Honored memory of the immortal bard in Scottish style
Members of the Caledonian Society and friends gathered at Park Hall to honor Bobbie Burns. Over 300 attended a supper, concert, and dance with haggis carried in by J. Black. Music by Pipe Major A. Wolfe and Piper Williamson accompanied speeches and toasts.
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Caledonian Society
Park Hall
Scotia
Bobbie Barns
J. Black
A. Wolfe
Piper Williamson
English pianist Leginska vanishes in New York City
Fathel Leginska, famed English pianist conductor and composer, is missing after failing to appear at Carnegie Hall. Police issued a general alarm as Miss Lucille Oliver said Leginska left home unescorted to fetch a taxi and did not carry her purse. A search of Carnegie Hall area and her home is underway, with conductor Mieczyslaw Inn called in to help reassure the audience.
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Janu
Fathel Legiska
Carnegie Hall
Athe Teetnslen
Lucille Oliver
Carnegie Mall
Mieczyslaw Inn
Pacific Coast
Oliver
Leginsky
Not Healthy To Be a Political Chinese Leader
Shanghai dated dispatch reports Dr Sun Yat sen, a leading Chinese figure, dead in Peking according to a Japanese semi official news agency.
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Sun Yet Sen
China
Peking
Wheat closes higher as May futures reach new highs
Prices surged in the session with May futures touching 2.11 per bushel and daily gains of about 6 to 7 cents. The market ended firmer amid erratic trading while weather across Saskatchewan and Manitoba shifted to cooler, snowier conditions and forecasts called for lighter snowfall and stronger northerly winds into Wednesday.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Reverend D R Drommond Resigns From Presbyterian Board
Rev Dr D R Drommond of St Pauls Presbyterian Church resigns as chairman of the General Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. The denomination had formed the board five years ago and the resignation marks a major change in leadership.
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Dan
D. R. Drommond
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
General Board of the Presbyterian Church In Canada
Strikers Hit Buckingham Palace and Parliament Supplies
London reports 220 engineering staff strike over non union hire in the eastern division. Volunteers will keep Royal electricity but Parliament heating will shut this afternoon. Mass meeting votes to withhold work until a final settlement. High unions and key men drive wider support.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Queen Mary
Sandringhaim
Chelsea Hospital
Office of Works
Irish Officials at Bow Street in Naval Secrets Case
W P O Leary and J D McCough were committed for trial on illegal dissedention of naval secrets. Letters found link them to Irish Republican Army intelligence and reveal details about Haslar dockyard experiments and naval tanks. Bail denied for O Leary. McCough bail set at £2000.
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London
Bow St
W. P. O'Leary
J. D McCough
Irish Republican Army
Munustrate
McCoveh
O'Leary
Shinwright
Portsmouth
Job
McGough
McGrough
Haslar
McConeh
Warlantelly
Travers Humphreys
Crown
McCough
Britain
Number 1
National Safety
Mark Paine
Admiralty
Germany's Reply On Cologne Evacuation Note Handover
Germany's government delivered its reply to the note from the Council of Ambassadors regarding the Cologne zone non evacuation. The document was handed to Entente envoys at noon and will be published Wednesday morning.
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Rerliu
Council of Ambassadors
Cologne
Ottawa minister dies and divorce granted in Utah district court
Ottawa reports the death of W. D. Scott assistant Deputy Minister of Immigration and Colonization. In Utah district court Mrs Sarah F. E. Mays wife of former Congressman James H Mayo was granted a divorce on grounds of desertion.
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W. D. Scott
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Sarah FE. Mays
James H. Mayo
Utan
Church union vote to date in Chilliwack area
Awakened by his dog pulling his bed clothes Larry Ellie of Chilliwack British Columbia raised the alarm as a fire broke out at McDonald's bakery on the street below.
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Alre
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Wvy
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Church Union
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Larry Ellie
Chilliwack
B.C
McDonald’s
Toronto
Whidatyme Church Union Bureau of Information Today
Province
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Pielard
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Cotia
Prince Edward Island
Signing of Russo Japanese trade treaty gains interest in Vancouver
Vancouver reports from arriving Orient passengers on the Empress of Asia say Japanese business leaders expect immediate trade expansion with Russia. Osaka official Hi G Fujiwara cites rapid exchange of commodities such as knitted goods and lumber, while Russia would ship hemp cereals and spices as trade grows. Some fear Russia may gain influence, but Osaka manager Nyori says railway conditions prevent rapid growth and cooperation remains cautious.
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Japan
Vancouver
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D., Jr
Osaka
Russia
Siberian
Britain
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Nyori
Tuner
Tusala
Traln
Saskatchewan Grain Growers Hold Annual Convention
Regina reports the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association opens its annual convention with strong delegate turnout expected. Interest centers on merging with the Farmers Union and expanding cooperative marketing beyond wheat. A trading department meeting shows a small profit despite crop failures and cancelled binder time-orders, urging farmer support.
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Regina
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Farmers’ Union
Australia Seamen Strike Nears Settlement
Sydney date Jan 27 Canadian Press via Reuters reports overwhelming sentiment among striking sailors to resume duties. Melbourne despatch notes progress toward settling shipping disputes and an end to the trouble appears near.
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Sydney
Australia
Reuters
Melbourne
Young highwayman confesses planned Brandon hold up
Oliver Whitehouse age 23 admitted planning a city hold up for Friday night January 16 after being arrested a week earlier with a loaded reviewer and a blackjack. He pleaded guilty to carrying offensive weapons and received eight months in provincial jail. Whitehouse has prior jail terms.
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Brandon
Oliver Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Wandering Woman and Babe Found In Cold Near Cathedral
Mrs Teoffil Dorniz of St Boniface and a six month old baby were found wandering in semi nude near St Boniface Cathedral in freezing weather. They were taken to St Boniface Hospital. the mother was sent to the provincial jail for an insanity test.
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Winnipeg
Teoffil Dorniz
St. Boniface
St. Boniface Cathedral
St. Boniface Hospital
Windsor Hotel Fire in Moncton Claims One Life
A major blaze at the Windsor Hotel in Moncton New Brunswick has killed an elderly woman and injured two others. Firefighters were dispatched at 2 a.m. and have battled the flames for hours as the hotel continues to burn at 10:20 a.m. with several narrow escapes reported.
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Moncton
N. B
Windsor Hotel
Five Die As Fire Levels Barnum Home
Five persons perished when a Barnum Minnesota home burned early today. Victims include Mrs John Gerard and her two children Ruth 14 and Russell 12 plus two grandchildren Esther Walberg 3 and Arthur Jr 1. The blaze destroyed the Gerard residence in Barnum.
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Minn
Jeln Gererd
John Gerard
Whlow
Rith
Rusdell
Easther Walberg
Arthur, Jr
Roderick McKenzie Leader of Manitoba Farmers Dies
Roderick McKenzie, veteran organizer of the United Farmers of Manitoba, died today in Winnipeg after a paralytic stroke. He came to Manitoba in 1877 and aided railway construction before taking up farming near Brandon.
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Winnipeg
Roderick McKenzie
United Farmers of Manitoba
Manitoba
Brandon
Bandit Robs Dauphin Letter Carrier in Dark
A lone bandit held up Dauphin Manitoba mail carrier Thomas Jordan in the dark early hours and seized a registered mail pouch as it moved from the town post office to Winnipeg bound train. Police recovered strewn letters and three money packages near the town outskirts.
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Man
Dauphin
Thomas Jordan
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