Socialism Receives Some Hard Knocks
London discusses the menace of socialism and the clash with protectionism. Lord Rosebery warns that socialist gains could force Liberals to choose between socialism and protection, urging protection as the lesser evil. Asquith faces leadership duties with a possible center party emerging. Meantime, miners eight hour bill and coal costs loom as potential tests of socialist policy and taxation impact.
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London
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
Audrees
Liberal League
League
Party of Protection
Asquith
Nionists
Ime
United Kingdom
Trail plant ships silver to Ottawa and gold to Seattle
The Consolidated Mining and Smelting plant at Trail, B C, shipped 140000 ounces of silver to Hong Kong last week, bringing six month totals to over a million ounces with nearly half to the Canadian mint at Ottawa. All gold goes to Seattle assay office for US mints. Copper sales in the past three weeks total about sixty million pounds. a new copper furnace and a one operation crusher upgrade boost output.
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Rossland
B. C
Hong Kong
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Trail
Ottawa
Assay
Seattle
United States
Trail Smelter
Orient
Consolidated Company
Canada
Emergency Currency Backed By Canadian Financiers
Toronto financiers back Hon W Se Fielding’s emergency currency proposal as a means to move western crops rapidly and position Canada as a global granary. Byron E. Walker of Bank of Commerce calls for short term issue with rapid retirement by banks once the emergency ends. C A Bogart of Dominion Bank supports the idea with cautions on time limits and restrictive controls.
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Toronto
C. A. Bogart
Dominion Bank
Crusade on Storage Eggs Aims to Halt Cold Stored Sales
Washington. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, began a campaign to stop shipping and selling cold storage eggs as fresh. He argues New York and Chicago buyers cannot taste the difference and are misled. Penalties include a $500 fine or six months in prison or both.
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Washington
James Wilson
New York
Chicago
Peahane Wilson
Russia Friendly Speech Published in St Petersburg Douma
The speech by M. Iswolsky, Russia's foreign minister, on Russia Japan relations in the Douma draws comment in Japan. The Nichi Nichin Shimbun welcomes it as a frank display of friendly policy to bury old differences and push East Asia toward development.
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Tokia
M. Iswolsky
Minster of Foreign Affairs
Douma
St. Petersburg
Nichi-Nicm Shimbun
East Asia
Dash for Lost Land by Dawson and explorers
Capt Mikkleson and explorer Leffingwell plan another dash for the continental shelf to reach Australia, as reported by Capt Kettle years ago. The expedition aims to locate a land believed to exist beyond the current makeshift boundaries.
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Dawson
Mikkleson
Leffingwell
Aus Land
Kettle
Emperor's Cousin Resigns From German Army
Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia, nephew of the late Brunswick regent and cousin to Emperor William, resigns as a major. William forbids wearing the German uniform again. The act stems from his friendship with Baroness Liebenberg, formerly Marie Sulzer, an actress. The prince faced eight een months prior for his interest in her. He wished to wed despite class differences.
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Berlin
Joachim Albrecht
Prussia
Brunswick
William
Mittag Zeitung
Liebenberg
Africa
Baroness Liebenberg
Marie Sulzer
Duke of Abruzzi engagements denied by Italian court
New reports from Rome reveal movements of the Duke of Abruzzi contrary to the Italian court denial of his marriage and engagement to Miss Katherine Elkins. He visited Rome in February, held talks with King Victor Emmanuel and the Duke of Aosta, then asked for leave from command of the Regina Elena, with no word since.
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Rome
Canadian association meet reports sanitarium expansion
Dr Moore general secretary announced during the eighth annual meeting in Ottawa that travel covered Manitoba Saskatchewan New Ontario and neighboring towns. A sanatorium will be built in British Columbia this spring in Manitoba and proposed in Saskatchewan and Alberta. About two and a half million pages of literature were distributed.
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Ottawa
Canadian Association For Prevention of
Moore
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Germany to reform colonies with trained native language officials
Berlin colonial secretary Dernburg during the colonial budget debate foreshadowed creating a class of trained officials to administer colonies. He urged rooting out brutal and unjust officials among natives and settlers.
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Germany
Berlin
Dernburg
Colonial Department
Dominion Architects Ottawa Private Bills Committee Action
The private bills committee reported Mr Walsh's bill to incorporate the Architectural Institute of Canada. The name altered to Architectural Institute of Canada and provisions for examinations certificates of efficiency and membership classes were struck out.
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Ottawa
Walsh
Institute of Architects of Canada
Architectural Institute of Canada
Sunday School Lesson on Proverbs Wisdom and Salvation
The article presents a 1908 Sunday School lesson on Proverbs stressing God’s wisdom versus human folly. It argues Christ as wisdom, warns against folly and strong drink, and emphasizes repentance, new birth, and salvation through Jesus for all sinners. It cites numerous Bible verses to support a path to life, victory, and eternal judgment.
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American Press Association
Hell
Christ Jesus
Isa Lk
God
John
Christ
Jesus
Labor Leaders Pledge to Press Congress for Labor Relief
A Washington conference of organized labor, led by Samuel Gompers, decided to appeal to voters and urge remedial legislation after adverse Supreme Court rulings. It reports 117 unions representing 27,000 locals and seeks roposals from Congress before adjournment, with President Roosevelt’s support noted.
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Washington, D.C
United States Supreme Court
Organized Labor
Congress
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
New Railway Company for North Ottawa
A bill to incorporate the Northern Empire Railway company proposes a ten million dollar capital and a 2000 mile line from the international boundary east of Cardston through Saskatchewan to Port Vermillion and Dawson City to the Alaska boundary. Temporary directors include Henry Foy Robert Balfour Joseph J. B. Gosselin Jules Fleu tot and Edward Hoffman.
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Ottawa
Northern Empire Railway Company
Railway Committee
Calgary
International
Cardston
Sask
Saskatchewan
Lethbridge
Port Vermillion
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Dawson City
Alaskan
East Victoria
Edmonton
Henry Foy
Robert Balfour
Ont
Joseph J. B. Gosselin
Notre Dame de Stanbridge
Quebec
Jules J. Fleutot
Frank
Alberta
Edward Hoffman
New York
Britain's Sea Power in Lords Debate on Battleship Types
In the House of Lords Lord Tweedmouth, first lord of the admiralty, praised Temeraire class ships as superior to Dreadnoughts and said St. Vincent class would improve Temeraire. He projected three squadrons of four St. Vincent ships each by spring 1911, asserting no power could match such a fleet on the seas.
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London
House of Lords
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Great Britain
St. Vincent
Trek of Caribou Across Yukon Region Seen by Explorers
O F Jenkins and A R Purdy report from Ketchumstock at the Forty mile head that caribou migration from the Tanana valley began in November and still moved past Forty mile early this month as they returned to Dawson.
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Dawson
Tanana
White River
Forty-mile
O. F. Jenkins
A. R. Purdy
Ketchumstock
Purdy
Jenkins
Secretary Straus cites 65006 rejections at European ports
Philadelphia reports Oscar S. Straus says over 65006 immigration applications were rejected by steamship line agencies in European cities last fiscal year due to concerns about the applicants. He argues immigration laws are nearly perfect and will be strictly enforced.
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Philadelphia
Commerce and Labor
Oscar S. Straus
United States
Earl Grey trophy competition venues announced
The executive committee decided the February contest will be held in Montreal this year and in Toronto next year with potential future events planned for the west.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Toronto
West
Liquor Combine Forms to Fight Temperance Push in Montreal
A fifty million dollar liquor and brewing combine forms in Montreal to oppose the Dominion Alliance anti Alcohol League and other temperance groups threatening trade. Lawrence A. Wilson notes a serious push by French clergy and press for stricter liquor laws, including a 100000 signature petition to Quebec's legislature. Delegations will go to Quebec to defend current licenses and maintain the status quo.
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Montreal
Dominion Alliance
Lawrence A. Wilson
Quebec
Might Cease Mutiny
Vancouver bound Col. John Smith a ten year adviser to the Maharajah of Mysore and British official in a six million person district appeals to imperial government over Hindu deportations. He fears angry Hindu exiles could spark unrest among troops including former soldiers who served in the Soudan and warns of potential mutiny or wider dissension.
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Vancouver
B.C
John Smith
Mysore
London
Col. Smith
Soudan
India
Rich Gold Strike Report Near Herschell Island
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police expedition returns after 56 days trekking from Fort MacPherson to report a rich gold strike 60 miles east of Herschell Island near the Mackenzie delta. Fourteen men and twenty dogs traveled 500 miles. three dogs died. Duchess of Bedford crew brought the news after a prior wreck. No strike details released.
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Herschell
Nova Scotia to Celebrate 150th Anniversary in Halifax
Halifax may host a summer commemoration of Nova Scotia hundred and fiftieth anniversary and the securing of representative government. The plan was launched in the legislative council by Hon. J N Armstrong, with the general assembly meeting in Halifax October 2 1758 noted as a new colonial milestone. Hon J D Mack pledged government action.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Legislative Council
J. N. Armstrong
General Assembly of
J. D. Mack
Premier Roblin Sees Farming Boom in Western Canada
Manitoba premier Rodman P. Roblin visiting St. Louis for travel to Oklahoma and Texas. He touted Western Canadian farming potential, saying Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan could house twenty million Americans as rail links expand. He noted the three provinces grew from under 400000 a decade ago to over one million now.
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St. Louis
Rodman P. Roblin
Manitoba
Oklahoma
Texas
Canada
Prairie
Alberta
Saskatchewan
War memorial speech links Canada unity to South Africa dominion ideals
In a Cape Town unveiling, Sir W Hely-Hutchinson compared Franco British cooperation in Canada to create national parks with a call for South Africans to unite under the British flag. He urged dedicating lives to building a strong dominion as a lasting memorial to the fallen.
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Canada
Cape Town
W. Hely Hutchinson
Plaine of Abraham
Ste. Foy
Whales Taken by Nar Whal and Others in North Dawson
Twenty six whales were taken last season by whalers Nar Whal Belvidere Jeanette Herman Bowhead Beluga and Karluk in North Dawson waters. The record highlights the effort of the crews and the vessels listed.
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North
Dawson
Narwhal
Belvidere
Jeanette
Herman
Bowhead
Beluga
Karluk
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