Coal Miners Return as Western Mines Resume Operations
Reports from Lethbridge and Calgary indicate a coal wage loss and a shutdown ending as miners return to work. About 106 workers restart in farms and camps while Thos Longworthy warns of ongoing labor shortages. Harvest crews seek 200 more workers, with 1000 set to harvest in Southern Alberta. The Knowles Conciliation Board records losses of 2.54 million dollars and 4.8 million in wages. output is projected to reach near capacity with up to 2,000,000 tons by December 31 and nonunion mines adding about 490,000 tons monthly.
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Crows Nest
Thos
Longworthy
Government Labor Bureau
Fleida
Albers
Calgary
District 18
Western Canada Coat Operators’ Association
Knowles Conciliation Board
Yiel
Union Collieries
Association
Peace Declared by Sun Yat Sen as War Ends
Sun Yat Sen, leader of the South China faction, proclaims peace between north and south. President Li Yuan-Hung ready to resign in favor of Sun if Parliament approves. Pekin cabinet notes the move as the war ending and peace restored.
Quebec Surrenders Fines on Military Service Violations
The federal government claims Quebec must pay 20000 dollars plus 80000 already remitted to the Dominion treasury. The action stems from fines and penalties Quebec paid under the Military Service Act that should have gone to the Receiver General.
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Ottawa
Federal
Governernmment
Province of
Quebec
Dominion
Alberta Plans Third Marketing System For Seed Grain
The Alberta Provincial Department of Agriculture will establish a state wide seed grain marketing system aimed at promoting pure seed production. Arrangements completed but awaiting approval from Minister George Hoadley, announced by Deputy Minister H A Craig. This follows butter and egg marketing efforts by the government.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
George Hoadley
Ben
H. A. Craig
Riley’s Standard Bearer Arrested in Toronto
Charles Gannet, who carried the hikers flag on a trek to Ottawa demanding retired men, is arrested on a theft charge. Seret David Hunter of the 48th Highlanders Regiment is the complainant, alleging theft of a military uniform. Gannet allegedly admitted not having been overseas. Vancouver Millers Lower Flour Prices reduce wholesale flour by thirty cents per barrel due to wheat declines.
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Toronto
Charles Gannett
Ottawa
Seret
David Hunter
48Th Highlanders Regiment
Gannet
Gannett
Vancouver
Ireland Mourns Collins Death in Ireland Free State Leader
Michael Collins and Arthur Griffiths deaths shook Britain and Ireland as leaders in the Anglo Irish treaty era. Tributes from Lloyd George and other figures followed Collins’s fatal ambush near Cork. The death leaves questions about the post treaty era and who remains in government.
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Free State
Eamonn J. Duggan
Griffith
Collins
George G. O'Duffy
Richard Barton
Lloyd George
Birkenhead
Winston Churchill
Viscount Fitzalen
Cosgrove
Dublin
Press Association
Colling
Banks urged to aid farmers by easing wheat credit
Premier Charles A. Dunning advised Hon. W L Mackenzie King that banks should extend amounts owed by creditors to farmers and merchants to soften liquidation and stabilize prices. He argued banks are central to credit and their cooperation could prevent grave wheat price slumps amid Manitoba agriculture struggles.
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Regina
Sask
W. L. MacKenzie King
Charles A. Dunning
Dunning
Mackenzie King
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Frederick
Murder Plan In Egypt Targets British Officer In Alexandria
The attack on Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Frederick Hamilton Pigott, of the Royal Army Pay Corps, in Kadi el Fadl Street Alexandria wounds him gravely. He is treated by Egyptian doctor M. Abdel Meguid and later moved to Abbassieh Officers' Hospital. The shooting follows a pattern of anti British outrages linked to nationalist tensions surrounding Said Zexgioul Pasha.
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Alexandria
Eegypt
Arthur Frederick Hamilton Pigott
Egypt
Said ‘Zexgioul Pasha
Pigott
Royal Army Pay Corps
Kadi el Fadl Street
M. Abdel Meguid
Abbassieh
Arrests of 230 Russian intellectuals reported
A Moscow dispatch says 200 Russian scientists and writers were arrested in Moscow and 30 in Petrograd over the past days. They are accused of being unfriendly to the Soviet government and face expulsion from Russia for varying periods.
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Reval
Esthenia
Moscow
Petrograd
Russia
Western Coal Strike Ends as Parties Reach Accord
Calgary reports the Alberta coal strike near settlement after miners and operators agree on a 15 percent wage cut on the old scale, to be superseded when 70 percent of U S operators sign in soft coal fields. The agreement lasts until March 31 and must go to a referendum largely seen as formal.
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Calgary
Alberta
United States
Cleveland
George H Ham Celebrates 75th Birthday in Montreal
George H Ham veteran raconteur celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday on August 23 at his office in Windsor Station. He is famed for Reminiscences of a Railroad Foreman and is preparing a new book. Sudbury reports a sensational gold find. a 16 by 8 inch rock containing visible gold found about 40 miles north of town.
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George“Ham
Montreal
George H. Ham
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor
Mr. Ham
Ontario
Sudbury
Sudbury District
Missing Miss Marguerite Lindsay in Labrador Case
Vancouver report says Miss Marguerite Lindsay vanished from Grenfell Mission Cartwright Labrador and friends fear drowning after a message to her aunt Mrs Herbert Drummond. Her Montreal-based father is informed awaiting further details by letter.
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Labrador
Vancouver
B.C
Marguerite Lindsay
Grenfell Mission
Cartwright
Herbert Drummond
Miss Lindsay
Montreal
Washington Official Defines Status Of The British Debt To U S
Washington statements clarify that the 4 135000000 debt owed by Great Britain to the United States has no relation to war loans or reparations. Secretary Mellon says the debt arose from purchases by foreign governments and advances by the U S to cover Allied payments. Dublin notes the Irish Free State will follow Griffith and Collins lines without new policy.
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Washington
U. S
Great Lelam
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Great Britain
Mellon
Treasury
Merton
Fire destroys Fort William No. 3 CPR freight shed
Aug. 20 a blaze virtually destroyed the No. 3 Canadian Pacific Railway freight shed at Fort William. No. 2 shed escaped due to a firewall. Several box cars damaged, bow of the steamer Kenora scorched, estimated total loss between 150 000 and 200 000 dollars. Excursion fares announced for December to January. Paris London Paris plane crash injures five passengers but no fatalities.
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Fort William
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railway
Serious Economic Situation in Ireland
Grave economic conditions have emerged in West Ireland after the destruction campaign. Banks support some firms but farmers and others struggle to pay interest, risking bank action. Prices fall, export trade drops due to disrupted transport, and perishable goods spoil as creameries cut output until normal conditions return.
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West
Ireland
Canadian Wheat to Move Via Canadian Ports Says Trade Dept
Ottawa reports a plan to ship more Western Canadian wheat through Canadian ports after inquiries into grain grades in England. British importers objected to shipments via US ports, prompting calls to boost Canadian elevator capacity and possibly bond exports to foreign ports to protect the high standard of Canadian breadstuffs.
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Ottawa
Department of Trade and Commerce
England
Canada
United States
A. Robb
Old Country
Robb
Torelgo
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Lethbridge
Alta
South China
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Riley
Youn
Arthur Grifith
Michael Collies
Aseet Farmers
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The
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Balidur
Manitoba
Western Coal Strike
Arthur Griffth
Michael Collins
Britain
William Cosgrave
Richard Mulcahy
Canadian Railways
Saskatchewan
Prairie Provinces
Paris
Berck-Plage
Boulogne
English Channel
Dover
T. W. Burgess
Jean Michael
Saelger
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