09 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1922
Page
1
In Lausanne the Near East conference opens a calmer mood after Ismet Pasha’s Dardanelles stance and Lord Curzon’s reply. Turkey moves away from Russian influence as ministers discuss a modified settlement with naval and military experts shaping informal talks before the next general session.
In a Dail session on December 9, the government defended the executions of Rory O Connor Liam Mellowes and two others as a deterrent rather than vengeance. Labor pressed for debate and warned of tarnishing the Free State’s name, demanding a statement from the government and suspending orders to allow discussion.
The Famous Players Lasky Corporation announced that Mary Miles Minter's contract will not be renewed after she completes her current picture. No reason was given.
Riverside residents heard candidates discuss civic issues at the cottage school meeting. Mayor Huckvale and several candidates spoke on paving Crescent Heights access, Porter's Hill Road grade, and financing for local projects. He defended past actions, argued for fair treatment of all employers, and explained tax arrears handling while noting hotels in arrears and utilities balances.
The advance poll at city hall opens this evening at 1 and 8 o clock to accommodate citizens who will be away on Monday. It serves as a final chance to cast votes before the municipal election.
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting a letter from British Train Traders Ltd, London, said an exhibition trading train will tour Canada next year. It seeks cooperation and input on in demand goods. Arrangements committee was formed with LePage and Harding.
Severe drought in Ahmokin Pennsylvania forces schools to close or suspend operations due to water shortages. A local baker contracts for 150 gallons of milk for bread making. Ten tank trains run on Reading railroad delivering water from Sunbury and Gordon to supply collieries, manufacturing plants, and locomotives.
The French mail boat Q Governor-General Tirman struck rocks at the harbor entrance of Port Vendre near Perpignan while seeking refuge. Passengers are reported saved, but the vessel will probably be lost. The boat had been sailing from Algiers.
Astoria faces 12 million fire damage with 2500 homeless, no bank access, and central food distribution. Homes opened to destitute residents, city orders mobilization of food supplies. Three churches spared, jail doors opened as flames threatened facilities and prisoners were released.
Seattle December 9 The fishing schooner Washington of this port foundered on a reef while seeking shelter in Yakutat Bay Alaska during a violent storm November 11. Capt Oswald Olsen reports he and his five crew escaped in the boats and cached in Seward Alaska after great hardship. A search at Puget Sound Naval Station will seek the other schooner Morengen which left Petersburg Alaska October 16.
Four people are dead and several injured after a massive explosion at the Brass Diamond Roller Co. hazing mill near Bypont, Pa., about eight miles south of Scranton. The blast, felt six miles away, triggered a large fire and extensive damage as emergency crews rushed to the scene.
The Selkirk district United Farmers of Manitoba convention adopted a resolution urging the Dominion government to appoint eight Royal Commissions to probe grain handling from country elevators to terminal and its world marketing. Another resolution calls on Manitoba to push legislation creating a wheat board in the new session.
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