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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 01, 1926
Page
1
In Antigonish the Prime Minister spoke on surpluses in the public accounts tax reductions old age pensions and the constitutional issue. A spectator shouted about Wall Street and actions. King defended the year's measures noting national prosperity from substantial tax relief.
Washington reports Diet Cy rus Bettis the army flyer who gained prominence by winning the real rice died today from spinal meningitis. He crashed near Seven Gates Mountain Pennsylvania on August 28 while en route from Philadelphia to Selfridge Field and crawled miles to a road to seek help after sustaining two jaw fractures and a broken leg. He had been missing for over thirty hours and subsisted on water. Separately Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King concludes Nova Scotia campaign with stops in Port Hawkesbury Antigonish Guysborough Campbellton and New Carlisle as Liberal tax reforms face Conservative opposition. King predicts justice for Maritime provinces in the forthcoming report by the Maritime Commission and notes existing plans for coking ovens.
George Hall of Hamilton Ontario, employed by a Hamilton fireworks firm, died instantly at the Canadian National Exhibition when a mortar exploded prematurely during the display behind the scenes. The mortars shoot explosive charges for shrapnel bursts and the crowd near the grand stand was unaware of the accident.
Sept 1 Writ in Last Mountain riding alleges slander by Rev Fr Henry Peran Roman Catholic parish priest of Jasmin Saskatchewan. Plaintiff W R Fansher candidate seeks 10000 dollars injunction plus costs and further relief, claiming injury to his character as a member of parliament.
Wheat prices in the western belt staged a sharp advance with gains of 3 8 to 15 8 cents from Tuesday's close. October wheat at 1.32 1 2, December 1.30 1 4, May 1.35 1 4. November opened 1.31 1 2 to 5 8, closed 1.32 1 4. Foreign buying light, cash markets featureless, coarser grains firm with wheat.
Geneva report cites Rt Hon Sir George Foster of Canada opposing a US reservation that the ICJ statutes could not be amended without US consent. He argued such a rule would bar League members from future amendments and questioned its wisdom. The same dispatch notes Spain losing a bid for a permanent League Council seat with China conditionally backing Spain.
In Geneva a Permanent Court of International Justice meeting on U S membership reservations began with a private session. Dutch member Prof W J M Van Eysinga was elected president and the council agreed to open its sessions to the press and public, a proposal backed by Sir George Foster and unanimously approved.
Eight persons killed and 200 injured as an earthquake struck Fayal Island in the Azores. Four hundred houses were razed in Flamengas amid a series of shocks reported by the Horta district governor. A Chilean report notes a strong quake felt at 12:45 pm in Valparaiso area with no casualties.
Hindu youth Krishnamurti, praised by Theosophists, says all religions lead to a common mountain top and that America will receive his message as the world teacher's vehicle. He recounts a possession by the great teacher and contrasts materialism with spiritual elevation. Annie Besant preaches at Liberal Catholic service with Theosophists planning a new HQ in Wheaton Illinois.
A report in The News claimed a large Dominion Labor meeting unanimously backed Carl Axelson of UFA, but only seven people attended. Alderman James Hole submitted the item, and The News says the Labour Party should use another medium to avoid association with the deception while maintaining respect for its members.
A five story New York tenement fire killed six African American residents and seriously injured three others, including two women and a child, as flames swept through the building on the lower floors. Firemen arrived to find the structure a mass of flames.
Ottawa Sept 1 The Liberal Liberal Progressive candidate A L Beaubien wins Provencher by acclamation while Conservative D H McFadden fails to file papers. Nominations in 27 constituencies total 57 candidates across 23 Conservatives 17 Liberals and small party slates. Several Alberta and British Columbia districts list nominees with party and independents. Roads hinder filing in some areas as a representative with McFadden papers vanishes en route.
An Inside Story reports a new phase in the national crackdown on rum running at the Vermont New Hampshire Canadian border. Collector Harry Whitehill announced an aggressive campaign, predicting a further rise in seizures. The effort includes port patrols, 100 customs men, four patrol boats on Lake Champlain, and a growing fleet of seized automobiles. Rhode Island and Massachusetts provide major support.
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