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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
13
Fingerville 1 Town 2 in a game marked by weak batting and base running. Pitcher duel dominated despite Billy Hughes scoring three runs and Wigle improving at the plate. Notable players include L Cardoni praised as top infielder and batter. Betts handling mound duties and Doc Betts supplying strong twisters.
A football match saw the Pale face and Indian teams meet on Mission field. Indians were hampered by missing regulars hurting forward play while town made gains with a stronger half-back. Bickle stood in for Hogg and impressed. The town's shooting was the game's highlight.
The Indians beat Town 4 goals to 1 with goals from Lovell, Wallace, and Cookes plus a goal from Robert Cook. Farmery shines on the right with a beauty from the touch line for the third goal.
The Medicine Hat Brick Co plant, about a mile east of the city, opened to visitors on June 1. It is the largest brick-making plant west of the Great Lakes, with capacity 260000 bricks per ten hours and sixty workers, expected to reach 100 in ten days. The firm is capitalized at 500000 with 250000 invested, and is led by W Overpack as president and general manager, D W Brown as vice president, and A P Perchiose as secretary.
Premier Asquith told the House of Commons he will introduce the promised bill to amend the Irish Home Rule measure before Lords progress. Unionists claim a victory as they pressed for decisive action.
Hotel arrivals list guests staying include B J Gilligin Ottawa J W McIntosh Winnipeg A Mc Carthy Winnipeg J Anderson Prince Albert A T Headwell Edmonton F H Campbell Saskatoon A A Farn worth Detroit D G Thompson Saskatoon.
The Pas Herald reports that a through sleeping car from Winnipeg to The Pas will start July 5 with twice weekly trips in each direction. Departures are 10.20 a.m. Mondays and Thursdays from Winnipeg, arriving The Pas 8.50 a.m. the next day, with return legs from The Pas at 6.10 p.m. and Winnipeg arrivals at 3.15 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays. The mixed train between Hudson Bay Junction and The Pas will continue.
Workers lay 1000 feet of water mains despite rocky terrain and deep frost. Contractor Murphy notes frost at six feet in places as blasts loosen tons of earth. Thirty men on Larose avenue with a second gang on Edwards avenue. twenty more to join soon. Completion expected with continued fine weather.
E G Henderson of Canadian Salt Company Windsor Ont was elected President. J H Sherwood of Alaska Feather and Down Company Montreal was elected second vice president. The election was held in Montreal on June 11.
London authorities report an attempted explosion aimed at the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. The chair has stood since 1296 and is linked to militant suffragette actions.
Eight persons died and eight were badly injured in a blaze that swept through an old style East Side tenement in New York on June 10. The fire left five of the victims women among the dead.
A religious wedding was held today in the chapel of the British Embassy Madrid for Kermit Roosevelt son of Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Belle Wyatt Willard daughter of Ambassador Willard. The ceremony joined them in matrimony amid embassy surroundings.
Ottawa June 10 The Canadian Northern Aid Bill gained third reading in the Senate and now awaits the governor general's assent to become law.
Ottawa reports that over a hundred lives were lost in the storm off Chaleur Bay on the northern New Brunswick and Gaspe coast last Friday. The disaster is described as the worst in New Brunswick fishing history as Hon. J. D. Hazen states the fleet was caught in a terrfic cyclone and many homes were destroyed.
Two prospectors and an Indian boatman, unnamed, were swept over when their boat capsized crossing the flooded Colorado River near Calzona Arizona. The river remains at critical height with crest expected further downstream and rivermen fear greater danger today.
A major fire in North Bay on the National Transcontinental Ry route swept through Hearst last night destroying ten stores and nine residences. Firefighters faced intense flames as the blaze raged across Cochrane area buildings. Damages stunned residents and local authorities began assessing the aftermath.
Tomi taro Watanabe a Japanese man was executed today for the March 29 murder of Dr. Edgar Demot Stryker an American surgeon in Seoule Korea. The hanging concludes a high profile wartime crime case with international implications.
A blaze at the Mallinekrodt chemical works in St. Louis started in the other house and caused about $200,000 in damage to the plant. The fire was reported in the early hours and prompted investigation into the incident.
Parliament adopts a farewell address to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on the eve of their departure. Premier Borden and Sir Wilfred Laurier lead the motion praising their splendid services to the Dominion and expressing parliament and Canadian gratitude.
London reports in The Times that Balkans unrest has grown acute and Turkish policy toward Greeks in Asia Minor and Thrace may trigger war. Bulgarians suffer as states clear new territories, with Saloniki reconstruction and Macedonia reoccupation as goals cited.
The sloop Resolute won the early HITS series race at Sandy Hook N J by about four minutes ahead of Vanity. Defiance debuted in the cup preliminaries but retired on the first leg.
The civil marriage of Miss Belle Wyatt Willard, daughter of the American ambassador to Spain, to Kermit Roosevelt, son of Col Theodore Roosevelt, was performed today.
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