Secretion Talk Denounced as Nonsense in Senate
In Ottawa the Senate debated Great Lakes shipping. Senator Bennett criticized grain dealers and a shipping combine as plunderers harming western farmers. He blamed delayed government action on coasting laws, while Senator Gillies of Whitewood called secession talk in the west mere nonsense and praised prairie loyalty.
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Senate
W H Bennett
Great Lake
Winnipee
Great Lakes
Gillies
Whitewood
Sask
West
Prairies
Edmonton Girls Claim World Basketball Title Over Cleveland Team
Edmonton Commercial Graduates, the Canadian ladies champions, defeated Cleveland Favorite Knits 19 to 13 to secure the world title for a second time. The round total stood 63 to 33 as over 8 000 spectators crowded the arena to capacity.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Commercial
Canada
Cleveland
Ohio
Knits
Arena Stadium
Widow Sues For 36067 Over Calgary Murder Case
Louise Paris widow of Constable Charles N Paris sues Elmo Edgar Trider of Calgary for 36067 after his acquittal on a murder charge. The claim seeks damages for Paris and his infant son Charles Oliver, filed in the Supreme Court clerk’s office.
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Calgary
Elmo Edgar Trider
Charles N. Paris
Drumheller
Bery
Louise Paris
Charles Oliver
Supreme Court Clerk's Office
Oliver Targeted for Alberta Senatorship Vacancy
Ottawa reports Former Interior Minister Frank Oliver faces political backlash from friends over his possible appointment to Alberta’s Senate seat, left vacant by the death of Senator Amede Forget. Oliver has been out of public life since 1917 after defeat by General Griesbach, who now sits in the Senate.
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Ottawa
Frank Oliver
Alberta
Amede FE. Forget
Oliver
General Griesbach
Senate
Chinese President Li Yuan Hung Resigns in Flight
A dispatch from Tien Tsin reports Chinese President Li Yuan Hung has resigned and turned over to his captors at Tien Tsin. He took government seals during his flight from Peking.
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London
Li Yuan Hung
China
Tien Tsin
Peking
Evening News
Tien
Vancouver Population Grows in Greater Vancouver Area
Vancouver British Columbia reports a population of 226 524 in the Greater Vancouver region in the annual directory survey. The rise reflects an increase of 12 777 residents for the year.
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Vancouver
B.C
Greater Vancouver
Lloyd George to Visit Canada and United States
The Times reports it is virtually assured that former Prime Minister Lloyd George will visit Canada in the autumn and will also travel to the United States.
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the Times
Woyd George
Canada
United States
The
Times
Prince of Wales May Visit Canada Again
New York reports the Prince of Wales may tour the British Dominions to drum up interest in next year’s British Empire Exposition. W. C. Crawford of the Thirty Club of London said the Prince is giving daily speeches to trade groups to boost exposition efforts with Canada slated as the first Dominion visit. No dates are given, but the spring opening of the exposition suggests a tour may begin within months.
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New York
Prince of Wales
Canada
Dominions
Mr. Crawford
England
Trade With Australia Ottawa The Canadian reciprocity offer
The Australian government is poised to accept Canada's reciprocity proposal. Officials report that at the opening of the Australian Parliament the throne speech indicated acceptance of the British preferential tariff extending to Australia in exchange for Canada granting a similar preference to Canadian goods. Officials expect a substantial growth in trade once the treaty is concluded.
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Ottawa
Australia
J. A. Robb
Cable
Canada
Alberta May Be Represented at Grain Commission Hearing
Edmonton officials consider appointing a counsel to represent Alberta at the grain commission sitting in Edmonton on June 25. Attorney General Brownlee is reviewing the matter and may designate an official from his department or even undertake the mission himself if other duties allow.
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Edmonton
Alta
Grain Commission
Brownlee
Wheat shipment to Argentina from Saskatchewan
A shipment of 500 bushels of Marquis wheat grown by Canadian Seed Growers' Association members in Saskatchewan is sent to Buenos Aires for sowing in Argentina. Stewart, secretary of the association, expects the seed's performance there will boost future Canadian sales.
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Ottawa
Canadian Seed Growers’ Association
Saskatchewan
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Stewart
Canada
Friendly Termination Of The Dispute Between Britain And Russia
A British government note to M Krassin ends the prolonged clash between Britain and Russia. Russia concedes on several points including compensation to seized trawlers and fishing rights within 12 miles. The note records a compromise on Soviet propaganda and commits Britain and its dominions to refrain from aiding hostile aims by Russian émigrés.
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Russia
Zon
Great Britain
M. Krassin
Weinstein
Harding
Davison
Kabul
Afghanistan
M. Raskolnikov
M Shamiatsky
Tehran
Union of Churches in Canada Organizes Vast Ecclesiastical Union
The Union of Churches in Toronto plans a powerful cross denomination body uniting Presbyterian Methodist and Congregational churches under a single plan. Census 1921 lists Methodists 1,158,744 Presbyterians 1,408,812 Congregationalists 30,574 total 2,598,130 about 29.56 of Canada’s population.
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Toronto
Presbyterian
Methodist
Congregational
Presbyterian General Assembly
Ufisen
Fellows Methodists
Canada
Ypres Memorial to be unveiled in London ceremony
Preparations are underway for a St. Julien Ypres memorial unveiling in London to honor Canadians who withstood the first German gas attacks during the second Battle of Ypres. The event, likely in July, may be conducted by the Duke of Connaught with Field Marshal Lord Ypres attending. General Turner from Canada will attend the ceremony.
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London
St. Julien
Ypres
Duke of Connaught
Lord Ypres
Fear of Bulgarian Peasant Revolt Rumors in Allied Quarters
London reports rising anxiety over events in Bulgaria as the peasantry feared to rally to deposed leaders and mount a counter revolution. The Sofia regime accelerates the departure of diplomats appointed by the former authorities, while others remain at large.
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Bulgaria
Sofia
Stamboulisk
Belgrade
The
Times
Ifn
Jugo-Slav
Jugo Slavia
Little Entente
Greece
Jugoslav
Grave Conditions In China Spark U S Protest
The American Association of China and the American Chamber of Commerce of Shanghai issued a joint warning calling China conditions the worst since the Boxer outbreak. They said American lives and liberty are endangered and prestige and business are being destroyed by lack of strong action. A protest cable was sent to the U S Secretary of State in Washington.
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China
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American Chamber of Commerce of
Secretary of State
Washington
Canadian Pacific figures hosted at Paris luncheon
E W Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company Hon Smeaton White Canadian senator and Sir George McLaren Brown European general manager of CPR were entertained at luncheon in Paris by the Union Inter Allied, an exclusive club.
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Paris
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Smeaton White
Canada
George McLaren Brown
Canadian Pacific Railway
Union Inter Allied
Forest Fires Destroy New Yorkers' Property
Fredericton New Brunswick forest fires destroyed sporting lodges owned by the Metepedia Salmon Club. Buildings valued over one hundred thousand dollars were burned along the New Brunswick Quebec boundary near the Restigouche River. A request for Mounted Police patrol was denied due to staff shortages, while reports indicate a serious fire near Kedgewick may have been incendiary.
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Fredericton
N.B
Metepedia Salmon Club
New Brunswick-Quebec
Ottawa
Kedgewick
Moose Factory in Ontario Votes in Provincial Election
Moose Factory residents of Ontario will vote in the upcoming provincial election for the first time. James Bay post still awaits its turn as Judge Caron reached Moose Factory by hydroplane but could not reach Albany due to harbor conditions.
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Moose Factory
Hudson's Bay Co
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Albany River
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Cochrane
Albany Post
Japanese man fatally wounds elder in Vancouver dispute
Etenzi Moru, a Japanese national, confessed to killing an elderly Japanese man named Shiraishi after reporting to police he had killed a man. He guided investigators to Railway Street near the waterfront where the body was found with a crushed skull. Moru was arrested and charged with murder. The motive cited is a money dispute.
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B.C
Etenzi Moru
Railway Street
Shiraishi
Moru
Federated Women's Institutes Hold Third Biennial Convention
At Fredericton representatives from all provinces gathered for the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada third biennial convention with National President Mrs. W Tigple presiding and Miss Annie Playfair presenting a national viewpoint. A discussion urged home spending on women's work and warned of Oriental immigration's impact on British Columbia.
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Canada
Federated Women's Institutes of Canada
W Tigple
Orillia
Ont
Annie Playfair
Hartney
Man
Miss Playfair
Annie Stuart
Grand Pre
British Columbia
Ottawa
Landslide Buries CPR Lines Between Cathedral and Field
A major landslide on June 13 near Cathedral to Field in British Columbia blocked the Canadian Pacific Railway with hundreds of thousands of tons of mud and rock. Six slides along a 50 to 150 foot stretch caused debris to spill down the mountainside though no lives were lost.
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Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cathedral
Field
B.C
Grain Freight Rates Bill in Ottawa
Hon. J. A. Robb notes a bill in the House of Commons to place control of grain freight rates on routes between Fort William Port Arthur and other ports in Canada or the U S under the Board of Grain Commissioners for Canada.
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Ottawa
J. A. Robb
Trade and Commerce
House of Commons
Fort William
Port Arthur
Canada
United States of America
Board of Grain Commissioners For Canada
Australia seen as fertile future with vast wheat potential
Sir George W. Fuller, premier of New South Wales, told the Canadian Club that cooperation within the British Empire would expand commerce and stabilize the empire. He urged belief in Australia's growth and announced a plan to bring 6,000 British settlers to 6,000 farms in New South Wales.
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Ottawa
George W. Fuller
New South Wales
Sir George
Australia
Great Britain
Renew Suggestions To Turks At Lausanne
Allied representatives at the Near East Peace Conference renew their proposal to recognize prewar Turkish concessions. Ismet Pasha said concessions were being handled in Angora, but he would let experts study the text. Allies doubt Angora talks are advancing. Turks seek debt settlement and evacuation of Constantinople before replying.
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Thier
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
Angora
Ismet
Constantinople
U S Compromise Offer Lectures On Liquor Ports
The United States State Department has approached Britain and other governments with a compromise allowing liquor imports under seal into U S ports if the territorial limit is extended from three miles to twelve miles.
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London
United States State Department
United States
Expected Parliament Prorogation By Month's End
Ottawa Liberals discussed the sessional programme and prorogation date. Prorogation by month end is seen to enable the Bank Act passage, with redistribution bill still doubtful. A central Court of Appeal for returned soldiers under the Pensions Act was proposed, plus forest protection measures for this session.
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