Empress of Ireland Inquiry Hearings Face Conflicting Testimony
Quebec June 17 Alfred Tuftness first officer of the collier Storstad testifies at the Empress of Ireland wreck inquiry asserting no explosion or flame occurred and that he blamed the current for swinging the Storstad into the passenger ship. He admits disobeying fog procedures and claims Storstad had right of way while Empress of Ireland hit him.
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Storstad
Quebec
Kendall
Alfred Tuftenes
Tuftenes
Alfred Tuftness
Butler Rapinall
Canadian Pacific Railway
Tuftness
Dominion Cox Company
Sydney
Montreal
Anderson
Storatad
Wiinéas
Msbreen
Empress
Bjorstad
Aspinall
Empresa
Lord Mersey
Tyndal Stone for New School
Chairman Walter Hoockvale and Architect L Levine of the public school board return from Winnipeg where they examined Tyndall quarry stone for the new technical high school. They report the stone blends well with the brick planned for the building. W J Fitzsimmons of Netherhill Sask commits suicide in Minneapolis.
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Walter Hoockvale
L. Levine
Public School Board
Winnipeg
Tyndall
Algo
Brunswck Graft Inquiry Details Unclear Charges
Fragmentary report notes an inquiry into graft in Brunswick with mentions of a premier and council orders, a $2000 claim, and disputes over a renewal or bonus. Names and dates are garbled. an elderly man, Brankley, born 1918, is referenced amid disputed payments and a $15 item.
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Brankley
Jifne
Resignation of City Treasurer Sought by Alderman Penland
Ald Penland demands resignation of City Treasurer Pointer after alleging misused civic garage accounts and personal city bookkeeping. Penland cites three items saving 11.19 and warns of action by colonels, calling for scrutiny of city operations in Medicine Hat.
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Penland
Ald
News
Ald. Penland
Pointer
Medicine Hat
Torpedo destroyer Vulture collides with scow
Sheerness England June 17 reports a collision between the torpedo boat destroyer Vulture and a scow. Details are sparse but both vessels sustained damage with no immediate word on casualties. Coast guard and harbor authorities investigated the incident.
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Sheerness
Eng
Vulture ‘Co
Unclear fragment notes Ida seeks information
Fragmentary text referencing Ida and Krupp with requests for information and relatives. Missing context prevents concrete events or actions.
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Ida Eee
Krupp
Mexicans Promise Restoration of Peace
Mexico City officials said an extra session of the Chamber of Deputies would discuss matters of great importance and result in a complete restoration of peace for the republic.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Reynolds Dead, G T P Vice Presidents Succumb
Toronto reports the death of Martin Montgomery Reynolds second vice president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway and a Grand Trunk Railway vice president. Born in Syracuse he led railway finances for thirty years and served as Mexico government railways comptroller before joining GT staff. His passing follows recent losses of First Vice President Wainwright, creating critical vacancies.
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Toronto
Martin Mont-gomery Reynolds
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Grand Trunk Railway
Old Point Comfort
Mr. Reynolds
Syracuse
N.Y
Mexico
Canada
Reynouds
Wainwright
Saskatoon Leads Inning Of First Umpire Call
Saskatoon batsmen Collings and Harley make early outs as Medicine Hat pitcher Daniela faces Saskatoon. Wilson singles and advances on a Bliss error to third. Flanagan drives another hit scoring Wilson as Hurley fans. One run, two hits, one error. Continued on Page 6.
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Golgate
Saskatoon
Medicine Hat
Martii
Bliss
Collings
Brown
Harley
Wilson
Flanagan
Hurley
Daniela
Exams Begin For Several Grade Levels At Departmental Test
About 140 to 160 pupils will take the departmental examination next week for Grades 8 10 11 and 12. Some candidates will come from outside points. Grade 8 and 10 begin writing on the 11th.
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Cormmné
Celebrated War Correspondent Burleigh Dead
Bennet Burleigh, oldest and most widely known war correspondent, died in London at about seventy. A Scotsman born in Glasgow, he joined the Confederates in the Civil War, was twice captured and sentenced to death, later turning to journalism. He served with the London Daily Telegraph from 1882, covering many wars and campaigns.
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London
Madagascar
Morocco
Burleigh
Bennett Burlingh
Hnt
Bisley
Toronto
Imperial
Ex Army Officer Accused of Bigamy in Regina Tale
Claude Stanley Darby, an ex British Army officer now in the Royal North West Mounted Police guardroom for vagrancy, faces a warrant on bigamy charges. He married a Boer woman in Johannesburg, left her, then wed a Saskatoon woman in Kutawa, Saskatchewan, before moving to Canada.
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Regina
Claude
Stanley Darby
R.N.W.M.P
Darby
South Africa
Johannesburg
Canada
Kutawa
Sask
British live stock market quotations from Glasgow
Cattle importers Watson and Batchelor report warm weather and lower trade for heavy grades in Glasgow on June 17. Beotch steers bring 15 to 16 cents per pound, Irish steers 14 to 16 cents, bulls 12.5 to 18.5 cents per pound.
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Glasgow
Watson
Batchelor
Beotch
Grain quotations from Winnipeg cash prices and futures
Winnipeg price report lists July wheat at 92.18 and 92 8-85, Det. 85:1-8, 85-1-8, Des. 83, 83 5-8. July oats 99-89. July Gax around 142-144, Nov 148, Dec closed 148. Spring wheat No. 1 Nor ish 181.3 N.
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Winipeg
Uly Gax
Winnipeg
Hospital Ship Maine Wrecked in Fog Off Scotland
The hospital ship Maine presented by American women during the South African War went ashore in the Firth of Lorne, Scotland, in fog. It is feared to be a total loss. many patients were aboard and survived by evacuating into lifeboats until help arrived by wireless summons.
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Glasgow
Maine
Firth of Lorne
Scotland
Wage scheme to start Saturday in city labor plan
The city adopts a wage plan to discharge workers then re-hire with preference to married men and rate-payers. Workers must sign to keep 30 percent of pay as a reserve for next winter. Union members debate the plan at a large polyglot meeting with Laborers Organization. Provincial Children's Aid chief R B Chadwick is visiting.
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Metihgo
Kuervorsti
Union
A. Ktoersky
Komagata Maru to Leave Thursday Under Pressure
Gurdit Singh was notified that the Komagata Maru must depart for Japan on Thursday led by hopes to secure armed marines from Japanese warships in Vancouver. Hindu crew resisted moves to reboard and tow the ship to clear space for visiting warships, with officials backing a planned departure.
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Gurdit Singh
Vancouver
B. C
C. G. Johnson
Japan
Yamamoto
Eve Bint
Collision Report From Spithead Involving North G Steamship
Report from Spithead England notes a collision between the North G steamship and the Incemere near Southampton. The Kalger Wilhelm bows show damage above the waterline and the Kaiasa II hull appears unchanged.
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Spithead
Eng
Southampton
Kalger Wilhelm
Kaisa II
Stampit Beaten Near Mazatlan in Vig Report
A brief dispatch notes Stampit lost to a gunner near Mazatlan during a daytime vig. The report lists no further details on participants or scores and quotes no official statements.
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Mazatlan
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Mr. Aspinall
Tyndal
W. J. Fitzsimmons
Netherhill, Sask
Minneapolis
Brunswick
Royat
Jon Ae
Henri Morrel
East Nipissing Conservatives
Reynolds
G.T.P
Labor Office
R. B. Chadwick
Children's Aid Work
Om Asongert
Tampico
Guerreo
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