Trades and Labor Council Opposes Aitken Street Rail Plan
The Trades and Labor Council voted against the proposed Aitken Street Railway scheme with one dissenting vote. They urged municipal ownership of public utilities while criticizing the agreement’s union wage clause and construction timetable. Delegates questioned city payment, guarantees, and potential promoter profiteering, and warned against sidetracking Medicine Hat to Calgary. Continued on page five.
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Trades and Labor Council
Aitken Street
Haley
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Sillicoe
Bricklayers and Masons Interprovincial Association
American Federation of Labor
Mabe
Tt. Wab
Buch
B& Big
Op'a
Tiye
Street Car Strike Shuts Twin Cities Lines at Dawn
Port Arthur May 10 Every street car in the Twin Cities stopped running at 6 o'clock this morning after midnight decisions by the workers to strike for a raise in wages from four to six cents an hour and new working conditions No disorders reported but service disruption is felt widely.
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Port Arthur
Twin Cities
Wheat prospects rise as sowing nears completion
Winnipeg May 10 reports from 150 correspondents indicate that where wheat is not yet sown it will be finished tonight. The crop has an excellent seed bed with abundant moisture and much is already above ground. Rapid growth is expected with warm weather and overall prospects are optimistic to excellent.
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Winnipeg
Brackman Ker Milling Company Sold to Western Canada Mills
Vancouver reports the Brackman Ker Milling Company assets and goodwill in Alberta and British Columbia were bought by Western Canada Flour Mills Limited for about 1 million dollars. A McGaw of Winnipeg notes the Edmonton oatmeal mill, Calgary oatmeal and flour mill, New Westminster oatmeal mill, and Victoria oatmeal mill are included with plans to expand Calgary capacity to 1,500 barrels daily.
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Vancouver
Brackman-Ker Milling Company
Alberta
British Columbia
Western Canada Flour Mills, Limited
A. McGaw
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Calgary
New Westminster
Victoria
Peage Delegates Begin East Coast Sightseeing Tour
New York May 10 Practically all visiting delegates to the International Conference start a tour of major eastern cities to celebrate a century of peace among English speaking peoples Boston is first stop to spend Sunday as guests of the American committee
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New York
Qast
American Committee
Boston
Idaho ends alien land ownership ban
Idaho abandons its prohibition on alien ownership of land after the legislature repealed the restrictions. Officials say outside capital is needed to develop the state and allow Japanese and other aliens to acquire land, marking a policy shift.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho
Aar
King and Queen witness mock warfare with real bomb drop
London May 10 The King and Queen at Aldershot witnessed an aeronautic manoeuvre under actual warfare conditions. The air ship Gamma dropped a real bomb setting fire to the furze bushes and proving the exercise.
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London
Aldershot
Sir Charles Tupper Praises Canada in London Talk
In London on May 10 Sir Charles Tupper, the last surviving member of the 1864 conference, spoke to a Chronicle reporter about Canada. He credited himself with lifelong work and discussed rail plans, Atlantic crossings, and Canada as a future continental link between east and west.
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London
Agenarian
Quarles Tupper
The
Chronicle
Cana
Charles
Nebec
Dominion
Atlantic
England
Antine
Smallpox Epidemic Strikes Stockholm Ward
A Swedish workman returning from Russia introduced smallpox to a public hospital ward in Stockholm. The outbreak has caused 33 cases and one death, signaling a frightening health emergency in the city.
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Stockholm
Russia
Bryan and Chinda Hold Conference Over California Land Bill
Secretary Bryan and Japanese ambassador Viscount Chinda met about the California Alien Land Bill after Tokyo objections were presented. The exchange followed objections to the measure and Arizona's similar stance, with a formal state department reply expected after a White House conference.
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California
Bryan
Washington
Viscount Chinda
Johson
Wilson
Moore
Arizona
State Department
Mount Vernon
Chatham Planet Fire Claims Two Lives in Ont
A fatal fire at the Chatham Planet office in Chatham Ontario destroys the building and presses. Foreman Alex McDougall and linotype operator Robert Birch are missing presumed dead. Five workers escaped. damage listed at 7 000 with 50 000 insurance. The paper will publish from the News office until rebuilding.
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Chatham
Ont
Chatham Planet
Alex McDougall
Robert Birch
Charles Hicklin
H. Premo
Arthur Carder
Imperial Limited in Five Sections
Winnipeg May 9 reports Canadian Pacific train No 1 the Imperial Limited is running in five sections tonight. More than five steamships bearing immigrants have arrived at ports nearly simultaneously. Over 2500 immigrants will pass through the city for western points during the night and early morning.
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Winnipeg
Imperial Limited
Mail Steamer Indraburap Wrecked Off New Zealand Coast
The Indraburap, a British mail steamer, went ashore on the Manasaui coast near Wellington during a fierce storm last night. The crew were saved as the vessel began to break up in heavy seas and high winds.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Indraburap
Manasaui
Tariff Bill May Be Amended In Congress
Chairman Simmons and Chairman Underwood proposed an amendment to authorize the treasury secretary to proclaim import values for ad valorem duties regardless of foreign exchange shifts. Attorney General Reynolds and Secretary McAdoo supported the move. Traders viewed it with interest and the Finance Committee may amend the bill before Senate debate.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Simmons
Finance Committee
Underwood
Ways and Mens Committee
Mor Reynolds
McAdoo
Senate
Explosion near ambassador's residence injures workers
Paris May 10 A boiler explosion next to the residence of United States ambassador Myron T Herrick killed one workman and injured three others. Herrick and his family are in Rome for the International Agricultural Conference. The boiler powered an engine for pile driving at a new house.
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Paris
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Ambassador
Bis
Rome
Strike Called Off In Brithen Germany After 20 Day Coal Mine Walkout
The 60,000 coal miners strike in Brithen Germany, which began April 21, ends after the men's union calls it off due to lack of prospects for success.
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Brithen
Germany
Quakers and Medicine Hat Continue Baseball Duel
In Medicine Hat vs Quakers play by play, fast actions feature bunts, infield hits, and errors. McNamara and Cruikshanks spark Medicine Hat with two runs while Quakers respond with one run in a tense contest.
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Quakers
Cullen
Troeh
McNamara
Cruikshanks
Daniels
Godfrey
Mi'13
Chick
Giddings
Medicine Hat
Hurley
Morse
Walters
Harper
Morris
Lewis
Ladd
Steel tug J. T. Horne launched at Western dock
Port Arthur May 10 The new steel fee breaking and fire tug the finest sample of such a steamer ever built in Canada was launched at noon today at the Western dock. The 125 foot long 12000 hp vessel is equipped for breaking ice and fighting fires and was christened by Miss Muriel Jackson daughter of Fort William resident He dank son.
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Port Arthur
Canada
Western Dock
J. T. Horne
Fort William
Muriel Jackson
He Dankson
Bomb threats target Parliament suffrage protests in Britain
Two bombs linked to militant suffragettes were found in May in Britain. One at Line Street railway station in Liverpool with a lighted fuse but no blast. The other in Reading a bulky parcel containing an electric battery and suffragette literature aimed at a municipal official on vacation. Police note timing for a возможный blast at his residence.
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London
Line Street
Liverpool
Reading
Indian Head Man Hanged Himself Near Town
Augustus Grover of Irvington section 7 17 12 about eight miles south of Indian Head Saskatchewan died by his own hand in a barn suicide yesterday afternoon His wife found the body Coroner Hunt and Mounted Police sergeant Whistle noted no inquest was needed Grover had suffered recent losses and authorities attributed possible temporary mental derangement The day also saw Ottawa introduce a bill in Parliament to regulate moving pictures and impose a tax on foreign and domestic films.
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Indian Head
Sask
Augustus Grover
Irving
Hunt
Birt Whistle
Mounted Police
Grover
China Accepts Loan for 125 Million Dollar Aid
Pekin reports China has accepted a loan of 125 million dollars from five great powers Great Britain France Germany Russia and Japan. The Chinese minister of finance notified the acceptance today and the advance was to be made immediately.
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Pekin
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russidana
Japan
China
Oda
Majority Government Uses Gag To Pass Canada Debate Bill
Ottawa reports a government majority of 31 amid a parliamentary gag that ended free speech, as M. MacDonald delivered a brief closing speech and Liberal MPs urged the government to bring on the gag. The day saw multiple divisions with majorities around 32 to 33 as clauses 2 and 3 advanced.
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Ottawa
Brute Fore
M. MacDonald
Picton
Wis
Clearwater election case yields order to count disputed votes
Special to Edmonton May 10 The Clearwater contest involving H W McKenney Liberal and Taylor Conservative ended with a court of inquiry ruling that the Conservatives may obtain a writ of mandamus to compel the returning officer John McKerracher to count five disputed votes. Williamson Taylor asserts four of the contested ballots are his. The officer had refused counting envelopes containing the questioned votes.
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Edmonton
Alta
Clearwater
H. W.mckenney
Son’ Taylor
Court of Inquiry
Beck
Soft
Cer
John. McKerracher
Williamson Taylor Desclares
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Hurkey
Paniels
Bingle
Inninos
Churchill
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Treeh
Brown
Thirif
Sthinnings
Gidding
Cruickshanks
Cruickshank
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Medicine Hang
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Blondin
Mr. German
Bellemoore
Hugh Guthrie
Borde
South Cape
Brato
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