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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1919
Page
7
Winnipeg reports W. Sanford Evans, representing Canadian millers, argues the $1.80 price cited by Britain is a resale price intended to subsidize the ninepenny loaf. He says Britain will buy wheat at any price and then sell to maintain bread prices, shifting the burden onto wheat.
Military authorities report General Denikin occupies Cherkasy on the Dneiper below Kiev severing Bolshevik links to Odessa. Evacuation of Cherkasy not confirmed but presumed probable as Bolsheviks may have abandoned the town.
A trainload of harvest workers traveling to farms in the West caused a serious disturbance in the district. They robbed a shop of $300 and set fire to St Andre de Kiamouraska station, which was controlled before major damage. Other offences occurred along the route, including stoning passenger trains. detectives boarded the train and no arrests were made.
Under the slogan Away with Erzberger the National Liberals held a noisy protest meeting. Speakers subjected Finance Minister Erzberger to a fierce verbal grilling and hurled epithets such as traitor and scoundrel. A resolution called for Erzberger to retire.
Workers at Miramichi mills walk out halting operations. Loading crews demand a nine hour day and 65 cents per hour, tying up nearly every mill in Newcastle and surrounding area.
A compact six room house design emphasizes no waste space and economy. The front includes optional vestibule and veranda, with a large combined living dining space possible by merging two front rooms, and a side entrance adaptable to a rear entry. Upstairs offers three bedrooms and generous closet space.
Montreal reports substantial wage increases for CPR telegraph operators by the railway war board. Morse operators gain ten dollars monthly, percentage groups twelve dollars, with new monthly wages ranging to 133.25, 129.60, and 122 for three brackets. Eight hour days set for large outside offices, backdated to June 1, clerks later considered.
The Austrian delegation tells the supreme council it must present the full treaty text to Vienna for assembly approval before delegates can sign. Council expresses surprise and urges arrangements to sign without Vienna involvement. Signing may be postponed into September.
Forestry officials report an unprecedented fire emergency in district one covering Montana and Northern Idaho. New blazes ignite daily, existing fires rage uncontrollably, and suspected incendiar ies have cut lines between crews and the outside world, causing serious disruption.
Instructions issued by the Canadian trade commission require all local sugar demands to be satisfied before export. A telegram to F. C. Kimber secretary of the Sydney board of trade confirms the policy and its aim to prioritize home market needs.
Gen Currie urged Canadian business leaders to hire returning soldiers and argued that home workers earning four to five times more than soldiers create the problem. He said no returned soldier should be unemployed and warned against letting non soldiers profit from reconstruction. In Washington, Attorney General Palmer reported the anti hoarding drive reducing living costs and promised prosecutions against profiteers. Eleven cases under the Food Control act were filed in multiple cities.
The Ottawa report notes that U S Congress veto defeats daylight saving and implies Canada will drop the system in step. It argues Canadian railways must set clocks back when Americans do, applying the same logic used to adopt daylight saving last spring.
Commissioner Charles Sowton of the Salvation Army, long in charge of Western Canada with Winnipeg HQ, is selected by General Bramwell Booth to take charge of Salvation Army work in Sweden. Col. John McMillan, Toronto district chief secretary, announced the decision.
At a national trades and labor council meeting, officials decided to ask His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to intercede for a general amnesty for absentees under the Military Service act.
Dominion Farm Agency advertises to buy 160 acre farms suitable in Manitoba with large cash payment, possibly all cash, and to purchase equipment if for sale. Also seeks two or three 320 acre improved farms at not more than 35 per acre with half cash, from sellers able to assist this year's crop, no listing charge, square deal guaranteed.
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