Conservative Leader Denounces Crow Agreement in Freight Rates Debate
Ottawa June 18. In a House debate on the freight rates bill Arthur Meighen denounced the Crow agreement as eyewash and said Parliament should turn its back on it. Liberal FE J McMurray criticized the cancellation as undermining Western transport rights and urged broader western representation on the railway board and court reforms. Conservative Sir Henry Drayton dismissed the debate as sectional and doubted the feasibility of rate equalization.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Mr. Meighen
House of Commons
J. McMurray
Liberal
Winnipeg North
Board of Railway Commissioners
Western Canada
McMurray
Railway Board
Western
Supreme Court
Canadian National Railway
CPR
Canada
Witter
British Columbia
Prairin West
Mooon
Campbell
Progressive
MacKenzie
Dominion
West
Prairies
The
Henry Drayton
West York
Barre
Ontario
Slenry
T. A. Crerar
Sir Henry
Mgr. Crerar
Eastern
Supplementary Estimates Tabled For C. S. and S. Project
Ottawa June 17 supplementary estimates totaling 4 067 095 were tabled in the House of Commons by acting Finance Minister Ton. Sas. A. Robb. Major items include salaries and promotions in the civil service, 4 276 000 for European war and militia pensions, 95 000 for Prince Rupert elevator work, 25 000 for ocean freight rates study, 20 600 for Canada West Indies trade conference, and 50 000 for Canada Grain Act administration. Additional funds cover harbor maintenance, Alberta coal trial shipments, unemployment relief, North West Territories RCMP detachments, and regional public works across provinces. Significant sums are listed for Nova Scotia to British Columbia and for New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. Further votes include 276 000 for Toronto Harbor and 250 000 for St Johns harbor improvements.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ton. Sas. A. Robb
Crades
Sim
Pago Laou
Atea
OAC
Prince Rupert
Canada
Sane Pany
Alberta
Ontario
Department of Soldiers
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
North Wet Territorias
Zadie Peninsula
Caterpillars by Millions Halt Freight Train in Canada
Myriads of tent caterpillars swarmed across the Canadian Pacific Railway near Lemberg Saskatchewan halting traffic as the drive wheel failed on greasy rails. The crew backed up to Lemberg and discharged cars before tearing down the track to resume the journey amid denuded trees and a blighted landscape.
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Regina
Canadian Pacific
Lem Hberg
Sask
Lemberg
Parliament to Act on Rural Credits and Revaluation
Ottawa June 20 C G Coote Progressive Macleod asked in the House of Commons if soldier settlement revaluation and rural credits legislation would be taken this session. Hon J A Robb Acting Minister of Finance signaled the matter would return this session with rural credits already on the order paper.
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Ottawa
C. G. Coote
Progressive
Macleod
House of Commons
J. A. Robb
Ennance
Hobburther
Eight Hour Day Law Jurisdiction Question
The Supreme Court of Canada finds that provincial legislatures generally can enact the eight hour day law but lack authority over Dominion Government servants or areas outside provincial boundaries. The ruling clarifies limits of Dominion Parliament power on this issue.
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Ottawa
Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Measure for equalization of freight rates passes house
Ottawa June 19 The bill amending the Railway Act to ease freight rate equalization across the Dominion passed the House with no third reading division. Two Progressive amendments were debated. one to bar litigation effects and another to cap prairie rates ten percent above Eastern Canada. The senate now takes up the bill as debate continues on related freight schedules.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Board of Railway Commissioners
Progressive Party
Grain Board Postponed Move to Winnipeg Rejected
In a 6 to 10 vote, the House of Commons reversed Agriculture Committee’s move to relocate the Board of Grain Commissioners from Fort William to Winnipeg. Debate on the Grain Act continued through the afternoon with amendments on secretary appointment and salaries tied to the civil service commission while other changes were defeated. The bill remained under committee of the whole when the session adjourned.
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Board of Grain Commissioners
Fort, Willan
House of Commons
Agriculture Committee
Winnipeg
Grain Board
Civil Service Commission
Bih
Board of Grain Commisioners
Howse
Vancouver annexation defeated by ratepayers vote
Vancouver ratepayers rejected annexing South Vancouver by 149 votes while South Vancouver endorsed the plan by 2 052. Mayor Yasler planned a recount and believed widespread approval would have occurred if all citizens had voted.
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Vancouver
B.C
South Vancouver
Mmunicipality
Louie D. Yasler
Whitla Elected Governor of Western Canada Kiwanis
H. W. Whithi of Withiner Winnipes was elected district governor of Kiwanis Clubs in Western Canada. The western district Kiwanis convention concluded Saturday night.
North Dakota Senator Edwin Ladd Dies in Baltimore
Edwin Weemont Ladd, a North Dakota senator from North Dakota, died in Baltimore after a night of illness. He had battled neuritis, rheumatism, and kidney trouble, remaining conscious nearly to the end and receiving a visit from Mr. Ladd who arrived from Washington shortly before death.
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Baltimore
Nile
Jane
Edwin Weemont Ladd
North Pkt Kota
Mr. Ladd
Washington
Six Youngsters Born En Route From Old Country To B C
Six young travelers aboard the Metagama en route to Montreal from Glasgow faced a difficult journey with a young woman arriving penniless and alone. She joined friends she has never met, slept on a Dominion Express floor, and was later moved by staff to Revelstoke with six other travelers. The office book recorded a new litter of puppies valued at fifty dollars as part of the day's entry.
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Old Country
B.C
Montreal
Glasgow
Jock
Udeoy
Dominion Express
Stoff
Revelstoke
Newl
Tle
Gluszow
Senator Robert Wohl Follette Dies in Washington
The long time political figure Senator Robert Wohl Follette died in Washington today. Death occurred at 1:21 p.m. from heart failure caused by a general breakdown and an attack of bronchial asthma.
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Washington
Robert Wohl Follette
United States
Major Merrett to Lead Salvation Army Work in Western Canada
Major John Merrett, Trade Secretary in Winnipeg, will spend ten days with a corps in Western Canada conducting meetings, soliciting funds, and guiding officers reading and study under Salvation Army plans. The arrangement aims to expand officer training and field work across the four western provinces, with duties beginning around August 1.
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Winnipeg
Salvation Army
Charley Rich
Canada
C. Rich
John Merrett
Merrett
Merrect
Arthur
Alaska
London
Ont
Rupert Street
Citadel
Murder and Robbery in Vancouver Cries For Answers
June 26 report from North Vancouver details the murder and robbery of Frank Rosso, Italian confectioner. Police say motive may involve a large wager found on the suspect, evidence of a struggle, and brutal blows with the body dragged from the storefront to the rear. A bakery worker raised the alarm.
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Vancouver
Bratall
Frank Rosso
Nort
Ressa
Syoa Baker
Mornir
PARENT HALTS GIRL S BURIAL IN WIDE FATAL FEVER CASE
Wellton, Oblon Jute 22. Mie Tertie Weal, mother of Solomon West farmer, was hurried after her funeral was interrupted by relatives who relieved her silk alive. The casket was opened and moisture on the brow led to a doctor’s examination. The girl was pronounced dead and the burial completed after Dr Erwin attributed the moisture to fever.
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Wellton
Mie Tertie Weal
Solomon West Farmer
Relages
Vie Aodyv
TF Brwitt
Erwin
Calgary Jubilee Celebration and Stampede Set July 6 11
Calgary's Jubilee celebration combined with the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede runs July 6 to 11. A grand parade at 10 am opens a week of livestock, races, pageants, and midway shows with special features like the Historical Pageant and Stampede Parade, military displays, and a long list of attractions.
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Calgary
Stampede
Alberta
Kron
Albrta
de Be
Clereden
Iin
Hudson's Bay Trading Post
Loz Cabin
Bryneh
Cowboys
Senate Would Alter Freight Rate Measure
Ottawa June 2 The Government bill to send freight rate questions to the Railway Commission passed second reading and committee stage in the Senate. It awaits third reading Monday. An amendment from Senator Taylor to equalize grain and flour rates to British Columbia with Fort William rates was rejected and later withdrawn. Senator McMeans proposed language limiting impact on pending Privy Council litigation between Manitoba and the Canadian Northern Railway, to be moved before third reading.
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Comlmaillee Stage
JRCU
Willi VeleHt
Robert Forke
Government of
Manitoba
Canadian Northern Railway
Creatines
Railway Commission
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Senate
A. Crerar
Progressive
Marqnette
Board of Railway Commissioners
Port William
The
Rockies
Sudbury
G. P. Graham
Progressive Partie
Wiel
Fort Willam
Port Arthur
Ottawa
BIH
Radilway Commission
Taylor
New Westminster
British Columbia
Fort William
McMeans
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
Province of Manitoba
Wanday
Saskatoon Farmers' Political Association Plans Federation
About 25 representatives of Farmer and Labor groups met in Saskatoon on June 18. They decided not to form a Farm Labor party yet and to revise the Farmers' Political Association constitution to operate federated rather than by individual membership. Trade unions may affiliate for five cents per member annually.
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Saskatoon
Farmer and Labor Organizations
Farmers’ Poltical Association of Saskatche
Wan
Association of “Producers
Farmers’ Union of Canada
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Prince Od Ward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
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New Zealand
Iwnovum Gt
Adee Butte
Toronto
St. Joli
Canadian Pacific Railway
Whitla
North Dakota
LA Folcette
Waior
John Werrett
Major Merrett
Bank of Montreal
William
Taft
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