Stock Men Press Railway Overhaul Delays at Winnipeg Yards
Winnipeg stock men urge the Railway Commission to compel carriers to implement Dillinger’s recommendations for improved stock handling facilities at Winnipeg yards. They note no progress on yard buildings and seek faster action despite plans for a new St Boniface union stock yard. J G Miller and J H Houck lead the resolution.
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F. Dillinger
Winnipeg
Railway Commission
Weaterlave
Terest
Daillinger
Dominion Railway
Yienesian
Pps
Dillinger
Board of Railway Usmissoniers
Dilitiper
UiNnger
Sug Western
Railway Board
Board of Railway Commissioners
J. G. Miller
Rapid City
J. H. Houck
Harmiota
CPR
British Mail Train Delivers Largest Winnipeg Mail Load
The Winnipeg section of the Egperth Limited from Montreal carried mostly British mail packed to overflow. Cars were full of letters and parcels with English packages noted. On arrival a force moved bags from cars to the depot and then to the post office while staff handled the heavy load. Postmaster McIntyre calls the dispatch the largest in the county’s history.
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Winnipeg
Secon
Egperth Limited
Montreal
Ull
McIntyre
Coun
Western Grain Routes
Premier Rutherford expects word from Premier McBride of British Columbia within days on cooperating in terminal elevators at Vancouver for Alberta grain via the western route. Public Works Minister W. H. Cushing met McBride in Victoria last week and both governments aim to push coast facilities as the first step to the western grain routes.
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Rutherford
Preaner McBride
British Columbia
Vancouver
Alberta
W. H. Cushing
Preaner McBrine
Victoria
Wreck Near Regina On CPR Main Line
A yard engine and a west bound freight collided head on about a half mile east of Regina Saskatchewan on the CPR main line. The yard engine and tender were wrecked scrap iron while the freight engine and five cars suffered heavy damage. The caboose burned due to a stove fire but the rest of the train was saved. CPR officials plan to seek an investigation.
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Regina
Sask
C.P.R
Ghastly Discovery at Farnham CPR Yards
Car inspectors at Farnham Quebec found a gruesome scene beneath a northbound freight car. A partial human face including lower nose, left jaw with six teeth, and part of the upper jaw with a brown moustache remained attached to the brake rod. Blood smeared the floor beneath the car.
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Farnham
Que
Canadian Pacific
Saskatchewan farmer buys thirty autos in Detroit
J. J. Coe of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan visited Detroit and ordered thirty automobiles for friends in the far northwest. The deals totaled nearly a hundred thousand dollars with most payments in cash. Coe paid 4500 dollars for his own car and few cars cost around 3000. The shipment will arrive in spring as winter auto buying is unlikely in Saskatchewan. He asked for a garage and speed regulations to match eastern cities.
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Detroit
Mich
J. J. Coe
Saskatchewan
Far Northwest
Coe
Moose Jaw
Mail Car Fire In Winnepeg River Wreck Causes Losses
Report on Great Northern wreck near Monticello shows over half of the mail car destroyed by fire. Seventy sacks of papers to Western Canada and forty sacks of domestic papers burned in the rear half, with two Canadian pouches and five domestic pouches also lost. Seventy sacks and three pouches recovered from the burning area. Registered matter burned largely consisted of Christmas gifts.
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St. Paul
Minn
Winnipeg
Monticello
Western Canada
New President of Nicaragua Elected by Unanimous Vote
Managua Nicaragua Dr Jose Ma dix former judge of the Central American court of justice and Zel agh's candidate elected president of Nicaragua by the unanimous vote of congress. The session was stormy.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Madix
Central Amermecan Court of Justice
Zelagh
Wrights To Get Gold Medal
Paris reports the academy of sciences will award gold medals for aeronautic achievements in its final year meeting. Recipients include Wilbur and Orville Wright Bleriot Farman Count de Laurbert Latham Santos Dumont De La Vaulx Voisin Count Zeppelin Bremuet Paulhan Dels Grange Rougier and Esnault Pelterie.
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Wrights
Paris
Academy of Sciences
Goki Te Wilbur
Orville Wright
Bleriot
Farman
Count de Laurbert
Latham
Santos Dumont
de la Vaulx
Voisin
Count Zeppelin
Bremuet
Paulhan
Dels Grange
Rougier
Esnault Pelterie
British Official Killed at Nasik Theatre
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson chief magistrate of Nasik in Bombay presidency was assassinated by a native during a theater performance. The motive is believed to be revenge after he sentenced a criminal to life imprisonment.
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Bombay
British India
Arthur Mason Tippetts Jackson
Nasik
Presidency of Bombay
Assassination Blows Chief Karnoff in St Petersburg
Chief Karnoff of the secret police was blown to bits in his apartment wrecking the flat. A young man named Vosskressenski was arrested and wholesale arrests followed amid mystery. Police say the assassination sprang from a far reaching plot.
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Brown
St. Petersburg
Karnoff
Secret Police
Vosskressenski
Imperial Post Office to Use Motor Bicycles in Berlin
The imperial post office department will adopt motor-bicycles and automobiles to speed mail collection transmission and delivery. Rural delivery will be hastened in accessible districts by motor-bicycle carriers and city package delivery will be largely by automobiles.
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Berlin
Imperial Post Office Department
Cook Greatest Faker Claims North Pole Discovery Rejected
The Copenhagen commission finds Dr. Cook's records insufficient to prove his North Pole discovery. It states he lacks original observations and his diary, suggesting possible impersonation or delusion. An inquiry is planned. the Explorers' Club investigates Mount McKinley ascent claims from 1906.
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North Pole
Mount
McKinley
Copenhagen
Cook
University of Copenhagen
New York
New York Times
St Comanhggug
Aprison Amor
Frederick Conk
Explorers’ Club
Mount McKinley
Irish leader O Connor backs Libs and fundraising
New York reporter says T P Conner the famous Irish leader returned to Enelar on the Mauretania after weeks in the United States raising funds for the Liberal party. He claims to have sent over 40000 to Ireland and helped organize a strong committee to sustain the effort and favors a large Lib majority and confidence in Mr. Asquith.
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New York
T. P.conner
House of Commons
Enelar
Mauretania
O'Connor
Liberal Party
Ireland
O’connor
Asquith
Strang Sets Five Mile Record in Fiat at Indianapolis
Thonis Strang drove a 200 horsepower Fiat to a five mile world record time of 3.17.70 with electric timing. Starter Wagner witnessed a 3.17.35 on the trackside watch. Oldfield prior held the mark in a Benz with 4.11.30 as Strang completed two laps of a 2 1/2 mile course.
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Indianapolis
Thonis Strang
Fiat
Wagner
Strang
Oldfield
Benz
C P R Immigration Scheme in Early Stages
President Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific, before leaving for Paris, discussed plans to develop an emigration policy. He noted many letters from people seeking to settle on cleared land, but the scheme remains in its initial phase with decisions pending his return.
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C.P.R
Lonnon
Shaughnessy
Paris
Canadian Pacific
Petarson
Sabjeet
Americans Take Many Western Canada Homesteads
During ten months of the year United States citizens filed 9 919 homestead entries in Western Canada. North Dakota led with 3 464 entries, followed by Minnesota 1 741, South Dakota 522, Michigan 514, Washington 510, Wisconsin 477, Illinois 430, Tennessee 296, Montana 184, Indiana 152, Missouri 157, New York 159, Oregon 150, Idaho 144, Kansas 140, Nebraska 1%
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
North Dakota
Minnesota
South Dakota
Michigan
Washington
Wisconsin
Town
Thineois
Montana
Indiana
Missouri
New York
Oregon
Idaho
Kansas
Nebraska
May Enlarge Esquimault Dock Birmingham
London correspondent reports negotiations between Imperial and Dominion governments may create a large naval base at Vancouver Island. Ottawa is reportedly preparing to provide 10 million dollars to construct docks and related facilities, using the present works for extension.
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Esquimault
Birmingham
London
The
Post
Imperial
Vancouver Island
Ottawa
Queen's Own Rifles to England at Sir Henry Pellatt's expense
The army council accepts the offer from the Canadian government through Col Sir Henry Pellatt to bring the second Queens Own Rifles to England at Pellatt's expense. They will take part in the autumn maneuvers next year.
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England
London
Army Council
Sir Henry Pellatt
Queens Own Rifles
Trade Boom Drives November Darminion Imports and Exports
Trade data for November show imports rising by 10.7 million dollars to 35.43 million and exports up 3.64 million as part of a eight month total trade value of 439.96 million. Domestic product exports for November equal imports at 35.32 million. customs revenue for eight months reaches 38.97 million, a 3.21 million increase.
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Atawa
Germany urged to declare war amid European tensions
An influential lecture by Maximilian Hansen argues Germany must openly demand its terms from Britain and, if refused, go to war immediately. He warns that continental powers’ pressure and Britain's tariff reform stance threaten Germany with encirclement and ruin. Harden also cites England’s tariff impact.
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Germany
Berlin
Herr Maximilian Hansen
Euenes
England
Tourish
Herr Harden
Lingland
Immigration Returns Show Large Uplift in Canada
Immigration data for April to November report a 68 percent rise in U S arrivals and a 29 percent increase in total Canadian immigration from 150 256 this year to 116 196 last year while calendar year totals exceed 80 000 Americans and 50 000 Britons with year end projections near 170 000 and 150 000 respectively.
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Canada
Fear Labor Famine In Canada Toronto
The Canadian Manufacturers Association reports rising prosperity but a widespread labor shortage across industries. About 500 employers were surveyed with one third seeking more workers, notably 416 manufacturers in Ontario citing an urgent need for 3,500 employees.
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Canada
Toronto
Canadian Manufacturers” Association
C.m.al
Ontario
Peary Hopes U S Plants Flag At South Pole
At a New England Society dinner in the Waldorf Astoria Commander Robert E. Peary urged planting the stars and stripes at the South Pole, claiming it as he did at the northern end. He was asked if he would lead or advise an Antarctic expedition and replied he would aid in promotion and organization.
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New York
New England Society
Waldorf Astoria
Robert E. Peary
United States
South Pole
Roosevelt
Bankers Plan Clearing House For Brandon
Brandon bankers met to discuss a city clearing house. Manager McIntosh of the Dominion Bank was named secretary to gather information, with operation expected by February above the Merchants' Bank.
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Brandon
McIntosh
Dominion Bank
Merchants’ Bank
Smallpox Epidemic Report from Amoy China
Officials of the American Marine hospital announce a smallpox outbreak in Amoy China. Quarantine regulations for the protection of the Philippines have been inaugurated.
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China
Amoy
American Marine Hospital
Philippines
Forestry in Canada Interesting Plans and Achievements
The Canadian forest service faces fires, surveys, and expansion. Ranges protect dominion lands with few major fires in 1908, while northern forest belts require surveys and funding. Tree distribution expands to conifers from Indian Head with plans for pine and larch, streamlining applications.
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Ntawa
Forest Service of
United States
Cansua
Forest Service
Canadian Forest Service
R. H. Campbell
Department of the Interior
Foresty Branch
National Parks Sue Diaih
Dominion
Salmon Arm
Manson Creek
White Lake
British Columbia
Spray River
Alberta
Spray Valley
G.T.P
Pas
Prince Albert
Peace
Great Slave
Great Northern Forest Belt
Hudon Bay
Rocky Mountains
Campbell
Onttario
Imber
Aquetechel
Indian Head
Sask
Ottawa
Madriz Inaugurated President of Nicaragua at Palace
Jose Madriz was inaugurated as president of Nicaragua in a ceremony at the palace. Ex-President Zelaya waited fifteen minutes in the hall before Madriz entered, accompanied by Julian Irias, minister general.
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Managuay
Nicaraguay
Jose Madriz
Nicaragua
Zelaya
Dr. Madriz
Julian Irias
Telegraphic Ties Extend to Constantinople
Mr. Webb representing British French and American telephone companies has completed arrangements to establish a telephone system in Constantinople and its suburbs signaling a new communications network in the city.
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Constantinople
Mr. Webb
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Fividing
Bam
Atlantic and Pacific
Syastea
Record
British Mail
Western Grain Routes
Peary
Forestry IN
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