22 May 1920
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 22, 1920
Page
1
Ottawa May 22 The finance department will draft luxury tax regulations and release them promptly. Officials say the rules will address anomalies and ensure a fairer tax incidence, aided by numerous suggestions and reported difficulties.
Public hearings by the International Joint Waterways Commission on the St Lawrence deep waterway start May 7 in North Bay Ontario and run through June in Canadian and American cities. Supporters view it as boost for ocean tonnage. New York opposes, seeing potential threat to the New York barge canal and port.
The Laubaitiet Rotary group chartered a special car to visit for a holiday match between Rotarian teams from two cities. A strong delegation with wives accompanying plans events, with arrivals by morning train and local Rotarians meeting them for a day of activities.
A Russia dispatch reports Bolshevik troops have entered Erzerum, the Armenian city, and are negotiating with Kazio Kaarabekir, commander of the 10th corps headquartered there.
Ottawa May 22 The Dominion command of the Great War Veterans Association submitted documents criticizing the Soldier Settlement Board administration. At the Montreal convention a resolution urged Parliament to investigate and reorganize the board, brought to the house by Major Powers with debate following. Former employee Mr Dace was the mover of the resolution.
Hamilton on May 22 reported potatoes at a record 8.50 per bag with baskets selling for 1.74. Farmers respond to a boycott by local householders as prices peak amid market tensions. A large deputation urged Drury government to fund upkeep of schools for towns lacking high schools or colleges.
Mexico City reports President Venustiano Carranza and several followers died in an early Thursday morning attack at Tlaxcalallongo. Gen. Rodolfo Herrera led the assault. Manuel’s forces, who had fled with Carranza, later deserted to the revolutionists.
The Retail Merchants Association calls a Tuesday meeting at 0 am in City Hall to discuss the new luxury tax affecting merchants and the Porter HM road proposal. A Ottawa telegram to Provincial Secretary Kellax explains the tax details to be explained at the gathering.
London May 22 reports disquieting incidents shaking discipline in several regiments of the British army. The Daily Sketch says Soviet agents have a plan to sow dissension and that stern measures to crush the organization are planned with important arrests imminent.
Winnipeg reports Harry West assistant engineer at Ninette tuberculosis sanatorium and three returned soldiers who were patients there drowned Friday afternoon in Pelican Lake Ninette. The men were A. R. Barnard of Winnipeg I W Koepke of Fort William and A Cottenie of Veregin Saskatchewan. They used an improvised sailing craft on the lake.
Washington reports indicate Soviet pressure on Lithuania to join Russia as a prelude to a bolshevik offensive on northern Poland. If Lithuania cooperates, Letvia is expected to intervene on Poland's side. Letvia's army is said to be twice the size of Lithuania's.
Regina reports Alfred W. Davidson was arrested at his Horizon area home four miles south of Horizon charged with the murder of Jacob Runge, a young farmer who vanished last November. Police say the body was found beneath the floor of Davidson's shack after months of investigation.
The steamer schooner Fred Baxter put into Port Townsend early today with a heavy list after striking a tide rip off Marrowstone Point. It reportedly capsized in shallow water as tug Monitor stood by. Stratford Chamber of Commerce plans a large athletic meet for July 1.
Four government bodies the postal service customs railway mail clerks and letter carriers unite their forces to press for a settlement. A mass meeting is set in Toronto for tomorrow where a definite plan will be agreed on. If the dispute not resolved immediately a general strike will follow.
May 21 in Vancouver an inquest into the death of Daniel Morrison found Michael Molyneaux and Joseph Seenson charged with murder while Donald McGregor is held as a material witness. The victim was brutally kicked to death at a local hotel last Monday.
Ontario and Western provinces back direct grain outlets via the St. Lawrence Great Lakes waterway. Fourteen Western and Midwestern states seek direct routes to foreign ports, opposing the joint canal plan. New York supports the Erie Canal to protect NY harbor investments.
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