Prairie provinces appeal on Crow's Nest rates case to Supreme Court
The railway commission grants leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from its majority decision in the Crow's Nest rates case. The form of the question remains unsettled with debate over a single or multiple issues. Prairie provinces seek rulings on whether Crow's Nest is a special act overriding the General Railway Act and on potential expanded discrimination questions. Commissioner Boyce opposes enlarging the reference as unnecessary.
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Osawa
Supreme Court
Prairie Provinces
Commission
Railway Commission
Boyce
London Aims Conference on Boosting Farm Production
The Baldwin government plans a conference with landowners farmers and farm laborers and government officials to boost arable land and overall food output. It calls for adding at least 1 000 000 acres of arable land while avoiding overemphasis on wheat to the detriment of livestock and dairying. In emergencies land may be shifted to wheat but normally wheat growth should stay within economical limits.
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London
Baldwin
Record price for steer grand champion at Royal Winter Fair
The 1,260 pound grand champion Merry Monarch sold for $1.60 a pound. The buyer was the T. Eaton Company, marking a likely Canadian high for steer prices.
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Toronto
Canada
J. M. Gardhbouse
T. Eaton Company
Suspected Soviet Agents Rob Riga Consulate Cipher Stolen
A Riga dispatch reports the U S consul was robbed for a second time this year. The thief took the diplomatic cipher code and a large cache of correspondence. The Daily Mail cites Riga sources who suspect Soviet agents were responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Riga
Esthenia
Daily Mail
Soviet Reply Might Seek Arbitration Over Zinovieff Letter
In response to Britain's note, Moscow may demand an arbitration commission to judge the Zinovieff letter. The Soviet reply is expected to express regret that the Anglo Russian treaty opportunity is lost, hindering cordial diplomatic and commercial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arbitration Commission Moscow
Great Britain
Russia
Lipton to Challenge Toronto for 1926 America Cup
Sir Thomas Lipton, the famed Irish yachtsman, told a local paper he has definitely decided to challenge for the America Cup in 1926. He seeks to contend with Toronto as the challenger, signaling a return to the coveted sailing duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Sir Thomas Lipton
Jellicoe Leaves New Zealand for Return to Britain
Viscount Jellicoe, retired as Governor General of New Zealand, has departed Wellington after being succeeded by Sir Charles Fergusson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington, N.Z
Viscount Jellicoe
New Zealand
Charles Ferguson
Giant Dirigible ZR-3 Rechristened United States Ship Los Angeles
The giant dirigible ZR-3 once one of the German Zeppelins was rechristened as the United States ship Los Angeles marking a formal rename and transfer of designation to U S Navy service.
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Washington
United States
Los Angeles
Mortgage Assns to Confer on Rural Credits in Winnipes
Representatives of mortgage associations from the three prairie provinces and the western section of the Canadian Council of Agriculture will meet in conference there December 16 and 17. The aim, per John Ward secretary, is to improve understanding between borrower and lender and to place the mortgage business on a more satisfactory footing for both parties and rural credits.
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Winnipes
Prairie Provinces
Canadian Council of Agriculture
John Ward
Council
Border Patrol Strengthened Grand Forks
Immigrations officers report that about fifty aliens have been smuggled across the Canadian border into the Grand Forks district in the past week with a score more jailed for unlawful entry. Since harvest completion in Canada a large flow of aliens to border points has followed, with patrols reinforced to handle the movement. Aliens are said to gather in Winnipeg and be driven to the International border by smugglers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Forks
Canada
Dominion
Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces Lead Large Winnipeg Delegation to Ottawa
A strong Prairie Provinces delegation from Manitoba and Alberta travels to Ottawa to meet the Federal Government before the cabinet session. Premiers John Bracken and Herbert Greenfield head the group along with top legal figures led by H. J. Symington KC, counsel for the three provinces, to discuss the Crow's Nest Pass agreement and railway board actions.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Board of Railway Commissioners
Crow's Nest Pass
Prairie Provinces
John Bracken
Manitoba
Herbert Greenfield
Alberta
H. J. Symington
K.C
More Cattle For Britain Ottawa Trade Sets Record
A busy week for Canadian cattle exports to the United Kingdom saw 2,287 head shipped from Montreal Halifax and Boston in the seven days ending November 20. Year to date exports total 72,938 head, up over 20,000 from 1923. Shipping firms earned $45,740 that week, and revenue to November 20 nears $1.5 million for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Montreal
Halifax
Bos
BC Legislature Endorses Veterans Pension Reform Measure
Victoria, B.C. Unanimous approval by the legislature backed a resolution by Captain Ian Mackenzie and Col. Cyrus Peck aimed at bettering conditions for returned soldier pensioners and dependents. Col. Peck contends the pension board is at enmity with the veteran cause in Canada.
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Victoria
B.C
British Columbia
Ian Mackenzie
Vancouver
Cyrus Peck
V.C
Peck
Pension Board
Canada
Tightening Alien Rules Promised by Home Secretary
Sir William Joynson-Hicks pledged stricter alien regulations to a National Citizens' Union deputation. The report notes 22,862 registered aliens in Great Britain with nearly 170,000 in London.
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London
National Citizens’ Union
William Joynson-Hicks
Home Secretary
Great Britain
Canadian Minister Elected Chairman at Geneva Narcotics Committee
Hon. Dr. H. S. Beland of Canada, minister of soldiers' civil re-establishment and Dominion delegate to the Geneva opium conference, was chosen chairman of the committee on the manufacture and sale of narcotics.
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Geneva
H. S. Beland
Dominion
Argentina Posts First Revenue Surplus In Years
Buenos Aires reports that for the first time in many years Argentina's yearly revenue receipts exceed the nation's expenditures, marking a notable fiscal turn despite ongoing economic challenges.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Saskatchewan Livestock Pool Under Way Plans Forming
The Farmers Union of Canada began planning a Saskatchewan livestock pool from its Saskatoon head office. Led by W M Thrasher the plan is for a long term contract to cooperate with Alberta’s pool. The group consulted Aaron Sapiro and used Alberta’s contract as a model, aiming to export cattle eventually while first organizing local shipping and market handling in Canada and the United States.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Farmers’ Union of Canada
W. M. Thrasher
Alberta
Farmers’ Union
Aaron Sapiro
J. E. Brownlee
Canada
United States
Life of Lord Allenby Threatened in Cairo Plot
Cairo sources say Egyptian nationalists plan a desperate attack on Viscount Allenby. British guards doubled at the Residency and officials ordered armed escorts. Ziwar Pasha indicated Egyptian alignment with Britain on protecting foreigners amid the tension.
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London
Viscount Allenby
Cairo
Daily Mail
Lord Allenby
Ziwar Pasha
Mail
Great Britain
Daring Patrolman Prevents Holdup
New York patrolman John T. Burk on duty thwarted a west side restaurant holdup. In a close range pistol duel he wounded two attackers and, with another patrolman, captured them. The third bandit, though wounded, escaped.
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New York
West Side
John T. Burk
Burk
French Admiral Recalled Over Russian Fleet Delegates
Paris Admiral Exelmans the port admiral of Bizerta and commander in chief of the French forces in North Africa has been recalled after declining to receive delegates of the Russian Soviet Government who arrived to take over the remnants of Baron Wrangel's fleet.
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Paris
Exelmans
Bizerta
North Africa
Baron Wrangel
Echo de Paris
Double Drowning At Coast Murder and Death By Own Action
Police in Port Haney British Columbia allege a murder followed by death by own action after bodies of Arthur Johnson four and his five year old son Charles were found drowned in four feet of water inside a bath barrel outside their Webster's Corners home. Henry Johnson, another son, discovered the bodies.
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Port Haney
B.C
Arthur Johnson
Webster's Corners
Charles
Henry Johnson
Many Candidates in German Election Berlin
Berlin reports a crowded Reichstag race with 26 parties fielding candidates for the approaching election including the tenants party a reconstruction party and the valorizations and savings party among others bringing broad ideological representation to the ballot.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Tenants’ Party
Reconstruction Party
Valorizations and Savings Parties
Probe Attempts Wreck Mail Trains In Bengal
Authorities investigate two attempted mail train wrecks in Calcutta Bengal blaming political motives. Investigations focus on the presidency of Bengal with officials vowing to uncover those responsible.
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Calcutta
India
Presidency of Bengal
Franco German Treaty Talks Proceed Satisfactorily
Paris reports negotiations on the Franco German commercial treaty are going well and expected to continue for about five more weeks.
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Paris
Radio Compass Guide Boon To Aviators
The United States Air Service and Signal Corps tested a radio compass for aviators between Dayton Ohio and Moundsville West Virginia. Signals from radio towers guided the plane despite fog and haze, keeping it on a straight course without landmark navigation.
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Washington
United States Air Service and Signal Corps
Dayton
Ohio
Moundsville
W.va
London novelist Sir Gilbert Parker Injured in Accident
Sir Gilbert Parker of London, 62, novelist, was struck by an automobile in Aiken, D.C. He arrived in New York aboard the President Harding on November 21 en route to South Carolina to recuperate after London surgery and to revise a Louis XIV era novel.
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Aiken
D.C
Sir Gilbert Parker
London
Sir Gilbert
New York
United States
President Harding
South Carolina
Louis XIV
France
Zeppelin Expedition To Pole Planned By German Aviator
Commander Burns, a German aviator who in 1919 proposed a Zeppelin polar expedition, visits Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Nansen is reported to have agreed to join when the plan moves forward at an announced date. The voyage aims to be scientific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Burns
North Pole
Fridtjof Nansen
Miners Face Possible Strike Over Hours and Wages
A. J. Cook, general secretary of the Miners' Federation, predicts a major miners strike in London. He says the fight may arise from a push to revert to the eight hour day or from workers refusing to ratify new agreements without a living wage.
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London
A. J. Cook
The
Miners’ Federation
Cook
Guard Gets Two Years For Aiding Escape Attempt
Jean Carpentier, a former guard at Bordeaux Jail, was sentenced to two years by Justice Demers for aiding Giuseppe Serafini in the attempted escape before Serafini’s execution for Henri Cleroux’s murder.
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Montreal
Guisseppe Serafini
Bordeaux
Henri Cleroux
Jean Carpentier
England and Japan Reach Potential Anti-Drug Accord
England agrees to Japan maintaining the right to import export and transport opium under the government import certificate system. A full bilateral agreement may follow at the anti-drug conference now underway.
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Geneva
England
Japan
Dome Collapse Follows Palermo Eucharistic Congress
After Saint Dominic Cathedral in Palermo finished a eucharistic congress, the dome collapsed in a collapse that occurred after all attendees had departed. The church, built in 1640, can hold 12,000 people and many Sicilians are buried there.
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Rome
Manitoba Plan To Relieve Unemployment
The Manitoba government will start by inviting tenders to travel the Lord Selkirk highway from St Norbert near Winnipeg to Emerson on the international boundary. Public Works Minister W R Clubb said the plan also includes extending the main trunk highway province wide, to be implemented over several years as economic conditions permit.
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Winnipeg
Lord Selkirk
St. Norbert
Emerson
W. R. Clubb
Foreign Press Criticism London Evening Standard Reminds U S of the Maine incident
London reports foreign editorials contrasting American and British views on international affairs. The Evening Standard argues America defends national honor and insists on handling its own affairs, noting US sensitivity to assaults on citizens and a tendency to view incidents as state matters.
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London Evening Standard
U.S
Maine
America
Globe
Egypt
League of Nations
Philippines
Havana Harbor
West is Well Represented at Chicago Show
At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago Premier Greenfield of Alberta will attend and may speak. Alberta entries focus on hay and grain, with strong cattle and sheep presence. Notable exhibitors include Q A Boggs and Son Daysland with twelve Herefords and Frank Collicut Crossfield nine Herefords. University of Alberta and Lacombe Experimental Farm enter cattle with seven Aberdeen Angus, while Manitoba owner James MacGregor holds grand champion Aberdeen Angus bull from 1923. Other western entrants include H Morrison Lacombe and H A Wright Farms Drinkwater Sask with Prince of Wales ranch entries.
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Chicago
Canada
Greenfield
Alberta
Q. A. Boggs and Son
Daysland
Boggs
Frank Collicut
Crossfield
University of Alberta
Lacombe
James MacGregor
Brandon
Manitoba
H. Morrison
H. A. Wright
German government to publish memorandum on League of Nations entry
Berlin reports the German government will publish its memorandum issued to world powers on September 19. The document outlines Germanys position on entering the League of Nations and includes the corresponding responses.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Earthquake Near Assum Karahissar Kills Thirty
An earthquake in Asia Minor near Assum Karahissar destroys several villages and kills thirty inhabitants. Reports focus on the loss of life and the affected settlements as relief efforts begin.
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Constantinople
Assum Karahissar
Asia Minor
Plots in Egypt threaten British officers in region
London reports a network of plots across Egypt and Sudan menacing British officials from governor-general to clerks. Arrests of prominent anti-British plotters are ordered, with possible broad actions in Cairo and Alexandria. Field Marshal Allenby urges Egyptian cabinet cooperation to halt meetings fueling the plots.
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London
Egypt
Sudan
Cairo
Alexandria
Great Britain
Viscount Allenby
Sirdar
Beam Wireless Station at Drummondville Near Montreal
The first of five 350 foot steel towers for the Marconi beam wireless station at Drummond ville near Montreal is finished. It will be the first American commercial telegraph station to use the beam transmission system. A receiving station at Yamachiehe Que is under construction with five similar towers and rapid progress.
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Montreal
Signor Marconi
England
Marconi Company
Post Office Department
Marconi
Drummondville
America
Yamachiehe
Que
Melbourne Argus backs British action over Egyptian situation
The Melbourne Argus asserts Britain will act as well as talk to defend its policy in the Egyptian issue, warning seditionists abroad not to overstep patience in defense of civilized world interests.
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Melbourne
Australia
The
Melbourne Argus
Great Britain
Wolf Drive Planned to Protect Bar River Flocks
Farmers in the Bar River area near Sault Ste. Marie Ontario organize a wolf drive to save their sheep from raids. Settlers warn that without drastic action to exterminate wolves they must abandon sheep raising.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Ont
Bar River
Diversified farming urged for Saskatchewan by committee
The mixed farming committee of the Saskatchewan Economic Board urged general diversification in Saskatchewan agriculture. They recommend farmers, their organizations, and both levels of government actively promote higher quality livestock and broader diversification, in a report to president G. F. Edwards.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Economic Board
G. F. Edwards
Australian Premier Rosters Welcome for U S Fleet Visit
Premier Bruce stated in Melbourne that Australia will give a rousing welcome to the United States fleet during its visit next year. The announcement emphasizes strong allied ties and public support for the naval visit.
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Melbourne
Australia
Bruce
United States
To Adjust War Claims Washington Agreement Reached
Secretary of State Hughes announces a tri party pact with Austrian and Hungarian Governments to adjust war claims arising since July 21 1914. The accord outlines framework for evaluating and settling claims in cooperation with allied authorities.
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Washington
Hughes
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles Planned Flights to Panama and England
Planning directorate announces the dirigible Los Angeles will undertake separate flights to Panama and England within the next year. The airship, formerly ZR-3, is part of naval operational testing and international demonstration routes.
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Lakehurst
N.J
Navy Dirigible
Los Angeles
Panama
England
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Mortgage Association
West
Britain
Sir Lee Stack
Radio Compass Guide
Gilbert Parker
Pole
Nansen
Far North
Evening Standard
Beam Wireless
Ontario
U.S. Fleet
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