Seven Cars Derailed In Pacific Express Train Wreck
Twenty-two to twenty-three passengers were injured when Canadian Pacific Vancouver to Montreal express derailed one mile west of Bassano Alberta at 4 20 am. Seven cars left the rails as broken rail is suspected. Victims include railway staff and residents of Medicine Hat Calgary Red Deer and Bassano with cuts bruises and a few fractures.
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Winnipeg
Bassano
R. Irwin
Calgary
Robt, Irwin
Medicine Hat
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Alberta
Lydia Kalmin
Second St
P. H. Scarlet
J. H. Kendall
Robert Irwin
Constable Halsworth
R. Hitchcox
Mr. Alexander
Dunmore
Bert Sheldon
Alberta Govt
Redcliff
Mr. Stewart
J. S. Galbraith
Malek
Alta
Red Deer
Sam Swertz
Rudolph Swanson
Patricia
William 8. Orledge
Sth Ave
Nellie Fraser
Hussar
B. Winer
Lincoln Hotel
RK. Irwin
Fifth Street
Rudolph Janz
Mead
T. A. Taylor
Twenty-First Ave
B. R. W. Floyd
Fifth St
J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Wichita
Kansas
Blicke Fitzgerald
Kansas St
Robert D. Mclarlane
Canadian Pacific Railway Industrial Branch
Miss Lee
British Rebuffs U.S. Demand on Island Possessions
A Washington dispatch to the New York Tribune reports that Britain rejected the U S proposal to surrender West Indies islands in payment of the war debt. Prohibition leaders aimed to cut off liquor smugglers' way stations. cancellation of debt was secondary.
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New York
Can Press
Washington
New York Tribune
United States
West Indies
Tribune
Train Derailment near Bassano Injures Several
Injured passengers were treated at the scene by Dr Scott of Bassano. Two Calgary doctors rushed to assist. Only two needed hospital care in Bassano. others suffered minor injuries. The Vancouver Montreal express, about a mile from Bassano, derailed as speed was reduced. The engine and baggage car passed. the following car jumped the tails and six more cars derailed with three ending in a ditch.
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Scott
Bassano
Calgary
Machine Guns Provisional School Opens At Armory Tonight
A provisional Machine Guns school will open this evening at the Second Street Armories at 8 o'clock. Those wishing to attend are asked to be on hand. Also noted, the all-Russian congress agenda includes unification of soviet federated republics with Moscow as capital. IMro losses in Canada for the week ending December 27 are estimated at 1,966.9 dollars.
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Second Street Armories
Moscow
Imro
Canada
Basilica of Quebec Burned on December 22
The Basilica of Quebec dating from 1674 was destroyed by a fire on December 22. The crypt beneath the nave reportedly holds remains of many notable figures, including French governors, with prior damage from Wolfe’s 1759 bombardment. The church was famed for its stained glass and organ.
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Quebec
Dominion
New France
Wolfe
Alberta Labor Federation Convention to Convene in Medicine Hat
The tenth annual Alberta Federation of Labor convention will meet in Medicine Hat starting Monday January 8 with about a hundred delegates from Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and other points. Notables include Hon Alex Ross Ald J White and E E B Roper with a public Sunday meeting in the Empress Theatre and plans for delegate entertainment and tours.
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Alex. Ross
Alberta Federation of Labor
Medicine Mat
Alberta
Canadian Labor Party
Edmonton
Calgary
Mine Workers of
M.L.A
EF. Harrison
Dominion Fair
Saskatoon
ACO
Rank Wheatley
Blairmorse
Bankhead
Federation
Wil
E. E B. Roper
Alberta Labor News
W. Smitten
Bureau of Labor
Roper
Empress Theatre
Ald. J. White
White
E. E. Roper
Wheatley
Worningy
Uphold Turkish National Pact
Constantinople January 2 dispatch says the Turkish National Assembly unanimously upheld the national pact. Ismet Pasha may be instructed to insist on its full fulfillment and possibly sign a separate peace with willing powers. The pact aims to keep Mosul in Turkish territory and would turn the Dardanelles and Bosphorus over for world commerce.
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Constantinople
Turkish National Assembly
Angora
Ismet Pasha
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Mosul
Mesopotamia
Dardinelles
The
Bosphorus
Fire causes $250000 damage on New York avenue boardwalk
A fire in Athletic City New Jersey at a cabaret site on New York avenue and the boardwalk caused about 250000 dollars in damage. Three persons were reported missing and three firemen were slightly injured. Four singing girls were carried down ladders to safety.
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Athletic City
N. J
New York Avenue
Boardwalk
Fire Attack Claim Raises Alarm at St Patrick’s Church
Rev. Father Connolly, rector of St Patrick’s church in Quaebec, stated emphatically that an attempt had been made to set fire to the church, signaling a possible arson case and church safety concerns.
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Father Connolly
St. Patrick’s Church
Quaebec
Deuijn
Classified ads sell fast in The News
Classified ads offer quick sales leverage for readers. Advertisers promote items and services through the newspaper to reach a broad local audience.
British Beer Bill Decreased Fifty Percent
Fifty percent less beer was consumed in Great Britain in the past year compared with pre war levels. The Brewers' Society cites taxation, low wages and unemployment rather than temperance as the cause. In 1922 consumption was 18,000,000 barrels versus 23,000,000 in 1921 and 26,000,000 in 1920.
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London
Great Britain
Brewers' Society
Los
Fire destroys town hall and shops in Burdett
A Saturday dawn blaze starting in the Burdett town hall destroyed the hall, the general store, and two confectionery shops. Estimated damage around 25,000 dollars, likely insured, with winds fanning the fire before firefighters could respond. all three stores were owned by Chinkamen.
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Burdett
Stgelt
Chinkamen
Insurrection Rumor in Mosul Suppressed by Officials
An official in London denied any confirmation of an uprising in Mosul in the oil area of the Trak kingdom. The report, sourced to Angora via Constantinople, was deemed unreliable amid Near East settlement talks. Mosul authorities reportedly stay in touch with Baghdad by wireless, ready to report disturbances.
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Constantinople
Mosul
Trak
Angora
Turkey
London
Morul
Bagdad
Loddon
Taylor Bros Acquire LePage Bros Grocery Stock
Taylor Bros purchase LePage Bros grocery stock and will assume all departmental store customers. In closing, LePage Bros thank old grocery customers and pledge to raise their record for first class service in dry goods ready to wear and boots and shoes.
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Taylor Bros
LePage Bros
Alberta Labor Party Convention Delegates Gather in Theatre Party
The Alberta section of the Canadian Labor Party holds its annual convention on Thursday with delegates from across the province. All labor bodies are invited to send representatives to participate in the event.
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Alberta
Canadian Labor Party
Bonar Law and Poincare Split Over Reparations Plan
Premier Bonar Law and Premier Poincare showed greater distance in the reparations conference opening. Each side offered plans while Italy’s was reviewed, seeking to reconcile British and French positions with the Italian proposal. Britain demands Germany’s primary obligation at 50 billion gold marks via 32 year bonds, no interest for four years, with staged payments thereafter.
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Germany
Paris
Bonar Law
Poincare
London
Conference of Premiers
Poincaré Proposes Reich Reparations Cut at Allied Talks
Premier Poincaré of France proposes reducing German reparations to 50 billion gold marks at the Allied leaders conference. The French plan includes a five year moratorium and guarantees to secure resumed payments, with class C bonds to extinguish inter allied debts. The French cabinet chaired by President Millerand approved the reparations plans.
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Poincare
France
Millerand
Northcliffe Estate Valued at 5 1/2 Million Pounds
London dated report states the estate of the late Lord Northcliffe is valued at five million five hundred thousand pounds. The Daily Express notes the valuation as part of its coverage.
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Northcliffe
London
The
Daily Express
Lord Northcliffe
Four Rebels Executed in Tralee District
Dublin dispatch reports that four rebels arrested in the Tralee district were executed by the Free State today. The names listed are Matthew Moroney, Thomas Devaney, Cornelius Casey, and Dormet OConnell.
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London
Dublin
Evening Standard
Tralee
Free State
Matthew Moroney
Thomas Devaney
Cornelius Casey
Dormet O'Connor
Monumental Blasts in Halle Target William and Bismarck Statues
Reports from Halle say an attempt to blow up the equestrian statue of Emperor William and the monuments to Bismarck and von Moltke failed when the first monument was knocked into the fountain basin. The crowd and police thwarted further efforts near the post office and two banks.
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Berlin
Halle
William
Uismark Imi von Moltke
Rob Palmer House clerk held up. funds stolen
A robber today held up Katherine Donovan, head bookkeeper at the Palmer House, knocked her unconscious and escaped with from $1,000 to $10,000 of the hotel's funds. Dr Robert Watson of New York named acting superintendent of the International Reform Bureau after the death of Dr W P Crafts in Washington.
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Cicago
Janu
Katherine Donovan
Palmer House
Robert Watson
New York
International Reform Bureau
W. P. Crafts
Washington
Maguire Elected Toronto Mayor Amid Waterfront Vote
Toronto voters chose C A Maguire as mayor for 1923 by a majority of 840, while rejecting the waterfront six track right of way concession to the Provincial Hydro Commission by 5.22 percent. The anti radial group won control of the board of aldermen with many new faces joining the anti radial tide. Confrontations continued in New York as an armistice slowed at the Irish consulate after two days of street clashes.
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Toronto
Hydro-Commission
C. A. Maguire
R. J. Fleming
Board of Control
Russell Nesbitt
Joseph Singer
New York
Free State
Republic
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Machine Gen School
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Victory Column
Rob Palmer
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