Sugar Price Fears Rise From Canada Grocer Roundup
An aa dispatch from Ottawa reports Hugh Blain of the Wholesale Grocers Association of Canada denying convention talk of sugar prices. It notes U S speculators bought cars of inflated sugar, shipped to Halifax, and resold at high prices, fearing profiteering. Experts say shipping shortages due to a marine strike delay refined sugar supplies for 30 to 60 days and urge restraint to avoid hoarding and higher consumer prices.
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Sia
Ottawa
Hugh Blain
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of Canada
Unite States
Halifax
United States
Do‘tainion
Sty
Montreal
Three Men Die in Forest Fire Near Burgdorff Idaho
Three workers perished in a forest blaze near Burgdorff north of Lake Port while a 200 man crew fought the fire to save Gurgdorff. Strong winds drove flames through the forest cutting them off. The blaze became southern Idaho’s largest of the season, burning over 40 000 acres since it began.
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Roise Idaho
Burgdorff
Lake Port
Vilage
Gurgdorff
Idaho
Wheat Board Meeting Set in Toronto on 9.50 a.m. Sept 8
Public session of the Canadian Wheat Board will be held in the Board of Trade rooms at the Royal Bank building Toronto Ontario. The meeting scheduled for 9:50 a.m. Monday September 8 will hear public opinions on the 1919 crop handling and the home for the wheat board.
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Toronto
Winnipeg
Wheat Board
Board of Trade
Royal Bank Building
Stop Work On Warships In Private Yards News Story
Government order halts work on private warship construction while Admiralty yards at Chatham Devonport and Portsmouth continue refitting 2700 steamers. Some private ships may still be completed if cheaper than breaking up. Shipyard layoffs expected. 40 ships valued at 125 million dollars halted per Glasgow Daily Record.
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London
Admiralty
Chatham
Devonport
Portsmouth
Mail
the Mail
Glasgow Daily Record
Abdicated Rulers Sue Over Confiscated Estates in Gotha
Berlin reports former Duke Charles Edward of Coburg Gotha sues the republic and its commissioners to regain his estate seized after he declined a 15,000,000 mark settlement. The Prince of Waldeck Pyrmont also sues for half his domain after failed negotiations with the new government.
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Berlin
Charles Edward of
Bolshevist Leaders Send Families to Switzerland
Swiss newspapers report Bolshevist leaders from Russia and Hungary, and even Germany, have sent wives and relatives to Switzerland for safety. They used false passports and names, mainly Czech-Slovak, prompting Swiss authorities to tighten checks and tighten examination measures.
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Geneva
Russia
Hungary
Germany
Switzerland
Prince to See Hockey Match Victoria
Royal visitor to witness an exhibition of Canada’s national winter game on artificial ice. Lester Patrick plans September event assembling two teams of professional players for the Prince of Wales during his visit.
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Victoria
Prince of Wales
Lester Patrick
Sta
Canada
Lloyd George Calls Halt To Expenditures
London reports indicate Lloyd George urged immediate curtailing of national expenditure after a Commons speech. He wrote to ministers stressing economy and that if reductions are not achieved, others must take action to protect public funds. The Daily Mail cites the letter.
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Lloyd George
London
House of Commons
Loyd’ George
The
Daily Mail
Esthonian Denies British Rail Concession Claim
The Esthonian press bureau officially denies a National Tidende report that Britain seeks a Baltic rail concession through Estonia to Russia or negotiations for leasing Dago and Oesel islands. The Tidende had claimed England aimed to lease Dago and Oesel for a Baltic port and a railway to the Russian market.
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Copenhagen
Esthonian Press Bureau
National Tidende
Great Britain
California Strike Paralyzes Southern Rail Transport
In California a yard and switchmen strike, joined by allied crafts, halted steam rail service across southern and central regions. Despite union orders to return, workers acted individually. Warren S. Stone urged resumption for locomotive engineers, though many crews remained on strike. Only a few trains moved, including the Pacific Limited from Oakland.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pacific Limited
Southern Pacific Company
Oakland
Southern
Western Pacific
Santa Fe
Benefits Of Prohibition Boston Mass
State director of prisons Edward C. R. Bagley reports arrests for drunkenness in six large Massachusetts cities dropped in the first month of prohibition. He notes total July arrests at 329 versus 975 in June, with Worcester and Holyoke among the cities showing reductions and Augusta expected to show a further decrease.
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Boston
Mass
Edward C. R.bagley
Worcester
Holyoke
Bagley
Augusta
Rich Gold Strike Rush at Copper Lake District
Copper Lake district sees a gold discovery by J P Gordon a vein six feet wide with a four inch quartz streak and gold about a fifty percent volume. Samples show wire leaf and nugget gold while Commissioner Wallace reports no richer find. Gordon sunk a three foot test pit and yellow metal appeared along the wall and bottom in granite schist basin sparking a mass rush of prospectors and miners.
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Copper Lake District
Copper Lake
J.p.gordon
Wallace
Gordon
Doubtful Petrograd Take by Bolsheviks Feared
Daily Mail Helsingfors correspondent says a land assault on Petrograd from Bolsheviks is unlikely. Only Finns Russians and Estonians could help, and Finland's support is questionable after Socialist victory in the presidential election defeated General Mannerheim, the only capable expedition leader.
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Petrograd
London
Daily Mail
Helsingfors
Finland
Mannerheim
Scheme to Liquidate Enemey Debts London
The board of trade will be entrusted with liquidating enemy debts. A scheme is being prepared to discharge this heavy task, involving millions and lasting at least three years. A Separate department is to be set up and a banker or financial magnate is expected to head it.
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London
Board of Trade
Vancouver postal workers withdraw from One Big Union
Vancouver postal workers have withdrawn from the Trades and Labor Council and the One Big Union. A referendum vote has been in progress for the past two weeks, reflecting divisions within the labor movement.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Postal Workers
Vancouver’ “Tradesands Labor’ Council
Europe Must Work Out Its Salvation Says Geddes
London Sir Auckland Geddes minister of national service and reconstruction warned against overreliance on the United States for talent and goods. He described a new financial committee chaired by Premier Lloyd George to cut government expenditure and urged Europe to solve its own economic problems amid U S trade tensions.
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Sir Auckland Geddes
Europe
London
Basingstoke
Lloyd George
Sir Auckland
United States
New York
Britain
Atlantic
Admit Loss Of Odessa London
Allied forces admit occupation of Odessa the Bolshevik government dispatch reports after a two day bombardment by thirty vessels. Bolshevik troops advance toward Prisov near the northwestern front, with confirmation of Odessa’s capture and a Russian volunteer army occupying the city before retreat toward Balta 120 miles away.
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London
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Prisov
Balta
Ammunition Ship Blows Up Off Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Crew of the Texas auxiliary four-masted schooner Elmer Roberts reports their ship loaded with ammunition caught fire and exploded at sea near Yarmouth Nova Scotia while en route from Bordeaux to New York. Seventeen men escaped in a launch with all possessions lost before the blast. Two days later they encountered the Roseway of Yarmouth.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Texas Auxiliary
Elmer Roberts
Jorgenson
Bordeaux
New York
Roseway
Bremen Submarine Not Captured Says Official Info
The Bremen was not seized or returned to Germany during the war, official sources state. British Admiralty has no knowledge of its fate, and it is assumed the submarine foundered attempting the Atlantic crossing.
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London
Germany
Atlantic
German Ambassadors Chosen for United States Britain and Tokio
Berlin announces selections for ambassadors to the United States Great Britain and Japan. Haniel von Haimhau sen Solf and Badowitz named for Washington London and Beijing posts with Thiel picked for Tokyo. No note on a French post. Washington wary of nominees tied to Bernstorff regime. Prices easing nationwide though impact on immediate purchases not yet felt. Palmer says results from anti inflation drive are accumulating and will benefit the public soon.
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Berlin
Haniel von Haimhausen
Washington
United States
W. S. Solf
Great Britain
Herr Badowitz
China
Fritz August Thiel
Japan
Tokio
Germany
France
von Haimhauser
Department, of Justice
Palmer
Congress
Mr. Palmer
Waterford Jail Sells For 35 Dollars In California
Waterford California the local jail called a calaboose sold for 35 dollars. The buyer uses it as a granary. Prohibition began in 1912 and before then the jail overflowed with occupants. Since 1912 the facility has sat empty and drunkenness dropped. It was sold due to long idle status and apparent lack of need for such an institution.
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Waterford
California
Calaboose
Samuel Gompers Pledges Aid to Actors Strike
Samuel Gompers pledged to aid the Actors Equity Association during their strike. He spoke to about 2,000 members and promised unstinting support from the speakers’ platform. The crowd gave him an enthusiastic ovation as he urged a fight to the finish.
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Actors R
New York
Samuel _Gompershak
American Federation
Actors’ Equity Association
Miners Fall to Press Five Day Week in Sydney Convention
United Mine Workers' Convention in Sydney NS decided not to press for a five day week at this time. A resolution denounced housing conditions in some mining districts.
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Sydney
N.S
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Wanted 160 acre farms in Manitoba for cash offers
Immediate inquiry for several 160 acre Manitoba farms with large cash payments, possibly all cash, plus willing to buy equipment. Also seeking two or three 320 acre improved farms under $35 per acre with partial cash up front and assistance to plant this year's crop. No listing charge and a square deal guaranteed by Dominion Farm Agency Ltd, 815 Somerset Bldg Winnipeg, Main 3836.
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Manitoba
Dominion Farm Agency, Ltd
Somerset Bldg
Winnipeg
Town
Station
Portage la Prairie
Portage
la Salle
Winnipes
Assiniboine River
Tear Elm Creek
Dangerous correspondence destroyed found in archives
Basle. Romanian military authorities discovered in Hungarian foreign ministry archives a telegram from Otto Bauer once in charge of Austrian state affairs asking Bela Kun to destroy all documents about arms delivery from Austria to Hungary. Budapest dispatch reports the request.
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Basle
Foreign Ministry
Otto Bauer
State Bureau of Foreign Affairs
Bela Kini
Austria
Hungary
Budapest
Deportation of 600 Germans Follows Policy in Sydney
Following government policy, six hundred more Germans are deported from Sydney New South Wales. The group includes several well known buyers amid the roundup and ongoing wartime measures.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Rome to Naples Air Service Inauguration
Announcement notes the start of passenger airplane service between Rome and Naples, marking a new air link for travelers. The event highlights the introduction of commercial aviation between two major Italian cities, signaling advancement in regional transport.
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Rome
Naples
Martial law extended across Hungary says Budapest dispatch
A naval dispatch from Budapest reports that martial law, proclaimed in Budapest a few days earlier, has now been extended to the entire country Hungary.
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Paris
Budapest
Hungary
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Wallace Land Co
McArthur
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