Ireland Ratifies Anglo Irish Treaty to form Free State
In Dublin the Dail Eireann voted 64 to 57 to ratify the Anglo Irish Treaty creating the Irish Free State. Speaker J. MacNeill read a motion affirming Ireland as a sovereign state deriving authority from the people. Mrs Catharine Wheelwright, mother of Eamonn de Valera, predicts his resignation eventually.
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J. MacNeil
Dail
Ireland
C. Wheelwright
de Valera
Dublin
Dail Kireann
Dail Eireann
John MacNeill
Harry Boland
Rochester
N. Y
Catharine Wheelwright
Eamonn de Valera
United States
Iris
Murdock Calls For Co operation
Ottawa January 7 Hon James Murdock minister of labor issued a public appeal urging employers and employees to settle wage and working condition agreements for 1922 before March 31 to avoid wasted working days in spring and summer. He cites building trades delays and appeals for nationwide cooperation to secure understanding between now and March 21.
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Labor
Ottawa
Canada
James Murdock
Murdock
Labor Department
Domiinion
Oth
Minister of Labor
Weather roundup for West region states
The past 24 hours were fair with rising temperatures across cities. Forecasts show all West regions remaining fair today and Sunday with stationary or higher temperatures in most areas.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Cloudy
Winnipeg
Nelson
Calgary
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
All West
Lloyd George calls to halt Bolshevik propaganda at Paris talks
Speaking before the allied supreme council in Cannes, Mgr. Lloyd George urged stopping Bolshevik propaganda and said any Russia deal must ensure its end. He warned the danger to the allies if Moscow remains unchallenged and urged recognition only if Russia honors obligations and avoids aggression.
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Cannes
Allied Supreme Council
Mgr
Lloyd George
Great Britain
Russia
France
Angola
Asia Minor
Mail clerk robs own car near Kansas City
L H Holland a Missouri Pacific express car clerk confessed to rifling packages and fabricating a robbery tale to hide the theft. He said the hold up occurred just outside Kansas City on December 27, police reported.
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Kansas City
L. H. Holland
Missouri Pacific
Atlas Moth of India Becomes World’s Largest Insect
A moth with wings nearly a foot wide is described as the largest moth or butterfly in the world, noted as the atlas moth of India. The record emphasizes its immense wingspan and global significance in lepidopterology.
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India
Doctors say beer wine not necessary in medical practice
In a Journal of the American Medical Association survey, physicians in 19 states report beer and wine are not necessary therapies and whisky likewise. About four fifths state enforcement of prohibition laws caused no suffering or death in their practices.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Woman crushed between car and light pole in Toronto death
Mrs Bessie Solway of Toronto was crushed between an electric light pole and a motor car driven by Archibald Mitchell last night and died minutes later. Mitchell and his brother, also in the car, were released on bail on a manslaughter charge.
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Toronto
Bessie Solway
Archibald Mitchell
Mitchell
Fox Trotting Prominent Merchant Falls Dead in Venice Hall
E C Shupp an 8 year old Venice California merchant dropped dead early today while fox trotting on a crowded public dance hall floor in Venice California authorities report no cause yet determined witnesses describe a sudden collapse during the dance floor activity with the hall crowded at the time and the incident attracting local attention
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Fox
Venice
Cal
E. C. Shupp
Community well plan eyed for Many Island Lake area
A meeting at F. S. Ratliff & Co. approved drilling a community well in the Many Island Lake district. Attendees included Dr. A. E. Nye A. W. Lang W. H. Johnston J. A. Toil H. C. Duggan James Jordan and F. S. Ratliff C. R. Garval. A standard rig is ready and site selection will be by geologist B. F. Dunn. An 8000 financing plan proposes 5000 subscriptions of 160 each, with weekly progress and an executive committee to manage funds.
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F. S. Ratliff & Co
Island Lake District
A. E. Nye
A. W. Lang
Lang Bros. Limited
W. H. Johnston
Anderson Agency
W. HH. Tom
W. H. Tom & Companys
B. F. Dunn
Dunn
Medicine Hat Chamber seeks Made in Medicine Hat exhibit
Chamber of Commerce directors discussed creating a Made in Medicine Hat exhibit with a city council presence on the planning committee. They urged manufacturers to appoint a representative and asked government and railway officials to provide support for related plants and rail connections.
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Medicine Hat
Chamber of Commerce
Georgi Preston
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Chamber of *Commerce
Ho Headlevy
Canadian National Railways
Chudbeigh
Andrews
Scretary Bardson
Finante
Sage
International Joint Commission Approves Waterways Plan
The International Joint Commission approves the Lakes St Lawrence Waterways proposal and transmits a report to Canada and the United States governments. The United States State Department will send the report to Congress in a few days, and it will not be made public until Congress reviews it.
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Lakes-St. Lawrence
United States
Washington
International Joint Commission
United States State Department
Congress
Unitarian Pastor Targets Auto Mobiles In North Andover
In North Andover Massachusetts on January 6 a local pastor Rev E J Prescott condemned auto mobiles as a source of sin and urged parishioners to turn from temptation. He linked driving and gas use to moral decline citing a roadside ministry and the spread of vehicles among families. A separate item notes O J Morrison completing a gas well drill to near million feet daily production for Redchef Br ic and Coal Co near its river flat mine.
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North Andover
Mass
E. J. Prescott
Gasolige
Cary
O. J. Morrison
Redchef Bric and Coal, Co
Alberta irrigation drive eyed for colonizing farmers
Lethbridge January 7 C N Houston secretary of Alberta irrigation council says thousands of experienced irrigation farmers in western states seek cheap lands and Alberta can attract them with an active colonization plan He notes Fort Collins Colorado land sells for 500 an acre while southern Alberta offers similar quality with more water and Montana plans to recruit farmers from irrigation states to develop new districts.
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Lethbridge
C. N. Houston
Irrigation Council of Alberta
Colorado
Montana
Alberta
Houston
Fort Collins
Colo
Mr. Houston
Suffer From Heart Trouble May Live Long
Ottawa reports April statistics showing among four Canadian centenarians who died that month, three had heart disease. One reached 100, another 101, a third 104, and a fourth 106 with arterial affections. Heart illness caused 890 deaths, 6.6 percent of total, about one in fifteen.
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Ottawa
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Conference delegates form committee on creamery storage plant and canning plans
At yesterday's farmers and citizens conference a representative committee was appointed by Chairman Morreis to study a creamery cold storage plant and meat fruit and vegetable canning. Members include A Richardson Rev W Morrow Parker Mackie Irvine and others. Ex officio members include Rob Gardiner M P and M L As Perrin Baker W C Smith. The panel will report in March on these issues. Also discussed were winter stock feed transport oats, replacing scrub stock with pure breds, allowing local farmers to sell meat before 2 pm, and a sanctuary at Many Island Lake with a new pound district affecting four townships. A committee was named to study community pastures and R S Stevens acted as secretary.
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Ferenice
Questi
Morre
A. Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
W. Morrow
Medicine Hat U.F.A
T. Parker
Winnifre Geo
Mackie
Irvine
Lyons
Whitla
W. Strand
Hawke
Gros Ventre
Trimble
W. H. Wedderburn
Bowell
Foy
Yale
Ham
M.L.A
Medicine Hat
U.F.A
U.P.A
Messrs
W. C. Smith
M. L.A
H. C. McDaniel
George Mackiff
A. Shaw
R. S. Stevens
Two Murders in Montreal Within Four Days
Montreal reports a second murder in four days as police discover a well dressed young man bound and strangled in a shed at Snowden Junction. The victim is unidentified, with evidence pointing to foul play. Vincent Trescol, shot behind a greery store, recently arrived from Brooklyn, believed killed in a feud.
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Montreal
Snowden Junction
Vincent Trescol
Greery
Brooklyn
Regina broker arraigned on theft by conversion
E. J. Quigley, a broker and bond dealer in Regina, was arraigned in the city police court on a theft by conversion charge involving 7400 from J. M. Broderick. The funds came from a securities sale on the New York Stock Exchange. No plea was taken and the case was remanded to January 13. Quigley is free on bail of 4000 plus 4000 furnished by four friends.
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Regina
E. J. Quigley
J. M. Broderick
New York Stock Exchange
Quigley
GOAL STRIKERS OPPOSE WAR OF NATIVE CAB
Reuters report from Johannesburg says union leaders failed to resolve the coal dispute. Miners refuse to submit to arbitration over shilling-per-shift cuts effective January 1. Premier Smuts to hear the case as miners protest use of native labor and strict mining regulations intensify the strike.
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London
Reuter
Jomnesburg
Stril
Christian Smuts
Union South Africa
Aldermen in Fistic Battle Over Prohibition Motion
In Chicago on January 4 a council clash erupted as two aldermen fought after a motion to amend liquor laws allowing sale of beer and wine. The resolution aimed to cover cities 25,000 or larger and passed 50 to 7. Alderman John Lyle pressed prohibition while Alderman John Tomon urged floor critique.
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Chicago
Joh Lyle
John Tomon
Poison gas outlawed by major powers at Washington talks
Great Britain Japan France Italy and the United States approved a proposal to prohibit poison gas as an instrument of war at the Washington conference. The move aims to ban its use and possession among the signatory nations.
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Washington
Great Britain
Japan
Italy
United States
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