New Colonizing Policy Announced By Pres Beatty CPR
A statement from BW Beatty president of the Canadian Pacific Railway outlines a new colonizing policy to take over farmers contracts, convert indebtedness to a 34 year plan, and grant title after the final payment. About thirty thousand farmers affected. aim to attract settlers and boost western Canadian production and immigration. Also reports Victor Masion convicted of triple murder at Dumas farm after insanity pleas fail. Regina jail case to be explained August 15.
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Canada
Western Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Britain
United States
Moosamin
Sask
Victor Masigon
Regina
Jean
Marie
Leonie Chauvelon
Dumas
War on bootleggers ordered in Victoria province
Attorney General Munson ordered a government crackdown on whiskey runners and bootleggers after a conference with police heads from four districts. New measures to strengthen law enforcement are under discussion to make the force a more rigorous instrument.
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Victoria
D.C
Munson
Bandits Raid Bank at Dollard Sask Take Cash and Securities
Bandits raided the Bank of Hochelaga branch at Dollard Sask eight miles west of the town. They bound the young ledger keeper, blasted the safe with nitro glycerine, and escaped with about 6 860 in cash and 1 900 in securities. Five men participated. a sixth may have remained in the getaway car. Police scoured trails and checked suspicious cars with no success. Two masked robbers staged the break and three others guarded the bank. The safe’s front wall was hurled into a nearby lot and the interior wrecked by the blasts.
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Dollard
Sask
Thaunavon
Bank of
Bible Rewritten With Modern Science And Ethics
The Tyson Lectureship Foundation plans a present day re writing of the Bible employing current scientific ethical and philosophical theories. Declaring the Bible a single itinerant volume the group says traditional medieval European ideas have faded and the old order is gone. Meanwhile Victoria N H S Curlew, a light cruiser of the North American and West Indies squadron, will visit the British Columbia coast in July, sailing from Bermuda May 24 per tentative schedule.
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New York
Tyson Lectureship Foundation, Inc
J. P. Morgan
Europe
Victoria
H.N.S. Curlew
British Columbia
Bermuda
British Cabinet Considers Rise in Air Force Strength
Duke of Devonshire, Secretary for the Colonies, told the House of Lords that a substantial increase in the British Air Forces is necessary. The cabinet has reached this conclusion as part of wartime defense planning.
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London
Duke of Devonshire
House of Loris
Urge Western Outlet for Grain Shipments Development
Ottawa delegation led by Jobin M Smile urged creating a western grain outlet via Panama. A new year round route would save seven cents per bushel eastward and six more with end-to-end freight cuts, easing east coast congestion and boosting western export potential. Edmonton as hub for public terminal elevators and interior transfer points was proposed to enable Pacific and seaboard movement.
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Ottawa
Jobin M. Smile
Edmonton Board of Trade
Special
House Committee On Agriculture
Canada
Alberta
Panama Canal
Atlantic Sea
Saskatchewan
Pacific
Imrie
Edmonton
Canadian National
Sander
Liverpool
Vancouver
Seaboard
Winalpen
Moose, Jaw
Saskatoon
Pope Receives Kies George and Queen Mary in Rome
Pope Pius received Kies George and Queen Mary in solemn audience at the Apostolic Palace Vatican. Their Majesties were accompanied by Theophilus Russell British Minister to the Huis See and by their staff. They entered through the Mint gate and on the S S Damasco court были accorded military honors by the Palatine Guards and a detachment of pontifical gendarmes.
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Rome
Pius
Kies George
Queen Mary
Apostolic Palace
Vatican
Theophilus Russel
Huis See
Mint
SS. Damasco
Loyal to the Crown says Canada will stay tied to Britain
Sir Edward Kemp, returning from Great Britain, warned of Canadian sentiment toward American absorption. He cited debate over who should sign the fisheries treaty, noting Ernest Lapointe's signature and asserting British links would remain strong and Canada would keep Empire relations unchanged.
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Toronto
Sir Edward Kemp
Great Britain
Nhat
Canada
United States
Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Sir Auckland
Ernest Lapointe
Sir Edward
Empire
Britain
Cattle Sale Set in Saskatoon by Breeders Group
Buyers from outlying points are expected at the Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders Association sale in Saskatoon on June 6 and 7. Seventy bulls are to be judged and auctioned the first day, including 45 Shorthorns 10 Herefords 10 Angus and five dairy bulls. On day two Shorthorns Herefords and Angus cows will be offered. Federal official R S Hamer may attend as a buyer. Attendance is anticipated after seeding.
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Regina
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Cattle Breeders’ Association
R. S. Hamer
Federal Department of Agriculture
Trider Charged With Murder In Drumheller Case
E. E. Trider was committed for trial on murder charges arising from the death of Constable Paris in Drumheller. Trider, resisting arrest on a liquor charge, drove into a board fence while trying to brush the officer from the running board. the constable died from injuries.
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Calgary
E. E. Trider
Paris
Drumheller
Trider
League Wal Assemble Sept 30 Geneva
The League of Nations assembly is convoked for Monday September 30. Key agenda items include armaments reduction and the proposal by Canada of representatives for an amendment to article ten of the covenant.
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League Wal
Geneva
Assembly of the
League of Nations
Explanation Of Abnormal Weather Toronto
Sir Frederick Stupart, head of Canada’s meteorological survey, explains that persistent Arctic high pressures moved southeastward, causing a northward air flow over Central and Eastern Canada. This cold wave mirrors past patterns, with a long-lasting cold regime behind a slowly moving barometric low across Southern Canada.
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Toronto
Sir Frederick Stupart
Meteorological Survey of Canada
Sir Frederick
Arctic America
Canada
Wealthy Canadians Highlight Deposits as Indicator of Wealth
F A Hatch of Hamilton argues public bank and loan deposits show Canadians as world’s richest. deposits exceed two billion dollars or about 250 per person. He spoke at the Ontario Branch annual meeting of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, where he is retiring president, urging farmers and manufacturers to see shared interests despite hard times.
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Toronto
F. A. Hatch
Hamilton
Batah
Ontario
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
British Trawler Lord Astor Seized Near Murmansk
A British trawler named Lord Astor was seized off the Murmansk coast by a Russian gunboat on grounds it fished within Russian territorial waters as reported by Central News.
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Eng
Lord Astor
Murmansk
Central News
Freight Rates On Grain For Export Have Been Lowered
Freight rates for export grain were reduced by 3.44 cents per pound for milling in transit and for floor from the lower lakes to Canada's Atlantic seaboard. The cuts take effect May 15, driven by Canadian National Railways officers and accepted by railways despite Railway Board rejection. Milling interests hailed the move as a potential start toward broader adjustments in rain and ocean rates benefiting Canadian millers in foreign markets.
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Montreal
Lower Lake Dars
Canadian Atlantic Seaboard
C. Carnell
Canadian National Minera’ Association
Canadian National Railways
Turkish delegate Says Near East Talks Make Few Advances
Lausanne reports Ismet Pasha, chief Turkish delegate, told Turkish newsmen that while agreement had been reached on many minor points at the Near East conference, no progress had been made on core questions that determine the conference's fate.
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Lausanne
Ismet Pasha
Heat Drives More Passengers to Coast Trains
In Calexico and Imperial Valley the heat persists with temperatures from 104 to 110 degrees. Extra coaches were added to all coast bound trains to help passengers escaping the swelter seek relief along the coast.
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Calexico
Imperial Valley
Canadian land seekers eyed for June start in Indianapolis
Indianapolis report notes rising interest in Western Canada from a Canadian Government agency office there. Prospects of a large land seekers party beginning early in June. Local farming operations are running later than usual this season.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Western
Canada
Chinese correspondence schools open in Tientsin
For the first time in Chinese educational history correspondence schools have been started in Tientsin. They are linked with Liang Chichao who opened a new school of civilization in the city.
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Tientsin
China
Liang Chichao
Floods Hit Canterbury and Marlborough Provinces in NZ
Wellington correspondent reports the worst flood since 1883 across the northeast Canterbury region and Marlborough. Heavy rainfall ruptured river banks damaged rails and roads wrecked property and farm stock, with waters still receding as weather remains unsettled.
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London
London Morning Post
Wellington
Province of
Canterbury
Marlborough
Krupp Directors File Appeal in French Court Martial
Attorneys for Baron Krupp von Bohlen and Krupp directors filed an appeal against their sentences retried by a French court martial at Werden. The defendants were brought to the location and held in French military prison awaiting decision by the upper military tribunal.
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Duesseldorf
Baron Krupp von Bohlen
Krupp
Werden
Mounties veteran seeks scrip and pensions from minister
Ottawa J. J. Roberts of Vancouver, past president of the Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans Association, arrives as special delegate to press before Sir Lomer Couln, minister of justice, the scrip and pensions demands of former Mounties who served in the 1885 Riel Rebellion.
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Ottawa
J. J. Roberts
Vancouver
Royal North West Mounted Police Veterans’ Association of Canada
Sir Lomer Couln
Riel
Debt Fraucis Montreal Proposal on Debtor Penalties
The Legislation Committee of the Chambre de Commerce recommends imprisonment without option of fine for fraudulent debtors under the Bankruptcy Act in Montreal. This proposal targets fraudsters, seeking stricter enforcement and accountability within bankruptcy proceedings.
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Montreal
Legislation Committee
The
Chambre de Commerce
Postponement of Final Revision of Bank Act Debates
Ottawa notices motion by A Speakman Progressive for postponement of final revision of the Bank Act and one year extension of bank charters. He cites widened inquiry into credit, data submitted, and upcoming economic conference. Rural credits, War Finance Act, and provincial petitions noted.
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Ottawa
A. Speakman
Red Deer
Committee On
Banking and Commerce
Speaks Tan
Agriculture Committee
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