Alberta school trustees meet for eighth annual convention
The eighth annual convention of the Association of School Trustees of Alberta opened at the high school auditorium at 10 30 with President James Wilson presiding. About 50 registered with many more expected. Acting Mayor Pratt welcomed delegates and promised city support for their visit and goals. W Huckvale chaired the Medicine Hat board remarks. More on page 8.
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Association of School Trustees of Alberta
James Wilson
Pratt
W. Huckvale
Medicine Hat Board
Manitoba man dies after frozen feet and amputation
Edward Bulley of Tyndall Manitoba died at Winnipeg General Hospital after both feet froze and were amputated. He was 82 years old and the shock proved fatal.
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Winnipeg
Edward ‘Bulley
Tyndall
Man
Winnipeg General Hospital
Bulley
Rev. A. W. Main Dies. Point St Charles Pastor
Montreal reports the death of Reverend A. W. Main, pastor of Point St Charles Congregational Church, occurring at 4 30 this morning. A promotion invites readers to visit the Monarch for an eight picture show and a chance to win an Annual Pass.
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Montreal
A. W. Main
Point’ St. Charles Congregational Church
Passengers Foil Attempted Robbery Aboard Ohio Train
Four men boarded the Baltimore and Ohio No. 15 at Bellaire and near Seanesville attempted a robbery. Passengers rallied to aid a woman passenger and one robber was captured while the other three fled from the train. The captured man claimed the name Harry Warner but gave no details.
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Seanesville
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Bellaire
Rersons
Harry‘ Warner
Murder charge fugitive hid on Indian Reserve
Brantford Ontario January 28 Jack Bennett sought for murdering an Indian woman at Middleport two years ago is believed hiding on the reserve under protection of nearly the entire local population.
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Munderer
Brantford
Ont
Jack Bennett
Middleport
Portugal cabinet resigns amid deadlock in senate
Lisbon adopts a new political crisis as the Portuguese cabinet led by Dr. Alfonso Costa resigns after a parliamentary deadlock. The opposition majority in the senate blocked all government proposals, triggering the resignation.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Alfonso Costa
Senate
Ex Genatos Cullom Dies at 85 in Washington
Former United States Senator Shelby Moore Cullom died in Washington at age eighty five after a long life of fifty years in public service. He served under presidents from Lincoln to Wilson and shaped national affairs.
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Genatos Cullom
Washington
United States
Senator Cullom
Shelby Moore Cullom
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Parcel Post System Memorandum Presented By Pelletier
Ottawa reports Hon. L. P. Pelletier postmaster general released a detailed memorandum on the February 10 parcel post launch. He endorses a province based zone system to fix rates, promising lower local costs for farmers and merchants while maintaining simple administration across Canada. A one pound minimum is set at ten cents with four cents for each extra pound, and adjacent provinces share ten cent initial rates with two cents per additional pound.
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Ottawa
L. P. Pelletier
Canada
Dominion
Tata
Sfor
Laurier Amendment to the Address Defeated in House Vote
In Ottawa on January 11, the Laurier amendment to the address failed in a strict party vote of 108 to 64. After the division, Dr. Neely Humboldt moved to adjourn the house with notice of a following amendment expressing regret that the era has begun.
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Laurier
Neely
Ottawa
Jan
Wilfrid , Laurier
Humboldt
Quebec Strike Nears End With New Conditions
The month long boot and shoe industry strike in Quebec appears settled with shops to reopen next Monday under individual contracts and official recognition of the Shoe Makers' Union. Bishop Roy helped broker the compromise affecting about three thousand workers.
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Quebec
Mer. P. EB. Roy
Alberta School Trustees Hold Session Tonight
Public invited to the Alberta School Trustees convention in Medicine Hat this evening. The program features Dr. S. W. Dyde of Robertson College Edmonton on The Function of the Modern School, plus musical selections, vocal solos, readings, and an address by local chairman Huckvale.
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Dr. Dyde
Alberta School Trustees
S. W. Dyde
Robertson College
Edmonton
Queen's University
Huckvale
McAmmon
Mr. Hoag
Rance
Trustees Association
Medicine Hat
Deportation of South African Labor Leaders Sparks Debate
Ten labor leaders involved in a recent strike were quietly deported from Cape Town to Durban and then sent to England aboard the Omegens under guard. London newspapers link the action to attempted revolution, while court action in Pretoria seeks to attach ministers for contempt of court over the deportations.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Durban
Omegens
England
London
Botha
Pretoria
Union of South Africa
Ministers of Justice, Defense
Interior
Supreme Court
John W. Wessels
Newly Elected President Promotes Dominion Motor League
The new Ontario Motor League president, a prominent Canadian motorist, oversaw Canada’s first privately owned automobile on Toronto streets and led the push for a Dominion Motor League. He is described as a leading promoter of the idea.
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Ontario Motor League
Canada
Toronto
Dominion Motor League
Gradually Improving Latest Bulletin of Whitney
Sir John Whitney shows gradual improvement with clearer mind and better sleep. He converses intelligently at intervals with physicians who report his condition greatly improved.
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Toronto
Sir John Whitney
Well Known Ticket Seller Dies in Winnipeg Office
Winnipeg January 27. D Parker city ticket agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway an old timer in railway circles dropped dead in his office this morning He was sixty years old and well known across the country.
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Winnipeg
D. Parker
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Lecture on Causes and Remedies of Financial Stringencies
Alfred Budden will lecture on the cause and remedy of financial stringencies at Labor Hall above D. and A. printing offices. The event is sponsored by the Socialist party, on February 1 at 8 p.m. Admission is free.
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Alfred Budden
Labor Hall
Socialist Party
Haytien President Michel Oreste Flees to German Ship
Vancouver report notes Michel Oreste of Haiti escaped the capital aboard a German vessel. Separate items record Dan Anderson getting two years and William Rooney three years for robbery from a parson in Havana Cuba. Also Cuba’s General Diaz stayed in Havana since November and ten people suffocated in a Virginia Date tunnel fire.
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Haytien
Michel Oreste
Vancouver
Dan Anderson
Senitentiary
William Rooney
McInnes
Havana
Cuba
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
United States
Michigan
Diaz
Puerto
Mexico
Date
Newfoundland Loses Two G M S By Death
St Johns Newfoundland reports the death of James Pits a noted financier and former cabinet minister and Judge Woodley Browse a senior judge and legislative counsel to the Imperial Order of St Michael and St George the loss leaves the colony with its last two companions of the order in Newfoundland and Labrador Services note their prominence and wealth within the colony.
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St. John's
Newfoundland
Imperial Order of St
Lynch Deadly Mob Hangs Suspect in Oklahoma Town
Benjamin Dickerson, a Black man accused of killing W A Chaffin a traveling car man from Oklahoma City, was taken from Purcell jail by a mob to Noble nine miles away and hanged. The body was riddled with bullets after the lynching carried out by car riding assailants from Oklahoma City.
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Muskogee
Oka
Benjamin Dickerson
W. A. Chaffin
Oklahoma City
Purcell
Noble
Chaflin
Russians Seek Charter for Russo American Bank in Trade Drive
A group of Russians in St. Petersburg informally approached the finance ministry seeking a charter for a Russo American bank to promote trade with the United States. They claim ties to large American banking interests. The ministry said no discussion could occur until $2,500,000 representing half the proposed capital is deposited in St. Petersburg or abroad to deter concession hunting.
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St. Petersburg
Sifton Praises Alberta Land Tax System
Ottawa reports Premier A L Sifton of Alberta visiting the city en route to Europe with Mrs Sifton and family. He praises land value taxation as a successful revenue method for Alberta and notes light Western snow and adequate soil moisture supporting spring wheat prospects.
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Ottawa
A. L. Sifton
Alberta
Edmonton
Cypress Hills Water Users Meet Names Officers
The Cypress Hills Water Users Association held its first annual meeting at the city hall with about thirty in attendance. R Q Williamson of Maple Creek was chosen president. T H William and Thomas Hargrave were named vice presidents. Gene Herringer became secretary. Executives for eleven districts were elected and plans discussed include seeking a federal grant and establishing reservoirs to store surplus water for irrigation.
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Cypress Hills
Water Users ‘Association
Williamson
Maple Creek
Peters
Alberta
R. Q. ‘Williamson
Saskatchewan
Cypress: Hills. “Water Users’ Association
Drake
Dominion
Ottawa
Calgary
Norman
Rankin
Western ‘Caniada Irrigation
Needham
Piapot
Hignorary
T.H William
Thomas Hargrave
Walsh
Gene. Herringer
Maple
Creek
AL Joseph
Dixon
Cs Stearns
Gull Lake
yHuckvala
Wright
Western Canada
Battleships Rush To Scene In Haiti Crisis
American sailors guard the American legation and key facilities in Port au Prince as German forces protect other foreign legations and stores. Raised landing parties accompanied President Oreste as he fled to the Vineta amid continued gunfire and looting, while a public safety committee forms with Solon Wenus likely to chair. Soldiers from the Montana and Vineta concentrate along the harbor as Washington reports forced drafts and a Carolina battleship moving to the area.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Montana
Germany
Michel Oreste
Vineta
Public Safety
Solon Wenus
Haytien
Washington
Oreste
Galician youths face charges after city assault on Chinese chef
Two Galician men, Chris Baktain and John Kawal, were tried for assault after an incident Monday night in which they attacked Jo Fong, a Chinese chef. Fong fled, Stockman and Kaley intervened but were struck. Baktain received two months plus a ten dollar fine or an extra month, Kawal one month.
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Chris
Baktain
John Kawal
Raktain
Lethbridge
Kawal
Jo. Fong
Ragral
Fong
Andrew Stockman
Raktala
Stockman
Kaley
Vallanuy
Witnappes Cof
Kaley Bressers
Police
As & Furth
Bank Order Fragment Read as Historical Note
Fragmentary OCR shows a bank order wording with references to a vessel or entity named SOVEREIGN and to a person or party noted as WIND. The line includes Kappele and Ke C as elements, suggesting a miscellaneous archival artifact or financial document from a past period.
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Sovereign. Bank
Lord Chelmsford Likely Governor General of Australian Commonwealth
London January 28 a cable from Sydney reports that Lord Chelmsford finds favor as governor general of the Australian Commonwealth. The dispatch notes strong support for him in the post and highlights his suitability for the role.
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Lord Chelmsford
London
Sydney
N.S. Wie
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Trustees OF Educational Welfare OF
Youth IN Convention
Sec
Nuckvale
Wilson
British Columbia
Nim
Preacher
Pelletier
DR. P. L. Doolittle
Island Republic
Citizens Committee of Public Safety
Oklahoma
Audoia
Russo-American Bank
Sifton
Europe
France
Cook
Kealy
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