Rescue by steamers Manhattan and Franconia fire at sea
Sable Island Nova Scotia May 6 rescue of Columbian crew after blaze at sea. Manhattan saved Captain McDonald and 13 others, one engineer killed and one man drowned. Franconia rescued 18 more plus chief steward’s body, totaling 27 saved alive. Further boats and officers remain missing.
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Sable Island
N.S
McDonald
Manhattan
Marconi
New York
Antwerp
Cunardioer Franconia
Mattews
Bons
Francqula
Gston
Mass
Cunard Ung
Miller
Franconia
Georgie
Seydlitz
Associated Press
Boston
Seydiltz
Ottawa
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Sabie Island
Babington Bets on Green Mountain Potatoes for Seed Crop
Mr W R Babington of Medicine Hat pursues mixed farming focusing on potatoes and alfalfa. He plants 50 acres of Green Mountain seed potatoes sourced from the St John River seed district in New Brunswick and aims to sell the entire crop as seed this fall or next spring.
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W. R. Babington
Medicine Hat
Babington
Green Mountain
St. John River
N. B
Powers Elected Mayor of St. Paul
St. Paul Minn May 6 Winn Powers will be St Pauls first mayor under the commission form of government. He defeated Louis H Nash by a majority of about 2000 votes in the city election held yesterday. Mayor W C Handy is the apparent winner in the race for comptroller. It is probable that the councilmen elected will be Powers J N M Finehout and John Boerner probably have been elected municipal judges over Lew Brill and Emil Heines.
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St. Paul, Minn
Winn Powers
St. Paul
Commission
Louis H. Nash
W. C. Handy
J. NM. Finehout
John Boerner
Lew Brill
Emil Heines
Medicine Hat Prepares Big Clean-Up Day
Mayor Brown announces a city wide cleanup on Thursday to clear back lanes yards and front boulevards. Public works teams will be used to haul away rubbish over two days if needed and civic leaders will inspect Friday to gauge results.
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Public Works Department
Brown
French Aircrew Man Killed In Morocco Crash
In Rabat on May 6, Lieutenant Saint Lague was killed and Pioneer Ronnerau slightly injured when their French army aeroplane crashed after capsizing from a height of 1,200 feet during a flight in Morocco.
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Rabat
Morocco
Saint Lague
Ronnerau
Redcliff inquest identifies Blair Lastinka at death scene
In Redcliff on May 2 1914 Blair Lastinka is identified as the deceased found on the railway platform. Coroner D H Wall presided as witnesses described the body found after the pusher No 1 passed through, with the cause listed as death by shock from a head and arm crush. The jury ruled the death accidental, praising Chief Reynolds and Constable Washford for their work.
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Redcliff
Lang
D. H. Wall
Boomer
Fairbain
Hills
Crow Gibson
Joir
Boyd
Medicine Hat
Lucian “Lastinka
Blair
Ferguson
Bowell
Flack
Forgue
Coleman
Hartley
No. 1
Carlstadt
Potts
Bentley
Washford
Lastinka
Walls
OCBE
Blair -Lastinka
Pole “Reynolds
Constable - Washord
Canadian Club Annual Meeting at City Hall
Citizens and nonmembers urged to attend the Canadian Club annual meeting at City Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected and other business transacted.
Welcome Rain on Western Plains
Heavy rains covered Manitoba and Saskatchewan aiding spring wheat seeding now mostly completed. Measured precipitation exceeded one inch in Kamsack Yorkton Moose Jaw and Qu Appelle in Saskatchewan and Minnedosa in Manitoba. Overnight a cold snap lowered temperatures to ten degrees with light frosts widespread, Vegreville Alberta seeing the low. Frosts at this stage can do no damage.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Kamsack
Yorkton
Moose Jaw
Qu' Appelle
Minnedosa
Vegreville
Alberta
Death by own action of Times solicitor H P Regan
H P Regan a Times circulation solicitor was found dead in his room with carbolic acid crystals nearby. A post mortem showed crystals in the stomach confirming poisoning. Coroner Dr Thomas said no inquest would be held and the body was sent to Johnson's undertaking parlors.
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H. P. Regan
Times Circulation Department
Orr
Ottawa
Thomas
Johnson
Postmaster Fines For Using Cancelled Stamps
Postmaster Collier fined a foreigner ten dollars on two counts for using cancelled postage stamps. The notice warns that anyone who uses or attempts to use a previously used stamp or stamped mail matter in prepayment will face penalties between ten and forty dollars per offence.
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Collier
Canada
Villa plans to take and burn Tampico, reports say
Washington May 6 Admiral Badger quoted Admiral Mayo on rumors that General Villa would reinforce the Constitutionalists at Tampico to seize and burn the city. Mayo dismissed any faith in a truce between factions and noted no recent trouble in the oil district.
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Washington
Badger
Mayo
Tampico
Villa
Lords reject women suffrage vote in Lords clash
London May 6 The House of Lords tonight rejected the women's suffrage bill by a vote of 104 to 60. The outcome blocks a major reform effort and deepens the debate over gender voting rights.
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London
House ‘of Lords
Bilby
Hog Day Market Sees Strong Hog Sales Despite Cold Weather
Farmers packed the Medi medicine blot market yesterday though rain and cold kept some away. Prices ranged from 7 to 72 cents with Robert Mitchell paying the top price for a load. About the same hog volume as the first market was sold, considered good given the bad weather.
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Medicine Clat
Robert Mitchell
Wheat and grain price report from Winnipeg Chicago and Minneapolis
Winnipeg market today shows May wheat opening 92 1 8 closing 92 1 4 with July 98 and 93 3 4 and Oct 87 1 2 87 5 8. oats May 37 1 4 37 1 8, July 37 5 8 37 1 4. barley May 44 July 38 1 4. flax May 187 186 8 8 July 140 1 8 1389 1 2 Oct 141 1 4 Nov 140. Winnipeg cash prices list varieties of spring wheat, winter wheat, oats, barley, and flax with multiple grades and rejections. Minneapolis May wheat opened 89 1 4 closed 89 1 2 July 90 0 90 1 8 Sept 86 1 2 86 1 2. Chicago May wheat 93 8 8 93 5 8 July 85 1 2 85 5 8 Sept 84 3 8 84 5 8.
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Winnipeg
Smutty
C. W
N.W.C
C.W
Minneapolis
Chicago
Barker cannot act on New Brunswick Royal Commission
St. John, May 6. Sir Frederick Barker cannot accept chairmanship or sit on the Royal Commission to investigate charges against the New Brunswick government due to health. The Lieut Governor has been informed and the commission's issue is delayed for this reason.
Impecunious Tourist Arrested for Vagrancy Near City Garden
The man calling himself F Wilson was nabbed by Const Towler while prowling a residence garden near midnight. He faced a vagrancy charge in police court and received five dollars plus costs or a month at Macleod. J Black, remanded from Saturday on drunk and disorderly, was assessed nineteen dollars and costs of thirty days. He had prior drunkenness fines. the Victoria Restaurant proprietor cited him for using foul language over the phone.
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F. Wilson
Const. Towler
Macleod
J. Black
Wis
Victoria
Black
Rock slide derails Soo express dining car
A rock slide struck the Soo line dining car near North Bend as the train left for Vancouver. The derailment injured several dining car crew members by scalds and split the rear section from the rest of the train, with passengers moved to the front as the train approached Vancouver.
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Vancouver
B.C
Soo Express
North Bend
Pulp Plant Contract Confirmed by B C Supreme Court
Vancouver May 6 The Western Canada Trust Co as receiver for Ocean Falls Co debenture holders confirmed a contract with Fleishhacker Bros and Johnston of San Francisco to place Ocean Falls pulp plant under Puget Sound interests. The court ruled only this proposal could be considered, with creditors to be paid by the new owners. The plant capable of 150 tons daily and including timber lands and townsite is to resume operations, displacing hundreds of workers. Fleishhacker interests own mills on Quatino Sound and Howey Sound with other Puget Sound mills.
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Vancouver
Western Canada Trust Co
Ocean Falls Co
Messrs. Fleishhacker Bros. and
Johnston
San Francisco
Oean Falls Company
Paiute Coast Pulp and Paper
Morrison
Supreme Court
S. S. Taylor
K.C
Lester W. David
Most
David
England
Head
Messrs
Fleishhicker & Johnston
London
Ocean Falls
Cmpany
Purt
Fleish
Fleishhacker
Quatino Sound
Howey Sound
Puget Sound
Clean-Up Ten Commandments for Medicine Hat
Boston charity bureau issues ten commandments for city cleanliness aimed at residents preparing for a municipal housecleaning. Rules urge honoring neighborhoods, scheduled cleaning days, proper rubbish handling, alley and yard order, preventing flies, avoiding garbage fires, keeping windows open, sharing air and sunshine, protecting children's health, and loving one’s home environment.
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Boston
Bandit of Balsam Bay Captured Near Selkirk
Canadian authorities arrest a long sought criminal known as John Dudzea after a dramatic night-time confrontation at a dug-out fortress five miles inland from Balsam Bay. Constable Sturlaugsson recovered weapons including rifles and daggers, a fifty dollar bill, and evidence linking the man to past thefts and neighborly crimes around Lake Winnipeg shore settlements. The prisoner, once hiding under an alias, faces likely identification in Winnipeg and further legal action.
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Selkirk
Man
Balsam Bay
Lake Winnipeg
John
Dudzea
John Sturlaugsson
Sturlaugsson
Winnnpeg
Conan Doyle
William Thomas
Thomas
Balsam ‘Bay
Sturlauiggson
Abe Adzen
A Repeating
United States
Dee
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the Daily News
Medicine Mat
Redcliffs
Elar Lastiwka
CLUB
Calgary
Toledo
Dayton
House OF Lords
The
Daily News
B.C. Supreme Court
Pacific Coast Pulp Trust
Gonstable
Selaik
John Dudzea
Const
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