Arbitration meet to avert coal strike in anthracite
In New York on March 23 an arbitration committee of eight coal miners and operators will hold a secret session to decide if 200000 anthracite workers will join 400000 Bituminous fields in a planned April 1 strike. The session includes two neutral members and a secretary. Attorney General Daugherty warns the federal government will not tolerate violence to stop coal production.
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New York
Washington
Daugherty
Hat Fanciers Contest Dominates Egg Laying Week
The Wilietaey week in the Leith bridge egg lay shows Berteat leading Jo-GAT poultry with 608 total. W. A. Fraser of Barted Rocks holds third place for the first winter period ending Feb 20, while H. T. Luther of Winnifred posts 533 to top his pen. Be. J. Forner's hen No 6, a White Leghorn, leads the nineteenth weekly report.
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Lethbridge
Berteat
W. A. Fraser
H. T. Luther
Winnifred
BE. J. Forner
Mr. Forner
Personal spook in Prince House in New York
Dr. Walter Franklin Prince reports a personal spook haunting his home in New York after returning from Antigonish. He describes wife’s crystal visions predicting his journey and a touching wind, with rappings heard when his wife is present. Prince plans to present findings to the Society for Psychical Research.
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New York
Walter Franklin Prince
Antigonish
Wade
Dr. Prince
Mmy
Society For Psychical Research
Garage Fire Damages Car and Home in Yuill Street
Firefighters responded at 1.35 am to a garage fire at James Cameron 1170 Yuill Street. The blaze damaged a McLaughlin car and the garage interior, likely caused by an overheated stove. Both vehicle and garage were insured.
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James Cameron
Yuill Street
McLaughlin
Yankee claims to Wrangell Island draw U S scrutiny
Washington officials said the United States is studying Vilhjalmur Stefansson’s assertion of British sovereignty over Wrangell Island in the Arctic northwest of the Behring Strait. The probe centers on American expeditions to the island in 1881 and its strategic and commercial value for Siberia operations.
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Washington
Wrangell Island
Arctic Ocean
Behring Straits
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
State Department
Department
United States
Siberia
Russia
Mark Drops to New Low Record
New York report shows the German mark hit an all time low around 0 30 to 0 30% per cent, driven by early selling orders from foreign sources and intensified by three days of local speculation offerings. The piece notes widespread liquidation amid a volatile exchange market.
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New York
Uphold Opoques in Their Fight With Skeptics
Halifax report by Dr. Franklin Prince accuses Mary Ellen MacDonald of causing fires at Caledonia Mills. Leo McGillivray disputes the claim, saying she did not start the events and cannot understand the charges. Mr. Whidden anticipates further communications with the dead despite skepticism.
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Halifax
Franklin Prince
Mary Ellen MacDonald
Caledonia Mills
Prince
Antigondah
Meny
Mary Ellen
Leo, McGillivray
Dr. Prince
Leo
McGillivray
Mr. Whidden
MacDonald
Gandhi meetings funded to unite Indians says Northcliffe
Viscount Northcliffe claims the Indian nationalist leader seeks to expel the white man from India and uses meetings and subsidized newspapers worldwide to unite Mohammedans and Hindus as part of his six year sentence.
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Viscount Northcliffe
India
Gandhi
Northcliffe
Train From West Delayed Due to Mountain Slide
This morning a westbound train was delayed in the mountains and expected to reach its destination at 17.10. No official cause reported, but a mountain slide is suspected as the reason for the hold up.
Weather Roundup for Western Cities
The West enjoyed fine weather with lower temperatures and light local snow in Alberta. Forecast calls for fair and cold conditions across all western cities today and Friday.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Regina
Winnipeg
Calgary
Lethbridge
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Port Arthur
Alberta
All West
British Sub H-42 Lost With All Hands in Mediterranean
Exchange Telegraph from Gibraltar reports the British submarine H-42 disappeared with all hands after a collision with a destroyer during maneouvres. Also, the U S freight steamer West Caruth sank east of Cherbourg and later reached port after distress, with cargo loss in bamboo and a noon dispatch noting Venice flooding up to three feet in public squares.
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London
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
U. SS
Marseilles
United States
West Caruth
Cherbourg
France
Venice
Germany Defers Comment on Reparations Commission Findings
Werlin March 23. Berlin papers report that German officials, including Chancellor Wirth, defer public comment on the reparations commissions findings received yesterday. Berlin signals suggest the decision is not final and could lead to counter proposals or new negotiations.
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Werlin
Berlin
Wirth
Onipers Active on Ulster Border and Dublin Tensions
Reports from Belfast state snipers on the southern Ulster border used light machine guns against reconnoitering parties. In Belfast two constables were shot, one killed, one mortally wounded, and road traffic on the free side of the border was suspended. In Dublin the IRA convention faces possible disruption by orders, while three bombs were thrown in Belfast injuring two women.
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Belfast
Ulster
Aughnacloy
Caledoni
Fermanagh
Dublin
Irish Republican Army
Richard Mulcahy
Dall
Arthur Griffith
Dall Eireann
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Peculiar River Creature Found in Niagara River
Zoologists classify a curious 12 inch life form from the Upper Niagara river. The forepart resembles a lizard, the hind part a fish, with a catfish like mouth, brown spots, four legged with four-fingered hands, four-lobed ears and a silky coat. The note ends with a moral line about sins and debts.
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Niagara Falls
Niagara River
Calgary sugar beer plebiscite proposal defeated in Alberta legislature
In Edmonton on March 28 the provincial house narrowly defeated R C Edwards proposal for a one year plebiscite on legalizing sugar beer under the liquor act. Only Dr State supported the motion on Edwards behalf. The session also advanced bills on tax sales of city property, aviation taxes, and married women property rights while delaying final reporting on the liquor bill.
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Edmonton
R. C. Edwards
Calgary
Edwards
Medical Professions
Treasury
State
Medical Association
Norris Refuses Offer of Support in Manitoba
Winnipeg reports that 16 opposition MLA members including ten from the Independent Farmer group would back Premier Norris if he drops Johnson Brown and Armstrong from his cabinet for replacements from the new group. The plan aims to avoid an election this year but Norris says he will not abandon his ministers and dissolution could still occur.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Independent Farmer Group
T. C. Norris
T. H. Johnson
Edward Brown
J. W. Armstrong
Norris
Curling Club Banquet Tonight at Green Lantern
At 680 this evening the curlers hold their annual meeting and banquet to elect officers and conduct business. The event aims to attract many members to kick off preparations for next season.
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Green Lantern
Wages Cut Approved by British Railways Board
The central wages board of the British railways agrees to a four shillings per week wage reduction for adult workers. The cut, effective April 11, aims to save about one million pounds annually in railway operating costs.
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British Railways
London
Can
Central Wages Board of
Teacher slain before pupils at North Star school
In Fort Morgan Colorado on March 2 Helen Murain a 22 year old teacher at North Star rural school was shot dead by Maggarine Stabio 26 after being refused entry to the building. Stabio then killed himself as 30 students watched the tragedy.
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Fort Morgan
Col
Helen Murain
North Star
Maggarine Stabio
Stabio
Stabile
Weldoua, Co
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Frontier
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Red Cross Society
H. Hassard
G. W. V. A. Hall
Huckvale
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