Silver Anniversary of Assiniboia Chapter Royal Arch Masons
Twenty five years after the first meeting in 1900 Assiniboia Chapter No 3 Royal Arch Masons celebrated its twenty fifth birthday at the Cosmopolitan Hotel. Charter members William Crawford Richard C Becker Thomas M McKay and William A Burton received life membership certificates as part of the banquet program led by Ex First Principal Vern W Parrish. Local and Grand Chapter officers delivered tributes and reflections on early days with music from a local orchestra and expressions of goodwill from distant chapters.
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Assiniboia
Royal Arch Masons
Grand Chapter of
Canada
North-West Territories
Alberta
Cosmopolitan Hotel
William Crawford
Richard C. Becker
Thomas M. McKay
William A. Burton
Vern. W. Parrish
Percy D. Stoke
FE. G. Ironside
Calgary
W. &. Niblock
Grave
Gay
Canon Middleton
Macleod
Grand Chapter
D. C. McDougall
Pincher Creek
J. ¥. Casteel
High River
Grand Scribe N
Norman
Turkey Reacts as Mosul Decision Sparks Crisis Session
Constantinople Dec 18 The League of Nations verdict awarding Mosul to Iraq under British mandate caused consternation in Turkey The cabinet convened in an extraordinary session chaired by President Mustafa Kemal Pasha with the Chief of Staff present They weighed the new phase of the dispute as reflected in Turkish newspapers
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Constantinople
League of Nations Counell
Mosul
Lrak
Turkey
Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Sunny Southern Alberta Ends Threshing Season
Lethbridge reports Dec 18 with temps near sixty and bright sun as farmers wrap up threshing after a 60 day delay. Plowing continues across the south from the Pool Hills to the Saskatchewan border with moldboard soil turning well. one irrigated-area farmer plowed 90 acres last week. Little harvest done in December while late crops from September snowstorms are threshed. cattle and sheep still grazing on the granges and thriving.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Pool Hills
Saskatchewan
Cameron Announces Challenge to Foster in Toronto Election
Robert Cameron former alderman and controller will oppose Mayor Thomas Foster in the Toronto city elections. He previously faced defeat by T. L. Church in 1918.
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Toronto
Robert Cameron
Thomas Foster
T. L. Church
Steamer Encounters Dust Storm at Sea
The Empress of Australia, nearing Shanghai on an eastbound voyage, faced a dust storm from the Gobi desert after leaving China. Strong winds and dust covered the ship for miles, delaying docking at the outer wharf in Victoria and delaying its schedule by about a day and a half.
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Vancouver
B.C
Pacific
Victoria
Haif
Witle
Shanghai
Australia
Goh
China
Col Mitchell Suspended Five Years By Court Martial
Col William Mitchell was found guilty by a general court martial of breaking discipline with attacks on aviation policies. He received a five year suspension from the army, subject to presidential approval. he remains under arrest meanwhile. The court cited his war record in granting leniency.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Army
Coolidge
War and
Navy
Howe
Roth Well Drilling Resumes at No. 1 Well
Roth Well Drilling reports resumed operations at the Roth No. 1 well. By noon the drill and inch hole reached 2,700 feet. Casing not yet set, but suspended to maintain access at about 2,450 feet while engineers assess possible caverns further down.
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Roth No. 1
Spectacular Decline in Flax on Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Flax futures fell sharply as holders dumped holdings and demand slumped. December flax down 1 1 2 cents to $2.21, May down 7 cents to $2.28 1 2, July down 8 3 4 cents to $2.28. Wheat offered little change and slipped late, with May at $1.5338 after a weak start and a 1 8 cent drop. Traders note a dull cash market and forecast U S demand to buy Canadian wheat before harvest.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
United States
Canada
Stolen Auto Used by Winnipeg Bandits Recovered
The car used by the Winnipeg Bandits in the Manitoba Liquor Commission cashier robbery is found in a lane off Bannatyne Avenue near the Liquor Commission office. Police report the vehicle had four shattered windshield holes and was abandoned after the getaway. The theft occurred earlier at the rear of the Winnipeg Grain Exchange.
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Winnipeg Bandits
Winnipes
Maniitoba Liquor Commission
Th & Lane
Bannatyne
Ecity
Comatissino
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Free State Bail Funds Awarded by Supreme Court
Dublin December 18 The Free State Supreme Court has awarded tall funds totaling 10 400 to the Free State trustees in succession to the Republican trustees. The court holds that after the Anglo Irish treaty the Free State government became entitled to all property and assets of the revolutionary government.
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Dublin
Free State
Premier Brownlee and son travel to coast on medical leave
Edmonton dispatch reports Premier Brownlee and his son Alex Ross left for the coast and Victoria on doctor's orders for Brownlee's health. The voyage aims to discuss a proposed Crow's West Pass motor highway diversion with the British Columbia government. Hoadley will act as premier during the ten days to two weeks absence.
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Edmonton
Brownlee
Alex Ross
Coast
Victoria
Rose
Columba
West Pass
George Hoadley
Bandits Rob State Bank in Dows Iowa Casino Cash Loot
Early today a band of about six robbers invaded Dows Iowa and wrecked the State Bank safe. They held the town marshal the telephone operator and the railroad operator captive while severing all wire communication to other towns. They escaped with cash and bonds totaling eight thousand to ten thousand dollars.
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Dows
Ottawa Liberal MP Dee Us El Prowse Dies
Queens and Ottawa figure El Prowse, Liberal MEP for Queens Pac from 2008 to 191, died here at 6a. Local obituary notes his long public service and ties to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Dee Us
EL Prowse
Queens
Pac
Christmas Cheer Fund Subscriptions Acknowledged
Christmas Cheer funds are listed with donors including Dr. Gershaw Mayor Wackynale and others. total proceeds from a dance and local associations. The committee also seeks donations of fowls fruits and vegetables and asks to leave items at Miss Carson's office or call 2597.
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Gershaw
Wackynale
A.P.P
Medicine Hat
Maryberries Schuler
Cypress
Miss Carson
Foremost Farmer Killed When Old Tunnel Caved In
A farmer named Ole Mr. Johnson was killed in an abandoned coal mine near Foremost. His 14 year old son rushed for help after a cave in trapped the father just as he reached the mine mouth. Neighbor rescue efforts freed the body. an inquest was deemed unnecessary. He left a widow and four children. the age of the deceased was 61.
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Lethbridge
Foremost
Mr. Johnson
Johnson
James Sargeant
Maddigan
Morciost
Welland canal sets grain shipment record for season
The Welland Canal reports grain shipments for the season totaling 136,212,200 bushels, up 12,600,000 from 1924. Wheat exports totaled 74,855,844 bushels, down from 100,000,600 the previous year, yet the overall shipment record was surpassed.
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Vort Colborne
Welland Canal
Department of Hailways and Canals
Irish Constables Stand Pat Amid Pressure in Ulster
Irish constables refuse to return to duty by the Ulster army ultimatum. They insist on pay, pensions, and a postwar bonus as talks with authorities continue despite dismissal threats for those not complying by the Saturday deadline. Despatch riders carry the warning to troops.
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Belfast
Deels
Freiking SA
Speelab Coc Etabulary Do
Deelired Tofiay
Pat Mati Larne
Ulster Cah!net
Ebay
Uader
Wheat production figures cited in Winnipeg report
Winnipeg reports a wheat inspection update noting 18. Deer and Hong totalled Ladd cars including 888 of contract grade. Last year ?SS cars were inspected.
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Winnipeg
Deer
Greeks Face Setback as Bulgarians Executed
In Monastir two Bulgarians were executed by a Greek court martial for aiding irregular bands. News reached Sofia through diplomacy and the Bulgarian government withholds the reports to prevent fresh anti Greece agitation.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Greece
Monastir
Saskatchewan government keeps beer by glass plan under review
Regina reports the Saskatchewan government will not change the liquor policy yet after eight months of operation. Premier Diamine told the Saskatchewan Moderation League delegation that the system has not proven ready for radical changes and that public demand shows no clear call for overhaul.
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Dunning
Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Moderation League
Premio Danning
Diamine
Petitions Sign Highway Project Across Medicine Hat to Havre
At a special chamber of commerce meeting residents circulated petitions seeking completion of the Medicine Hat to Havre highway with hundreds of signatures. Excelsior aims to cooperate while the municipal council discusses the project at its monthly session. E O Connor and J J Evensen provide material help to farmers in the south country. A billing protest targets new long distance display rules. only the caller’s name would appear on future bills, complicating error checks. President Waldo reports progress on possible beef sugar factory development in Medicine Hat.
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Chamber Cf Commerce
Medicine Hat
Havre
Excelsior
E. O'Connor
Barchville
J. J. Evenseen
Waldo
Oldest Canadian Woman Dies at 110 in Simcoe
Simcoe Ontario December 16 Mrs Pernilin Viteh aged 110 mother of five and believed Canada’s oldest woman has died at the House of Refuge in Simcoe. Local officials report a peaceful passing and note her long life and family ties enduring in the community.
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Simcoe, Ont
Pernilin Viteh
Canada
Communist sympathies in British Navy ships reported
Plymouth dispatch quotes Westminster Gazette correspondent alleging seamen aboard several warships circulate communist papers and sing the Red Flag. He cites crew vibes and Bolshevik ties amid wartime naval life and cites windledge as a Bolshevik site of the Navy. The report accompanies a line about a Manitoba cooperative elevator meeting rejecting reopening talks on selling to the Saskatchewan Weighs Pool.
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Tonden
Dees
Westcinister Gazettes
Plymouth
Intervention Between Elevator Farmers And Pool
In the Saskatchewan legislature debate today government urged peace between the SheknEshewan Co operative Elevator Company and the Wheat Pool. Conservative AM Maspherson spoke during the losing stages of the speech from the throne.
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SheknEshewan Co-operative
Saskatchewan, Wheat Pool
AM. A. Maspherson
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