Advances in loaded telephony promise transatlantic reach
In a Royal Institution lecture Dr J A Fleming discussed loading cables with coils to equalize wave speeds and reduce distortion. He cited lines from New York to Denver and Berlin to Rome, noted UK lines to Leeds, and predicted Atlantic telephony remains distant but feasible with future progress.
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England
America
Witiess
Royal Institution
London
J. A. Fleming
F.R.S
Oliver Heavyside
Pupin
Columbia College
New York
Heavyside
Denver
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
San Francisco
Ovr
Berlin
Rome
Simplon
Leeds
General Post
General Post Office
France
Belgium
Ireland
Suffolk
Holland
Fleming
Prof
Vanni
Fessenden
United States
Poulsen
Denmark
Colin and
Jeance
Goldschmidt
Germany
Ditcham
Maroni
Atlantic
Saskatchewan Highways Commission plans large road expenditure
The Saskatchewan Highways Commission discussed spending 1500 on roads and bridges this season. By June 1 about 100 roads will be underway, with pay set at 5 per day for men and teams or 50 cents per hour for laborers. Bridge work targets 500000 while the high level bridge at Saskatoon is to be finished this year and 100000 is allotted for small concrete and steel bridges.
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Saskatcewan
Saskatchewan Highways Commission
Mae
Saskatoon
Park grant frees 33 acres to Port Coquitlam area
An order in council grants a free land gift of 33 acres in subdivision 10 of section 1% township 39 coast mooridan to the Port Coquitlam area for public use.
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Port Coquitlam
Mooridan
Tropic disease fears tied to Panama Canal trade losses
Harvard Medical School official Dr. Richard P. Strong warned that opening Panama Canal could trigger a 4 word wide spread of yellow fever and cholera, threatening major commercial losses from disrupted trade. He noted diseases travel via traffic and emphasized economic risk over mortality in civilized nations.
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Panama
Richard P. Strong
Harvard Medical School
Ofopical Medicine
Strong
Government Biological Laboratory
Philippines
Manchuria
Harvard
Peru
Panama Canal
United States
Europe
South America
Guayaquil
India
White Men Leave Africa Emigration From Cape Ports Reported
The blue book presented to the South African parliament shows thousands of whites left Cape ports between July and December. General Smuts links labor agitators to this exodus and fears the white ideal is being shattered. A South African magnate attributes the white flight to anarchy and native rising concerns amid agitators harming industries.
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South Africa
British Dominions
Cape Ports
General Smuts
Union of South Africa
Canada and Home Rule Sparks in Toronto Orange Order
The London Times Canadian correspondent reports Orangemen in Canada place principles over party amid Toronto passion dubbed Canada's Belfast. About 25,000 members are identified with the Orange association and Ontario lodges grow influential in public affairs with Ulster leagues organized secretly. Civil war could see Canadian Ulster support.
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London Times
Canada
Orange Order
Toronto
Belfast
Orange Association
Ontario
Ulster Leagues
Ulster
Site of Roman Camp Found Highlighted by British Academy
Professor Haverfield reported discoveries across Britain including an encampment at Ithan Wells Abdeenshire the farthest north of the Romans walls and forts along the line near Pius between the Forth and Clyde. At Chester and Wroxeter researchers explored a garrison kiln and a temple foundations in Italian style. Roman rubbish pits were uncovered during post office building work awaiting further excavation. London museum recently acquired a pot bearing the ancient Londinium name.
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Great Britain
Haverfield
British Academy
Burlington House
Ithan Wells
Abdeenshire
Pius
Forth
Clyde
Chester
Wroxeter
Canadian Pacific Ships to Philippines Cut Manila Voyage Time
Shipping circles note a major move as Canadian Pacific announces Manila calls by the Empress of Russia starting June 11. The line promises faster sailings reducing North American to Manila transit from 28 days to 17 days. The schedule is expected to boost tourist traffic via Empress steamers carrying many European travelers.
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Russia
Manila
Europe
Typhus Decimates Torrenueva Population in Spain
An epidemic of typhus has struck Torrenueva in Ciudad Real province Spain. Two thirds of residents are affected and deaths average two out of every three cases reported.
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Torrenueva
Ciudad Real
Spain
Benzoate of soda use found in Canadian tomato catsup
A lab bulletin reports 70 samples of tomato catsup show 4 percent contain benzoate of soda as a preservative and 38 percent have added dye. Quality varies but no samples are condemned. The study notes no fixed standards in Canada and calls for regulatory action.
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Inland Revenue Department
Canada
Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Foods and Drugs Act
Loew Considers Northwest Canada Theatre Chain Expansion
Marcus Loew, ruler of vaudeville via the Sullivan Considine circuit, eyes building theatres in Calgary Edmonton Saskatoon Prince Albert Regina Brandon Moose Jaw Winnipeg Toronto Montreal Ottawa and perhaps New York Buffalo Rochester to link Vancouver Winnipeg Toronto in a single loop. He envisions financing a multi‑million project to connect his theatres across a continental tour.
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Marcus Loew
Northwest
Canada
Loew
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
States
Mr. Loew
New York
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Leew
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Prince Albert
Regina
Brandon
Moose Jaw
Buffalo
Rochester
Will the Lights be White Will the Lights be White
The last poem of Cy Warman written in Philadelphia two weeks before his death is read at the West Branch Y M C A. Titled Will the Lights be White the verses predict death and end with the line I hope the lights are white. The poem describes a journey on a moving train and hopes for white lights at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cy Warman
Rockies
Iodine Proposed as Cure for Diseased Cattle
The French Academy of Science endorses iodine for diseased cattle claiming it is a radical cure for anthrax and related ailments. Prof. Porrier recommends lancing boils or sores and applying one cubic centimeter of iodine to the affected area.
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French Academy of Science
Academy
Porrier
More Land Added to Stoney Indian Reserve at Morleyville
An additional 12 742 acres have been added to the Stoney Indian reserve at Morleyville for securing hay for livestock raising.
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Stoney
Morleyville
Atock
Alberta Coal Output Rises Sharply in 1913
Alberta’s 1913 coal production reached 4,306,346 tons, up 859,997 from 1912, with the Crow's Nest district leading at 1,849,435 tons. Edmonton district features the largest fields in the dominion as new mines open along railway lines, employing 8,608 workers amid growing use of machinery and improved safety facilities.
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Edmonton
Dominion
Alberta
Crow's Nest
Lethbridge
Calgary
Coleman
Burmis
Respite Granted in Ohio Death-Row Case
Governor Cox of Columbus Ohio grants Leslie Humphries a year and a day respite from the electric chair while keeping the death sentence alive. Humphries will have prisoner wages turned over to his dependent family. He killed Samuel S. Kelly of Lanark West Virginia after confessing robbery. later he claimed the killing occurred during a fight.
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Cox
Columbus
Ohio
Leslie Humphries
Humphreys
Humphries
Samuel S. Kelly
Lanark
W.va
Peace commission outline discussed by Britain and US officials
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Secretary Bryan outlined a peace commission treaty to bind the United States and Great Britain to refer unresolved issues to a commission. The newly framed convention must be perfected before its application to Britain’s five colonies Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa Newfoundland with consultations planned for each.
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Cecil Spring-Rice
Bryan
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Newfoundland
Trade Commissioner to Canada for Exhibition Train
London aims to fund a British trade commissioner to Canada amid lukewarm reaction to a proposed exhibition train. Subscriptions are sought in London to send the commissioner to study trade opportunities with the Dominion, especially after the Panama Canal opening, with a goal of at least one hundred firms paying £25 each.
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Canada
London
Dominion
Panama Canal
Queen Mary Catalogues English China and Laces
Queen Mary at Windsor Castle curates a private collection of English china withWedgewood as her favorite piece. She also arranges and catalogs English lace at Buckingham Palace reflecting her ongoing royal collecting work.
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Queen’s
Queens Mary
Windsor Castle
Wedgewood
England
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Cunard Chairman Foresees Decline in Canada Traffic
At the annual Liverpool meeting Cunard chairman predicted a drop in freight and passenger traffic to Canada for the year While noting direct New York sailings appeared unfriendly to Queenstown he affirmed Cunard would keep strong ties with Irish ports via the Aston and Canadian services Cross receipts rose by £750,000 in the past year.
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Canada
Cunard Company
Liverpool
New York
Queenstown
Manitoba Farm Boys Beef Prize At 1915 Winter Fair
J D Mc Gregor announces a $1 000 beef prize for farm boys under 17 at the Manitoba Winter Fair 1915. The Canadian Bankers Association adds another $1 000. Open to the Dominion, about 100 competitors expected, twenty prizes from 100 to 25 with a gold medal for the first winner.
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J. D. McGregor
Manitoba Winter Fair Association
McGregor
Smale
Winnipeg
Canadian Bankers’ Association
Manitoba
Canada
Wolverine Added to Banff Zoo In Historic Mountain Capture
The Banff Zoo received a rare wolverine after Joe Smith trapped it in the mountains. The animal, known as the oldest denizen of the wilds, is kept in a coyote cage near the river. It remains shy and reclusive, with no record of tame behavior even from cubs.
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Banff Zoo
Joe Smith
C.P.R. Construction
Joe
Castle
Banff
Sir Gilbert Parker A Versatile Canadian Novelist
The Canadian author Sir Gilbert Parker, prolific with about twenty five books, discusses his career and writing habits. He notes that silence can be painful and that he has written under diverse conditions including on a railway, while waiting for trains, or amid crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
Herbert Tree
Sir Gilbert Parker
London
York
Magnan’s Birdlike Flying Machine At Paris Congress
Dr. A Magnan showcased a new aircraft at the Paris congress designed to imitate birds using wind as the sole motive force. The continuous velplane features a spreading tail and two tapering wings that allow stationary hover, with control learned by practice similar to riding a bicycle and noted as difficult and potentially dangerous.
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Congress of the Sciety of Savants
Paris
A. Magnan
Not Inventor of Air Brake Yet Claims Ownership
A Frenchman Debruges Lebaliil, 72, asserts he invented the compressed air brake in 1868, not George Westinghouse. He showcased a model to Prince Jerome Bonaparte, who offered backing, but Lebailif’s father declined. The invention became public property while Lebailif prospered from other patents.
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Westinghouse Company
Debruges Lebaliil
George Westinghouse
Prince Jerome Bonapart
Lebailif
Saskatchewan motor vehicle licenses rise in March
The Saskatchewan government at Regina reports a March increase in licenses with 176 new automobile licenses and 625 renewals issued. Compared with last year, 101 new licenses and 254 renewals were recorded.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Wool Disposal Program Aids Mixed Farming
The Saskatchewan department of agriculture announced in Regina that settlers may dispose of small consignments of wool through the department. The plan aims to boost mixed farming in the province.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Regina
Department of Agriculture
Defence Conference Across the British Empire Grows
Plans for a defence conference of Great Britain and dominions intensify as Canada’s consent beckons. Australia and New Zealand push for Pacific security talks amid debates over the Anglo Japanese alliance and imperial fleet commitments.
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Great Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
Dominions
Japan
France
Germany
Holland
United States
Maurice Fitzmaurice
Veen
Jas Hamilton
London
Chili
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Wiliam Fergusn Massey
Greymouth
J. H. Cook
Commonwealth of Australia
England and Sweden plan Antarctic scientific station
England and Sweden negotiate a joint Antarctic venture for 1915 with a scientific station in Graham Land. The project aims to explore the surrounding area and study whales in southern seas.
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England
Sweden
Graham Land
Immigration to Canada fiscal years 1914 and 1918 totals
Immigration to Canada totaled 384 867 for the year ended March 31 1914 with 142 622 British 107 530 American and 134 715 from other countries. For the year ended March 31 1918 totals rose to 402 432 with 150 542 British 139 009 American and 112 881 from other countries, a decrease of four percent in the share from other nations.
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Canad
Sugar Industry in Queensland in 1913
In 1913 Queensland produced refined sugar worth about £5,000,000. The sugar season employed around 40,000 people in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
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Harvard Medical
Africa
C.P.R
Western
Britain and
Wolverine
Defence Conference
Churchill
Immigration
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