08 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1920
Page
1
A dispatch reports hundreds killed and many injured after a powerful earthquake north of Florence and along the Adriatic coast. Shocks toppled buildings as telegraph lines struggle to relay details from towns across the Apennines and coastline districts.
Moscow dispatch claims Wrangel’s South Russian port offensive was repulsed by Soviet forces with heavy losses including three tanks. Semenoff’s troops reportedly deserted to the government of the Russian Far Eastern Republic under Gen Lokhvitski, with the entire gold reserve captured and handed to Vladivostok authorities.
Dispatches from Winnipig and Chicago report journalists and correspondents tracking proposed tariff changes. The tariff commission will hear West and Canadian operations as U S duties face impact from southern regions amid possible shifts in policy.
Winniteg, Sept. 7 Radical labor elements propose to force strike leaders elected to the legislature to wear prison stripes at the opening of the session. A Labor member calls the stripes a badge to shame those who imposed them as the building dedications and protests during the summer highlight the conflict. Convicted men will have served their terms by January when the session begins.
The planned 40 percent freight rate hike in Eastern Canada draws sharp criticism from Hugh Blaine, president of the Canadian Wholesale Grocers' Association, who condemns the railway commissioner's judgment as undermining consumer protection and signaling higher costs for the public.
Seventy three seats were stolen from a church in QOmeha Nel on Sept t. The theft occurred last week but was only found when the building opened for services. The thief entered by a pass key as revealed in the report.
A meeting of the Referendum Committee at Fifth Ave Methodist church last night elected Nev J W Morrow chair. The chief task is arranging a thorough city canvass with 21 districts and appointed workers. The committee will reconvene tomorrow to receive instructions from Mr John Benson.
The executive committee of the mines federation attending a trades union congress has decided to accept Sir Robert Horne's invitation to discuss the threatened coal strike. They will travel to London for a conference with the labor minister on Thursday.
The office announces large hiring needs including 100 teamsters for threshing 790 niners 100 mine labourers and various roles such as machine runners helpers drivers timber packers 50 bushmen 100 sawyers swampers top loaders canthook men mill labourers planer feeders tailors racklayers pushers and 20 carpenters plus carpenters helpers.
Lyndon Terence MacSweeney, Cork lord mayor, marked the twenty seventh day of his hunger strike after arrest by British authorities in Cork. Brixton Prison reports say he was brighter this morning but weaker and more exhausted, with a fairly good night reported.
Columbus report quotes Samuel Gompers on Labor Day praising Governor Cox for pushing constructive Ohio legislation. He criticizes Harding for inaction and reaction, condemns the League of Nations, and warns of industrial slavery claims via the ideal of a new era. A cable to Mrs MacSweeney is noted.
A judgment from the Board of Railway Commissioners contemplates substantial freight rate hikes in eastern and western Canada with a 40 percent rise in eastern freight and a 20 percent rise in passenger fares nationwide effective into December. The order also sets staged adjustments for discounted commodities, coal, and fuel-related cargo with specific per-ton increases and exceptions for certain services and shipments.
The registration office in the old court house opens for voters to register for the Canada Temperance Act referendum. Officers list polling locations, residency requirements, and dates. Eligible voters include residents aged 21 years and older who meet district residence rules. Registration runs from September 4 to September 5, with notices posted in the city hall and post office.
A local readers’ note reports a candid effort by the Montreau bachelors to resist a proposed levy. The committee pledges to voice opposition as talks unfold on the ten dollar levy linked to the cevie tax plan.
Public meeting highlights Apex Medicine Hat efforts to boost pre school child welfare. Dr Leitch from Edmonton notes need for prenatal care and nutrition. Miss Emerson outlines clinic procedures while Dr McLeod praises Alberta government child welfare legislation and calls for public support to extend the program.
On the committee of the whole recommendation the city council accepted Mr IT HH Bateman's tender for concreting the Finlay bridge floor and Redcliff Rolling Mills bid of 5.50 per hundred for steel plus 0.20 cutting to length. The deputy mayor and city clerk will sign contracts. Other actions approved include mudding in wells to prevent gas leakage and refer scrap boiler sales for tender. Poll tax collections totaling about 600 will authorize hiring a collector for one month. Streets repair noted for J McPhail Sir Pridge St.
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