New Proposal for Completion of Hudson's Bay Road
Ottawa reports a company bids to buy and finish the Hudson’s Bay Railway. The plan includes harbor works at Port Nelson, new equipment, and a $20.06 million bond as a condition. The deal would sell the line for $1, lease ports, reserve 21 years, and grant settlement titles while allowing branch lines and mineral rights. The company pledges to bond, complete the road and harbor within two years, invest $4 million in harbor works, and return the project to government after 25 years if interest is paid.
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Ottawa
Hudson's Bay Railway
New York
Port Nelson
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Pacific Coast
Nelson Harbor
British Law Superior Says Chicago Tribune Editorial
The Chicago Tribune argues American criminal justice has become a public spectacle likened to a Roman arena. It cites the Franks case as a months long moral pestilence and condemns pretrial publicity as journalistic lynch law. The paper urges legal restrictions on pretrial publicity, noting England limits reporting to brief facts.
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Chicago
United States
Chicago Tribune
the Tribune
England
Prince of Wales to sail to United States then Calgary trip
The Prince of Wales will sail aboard the Berengaria on August 23 and land at Long Island. After international polo matches in New London, Connecticut he will take a direct train to Calgary Alberta avoiding border cities en route to his ranch.
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London
Prince of Wales
Lord Renfrew
United States
Long Island
Great Britain
New London
Connecticut
Calgary
Alberta
Australia Plans Big Exhibition for Sydney
The Australian commission at Wembley is impressed by the British Empire Exhibition and believes a similar international show in Australia would provide substantial publicity value for the island continent.
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Australia
Sydney
Wembley
Australis
Valuable Mineral Discovery In Peace River Country
A Canyon Gold Mining Company driller team in the upper Peace River region near Edmonton reports the discovery of iitiam, one of the world’s most valuable minerals. An Edmonton syndicate observer predicts a rush as claims were staked for ten miles along the river after the find on red rock beds.
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Edmonton
Alta
Iitiam
Peace River
Canyon Gold Mining Company
Decline Shown in Bank Clearings in June Figures
Bank clearings in June totalled 2,056,776,141, down from May’s 2,290,109,812, a drop of 233,333,671 or 10.1 percent. Seasonal factors and five Sundays contributed, with Ottawa government business declining by about 83,000,000. Adjusted June clearings fell 7.3 percent when seasonality is accounted for.
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Clearing House
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nationalists Demand Equal Voice at London Conference
The German National party of the Reichstag adopts a resolution urging Germany to join the London inter-allied conference on equal footing with the allies. It calls for immediate French and Belgian prisoner releases, safe return of exiles, Ruhr evacuation, restoration of railways, recognition of German sovereignty, guarantees against further sanctions, and a 1920 October start for the bridgehead occupation period. it vows to oppose settlements not meeting its terms.
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German National Party of the
Reichstag
Germany
Ruhr
Low mood in business linked to luxury demand in Quebec
M. Lapointe, secretary of the Quebec division of the Retail Merchants' Association of Canada, says rising luxury demand contributes to the current business mood. He has been studying the issue for association members.
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Montreal
Cording
M. Lapointe
Quebec
Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada
Local Youth Sentenced to Rewrite City Traffic Reports
W. G. Lovell, 18, charged with speeding, receives a six month penalty requiring him to read every Los Angeles newspaper and rewrite their traffic accident stories in his own handwriting. Court action imposes a harsh corrective sentence.
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Los Angeles
W. G. Lovell
Eskimo Murderer Sentenced to Five Years in Penitentiary
Skalupiak convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kattia Havogach is sentenced to five years at Stony Mountain penitentiary. The trial faced delays due to Eskimo witnesses, and the judicial party traveled from Edmonton to MacMurchy before escorting the prisoner to be imprisoned.
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Arctic
Skalupiak
Kattia
Havogach
Stony Mountain
Akiavik
Lacia Dubuc
Dubuc
Yvonne Richard
Irving Howatt
J. Bird McBride
T MacMurchy
Mounted Police
McMurray
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
New Wireless System to Be Tried in Canada
London. Vernon Hartshorn announced in the House of Commons that Britain will adopt the Imperial wireless committee’s main recommendations. The state would own all wireless stations for empire communications, with Canada as an exception to allow private Anglo-Canadian service under safeguarded terms. A Marconi beam station in Canada and Britain is planned to test the new system.
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London
Vernon Hartshorn
House of Commons
Imperial Wireless Telegraphy Committee
Robert Donald
Post Office
Great Britain
Canada
de Biven
Europe
British Empire
Hartshorn
Marconi Company
South Africa
India
Australia
Government to address depositor moral claim next session
The National Committee of Home Bank depositors urged ongoing activity across Canada and consented that the government would act in the next Parliament session to reimburse depositors for losses.
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Toronto
Canada
National Committee of Home Bank
Brantford Appeals To Railway Board Over Freight Rates
Brantford asks the Railway Commission for an order removing discrimination against its industries in favor of Toronto and Hamilton due to the Crow's Nest Pass freight rate agreement. The board has 15 days to reply before a hearing date is set. cases will be consolidated as the underlying principle is the same. The question is whether the Crow's Nest lower rates should apply to the original CPR territory or be generalized nationwide.
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Ottawa
Ont
Brantford
Railway Commission
Toronto
Hamilton
C.P.R
Storms Ravage French Coasts Hit Lyons Vineyards
Severe west and south coast storms in France leave fishing boats missing and homes struck by lightning. Hail destroys olive groves and farming areas around Lyons as Geneva region also endures damage. In Rogan a seven year old girl swept seaward was saved by Deputy Pierre Taittinger amid rough seas.
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Paris
France
Montpelier
Laure
Lyons
Switzerland
Geneva
Rogan
Pierre Taittinger
Military College Report backs Arnold flogging charges findings
Ottawa The sub committee of the Advisory Council of the Royal Military College Kingston Ontario has published its report on Major Arnold’s charge that his son was flogged by senior cadets and subjected to indignity. The report largely supports the charges and notes disciplinary reforms have been added to handle future cases, with punishment given in the cited instance. No further measures are deemed necessary.
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Advisory Council of the
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ontario
Arnold
D.S.O
Regina
Tax On Grain Trading Is Allowed To Stand
The federal government waives disallowance of Manitoba grain futures trading tax on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Privy Council to hear arguments in autumn. Sask atchewan had urged disallowance, Manitoba cited Attorney General R W Craig. The Manitoba act passed in 1923 prompted provincial dispute over powers.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Privy Council
R. W. Craig
Saskatchewan
Canada Ready to Co operate on Empire Food Committee
Canada shows willingness to participate in an Empire Food Committee proposed by Britain. Ottawa notes negotiations have not reached a definite appointment stage and would back a committee focused on specific objectives rather than open-ended inquiry.
Canadian immigration trends show returning nationals rising
Ottawa reports that during the season from April to June sixty eight thousand people entered Canada. Of these sixteen thousand were Canadians returning from the United States and fifty two thousand arrived from overseas ports. The flow is largely directed with employment guarantees and assisted passages, and regulations were tightened to curb nomination abuse by ship companies. Overall immigration remains normal.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Gaelic League Leader Art O'Brien Freed After Sentence
Art O'Brien former president of the Gaelic League in London was released from prison following his two year sentence for seditious conspiracy dating from July 6, 1923.
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London
aArt O’brien
Gaelic League
Canada to name member for Empire Food Committee
Ottawa indicates a Canadian appointment may be made to the Empire Food Committee proposed by Britain. Negotiations have not reached a definite stage and no Canadian representative has been chosen yet. The Dawes conference and table talks affect timing for any round table imperial relations meeting later in the year.
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Ottawa
Empire Food Committee
Canada
J. H. Thomas
Australia
New Zealand
Alberta Crop Prospects Denies 40 Million Wheat Forecast
Hon. George Hoadley Alberta minister of agriculture rejects Chicago reports predicting a 40,000,000 bushel wheat crop. He notes no government estimate exists and says prospects are improving from day to day with last year’s crop over 160,000,000 bushels. He calls the 40,000,000 figure unfounded.
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Edmonton
George Hoadley
Alberta
Headley
Chicago
Reverend rides moose in New Brunswick stunt
Dr. Thomas Trevers a Presbyterian clergyman from Mount Clair New Jersey visiting New Brunswick accomplished his goal by riding a large moose at Grand Lake. The moose was driven into the water with boatmen assisting as the clergyman mounted the animal.
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Frederict
N.b.rey
Thomas Trevers
Mount Clair
New Brunswick
Grand Lake
Premier King planned western tour in October
Hon. Charles Stewart the Interior Minister in Calgary said Premier King will probably speak there during a westward tour this autumn. Stewart confirmed the premier intends an extensive trip across the western region.
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Calgary
King
Charles Stewart
Lost Child Tawatinaw Found After Two Day Wander
In northern Alberta the three year old Botby Anderson, son of Samuel Anderson nine miles from here, wandered alone for more than two days without food or shelter. A searching party found him on a stream bank and he was little the worse for his adventure.
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Alta
Alberta
Botby Anderson
Samuel Anderson
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