British United States Agree On Newfoundland Fishery Modus Vivendi
The British Foreign Office and the United States accept a modus vivendi on the Newfoundland herring fishery for 1908 with formal undertakings to avoid interference. Hague arbitration pending. purse seines reserved for consideration. Also notices Winnipeg Horticultural Exhibition dates and prize details for fruits vegetables and ornamental plants.
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United States
Washington
London
Foreign Office
Newfoundland
Lipton Still Seeks America Cup Challenge After Shaim Rock Victory
London reports Sir Thomas Lipton, buoyed by Shaim Rock's 24 wins in 27 races, eager to challenge for the America Cup. With six weeks to issue a Sandy Hook race invitation for August 1909, he waits for the New York Yacht Club's signal of acceptance. He vows to lift the cup but cannot secure a new sheet racer without peer approval.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Sandy Hook
New York Yacht Club
Thomas
Thay
Dluo Avor
Ottawa Rejects Import of Foreign Railway Labor
The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway sought government permission to bring about fifteen hundred workers into Canada for western road construction. Other contractors pressed to relax import rules as the U S labor market slackens. After inquiry, the government ruled Canadian labor supply is sufficient and declined to suspend alien labor import regulations.
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Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
Canada
West
United States
Scots Wills Tour Canada Arrives in Ottawa
The Scottish agricultural commission of 22 farmers and educators arrived by the Empress of Ireland. After three weeks in eastern Canada they plan to reach Winnipeg around Sept. 5 then visit Victoria and several prairie towns including Brandon and Moose Jaw before returning via Calgary Edmonton and Saskatoon. Dairy Commissioner Rud dick accompanies part of the journey.
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Canada
Ottawa
Scottish Agricultural Commission
Winnipeg
Victoria
B. C
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Moose Jaw
Macleod
Lethbridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Fort Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Saskatoon
Ruddick
Divorce Hidden America in New York Bishop Sees Divorce Tide
After visiting England and other English speaking regions Bishop Greer, head of the Episcopal diocese of New York, calls the United States the most divorce ridden country. He says America suffers most from divorce as a social parasite and urges public opinion via the church to halt the trend.
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New York
England
Ireland
Scotland
Greer
Episcopal Diocese
United States
America
Convicts Transfer to Manitoba Penitentiary Requested
Ottawa notes overcrowding at Kingston penitentiary may force convicts to Thunder Bay and Rainy River districts to be sent to Manitoba penitentiary instead of local facilities. The Canada Gazette reports the Sept. 1 deadline for redirection.
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Ottawa
Kingston Penitentiary
Canada Gazettro
Thunder Bay
Rainy River
Manitoba
Lord Strathcona to Speak at Annual Canadian Manufacturers Meet
The Canadian Manufacturers Association announces that Lord Strathcona will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting to be held in September in Montreal. The event features discussions on industry progress and policy.
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Lord Strathcona
Montreal
The
Canadian Manufacturers Association
Monarchs Discuss Turkish Situation in Talks
Berlin reports that King Edward, Emperor William, and the Austrian emperor at Kronberg and Linz discussed the Turkish crisis. Diplomats say the likely topic was a major shift in Turkey and a relaxation of great power tensions. The British king is viewed as favoring a hands off policy and urging others to do the same despite possible territorial changes from Macedonian governance adjustments.
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Berlin
Edward
William
Kronberg
Lschl
Turkey
Telescoped Voices In Paris Voice Studies Warn of Diminished Range
Dr Weiss warns the French Academy that singing in a too small room wrecks tone and projection. He says public singers must throw voice thirty or forty yards, while students in a confined space can only fire it a yard or two, causing the voice to telescope and lose expansion.
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Paris
Weiss
Academie du Medecine
Tolstoi Stricken By Illness After River Bath
St. Petersburg reports Count Leo Tolstoi is indisposed after a long country walk and a river bath. The event enlarged the veins in a foot and caused considerable pain, though he is now somewhat better.
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Tolstoi
St. Petersburg
Leo Tolstoi
Geologists to Tour British Columbia Mining Districts
Geological Survey officials Hon W Templeman and R A Brock depart Ottawa to visit mining centres in southern British Columbia. They plan to assess needs in the Kootenay Crow's Nest Trail Rossland and boundary districts as a dozen survey parties operate in BC, double prior year activity.
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Geological Survey
Ottawa
W. Templeman
R. A. Brock
British Columbia
Kootenay
Crow's Nest
Trail
Rossland
Boundary
Utah to Alberta excursion party sails north
Two hundred former excursionists travel from Utah to Cardston Alberta under E P Ellison Knight Sugar and Ellison Milling leadership. They travel by special coaches and stay overnight, with the excursion valid for thirty days.
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Cardston
Alta
Utah
Alberta
E. P. Ellison
Knight Sugar Company
Ellison Milling Company
Provinces to Exhibit at Canadian National Exhibition
Every province in the Dominion will have special exhibits at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto from August 31 to September 14. The Maritime provinces will be prominent in dairy displays with large scale butter and cheese entries from Quebec and Prince Edward Island.
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Winnipeg
F.W. Broderick
Agricultural College
Winnie
Ice
Jess
Toronto
Dominion
Maritime Provinces
Quebec
Prince Edward Isand
Fast Submarines
London reports mixed details on recent naval maneuvers with praise for the submarine fleet. The fleet is said to have covered 500 miles on a single continuous run, a feat viewed as a sign of greater potential for submarines in the near future.
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London
David and Saul in the Lord's timing and protection
The lesson recalls David fleeing Saul with 3,000 men, a deep sleep falling on Saul, and David and Abishai taking Saul's spear and water cruse. David spares Saul twice, trusting God to judge, and urges continued reliance on the Lord rather than self help. Abiathar escapes Doeg's massacre, deepening David's sense of guilt and faith.
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American Press Association
David
Saul
Jonathan
Nob
Doeg
Abiathar
Bethlehem
Matt
Sau
Abishal
Peter
Abishai
God
Abner
Alberta Lords Day Act Praised by Alliance Leader
V W M Rochester Western secretary of the alliance on a Alberta tour praises Sabbath observance education. He notes better enforcement of the Lords Day Act in Alberta than in other western provinces and commends the attorney general and deputies for reasonable enforcement.
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Alberta
Edmonton
West
V. W. M. Rochester
The
Alliance
Zeppelin Plans Dual Airship Build After Talks
Count Zeppelin orders immediate work on two new airships with different models after consultations with chief engineer Herr Buerr. Private funds totaling 75000 dollars have been raised, and relief comes from the British balloon corps at Farnsbrough.
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Zeppelin
Friedrichehafen
Herr Buerr
Count Zeppelin
British Balloon Corps
Farnsborough
Review of Quebec Militia Review Praises British Oversight
Lord Roberts commends the Quebec review as a great success with about 12,000 men in arms. The troops displayed precision, order, and organization, and Canada is praised for handling militia improvements to build a useful force.
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Lord Roberts
London
Earl Grey
Quebec
Canada
New Wheat a Dollar a Bushel Forecast in Minneapolis
Grain merchants predict the 1908 wheat crop will fetch $1 per bushel, higher than in over fifteen years. G F Blossom of G C Christensen & Co grades the first sample, No 2 northern, as fine milling wheat and forecasts the price.
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Minneapolis
G. F. Blossom
G. C. Christensen & Co
Action Against C P R Montreal For 20000 Recovery
Dominion Customs department sues Canadian Pacific in Exchequer court for 20000 alleging fraudulent entries and under valuation by the company’s customs official Hobb now serving a seven year sentence. It cites 37100 worth of bridge material entered as scrap iron.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific
Dominion Customs Department
Hobb
Tolstoi Attacks Russian Government from London
Count Tolstoi issues a strong protest to English papers denouncing injustice cruelty and stupidity of the Russian government for prosecuting book distributors while sparing the author. He vows to keep writing, saying he fulfills God's will as he understands it.
New York Admits Grain Trade Lost to City
The American reports that grain trade is abandoned to New York due to distance and over capitalization. It notes the Morgan merger created a Montreal grain line as the first official recognition of the loss.
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New York
Montreal
Government warns against unskilled emigration to Canada
The Foreign Office reports a Canadian warning to St Petersburg about sending unskilled laborers abroad. Openings exist for female servants and skilled farm hands able to buy or lease land, but there is no railroad work available.
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St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Canada
Milner Seeks Union of Equals Between Britain and Dominions
In The Standard of the Empire Lord Milner answers Judge Longley, arguing Canada’s rising population and resources justify a future United Kingdom built on a union of equals with self governing colonies. He says Canada should not remain subordinate and envisions varying power by state, with the crown link as essential and permanent.
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London
Lord Milner
Longley
Canada
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Milner
Prince Rupert Waterfront Deal Fails to Connive Continuous Frontage
In the Prince Rupert Vancouver talks between the government and the G T P the company sought several thousand continuous feet of water front for an unbroken wharf line while the government refused a continuous stretch. It would instead grant lands for public use along the waterfront under the spirit of an early agreement. The sequence will have the company selecting three lots then the government one with no sale until next May.
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Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Goverment
Com ~Stoomer
G T P Ottawa Plans Winnipeg to Edmonton Service
Government consulting engineer Mr. Collingwood Schreiber reports the Grand Trunk Pacific should open regular traffic from Winnipeg to fifty or sixty miles west of Saskatoon in about a week. About 75 miles west from Winnipeg are done. Winnipeg to Edmonton completes by 8 November with 70 miles west of Edmonton by Christmas. East of Prince Rupert 700 men work on the 100 mile stretch.
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G.T.P. Ottawa
Collingwood Schreiber
National Transcontinental Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winnipeg
Saskatoon
Edmonton
Prince Rupert
May Negotiate New Treaty
Tokio reports predict Japan will negotiate a new treaty with Great Britain and Russia to preserve tranquility in China and allow readjustment of finances and military cuts. Officials call this unfounded and say Japan will use alliances to benefit China and the powers’ common interests.
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Tokio
Japan
Great Britain
Russia
China
Canadian immigration agreement with Japan settled
Victoria BC reports that Dominion appointee to Tokio Drury has returned confirming the Lemieux agreement with Japan is working satisfactorily and finally settled. He says Canada furnishes monthly lists of all ending immigrants to the British embassy and objections prevent embarkation. Sir Claude McDonald aided Drury throughout.
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Victoria
B. C
R. L. Drury
Dominion
Tokio
Lemieux
Japan
Canada
Claude McDonald
Drury
Revolution in Portugal sparks fears of armed uprising
Insistent rumors claim revolutionary propaganda gains in Portugal as arms and bombs are smuggled in. A packing case from Barcelona opened outside Lisbon contained bombs, and officials say many similar consignments have reached the town.
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Portugal
Libson
Barcelona
Keir Hardie to Canada as Labour Missionary
Keir Hardie announces plans to travel to Canada to attend the Labour Party congress and address demonstrations. He says there is a rising desire among organized labor at home and in the colonies to unite and strengthen the bonds of the working class.
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London
Keir Hardie
Canada
The
Labor Party
Ayrshire
Empire
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Linton
D. M. Stearns
Ramael
Abigail
Prince Rupert Land
Keir Hardie Comine
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