Ontario in Turmoil After Ontario Election Defeat
Toronto reports a shock after the Hearst Government’s defeat and widespread uncertainty across all four parties. The United Farmers seek a leader while labor and Conservative factions plan meetings. Rumors place Hearst as possible lieutenant governor as Hendry prepares to step down.
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United Formers
Hearst
Toronto
Ontario
United Farmers
C. Drury
Simcoe
Adam Beck
Creedman
Ontario Agricultural Committee
Hamilton
Hendry
British Labor Determined to Lower Cost of Living
London reports British labor ready to force price reductions. A South Wales delegate urged a Trades Union Congress ultimatum to halt production if prices do not fall 50 percent in three months. Another delegate noted a 128 percent rise since 1914, hitting the working class hardest.
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London
Miners’ Federation
South Wales
Trades Union Congress
Reservations to the peace treaty reported to Senate
Senator Lodge announced that foreign relations committee reservations to the peace treaty were reported to the Senate with majority support. The preamble requires assent from three leading allied powers before U S ratification becomes effective.
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Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Lodge
United States
Courtenay District News Highlights Local Activity
Courtenay progress shows a new Tarbell Son hardware store 100 by 40 feet with concrete foundation. Local cafes change hands and real estate trades boom as new settlers arrive. An Oct 80 pie social planned, a Mapel Leaf Theatre event succeeds, a collision injures Bert Kilpatrick, and little Jack Allan dies from pneumonia complications.
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W. Tarbell & Son
Courtenay
James Ledgerwood
John McIntyre
Mack
Tarbell & Son
Maple Leaf Theatre
Regina Trench
Bert Kilpatrick
Lloyd George Ministry Defeated on Aliens Bill
London, Oct. 25. The Lloyd George ministry was defeated in the House of Commons by a vote of 185 to 113 on the Alien Bill amendment with only half the members present. Lord Curzon becomes foreign secretary, succeeding Arthur J. Balfour who moves to the presidency of the council.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Lord Curzon
Foreign Affairs
Arthur J. Balfour
Curzon
Council
Veterans in Difficulty Secure City Land Deal
The Great War Veterans of Cumberland face hurdles in obtaining land pledged by the City Council as land cannot be given away. They may form an association to purchase or lease property or have the lease under the provincial G W V A, which local members oppose. A proposed grant from the City to the local G W V A would allow buying the land on Dunsmuir Avenue, enabling veterans to own a home.
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Cumberland
G.W.V.A
Dunsmuir Avenue
Largest airship R80 to be completed by Christmas
Barrow in Furness reports that the airship R80 will be completed by Christmas and handed to the admiralty by Vicars Limited. The craft features 38 tons lifting power, four engines, and a top speed of 65 mph with a crew of fifteen. The initial trial is planned for America.
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Barrow In
Furness
Admiralty
Vicars Limited
America
French Traitor Lenoy Executed in Santa Prison Act
Pierre Lenoy implicated in the Bolo Pasha and Caillaux treason cases was executed at Santa prison Paris reports. He, paralyzed and seated, was the third person hanged for German agent efforts to wage a defeatist campaign in France in 1915 16. Also executed were Bolo Pasha and M Dueval, directors of the Bonnert Rouge newspaper.
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Paris
Pierre Lenoy
Bolo Pasha
Caillaux
Santa Prison
France
M. Dueval
Bonnet Rouge
United States Granted Naval Station Concession
Lisbon reports Portugal has granted the United States a concession in the Azores for a naval station.
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U. S
London
Lisbon
Portugal
United States
Azores
Parliament Will Not Prorogue This Week
Ottawa Oct 25 The G T R purchase bill won by 31 on second reading and Parliament should extend into next week. Opposition plans to study the Grand Turnk bill in committee for days, with Senate debate to follow. Prohibition bills await House action and a Special Soldiers committee report may trigger legislation.
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Ottawa
Senate
House
Special Soldiers’ Committee
Investigations to Be Discontinued Across Canada
Vancouver reports that the board of commerce may stop cost of living investigations unless the collected data is reviewed. A West Coast writer says Vancouver Island spends 2,000,000 annually in Vancouver for supplies, highlighting provincial economic concerns.
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Vancouver
Board of Commerce
Canada
Dominion
Col. Hulme
Vancouver Island
Rockefeller Says Committee Has Failed
John D. Rockefeller Jr chairman of the national industrial conference said the committee should report to President Wilson that the conference is bankrupt and urged appointing a commission on unrest to continue the work of the conference in Washington on October 25.
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Washington
John D. Rockfeller Jr
National Industrial Conference
Wilson
Lenine Reported Captured by Anti Bolsheviki Forces
Honolulu reports Lenine the Bolshevik Premier of Russia captured by anti Bolsheviki forces per wireless message picked up by the Japanese ship Kanejo Maru in the harbor. No further details were given.
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Honolulu
Lenine
Russia
High Tribute Paid to the French Army
London reports a widespread tribute to the splendid French army and its staff as foreign governments apply for permission to send officers to study in the French military section courses.
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London
Warships Active in the Adriatic
Fiume reports a lively movement of allied war craft in Adriatic ports. The activity is believed linked to the Fiume situation and ongoing tensions in the area.
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The
Adriatic
Fiume
Ariatic
Aviator Capt. Geo. Matthews Reaches German City
Colonge October 2 Capt Geo Matthews British aviator who left London for Australia by airplane flight arrived here Wednesday after departing Tuesday.
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Cologne
Geo. Matthews
London
Aust
Australia
Anglican and Methodist Services Sunday Schedule
Anglican services include Matins and communion at 11 a.m and evening prayer with sermon at 7 p.m with an 8 80 p.m. Royston school service. Grace Methodist holds 11 a.m. service 2 30 p.m. Sunday school 7 p.m. topic The Extreme Rich and the Extreme Poor. A junior choir led by Mr. Charles O'Brien will perform Sunday morning.
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Royston School
Grace
Charles O’brien
Attorney General Evasions Over Returned Soldier Vote Policy
The province delays a decision on whether veterans who served overseas and lived in Cumberland can register to vote in municipal elections. The attorney general avoids a ruling, suggesting court action may be needed, while the City Council debates registering returned men. Veterans and council fear being turned into tools if voting rights are uncertain.
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Great War Veterans’ Association
Cumberland
Farris
British Columbia
Real estate boom and riverfront sales in Union Bay area
Union Bay sees a busy week with Mrs Holmes listing waterfront and east of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway lots, about thirty sold so far. Victoria visits, vacations to Vancouver, a eleventh birthday party, and local fishing and deer hunting notes accompany a roster of ships docking at Union Bay including Storm King Forager Coquitlam City Beatrice and others.
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Union Bay
Sam Fraser
Cumberland General Hospital
Fraser
Government Wharf
Horne
Hornby Tgland
Jack c Hamilton
Mr. Edwards
You Machine Shop
Nicol Thompson
Vancouver
Storm King
Coastwise
Forager, & Wilwike
Coquitlam
Coquitlam City
Annox
Beatrice
Kildonan
Fearless Scows
Seattle
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Courtenay and District
Robertson Bros
F. R. S. Biscoe
Comox Hospital
Little Jack Allan
Robert Allan
Pott” Moody
Allan
Peter McBride
H. P. Millard
Presbyterian Church
Armin
N. H. Boden
Boden
Sam Calhoun
Melville
1.C.C.E
Ford
Emde & Wain
Iparliament
Rockafeller
Aviator
Germany
Church Services
Union Bay Prosperous
Jack Hamilton
No. 6 Machine Shop
Kathleen Haggart
Comox Logging Co
Seow
Prince Albert
Prince Rupert
Latouche
Alaska
Princess Beatrice
Shamrock
Boston
Olive M
Helle
New York
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