Georgian Bay canal debate sparks Canada wheat savings
In Ottawa senate debates Senator Casgrain urged early Georgian Bay canal construction, arguing lower ocean freight to Liverpool and reduced wheat costs for Canada and the United States. Other senators discussed British cattle disease fears and trade impediments, with optimism that canal routes would boost Canadian commerce and Wheat movement.
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Ottawa
Ont
Senate
Casgrain
Canada
Georgian Bay Canal
Montreal
Liverpool
New York
Chicago
United States
Georgian Bay
Belcourt
Power
Earl of Carrington
British Board of Agriculture
Beott
Lougheed
Sir Charles [Urper
Russia Masses Troops on Turco Persian Frontier
Five thousand troops ordered from the Northern Caucasus to the Turco Persian border and small detachments moving toward it. Russia believes a military demonstration against Turkey may follow Turkish Persian frontier disputes near Tabriz. England and Russia previously agreed to supervise the area amid German British and Russian interests at stake.
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St. Petersburg
Caucasus
Russia
Turkey
Persia
Tabriz
Germany
Great Britain
England
Marconi Wireless Installed On All CPR Atlantic Vessels
Canadian Pacific Railway will equip all vessels in the Atlantic service with Marconi wireless. The Empresses are already fitted and contracts extend to counte installations on every ship. Communicating with thirty stations on the Canadian or Newfoundland coast or British stations and other similarly equipped vessels will keep ships in reach across hundreds of miles. Allan Line has four vessels and Dominion Line three equipped.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Marconi
Atlantic
Canadian
Newfoundland
Allan Line
Dominion
Harriman Castle Near Arden Progress Despite Winter
Work on the E. H. Harriman residence two miles east of Arden New York continues through winter weather. The project has run three years and will take another year. The mansion in old English castle style is expected to cost about 4 million dollars with a monthly payroll around 19 thousand.
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Rush Harriman
Newberg
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Arden
Memorable Warning By Exclusion League to Congress
The Asiatic Exclusion League of North America warned Congress before adjournment in Seattle Washington demanding immediate legislation to exclude Japanese Chinese and Koreans from American shores. The memorial states Orientals threaten labor and threatens action if Congress fails to act promptly.
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Congress
Seattle
Wash
Asiatic Exclusion League of North America
America
CPR Offers Land for Alberta Agriculture College Site
The CPR proposes half a section of land in Gleichen district for Alberta’s proposed agriculture college. A key condition requires irrigation work to be a feature of the college.
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Montreal
CPR
Alberta
Gleichen
Dispute Over Indian Lands Hampers Prince Rupert Line Deal
After five weeks of talks in Montreal Vice-President Wainwright and Solicitor D Arcy Tate left with the core issue still unsettled. Negotiations may proceed by correspondence and, if settled by end of March, the railway will award the eight million dollar contract for the Prince Rupert line. The dispute centers on British Columbia s claimed reversionary interest in thirteen thousand acres of Indian lands. BC demands control of the lands and a share of sales, while the railway contends the claim is invalid and offers a quarter of proceeds.
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Victoria
B. C
Wainwright
D'Arcy Tate
G.T.P
Ftor Montreal
Orther
Prince Rupert
Railway
British Columbia
Asiatic Exclusion League planned for North America
A committee at the Labor temple in Seattle advances a constitution and law for an Asiatic Exclusion League of North America. The alliance, with a salaried executive team and a board from each region, will base headquarters in San Francisco.
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Seattle
Asiatic Exclusion League
North America
Pacific Coast
Seasion
Labor Temple
Asiatic Exclusion League of North America
League
San Francisco
Emigration Board Sees Labour Shortage Halting Canada Work
Lord Brassey told the Central Emigration Board meeting that British Columbia faces a labor shortage delaying railway and industry progress. Boards report emigrants to Canada finding work, and a resolution to promote emigration was passed. Thirty eight Lambeth pauper children volunteered to emigrate to Canada.
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London
Lord Brassey
Central Emigration Board
Br'tish
Lambeth
Canada
Earl Dudley Opposes Coercion in Ireland Policy
In the house of lords Earl Dudley, former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, denounced coercion as ruinous to England Ireland relations. He urged conciliation and quick remedies for grievances including unequal land distribution that sparked cattle driving in Roscommon and other western counties.
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Earl Dudley
Ireland
House of Lords
England
Roscommon
Navy seeks four 20000 ton battleships and expansion plan
Secretary Metcalf told the House Naval Affairs Committee the administration would build four 20000 ton battleships plus additional cruisers scout ships and submarines. He sought 69 million dollars for new ships and said three more divisions of fighting men were needed to crew ships now or soon to be commissioned.
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Washington, D.C
House Naval Affairs Committee
Metcalf
Rates for trans Atlantic steamship restore old basing
The Canadian Associated Press reports after a conference of Atlantic steamship lines that first and second class fares will return to prior levels and possibly be raised in some cases. Third class fares will revert to old rates.
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London
Associated Press
trans-Atlantic Steamship Companies
Seed Wheat Prospects in West Moose Jaw District
Farmers report potential seed wheat output of 100000 bushels in West Moose Jaw from top quality grain. Board of Trade records show samples from the district leaving the board office are splendid.
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Moose Jaw
Board of Trade
Board
Life and faith in the Cana of Galilee healing story
The article reflects on life as a central gospel theme. It notes Jesus as life itself and discusses the healing of the nobleman’s son in Cana, highlighting faith that believes a word from Jesus and the ensuing impact on the household. It compares faith examples and stresses spiritual renewal through Christ.
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American Press
Jerusalem
Galilee
Peter
Jesus
Cana
Nathanael
John xiv
Capernaum
Hell
Philemon
Fragmentary devotional excerpt with biblical citations
A fragmented ecclesiastical passage cites Acts Numbers and Revelation verses. It discusses faith, salvation, forgiveness, and divine assurance, urging belief and endurance as a child of God. The text blends archaic phrasing with scriptural references to reinforce spiritual confidence.
War supplies rush to Philippines by sea
The War Department accelerates shipments to the Philippines from San Francisco by chartering tramp steamers and using extra vessels. Regular liners and government freighters are joined by transports Creek and ships like China Sherman Buford Eva for heavy materiel, ammunition, and cargoes bound for Manila.
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Philippines
San Francisco
War Department
Asiatic
Seattle
Washington
Manila
China
Sherman
Buford
Transport Creek
East and West at Variance in Dominion Sheep Breeders
A split in the Dominion Sheep Breeders association arises from discord between eastern Ontario and western breeders. An Ontario deputation urged government support to form the Ontario Sheep Breeders association. Western breeders objected to using Dominion funds to advertise Ontario stock. Minister Nelson Monteith asked the group to return in a week with a definite plan.
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Toronto
Ont
Dominion Sheep Breeders’ Association
Ontario
Nelson Monteith
Ontario Sheep Breeders’ Association
Dominion Association
West
Lord Strathcona Plans Fast Atlantic Route Change
Lord Strathcona the Canadian high commissioner in London is reported to visit Canada to discuss a fast service. He favors making Quebec the summer port for the fast line instead of Halifax, with a compromise allowing the CPP to establish the service. The Dominion government may back faster ships replacing the Empress route on the Atlantic.
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Montreal
Lord Strathcona
London
Canada
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy
Quebec
Halifax
C.P.P
Dominion
Army Corps Ordered Out Paris
Le Matin reports due to the gravity of the Moroccan situation orders have been issued for mobilization of the entire army corps and colonial troops including the Spahis stationed in French garrisons. Spain’s weakness in declining a military demonstration shifts the burden to France to restore order.
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Paris
le Matin
Morocco
France
Spain
Japan Ambassador Takahira sails to Washington
Baron Rogero Takahira departs Liverpool bound for New York to assume the Japanese ambassadorship in Washington. He extols American friendship and predicts amicable progress in ongoing negotiations.
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London
Japan
Rogero Takahira
America
Washington
New York
Liverpool
Etruria
Model License Law Aims at Restricting Louisville Saloon Licenses
A Louisville report states a model liquor license bill ready for the legislature. It would limit licenses by population and tie license permanence to legal obedience, with automatic enforcement and to remove saloon influence from politics.
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Louisville
Monument to Bell Memorial Sought in Brantford
Brantford Ont committee of the Bell Telephone Memorial association invites sculptors and artists to submit designs for a national monument. Over forty thousand dollars have been subscribed for the project.
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Bell
Brantford
Ont
Bell Telephone Memorial Association
Cruisers Head to Esquimault Barrage in Esquimault
The fourth cruiser squadron including Cresey Eiy lus Hague Brilliant and Indefatigable is bound for Esquimault British Columbia as part of a Pacific naval deployment.
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Esquimault Victoria
Cresey
Eiylus
Hague
Brilliant
Indefatigable
Esquimault
Supremacy of Air the Aim of Nations in War
London reports a lecture by aeronaut A K E Gaugron arguing the great powers fight for air superiority. He dismisses heavier than air machines and advocates dirigible balloons as the sole viable aerial warship despite earlier trials with aeroplanes. France shifts to airships, with the ebauady airship hailed as best.
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London
A. K E. Gaugron
Society of Arm
Germany
Czarina bans smoking among St Petersburg court ladies
The Russian Czarina forbids court women to smoke, instructing Princess Galitzine to inform nobility that tobacco odor will not be tolerated at receptions or in public. The order alarms court circles as senior ladies and maids of honor are known smokers, with only Mademoiselle dHonour reportedly abstaining.
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Czarina
St. Petersburg
Galitzine
Russia
Stroganoff
Mademoiselle d’Honneur
Darmstadt
Pullman Porters and Conductors Get Yearly Bonus
The Pullman Palace Car Company distributed checks totaling nearly 200000 to about 4000 car service employees as a year end expression of appreciation for meritorious conduct. Checks of 175000 were mailed to 1153 conductors and 2617 porters as an extra month’s pay, with a note thanking them for courteous service. Those on the roll of honor receive the gift, and officials say the program will continue, expanding to nearly all car service staff in time.
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Pullman
Chicago
Pullman Palace Car Company
Car Service
Car Service Department
Ontario committee proposes prison sale and reformatory outside Toronto
A special Ontario government committee on prison labor urges selling the central prison and building a provincial reformatory beyond city limits. It calls ending the public account contract and price system, moving prisoners to outdoor work with feeding five stock, and removing striped suits and dark cells. New ideas include technical education calisthenics and military exercises.
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Toronto
Ontario
Provincial Reformatory of
W& Avetern
War Imminent Between Japan and United States Predicts Paris Editor
Paris Temps editor Henri Labrue touring the United States says war between Japan and the United States is certain. He cites Japan's significant preparations and warns that a clash is near. Labrue plans to inspect both navies before any conflict.
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Chicago
Tll
Henri Labrue
Paris Temps
Japan
United States
Europe
Rockefeller Plans Summer Playgrounds at Lake Wilderness
John D. Rockefeller plans a summer playground project on Lower Lake Wilderness near the Canadian border for boys. Activities include frontier life, scouting, training expeditions, hunting, and camps supervised by a famous scout.
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Rockefelier
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Lpwer Lake
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