03 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1913
Page
1
The city council issued permits to erect temporary tents on industrial sites and provide gas and water. Mayor Spencer said several applications were approved, with floors to be laid in tents and housing to be set up promptly. No new temporary buildings are planned beyond those already secured, aiming to prevent residents from leaving the city while warm weather lasts.
London reports official figures show 31 000 applications from Canadian households for 2 669 children sent last year. Ontario received 700 children with few in poor surroundings, while concerns rise over boy scout emigration and plans to Australia. General Baden Powell ready to face any outcry over draining youthful strength.
London reports the Earl of Aberdeen will resign the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland a post he has held since 1905. The Globe says Baron Asby St Ledgers, a Churchill cousin, is likely to succeed him.
Great Britain issues a final word to the Taft administration on the Panama canal tolls dispute. The note argues the Hay-Pauncefote treaty supports equality of tolls, says no full reply possible before the sees office ends, and questions American legislation that privileges US ships in the coasting trade.
Congress workers pressed a host of appropriation measures in conference as the 62nd Congress nears its end. The rivers and harbors and district of Columbia funds faced hold ups, while post office payouts rose 6 percent for malls parcels post.
The river ice has grown treacherous due to warm weather. City teams cleared gravel all last week, but Sunday a horse and rider broke through on the trail laid by city crews.
Italy joins European powers in military buildup along the Swiss frontier. Garrisons rise and engineers build forts on the Simplon route. Mines are dug at the Great Simpson tunnel entrance with hidden electrical links to trigger blasts from afar. A steel door in the tunnel can be operated from either side to block trains or troops.
London March 8 Cardinal Bourne archbishop of Westminster denounces syndicatism calling it anti Christian and contrary to public order. He argues labor action must respect private property and state authority, warning Catholics against assisting U S industrial workers and stressing morality in social reform.
Edmonton police identify Gustave Manoh, alias Gustave Berg, as the prime mover in a 6000 dollar forgery ring involving the Parsons Railway Construction Company. Capt. Simpson goes to Calgary to bring him back as confederates cash fake checks using a Pay roll account stamp and insider knowledge of payday.
On Saturday Perry Sewell Perry and Lee and Laughlin sold 160 acres at Burnside to Burnside Limsted, a newly incorporated company that will focus on local realty. The price is understood to be 1200 dollars per acre.
London March 3. Mrs Cornwallis West formerly Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill appeared in the divorce court and obtained a decree for restitution of conjugal rights within fourteen days against her husband George Cornwallis West.
Calgary report states Dr Bechtel received a three month sentence in Lethbridge jail for performing an illegal operation on a married woman. The case underscores medical conduct scrutiny in Calgary.
Saskatoon March 3 charged with stealing funds of the Canadian Northern Railway Donald Napoleon Guay a ticket agent at Dellsie Sask was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Smith in the mounted police court and remanded to next Friday.
Dr. McBride, medical health officer, confronted a shopkeeper over mislabeled apples offered at two for five cents. He identified the fruit as Ontario consignments not meeting No 1 standards, arranged for display at the city hall to deter further misrepresentation.
Miss Dorothy Toye of Winnipeg wowed New York audiences last night by switching from soprano to tenor with ease. The Paris medical congress praised her phenomenal throat and she later sang before royalty and nobility in London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Hamburg, Munich, Dresden, and in South Africa. She plans a Western Canada tour in spring before returning home to Winnipeg.
In St. Petersburg on March 3, authorities suppressed suffrage meetings held in celebration of Woman Day. Despite bans, suffragists adopted resolutions insisting only enfranchisement of women can remedy Russia's misery.
The Waterloo smallpox outbreaks have ended and schools and churches reopen. Community leaders report improved health conditions and residents begin resumed daily activities.
London March 8 The danger to St Pauls Cathedral from a subway proposal near the church yard has been averted by the London County Council deciding to withdraw the subway plan from the bill and adopt the parliamentary committee recommendation for transportation improvements.
A Pennsylvania Railroad line near East Railway New Jersey suffered a locomotive explosion at 9:25 am while pulling a special Massachusettes National Guard train to Washington for the inauguration. The engineer and fireman were badly injured but no passengers were harmed. Three of four tracks were blocked disrupting transportation traffic.
Tokio March 13. The mission of Dr Sun Yat Sen the provisional president of China will end on Monday. He has made public utterances that suggested he was an emissary of Prince Yuan Shi Kai to promote cooperation between China and Japan for commercial development and peace in the Orient.
Halifax reports three ships docking with nearly two thousand passengers, mainly bound for Ontario and the mid west. Among the travelers were eighty Caucasians of exceptional physique destined for Vancouver to pursue lumbering opportunities.
Winnipeg reports Theodore Chiris takos, a Greek, was sentenced to six months hard labor for procuring his mistress Nellie Russell, formerly a girl in Alta. The magistrate noted the sentence could have reached five years if the girl’s morality had not been considered weak.
Report from Constantinople states fighting has ended in the Balkan conflict after renewed clashes. No detailed terms released and confirmation pending from military authorities in the region.
Washington March 3. The men who have been chosen for the Wilson cabinet include William Jennings Bryan as secretary of state W C McAdoo as secretary of the treasury and James Reynolda as attorney general.
Norman Grantham of Calgary, described as a world walker, reaches Winnipeg in March and is joined by his wife as part of his travel narrative with HTM sources.
A CN R freight engine and about fifteen cars derailed north of East Don near Hanover Ont. Fireman George Toms brakeman John Smart and engineer James Scott killed instantly as the engine toppled down the embankment. Brakeman James McMann and others injured while passengers and crews scrambled to escape the wreck. Wreck occurred near mile 87 on the line. train was on its way to drop cars at points along the route.
Officials outline condemned dominion alliance reforms with open hours. Changes include a.m. openings through the week and on Saturdays.
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