Britain to Build Four Additional Dreadnoughts in 1911 Campaign
London reports Reginald McKenna confirms in the House of Commons that Britain will lay down four more battleships in April to be completed by 1912, with two launched this year and one upgraded cruiser among the new vessels. Berlin notes German papers mock British naval expansion while German colonies defend patriotism amid the navy dispute.
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McKenna
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Mr. McKenna
Admiralty
Great Britain
Germany
British Foreign Office
MckKenna
Berlin
Deutsche Tages Zeitung
Agrarian Party
Deutches Tages Ztung
Tageblatt
England
Standard
Vancouver
Settlers Seek Mounted Police Patrol for Hazelton
A Hazelton B C petition signed by nearly all white residents and local settlers urges Ottawa to send a Royal Northwest Mounted Police patrol along the Grand Trunk Pacific route to restore order amid unrest among 200 armed Indians. White residents demand cash for extinguishment of Indian title and land grants. Families plan to move to the coast for winter as tensions rise toward likely trouble when Indians return from salmon fishing.
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Hazelton
B.C
Dominion
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Grand Trunk Pacific
Ottawa
Japs Keep Terms of Agreement in Immigration Limits
Ottawa reports Canadian Trade Commissioner Harris says Japan adheres to last year’s deal with Canada and the United States to curb immigration. Five months show 718 Japanese to America versus 2,275 in 1908. Canada receives 15 and 56 non laborers. Canada sees 163 Japanese return home. a Japanese British capitalists group plans a large hydro electric power project in Japan under Canadian law.
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Harris
Yokohama
Japan
Canada
United States
America
Met
Filling Up the West Immigrants rise in April and May
Winnipeg reports 23 716 immigrants from the United States during April and May up 53 percent from 15 523 in the prior year. The Immigration Commissioner is confident that the year’s home seekers south of the line will greatly exceed the 70 000 estimate.
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Winnipeg
United States
King Inspects Colonials Prepares Australasian Naval Force
The King recently inspected six officers and 31 petty officers and men of the Australian naval contingent trained in British warships prior to departure for Australasia where they will form the nucleus for a naval force.
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London
Australasia
Wireless on Pacific Coast Expands Coastwide Marine Signal links
Canada operates over 20 wireless stations including five on the Pacific coast with plans to add two or three more to ensure continuous communication between Vancouver and Prince Rupert. In 2008, stations handled 13,549 private messages, 13,526 signal service messages, and 38,532 government light station messages. Sable Island led with 8,118 private and 5,000 official messages and credited wireless warnings for the year’s safety as no wrecks occurred.
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Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Marine Department
Canada
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Sable Island
Canada Needs More English Capital Says Empire Trust Leader
R M Horne Payne, presiding at an Empire Trust meeting in London, argues Canada offers the strongest investor attractions and has barely tapped its wealth. He predicts a record crop this year to exceed £10,000,000 and urges more Empire travel and capital to flow into Canadian enterprises.
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London
British Empire Trust
Canada
R. M. Horne Payne
Payne
Chicago Thunder Storms Kill and Prostrate City
Eight people died and forty were prostrated as a severe thunderstorm in Chicago caused three instant lightning deaths one drowning from heat and lake current five houses struck thirteen wind damaged buildings a streetcar struck and widespread flooding. A mad dog caused panic until shot by a policeman.
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Chicago
Bubonic Plague Rages in Amoy and Surrounding Areas
In Amoy during the two weeks ending last Saturday officials reported 135 bubonic and 34 cholera deaths. Bubonic plague declines in the northern interior districts but rises in the south. Kangbe village of 800 people recorded 58 bubonic plague deaths in one month.
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Amoy
Kangbe
Pauls Instructions to Thessalonians in Gods Word
A doctrinal teaching notes Pauls guidance to Thessalonians emphasizing Scripture, faith, and the gospel. It urges believers to esteem teachers of the word, seek peace, practice patience and prayer, test spirits, and hold fast to biblical truth in Christ.
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American Press Association
Paul
Thessalonians
God the Father
Jesus Christ
Jesus
God
Christ
In Christ's Stead to Manifest Fire Ife Message
A devotional exhortation urges believers to cleanse the spirit and flesh to be worthy sons and daughters as described in Corinthians. The speaker emphasizes moral purification and faithfulness in the Christian life.
Spain Proclaims Martial Law as Civil War Rages
Madrid authorities declare martial law across Spain with civil rights suspended. Catalonia suffers heavy bloodshed while Barcelona endures street fighting and bombardment. Moors clash near Melilla in a costly battle, and governors vow harsh measures to quell the insurrection amid Tarragona and Alcoy disorders.
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Spain
Madrid
Th K Fredom
Catalonia
Barcelona
Melillades
Acuin
Torregona
Gerona
Catalonis
Rene
Tarragona
Alcoy
Oreder
Kitchener Seen As Likely First Chief of Imperial General Staff
Return of Lord Kitchener to London prompts talk of using his services to shape a common imperial army plan. A new Chief of the Imperial General Staff role is expected, with staff colleges proposed in Australia Canada New Zealand and South Africa to train officers under a unified system. India already runs a Quetta college whose staff certificate equals Camberley’s.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Australia
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Royal Staff College
Camberley
India
Quetta
Canada to Build a Navy for Empire Defence
Victoria B C Hon William Pugsley minister of public works stated Canada plans a navy to co operate with the imperial navy. He envisions first class warships of Canadian origin manned by Canadians on both Atlantic and Pacific seaboards. A Canadian navy and dry docks on both seaboards will be discussed after delegates return from the imperial defence conference in England.
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Victoria
B.C
Canada
Empire
William Pugsley
Board of Trade
Pacific
Atlantic
England
Visible Wheat Supply in Canada Drops Again
Returns to July 17 show Canada holds about 1,462,733 bushels of visible wheat. Elevators at Fort William contain 651,000 and Goderich 257,000, with total holdings below last year's exportable crop and below average for elevator stock.
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Ottawa
Trade and Commerce Department
Canada
Dominion
Fort William
Goderich
South African Leaders Meet at Colonial Office Conference
In London the Colonial Office hosts a South African parliament style gathering. President Steyn General Botha Dr Jameson attend inside while representatives of the African majority wait outside. The British government makes an unavailing stand on their behalf.
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London
South Africa
Colonial Office
Steyn
Botha
Jameson
Bleriot Flies Across the English Channel in 25 Minutes
French aviator Louis Blériot completes a 21 mile crossing from Calais to Dover in a monoplane. The flight, aided by calm seas, earns him the Daily Mail prize and sparks Britain’s war scare fears about invasion. London observers hail the epochal moment and predict aviation will transform naval tactics.
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Dover
Ene
Lewis Bleriot
Laniel
English Channel
Blenet
Lancing
Wbleriot
Calais
Monoplan
Channel
Blount
Herbert Letham
Daily Mail
Bleriot
Count Zeppelin
England
H. G. Selfridge
Chicago
London
London Hospital Fund
Haldane
Surveys Favor Port Nelson in Hudson Bay Rail Plan
Surveyors returning from the Nelson country report Port Nelson as the best terminus for the Hudson Bay railway. They cite a shorter direct line, better harbor facilities, earlier opening, and much cheaper construction than the Churchill route. From Split Lake to Nelson the build cost should be near ordinary prairie work with few muskegs or grades.
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Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Railway
Nelson
Port Nelson
Bay
Churchill
Split Lake
Secret fog clearing chemical seeks London review
J W Hulbert of Warren Ohio claims a secret fog clearing formula for sea and land and travels to London to present it to authorities. He says he discovered the preparation two years ago after experiments at Orangeville Ohio and has corresponded with the U S Navy Department.
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New York
J. W. Hulbert
Warren
Ohio
London
England
Hulbert Saes
Orangeville
United States Navy Department
Wake Miracle in Mexico City Causes Chaos
During a wake for Teofio Buenrostro of Morelia the supposed dead man revived and sprang from the coffin. The crowd panicked as mourners fled with an old woman trampled to death and others injured in the melee.
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Mexico City
Teofio Buenrostro
Morelia
Times Suggests Imperial Cruiser Squadron for Pacific
The Times proposes an Imperial cruiser squadron for the Pacific using Royal Navy ships fitted for point operations with additional squadrons to be created by the dominions.
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London
the Times
Pacific
Royal Navy
Dominions
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