Briand Accepts Mandate to Form New French Cabinet
Aristide Briand accepted President Doumergue's mandate to form a ninth French Cabinet to replace the fallen government. Edouard Herriott declined the mandate and urged Briand to return to Geneva, while Briand vowed to attempt the task and seek a definite answer that evening.
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Paris
Doumergue
Edouard Herriott
Radical Party
Aristide Briand
M. Briand
League
Geneva
Day
Briand
Efyesse Palace
Doumergen
Glasgow Herald backs Empire trade funding as needed experiment
The Glasgow Herald argues for a £1,000,000 government grant to promote Empire trade. It cites Western Canada Wheat Pool and New Zealand and Australia as pioneers of pooling. It warns pools may err but could stabilize Western Canadian agriculture and aid land settlement, benefiting consumers.
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Glasgow Herald
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Herald
Western Canada
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
the Herald
Nations Scramble For Council Seats At League Assembly
Geneva March 9. The League of Nations Assembly is in recess amid a tangle over Germany’s membership and bids by Poland Spain Brazil and China for permanent council seats. Adjournment yesterday left no date for the next session as Briand plans to return from Paris and a sub committee may meet soon.
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League of Nations Assembly
Germany
Poland
Spain
Brazil
China
League Council
Paris
Aristide Briand
Austen Chamberlain
League of Nations Asmbly
Austen
Briand
France
Alberta Weather Outlook Says Mild and Fair Ahead
The Alberta forecast calls for mostly fair skies today and Wednesday with little temperature change. No rain expected and temperatures remain near seasonal norms.
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Alberta
Sergt Duncan to England on Special Duty
Blairmore reports Sergt Duncan and Inspector Bavin left for Lethbridge and will sail to England on special duty. Constable Patee has been transferred and will depart for Rocky Mountain House detachment.
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Blairmore
Sergt
Duncan
Bavin
Lethbridge
England
Constable Pattee
AP. P
Rocky Mountain House
Miners Entombed as Explosion Hits Crab Orchard Mine
Rescue teams led by state and federal officials work to reach twenty eight entombed miners after an explosion at Crab Orchard Improvement Company No Five mine in Eccles West Virginia. One known dead rises to nine as eight more bodies are recovered from near shaft bottom.
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Eccles
W. Va
Crab Orchard Improvement Company
Crab, Orchard Improvement, Company
No. Five
Pratt Elected Rotary Club President for Coming Year
Annual Rotary Club elections elected Chas Pratt as president for the coming year. Directors chosen include Chas Anderson John Black Robin Blythe Elmer Hodges J S Jones and Harry Matthews. Installation set for the last meeting in April. District Conference at Banff May 13 to 15 with Banff Springs Hotel arrangements and CPR facilities promised for Rotarians and wives of the Fourth District.
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Rotary Club
Chas. Pratt
Chas. Anderson
John Black
Robin Blythe
Elmer Hodges
J. S. Jones
Harry Matthews
Banff
Jas. M. MacArthur
Banff Springs
Rotary
C.P.R
Roth No 1 Well Drilled to Depth with Water Bailed
The Roth No 1 well reached 8 105 feet today as about 1000 feet of water were bailed from the hole leaving roughly 500 feet of water. Calgary reports 42071 dollars spent on relief last year, up from 1924.
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Roth No. 1
Calgary
Honduras Reaches Debt Settlement with Britain
Tegucigalpa Honduras reports Congress notified a Washington signed agreement of October 23 to settle debts contracted over fifty years ago. The move restores international credit and promises prosperity as the fifty year debt in pounds sterling is reduced from about £80,000,000 to a final settlement.
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Honduras
Congress
Washington
Britain
Winnipeg For Market Opens With Strong Fur Prices
In Winnipeg on March 9 buyers competed for cross fox pelts bidding up to 68 dollars. Ordinary lots sold from 10 to 85 dollars and badger skins fetched 9.50 with the rest from 0.10 to 7.50. An extra fine otter skin brought 54 dollars with average prices between 15 and 80 dollars.
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Winnipeg
Mother and Son Die in Warkworth Fire
Peterboro Ont March 9 Mrs Stewart West and her two year old son perished when she burned down the eight roomed house of Dr West on the outskirts of Warkworth. Dr West rushed out in night clothes to summon help and has been delirious since. No clear cause yet. Gas and motor taxes yielded 7 421 000 in Ontario.
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Ont
Stewart West
Dr West
Warkworth
West
Dr Gershaw Addresses Fellow Kiwanians in Ottawa
Past President Dr Fred Gershaw spoke to Kiwanians sharing first impressions of Ottawa. He described Parliament’s assembly election of the Speaker how divisions are voted and noted several notable present Parliament figures in a closeup view of Parliament at work.
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Fred Gershaw
Ottawa
Commons
Kentucky Freighter Breaks From Tow Near Port Drift
St John March 9 After making progress to within about sixty miles of port the freighter Kentucky broke away from the Silvia during a southeast gale. Latest reports say she is drifting landwards as the gale subsides this morning. Try The News Want Ad Column.
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St. John
Mld
Kentucky
Silvia
New Liberal Cabinet Amid Seats Yet to be Filled
Canadian Press reports J C Fillett chosen as Minister of Labour creating a third Liberal vacancy in the Frouse. Parliament reopening will see vacancies in Regina and West Middlesex unsettled, delaying further cabinet appointments. Dunning and Elliott likely cannot take seats immediately. acclamations possible in Regina or Ottawa, else elections await resolution.
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J.C. Fillett
West Middlesex
S’remier King
Buti Regina
EK. D. Euler
North Waterloo
C. A Dunning
Railways
Mr. Eliott
Labor
Dunning
Regina
Elliott
Delnys Se
Wheat futures rise on stronger demand and short covering
In Winnipeg activity lifted prices as improved foreign demand and short covering gave a firmer tone. May and July futures rose by 7 to 8 cents from Monday’s close, settling at 1.44 3 8 and 1.42 3 4 respectively. October:
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Winnipeg
Man
McCormick Wins Suit For Eight Million Dollars
Edith Rockefeller McCormick is awarded nearly eight million dollars after a court in Indianapolis dismisses her former husband Harold F. McCormick suit for lack of jurisdiction. The action had claimed funds might go to his children and granddaughter. The McCormick attorneys said the case was dismissed because certain McCormick family members were not joined as parties.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Indianapolis
Harold F. McCormick
Anita Oser
Mathilda and
Max Oser
Switzerland
Indian Head Omitted From Red Trail Association List
An error caused Indian Head to be left off yesterday’s notice listing cities affiliated with the Trans-Canada Red Trail Association. The omission was due to an oversight.
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Indian Head
Trans- Canada Red Trail Association
Canadian-born prisoners dominate Fort Saskatchewan and Lethbridge jails
New 1925 inmate reports reveal Canada born inmates lead the jail populations at Lethbridge and Fort Saskatchewan. In Lethbridge, 804 of 764 prisoners were Canadian born, with the United States next at 105 and England at 70. Fort Saskatchewan reported 223 Canadian-born of 568, followed by 88 born in the United States and 55 in England.
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Lethbridge
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United States
England
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Austria
Russia
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Poland
China
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Wales
Fort Saskatchewan
Australia
France
Frictions Over French Role in Europe Surface in London
London reports show official circles doubtful about Briand’s influence as France faces upheaval. Chamberlain’s optimism re Geneva talks cited, while British observers recall Briand’s 1922 actions that reshaped European settlement. Resignation rumors amid calls for French government reorganization.
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