01 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1914
Page
1
Reports describe heavy Russian pressure toward Cracow with Austrians evacuating under losses. German forces in Poland endure stubborn resistance while reinforcing the front, and Galicia's fortifications and trenches remain strong as a potential diversion is attempted.
Baltic coast concentrations of the German fleet rise as transport steamers redeploy from Kiel to the Baltic squadron. Emperor Nicholas leaves Petrograd for the warfront while William II progresses toward the front from Insterberg. King George visits British army HQ in France as France reports artillery activity north of Arras and ongoing fighting in the Argonne and Vosges regions.
Sir Rodmond Roblin announces drastic wartime liquor curtailment measures in Manitoba. The upcoming session will propose a bill giving municipalities power to limit licenses by majority vote and empower the government to curb liquor sale hours during public stress. Retail and wholesale dealers will be asked to close early across the province to protect citizen soldiers training in Winnipeg.
Warner Alberta opens the first consolidated school for a large territory. The $32 000 building serves 240 children within ten miles with capable instructors. Total cost reaches $34 385 including grounds equipment and debentures. Maintenance funded by district taxes around 16.5 per quarter section.
The current system will be replaced by the new automatic system around December 20. The number of workers on the project has been increased to complete the transition before Christmas and have the new system functioning smoothly.
Winnipeg's mayor for 1911 and 1912 R D Waugh was elected by acclamation as chief magistrate for 1915. Nine candidates seek four board seats, with three present members and two ex aldermen contending. Col D McLean, a board member this year, has retired.
Selkirk Manitoba reports a fatal drowning as G Good man a Lisgar Hotel clerk his 12 year old son and Frank Twohey a hotel barber are swept away in the Red River near Netley Lake last night.
Ottawa reports an aviation corps for the Canadian army division in England is organized at Salisbury Plain. Twelve British type planes are being bought and a flying squad trained. Captain Janney, who came from Valcartier, heads the unit with two others, M. Sharp and Henry A. Farr. Many volunteers seek to escape mud for air service.
The western weather forecast reports mostly fair and mild conditions with scattered snow in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Manitoba and Saskatchewan expect fair and moderately cold conditions with local snow or sleet Wednesday. Alberta remains mostly fair and moderately cold.
A highly successful sale opened today at Ladies Outfitters drawing constant buyers. Miss Woollard, proprietor, offered great values prompting wide public interest. The winter wear sale will continue while stock is reduced with extra specials to follow. Readers are urged to visit the Royal Bank building store for high grade winter goods. This sale was advertised exclusively in the News.
The civil session in the court house opened before Mr Justice Walsh with many cases laid over to March. First up was C P R vs Alberta Clay Products under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Other matters include Gillespie vs Bending in the Fitzgerald series, Phoebe Brown et al vs Joseph Wallace, and injunctions regarding Valley Road construction. Next week features Dickenson vs Doty and Mackie vs Cloverhill District along with several other actions. A New York note reports a five point mine afloat six miles west of Fire Island light per Captain Davies.
The Morning Post cites Prof. Ernest Haeckel of Jena claiming in an interview that victory must yield Germany freedoms from England, invasion of London, partition of Belgium, expansion into British colonies, ceding French provinces, a Poland reestablished with Austria Hungary, Baltic lands returned, and a union of Finland with Sweden.
The News rejects a Black Hand slur and a claim of cancelled ad space. Letters between Medicine Hat mayoral candidates Hawthorne and Brown discuss joint meetings, municipal issues, and timing under the charter.
City records show building permits for the past month at 10400 against 92002 the year before. Eleven months of 1914 total 1799402 versus 3841657 previous year, with six months into the year beating last year by 626000 before the war’s effects. November stamp sales reach 2344 and homesteads up to 45 with 23 homesteads 1 pre emption and one purchased. Chas de la Plante of the Standard Bank Calgary is transferred to Ottawa.
Three men die and three are seriously hurt after being pushed from a moving freight train during a running battle with three robbers between Toledo and Cleveland. The incident lasted over an hour with victims found along a forty mile stretch. A mixed group of robbers and riders, including two black men and a white man, attacked the others and threw them from the train.
Brussels cabled that the German governor of Brabant convened financiers and demanded Belgium pay 35,000,000 francs monthly for German troop maintenance. An additional 375,000,000 francs is to be contributed as a neutrality violation penalty and losses to Germany.
Chicago reports the hunting season closed with 111 dead and 162 injured across seventeen states and Ontario, Canada, compares to 135 dead and 125 injured last year when data covered twenty one states.
An action for slander arising from a serious charge against Starr at Many Berries moves forward in the Supreme Court. W J O Neail of Davidson Bell and O Neall asks to strike out clauses in the brief and seeks definite dates tied to the alleged charge. Mahaffy for the plaintiff says the statements were heard by disinterested men who ignored dates.
Providence Rhode Island December 1 a fleet of British warships is patrolling the area between Nova Scotia and south of New York. The force includes four large ships and three torpedo boats with wireless contact to the Madonna of the Fabreling which reached Nantucket Shoals lightship before sailing south.
Wang Chihising former president of Sun Tien Fify Pekin was executed by shooting on bribery and corruption charges. He was a close ally of Yuan Shikai and his removal shocks Chinese political circles as the president vows to stamp out corruption and support the family.
Herman Murphy appeared in a police court this morning and was remanded for a second time. The remand followed an earlier hearing on Saturday at the request of his solicitor.
Schools now open in the mornings instead of 9 o clock and will continue through the coming months. The text notes a shift in start times and indicates a ongoing schedule change affecting students and staff.
General Alderson lauds Canadian soldiers at the Royal Scottish corps anniversary dinner. He recalls commanding rifle and Strathcona units in South Africa and says 30,000 Canadians now on the Plains are fine fighters with splendid spirit.
Montreal reports sweeping changes in Canadian Pacific operations on the western lines. Vice President George Bury is to succeed the retiring official in Montreal with a major reshaping of management and route from Whitehorse, though the timing is unclear.
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