Winnipeg labour strike prompts talk of Soviet regime fears
Minister of labor Senator G D Robertson addressed reports from Toronto about the Trades and Labour Council being decosted and warned against hasty conclusions without facts. Ten strike leaders were jailed at Stony Mountain and six English speaking leaders, held on bail, face trial on June 25. Robertson hoped for an early settlement, with progress in metal trades and a push to resolve the collective bargaining definition impasse.
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Winnipeg Citizes
Stony Mountain Prmitentiary
Ontario
K Iw
Stony Mountain
Hro
G. D. Robertson
Miinister of Labor
Germans Must Leave Russia
General Nudant representing Marshal Foch at Spa urged the German government to halt any advance north toward Estonia and to evacuate all territories formerly part of the Russian empire, in line with article 7 of the armistice convention.
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Berlin
Nudant
Foch
Spa
Dominion Labor Congress ready to aid Winnipeg strikers
The Dominion labor congress will support the Winnipeg strikers with any needed help if requested by the strikers or their leaders. President Tom Moore says interference would be improper while Winnipeg leaders are out of contact. Canadian labor councils back the strikers and protest arrests in telegrams to Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Dominion Labor Congress
Winnipeg
Tom Moore
Canada
Ottawa minister notes 5 million saved by horse disposal
Ottawa figures show over five million dollars saved for the Dominion by selling 24 000 horses that were in France at the armistice to the Belgian government at twenty dollars each.
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Ottawa
Edward Kemp
Dominion
France
Anzac name origin figure Major Oliver Hogue dies
Major Oliver Hogue of Sydney who popularized the name Anzac has died in London after contracting influenza. He served as an Anzac during the Gallipoli campaign and survived the conflict without injury before his death.
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Oliver Hogue
Sydney
Gallipoli
London
Wilson Arrives in Paris After Brussels Visit
President Wilson and his party reach Paris following a two day tour of Brussels and the wartime area in Belgium.
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Paris
Wilson
Brussels
Belgium
Fixed Price Ottawa Conference on Wheat Marketing
Representatives from transportation shipping milling farming and grain boards met with Hor A K Maclean to discuss marketing this season's wheat. A sub committee was formed to continue talks as rail and lake carriers promised readiness to move crops to seaboard. Uncertainty about British demand and U S action left decisions unclear.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Fort William
Canada
Seaboard
Great Britain
United States
Winnipeg Calgary Edmonton strike described as revolutionary
The strike aims to paralyze government departments and seize control of private and public business regulation. A victory would warn Americans to reform their own system while a defeat could indicate socialism struggles unlikely to take root in North America.
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United States
Boston Evening Transcript
Italian Cabinet Resigns Amid Conference Strain
Rome reports Premier Orlando and his cabinet resigned after a 259 to 78 confidence vote. He cited need for greater support and secret-session rules. The move complicates peace talks over Italy's Adriatic claims and Dalmatianfrontiers as leaders seek firm alignment with Allied positions.
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New York
Associated Press
Chamber of Deputies
Rome
Orlando
Chamber
Italy
Fiume
Dalmatian
Victor Emmanuel
Chamber of the
Signor Orlando
Wilson
Adriatic
Omaha
Strike Nears End As Officials Ease Court Path
An Ottawa statement signals possible early settlement of the strike. Eleven men arrested for seditious conspiracy face delays. six are released on $2000 bail each, agreeing to abstain from strike activity. Trials set for Winnipeg civil courts, June 25 possible. Deportation cases await immigration board action chaired by Thomas Coney.
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Wiliam Ivens
K. B. Russell
A. A. Heaps
John Queens
Stony Mountain Pen
A. J. Andrews
K.C
Department of Justice
Ottawa
Two New Wheat Varieties Boost Yields in Cambridge
The University of Cambridge plant-breeding section, linked to the board of agriculture, bred fenman and yeoman wheat varieties. Distributed to farmers, the new types reportedly triple average yields with one crop reaching 96 bushels per acre. Milling tests show yeoman rivals red fire in strength for loaf production without extra imported wheat.
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London
University of Cambridge
Board of Agriculture
Canadian Pacific Railway Carmen Consider Return to Work
Striking carmen on the Canadian Pacific Railway weigh returning to work and have sent a communication to the central strike committee at the labor temple urging settlement of the sympathetic strike. They reserve the right to take action if the strike continues and note concessions on collective bargaining by metal trades employees as the original cause.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific Railway
Central Strike Committee
Labor Temple
Canadian National Carmen
Washington Federation backs BC labor strike support
In Bellingham Washington the Washington State Federation of Labor unanimously endorsed support for the strikers of British Columbia after an address by J Kavanagh president of the British Columbia Federation of Labor. A motion urged all affiliated bodies to provide moral and financial aid and a collection of 559 was raised to hand to the Canadian Strike Fund.
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Bellingham
Wash
British Columbia
Washington State Federation of Labor
J. Kavanagh
British Columbia Federation of Labor
Canadian Naturalization Bill Seeks Imperial Act Alignment
The bill standardizes Canadian naturalization with the 1914 Imperial Act as amended by 1918. It provides revocation grounds for fraud, disloyalty, wartime enemy trade, prolonged abroad residence, and states of war. It also naturalizes those who served with British forces in the war. Opposition views the timing critical, while Sir Robert stresses urgency and uniformity.
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House
Canada
Sir Robert
United Kingdom
Edmonton Tightens Liquor Prescriptions Limit
The attorney-general sets a 100 prescriptions per week cap from any one physician while awaiting council ruling. Doctors must return prescription book stubs under a new serial numbering system. Early results show blanks filling quickly prompting the department to curb accepted legitimate prescriptions.
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Edmonton
Coast To Coast Flight Vancouver News of Free Airplanes Gift
R J McLaren of Vancouver reports from his son Major Donald R McLaren that Britain will donate 107 airplanes to Canada free of charge. The Canadian Air Force aims to undertake a coast to coast flight and fears this gift will prompt permanent incorporation of the air force into national defense.
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Vancouver
Canada
R. J. McLaren
Donald Roderick McLaren
D.S.O
M.C
Royal Air Force
Dominion
Canadian Air Force
Defence
Memoirs of Moltke Suppressed by German Government
Reports say Germany forbids publication of the late General von Moltke memoirs. The passages allegedly address 1914 events that could shape opinion on war responsibility, sparking debate in Paris and other capitals.
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Paris
Lient
von Moltke
Hazardous Device Threats Foreseeable Across Nation
DOJ official warns more hazardous devices likely to appear. Bureau of Information chief W S Flynn says it is impossible to predict when new attempts to sow terror by sudden accidents will be made.
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Washington
Department of Justice
W. 5. Flynn
Department
Bureau of Information
Tenders Opened for Three New Agricultural Schools
Tenders opened for three new agricultural schools at Raymond Youngstown and Gleichen. Total value $180,419 with Smith Brothers & Wilson Lethbridge winning $144,000, Ross Brothers Edmonton for plumbing $33,000, and H H Depew Edmonton awarded $3,419 for electrical work.
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Edmonton
Raymond
Youngstown
Gleichen
Smith Brothers & Wilson
Lethbridge
Ross Brothers
H. H. Depew
Closure of Grandby smelter and Phoenix mines
The Grandby Consolidated Mining Smelting and Power Company says it will permanently close its smelter in Grand Forks B C and the Phoenix mines due to a coke shortage caused by a strike in the Crow's Nest Pass coal mines.
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Grand Forks
B.C
Grandby Consolidated Mining Smelting and Power Company
Crow’s Nest Pass
Grandby Company
Phoenix
Prohibition Bill Amendment Sparks Ontario Referendum Debate
Senate Toronto leading prohibitionists express confidence the House will fight the Senate amendment to end prohibition twelve months after peace is signed. Speculation focuses on how the change could affect Ontario's referendum as provinces import liquor from other regions if the amendment stands.
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Toronto
House of Commons
Senate
Commons
Ontario
Dominion
United States
Veterans Take To Farming in Western Canada
W J Black chairman of the Soldiers Settlement Board reports strong land settlement interest among returned soldiers after inspection trips to western provinces. He notes 17 709 applications for land certificates with 12 594 passed to participate. Edmonton sees 700 to 800 new inquiries daily and 1 036 ex servicemen visited the office in a single day. Most settled to date are farmers sons or men from the Old Country who worked on farms here.
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Ottawa
W. J. Black
Soldiers’ Settlement Board
Mr. Black
Edmonton
Black
Ottawa replies to Winnipeg strike arrests defy the law
Premier Borden states the arrested Winnipeg workers face serious charges under Canadian law and vows to uphold the authority of parliament. He rejects claims of bias toward employers or the labor movement. Telegraphed replies were sent to New Westminster and Brandon officials confirming the stance.
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Ottawa
Hamilton
Toronto Metal Trades Council
Winnipeg
Borden
H. Knudsen
New Westminster
W. Craig
Trades and Labor Council
Brandon
Armament Reduction Plans Weighed for League of Nations
Indications show an initial project to limit armaments of major naval and military powers will be presented at the first League of Nations meeting in Washington in October. Committees draft a general outline under League direction covering organization and key disarmament topics.
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Paris
League of Nations
Washington
League
German firm underbids British on Holland engine string contract
The Times notes a German firm has won a large Holland engine string construction contract at twenty pounds per ton below the leading British company's quote. The tender is described as the mysterious lowest German bid, reportedly cheaper than raw material delivered by British rolling mills.
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Londorn
Holland
the Times
Young Turks blamed for Turkey entering war over Smyrna
Grand Vizier tells Council of Ten that the Young Turks and former rulers aided Constantinople's fate, arguing their influence drew Turkey into war as he urged Greek withdrawal from Smyrna.
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Paris
Constantinople
Turkey
Council of Ten
Smyrna
Cost of Living and Wheat Prices in Canada and Britain
Paris report notes fear of a religious movement in Russia and describes Bolshevik measures. In Ottawa discussions, Mtawa Charles Birkett of Port Williams and Port Arthur Grain Exchange argues open markets would lower food costs, estimating wheat at Fort William could fall to 1.50 2.00 dollars. Canadian and U S grain projections show large global outputs with substantial export totals likely this year.
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Mtawa
Charles Birkett
Port Wi
Ottawa
Messrs. Henders
Maharg
Australia
Great Britain
India
Egypt
United States
Canada
Britain Will Retain Ireland Under Home Rule Plan
In an interview Dublin chief secretary for Ireland Sir James MacPherson said he remained a loyal Home Ruler within a plan that would keep Ireland in the British Empire. He doubted an independent republic would be accepted, saw signs of constitutional nationalism revival, and viewed Sinn Fein as waning due to abstention harming Irish interests at Westminster.
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Dublin
James Ian MacPherson
Ireland
MacPherson
Sinn Fein
Westminster
Sinn “Fein
Riot Among Canadians In England Over Delayed Homeward Sailings
unrest spreads among Canadian soldiers in England as homeward sailings are postponed. A mob of about 400 Canadians attacked the Epsom police station wounding several officers, one mortally. The crowd sought release of a Canadian arrestee and later freed another. Deputed camp unrest at Witley saw huts burned and damages reported. Protests extend to Australians and New Zealanders amid dock strike delays and transport shortages.
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London
England
Epsom
Witley
Liverpool
New
Conference panel seeks rail link rules for Fiume Trieste Vienna
The Paris conference commission on harbors and waterways aims to regulate railways connecting Fiume and Trieste with Vienna to satisfy Italy Togo Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia. A preliminary agreement is desirable before the Austrian treaty but decision likely deferred to the League of Nations.
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Paris
Conference Commission
Ion Harbors and Waterways
Fiume
Trieste
Vienna
Italy
Togo- Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
League of, Nations
Prince of Wales Receives Canadian Gift in London Club
At the Canadian Officers Club in London the Prince of Wales accepted a loving cup funded by Canadian corps members during his stay with the unit in France. Sir Leigh chaired the presentation, a gift by Sir Arthur Currie. The Prince promised a western tour of the Dominion and remarked that while the war was grim, the last five weeks gave confidence the Germans were on the run.
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London
Prince of Wales
Royal
France
Leigh
Arthur Currie
Dominion
Sinister Influences Noted by Atlantic City Labor Delegates
The American Federation of Labor at its annual convention adopted a report urging all U S labor unions to cooperate with Canadian trade unionists to foster stable conditions. It calls attention to alleged sinister influences in Canada aiming to split organized labor and advises Canadian members of international groups with guidance and counsel.
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Atlantic City
American Federation of Labor
United States
Canada
Allied plan for Danzig port administration proposed
The council of foreign ministers is considering an inter allied commission to administer the port of Danzig. The port would provide Poland with an outlet to the sea and the commission would govern until the League of Nations begins functioning.
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Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Inter-Allied Commission
Danzig
Poland
League of Nations
Maimed Germans Return Home from Switzerland
Under a new arrangement with the allies seven hundred invalid German prisoners interned in Switzerland were started for home by special train.
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Berne
Switzerland
Allies Offer Germany Working Capital and Shipping Concessions
Paris reports outline allied terms to grant Germany a limited working capital by allowing 30 percent of merchant shipping and access to ores for two years. The plan includes retaining Germanys gold reserve to stabilize currency and foreign credits, with delivery deferments on higher vessel shares and favorable terms for mining ore purchases.
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Paris
Germany
Lorraine
Permanent Reparations Commission
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Labor Congress
Austria
R. R. Russell
W. Iwens
John Queen
George Armstrong
E. E. Bray
Stony Monotain
Immigration Board of Inquiry
Thomas Coney
J. A. Calder
C.P.R
McKenzie
Alberta
Farmers’ Colleges
Bolsheviki
Lenine
Anti
Christ
Moscow
Novgorod
Vladimir
Lene
Britain
Erin
Prince
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