Terrific gales wreak damage across British towns
London reports from Boxing Day 1912 describe a fierce gale from Tuesday to Wednesday causing widespread damage. Seas, floods, and power outages struck Plymouth Portsmouth and coastal towns with lifeboat rescues noted and ships battered along the Channel. in France storms damaged Havre Cherbourg and Brest harbor activity increased.
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London
Atlantic
Plymouth
English Channel
Cross Channel
Isle of Wight
Nce
Southampton
Electric
Portsmouth
Lake District
Ireland
East
French
Birth of a Prince in Berlin Royal Family
Prince August William and Princess August William celebrate the birth of a son today in Berlin. He is their first child since marrying on October 22, 1308, making this a notable addition to the imperial line.
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Berlin
August William
Alexandra Victoria of
Schlosswig-Holstein
August Wiliam
Bishop Budka to Move to Saskatoon in Canada
Winnipeg December 27 reports Bishop Budka newly arrived head of the Ruthenian Catholic church in Canada will move to Saskatoon. The announcement notes his transfer as the church reorganizes in Canada and sets a western posting.
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Winnipeg
Budka
Canada
Saskatoon
Canadian banks ready to back new Bank Act
Reports indicate Canadian banks will offer no objection to the proposed Bank Act paving the way for revised banking rules. Officials expect smooth passage as the measure moves through legislative review.
Accidental death verdict in CPR brakeman case
In Kenora Ontario on December 27 the inquest into the Christmas Eve yard death of CPR brakeman David Gilford returned a verdict of accidental death. The remains will be sent to Virginia Minnesota for burial.
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Kenora
Ont
David Gilfard
C.P.R
Virginia
Minnesota
Narung in distress off Cape Ushant demands aid
The Peninsular and Oriental liner Narung, traveling from London to Sydney, is reported in distress off Cape Ushant, France. Its foredeck is swept and the captain requests assistance as Bavaria and Nevada steamers are dispatched to help.
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London
Narrung
Sydney
Cape Ushant
France
Bavaria
Nevada
Mner
Canada sees large American immigration to western provinces
W. J. White, head of Canadian agriculture in the U S, predicts at least 200000 Americans will settle in Western Canada during 1911-12, up 70000 from the prior year. The frequent visits by western Americans boost Canada, prompting several states to bar space at fairs fearing an influx. Illinois Indiana Ohio and New York rejected Canada space, while South Dakota weighed a similar move but chose to advertise instead.
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Ottawa
Canada
W. J. White
United States
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
New York
South Dakota
Sir Mackenzie Bowell Reaches Ninety in Belleville
Belleville Ontario December 27 Sir Mackenzie Bowell former prime minister and senator enters his ninetieth year today. He is a native of England and has lived in Canada since youth. Last October he suffered a serious fall at the Albany Club in Toronto and was hospitalized for nearly two months. Since returning home his condition has steadily improved.
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Belleville
Ont
Mackenzie Bowell
Canada
Senate
Tde
Dominion
Frngland
Albany Club
Toronto
XS T R From Winnipeg To Cochrane Set To Open
The XS. T. R. service linking Winnipeg and Cochrane will be ready for operation on Monday, signaling the start of its scheduled transport service.
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XS. T. R
Winnipeg
Cochrane
Apprehension of War Disrupts Vienna Trade
London dispatches quote Vienna and press reports showing war fear crippling commerce in 1912. The Daily Mail notes widespread anxiety among households and merchants as Christmas trade collapsed, reflecting the broader impact of looming conflict on the empire’s economy.
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London
Vienna
Times
Daily Mail
Francis Joseph
Christmas Ruin Hits Theatres And Mills
The piece notes economic hardship across sectors with theatres half empty and dressmakers reducing staff. Royal Opera House shows weakening attendance while milliners and dressmakers lay off workers and firms report strained finances amid scarce money and eroding securities.
Canadians Await New Year Honors Knighthoods Hinted
Ottawa reports expect several prominent Canadians to receive honors in the New Year. Premier Borden and Hon J D Hazen are seen as likely to be knighted, with Hon Geo E Foster also favored for the West Indian trade agreement. England rumors list Sir Aston Webb and John Sargent among possibles, while Johnson Forbes Robertson and Prince Arthur of Connaught are discussed for higher titles.
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Ottawa
Borden
J. D. Hazen
Geo. E. Foster
England
London
George
Humphrey Werd
British Academy
Aston Webb
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
John &. Sargent
Johnson Forbes Robertson
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
Duke of
Reners
Ganads
Opposition to block all business to force appeal to country
Montreal dispatch reports that after a conference between Hon. G. P. Grehan and Liberal leaders the Opposition will block all House business to compel an appeal to the country or the naval bill. They expect to achieve this before the end of summer.
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House
Mild Weather Cuts City Gas Revenues In Medicine Hat
The mild winter reduces city gas revenue by over $10,000 while households save on bills. Gas superintendent Craft notes 620 new services installed this summer to offset losses, with eight wells supplying the city and pressure regulated to 360 pounds. Major customers include C P R, Clay Products, Medicine Hat Milling, Ogilvie Milling, The Pottery Co, and International Supply Co.
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Craft
Eau
C. P. R., Clay Products Co
Medicine Hat Milling Co
Ogilvie Milling Co
the Pottery Co
International Supply Co
Italian Steamer Tripolitania Wrecked in Mounts Bay
The Italian steamer Tripolitania from Genoa to Barry Wales was wrecked in Mounts Bay as fierce gales battered the coast. Twenty seven of twenty eight crew escaped inshore as spectators watched. one man drowned during the perilous ordeal with the captain choosing to drive the ship ashore under full steam.
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Penzance
Eng
Tripolitania
Genoa
Barry
Wales
Mounts Bay
England
Bulgaria prepares to resume war in buildup before 1914
Berlin dispatch reports Bulgaria mobilizes recruits born up to age sixty and calls up all fit men as war looms. Cargo ships reach Rustechuk with cavalry horses hospital supplies and 80 physicians and nurses aboard.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Rustehuck
Danube
Post Office Burned in York Mills Fire
Fire swept the York Mills post office and the Gleerkal store and private residence of Mrs Falcon the postmaster. The blaze destroyed the post office and caused substantial losses estimated between five and six thousand dollars.
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Torgate
York Mills
Falcon
Turks Attack on Servians at Alagsa Sparks Indignation
London dispatch from Belgrade reports Turkish forces attacked Servian troops at Alagsa during the armistice on December 17. The assault failed. Servians suffered 53 killed or wounded including Maj Pastrovitch. Four officers were seriously wounded. The German envoy in Cettinje warned that another such attack would revoke prisoner status and amount to rebel execution.
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London
London Daily Telegraph
Belgrade
Alagsa
Scutari
Albania
Adriatic
Maj
Pastrovitch
Cettinje
Houses for sale on easy payments note exchange terms
Real estate exchange offer from Hotson & Leader invites buyers to acquire homes on easy payment plans or swap for other properties. The listing mentions a contact point at 54 If.
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Hotson & Leader
British investors to fund Saskatoon project in Saskatchewan
Saskatoon reports that liver pool capitalists will invest 2,500,000 in Saskatoon and central Saskatchewan after a visit by A. J. Whalley of England last summer. Whalley was part of a British manufacturers group that toured Canada.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
A. J. Whalley
England
Whalley
Canada
Bulgarians and Greeks Improve Ties After Ruler Visit
Athens reports that relations between Greece and Bulgaria have warmed since the departure of Czar Ferdinand and the Bulgarian princes from Saloniki. Ferdinand's trip to see King George aimed to show allied unity with no political aims tied to Saloniki. No decision was made on future partitions or Monastir, amid ongoing exchanges between Venizelos and Novokovich.
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Athens
Ferdinand
Saloniki
George
London
Dr. Danef
Vanizelos
M. Venizelos
Mr. Novokovitch
Monastir
Three Coden Fishermen Rescued After Five Day Gulf Ordeal
After a five day search, William Heeler John Barnes and Elsie Barnes were rescued near Dauphin Islands following a fishing trip from Coden. Their motor failed leaving them without food or water as they drifted in the Gulf.
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Mobile
Ala
Coden
Dauphin Islands
William Heeler
John Barnes
Elsie Barnes
Gulf
Canadian immigration official to lecture in Britain
Rev. R. H. Stoney of All Saints Westboro is appointed by Canada’s immigration department to promote emigration from Britain to Canada. He will lecture at various points in the British empire and work with the London office for about three months. Rev. Stacey will also deliver lectures at many points in the empire.
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Ottawa
H. Stoney
All Saints Church
Westboro
Immigration Department
England
Canada
Stacey
Regina fines man for Dourine disease importation
W H Underwood of Milstone was fined 100 for two counts under the Animal Contagious Diseases Act after horses from the United States were found carrying dourine. Quarantine was enforced, some horses destroyed, others kept under strict quarantine to protect Canadian breeders. Evidence showed a stallion left quarantine and was used for breeding. Martin defended. Wood prosecuted for Ottawa.
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Regina
W. H. Underwood
Milstone
Underwood
United States
W. M. Martin
C. FE. Wood
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Poincare Accepts Presidency Bid Amid Senate Pressure
Paris report says Premier Raymond Poincare agrees to run for president after friends in the senate and chamber urged him. The national assembly will meet at Versailles on January 17 to choose a successor to President Fallieres. Leon Bourgeois is urged to stand but declines, citing health and conscience. Poincare had previously refused the nomination.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
Senate
Chamber
Republic
National Assembly
Versailles
Fallienies
Leon Bourgeois
Poincare
M. Bourgeois
Sterna Lost Off Fort Mississippi After Leaving Gulf Port
A Norwegian bark named Sterna with a sixteen man crew has been abandoned near Ta' Fort Mississippi after departing Gulf Port for Rio on August 28. No further word has been received since.
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Ta’ Fort
Miss
Sud
Omer
Gulf Port
Rio
Great Increase of Grain Shipments This Year
Ottawa reports record grain movement for 1914-12 ending August 31. Total eastward shipments by lake and rail reached 159, ?22,961 bushels, well above 1909 levels of 87,867,?867 and prior years, signaling a strong rise in shipments.
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Ottawa
Trade and Commerce
Exodus of Turks from Europe Gains Momentum
A Red Cross letter reports that over 106,000 Turkish refugees have left Europe for Asia Minor to take up agriculture. The refugees, many agriculturists, carry crude farm tools in bullock carts as they relocate to farms across the Bosphorus provided free by the Ottoman government.
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Washington
Europe
American
Red Cross
Asia Minor
Turkey
Bosphorus
Man Arrests After Bar Siege Ends
Howard Davis, a Black man, was captured at Goat Rock Iala after barricading a house and holding off officers for hours. He reportedly confessed to killing Deputy Sheriff Wright near Columbus, California, Tuesday.
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Columbus
Howard Davis
Goat Rock
Iala
Davis
Wright
Nickel Scholarship at Queen's University Established
Wingston Ontario December 26 Queen's University receives from the estate executors a 150 memorial scholarship to honor Ellen M Nickel. It will be awarded to the candidate with the highest mark in mathematics and English in the honor matriculation examination.
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Wingston
Onit
Queen’s University
Ellen M. Nickel
Canadians Urged Judicial Divorce Court System
Toronto lawyer Mr. Johnston urged a three judge provincial court to hear divorces with appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada. He proposed district divisions, frequent sittings, and defined separation grounds, arguing the plan would serve laborers and the wealthy. He cited that fraudulent U S divorces far exceed Canadian approvals.
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Troronto
Dee
Ontario
F. Johnston
K.C
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Johnston
United States
Forced marches by suffragettes in winter rain
Stockport New York December 27 in a cold steady downpour General Rosalie Jones gathered a small army of suffragettes and held a conference on moving the Albany march from Tuesday to Saturday. The plan requires two forced marches with Jones deciding to start for Valatie today and then decide on marching to Schoharak tonight.
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Stockport
N. Y
Reforms for Labor Legislation Meet in Boston
Men and women from across the United States gather in Boston for annual meetings of social science reform societies. The sixth annual session of the American Association for Labor Legislation opened with John R. Commons outlining Wisconsin factory inspection work. Oscar S. Straus later spoke on a new federal employees accident compensation law.
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Hoston
Mass
United States
Boston
American Association For Labor Legislation
The
American Sociological Society
American Economic Association
American Statistical Association
American Political Science Association
American Historical Association
Theodore Roosevelt
John R. Commons
Wisconsin Commission
Oscar S. Straus
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Ambitious plan to reorganize Slavic peoples disclosed
Paris reports a Vienna source says Archduke Franz Ferdinand pursues a plan to create a vast Slav empire under Habsburg rule. It would dismantle current European alliances and establish autonomous kingdoms including Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland with new borders and rulers. Poland is said to back the plan, with Bulgaria reportedly favorably inclined.
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Hapsburgs
Poland
Bohemia
Hungary
Servia
Paris
Vienna
Franz Ferdinand
Europe
Init
Archduks
Austria-Hungary
Slavonia
Montenegro
Dalmatia
Herzegovina
Balkan
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
Archduke Franz Fecsdinar
Advertising value and circulation claim in newspaper notice
The note stresses business value in advertising and urges vetting ads. It states The News guarantees a daily average circulation of over 2000 readers and mentions that books are open for examination.
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