Whaling Gains Momentum Across Pacific Coast Industry
Canadian and American firms invest heavily as U S Congress weighs safeguards for Pacific whaling. W B Dwinnell of Minneapolis cites rising non Arctic whaling, argues for 75 mile minimum distance between stations to prevent over harvesting and protect capital and jobs from Alaska to Grays Harbor.
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U.S Congress
Alaska
Washington
Pacific Ocean
W. 8. Dwinnell
Minneapolis
Congress
Young Author Sends Manuscript to Editor Amid Rejections
A distressed young writer with a bloodied head enclosed a manuscript to an editor who repeatedly refused it. He included a note saying the enclosed manuscript is submitted for your rejection and signed Yours very truly.
Lighting the Panama Canal Lighting the Panama canal will be an interesting feature with automatic lights and flashing ranges at ends of tangents to aid vessels in passing each other through Culebra cut and along the marked canal.
The Panama canal will be illuminated throughout by automatic unmanned lights with rapid flashing range lights at each end of successive tangents, allowing ships to pass each other safely. Gas buoys line the canal sides about every mile, with spar buoys in between, and beacons replace traditional markers to guide traffic through Culebra cut and other reaches.
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Panama Channel
Panama Canal
Christian Science Monitor
Marconi head predicts Atlantic wireless talk by year end
During a London testimony before a royal commission the Marconi president voiced confidence that the Hungarian wizard will achieve wireless telephone links between Wales and Newfoundland before year end. He cited laid principles and the need for powerful machines to transmit sound across vast distances, arguing it will knit continents and curb war. Privacy concerns arise, but officials say only high power stations can carry voice, likely under one company's control, offering privacy akin to present phones.
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London
Marconi Company
Wales
Newfoundland
Marconi
Atlantic
Canada’s Untapped West Poised for Further Growth
Sir William Van Horne asserts Canada has not yet tapped its vast resources. Official figures show the three prairie provinces hold 272 920 915 acres of arable land, with 59 million already broken. Last year wheat from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta reached 231 717 000 bushels on only one fifth of available land, signaling agriculture is only part of the west’s potential as other valuable directions emerge beyond farming.
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Canada
Sir William van Horne
Prairie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Salmon migration tied to dissolved oxygen in rivers
At a French Academy of Science meeting, Professor Roule reported that salmon ascent to freshwater depends on oxygen dissolved in the water. The findings explain why salmon move upstream only where oxygen levels meet their needs, guiding efforts to purify rivers and add ladders where worthwhile.
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French Academy of Science
Roule Om
Breton
Suffragette Offers Handcuffs to See Old Masters
A London suffragette riot led to the National Gallery closing its doors. Visitors flood embassies and galleries with requests for special access. One woman, denied entry, offered to hire two policemen or be handcuffed to her guardians to view the masters.
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Natcral Gallery
London
Page
U.S
Atlantic
No Requests for Peace Stamps From Post Office Officials
The post office department states no official representations have been made on issuing peace centenary stamps as speculated in the United States. There has been outside talk about it.
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Post Office Department
United States
Birth rate trends in Britain show modest rise and low deaths
Official figures indicate a 0.1 per 1000 rise in Britain's birth rate for 1913, the first increase since 1908, while the 1912 death rate fell to 13.3 per 1000, the lowest on record. Marriages also rise, with rates above the ten year average. The shifts reflect improving social conditions and lower child mortality.
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Great Britain
Leprosy in North America Urges U S Leper Colony
The Argus argues for a U S national leper colony noting estimates of 200 to 500 cases in the United States and praising the humane treatment at the Mala kai settlement in Hawaii while contrasting with harsh conditions in the mainland. It cites England’s planned Essex colony funded by a 25000 bequest and insists more need exists in the United States for segregated care.
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North America
Congress
United States
Malakai
Hawaii
England
Essex
Lord Strathcona
Argus
Harvest and Ploughing Method Uses Tractor Team
In western fields the dry ground bakes after harvest making rapid ploughing essential. Farmers pair a seven foot binder with a six bottom fourteen inch plough, hitching tractor power to plough and binder to the same frame. A two section harrow completes the outfit, boosting weed control and overcoming crusted soil.
Deadly Whiskered Torpedo Described in Navy War Novel
A 1914 Naval Annual reveals a British made Leon torpedo mine with adjustable depths and automatic buoyancy. It drifts underwater until a propeller activates to lift it, capable of striking ships in open sea or tidal harbors. Its exposed steel whiskers threaten sinking ships in battle history.
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H. G. Wells
Jules Verne
Skeleton Unearthed at Brechin Point Near Nanaimo
Skeleton found by Greave during excavation at Brechin Point near Nanaimo is said to be a white man buried over a century ago. Remains lie in three feet of earth, ringed by clam shells from an Indian feast, with a cedar tree grown above. Believers think the bones may belong to one of Captain George Vancouver's crew members who vanished during his 1791-92 departure Bay visit.
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Nanaimo
Brechin Point
Greave
George Vancouver
Departure Bay
Pre-Emption Maps Cover E G Lands for Settlement
Victoria reports three new pre emption maps for Nechaco Chilcot en and North Thompson districts. The surveys branch issues a ten map series covering about 100000 square miles showing lands open for pre emption in pink and taken up in white. Maps aid settlers by detailing topography and features with tracts described by metes and bounds for unsurveyed land and by number for surveyed tracts.
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Victoria
Nechaco
Chilcoten
North Thompson
Department of Lands
Fort George
Tete Jaune
Hazelton
Great Interior Lake Basin
Endako
C.N.R
Canem Lake
Bridge Lake
Bonaparte
Lillooet
Lake
Cariboo
Fort Fraser
Skenna
Bariboo
Peace River
Odds and Ends of Interest
A collage of brief items notes innovations and facts: a non cranked ice cream freezer, auto printing telegraph receivers, mental states linked to emotion, possible kidney risks from digestion issues, long tin tubing to quiet phonograph sounds, alcohol as a 70 percent disinfectant, Spain exporting cigarette paper, a hands operated drive system for one leg or both leg loss motorists, a Belgian lightning fatality and injuries, dry region seed survival, and a portable foldable bed for invalids in autos.
Food Diet Said to Color Human Skin in Theory
A German doctor argues a queer theory that skin tint is determined by diet. He claims primitive humans were black from fruit and root manganese. Redskins derive color from raw meat, Mongols from herb chlorids, and Caucasians from salt preference for pink and white complexions.
Dutch Test Eugenics Advances in Netherlands
The Dutch pursue eugenics as a practical study with a municipal office at The Hague where a medical man advises men and women planning marriage. The aims are to prevent unions of the unfit and to curb self-inflicted deaths through guidance and health measures.
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E. B. Maxse
Netherlands
Committee For the Study of Public Hygiene
Hague
New two dollar bill issued to commemorate Duke and Duchess stay
Canada issues a new two dollar note to honor the stay of Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The bill features portraits of the royal couple in corners, a central number two, olive-green tint, and the Dominion coat of arms on the back with provincial arms. Numbers one and two were presented to the Duke and Duchess as souvenirs.
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Dominion
Duke
Hard to Get Persian Lambs Delays landings of Persian lambs from Persia to North America
Three Providence residents have attempted for three years to introduce Persian lambs to the Western hemisphere. Eight animals arrived on a Montreal ship but Canadian authorities refused landing due to foot and mouth disease. Only two lambs survived, presented to the ship captain. Abajian details journeys through Persia to Hamburg, efforts to land in Canada, and refusals by Ottawa and London. He notes each lamb valued at about fifty dollars and confirms no compensation rights for Canada.
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Atlantic
M. K. Maljanain
M. G. Vartaiian
John Abajian
Providence
Rhode Island
Abajian
Montreal
Persia
Taucessian Mountains
Batcum
Hamburg
Canada
F. Torrance
Ottawa
London
Holland
Faraday's Meager Pay and Royal Institution Struggles
Professor Silvanus Thompson notes Faraday lived in two rooms atop the Royal Institution at age 30 with a $500 yearly salary plus coal and gas. He observes the institution never raised the pay despite magneto electric induction discovery and cites ongoing budget limits as a centuries old issue alongside figures like Davy Tyndall Franklin and Rayleigh.
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Silvanus Thompson
Hoyas Institution
London
Faraday
Royal Institution
Royal Institute
Thompson
Davy
Fareday
Tyndall
Franklin
Rayleigh
Devys
Won abolish Black Rod in the British House of Commons
Nationalist members have long pressed to abolish Black Rod but the efforts have been repulsed. The article notes the historical office created by Henry Will and describes Admiral Sir Henry Stephenson as the current usher. It mentions Lloyd George and a royal assent to a drill, with Democrats displeased.
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House of Commons
Black Rod
Henry Will
Henry Stephenson
Substitute for gasoline claims by McKeesport chemist
John Andrews, a Portuguese-American chemist from McKeesport, says he has discovered a synthetic gasoline substitute after three years of experiments. He asserts it can be marketed at 6 to 6.5 cents per gallon and has shown superior performance to gasoline of the same proof. He has demonstrated the fuel to several motor car companies in the country.
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John Andrews
McKeesport
Andrews
All Round the World Air Race Attracts Wide Attention
The All Round the World air race linked to the Panama Pacific Exhibition will use wireless telegraphy along the route. About 50 competitors have entered. Prizes total over 150000 with additional 250000 in subsidiary awards. Courses include Europe, Siberia, and the Trans-Siberian line with control stations and costly penalties for delays.
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Mr. Marcou
Newfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
Bitain
Europe
Siberia
Great Britain
Shetlands
Roral Aero Club
Shell” Company
Ocean
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Chicago
New York
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Belle Isle
Barnchig
Vladivostok
Dry Farming in B C Promises Future Agriculture
Government experimental farms at Nicola and Lillooet study dry farming in Central British Columbia semiarid lands. Meteorological data and cultivation trials of oats wheat barley grasses and vegetables show encouraging early results. Winter moisture depth differs on unploughed versus ploughed land, affecting irrigation assumptions.
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B.C
Semarid
British Columbia
Nicula
Lillooet
Lana
Fergus County
Dry Lana
Montana
Western States
Australia
J.T.E
Montreal Family Herald
Louisville Enforces Segregation Ordinance Clash
Nationwide interest grows as Louisville prosecutors defend a city ordinance barring black residents from white quarters and white residents from black quarters. The measure targets segregation in a city with about a quarter black population amid rising black education and wealth. Protest meetings and fundraising for a test case aim to challenge the law, with fears of disorder across Kentucky and the Deep South.
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Louisville
Kentucky
South
Canada’s Bin Forest The Largest Forest in the World
A historical clipping notes Canada hosts the world’s largest forest area, a vast expanse covering multiple provinces and stretching beyond common map scales. It highlights the forest’s size, biodiversity, and economic importance to national identity and industry.
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