Taft Seeks to Avert Trade War with Canada
Washington officials say a tariff clash with Canada would hurt U S influence and that Taft plans to use the maximum and minimum provisions of the Aldrich Payne act to avoid retaliation. Canada would respond quickly if struck, and March 31 marks when maximum rates take effect unless conditions are met. The tariff board now studies U S Canada trade relations and may visit Ottawa for talks.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
American Congress
Taft
France
Tariff Board
Aldrich-Payne
Ttawa
Trade Balance Between United States and Canada Questioned
An article notes the United States has a trade imbalance with Canada with imports forming a larger share than exports, claiming the spare products from the U.S. are larger in imports and that this relates to broader global patterns. It highlights the scale of the annual figure and the comparative position in world trade.
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United States
Canada
Leprosy Linked to False Hair Purchases in Pittsburg
Miss Mamie Gilles Pie, once head of Pittsburg’s glove department, contracted leprosy after using a switch from a false hair department. Reports say the hair originated from a Caribbean island where the Cuban government sends leprosy patients, prompting employers to ban false hair after the first of the month.
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Pittsburg
Mamie Gillespie
North Carolina
Gilles- Pie
L. M. Golden
United States
Lyon’ Locke
Caribbean
Lumber price advance in British Columbia mills
Rough lumber in Vancouver British Columbia has risen by one dollar per thousand feet with mills reporting further increases possible in coming months. A millman notes lumber prices lag behind log costs and mills are delaying orders for next year as they fill current bookings. A three cornered business dispute is said to have caused the price pause and now an initial price hike has been enacted.
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Vancouver
B.C
Coast Mills
British Columbia
France Aims Dreadnought Fleet With 23 000 Ton Battleships
The Matin reports France plans to build two 23 000 ton dreadnought battleships, speed 20 knots, superior attack power, with 18 guns including 10 large calibers. Completion in three years, two ships per year from 1910, totaling nineteen battleships by 1915, twelve of the dreadnought type.
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France
Paris
Matin
Voice of Empire urged unity in imperial questions
Lord Northcote told London Devonians no major party seeks changes to imperial ties rather a united imperial voice. Lord Dundonald urged veterans toward farming near garrisons and Canadian settlements to channel ex soldiers into agriculture along the Atlantic coast.
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London
Atlantic Seaboard
Acid Throwing Suffragettes Sentenced in London Bye-Election
Mrs Alice Chapin the militant suffragette who injured a polling clerk by smashing a bottle of cohesive acid on a ballot box at the Bermondsey bye election was sentenced to seven months imprisonment. Miss Alison Neilans who made a similar but less serious attempt was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment.
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London
Alice Chapin
Bermondsey
Alison Neilans
Setback to Russian Persia Senate Clears Now Woman Barrister Case
In St. Petersburg the Senate quashed a lower court ruling that Mme Fleischuetz the first woman barrister to plead in a Penina Court of Justice may be permitted to practice. Pending full legislative consideration, the ruling is set aside.
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Persia
St. Petersburg
Senate
Mme. Fleischuetz
Peneia Court of Justice
Canada Dominates International Stock Show Honors
Canadian sheepmen display large numbers of blooded wool bearing animals at the International Live Stock show at the stock yards. Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph takes second in cattle and sheep judging as Iowa students win first. John Graham of Carberry Man toba notes impartial judging and freight-rate issues hinder western entries. Prof Rutherford of Saskatchewan praised the show and sheep breeding prospects.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Chicago
Guelph
Iowa
Ontario
W. J. Rutherford
Saskatchewan
Rutherford
Canada
United States
John Graham
Carberry
Manitoba
Graham
Wireless Telegraph Demonstrated From Fort William
Wireless telegraphy operated in Fort William with Operator Howard Fenning sending and receiving messages on the steamer Bope. A Morning Herald reporter watched two hours of wireless activity and a first Fort William message was sent to the Evening Herald of Duluth. The reply from Duluth praised the achievement and urged Fort William to establish a wireless station.
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Fort William
Ont
Howard Fenning
Morning Herald
Evening Herald
Duluth
Minn
Fort. William
Much New Steel Layed by Western Railways
Western Canadian railways laid over a thousand miles of new steel after the season, officials report. Canadian Pacific 404 miles, Canadian Northern 250 miles, Grand Trunk Pacific 403 miles, totaling 1,057 miles. Great Northern work in British Columbia is reported but not yet quantified.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk Pacific
Great Northern
British Columbia
Driver Electrocuted Delivering Bread in Vancouver
Charles Pearce of Hoy & Son's bakery was fatally struck by an electrical arc while delivering bread at Glencoe Lodge, Georgia Street. A broken telephone wire hung within reach, contacting the high voltage line and sending a lethal current through Pearce as his wire basket touched it.
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Vancouver
B.C
Charles Pearce
Hoy & Son
Glencoe Lodge
Georgia
Sion Pearce
Pearce
Debinson to Succeed Bryce as Ambassador to Washington
A Madrid dispatch reports Sir Maurice Debinson, British Ambassador to Madrid, will soon replace Ambassador Bryce in Washington. The note comes from a Morning Telegraph Madrid special and cites unnamed sources.
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Bryce
London
Madrid
Morning Telegraph
Maurice Debinson
Washington
Wireless Telephone Test In Philadelphia Shows Promising Range
The Collins wireless phone was tested between two Delaware river piers with 100 yards of water as a conductor. Testers Harvey and Evans led demonstrations assisted by Loenghiela Kopp and George M. Davis. The test succeeded with audio heard from wharf to wharf and plans call for air tests from aircraft.
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Philadelphia
Collins
Delaware River
E. Harvey
Charles Evans
Atlantic City National Bank
A. C Loenghiela Kopp
Copenhagen
George M. Davis
New York
Bernier Sows Paris Capital Link To Canadian West
Jos Bernier, back from a lengthy European trip, reports Paris financiers eager to invest in Canadian industries aimed at the western provinces. He notes London activity and Paris capitalists seeking Canadian opportunities, praising Canada’s potential and the Winnipeg Industrial Fair as a topic abroad. His return voyage was interrupted when the La Lorraine collided with the SS Bartholemy near Havre.
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Winnipeg
Jos
Bernier
France
Europe
London
Canada
Paris
Bartholemy
Havre
German Naval Budget Shows Boost in Expenditure
Berlin reports a total naval budget of 108.5 million dollars an increase of 7 million. Shipbuilding and armament rise to 60.685 million dollars with new funds for Ostfriesland Helgoland and Ersatse Beowulf. Submarine experiments receive 3.75 million dollars up 1.25 million. Naval artillery estimated at 19 million dollars up 2.5009 million.
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Germany
Berlin
Nord Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung
Ostfriesland
Helgoland
Ersatse Beowulf
Baseless rumor about Hugh Allan and CPR denied
In Montreal a report claimed Hugh Allan of the Allan Line would become CPR vice president, which both Allan Line and CPR offices deny. Geo Hanna notes Allan currently serves as vice president of Grand Trunk Pacific and would not seek CPR. The claim CPR bought the Allan fleet is rejected as unfounded.
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Montreal
Hugh Allan
Allan Line
C.P.R
Geo. Hanna
Allan
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Atlantic
Electric power shift for Montreal trains proposed
The Canadian Pacific railway plans to switch from steam to electricity at Montreal Junction to reduce smoke. Trains entering Windsor station would be drawn by high power electric engines, and the transfer time at the junction would not exceed two minutes.
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Montreal
Canadian, Pacific Railway
Quebec Bridge plans call for 1,758 foot span in Ottawa
The Minister of Railways will call tenders early next year for the new Quebec bridge. Contractors are invited to visit the Board of Engineers of Montreal on January 3 to obtain plans. The structure features a 1,758 foot main span and 88 foot width.
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Ottawa
Minister of Railways
Quebec
Board of Engineers of
Montreal
French Mail Steamers Run To Canada Under Treaty
Paris dispatch reports the Compagnie Transatlantique will run special mail steamers to Canada. The service will be paid for equally by Canada and France under the new Franco Canadian commercial treaty.
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London
Paris
Compagnie Transatlantiqne
Canada
France
Mackenzie Returns From Europe With Plans For Canada Northern
President Mackenzie reports a successful mission to Europe for bond issuance to fund further expansion of the Canadian Northern railway. Construction will start at once after BC election legislation passes, extending Edmonton to the Pacific coast. He notes 400 miles of branch lines completed in 1905 and surveys toward Vancouver, with strong railway gains across western Canada.
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Mackenzie
Europe
William Mackenzie
England
Canadian Northern Railway
Old Country
British Columia
McBride
Edmonton
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Canada
Red River
Rockies
Japan
Maine
Montreal
Minnesota
Maneton
Prince Rupert
Canada naturalizes 25 000 new citizens in 1908
About 25 731 persons obtained naturalization papers in 1908 making them British subjects. Americans led with 9 000 new citizens, followed by Australians 3 982 Russians 3 046 Italians 1 262 and Galicians 1 083. During 1908-09 366 new companies were incorporated with capital 119 324 875 and existing company capitalization rose by 72 298 000.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State
United States
Aviation Club Names Curtiss Wrights as Pilots
The Aero Club of America lists Glenn H. Curtiss Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright as its aviation pilots. New rules regulate license issuance including age over 21 and proof of three flights of at least one kilometer each under contest committee supervision. The board holds discretionary power to approve applications.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Glenn H. Curtiss
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Board of Directors
Immigration Doubled in October at Ottawa
Immigration to Canada rose sharply in October with 17,301 entrants, more than doubling October 1908. U.S. arrivals stood at 9,269, ocean ports reported 8,032 arrivals, and the period April 1 to October 31 totaled 138,234 compared with 109,566 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Telegraph Tariffs Delayed by Appeal to Commission
Ottawa delays the new telegraph tariff as the Canadian Manufacturers Assoc appeals to the Railway Commission. The change, regarding word counting in domestic messages, would classify five letter groups as one word, a move opposed by G N W, C P R and Western Union. The commission will decide by December 21.
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Ottawa
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Railway Commission
G.N.W
C. PR
Western Union
Special ex cursions from Ontario and West to West Coast and valleys
The Canadian Pacific Railway announces special excursion trains on dates in December January and February to Vancouver Victoria Westminster and various points in the Okanagan Valley and Kootenay from all Ontario and western points including Port Arthur Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Tickets allow return within three months and permit stopover privileges.
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Canadian Pacific Railway
Vancouver
Victoria
Westminster
Okanagan Valley
Kootenay
Ontario
Port Arthur
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Canadas
Republic
Voice of Empire
C.N
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