Collapse of Quebec bridge linked to design flaw
A royal commission report concludes the Quebec bridge collapse was caused by design flaws rather than material or construction faults. The engineers note weight and strain on the central span exceeded the adapted formulas, with responsibility shared by the Phoenix Bridge company designer and the Quebec Bridge company, under government approval. The report suggests remedies exist for a final construction. London officials move to license reform to cut intoxication trade and reclaim state monopoly over licenses with a planned reduction of saloons.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
Quebec
Minister of Railways
Commons
Phoenix Company
Phoenix Bridge Company
Cooper
Quebec Bridge Company
England
London
H. H. Asquith
House of Commons
German Emperor on Holiday to Corfu Villa
Emperor William plans a March 21 departure from Berlin to a new Corfu villa for an extended rest. He travels with the imperial yacht Hohenzollern from Geneva escorted by Forst and Gepner, with Prince Fuerstenburg likely joining as a trusted adviser.
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Berlin
William
Corfu
England
Constantinople
Turkey
Near East
Emperor William
Hohenzollern
Geneva
Ionian Waters
Forst
Igepner
Prince Fuerstenburg
Possibilities of Carrot River Ottawa
Prof W McInnes of the geological survey told the agriculture committee that the Carrot river valley from the present settled district to Pas Mission could yield three million acres of arable land through drainage and Saskatchewan river channel sewering at Grand Rapids and other points. He added ten thousand square miles of vegetable land could become productive farmland.
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Ottawa
W. McInnes
Geologial Survey
Committee On Agriculture
Carrot River
Pas
Nelsom River
Saskatchewan River
Grand Rapids
Former Italian Minister Sentenced for Treasury Speculation
Nunzio Nasi once minister of public instruction in Italy Rome was sentenced by the senate as a high court to eleven months and twenty days for continuing speculation from the state treasury. The court allowed deductions for time already served leaving only a few days to serve. his secretary Sig Lombardo was acquitted for lack of evidence.
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Rome
Nunzio Nasi
Senate
Nasi
Sig. Lombardo
Vancouver Invites American Fleet Under Admiral Evans
City council Vancouver and the Vancouver Tourist Association join the American club in inviting the U S naval fleet commanded by Admiral Evans to visit Vancouver. The coordinated invitation emphasizes wartime ties and regional hospitality.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Tourist Association
American Club
Admiral Evans
Portuguese Plot Foiled by Treacherous Lieutenant
A Lisbon coup to overthrow the monarchy and crown a republic failed as a young army officer, secretly part of the plot, revolted upon learning of the kings death and betrayed the planners. Signals from the national library warned ships and barracks but secured doors and thwarted the uprising.
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Lisbon
Carlos
Luiz
George’s Hill
National Library
Construction Contract Let for 46 Mile G T P Grading
Phelan and Shirley secured the contract to grade a 46 mile section of the G T P from near Clover Bar through Edmonton westward. About 400 teams and as many men were employed in spring grading. The district runs west from the Clover Bar bridge and includes all work within the city limits and near freight yards and the passenger line. Sublet portions of the contract.
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Edmonton
Phelan & Shirley
Clover Bar
Canadian White Company
Public Ownership Heating Debate in Senate
Senator Mc Mullen moved a resolution opposing public ownership and operation of public utilities as not in the Dominion’s interest. He cited rising discussion, warned by the Intercolonial experience, and noted ministers’ failed efforts to make it paying. An independent commission was urged to address a persistent deficit.
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Ottawa
Senate
McMullen
Canada
Dane Gives Fortune to Form World’s First Army Motor Corps
A wealthy Danish benefactor funds a government effort to establish a Danish army motor corps equipped with 100 motorcycles each carrying Gen. Madsen’s hand machine gun. The weapon fires 500 shots per minute. The unit will be the first regular army motor corps in the world.
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Copenhagen
Madsen
Silent firearm patent granted to Hiram Percy Maxim
Hiram Percy Maxim, son of Sir Hiram Maxim, has received a patent for a silent firearm. The device makes rifle or revolver discharges practically noiseless and could revolutionize weapons. It permits use of varied munitions from lead bullets to steel projectiles with smokeless powder.
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New York
Hiram Percy Maxim
Hiram Maxim
Marconi Optimistic On Telegraphy Prospects In London
Signor Marconi told the Liverpool chamber of commerce that within about four months the latest apparatus would be installed and they should be able to handle at least 20,000 words a day.
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London
Marconi
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Bread of life sermon on receiving Christ in faith
A Sunday School lesson on John chapter six presents Jesus as the bread of life and living water, urging sinners to believe and receive him. It contrasts earthly hunger with eternal life, explaining faith as coming to Jesus, the gift of God, who died for sins and rose again, inviting all to partake and be saved.
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American Press Association
Capernaum
God
Father
Jesus
Christ
Salvation and Eternal Life Through His Love
A devotional text reflecting on Romans 8 32 and similar verses, urging readers to trust in God who gave His Son and to live in gratitude and faith. It emphasizes life eternal, a resurrection body, a kingdom, and glory as outcomes of divine grace.
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Rom
Rli
Dominion to Station Twelve Inspectors on Boundary Line
The Dominion government plans a new immigration enforcement system along the boundary from the coast to Rossland with twelve inspectors at key points and a Canadian officer to operate in Seattle. A recent deportation ordered twenty five Italian railway workers who violated alien labor laws. they were sent back to the United States but reentered Canada via Blaine.
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Vancouver
B. C
Dominion
Rossland
Seattle
Cloverdale
United States
Canada
Bellingherma
Blaine
Seslers Complaint on Pacific Coast Seals Protection
Representation by Joseph Boscovitz of Victoria seeks Dominion Imperial and U S action to curb Behring Sea seal extermination. Japanese noncompliance with 1893 Pars award leaves Japan dominating the trade and seals being killed rapidly. Canadian fleet shrinks from fifty vessels to five. remaining ships idle near Victoria.
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Ottawa
Pacific Coast
James Bryce
Joseph Boscovitz
Victoria
B. C
United States
Behring Sea
Canada
Hill plans to parallel CPR line across western Canada
J J Hill has deployed hundreds of engineers along a 1400 mile stretch from Brandon to Calgary and aims to parallel the C P R system throughout that distance. He previously prepared for this in two years past but withdrew due to low mood. He owns large land holdings in three provinces and is said to base headquarters at Medicine Hat with lines radiating to Edmonton.
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C.P.R
Winnipeg
J. J. Hill
Brandon
Calgary
Hill
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Hill of Gold Found at Wreck Bay Vancouver
Victoria reports a sand bank 100 feet high at Wreck Bay proving fabulously rich in gold. Walter Myles, Yukon miner, says samples pan five to fifteen cents per pan with a per ton yield from 43.20 to 104.40. Sand stretches across a long area into millions of tons. Myles has eight registered claims and says Colorado capitalists are interested. development work begins at once.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Wreck Bay
Walter Myles
Yukon
Myles
Colorado
Senate naval panel backs U S ships after inquiry
After the first day of inquiry into condition of United States battleships and cruisers the senate committee on naval affairs said Reuterdahl's criticisms in a monthly magazine are unwarranted and the U S Navy ships are among the best in the world.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Reuterdahl
United States Navy
Harvester Plans Large Hiring Boost If Treaty Passed
International Harvester in Hamilton confirms it would double output to gain a tariff preference under a French treaty. The move would raise binder prices by seven to nine dollars and mower prices by six dollars, and the firm expects to add about 1,800 workers to its payroll.
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Hamilton
International Harvester Company
Petition to limit Navy expansion to one battleship
A petition against proposed Navy cost over 60 million dollars for four new battleships was presented to Senate Navy Committee member Hale. It was signed by Bishop Henry C. Potter of New York and other clergy, urging the program be limited to a single battleship.
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Washington
United States Navy
Senate
Hale
Committee On Naval Affairs
Henry C. Potter
New York
Turkey Faces War Threat Over Macedonia Crisis
Constantinople reels as Britain’s Sir Edward Grey hints at war options in the Levant. The sultan and advisers fear pressure from Christian powers will trigger an explosion, while awaiting Germany’s stance and Metternich’s London remarks on Macedonia reforms.
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Constantinople
Edward Grey
House of Commons
Macedonia
Great Britain
Levant
Europe
Foward Grey
Prince Bulow
Reich- Stag
Germany
Seed Testers Busy Ottawa Seed Lab Reports Plant Germination
The Ottawa government seed testing laboratory faces record demand as an early frost affects northwest grain vitality. Since spring, 4800 samples have been tested with 100 to 120 daily reports, using electric germinating chambers and soil boxes to provide farmers with exact germination and vigor data.
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Ottawa
Seed Division of Agriculture
Northwest
Discordant Relations Berlin Stir Anglophone Debate
For the first time since the Kaiser's return from England a discordant note appears in Anglo German relations. British parliamentarians and publicists spark discussion over naval estimates. German naval men praise modest proposals while official circles feel resentment at England's view of Germany's fleet as a world peace threat. Conservative papers also complain Germany is cast as a mischief maker.
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Berlin
England
Metternich
London Chamber of Commerce
Progress of Hudson Bay line near Etomami
The Canadian Northern has mobilized a large winter force on the Hudson bay line from Etomami along the Prince Albert branch. By week’s end the contractors reached Pas Mission at the Saskatchewan and Carrot rivers junction, about 100 miles south of Etomami. The surveyed stretch to Fort Churchill totals 425 miles.
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H. B. Railways
Etiomani, Sask
Canadian Northern
Hudson Bay
Prince Albert
Pas Mission
Saskatchewan
Carrot Rivers
Etomami
Fort Churchill
Ottawa Commander Balfour Macdonald Receives Dual Medals
Commander William Balfour Macdonald of the Royal Navy, son of Senator Macdonald of British Columbia, has obtained the king's permission to wear two recent foreign decorations, one from the king of Sweden and one from the emperor of Germany.
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Ottawa
William Balfour Macdonald
Royal Navy
Macdonald
Columba
Sweden
Germany
Local Option Fight in Ontario Liquor Amendments
Ontario government plans an amendment to the liquor license act lowering the local option disability from 6 to 55 percent. The move has temperance support and is favored by a government majority.
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Toronto
Ontario
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