Royal opening marked by beef-eaters checks against suffrage unrest
London reports King George opens the third session amid tight security for suffragist threats. Militant suffragettes and male supporters face elaborate precautions, with the ceremonial vault search and Yeomen of the Guard conducting a perfunctory sweep. The speech focuses on Balkan war and empire solidarity, while early legislative priorities include Irish land purchase, loan for cotton development, and electoral reform.
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George
House “of Commons
House of Lords
Guy Fawkes
Tower of ‘London
Express firms misuse parcel post uncovered in Milwaukee cases
Milwaukee Wis March 10 two cases found where express companies used parcel post to profit at government expense. The findings have been referred to local authorities for action.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Conservatives Meet at Norton in City Rally
Nortons March 10. The Conservatives held a rally and organization meeting in the schoolhouse. Attending were W. G. Niblock Mayor Spencer and Alderman Brown of Medicine Hat. Officers were elected: President Dr. Dawson Vice President W. G. Ingell Secretary W. G. Simple Executive C. P. White W. Regart S. Heaber J. Heather F. Woolley. Prospects split over candidate placement with two ridings anticipated and debates over city versus country candidacy.
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Nortons
W. G. Niblock
Spencer
Ald. Brown
Medicine Hat
Sifton
Dr. Dawson
W. Ginfell
W. G. Simple
C. R. Mitchell
Tented City In South Yuill For Newcomers To Medicine Hat
City workers spent the day preparing a tented city on the industrial site in South Yuill to house newcomers. Temporary gas and water lines will be installed and residents will have modern home conveniences while living in tents within the city limits.
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South Yuill
Medicine Hat
Turk Killed by Playwrights Auto in Chicago Scene
An automobile owned by Paul Armstrong the playwright ran down and fatally injured a Turk named Gust about 21 years old in Chicago on March 10. Gust's father is described as a wealthy Constantinople merchant. The injured man had been visiting a cousin and receiving regular remittances from his father.
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Chicago
Paul Armstrong
Chrest
Gust
Constantinople
Clearing Wreckage From Exploded Steamship Harbor
In Baltimore on March 10 the U S Army engineers began removing the dynamite from the steamship that blew up in the harbor last Friday. Several hundred cases remain aboard the barge amid debris, with cautious recovery planned. Most of the six hundred cases are believed to lie intact at the harbor bottom. work may take a week under Lt. Col. Beach’s supervision.
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Baltimore
Batimore
United States Army -Enginine
L. i. Beach
Man and Woman Admit Two Murders in India
Lieut. Clarke of the British army and his fiancée Mrs. Fulham pleaded guilty to causing the murder of Clarke's wife after also killing Mrs. Fulham's husband. They confessed the crime. Both were sentenced to death, but Mrs. Fulham's sentence was commuted to penal servitude for life as she was enceinte.
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Allahabad
India
Lieut. Clarke
Fulham
Clarke
Real Net Gales: City Women Obtain Real Estate Licenses
Two women in Medicine Hat have secured bona fide real estate broker licenses. One has already moved to a large office to handle growing business, while the other plans to open soon. The piece notes growing female participation in brokerage, suggesting men may need to contend with women operators in business.
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Medicine Hat
Australian Mac Gives Up Struggle
John J. McNamara known as Australian Mac abandoned his fight against extradition to Canada and will be taken to British Columbia to face trial for the $375,000 robbery of the New Westminster Bank of Montreal branch. He was arrested in New York in January 1912 after the U S Supreme Court upheld the extradition order.
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New York
N. Y
John J. McNamara
Canada
British Columbia
New Westminster
Bank of
Montreal
McNamara
United States Supreme Court
Commissioner Shield
Socialists Clash With War Minister in Paris Debates
In Paris on March 6 the Socialists led by M Juares tried to drown Minister of War Etienne as the military bill was discussed. The President urged calm, saying the country will judge.
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Paris
M. Juares
M. Etienne
Cebad
Farmer Loses Two Children in Fire at Tisdale
W H King a farmer near Tisdale Saskatchewan lost two children to suffocation when a house and its contents burned after he and his wife left them sleeping. They briefly went to his father’s home across the road and returned to find smoke and flames. The couple could not save the children.
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Tisdale, Sask
W. H King
Tisdale
Mrs. King
Safety First Rally Draws Pittsburgh Rail Workers
Operating employees from all Pittsburgh railroads joined a large safety rally led by BR. L. O'Donnell of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Speakers stressed careful work methods to protect workers and passengers alike.
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Pittsburgh
BR. L. O'Donnell
Pennsylvania Railroad
McKenzie Nominated by Liberals in Constituency
Malcolm McKenzie nominated by the Liberal party at a well attended convention held Saturday. McKenzie, formerly a gatekeeper for Claresholm riding, is the new nominee for the constituency.
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Ted
Mr. McKenzie
Gat
Claresholm
Tannery Proposal Placed Before Medicine Hat Council
Mr E J Fewings reports a client ready to build a tannery in Medicine Hat at a cost of 25000 dollars, employing ten men initially. A one acre site is requested with payment of standard gas and water charges.
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E. J. Fewings
Medicine Hat
Huerta's Troops Beaten at Nacoziari
Fading into view from Douglas Arizona reports 800 State troops hold Nacozari after a battle lasting from Saturday morning to yesterday afternoon. Two hundred fifty Huerta troops defending the town are retreating to Agua Prieta as communication was restored.
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Douglas, Ariz
Nacozari
Agua Prieta
Ottawa Parliament in Turmoil Over Libel Charges
Ottawa reports say Liberals plan to present irregularities charges tied to the Hochelaga election. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Louis Gautrin expected to push for a special committee probe as the navy bill debate may resume that evening. Conserv atives argue reforms could ease deadlock while preserving free speech.
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Ottawa
Liberals
Metter
Wilfrid ‘Laurier
Louis
Gautleir
St. Hyacinthe
New Eldorado Found in India
Bombay reports a discovery in Dalb Hum district about 150 miles from Calcutta revealing rich deposits of gold copper coal iron and gems over 1200 square miles. A 110 year old woman who mentored the mine’s secret led to a trial shaft showing quartz with 130 ounces of gold per ton.
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Bombay
Eldorado
Dalb Hum
Calcutta
Oppose Sample Market Plans From UFA at Winnipeg
The Board of Grain Commissioners met in Lethbridge on Thursday and heard officers of the UFA propose again the establishment of a sample market at Winnipeg, with a very strong opposition expected.
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Lethbridge
Board of Grain Commissioners
Pantages Plans Edmonton Vaudeville House
C J Cluxton representing Rex Pantages arrives from Saskatoon to scout Edmonton site for a vaudeville theatre. If suitable ground is found, construction could begin immediately amid ongoing building in Winnipeg and Edmonton.
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Edmonton
Alta
C. J. Cluxton
Rex Pantages
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Calgary visit plans draw local signature count
Board of trade and industrial bureau urged citizens to sign up for a Calgary tour to help the C P R arrange cars. Secretary Willcox noted last minute signups rose, quoting prior trips where unregistered attendees joined the list. He also lauded Medicine Hat’s secured wheel plant, awaiting rate payer decisions on concessions.
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W. B. Willcox
Board of Trade and Industrial Bureau
Calgary Board of Trade
Willcox
Calgary
Wilson
Western Canada
Royalty to Leave Ottawa on St Patrick's Day
The Duke and Duchess of Connaught will depart Ottawa midweek after a stay of two to three weeks in Montreal. They sail March 17 from Halifax for England. The Duke is expected to return soon, but the Duchess is not anticipated to return to Ottawa. The departure is described as quiet due to the Duchess's illness.
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Ottawa
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
Montreal
Halifax
England
Canada
Baden Powell's Bride Proves Worthy Scout Chief's Wife
London March 10 General Sir Baden Powell's bride Miss Olive St Clair Somes has proved worthy of being the wife of the founder and chief of the Boy Scouts of the world She has roughing it in Algeria with her husband who is inured to hardship They lived the simple life in the desert with one pan for frying and boiling coffee
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London
Sir Baden Powell
Olive St. Clair Somes
Boy Scouts of the World
Algeria
Lady Powell
Blind singer Edgar Boyle keeps singing as Worcester theater burns
Edgar Boyle a blind singer pressed on with a song after a Worcester Massachusetts theatre caught fire he continued singing as about 500 people evacuated the building causing a dramatic exit by the crowd and the performer.
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Edgar Boyle
Worcester
Mass
Burnside plans for new residences by local builders
Messrs C 8 Pingle James Fleming W T Williams A J N Terrill W P Dundon R A Sewell and T F Dawson are making arrangements to erect residences at Burnside. The note outlines proposed housing development by local builders.
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C. 8, Pingle
James Fleming
W. T. Williams
A. J. N. Terrill
W. P. Dundon
R.A. Sewell
T. F. Dawson
Bre
Robbers Blow Safe in Saloon Near Central Police Station
In Chicago on March 10 robbers blew open a saloon safe within a block of the central police station and escaped with about $500. The incident is reported from the city’s crime notes with no injuries mentioned.
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Chicago
Central Police Station
Canadian interior minister to undergo gallstone operation
Rochester report notes Hon. Dr. Roche, Canadian minister of the interior, will be operated on for gall stones. Mayo says the patient is very sick and the operation is serious but expected to be successful. Correspondents say peace today and war tomorrow may result from France's actions.
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Rochester
Minn
Roche
Mayo
France
Suffragettes Attack on King and Queen at Parliament Opening
London March 10 suffragettes target King George and Queen Mary during the ceremony of parliament opening. Five women tried to present petitions as crowds surged. police swiftly arrested and imprisoned them. A large mob required a hundred officers to separate demonstrators. Two other suffragettes were seized near Marlborough House and saved from rough handling by police.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Westminster
Historia Whitehall
Marlborough House
Trites-Woods Co eyes large Fernie style department store
Fernie based Trites-Woods Co led by F. Be Trites visits the city to study a possible opening of a major department store here. The firm runs a Fernie wholesale house and multiple local stores with sawmills as well. Aylesworth of Calgary plans film work in Wyoming and Alaska. Arthur Newton, once linked to the Crippen trial, is held for fraud.
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F. BE. Trites
Trites-Woods Co
Fernie
B.C
Crow’s Nest Pass
Crow's Nest Pass
Trites
A. J. Aylesworth
Calgary
Wyoming
Alaska
Arthur Newton
Youngel
Crippen
Frand
Delcasse Appointment and France's War Stance Challenge Germany
London dispatch analyzes how France under Poincare and Delcasse signals a shifted Franco German balance. German explanations for armament growth are questioned, and Britain's view notes the potential for sudden, world staggering moves as diplomacy intensifies. The piece hints at a French military buildup and evolving European power dynamics.
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London
France
England
Russia
Germany
M. Poincare
Bayb
Europe
Poincare
Delcasse
St. Petersburg
Delcaseé
Explosion Wrecks Irvine Town in Ayrshire Scotland
A massive dynamite blast at Nobles explosive works in Arder, twenty miles from Glasgow, devastates Irvine Ayrshire. Casualty figures vary with reports of hundreds injured and unknown deaths. The blast levels homes, churches, schools, and pubs, shaking the town to its foundations.
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Glasgow
Irvine
Ayrshire
Nobles Explosive Works
Arder
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Huerta
Rom Hochelaga
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Chief Scout
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DR. Roche
Toronto
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