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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1925
Page
3
The article indicates an imminent general election this fall with Cabinet changes and preparations underway. King is poised to appeal to the people after cabinet consultations. dissolution and cabinet reconstruction are anticipated, with elections likely after October 20, possibly later.
Ottawa reports Dominion bureau of statistics shows net value of production in 1923 at 3,051,006,000 in commodities. About two thirds of employed Canadians engaged in farming, forestry, fisheries, trapping, mining and manufacturing contributed to the total with Ontario providing 39.7 percent. Quebec ranked second, followed by Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia and Manitoba.
Russell T. Scott is described as an undetermined case, possibly a paranoiac subject to delusions of persecution, by Dr. Stubblefield, superintendent of the Chester Hospital for the criminal insane. Scott has begun to write and says he is trying to analyze his case as he reflects on past losses and opportunities.
A fire at the French Exposition in Grenoble destroyed aeroplanes, automobiles, a Général appliance, and Lyons Mik valued at over ten million francs. A lightning bolt struck the building causing the blaze and swift total loss in the transacting and touring hall.
Commissioner David C. Lamb of the Salvation Army plans an eight months tour of Canada Australia and South Africa to investigate immigration possibilities in these dominions. He will leave London in a few weeks for the trip.
France agrees to transfer four Russian warships stationed at Bizerta to the Soviet Union. An accord drafted by Ambassador Krassin and French delegate Ihyaty Vincent Daublez includes debt recognition of 1.4 billion dollars and French credits for reconstruction. Four million Russian bondholders would receive ten percent in new Soviet bonds and ninety percent in Franco-Russian company bonds. The Bizerta fleet, once held by General Wrangel, comprises two dreadnoughts two battle cruisers nine destroyers four submarines a school ship and auxiliaries.
The Mongolian government demands the third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, led by Roy Andrews, cease exploration and depart Mongolian territory. It accuses him of violating agreements, conducting paleontology geology and zoology work, topographical surveys, employing suspicious individuals, and engaging in political propaganda against the Red Bolsheviks.
Ottawa reports thousands of Canadian cut blooms are sent to England with Montreal gardener sending over 8000 peony blossoms to Wembley. Canadian peonies arrive in cold storage and impress English recipients with their vibrant freshness and robust bloom compared to local varieties.
A London conference of delegates decided to accept the truce terms in the coal industry after mine owners withdrew notices ending the 1924-25 wage scale. The federation instructed its executive to seek steps to present the miners’ scales to the proposed government inquiry commission.
In Paris the Painieve cabinet faces defeat as the Socialist Congress with 104 direct votes rejects support. Leon Blum and Paul Faure urge a benevolent attitude while the motion passes 210 to 559.
Danzig businessmen see possible gain if Upper Silesian coal moves to Baltic border states, benefiting Poles Germans and Baltic buyers. The rate war still harms Danzig as pure Danzig goods are scarce and exemptions lack impact on local merchants.
Calgary reports Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Railways says a large productive north country territory including Peace River and areas north of it must be considered in traffic potential. He notes pending talks on Edmonton Dunvegan British Columbia line and no tangible fusion plans between Canadian Pacific and Government lines. He defers opinion, citing welfare of the Dominion and leaving decisions to Canada and its proper authorities.
Dominion and United States government representatives arrived to draft regulations enforcing the recent treaty to curb smuggling across the border. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Andrews, head of prohibition enforcement, will lead the effort to tighten border controls against rum and narcotics smuggling.
Rochester officials say Lake Ontario has shrunk and become shallower for the last 25 years. Government experts attribute the change to the Chicago drainage canal completed last year which diverts water from Lake Michigan through Chicago into the Mississippi Valley for sanitary purposes.
Victor F. Lawson editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily News died after a series of heart attacks and a final acute illness. Lawson had suffered heart problems in recent years and his death ends a long tenure at the Chicago newspaper.
Brussels and London reports react to the Washington agreement funding Belgiums debt to the United States. Belgian press notes conditional terms and recalls Wilsons treaty signature dispute. British officials offer no press speculation, indicating a cautious stance on Belgians financial obligations.
A Truth writer challenges Canada’s naval contributions noting that half the active fleet has sailed with the Capetown of the North American squadron. The destroyer Patrician has departed Esquimalt and won’t return until October. The author suspects the other half guards Halifax but lacks details.
Federal narcotics chief J A Manning recounts how the arrest of Wing Chow, the town’s only laundryman in Wailuku Hawaii Territory, paralyzed local laundry services. Citizens mourn lost clean shirts collars and linen while protests brew over the case.
London plans a continental air link with a Thames river airport at Hammersmith near Putney. French amphibian planes would land on a dedicated stage before nine in the morning to avoid river traffic disruption.
Saskatoon announces a meeting of the Saskatchewan fair wage board will be held in Regina in September at a date not yet decided. Chairman John A. Mather says no major business is expected. routine matters will likely occupy most of the session. Curtailment of the MacMillan Arctic expedition is reported due to ice and fog, forcing a pause in its Northland exploration plans.
Premier John Oliver announced BC has prepared a new freight rates case after parliament passed rate legislation. He said the railway board must apply Crow's Nest east and west grain rates to BC, Alberta, and Central Canada lines for this season's crop. A five cent per bushel saving is sought for Peace River shippers.
London reports a book by Hector Bywater titled The Great Pacific War claims Japan will declare war on America on March 3 1931 by blocking the Panama Canal then seize the Philippines and wipe out the Asiatic fleet. A Japanese air fleet would bomb San Francisco Oakland and Los Angeles before an American victory in mid Pacific decisive battle.
The Ontario Veterans Unity Conference with 159 delegates endorsed unity of ex-service men under a single Canadian Legion of Veterans. A seventeen member committee will represent Ontario at a Dominion unity convention in Ottawa by October 31.
The government officials in Britain take autumn holidays with high ranking figures like King George and Queen Mary visiting Princess Mary at Golds fact or Golds dotter. Prime Minister Harris home in Worcestershire Winston Churchill to Surrey painting. Lord Birkenhead, Admiral Beatty, Earl Haig and other service chiefs travel Scotland. Home Secretary Joynson Hicks shoots grouse while war minister recuperates at the seaside. Chiefs of permanent staff also take holidays in late August and September.
The Daily Mail reports home secretary Hicks backs rapid recruitment of special constables to protect the public from Communist unrest. It cites John Wheatley promoting a Glasgow Workers' Defence Corps aiming for 10,000,000 members and urges labor groups to secure pledges in the class war. The piece recalls earlier reports of special constables during the coal troubles.
In Regina Saskatchewan, W C Worcester professor of ceramics engineering at the University of Saskatchewan reports his team’s lignite briquetting tests, conducted over two summers at Thyssen and Lurgi plants in Germany, used 52 tons of Western Dominion lignite from Taylorton.
Ottawa confirms immediate payment of Saskatchewan’s share of the wheat board surplus amounting to about 268000 dollars. Hon. J. A. Robb says funds will reach the Saskatchewan Government within two or three days for provincially owed shares from wheat sold to the board before 1921. Alberta Ontario and Quebec already received their portions.
Traffic through the Calgary Banff highway remains heavy with 15,240 cars counted at the east entrance from June 1 to August 7. The Rocky Mountain Park superintendent notes 8,560 westbound and 6,680 eastbound vehicles over sixty nine days, averaging high daily passage.
George Hill, Dominion Government grain inspector in Calgary, has accepted the appointment as chairman of the grain appeal board under the Grain Act. He will commence duties on September 1 and will be based in Calgary.
The British Columbia government may consider new blue sky legislation to protect investors if the Winnipeg conference clarifies federal and provincial jurisdiction, announced Attorney-General A. M. Manson. A London fog cost the county council tramways 4000 pounds.
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