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Medicine Hat Weekly News 1921-01-06 - 1921-12-29
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1921-08-11
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Wee posted today - as missing, This number sovetteen known dead, representing the bodies at a reka morgte, sume of whiom have not becn identified. : When the Alaska fotndered on Saturday night on Blunt Reef, forty miles from here, she had etf 132 passe gers and earnied a crew of 82. Of the passengers, revised ists todiy placed the missitig or dead at thirty- five, SWE members of the etew are d ad or missing ; Which struexorroek ef on Satith night with a probable death I t of 48, yy an explosion of the boilers whem the was split in two boat-started to sink, survivors said here toda: and qmembers-of the crew sea by the exploston. The steamer Anyox today hrought 106 survivors of fhe ee to Bureka. Seventeen dead were also brought i uding three women anda child. -Ther yare lt; ota missing and believed deat. Twelvey wot) therdead have pers identified. 8 nies fin Toronto recently. Full Story df Disaster summer tourists, The Atnska hailed The full story of the sinking of the from the home port of Port Towne known until/end, Wash., its not tonnage was.3,209 Alaska id noty Her normal the gt; survivors bad ladded: here, It ANd ita length 227 font. brought out that the Alaska was / reW number 43. Fran Message From Mesevc Skip bading doward San Free August. 7 Captatn 8 dghee fog whet she struck sub- San Francisco, didty,-ot the reseve chip ged ledge. This shocl ash; StOda ys meth ingtantly, followed by mother us the fent a radio to the Associated Pross vesi l. struck an out. cropping of the from the scep ofthe wreck (of thy ) an. The Alaska) Steamer Ataske, saying he bad 96 pas- ec cance, ine? T oreleck. Im. /sengers aboard aid i0 of, the crew Jhedintely wicoless distress; signals aid-Was procesttng (6, Eureka, Cx were biiaahed.: Five miles away the Thitty-six passengers ana 12 af the may-Anyoxor v way picked Crew ate minnitre Cay ling the fox an i had ho knawiedge of any other ? thas toad slong sn voy iaurtivore, aiid doubtful tt there ware a3 the Aloska put on fall speed to the 27. 8 Teactie. At 9.30 o'clock the Anyox re- the Alaska s ) gt; Beers SSE Rotore, the. Anyox could r geh the Took 800 Woot andl Monsitid. Po- yy stlcken steamer, the latter had sunk, D) In the fog the Angox came sere Ufeboat filled. with. survivors. boat was partially. tilled with dolly seum, The dif, the eurvivers said, had been thrown them and n thelr boat by the explosion of tha oilers which wrecked the Alaska amidships. PASSENGERS ARE LANDED t San Wiebe, C August Gall the: the; seatpere aboard Mail Steaniship San Jose haye been landed und an effort is beihg-made to get the vessel off the San Pablo rcef by her own engines, aceording to a radia mes: seeaaua ens tie teva station here'today, pags to the assistance of the steamship San Jose . jot. of. the: P Mail Compariy, his .m ashore on eva on Island ring anid is expected reach the vr ck this afternoon. The Farquhar, it is parrive at As bi n Island about four o'clock reting' vessels to reach the scene: San Francisco, August 2 Pablo reef, about 1,500 mites night, indieated the ship was: 3 pai ors nd 66 membe: Ship Is Resting Easily A wireless message early ? south of. Sax Diego, last resting easily2There were s-of the erew on hoard. , On The Anyox critsed About in the fo unt many ottier-survivors had been licemen to Subdue Disappoint- Griee Campbe'? of Me tlie passengers and most of the ed. Wnemployed TADOREES y picked np, tro mthe water including ai Hastro said: eaeeaing out. 0. KI Severil women and children Amon these were. 18-year-old Frona Erker.) London. Aug. 8 of Cotnelius, Oregon, who ts in hose their fellur to ith her chest lt;rushed, Shawna umber vant 1h a: caught between a lifeboat and the ale advertised 50; mi ca haa Inking ship while the boat Ployed laborers 19, the prem- was. being lowered and was in the '8 s and set water from 930 Saturday night unti Valued et -1,30 6 sleek Suriday mo: belive: : + nednnicarnble ox, The, ropes of ue liteboat In 76 Brjeide. which she was being lowered gave rah -slie said,-and ite entire- Wns thrown into the sea. Dritted for Eight Ho me ROAD BUILDING PROBLEM Describes Gallantry of Late J. P. Robertson of Medi. cine Hat. The Times Tistagy. 6 . the. War gives the: sollowjny, Vereription of how-the-inte. Jamea: Robertson, ber of the 27th infantry, won the way of being solved, resulting in it Wad we jpaytentter of course to read atid spekkiOf the astonlehing deods of officers and men who had come from overseas, to take their Stand side by side wit the home ness to selze a favorable opportunity wag stown, that there. remained no Obvious outlet for tresh energy, auch openings Were found by men like Private James Peter Robertson of the Canadian infentry, whose acts gave him a high place on the rolt of 0 Fe. Bat bo Amachine gun had Hd wy m's platoon and made e Be resviis, whereupon Rober d'aig Dpening on the: fh h i, Gnd atter a desperate * tri the: crow, killed four and urmied the gun on the rest. SUN The result of such An onsiaught inevitable the stirvivora, dis- mayed by the attack, fled towatda way, apd His platoon had) Kacanted 40. efl etively that Robertson wai able to puhish the enemy stil more e carrying the captured yup he led his platoon to the tinal adjective. z te Thoro he sijocted ag xdetient post. 5 the pon into ting and kept down the erg, his (courage eades to the finest: efforts. So far this magnificent Canadian had escaped death, but duet was soon to overtake him. * however, came apubttes ap he would have wished ft 10 come cerfainly to his lasting honor and glory, for he wes-killed just as he re- turbed with the segond-of-two,ot-aur snipers who were badiy wounded in front of one of our trenches, and whom. he had cone out, under heavy fire, to IN FAIR WAY TO BE SOLVED DUE 10. WORK TNDUSTRINL RESEARCH COM, In 1919 Hon: J. Ls. Cote Started the; Machinery F Which Called Commission Into Being Has Every Hope of Giving ira Serviceable Roads to the Province. Rdmonton,Angr rma A vn Fel Topaseable mua) road byilding problem is in a fair , Fotlowing on this discovery, it a Cote potnted out th: aiticient-roads s se screstiine the province, and that Bentonite, a; bensirs could he daue to meat bard, almost atorlelike sabstatice, Presetice of bentonite, * and found heatly ali over Alterta, which Would result In a. change tr tts: fa held to, he, responsible for the state Portion to the extent that it would wo of Alberta rOadg after rain, and which /0nger absorb water, a big stop tht- fa at present thought of only. In con- WAM Would be made in the oli of. earth road problem, Nectlon with roads eaguited. in mud, /OF the earth road problem able asseta of Alberta, sa portmlertty: GF UIs. statement of Hom: J, 12 Coto, present jhe anid. Wet, clayey Provincial Secrelary-and-chelrman t eiUe:aome heavy anpbaltie olf aad OR Sclentitic . and Ingaetetal ee eDows6-to-d77,2 Re seeds The statement Of Mr, Cote So based Very litle water and did not on the reports of Dr. K. A. Clarke, Soft and muddy. Other ways of engaged at, the University of Alberia, the soll on a scientific bast under the Industrial Research Com- 180 undertaken, and as T sald mission, in a program which em- We have every hope that befor braces the study of road materials in ' we will be much more servis he province, and the securing of We will have devised an econ hgcessary Information about the prop- earth road, which will be much, or ies of material avaliable in Al /serviceable than those In use ag the herta for rox -builging, so. that Present time. Bitumen appears methods of construction can be de- possible key to the solution of the vised for providiig highways that earth road problem, but whether bit- WI economically and efficiently WmenYedn be regarded an a pragtigal serve the transportation needs of the meana but-of the difticulty ts ai proving. Piuetion, In order to gt; ted Ia 1919 As far back a8 1919. Mr. Coie Tusa rn viste aa Tae started the machinexy whch ealied 4 oocity or the MeNurray di into beng the: Industrial Research ocr extensive resaure Hcommtsston-ot-watcirns WES EDPOMT Te uien, and following -alongy the gh cham oh on of htt bine alent, the real hoky: waa the investigation o -khe the or in, ee Oe ot ee ee mous Athabnsca tar sands at MeMur- w Atkorks Fokacomaeas 5 ray. The objeots almed at were three- the oat eee ad annseale tng jhe bitdiven:contalged. in -the a : sand; recondly, the finding of a bind- ont attempt to alsgores a er which could be used for the slack Method for sepecalng Wie. coals of the province and which could a ee be uliiized in briquetting plants; and Uteady been, made, Aluough. Oi thirdly for determining the suit- on srmeatatety tn the dleco ability of utilizing this tar sand, fhiemuch desired solution of the tse mixed with the- ordinary clays and Souq yiddie, what han Been 1 axnod Molts of the Provine , in making cO- Yitrgorm a valuable contribution: nomical, end at the samo time, ett Waeg such solution and T think clent roads, Dr, K. A. Clarke, with a fately. say, that we Rave mada) work, vas: angngad by tre Commis. hideranle promresa : n, atid hig latest reports are toh Heas-Commerelal osthiitten a connection with effect that material headway has Sossiiitities of Bentonite, Mf: been made in this matter. stated that in the State of Wolhink. aged 5, was tescued by the Auyox after: abe iad atitted around on wreckage in Icy waters for nearly elght hours. Little Bileet was un found and was brought back to consciousness onty through the untiring efforts of ie e BIS NIUE hee pares and her ais : Providence, Re I, Aug. 9 - Sweeping down Narragansett Bay with its gun wide open and spraying water with -a rain + of bullets an wnldentitied atrplane yoxterday afternoon ridiied ind nearly sank meen five people, severe girl passenger and both of the t ported missing, Eureka, Cul., August 7 er Ajaska of the- Por Franciseq linesteuck Blunt's Reef. 49 mites south of here, in a fog Isat night, afd sonk within 15 minutes, She chFr'ed 181 coastwise passengers ,and crew of 80. It fs feared many md and: San Blunt's reef is four mifes from shore. Tt offerd no landing pacts for sit Oa the survivors of the wreck and the (Continued on Page Fonr). SEO arene sshor itse:f Is rocky and difficult of the Alaska slipped off the reef after strikhy sini. fag, Meantime most of the passengers) a aes on wake ae Bae he n put off, In tho ship's boats. romute employees tit stores, factories, rat ship to teach the spat atter oce, the advilt ry committe to the Hosa up 8.0.8. calla was the An- Factgries Act i Re ox, of Vancouve: had pick two boatlo Sengers end. Wiis acouring the seas for more. che dates mentioned: Legere Ser He shipping company a having cain ada: Most of theme were touristy trom Portland snd oe eee, ete abe po waren Te aska s Brineipal ports of /y:s:ed as follows iro missing in t nking of the samehip, Alaska. lt; mfnutor after ick Blunt's lect neat wate, late ight Sevdral rescue steamers ploked up 2 nwaber of boats loaded with ear- vivors ze here by coastguard rangery,. Survi- yors picked up by the tig Alax snd the stelmor Anyax gre to bo broight here. Details OC tha wreck ere lacking * Jers and. enrploy es The government survey ship left wore thia moriine with-dectors and nurses to bring im the survivors. Tho Aleoks Of tho San Francisco Poriaya. Ore,; Inst Friday with 131 parcengnrs: of whom 123 were cab n ang ejent stearmgs, the madorlty bein was added yesterday to the string of mysterious craft sighted recently off the Atlantic Coast and quspected of everytiiia ea piracy to ram run- ning. t deserib d as a 7280005 tap. stemmier swas sighted about 00 mitts Cape Hatterens, Soargo booms, nouaily spliggod down While ships are at sea wore rigged to the foreniast.. An of- fort to exchange a radio message failed when the ship r tused to an- Btn, have aectaed at vate rete aoc chmpromiiy not to sepd. atlled: troops anetent Fes Hev d to be : xo nore Fon sin 8 uUaMES * , Rndeay, Out onuet AL, si sae : Tene to wreck fi end the Sith Fein in Ireland bas overcome, GANT. OFFER WILL LIKELY GE ACEP? Revearoli Coaheil Will Invests. SIN FEI saat zs i. a PEisiN Stumbling Blook that Threat hed to Wreck Nego- es . tistions. x London, Aug. Atter tnqviries in correspondent ofthe London. Times learnsthat the goyernment offe er peace nei tions between the British gavern This was brought j ie aes ae fee 1emanliy as shuld been erartea the oljenrepublicans, Ia bondon the ineltent is conaifl- ered a victory for the Sinn Fen The. MoKeswn-cauld not be retaaed and that te London governmers In the Iitarentot Beare, overtnied them, j sources of fertilizers. tn (thi ig generally knows sat elements gto fwell-informed quarters. the Dublin the well-known Ene beer a oe in eee tilizer gt;. it-might ne ingntiqned that Pose terrific: 1914, a8 veriBeance for the Terwaee menceds duriziz: mate by Prench soldi rs aguiust the tinued, this German invasion. tative of vigor, bas y-extinguishe King Albert and? thi France and Italy wea teet bility. lors of fires in New. of further j spread of the Dasies: which, had done hnve-some wousa Believe n big, no age to summer vesoris and villages in Me proves during the week-end. cata oe ery Nope of ultimate wnere this material Is also found) at in- sure of success, and that the Re- Sommssion, cals tor s-elase shareh Department has sucteeded In pe een Seana? on a laboratory way in prepating- se- Monn on tho pouring of Ht Wes) of eutth nrennrations with Pit Crties. on possible commercial uses tinue material, which encourage the Sin vat he lost saht of hs hope that it will be possible to devise use hts way egtGoMe, Cal at an economiral eorh rad which will wouldrnot be mirbeialng it us ag road problem, this aubstanca, think of only tn-co PD: fork Which with foads engulfed, n aud. ee found mecestlty, tow tn 2. (problems confronting the Reeeara Commission,in its road materlay pol- fey was the fact at Alberta is hand- feapped in the matter of road con- struction, through tbe lack of ade- resburces of those materials of- which typea at improved Fonds are bud... It. was found that of. them ia Tost. pres ing. The oly naturally occurring roatl misterfa is mse Hl, end earth Fosds have never s Scie Sem ietaorany: Lefidon, August rAn, address tito There we ther things to take sonted by the membera of the -tm- inito consideration peta conference to King eare , Cate? One of hese Wonk matte ul Y ta Iin- out atir del berations of ae stone and gravel Jor the con- mmis*conviction that the most 4 ves at hird-turfaced tin of the links tht bind ouy, ie pig in the East, dnd rpread poonlcs is the crown and tong Dr, ee gr In- the-study -of-th-earth rond type, nid Gt the-adile of Which -kuch roads owing your all that san Due to Bentonite fd her majesty, Quoba work In this may Ighifebe spared: te enjo; a Lectionipf your oubiects ond ti Jnatural. sold of sepia. have eva sh KerAted jropertiea of Iustabitity wher strain nd sacriticas, of. an aasgclated with water. Further re- callariy of Alberta. aol ts Guo to Sekt wean. the qprotende int sthelm of Bentontta , stane when Inthe pure, dry state. ., but wien placed, to contact With Wernee Piatrted to Pan water ig finmediately commences to vest Help is Needed, absorb the.molsture and swell tll) the size of the Original dry mass has in- Winniies, Aug. Faui Foreated almost ten-fold, and the tone harvest wofkers trom New Brtin ike oliaractey Has changed to that ot reached Winniper late. Inst-y ja-Jjelly. Knowing. thatythis substance three Canadian National * fs present im Alberta oils, t Is not derstand What hav hap 16 pened wien : a tinm, stable earth road, eustace into ny the n shalli that prog fe able. hy aren in rel tion ed as Tl Tritla uk Avs ulan Rpecd prodt Tn motor 1 the U count iress the 1 motor AI . the st great oil de assets source W ES funds fuela P 4. So maint eernec forthe lose rigid aa to bes ineom vessel month
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