Militia Report Sees Canadian Force Inadequate
Sir John French reports the Canadian militia lacks proper organization and balance among arms. He cites excess infantry and heavy artillery, weak engineers and supplies, and faulty division arrangements. He advocates a mobilization plan and a railway war council to improve readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
John French
Imperial Forces
Army Service Corps
French
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Ottawa to Host Western Farmers Delegation
Arrangements are under way to welcome about a thousand western farmers arriving in December to press for tariff reductions. The plan includes adjourning Parliament so delegates can address both government and opposition benches in the Commons chamber and galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Commons
Canadian Aviator Falls but Walks Away Unharmed
Canadian aviator J. A. D. Mc Curdy nearly crashed during a 500 foot descent when a windshield struck the ceacee at high speed causing a roll. Spectators sped to the field edge but Mc Curdy emerged uninjured, though the aircraft suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobila
Ala
J. A. D. McCurdy
McCurdy
Altitude Record Broken in Philadelphia by Drexel
Philadelphia aviator J Armstrong Drexel set a new world altitude record in a Bleriot monoplane, reaching 9,970 feet above the city before gliding down. The barograph ink ran out at peak, pushing the record beyond Clifford Harmon’s prior mark. Drexel landed safely near Point Breeze after a 3.23 departure and 4.46 touchdown.
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Philadelphia
J. Armstrong
Drexel
Clifford B. Harmon
National Associated Aero Clubs
Johnstone
Belmont Park
James King Duffy
Point Breeze
Fire gutted Winnipeg drug firm building and stock
A five story wholesale drug firm at Market and Princess streets in Winnipeg suffered extensive damage, with losses totaling 180000 dollars and insurance of 145000. The fire began on the third floor, likely from spontaneous combustion in a bin of permanate potash, and spread rapidly, endangering firefighters and injuring one man as crews battled to save what they could.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Martin, Bole & Wynne Drug Co
Market and
Princess Streets
Y M C A Building Fund Surpasses Goal in Winnipeg
In Winnipeg the Y M C A building fund campaign raised about ten percent more than the 350000 target. Auditors counted 359091 on hand eight days after the drive. London cable reported Hudsons Bay Company donating 3000, with possible further subscriptions to come.
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Winnipeg
Y.M.C.A. Building Fund
London
Hudson's Bay Company
Gas distribution scheme announced for Bow Island
W R Martin CPR gas expert says Bow Island will host a $350000 natural gas distribution plan. Gas piped to Calgary and other locations with twenty wells drilled near Old Glory, ten initially. Villages acquire trackage and town property for offices and warehorses as franchise sought to sell gas at 25 cents per thousand.
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Bow Island
Alta
W. R. Martin
C.P.R
Calgary
Old Glory
Martin
Ees
Must Sing Patriotic Airs Ottawa Inquiry
Col Sam Hughes issues an inquiry about why American settlers children in certain Alberta rural districts objected to singing Rule Britannia and other patriotic songs. The inquiry aims to learn why British songs were dropped after objections were raised by these families, per Inspector Boyce Red Deer.
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Ottawa
Sam Hughes
Calgary
Alberta
Col
Hughes
Edrestion Commission
Inspector Boyce
Red Deer
Rebellion in Mexico Prompts Frontier Guarding Actions
Reports from Laredo Texas and Eagle Pass Texas describe treason claims within the Mexican army and a revolt led by Madero. 6,000 Mexican troops patrol the border while U S forces guard Rio Grande towns including Brownsville and Laredo. 52 soldiers reportedly killed at Gomez Palacio. later reports say quiet is restored except in Guerrero district Chihuahua.
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Torreone
United States
Laredo
Texas
Franciseco Madero
Mexico
San Enrique Ranch
Francisco Madero
Madero
Futhermore
Minera
Rio Grande
Matasauras
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Brownsville
Eagle Pass
Fort Ringold
Mexco
Temanlinas
Gomez Palacio
Miguel Diebold
Guerrero
Chihuahua
Valuable Cargo Flax Sets Great Lakes Record
Fort William Ont reports the steamer Treland cleared with 241000 bushels of flax worth 583960 dollars. The shipment is the most valuable grain move ever carried across the Great Lakes amid strong demand for Canadian flax this season.
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Fort William
Ont
Great Lakes
Treland
Ready-made farm colonies eyed for Brooks Alberta
Montreal reports a cablegram from the Duke of Sutherland requesting immediate prep work for a ready-made farm colony at Brooks Alberta. The Earl of Harrowby may follow with a similar initiative.
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Duke of Sutherland
Brooks
Alta
Montreal
C.P.R
Colonization Department
Alberta
Earl of Harrowby
Tramp's Appalling Experience Near Whitemouth
William Hogan, a tramp fleeing from Winnipeg, was found by a section gang in a ditch near Whitemouth Ontario with his left leg crushed after slipping from a moving freight car. A second freight passed over him and he lay for hours, nearly frozen, before discovery.
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Kenora
Ont
William Hogan
Whitemouth
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Exhibition Officers Elected at November Meeting
At the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition association meeting held Thursday November 24 Mayor Evans was chosen president and A A Gilroy was named vice president. Committees were appointed and Karl Grey Lord Streathona and honorary director J C Eaton joined the board of control among the newly elected nationals.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association
Evans
A. A. Gilroy
Karl Grey
Lord Strethsona
Board of Control
J. C. Eaton
Crippen Executed at Pentonville Prison in London
Dr. Harvey Crippen was hanged at 9 o clock on November 23 in the Pentonville yard after being found guilty of murdering his wife in Hilldrop Crescent London. He remained calm through the ordeal but collapsed at the scaffold before dying. Crippen joined the Roman Catholic Church on the way to death, while officials denied any confession despite a published purported statement in the Evening Times.
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London
Harvey Hawley Cripah
Pentonville
Ilty
Kile Timers Crippen
Hilldrop Crescent
Penitentiary
Canada
Churchill
Crippen
Father Carey
Church of the Sacred Heart
Evening Times
Newton
Miss le Neve
Home Office
Means Better Tea Ottawa Tea Trade Effort Aims Higher
Iwao Nishi commissioner for Japan and the Central Tea Traders Association of Tokyo have traveled to Canada and the United States. He met with the Japanese consul general and said the Japan Canada US tea trade has fallen from ten million pounds to under five million. He will report on reasons noting lack of advertising, quality focus, and price reduction.
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Ottawa
Iwao Nishi
Japan
Central Tea Traders Association
Tokio
Canada
States
Vancouver to Antipodes to get twelve-thousand ton liners
Specifications are prepared for new 12000 ton liners to run between Vancouver and the Antipodes. Sir James Mills reports Canada will grant a mail contract of sufficient length to justify building the ships. Mills sails from San Francisco to Sydney as Australia’s decision awaits.
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Vancouver
B. C
Antipodes
Ottawa
James Mills
Canada
Australia
Sir James
San Francisco
Sydney
Rise Against Indians Sparks Crow Reservation Clash
Helena Montana reports a quarrel between cattlemen and Crow Indians on the Crow reservation. Two Indians were killed and two wounded after cattlemen, barred by a new law, put stock on the reservation. Indians attacked stockmen during a roundup to collect a $1 head fine.
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Helena
Mont
Crow Reservation
Northern Construction Wins Longer C N R Contract
The Winnipeg firm awarded the next 79 miles of the Canadian Northern Railway from New Westminster to Hope B C. Construction will run through the winter, and tenders for the Victoria project will be called at once.
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Vancouver
B. C
Northern Construction Company of
Winnipeg
C.N.R
Chilliwack
Hope
B.C
New Westminster
Victoria
Tolstoi Demonstrations in St Petersburg Turn Serious
The Times' St Petersburg correspondent reports student demonstrations for Tolstoi as serious. Police dispersed crowds outside the university, twenty students injured, with troops on standby amid feared trouble. Duma bills propose Tolstoi memorial schools funded by the state.
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London
St. Petersburg
The
Times
Tolstoi
St Petersburg
Duma
Octoberiere
Winnipeg market prices for grain livestock and dairy products
Prices listed for export and domestic grain and livestock in Winnipeg include choice export steers and heifers, cows, butcher types, hogs, sheep, lambs, calves, plus Butter eggs potatoes and dairy products. Also shown are dressed meats, sausage, hides, flour, oats, hay, lard and fish prices delivered to Winnipeg weighing off cars and subject to market changes.
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Winnipeg
Timothy
Lake Winnipeg
Gas Gusher Tapped In Medicine Hat At Hargrave
A new gas well on the Hargrave property in Medicine Hat yields 3,000,000 cubic feet per day from 1,042 feet depth. The CPR plans to transport natural gas westward using two specially built cars from Germany, each with 36 cylinders. Gas already illuminates trains west of Medicine Hat, and tanks will be constructed at points along the line.
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Medicine Hat
Alte
Hargrave
C.P.R
Germany
Seven Day Service Between Winnipeg and Liverpool
A Liverpool wire states a seven day service between Winnipeg and Liverpool is confidently mentioned as one of the certainties of the near future. The report notes growing confidence in a rapid expansion of transatlantic rail or steamship links.
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London
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Ottawa Industrial Accidents Rise in October
October saw 390 Canadian workers harmed in industrial accidents with 115 fatalities and 275 serious injuries across the country.
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Ottawa
Canada
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Sir John French
North American
Martin, Bole & Wynne Company
Y. M. C. A. Building Fund
Tho C. P. R
Tramp
Canadian Northern
Northern Construction Co
Uae
Flax
N. W
Manitoba
Man
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