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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1914
Page
1
A 800-signature petition from The Pas urges Manitoba to grant a liquor license arguing local option failed. The letter cites Moosomin Hartney and local attitudes, noting towns thrive with licenses and recalling a Salvation Army encounter remarking on drinking vs restraint.
The Pas reports significant winter work planned near Beaver Lake. Dr Chadwick, recently from Beaver City, stays in The Pas and treats local horses. Beaver Lake Gold Mining Co gears up with machinery on site per CN R and local claims, with Wilson and Martin preparing to move mining gear to Beaver Lake.
The Ontario Lands and Mines department notes Canada could expand chemical production after Germany cut imports. Canada holds zinc and feldspar near Kingston for cyanide and fertilizer use, with two million dollars of German fertilizer imports previously arriving yearly. deposits at The Pas area may offer potash potential.
Messrs. Joe Asher and J B Ormbensky have bought Louis Bacon stock and transfer it to their new store two doors below the Bank of Commerce. They just returned from Winnipeg with a new stock of goods now on view.
Amsterdam reports the Belgian capital shifted to Ostend with several ministers and staffs relocating at noon. Refugees flee from Antwerp into Holland as fighting continues between Audhenside and Beapeghertiy where German forces were repulsed after reinforcements arrived.
A Lyric theatre benefit in Pas, Manitoba, drew about 250 attendees despite bad weather. Dr H H Elliott chaired and urged pledges to the Canadian Patriotic Fund, with donations totaling 70 dollars and performances by Mrs Bancroft and others including a Maple O Canada encore by children.
Prominent local business figures from Northland Transportation Co make a pledge to donate one day’s pay per employee to a relief fund. Dr. Elliott forwards a letter to Ottawa’s Minister of Finance reporting a $65 contribution from The Pas patriotic concert and ongoing appeals for subscriptions to bolster the fund.
The Winnipeg Tribune and Thanhouser Film Company invite readers to submit solutions to THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY. A $10,000 prize will go to the most acceptable answer, judged by Harold MacGrath Loyd Lonergan and Miss MacTinee. Submissions due by January 14.
The notice states twenty one cash prizes for the theatre event this week. Each admission ticket grants one chance in the grand distribution Saturday night. Holders must be in by closing time of the first draw to share in the prizes.
A notice reports the death of Sir William Henry Peregrine Carington K B keeper of the King's privy purse found dead in bed. An Amsterdam dispatch notes cut communications with Antwerp and suggests another German fortress has fallen.
The regular meeting convened at 7.45 with Councillors Stitt Anderson Brown Shieff and Armstrong present. Absent: the Mayor. Anderson chaired. Bills totaling 3805.19 were ordered paid. By laws and committee actions covered water, meters, impounding animals and contract with Finger Lumber Co. Meeting adjourned.
In the afternoon game, Boston third baseman J Carlisle Smith broke his leg sliding into second base in the ninth inning. Separately in Chicago at Clark and Randolph streets, five people were wounded in a street fight including Barney Bertsche Wm Egan James Monaghan Nathan Spira and an unidentified bystander. Montreal reports Sir Thomas Shaughnesey ratified raising Canadian Pacific railway capital by seven million dollars to three hundred thirty five million.
London reports the first Canadian contingent of 38,000 troops arrived in England early today, with despatches confirming their arrival. The dispatch notes the transportation and deployment underway as part of broader Allied mobilization.
An official report says hard fighting is ongoing at Lens with the battle line conditions generally satisfactory. French soldiers are described as fighting with great dash and bravery, while German cavalry north of Lille is held in check.
German forces reinforce from Konigsberg to slow a Russian advance beyond the Vistula. Advance guard clashes occur in the Optaw and Sandomier region as German resistance stiffens. A Persian anti Russian uprising claim is described as false.
War dispatches report German positions evacuated between Wierxboro and Lyck as British forces head to Antwerp to consult Belgian staff. Paris observers say German forces around Lille may retreat from Antwerp to bolster the French right wing.
London reports the Admiralty says submarine E6 came back safely after sinking a German torpedo boat destroyer off the Ems river. The E9 is the same vessel that sank the German cruiser Hela about three weeks ago.
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