Ontario Politics Highlights and Canadian Independence Debate
In Ottawa debates, MPs attack Labour reforms and bank acts while Ontario voters witness shifting loyalties. Henri Bourassa urges Canadian independence in Boston as Borden faces Conservative scrutiny over minister Crothers and railway labor disputes.
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South York
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Crothers
Crow
Johor
St. Thomas
Ontario
Canada
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Borden
Boston
United States
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Pelletier
Nantel
Coderre
Thread Noodle Street
Downing Street
Labor
Lemieux
LPR
Currell
PCR
Hrother
Department of Labor
Town Topics and Notices From Cranbrook and Vicinage
Local items report births at the Cottage hospital in Cranbrook and nearby communities, the hiring of staff for Fernie hospital, and a move to unite churches by 1916. Social events include a Women’s Institute meeting with a sleigh ride plan and a Valentine stocking contest. Also noted are land sales near Cranbrook, a Victoria monument commission, and remarks by Sam Hughes on women's suffrage.
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Women's Institute
Valentine
Doran
J. Draper
Mesdames R. Brown
Spence and Shaw
Victoria
Victoria the
Parliament House
Richard Mce- Bride
A. Bruce-Joy
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Deputation Urges sweeping changes to the criminal code
Ottawa reports a Toronto led deputation seeking major reform of the criminal code to curb social evils. Proposals include harsher penalties for offences against girls, broader breeding of bawdy-house liability, stricter obscenity rules, deportation for non British subjects, and wider arrest powers for loiterers and immoral acts. The group believes parliament would pass such measures without a lobby.
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Ottawa
W. Raney
K.C
Toronto
National Committee For
Moral and Social Reform Council of Canada
Trade and Labor Congress
Dominion Grange
Canadian Purity Education Association
Evangelical Associations of North America
National Council of Women
Canada
Lords Reject Home Rule Bill After Four Day Debate
London reports the house of Lords votes 326 to 69 against the Home Rule bill after four days of discussion. Observers note the peers treated the session as a debating club, unable to block the bill from becoming law.
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London
House of Lords
Earl of Halsbury
Lords Beat Ireland Home Rule Bill Aide in House Debate
The parliament bill faced a weak display in the house as peers gathered late and with little drama. Lord Morley urged strong lines against Lord Lansdowne while Lord Curzon noted public indifference. The division split along party lines with most episcopal peers voting against.
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Lord Lansdowne
Lord Morley
Blackburn
J G Hadstone
Ireland
Mayyland
England
Lord Curzon
House of Commons
Episcopal Bench
Twenty-Three Men in Control of Canadian Finance
In the house of commons, Hon. I. R. Emerson claimed that twenty-three men control Canada’s banks insurance companies and other financial institutions. He cited a magazine list showing 121 Canadian corporations with capital of at least $500 000, noting 48 common directors and that twenty-three dominate ninety of those firms.
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Canada
House of Commons
I. R. Emerson
Mr. White
Emerson
Westwareland
Merson
House
Beware counterfeit Herpicide and seek genuine Newbro's
An advertisement warns against counterfeit dandruff products imitating Newbro's Herpicide. It promotes the original germ destroyer to stop itching and hair loss, claims redress if unsatisfactory, and lists availability through barber shops, mail sample offers, and dealer guarantees.
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Newhro
Herpicide Co
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Detroit
Mich
Beattie Murphy Co., Ltd
Emerson Attacks Canadian Banking Policy and White Bill
In a critical speech, Mr Emerson accuses Canadian banks of sending funds to the United States for profits while domestic stringency worsens. He condemns real estate actions against the law, high western interest rates, and meager saving depositor returns. He calls the White bill ineffective and warns of increased corporate financial power.
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Rodolphe Forgot
William van Horne
W. Mdmond Osler
W. D. Mathews
A. Lash
William Mackenzie
Donald Mann
Thomas Shaughnessy
H. A. Allan
George Cox
Robert Mackay
Lord Strathcona
Oh. M. Molson
H. M. Pellatt
KR. B. Angus
R. C. Hosmer
J. 2. Greenshields
West
Canada
Immigration Rush Starts As Winnipeg Sees Large Parties
Winnipeg February 4 1913 the immigration rush begins strongly with four large settler parties already in the Canadian west this year. The latest brought 250 to Winnipeg aboard the Canadian Pacific eighty percent of new arrivals are young men from the British Isles from the Hesperian and Montrose Captain Oliver Hinds of Nottingham England plans to send fifteen boys aged fifteen to twenty to western farms where wages will reflect age and physique they will sail on the ships listed.
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Winnipeg
Canadian West
Canadian Pacific
British Isles
Hesperian
Montrose
Oliver Hinds
Nottingham
Eng
Virginian Plans Immigrant Boys Program for Midlands Youth
Bruce Walker, commissioner of migration, says a first party of Midlands England boys may lead to many similar groups. Immigration authorities will place Captain Thiml's boys before arrival and keep them a year. Workers will require humane treatment and a full twelve month term.
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Bruce Walker
Midlands
England
Captain Thiml
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