes through due to the absence of navy on the page continuation.
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J. C. Rand
Canadian Club
Dr. Roche
Lon
J. D. Hazen
Fifty Miners Killed in India Mine Accident
Bangalore reports that fifty miners died when the cage carrying them to the Mysore gold mine shaft plunged to the bottom during work today. The disaster occurred at the Mysore mine near Bangalore and authorities began investigations into the incident.
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India
Bangalore
Mysore
No More Galicians May Leave for Canada
Vienna reports the Governor of Galicia has ordered police to arrest all men aged 18 to 36 liable for military service who attempt emigration to Canada or the United States and return them to their homes.
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Vienna
Galicia
Hungary
Canada
United States
Health Board Proposes New Inspectors At City Council
The Board of Health plans to urge the council to hire a competent food inspector and to add a veterinary surgeon to the staff to examine cattle and milk for safety. It remains to be seen if the council approves amid retrenchment. Two by laws, the Tabor Candy Co concession and Police Point land purchase, await third reading.
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Board of Health
Tabor Candy Co
Police Point
Good Roads program ends as Missouri and Kansas workers depart
Sunset ends two day Good Roads effort led by Governor Major with help from Governor Hodges of Kansas. About 250000 businessmen and farmers left their work to build and improve highways. If paid, the work would total about 1,000,000 dollars. Governors Major and Hodges exchanged congratulations.
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Kansas City
Major
Missouri
Jefferson City
Hodes
Kansas
Toronto lumber merchant dies from yard bruise
Toronto Aug 22. Richard Hassall, lumber merchant, died at his Dovercourt road home after a bruise received while measuring lumber at his Bathurst street yards. The report also notes G S Wood of Regina brought a Cardiff Wales shoe worn by Capt Scott, purchased from a crew member.
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Toronto
Bathurst Street
Richard Hassall
Dovercourt Road
G. S. Wood
Regina
Cardiff
Wales
Capt
Scott
Forest fires intensify across eastern regions
From Halifax reports describe unabated forest fires threatening several villages in Maine with hundreds of blazes burning. In Northern Ontario rivers and lakes are blocked, only one train passes as fires rage through Parry Sound Muskoka and North Simcoe. Cottagers rush to evacuate as no rain has fallen.
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Halifax
Maine
Ontario
Parry Sound
Muskoka
Simcoe
Wilson to Read Mexico Message Before Congress
President Wilson will read his Mexico message to both houses Monday outlining U S actions to secure peace. He worked today mostly alone in the White House study aside from a brief Bryan conference. The note reviews Lind’s points and Huerta’s reply, with no action recommended, reinforcing U S insistence on a constitutional government in Mexico. Dispatches from Lind suggest Huerta seeks new ground for negotiations while Mexico City would welcome further talks.
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Washington
Wilson
Mexico
Congress
United States
Bryan
White House
John Lind
Huerta
Naturalization Laws Adjusted for Canada and Britain
Galt August 21 A fatal accident at St Clair Bros works when an emery wheel burst killed William Sudden 86 at the cement machines manufacturer death reported. Draft made of new provision satisfactory to both and to be submitted to both parliaments concurrently.
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Canada
Great Britain
Galt
St. Clair Bros
William Sudden
Industrial commissioner White says gas not yet commercial at Tofield
W. G. White, formerly Medicine Hat official and now industrial commissioner for Tofield, said in the city that reports of gas strikes are premature as no exploitable quantities have been found yet. He remains confident that a profitable discovery will come soon.
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W. G. White
Medicine Lat
Tofield
White
New Warren Pipe Organ Nears Opening at Fifth Avenue Church
The Warren pipe organ is nearly installed at Fifth Avenue Methodist Church and slated for a potential opening Sunday Sept 6 with a leading outside organist to inaugurate it. A recital will follow the next evening. The organ is said to be among the finest in western Canada.
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Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue Methodist
King's Helpers Society
Church Board
Canada
Servian Greece Pact Allows Salonika Port Use
Paris report quotes Servian minister of commerce M Stojanovitch saying an agreement existed with Greece permitting use of Saloniki as a Servian port. The remark underscores wartime diplomacy affecting Aegean logistics and regional power dynamics.
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Paris
Commercce
M. Stojanovitch
Greece
Saloniki
Increase in the Panama Estimates
Panama, Aug 22. Revived figures show an increase of 20 126 000 cubic yards in remaining excavation to complete the canal since July 1 1912. Over 9 000 000 yards of this rise results from slides in the Culebra cut. Total excavation for the completed canal reaches 292 353 000 cubic yards with 25 748 051 yards yet to be removed. Most of this will be handled by dredges.
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Panama
Culebra
Pelletier to Visit West for Postal System Review
Ottawa reports Postmaster General L. P. Pelletier will return to his department early next week and travel west with Postmaster General Samuel of England. They will examine prairie province postal issues and observe the Canadian post office system in action.
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Ottawa
L. P. Pelletier
Samuel
England
Prairie Provinces
Imperial naturalization plan set between Britain and Canada
Ottawa reports a draft imperial naturalization law agreed by British and Canadian authorities. The proposal maintains five years in the empire with the last year in Britain for naturalization, with Canada adopting a similar rule and both states recognizing each other’s laws. The bill likely enters Parliament next session.
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Ottawa
Asquith
Borden
Doherty
England
Imperial House
Canada
Great Tritain
British Empire
Great Britain
Thaw Claims Underrand Influences Keep Him From Going Home
Morden reports a heavy rainstorm and a fatal wind event with granary collapse killing farmer Daniel Freisen. Clegg district suffered severe hail damage with losses estimated 50 to 100 percent. In Sherbrooke the Mitchell-Thaws case on aiding a lunatic crossing the border was postponed due to missing documents.
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Thaw
Daniel Freisen
Clegg
Sherbrooke
Mitchell Thompson
Harry
Avas
Thompson
Mulvane
Campbell
Dominion
Department Immigration
Duchess County
New York
Mattewan
Nage
Tragic Poison Deaths in Indianapolis Trio
In Indianapolis on August 22 Roy Cross and an unidentified woman died after ingesting poison. They were found this morning in a locked embrace, marking a fatal incident under investigation.
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Indianapolis
Roy
Cross
Tobacco War Threatened In Britain By American Company
London reports a possible invasion of England and other European markets by the American Tobacco Products Corporation. British firms fear large scale depots and fierce competition with Imperial Tobacco. A top British leader notes deep English consumer conservatism could hinder success.
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London
England
Imneria
Tobacco Company
United States bankers plan counterproposal to currency bill
Chicago Aug 22 Protests against the administration currency bill are expected after a national bankers conference opens. More than 250 bankers will review amendments to remove features of the Glass-Owen bill. Eastern and western bankers will attend, with figures like AL Hepburn and Woodward among organizers and Dawes voicing opposition to reserve board changes.
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Chicago
Congress
American Bankers’ Association
Bankers’ Currency Commission
Washington
McAdoo
AL BL Hepburn
New ‘York
the. Commission
I Wr
Woodward
Hanover
National
York
New York
George M. Reynol
Promi
Cof
Charles Dawes
Deleg
Clearing Flouse Association
Reserve Board
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Servia
Pelletier
West
Eas
Kaeh
Morden
Stone
Roger Thompson
Chidren
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