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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
14
Boston authorities ordered coal rationing to ease statewide shortages. Eugene C. Hultmen announced after a meeting with a coal dealer committee appointed by Governor Coolidge that households would be limited to three tons of coal until further notice.
The Calgary government employment office placed 1,128 men in various jobs in the district last week. Forty nine more were sent to other provinces for work. Demand for harvesters and general farm help is decreasing and is expected to return to normal in the coming weeks, according to the local bureau superintendent.
A reported secret provincial convention of the Self Deter mination for Ireland League in Canada met in Toronto on Sunday with about 500 delegates. It passed resolutions praising Ireland’s self determination efforts and condemned Mayor Church the Toronto police the Orange Order and the Meighen government for alleged brute force and intolerance toward Sinn Fein supporters.
Several Toronto clothiers expect lower clothing prices next spring, though English woollens may keep higher costs. A prominent merchant says his profile remains lean yet plans price cuts, while another notes a sharp drop in purchases and a limit to consumer concessions.
Peter McCann of Muncy Pennsylvania was taken to Williamsport by American Legion members and jailed for his own safety after he allegedly claimed too few people were killed in the recent Wall Street blast.
Police efforts at Mileage to trap the fire bandits failed as the gang's trail vanished and they seem to have fled north. Officers entered nearby woods searching for the captured suspects but found no traces of the men.
Prominent railway officials state Edmonton’s position as a major railway hub is secure with the head office for government lines located there. They predict near term expansion of railway facilities and the construction of new car shops for the united services.
The bureau of labor statistics in Washington urges Minnesota’s state commission to investigate the British Columbia workmen's compensation board, claiming it is the most economical and efficiently run board on the continent.
Pulpwood settlers near the rails in northern Ontario earn money from their property with $15 per cord and $5 prepaid when piled in the bush, or $17.50 for delivery to tracks with no advance payment.
In a department of trade address the Canadian commissioner in Cuba states that world sugar supplies can no longer rely on Cuban resources. He notes Cuban raw sugar stocks are at a multi year low and little is available for market compared with prior years.
J. A. MacGregor manager of the Edmonton Dunvegan and B C Railway, in Regina, says there should be no trouble moving this year’s crop in the north. Improvements are being carried out steadily due to short age of labor. He adds the crop is good and will roughly equal last year.
Deputy minister of agriculture J H Evans issued invitations through his department to provinces in the west and North Dakota to attend a Winnipeg meeting on October 9. Topics include grasshopper and weed control with Dominion officials in charge invited to participate.
Striking seamen accepted Canada Steamship Lines offer of a $10.00 per month raise with no recognition of the Sea Men's Union. The move comes after discussions with company officials. initial demands sought a $20 per month boost for all workers.
Russian consul general S Likatscheff in Canada granted extended leave. Consul C Ragosnie in Vancouver instructed by the Russian ambassador in Washington to close these offices provisionally until further notice.
Financial panic in Boston leads Tremont Trust Fidelity and Dorchester Trust to invoke 90 days notice on withdrawals from savings. Crowds swelled as hundreds lined up, police called to maintain order. Bank officials say funds exist to cover deposits but rush prompts the measure.
Flour price drops across Calgary and Winnipeg with Calgary 6.2514 per 98 lb sack and Winnipeg 6.77 per 98 lb sack. Decline mirrors last week and reflects a 20 cent decrease in both markets.
The government estimates Alberta’s wheat yield at twenty two and one tenth bushels per acre based on threshers’ returns and provincial crop reports. The department of agriculture figures the oat crop.
A high priced practice in border towns south of Viborg sees Finnish men wed Russian women to enable escape from Russia. The arrangement is lucrative and recognized as lawful by both nations resuming relations. Problems arise if the woman refuses to split from her so called husband.
In Toledo a cooperative lumber company cut retail lumber prices by 20 percent. Officials said Henry Ford’s auto price reduction sparked the decline in lumber costs.
A long string of strikes led electrical contractor Albert Minis to kill himself. After the act, his wife told investigators he lost about $50 000 in contracts in the past two months due to strikes.
Governor Milliken of Maine credits Prohibition with saving 2 billion dollars in the last year as the closing session of the fifteenth international congress against alcoholism addresses its impact. He says Prohibition has improved most businesses and harmed only the undertaker’s trade.
The body of Nicholas Koleski special officer of the Aberdeen Washington police department was found by local children in a wooded shallow creek on the city outskirts. He was twenty four years old a Russian Pole and former Canadian soldier. He had been missing two weeks and was shot three times with eyes bound before death.
Police end a week long chase for bandits who robbed a Barrows Manitoba lumber camp. After a five hour battle with a provincial posse the last two bandits died. one body bore tattooed Russian name Joe Trychuk and the other known only as Tony. Shots totaled over 400 with no acknowledged injuries among the thieves.
L. G. Gaernaert, chief clerk in the city assessor's department, proudly displays a potato weighing one pound nine ounces. The unusually large tuber is described as large enough to feed a family.
Masked men held up Oliver Scott cashier of the Regent motion picture house in Calgary. They bound and gagged him in his office above the theatre and took 860 dollars from a canvas sack after he had checked the day’s receipts. The thieves fled and no one was present at the time.
Windsor Ontario police magistrate Maiers, citing prohibition failure, remitted a jail sentence for Oliver Grandmaison 58 father of a family charged with liquor regulation infringements. He noted rum running cases at the border are fined and magistrates have not adopted jail terms for first offenses in this district.
J. M. Leamy provincial power commissioner announced that more than 1,000,000 dollars may be spent on hydro electric development in rural Manitoba if the legislature authorizes continuation of the 1921 policy. The move hinges on pending applications and next session approval.
Hon J A Calder, minister of immigration, reports a large surplus of Britons ready to emigrate with 600000 to 1250000 extra people post war. He cites that Canada’s next year flow hinges on employment and shipping, noting North Atlantic lines are fully booked for a year for regular and tourist travel and immigration.
Alfred Perrier appeared in Montreal court charged with defaming a corpse after allegedly disinterring his mother in law’s body to obtain her earrings. Perrier said his wife's sister in France instigated the grisly task and he was released on $500 bail.
John Jarrett and Edward Doyle of St Lambert Quebec waived examination after being arrested in a Times Square hotel raid. They were arraigned before U S Commissioner Jamieson as federal officers said the morphine was smuggled from Canada.
Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward reduce prices by ten to twenty percent on cotton staples and ready to wear, with shoes also cut. Eli Strouse of the National Clothing Manufacturers' Association says men’s clothing prices cannot drop faster than labor and material costs and notes textile costs are only part of prices.
The assembly expelled three of five Socialist members Louis Waldeman August Claessens and Charles Solomon for 90 to 45 votes and kept Samuel De Witt and Samuel Orr with 87 to 48. After a failed move to reinstate Waldeman the two resigned on their own accord.
Negotiations between Vancouver shipbuilders and metal trades interests and labor unions continue with a potential strike against 3,500 workers if no deal is reached before next Saturday. Unions seek a 15 percent wage increase and a wage rate of one dollar per hour.
Joseph Burkart, a farmer east of Holdfast, suffered severe burns to his right arm after a gasoline soaked sleeve caught fire while he adjusted a car carburetor and later struck a match in a butcher shop. He fled the store before aid arrived and was treated by Dr. Smith of Holdfast.
Andrew Sarafincian is wanted for the murder of Frances Sarafincian and wounding Tema Pencer at McNutt near Yorkton last week. Sarafincian, an Austrian, is pursued by provincial police. A brother of the accused died last May by drinking carbolic acid with no motive found. Circulation of notices went to police from Lakes to Pacific coast within minutes of the telegraph.
Westerfield president of the Retail Grocers Association says a general reduction in food prices is coming, with focus on eggs butter canned goods and coffee. He cites lower flour costs as driving cheaper bread and notes recent coffee drops of ten cents per pound.
A blaze at Wasyl Churnoick’s farm twenty miles north of Canora on Tuesday was started by coal oil. A 13 year old girl died in hospital and other family members remain in critical condition while the husband was away in the field.
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