Deep Mystery Solved of Child Who Wandered From Home
Norman France, two years old, wandered from his parents while they were at church on May 8. His body was found by A. Cook in a slough two miles from the France home, amid tall grass, after a wide search by police and a bloodhound. Authorities conclude he starved to death after becoming lost in the remote area.
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Tall Gras
Elkhorn
Rman
Thomas France
A. Cook
Slough
France
Denial Issued On Exodus of American Farmers From Canada
Winnipeg immigration commissioner J Bruce Walker refutes claims that 15 000 American farmers returned to the United States. Customs figures show 261 farmers returning from Canada between Winnipeg and Kingsgate B C through July, versus 50.4 percent entering Canada seeking to settle there. The official figures dismiss the exodus story.
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Winnipeg
J. Bruce Walker
Canada
United States
United States Customs Department
Kingsgate
B.C
Von Tirpitz Retires Over Naval Armament Debate
Berlin reports Admiral Von Tirpitz has resigned as head of the German navy after Kaiser's urging, driven by British calls to limit armaments. He opposes limits and says continuing would conflict with his convictions and duties. The Hampbarzer Fremdenblatt cites recent Commons speeches influencing German opinion.
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Berlin
Germany
Admiral von Tirpit
Hampbarzer Fremdenblatt
Kicé
von Tirpitz
Admiral von Tirpitz
House of Commons
Asquith
Despoiling the Churches in Neutra Hungary
An epidemic of church robberies hits Neutra country in Hungary with twenty churches plundered. Thieves destroyed cherished pictures demolished the high altar and took valuables worth many thousands. Peasants march armed with pikes and clubs seeking the robbers.
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Vienna
Neutra
Hungary
Progress of the Strike in Montreal Rail Shops
Montreal reports partial reopening of Grand Trunk Railway shops with mixed progress. Officials say freight handling improves but remains well below normal capacity. Vice-President Murdock accuses officials of deceiving the public and cites scarce crew availability amid a straight fight stance.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Murdock
Winnipeg Professor and TM. L.4 Member Clash at Elevator Commission
Commissioners disagreed during a Saskatchewan elevator commission session as John Fleming testified. Prof Magill pressed questions and TM.L.4 member George Langley objected, accusing the chair of blocking evidence. Langley refused to retract, Magill gathered his papers and left, adjourning the meeting while F. W. Green stayed neutral.
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Winnipeg
Magill
Saskatchewan Elevator Commission
George Langley
John Fleming
1Grain Exchange
Langley
M.langley
Prof. Magill
F. W. Green
Minnesota and Dakotas Forecast Mixed Crop Prospects
A crop bulletin projects Minnesota North and South Dakota wheat yields at 60 percent of last year with optimistic notes for North Dakota at 49 percent versus general estimates. Barley and oats are predicted low in North Dakota while corn looks strong across the three states. Minnesota spring wheat may reach 20 to 25 bushels per acre with barley 30 to 35 and oats 49. Overall, a fair statewide crop with northwest conditions least favorable and eastern South Dakota near last year’s wheat yield.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Northwest
New Bishop Consecrated at St Pauls Vancouver
Rev A U De Pencier was consecrated bishop of New Westminster in St Pauls church Vancouver. Archibishop Matheson led the service with a full church and diverse vestments while other diocesan clergymen participated. Dr Keater and Dr Perrin read the epistle and gospel, followed by a sermon from Rev C A Seager, a former classmate.
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Vancouver
A. UU. de Pencier
M.A
New Westminster
St. Paul's Church
Matheson
All
Keater
Olympia
Columbia
Perrin
C. A. Seager
St. Cypria’s Church
Toronto
French Bread Prices Rise Amid Wheat Crop Damage
Paris reports damage to the French wheat crop and higher wheat prices in Algeria push bread costs up by 3 centimes per kilogram. Bakers announce a 3 centimes per kilogram rise as agitation and suspension of foreign wheat imports begin.
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Paris
Algerica
Saskatchewan Wheat Outlook Sees Seventy Million Bushels
Saskatchewan's Minister of Agriculture W R Motherwell reports a crop estimate of around seventy million bushels for wheat. The projection assumes normal late-season weather, with six million bushels from mature fields and four million acres producing about fifteen bushels per acre, plus nine thousand harvest laborers needed as fields mature, with first harvests by August 15.
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Motherwell
Saskatchewan
W. R. Motherwell
Ince
Wheat
Drowning of Nurse Miss Elma Edwards in Lake Chapleau
Fort William reports Miss Elma Edwards a trained nurse drowned after she attempted to change her seat in an upturned canoe in Lake Chapleau east of Fort William. Allen a railway worker struggled to save her as he tore her shirt and tie while keeping her safe enough to propel toward shore. Her widowed mother resides in Chapleau.
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Fort William
Lake Chapleau
Here
Elma Edwards
Decline in Immigration This Fiscal Year Drops Admissions
Washington reports 1,041,570 immigrants admitted to the United States for the year ending June 30, a drop of 289,784 from the prior year. Italians numbered 223,453. Poles 128,348. Chinese 1,770. Japanese 2,798. English 53,498. Irish 38,382. Jews 84,260. Germans 71,380. Magyars 27,502. Icelanders 61. Black Africans 4,966. East Indians 1,782. Coreans 18. During the same period 24,270 aliens were debarred.
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Washington
Canon Dann's Sudden Death in England
In Bristol England Rev Canon A G Dann of London Ontario died after arriving at his brother's vicarage He was with his wife when he began vomiting prompt medical help failed His sudden death shocked the parish where he was announced to preach.
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Bristol
England
A. G. Dann
London
Ont
Downend
Dann
Canor
Dana
Fire devours Morse Sask hotel bank and businesses
A large blaze in Morse Saskatchewan devastated the eastern district, destroying the Hotel Elkhorn, Stephens livery stable, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Imperial Lumber office, a barber shop and two restaurants. Loss estimated at $30,000 with partial insurance coverage.
Fatal Montreal shed collapse claims one life
A concrete coal shed under construction for the Montreal Gas company collapsed near Harbor Street. One carpenter, Arthur Cooke aged 30, was killed while nine other workers were injured. Most of the injured are foreigners.
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Montreal
Harbor Street
Montreal Gas Company
Arthur Cooke
China Seeks Kitchener To Lead Chinese Army
China reportedly sent an offer to Lord Kitchener asking him to come on his own terms to command and organize the Chinese army. London notes Trinidad petroleum discoveries may aid the navy and Britain weighs fortifying Gulf of Pará entrances with the Panama Canal nearing completion.
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China
Kitchener
Pekin
Lord Kitchener
London
Trinida
Panama Canal
Gulf of Para
Indians Executed at Clinton Assizes
Basil and Lewis of Dog Creek were hanged for murder of a Chinaman at Clinton assizes. Radcliffe, the official hangman, carried out the sentence with a clean execution and no hitch.
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Kanioops
Basil
Lewis
Dog Creek
Gregory
Clinton Assizes
Radcliffe
English Papers Aroused Over Canadian Farmers Demand
London reports that Western Canadian farmers urged Premier Laurier to modify British tariff preferences and seek free trade with the United States to ease cheaper farm implement imports. Critics say the stance is unfair and speculate Britain would face pressure to adjust duties on imported wheat if the policy changed.
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London
Laurier
Lanigan
Sask
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Dominion
H Hs
England
Richard Jebb
Britain
Jebb
Bryan Bolts From Party In Nebraska After Convention
William J. Bryan returns to Lincoln after the Grand Island convention defeat, pledging active participation in the legislative campaign. He accuses the gathering of not reflecting rank and file wishes and being influenced by brewery and liquor interests. He plans September and October speeches in every district to back county option supporters and oppose opponents. Democratic workers view his stance as signaling the end of his leadership in Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Bryan
Nebraska Democracy
Automobile Ownership Rises Across Manitoba
Winnipeg leads with 632 registered cars, followed by Brandon 96 and Portage la Prairie 45. The municipal commission releases a booklet listing towns in alphabetical order by automobile registrations up to July 1, reflecting growing car ownership across the province.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Newdale
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Opening of Detroit River Railway Tunnel
The first passenger train crossed the Detroit river tunnel at its formal opening. A $12,000,000 tunnel connects Canada and the United States. The inaugural electric locomotive pulled two passenger coaches carrying Michigan Central officials and other executives from Detroit to Canada.
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Detroit River
Windsor
Detroit
Canada
United States
Michigan Central Railway
Old Mother Earth Defies Age Guess by Scientists
Washington report notes scientists estimate Earth's age between 55 million and 70 million years. Smithsonian Institute publication credits Frank Wigglesworth Clarke and George F Becker of the US Geological Survey with the study, which acknowledges the mystery of Earth's true age.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institute
Frank Wigglesworth Clare
George F. Becker
United States Geological Survey
Mystery over Rawn death in Winnetka home
Chicago report says J G Rawn president of the Monon railroad was shot to death at his Winnetka summer home. Family suspects burglary while others think he accidentally fired his own revolver during a fall in a night robe. In Winnipeg a Manitoba Bridge and Tron employee, Herman Wiesatzky, dies on the job at Logan avenue west.
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Chicago
J. G. Rawn
Monon Railroad System
Winnetka
Winnipeg
Herman Wiesatzky
Manitoba Bridge and Tron Company
Logan Avenue West
Explosion Fatal to Eleven on Canadian Railway Camp
A National Transcontinental Railway accident 125 miles west of La Tuque Quebec killed eleven workmen at Donovan Downie's camp. An ore tin of powder opened with an axe ignited dynamite causing a massive blast injuring ten more. Orrig and Walsh were blown far. three seriously hurt with poor prognosis.
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Quebec
la Tuque
Donovan & Downie
Orrlg
Walsh
Fires traced to railway brush piles in the west
Forestry Superintendent R H Campbell reports that the Canadian Northern railway primarily causedNorthern Saskatchewan and Northern Alberta forest fires. He criticizes CN R inaction while CPR R cleared right of way after his warning last year. The CN R suffered losses from the blazes.
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Ottawa
R. H. Campbell
Canadian Northern Railway
Saskatchewan
Alberta
C.P.R
C.N
Menac
Campbell
C.N.R
McCuaig Resigns as Manitoba Grain Growers President
At a directors meeting of the Manitoba Grain Growers Association Dr. Mccraig and MP George H. Malcolm resign. McCuaig cites heavy elevator commission work and retires. Bartlett of Foxwarren elected to fill Malcolm's vacancy as R. C. Henders of Culross becomes president.
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Brandon
Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association
MccCraig
George H. Malcolm
M.P.P
McCuiag
Malcolm
R. Bartlett
Foxwarren
Malcom
R. C. Henders
Culross
John A Ewan Dear Prominent Newspaper Writer
John Alexander Ewan associate editor of the Toronto Globe died at his residence after months of illness. Born in Aberdeen in 1859 he came to Toronto as a boy and learned printing. He worked as Ottawa parliamentary reporter and later as Globe South Africa correspondent. He accompanied Canada’s second contingent in 1900. He later witnessed the shooting of founder George Brown in 1880.
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Las
Toronto
John Alexander Ewan
Toronto Globe
Canada
Aberdeen
Scotland
Globe
Ottawa
South Africa
Ewan
George Brown
Wait for the Last Shower Crop Prediction by Mackenzie
William Mackenzie cited crop reports from towns along the Canadian Northern lines. He predicted the region will produce about 75 percent of last year's crop, noting increased acreage but urging patience until the final shower arrives.
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William Mackenzie
Toronto
Mr. Mackenzie
Hotel Disaster at Belfast Kills Three Burned Kelvin Hotel
Fire at the Kelvin hotel in Belfast kills three and injures about thirty including Rev. W. J. McCaughan and wife of Chicago. Many guests escaped with narrow chances and lost personal belongings.
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Belfast
Kelvin
W. J. McCaughan
Chicago
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