Farmers Push Power to Recall and Referendum
Delegates from Grain Growers associations in the prairie provinces met on a Canadian Pacific dining car en route to Ottawa. They urged initiative and recall to curb legislation and cited Switzerland and U S states as precedents while criticizing wheat grading methods and rail freight rates under government and private lines.
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Ottawa
Grain Growers’ Associations of
Prairie Provinces
Canada
Paynter
Tantallon
Saskatchewan
Switzerland
Dominion
Mine Explosion Kills Over 300 in Bolton England
In Little Hulton colliery the explosion trapped miners and a fierce fire halted rescue efforts. Government Inspector Gerrard ruled no one survived and only twenty bodies near the shaft could be recovered. A bishop led an open air service as crowds gathered.
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Bolton
England
Little Hulton
Hulton Colliery Company
Gerrard
Manchester
Eng
Wellington
Whitehaven
Cumberland
Earl Grey Plans Arctic River Trip From Canada
Earl Grey considers a voyage by the Mackenzie River to the Arctic Ocean and along Alaska’s coast before leaving Canada. No definite route or departure time has been set.
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Earl Grey
Toronto
Grey
Mackenzie River
Arctic Ocean
Alaska
Canada
Canadian Forestry Convention to Meet in Quebec 1911
Official summons announces a Canadian Forestry Convention in Quebec City January 1 and 3 1911 under the Canadian Forestry Association. Attendees include Sir Wilfrid Laurier and ministers with rail fare facilities for participants and requests for names to receive programs.
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Dominion
Quebec
Canadian Forestry Association
W. C. Edwards
Wilfrid Laurier
R. L. Borden
Clifford Sifton
Commission of Conservation
Sydney Fisher
Frank Oliver
Lomer Gavin
Jules Allard
Frank Cochrane
W. C. H. Grimmer
Mer. Begin
R. H. Campbell
H. S. Graves
United States
Fort William
James Lawler
Canadian Bldg
Ottawa
Canada
Kipling Protests Change Of Medicine Hat Name
Rudyard Kipling objects to Medicine Hat renaming the city in a Sussex letter. He argues the current name is an asset, unique and authentic, and warns a change would disappoint residents and signal a lack of civic faith. He cites criticism from US journalists and a bid to improve a prospectus as weak grounds for a rename.
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Medicine Hat
Alta
Rudyard Kipling
Sussex
Empire
United States
Krow
Christmas Mail Rush from Canada to England on Empress
Montreal post officials report over a million letters and more magazines and newspapers sent to England aboard the Empress of Britain for Christmas. The season marks the largest Canadian mail rush on record with vast quantities of letters gifts and printed matter departing Montreal and New York for the Mauretania sailing.
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Montreal
England
Canada
New York
Body Found in Barrel Labeled Turkeys Sparks Investigation
Workers at a Dalrympe wholesale produce firm opened a barrel marked turkeys and found a page boy dead, wearing only a white linen shirt. The barrel arrived from Jervis, Oct., via the Grand Trunk Railway. Authorities are pursuing inquiries.
Final Conference on Elevator Legislation and Tariff Talks
Western grain growers report sympathetic hearings with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Richard Cartwright on terminal elevator legislation to be introduced after recess. Ottawa growers dispute Minnesota-style plans and urge government ownership. Toronto retailers plan a large Ottawa delegation opposing the Co operative bill and state ownership of utilities as socialism.
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Ottawa
Western Grain Growers’ Executive
Wilfrid Laurier
Richard Cartwright
Sydney Fisher
Whch
Hudson Bay
Wilfrid
Ottawa Growers’ Executive
House of Commons
Minnesota
Toronto
Retail Merchants’ Associationi
E. M. Trowern
Trowern
Big Rise in Canada Trade in Eight Months
Ottawa reports total trade for the first eight months of the fiscal year up 72.5 million dollars or about 17 percent from the same period last year. Imports reach 30.32 million, up 64.21 million, while domestic exports total 193.64 million, up 10.5 million. Agricultural and manufactured goods lead gains. foreign exports dip slightly. November figures show imports 41.63 million, up 6.20 million, and domestic exports 35.52 million, up about 0.2 million from November of last year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Telegraphs Without Wires Reach 426 Miles
Copenhagen inventor Vladimir Poulsen reports successful etheric telephonic communication between stations 426 miles apart over several days. The achievement demonstrates long distance wireless telephone capability and potential intercity link.
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Copenhagen
Vladimir Poulsen
Elevator Commission to Oversee Terminal Elevators
Ottawa reports Sir Richard Cartwright drafts a bill creating a three member commission to run the grain and inspection act. The body would supervise terminal elevators to curb fraud and could seize elevators when deemed needed. Government ownership remains undecided pending trial of the commission’s outcomes. Rodolphe Lemieux to return to Ottawa after January opening, with a Paris trip planned next week.
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Ottawa
Richard Cartwright
Western Grain Growers Associations
Rodolphe Lemieux
Canada
United South Africa
Paris
A Handsome Christmas Box for Canadian Government Annuities
A Christmas idea urges parents to buy Canadian Government Annuities for children with small annual payments. For a $100 annuity at age 60, a five year old could pay $4.75 yearly, $261.25 total, with 3 percent interest refunds if the child dies before 60. The plan promises lasting benefit and easy start for each child, supported by a letter from a Canadian insurer praising liberal terms. Information is available at the post office or from the Ottawa Superintendent of Annuities.
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Santa Claus
Canada
Ottawa
Bank chief arrested over false returns in Toronto
W R Travers general manager of the Farmers Bank, which suspended payments, was arrested on a charge of making false returns to the government. Abe Orphen posted bail at 220000. Arrest followed instructions from crown attorney J Seymour Corley and was carried out by detectives Murray and Newton after a conference with James Bicknell KC and the Bankers' Association legal adviser.
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Toronto
W. R. Travers
Farmers’ Bank
Abe Orphen
J. Seymour Corley
K.C
Murray and
Newton
James Bicknell
G. T. Clarkson
Bankers’ Association
Plague Ravages Mongolia Alarm Spreads
Rech correspondent from Vladivostok reports bubonic plague sweeping Mongolia unchecked. Morality and death toll rise in Manchurian grave. German consul at Herbin demands drastic measures from China Taotai, threatening Germany’s interference.
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St. Petersburg
Rech
Vladivostok
Mongolia
Herbin
Germany
Weekly Market Review of Grain Live Stock and Dairy Prices
Prices for butter cheese eggs potatoes and live poultry range across wholesale and farm levels. Reports list rates for dairy products dressed meats hides sausage flour oats hay lard fish and other commodities with varying unit measures and regionally adjusted quotes.
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Winnipeg
Timothy
Lake Winnipeg
Levity in Commons Sparks Grain Grower Critique
Charles Crossman of Elkhorn Manitoba joins grain growers in voicing disappointment with the Canadian House of Commons. He condemns time wasted and mentions paper balls and hats in the chamber during debates, arguing westerners see more real work in one hour than the house achieves in a day.
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Ottawa
Ont
Charles Crossman
Elkhorn
Man
House of Commons
Commons
Accident Fatality in Wild Rose District
Word reaches here of a tragedy near Prince Albert in the Wild Rose district a boy aged 12 shot at a mark from a back porch. His eight year old sister Mary ran into the line of fire and was struck in the neck dying almost immediately.
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Prince Albert
Wild Rose District
Little Willie Taylor
Mary
Manitoba Legislature Sets Feb 9 Session
Winnipeg captioned report states the Manitoba legislature will convene on February 9. The decision followed a cabinet meeting held yesterday morning in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dee
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