Canada census shows population gains across provinces and cities
Canada's fifth census completed with Toronto and Montreal posting the largest gains while Alberta leads western increases. Ontario rural areas fall while northern districts and western cities like Winnipeg and Calgary grow. Manitoba and Quebec show strong manufacturing growth. Arctic and northern counts collected by RCMP and missionaries. Redistribution will raise Quebec representation and add western seats, boosting Commons membership from 221 to 241.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Yukon
Northwest
Toronto
Montreal
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
Quebec
Halifax
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Nipissing
Algoma
Rainy River
Thunder Bay
Hudson Bay
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Yakoa
Hudson Bay Company
Arctic
Vernier
House of Commons
Lake Superior
Stubbs to Retire From Harriman Lines Next Year
John C. Stubbs vice president and director of traffic for the Harriman lines will retire January 1 moving to Ashland where he was born May 31. No successor named yet. Believed retirement will lead to major management changes across the Harriman roads.
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Chicago
John C. Stubbs
Harriman Lines
Stubbs
Ashland
Isi
Harriman
Bank cashier surrenders after forgery charges in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City on September 21. N M M Ellis, former cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics Bank, who had been indicted on forgery charges, returned from New York and surrendered.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
N. MM. Ellis
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
New York
Olympic Collides Beached Liner On Mud Bank At Cowes
The White Star liner Olympic, largest passenger ship, hit the British cruiser Hawke near Osborne Bay and beached on a mud bank. Captain E J Smith signaled for help at Portsmouth, passengers safe though nearly 3,000 aboard. Olympic sails to New York via Cherbourg and Queenstown. Hawke damaged but afloat.
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Cowes
England
White Star Line
Hawke
Osborne Bay
Isle of Wight
Ier
E. J. Smith
Southhamton
Southhampton
New York
Cherbourgh
Queenstown
Atlantic
Olympic
White Star
Harland & Wolff
Belfast
Southampton
Liverpool
Cherbourg
Minnetonka
London
St. Louis
San- Gay
President Grant to Leave Southampton Friday
The ship President Grant will depart Southampton on Friday and passengers must be distributed across all liners due to limited space, as westbound traffic peaks this season.
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Grant
Southampton
Young Americans Wed in France Amid High Society Names
Ogden J. Mills son of Mr and Mrs Ogden Mills of New York and Miss Margaret Rutherford daughter of Mrs William K Vanderbilt were married by Mayor De Launcy of Vauville in a civil ceremony at the village offices in Deautille France on Sept 21.
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France
Deautille
Ogden J. Mills
Ogden Mills
New York
Margaret Rutherford
William K. Vanderbilt
de Launcy
Vauville
G P Rodgers Aviator Flight to Pacific Halted by Mishap
G P Rodgers, noted aviator, faced an abrupt stop to a planned Pacific flight after an unforeseen mishap. Details of the incident remain scarce as investigators assess the cause and any injuries. Rodgers awaits clearance to resume the journey.
Armed men in search for Crescent City bandits kill victim
A Watseka patrol reports 200 more armed men joining bloodhounds in pursuit of bandits who killed Melvin Bradrick. The trail was lost near Crescent City, with fugitives reportedly stripping to hunger and using farm passes for shelter. Karton Bradrick returned home from Indiana.
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Watseka
Melvin Bradrick
Crescent City
Feld
Karton Pradrick
Indiana
Grand Jury Indicts Thomas Littrell for First Degree Murder
Evansville Ind September 21 the Vanderburgh county grand jury issued an indictment against Thomas Littrell charging first degree murder. Littrell was arrested two weeks ago with bond denied. He allegedly struck Anthony Jung with brass knuckles aboard the steamer D A Nishet during a Sunday excursion, causing Jung to fall into the river and die with the body recovered three days later.
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Evansville
Ind
Vancerburge County
Thomas Littre
Littrell
Anthony Jung
D. A. Nishet
Jung
Six Hundred Resume Work at Thompson Bottle Plant
Six hundred men resumed work at the Thompson Bottle Company plant in Gas City after the summer shutdown. The green and flint houses are operated at full capacity. Commutes Sentence of Actor in Harrisburg Case
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Marion
Ind
Thompson Bottle Company
Gas City
Green
Flint
Grand jury hears witnesses on Littrell Jung incident
Several witnesses testified before the grand jury that they saw Littrell strike Jung, detailing the confrontation and the sequence of events leading to the allegation.
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Littrell
Jung
Ohio Bank Closed at Orangeville Savings Bank
The state superintendent of banks closed the Orangeville Savings Bank in Orangeville Trumbull county. Heavy losses and deposits around 100000 are cited as weakening its resources after a £12500 incorporation.
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Columbus, O
State Superintendent of Banks
Orangeville Savings Bank
Orangeville
Trumble County
Robin Gawthrop District Attorney Prosecutes Pennsylvania Lynchers
District Attorney Robin Gawthrop leads a high profile case prosecuting individuals accused of lynching in Pennsylvania. Authorities pursue charges, seeking swift justice and stronger anti lynching measures amid community tensions.
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Pennsylvania
Six Found Slain in Two Houses in Colorado
Six people were found murdered in two adjoining houses at Epings Colorado. The victims include Mrs. Alice May Burnham and her two young children along with members of the Wayne family including their one year old. The crime description notes heads battered and two houses involved.
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Colorado Epings
Colo
Nouwses
Alice May Burnham
Henry Wayne
Lignere Wayne
Despondent youth shoots self in Kalamazoo
In Kalamazoo Michigan on September 21 Pedree Curry aged twenty a Black man shot himself and died. Despondency over ill health was given as the cause of the act.
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Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo, Mich
Pedree Curry
Detroit Walks as Railyard Strike Halts City Traffic
Detroit on September 21 sees 1500 Detroit United Railway workers strike at 6:26 AM leaving all street cars idle. Wages offered range from 23 to 28 cents per hour, demand 25 and 40 cents. Union meetings at Knight of Equity hall solidified the walkout with near universal participation. State fair officials fear disruption two days before opening as talks stalled over a thirteen hour day proposal tied to wage discussions.
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State Fair
Detroit
Mich
Fteen
Deroit United Railway Company
Knightts
Equity
Fort
2D Streets
Mob Leaders Face Murder Warrants in Coatesville Lynching
Sept 21 in Coatesville Pa warrants charging two mob members with murder and two policemen with involuntary manslaughter were issued by Judge Butler on the special grand jury’s recommendation after a three week session. The jurors were discharged.
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Coatesville
Butler
Aviator Rodgers Hopeful For Long Road Flight
Middletown, Sept 21 Galbraith P Rodgers said he would leave early this morning to pursue the cross country route to Los Angeles. He claimed he would make the greatest flight of any entrant and aimed to beat James J Ward to Chicago despite Ward's lead. Rodgers boasted a better machine and predicted defeating Ward before Dayton and maintaining at least a two day lead at Chicago.
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Middletown
N. Y
Galbraith P. Rodgers
Rodgers
Los Angeles
James J. Ward
Chicago
Dayton
Weather Forecast for Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin
Indiana and Illinois expect showers today with likely clearing tomorrow. Moderate east and southeast winds. Wisconsin faces showers today with improving conditions tomorrow. Southeast to south winds at modest speeds.
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Indiana
Ilinoigs
Wisconsin
Illness of Retired Admiral Isherwood at New York Home
Rear Admiral Penjamin Franklin Isherwood, aged in his nineties, former chief engineer of the United States Navy from 1866 to 1869, is dangerously ill at his New York home.
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Isherwood II
New York
Penjamin Franklin Isherwood
United States Navy
Taft Tour Highlights Tariff Talk in Michigan
President Taft addressed a mass meeting of about 8,000 in Marquette under a Lake Superior tent. He defended his vetoes on wool, farmers free list and cotton bills and criticized shifty politicians while praising peace and arbitration.
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Mr. Taft
Lake Superior
Marquette
Grand Rapids
Mich
Taft
Representative Young
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Canada
Presque Isle
Wife Has Right to Scold, Judge Rules in Kansas Divorce
Cir cuit Judge Thomas refused Glenn C. Burham's divorce seeking alimony saying a wife may scold her husband for provocation. He stated there is no perfect man and the wife's conduct justified by provocation. The decision notes the wife left to live with her peevish spouse and that was enough for the ruling.
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Kansas City
Thomas
Glenn C. Bureham
Ten Thousand Dollars Lost in Registered Mail
Ten thousand dollars sent by registered mail from the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis to the Sioux Falls Savings Bank is missing. The loss has been reported to postal authorities and a search for the money is underway as officials investigate the disappearance after it reached the post office before vanishing.
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S J. Paul, Minn
Northwestern National Bank of
Minneapolis
Sioux Falls Savings Bank
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