Local investors in Bankers' Trust case face trial in Victoria
Franklin C. Cook J O Hearn and R N O'Connor have been committed for trial in Victoria on a theft charge involving 8000 dollars from F J Popham in connection with the Bankers' Trust Corporation. All are out on bail amid strong local and financial interest and ties to a Vancouver Island venture prominent in Vancouver and Cumberland.
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Franklin C. Cook
J. O. Hearn
R. N. O'Connor
Victoria
F. J. Popham
Bankers’ Trust Corporation
Jay
J. J. Sloan
Prince Rupert
Cook
Allen
Bankers’ Trust
Harrison
Sloan
People’s Trust Company
British Columbia
New Westminster
People's Trust Company
Mr. Hearn
Vancouver
Bankers’ Trust Company
Hearn
Cumberland
Reorganization Plan Aims at British Columbia Treasury and Audit Offices
W M Dunlop of Ottawa to assist in reorganizing BC treasury and audit offices after fiscal year end. Deputy finance minister J M Smith and auditor-general J A Anderson retire. William Goepel becomes deputy minister. William Allison takes auditor-general post. Treasury board formed with minister of finance, premier, secretary, and attorney-general. Dunlop brings expertise from New Brunswick and Ontario reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service of
British Columbia
J. McB. Smith
John A Anderson
W. J. Goepel
William Allison
Hazelton
Victoria
Hoskins
Nelson
8. S. Jarvis
Treasury Board
Treasury
Audit Office
William M. Dunlop
Ottawa
Dunlop
Federal Public Works Department
Province of
New Brunswick
Government of
Ontario
Dominion
Goepel
Allison
James McBrake Smith
Dep
Government shows fighting strength in funding vote
Ottawa shows a political shift as the government survives a censure amendment over the Landry case. The House defeats the Kyte amendment 86 to 45 and moves to lump sum supplies, signaling no election this year and a reduced blockade by Liberal ex ministers. Naval aid bill to pass with or without rule changes.
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Ottawa
Committee of Supply
George W. Kyte
Richmond
N.S
Landry
House
Kyte
Pugsley
Bencher Election Results in British Columbia Law Society
The Law Society of British Columbia elected benchers. The successful candidates include R. T. Elliott K C L G McPhillips K C EB Corbould K C P Davis K C W Moresby E V Bodwell K C Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper K C A P Luxton K C and J H Senkler K C.
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The
Law Society of
British Columbia
Messrs
R. T. Elliott
K.C
L. G. McPhillips
Wit. EB. Corbould
P. Davis
W. Moresby
E. V. Bodwell
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
A. P. Luxton
J. H. Senkler
Baltimore Sinks After Explosion Near Guaymas
Mexico City reports the United States battleship Baltimore carrying four hundred sailors has sunk off Guaymas in the Gulf of California after an explosion. The incident prompts missing-ship concerns and naval authorities to investigate.
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Mexico City
United States
Baltimore
Guaymas
Gulf of California
British party harmony praised in Commons on empire policy
A despatch notes Sir Edward Grey and Premier Asquith praising opposition support for Britain’s peace oriented foreign policy. Asquith lauds rare unity, while Canada faces Liberal Conservative tensions over naval policy. The article discusses Turkey’s retreat from Europe and reshaping empire.
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House of Commons
Hdward Grey
Asquith
England
Councils of Europe
Britain
London
Canada
Turkey
Europe
Prince Rupert Arrives to Resume Grand Trunk Pacific Service
The popular Grand Trunk Pacific steamer Prince Rupert is due this morning from the south, resuming service after a period of overruled preparation for a heavy season. The vessel, a swift sister to Prince George, is to operate between the coast and southern ports, continuing the line’s coastal run and anticipated busy schedule.
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Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
Ier
Tore
Prince George
Isel
Disaster headlines and flood updates from Dayton and Chicago
Dayton reports militia in control as waters recede with expected deaths near two hundred in Ohio and many more drowned along the rivers. Chicago notes first flood mails from Indiana districts arrive. a circus wintering in Penu loses all animals except elephants. Also from Vancouver a missing Mossons Bank accountant John Mc Lennan is feared murdered after a week absent.
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Dayton
Ohio
Chicago
Indiana
Penu
Vancouver
John McLennan
Thee Molsons Bank
Social Dance Honors Miss Balfour at Catholic Hall
A social dance last evening in the Roman Catholic Hall honored Miss Balfour who has resided in the city for several months and is soon leaving for her home in Hamilton Ontario.
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Miss Balfour
Hamilton
Ont
Goldfield Recovered At Moose Horn and Silver Creeks
Old miners in the Teslin Lake region believe the Swan River headwaters gold discovery is a rediscovery of a twice found and lost field. Prospector dust and nuggets once traded in San Francisco hint at deeper caches, with Indians reporting thirty claims and a half pound of gold. Mr. Kipp of BC Packers’ Skeena canneries is on the ground observing events near Atlin.
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Swan River
Teslin Lake
Atlin
San Francisco
Taku
Juneau
Moose Horn Creek
Moose Horn
Silver Creeks
Telegraph Creek
Wrangel
Kipp
British Columbia
Skeena River
Port Edward launch DIME departs at 2 returns at 5
The government slip vessel DIME leaves Port Edward daily at two o clock and returns at five o clock each day signaling regular ferry service and municipal transport pattern for the harbor area.
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Port Edward
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Law-Butler Co. Real Estate
Third Ave
J. A. Anderson
Treasury and Audit Offices
W. M. Dunlop
Imperial House
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Knormidia
Asia Minor
Columbia
Circus
Molson’s Bank
Prince Rupert's Industrial
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