Conference on grain trade policies urged by Canadian ministers
Montreal July 26 Sir George Foster minister of Trade and Commerce calls a conference for Monday with grain trade interests to discuss handling this year's wheat. Bidding on the Winnipeg Exchange reportedly influenced from Minnesota risks Canada losing benefits of the St Lawrence route. Cabinet members debate minimum price and a director to supervise marketing to curb profiteering and prevent policy hindering crop marketing. The west faces tariff, Alberta, and marketing challenges this year.
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the Gazette
Ottawa
George Foster
Winnipeg Exchange
Minnesota
Canada
United States
St. Lawrence
West
Alberta
Rains Hit Three Western Provinces After Heat Wave
Rains swept across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta following a period of extreme heat. Temperatures reached the nineties with Foremost at 102 and Winnipeg reporting heavy rainfall and a violent electrical storm. Crops face damage as rainfall spans about 380 districts with forecasts predicting cooler conditions this weekend.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Morden
Manitoba and Saskatchewan crops praised by CPR official
Vancouver report notes Grant Hall vice president of the CPR says Manitoba and Saskatchewan crops are in good shape during western lines inspection. Saskatchewan and Alberta lag well below normal due to drought but rains are expected to aid prospects.
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Vancouver
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Grant Hall
C.P.R
Alberta
Pat Burns predicts cattle will pull through in Alberta
Vancouver report quotes Pat Burns, Alberta cattle king, saying cattle will pull through despite reports of starvation. He says rain could aid the herd and that farmers will manage if there is a long stretch without rain, expecting good conditions to come later.
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Pat Burns
Vancouver
B.C
Alberta
Rain Improves Crop Prospects Across the Countryside
Heavy rainfall lasting about four hours last night soaked fields and roads, causing mud and disrupted telephone lines. Farmers expect better oat and pasture growth as moisture revives grass and crop prospects.
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Ford
Ottawa Street Railway Strike Settled With Wage Increase
Ottawa announces an amicable settlement of the street railway dispute. Starting August 14 a new wage scale goes into effect giving workers four to six cents more per hour.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Street Railway
Bourden Arrives in Montreal After St Lawrence Tour
Sir Robert Bourden arrives in Montreal today after visiting points along the lower St Lawrence. He travels amid civic welcome as his visit progresses.
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Borden
Montreal
Sir Robert Bourden
Lower St Lawrence
Silver ore shipment from northern Ontario opens
Port Arthur Ont July 26 The Miying Corporation of Canada made the first shipment of silver ore from the northern Ontario district from the West End mine after 15 years The company expects to re open the Badger Krivon Porcupine and East End mines soon.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Ontario
Miying Corporation of Canada
West End
U S Tourist Discovers Prehistoric Animal Remains
U S traveler Manice Kinney reported seeing on a Canadian Rockies mountain face a gigantic prehistoric animal remains, likely a mastodon, visible from the Field to Golden route. Kinney described the fossil as retaining its form and proportions, noting the sighting while passing by by train.
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Vancouver
Rockies
Manice Kinney
Cambridge
Mags
Yorkshire Miners Must Ratify Agreement
Leeds July 26 workers in Yorkshire must ratify the coal strike settlement. The Miners Federation and government pact awaits final action by Yorkshire Miners Association members led by president Trabert Smith, who announced the step here.
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Leeds
England
Miners Federation
Yorkshire Miners’ Association
Trabert Smith
Yorkshire Association
Reunion 175th Battalion Final Arrangements Held in Medicine Hat
Final arrangements for the 175th Battalion reunion set in Medicine Hat on August 6 and 7. Events include a Colors deposition meeting, civic luncheon, picnic and sports, a baseball game, and dancing. Ribbon badges available on arrival. dress optional.
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Medicine Hat
175Th Batt
G.W.V.A
Judge Rules 2.57 Percent Beer Is Intoxicating
Federal Judge Thomas J. Chalford ruled that beer with 2.57 percent alcohol content is intoxicating under the War-time prohibition act. The decision was made in Brooklyn in a test case brought by the government against Marlin Schmauder of New Haven, Conn.
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New York
Thos. J. Chalford
Brooklyn
Marlin Schmauder
New Haven
Tupper of W Peg Re elected President of Veterans
Montreal July 26 W J Tupper KC of Winnipeg was re elected yesterday to the presidency of the Army and Navy Veterans Association in Canada at the Windsor Vecter second annual convention. The slate included Colonel McCausland Toronto first vice president Commander Cook Halifax second vice president Major W Gordon Montreal third vice president Bishop Bidwell Ontario and Cardinal Begin Quebec joint chaplains R Corryince secretary treasurer
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W. J. Tupper
Winnipeg
Army and Navy Veterans Association
Canada
Windsor Vecter
McCausland
Toronto
Cook
Halifax
W. Gordon
Bishop Bidwall
Ontario
Cardinal Begin
Quebec
R. Co. Iryince
Editorial group joins national trip to Winnipeg
Moncton and Prince Edward Island appoint editors J. T. Hawke of the Moncton Transcript and W. J. Cotton of Charlottetown Examiner to accompany the National Editorial Association of the United States through Canada. The delegation travels for the conference beginning July 28 in Winnipeg.
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N.B
Dominion Immigration Dept
Maritime Provinces
Canada
National Editorial Association of
United States
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
J. T. Hawke
Moncton Transcript
Prince Eward Island
W. J. Cotton
Charlottetown
Repeal of Canada Reciproc ity Act Urged by House Committee
Washington July 26 The House Ways and Means committee recommended repeal of the Canadian Reciprocity Act of 191 Was. Some Democrats joined Republicans in favor while others urged deferral for further investigation.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Deserving Man Endures Harsh Life Saving Fit
A humorous item notes a man repeatedly blown up due to his life saving pneumatic suit pipes. The pipes are not for playing skirts and pibrochs but for keeping him alive, a pointed jab at his constant misfortune and the suit’s odd purpose.
Gratitude Counts Until Discharge From Re Establishment
The Canadian Expeditionary Force officers and soldiers transferred to the Department of Soldiers' Civil Re-establishment will be counted as still on active service for war service gratuity calculations until fully discharged. Gratuity payable will include total military service plus medical treatment time. Matrons and nurses will receive two weeks leave every six months, beyond standard civil service holidays.
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Canadian Expeditionary Force
Department of Soldiers
Department of Soldiers’ Civil
Election Returns Show Conservatives Ahead in Souris
Charlottetown July 26 Examiner reports revised results for the government measure vote. Conservatives lead in Souris with Mel. Melville as son of Senator Melville. Liberal and five Conservatives trailing, indicating a split in party gains and a shifting balance.
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Prl
Examiner
Independent Conservat
Dewart Charce Rowell Ties Conspiracy Mention In Ontario
A fragment from Kincardine Ontario reports Dewart Charce Rowell accused of conspiring against Mon. N. Rowell, once Privy Council president, with Premier Tenrst to form a permanent unionist party. The note references transferring Liberal assets in Ontario to a union party.
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Kincardine
Ont
A Daly
Weel
Bruce
Dewart
KCL
Chall
W. Rowell
Privy Council
Dehberne
Perman
Tenrst
Ontario
Two Fror iille sweepers crew members feared missing after crash
Metah of a fuse returnings from a tishi trip reported that two men believed to be crew members were lost yesterday while fishing on Lake Superiv northern shore. The incident follows a terrible sho late last year involving the two Fror iille sweepers.
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Sth
Ste Maris
Hyd
Lake Superiv
Attempt to Break Moose Jaw Car Strike
Moose Jaw July 26 an effort to end the street car strike by operating cars under strike conditions has begun. Forty men including four women are in the strike.
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Moose Jaw
Beenk
Moose Jaw W Electricity Co
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