Ottawa Hints Naval Bill Delay Ahead of Christmas Break
Ottawa reports the naval address may wait until Thursday for second reading as Prime Minister Botter and Liberal leader Laurier outline naval policy. Opposition hints at an amendment supporting a Canadian navy while the government plans a minimal cash gift and questions maintenance for three dreadnoughts.
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Ottawa
Boter
Wilfrid Laurier
Fion
George Foster
Michael Clark
Red Deer
Foster
West Indies
Medal Awarded to J P Morgan by Paris Police
A bronze medal was voted to J P Morgan in recognition of benefactions by the Paris police association. The award followed a meeting led by the minister of the interior.
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Paris
J. P. Morgan
Association of the Police of
Triple Alliance Renewed By Germany Austria Hungary Italy
Berlin reports official renewal of the Dreibund among Germany Austria Hungary and Italy without changes. The pact is extended for another term, confirming days of speculation about the three powers renewing their alliance.
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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Christmas Rush to Europe Sentiment Drives Transatlantic Sailings
New York reports nearly twenty steamships set to sail this week carrying about 20 000 steerage passengers. The seasonal exodus to spend Christmas in native lands reaches flood tide, with officials noting traffic may match or exceed prior years. A surge of Scandinavian travelers from the northwest reflects bumper crop prosperity.
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New York
Northwest
One Hundred Years of Anglo-Saxon Peace Planned
Ottawa delegates from Quebec and Ontario urged Canada to lead a 1914 centenary celebration of the Great Britain United States peace. They proposed a joint Anglo American committee, a King George V meeting with the American President on Queenston Heights, naval and military reviews in Canada and the United States, and joint troop displays at Queenstown and Lewiston with heads of state participating.
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Ottawa
Great Britain
United States
Quebec
Ontario
George V
Queenston Heights
Queenstown
Lewiston
Council weighs industrial site near Demonstration Farm
The City of Connell considers using the Demonstration Farm for industrial wire purposes. Hon. C. R. Mitchell will raise the matter with Alberta Agriculture. if another site can be found for the Farm objections to a transfer may vanish. Council must secure consent from Ottawa's School Lands Branch as title has not passed from Federal to Provincial government. There are many points in favor of the section as an industrial site.
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Connell
C. R. Mitchell
Alberta Dept. of Agriculture
School Lands
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Big Price Paid For Acreage North Of City
Messrs Bennet and Co closed two deals for land north of the city totaling near 200000 dollars. The 160 acre tract is the SW 4 of section 7 and another 8 acre parcel is the west half SB of section 7. Purchasers include local and outside buyers. Fiftiethousand dollars was paid for the SW corner of Fifth Ave and Main St. F Frankel of Fernie purchased that site for a new large store venue.
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Messrs. Bennet and Co
Fifth Ave
Main Street
F. Frankel
Trites, Wood and Co
Fernie
Oil promoters push vast Calgary land claims
Over $50,000 in filing fees and rents has been collected and more than 350,000 acres filed for oil claims at the Calgary land office in three months. All land in townships 20 and 20, ranges 2 to 4 west of the fifth meridian has been filed, with areas south and west of the city from Okotoks to beyond Cochrane also claimed. Several outfits are drilling and investors from coast to coast show interest.
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Calgary
Okotoks
Cochrane
A Bishop Tests Honor With a Three-Penny Bit
London reports the Bishop of London defining the best test of a man's or a woman's honor as giving at least a three-penny bit to the church plate. He spoke at Fulham during a bazaar and condemned those who give less than they can afford, noting such acts are visible or not.
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London
Fulham
Calgary bunkhouse shooting ends with man jailed
In a bunkhouse fight over a bed Theodore Wigilt fired at August Schaffer. the bullet struck Schaffer in the leg. Wigilt was arrested. Morris Benedict, a 35 year old stableman, collapsed and died in Calgary.
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Calgary
Theodore Wigilt
August Schaffer
Schaffer
Wigilt
Morris Benedict
Canada Ships Gift Ends Debate on British Navy
London reports that Canada will finance three battleships for the British Empire at 35 million dollars. In the House of Commons, Winston Churchill said he adhered to Canada’s view that such aid is allowed and appropriate, dismissing doubts about Britain curtailing its naval programme.
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Winston Churchill
Canada
Winston Spencer Churchill
the Admiralty
House of Commons
War Secretary Stimson Opposes Canal Toll Policy
Secretary of War Henry Stimson in a yearly report to the president attacks the free passage provision for American vessels through the Panama Canal as unnecessary. He argues toll remission is not required for coastwise trade and cites Panama Railway freight charges as proving the toll concept costly. The report notes a study by Prof. Emery R. Johnson supporting revision.
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Stimson
Panama Canal
Washington
Henry
Congress
United States
Tion
Emery R. Johnson
War Department
Panama Railroad Company
Panama Railway Company
Gibson Bowles Questions Canadian Veto on War Plans
London reports Gibson Bowles M P criticizes Premier Borden for claiming Canada will be consulted on major foreign policy steps. He asks whether Canada gains a veto on war plans and how other dominions and Parliament are represented in prior consultation.
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London
Gibson Bowles
Borden
Canada
Defence Committee
Australia
The
Cape
New Zealand
India
Port Officials Meet in Conference on Atlantic Ports
New York December 9 port officials from New York Boston Philadelphia New Orleans Baltimore Charleston and other cities discussed plans to develop Atlantic and Gulf coast ports and improve port business methods. After several days the officials will tour inspections of larger ports from Boston to Galveston.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Baltimore
Charleston
Galveston
Easton Safe After Icebound Voyage Near Port Arthur
The steamer Easton of the Booth line, stuck on Iroquois reef since Thursday, reached Duluth in thick ice cover amid a long Friday journey. A cold, eager crowd gathered at the home port to welcome the vessel back after fears of loss.
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Duluth
Easton
Booth Line
Iroquois Reef
Port Arthur
Governet Ship Canal
Widow Lady Ty ler dies. ex president of Grand Trunk Railway
Lady Tyler widow of Sir H Tyler former president of the Grand Trunk Railway has died. Her passing marks the end of a noted family figure connected to railway leadership and society.
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Lady Tyler
Sir H. Tyler
The
Grand Trunk Railway
Octogenarian Death-Row In Whitby Man Granted Commutation
Ottawa December 9 The cabinet on Saturday approved commuting the sentence of John Bateman an octogenarian convicted of murdering his wife in Whitby Ontario He was to be hanged but his age influenced the ruling The case centers on a man aged eighty and the decision reflects mercy for age in a capital crime context
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Ottawa
John Bateman
Whitby
Government pushes three big bills this session
London reports the government intends to pass Home Rule for Ireland Welsh disestablishment and franchise reform before Parliament rises by March 30. After Christmas the Lords will likely reject the measures but Liberal support aims to push them through again under the Parliament Act for a 1915 election.
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Wales
House of Lords
Lords
News Biz Handsomely Illustrated Industrial Number
Advertisement states orders accepted for a large illustrated business news issue over sixty pages set to be ready by the first of the year. It promotes a comprehensive industry focused edition with bold visuals and timely content.
Nobel Prizes of 1912 Winners Named in Stockholm
Stockholm December 9 1912 news lists prize recipients in medicine Alexis Carrel physics Gustaf Dalen chemistry Grignard and Sabatier literature Gerhart Hauptmann with Peace prize still to be decided by the Norwegian Storthing.
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Stockholm
Alfred B. Nobel
Storthning
Alexis Carrel
New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Gustaf Dalen
Stockholm Gas Co
Grignard
Nancy University
Paul Sabatier
Toulouse University
Gerhart Hauptmann
Clay land leases limited by two year restriction
Ottawa reports an order in council amending regulations for leasing lands with clay deposits across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Northwest Territories and adjacent regions. Leases require erecting buildings worth over 10 000 within two years and manufacturing at least 100 000 bricks or equivalent clay products after year two or the lease may be cancelled.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest “Territories
Dominion
British Carumabia
Bank merger seals sale of Bank of New Brunswick
Stockholders in St John New Brunswick vote to sell the Bank of New Brunswick and all assets to the Bank of Nova Scotia. Halifax meetings will ratify the deal as assets total about 3 million dollars, boosting Scotia’s position in the Dominion.
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St. John
N. B
Bank of New Brunswick
Bank of Nova Scotia
Halifax
Dominion
Opposition Leader Proposes Whitley Government Members Speak for Bye Law
WN W Rowell KC urged sever al Whitney Government members to join them in districts where local option is contested to advocate the bye law during a North Oxford Liberal Association meeting in Toronto.
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Toronto
Whitney
WN. W. Rowell
K.C
North Oxford Liberal Association
Alberta Solicitors Seek Act to Incorporate College
Edmonton December 9 Gariepy and Giroux petitioners apply to the next session of the Legislative Assembly for an act incorporating Alberta and Fonton College.
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Edmonton
Gariepy and Giroux
Legislative Assembly
Jr. Aiets of
Alberta
Fonton College
Bold Hold‑Up in East Calgary
Two masked men robbed the United Cafe in East Calgary early today taking 18 from the till. One man pressed a revolver to the proprietor’s back while the other rifled the cash. No arrests have been made.
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Calgary
United Cafe
Handless Thief Sentenced in Philadelphia
Patsy Wendell a seven year old boy with no hands was jailed for six months by Magistrate Gorman in Philadelphia. He was caught in crowds along Broad Street shoving stumps into pockets and handbags using a suction device to extract wallets totaling $30 and two meshbags.
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Philac Phia
Patsy Wendell
Gorman
Patsy
Brosd Steest
BULL MOOSE PARTY GETTING ORGANIZED
Col Theodore Roosevelt and about 150 Progressive party leaders left New York for Chicago on a ten car special train named the Moose Special. The trip aims to solidify the new party and plan future campaigns with members from several states joining en route. More than a dozen women accompany the party.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Grand Central Station
Chicago
Albany
Woman Accused in Arsenic Poisoning Case in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials prepare to try Mrs. Frieda Trost and Edmund Guenkel for first degree murder in the poisoning death of William Trost. Prosecutors say Arsenic was used to stop a will favoring the wife, with evidence showing arsenic purchase and alleged close ties to Guenkel, a local bartender.
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Philadelphia
Frieda Trost
Edmund Guenkel
William Trost
Daring Ag t Pulled Off In Vancouver City
A train robbery on the Vancouver to city route nets a lone gunman loot from several passengers including C. T. Patterson a New York representative who described the bold hold up aboard train No 2. The robber entered the observation car after the porter left and threatened travelers with a gun and mask demanding valuables. The incident ends with the robber escaping as authorities pursue details.
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C. T. Patterson
Vancouver
Mr. Patterson
New York
Patterson
Pullmans
Pullman Sar
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Golf and Country Club Planned on Ross Creek Land
An ideal site has been secured for a golf and country club. About two hundred acres, including H. W quarter of 19 and 40 acres of the S. W. quarter, lie on Ross Creek and will be acquired from the Canada Land and Ranch Company. A meeting will be held soon to organize financing and incorporation of the project.
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Ross Creek
Canada Land and Ranch Company
H. W
S. W
Suffragettes’ Methods to Reach Greater Extremes
London readers see militant suffragists blamed for widening alarm in Britain. Reports cite attacks on mail boxes and postal orders as part of a broader civil war, with figures like Mrs Pankhurst and the Lawrences offering varied views amid rising tensions.
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London
Great Britain
Pethe* Lawrence
Arkhurst
Pankhursts
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