Ottawa Seeks Borden Successor Amid Uncertainty
In Ottawa on December 16, discussion over Sir Robert Borden’s successor continues with a caucus option favored by a party wing. Cabinet meets this afternoon to consider the issue as J A Calder is floated as a possibility though he is reportedly unwilling. Senate appointments may be delayed and bye elections in Temiskaming and Kamouraska postponed.
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Ottawa
Ount
Sir Robert Borden
Robert
Sir Robert
J. A. Calder
Calder
Senate
Temiskaming
Kamouraska
Charges Of Sensational Character To Be Made By Defence
Winnipeg December 16 The defence plans to file a motion of an affidavit alleging sensational charges in the I B Russell trial as the crown's case delays with documentary evidence. Letters between Tom Beattie and C Stevenson were admitted against T B Russell with excerpts from 1918 1919 referencing socialist agitation and revolutionary sentiment.
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Defence
A.B. Russell
Winnipeg
T. Beattie Coleman
C.stevenson
Vancouver
Russell
Crown
Man
I. B. Russell
Couniel
Tom Beattie
Coleman
Alta
C. Stevenson
T. B. Russell
Stevenson
Beattie
Horse bought for 500 francs wins 90000 in season
Paris reports G Guilbot’s Huisclos, bought for 500 francs, proved a failure at flat racing yet captured 90000 francs this season in steeplechase events across Franco. The timber topper secured his sixth straight victory yesterday at NMuteuu, bringing a large purse to his owner. Guilbot has refused a bid of 150000 francs for the horse.
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Paris
Franco
G. Guilbot
Nmuteuu
M. Guilbot
Next of Kin Christmas Tree Event At S O E Hall
Tonight at seven, the Next of Kin Christmas Tree will be ready for the children of soldiers who died in defense of their country and NOK children.
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S.O.E. Hall
N.O.K
Goal distribution virtually back to normal
Washington reports coal distribution returning to normal with all coal delivered as billed except in rare cases. The 26 percent coke allowance reduction order has been rescinded. Meaford town council will petition the Dominion government for a new post office.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
Meaford Town
Dominion Government
Fatal shooting during attempted store robbery in Minneapolis
An unidentified man was killed and BE A. Nelson a grocery store owner fatally shot during a robbery at Nelson's store in a Minneapolis outlying district. Nelson died an hour later after telling police three men entered, ordered him to surrender, he reached for his revolver, and a bandit fired three times. Police later found a bandit dead from a gunshot wound.
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Minneapolis
BE. A. Nelson
Nelson
Bac
Murderer Sentenced to Fourteen Years in Bavaria Case
Alois Tainder, a ship's cook and butcher, convicted of shooting and killing Minister of the Interior Auer in the Bavarian Diet in January, sentenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary.
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Berlin
Alois Jtainder
Interior
Auer
French aviator Lecointe posts high speed in timed test
Paris reports Sadi Lecointe, famed French aviator, covered one kilometre in a test at an average 307.225 kilometres per hour. During the flight his speed peaked at 364.5 kilometres per hour, about 220 miles per hour, with moments reaching 331 miles per minute.
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Paris
Sadi Lecointe
Lecointe
Bolshevik Claims Big Captures
The Molshevik captured Novo Nikolaevsk on the trans Siberian railroad on December 3. The Soviet communiqué says over 5 000 prisoners were taken and many prisoners include several generals of the Kolchak army. Soldiers' Civil Re Establishment office reports requests for fare refund forms for dependents who returned to Canada and Ottawa is supplying more forms.
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Kolchak
London
Nev
Molshevik
Novo Nikolaevsk
Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment Office
Canada
Ottawa
Death of Wm King A COMLA Engineer In St Thomas
Wm. King a prominent COMLA engineer died in St Thomas. Details remain sparse but the passing of the noted professional is reported in local notices.
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Wm. King
COMLA
St. Thomas
Canadians Attacked by Aliens in Dominion Fight
A Sunday night free-for-all at the Dominion left Australians? Canadians injured as German and Austrian assailants attacked Campbell and McPherson at Worth's house. Campbell suffers severe head wounds while Worth and McPherson also harmed.
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Sydney
Dar
Worth
Taik
Campbell
Dominion
McPherson
Persian troops wipe out British garrison in Meshed
A Moscow wireless message claims that thirteen hundred British soldiers in Meshed Persia were wiped out by hostile inhabitants. The report says the troops formed the garrison of the town of Meshed, located in northeastern Persia, near Herat.
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London
Persia
Moscow
Disputch
Meshked
Meshek
Herat
Afghanistan
Poultry Show Opens at U C F Building in Medicine Hat
The best poultry show yet at the U C F building opens with Mayor Crown to formally start the event at 8 pm. Judges Harry Ross and Jarvis come from Alberta and Ontario as exhibitors display Barred Rocks White Wyandottes White Rocks Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and pigeons across the ground floor.
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Medicine Hat
Mayor Crown
Harry Ross
Tatham
Alta
Jarvis
Grimsiby
Ontario
Rhode Island
Two labor delegates barred from landing in canal zone
Two labor organization members traveling from the South report they were not allowed to land in the Panama Canal Zone. They plan to protest the action in Washington.
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New York
Panama Canal Zone
Washington
Reparation plan aims at limited harbor materials and shipyard output
Berlin reports the German government intends to compensate for the Scapa Flow fleet loss with harbor materials that spare Germany’s economic life and with the rest paid as instalments from new shipyard production. The Morgen Post notes the plan relies on available harbor materials and ongoing German shipbuilding.
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Berlin
Germany
Morgen Post
Milburn Wagon plant fire in Toledo causes heavy losses
Damage estimated at 1,000,600 occurred when the Milburn Wagon Company plant burned early today in Toledo Ohio. The blaze destroyed a large stock and plant facilities as authorities investigated the cause and scope of the loss.
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Toledo
Ohio
Témar
Milburn Wagon Company
Thora
Aaa
Times Reports Crand Trunk Stockholders Meeting Planned
London December 1 The Times estimates one Crand Trunk stockholders meeting will be held mid January to ratify the agreement with the Canadian government. The terms are better than once thought, seen as satisfactory and securing safety for seventy to eighty million pounds of British railway investment.
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London
the Times
Crand Trunk
Man Found Frozen to Death in Montreal
The body of a man frozen to death was found at the corner of University and St. Catherine streets at 7 this morning. Papers bearing the name Alexander Brown of the Bank of Montreal were in his pockets. The thermometer dropped to seven below zero last night, the season's lowest in the city.
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Montreal
University and
St. Catherine Streets
Alexander Brown
Bank of Montreal
Fire damages Covered Metal plant in Sarnia
A high wind and frozen hydrants aided a fire of unknown origin that caused $25,000 in damage to the Covered Metal Corporation plant in Sarnia Ontario. Nearby St. Thomas council approved purchasing the Lake Erie Traction barns for $25,000.
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Sarnia
Ont
Covered Metal Corporation
St. Thomas
Lake Erie
City Council Discusses Tax Collections and Fines Revenue
City notes shows unpaid business taxes totaling 2496.20 with a plan to place arrears with the solicitor for collection. Aldermen debate obtaining a larger share of liquor-fine proceeds and request government action. Officers to be replaced on committees and requests by local firms for manufacturers rates referred to the gas committee. Police report for November records nine arrests and fifteen summonses with total fines collected.
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Titi
Nedple
Huckvale
Hotson
Ald. Hotson
Ald
Ald. Hotson and
Muckvale
Messrs
Foster & Scobie
J. R. Johnston
B. Nightingale
I. D. Edmunds
Board of Commerce
Ottawa
Aid
Finlay
Burns
Stuckyale
Bell
W. B
Missing constable sought in Saskatchewan district
Cheney of the R.N.W.M.P. detachment at Regina has been missing for about a month after leaving on November 6 with a riding party. He was bound for Calgary and was last seen through Gull Lake, Pidid pot and Cattle Creek. A large search by Corpl personnel and farmers spans Swift Current to Battle Creek as authorities warn for his safety. He is described as 6 feet 4 inches, 34 years old, brown hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, English.
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Cheney
R.N.W.M.P
Regina
Reging
Citer
Calgary
Gull Lake
Pididpot
Cattle Creek
Gravelbourge
Het
Édnstable
Eagle Butte
Elkwater
Mleiehtn
Aringtrong
Battle Creek
Wat
Hig
Relief Rooms seeks clothing donations for urgent aid
Relief rooms report rapid relief orders and a critical need for bedding. Urgent requests include large size women’s skirts children’s clothing shoes and hose. Donations encouraged at Law sons old store Third St.
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Lawsons
Third St
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