Explosion Shocks New York Financial District
A major blast disrupts Lower Manhattan with broken windows and chaos. Police and militia deployed as streets fill with frightened crowds. Morgan firm offices damaged and officials warn of possible further attacks. Investigations identify bomb remnants and conclusive evidence of premeditation.
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Marean
New York
Tarbes
Bamile
Rede
William J. Burns Detective Agency
Burns
Kenton
Bureau of Combustiiles
Morgan
Thomas Amery Thos. W. Morrow
Filett C. Bacon
George Whitney
Bread Street
Big Rise in Canadian Trade as Imports Jump
Ottawa reports five months to August show total trade at 1 003 353 170 dollars, a rise of 202 329 835 from 1999. Exports fall by about 20 058 202 while imports climb to 397 890 603, with duties collected at 90 351 955, up 23 008 31 from last year.
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Ottawa
Karne
Customs Department
Canada
Opinion of UFA on Wheat Marketing Offsets Freight Increases
H W Woods president of UPAL argues economical marketing of the wheat crop offsets the burden from freight rate increases. He cites Ottawa Bureau of Statistics data showing a 258 million bushel crop in the three prairie provinces and suggests continued wheat board would have avoided higher Western freight costs.
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Calgary
Wheat Board
Fort William
H. W. Woods
UPAL
Wood
Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Oil Boom Reshapes Saskatchewan Montana Frontier
Oil excitement spreads from Swift Current to Pontiexs near the Montana border as drilling aims to begin on the Canadian side. American promoters push to lease Saskatchewan ranch land for test holes amid rising strife and farm leasing activity.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Montana
Pontiexs
Saskatchewan Farmers Prepare Tariff Testimony in Winnipeg
Norman P. Lambert presented the combined views of provincial farmers on tariffs before the Tariff Commission in Winnipeg. Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association secretary J. B. Musselman drafts a statement for executive approval for October 11 and 12. Individual farmers may add opinions and retailers may be asked to testify, with Dominion submission to Ottawa after eastward return.
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Regina
Norman P. Lambert
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Tariff Commission
Winnipeg
J. B. Musselman
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Musselman
Commission
Association
Willndeavor
Lambert
Ottawa
Delegates to Congress of Chambers of Commerce Visit West
A party of delegates to the Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire will tour the western provinces and Pacific coast around mid October, visiting cities and commercial centers to observe local commerce conditions.
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Toronto
Congress of Chambers of Commerce
Western Provinces
Pacific
Canadian Railways Keep Freight Cars At Home
Government and rail systems intensify measures to retain Canadian rolling stock to curb grain blockade risk as U S car shortages grow. Cross border movement would jeopardize supplies and increase nonreturnable car losses, prompting higher retention and charges.
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Ottawa
Pathurs
United States
Canada
Must Pay Debts Owed to Germany by Canadian Firms
The government orders all war era debts payable to German and other enemy firms be collected through the Canadian Government and paid at full German mark value. Debts over $100 are collected by the Secretary of State and turned to Britain to remit to Germany. Canadian Manufacturers' Association notes several firms owe large sums.
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Department of the Secretary of State
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Railway Board Sittings Tour Includes Seven Canada Cities
The Board of Railway Commissioners begins its western tour in Winnipeg City Hall on September 29 with Saskatoon the next day The itinerary runs through Edmonton Prince George Prince Rupert Victoria Vancouver Vernon Nelson Calgary Medicine Hat Regina Winnipeg Fort William and ends October 27. The hearings cover express rate increases and other cases.
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Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Prince George
B.C
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Vancouver
Vernon
Nelson
Calgary
Alta
Medicine Hat
Regina
Sask
Fort Willian
Ont
Express
Soviet interference pressures Italy metal workers plan
A Tribuna report claims Soviet Russia backs Italian metal workers to widen their powers and recognize the Mosconi government. A document, allegedly authentic, urges Red Guards in Torre Annunziata to contact the Legion and convert the movement into a political campaign. The Confederation of Labor warns masters will face intensified agitation if workers do not cooperate.
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Romeo
Mirtal
Russia
Italy
Mosconi
Tribuna
Lemion
Red Guards
Torre Annunziata
Naples
Legion
Wella Milan
Confederation of Labor
Wrangel Forces Soviets to Beat Retreat in Southern Front
Dispatches report anti-Bolsheviki leader General Wrangel scoring gains in Southern Romania. Russian forces in the Don River area sever rail links from Voronezh to Tzaritzin as Bolshevik 14th Division retreat. Heavy fighting with Poles east of Brest Litovsk and in Volhynia's Koiel area noted by Moscow.
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Paris
Wrangel
Romania
Don River
Nezarov
Voronezh
Tzaritzin
London
Brest-Litovsk
Koyel
Volhhynia
Moscow
Alberta Wheat Prosperity Countdown Bulbous Figures
The Herald reports Alberta wheat output rising from 1915 to 1919 with 1915's 60 million bushels valued at 30.6 million and 1919's 34.6 million bushels valued at 63.3 million. The federal estimate for this year hits 82.97 million bushels at 260 dollars per bushel, yielding about 215.7 million for farmers, implying a bumper year’s monetary value growth.
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Calgary
The
Herald
Alberta
Canadian Curlers Set for England Tour
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland announces a 32 member Canadian team that will depart Montreal on December 30 to compete in a series of matches against Scottish teams in England.
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Montreal
Royal Caledonian Curling Club of Scotland
Canada
England
U S Committee Aims to Probe Irish Atrocities
A new U S committee plans hearings in Washington to hear evidence of alleged violence in Ireland and to report findings. The group intends a small commission of members and outsiders to collect testimony and issue a thorough report starting in October.
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U. S
New York
Oswald Garson Villand
the Nation
Sinn Fein
Treland
United States
Great Briwin
Great Britain
Sinn Eien
Washington
Shortage Hits Saskatchewan Fruit Prices Rise
In Regina and across western Canada a growing fruit shortage strains supplies. Wholesalers report difficulty preserving fruit and rising costs. Bananas fetch two pounds for 35 cents as prices climb amid tight markets.
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Regina
Sask
Canada
Saskatchewan
Government Resigns in Czecho Slovakia
Prague reports the Czecho Slovakia Government has resigned. Officials indicate a political shift as leadership steps down amid ongoing debates about policy and reforms in the region.
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Prague
Czecho Slovakia
Petain Weds Madame Hardon in Paris City Hall
Paris reports Marshal Henri Petain commander of French armies in the later war years married Madame Hardon at the City Hall of Paris seventh ward per Petite Parisienne. The ceremony links a national figure in Ver dun work with a public matrimonial event at a city venue.
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Paris
Henri Phillippe Petain
France
Verdun
Madame Hardon
Seventh Ward
Petite Parisierine
John McCormack Cancels Australia Tour Heads for London
A Melbourne dispatch reports the singer John McCormack has cancelled all Australian engagements and is leaving immediately for London to escape hostile sentiments stirred by his remarks on the Trish question during the Australian tour.
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John McCormack
Australia
London
Exchange Telegraph
Melbourne
Exclusion Resolution Passed by Veterans of Foreign Wars
The veterans of foreign wars adopted a resolution urging the exclusion of all Japanese immigrants at their annual encampment. Debates on amendments to immigration laws were underway at the time.
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Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Nurses needed in Regina and Saskatchewan
Officials at Regina General Hospital warn of a nurse shortage and lack of supplies to train nurses across Saskatchewan. The scarcity affects Regina and the entire province, hindering medical staffing and care.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Sask
Regina General Hospital
Albanian government asks allies to pressure Serbia on troops
The Albanian government has urged Washington President Wilson and premiers Lloyd George and Millerand to press Serbia to withdraw its forces from Albanian territory.
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Washington
Wilson
Lloyd George
Millerand
Serbia
Anzac Navy Reorganization Plans Reported
Sydney sources say the Australian navy reorganization is advancing with several ships to be scrapped and a proposal to abandon the naval college, a move strongly resisted by opponents.
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London
Sydney
Naval College
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Vlortison Watson
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Germany
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Labor Movement
Soviet
Kovel
Valle
Free Press
Aostaff
Bovril
Wm. Rogers
William Rogers
Rogers & Son
Mark Mads
Rogers Mfg. Co., Ltd
Anzac Navy
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