German Zeppelin type airship lands in France after test
The most modern German dirigible of the Zeppelin type, with machine guns and a bomb dropper, landed at Lunéville France due to motor defect. German officers of the acceptance commission conducted a final test before transfer to the German war office. The balloon was confiscated when it fell.
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Germany
Lake Constance
Luneville
France
War Office
German War Office
Freight on Apples in Ontario Canadian Committee Hearings
Ottawa April 1 the agriculture and colonization committee heard rail freight rate testimony on apple shipping profitability. Dominion Railway Commission expert Hardwell compared rates from Kentville Nova Scotia to Edmonton at 1.33 per hundred pounds and western Ontario to Edmonton at 1.04, disputing claimed eastern disadvantages. He noted Washington Winnipeg lanes at 76 cents for 1572 miles and Ribordon Brandon at 68 cents for 1575 miles to challenge discrimination claims.
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Ottawa
Ont
Agriculture and Colonization Committee
Hardwell
Dominion Railway Commission
Johnson
Ontario Fruit Growers’ Association
Nova Scotia
Edmonton
Ontario
Mr. Hardwell
Commission
Kentville
N. C
Winnipeg
Washington
Ribondon
Brandon
General Strike Grips Nelson and IWW Organizer Convicted
A broad Nelson strike spreads across trades from bricklaying to electricians under Trades and Labor Council orders. Civic work is nearly halted as cities workers join the action. In Pasco county, William D. Haywood, IWW organizer, receives six months jail for orderly conduct linked to a silk mill worker strike visit.
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Nelson
G. C
Federal
Trades and Labor Council
Civic Dewet
Civic Light
Patorgson
N. J
William D. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Classified Ads Readable Fragments From Local Newspaper
Bites of housework help wanted and general labor notices appear with addresses 104 Prince Street and 70 Sydney Street. A lost roll call item and a clerk advertisement call for a lady with experience. Fresh vegetables and produce listed by J. J. Gay & Sons Market alongside fruit like Baldwin apples.
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Oie
The
Guardian
J. J. Gay & Sons
Pankhurst Faces True Bill in Walton Heath Incitement Case
London April 1 a grand jury at the Old Bailey returned a true bill against Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst on incitement to damage. She was arrested February 24 for the destruction of the Walton Heath residence rented for Chancellor Lloyd George. She claimed at a public meeting she conspired with followers to commit the act. The offense carries up to fourteen years penal servitude.
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London
Emmeline Pankhurst
Old Bailey
Fox Skins Displayed In Edmonton Market
Four fox skins valued at over 4000 dollars were brought by a Peace River priest to Edmonton and purchased by Western Raw Fur of Rice Street. One purebred skin sold for 1500 dollars. three others had slight silver in them. Officials say Peace River breeding is improving and live foxes may be brought in soon, possibly fating a local fox breeding farm.
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Edmonton
Alta
Peace River District
Western’ Raw Fur Company
Rice Street
Peace River
Fortune left by J. Pierpont Morgan
Estimates of J Pierpont Morgan s fortune range from 75000000 to 300000000 including art holdings The will is believed recent with no public date The son J P Morgan likely receives bulk of wealth Philanthropic bequests to institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum Yale and Harvard are speculated The means to the bequests may be announced today in New York or Rome Minards Liniment Otres Distemper.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
J. P.'Morgan
Mr.Morgan
Metropolitan ‘Museum “of ‘Art
Episcopal Church
Yale
Harvard
Rome
Liberals struggle over Japanese Treaty and Naval Bill
Special to The Guardian from Ottawa reports the Liberal caucus debating the Japanese Treaty and resisting Asiatic immigration appeals. The Naval Bill faces postponement possibly until Monday as moderates push to end the blockade, with a final committee vote likely and a predicted shift in party enthusiasm by next week.
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Guardian
Ottawa
Cos
Women Win High Honors at Cornell
Itaga New York March 81 Women lead men in high scholarships at Cornell University with 11 women in the graduating class elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The intake totals 5000 students with 400 coeds. Phi Beta Kappa society admission is based on four years of scholarship. nine men elected included three Chinese students.
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Itaga
N. Y
Cornell University
Society of Phi Beta Kapa
Plan to Drain Cobalt Lake in Ontario
Cobalt Ont April 1 It is probable that Cobalt Lake will be drained and the $2 000 000 now held in chancery released The Cobalt Lake Mining Company seeks leave under a Mining Act amendment passed last fall The 47 acre lake area was bought from the Ontario government on Dec 27 1906 for 1 085 000 with funds from Sir Henry Pellatt and Ottawa valley investors backing the syndicate
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Cobalt
Cobalt Lake
Cobalt Lake Mining Company
Ontario Mining Act
Ontario
Sir Henry Pellatt
Ottawa Valley
Immigration from States Seen Rising in Western Canada
Winnipeg April 1 John Bruce Walker Dominion Immigration Commissioner predicts about 200000 Americans will settle in Western Canada this year up from 150000 last year. He estimates a 20 to 25 percent rise from 1912 with no state expected to decline and strong gains from North Dakota Minnesota Wisconsin Nebraska and the sunny south.
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Winnipeg
J. Bruce Walker
Dominion
United States
Canada
Walker
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Bell Boy Heir to Titanic Steward’s Estate
Cecil Ferguson a 17 year old bell boy at a Minneapolis hotel learned yesterday he is heir to 10 000 dollars in cash and a small London real estate piece left by his uncle James McKenzie Titanic steward who perished in the disaster Further details identify Ferguson as the unnamed heir to the late McKenzie’s estate awaiting probate and confirmation of estate settlement.
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Minneapolis
Cecil Ferguson
James McKenzie
McKenzie
Weather Summary From The Guardian Toronto April 4
North and east winds bring fair start then southwesterly rain. Morning thermometer readings show 30 to 32 degrees above zero with northern and southern exposures. Yesterday mild and clear. low 30s, high 38. Tides high at 9.49 and 10:19. sun sets 6.33, rises 5.34. moon set 41.43, last quarter March 29, new moon April 6.
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the Guardian
Toronto
Rexall
Guardian
Charles Dalton Silver Black Fox Co shares sold in Halifax
Halifax saw shares of the Charles Dalton Silver Black Fox Company Limited trade at 120 dollars following a satisfactory directors report presented at the statutory meeting held Tuesday. A separate note highlights an excellent Zion photograph on display at J A Bayer’s Charlottetown showcase.
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Dalton Fox
Charles Dalton Silver Black Fox Co. Ltd
Halifax
Bayer
Charlottetown
Zion
Fredericton Post Office Contract Awarded
Ottawa April 1 The cabinet approved the order in council for the Fredericton post office contract. Falconer and MacDonald of Halifax won with a bid around $133,000 from five tenderers.
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Ottawa
Fredericton
Falconer & MacDonald
Halifax
Hood
Friedmann patient dies after inoculation in Ottawa
George A Sparks, one of the tuberculosis patients inoculated by Dr. Friedmann on March 19, died at a focal hospital. He had had tuberculosis in both lungs for about two years and was an inmate of Lady Grey Hospital until a month ago. He complained of a chill while walking and sank rapidly. doctors say the case was too advanced to discuss further.
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Ottawa
George A. Sparks
Friedmann
Sparks
Lady Grey Hospital
Friedman
Prince of Wales College team photographed as Island champions
A photograph shows the Prince of Wales College basketball team, champions of P. K. Island, with artistic presentation. Mr Bayer also captured the Abegweit Senior Hockey Team. Government House hosted a dinner for legislators, with green decorations and lillies of the valley, followed by a drawing room gathering. An enjoyable dance at New Prowse Hall featured the Chimes of Normandy with chaperones and live music.
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Prince of Wales College
P. K. Island
Bayer
Abegweit
Government House
Prowse Hall
A S. Hewitt
Normandy
Percy Barlow
L. B. McMillan
McKenna
McDonald
Chief Sark Seeks Steamship Aid for Lennox Island Tribe
Ottawa reports Chief Sark of the Micmac at Lennox Island seeks government help to run a gasoline vessel between Lennox Island and Prince Edward Island. He arrives by rail from Rimouski and Montreal with funds running out, aims to return, and hopes Senator Murphy can assist. The chief, 64, has led since 1896 and is described as imposing in appearance.
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Ottawa
John Sark
Lennox Island
Atlantic
Sark
Prince Edward Island
Dominion
John P. Francis
Senator Murphy
Moneton
Rimski
Montreal
Lark
Provincial Legislature Scene and Maritime Infrastructure Talks
The House of Assembly discussed future order of the day and reviewed petitions to incorporate several companies including Compton Malpeque Oyster Co and Patricia Fox Co. Government plans for mussel mud handling at St Peter’s Bay were outlined, with work on a sunk siding, ice soundings, dredge, scows, and possible wharf extensions to serve as a shipping pier. A petition to extend the wharf was noted.
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A, BH
Arsenault
Compton Malpeque Oyster Co., Ltd
T. W. McDonald
Macdonald Silver Black Fox Co., Ltd
Jas. Kennedy
Freetown Silver Black Fox Co., Ltd
Mr. McNeill
A. G. McLean Co., Ltd
Patricia Fox, Co., Ltd
A. A. McDonald
St. Peter’s Bay
Maine
Gallant
Halifax Carpenters Strike Over Wages Demand
Halifax Nova Scotia April 1 carpenters in the city walked off the job demanding forty cents an hour up from thirty two with a proposed three cent raise rejected by journeymen at a meeting. About three hundred men are affected amid planned large scale construction this year.
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Halifax
South Pole Hero Wright Hopes For News From Parents
Toronto April 1 Alfred Wright receives first letter from CG Wright, chief chemist on the Scott Polar Expedition. The note dated February 15 from Christchurch asks not to leak information, mentions censorship, and reports plans to move toward Wellington to arrange pendulum windings.
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Toronto
Alfred Wright
Crescent Road
Wright
Scott Poler
New Zealand
Christchurch
Dad
Wellington
Breese
McLeod Praises Bank Act at Ottawa Hearing
In Ottawa on April 3 H O McLeod former Bank of Nova Scotia manager urged reforms but praised the new bank act. He opposed restricting interest, warned against bank ties to trust and loan companies, and called for parliamentary regulation of bank amalgamations.
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The
Guardian
Ottawa
H.O. McLeod
Bank of Nova Scotia
Banking and Commerce Committee
Seeding Prospects Across Manitoba Reports Favorable Conditions
Free Press surveys 200 reports across Manitoba and neighboring provinces indicate snow depths from 13 inches to 3 feet but generally clear land and widespread seeding expected between April 15 and 20. Seeding is twelve days later than 1912 on average, but better frost history may improve overall yield. moisture from heavy snow may slow plowing while many districts show more cultivated land ready for seeding than in five years.
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Winnipeg
Man
Free Press
Manitoba
Examination of Master and Mate Examinations Stir In Chatham
In Chatham New Brunswick a dispute arose over examiner availability for master and mate exams. Captain Cameron failed to appear March 26 prompting ministerial orders and telegrams. Cameron claimed navigation duties prevented delay and promised to arrive Monday night for exams to begin Tuesday.
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Chatham
N. B
Miramichi
Minister of Marine
Cameron R
Cameron
Capt. Cameron
Lawlor
Island Real Estate meeting and notice in Charlottetown
A series of notices announce a meeting of the Blackimmitte and Petana groups at Hall 6 oclock on Tuesday evening April 6. The Island Real Estate and Investment Company opens for business and invites correspondence to P O Box See Charlottetown. Minard's Tiniment relieves neuralgia.
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Blapkemitte and Orneubonta
Petana
Sunheld
Ates von Toenday Nynite
Talend
Yaland Real Estate and Investment C
Businéba
Island Real State “and Investmént Company
P.O. Box
Charlottetown
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E. M. Macdonald
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Guysboro
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Fortune
Minard
Liniment Otres Distemper
Pugsley
Haster
Hanna Lemieux
British Columbia
Cornell
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Titanic
the Central Guardian
Chief Sark
Lennox
House of Assembly
Wyatt
Minara
Hc, McLeod
Panama
Theing Co
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