England Faces Industrial Crisis Amid Coal Strike Threat
London reports warn that a March coal strike could trigger Britain’s worst industrial crisis. miners may seek concessions while owners insist on sustaining their operations. conciliation talks set for January 22 as fears of rail disruption and riots grow. sugestões of socialist influence and international connections surface amid broader political maneuvering.
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London
Great Britain
Coal Conciliation Board
Prairie Delegates Sought for Ottawa Fruit Convention
Ottawa January 15 All arrangements are complete for the Dominion Fruit Convention to be held February 14 to 16 in Ottawa. Delegates have been named from all provinces except Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Proponents say prairie provinces should also be represented as fruit growing is in its infancy and may supply smaller fruits. Delegates will likely be appointed.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ulsters Preparing War on Home Rule
London reports rising home rule agitation in Ireland with Unionist Ulster circles pushing a campaign in England against the Asquith bill. The bill may be introduced in March, with spring plans to sustain agitation into April when Andrew Bonar Law is set to address a Belfast Unionist rally.
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London
Ireland
Ulster
England
Asquith
House of Commons
Miraculous Trainman Escape After Chaplin Wreck
A CPR trainman sleeping in the caboose was unharmed in a rear end collision near Chaplin on Friday morning. Crews dug through wreckage and found him uninjured though he endured severe cold in his sleeping garments. The collision damaged rolling stock, which was said to have been pilfered.
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C.P.R
Chaplin
Swift Current
Sensational Developments After Premier Caillaux Fall
Paris reports a wave of sensational developments after Caillaux’s fall. Prominent figures like Bourgeois Briand Crasé and Millier are willing to accept minor cabinet posts in a Poincare government, signaling solidarity. Claims of Caillaux taking official papers from the interior ministry and ongoing rumors suggest further changes ahead.
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Paris
Leon Bourgeois
Aristotle Briand
Theopile Decrase
Alexandra Millier
Raymond Poincare
France
Caillaux
M. Caillaux
Ministry of the Interior
M F Reyo Victor and a Coalition Ministry in France
The text suggests M. F Reyovict could lead a coalition ministry to end the perturbation in France. If true his name might persuade French chauvinists and international diplomats that conscientious self-possession would guide France’s future policy. Public opinion on foreign relations urges France to honor its commitments and seek a truce over petty quarrels.
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M. F. Reyovict
France
United States
England
Germany
Third Republic
Noted Singer Debuts at Dreamland Theatre Tonight
The Dreamland Theatre management announces Miss Bessie Portillo, ex Sullivan Considine Circuit, will debut this evening. Manager Lotz, returning from Chicago with Portillo, says she has a strong voice and will introduce illustrated songs with Alexandra's rag time band in costume. He also reveals bookings for new shows brought to the local opera house.
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Dregintland Theatre
Bessie Portillo
Sullivan Considine Circuit
Chicago
Lotz
Miss Portillo
Tosina
Illustrated Sons
Alexandra
Mr. Lotz
West
Italian Commander to Lose Charge in Tripoli
Rome reports General Pecori, commander of the leading corps at Aiistara, Tripoli, will be recalled and stripped of command for failing to aid a reconnoitering unit surrounded by Turks at Birtobras. The unit suffered heavy losses from ammunition shortages amid Italy's war strains. The note also mentions Natal and Tunisian proximity to supply efforts.
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Rome
Pecori
Aiistara
Tripoli
Birtobras
Italy
Natal
Italians Bombard Turkish Camps Along Yemen Coast
Italian cruisers Cala bria Puglia and Piemonte with destroyers bombarded Turkish military camps in Yemen province. At Teheia about 60 miles from Kinfida they shelled the camp on January 5, with Turks suffering few casualties and no damage to houses.
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Aden
Red Sea
Calabria
Puglia
Piemonte
Yemen
Teheia
Kinfida
Great Britain's 29th Dreadnought keel laid at Portsmouth
The keel plate for Great Britain's 29th Dreadnought class ship was laid in Portsmouth, Newvelles first of five armored ships under the 1911-12 naval program. The unnamed vessel, largest yet built in England at 25,000 to 26,000 tons, will precede a fleet of 32 dreadnoughts with heavier shells and improved anti torpedo defenses.
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Portsmouth
Great Britain
England
Prize Lists and Show Details For Poultry Event
Poultry Show prize lists available at The News office. Entry list closes January 19. Also promoting the film The Siege of Calais and a cottage near a flour mill advertised at 157datf. Local ad copy references H. C. Pottet & Co. and unspecified cottage details.
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H. C. Pottet & Co
Five Shops Burned in Spectacular City Fire
Fire destroyed Howson liquor store Hick's Clothing Campbells tailors and the Palace Barber shop on Railway Street as flames swept through Wright's jewelry later. The blaze began in Wright's upper floor and spread quickly with crowds watching as firefighters battled freezing pipes and collapsing walls.
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Howset’s
Hick’s
Wright’s
Palace Barber Shop
Campbell’s Tailor Places
Howson
Liquor Merchant
Hick’s Clothing Co
Campbell’s Tailor Store
Wright
Cochran's
Wright's
Campbell’s
Tailors
Campbell's
Parker
Newson
Railway Street
Hick's
Trowson
Clair
Sumles
Ex-Mayor Eyes Two New Industries for Medicine Hat
Ex mayor Milne signals near term plans for two major plants in Medicine Hat promising about 160 jobs in one and 75 to 100 in the other. He and ex-councilman Fawcett cite intense western city competition and withhold names for a week while two distant businessmen visit to assess the site. Milne hopes construction begins in early spring.
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Milne
Mr. Milne
Exilderman Fawcett
Train crash in Newcastle kills five in yard collision
Five people are reported killed after a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train collided with a Pittsburgh and Lake Erie train in the railroad yards at Newcastle Pennsylvania. The accident occurred January 15 and details are incomplete.
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Newcastle
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
Hatters rally behind "We Can We Will" motto boost growth
A Canadian city embraces the slogan "We Can, We Will" as a push to spur industrial growth. Publicity efforts and a City Charter change aim to attract factories, jobs, and population, with capitalist Clifford Brown as promoter.
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Clifford Brown
Toronto
We. Brown
San Francisco
Calgary
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Brown
Mr. Brown
America
C.P.R
Inebriate Baroness Involved in Caen Murder Trial
A Caen murder trial centers on Baron de Couvrigny and his son Robert. The baroness allegedly orchestrated the plan, discussed poisoning, and later had her son shoot the baron from ambush while intoxicated with absinthe. The Fresne Lancre family name figures prominently in Calvados society.
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Paris
Jan.h
Caen
France
Baron de Couvrigny
Couvrigny
Fresne Lancre
Department
Calvados
Robert
Calvodse Court
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