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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
14
Four United States airplanes flying from New York to Nome Alaska halted briefly in Saskatoon. Aviators were guests of honor at a banquet hosted by the Rotary Club and welcomed by city officials. Mayor Young delivered the welcoming address.
Thomas A. Edison for the first time in fifteen years sent a telegraph message to be recorded on an indestructible disc for posterity. The note expresses nostalgia for early associations and a wish of Godspeed to the telegraph fraternity worldwide.
Resolute defeated Shamrock V by thirteen minutes and forty five seconds in the final race of the series to keep America's Cup in the United States. Sir Thomas Lipton praised the result saying the best boat won.
Southern Saskatchewan Co operative Stock Yards in Moose Jaw hosted a record public sale of one thousand five hundred sixty two horses, drawing buyers from Winnipeg Dauphin Souris Melville Canora Yorkton Calgary Regina Saskatoon and Prince Albert. Total sale value exceeded $100000 though crop and weather reduced average prices. good horses drew strong bids. President Grayson said results show top prices for quality animals and that horse sales are a secondary line to cattle and hogs.
Livestock for the Prince of Wales ranch in Alberta arrived in Montreal aboard the Montcalm at noon. The shipment includes eight fillies eleven Dartmoor ponies eleven colts and two pens of Suffolk chickens. The stock will be shipped west tonight on a special car equipped with running water and electricity.
Reported murder of Rev. Wm. Reimert of New Tripoli Pennsylvania while protecting women and children at his mission station in China. Revolutionary soldiers of the empire blamed for the fatal attack.
W D Clark, longtime Eagle River trapper, visits Vancouver and admires streetcars and skyscrapers but longs to return north after thirty three years away. He recounts his journey from Vancouver to Calgary Edmonton and the great northern rivers. Proposals emerge to operate Alberta tar sands along the Athabasca river with vast gas and oil potential.
After eight years in voluntary exile, Jack Johnson returned near Joliet and drew about 2000 cheering Black attendees in Chicago. Police used clubs to clear a path for his wife Lucille Cameron Johnson who wore a red hat and blue suit and carried a Mexican hairless dog.
Regina barbers resume work following a fourteen day strike. The new agreement grants concessions on both sides with a minimum of 25 dollars per week and 65 percent over 38.50 taken by their chairs.
Britain warns Moscow no more trade delegations will be heard in London until Soviet military operations against Poland end. The note expresses astonishment at continued Soviet offensives and states Russia should not expect equitable treatment while aggression continues.
Officials from Saskatchewan and Regina Board of Trade extend warm welcomes to the Imperial Press conference delegates arriving in Canada. Lieut. Governor Sir Richard Lake and Premier W M Martin pledge cordial acceptance and expect the visit to profit the Dominion and the Empire. Editor W F Kerr highlights the rising importance of the press after the war and the enduring value of the delegation's visit.
Liberal leader Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King plans a two month itinerary starting from Ottawa. He will move from coast to coast with most speeches on the return journey, visiting major cities and towns by mid November before speaking in the eastern provinces.
A major fire in Ladner British Columbia wiped out the Currie Williams cannery a store managers residence and about forty Japanese employee homes. Loss estimated around 100000 including 6000 cases of this year's salmon pack and nets. Volunteers fought the blaze without success and the plant owned by the British Columbia Packers association may not be rebuilt.
Authorities pursue George Van Horst a notorious life convict who escaped from New Westminster penitentiary. A manhunt is underway on Vancouver Island as officers track the fugitive.
A sensational report claims Bolsheviks executed Czar Nicholas family by burning them alive in a wood near the execution. The piece decries the alleged crime as barbaric and unthinkable for modern times and criticizes socialist influence.
A Winnipeg widow who felt lonely recently wed Klang, weeks after Nick Stevick was found hanging in his stable amid debt for three teams of horses. The Ruthenian wedding custom began Saturday afternoon and extended into Sunday night.
Professor J. W. Dorsey proposes an electric heating plan claiming a monthly cost of nine dollars for homes. City officials Glasco and Cambridge will study the invention ahead of Dorsey’s trip to Washington to consult with the standards bureau about applying his ideas. He says Winnipeg river power could heat the city in extreme weather and new transmission methods could cut transmission costs by half.
A severe summer storm sweeping Estevan and Alameda districts caused two women to die and a four day old infant to perish shortly after birth. Extensive damage to barns and property was reported, with losses estimated at $100,000.
Premier Norris urges Premier Stewart and Premier Martin to present a joint argument at the Ottawa freight rates hearing mirroring January 1918 tactics. Winnipeg lawyer H J Symington KC will represent the three provinces with full support from the Canadian Council of Agriculture.
Italian pupil Petro Giovanella, who arrived from Italy seven years ago, entered Cabal and passed the entrance exam with honors at St Patrick’s School. He is twelve and the runner up in the class is a Czecho-Slovak.
The minister of finance weighs methods to avoid duplicative income taxes as federal, provincial, and municipal systems impose hardship. Negotiations with provinces may aim for a single federal administered tax. Land value taxation is proposed as a compensating option.
Alice Hammock, a stylish mountain girl, was lured into the mountains by Goldie Sturgill who was jealous of her clothes and shot her three times. Sturgill has been arrested.
In Chicago two daring payroll robberies occurred within 20 minutes. Two bandits and two express company paymasters were shot. one paymaster likely fatally, and $25,000 stolen. All bandits escaped. Earlier, five more bandits in a touring car fought three express messengers outside Hart Schaffner and Marx factory, escaping with a $10,000 steel box after two robbers were wounded. Over fifty shots were fired as witnesses watched.
Bobby Leach plans to repeat his dangerous dive over Niagara Falls near month’s end using a Canadian steel barrel. The feat will test the survivor’s nerve after his 1911 plunge which ended in tragedy for another climber.
Alberta milk producers and shippers in Calgary merged to hold prices steady across the market. They commit to a fixed summer rate of 14 cents per quart and 8 cents per pint, with the smaller measure priced accordingly, ensuring uniformity for consumers.
The infant body recovered from the Fro bisher cyclone site was located over half a mile from the former residence and placed in the vault at Frobisher awaiting inquest and burial. Mr Holmes remains alive but in a precarious condition.
An application filed by the Express Traffic Association Canada Express Company and Dominion Express Company asks for a rate hike not less than forty percent of current tolls. They contend the higher tolls are needed to cover actual operating expenses.
A wagon loads a slab of silver from the Miller Lake O Briens mine in Cobalt. The 42 inch wide slab reportedly yields 7 000 ounces per ton of silver and is unloaded for shipment to the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
Annie Hill eleven daughter of rancher Robert Hill drowned near home at Long Beach while swimming with Sheila Hudson. Miss Wilson saved Hudson but could not save Annie after diving twice. In Calgary two accidental deaths occur over weekend.
Reports indicate France will need at least thirty six million bushels of wheat this fall. Demand in other countries besides Great Britain will be sizable as prices are expected to rise above last year. Allies were main purchasers abroad previously, while overseas governments this year may reduce cooperation in buying.
Walter E Williams a Mossbank district farmer reportedly killed himself amid crop failure fears. Constable Inglis states Williams likely took poison. body found in his shack by police.
Official reports say France faces an almost impossible harvest this year due to a severe lack of agricultural labor. Authorities warn yield will be affected as fields remain unpicked and preparations for collection lag behind.
The civil service commission announces appointments including Mindy Christianson of Regina as Inspector of Indian affairs and Regina Thor Hermann of Calgary as hydro metrical recorder.
Arnell Love, now a young man, confesses to a seven year old murder in Ontario. He says he killed Mrs. Love, wife of a prosperous farmer, after evangelistic services and amid suspicions the father was blamed. Investigators doubt his claim and question his mental state.
The Mount Robson route through the Canadian Rockies attracts thousands yearly as travelers seek new scenery and history beyond the old trails. Jasper Park and Mount Robson Park offer dramatic vistas, with Hazelton and Kitwanga villages along the way. Grand Trunk Pacific ships provide an eight hundred mile Inside Passage cruise to Vancouver, Victoria, and Seattle.
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