Mayor Brown and Citizens Slate Win Big Majorities
Results from Returning Officer Blackburn show Mayor Brown and all Citizens slate candidates elected by wide majorities. Polling booths included City Hall Toronto Street School Alexandra High Elizabeth Street Elm Street Montreal Street and Catholic Church with only polls 5 and 7 voting against the mayor. School trustees Louch and Bell elected.
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Blackburn
City Hall
Toronto Street
Alexandra High School
Elizabeth Street
Elm Street
Montreal
Messrs. Louch and
Bell
Palmer confident miners will accept Wilson proposal
Indianapolis reports Attorney-General Palmer says the presidents plan to end the coal strike calls for immediate mine work with 14 percent wage increases and a commission to readjust wages to living costs. Palmer expects miners to accept and work to resume at once.
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Palmer
Wilson
Indianapolis
Lewis
YEGG Leader Shot Dead During Safe-Robbery Attempt
Norfolk Vermont December 9 192? Robbers tried to raid safes of the Virginia Passenger and Power Company. Police intercepted them in a pistol duel. One gang leader Jank West was killed as he attempted to shoot a detective with a long barrel German gun. Three other assailants were arrested. Plans to rob the car barns had brought authorities to the scene.
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Norfolk
Virginia Passenger and Power Company
Jank West
Currie pleads not guilty in banned literature case
Percy Currie appeared before Capt. Parker at the R N W M P barracks and pleaded not guilty to possessing banned literature. Constables Kilkinney Mudi man and Sergt Searle testified they found copies of The Morning Messenger and The Bible Students Monthly at Currie’s Woodman Avenue home on December 2. Other works cited include The Red Flag and The Revolutionary Age. The hearing adjourned for further continuation.
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Parker
Percy ©. Currie
Frager
Sergt. Searle
Const
Kilkinney
Const. Mudiman
Currie
Woodman Avenue
The
Morning Messenger
International Bible Students’ Association
Winnipeg
Bible Students’ Monthly
Brooklyn
N.Y
Athe
Vancouver
Boa Qn Socialist Party
Boston
Mass
Opon
Moon
Denver Sets Record Cold as Widespread Freeze Continues
Denver reports a 19 below zero reading at six this morning amid four record cold waves this winter. The Weather Bureau cites high pressure west of the Mississippi and low pressure over the Gulf and Ohio Valley as causes. Cold extends east and south toward the Texas Panhandle with zero temperatures expected. Seattle area also endures December chill with Tacoma at 22 above and Seattle at 24. Snow and northeasterly gales forecast tonight along with storm warnings for Washington coast and Puget Sound cities.
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Denver
Colo
Mercury
Pacific Coast
Texas Panhandle
Seattle
Puget Sound
Tacoma
Washington
Grain Prices and CashQuotes From Market Report
The report lists oats, barley, flax and rye prices with weekly and contract quotes. It notes Dec May and July futures figures, cash oats with CW and feed values, barley tracks and rejected prices, flax prices with NEX and CW grades, and rye near 160 for cash trades.
New motto for success sings of early rising and steady work
A quirky motto proclaims success comes from rising early and applying steady effort. It emphasizes discipline, persistent labor, and persistent attention to tasks, urging a practical mindset for achievement.
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Harry
Rlne
Mayor Brown thanks voters for 1920 election support
The mayor elect expresses appreciation to ratepayers and electors for their vote and influence in his 1920 election. He pledges to continue an economic and progressive industrial policy and asks for united support to carry on city government for another year.
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M, A, Brown
Ontario minister says higher production lowers living costs
Hamilton Ontario December 9 Hon F C Kuggs Ontario Minister of Public Works urged greater production as the only solution to rising living costs. He noted many farms remain vacant and urged occupancy to help reduce costs.
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Opinion
Ontario
Mast
al Vacanti Farms
Hamilton
Ont
F.C. Kuggs
Department data credit orthopedic work in re establishment
Montreal December 9 The department of soldiers civil re establishment reports statistics showing orthopedic and surgical appliances progress. The figures form a solid basis for the department to lead in its field.
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Montreal
P. C
Department of Soldiers
Election results at Bow Island council and trustees
From Bow Island correspondent, the following councillors were elected: Alan D. Rolfe, Alfred Hobson, Adolph Smunsgon. Trustees elected were Leonard Ferne and Thomas R. Blaine.
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Bow Island
Alan D. Rolfe
Alfred Hobson
Adolph Swemunsgon
Leonard Ferne
Thomas R. Blaine
Bank robbery shootout near Orwell leaves two dead
In Orwell, Ohio, two ban dits died and a third was seriously wounded when the sheriff and four deputies surprised the Orwell Banking Company building early today. The raid occurred about 25 miles south of Ashtabula as authorities closed in on the suspects.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Cape Breton Island
Canada
Ashtabula
Ohio
Orwell
Here
Orwell Banking Company
People's Committee Thanks Supporters After Campaign
The People’s Committee extends gratitude to all who donated time lent cars or assisted in the municipal campaign.
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People's Committee
Provoking School Trustees Meeting Proposed In Calgary
At a brief meeting the School Board discussed Edmonton's suggestion for a Calgary conference of city trustees on the salary issue. A resolution approved the idea and urged towns to send representatives. Lake Valley near Bowell trustees aim to buy a Riverside cottage school and seek authority to issue debentures soon. The board will request Edmonton's Education Department to permit immediate action and to sell debenture stock.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Lake Valley
Bowell
Riverside
Education Department
Broadway Goes Dark as War Time Rationing Begins
News brief from New York reports Broadway will dim nighttime lighting to war time levels with only safety lighting allowed. A nationwide curtailment of train service in the eastern region is set to start at one minute past midnight tonight. In Indiana, contempt of court charges against 84 UMWA officers were postponed to next Tuesday. Detroit notes about 200000 idle Michigan workers follow miners strike developments and six hour day adjustments across cities.
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New York
Broadway
Eaatora
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Anderson
Detroit
Ifich
Michigan
Adriatic Question Quoted in London Talks
Rome reports Premier Nitti plans to press Britain for a prompt Adriatic settlement as Lloyd George and Scialera discuss the issue in London. Journal Italia cites today’s council of ministers meeting as the forum for the question. Exchange Telegraph dispatches from Rome say Rome reached a d Annuizzo agreement in ministerial talks yesterday.
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Rome
Nitt
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Scialera
Italy
London
Italia
Council of Ministers
Gabriele d'Annunale
d'Annunzio
Board of Trade to Meet Tomorrow Afternoon
Board of Trade President Chudleigh has called a meeting for three o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The agenda includes standard organizational updates and member concerns.
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Chudleigh
Board of Trade
Ottawa Sets Policy On 1 Million Reestablishment Funds
After multiple conferences the government announced a policy for distributing the 1,000,000 voted last session for the re establishment of returned men. Unemployment relief will be run by a national organization linked to the Canadian Patriotic Fund. Authorities say immediate action requires using a body with proven administrative capacity.
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Ottawa
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Starvation of children and invalids blamed on milk shortages
Winnipeg officials accuse policy makers and foreign producers of starving thousands of children and undermining vulnerable classes to profit Canadian dairy producers and traders. The commissioner warns government actions threaten human capital and presage broader hardship.
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Winnipeg
Man
German Delegation Refuses Peace Protocol Over Treaty Ratification
New York reports that the German delegation will not sign the peace protocol, blaming the United States failure to ratify the peace treaty. Professor Ernest Mauhain of Liege says the ratification gap drives the stance. Belgian delegate Manhain sailed home aboard the French liner La Touraine, delayed by coal shortages en route to Havre.
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New York
United States
Eernest Mauhain
University of Liege
Manhain
Paris Roumania to Sign Austria Bulgaria Peace Pact Today
Paris and Roumania are expected to join the peace treaty with Austria and Bulgaria as plenipotentiaries, with signing to coincide with the Austrian pact on racial minorities and the Bulgarian treaty. Mahnville Alabama opens a municipally owned hospital.
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Trea
Paris
Roumania
Austria
Bulgaria
Plenipotentiariea
Church Urges Highest Effort in New Era of Stewardship
Rev. Dr. Gray, Bishop of Edmonton, addresses St. Barnabas on the Great Forward Movement and Social Service. He urges churches to show leadership through stewardship, prayer, and teaching the rising generation, highlighting reconstruction, intercessory prayer, and devotion to youth.
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Gray
Edmonton
Nate
Congregation of
St. Barnabas
Grisen
Aod
Luke
Holy Trinity
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Donald McArthur
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YEGG
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