Cattle Export Industry to Double in Edmonton District
Edmonton based Livestock Producers of Canada plans to double cattle export operations this winter, exporting at least 20 000 head from the Edmonton district next season. President H P Kennedy and VP T J Irwin tour local offices after returning from Britain where Canadian cattle showed superior feeding profits. Potential feeder yards may open in Calgary Saskatoon and Winnipeg while Edmonton remains the main headquarters.
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Edmonton
Alta
Livestock Producers of
Canada
H. P. Kennedy
Toronto
T. J. Irwin
Glasgow
Kennedy
Great Britain
Alberta
Ireland
Calgary
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Bombay Refuses New Zealand Exemption From Boycott
Bombay municipal corporation declines to exempt New Zealand from a March 1923 resolution boycotting Dominion banks and insurance firms in protest of Indian treatment overseas. A New Zealand government letter urged exemption arguing Indians there face no disabilities.
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Bombay
India
Municipal Corporation of
New Zealand
Dominion
Indians Return To North In Witchcraft Murder Hearing
A party of Laird River Indians arrived in Prince Rupert for testimony in a witchcraft murder hearing. Big Aleck was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years. the rest were to return home.
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Prince Rupert
Prince Ruperts
B.C
British Columbia
Big” Aleck
Thinks Crisis Is Passed Vancouver Says West Hopeful
Sir George Foster arrived in Vancouver and stated a hopeful view on Canadian trade conditions. He praised western optimism, saying the crisis is passed and the general mood is well founded. Foster recently completed a tour of eastern provinces for the League of Nations Society.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canada
George Foster
Sir George
William Johnston Seeks Life Sentence in Vagrancy Case
William Johnston, 73, arguing he was a burden to friends and relatives, asked Magistrate Kilperin for a life sentence after being arrested for vagrancy. He received three months in the frame for the aged.
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New York
Wiliam Johnston
Kilperin
Johnston
French Belgian Evacuations From Key German Cities
French and Belgian troops have evacuated Dusseldorf Duisburg and Rubrert after occupying these cities since 1921 in the sanctions zone. The move ends long standing Allied control and shifts regional authority to local German administration.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
Duisburg
Rubrert
Open New Cable Line From London To San Francisco
A direct cable line linking London and San Francisco has completed successful testing and will begin service on September 5. The project marks a major advancement in transatlantic communications.
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San Francisco
London
Delegates Clash Over Opium at League of Nations
In the opium commission, United States delegate Mrs. Hamilton Wright clashed with British and Indian reps over opium shipments from British North Borneo. She vowed to present figures while India announced it halted opium sales to Persia and the Macao colony of Macao near Kons Kong due to misuse and would extend the policy with evidence of improper use.
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Philippines
United States
Hamilton Wright
League of Nations Opium Commission
British North Borneo
India
Malcolm de Levigne
Britain
Wnd
J. Campbell
Kons Kong
Possible Conference Over Irish Boundary
The Daily Express reports a potential talks between President Cosgrave of the Irish Free State and Sir James Craig Ulster premier on the Irish boundary. C C Craig suggested a British invitation for a last minute settlement as Cosgrave may accept.
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Free State
Ulster
London
Cosgrave
Irish Free State
James Craig
Daily Express
C. C. Craig
James
Ottawa hints at new trade talks with Americas and Cuba
Haice J. Logan M.P. in the West Indies as Canada’s representative touted possible negotiations with Central and South American republics and Cuba. A new Canada islands trade pact was signed about two months ago, with Logan estimating annual trade growth of at least 1100,000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Canada
Cuba
Haice J. Logan
M.P
West Indies
Dominion
Islands
Logan
British teachers tour Canada observe nation’s education effort
Sixty two British secondary teachers on a CPR train, under the Overseas Education League, spent a day in Canada. They praised the educational system, Dominion resources, and Canadian hospitality. Moose Jaw notes cite Saskatchewan butter production rising from one million pounds in 1911 to 16 1/2 million pounds in 1925 with exports of 1 500 cars.
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Fedmentor
Canada
CPR
Overseas Education League
Dominion
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat by election date eyed for late September
Edmonton reports Premier Green field plans a provincial by election likely near the end of September with an announcement expected in the next few days. The timing aims to set the date for a key electoral contest in Alberta.
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Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Greenfield
Restoration fund for St Pauls Cathedral tops 250000
London reports the appeal to restore St Pauls Cathedral has reached 250000 in subscriptions from across the empire. The drive seeks to raise money for repairs and preservation of the historic church.
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London
St. Paul's Cathedral
Empire
Unemployed Workers Listed at Toronto Employment Office
In Toronto the employment service of Canada lists twenty five hundred wage earners as unemployed. Most are unskilled workers.
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Toronto
The
Employment Service of Canada
Appointed Director Sir George McLaren Brown Leads CP Assets
Sir George McLaren Brown, European General Manager of Canadian Pacific Railway, arrived in Canada to attend the funeral of George Morris Bosworth, chairman of Canadian Pacific Steam Ships. He was later appointed Director of Canadian Pacific Steamships, succeeding Sir Thomas Fisher. Born in Hamilton Ontario in 1865, Brown became CP agent at Vancouver in 1887 and rose to General European Manager. He earned Knight Commander of the British Empire for service as Assistant Director General of Movements and Transport in the British Government during the war, holding the rank of Colonel in the Imperial Forces.
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George McLaren Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
George Morris Bosworth
Canadian Pacific Steamships
George
Directo
Thomas Fisher
Hamilton
Ont
Vancouver
Imperial Forces
Germany invited to join France in security pact
London report says France and allies invited Germany to negotiate a definite treaty to guarantee an era of peace in Western Europe. France, Britain and Belgium propose Versailles modification, German membership in the League without reservations, and compulsory arbitration. An early foreign ministers meeting may follow expert discussions in London this week.
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Germany
France
London
Europe
Berlin
Oppose One Big Union London Trade Union Clash
Britain faces division among unionists over a proposed 5 million member industrial alliance. A J Cook, secretary of the Miners Federation, backs the plan while opposition grows, with critics fearing a Reds influence and a bid to capture the unions.
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London
Trades Union Congress
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Reds
Chinese crew of City of Victoria jailed after sympathy strike
Sixteen Chinese crew members of the steamship City of Victoria were sentenced to six weeks in Oakalla Prison for a sympathy strike said to follow orders from Shanghai. After serving the sentence they will be deported.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Shanghai
Oakella
Grain shipments flood Minneapolis and Duluth sampling points
Heavy grain shipments to Minneapolis and Duluth cause car congestion at sampling points. The report notes Japan has the highest birth rate among countries with reliable statistics.
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Japan
Gral Statistics
Rainmaking Experiments Include Explosives in Greenville
A Greenville experiment plans to use high explosives to induce rain. The project stems from a war veteran who believes artillery bombardment caused heavy rainfall in France during the war.
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Greenville
S.C
France
Unemployed Youths Offered Six Month Canada or Australia Training
The ministry of labor and overseas settlement committee announce centers for a six month residential course for unemployed young men to qualify for farm work in Canada or Australia. The first center will be at Claydon near Ipswich. Applicants must be single 19 to 25, ex-service men up to 29. no trade required. Selected men receive free railway passage to Claydon and must complete training before emigrating. A Dominion representative must approve before emigration.
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London
Ministry of Labor
Overseas Settlement Committee
Canada
Australia
Claydon
Ipswich
Austrian Chief of Staff Von Hoetzendorf Dead
Field Marshal Baron Von Conrad Hoetzendorf, chief of staff of the Austrian armies at the outbreak of World War I and later commander on the Italian front, died August 26 at Mergentheim Germany. Born November 11, 1852 in Vienna suburb Pensing, he led Austrian forces on the Russian front early in the war and later on Italy’s front before being replaced in 1918 after a series of defeats.
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Vienna
Baron von Conrad Hoetzendorf
Mergentheim
Wurtemberg
Germany
Franz Conrad von Hoetzender
Pensing
Galicia
Lemberg
Italy
Austria
von Keoviss
Canadian Girls Prove Fine Nurses in Salvation Army Work
Colonel William A. Mac Intyre reports Canadian girls from rural areas make excellent nurses. He notes they are in demand in training schools and are highly adaptable to nursing duties compared to U S girls. Halifax debate urges standard telephone methods for a universal service nationwide.
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Ottawa
William A. MacIntyre
Salvation Army
New England
Col. McIntyre
United States
Standard
Halifax
N.S
Telephone Association of Canada
C. F. Sise
Belt Telephone Company of Canada
Canada debt payments improve as Europe pays up
Hon. P. C. Larkin, Canadian high commissioner in London, reports debt to Canada from five European countries reduced from $200 million three years ago to over $160 million collected in the past year. He notes a $46 million balance, with cautious hope of recovery, and says Dawes reparations bring $1,250,000 this year as Canada’s share. Britain receives payments largely in kind, treated as gold when sold.
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Toronto
Canada
P. C. Larkin
London
Larkin
Dawes
Great Britain
Britain
Banks Back Grain Move as Funds Remain Plentiful
The Globe reports Sir Henry Thornton of Canadian National Railways and two chartered bank general managers confirm ample liquidity for moving the western crop and for all legitimate business across the Dominion. They note funds on hand despite steady interest rates, signaling healthy financing prospects.
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Toronto
The
Globe
Henry Thornton
Canadian National Railways
Dominion
U-20 Sunk by Danish Order Off Danish Coast
During the Great War the German submarine U-20 that torpedoed the Lusitania on May 7 1915 was blown up by order of the Danish admiralty on August 25 at Weberley Beach on the West Jutland coast with all hands.
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Copenhhagen
Weillby Beach
Jutland
French troops retreat in Syria amid Druse revolt
London reports that French forces in Syria evacuated Khirbat-el Ghazli with losses and pulled back their lines before the revolting Druse tribesmen, who subsequently occupied the town.
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London
Jerusalem
Reuter
Syria
Khirbat-el- Ghazli
Britain’s Unemployment Rises in Great Britain
Britain records a 29 000 rise in unemployed persons pushing total to 1 298 000. The increase over the past three weeks exceeds 100 000 as jobless numbers grow in London and across the country.
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London
Great Britain
New Agreement For Settling Of The French Debt
London reports a tentative deal for settling the French debt in 62 annual payments of 12.5 million pounds each totaling 775 million dollars. Churchill and Caillaux signaled Britain would accept no more than proportional US claims if France meets the terms. Britain appears willing to forgo principal while France would pay a little over two percent annually for 62 years.
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London
Winston Churchill
M. Caillaux
United States
Churchill
France
Britain
Germans Fight With French in Morocco War
German soldiers seek to aid France in Morocco against Moorish tribesmen. About 14 000 Germans, exactly half the French Foreign Legion, are fighting with French forces. Applications from former German soldiers to lend aid are arriving in large numbers, crowded out by War Ministry limits.
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Paris
French Foreign Legion
Morocco
France
Risfians
Ministry of Wars
Justice for Rich and Poor Alike Advocated by Buckmaster
Lord Buckmaster urged swift certain open justice for all, proposing lawyers take a number of poor cases yearly. He urged extending law beyond courts to global peace and liberty. His remarks at the Canadian Bar Association were met with applause and he became a life member.
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Winnipeg
Lord Buckmaster
Cheddington
England
Canadian Bar Association
Anglin
Australia Prepares Trade Pact With Britain Backed 75 Percent Rule
Ottawa reports Canada and Australia are negotiating a trade treaty tied to a new 75 percent British content rule for imports into Australia. The previous 25 percent standard caused a hitch as Australia adopted the regulation by order in council, affecting treaty progress.
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Ottawa
Australia
Canada
Commonwealth of Australia
No Drifters Wanted Vancouver Adopts Winter Relief Policy
Vancouver civic employment committee approves a paid relief program for winter with a six month Vancouver residence requirement. Notices will be posted at all prairie railway stations stating no relief without proof of local residence, $2.00 per day for married men and $1.00 per day for single men. Policy also to be advertised in prairie newspapers.
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Vancouver
B.C
Civic Employment Committee
Prairie Provinces
Rain Delay Slashes Edmonton Millers’ Weekly Turnover
Northern and Central Alberta rains and cold weather halt harvests delaying milling. An Edmonton miller estimates losses at 20 000 dollars per week for two weeks totaling about 40 000 dollars due to grain drying time and harvesting interruptions.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Heavy Rain Floods Tokio City Causing Wide Destruction
Almost 24 hours of continuous rainfall floods Tokio city with Honjo the worst hit area. Electric lights telephones and streetcar services are impaired. Thousands of homes inundated and several casualties reported though not yet confirmed. Government relief crews begin assessments and aid.
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Tokio
Honjo
Snow In Foothills Hits Edmonton Area
Two feet of snow fell in the foothills west of Rocky Mountain House last week. The heavy storm flattened crops to the ground and left roads impassable for a day or two, according to reports reaching Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Rocky Mountain House
Rockies
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Foster
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South America
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