Salvation Army High Council moves against General Booth
The Salvation Army turmoil deepens as High Council demands General Bramwell Booth resign. Reports say council may remove him or force action if he refuses, while Captain Herbert Hart seeks a compromise. The conflict escalates toward possible legal action and court involvement.
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Atséndon
Edward Higgins
Salvation Army
Bramwell Booth
Evangeline Booth
United States
Higgins
Southwold
London
High Council of the
Sandbury-on-Thames
High Council
Booth
Sunbury Court
Herbert Hart
Hart
William Booth
Grandmother’s screams avert tragedy from gas leak
In Toronto on Saturday, 72-year-old Mrs. Dalzell’s cries warned of coal gas leaking from defective furnace pipes. Her daughter Lulu 34, Edith 18, and Dorothy 11 were found prostrate. Lulu and Edith were rushed to hospital, where they are recovering.
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Toronto
Prince George Quarantined With Mild Cold At Palace
London report says George, the King’s youngest son, was confined to his room at Buckingham Palace after taking ill with a slight cold this afternoon. The notice adds the illness is mild and not serious.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Fe&incz
George
Wheat inspection figures from Winnipeg grain report
Winnipeg grain report dated January 14 notes inspections of wheat carried by GOA cars on Saturday from last year totaling 1,100 with contract grades at 300.
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Winnipeg
Prices Vary Across Same Grade Wheat in Saskatchewan
Royal Grain Commission hearing in Saskatoon heard farmers recount wide price swings for identical grain grades within seven miles, with factors like rain and frost between shipments affecting quality. Witnesses urged clearer, weight based grading while officials noted gaps between evidence and legal form.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Royal Grain Commission
Saskatchewan
C. D. Dunlap
North Dakota
B. H. Harris
Quaker Oats Company
King's Illness Improves as Queen Kept to Her Rooms
London dispatch reports King George entering his fifty fifth day of illness with slow but steady progress. Queen Mary’s cold keeps her confined to the palace suites while doctors monitor both spouses amid wartime weather and royal strain.
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London
King George’s
Hewett, Tigby
Geoffrey Secombe Hett
Buckingham Palace
Palace Chapel
Palace
Geoffrey Seccomberiett
Mary
Northern Aerial Minerals expedition planes reported safe
Toronto Jan 14. J F E Hammell president of the Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Company said the expedition crew and two airplanes missing in James Bay region have arrived safely at Moonbeam Ontario west of Cochrane. Weather is blamed for the delay and cause of the initial disappearance remains unknown.
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Toronto
Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Company
James Bay
J. FE. Hammell
Moonbeam
Ont
Cochrane
Marshal Foch Seriously Ill at Paris Home
Paris reports Marshal Ferdinand Foch Generalissimo of the Allied Armies was taken seriously ill with heart trouble after a bad cold from the Armistice Day celebration. Bronchitis and breathing difficulty followed, with three doctors called in consultation. The illness reflects strain after previous recovery. Findlay S. Douglas elected president of the United States Golf Association.
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Paris
Ferdinald Foch
Findlay S. Douglas
United States Golf Association
King Amanullah Abdicates Afghan Throne
Reports from Peshawar and official British advices confirm that King Amanullah of Afghanistan abdicated. His rumored departure from Kabul by airplane toward Kandahar and the transfer of power to his brother Prince Inayatullah are noted with emphasis on the uncertain frontier situation.
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Peshawar
India
Amanullah
Prince Inayatullah
Kabul
Kandahar
London
Afghanistan
Grain Carrier Adrift for 26 Days in Ocean
Aberdeen Scotland Jan 14 the Norwegian grain ship Ole Aurvold adrift for 26 days after its propeller was lost four hundred miles off Larrahead in the North Atlantic. The vessel with cargo of grain was towed to port by the trawler Grimsby. Crew survived by baking bread from wheat and using roasted grain and wheat coffee as beverage while stormy seas buffeted the ship since December 4 departure from Buffalo.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Ole Aurvold
Grimsby
Buffalo
Larrahead
North Atlantic
Informal peace talks proposed between Britain and US
Washington report states Commander Kenworthy MP proposed two informal peace conferences with British Parliament members. One in London in spring 1929 and a return to Washington in October. He argues discussions on international law at sea and naval parity could improve Anglo American relations.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
London
Jed A. Britten
Illinois
Joseph Kenworthy
M.P
Kenworthy
Britten
iXenworthy
Parliament
Couness
Washington
Britain
House Naval Affairs Committee
Interparliamentary Union
Government Watch on Water Rates Sparks Irrigation Fear
In Coalhurst Alberta on January 14 the Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District Ratepayers Association gathers about 190 members and pressing for government relief from high charges. Directors adjourn to a larger meeting at the Community Club as the fear of losing land over rates grows.
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Lethbridge
Coalhurst
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District
Lethbridge Northern Irrigation District Ratepayers’ Association
Auwe Ake Bed Lie Mus le Lucie
Colonization Department
Ratepayers' Association
Chicago Wins Supreme Court Water Rights Decision
Chicago gained a Supreme Court victory over rival Great Lakes disputes by upholding a War Department permit allowing the Chicago sanitary district to withdraw Lake Michigan water. Chief Justice Taft delivered the ruling, permitting continued withdrawal under the permit while sewage disposal arrangements are finalized.
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Washington
Chicago
Supreme Court
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Secretary of War
Ruth Wife of Babe Ruth Dies in Boston Fire
Babe Ruth mourns as wife Mrs George Herman Ruth dies in a house fire in Watertown Massachusetts last Friday night. Police sought to question Lt Kid ward Jr dentist in whose home she had lived under the name Mrs Helen Kinder the Yankee star arrived from New York to halt burial and seek a new death certificate to bury her as Mrs Ruth. Ruth issued a brief statement and refused further interviews.
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Watertown
Mass
Babe" Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Kidward Jr. Tinder
Boston
Ruth
Helen Xinder
New York
John TB. Feeney
Mrs. Hinder
Grain Movements in Canadian Western Centers
Grain flows to market as of January 14 total 591,113 bushels on C P lines. Fort William reports 128 cars received and 198 unloaded while Winnipeg shipments eastbound total 306 cars with 280 on hand. Lake head storage stands at 6,465,000 bushels and Vancouver storage at 6,843,039 bushels with 241 cars unloaded. Calgary supplies 197 cars westward.
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Winnipes
Man
C. P
J. G. Sutherland
Transnportation
Fort Willam
Winnipeg
Lake Head
Vancouver
Calgary
Tear Gas Used in Philadelphia Jail Riot
Philadelphia police guarded the County prison at Homesburg after a two day jailbreak riot. Prisoners protested meals without tea, smashed tables and cell doors, and burned mattresses. The disturbance ended when tear gas bombs were used against the rioters.
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Philadelphia
Homesburg
Wheat advances in local Winnipeg pit trade
Wheat continued to rise in Winnipeg as the local pit trade grew slowly. Quotations ended broadly unchanged to 1/8 higher, with speculative buying in New York and Chicago cited as driving the advance. Liverpool gains ranged 2 1/8d to 2 1/4d. Barley stayed firm.
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Winnipeg
New York
Chicago
Liverpool
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