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ridiculous un- t buy /ifedieine man who has Nelther are the eltp, and Sissons, 10 , . property to sell Sept. + 1912. with you, subject ok BRAKES USE. ON CARS Public ot Railway Ca ecause of Fatal Accident. Sept. 11. Public indig-. used over the street car vhich one man was. kill- n others injured on the ine yesterday. Evidence st showed that old-fash- , which had been con- he Public Utilities Com- Years ago, are still pe the Tramway Company icks and that these old- ikes are a daily menace tale. was related of Al- el, the young son of the had worked his way d the steamer Ascania, t his father, and arrived ly to hear that he had social will be held on ning at the residence of alonde, 115 Ottawa St. spices of the young Iad- trick's church. 52-3 due to the sun's heat of the Eiffel Tower a of from one to seven ng with the seasons. ial aubber can be made cotton, especially by the il to ripen, is the claim phia scientist. th Bread s any that Mother ake. It's so 00d you try it, you'll see of bothering with ng any longer, you take a rest for a have us supply the ye think you'll like r Nut Bread as well own, perhaps better. way. ICHARDSON, MGR. ITED Melelelek We git hicory made from fees of the proportion gt; sugar. ial process ious aroma are retain- of the d sugar ot boil- wertiaars. Present Daily Average 16 6 Copios. Advertisers in Daily get the benefit of the Weekly country circulation. No extra charge. Books ope to ad- e MEDICINE HAT NEWS New High Scho to be Erected on Site of Y.W.C.A. Fifth Ave. From Ottawa to Braemar Street Secured By School Board Alexandra School to Be Public Too Small for Collegiate and Technical Work. The Public School Board has -se- The new collegiate on th corner cured the -site-on-the-corner of Fitth of Fifth and. Ottawa Street, will be Avenue and Ottawa Street which was purchased for the erection of a Y. W. . A, and this property, along with other property adjoining, which they have secured, will be used to erect a new school . According to the plans which the Board has under way, the new school will not be a public school. Instead it will be a high and technical school. Alexandra school 1s too small for a high School. The Board intend to turn it into a public school, and it, with the lew school in Cousins Sissons; which it is expected will be ready forthe next fall term, will serve the people on the hill. central, The Board has 150 feet on Braemar treet and Ottawa Street, wiht 280 feet on the Avenue. In put- ting the building there, the members of the Board are looking forward to the proposal, which is being agitated at present, to build a high level urldge over the C. P. R. at Ottawa Street, being carried through to com- pletion, With the bridge there, says Cliairman Wilson, the school would be Of easy access to all parts of the city. The Board will continue to use the Toronto Street school till next Au- gust, and it 1s expected that they will be ready to move into the Cousins and Sissons school. Building Permits Pass the Two Million Mark Many Big Buildings Are to Be Started This Month Says Inspector New School, Church and Power House Will Send Months Total Soaring. Medicine Hat's building pernilts have now passed the two million mark, and are still soaring. The end of September will see them with good start on towards the three mil- lion mark, which they are sure to pass long before the winter sets, in. It is expected that the permit for the new School in Cousins and Sis- sons will be in today. It will: be 115,000, and will add materially. to the total. 2 The p rmits. issued. for this month so far have been small ones and practically all for residences. One which came in this morning is for a 12,000 residence for W..Ruth- erford. It is to be built on the brow of the bin High-Scheol Annex, and will provide a most excellent view of the whole city, Besides these the building inspector expects to get the permit for the new, Catholic. church Which will run over, 60,000, and 280,000 for the power house, and al- s0-an Additional 25,000 for the Huck- yale-Hooper Block, whichis to be made four stories instead of two. In all it is expected that the per- mits for the month will reach at least 550,000. OPPOSES BIG STOCK INCREASE: BY C.P.R. UNLESS CONTROLLED Alberta Union of Munici- palities Does Not Wish Request to Be Granted Without-Certain-Restric- tions. RATES SHOULD BE RULED Would Also Have Town Act Changed.as Touch- ing Basis of Valuation of Land. w. A. P, Dispaton) Innisfail, Alta., Sept. 12 Single tax, bonusing of Industries, a basis of valuation for assessment purposes, division of the union. into city, town and village sections and the attitude of the organization towards the pro- posed increase in the capital stock of the C. P, R. Company, were the principle matters. considered by the Union of Alberta Muntcfpalities, which held the first session of its eighth convention here yesterday. Fifty-five accredited delegates were Present, which isan increase over the attendance of recent years., May- or Mitchell, of Calgary, president of the union, presided. A gt; tesolution was introduced ask- ing for an amendment to Section 267 of the Alberta Town Act whereby the actual cash value of land, which is mow the only basis of assessment, should be broadly estimated, having in view tfittaizepropestionate valu- ation of all property. This was. adopted. A resolution was, passed favoring appointment of parliamentary repre- sentative to watch interests in mun- icipalities such as Edmonton during sessions of Legislatures. A resolution declaring opposition to all forms of bonuses to industrial and other organizations, but asking for the same rights in this connec- tion for the towns as are enjoyed by cities, was adopted. A resolution was adopted declaring opposition to any Increase in stock issue by the C, P..R., unless it is-ac- companied by ample control of the freight and passenger rates of the railway. The opinion was expressed that the company should use the pro- coeds of its land Sales to provide funds for extensions. The delegates are being tendered a banquet by the town of Innisfail. The election of officers resulted as follows: Secretary -treasurer, Geo. J. Kinnaird, Edmonton; Bxecutive, Secretary-Treasurer Mack, High Riv- er; Alderman Worady, Macleod; Al- derman Gi aith, Red Deer; Secre- tary-Treasure r Plunkett, Pincher Creek; Mayor Bentley, Stettler, Sec- retary Fasqubar, Edson. Hon. President, Mayor Mitchell, Calgary; President, Mayor Lawlor, Camrose; First Vice-President, May- or West, Innisfail; Second Vice- President, Mayor Sutherland, of Fort Saskatchewan. It was decided to hold the conven- tion next year at High River. Notice to Advertisers + All copy for change -of ad. for Saturday s * ** paper must be in the hands of the compositor not * + ater than 4 o elock on Friday afternoon, The + + News office will be closed up after 12 o clock on * Saturday to enable the staff to enjoy the pienie + + provided by Typographical Union No. 451, The * * Daily News will be published at 10 o'clock on * + Saturday. + + elerlodo toe feofer tet t PASSENGER EXPERTS IN SESSIO (Special to the News.) Seattle, Wash., Sept. 12 Several hundred representatives of the pass- enger departments of the leading Canada gathered in Seatt the fifty-seventh annual of the American Association of Gen- eral Passenger and Ticket Agents. The convention will be in session two days, erous technical matters the members Will listen to addresses by President Sproule of the Southern Pacific and several other prominent railroad exe- cutive officials, Indications point to the election of R. H. Wallace, of the Erie Rallroad, to succeed C. A. Cairns of the Chicago and Northwestern, ae president of the association. JACK JOHNSON'S WIFE COMMITS SUICIDE Became Lespondent and Shot Her- self Through the Head Last Night Died Without Regaining Con- selousness, : (W. A. P. Despateh) Chicago, I11., Sept. 11. Mrs. Jack Johnson, white wife. of the world champion, shot herself through the head in their apartments last night, death resulting today.. She was des- pondent through 111 health, Mrs. Johnson's act was attributed by her husband to a nervous attack, one of a series from which she had suffered for years. Mrs, Johnson ts also said to have shown symptoms of tuberculosis. Mrs. Johnson did not regain con- sciousness after the shooting: Her husband and seven other persons, mainly relatives of the pugilist, were at the bedside when she died. A Ro- man Catholic priest administered ex- treme unction. BANFF AWAITS CONNAUGHTS Banff, Alta., Sept, 12 This little city, nestling In the heart of the Can- adian Rockies, is all agog In anticls pation of:the arrival tomorrow of the days, during which time they will have ample opportunity to inspect the the many svenic wonders of-this lo cality. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS OPENS (Special to News.) Vienna, Sept. 12 The Eucharistic, international congress, for which pre- parations have been making for near- ly a year, was formally opened today with an elaborate religious service in St. Stephen's cathedral. The ancient edifice was crowded to the doors with a brilliant assemblage of cardinal, archbishops and other high prelates of the Roman Catholic chureh throughout the werld,- TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL The regular meeting of the Trades and. Labor Counctl will-be held. to- morrow (Friday) evening in Patter- son's Hali at o'clock. The Edmon- ton wage schedule will be brought before the meeting and other mat- ters disposed of. 400 STOLEN FROM C:P.R. STATION AT SEVEN PERSON Mounted Police Are Inves- tigating Case But Have No Clue As Yet. Sergeant Harper of the local Mounted Police is investigating case of burglarg reported by the C.P.R, station agent at Seven Per- sons. On the night of the 9th the station was broken into between the hours of 18 and 19 o'clock, while the agent tion about 21 - o'clock, and immed- iately discovering the burglary re- ported it to the police. At first he stated that 300 had been taken, but since then h has dis- covered that the total is only a lit- tle over 100. This money was all in bills. A large quantity of silver was left untouched. So far the police are unable to locate any clue to the perpertrators. BIG FIRE AT WINNIPEG. (W. A. P. Digpateh.) railroads of the United States and In adition to discussing num- was away. He returned to the sta-/ BRITISH. PARTY VISITED: EDMONTON While There Financial Men From Old Gand Looked Into ities For Investment. - (W. A. P. Dispaten) Edmonton, Alt, Sept. 12 A party of twenty Prominent British financiers arrived in Edmonton over the C.P.R. from the south, where they spent Sever over and inspecting th irrigation works arid the 300.0007 of farmland of the Southern Alberta Land Com- pany, in which most of them are fin- ancially interested. The party is under the direction of A. M. Grenfell, chairman of the Canadian Agencies, Ltd., and while in the city th various members ot the party looked imto investments. Sir Ronald Lane, Sir Arthur Law- ley, A. M. Grenfell and K. N- Gren- fell spent the nigit-in their private car, the other members of the party registering at i a Edward. The Hon. Sir Arthur Lawley, G.C. LE,, K.C.M.G., for six years Gover- nor of Madras, was formerly secre tary to the late of Westuinster and has also. been Administrator in Matavate Land, Governor of Western Australia, and Lieutenant Governor of the Transvaal. gt; General Sir Ronald Lar, K: - V.0., K.C.B., holds. the position of Equerry to the Duke of Connaught, and was at one time commander of the garison at Meltaand Alexandria. was military secretary of the War) Office, Lieutenant Governor of Chel- sea Royal Hospital, is chairman of the Southern Alberta Land Com- pany, and is associated with other favor tent Canadien res Canadian eompanies. BAILWAY BURRD,.. LACKS THE POWER Advises Canadian Lumber. Duke and Du hess of Connaught and jon ort: thelr party. All the public buildings pane A Se of and many business houses and resi- - i jammerce dences are today receiving the fin- Commission. ishing touches of profuse decoration. Their Royal Highnesses are to re- Ottawa. Sept. 12. The Railway main the guests of Banff for three Board (Mas notified the Canadian / Lumbermen s Association that it has no jurisdiction in the matter.of: the reeent inergase in lumber-freigit rates by Aimeri an roads.:.TheCom- mission has. advised the Jumbermen to await the action of-the United States Commerce Committee za which the matter has been referred. The necessity of an International Railway Board is suggested by the lumbermen. W. H. FAIRFIELD Chairman of Jury: Awards of Inter- national Dry. Farmed Products Ex- position at Lethbridge in conjunction with the Dry Farming Congress. Mr. Fairfield 1s director of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Lethbridge and well known to the farmers of this aiatrict. Turn the Hose on Wrong Man Amusing Outcome of Prince Albert Nurse s Resent- i ment of Charges of Mis- management and Miscon- duct. Prinee Albert. Sask., Sept. 12- At. the meeting Tuesday night of the bead of directors f Victoria Hos- pital to enquire into charges of mis- mariagement. and unseemly actions on the part of the staff, Alderman T. E. Baker, who Inid specifi charges in writing, was held up by nurses in Jeaving the building and efforts were to force him to sign an apol- made Winnipeg, Sept. 12. Tho waxehoure and contents of the. Peterson Manu facturing- Company, mamufacturers ot and roofing. supplies, at St. ce, was destroyed by fire to- e loss being 50,000. ter intended for ogy. He refuse and then the wo- men endeavored to turn the hose on him. At this moment F. E, Armi- from Canada, Australia and other of 'the oversea dominions, jof members of Parliament are in the tmatter has not been considered: ty 19 JEWISH NEW YEAR 5678 (Special to the News.) New York, Sept. 12. The setting of the sur this evening ushers in the a ih new year 6673 . The festival iy one of the. most Important of the Jewish calendar and is sedulously, ob- served by the reformed and orthodox alike. The orthodox carry the ob- servance over two days, during which time they cease all work, The re- form Jews celebrate only one day. there are more than sixty Jewish churehi s in Greater New York, but even this large number ts insuffictent to accomodate the large number of worshippers on important feast or faist days, This lack of adequate ac- comodation is not to be wondered at, in view of the fact that nearly 1,000,- 000 .or considerably, more than half of the total number of Jews in Am- erica, reside in this city. For the present holiday eeason the Kehillah, or Jewish Community of New York, has made arrangements to use a number of provisional syna- gogues. The organization has also made arrangements for the holding Of services for the benefit of the Jew- ish inmates of the tuberculosis camp at Westfield, at the emigrant station at Ellis Island and in various other Public iristitutions. BARBARA FRITCHIE ANNIVERSARY (Special to the News.) Frederick, Md., Sept. -12. Today marked the semi-centennial anniver- sary of the entry of the Confederates into Frederick City, when occurred the incident of Barbara Frietchie and mortal poem. Though some later historians have been inclined to doubt the truth of the poet's story the main fact as to Dame, Barbara's patriotism was long ago established. The local patriotic societies are now engaged in raising funds for a monument to Mrs, Frietchie, who died within a few months after the event which made her famous. BRITISH PREMIER 60 YEARS OLD (Special to the News.) Lgndon, Sept. 12 The Rt. Hon. Herbert H. Asquith, premier of Great Britain, quietly celebrated his six- tieth birthday anniversary today. During the jday he was,the recipjent . of a flood of congratulatory verre ages from friends and admirers in all parts of the United Kingdom andj Expect Session After N New Year Opinion Grows at Ottawa House Will Not Meet Un- : til January. ew. AD P. Dispatch) Ottawa, Sept. 11. The impression that Parliament will not meet v January continues to grow. Groups city and the probabilities of the ses- sion are being discussed. While the the Cabinet, the opinion is widely entertained that the House may not assemble till immediately after New Year HON. . E. FOSTER FOR ENGLAND (W. A P, Dispatch) Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 12. Hon. Geo. B- Foster satis- for England- Sept. -27 to attend the meetings of the Imper- ial Trade Commission. He -will re- turn to Canada about Christmas and will leave for Australia in February to attend further meetings of the Commission. BANK OF ENGLAND REPORT. (C. A. P. Cable.) London, Sept. 12. The- weekly statement of Ste Rank of Bogtand shows the folowing figures: ital reserve, increased 292,000; circula- tion, decreased 315,000; bullion de- creased 23,028; other securities de- creased 430,000; other deposits, in- creased 239,000; public deposits, de- creased 384,000; notes reserve, in- creased 217,000, Government securi- ties, unchanged. The proportion of the bank s reserve to liability this week is 50.3 -per cent.; last week it was 49.77 per cent. MEDICINE HAT, ALBERTA, CANADA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12, the flag as related in Whittler s im- i Agreemeiit 12 Start Monday on 4 7 Work on the city s new waterworks system will lkely be started in ear- nest on Monday morning. The repre sentative of Messrs. Fysh, Martin and o., who are to build the power house, and of the New York Con- struction Jewell Filter Co., who are to put in the filters, are expected to arrive in the city today or tomorrow. Government Asked to Ex- tend Harbor Commission- ers Elevator. WORK TO START AT ONCE Hon. J. D. Hazen Approves of Addition to Accommo- date 1,500,000 Bushels. (W. A. P, Dispatch) Montreal, Que. Sept. 12 Hon. J. D. Hazen, Minister of Marine and Fisheries, yesterday received a dele- gation composed of the Montreal Har- vor Commissioners, Messrs, C. . Bal- lantyne and L. E. Geoffrion, F. W. Cowie, chief engineer, and Mr. David Seath, secretary of the Harbor Board, when: Ways ard means were discnas- ed for Increasing the storage capaci ty of the Harbor Commissioners dent of the C. P. R., arrived in the city at an early hour thi morning and left ayain at 9.30 for the west. Sir Thomas had no announce ments to make for Medicine Hat and is just on his annual tour of inspec- tion. Major Spencer had a long talk Superintendents of Construction Companies Whie Contracts For Work Will Arrive Today Shovel to Be Used On Excavation Work. C.P.R. President Here Sir Thomas Shaughnessy Arrived in City. Had No Announcement of Interest to the Hat to Make. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, Presi- DAILY EDITION A. AL POARD C. ALB TELEGRAPHIC sume PRICE, FIVE CENTS: here, and will start immediately. For a few days they wilt be busy putting up shacks, hauling gravel and tng their other mat in place, Monday (t is expected they will start thelr men on the cot They are to bring ina steam shoy- el as it ts necessary for them to remove some 3,500 yards of earth, They will have charge of the work and this a : Montreal Prepares grain elevator, No. 1, by anoth 500,000 bushels. The Commissioners explained the Minister the urgent need of ther storage facilities in the hat They wished to commence this tion to 1 elevator at onee.. 4 Minister heartily approved of and the work jately om this f the Commissioners expect will be ready for fall business in 1912, ? AG, AP. Cable) Chasso, Switzerland, Sept, 11 Italian Premier, Signor Giolettt, wl is now at his country place at'P mont, has had a special wire put in order to communicate with the official delegates whovare peace with the: Turkish tives in Switzetland. Romine with him and. also with Vice.-Pres Geo. Bury. The arrival and departure of Sir Thomas today was in striking con- trast with his Visit here a year ago. Last year he was met at the depot with upwards of 1,500 people, but his arrive. this morning was un- heralded and his departure likewise. Whereby Dominion Gov- ernment Will Advance Sum of 26,094,59. LARGE PART FOR GATTLE A Substantial Amount For Live Stock Demonstra- tion--Women s Institutes Also Benefit By Arrange- ment. - (W. A. P, Dispatch? Ottawa, Sept. 12. The Alberta Government has signed the agree- inent with the Federal authorities by which it secures the subsidy voted me ALBERTA SECURES SUBSIDY TO GNCOURAGE AGRICULTURE . last session, under the act passed to encourage agriculture. Every pro- vince except British Columbia, has now availed itself of the subsidy, and hag reached an agreement as to the way im which the money.is to be spent. The British Columbia agreement will be signed very short- ly. The Alberta subsidy agrees to 26,094.59, and, according to the agreement which has been signed, the money will be spent as follows Daity shorthorns, 10,000; Woman's Institute- and domestic science, 3,500; live stock demonstration, 5,000; exeursions to experimental faems, 600; to imcrease poultry stock, 2,500; exhibit at Dry Farm- ing . Congress, 2,000; expense in ing in eows .to sell to farmers, 2,000; miscellaneous, 499.90. About Railway Commission Be- SEVERAL SERIO (W. A. P. Dispatch) Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 12. The) Wabash mail on the Kome, Water- town and Ogdensburg division of'the New York Central, running sixty miles an hour, jumped the track at Morten, 25 m les west of Charlotte (oday. The passengers, the engi- neer andthe fireman, were seriously injured. A score of passengers suf - fered slight. injuries. LY INJURED. payments AD Houges for sale on ea: or will exchange for real tage, one of the directors. hurried out just in time to receive the wa- Alderman Baker nly to Hotson W fices that up to the present Hre nb lieves Conditions This Fall Are More Favorable Than Those of Last Year BOARD'S EFFORTS AVAIL If Situation Beo Becomes Acute Recommendations Made After Investigation May Be Adopted W. A. P. Dispatch), Ottawa, Sept. 12 It was stated yesterday at the Railway Board of comptiits have been receiV dh as ten Have Had no Complaints Shortage of Pe car shortage. At this time last year they were besiniing to come in quite freely. If there is less . this year the fact may be credited in great part to the efforts of the Rall- way Commission last year, and: its exhortations to si reads to prepare in time for th /Fush of orders. Chict Operating Officer Nixon, who looked into the situation, made a number of recommendations in his report which may be put in the form of new regu- lations this year, if the conditions be- come atitte, The Empress of Britain is retort- Pe 226 miles east of Belle *- o' eloek: Thurs- Saturday
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