G N R plans to bring farmers from Britain to Canada
The Salvation Army immigration department will lead a large scale scheme with the Canadian Northern Railway to settle British farmers on farms along the Western lines in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia Also for farm laborers fruit growers and possibly miners with loans for stock and implements and training in initial years in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.N.R
Prairie Provinces
Salvation Army
Railway Co. S
Toronto
Senit
Col
T. Howell
The
Lourento
F. Southall
Hanna
British Columbia
West
Mackenzie and Mann
Britain
Canada
Hunt Club Hounds Arrive in Winnipeg From Ireland
About sixty Winnipeg Hunt Club members celebrate the arrival of five couples of pedigree fox hounds from Ireland. James Harte, second whip to John Watson, accompanies the hounds. They will be housed at the Winnipeg Horse Show building before kennels and an evening meet is planned for October 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
W. Abbott
Winnipeg Hunt Club
Ireland
James Harte
John Watson
Meath Keun’s
County Dublin
Trelend
Winnipeg Horse Show
Thorth
Hunt Club
Grand Trunk Pacific to Run Winnipeg to Fort William Rail Line
The Grand Trunk Pacific will commence operation of the National Transcontinental railway from Winnipeg to Superior Junction immediately. An arrangement with contractor J. D. Mercier and the National Transcontinental commission enables use of the line. The plan includes freight and passenger service at once, linking Edmonton to Fort William via the Canadian Northern line through Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winni
Superior Junction
J. D. Mec
Rihur
National Transcontinental Commission
Arrang
Grand Pacific
Canadian Northern
Winnipeg
T.P
Edmonton
Fort William
Winnipeg Auto Club meet shatters Canadian track records
Winnipeg officials report a record breaking auto race meet at Kirkfield track. W C Power set a sensational time in a McLaren car with a fly start for a mile in 59 1 5 seconds beating the Canadian mark. In the Dunlon Trophy two miles seven entrants. Power completed 25 miles in 3 hours 19? seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Automobile Club
Kirkfield Track
W. C. Power
Power
APPROVES IMMIGRATION PLAN FOR WIVES IN CANADA
Winnipeg reacts to a plan by the Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau to fund WEF wives and children of ar zane regiment in Winnipeg from England. A Norton Griffiths cable congratulates the scheme and a $12,500 guarantee fund is to back an advisory board handling applications and related business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau
Arzane Regiment
Englan
Norton Ediths
Loneen
England
Celle
Charles Roland
Canada
Norton Griffiths
Bureau
Canoe Capsizes Killing Three In Northern Ontario
Port Arthur and Renfrew men C o l e man of Renfrew and Dixon of Saskatoon drown when their canoe flips on Guil Lake 150 miles north of Sioux Lookout. Ellwood survives eight hours clinging to the upturned craft and walks sixty miles to report the tragedy. Efforts to locate relatives continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
W. M. Coleman
Renfrew
Ont
Albert Dixon
Saskatoon
Sask
Guil Lake
Sioux Lakou
Grand Trunk Pacific
Nicholas Ellwood
Sioux Lookout
Coleman
Dixon
Ellwood
Cat Lake
Dominion
Hubert
White
M. E. Martin
Dominion Police
W. A. Quibei
Melba to Return for Winnipeg Concert
Winnipeg reports huge Melba turnout at Walker theatre with about 2000 turned away. Manager Frederick Shipman schedules a second performance on Oct 11 after the singer resumes her tour in the west en route to Fargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Walker Theatre
Frederick Shipman
Mme. Melba
Fargo
French Canadians plan protest over Ottawa archbishop choice
Ottawa reports a conference of French-Canadians from across the province to protest Rome’s selection of a successor to Archbishop Duhamel. They back a French-Canadian appointee and allege missing documents hindered Rome’s decision. The group vows to seek explanations and voices dissatisfaction with the result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Vatican
Rome
Duhamel
Gauthier
Regina to Get Industry Industries Regina Sask
Regina will host a new industry after a visit by Canadian manufacturers of Geo. B. Meadows. The firm Torsrts Wire and Tron Works Co. plans to locate a breach house in the city and seeks a town site for a three storey building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Industry
Geo. B. Meadows
Torsrts Wire and Tron Works
Riots in Berlin Surge as Police Crackdown Intensifies
Severe rioting in Moabit district continues with workers beaten and hospitals crowded. Police under Von Jagow vow mercyless action, with 400 injured and $25,000 in property loss as Reuters New York Times World and Sun correspondents are attacked. Emperor William orders full report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Moabit
Benlin
von Jagow
Aay
Reuters Telegraph Co
New York Times
World
Sun
Reuter
William
Prolific Potato Plant Shocks Medicine Hat Gardeners
In Medicine Hat W Benson, a market gardener, unearthed a single potato plant produced from one seed that yielded 139 potatoes. Fifty were fit for table use, with many more maturing if left longer. Benson has won many prizes for his garden products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Man from Medicine Hat Dies Saving Passenger Train
Swift Current reports Brake man James Cairns of Medicine Hat killed while saving a passenger train from a rear collision. He turned the air brake valve to set brakes and was crushed beneath a car, sacrificing his life in the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
James Cairns
Indians Block G T P Victoria B C
The Indians of Fort George in full council refuse to sanction the surrender of the reservation at the Fraser and Nechaco rivers junction to the Grand Trunk Pacific. The company must make other townsite and divisional location plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Fort George
Fraser
Nechaco
Grand Trunk Pacfic
Auto Across Rockies First to Cross Crows Nest Pass
A Cranbrook party led by Dr Green M W Supple E Staples and R E Beattie drove from Cranbrook to Edmonton via the Crows Nest Pass becoming the first automobile group to complete the route. The government recently opened a good road through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Edmonton
Crows Nest Pass
Dr. Green
M. W. Supple
E. Staples
R. E. Beattie
Grinnen Triat Ort 13. Londim
The report notes a triathlon event at Ort 13 in Londim. Competitors Grinnen, Dr. Crinonen, F E Brigh and M F Barrington Wert Fthel TeNews are listed among entrants. The event is expected to run for about three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnen
Londim
Moersh
Hall Ant Hantley Tenkins
Dr. Crinonen
End F. E Brigh
M. F
Cholera Epidemic Turmoil Reported in Naples
Startling cholera details from Naples described with street deaths and public disorder. Police struggle as 100,000 wealthier residents flee. official tallies show five cases and three deaths in Naples province in 24 hours, plus one death in Foxgia and one in Apulia. Despatches note violence in Sicily as peasants resist sanitation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Rome
Apulia
Foxgia
Sicily
Armory Planned for Edmonton For Militia Use
Edmonton under Col E RB Ed wards of the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers received a ministerial notice that a suitable site will trigger construction of an armory costing not less than 100000 dollars. The brick and stone building, modeled after Peterboro Ontario’s armory, will be 200 by 300 feet and host a cavalry, artillery, army service corps and guides unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alan Col. E. RB. Edwards
101St Edmonton Fusiliers
Peterboro
Ont
Army Service Corps
Guides
Big haul at Birnie burglary in Manitoba
Burglars entered the John Parnie hardware store in Bunie Birnie Manitoba blew the safe and stole the cash register amounting to 1800 to 2000 dollars. No clues left behind and locals report no suspicious strangers seen. Police alerted and on the trail of the robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birrmie
John Parnie
Bunie
Manitoba
Hamiota
Oak Lake
New Job For Sir Fred As Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor
The Evening Journal reports Sir Frederick Borden may be named lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia to succeed the late Lieutenant Governor Fraser. Borden, long prominent in politics, has signaled a wish to retire from office. Only two men, John Haggart and William Peterson, have longer service in the horse than Borden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liutenant
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
The
Evening Journal
Frederick Borden
Leutenant
D. C. Freser
Militia
Fraser
John Haggart
Wm. Peterson
Doyle Goes to Jail for Assaulting Wife in Asquith
Martin Doyle pleaded guilty to assault after his wife charged attempted murder. He was committed to two months in jail at Asquith, Saskatchewan, with a prior vagrancy conviction in Scott, Saskatchewan. The case notes Hyle, previously acquitted in the Snowflake murder at Morden, Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
Sask
Martin Doyle
Doyle
Hyle
Morden
Man
Scott, Sask
Arizona Shaken Area Left Desolate by Earthquakes
Report from Flagstaff Arizona describes fifty mile square region extending toward the Grand Canyon of Colorado nearly depopulated by ongoing earthquakes and rumblings. Refugees report cracked houses and stones torn from beds with volcanic debris crashing down mountainsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
J. B. Chavez
Coroner’s Jury Finds Crippen Guilty of Wilful Murder
London. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Dr H H Crippen the American dentist in connection with the July discovery of the mutilated body in the Crippen residence. The body was of Cora Crippen and death was caused by poisoning by hyoscine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippen
London
H. H. Crippen
Cora Crippen
Pr Crippen
Hyoseine
Brookins Breaks Distance Record In Illinois Flight
Aviator Brookins flies from Chicago to Springfield covering about 187 miles in 5 hours 44 minutes of air time and 7 hours 12 minutes elapsed, breaking the American long distance flight record and winning a $10,000 Chicago Record-Herald prize. He landed at Mount Pulaski and Springfield after brief stops. crowd gathered along the route to watch the historic flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springfield
Til
Iran
Brookins
Mount Pulaski
Fair Grounds
Chicago Record-Herald
Farmers Appeal for Low Freight Rates in Manitoba
A Winnipeg delegation led by Southern Manitoba reeves and local legislators urged Minister Robert Rogers to press railways for reduced freight on seed wheat and feed due to crop failures. Rogers met with CPR official W. B. Tenigan and CNR official George Shaw, who promised to explore a favorable rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Robert Rogers
Manitoba
Mr. Rogers
W. B. Tenigan
C.P.R
George Shaw
C.N.R
Pleads For New Zealand In Mail Service Call
Vancouver authorities await a cable from Sir Wilfrid Laurier urging New Zealand inclusion in the mail service route to Vancouver. Hon. Mr. Thomas resists concessions to Auckland due to antagonism among Commonwealth postal officials. New Zealand likely to seek steamship ties with growing importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Islands
Vancouver
Melourne
Australia
Wilfrid Laurier
New Zealand
Vanccouver
Thomas
Auckland
Commonwealth
Tom
Girl Killed When Horse Throws Rider Near Pincher Creek
Fourteen year old Bessie May Thomas daughter of C. B. Thomas a Fishburn farmer was riding to school when her horse stumbled and threw her her foot caught in a stirrup and she was dragged a half mile. She died before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinche Creek
Alta
Bessie May Thomas
C. B. Thomas
Fishburn
Pincher Creek
May Fight Monroe Doctrine, Says Doctor Wilincton
Doctor Beh claims the idea will curb the Monroe Doctrine. He states Germany seeks to render it ineffectual while denying aims at British dominions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilincton
Beh
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James Hart
Pack
G.T P
C. Power
Winnipeg Industrial Bureau
Guil Lake, Ont
Melba
Will Cable
Whale District
Rockies
Birnie
Sir Fred
Brogkins
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