British miners vote strike to avert danger and resolve
London reports a 367 917 to 238 885 majority in favor of a miners strike with a two thirds threshold seen as met. Triple alliance plans a conference to press negotiations with the government while manufacturers warn of plant closures if a strike occurs.
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Triple Alliance
London
Triple Alliance of Labor
Great Britain
Miners’ Federation
Transport Workers
National Allion of
The
Daily Mail
Bolshevik advances reported near Brest Litovsk and Lemberg
Wireless Moscow dispatch says Soviet forces have occupied villages north of Brest Litovsk and near Lemberg Galicia. Heavy fighting, described as favorable to the Soviet armies, continues around Perevost Otiekhoy and the Crimea region with Bolshevik gains claimed near Vladamir Vob synok. Local fighting only is noted in the most northern area.
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Luosdon
Angel Sb
Brest Litovsk
Camies
Kit Ivstok
Moscow
Lemberg
Pereivest
Galicia
Otiekhoy
Crimean
Boalshevik
Vladamir Vobsynok
Blelsaml
Dolshevik
Longshoremen Return to Work After Cork Prison Protest
In New York on August 81, conditions at British line piers improved as several hundred of about 4000 striking longshoremen returned to work. Union leaders urged keeping on the job while the Baltic’s arrest signal sparked a walkout. Arch bishop Mambriny was moved from the Baltic bound for Ireland.
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New York
Cork
Brixton Prison
Baltic
Mamnix
Ireland
Returns From Clearing House Show August Totals
Returns from the clearing house for this month total 1 845 098 as a talnet with 2013 720 last month and 1 HOUT for August last year. Over 4 000 former clerks both men and women left United States government service under the new retirement law.
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United States
Customs receipts rise in five months of fiscal year
Ottawa reports customs receipts for the first five months ending today show an increase of 625 008 059 over the same period last year. From April 1 to August 1 this year receipts totaled 99 014 860 while in 1909 they were 67 185 971. August alone shows a rise of 2 700 019 versus August last year. Also noted is a statement involving Christ Church Cathedral and Fredericton rector, who intends to resign soon.
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Ottawa
Prairie Weather Summary From Eastern and Western Canada
The past 24 hours were cloudy with showers in the prairies. Forecasts show Alberta fair today and Wednesday with danger of frost across several regions including Vancouver Regina Lethbridge Winnipeg and Saskatoon with mixed conditions and measured temperatures.
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Vancouver
Regina
Lethbridge
Port Arthur
Victoria
Mdaonton
Saskatoon
Brandon
Winnipeg
Prairies
Alberta
Sleepwalking woman drowns in St Lawrence River
Montreal August 30 Mrs Jimnima Senechal of Boucherville Quebec a member of a prominent family wandered into the St Lawrence river while walking in her sleep and was drowned.
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Montreal
Jimnima Senechal
Boucherville
Que
St. Lawrence
Canning Factory Could Be Established in Medicine Hat
Mr Sanders of the Exeter Canning and Preserving Co visits Medicine Hat and says a local cannery could succeed if run on practical business lines. He notes summers here allow growing products not feasible in Ontario and cites Pets, beets, and corn as likely staples. He is willing to assist in placing the project and praises Alberta’s schools and development.
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Wl OR. Sanders
1Xeter Canning & Preserving Co
Jexeter Cut
Medicine Hat
Sanders
Mxeter
Ontario
Hxeter
Ife
Placig
Ema
Winnipeg
Canada
Alberta
City
W. H. Tom
W.H Tom & Co
Anthracite Miners Dissatisfied With Wage Award
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania August 81 miners voice dissatisfaction with the anthracite coal commission award made public yesterday by President Wilson. The increases of 11 and 20 percent fall short of the miners demand for at least 27 percent. The response among United Mine Workers members is restrained with no broad strike action yet widespread.
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Walkes Barre
Anthracite Coal Commission
Wilson
Dale
United Mine Workers of America
Closing hours debate at Retail Merchants meeting
The Retail Merchants Association discussed store closing times and favored maintaining the current hours for another year. Alberta Kel las, provincial secretary, traveled to Edmonton to discuss the issue with officials. A A Railly, manager of the City and Veterans Band, received consent to solicit merchants for subscriptions to cover a band concert fund deficit, with each subscription capped at one dollar.
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Clovine Howster
Retail Merchants’ Association
al. Kellas
Association
Edmonton
A. A. TL. Railly
City and Veterans’ Band
Swedish Government Committee Recommends Prohibition
A Swedish government committee appointed to study the liquor question recommends prohibiting all drinks with alcoholic content, excluding a small percentage. The panel also suggests a national vote on absolute prohibition, to take effect if three fifths of the electorate approve. The committee’s three members include eight avowed prohibitionists.
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Sloukholn
Britten Admits No Facts On Embargoed Funds Charge
Washington August 3 Fred A Britten congressman told the senate committee investigating campaign funds that he could not produce evidence for his claim that 387 500 appropriated by the British government for entertaining at the British embassy in Washington had reached the Democratic National Committee funds. He admitted there were no facts to support the charge and called it his personal view.
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Illinois
Democratic
Washington
Senate
Fred A. Britten
Tineis
Democratic National Committee
District court sittings postponed due to judge's absence
The district court sittings scheduled to begin on Sept 1 have been indefinitely postponed as Judge Greene will be absent from the city at that time.
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Greene
Milan Metal Workers Seize Factories Amid Lockout Threat
London dispatch reports Milan metal workers have seized factories in anticipation of a lockout. Workers are said to be in full possession and threaten owners with violence. The situation is described as serious.
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London
Milan
Italy
Exchange
Rumored Retirement of Hon A L Sifton Sparks Ottawa Gossip
A Vancouver Sun dispatch from Ottawa reports that Hon A L Sifton secretary of state in Meighen's cabinet is nearing retirement. Health has been uneven for months and he may have left politics soon. Sifton led Alberta as premier from 1910 after the Alberta and Great Waterways deal and earlier served as Northwest Territories chief justice.
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Vancouver Sun
Ottawa
A. L. Sifton
Arthur Meighen
Sifton
Union
Alberta
Great Waterways
Northwest Territories
Police Court Remands Warren Fuller on Theft Charge
Warren Fuller was remanded for trial in police court yesterday afternoon on a theft by conversion charge and released on bail of 4000 in two 2000 sureties. Fuller, who ran a store at Whitla, allegedly converted between 500 and 600 dollars entrusted by John Jensen, a Whitla district farmer, for his own use.
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Warren Fuller
Onlu
Fuller
Whitle
John Jensen
Whitla
Manitoba Bush Fires Threaten Life and Property
Fires raged across a dozen Manitoba districts menacing homes and farms. Fire crews and many workers battled flames as harvest efforts like cutting and threshing were disrupted in several regions. Reports indicated the danger varied by area with some spots easing at dawn while others kept the lines hot.
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Winnipeg
AncoloniIn
Manitoba
U Day
Nine Die in Belfast Riots as Curfew Kept City on Edge
Belfast reports show nine dead from yesterday’s rioting with total toll rising to twenty killed and two hundred injured since the unrest began last Wednesday. Troops occupy key points and police barracks as curfew is enforced. authorities consider martial law rumors but have taken no definitive action. Highlanders and Rifles left Dublin by special train for Belfast.
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Cameron Highlanders
1St Scottish Rifles
Dublin
Macies
Kashmir Road
Falls Road
King Street
Royn Avenue
Cork Street
Scottish Rifles
Germans Dump Inferior Goods to Britain and United States
Washington reports Germany is dumping surplus inferior goods in Great Britain and the United States. Exports branded “Made in America” to Britain and “Made in England” to the United States draw denials from U S and British manufacturers.
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Britain
U.S
Washington
Gerafineye
Great Britain
United States
America
England
U. S
Fat-obsessed husband ordered to support wife
Chicago report states John Ammo, a follower of Allah, told Judge Trude he cannot live with his wife because he prefers fat girls. The judge ruled Ammo must pay his wife $10 weekly and may live where he pleases. The wife complains he would be satisfied only with a harem of beauties.
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Chicago
John Ammo
Allah
Trude
John
Resident Wilson in Critical Condition Causes Anxiety
Reported concern among friends as resident Wilson remains in critical condition with high anxiety about his health.
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Wilson
Cork lord mayor on hunger strike grows weaker near Brixton
London August 31 Terence Mace Sweeney lord mayor of Cork remains alive after a hunger strike begun August 12. His sister Mary visiting him near Brixton prison says he weakens by the hour with the end possibly near. An official described his condition as frail and precarious, noting the smallest breeze could topple him.
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London
Terence Mace Sweeney
Cork
Mary
Macsweeney
Brixton
Library Reopens After Delayed Move to New Quarters
Kudjoining in progress at the new library building delays public opening until Saturday. Officials say it was impossible to have everything ready for the originally planned opening tomorrow.
Tax collection push targets 50 thousand by August 31
Citizens of Medicine Hat urged to boost cash tax receipts to fifty thousand dollars by August 31. Treasury Department will be open Tuesday evening from 7 to 9 p m to accept tax payments.
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Treasury Department
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