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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
3
Ottawa reports Premier King announced in the House that Canada will permit hydroelectric power exports only on yearly licenses. The amendment by R Y Lesueur sparked debate on export rights and provincial concurrence as government noted current licenses set a one year limit.
Edmonton reports the second monthly crop note for the season shows early sown grains advancing rapidly under ideal conditions. Wheat stands four to twelve inches high with healthy color and even stands, barley near sealed growth, oats covering ground, and geldings nearly complete in many districts.
In Kingston Ontario on June 12 Mrs C. Powles tried to pat a small creature on her verandah and found it was a large raccoon. The animal bit Mr Powles and cut an artery in a neighbor’s wrist as it escaped, after snarling at the hand.
In London on June 158 the Marquis of Queensberry was granted a decree nisi in his divorce suit. He alleged misconduct and named Sir James Dun, a Canadian financier. The case was undefended. The Marquis, aged 20, inherited the title in 1920. His wife was Irene Richards, an actress at the Safety Theatre in London.
Cleveland welcomes 12 000 Rotarians from Great Britain Canada South Africa New Zealand China India and more for the sixteenth Rotary International convention. Delegates from Europe Asia Africa and the Americas gather for meetings on world friendship and service. Nineteen Blackfeet Indians guests enjoy the events as Denver Rotarians bring a snow-filled refrigerator car for a playful showcase.
In Ottawa on June 12 Sir William Petersen died suddenly while in the city for the Special Committee on Ocean Freight Rates hearings. Chairman Kay announced the death in the House of Commons Agriculture Committee session this afternoon. The event ended Petersen’s brief Ottawa visit.
Reports from London Shanghai and Peking detail a tense international stance over the Shanghai riots British officials push firm policy while protesters demand a matched toll four destroyers are stirred to head for China and Chinese troops advance toward the capital to quell unrest
Hackettstown New Jersey June 16 Twenty nine dead and sixty injured in the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railway special immigrant train wreck at Rockport caused by a side earthslide after last night's storm. Easton Pennsylvania reports twelve dead and thirty injured as the same storm wrecked a west of Hoboken train with seven of ten cars off track. Both engineer and fireman are killed and 185 passengers were to sail today from Hoboken to European ports.
Ottawa reports that John Buchanan Pirie of Ottawa had his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the Governor General in Council for the murder of his wife and two children. He was scheduled to be hanged this Friday.
The Special Committee on Old Age Pensions recommends a conference with Ontario Premiers during Parliament’s recess to craft a cooperative pensions system and present its report for future consideration and action at the next session.
The Liberals of Alexandra province electoral district held a convention at Kitscoty naming Matthias Alsager as Liberal candidate. Alsager, a farmer and cattleman with Hereford stock, formerly reeve of the Municipal District of Streamstown and a director of the Agricultural Association Lloydminster and District Cooperative Association, is widely known in the constituency. Liberal Leader Hon. C. R. Mitchell and organizer Edward C. Fisher attended.
Ottawa reports Baron Byng will not stay beyond his term as Governor General of Canada. Premier King, replying in the house, said Byng regrets he cannot extend service despite appetite for longer tenure. Meighen indicated public support would exist for an extension if possible.
The Senate inquiry into monies for the Great War Veterans Association and poppy proceeds decided to drop the $190,000 section funding the adjustment bureau for ex-service men in Ottawa. Adjournment set for Tuesday morning. Also noted, ninety sacred baboons from Abyssinia reach London to be housed in acclimation cages with heated shelter and artificial sunlight.
The special committee tasked to investigate the Sir William Petersen ocean rate contract presented its findings to the house. It recommends auditing the conference lines and Petersen ships, testing earnings and costs, and supervising ship performance before deciding on the subsidy. The likely outcome is the subsidy bill may be dropped or left unpassed. Premier King enjoined parliamentary approval was needed for any contract effect.
Sydney Nova Scotia June 16 troops and provincial police guard Cape Breton colliery districts as fires and looting occur in Bras D Or Florence Reserve and New Aberdeen. No clashes reported. Minister James Murdock arrives to mediate the 12 000 miners dispute with the British Empire Steel Corporation.
In Berlin on June 16, French ambassador De Margerie presented to Foreign Minister Stressemann France's reply to Germany's Western European security pact proposal. The note signals continued Franco British accord backing the plan.
Milestone on June 18. Rev. S A Middleton aged 57 collapsed and died in full view of his congregation after delivering a sermon. Cause listed as heart failure after years of suffering. Survived by widow and one son in the United States. Funeral plans not announced. Middleton came to Milestone 22 years ago from Minneapolis and previously farmed. He lived on land six miles south of Milestone and on a nearby half section near Eyebrow.
Hon. Chas. Stewart moves a bill in the House of Commons to encourage coke production from Canadian coal. The aid proposed is an annual grant not exceeding three percent of the project cost.
Grain inspections in Winnipeg on Monday show total 349 car loads with 206 contract grades down from 1,088 a year ago. Coarse grains total 149 car loads versus 370 last year.
Ottawa reports Hon J A Robb introduces a bill to authorize up to ten million dollars in provincial advances for rural credits. The governor in council may approve funds to provinces to enable long term loans to farmers secured by provincial instruments, with total advances capped at ten million.
Ottawa June 16 Battling over railway freight rates opens in the house this afternoon The Proressive s oppose the government measure on the ground that st wipes out the westbound rates of the Crow's Nest Pass agreement retaining only the eastbound rates on grain and flour The Progressives argue that the lower westbound rates on agricultural implements provided in the Crow's Nest agreement should be retained as well as the eastbound rates of grain and flour The point they take is that the westbound rate on agricultural implements are important not only to the West bar for the implement manufacturing centers of Ontario It is not likely toast the Progressive amendment to the rate a will be moved today although such action is Ir contemplation.
Brother Bruno 77 of the Trappist Monastery Ola Quebec was struck on the head by a coal bucket discharging fuel at the quarry. Police and monastery officials investigated the accident and ruled it an unfortunate death.
London observers question a Star suggestion that Prince Arthur of Connaught could become governor general of Canada. They deem the idea journalistic tittle tattle and unlikely to yield a definite appointment soon. Prince Arthur, eldest son of the Duke of Connaught, previously served as governor general and commander-in-chief of the Union of South Africa from 1920 to 192? .
Montreal dispatch reports Liberal circles expect a federal general election in fall. Sources say Ottawa's session ends this month, July recess for MPs, and campaign to begin in the province on Sunday August 2, with dates floated as October 27 or 28.
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