07 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
1
Nebraskan legislators consider a blue sky bill affecting foreign land sales including Canadian lands. The measure requires agents to have the land inspected, obtain board permission, pay 25 for a license and post a 10 000 bond, with strict liability for misrepresentation. If farm yields fail promised crops buyers can sue. Continued on page 13.
Winnipeg report states A. 8. Bickering, once a Canadian Northern fireman, won $10,000 in Civil Assize Court against the Grand Trunk Pacific for the loss of a leg. The claim totaled $20,000.
Budapest March 7. The lower house adopted the government's suffrage reform bill enfranchising a large number of women. The capital was crowded with troops due to socialist threats of a general strike protesting the government's stance on universal suffrage. No disturbances occurred during the early day.
Edmonton delegates of the United Farmers of Alberta approved establishing a large wholesale store in Edmonton. Operated on a cooperative plan, it will serve as the central distributing point for all local unions within the organization.
Toronto March 7 Dr A H Taylor said he has not decided on succeeding Dr Lincoln at Calgary hospital and thinks he will not accept the post.
Washington March 7 The real downward tariff revision plans persist with three new Ways and Means members Jas Collins Mississippi A O Stanley Kentucky and J S Garner Texas backing free food for all. Palmer chairing the Democratic caucus says farmers support Canada market access and tariff removal at the border to cut living costs. He adds substantial relief may come from Canadian competition while European relief remains limited. President Taft’s reciprocity aim to cut living costs by importing surplus production is echoed as the fight for free food is seen as won.
In Montreal, after protests from Protestant school children, the Protestant board of school commissioners agreed to a compromise. They will grant Easter Monday as a holiday but will not extend the Easter vacation otherwise, despite many Hebrew pupils attending Protestant schools.
In Los Angeles on March 10 the jury trying Clarence S. Darrow for alleged jury bribery deliberated for about an hour and a half without a verdict. Darrow, former chief counsel for the McNamara brothers, seemed disappointed as a prior trial on the same charge ended in acquittal in under thirty minutes. Court opened at 10 o'clock and no report from the jury prompted speculation about a possible disagreement.
Queen Mary has decided not to show any of her paintings at the Royal Amateur Art Society exhibition. The society has its patroness, Queen Alexandra, and has long featured Royal exhibits in the last quarter century. the decision comes amid suffragette campaign activity and tensions surrounding the event.
Toronto reports six below per the thermometer and a severe winter day as snow and blizzards delay trains. Rail lines struggle to stay on schedule with engines freezing and hoses bursting. The C N R Sudbury service arrived six hours late after a nine o'clock departure.
Calgary March 6 Justice Walsh quashed the million dollar by law authorizing ornate concrete bridges after J. D. Taprell’s proceedings. City council plans to appeal. The high level Bow River bridge project was estimated at 600000.
Halifax March 7 government introduces a bill to establish a rural telephone system using cooperative principles. Government provides a subsidy of twenty dollars per mile. farmers supply poles and erect them, wire stringing paid from subsidy. Farmers buy their own telephones with a five cent connection fee to any town exchange.
London March 7 The Pall Mall Gazette reports the King has purchased Stafford House as a future residence for the Prince of Wales. The King said he could not afford to keep Stafford House. Labour and socialist members may oppose any special grant. The Queen also opposes giving the young man funds until marriage. The King's action settles the matter.
In Caliio on March 7 J P Morgan directed Met Museum of New York as excavation uncovered a great structure and a sun dried brick village with stamped king's name. The expedition secured pottery and rare manuscripts among the findings.
Rochester Minn March 6 Dr R J Roche of Ottawa minister of the interior for Canada is in the city to consult the Mayo doctors with his daughter. It is understood he will undergo an operation for kidney trouble.
Baseball enthusiasts are invited to city hall this evening to decide whether Medicine Hat will place a team in the Western Canada League. Proceedings start at eight o clock with an boxing exhibition in the opera house afterward.
Alderman Evans urged the council to provide tents for newcomers as church buildings could not be readied. He proposed renting tents with temporary gas and water, letting families bring their own furniture, since rooms offered by citizens were filled. He noted many arrivals and the need to shelter them on arrival.
London reports Parliament adjourned today after one of the longest sessions in years. With brief recesses at Easter and Christmas and a six week summer vacation, the body has been in continuous session since February of last year and completed a heavy cabinet programme.
Emilio Madero recounts the killing of Gustavo Madero by Huerta loyalists after a dinner with General Huerta and two officers. He claims mutilation and non delivery of Gustavo's body, cites loyalty of Francisco Madero and Pino Suárez, and questions peaceful Mexico under Huerta.
A lighter loaded with 340 tons of dynamite exploded in Baltimore harbor off Hawkens Point killing at least fifty people and injuring many as debris damaged the Jason and Alum Chine. The blast shook cities from Sparrows Point to Philadelphia with windows shattered and schools damaged.
Pauline Johnston known as the Indian Poetess died in Illinois after a year of illness. The death notice confirms her as a poetess with ties to Vancouver and occurred on March 7 with the time listed as eleven thirty.
Berlin reports the Kaiser will ascend in the naval dirigible Zeppelin on Saturday with the Prince Regent of Bavaria visiting Berlin. The pair will embark for a state ceremony during the Bavarian visit to the royal court.
Fifty mutinous Arab soldiers in Turkish regiments guarding Gallipoli and the Dardanelles were executed today as an example. The men, recruited from Asia Minor and hardened by heat, mutinied in the extreme cold saying they are too numb to fight.
London marks the fiftieth anniversary of Queen Alexandra’s landing as a Danish princess. The Lord Mayor and City of London presented an address at Marlborough House. Windsor and Margate mayors offered official congratulations. Numerous diplomats visited Marlborough House during the day.
A jury in the circuit court found Kahn guilty of arson this morning. The jury had been deliberating since late Wednesday afternoon after hearing testimony this week in South Bend Idaho.
Ottawa dispatch reports Liberal D A Lafortune of Montcalm delivering a lengthy French speech aimed at breaking the house deadlock. His performance drew amusement from French and English speakers as H B Ames of St Antoine added a humorous night cap moment, delaying proceedings further.
The Duluth council discusses city auto contracts and industrial site plans as fast moving ice shifts from shore into Lake Superior. A letter by Mitchell is cited regarding an auto purchase, with McLean and Mitchell present for discussion about cost savings and city needs.
General Orozco laid out terms for settlement with the Huerta government in El Paso on March 7. Provisional envoy Richardo Garcia Granagos said the demands may be accepted, seeking land grant promises, use of Northern rebels as Rurales, 50 000 pesos back pay, pensions for widows and orphans, and government payment of rebel loans for food and clothing during the Madero era.
Edmonton report says the legislature spent the day on routine business with no outstanding items.
A March fire in Hot Springs, Arkansas, began before noon in the mess district near Central and killed three women and a child. Authorities investigate the blaze and its origin as emergency crews respond.
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