Monday, July 14, 1924. Siberian revolt.

Forest fires in Washington, California, Idaho and British Columbia killed 35 people.

The Tungus Republic was declared within the Khabarovsk Krai and part of the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union in Siberia.  Armed rebels against the Soviet state had been in action since May 10.

Flag of the Tungus Republic.

U.S. Army aviators reached Paris on their transglobal flight.

Alvey A. Adee, Deputy U.S. Secretary of State from 1886 until June 30, 1924, died at age 81.  He was the model for the fictional detective, Nero Wolfe.

On Bastille Day for 1924, a monument to French African soldiers who served in World War One was dedicated in Reims. The Germans destroyed it during World War Two.

Last edition:

Sunday, July 13, 1924. End of the occupation of the Dominican Republic.

Labels: 1920s, 1924, Banana Wars, Dominican Republic

My gosh, why would somebody think there needed to be another Denver?

LAND OPPORTUNITY: 4 ACRES WITH SCENIC MOUNTAIN VISTAS – NEW DENVER, BC

Railhead: The not so great train robbery.

Railhead: The not so great train robbery.:

The not so great train robbery.

CN police, RCMP investigating Monday train robbery in Brocklehurst

Mar 28, 2023 | 1:36 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are assisting CN Rail police as they investigate a train robbery.

Spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says RCMP were called just after 7:00 a.m. Monday (March 27). The incident took place at the junction of Tranquille Road and Ord Road in Brocklehurst.

It’s not known what was taken.

CFJC Today.

It’s not known what was taken.

Eh? 

Saturday, June 20, 1942. The I26 shells Estevan Point.

The Japanese submarine I26 shelled Estevan Point on British Columbia's Vancouver Island, but did not hit it, even after firing over 25 shells.  Ironically, the effort was somewhat successful in that it was then decided to turn all of the lights off for Pacific coast lighthouses, which caused problems for coast shipping.

The I26.

The I26's raid was the first time that Canadian soil had been attacked since the last of the Fenian Raids in 1871.

The I26 was the Imperial Japanese Navy's third-highest scoring submarine.  In October 1944 it disappeared at sea, and the cause of its loss is not really known.

The Afrika Korps commenced attacking Tobruk with artillery and aircraft, resulting in the 11th Infantry Brigade retreating and opening up the lines.

Three German saboteurs were arrested in New York City, their mission having been betrayed.

Tuesday September 6, 1921. Dedicating the Peace Arch.

The Peace Arch between Washington State and British Columbia, commemorating 100 years of peace between the United States and Canada, was dedicated.

On the US side the arch bears the inscription "Children of a Common Mother".  On the Canadian side, "Brethren dwelling together in Unity".

On the same day the Greeks took Angora, the Turkish Nationalist capital.

More BC News

Yesterday we ran this historical item:

Lex Anteinternet: Women become eligible to vote in Provincial electi...: On this date the results of a referendum held in September, 1916, came into effect and women in British Columbia became legally able to vot...

Here's a current one, from the CBC.  Mixed good and bad news at best:

Allergy sufferers in B.C. will need to brace themselves for tree pollens like oak, birch and pine to start peaking in the next week, according to a Canadian laboratory that tracks airborne allergens by the day.

The province's unusually cold winter and spring have delayed the start of allergy season by more than six weeks, but it is coming. It stands in stark contrast to 2016, when the mild winter led to the allergy season beginning a month early.

Women become eligible to vote in Provincial elections in British Columbia

 Little Yoho Valley near Field, British Columbia, 1902.  Yes, this photograph has nothing to do with this story, other than that its in British Columbia in the early 20th Century.

On this date the results of a referendum held in September, 1916, came into effect and women in British Columbia became legally able to vote in provincial elections.

In this British Columbia followed the Canadian prairie provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta all of which had already extended the franchise to women the prior year.  It was the fourth Canadian province to take this step.

The extension of voting rights did not extend to all.  First Nations men and women remained ineligible to vote. This mirrored the situation in the United States to some degree, where some Native Americans could vote and others could not, depending upon whether they were regarded as citizens or not. Full citizenship was not extended to all American Indians until 1924.  The full franchise came to First Nations members mid 20th Century.

Monday, July 6, 1914. War warning.

German Ambassador to the United Kingdom Karl Max provided warning to British Foreign Minister Sir Edward Gray that war with Serbia was likely.  Gray remained optimistic that it could be avoided.

Kaiser Wilhelm II, against his judgment, went on his annual cruise of the North Sea.

The British Columbian Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that it had no authority to intervene in immigration officials' decision to tow a Japanese vessel with Indian immigrants on board out to sea.

Christian Lautenschlager of Germany won the French Grand Prix.

Uruguayan poet Delmira Agustini whose brief marriage to Enrique Job Reyes had ended in divorce was murdered by Reyes, who then took his own life.

Last edition:

Sunday, July 5, 1914. The Blank Check

Labels: 1910s, 1914, Austro Hungaria, German, July Crisis, Monarchy, Serbia, World War One