06 Mar 1924
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 06, 1924
Page
1
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In Edmonton the legislative assembly pressed road policy funding with a Highways Bill clause tying allocations to the Good Roads Board. Debate covered plebiscite costs from 1915 to 1923, and a humorous inquiry into telephone pole purchases by the current government. The session adjourned with plans to reconvene Thursday. The agriculture minister faced questions on experimental farms funding and the use of cooperative marketing funds for stock feed resale.
Vancouver ports handle 21 vessels with 3,000,000 bushels capacity as grain exports move smoothly. Additional ships expected before month end, railways issuing loading permits. About 100 cars daily are loaded for Vancouver on the Canadian Pacific lines.
The Progressive party leader Robert Forke said progressives will back government measures, urging economy and proposed reforms. He backed Hudson Bay railway construction, removal of sales tax on farm implements, and a cross party parliamentary railways committee. Woodsworth criticized Cape Breton strike trials and called for investigations into coal interests. Other speakers supported pulp wood export duties and the St Lawrence waterway project.
The Tariff Commission delivered its wheat inquiry report to President Coolidge on March 4 1924 and the president was expected to proclaim higher duties on wheat and wheat products.
Dorchester March 4 James MacLachlan, sentenced to two years for seditious libel linked to Cape Breton labor troubles, will leave the penitentiary tomorrow on ticket of leave. Ottawa March 4 officials confirm the offer with no special conditions attached.
In a Los Angeles address, Paul Shoupe of Southern Pacific and Associated Oil warns fewer than 60 days of gasoline remain in the U S. He notes California refineries Santa Fe Springs Huntington and Lone Hill face shut downs as demand rises and new output is uncertain. The figures reflect a national supply squeeze and potential price impacts.
In Ottawa the debate centered on tariff policy and the Hudson Bay railway project. Labour leaders urged inquiries into the British Empire Steel Corporation while pledging opposition to certain progressive measures.
An earth shock lasting about ninety seconds rattled Malbale Quebec yesterday afternoon. The tremor stretched roughly 30 miles from Laerenutide dialnx to the St. Lawrence river with no damage reported. Residents note more frequent seismic activity in recent months since the Japanese catastrophe.
News from London dated March 6 reports mixed reactions among Indian Moslems to the fate of the Caliph of Constantinople. Prominent Caliphatists mourn their disappointed hopes while constitutional circles favor electing a new Caliph with Koranal sanction.
The federal grand jury will investigate U S oil scandals and charges against two Congress members. Evidence on possible wrong doing by officials in Washington will be presented. President Coolidge orders diligent prosecution and inquiry into alleged use of official information for speculation.
Chicago March 4 Mrs John Ceboguski complained her husband kissed her only once a week while kissing a picture of his favorite horse each morning. The request for divorce was denied and he was ordered to reverse his habits by kissing his wife daily and kissing the horse once a week.
A brief item states the running time for Transcanada Ltd is ninety hours. The fragmentary text mentions related names and places but the readable core asserts the ninety hour duration.
Prison and police officials here questioned Ralph Thurber who admitted to being involved with London authorities about the Wall Street bomb blast of 1920. Thurber, arrested in 1920 for attempted hotel robbery, served time at San Quentin and was released in 1922. He later told authorities forged stories of exploits and birth, which officials found false. Rev Herbert Wilson, named by Thurber, faced scrutiny amid London inquiries into the blast as photographs and testimony were reviewed for accuracy.
Mr A W Tolnie of the Department of Colonization and Emimigration will lead the Canadian exhibits at the British Empire Exhibition opening near London Wembley in April. The event is expected to be the most unique in history.
Hebert Gilfoyl plunged fifty feet from a fourth story window to a ground of packing boxes while cleaning windows. He suffered only a scratch on his right ear and a small abrasion on his right cheek before climbing back inside and resuming his work.
The Allied Council of Ambassadors met on March 5 and, with Marshal Koch in attendance, endorsed a proposal from Premier MacDonald of Great Britain to replace the current allied military mission with an allied committee of guarantees.
In Hohnonton March 4 the legislature agreed not to sit on Ash Wednesday and Attorney General J B Brownlee said the reprinted Liquor Control bill will be brought in for consideration Thursday afternoon. He noted no drastic changes and hinted focal option provisions may be debated with potential deletion by Robert Pearson of Calgary. Brownlee also mentioned slight edits on liquor advertising censorship but did not confirm if the liquor commissioner will retain the duty.
The report notes Canadian National Railway placing sizable orders for locomotives and components. It mentions Canadian and Western Pacific motive power, with references to specific locomotive types and regional plants. The fragmentary text references Kirsten Ont and transfers between depots.
Alberta will see 425 miles of road work from Calgary to Peace River with graveling on 110 miles and an estimated cost of 502000 dollars. Major upgrades include Calgary to Edmonton corridors, Strathmore to Tilley, Vermilion to Chipman, and Lacombe to Coronation, plus a reconnaissance of a Peace River route.
Ontario debates temperance policy with Premier F Perusoi advocating reform. He says bootlegging nets hundreds of thousands of dollars, urging a shift from prohibition to tighter traffic controls. Conservative Norta Watertoo notes prohibition alone cannot stop organized bootlegging and supports stronger measures to curb the underground trade.
London reports Winston Churchill will contest the Westminster Abbey division byelection with Liberal opposition likely. The Liberal candidate is Solicitor Scott D McKers, a four times court martialed conscientious objector. Conservative candidates include Otto Nicholson and Col WG Nicholsign, with Labor and a separate trade unionist candidate also expected.
Eighteen of twenty applicants to the Eudist Mathers Novitiate in Charlesburg are down with typhoid fever. The report today notes their condition as improving.
Winnipes March 4 George Seri chief grain inspector for Canada for twelve years has tendered his resignation effective March 31 on grounds of ill health. Mr Searls has thirty years in grain inspection and testified before the Grain Malgury Commission with forthright statements.
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