Locomotive Engineer Injured Near Maple Creek
Engineer Frank S. Jackson of the CPR lies unconscious after a likely crane strike while in charge of passenger train No. 3 near Cross Sask. Bloodied from deep cuts above both eyes, he is treated at Maple Creek and to be moved to Medicine Hat if possible. Firemen and officials dispatch an investigation and medical transport. The Daily News note: 85 cents monthly.
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Frank S. Jackson
Maple Creek
Cross, Sask
Jackson
Gershaw
Medicine Hat
Bootleggers Roundup in Edson District Results in Convictions
Edmonton reports that the Liquor License Branch rounded up bootleggers in the Edson district after complaints from Mile 37 on the Brazeau Coal Branch. Allan McDonald, Wd. Byers, Gatzmeur, Reith, and Chiavert faced fines for liquor license infractions, with Chiavert also fined for concealed weapons. Two barrels of Milwaukee Beer and bottles were seized.
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Edmonton
Attorney General's Department
Edson
Mile 37
Brazeau
Raven
Mounted Police
Allan McDonald
Wd. Byers
Gatzmeur
Oswald Reith
Ornate Chiavert
Chiavert
Jennings
Milwaukee
Norton homesteader guilty of stealing furniture
Inspector Shoebotham presided as Wright of Norton faced charges for stealing household furniture from J. M. Cooper. Found guilty, Wright was given suspended sentence on payment terms, with the court aiming leniency for the settler at the season.
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Wright
Norton
Shoebotham
J.M. Cooper
Laurence Irving to Visit the Hat in English Company
Laurence Irving son of the late Sir Henry Irving with his English company will appear at the Empress Theatre arrangements completed. The son is spoken of as a worthy successor of his illustrious father.
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Laurence Irving
Henry Trying
Sewer Extension Project To Employ 375 In City Modernization
The city begins sewer extension work Monday with 375 men. About 160 will do street cleaning and sidewalk work, while 275 will handle sewer extensions. All workers paid 25 cents per hour. married men on full time and single meals workers will work four hours daily for now. Regular staff will work eight hours daily.
Young Scotch Couple Seek Canadian Farm Training
Mr. George Howson, the local immigration officer, says a young Scotch couple has recently landed and wishes to learn farming in Canada. They plan to take up work on a Canadian farm to gain practical experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Howson
Tennis Club House in Birmingham Burns in Fire
A militant suffragette group set fire to the Tennis Club house and grand stand at the Orton Club, five miles from the city. The building was completely destroyed by the blaze.
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Birmingham
Orton Club
Coleridge Rifle Association Annual Meeting Held in Dunmore
The Coleridge Rifle Association holds its annual meeting at Dunmore School House at 2 o clock on Saturday March 21. All members and the public are invited to attend. A St Patrick s Day concert is planned for the basement of St Patrick s Church on Tuesday March 17 at eight in the evening with admission fifty cents.
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Coleridge Rifle Association
Dunmore School
St. Patrick’s Church
Ireland
Suffragette Vandalism Hits McKenna Residence
A squad of six militant suffragettes smashed every ground floor window at Rt. Hon. Reginald McKenna’s Smith Square home. They gave false names and were later arraigned at Westminster Police Court, each jailed two months with hard labor. One said she would not have cared if she’d reached McKenna. All pleaded guilty, citing brutality toward their leader. Pankhurst released from Holloway after hunger strike. Continued on pagе 12.
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London
Reginald McKenna
Smith Square
Westminster
Boadicea
McKenna
Liberals Do Not Want Bourassa In Prescott County Race
Wankleck Hill Ont March 14. J LaPointé of Fournier Ontario Prescott Reform Association says no formal request has been made for Henri Bourassa to run as Liberal candidate in Prescott county for Ontario legislature after Evantural’s resignation.
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Wankleck Hill
Ont
Henri Bourassa
Prescott County
Ontario
Evantural
J. LaPointé
Fournier
Prescott Reform Association
Convicted Woman Lived in Hospital After Sentence
Rita Palmer, convicted last fall in Prince Albert for procuring Louise Valiens, has remained in a local hospital since sentencing. Penitentiary requests for transfer are refused due to ongoing illness, with unverified reports she married while hospitalized.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Rita Palmer
Louise Valiens
Edmonton Cook Inherits Fortune
Jack Hamber, a coal camp cook for 350 miners near Edmonton, is set to receive a fortune from a Glasgow relative. He plans to invest as a future mine operator in central Alberta and hopes to marry a Scottish lassie who will join him in Canada.
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Edmonton
Alta
Jack
Hamber
Pocahontas
Glasgow
Scotland
Bagpipes
Heathver
Central Alberta
Canadian Rockies
St Patrick's Day Concert At Patrick Church
A Tuesday night Irish program at St Patrick's Church basement promises an all Irish performance by skilled artists. Admission is 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's Church
British Immigrants Arrive in Toronto En Masse
Five hundred immigrants from the British Isles arrive in Toronto this morning as the vanguard of this year’s wave. Over three hundred fifty are headed to the northwest region for settlement and work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
British Isles
Another Apartment Block Planned on Braemar Street
J. T. Bergman owner of View Court Apartments plans a new brick three story building on Braemar Street west of the South Block. It will house 21 suites at an estimated cost of 50 000 dollars with excavation tenders being sought. Bergman departs for Winnipeg and will return in about two weeks to start construction.
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McGregor
Berry
Braemar St
View Court
Bergman
Winnipeg
Victoria Coast Versus Toronto In Stanley Cup Bulletins
The News will post Stanley Cup game bulletins from Toronto between Victoria, Coast league champions, and Toronto, NHL champions. Bulletins start about 5:30 p.m. and will be posted at the News corner via Western Associated Press.
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Victoria
Toronto
Associated Press
Torontos
Woman severely burned in Wainwright hotel fire
Mrs Annie McDonald was severely burned in Wainwright Alberta when a room in the Wainwright hotel caught fire as she cleaned a dress with gasoline. Her former home was near Lamont Alberta.
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Wainwright Wainwright
Alta
Annie McDonald
Wainwright Hotel
Lamont
Alberta
Six armed burglars loot Hartman Furniture safe
Chicago reporters say six armed burglars seized and bound three employees at Hartman Furniture Company on Wentworth Avenue. They blew open the safe and escaped with fifteen thousand dollars and forty thousand dollars in money orders.
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Chicago
Hartman Furniture Company
Wentworth Ave
Grain market moves at Winnipeg and Chicago
Winnipeg grain prices show May and July Wheat at 92 to 94 cents with spot values around 898 to 884 for cash Wheat. Oats list May and July at 36 to 38 with various CW grades. flax ranges, and barley and bran prices noted. Minneapolis and Chicago futures appear with May around 90 to 93 and July near 90s, with Sept and Sept-printed quotes.
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C.W
Minneapolis
Chicago
Fire drill saves factory girls amid blaze at four story plant
A fire drill saved four hundred workers from a panic in a four story white goods factory on Clinton Street. The blaze spread to an adjacent building, destroying the William A. Baker printing and stationery plant. Loss estimated at $200000.
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Newark
Clinton St
William A. Baker
Dealer's License Not Sufficient
G Nt Andrews an automobile dealer was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate Rae for letting a car be used for livery with the dealer's registration number. Andrews claimed he lent the auto to a friend while the owner's car was repaired and that a license had been applied for. Chief Bruce said license status did not affect the case, noting prior cautions and police efforts to stop dealers using registration numbers on cars shown to buyers or run for livery and private use.
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G. Nt. Andrews
Rae
Bruce
Andrews
Johnson
Interprovincial Trades and Labor Convention Sought
A Saskatoon Trades and Labor Council communication urges closer ties between Saskatchewan and Alberta councils and proposes an interprovincial convention. While beneficial, the meeting noted current dull labor market makes now a poor time to commit, but correspondence could improve cooperation.
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Trades and Labor Councils
Trades and Labor Council
Sasktoon Trades and Labor Council
Trades and Labor Council of
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Railway smash up in Australia at Exeter near Mossvale
Ten passengers were killed and fifteen injured when a mail train collided with a freight locomotive at Exeter near Mossvale in New South Wales. The crash occurred today, on March 14, near Temora.
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Australia
Temora
Salvation Army Captain Nominated World Congress Delegate
Captain Oake of the local Salvation Army corps is nominated by Toronto headquarters as a Canadian delegate to the World Army Congress in London England next June. An estimated three thousand officers from around the world are expected to attend.
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Oake
Salvation Army Corps
Toronto
Lonedon
England
Auto Accident Gage Settled in Supreme Court
The case McLeod vs. Duffield concluded that McLeod bore partial blame for his April 1913 injuries in a Toronto Street collision. Justice Walsh ruled the defendant’s car was traveling at moderate speed and slightly on the wrong side, not making Duffield liable for damages. Costs will not be asked against McLeod. he was represented by O Neail.
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A. McLeod
C. E. Duffield
Mcleod
Justice Walsh
O’neail
Davidson, Bell & O'Neail
Toronto Street
South Railway
Bank of Montreal
South Railway Street
Medicine Hat
Meadow
Gershaw
Maintenance of Way Men Strike Averted in Canada
Negotiations between Canadian Pacific Railway maintenance of way employees and D. McNicoll led to a settlement preventing a nationwide strike. Delegation including James Stokes of Calgary pressed for wage increases near thirty tents a day. International president A B Lowe stated the conference produced a mutual agreement to accept terms.
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Montreal
Que
Canadian Pacific Railway
D. McNicoll
James Stokes
Calgary
A. B. Lowe
Fof Detroit
Real Estate Boom Reported In Hat City
Real estate activity surged with a dozen sales of houses and building lots since Monday. Builders see higher interest, rising inquiries, and prices that allow more construction, while speculators remain cautious and delays persist. Key deals include Matthews Murray and Jordan at Central Park for 3300 and 1680 for adjacent lots. Crescent Heights and Markland sees ten lots sold by E. D. Bennett and Co. plus multiple dwellings in Central Park and Dunmore.
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Matthews
Murray
Jordan
Central Park
High School
E. D. Bennett and Company
Crescent Heights
Markland
Niblock
Tull
Dunmore
Highland
Villa Vows President Bid Amid Mexican Power Shifts
In Chihuahua on March 14 a close associate of Villa declares he will be Mexico’s next president, despite contrary reports as Carranza’s arrival in Chihuahua signals hopes for foreign-friendly policy. Carranza agrees to let American consuls protect foreign interests in areas under Constitutionalists.
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Villa
Mexico
Chihuahua
Carranza
William S. Benton
Washington
Constitutionalists
Redcliff Shoe Factory to Begin Operations Soon
Redcliffe, March 14 The only shoe manufacturing plant in Western Canada will commence operations within a week. The two story brick factory on the north side of the CPR track features modern heating and ventilation and aims to employ about forty men. Redcliff shoes will be advertised locally with plans to increase the workforce as production expands.
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Redcliff
Canada
Ytendlelee
Redclft Shoe Manufactory
C.P.R
Bessemer
Opium Smuggling Gang Unearthed in Duluth
Police uncover a Duluth gang linked to an opium smuggling operation. Authorities seize evidence and arrested several members as part of the investigation.
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Cross
the Daily News
Attorney-general’s Department
Rite
The
Daily News
M'Kenna
Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst
Holloway
Bourassa
Cook
J.T. Bergman
J. T. Bergman
Bulletins
Grain Markets
Interprovingial 7. & L. Council
Exeter
Mossvale
Captain Oake
Supreme Court
Duffield
McNicholl
Mexican Republic
Duluth
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