Edmonton Legislature votes on government policy failure
In the first division of the current session the Edmonton Legislature rejected a motion by J. C. Bowen accusing the government of inaction on a policy for disposing of the Edmonton, Dunvegan and BC railroad. The vote fell nine to thirty seven with Liberals for and independents and Labor members against. D. H. Galbraith did not vote.
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Edmonton
J. C. Bowen
Dunvegan
B.C
Robert Pearson
Lethbridge
Fred White
Labor
Calgary
P. M. Christophers
Sudden Death Claims Judge C. A. Stuart in Calgary
Calgary March 5 After a six week illness Mr Justice C A Stuart of the Alberta Appellate Court died at his home on Seventh Avenue West at 430 Friday morning in his 62nd year He was born in Caradoc Middlesex in 1864 and had a long career as lawyer legislator and judge including serving as Chancellor of the University of Alberta His survivors include Beatrice Roxborough and three children along with siblings and relatives The obituary notes his public service while a separate legislative report discusses railway policy and lease terms with Minister Verner Smith explaining the ongoing BC and BE C railway arrangements and potential future options.
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Calgary
C. A. Stuart
Appellate Court of Alberta
Seventh Avenue W
Merritt
Sisley
Justice Stuart
Caradoc
Middlesex
Charles Stuart
Blair Athol
Hannah Campbell Stuart
Morpeth
England
Strathroy Collegiate Institute
Toronto University
Osgoode Hall
Columbia University
New York
Mexico
Canada
Alberta
William
Peter McCarthy Q.C
Mr. McCarthy
A. L. Sifton
K.C
James Short
Gleichen
Supreme Court of Alberta
University of Alberta
Beatrice Roxborough
Norwood
Ontario
Roxborough
Einc
Gerald
Henry S. Mays
Paris
Major Duncan Stuart KC
John M. Stuart
London
Horoscope Craze Captures London Fashion District
A craze for horoscopes has seized London society as fashionable men and women wire to obtain their personalized readings, delighting seers and socialites alike.
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London
Light Sentence for Assaulting School Teacher
Clifford Harrhy of Ashern Manitoba was convicted of assaulting Miss L M Testrey, a Barnwald school teacher. He received two months in jail with a suspended sentence on a separate charge for creating a disturbance in a public school. Magistrate P M Noble presided at the Provincial Police Court.
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Lee Mar
Clifford Harrhy
AsHern
Manitoba
L. M. Testrey
Barnwald
P.M. Noble
Provincal
Harrhy
Lincoln Will Not Be Allowed In England
London reports Ignatius Tribich Lincoln the wartime German spy will arrive in Amsterdam aboard the Coblenz, after his prior journey from Ceylon. The Daily Express notes he was hanged at Shepton Mallet prison last Tuesday for burglary. Lack of funds prevented a London arrival before execution. Lincoln will not be permitted to land in England.
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London
Daily Express
Ignatius Tribich Lincoln
Germany
Amsterdam
Coblenz
Ceylon
Ignatius
John Lincoln
Shepton Mallet
Burler
Newexeper
Lincoln
England
British Boys Seek Continued Farm Training in Alberta
Edmonton reports that the Empire Settlement Board inquiries whether the Alberta Agricultural Schools program bringing British immigrant farm boys for training will be renewed. If continued, more British youths may be secured for practical farming instruction in Canada. A separate Chicago note states four masked bandits robbed the Moody Tabernacle, taking 4500 dollars in cash and 3170 dollars in church bonds.
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Edmonton
Alberta
George Hoadley
Empire Settlement Board
England
Moody Tabernacle
Chicago
Man Slaying and Child Crime Sentences in Port Arthur
Raoul St Germain found guilty of manslaughter for shooting two men during a drunken spree in Graham Gnt. He received ten years in Stony Mountain Penitentiary. Weltto Lytienen, 16, sentenced to two and a half years for killing his father, with the judge showing sympathy for his brutal upbringing and promising penitent instruction.
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Port Arthur
Raoul St. Germain
Graham
Gnt
Justice Fisher
Supreme Court
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Weltto Lytienen
Wheat Rallies After Early Losses as Prices Climb
Winnipeg reports wheat steadies after early fall with May at 1.48, July 1.44, October 1.0. May gain 1% to 1% amid covering and buying. coarse grains rise. flax dull. Manitobas traded. local traders switch from bearish to long. Fred Westerfield and T. Sanderson die in Canada and Oregon.
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Winnipeg
Liverpool
Spening
Auto Plunges From Bridge Near Duncan Victims Rescued
Victoria reports a Toronto man T. C. Line H. J. Tommy of Sewart B C and Miss K McLeod of Vancouver were injured when their car drove through the railing of the Koksilah river bridge near Duncan. An Indian rescuer carried the unconscious trio to Duncan Hospital.
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Victoria
T. C. Line
Toronto
H. J. Tommy
Sewart
B.C
K. McLeod
Vancouver
Duncan
Here
Koksilah River
Vicims
Duncan Hospital
Robbers Seize Payroll At International Harvester Plant
Ten robbers attacked the International Harvester Company tractor plant on West Thirty-First Street in Chicago at moonrise today. They engaged in a gun battle with the watchman and escaped in an automobile with a payroll estimated between 80 000 and 100 000 dollars. no injuries were reported.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
West Thirty-First Street
Moon
Countess Cathcart Wins Right to Stay in United States
In New York on March 5 the Countess Cathcart secured release to remain in the United States after Federal Judge Bondy granted the writ of habeas corpus. District Attorney Buckner had earlier blocked her entry citing moral turpitude, tied to her travel with the Earl of Craven to South Africa while both were married.
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New York
Countess Cathcart
Bondy
Buckner
Union of South Africa
United States
Earl of Craven
South Africa
England
Rev William Buchanan Dies After fifty five Years in Ministry
Lethbridge March 5 Rev William Buchanan died Thursday night at the home of his son Hon W A Buchanan with whom he had lived in recent years He was in his eighty second year and had spent most of his ministry in Toronto and the Bay of Quinte conferences Manitoba Liberals will hold a provincial convention on March 2h.
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Lethbridge
William Buchanan
W. A. Buchanan
Habeas Corpus
Toronto
Bay of Quinte
Manitoba Liberals
Vancouver Real Estate In Good Demand Again
Vancouver real estate remains strong as the Land Department of the Canadian Pacific Railway reports near two hundred thousand dollars in residential lots sold in two weeks. The third section of Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver’s premier district, was released about two weeks ago and has already generated close to one hundred ninety thousand dollars in homesites.
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Ancouver
Vancouver
Land Department
Canadian Pacific Railway
Shaughnessy Heights
Stork Delivers Eighteenth Child During Smallpox Alarm
In Kitchener Ontario on March 6, Mrs John Weber welcomed her eighteenth child a boy as health officials report her as the smallpox victim and the infant remains healthy despite the outbreak placards being defiled by the arrival.
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Kitchener, Ont
John Weber
Montreal businessman dies after choking at hotel
George B. McSweeney, a well known figure in business and sports, choked to death at a local hotel in Montreal after a large piece of meat became lodged in his throat during a meal last night.
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Montreal
George
McSweeney
Snow patrol clears road for childbirth in Readsbouro
Thirty men and horses worked four hours to clear a five mile snow blocked highway to transport Mrs. Wm Russell of Readsbouro Vermont to the hospital where she gave birth to twin sons. In a separate note, British Columbia reported mineral output valued over 100 million dollars in the last two years.
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North Adams
Mass
Wm. Russell
Readsbouro
British Columbia
Progressive party seeks open legislative cooperation with government
Ottawa statement by Progressive leader Robert Forke and whip Henry Spencer declares no coalition with Liberal or pro gressive groups. They say cooperation with the King government will be on a legislative basis and that fusion is not contemplated to address parliamentary deadlock.
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Ottawa
Robert Forke
H. E. Spencer
House of Commons
Progressive Party
Canada
Henry Spencer
Rabb Fined For Motor Vehicle Infractions at Police Court
G A Rabb was fined five dollars and costs on two counts after being charged with failing to yield right of way and failing to return to the scene of an auto accident. He admitted driving a truck on Third Street and striking G E Hobson’s car, then leaving the scene without checking damage. Hobson’s fender was damaged and a front lamp broken. Rabb claimed he thought he was nearer the crossing and did not know he had struck the other car.
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G. A. Rabb
Rabb
Third Street
G. E. Hobson
Sixth Avenue
Hobson
Alberta House Debates Beer Carryout Amid Prohibition Fights
Edmonton March 4 A heated floor battle over the liquor act emerges as petitions from rural Alberta demand the right to buy bottled beer and take it from licensed premises where no vendor exists. Earlier defeat of a broader carryout proposal is noted as the debate shifts to a narrower form. Prohibitionist anger targets A L Sanders of Stettler amid abuse from both sides.
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Edmonton
Alberta
A. L. Sanders
Farmer - Tucker
Stettler
Conloe
Mauer
Inspector Duncan testifies on Montreal customs probe
Wittie Dugald Donaghy of North Vancouver alleges a dirty political trick as Inspector Duncan details 1924 smuggling inquiry and clashes with G H Boivin minister of customs. Telegram exchanges, refusals to reveal discussions, and house remarks dominate the testimony in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Wittie Dugald Donaghy
North
Vancouver
Duncan
G. H. Boivin
Montreal
Department of Finance
Commercial Protective Association
Boivin
J. E. Bisalllon
H. H. Stevens
Stevens
Mr. Duncan
Inspector Duncan
Mr. Boivin
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B. C
Vernor Stith
Stuart
J C. Bowen
Simonton, Dunvegan and
Department of Railways
Peace River
Grand Prairie
Pacific Coast
C. Blake Johnson
The
Association of Canadian Building and Construction Industries
Russia
Newa
Ad. Oolamna
Fred Westerfield
Klamath Falls
Oregon
T. Sanderson
National Council of Education
Department of Education
C.P.R
Int. Harv
W. Buchanan
Labor OF
Forke and Spencer
Sixth Ave
W. J. Stephen
Insp
Chevrolet
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