09 Sep 1920
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1920
Page
1
Rome reports indicate scores of lives lost in an earthquake north of Florence with Modigliana at the northern end and a coast line across the Apennines. Communications are down in several towns as buildings crumble and casualty figures rise amid limited dispatches.
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet official statement denying a major offensive led by General Wrangel and describing heavy losses including three tanks. Separately Semenov’s forces reportedly defected eastward under General Lokhivitsky, with the gold reserve seized and handed to Vladivostok authorities.
Major newspapers in New York Chicago Minneapolis and other cities plan to send staff writers to cover the tariff commission opening at Winnipes nest next week. Journalists will follow developments on tariff operations while Western Canada weighs potential impacts on US imports from the south of the border.
Disjointed report describes strike leaders elected to the legislature who would wear prison stripes as badges of shame. Text notes convicts who have served terms and a parliamentary session stretching to January, with depictions of labor union officials in protest.
Toronto reports freight rate hikes set to take effect Monday drawing strong opposition from business leaders. Canadian Wholesale Grocers Association president Blaine condemns the commission's decision as unjust and risks public confidence as consumers face higher costs and potential further price increases.
In Omaha Nebraska remnants of a United evangelical church were found short of seventy three seats last week. The theft discovered when the building opened for services revealed empty pews and evidence of tampering with the seating. The incident prompted an inspection of the sanctuary and an investigation into the missing chairs.
A meeting of the Referendum Committee at the Methodist church in Pitts Avenue set up a 24 district city canvass. Captains were appointed and a volunteer corps organized to enroll voters. The committee will reconvene Thursday night in Fifth Avenue church to receive instructions from Mr John Benson.
Executive committee of miners federation attending a resolution congress here has decided to accept Sir Robert Horne invitation to meet him regarding the threatened coal strike. The committee will travel to London for conference with the minister on Thursday.
A listing from the Local Government Employment Office outlines compulsory labor categories including fanmasters featheredins miners machine bunners river and timber picks ers canthook raen malt litheaters pianer feeders tallers wracklayers and 20 carpenters and keipers with tasks defined under current orders.
Ferencee Mac Saveney, Cork lord mayor, began a 27 day hunger strike after arrest by British authorities on August 2. Brixton prison reports say he was brighter in the morning but gradually weaker and exhausted, though he had a fairly good night.
In a Labor Day address, Gompers backs Cox for president while praising Governor Cox in Congress and condemning Harding as a reactionary. The speech accuses Harding of being a despoiler and notes Irish leader Viadera sending sympathy to the wife of the Lord Mayor Maesweeney.
The railway commission announces nationwide increases in freight and passenger rates to take effect Monday September 10. Freight hikes range from five to twenty percent depending on distance and commodity, with a 2 percent to 6 percent spread for certain western routes. Passenger fares rise 2 to 4 percent, with larger adjustments for longer-distance travel and special cases to December one, then a six month review. The measure covers most freight, excluding items with explicit carve outs, and notes administrative steps and hearings preceding the decision.
Notices announce registration to vote on the provincial referendum with details on registration offices at the old courthouse and in Aberdeen Street. Registration runs from September 6 to September 30, with residences required in the district and two qualifying commits.
Montrond Septa reports on a city attempt to collect ten dollars as a civic tax from bachelors. The Bachelors Defoe Commuitpee promises to organize opposition and to make self service shorty in response.
Dr. Duncan Leitch of Edmonton urged Health of Preschool children and maternal education at Medicine Hat. He noted infant mortality declines with hygiene programs and pre natal care. Miss Emerson outlined clinic methods. Dr. J S McLeod praised Alberta child welfare legislation and urged publicity to boost clinic success.
City council accepted Mr rh Th Batemans tender for concreting the Finlay bridge floor and also approved Redcliff Rolling Mills steel at 5.50 per hundred plus 0.20 cutting, with deputy mayor and city clerk authorized to sign contracts. Other committee recommendations were adopted covering gas leak prevention wells, scrap disposal at the old power plant, and reporting on other scrap items. The poll tax collector was authorized to hire a one month collector. residents urged street repairs on Bridge Street and Second Street Altawana. complaints about road conditions and a damaged bridge led to referrals to public works, plus a note on a worn bookkeeper’s machine and potential replacement.
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