Provincial Firemen Convene with Red Deer Next Meet
Lethbridge hosts Alberta fire brigades for a two day convention with about fifty delegates. Officers elected include R B Bennett Calgary and T Cappie Smart Medicine Hat. An exhibition run at the Sherman building and a Henderson Park tournament are scheduled for today and tomorrow.
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Lethbridge
Red Deer
R. B. Bennett
K. C
M. Pi
Mr. Cocrane
Calgary
Mayor Hardie
James Pleming
Medicine Hat
T. (Cappie) Smart
Wm. Hardy
Hatcher
F Paulds
Alberta
Red
Z Yr Smart
Association
Hardie
Henderson Park
Death in Calgary From Wood Alcohol Drinking
A. R. Howgham died in Calgary reportedly from consuming wood alcohol. Coroner officials noted the cause as alcohol poisoning related to tainted liquor. The incident underscores dangers of illicit spirits and improper distillation.
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A. R. Howgham
Calgary
Fire chief arrested in woodshed arson case at St John
John McAndrews, longtime chief of the west St John fire section, was arrested for allegedly setting fire to a woodshed behind Mrs Le titia Leslies residence. He has denied the charges and his reputation prior to the arrest was strong. The arrest marks a major development in a months long incendiarism wave.
Railwaymen Vote in Favor of Strike
Ninety four percent of 76 688 participating members of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors support a strike over the wage dispute with fifty one eastern railroads. Erie railroad withdraws from talks prompting potential walkout while unions seek arbitration under the Erdmann Act and a six member board debate Congress action.
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New York
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Eastern Railroads
Erie Railroad
Erdmann
Iremen
Oljcet
Board of Three
New Companies Incorporated in Medicine Hat and Redcliff
The Medicine Hat Planing Mill Co Limited is incorporated with head office in Medicine Hat and capital of 50000 dollars. Other Medicine Hat firms include Industrial Iron Works Limited with 40000 dollars and Lang Bros Investment Company Limited with 25000 dollars. The Broadway Improvement Company Limited capital 50000 dollars and the Redcliff Wine Company Limited capital 10000 dollars are formed with head offices in Redcliff.
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Medicine Hat Planing Mill Co., Limited
Medicine Hat
The
Industrial Iron Works, Limited
Capital
Lang Bros. Investment Company, Limited
Broadway Improvement Company, Limited
Redcliff Wine Company
Redcliff
Death of Major Manners after dismissing squadron
Major C. H. Manners of the 16th Light Horse died suddenly at Mossomin after dismissing his squadron. Moose Jaw stores department officials are implicated in extensive thefts.
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C. H. Manners
16Th Light Horse
Mossomin
Moose Jaw
Divergent Balkan Reports Confound War Situation Estimates
London dispatch notes wildly conflicting reports from Bulgaria Greece and Serbia about casualties and battles. Claims of large Serbian losses clash with Athens accounts of victory while Turkish aims to exploit the crisis and the Os-Midia line evacuation prompts Bulgarians to withdraw toward Chatalda.
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Athens
Constantine
Jaffa
Turkey
Porte
Os-Midia Hne
Adrilanople
Otcomin
Chatalda
First of large gang of horse thieves nabbed in Alberta
Lethbridge July 8 The south country buzzes after the arrest of James Chisholm with eleven head of horses. Police hunt for ringleader Jim Carroll alias Jim Coyne believed to be involved. Sergeant Ashe has monitored the border. horses possibly hidden in Lethbridge stables. Chisholm held at the guardroom.
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Lethbridge
South Country
Alberta
Montana
James Chisholm
Jim Carroll
Jim Coyne
Ashe
Ist Fs
Chisholm
Rome Con secration of New Church at Military Hospital
Rome reports the consecration of a new church attached to the military hospital. An assembly of army officers attended as military authorities and the bishop consecrators requested the Vatican to assign dignitaries. Cardinal Pompili represented the Pope with Monsignor Faire assisting. Both prelates received full military honors as they led the service.
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Rome
Vatican
Pompili
Faire
North Grey Byelection Sparks Futile Election Talk
In Meaford North Grey July 7 there is no real bye election set for July 14 and efforts to mobilize voters fail. Both sides report weak organization and few voters willing to discuss politics. The town’s last license system survivor faces bars closing August 1 without an extension and only about ten to fifteen vote difference expected under ordinary circumstances.
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Meaford
North Grey
Bulgarians Break Through Servian Lines Near Veranya
Vienna July 8 Bulgarians press the Servian front penetrating to Veranya the Servian commissariat station on the Morava river Their advance could cut off a large Servian force from Belgrade as they push along the Morava valley reported by a dispatch from Vienna
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Vienna
Veranya
Morava
Belgrade
Brilliant success of Grief Hatcher's brigade wins big
Medicine Hat won the hose and ladder contest in Lethbridge with Pincher Creek second and Lethbridge third. They also claimed the wet test in 39 seconds, set a provincial record in the hose coupling event at 87 seconds, and carried off the Rutherford cup and eleven cuff sets. Chief Watcher led all crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Pincher Creek
Watcher
Alberta Convicts Labor Offense In Immigration Case
A June case in Alberta hits Bas sano contractors Janse Boomer and Hughes with a $1000 fine for shipping car penters from Chicago in violation of alien labor law. Imm igration officer George Howson notes this as the first conviction of the offense in the province. Pettibone, a labor attorney from Chicago, received a return ticket and eight days’ ward at a local function room. Anderson's employment agency in Chicago had shipped the men at five dollars each.
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Chicago
Janse
Boomer
Hughes
Bassano
George Howson
Dominion
C. Hy
Pettibone
Anderson
Agrency
Merrill St
Alberta
Howson
Laureate to Be Appointed After Austin’s Death
London July 8 The premier announced in the house of commons that a poet laureate will be appointed to fill the vacant post. He declined to enlarge the office into a general laureateship of literature despite questions about its scope.
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London
Alfred Austin
House of Commons
National Hero Faces Theft Charge in Canada
John Merrigan once honored as a northern hemisphere hero, now indicted for the theft of four silver foxes from South Edmonton. The Graminia timber inspector and homesteader is committed for trial with heavy bail, following detectives’ discovery of the missing animals on his property. His 1903 River Belle rescue at Wolfe Point is cited as a historic act of heroism.
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Edmonton
John Merrigan
Graminia
Homstead
South Edmonton
Merrigan
Wolfe Point
Prince Edward Island
Malone
Canada
Police Chief Rivera Fatally Wounded in Havana Clash
Havana July 8 General Armando Rivera chief of the national police was shot and mortally wounded in a pistol fight in the Prado area. The clash also involved Senator Vidal Morales and Representative Arias. It arose from a raid on the Albert Club Saturday night where many members were caught gambling and fined. the governor appealed to President Moncayl who reportedly supported the police action.
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Havana
Armando Rivera
National Police
Prado
Ernesto Albert
Governo
Vidal Morales
Arias
Rivera
Albert Club
Moncail
Meighen Set for Acclamation in Portage Byelection
Portage La Prairie July 8 No Liberal contest against Arthur Meighen solicitor general in the Portage La Prairie by election on July 26. Meighen to receive seat of acclamation as party confirms no contest and cites recent executive action.
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Portage la Prairie
Arthur
Meighen
City Engineer June Report Details Heavy City Works
City Engineer Grimmer presents June results showing extensive work by the department despite tight finances. Highlights include new high and low pressure mains, 111 new services, street lamps, meters for Alberta Extract Co and Johnston's Lime Kilns, and large meters for a power plant. Gas distribution maintenance remained light with 432 meters inspected and 12 replaced, one leak recorded. Electric consumption was record-breaking with 46 990 kilowatts for the month. Public Works notes 409 feet of curb and gutter, 3 120 sq ft plank crossings, and 37 780 feet of concrete sidewalks completed along with esplanade grading and street repairs.
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Gas i
Public Works Department
Suffragette Arson Strikes Sir William Lever Residence
Militants calling themselves an arson squad set fire to The Bungalow at Rivington near Horwich Lancashire. The unoccupied mansion housed paintings and valuables, consumed by flames. A note blamed Sir William Lever for loyalty to the king’s visit and Lancashire support for the Crown.
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London
Sir William H. Lever
Port Sunlight
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Rivington
Horwich
Lancashire
William Lever
Edmonton Sees War Influence on City Debenture Deal
Edmonton reports impact of the Balkans conflict on a city debenture issue from Kleinworth London. The firm has paid about five and a half million dollars and may seek relief under a war clause, prompting possible treasury notes to cover ongoing construction.
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Edmonton
Kleinworth
London
Treasury
Four prisoners escape from Edmonton penitentiary
Four inmates successfully flee from the Edmonton penitentiary and are at large as guards are recalled to assist in the search.
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Edmonton Penitentiary
Liquor Seller Fined for Unauthorized Trade in Whitla
A. Chamion of Whitla pled guilty to aiding the theft of a keg from the C P R station and received a suspended sentence with court costs. Paola Niri, resident near the rolling mills, was fined $100 and costs for selling liquor without a license amid a house-turned barroom.
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A. Chamion
Whitla
Inspector Shoebotham
Capt
Parker
C. P.R
Paola Niri
Shoebotham
Paola
New Church Move Opposed by Unpaid Employer Delegates
Edmonton speakers allege unfair conditions at the Robertson Presbyterian church project and claim members of the employers class joined the Trades and Labor Council to aid in suppressing Sunday concerts and moving pictures. The ministerial delegates face expulsion for unpaid dues as the council enforces its rules.
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Edmonton
Joseph Knight
Edmonton Trades and Labor Council
Carpenters
New
Robertson Presbyterian Church
Gypsies Expelled From Moncton Camp After Theft Arrests
Ten vanloads of Brazilian travellers arrived near Moncton from St John Sunday morning and were driven off by railway police. They moved to an old track near the city where several children played. Last evening two women were arrested on theft charges with one accused of lifting $10 from a merchant. One suspect is claimed by Sussex police. the group professes Brazilian origin and was said to have traveled from Winnipeg through Toronto and Quebec. Chief Rideout ordered the tribe to leave the city.
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Moncton
N. B
St. John
Rideout
Sussex
Braz Nans
Winnipeg
Toronto
Quebec
Brandon Council Accepts Imperial Bank Offer on Debentures
At a July meeting in Brandon Manitoba the city council decided to accept a bid from the Imperial Bank of Canada for 88 for 214926 of debentures with accrued interest. The council refused Mr Milledge's option on the remaining roughly 100000 debentures and stated the city would net a price in Toronto.
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Brandon
Man
Tnder
Imperial Bank of Canada
Milledge
Toronto
Spokane freight Wreck Near Wardner Causes Outage
A Spokane freight derailed at six this evening two miles east of Wardner British Columbia. The train ditched, track torn up for 300 feet, and telegraph poles and wires brought down, blocking the line for the same distance.
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Spokane
Wardner, B.C
Pittsburg Banks Weather Kuhn Crash Calmly
Financiers in Pittsburg woke to a calm scene despite yesterday’s bank failures and receivers appointed for major firms including the First Second National with 32 million in deposits and the American Waterworks and Guarantee Company. Bank runs were limited and cash reserves appeared healthy at most institutions.
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Pittsburg
First Second National Bank
First National Bank of
McKeesport
American Waterworks and Guarantee Company
Banking Hiuce of
W. Ss
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St. John City
NEW Companies Incorporated
Balkan States
Bulgaria
Sofia
Timok
Joss
Ovichepolje
Sergt. Ashe
Bassano Contractors
P.is.1
All America
Meilghen
Central Park
Grimmer
Gas Department
Alberta Extract Co
Johnston’s
Power
Esplanade
North Railway
Second Avenue
Main Street
Ottawa Street
Third Avenue
Columbia Avenue
Factory Street
Mill Street
Finlay Bridge
Trades and Labor Council OF Edmonton
Sir William Lever
Brandon Finances
Financial
The _ Kuhns
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