Rail strike unrest spreads with derailments and plots
Chicago reports the railroad strike escalating with the Chicago and Alton put under receivership and new plots to wreck trains. Dynamite and gunfire mark the last day as arrests surface, derailments occur near Cove Illinois and Arlington Heights, while police brace New Orleans suburbs and guard tensions rise across several states.
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Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
United States
Gary
Ind
E Ki
Western Express
New York Moyet
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis
Arlington Heights
Cincinnati
Ilinois Central Railroad
Paducah
Chicago and Alton
Cove
Illa
Bloomspeton
Algiers
New Orleans
Paris agrees German moratorium plan aids Belgian compromise
The reparations commission unanimously accepts the Belgian compromise on the German moratorium proposal. Britain votes for the motion while France Belgium oppose. Italy abstains. The plan replaces cash payments with treasury bills valued at over 250 million gold marks, backed by German guarantees.
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Paris
M. Dubois
Poincaire
John Bradbury
Great Britain
England
France
Belgium
Italy
Syoar
Hugo Stinnes
Allied Reparations Commission
Loeuvre Declaras
United States
Theounys
Theuny
M. Delacroix
Germany
Grant Master of Orange Order to Speak in Medicine Hat
Kerr MacPherson KC of Toronto Grand Master of the Loyal Orange Association of British America tours the west for the order. He visits Medicine Hat Friday September 1 speaking on Canada’s National Status at a Cecil Hotel supper with the Chamber of Commerce.
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WD. MacPherson
K.C
Toronto
Loyal Orange Association of British America
West
Medicine Hat
MacPherson
Ontario
Ontario Grand Lodge
A.F
A.M
British Columbia
Alberta
Edmonton
Calgary
Canada
Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Hotel
Commonwealth of Nations
Orangemen
True Blues
Orange Hall
Cacil Hotel
Kun
Four Candidates Named in Carnival Queen Race
Nomination for Car nival Queen closes at noon yesterday with four candidates. Blanche Millican Gladys Warham Irene Crawford Marion McLean are the nominees from different organizations. Balloting starts tomorrow and ballots will be sold in city stores with locations listed across Connaught Alexandra Elm Elisabeth and other streets.
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Blanche Millican
Dominion Express
Gladys Warham
Loyal Order of Moose
Irene Crawford
C.P.R
Marion McLean
Caledonian Society
Connaught
Alexandra
Elm Street
Elisabeth Street
Toronto Street
Montreal Street
Riverside
Kitchener
C.P.R. Roundhouse
Cosmopolitan Hotel
Assinibelia
Corona
Referee on Debts Sought to Aid Manitoba Farmers
Manitoba plans an advisory referee to help farmers facing financial distress gain time extensions from creditors. The move, a joint government and business effort, aims to prevent premature wheat sales after harvest. A further meeting will finalize the appointment, which has no legal foreclosure power but can urge creditors to extend deadlines.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Fire at Argonaut Mine 15 Now Out
Fire in the Argonaut gold mine shaft near Jackson California is out but 47 miners remain entombed. Rescue teams reached the 2400 foot level and 100 more feet on ladders though intense heat and smoke risk renewed outbreaks. Experts hold hope miners may survive five to six days.
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Jackson
Cal
Argonaut
Deputy Torcuats Lemus Shot Dead in Mexico City Chamber
In Mexico City on August 31 Torcuats Lemus a cooperationist deputy was shot and killed in the chamber of deputies green room. Martin Barragan an Independent member is charged with the killing after a dispute over disputed credentials of Lemus and Barragan as Micocan state deputies.
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Mexico City
Typhoid Outbreak Warned Across Province
Edmonton reports rising typhoid fever cases in several regions. Health Minister R. G Reid orders immediate preventive measures to halt spread before an epidemic develops.
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Reid
Edmonton
Department of Health
R. G Reid
Need for good will manifesto from Industrial League
London authorities report the Industrial League and Council issue a manifesto headed by Premier Lloyd George with 200 signatures. The document urges personal responsibility and declares the world urgently needs goodwill across all classes and parties.
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London
Industrial League and Councily
Lloyd George
Clearing house returns and monthly clearings report
Returns from the clearing house this week are 227 183 dollars, last week 940 466 dollars, and the corresponding week last year 291 038 dollars. The clearings for August total 1 183 826 dollars versus 1 291 728 in July and 1 673 498 in August last year.
Settlement Forecast In Anthracite Strike
Settlement of the anthracite coal strike within twenty four hours was forecast today by men in close touch with both sides. Operators met in secret at the Ritz Carlton hotel while across the street John L. Lewis and other union leaders gathered at the Bellevue-Stratford.
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Philadelphia
Ritz-Carleton
Bellevue-Stratford
John L. Lewis
Removal of Telephones In City Houses
Lethbridge August 30. The mayor and police chief say phones in certain city houses aid illegal activity and hinder cleanup efforts. In cooperation with the telephone department action to remove phones is planned, based on a ruling allowing removal after liquor Act convictions. police records show many violators already convicted. The mayor discussed with the telephone office manager and action is expected soon.
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Lethbridge
Rattlesnake Snuggles In Barn Bed For Night
August 31 report from Lethbridge notes A Anderson, burned out in a recent wind, used part of a barn as a home. While preparing a bed Monday morning, Mrs. Anderson found a rattler sleeping amid boards and straw. The snake was dispatched and measures were taken to prevent further visits.
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Lethbridge
Newse
Islands
Anderson
Gas Sands Drilling Encounters Heavy Pressure At 1534 Feet
Mr. F S Ratliff reports that at about four PM during a two hour drill through a hard cap the gas sands were reached at roughly 1534 feet. The drill had advanced about 20 feet into the gas layer when Bailiff left the well at six. Drilling continues with aim to pierce and ease the gas to save it.
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F.S. Ratliff
Record 71000 Attend CN Exhibition Opening Day
Seventy one thousand people attended the opening day of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, setting a new attendance record.
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Toronto
Explosion Kills Nine in Canadian Coal Mine
Cumberland B C August 31 Nine men dead one dying three missing and sixteen injured after an explosion in No 4 mine of the Canadian Collieries Dunsmuir properties. Three dead and injured are white men, the rest Orientals. Widows and fatherless include two white women and twelve white children. Cause under preliminary inquiry with competing theories of after damp or premature blast.
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Cumberland
B.C
Dunsmuir
Damip
Callies Rally for Caledonian Queen Candidate Mies Marian MacLean
Supporters of Mies Marian MacLean, Caledonian Society candidate for Queen of the Rotary Carnival, will meet in the Court Room tonight at 8 o clock. The gathering aims to organize backing and outline campaign plans.
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Callies
Mies Marian MacLean
The
Caledonian Society
Chamber of Commerce Supper Address by MacPherron Tomorrow
Toronto citizens invited to a Chamber of Commerce supper at the Hotel Ceil or Ceili at 7 30 with address by MeS HD MacPherron KC Reservations until 3 pm tomorrow with Secretary Richard von.
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Chamber Commerce Suppar
Tate Tlotel Cech
Mes
Quarantines for Social Diseases Hit Chicago Doors
In Chicago on August 30 a red and black quarantine notice was posted on a south side door. Health Commissioner Herman Bundesen vowed to quarantine houses where residents exhibit social diseases, enforcing a single standard. Classified ads are touted as the quickest sales tools in the world.
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Chicago
Herman B Bundesen
Health Commissone- Todex
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Southern Railway
Augusta
FE. M. Feuter
Walter Adams
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Union Belt Line
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Iowa
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Pickett
Salisbury
Spencer
N. C
Sedaliv
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Mont
Orange Order
W. D. MacPherson
Gloucester
J. H. James
Argonaut Mine
Industrial League and Council of Great Britain
City of
Prion
Gan
Pwt
Richardson
SWIFT
Bremlin
Taylor Bros
Chaxgew
Loyal Orange Lodge
M.W.G.M
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