27 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
1
Toronto dispatch reports optimistic outlooks for Canada's provinces with claims of strong agriculture and fruit growing in British Columbia, growing frontier in the north, Saskatchewan's advancing role, Alberta's progress factors, immigration benefits, Manitoba's improving position, and generally cheerful provincial prospects for 1912.
Ottawa reports a surge of western Canadian interest spurred by Manitoba Agricultural College at the Chicago Live Stock Show. W J White inspector says many inquiries come from the West and many young men plan to move to Western Canada in spring. Crowds and competition for settlers rise as K C Hill of Lloydminster won last year’s Colorado silver trophy for peas, with show to be held again in 1913 at Columbus, South Carolina.
Rev. Thomas Paton born 1848 in Crofthead Scotland died in St. Catharines at his home. He first served as a missionary in China, then among Chinese communities in British Columbia. Ordained 1893 into the Canadian Presbyterian church and served in Revelstoke, Grand Forks, and in Barrie and Hamilton Presbyteries.
A Sydney dispatch to the Daily Mall reports London and Paris negotiating the division of the New Hebrides after the joint administration by a mixed Anglo French commission proved ineffective.
The Alberta Education Department reports on a year of work revising high school studies. The new program extends the high school term to four years, adds civics and agriculture focused courses, and aims to cultivate rural life appreciation. A committee drafted an interim report guiding change through 1912.
A St. Petersburg despatch says Count Stenbrek and Semstovo members urge a boycott of American machinery and goods in protest against American interference in Russian international affairs.
Glasgow dispatch reports the British steamer Guillemot, en route from London to Genoa, foundered in the Bay of Biscay on December 21. Captain and fifteen crew lost. seven survivors rescued by Lin cairn and landed at Glasgow. A Spanish steamer sighted after the rescue later foundered with all hands.
London December 27 Wilson C Wood appeared at the police station on a charge of embezzling money belonging to the Guerney Store Company for which he acted as agent here Bail was refused and the case was enlarged to allow him to obtain counsel He was arrested in Moose Jaw.
Mukden Manchuria December 26 It is reported that Japan has carried out a complete survey of the Russian frontier since last June Russian officials demand the Amur and Trans-Baikal provinces be closed to Japanese officials A Japanese official was recently admonished and expelled
In the Bay of Biscay a German steamer Chios from Hamburg to Alexandria foundered in a hurricane. Nearly all hands were lost except the chief officer and one sailor saved by a sailing vessel. The ship, built in Hamburg in 1891, registered 2059 tons net.
Springfield Ill Dec 27 Hundreds of school teachers from every part of Illinois assembled in the capital for the annual convention of their State association. The three day sessions will center on the theme The education of the child in preparation for complete living.
The State Teachers' Association annual meeting opens in Carrol Chapel, Waco, Texas, with prominent educators and affiliated organizations expected to participate. The three day program covers diverse topics and discussions throughout the week.
Police Magistrate Macdonald handed down terms to several city hold up suspects. Luigi Giaminoto Jose Dettoire and Nick Dettoire each received 12 years in the penitentiary and 24 lashes for robbery with attempt to kill after the Dec 11 assault on Geo Kersus at 28 Cathdal Ave. Elmer Einarson and Norman Garfield, tied to a St Boniface hold-up, received three years each in the reformatory.
Washington dispatch reports W Morgan Shuster, Persia’s dismissed treasurer general, likely to depart within days via Teheran to Baku on the Caspian Sea and thence to Batum. London notes Persia agrees to a modified Russian ultimatum on foreign advisers, pledging careful selection to maintain cordial ties with Britain and Russia.
Winnipeg reports a libel action may be pursued by a Catholic group after John OConnor, a barrister, is retained to probe the Ne Temere case. Dr Du Val, ex moderator of the Presbyterian church, is quoted alleging church law undermines state law and Protestant marriage. He urges Roman Catholics to reject teachings seen as degrading to Protestant women.
Delegates from leading colleges of Virginia North and South Carolina met in Charleston for the Alpha Tau Omega provincial congress. The fraternity, formed in Richmond after the war to heal North South tensions, now has about sixty chapters from Maine to California and from Texas to Michigan.
Jacksonville Fla Dec 27. The Florida Educational Association convenes in the city for its annual meeting with what is believed to be the largest attendance in the history. General sessions run tonight through Friday with emphasis on rural school problems in addresses and discussions.
In New York on December 27 an initial performance of the Thackeray centenary, largely tableaux from his novels, was held at the Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory. The event, organized by the Southern Industrial Educational Society, supported mountain whites.
Manchester December 27. Notices posted at mills of the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners state that cloth mills will close tonight and reopen only by further notice. Weavers 160,000 will be locked out and about as many spinners cut to half-time with possible full stoppage if trouble lasts. The federation voted to curtail production by halting work three days weekly from January 1. Hope that Manager Riley and his wife two non unionists at Helene Mill Accrington would join the union has collapsed as they resist all inducement.
The Edmonton report details suspension lifts and new licenses for hotels in Okotoks, Parklands, Three Hills, and Calgary. It cites inspections and transfers, plus a Calgary protest to interpret a license clause. It also notes a Strathcona Iroquois suspension, a Milk River blind pig raid, and comparisons of penalties under Liquor License Ordinance and Criminal Code showing $240 versus $50 fines.
Eighteen inmates of Berlin's municipal homeless shelter died overnight from poisoning, with many others gravely ill. About 4,414 destitute men sought shelter last night as authorities served bread and soup with extra food items including boiled and smoked herring. Emergency aid arrived, but deaths continued, while the shelter reports nightly occupancy between 4,000 and 5,000 in winter months.
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