Province Claims Federal Trusteeship Over Millions of Railroad Lands
In Vancouver the BC province argues the Dominion holds land along the CPR line in trust, not ownership, including three million acres in the Peace River district. E. V. Bodwell presents that the province remains the owner and seeks a full account of trustee revenues since 1884. Court reserves decision on this and related points.
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C.P.R
Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
Tidewater
Alberta
Peace River
British Columbia
E. V. Bodwell
K.C
Bodwell
C.P. R
British Rail Mills Fear Competition
London reports an important meeting of British steel rail makers to address fierce competition from the Dominion Tron and Steel company and a Russian firm outside the international rail combine. Participants warn that without a new international compact to curb competition and regulate American operations, the British group may seek to break up the existing alliance and regain freedom to operate.
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London
Eng
Dominion Tron and Steel Company
International Rail Combine
Arctic voyage plan sparks yacht purchase in Victoria
Victoria, B C based explorer E Leffingwell and Mikkelsen, leaders of the 1906 Anglo American Arctic expedition, weigh buying the yawl Ariadne. If bought, he would sail next April to northern Alaska coast, pursue scientific exploration, haul the yawl ashore for future use.
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Victoria
B.C
E. Leffingwell
Mikkelsen
Arctic Sea
Alaska
Tuberculosis Exhibition Opens in Montreal
The governor general opened an anti tuberculosis exhibition in Montreal with Dr. Herman Biggs of New York delivering the first address. The talk emphasized compulsory notification of tubercular cases and showcased every modern tool used in the fight against the disease.
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Montreal
Herman Biggs
New York
Contagious Diseases Department
Wool Growers Select Delegate for Guelph Convention
At a South Alberta Wool Growers' association meeting J. C. Harvey was named delegate to the Canadian Wool Growers and Woollen Manufacturers convention in Guelph during the fall stock show in December. He aims to spark interest in western wools among eastern wool men.
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Lethbridge
Alta
South Alberta Wool Growers’ Association
J. C. Harvey
Western Lumber Leaders Plan Calgary Meeting in February
Prominent western lumbermen propose a large February meeting in Calgary to discuss trade affairs. The gathering aims to include all connected with the lumber industry and is expected to draw millmen and dealers from British Columbia and the prairie provinces.
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Calgary
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Adulterated Coal Oil Tied to Manitoba Fatalities
Inland Revenue investigations show the coal oil that caused Manitoba deaths was heavily adulterated with gasoline or naphtha. Samples fix responsibility, including Swan case where nine were burned. The gravity figures 7.54 and 7.74 are cited.
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Winnipeg
Inland Revenue
Manitoba
Swan
Ckoeeel
Doubt Over Kaiser Wilhelm’s Policy and Tone in Germany
Public mood in Germany shifts from optimistic royal pledge to cautious skepticism as Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow face another major issue. Observers question whether the 50 year old ruler can alter his impulsive streak and honor his constitutional commitments.
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Kaiser
Berlin
William
von Buelow
Germany
Prince von Buelow
Immense Coal Stockpiled at Fort William Docks
Fort William reports an unprecedented coal season with about 1 050 000 tons piled up for the city. Canadian Pacific docks show 850 000 tons including 600 000 tons of company coal and 250 000 tons of commercial coal. Grand Trunk Pacific adds about 200 000 tons, and 150 000 additional tons have been received compared with prior years. Expect 100 000 more tons to arrive before navigation ends with over 500 000 tons already forwarded.
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Fort William
Canada
Canadian Paci Railway Company
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Anglican Synod Rejects Women Vote at Vestry
The Victoria B C Anglican synod refused to grant women voting rights at vestry meetings and urged government action to enforce the Lord's Day act. Rev Stanley Ard spoke on opium den conditions with white and Chinese sexes noted. police claimed powerlessness. Capt Clive Phillips Woolley urged newspaper reform to expose wrongs.
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Victoria
B.C
Anglican Synod
Stanley Ard
St. James
Clive Phillips Woolley
Sleep for Children in London Schools
Sir James Crichton Browne urged at the Parkes Museum that elementary pupils suffer a general sleep shortage. He linked it to rising mental and nervous illnesses and called for scheduling reforms with harder work earlier and lighter tasks in the evening, criticizing home lessons as harmful.
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London
Parkes Museum
James Crichton-Browne
New Dowager Empress Yehopala Takes Stage in Pekin
Rumors of the emperor and dowager's death remain unconfirmed as Yehopala, the new Dowager Empress, asserts command by convening a council meeting in her chamber to discuss state affairs.
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Pekin
Yehopala
Wireless telephony tests span 52 kilometer Paris link
The Petit Parisien reports official wireless telephony tests between the Eiffel Tower and Melun, a 52 kilometer distance, showing word exchange with certainty over about 50 kilometers, implying roughly 100 kilometers at sea.
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Paris
The
Petit Parisien
Eiffel Tower
Melun
Suing the Unions in Winnipeg Over May 1906 Lockout
The Vulcan Iron Works Company sues the Machinists Boilermakers and Blacksmiths unions for 50000 damages and seeks a perpetual injunction against the unions picketing the works. The action stems from a May 1906 strike and lockout, with a decision expected to be highly significant for organized labor.
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Winnipeg
Vulcan Iron Works Company
Medical Council Extends Courses For Children’s Disease Studies
Toronto medical students will face longer study in children’s diseases. The final year will be cut down while the intermediate course lengthened to address high child mortality in the first ten years of life, as the council’s decision notes.
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Toronto
Ont
Medical Council
Canadian Traders Pursue British Columbia Market Plan
British Competition. Winnipeg based J E Walsh and R Bradner of Toronto travel to British Columbia to study trade conditions and to formulate a plan to retain the market for Canadian manufacturers. They allege British competition is driving them out of the field due to transportation via the Suez.
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Winnipeg
J. E. Walsh
R. Bradner
Toronto
British Columbia
Trade gains show sharp October export rise Ottawa
October trade reports indicate domestic exports climbed by 2.6 million dollars from a year earlier while merchandise imports fell by about 5.2 million. Total domestic exports reached 26,999,212 with agricultural products up about 4 million, mines and animal products down 1 million each.
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Ottawa
Killing Off the Moose
Reports from Ontario and northern Minnesota show pet hunters slaughtering moose and deer at unprecedented rates. Hotels camps and foreigners rely on moose meat as common food fueling concern about illegal snares strangling moose and the killing of wildlife for profit.
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Winnipeg
Stanley
Silver Mountain
Ontario
Minnesota
Mexico Seeks Wheat Imports From Canada
A. W. Donley, Canada’s trade commissioner in Mexico, reports a wheat shortage will force Mexican millers to import heavily and seeks to steer firms toward Canadian grain. A duty suspension runs through June. Domestic wheat in Mexico averages about $1.75 per hundred pounds, guiding shippers to Canadian varieties. Communications with Mexican firms should be in Spanish if possible.
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Ottawa
A. W. Donley
Mexico
Department of Trade and Commerce
New Appointment at Manitoba Agricultural College
F. G. Churchill, B.S.A., a graduate of Iowa College, is appointed lecturer in soil physics at Manitoba Agricultural College and will assume duties in December. He comes from the Iowa Experiment Station where he was assistant chemist and specialized in soil physics, bringing strong qualifications to advance soil studies in Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Agricultural College
F. G. Churchill
Iowa College
Churchill
Iowa
Iowa Experiment Station
Manitoba College
Province of
Manitoba
Gasoline Mixed With Oil in Western Canada Probe
The Manitoba attorney-general opened an inquiry into four oil companies operating in Western Canada after at least ff teen deaths from oil explosions and reports that gasoline was mixed with illuminating oil. A commission may visit Oil City, Pennsylvania, to examine the firms. An alleged restraint of trade is also under investigation with accusations that oils are shipped from nearby U S sources. In Winnipeg, tension rises as a large stock of doctored oil is traced to one firm.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Oil City
Hugh Armstrong Becomes Manitoba Treasurer
Hugh Armstrong of Portage la Prairie was sworn in as provincial treasurer succeeding the late J. H. Agnew. The oath was administered by Lt. Gov. Sir Daniel McMillan with ministers Roblin Rogers Campbell and Weeden present. The ceremony was brief.
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Hugh Armstrong
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
J. H. Agnew
Daniel McMillan
R. P. Roblin
Robert Rogers
H. Campbell
J. W Weeden
Government to Prosecute False Dispatches
The government will prosecute the authors of sensational false dispatches sent to American papers from Winnipeg and Medicine Hat claiming western Canada was paralyzed by snowstorms. A similar Alberta case last year fined a reporter two hundred dollars for defaming the country. authorities vow strict action this time.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Medicine Hat
Chicago
San Francisco
Seattle
Alberta
Poultry Keeping During Winter Months Debated in Winnipeg
At the Winnipeg Poultry Association meeting F O Sargent described winter housing fittings and bird diet including dust baths and meat feeding. Members welcomed news that Agricultural College authorities will add poultry lectures and judging to the curriculum following a deputation to the college principal.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Poultry Association
F. O. Sargent
C. H. Wise
Sargent
Agricultural College
Not Bad for New Road Montreal Wheat Traffic
Mr. F. W. Morse vice president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific reports from headquarters that the line has moved upwards of 1,300,000 bushels of wheat since opening in September. The route spans seven hundred miles to Winnipeg, seen as promising for a new wheat region.
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Montreal
F. W. Morse
Grand Trunk Pacific
Morse
Winnipeg
Local option campaigns in Ontario on January 7
Local option fights will occur in 93 Ontario locales on January 7, including three previously defeated, 31 where repeal is up for voters, and 59 contenders. Affected bars total 216 in open municipalities, with 103 in areas seeking renewal. Woodstock Owen Sound Picton Tillsonburg Ingersoll and Whitby participate, with possible license reductions in Toronto and St Catharines.
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Ontario
Toronto
Reneal
Woodstock
Owen Sound
Picton
Tilsonburg
Ingersoll
Whitby
St. Catharines
Netherlands Proposes Third Peace Conference
In The Hague the Dutch government urged an international committee to convene a third peace conference. Foreign Minister Van Swinderen spoke in parliament on the foreign affairs budget and said the Netherlands would not seek a formal declaration of neutrality from other powers, citing independence as the reason.
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The
Hague
Netherlands
International Committee
van Swinderen
Holland
Complaint Against Magistrates Promoting Emigration
London report that Henniker Heaton presiding at magistrates benches said the home secretary informed him several colonial governments including Canada have opposed magistrates leniently punishing offenders who promise to emigrate.
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London
Henniker Heaton
Home Secretary
Canada
Princess De Sagan May Split From De Sagan in Court
In Paris, Maitre Bonnett counsel for Count de Castelane told open court he has reliable information the princess plans divorce from Count de Sagan within a week. The statement occurred during Boni’s suit seeking custody of their children.
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de Sagan
Paris
Maitre Bonnett
Count de Castelane
Princess de Sagan
Count Boni
Australian Premier frets on penny cable rate cut
Sydney reports Premier Fisher says a rate cut to a penny would be extreme though it would aid Australia. He supports expanding facilities but warns against drastic reductions.
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Sydney
Australia
Fisher
Canadian Locomotive Co completes two of forty orders
Kineston Ont The Canadian Locomotive Co has completed two of the forty locomotives ordered by the Canadian Northern Railway. The firm has also received an order for 25 locomotives from the Grand Trunk Pacific.
Women Granted Suffrage in Victoria Assembly Passes Bill
The Victorian legislative council approved the assembly bill granting women suffrage after prior rejections. Women across Australia now have voting rights in commonwealth and state elections.
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Melbourne
Australia
Victorian Legislative Council
Assembly
Fears Trouble in India Reports of Revolt in Southern Provinces
London reports the English government is alarmed by a possible large uprising in Southern India. Lord Minto may abandon his northern tour to address dissident tribes. Pall Mall Gazette warns of swift military action and says the movement is led by intelligent men with easy troop communication and arms access.
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Lord Minto
Pall Mail Gazette
London
India
Pall Mall Gazette
the Gazette
Australia’s New Premier Sees Loyal Imperial Path
Melbourne reports Premier Fisher compares his imperial views to Alfred Deakin’s. He says laborites aim to freely develop loyal ideals and Australia will follow the British crown to its national destiny. He notes navy necessity but supports Commonwealth ties to the imperial fleet.
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Melbourne
Aus
Fisher
Alfred Deakin
Australia
Deakin
Commonwealth
Tobacco growing showcased in Rosthern by settler
Commissioner Schlanders displays a large crown of tobacco near Rosthern at the board of trade office. A settler grows enough to supply himself and neighbors year round. Next year the board of trade plot will include tobacco and broom grass grown by Mennonite settlers.
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Saskatoon
Rosthern
Schlanders
Board of Trade Office
Board of Trade
Great Land Business Describes Winnipeg Homestead Rush
Dominion land inspector R E A Leech calls land openings the greatest land business, noting September 1908 entries at 15 873 and October at 7 518 totaling 23 391. Comparison shows 1907 September-October entries 4 703 and 1906 5 995.
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Winnipeg
R. E. A. Leech
Austria May Start Strife Over Balkan Tensions
Vienna reports show mounting friction among Austria Serbia and Montenegro. Austrian generals urge Emperor Francis Joseph to prepare for immediate action as war looks more likely. Serbia and Montenegro mobilize and await Vienna's next move.
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Vienna
Austria
Servia
Montenegro
Francis Joseph
Balkan States
Foreign Office
Inseparable Twins Arrested in Paris for Vagabondage
Twin brothers, age 39, have been arrested and imprisoned in Paris for the fortieth time on vagabondage charges. They have never been apart since childhood and have never worked more than two days at a stretch, always being arrested together for the same offense.
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Paris
Object to Sale of Buffalo In Montana
Calgarians who visited Montana report strong opposition to letting the Pablo buffalo herd cross the border into Canada and to maintain their remains in Calgary.
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Calgary
Alta
Montana
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