Great Activity Returns as Western Coal Mines Reopen
Lethbridge reports improved business as coal strike ends and mines reopen this week. About 100 miners return to farm camps and mine camps, with 200 more needed for harvest. urgent calls go out to fill gaps. Calgary notes estimated wage losses total 3.5 million dollars for district miners and 9.66 million for operators, as output is expected to surge to 3 million tons by year end. non union firms also contribute substantial tonnage.
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Longworthy
Government Labor Bureau
Alberta
Calgary
District 18
Western Canada Coal Operators’ Association
Knowles Conciliation Board
Union
Association
Chinese Declare Peace Pekin
The republican cabinet announces President Li Yuan-Hung is willing to resign in favor of Sun Yat Sen if Parliament approves. Sun Yat Sen declares peace between north and south and that the war is ended.
Quebec to pay fines settlement under Military Service Act
Ottawa reports the federal government will settle its claim with Quebec by the province paying 20000 dollars, in addition to the 80000 dollars already remitted. The dispute concerns fines and penalties collected by Quebec that should have been remitted to the Receiver General.
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Ottawa
Federal
Governernment
Province of
Quebec
Federe Treasury
Dominion
Edmonton Announces Third Seed Grain Marketing System
Alberta's Provincial Department of Agriculture will launch a large scale seed grain marketing program to promote pure seed production. The plan, approved by Deputy Minister H A Craig, follows prior government actions in butter and egg marketing under Minister George Hoadley.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
George Hoadley
Ben
H. A. Craig
Riley’s Standard Bearer Arrested in Toronto Trek Case
Charles Gannett who carried the flag for hikers to Ottawa to demand relief for returned men was arrested on a charge of theft. Sergt David Hunter of the 48th Highlanders Regiment says Gannett stole a military uniform. Gannett allegedly admitted not having been overseas.
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Toronto
Charles Gannett
Ottawa
David Hunter
48Th Highlanders Regiment
Gannet
Gannett
Vancouver Millers Cut Flour Price On Car Load Lots
Vancouver millers lower wholesale flour prices by thirty cents a barrel for car load lots as wheat prices trend downward. The move aligns Midwest market pricing with prevailing cost factors and aims to boost sales.
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Vancouver
Death of Collins Shocks Britain Amid Irish Crisis
Michael Collins fell in combat during an ambush near Cork while inspecting troops. British tributes flood papers as leaders like Lloyd George and Churchill express sorrow, contrasting Collins with Griffith and noting the wider impact on the Anglo Irish treaty crisis.
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London
Michael Collins
Arthur Griffith
Cork
Grifffth
Great Britain
Lislie
Free State
Eamonn J. Duggan
GriMth
Collins
George G. O'Duffy
Richard Barton
Lloyd George
Britain
William Cosgrave
Richard Mulcahy
Banks urged to aid farmers with gradual grain debt relief
Premier Charles A. Dunning telegraphed to Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King proposing banks extend portions of amounts owed by all creditors to farmers. This gradual liquidation would ease cash pressure, curb wheat price drops, and keep merchants from forcing early fall payments. The plan follows Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor’s bank association note pledging accommodation for this year’s crop.
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Regina
Sask
W. L. MacKenzie King
Charles A. Dunning
MacKenzie King
Dunning
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Frederick
Murder Plan In Egypt Attacks British Officer in Alexandria
The sixteenth anti-British assault in Egypt targets Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Frederick Hamilton Pigott of the Royal Army Pay Corps. He was shot in Kadi el Fadl Street and treated at a local doctor’s house before removal to Abbassieh Officers’ Hospital. Hopes remain for recovery as European residents react with indignation.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Arthur Frederick Hamilton Pigott
Said Zagloul Pasha
Pigott
Royal Army Pay Corps
Soviets Arrest Hundreds of Scientists and Writers
A Moscow dispatch reports the arrest of 200 Russian scientists and writers in Moscow and 30 in Petrograd. They are accused of being unfriendly to the Soviet government and will be expelled from Russia for varying periods.
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Reval
Esthenia
Moscow
Petrograd
Russia
Western Coal Strike Ends In Canada and United States Accord
The Alberta coal strike nears resolution as miners and operators reach a deal reducing pay by 15 percent on the old scale until 75 percent of US soft coal operators sign on. The agreement runs to March 31 and goes to a men’s referendum, seen as largely perfunctory. Most expect miners to return to work promptly.
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Calgary
Alberta
United States
Cleveland
George Ham Celebrates 75th Birthday in Montreal
George H. Ham, veteran raconteur, marked his seventy-fifth birthday on Aug. 23 at his office in Windsor Station. He remains genial while preparing a new book after publishing Reminiscences of a Reconteur on his seventy-fourth birthday.
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George Ham
Montreal
George H. Ham
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor
Sensational Gold Find Near Sudbury Exhibited
One of the district’s most sensational gold finds is on display a piece of rock 16 inches long and eight inches thick with pure gold visibly showing. It was discovered a few days ago about 40 miles north of the town in the Sudbury district.
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Ontario
Sudbury
Sudbury District
Missing Miss Lindsay Believed Drowned in Labrador
Vancouver reports Miss Marguerite Lindsay disappeared from Grenfell Mission in Cartwright Labrador Friends and aunt Mrs Herbert Drummond fear she was drowned. details to follow by letter Miss Lindsay's father lives in Montreal
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Vancouver
B.C
Marguerite Lindsay
Grenfell
Cartwright
Labrador
Herbert Drummond
Miss Lindsay
Montreal
Washington Official Defines Status Of The British Debt To U S
Washington declared that the $4 1359 million debt owed by Great Britain to the United States has no relation to WW I war loans or reparations payments. Secretary Mellon stated the British liability arose from purchases in the United States by the Allies with U S funding for those purchases.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Melton
Treasury
Freight Shed Fire Destroys Fort William CPR Structures
A major blaze destroyed No 3 freight shed of the Canadian Pacific Railway at Fort William Ontario on August 20. No 2 shed, separated by a firewall, avoided total loss while several box cars burned. Losses include cement, nails, binder twine, iron pipe and miscellaneous freight valued toward 150000 to 200000 with the bow of the Kenora scorched. Two Italians claim to raise the alarm though origin of the fire remains uncertain.
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kenora
Excursion Fares Offered to East Canada by Railways
Canadian railways set excursion fares from Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba to all points in Eastern Canada for December and early January. The move aims to give prairie residents a chance to visit eastern provinces during winter travel season.
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Montreal
Canadian Railways
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Canada
Prairie Provinces
London Paris Air Express Wrecked Near Boulogne
Five passengers on a London Paris flight escaped with minor injuries after a Berck Plage crash caused by engine trouble. The plane was smashed but the travelers survived.
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Paris
Berck-Plage
Boulogne
Serious Economic Situation in Ireland
Dublin reports grave economic conditions after the destruction of irregulars in West Ireland. Banks sustain some big firms, but farmers and others fail to pay interest, risking banker action. Prices drop, export trade suffers, rail and bridge disruptions hinder traffic, butter spoils due to lack of cold storage, forcing reduced creamery output.
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Dublin
West Ireland
English Channel attempt ends mid‑channel in Dover
T W Burgess, the 1911 English Channel swimmer from Dover, again set out from the French shore to cross to England but abandoned mid‑channel. French swimmer Jean Michael also started the crossing but did not finish.
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English
Dover
England
T. W. Burgess
English Channel
Jean Michael
Home merchant buys boost local prosperity
Reading as a civic slogan the line urges shoppers to support their home merchants to directly contribute to the prosperity of the local community and economy.
Western Wheat Will Be Shipped In Future Through Canadian Ports
Ottawa reports that Canadian grain exporters plan to ship more Western wheat directly from Canadian ports. Investigations found lower grade wheat mixed with Canadian shipments at U S elevators, prompting talks with British importers. The aim is to expand Canadian port facilities and possibly bond exports shipped via foreign ports to protect breadstuff standards.
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Department of Trade and Commerce
England
Canada
United States
J. A. Robb
Old Country
Robb
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Alta
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Prairies
South China
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Riley
Ireland
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Winston Churchill
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Mr. Cosgrove
Feasie
Fred Stevens
The
Gazette
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Western Coal Strike
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Wrotes
Philadelphia Ledger
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