19 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
1
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The London Times Dublin correspondent reports unrest in Southern Ireland with armed factions resisting the treaty with Great Britain. Large bodies of ex republicans refuse to accept the accord amid a surge in robberies and violence in Dublin and rural districts. Owen O'Duffy is named chief of staff of the Irish republican army, replacing Richard Mulcahy. O'Duffy, 30, has been Sinn Fein liaison officer for Northern Ireland since the truce.
Calgary January 17 Canadian reports a United Farm Women of Alberta convention opening Wednesday. Resolutions urge removal of barriers to access scientific lodges, care for confinement mothers at government expense, ban on cigars and cigarettes, and prohibition of tobacco manufacture. Dozens more on coffins costs and governors general abolition are listed.
General Von Kuhl cites a 1914 Berlin dispute over the Paris advance as the cause of the German retreat. He argues headquarters missteps and misdelivered orders by Lieut. Hentzch accelerated the retreat before battlefront reception, prompting a retrospective on the so called miracle of the Marne.
A woman in male clothing, coal dust covered, was found in a Gasconter bunker three days out of To on New Year’s Day. She identified as Lizzie Schlitz from Louisville Kentucky, a former Russian governess expelled by the Bolsheviks, who fled through Germany and Antwerp seeking a passport. She was given a uniform of the Gasconter’s first mate and later sent toward Bremen on the Tasaadrier.
A Michigan Central passenger train traveled 216 miles in 108 minutes, illustrating a rapid schedule as it moved between destinations on its run.
Mrs Hermiong Rentzman thirty arrest last night confessed to police she shot and killed her sister Gennarine Wessela twenty seven as she slept Sunday morning. She feared the younger woman was stealing the love of Frederick Rentzman her husband in an isolated Longbranch NJ residence.
George Walters of Dunkirk will testify before the Senate investigating committee about cruelty in the Camp Merritt guardhouse he witnessed. He alleges two men were killed by sergeants with a pick handle and will name the sergeants. he also describes a prisoner clubbed for not scrubbing floors fast enough with a toothbrush.
In Chatham Ontario Garnett Everley is hospitalized with a bullet wound in the left thigh. Edward McCarrel, a Harwich Township farmer, is detained by police over a shooting allegedly arising from a quarrel with his wife.
General Amos Fries head of the U S Army chemical warfare service told the Compressed Gas Manufacturers association that gas is the most humane weapon. He cited World War I losses and medical studies to claim gas victims suffer no more permanent disabilities than those from bullets or other weapons.
A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors is set for noon tomorrow at the Hotel Cecil to discuss upcoming business affairs and plans.
London editorials express unity in urging continued close relations between Great Britain and France amid the French cabinet crisis. They stress shared interests and the need for cooperative diplomacy.
New York January 28 Canadian press Stefansson explorer faces new charges by Canadian Arctic expedition backers. Lée Kotick manager sues for breach of contract to book lectures. Stefansson answers court alleging overzealous press agenting and claims truth subordinated to publicity interests.
Beatrice Herbert of Canada, once denied entry thrice, confronts a fourth deportation after alleged infatuation with William Zinzer, a tourist agency district manager. Authorities note her sanity except regarding Zinzer and report she entered Philadelphia under an assumed name to stay near him.
Johannesburg January 18 Mining districts report flooding in goldfields as workers are absent from pumping stations. Essential services managed by company officials, with calm prevailing in the Rand district despite the strike.
Reports show influenza sweeping Paris and surrounding provinces with 24 deaths by Monday and 40 health authorities note rising cases in early January. In England outbreaks hinder Atlantic fleet crews from annual exercises as sickness spreads.
Germany made its first payment of 31,000,000 gold marks today under the Cannes Reparations Commission decision. The instalments are to be paid every ten days while the overall reparations issue awaits a final ruling.
New York reports the death of Jom T. Kelley aged 67 a veteran comedian of music shows and vaudeville who died today from bronchitis in a long career spanning half a century
Calgary Jan 18 Complaints that pro government filled all key appointments with supporters dominated the Medicine Hat federal constituency UPA convention. Fr Cates of Oyen elected president after H Harris declined another nomination. Harris praised for four years as president as district membership rose to 5,398 with thriving locals.
Washington figures compiled by the treasury show receipts and disbursements for wartime operations from April 6, 1917, to December 31, 192, totaling about 99 billion dollars each, covering ordinary receipts and public debt against equivalent disbursements in both classes.
Ottawa reports J A M Armstrong former member of parliament in North te opposes the return of Hon Kerizie King in the February 3 by elections for ministers. The prime minister may depart Ottawa tonight to attend nomination meetings. Hon G P Graham appears the only other cabinet member with a certain position.
A well dressed monocled youth, Serge de Lan, was arrested leaving an apartment with a suitcase of silver after a series of baffling robberies. He comes from a noble, well to do family and received a monthly allowance and had ties to an automobile concern. He confessed those robberies he remembered.
London officials reveal the Menkins Company has secured the contract to erect grain elevators in South Africa. The team sails for South Africa in January with 26 Canadians and staff from Britain Australia and the United States. Menkins stresses the project is Canadian and most materials will come from Britain or South Africa. Outlay totals £1,250,000 with less than £380,000 spent abroad for non local items.
In Fairmont West Virginia a tragedy unfolds as Simon and Frank fatally wound each other after an argument over Teresa, a young girl at a nearby poor-farm. Teresa reportedly attacks the men with a meat saw, then succumbs to poison. Frank later shoots himself after discovering the girl.
A hotel in Jena, Germany was robbed as a group entered and demanded a sofa with a Napoleonic link. The sofa was carried away after the proprietor reported the incident and the suspects claimed to represent themselves.
A runaway plane starting from the ice crashes into a crowd of skaters on the Shrewsbury River. The aircraft piloted by James Casey injures several, including severing the right arm of Lawrence Conley and rifling Mrs. Anna C E Hounihan. Authorities aid victims as boat and skating races observers watch in shock.
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