Conservatives Win Canada’s General Election Seat Totals
The Liberals and Progressive blocs trailed as Conservatives led with 115 seats while Liberals won 7 and Progressives 2. Quebec yielded only four Conservative MPs of 65 seats, with Liberals dominant elsewhere. Six new ministers joined the cabinet, and women candidates remained scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL. Patenaude
Rimsett
Quebec
Conservati
Liberals
Building &9
Prairie Provinces
Manfidha
Alberta
Robert Rogers
Robert Borden
Rogers
Norris
Manitoba
King
George Perley
London
Montreal
Mas
Agnes MacPhall
Edward Wood Named Viceroy of India Succeeding Reading
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood former minister of agriculture and education and MP for Ripon is appointed viceroy of India to succeed the Earl of Reading who will retire next April. Wood is heir to Viscount Halfax and a Conservative figure in Yorkshire politics. A separate report notes the removal of Wong to a leper colony in Nanaimo after discovery on a Bear South farm and the burning of his shack along with the destruction of his dog.
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Edward
Frederick Lindley Wood
Sucasean
Earl of Reading
London
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Fisherien
Board of Education
Eudig
Wood
Viscount Halifax
Perliament
Ripon
Weat
Yorkshire
Stanley Caldwin
Brat
Nanaimo
B.C
University opens Regina A department of farm management
The University of Saskatchewan establishes a new Regina A department of farm management led by Professor William Allen. The department will conduct an economic study of Saskatchewan for 1926, reflecting material fieldwork conducted in the spring and summer months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
University of Saskatchewan
Williamm Allen
Saskatchewan
Fornihg
Remade Ancient Roadway London Through Cornhill
London’s Cornhill closed for three weeks to rebuild the ancient roadway from the Mansion House to Kidderall Street. The work, day and night, aims to restore a historic artery long used since Roman times through central London.
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London
Cornhill
Mansion’ House
Keadentall Street
Ely
French Cabinet Reconstituted Amid Reform Sees Key Changes
Paris reports Premier Patoleve shaping a cabinet aimed at broad approval. M Pain becomes finance minister while Aristide Briand remains foreign secretary. Chautemps Justice Schra neck Interior De Monzit Works Datadier War Borel Marine Chau met Agriculture Durand Instruction Delphos Colonies Morel Labor Durafour Pensions Anteriou fill posts. Caillaux, once finance minister, is notably absent signaling shift in debt and currency policy.
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Ons
Paris
Patoleve
M. Painieve
Aristide Briand
M. Chautemps
Interior
M. Schraneck
M. de Monzit
M. Datadier
Emile Borel
M_ Chaumet
Jean Durand
M. Delphos
Paul Morel
M. Durafour
M. Anteriou
M. Caillaux
Fnst
Disastrous Blaze Repeats In New Brunswick Village
A violent fire in Peacodiac New Brunswick hits the village for the fourth time in four years. Five stores and three houses burned with damage estimated over 40000 dollars. The fire destroyed the Ore and damaged hotels and other businesses despite volunteer efforts using buckets and hand pumps.
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Peacodiac
N.B
Strucurea
Mitchell Challenges Court Martial Jurisdiction
Col. William Mitchell contends the court martial lacks authority to try him claiming the charges do not constitute offenses under the articles of war and that the retirement of three members invalidates the proceeding. The dispute centers on whether the court martial has proper jurisdiction over the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Mitchell
Washington
Col
William Mitchell
Cass
Campaign Under Difficulties Pekin
Taoe advance of General Sun Chuan-Fang, the Cheklang leader, to ward Hauchow in Northern Kiangsu continues slowly due to lack of rolling stock. The concentration of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin's followers is equally slow. Serious fighting in the region is not expected for at least another week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
Taoe
Sun Chuan-Fang
Cheklang
Hauchow
Kiangsu
Chang Tso-Lin
Washington forecasts apple crop and per person use
The department of agriculture forecasts the U S apple crop at 64,000,000 bushels this year versus 179,000,000 last year. It notes that the average person eats about half an apple daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
London Weather Clocks In A Mix Of Rain And Thunder
A London day brought varied weather with brief showers thunder and alert conditions in the hotel and shopping district. Visitors were told real fogs occur in winter, deflating expectations for heavy fog conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Navy Celebrates Washington Birthday Milestone Tone
The United States marked its 150th birthday with optimistic expressions and official assurances that the nation’s defense remains strong. Leaders look toward the future undeterred by past events in a national morale display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 3. Navy
Washington
United States
Moose Trophy Won by E. C. Rogers at Kew
Fredericton reports E. C. Rogers of Putnam Coan took the largest THOR head at Kew in a notable hunt. The event crowns Rogers with a standout trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericton
N.B
E. C. Rogers
Putnam, Coan
THOR
Kew
Surgeons Plan Germicide Drive After Lister Centennial
At the 15th annual congress of the American College of Surgeons the board of regents announced a campaign to promote germicides that target diseased cells without harming healthy tissue. They argued germicides could replace the knife in many operations and noted an internal abscess had no other proven treatment besides cutting. The initiative follows the anniversary of Lord Lister’s birth as a milestone for antiseptic and germicidal surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
American College of Surgeons
Board of Regents
Lord Lister
It & Men
Balkans Crisis May Produce Neutral Zone Plan
Paris reports that a neutral demilitarized zone between Greece and Bulgaria and commissions for conciliation may be part of a Balkan settlement under the League of Nations. The council may also set guiding principles for Balkan leaders and push for broader security pacts and a disarmament conference.
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Paris
Greece
Bulgaria
Balkans
Council of the
League of Nations
Council
Balkan
Gernigny
Europe
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Siberian Whale Fleet Arrives Off Seattle Coast
The Kommandoren 1, flagship of Vega Whaling Co of Sandefjord, Norway, with four steam whalers, returns with a 10 000 barrel season haul from the Bering Sea off the Northeastern Siberian coast under Huseian government concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bering Sea
Siberia
Kommandoren 1
Vega Whaling Company
Sandefjord
Norway
Siberian
Huseian
Penn Debaters Defeat Oxford in Prohibition Debate
The University of Pennsylvania debating team defeated Oxford University, winning the affirmative in a debate on the principle of prohibition. The match took place in Philadelphia, with Penn presenting a strong case supporting prohibition and Oxford defending the opposing view.
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Oxford
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford University
Wheat Pool Plans to Acquire More Elevators
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool officials announce a plan to acquire elevator facilities by negotiating with the Saskatchewan Co-Operative Elevator Company. The objective is to own facilities to handle members grain, with several elevators already purchased or erected for the 1926 crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Saskatchewan Co- Operative Elevator Company
Weetlig
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited
Saskatchawan
Saskatchewan Seed Growers Lease Moose Jaw Plant
The Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers Association unanimously approved leasing the Moose Jaw seed cleaning plant for one year with an option to buy. The plant will operate this week as wheat oats barley and flax arrive for cleaning and registration by the Canadian Seed Growers Association. B G Booth MLA appointed superintendent. W S Walker BSA named Dominion seed inspector. M B P Tullis named association manager. plant to offer custom cleaning for Moose Jaw district farmers at a nominal fee.
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Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan Registered Seed Growers’ Association
Ing
Canadian Seed Growers’s Association
B. G. Booth
Complete Extension To Plant Saskatoon
Statements from Thomas Reynolds of the Quaker Coats Company indicate no definite commitments yet on expanding the Saskatoon plant this year though extension is contemplated. Dr Edmund Stinnes, eldest son of Hugo Stinnes, has secretly departed for the United States amid family financial disputes and banker receivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Whue
Thomas Reynolds
Quaker Coats Company
Hugo Stinnes
U. 8
Berile
Edmund Stinnes
United States
Stinnes
Japanese Aviators Abe and Kawachi Reach London to Rome Flight
The Japanese aviators Abe and Kawachi who recently completed a Tokio to London flight have arrived here en route to Rome.
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Rome
Abe
Kawachi
Tokio
London
British Delegates Prepare for Peking Tariff Conference
Sir Ronald MacLeay heads a party aboard the Empress of Canada from Vancouver for the Orient. Delegates include Mr. B. C. Newton and Colonel Sydney Peel, with Lady Delia Pee and Lady MacLeay, as they sail to attend the customs tariff talks opening in October in Peking.
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Great Britain
China
Ronald MacLeay
Vancouver
Orient
B.C. Newton
Sydney Peel
Robert Peel
Viscount Peel
House of Commons
Ronald
Peking
Delia Pee
MacLeay
Ber Jef
Message From Wrecked Coaster Found In Bottle
A bottle recovered off Graham Beach contains a note said to be from the lost coaster Haysport Number 2, reporting wreck in Mill Bank Sound with four men aboard Captain Partington, Addison, Polley and Wood missing. The vessel disappeared Jan 28, 1925 while carrying explosives to northern mines.
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D. Cordilla
Butedale
Graham Beach
Mill Bank Sound
Partington
Addison
Polley
Wood
Cordilla
Toronto Honors Robert J. Fleming Funeral Witnessed in Snow
Toronto suspended traffic for two minutes as mourners gathered in Tim othy Eaton Memorial Church for the funeral of street railway magnate Robert J. Fleming. The body lay in state from noon to 2 30 pm and hundreds passed by for last respects before interment at Mount Pleasant cemetery.
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Toronto
Robert J. Fleming
Timothy Eaton
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Explanation of Fatal Rioting in Damascus
Reports say the Damascus riot was triggered by French display of rebels' bodies from near the city. A Mohammedan chief Tassyn Fl Kharrat led a mixed force against police posts in the Chagour, Medan, and Hahyergl quarters as French bombardment angered residents.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Damascus
Beirut
Tassyn
Kharrat
Hamascus
Hageun
Statement Of Trade Very Encouraging
Canada’s exports for the year ended September 30 rose by 84 million dollars over 1924, totaling 1.168 billion. Imports also increased to 852.6 million, up from 826.2 million in the previous year, per Dominion Bureau of Statistics data.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statietics
Indian Magna Charta aims for native states self rule
In Delhi a conference led by N C Kelkar plans a constitutional demand for native Indian states. Proposed measures include independent judiciary, elected state assemblies, responsible executive, autonomous local councils, and free speech within law. This movement signals a push toward broader self government.
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Delhi
India
N.C. Kelkar
Manitoba Feeder Show Entries Roughly Twice Last Year
Entries at the Manitoba feeder show near Winnipeg nearly double last year with the Peligan Indian agency at Brochet Alta winning a division. Rabovski and Finkelstein from Rond Lane Alta dominated the three year old class, while they took multiple seconds in other divisions. James D. McCregor of Brindon Minn led the yearlings and calf class with Lloydminster Co-operative Association taking second in the yearlings category.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Pelgan Indian Agency
Brochet
Alta
Earlollass
Rabovski
Finkelstein
Rondlane
James D. McCregor
Brindon, Mun
Lloydminster Co-operative Association
Newspaperman Elected Reginae C R McIntosh
North Battleford editor McIntosh wins as the Liberal candidate becoming the only newspaper editor elected from the west. He publishes the North Battleford News and has led the Saskatchewan Press Association and the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association branch.
Birthmark seen as Turkey emblem sparks pilgrimages
Devout Turks trek to the Bosphorus home of a poor peasant couple where their newborn son bears a birthmark on the hip resembling Turkey’s star and crescent. Believers call it a sign of Turkish greatness, a phenomenon that has stirred Turkish medical circles as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosphorus
Turkey
Six Alberta By-Elections Planned for December
Prime Minister Greenfield announced last week that six provincial by-elections will be held around December 29 to fill vacancies in the Alberta legislature. The decision replaces a general election.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Pramio Greenfield
Coal From Germany Arrives in Portland Maine
A cargo of 4,000 tons of German coal, destined for import to the United States, is due to arrive in about two weeks at Portland. Local dealers say the coal will be offered in stove, eggs and out sizes and priced similarly to Welsh coal to ease Maine fuel shortages.
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Portland
Maine
Potash Deposits Reported At Buddingen Depth 800 Yards
Reports state an exceptional quality potash salt deposit was struck at 800 yards depth near Buddingen. The mine work continues after three years of operation under government subsidy and the Badin government support.
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Freibusy
Buddingen
Kovernment
Badin
Sears Ase
Women in leadership urged by Dr Hair Brill in Philadelphia
Dr W Hair Brill of Liverpool addresses the American College of Surgeons urging women to take leading roles in political, land, and industrial sectors, warning of male decline. Australia’s 1526-26 wheat yield is estimated at 32,964,000 bushels, averaging 18.10 bushels per acre, up two million from last season.
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Philadelphia
W. Hair Brill
Iiverpool
England
American College of Surgeons
Australia
Adelaide
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Nadesno
Alaska Stamship Company
Ketchikan Whar Company
Chicago
M. Caillasx
New Brunswick
U. S
Whalers
Wheat Pool
Luther Geteber
Ware Island
Graham Doach
Wagna Charta
Aloerta
Germany
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