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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1914
Page
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Winnipeg Jan 19 Krafchenko faces possible permanent paralysis from spinal injury and leg damage after leaping from a police court window during an escape attempt. Doctors report excruciating pain and limited medicine access amid a royal commission inquiry and multiple suspects facing charges.
Authorities clear Reid's roommate and Hagel and Westlake are being held. Flowery remains held blameless while officials pursue remaining leads.
A letter from John MacCourt of Medicine Hat responds to Orange Lodge charges against Catholics. He defends Catholic education, condemns Mayor Brown's actions, and disputes dispensation claims about Trembley’s marriage. He argues Catholics pay taxes fairly and deserve proportional school funding.
The seed fair organized by the Medicine Hat Agricultural Society will take place tomorrow at city hall. Farmers should bring exhibits early and judges include W. J. Glass A. Lougheed and Hugh Mackintosh. Lectures by Mackintosh and Glass are scheduled for 3 PM. In Ireland William O'Brien resigns as Cork anti-Redmondite MP to gauge Home Rule support.
General Marie George Picquart, commander of the second French army corps and key Dreyfus case figure, died in Amiens at age sixty. He helped reveal forgeries leading to Dreyfus’s conviction, campaigned for revision, endured removal from service, and later returned to duty becoming minister of war and head of the second army corps.
Nadafor, a Syrian clothing store operator in Redgliff, rushed north from Empress after Saub disappeared during a trading trip. Nadafor learned Saub planned to sell the entire outfit to skip town, prompting the hurried search and concern over the pair's future activities.
Winnipeg market report lists Jan wheat at 86 1 8 cents, May 90 1 2, 90 1 8, July 92 1 8. Oats and flax prices for Jan May July contracts are shown with bid and ask values. Also listed are Winnipeg cash wheat grades and winter wheat prices, plus American market quotes from Minneapolis and Chicago for May and July wheat.
London, Jan 19. The Right Hon. Jesse Collings, once a Devonshire labourer, rose to the king's privy council and will retire from politics after representing Bordesley, Birmingham since 1896. A champion of agricultural workers, he helped pass land allotment measures and popular education reforms, famed for the slogan three acres and a cow.
London news reports Lord Strathcona sinking rapidly at five p.m. A hurried Edinburgh agent chartered a special train from Princess Street at 12.58 p.m. Saturday and reached London at 8.50 p.m. The 400 mile trip took 7 hours 52 minutes with engine changes at Carlisle and Crewe.
Redcliff January 18. Over one hundred men attended the Christian Men's league to hear Dr J H Rivers warden of the provincial gaol at Lethbridge discuss the modern method of treating delinquents. He described war criminals treated years ago and the current methods to restore men to manhood and respectability through a trusty system.
New York January reports the start of the second trial of Hans Schmidt for the murder of Anna. Jurors and courtroom proceedings are described as the case resumes after prior deliberations.
Dr J H Rivers warden of the provincial gaol at Lethbridge will speak this evening at the Fifth Ave schoolroom under Epworth League auspices on the modern method of treating delinquents. An audience of Redcliff men heard him yesterday and urged him to continue after the address. A large attendance is expected.
City solicitors Laidlaw Blanchard and Rand say the mayor's early year committee appointments were illegal. Alderman McLean's by law amendment to give council approval will be discussed this evening, with solicitor opinions likely shaping reception of the motion.
Alex Galbraith of Brandon, owner of the famed Clydesdale stallion Charnock, visited the city with Mrs Galbraith and Miss Galbraith. The party planned exhibits at Alberta agricultural schools and traveled to Lethbridge last night.
Phillipsburg report details a fractured skull engineer Harry Wessel found unconscious on the cab of a moving freight train. The fireman crossed to check and found him dead from a head wound after the train cleared a danger signal, the coal train passed about a mile earlier.
John O'Hara and A. R. Anderson of the Dominion Foundry Co. in Toronto sustained serious burns after an explosion of benzine at the works.
Matthews Murray and Jordan announce a decided improvement in financial conditions. They report 21 final payments on property in December and 17 final payments collected in the present month. Mr. Matthews says money is freer than it has been for nearly a year and expects a return to normal conditions next year.
Winnipeg city power company reports December net earnings of 88 752.23 after adjustments. The figure marks a record month, with a net profit of 23 757 after corrections and discounts, reflecting strong municipal utility performance.
Wienna reports Felix Koenig leads an Austrian expedition to begin in June. The party aims to explore unknown territories near the Weddell Sea and Enderby region just south of the Antarctic Circle, following guidance from Koenig who served with Lieut Fitchner on a German voyage.
About 5,000 Delaware and Hudson workers quit over the discharge of two employees, halting the system's operating end. Reinstatement with full back pay is demanded. Federal mediator G W Hanger and state official James Lynch arrived to seek settlement as unions plan talks this afternoon. No violence reported as mail service is paralyzed in many areas.
Workers claim dismissal rule violations occurred under orders from superintendents and demand reinstatement with full back pay. The union argues authority overruled employee actions and seeks remedy.
Lady Victoria Perry daughter of the Earl of Limerick looped the loop in an aero plane with Av iator Hamel at Hendon on Saturday and said she was delighted with the experience.
Vancouver January 18 reports the results of elections in adjacent municipalities including Reeves Burnaby Fraser South Vancouver Dickle West Vancouver Lawson Maple Ridge Lougheed Surrey Sullivan Delta Paterson Kent Nichols Coquitlam Marmont Chilliwack Kickbush Matsqui Merrifield Langley Towele with outcomes and tallies as available.
A fragment notes Buntyram scheduled to perform at the Corona on Tuesday and Wednesday with a playful boast about limits and effort.
Bulgaria has sold to Turkey 200000 Mauser rifles captured from Turkish forces during the war. The transfer was reported amid postwar arms trade shifts as Ankara secures modern rifles.
In Medicine Hat a reader replies to Rev Cadoux’s letter about South America and Rome’s influence. He argues Rome already wields power in Canada and condemns school law as violated by Catholic influence, citing Sydney Nova Scotia as an example and urging reform.
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