Tiny Queens Road property sale anchors record London deal
The Duke of Bedford’s Covent Garden freehold, about nineteen acres in central London, sold to Unionist MP H. C. Mallaby-Deely. Figures withheld but described as the largest private property sale, stretching from King’s Way to St Martin’s Lane and from Long Acre to the Strand, including the Royal Opera Drury Lane and Covent Garden markets.
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King’s Way
St. Martin's Lane
Trafalgar Square
Long Acre
Strand
Royal Opera
Drury Lane
Aldwych
Lyceum Theatres
Covent Garden Market
Bow Street
Hat display at Chicago show boosts Medicine Hat publicity
Secretary Willcox reports a letter from William Sprinkell of the Glather Band Co detailing how he managed the Hat exhibit at a Chicago land show. He secured permission to distribute literature promoting Medicine Hat and spoke with many interested attendees, boosting future publicity. Also note the Galileo Pacific coast cruiser to depart January 1 and the Malagpeno vessel arriving at Victoria for anti poaching actions.
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Board of Trade
Wiliam ‘Sprinkell
F. M. Glather “Band Co
Waab
Board of ‘Trade
Chicago
Medicine Hat
Sprinkell
Avill
Ries
Leland Hotel Rebuild Planned After Fire Damage
Winnipeg reports a new hotel will be built on the Leland Hotel site owned by H. J. Rochon after a damaging blaze. Four experts urged tearing down the unsafe remains, with construction costs estimated between 200000 and 300000 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Leland
Board of Control
Auctioneer Browne Faces Serious Theft and Fraud Charges
Auc tioneer H B Browne faces two theft counts and one charge of fraudulent conversion of money. Prosecution claims Browne admitted funds totaling 344.40, with additional cases from S Miller and Wm Podington alleging cattle and horses sold, cash retained, and uncashed cheques. Browne released on 1000 bail after adjournment for further evidence.
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J. C. Rand
S. Miller
Browne
Wm. Peadington
Dauntless
Podington
Bank
Arthur J. Edmonds
Short and Fraser
Walter Barber
Brown
Athlete dies from gasoline burns in Alberta incident
Oscar Anderson, 22, known as an Alberta athlete, died after severe burns from an explosion while using gasoline to light a stove at his father's Amisk Creek home near Tofield. He was brought to Edmonton for treatment yesterday.
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Edmonton
Oscar Anderson
Alberta
Anderson
Vancouver Judge Rebukes Preacher For Sermon
Justice Morrigan criticized public discourse by a church spokesman on pending cases. He said courts should not be commented on in advance and called the approach unfair and against the law. The remarks followed riots tied to the city’s unrest.
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Morrigan
Farmers urge sweeping tariff cuts and reciprocity
Representatives of the Dominion council of agriculture met Premier Borden to press for major tariff revision and US free interchange. The memo and 28 resolutions demand half general tariff on British imports within five years, plus free exchange of agricultural products with the United States and Britain, with loyalty to the crown and government oversight on rail stock killings.
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Ottawa
Dominion Council of Agriculture
Borden
Roderick MacKenzie
Ontario
Britain
Great Britain
Canada
United States
Con- Breas
Geat
Gariepy Retained By Acclamation In Beaver River
Hon. Wilfrid Gariepy named minister of municipalities in the Sifton cabinet was returned by acclamation in Beaver River constituency for the bye election after his high appointment to the portfolio.
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Edmonton
Wilfrid Gariepy
Sifton
Yeaterday
Beaver River
Gulbertson Lynched by a Dakota Mob in Williston
Lew Culbertson, serving life for the Dillons murder, was taken from the Williams County jail by masked men. He was hanged from a bridge over the Little Muddy River, about a mile east of Williston, early this morning.
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Williston
N. D
Lew Culbertson
Dillons
Williams County
Little Muddy River
Libeller Admits The Corn Weather Controversy
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph editorial dated December 11 admits a weather libel feud led by the board of trade and press is winding down. It says the paper’s past references to Medicine Hat’s weather were sinful and the editor now insists the city had no role in weather manufacture.
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Board of Trade
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Medicine Hat
West Indies
Fitzgerald Gomes Bagk at Schenke
The attempted prosecution of D. D. Fitzgerald by Chief Reynolds of Redcliff, prompted by G. Schenke, leads both men to face perjury charges over sworn statements. S. M. Collins testified he heard Fitzgerald question Schenke’s story before Reynolds pressed charges. The case was remanded until tomorrow.
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Reynolds
Redcliff
Wm. Henderson
J. P
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Schenke
Rand
Fitzgerald
Explosion entombs forty to fifty miners at Newcastle mine
Grand Junction Colorado December 16 a mine explosion at the volcanic mine near Newcastle owned by Rocky Mountain Fuel Company entombed an estimated forty to fifty miners. The cause is not yet known.
Intrigue Against Churchill Alleged in Liberal Circles
London dispatch reports in the Tverpool Courier that a hostile Liberal faction is alleged to plot against Hon. Winston Spencer Churchill. The paper notes sympathy from ministerial journals predicting his possible departure from the ministry to form an independent party.
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London
Tverpool Courier
Winston Spenter Churchill
Liberal Party
the Courier
Churchill
Esplanade subway proposal seeks 75000 cost limit
City council heard a plan for a River Street subway at a total cost of 75000 including steel and concrete work. Grace Higdon Kerr and McCoy Levine presented to council with aid from Grace firm engineering. The proposal was referred to the public works committee for study at a future adjourned meeting. The plan contrasts with existing railway commission plans and cites potential delays.
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A. M. Grace
Public Works Committee
River Street
McCoy and
Beeath Works Committee
Railway Commission
Grimmer
Mayor names Spencer committee on Alcock oil land petition
Mayor Spencer appoints Aldermen McClellan Doty Ansley and Pratt to study Alcock petition seeking release of one oil and gas land section for development He sought six months to organize his company before bor ing The committee will set a meeting time soon.
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Spencer
Ald. McClellan
Doty
Ansley
Pratt
Alcock
Range 9 views on disposing of Aegean isle options
Paris says France accepts Britain proposal on Aegean islands. Greece may keep nine of the eleven occupied islands from the Balkan war while Teneders and Imbros return to Turkey. Italy should hand to Turkey the eleven Tripoli war islands.
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Italy
Turkey
Britain
Paris
Julus Gambon
Berlin
France
Teneders
Imbros
Tripoli
Netherlands and States sign a peace treaty
Secretary Bryan and the Netherlands minister Chevalier Van Rippard agreed on terms of a peace treaty embodying the arbitral plan. It will be the seventh treaty and the first with a European nation. Grocery night at the Corona theatre tonight.
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Netherlands
Washington
Bryan
Chevalier van Rippard
Tubercular Cattle Present Difficulty In Health Boards
Health boards face clear difficulties in handling tubercular cattle and urge a provincial act to authorize enforcement and compensation. A two member committee will study the issue and report at the next meeting to coordinate with other boards and seek a solution.
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Health Boards
Udhsé
Elevator Man Sees Prosperity in City
Otis-Fenso Elevator Company superintendent Mr. A Horn comments on rising prospects in the city. Daily subscription urged.
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A. Horn
Otis-Fenso Elevator Compan
Governor Dunne Pardons Two Convicts in Illinois
Springfield December 16 Governor Dunne granted absolute pardons to Maurice Enright and Joseph Tedford upon the state board of pardons recommendation. Enright, convicted in 1911 for the Vincent Altmann murder in Chicago, faced life imprisonment at Joliet. Tedford, a former Chicago policeman, escaped serving a sentence due to a clerical error.
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Lil
Maurice Ewright
Joliet
Vincent Altmann
Chicago
Joseph
Tedford
Dunne
Atate
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