The Standard
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issued: 2016-08-24
issued: 1917-07-07
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note: THE POLICY FOR ALL TRUE CANADIANS: TO WORK OR TO WAR BASEBALL 1 1 VANCOUVER-Home Schedule In Northwestern League 1917 Tacoma. July 11. 12, 13, 14. 1 Seattle. July 18. 19, 20, 21. 1 Tacoma. Aug 8. 9, io, tl. I fantorfc BASEBALL VANCOUVER���Home Schedule In Northwestern League for 1917 Oreat Kalln. Aug. 13. 11. 15, 16. 17, 18. Spokane, Aug. to, 21. 22. 23. 24, 25. T-U-Oma, Auk. -'������. 30. 31. Sept 1. Vol. VI., No. 7���Established 1911 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1917 Price Five Cents Is Vancouver City Helpless? Parasites and Pests a Plague on <��� ity Life WO weeks ago, and in all sincerity, The Stand- ��' ard asked the question, "Who was getting tlie graft in the City of Vancouver"? Certain plain statements of facts were also made, which have not heen contradicted Up to this time of writing. Since these assertions were made by us, and in the district wliich was clearly specified, "Within a stone-throw of First Presbyterian Church,���one of the most sordid tragedies that ever stained the records of any city has been enacted. The jury empanneled by the Coroner fqjund that a soldier's wife, Norah Elizabeth Cowan, met her death while intoxicated with liquor, supplied by the management of the Empress Hotel. They urge drastic action by thc license commission, as the evidence showed a grossly loose system of hotel management. This jury was also convinced that all the facts of the case had not been disclosed, and urges that the proper authorities further investigate the whole matter. Final judgment should therefore be withheld by the general public until the result of that inquiry is disclosed. Nothing could prove the contention of The Standard that drastic action requires to be taken by the citizens of Vancouver to clean up the cess-pool of civic administration, more than this occurrence. Right within full view of the City I tall and under the nose of every department of our civic administration we find the civil and criminal laws of Canada being viola…
note: Titled "The Greater Vancouver Chinook" from 1912-05-18 to 1915-05-01, for 1915-05-15, and from 1915-06-05 to 1915-09-11; "The British Columbia Chinook" for dates 1915-05-09, 1915-05-22, and 1915-05-29; "The Saturday Chinook" from 1915-09-18 to 1916-04-15; and "The Standard" from 1916-04-22 onward. Published by Greater Vancouver Publishers Limited from 1912-05-18 to 1916-01-01; Chinook Printing House from 1916-01-08 to 1916-04-15; The Standard Printers from 1916-04-22 to 1917-04-07; and The Standard Company from 1917-04-14 onward.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0315580
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Standard Company
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text