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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1922
Page
3
Despatches describe a Smyrna fire started by a Turkish sergeant with petrol, destroying European city quarters and killing thousands. Allies evacuated most Britons as Armenians and Greeks flee. Kemalists threaten Constantinople as efforts to halt the blaze fail.
Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States, told delegates at a National Police Conference dinner that America played a great role in ending the world war. He said those who denied it were ignorant, malicious, or fools. He and John W. Davis, former U.S. ambassador, cited Kipling’s belittling statement and urged vigilance against discord seeds.
The labor policy committee authorizes strike leader B M Jewell to sign peace deals with individual roads. About 30 to 32 of the 202 Class One railways may return to work under terms offered in New York with slight union adjustments. Cited provisions allow federations on other roads to negotiate, while financial aid continues for workers until full recall.
Premier Chas. Dunning signaled the government may face a moratorium decision in Saskatchewan. The move hinges on policy toward debt collection court procedures and the price of wheat. A creditor conference involving banks, loan firms, implement dealers, lumber firms, retailers, wholesalers, rural municipalities, the Stockgrowers Association, and others discussed preventing farmers from selling grain immediately after threshing to avoid price drops.
In Bierut Syria a 14 year old girl Ruth Maniangen saved three boys from a dangerous whirlpool near Ain Tilias orphanage. She swam to the whirlpool’s edge and hauled the boys to a rock but collapsed from exhaustion and died before a lifeboat arrived.
Ottawa reports an influx of experienced Dutch farmers to Canada is likely. Baron J. C. C. Sandberg, representing Holland, said the Government plans assisted emigration for farmers and agricultural workers and their families after interviews with Minister Charles Stewart and other officials.
Donald B. MacMillan reports a successful voyage to Baffin Land aboard the Bowdoin and plans another expedition in July next year. He notes the key finding that Baffin Land is a narrow peninsula rather than a large landmass as charts show.
In Merritt British Columbia two experienced miners Sam Crawford and Lewis Shearer were buried when a rock mass collapsed at Middlesbro Colliery. Their bodies were recovered within an hour but resuscitation failed. Australia maintains universal service defense act provisions despite opposition.
Horace Manning of the Revelstoke Board of Trade presented British House of Commons and Montreal Board of Trade visitors to Revelstoke. A 127 member delegation was hosted by city and district officials. Manning urged Eastern Canada investors to limit U S influence over provincial commerce.
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Council of Agriculture seeks government action to regulate cattle exports to Great Britain. They urge embargo timing and quality controls to prevent market flooding and meet British buyers standards.
In Terre Haute Indiana two men are dead and a third unconfirmed missing after a dust explosion triggered a fire at the American Hominy Co plant. About sixty workers were on site when the blast occurred, with damage pegged at three million dollars and fears of further entrapment.
Mrs. G Senn of 4640 Orcas St Seattle reports debilitating pains and insomnia eased after regular use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the remedy benefits many women suffering pain nervousness and low spirits and urges others to try it.
Manitoba ministers discuss a possible provincial moratorium on farm debt with loan companies and banks. No decision yet, Cabinet to consider, while the United Farmers of Manitoba plans review in October. Sir John Aird argues moratoriums risk harm and banks seek fair credit for farmers.
Regina Saskatchewan Dominion Securities Corp of Toronto led a syndicate with Dillon Read of New York to purchase 2,638,000 Saskatchewan twenty year five percent debentures at 97.652 price for a net cost of 5.19 percent. Nine tenders were received with quotes on four bases for 15 and 20 year debentures at 5 and 5 percent interest.
The new liner Empress of Australia reaches Victoria with a large passenger list and a cargo of raw silk and Oriental goods. Major Yates Brown, Indian Army officer, is among passengers, en route to Montreal for the Canadian colonization scheme.
Ottawa reports a $254,000 advance to the Vancouver Harbor Commissioners for harbor improvements during July. The total authorization is five million dollars, with $3,295,000 already advanced.
English cattle quarantine rules force two special steamers to move Jersey Jer sey cattle to Canada. B H Bull and Sons of Brampton chartered ships to Quebec aboard the Batsford, with staged transfers in crates that are then destroyed to prevent ports of call.
The Canadian Red Cross Society received 1538.25 from Col. A. E. Scott of Quebec City for tubercular soldiers. Proceeds from Colonel Scott's book The War As I Saw It fund the charity's chosen uses.
The disarmament committee decides there will be no immediate action by the assembly on armament reduction. It adopts a resolution urging study and drafting a regional agreement treaty and seeks views from governments while continuing ongoing investigative work sparked by M Jouvenel and Lord Cecil. The Great Lakes treaty example is cited as a model.
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