Progressive Member Calls For Commission On Western Grain Marketing
John Millar of the Progressive party urged the House to form a commission to probe grain marketing in Western Canada amid charges of collusion between grain traders and bonding houses. He cited suspected scalping, underground profits, and the Winnipeg market’s cost of advertising as evidence of widespread misconduct needing full inquiry.
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Western Canada
John Millar
Progresals
Iyn Appetle
West
Alis
Wisnipes
Bujpere
Mille
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Magill
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Hospital Doctors Strike In Prince Edward Island
Medial staff in Charlottetown PEI have gone on strike over professional grievances. They demanded stricter membership rules for hospital doctors and specific qualifications for major operations. Trustees said they were surprised and warned patients will lose medical attendance after the current ward doctors finish their terms, delaying nurses training and graduation.
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Charlottetown
Fire destroys Notre Dame d'Auvergne Church in Ponteix
A blaze that began about 9:49 p.m. destroyed Notre Dame d'Auvergne Roman Catholic Church in Ponteix with all contents lost except one statue. The total—estimated at $40,000—was largely covered by insurance. Investigators suspect a faulty furnace flue in the basement as the source.
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Ponteix, Task
Notre Dame d'Auvergne
Johannesburg Rebel Links Lead To Fine For Acton
Richard Acton, member of the Transvaal Provincial Council, is found guilty of taking part in the Rand rebellion last summer and of arming rebel forces. He is fined £200 or five months imprisonment with hard labor.
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Johannesburg
Richard Acton
Transvaal
Rand
Unemployment Drops in United Kingdom by 24 000
Unemployment in the United Kingdom eased last week by 24 000 as figures show a decline in joblessness across the country. The report highlights improving labor conditions though regional variations persist.
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London
United Kingdom
Rescue at Sea as Gale Sinks Three Vessels Off Pacific Coast
In a harsh North Pacific gale three ships went ashore along Vancouver Island and Washington coast. The Tuscan Princes trapped at Estevan Point, the Nika burned to water edge near Umatilla Reef, and the Santa Rita wedged on a rock ledge near Cloose. All hands survived as coast guard crew Snohomish plucked 33 from the Nika and a breeches buoy saved 30 from the Santa Rita after a hero sea rescue.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Washington
Estevan Point
Nika
Umatilla Reef
Clo Oose
Vancouver Island
Santa Rita
Heroista
Vieta
Hautopp
Listening Post Revived by 7th Battalion at Monteval
The trench publication The Listening Post, issued during the war by the 7th (British Columbia) Battalion, has been revived and the first issue of the resurrected periodical appears at Monteval. Contributors include Sir Arthur Currie Stephen Leacock Lord Congleton and others. Editor is Lieut Colonel O B Brothers.
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Montreal
Listening Post
British Columbia
Monteval
Sir Arthur Currie
Stephen Leacock
Lord Congleton
O. B. Brothers
7Th Battalion
Breaks Shipbuilding Record as Germany Surges Ahead
Germany reports a post war shipbuilding surge with 1922 output at 625000 tons, up from 509000 in 1921 and 440000 in 1920 while 915 figures show 165000 tons. Low production costs boost German yards as they emerge as a serious competitor to American and British shipbuilders.
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London
Germany
United States
Great Britain
They Are Worth Their Weight in Gold for Dodd's Kidney Pills
A New Brunswick resident, Edward Chandler, praises Dodd's Kidney Pills after taking ten boxes and urges others with kidney disease to use them. The remedy is claimed to help rheumatism lumbago diabetes lame back heart disease and urinary troubles linked to kidney function.
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Pine Ridge
N.B
New Brunswick
Dodd
Edward Chandler
Smyrna Harbor Mines Block Access to Marseilles
The Pierre Loti reports Smyrna harbor heavily mined with sea extending mines. Forts signalled entry but the captain said it would be at his own risk. After requesting a pilot and waiting 24 hours, the ship proceeded toward Marseilles.
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Marseilles
Smyrna
Pierre Loti
Miners vote to halt mining until safety improved
Cumberland BaC mass meeting approves review of mine conditions and appoints a committee to interview management. They call for elimination of the long wall system in No 4 mine and urge expulsion of Orientals from underground work, citing safety concerns for white miners.
Guards at St Michael's Church in St Lambert
In Montreal a special Knights of Columbus guard reinforces police to protect St Michael's Church at St Lambert after a warning to Chief Graves that the church would be burned. Officials regard the threat as possibly a hoax but heightened precautions remain in place until danger passes.
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Montreal
Knights of Columbus
St. Michael's
St. Lambert
Graves
St. Jaambert Council
K. of C
Russian Jewels Not Found in Brooklyn Cemetery Disinterment
None of the Russian crown jewels were located when the Seaman Jones crew opened graves in a Brooklyn cemetery for government disinterment. The missing items were sought during the restoration project but no artifacts were recovered.
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New York
Seaman Jones
Brooklyn
German Reparations Payment Promise Sparks Treasury Bills
In Brussels authorities report German treasury bills issued in connection with Germany’s agreement to pay Belgian reparations did not mature as due on February 15. The situation concerns the delayed payments tied to postwar settlement and ongoing financial instruments.
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Brussels
Germany
The Boycott Battle in Essen Intensifies
The boycott conflict between Franco Belgian occupational forces and Germans in the Ruhr grows sharper. German police refuse cooperation. hotels and merchants decline service to French and Belgian forces. Allies seize two major Essen hotels. Germans cut power to Kaiserhof Hotel and threaten further action. Vice-Burgomaster Schaffer arrested amid clashes at the municipal lighting plant.
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Essen
Ruhr
Kaiserhof
Schaffer
Commission Investigating Grain Transport On Great Lakes
The commission probes grain shipping on the Great Lakes as Sir Edmund Walker warns of race demographic shifts. He cites Japan's population and urges Canadian understanding and trade with Asian nations. James Stewart testifies on coastwise steamship rates and space reservations, defending ahead-of-time charters as business, not moral issues.
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Toronto
Sir Edmund Walker
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Electric Club
Japan
British Columbia
Edmund
Petro
James Stewart
Canada
Reval Commission
Great Lakes
Makine
Fort Williams
Colborne
Buffalo
Bashel
Stewart
Dr. McLean
Conmission
Free State Troops Encircling Irish Irregulars in Cavan
About 1,000 Free State troops with aircraft, armored cars, and howitzers form an encircling movement in the Arigna Mountains County Cavan against irregular leader Bofin. Irregulars hide in passes said to be mined as farm workers monitor operations and gunfire. General Frank Aiken leads the Irregular forces after twice capturing Dundalk.
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London
Arigna
County
Cavan
Bofin
Belfast
Tofin
Frank Aiken
Dundalk
Toronto police vow swift action against Klan threat
Ontario Police Commissioner General Williams vows to arrest the first KKK member quickly after a letter to Toronto Mayor Maguire threatens destruction of an orphanage in Hamilton. The warning letter signed "K.ACK." prompts strong countermeasures.
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Toronto
Cy Tarig
Williams
Ontario Provincial Police
Maguire
Torento
K.ack
Hamilton
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