Western Canada Could Back Paper Pulp Shortage
Western Canada may supply flax straw to boost paper pulp output as demand for high grade pulp soars and flax straw becomes a usable by product. The plan hinges on farmer collection, suitable mills, and viable markets, with Saskatchewan and Manitoba as key regions.
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Canada
United States
Monthly Bulletin of Agricultural Statistics
Dominion
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
U.S.A
Europe
Manitoba
Auto Slaughter in the United States Alarming Casualty Toll
The United States sees no abatement in auto accident casualties. New York records 1200 deaths in a year and the nation totals 14000 cripplings. Speeding prosecutions decline while most crashes occur at crossings and 45 percent from racing. Municipalities gain traffic powers. one city reports dangerous curves still failing to reduce costs. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs are cited as variably reliable.
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United States
New York
Union
Quebec Agriculture Congress Opens Leadership Call for Unity
More than 500 farmers representing all branches of agricultural groups attended the opening of an agricultural congress. The Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles Fitzpatrick and Prime Minister Sir Lomer Gouin urged cooperation and warned against class divisions while appealing for unity for the community. Gouin added that urban disorders require the countryside for common sense, order, and prosperity.
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Charles Fitzpatrick
Quebec
Lomer Gouin
Canada Protects Its Wild Life
Canada extends protection to migratory birds under treaty obligations and preserves wild life across the Northwest Territories Yukon Territory and Dominion parks. An advisory board from Interior Agriculture Mines Indian Affairs and the Commission of Conservation guides enforcement and legislation with the Migratory Birds Treaty and Northwest Game Act revisions as chief actions.
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Canada
Northwest Territories
Yukon Territory
Dominion
United States
Minister of the Interior
Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, Mines
Geological Survey
Indian Affairs
Commission of Conservation
C. Gordon Hewitt
Canadian Students in Paris Featured by Le Figaro
The front page of Le Figaro highlights a Canadian initiative to establish a house for Canadian students in Paris. Gabriel Hanotaux praises France’s wartime intellectual fruit and notes support from Saskatchewan, Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta. Three annual scholarships are pledged by Saskatchewan and British Columbia to aid studies.
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le Figaro
Paris
Une Maison Des Etudients Canadiens
Gabriel Hanotaux
France
M. Phillippe Roy
Canada
M. Hanotaux
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
M. Hantaux
Toronto Globe
Saskatchewan lignite briquetting experiments praised worldwide
The 1914 Estevan district carbonizing and briquetting trials led by S. M. Darling drew global interest with a detailed report. A company in Arizona adopted Saskatchewan graduated temperature ovens after reviewing the method, planning to expand the plant. The report attracted inquiries from distant regions including Japan. The note adds that the common garden snail possesses 14 1175 teeth.
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Saskatchewan
Estevan
S. M. Darling
Japan
Arizona
Lady Astor Debates Liquor Reform in British House
Lady Astor delivered her maiden parliamentary speech amid a liquor debate. Sir John Reese urged lifting war liquor restrictions, while Astor pressed for strong drink reform to protect children, insisting the country seeks reforms not prohibition. Government officials praised her courage as they discussed postwar policy.
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Astor
Liguor
John Reese
East Nottingham
Lady Aster
Sir John
Sally
Reese
Drink Control Board
Lady Astor
Donald Maclean
Herbert A. Fisher
War Ministry
Fisher
Men Who Travel Millions of Miles
A London Answers piece notes engine drivers and sailors boasting multi million mile careers. Benjamin Jeans walked 4 000 000 miles on a 54 year rail career. Thomas Beck 3 000 000. Capt Greenstreet 2 500 000. H Stevens 3 400 000 across Atlantic routes. Also cited are W Moore 270 000 miles as a letter carrier and Richard Williams 415 000 miles as a Shropshire postman.
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Calcutta
London
Benjamin Jeans
Equator
Cape of Good Hope
Australasia
H. Stevens
Conard
W. Moore
Yorkshire Roads
Richard Williams
Shropshire
Volcanic Peaks More Common at Ocean Floor
A study finds volcanic peaks that do not breach the surface are more frequent on the ocean bottom than on land, suggesting underwater volcanism is widespread and underexplored.
Great Britain Bears Burden Of War Weary World
Regina Leader notes that the United States aided the Allies in World War I but Britain carried the bulk of the burden. It cites equipment and manpower supplied by France, the vast U S loans, and Britain's longer effort, including heavy borrowing and global commitments, portraying John Bull as a sturdy Atlas bearing the war’s weight.
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Canada
United States
Germany
Europe
France
Italy
Pershing
America
Great Britain
John Bull
Ontario
Regina
Unrecordable Language Bacongo Tribe Recounts History
An Italian missionary reports the Bacongo tribe of Central Africa uses a spoken language that cannot be written. They pass history by memory and morals by proverbs. The tribe’s motto is Wherever man has passed misery follows.
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Central Africa
Victoria Plans Municipal Golf Links Initiative
The Victoria city council intends to seek provincial approval to spend 20 000 dollars on creating a municipal golf links. The amount would be allocated over three consecutive years.
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Victoria
Turks Must Be Driven From Constantinople
Lord Robert Cecil argues in the Evening Standard that Turkish sovereignty over Constantinople is a menace to tranquility and must end. He says allies must pursue a just policy toward Turkey and hold that Turks’ government should be removed from the city. He cites Armenian outrages as ordered from Constantinople and downplays any danger of angering Muslims in India.
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Evening Standard
Robert Cecil
Constantinople
Lord Cecil
Turkey
India
Wyandottes Lead In Brandon Egg-Laying Contest
Wyandottes led by T Lund of Stonewall remain ahead in the Experimental Farm test at Brandon Manitoba. After sixteen weeks they’ve produced 447 eggs, with Geo Thompson’s pen close behind at 447 eggs in sixteen weeks. Ancona birds owned by W H Home of Winnipeg rank third with 356 eggs. twenty pens compete with strong interest in the test.
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T. Lund
Stonewall
Brandon
Man
Geo. Thompson
Lund
Anconas
W. H. Home
Winnipeg
Salute at Sea Causes Iffy Gun Exchange
The maxim at sea that a ship returning a salute fires fewer guns is ignored by Swedes and Danes who match or exceed the other vessel’s volley, demonstrating bold reciprocity in naval etiquette.
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Russia
Petrograd
Hermann Zeidler
Viborg
Zeidler
Russian Red Cross
Neva
Professor Zeidler
Plan Municipal
Wyandottes Leading
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