Montreal Seaport Crowned as Dominant Grain Port of North America
Lanigan of the Canadian Pacific tour cites Montreal's inland seaport status as the key to its supremacy in grain shipping. He argues Montreal's water access to Detroit, Chicago, and Duluth makes it the natural ocean outlet, boosting Winnipeg and the Northwest with lower transport costs and direct ocean shipments.
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Winnipeg
Montreal
Canada
United States
B. Lanigan
Canadian Pacific Railway
National Post of
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Detroit
Chicago
Duluth
Fort William
North America
Buffalo
Owen Sound
Collingwood
Midland
Parry Sound
C.P.R
America
Middle West
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Lanigan
Northwest
Liverpool
Manitoba
Seaboard
Prairie grain quality rises as crops yield high light
Government crops report shows seed quality in late September higher than last year across spring wheat oats barley rye peas beans buckwheat flax and corn with Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta posting strong standards. Northwest provinces lead with uniformly high quality while total output reaches about 360 million bushels at peak prices in a quarter century.
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Synger Repo
Census and Statistics Office
Northwest
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Prairies
Forty Knot Destroyers in British Plans
The British admiralty aims to outpace German destroyers with ships of about forty knots. Liquid fuel frees space from coal bunkers, allowing larger engines without increasing vessel size. A conference of leading shipbuilders will review plans, and the new destroyers will be longer than current models.
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London
Admiralty
Og Ee
Amundsen Tests Polar Bear Sled Dogs in Arctic Trial
Captain Amundsen plans a polar expedition using polar bears as draught animals. He contracted Carl H back to supply twenty bears three years old. The bears are being trained for a month and to be shipped from Norway aboard Amundsen's ship to start the trek.
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Hamburg
Raald Amundsen
Amundsen
Carl H Back
Hanbsch
Norway
Japan's Army Strength on Peace and War Footings
A Washington report estimates Japan's active military strength on a peace footing at 184,599 with divisions including field forces and artillery. The article notes the figure is approximate and likely lower than the true total, while war footing strength rises to 1,214,000 plus 10,000 Formosa troops and 15,000 officers and NCOs serving with the colors.
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Japan
Washington
Gies Commissariat
Tota
Formosa
New Head of Grand Trunk Montreal
Charles Melville Hays becomes Grand Trunk president and Alfred Smithers of London is named chairman of the board. Sir Charles Rivers-Wilson retires with a 7500 dollar yearly allowance. The changes end months of rumor and shift most control to Montreal management.
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Montreal
Charles Melville Hays
Grand Trunk Railway
Charles Rivers-Wilson
Alfred Smithers
London
Canada
United States
Sir Charles
Grand Trunk
Hays
Montreael
Plan to Circumvent the Lords in Budget Passage
The Daily News lobbyist claims Premier Asquith secured the King's written consent to create enough new peers to push the budget through the Lords and that the document was shown to Lord Lansdowne and Arthur Balfour. The plan is deemed unlikely. A referendum proposal in the Times finds little support from either party.
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Lords
London
The
Daily News
Asquith
House of Lords
Lord Lansdowne
Arthur Balfour
Times
Organize Teacher Training Classes for Sunday Schools
Sunday School workers in the district should plan a Teacher Training Class for fall and winter. One or more schools should unite for a class. no special training needed to be a leader. Full details and texts available from J G Rattray Pipestone Man Supt Teacher Training Dept for Manitoba U S Association.
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Eachunday
J. G. Rattray
Pipestone, Man
Supt
Manitoba U. S. Association
Dynamite Stolen in Stockholm Blasts
An enormous quantity of dynamite was stolen from a storehouse used by rock blasters and anarchists are suspected. The case is linked to a bomb outrage against Jon Hammer, director of the Swedish Export Association, injured by a package explosion received by post. Detectives have traced the suspect to Berlin and have gone there for further investigations.
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Stockholm
Jon Hammer
Swedish Export Association
Hammer
Berlin
Lloyd George's tirade shocks Britain over dukes and wealth
The speech at Newcastle blazes against landlords and the rich, denouncing the budget clash and calling for protections against landlords' tariffs. Lloyd George and Churchill push toward a revolutionary tone while Asquith and the king delay mediation. The outburst contrasts calls for social reform with anger at entrenched privilege.
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London
Lloyd-George
England
Commons
Lord Rosebery
Lord James
Hereford
Lord Cawdor
Asquith
Balmoral
Lloyd- George
Winston Churchill
Chamberlain
Victoria
Will Lloyd-George
Newcastle
Great Britain
Fisher to retire as Admiral and become Baron Thetford
Sir John Fisher will retire from the Admiralty on October 22 and be raised to the peerage as Baron Thetford. The move follows a royal commission report shaping a new Naval Mobilization Department to form a Navy War Council for strategy and war plans with Vice Admiral Fowler King-Hall in charge.
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Sir John Fisher
London
John Fisher
Admiralty
Baron Thetford
Ccontrol
House of Lords
Royal Commission
Lord Beresford
Lord Charles
Naval Mobilization
Navy War Council
Fowler King-Hall
G T P Not Hastening Work In Alberta
Alderman Dr. McInnis, returning from a western trip, doubts Grand Trunk Pacific can reach Prince Rupert in 1911. He cites no westward work past the McLeod River, a 1600 foot cut 47 feet deep, no steel on the Pembina bridge, and grading delays likely pushing completion beyond end of 1911. Officials reportedly expect completion no earlier than next year.
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G.T.P
Edmonton
Alta
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
Alberta
Ald
McInnis
Wolf Creek
McLeod River
Foley, Welsh & Stewart
Pembina
McLeod
Penny Postal Rate With France and Ottawa
During the absence of postmaster general Rodolphe Lemieux in Europe he will seek a penny rate on letters between Canada and France mirroring the Great Britain Canada arrangement. A newspaper and mail matter rate cut is also considered to boost trade and mail volume as a sequel to the Franco Canadian trade treaty.
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Ottawa
Rodolphe Lemieux
Europe
Canada
France
Great Britain
Department
Barrie Granted Divorce in London Case
J M Barrie was granted a decree of divorce with costs in London. The petition named Gilbert Cannon, a young stock broker, as co respondent. The case was not defended and Justice Bingham granted the divorce.
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London
J. M. Barrie
Gilbert Cannon
Bingham
Lisi
Alberta Rejects Centennial Exhibition at Winnipeg
Premier Rutherford explains the Alberta cabinet refused a $260,000 exhibit at the Winnipeg centennial fair. He cites 1912 as too early, doubt about returns, and urgent needs for public buildings and roads. Delegation head D. C. Cameron defends Alberta's readiness and the advertising value of a provincial exhibit.
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Lamonton
Alta
Alberta
Rutherford
Winnipeg
D. C. Cameron
William Whyte
C.P.R
J. W. Dafoe
H. W. Hutchinson
T. A. Anderson
Large Freighters for Great Lakes at Port Arthur
A J McComber announces two six hundred foot freighters for Great Lakes steam trade. Keel of first vessel to be laid by July 1 next year at Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding yards. James Whalen serves as president as the local company rushes the double plant construction in Port Arthur Ontario.
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Great Lakes
Port Arthur
Ont
A. J. McComber
Western Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company
Toronto
Canada
Dry Dock Company
James Whalen
Japan Takes Note of Kin Chow-Tsitsihar Rail Plan
Japan formally informs China it will not block Chinese governance but reserves the right to be consulted on Manchurian railways. It stops short of veto power, reacting to disclosures tied to Charles R Crane's recall as American minister to China.
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Japan
Pekin
China
Kin Chow-Tsitsihar
Charles R. Crane
Four Buildings Burned In Rapid City Fire
A fire at 2 a m on Oct 14 in Rapid City North Dakota or South Dakota? damaged about 10000 dollars. It started in Denning’s carpenter and paint shop and spread rapidly destroying the town hall Rodgers bakery dwelling and Young’s veterinary office.
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Rapid City
Man
Grendenning
Rodgers
Young
Lloyd-George May Resign as Budget Conflict Grows
A financial report says Chancellor Lloyd-George may resign due to the intense dispute over the budget. The potential move comes amid a major political clash in London.
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Lloyd-George
London
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Billings
Montana
George
Montana Board of Control
Utah
Colorado
J. W. Paxman
Dry Farming Congress
George Harcourt
W. H. Olin
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