Made in Britain train to boost Canadian trade drive
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce plans a year long Made in Britain exhibition train to boost British goods in Canada. Six cars, 70 by 10 by 1 feet, will tour railways with each car costing about 20,000 a year to run and exhibitors paying about 300 a foot for sections. The campaign aims to inform Canadians of Britain’s offerings while encouraging purchases of British products.
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Canada
Bac’ber
Ite Ch
Britain
United Kingdom
Atlantic
J. Beirne
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Panama Canal
Dominion
Census of India Shows Massive 315 Million Population
The census, conducted overnight across India with two million staff, counted 315,156,396 people including Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians. Literacy stood at 18,539,578, with 224,695,909 in agriculture and 35,223,041 in industry. Canadian officials are advised to study the method.
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India
Bycai
Cenes
Telegraphing Photos From Distances Demonstrated
A telecograph demonstration showed photographs being transmitted over six hundred miles. The demonstrator said future work will flash pictures between New York and London and wireless photo transmission is planned with another demonstration in two months.
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New York
London
Woman hunter bags four lions in minutes near Delagoa
Mrs. Delaporte, wife of a Delagoa Railroad official, in her husband's absence, with two natives, tracked six lions feeding on an antelope several miles from Kong. She killed two lionesses as they closed in, fatally wounded a third while it fled, and stopped a fourth with a shot to the eye at eight yards. Two lions escaped as ammunition ran out.
Skeletons Found of French Soldiers from Napoleon Expedition
English soldiers unearthed two skeletons and bone fragments at Alexandra, confirmed as French troops from Napoleon's Egypt campaign. Remains handed to the French consul and to be moved to Cairo for ceremonial interment in the sarcophagus with previously recovered company remains.
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Alexandra
Napoleon
Egypt
Cairo
Radium Power Sparks Moon Trip Vision From Nordham
M Charles Nordham of the Paris observatory says radium could propel man to the moon inside a projectile, though not by the violent method Jules Verne imagined. He estimates radium would provide motive force about 400 times stronger than nitroglycerine and envisions a device to slow the craft on arrival.
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Radium
M. Charles Nordham
Paris Observatory
Jules Verne
M. Nordman
London City Land Values See Record Auction Prices
A vast London block near the core, with streets including Cannon, Queen Victoria and Upper Thames, is set for auction. Analysts note central city land now weighs heavily against the West End as business shifts westward, with quoted values reaching extraordinary sums per acre and per square foot and the city square mile valued around 1.25 billion dollars.
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London
Law Courts
Cannon Street
Queen Victoria Street
Upper Thames Street
Bred Street
Ido] Lane
St. Mary-at-Hell
West End
Strand
Westminster
Austin Friars
Bank of England
King Wiliam Street
Canadian Exhibits Sought Again at American Fairs
W J White reports sentiment shift over Canadian displays at state fairs. After previous embargoes in New York Illinois Minnesota the Syracuse and Springfield fairs have invited Canada to exhibit. Invitations extend from many local fairs as Canada hopes to attract visitors and boost immigration showcase.
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W. J. White
Canada
Canadian Immigration Department
State Exhibition
United States
New York
Ilinois
Minnesota
Syracuse
N.Y
Springfield
White
Fox pups valued at fifty thousand dollars turn loose
A Rawden farmer in Hants county Nova Scotia found six fox pups, four black and two patches, in a den beneath an old log barn. He kept them as pets until a neighbor warned it was illegal, then released the foxes. Experts valued the litter at least fifty thousand dollars.
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Hants County
N.S
Rewden
The Community Church Aims to Unite a Diverse Winnipeg Village
A Winnipeg church gathering shifts from worship to community unity. Members from Ontario to Ireland share home towns, revealing the need for a “community church” to unite diverse groups. It should educate, provide recreation, and act as a central moral power, extending beyond sacred duties to meet broad local needs.
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Winnipeg
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Dakotas
Iowa
Union
Scotland
Ireland
England
Europe
Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Welfare League
Wireless gramophone signals heard on voyage
The Nelson steamship Highland Scot heard gramophone melodies like the Merry Widow Waltz and God Save the King by wireless as it neared Buenos Ayres, traced to a private yacht about 20 miles away. Signor Marconi suggested a gramophone and wireless transmitter experiment, noting radio tyres can travel long distances and even link to his home by wireless.
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Nelson
Buenos Ayres
Vigo
Signor Marconi
Marconi
Fawrey
Southampton
Salt strike fuels Windsor alkali plant plans
Manager Dodson of the Canadian Alkali Company reports discovery of salt in four new wells at Windsor Ontario that could supply the plant for 220 years. The company plans to invest half a million dollars in the factory.
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Dodson
Canadian Alkali Company
Windsor Ont
Will Survey and Chart the Ocean Expands Plan to Oceanic Survey
J Foster Stackhouse announces a six to seven year expedition to survey and chart the world’s oceans. The route spans London Iceland Nova Scotia the Atlantic Azores Tristan da Cunha Cape Town and the Pacific from Panama to Singapore Hong Kong and Japan. Twelve scientists six officers and eighteen sailors aboard seek $125000 more funding with no government grant yet.
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J. Foster Stackhouse
Stackhouse
London
Iceland
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Azores
Trinidad
Rio de Janice
Cape Horn
Montevedio
Buenos Ayres
Cape Town
Tristan da Cunah
Cape
Antarctic
Sir D. Mawson
Sandwich Islands
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Mauretius
South Africa
Maretius
Zanzibar
Seychelles Islands
India
Bombay
Singapore
Hong Kong
China
Japan
Commission to Develop Empire Trade Plan in Canada
Deputy minister of trade and commerce F T C O Hara leads a Dominion trade commission visit to Canada in August and September. Principal boards of trade, railways and finance, statistics, exhibitions, and imperial legislation will be reviewed. An empire development fund and board may aid loan raises and imperial cooperation.
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F. T. C. O'Hara
Empire Development Board
Germans Skeptical On End of the Battleship Thesis
German newspapers doubt Sir Percy Scotts claim that battleships are obsolete. The Conservative Post notes Germany suspects hoodwinkment, citing France's past turn from torpedo boats to battleships after overestimating new tech. It argues submarines cannot render battleships useless due to limited range and fortification defense, even if ships were defenseless.
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Sir Percy Scott
Sir Percy
Germany
Vna
Admiral Colomb
France
Dominion Butter Analysis Finds Most Samples Genuine
A Dominion analysis of 340 butter samples from across Canada in November December and January shows 315 genuine, 18 practically genuine and 6 adulterated. Of 26 samples from Quebec where oleomargarine was alleged to be sold, all were genuine.
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Canada
Dominion
Quebec
Women Detectives at Commons for Suffragette Incidents
Female detectives are stationed for special occasions at the house of commons. One or two work with Scotland Yard to sit in the ladies gallery during large debates to promptly handle suffragette intruders. They are fashionably dressed to be indistinguishable.
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House of Commons
Scotland Yard
Prisoners Plant Forests Across New South Wales
A New South Wales forestry report notes convicts at the State prison work to replant waste lands with trees. In 1913 one prison planted 25,000 trees, mainly American ash and pines, with plans to expand. Similar efforts in San Diego and other U S cities aim to turn idle land into profitable forests to secure water supplies and create jobs. Eastern Canada lags in large scale reforestation though Ontario allows municipal councils to acquire waste land for this purpose.
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Forestry Department of
New South Wales
San Diego
California
United States
Canada
Guelph
Ont
Ontario
Quebec
Dommon
Dominion Forestry Branch
Indian Head
Unique features at the notted Cinderella Ball for the blind
At the Savoy in London the notted Cinderella Ball for the blind drew 1200 attendees with $26 tickets, yet some paid $50 for entry. Hosted by C Arthur Pearson to aid the National Institute for the Blind, the event began at midnight and continued past breakfast, with no tangoes or maxixes. Lottery prizes included a $3,000 automobile and luxury items, while costumes featured striking outfits such as Mrs Cosmo Hamilton's sleeveless floral gown with unattached cuffs and Chinese-style trouserettes.
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Savoy Hotel
London
C. Arthur Pearson
National Institute For the Blind
Cosmo Hamilton
Empress Death Observed in Imperial Tokio Ceremonies
A late dowager empress is said to have died in the countryside but, by custom, must be buried and mourned in Tokio. Officials staged a ceremonial journey from country palace to Tokio palace with troops and silent crowds, the carriage carrying a dead empress.
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Tokio
Armstrong Whitworth Hails Glendenning Flight Claim
The Armstrong Whitworth Company announces plans to develop the invention of a miner named Glendenning who claims to have solved safe air navigation. He states an air craft built from his designs, weighing over thirteen tons, will sail around the world and stay aloft five days without resupplying.
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Armstrong Whitworth Company
Glendenning
Balloon Society of Great Britain
Gas burners sent to Hudson Bay for navigation aid
The marine department plans to deploy automatic gas burners in Hudson Bay and surrounding straits with the government steamer Minto. Support ships Bonaventure Bellaventure Durley Chene Charon and Sheba will depart Halifax in summer, delivering supplies for Port Nelson extension terminal work ongoing there.
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Hudson Bay
Marine Department
Minto
Bonaventure
Bellaventure
Durley Chene
Charon
Sheba
Halifax
Port Nelson
Canada imposes new radiotelegraph regulations for all operators
The naval service department issues elaborate rules governing licenses and operation of radiotelegraph equipment in Canada. All operators including amateurs must hold licenses, with penalties up to fifty dollars or three months’ imprisonment for violations. Licenses vary by type and fees, and listening for Stop is required to avoid interfering with commercial stations.
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Naval Department
Canada
Naval Service Department
Twenty Acre Farmer Demonstrates Intensive Methods
A Swiss immigrant known as the "twenty acre farmer" in Pawnees City, after fifteen years in Nebraska, built a $12.50 per acre parcel into a thriving, soil preserving smallholding. He earns higher prices from earlier crops, prizes over $1,450 last year, and receives county subsidy while turning down a $2,500 annual offer to demonstrate farming techniques. This case illustrates how scientific methods and steady effort can transform a modest farm.
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Nebraska
Martin
Pawnes City
Department of Agriculture
Convict Made Goods Fume as U S Imports Face Rivalry
Harry Hawes of St. Louis told a Senate committee that convict and pauper made goods flood the United States from abroad while U S prisoners earn up to 75 cents daily. He cited estimates of 34 million in U S production and 566 million abroad, noting English law bans prison goods and that English convicts are unpaid.
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America
Harry Hawes
St. Louis
Senate Committee of Manufactures
Hawey
United States
England
Postage on Newspapers Raised to One Cent Per Copy
The post office department will increase newspaper postage to one cent per copy for papers delivered by letter carriers. In areas without letter carriers the charge becomes one quarter of a cent per copy. The change funds higher railway mail subsidies per a memorandum under Postmaster General L. P. Pelletier.
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Post Office Department
L. P. Pelletier
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Stackhouse Antarctic Exploration
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