Unionist Victory Forecast Slips From Tariff Reform
London reports a volatile campaign as Unionists drop tariff reform and back referendum. Balfour presses core plan amid Liberal warnings that Lords reform and plebiscite would threaten representative government. Redmond’s Ireland policy dominates debate as Asquith rejects dissolution tied to Redmond.
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London
Arthur J. Balfour
Theion
John Redmond
House of Lords
Lords
Lord Lansdowne
House of Jorda
Euch
Unionists
Change Front
Balfour
House of Commons
Lord Rosebery
Manchester
Lord Osebery
Lord Cromer
Richt Hon. Lloyd George
Llandrinded
Wales
Avegustine Birrell
Ireland
Bristol
Imperial Veterans Association forms in Canada
The Imperial Veterans Association of Canada unites units from several veteran groups into a national body for army and navy veterans with a war medal or ten years service. Membership costs 25 cents for renewal to Jan 1, 1912, with rolls open and dues due. Local officers and regional reps are listed, with no join fee for the Veterans Brigade and a 9 9 cent annual fee for 1911 Imperial Veterans Association membership.
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Perial
Itisa Attairs Lawa
Ugcation
Ewig
Hue Lasperial
Jaen
Cothude
Reamone
Asquith
Reading
Redmond
Imperial Veterans Association of Canada
Veterans Brigades
Imperial Medal Association
Gonian Raid Association
South African Association
National Association
Army and Navy
Executive Council
Thomas Scott
W. F. W. Carstairs
Alberta
Chas. A Millican
George 8
Willson
Vancouver
British Columbia
G. B. Murphy
Moosomin
Saskatchewan
H. E. Kirk
Veterans Brigade
A. D. D. Pigott
Morden
Manitoba
M. Nash
Winnipeg
W. J. Tupper
North West Field Force
C. G. Mair
Traders Bank
Winnipec
John Hooper
Immorial Veterans Assn. of Canada
Walnut St
Major Caratairs
Edmonton
A. N. Mowat
Pincher Creek
G. Prp Murnhy
Harrison
Yorkton
Hle J. H. Howden
Neepawa
Ontario
Hamilton Merritt
Toronto
Woodside
Port Arthur
Imperial Veterans Association
Rainbow recruits sailors from Vancouver and Victoria
The Rainbow has recruited 32 locals from Vancouver, with ten accepted and signed, 22 on probation, and six more recruits arriving in Victoria. After 2 days at sea from Portsmouth the cruiser will enter dry dock for a thorough cleaning. Canada is praised for supplying seasoned instructors, with Rainbow crew boasting long service and pensionable experience.
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Vancouver
B. C
H.M.C.S. Rainbow
Rainbow
Victoria
Portsmouth
Canada
Royal Navy
Tug General sinks after collision in snow storm
In St. Marie Michigan the tug General of the Great Lakes towing fleet sank after a collision with CC. P. Ki. Athabasca near Lime Island during a dense snowstorm at about 3 40 a m. Six crewmen were rescued by the steamer Stean.
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Sankt Ste. Marie
Mich
General
Great Lakes
Wey
Polle>k
St. Martin’s Reef
CC. P. Ki
McGregor Leads Aberdeen Anguses At Chicago Show
J. D. McGregor of Brandon Manitoba won second in aged bull class and third in bull calves at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. His Aberdeen Anguses also claimed second for aged cows and third in two year old heifers, with praise for the McGregor bred cow Barbara McHenry and Our Pretty Rose heifer.
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J. D. McGregor
Brandon
West
Chicago, Ill
Man
Chicago
Oakville
O. W. Battles
Maqueketa
Iowa
Leroy
Meadow Brook
McGregor
Lucy’s Prince
Pride Lad
Homer
J. D McGregor
Hume
Souris
Manitoba
Colonel Judy
E. Lantz
Barbara McHenry
W. A
Violet
Congosh
England
Scotland
Canada
McHenry
Cook confesses doubts over reaching the North Pole
New York reports Dr. Frederick A. Cook admitting in an upcoming magazine installment that he cannot be sure he reached the pole. He says years of isolation and hunger may have driven him to misjudge his achievement and promises frank, case by case narration of his life and motives.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
Benjamin Hampton
Commander Peary
North Pole
Cook
Pole
Dr. Cook
Farmers Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Homestead Frauds
Prince Albert Saskatchewan. Samuel Boyd Jr John Jacob Cathers and John Boyd farmers of the Tisdale district received one year each in jail with hard labor for obtaining and attempting to obtain homestead securities by false pretences. Boyd was found guilty of perjury and obtaining a homestead by false pretences.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Samuel Boyd
John Jacob Cathers
John Boyd
Tisdale
Cathers
Boyd
Mauvhin
Justice Brown
Blackhander Receives Twelve Year Sentence
Toronto Jas. McCauley was sentenced to 12 years in Kingston by Magistrate Denisor after attempting to extort 2000 dollars from J. C. Eaton using a black hand letter. McCauley demanded the money left in the lavatory of the King Edward hotel and was nabbed when Eaton turned the letter over to police. The defense claimed in senility.
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Toronto
Jas. McCauley
J. C. Eaton
Kingston
Denisor
McCauley
King Edward Hotel
Eaton
Nolice
Winnipeg court upholds Lac du Bonnet power plant use
Winnipeg judges dismiss the city’s claim that the Lac du Bonnet plant violated the charter by powering street cars from that site. The court also rules the company may not erect poles and wires in streets for non railway uses and must remove such installations if the city serves notice. The defendants may appeal to the Privy Council in England.
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Winnipeg
Court of Appeal
Winnipeg Electric Railway Company
Lac du Bonnet
Lee du Bonnet
Mathers
J. H. Munson
K.C
Privy Council
England
Prices of Grain and Livestock at Home and Abroad
Prices for butter cheese eggs potatoes and poultry wholesale to producers. Dairy butter ranges No 1 25-26 cents per lb No 2 20-23 No 3 18-19 Eggs strictly fresh 27 cents per dozen. Potatoes prices by lot size from 65 to 100 cents per bushel. Live poultry delivered in Winnipeg prices: fowl 9, turkeys 17, chicken all sizes 12 Half-lapped figures for dressed meats and other staples with numerous per lb and per ton figures for beef veal lamb mutton hogs hams bacon and sausages alongside hides tallow sheep skins shearing seneca root and other commodities. Flour oats bran and mixed feeds priced per bag or ton. Lard bays and fish prices listed for Winnipeg region.
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Winnipeg
Timothy
Lake Winnipeg
Restore Old Road Victoria Premier Proposes Cariboo Route
Victoria British Columbia Premier McBride proposes rebuilding the historic Cariboo road as a scenic highway. He says in a few years BC will attract thousands of tourists seeking a good time and a magnificent auto drive through the Fraser and Thompson river canyons, an attraction worth millions.
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Victoria
B. C
McBride
Cariboo
British Columbia
California
Fraser
Thompson Rivers
Montreal Council Endorses Depreion Bay Canal Plan
The Montreal city council unanimously endorsed the Depreion Bay canal as a work of rational necessity. A memorandum supporting the project will be sent to Ottawa proving its timeliness and national importance.
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Montreal
Depreion Bay Canal
Ottawa
Imperial council proposed at imperial conference plan
Melbourne reports New Zealand representatives will push for an imperial council to advise Britain on overseas dominions. Sir John Ward backs immediate action. Victorian harvest estimated at 32,006,000 bushels, up 6,000,000 from last year.
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Melbourne
New Zealand
London
Imperial Council
John Ward
Seeks Grants of Western Lands Ottawa
Mr Cowie of Winnipec speaks for descendants of Hudsons Bay Company employees asking the government to grant western lands to those descendants prior to 1870.
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Ottawa
Cowie
Winnipec
Hudson’s Bay Company
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Galfour
Pnessed
Nash
Veterans’ Associations
Cc. P. R
Blackhander
City
Eesha Ade
Liverpool
Imperial
Council
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