Mackenzie King Declared Liberal Leader After Uncontested Victory
Ottawa reports Mackenzie King chosen Liberal leader at the national convention. King won on a fourth ballot amid voting irregularities, with 476 votes to 438 for Hon. W S Fielding, after rivals Graham and McKenzie retired. Fielding congratulated King as the ovation continued.
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Mackenzie King
Lautier
Liters
National Liberal
W. S. Fielding
King
Mr Fielding
Mr. King
George P. Graham
D. D. McKenzie
G. H. Murray
Fielding
Rumania Must Obey Order Of Council
Hoover halts relief to Budapest asserting Romanian food blockades harm Hungarians. US peace delegates report no troops in Budapest and only officers or relief workers remain. The supreme council asks Romania to follow entente decisions and not jeopardize the Budapest commission’s work.
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Rumania
Paris
Herbert Hoover
Inter-Allied Relief Commission
Budapest
Hungary
United States
Supreme Council
Inter-Allied Investigating Commission
Rhondda's Millions Headed to Canadian Mines
W Lloyd-Evans of Vancouver says the late Lord Rhondda estate funds amounting to millions will be invested in Canadian mineral properties at Cobalt Porcupine Abitibi and Peace River regions. He has managed estate interests in Canada for months.
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Toronto
Lord Rhondda
Old Country
Canada
Cobalt
Porcupine
Abitibi
Peace
W. Lloyd-Evans
Vancouver
Ira Stratton Resigns from Manitoba Civil Service
Ira Stratton, president of the Manitoba Civil Service Association, has resigned. Winnipeg reports his departure from the post.
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Ira Stratton
Winnipeg
Manitoba Civil Service Association
Bread Shortage In London Strikes Continue In Relief Mixed
London reports little change in the labor picture with bakers and Yorkshire miners still unsettled while bread scarcity worsens in the east end. Coal output for the week ending July 26 ran about fifty percent below average as tramway strikes linger and railway issues ease in London.
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London
Liverpool
House of Commons
England
Bolshevik Sub Sunk By British Destroyers In Baltic
The admiralty reports a Bolshevik submarine has been sunk in the Baltic Sea by torpedo boat destroyers Valorous and Vancouver. The action is described in an official statement from London.
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London
Baltic Sea
Valorous
Vancouver
Admiralty
U S Lecturers Are Classed As Intruders
London officials discussed US citizens in Britain amid a prohibition campaign. Edward Shortt, secretary of home affairs, said he agrees Britons should settle domestic questions themselves and that government action is not necessary. The reply drew cheers from the house.
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London
House of Commons
Edward Shortt
Home Affairs
Home Secretary
Montreal Exemption Ruling Questions Military Service Act
Judge Leet issues a decision in Laford vs. Senecal that challenges the legality of an order-in-council cancelling exemptions lawfully granted under the Military Service Act. The ruling suggests many cases may need rehearing and states that no order-in-council can abrogate penalties or cancel exemptions already granted.
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Montreal
Leet
Laford
Commons Votes Thanks to Allied Commanders and Women’s Groups
The British House of Commons passed a formal vote of thanks to Marshal Foch and allied forces for war services. The resolution also acknowledged British women’s organizations. King George outlined recommendations for titles and substantial financial grants to several land, air, and sea officers.
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London
Marshal Foch
France
Great Britain
House of Commons
George
Strike wave hits U.S. shopmen halted mail trains
Chicago district council leaders of the Federated Railway Shopmen say 725,000 workers are on strike nationwide and the movement continues to spread. They pledge no violence and report no mail trains have been interfered with.
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Chicago
London Bill Aims Profiteer Prosecutions Passed First Reading
The government in London moves to curb profiteering with a bill imposing prosecutions and penalties on those found guilty. The measure cleared its first reading in the house of commons.
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London
House of Commons
Haig Named Earl Haig of Bemerside in Peerage Creation
London report states Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig receives the title Earl Haig of Bemerside from King George. The elevation marks his decades of service and leadership during the war era.
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London
Sir Douglas Haig
George
Earl Haig of
Bemerside
Romanian Armistice Terms Revealed in Paris Debate
The supreme council rejected Romania's ultimatum to Hungary and urged Bucharest to honor armistice terms. Misu defended backtracking on supplies, while France, Britain, and Italy align against Romanian occupation of Budapest. the plan would disrupt Central Europe by seizing war materiel and rolling stock.
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Paris
Nicholas Misu
Supreme Council
Hungary
Misu
von Mackensen
Budapest
Europe
Birkenhead Police Resign From Union Over Strike
Birkenhead police officers about half the force resign from the police union in protest of its strike action. This marks the first public repudiation by loyal police in any strike area.
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Police
London
Birkenhead
Mersey
Liverpool
Winnipeg Strike Trial Sees Police Backed by Strikers
Testimony at the Winnipeg strike trial alleges police stood by while strikers and violent groups disrupted work. A. A. Riley of Canada Bread describes armed “strong-arm men” blocking machinery and a police response that sided with strike action on day one.
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Winnipeg
A. A. Riley
Canada Bread Company
Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand
Edward Parnell
Speirs-Parnell Baking Company
Sandy Cuthbert
City Street Commissioners’ Department
R. B. Graham
Winters
Rioting At Liverpool Outside St George's Hall
Troops at midnight charged with bayonets and dispersed a crowd outside St George's Hall in Liverpool. Soldiers were beaten with axe-handles, while firing was heard in the Scotland Road district. A sentry was attacked as rioters tried to seize his rifle, prompting a troop charge.
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St. George's Hall
Scotland Road
St. George’s Hall
Farms Wanted Sell or buy farms with full descriptions and terms
Real estate broker offers no charge unless sold. Lists prime Winnipeg district tracts from 25 to 55 per acre on easy terms. Includes 400 acre model farm near Winnipeg with river frontage and buildings, 640 acre parcels near Portage la Prairie and La Salle, 492 acres near Winnipeg, 240 acre tracts near Elm Creek and Meadows, all with favorable soil and river access.
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la Salle
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Scott, Hill & CO
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Resolutions Call Tariff Cuts to Ease Canada Burden
Ottawa excerpted liberal convention resolutions urge substantial tariff reductions to lower living costs and production expenses. Key items include freeing wheat products and farm machinery from duties, lowering apparel costs, and raising the British preference to 50 percent. London voices warn without rising output, national bankruptcy looms.
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Ottawa
National Liberal Convention
Canada
Liberal Party
Japan Renounces Claims in Shantung and Considers Tsing Tao Settlement
Tokyo reports that Foreign Minister Viscount Uchida declares Japan does not claim rights over Chinese sovereignty in Shantung. He says troops will withdraw promptly after an agreement with China, and Japan may establish a general foreign settlement at Tsing Tao rather than a solely Japanese enclave.
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Tokio
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China
Shantung
Tsing Tao
Wanted: Farms in Manitoba for immediate purchase
Wanted immediately several 160 acre farms in Manitoba with cash offers. Also seeking two or three 220 acre farms, improved, under 35 per acre, with half cash and sellers able to assist planting this year's crop. No listing charges and square deal guaranteed by Dominion Farm Agency Winnipeg.
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Dominion Farm Agency, Ltd
Somerset
Winnipeg
Prince Will Visit Quebec for Four Day Stay
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales arrives in Quebec City on Thursday Aug 21 at about five p m and will stay four days. He will lodge in reserved quarters at the citadel and be welcomed by official representatives. An official reception will be held at the parliament buildings the following day with addresses by Sir Lomer Gouin and Mayor Lavigueur. The prince remains in Quebec until Sunday Aug 24.
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Prince of Wales
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Parliament Buildings
Lomer Gouin
Lavigueur
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