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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 07, 1918
Page
1
London dispatches report Bolsheviks plan to mobilize 600000 more men while Italy readies renewed conscription. British patrols cross the Piave. British strike at Tatum in Arabia. German talks with Bolsheviks suspend as Brest-Litovsk talks falter amid German political strains.
Wells Minn January 7 Maxer Siddall appeals to Governor Larnquist to stop a Non Partizan League meeting next Wednesday amid fear of disorder from recent gatherings. League president Adtowaly to speak. Mayor Siddall cites indecent language at Walters arrest of organizer I H Shoemaker on indecent language charges. bail posted. date set for January 4.
Calgary dated Jan 1 reports about 24 percent of drafted men notified to report for military service have not appeared at Victoria Park Barracks. Some are said to have relocated to British Columbia lumber mills to evade discovery. Authorities plan to pursue deserters if voluntary reporting stalls. Police are to intensify efforts with a $100 reward for arrest of a taunter.
London dispatch reports Max Man in Die Zukunft urges the Reichstag to assemble at once to declare Germany’s aims. He argues the Reichstag must tell the world what Germany wants rather than direction from a minister, else peace with Russia may be impossible and the war could continue indefinitely.
During the past week Monuters Police rounded up a group of Hens. Mike Onschuk was fined and costs for travelling without a period, and his brother Lewis warned for a similar offence. Others were warned for travelling from Saskatchewan without permission. M Baltes S Deretic MM Marko were fined for failing to report, and S Babak was fined for failing to register.
Following CPR orders to trim passenger services the Pacific Coast excursions are withdrawn. Advertised trips from January six to seventeen two are cancelled and excursion rates cancelled. The Lemond train will depart after January fifteenth at 7:20 am from this city.
A cabinet sub-committee of five members including White Meighan Calder Carvell and Robertson is formed to study Canada railway policy. It will examine Canadian Northern Grand Trunk Pacific control equipment needs coordination and financing for Parliament's next session. Also, the steamship Harry Luckenbach was torpedoed and sunk with loss of life, according to owners.
The condemned murderer Neimed, jailed for the murder of his wife in March, gains a chance for review. His counsel Bavdson A lattio petitioned Mr distlee Wimiman for a stated case. The matter, argued before Mr Anstice Hyndman pat Calears, was granted and will be heard before the Supreme Coast en banc at Edmonton on January 21.
London reports Lloyd George secured broad public support for his war aims statement. While details on economic terms and African colonies may spark divergence, the essentials are deemed satisfactory and the premier is credited with a significant national service.
British aviators dropped large quantities of bombs on the Ramegnnesh Chinacro Drome in Belgium and near Metz Lorraine. Bombs hit the Conflans railroad station and the Courcelles station, with an explosion and fire at Conflans.
Edmonton cabinet meeting Friday decided to call the Legislative Assembly to meet in Edmonton on Thursday February 7 to handle the province’s business. The announcement outlines the session to address provincial matters and legislative priorities.
Stamp sales at the local post office show a marked increase for the nine months ending December compared with 1916. The figures list December 16 at 5421 623 and April to December 1917 at 30 652 30, indicating a stronger period for Dee Lt and local postal activity.
Ottawa reports a Manitoba Government protest and western business groups against railway freight rate increases. The special hearing before the railway board is scheduled for Thursday morning. Western dealers fear losses from new rates adopted soon. The railways are expected to be represented at the session.
A Norwegian steamer delivered the first cargo of the new Cuban sugar crop to Philadelphia. Refiners expect ample sugar supply as over four million tons are now available. Also reported is the death of Peel, a known resident of Paris Ontario.
The London firm of a prominent trust company writes to the British Board of Trade, praising the recent western Canada election results. The letter notes confidence in Empire alignment and the positive impact on investors nationwide, describing the period as hopeful and productive for business.
Telegram reports from the Exchange Telegraph line that the Petrograd revolutionary tribunal issued arrest orders for Socialist leaders Tseretalli Gotz Tsheronoff and others for collaboration in publishing the Alarm Bill, a revolutionary newspaper suppressed by the Bolsheviki government.
The city council and the school board start the year with their first meetings tonight. Standing committees will be formed and plans for the year outlined. The school board may elect its chairman for the year with Dr. Gershaw likely to be re elected if he accepts.
The Alberta Federation of Labor open meeting in Edmonton discussed forming a working class party and pushing for a living wage. President Kinney led talks on postwar changes and owed delegates a pragmatic path, while delegates and local officials welcomed attendees and talked of broader social reforms.
Westlock Alberta January 7 Mrs Johnston Brown perished in a house fire that razed the residence Saturday leaving the woman dead the home destroyed and investigators seeking cause details
The Basket Local committee chair Incard of Halifax Steller received a morning letter from Mayor Hardie of Lethbridge stating the city’s support for a basket event on Thursday night. The Okotoks rink was destroyed by fire.
London reports 18 948 British casualties for the week ending today. The breakdown shows officers killed or died of wounds 418 and officers wounded or missing 14 600 plus 14 or 600 men. The rise follows sharp fighting near the Welal ridge on the Cambrai front and possible belated reports from Palestine and Italian theaters.
Mayor Brown and the city council gather this afternoon in the council chamber from 3 to 6 to hear arguments for and against the present form of civic taxation and invite any residents with opinions or solutions to share on the issue.
Corwin and C Brailley appeared before Magistrate Rue at the Provincial Police Office on Saturday night and again this morning. They were charged with having liquor and fined $75 plus costs each.
The Entente powers, after failing to seize a ten day grace period, reject a peace plan without territorial gains. The Fremdenbund of Viewin and Central Powers stance shift, with authorities signaling no longer bound by promises to princes for a general peace.
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