Canada Considers Election Reform and Committee Plans
Canadian parliament debates election reform with Mr Maclean proposing a committee to investigate corrupt practices and push for greater parity in elections. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Premier Boden weigh compulsory voting and campaign finance publicity while plans for a nine member committee and proportional representation are discussed.
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Omeer
Ottawa
Parliament of
Doherty
Bameo
Spences
Wilfrid Laurier
Halifax
Borden
Boden
Wittria Laurier
Matabre O
Giibister
Wine Laurier
Worden
Wiltha Laurier
Porden
Onsal
Prince Edward Island
Maritime Province
George P Graam
W. F
Legislation Aims to Stop Adulterated Maple Syrup
Ottawa to introduce bills this session to penalize adulteration of maple sugar and syrup. Hon. WB Nastel announces that after a year of tests by department men, a standard was published a month ago and will be followed by law requiring large label warnings reading Compound on adulterated maple products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
WB Nastel
Romance of Peerage and Hidden Heir in 19th Century England
A Gloucester canon with a dynastic claim dies as a secret marriage and a son of a late viscount surface. The piece notes a potential succession dispute and a large landholding. Separately a western freight case verdict by railway commissioners nears completion after reviewing massive evidence and exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
London
Gloucester
Maurice” William Ferdinand St John, DD
Viscount Pullngbroke
Canon St. Joh
Te Vscount
Mary Emiily Eilzsbe
Peace advocates back Hague conference push in 1919
Mt Peace on York led by ambassador to Turkey and former ambassador to Germany presided at a meeting of peace advocates. A committee of seventeen was formed to cooperate with the United States on any action toward a third international conference at The Hague. Resolutions commending President Wilson and Secretary Bryan were adopted for their role in promoting the peace idea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
O ‘Er
Turkey
David J. Hill
Germany
the Hague
Sato
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Ritual murder case and franchise petition headline notes
Despatches from St Petersburg mention Yor Taranthevitch son of a Russian official linked to a ritual murder plan at Fasiof and a police sighting in Zhitomir. The Vancouver BC legislature faces a monster petition with 10 000 women seeking franchise and a long roll of names measured at 290 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central News
St Petersburg
Taranthevitch
Fasiof
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canadians May Buy Buffalo Herd Fort Pierre
The famed Scotty lip buffalo herd near Fort Pierre is offered for sale by his estate. The herd includes twenty yearlings, fifty five year olds, and 275 three year olds and older, mostly full bloods born in captivity. John Sloat and Carson Williams coordinate the sale with Canadian government contact, and fifteen head have already sold to the U.S. government for Wind Cave National Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Pierre
Scotty Lip
United States
Jotn Sloat
Gettysbers, SD
Carson Williams
Soux [Ciy
Iowa
Hot Springs
N.D
Missouri
EF. Gross
Potters County
Lind
Charter Granted for Pacific Peace River and Athabasca Railway
The Commons grants a charter to the Pacific Peace River and Athabasca Railway to build roughly 1500 miles across western Canada from Prince Rupert to Prince Albert. The project aims to open coal and mineral districts, tapping northern British Columbia deposits for British use as coal operator D A Thomas promotes the venture.
Lloydminster Oats Claim Trophy at Dallas Exposition
Lloydminster oats team J C Hill and Sons won the best peck of oats trophy at the national corn exposition in Dallas for the third year in a row. They asked the directors to rename the cup to FC Summer. A trace of an 81,000 bushel corn car from Minnesota was found stolen from a hotel display.
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Lloydminster
Dallas
Texas
United
J.C. Hill and Sons
Sick
Corm
Minnesota
JJ Hil i
CPR Exhibit Plans for 1918 Pavilion at Francisco
The department of natural resources reports the CPR has completed arrangements for the Francisco exhibit in 1918. A pavilion is to be built to house the display and will be set up for the event.
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Wilton
Calgary
Department of Natura Resources
CPR
Francisco
CPR Extension Plans Progress Amid Multimillion Tracking Project
The report outlines extensive CPR work across main and branch lines with a projected total outlay near $5 million. Double tracking is underway or planned from Sudbury to Port Arthur and Brandon to Calgary, with several sections to be completed over the coming year as routes like Kettle and Crow’s Nest Pass are prepared to offer alternative connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Sudbury
Port Arthur
Lake Superior
Brandon
Calgary
Revelstoke
Vancouver
Thompson
Fraser
Medicine Hat
Crow's Nest
Swift Curr Nt
Sedgewick
Alberta
Weyurn
Apathy Over Bislay Changes Stir London Debate
The piece discusses public indifference to Bislay changes in London and the dispute between the NRA and the War Office over new regulations. It notes The Army and Navy Gazette contrastingly questions Sir Sam Hughes and suggests Canada could adopt aperture sights, altering expectations in wartime.
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Bislay
London
Teus
NRA
War Office
Army
Sam Hughes
Canada
Lee Eatel
Came Journal
Col Hughes
Gore
Mont Propie
German balloonist sets long distance record from Bitterfield
Hans Berliner piloted an epherical balloon with two passengers from Bitterfield, Germany, telegraphed from Kirgischan in the Ural Mountains, Russia after a forty seven hour flight. The ascent, begun February 8, reached a distant landing near Kischan two days later, marking a new record in distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hans Berliner
Kirgischan
Ural Mountains
Russia
Bitterfield
Germany
Kischan
Demonstration Shows Six-Meal Budget At Agricultural College
Miss B A Duncan prepared a six person meal for 90 cents illustrating budgeting at the Agricultural College. Menu included cream of beans soup croutons flank with parsley sauce tomato carrots cabbage salad baked pudding tea and other items totaling 89 34 cents, average 15 cents per person.
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B. A. Duncan
Agricultural College
Great New Line Granted Charter Ottawa
The rail the commons has granted the Pacific Peace River and Athabas to construct a line 1,500 miles in length in a portion of Western Canada. The road will extend from the Ness River mouth north of Prince Rupert eastward through British Columbia to Prince Albert to open up coal and mineral areas.
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Pacific
Cardif
Wales
Probaly
Larseat
Great Britain
Canadian
British Columbia
Ottawa
Commons
Peace River and Athabasca
Porto
Western Canada
Ness River
Prince Rupert
Peace River
Prince Aly
Commission Plan For Western Canada Visit
The cost of living committee will visit Western Canada to investigate conditions there. It intends to depart Monday for Winnipeg for a series of sittings and then proceed to Regina Edmonton Calgary and Vancouver to collect evidence on the issue.
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Commission
Ottawa
Cost of Living
Western Ci "Ida
Monda
Winnipeg
Regina
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Milk sterilization breakthrough aids infants in Liverpool
Alderman Bhelmerdine leads a municipal program delivering daily sterilized milk to about a thousand babies using a high voltage process. the method sterilizes milk as it leaves the cow, aiding infant health. Riotous unrest reported in Osaka with mobs attacking tramcars and the revenue building amid ministry agitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Alderman Bhelmerdine
Tokio
Ministry
Osaka
Panama Tolls Debate Weighs Senate Action
Senators debate how to handle Panama Canal tolls with House action possible and General Arbitration Treaty issues looming. Supporters seek clarity before adjournment as talks focus on British treaty implications and potential toll policy shifts.
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Washington
Senate
Great Britain
Ocormam
Wheat Market Rally Looks For Break From Slump
Winnipeg read weekly market notes show a broad advance in wheat prices by about 7e per bushel, led by spring wheat gains in Minneapolis and Duluth. Analysts cite rising global consumption and crop shortfalls in Argentina Australia and India as key factors with prices poised to rise if speculative demand enters the market.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Australia
India
Western
Canad
Minteapolis
Dulut
Pradstreets
Ocean Passage
Russia
Fort William
Port Arthur
United States
Minneapolis
Fleur de Bakers
Europe
France
Germany
Hungary
Spain
Wheat and grain markets show active export demand
The Winnipes market remains lively with cash wheat sales at eastern ports from St John to Baltimore and strong export demand. Futures trading is active with broad participation including the October delivery, while oats barley and flax rise in price though cash movement stays limited.
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United States
Atlantic
St John
Baltimore
Bowe
Jarley
Fort William
Port Arthur
Duluth
Earl of Antrim’s Son Wins 2.5 Million Harbor Contract
The harbor project near Victoria Harbor is awarded to Angus McDonnell for about 2.5 million dollars. The contractor has recent Pacific activity and social rounds with Dominion leaders at Rideau Hall. Vancouver court cases reveal diaries of Captain Vancouver, with some evidence barred.
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Earl of Antrim
Angus McDonnell
Pacific
Dominion
Rideau Hall
Vancouver
Spanish Bank
Vanco
Burrard Canal
Point Grey
Point Atkinson
Willard Memorial Service Observed in Chicago
Memorial services marked the sixteenth anniversary of Frances E. Willard death. Followers of the White Ribbon laid flowers on her grave at Ross Ai l cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illard
Chicago
Frances E. Willard
Temperance
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Ross Ail
High Cost of Living Report Expected by April
Ottawa official R H Coates of the commission investigating living costs expects the long awaited Dominion report to be in presentable shape by the end of April. The commission held a session at the Queen's hotel in Foretto Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Coates
Ottawa
Dominion
Queen's Hotel
Government to Loan 2 Million for Quebec Harbor
Hon J D Hazen will introduce a bill in the House to authorize a government loan of 2,000,000 dollars to the Quebec Harbor Commissioners. The funds will fund harbor development per plans laid out by the commission and their engineers.
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Quebec
Ottawa
J. D. Hazen
Harbor Commissioners
Japanese officials discuss citizens and immigration bill
In Washington D C the Japanese ambassador conferred with Kame ro Ijima the consul general at New York and Yasutaro Numano the consul general at San Francisco. They discussed the treatment of Japanese citizens in the United States and the immigration bill now before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.C
Ambar Tesor Chindra
Kamero Ijima
New York
Yasutaro Numano
San Francisco
United States
Congress
Prohibiting White Matches Bill to Ban White Phosphorus Use
A bill by Hon. T. W. Crocker will be introduced next week prohibiting the use of white phosphorus in the manufacture of matches. The effort follows long advocacy despite patent substitutes by American interests complicating earlier progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Crockers
Canadian engineer uncovers radium ore deposit in New Zealand
An unnamed Canadian engineer in the North Island of New Zealand reports finding a carnottite radium ore deposit. Steps are underway to develop the site. The text reflects a quip about geniuses and marriage, with unclear personal details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chasteaures
New Zealand
North Island
Fest of the Lesson on Luke and the Holy Spirit
A religious lesson emphasizes Luke chapters 18 to 26 focusing on the Holy Ghost as Comforter and guide. It contrasts earthly wealth with spiritual riches, urging readers to seek God, store treasures in heaven, and pursue soul-saving service over material gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OM. Stearna
Ruth
Hosvill
Reree
Col
Trent
Himelf
St. Adami
Christ
Hell
Alberta hog prices rise as supply shifts in Calgary market
Pork prices in Calgary rise as Alberta hog shipments increase. Two train loads of hogs were shipped from local yards to central markets over the past weeks, boosting local purchase prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imreseims
Calgary
Alta
Alberta
United Nileey
Cannes
Austria agrees to CPR entry into continental pool pact
The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Chronicle reports that the Austrian government has consented to the Canadian Pacific railway joining the new continental pool under an arrangement regulating emigration.
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CPR
Agaly
London
Vienna
The
Daily Chronicle
Austria
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wnder
Emigr
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Mt Peace
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