Thousand Mexicans Killed in Engagements Near San Rafael
A Mexican battle report from Nogales Sonora states about a thousand casualties on both sides in attacks near San Rafael and Ures after rebels and Federals clashed. The town of San Rafael was destroyed by dynamite followed by fire, with women and children among the dead. Rebels around Ures reportedly number 1500 under several commanders. Federals under Cols Ojeda and Barren had 800 men, with 200 Yaquis, and 300 allegedly imprisoned for front-line service.
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San Rafael
Ares
Mexico
Nogales Sonora
Nogales
Hermosillo
San Rafel
Ures
Juan Cabral
Gardilla
Juan Garcia
Giren
la Colorada
Villacar
Manage
Agize
Ojeda
Barren
Edmonton Swindler Arrested in San Francisco Land Deals
Charles Hapgood Gibson, a former Edmonton real estate man, was arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses in San Francisco. Reports say he engineered land deals to buy land, make payments, then sell, with Lieut. Governor Bulyea named as a victim.
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Edmonton
Charles Hapgood Gibson
San Francisco
Bulyea
St Barna Basil Literary Society Meets Tonight at 8 30
The St Barna Basil Literary Society holds its weekly meeting this evening at 8 30. Papers by Miss Bertie Goddard and Miss Erna Craudson are planned. Mil dred Lussier will recite and A H Cole will read. Previous speakers included Mr Craven and Mr Walter Rogers.
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St. Barnabas Literary Society
MacBeth
Bertie Goddard
Erna Craudson
Mildred Lussier
A. H. Cole
Craven
Walter Rogers
Patron backs Canadian branch of sailors society
The Lieutenant Governor has become patron of the Canadian Branch of the British and Foreign Sailors Society. The society aids 400 000 seamen yearly and distributes Nelson Shields as part of Lord Strathcona’s Educational work. New institutes costing 120 000 dollars will be built in Canada, and a King Edward VII Memorial Institute at Malta opens this year. Coronation greetings to the Sailor King will be funded by the Canadian branch. Mr and Mrs L V Corrigan of Red Cliff are in town.
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British and Foreign Sailors Society
Canada
Lord Strathcona
Nelson Shields
Atlantic and Pacific
Dominion
Edward the Seventh
Malta
Public Spirited Prizes Offered for Medicine Hat Exhibit
Secretary H Hassard outlines grand specials donated by James Rae Assinabola Music Co Spencer and Todd J E Howson and R J Rice for the twenty fifth annual exhibit in Medicine Hat. Prizes include a cultivator bread loaf gold for best sheaf of wheat oats and flax and a homegrown vegetables collection with more openings for new settlers. Readers urged to respond by Monday morning with prize displays and donor names, as thousands of visitors are expected.
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Medicine Hat Mar
James Rae
Assinabola Music Co
Spencer
Todd J. E. Howson
R. J. Rice
Rae
Edison Phonograph
J. BE. Howson
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat City
Robert Rice
H. Hassard
New Automobiles Delivered by Medicine Hat Garage
The Medicine Hat Garage reports recent McLaughlin Buick deliveries including E Bennett 40 hp grey torpedo W Lemon 6 passenger touring car D W Jackson 15 passenger touring car J Gary 400 hp touring car Twelve more autos purchased by Hat residents are en route to the city.
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Medicine Hat
McLaughlin
Ottawa Conservatives wrestle with Borden row amid reciprocity talks
Ottawa reports a Conservative party rift centered on leadership of Sir Robert Borden. A round robin by Opposition members led him to stay temporarily in control as disputes over reciprocity and western influence prompt renewed debate, with Nova Scotia backing the pact and Montreal financiers accused of pressuring the party.
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R.L. Borden
Ottawa Journal
Borden
Montreal
Liberals
McBride
Roblin
Treasure hunt for Dutine wreck gold nears recovery
Belgium and Holland report a possible $1,000,000 treasure haul from the Dutine frigate wrecked in 1799 off Ter Schelling. Captain Gardiner uses a large vacuum pump, dredging sand to reveal the Lutine under thirty feet of seabed as divers prepare to reclaim the gold with marked bars and Lloyds insurance records.
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Holland
Ken
Tersechelling
Dutine
Gardiner
Lyons
Lloyds
Golden Wedding Celebrated in Portage with Family Reunion
The Portage la Prairie Review details the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Roe, aged 74 and 70, with a large banquet and afternoon reception attended by about fifty descendants and two hundred locals. The event revived their 50 year wedding ceremony, with gifts, baptisms of five grandchildren, and speeches by Rev. Seller and Rev. Bridgman. An ailing son was absent, but the family wired congratulations from Saskatoon and Ontario.
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Portage la Prairie
Ezra Pearson
Richar Roe
Portags
R. H. Roe
James Roe
Mr. Roe
Fannie
David Gill
Arden
A. BE. Batters
Mr. Battery
Roe
Jas. Bernie
Westbourne
Jno Bernie
Portage
W. S. Bishop
St. Aluta
Ontario
Manitoba
J. Roe
Clarence Roe
China
W. P. Smith
Methodist Church
Clarence
Ota
J. H. Roe
Letitia
May
R. H
Ontario Town Casualties Reported Across Several Incidents
Reports from Ontario towns detail multiple tragedies and damages. A man, Andrew I Fenguson, 38, died after drinking carbolic acid at 848 Parliament Street in Toronto. In Perth a pipe fell injuring Geo Lewis, costing an ear. Forest sees Walter Core die from barn injuries. Tamworth sees Barrie Block fire destroying three stores and dwellings with about 7000 dollars loss and nearby damage.
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Toronto
Parliament Street
Andrew I Fenguson
Fenguson
Perth
Ont
Geo. Lewis
Lewis
Forest
Walter Core
Kingston
Int
Barrie
Tamworth
W. Coulter
T. M. Barry
W. A. Yorkes
Floyd and Co
Medicine Hat Debate Challenges Growth Forecast for 1916
A Medicine Hat city hall debate tonight pits Medicine Hat against Lethbridge Y M C A on whether Medicine Hat will surpass Lethbridge in population in 1916. M A Bonnet and S F E McLellan represent Medicine Hat in the 3 o'clock event with a 25 cent admission, the final inter-city contest for Mr B Bennett’s silver cup.
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Medicine Hat
Lethbridge Y.M.C.A
Grounls
Jethbridge
M. A. Bonnet
S. FE. McLellan
R. B. Bennett
Calgary
Lethbridge
Enlarged Medicine Hat garage to double in size
The existing garage will be expanded with a 50 by 50 hollow block addition. The current building will house a machine shop and a vulcanizing plant. The new section will serve as a showroom with the office at the new site. George Worthy leads brick work and Mort Fulton handles carpentry.
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Medicine Hat
George Worthy
Mort Fulton
Assinabola Chapter 126 Holds Emergent Meeting
An emergent meeting of Assinabola Chapter 126 was held last night to confer degrees M M M and M H M. The event marked the conferral of those honors.
Boy Scouts to Parade Tomorrow at Headquarters
Boy Scouts No 4 Troup plan a parade tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock at headquarters. Subscribe now for the Daily News.
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The
Daily News
No. 4
Troup Boy Scouts
Purchase of Property for New School Site
The school board has purchased block 4 plan 481m from G M Johnston and Co for 285 a lot. It will trade 15 to 24 inclusive in block 2 plan 481 at the same price paying 8550 for the 30 lots. The whole block will be used as the site for an eight roomed school to serve the district. Supervisor Hay says by occupancy there will be enough pupils to fill the entire school.
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School ‘Board
G. M. Johnston and Co
Hay
Socks and cash theft lands Faddis in jail
John R. Faddis of H W Ireland and Co warehouse pleaded guilty to stealing 21 pairs of socks and 381 in cash. Magistrate Kealy sentenced him to six months with hard labor at Lethbridge. Others faced fines or suspensions for related thefts and motor violations. Dan Reid alias John Sinclair linked to overcoat thefts with four coats recovered. Remanded until tomorrow.
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John R. Faddis
H. W. Ireland and Co
Kealy
Lethbridge
Frank Little
H. G. Paige
William Cory
Dan Corrigan
Dan Reid
John Sinclair
Dan
Calgary Visitors and Real Estate Notes
Mr and Mrs T W McLeod and daughter Nellie of Calgary are in the city. B F Louch sold two lots in Central Park to L E Beck. Members and visiting brothers are invited to an Ancient Order of Foresters open meeting on April 4 in Patterson Hall. Don’t pay rent borrow to own with H M Forster re loan.
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T. W. McLeod
Nellie
Calgary
City
B. F. Louch
Central Park
L. E. Beck
Ancient
Order of Foresters
Patterson Hall
H. mi
Forster
Debauch Ends With House Clash in Missouri Capital
In Jefferson City a drunken brawl after a House floor fight led to a mob from the House storming the Senate and forcing adjournment. The drunken revelry targeted Republican Tease A. Tolerton, state game and fish official, with Kinny J. Smith, Tolerton’s clerk, assaulted on the chamber floor as Democrats reportedly tested their drinking capacity.
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Jefferson City
Hig
Capital City
House of Representatives
House
Senate
A. Toleron
Wardet
Presbyterian Church
Kinny J. Smith
Tolerton
Peacemaker Disputed on Main Street Incident
Fragmentary notes describe a confrontation on Main Street involving a peacemaker figure. One man resisted another's attempt to intervene as tension arose over an interior dispute amid unclear details.
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Main Street
Jas
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W. J
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Pulton
Wilson
Irene
Florence
David
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Steve Pipe
Farmer
P. T. Hefferman
Carlstadt
G. I
Hannihan
Brooks
BOY Scouts
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