First Ballot Showed Clark Lead but No Nomination Possible
Democratic convention neared a long fight after the first ballot. Champ Clark led with 440 1 2 votes, Wilson 324, Harmon 148, Underwood 117 1 2, with Bryan picking up a single Ohio vote. New York's 90 votes steered toward Harmon, while Clark hoped to gain strength in later ballots.
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Speaker
Wilson
Harmon
New York
Bryan
Sulzr
Clark
Underwood
Marshall
Baldwin
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Judson Harmon
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Ohio
Oratory
Held
Clark States
Storm Ravages Town with Homes Lifted and Trees Uprooted
A severe storm caused major damage last night. A two storey house owned by J Maher on Braemar Street was lifted from its foundation and moved seven feet. A Galician’s shack near the Porcelain factory toppled over. Wall sections and scaffolding around the porcelain factory and public school were blown down. The west wall of the new separate school also collapsed. Livestock structures were damaged and some residents sought shelter in roadways. Stoufer’s house near Ansley coal mine was struck by lightning and destroyed.
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J. Maher
Braemar Street
Stoufer
Ansley
Dead Beat Posing as Millionaire Arrested in Medicine Hat
Oldcroft, posing as a coast real estate magnate, used hollow wealth to buy property and pay with forged or non funded checks drawn on the Toronto Bank at Winnipeg. He spent freely in bars and hotels in Medicine Hat before Lethbridge officials alerted authorities and he was arrested by Sergeant Johnston. He faces court on Tuesday for false pretences.
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Oldcroft
Sergt. Johnston
Bruce
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Wilson
Kokomas Investment Company
Toronto
Winnipeg
Dominion Day Parade Arrangements Announced for Monday
The committee confirms starting at ten o clock with a parade lineup along Main Street in three blocks Third Second and First Avenues featuring bands scouts cadets mayor and council in carriages and floats. Numerous local businesses firms and organizations will ride or display in the parade and park floats include many Alberta companies and civic groups.
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Third
Second
First Avenue
Main Street
Third Ave
Twenty-first Tussars
Swifties
Ave—Swift Current
Calithumpians
Ansley Coal Co
Preston Planing Mills
Finlay & Co., Co. Pingle
Medicine Hat Grocery Co. FE
Ee. Trider
Medicine Lfat Milling Co
Linseed Oil Co
Gas City Lumber Co
Western Canada Lumber Co
Alberta Foundry & Machine Co
International Supply Co. Ltd
Alberta Rolling Mills
Revelstoke Lumber Co
Medicine Hat Steam Laundry
the Rosery
the Dominion Motor Co
Assiniboia Music Co
The
A. P. Burns Construction Co. Ltd
Alberta Clay Products Co
W. Melenzie
the Medicine War News
Alberta Taxi Co
Robi. Mitchell
J. J. Moore & Son
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Jas. Rae
Medicine Hat Garage
Birnie Bros
Purmal Brick Co
Marshall-Mitchell Wardware Co
Sons of England Lodge
J.J. Lait
Dewitt & Black
the Calgary Brewing & Malting Co
the Lethbridge Brewing & Malting Co
the Waiser Cigar Co
the Times
Elson Realty Co
Large blaze devastates Sarnia gas electric plant
Sarnia Ont June 28 A fifth fire since Sunday morning left the new Sarnia Gas and Electric Light Company plant in ruins The street railway running to Port Edward and the Tunnel and the Beaches is out of business with two large dynamos wrecked The street railway loss is 150000 dollars and the electric company loss nearly 300000 dollars
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W. A. P. Dispatch
Sarnia
Ont
Detroit Police Identify $4000 Found With Suspect in Canada Bank Robbery
Detroit police say they positively identified $4000 found on Martin Powell as money stolen in the $875,000 New Westminster bank robbery of September 1911. Powell, alias Bartlett Wilson Parther, was arrested in Detroit and previously in New Orleans and Niagara Falls. Authorities contact Canadian officials for disposition of the case.
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Detroit
Mich
Martin Powell
New Westminster
B. C
Powell
Bartlett
Wilson
Parther
New Orleans
Niagara Falls
Mayor Urges Citywide Decoration for Gala Monday
Mayor Spencer urged residents and businesses to decorate for a Monday gala. He stressed citywide effort to present a festive look and thanked winners and committee for their part. There was no game tonight as the Bassano Red Deer Western Canada league match was canceled, possibly rescheduled.
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Spencer
Calgary
Bassano-Red- Deer
Bishop Grouard Honored at Grouard Jubilee in Alberta
On Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta a two day celebration marks the fiftieth anniversary of Grouard town and honors founder Bishop Grouard. Clergy from western Canada attend as historical exercises and a pageant recounts his career and local development including schools hospitals and industry.
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Edmonton
Alta
Lesser Slave Lake
Alberta
Grouard
Bishoop Grouard
Canada
Lesser
Slave Lake
Wheat stored at terminals and elevators
Ottawa reports that as of June 21 wheat in terminal and eastern elevators totaled 9,598,461 bushels, up from 4,617,056 last year. Other grains in storage totaled 5,822,114 bushels, compared with 5,078,297 a year ago.
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W. A. P. Dispatch
Ottawa
Department of Trade and Commerce
Wholesale Arrests After Winnipeg Warehouse Robberies
In Winnipeg on June 28 a large gang of over thirty men tied to multiple robberies at the Canadian Pacific warehouse and freight cars has triggered wide arrests. Nine men appeared in court this morning and were remanded as investigators recover about 900 dollars worth of stolen goods including tobacco.
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W. A. P. Dispatch
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Married in London with notable guests attend
Miss Dorothy TB. Chipman daughter of C. C. Chipman of the Trud son's Bay Company, wed Roswell Colt of New York and Montreal at St. Paul’s church Knightsbridge. Ambassador and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, Lord and Lady Strathcona were among the attendees.
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London
Dorothy TB. Chipman
C. C. Chipman
Trudson’s Bay Company
St. Paul's Church
Knights Bridge
Roswell Colt
New York
Montreal
Whitelaw Reid
Fatal Rooming-House Fire Claims One Life
A Louisville fire at 2:30 a m killed one person and left three others gravely injured. Firemen rescued Chas Rogers newspaper man C Denhart and an unidentified woman from the blaze. Musician A Duneec leaped from a third floor window and was unconscious.
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Wiap. Dispatch
Louisville
Chas. Rogers
C. Denhart
A. Duneec
News Job Department Seeks Printing Work
The News Job Department invites local customers to submit printing tasks for newspapers, brochures, and posters. Professionals can request quotes and delivery deadlines for a variety of job printing services.
Canadian building permits rise in forty cities to May
The Financial Post summarizes permits from forty Canadian municipalities to the end of May, totaling 68.56 million dollars, over half the 1911 yearly total. West cities show strong gains led by Edmonton Victoria Winnipeg and Hamilton posts, while Vancouver and Regina show declines. Ontario towns like Chatham record the sharpest percentage rise.
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Edmonton
The
Financial Post
Post
Canada
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Montreal
Calgary
Victoria
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Fort William
Hamilton
Ottawa
Red Deer
Sydney
Halifax
Peterboro
Chatham
Ontario
Port Arthur
Medicine Hat
North Battleford
Brantford
Macleod
Inc. Pet
Man
R. C
Alta
BBC
Sask
Prince Albert, Sask
New Westminster
B. C
Lethbridge
Ont
Nanaimo
B. C Sea
Que
St. John
N.S
South Vancouver
Point Grey
B.C
Weyburn
Sasi
Swift Current
Humboldt
Sisk
Melville
Welland
Owen Sound
Memorial to Rousseau Unveiled in the Pantheon
Paris June 28 memorial to Jean Jacques Rousseau was unveiled in the Pantheon to mark two centuries since his birth. Sculptor M Bartholome designed the group showing Philosophy seated between Nature figures with a Rousseau medallion relief.
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Paris
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Pantheon
M. Bartholome
Rousseau
Edinburgh urged to offer Canadian fellowships
London reports that Professor Robert Alexander Falconer, president of Toronto University, praised Edinburgh's teaching and urged that the university offer Canadian fellowships to strengthen ties between Scotland and Canada. He spoke in Edinburgh and highlighted mutual benefits from academic exchange.
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London
Edinburgh
Robert Alexander Falconer
Toronto University
Canada
Dominion
Graduates Seek Lavish Fellowships to Stay Local
Graduates pursue greater inducements for research study to avoid going to United States universities that offer lavish fellowships. The push underscores the appeal of local schemes and the desire to retain talent within the country.
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United States
Daily News Photo Reproduction Coupon Offer
Coupon No 27 entitles the holder to a photo gramme reproduction of the painting The Cigare with six consecutive coupons and ten cents. Present coupons and money at the News office after Monday June 24. The picture cannot be mailed.
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Daily News
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Sesson
Ollie James
Illinois
Indiana
Messrs. Murphy
Sullivan
Taggart
Gaynor
Dead Beat
Millionaire
Aldcroft
Arnia
New Electric Co
NEW Westminister
Ole
Ola
Fal
W. A. P. Cable
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