Farmers Oppose Wheat Board Price Rules In Winnipeg Meeting
At a Winnipeg Grain Exchange session Canadian Wheat Board officials heard farmers and business groups discuss handling and pricing for the 1919 wheat crop. J. K. McLennan of United Farmers of Ontario warned that low initial prices could trigger strikes and crop shortfalls, while others urged returning to the U.S. $2.26 open market price or higher safeguards for producers. James Stewart chaired as representatives pressed for fair value and open-market principles.
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Winnipeg
Prd
Canadian Wheat Board
Edlevator
United States
J. K. McLennan
United Farmers of Ontario
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
James Stewart
Canada
Atlantic
McLennan
J. R. Murray
United Grain Growers
First federal profiteering conviction announced by Palmer
Attorney General Palmer announced the first federal conviction for profiteering, a Binghamton case where a retail grocer was fined $500 for sugar sold at 15 cents a pound. Palmer urged extending the Food Control act to cover clothing and containers, with up to a $5,000 fine or two years imprisonment for violations.
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Washington
Palmer
Lucey
Binghamton
N.Y
Mr. Palmer
Agricultural Committees of
Congress
Wilson seeks authority to use Secret Service against profiteers
Washington report notes President Wilson asks Congress for power to deploy the Secret Service to pursue profiteers and food hoarders, aiming to curb wartime shortages and stabilize prices. The move signals heightened federal effort to enforce economic controls during the period.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Secret Service
Aid to Kolchak in Siberia Sends Rifles and Supplies
The United States is rushing material aid to Admiral Kolchak's retreating army in Siberia. Official statements say 45,000 rifles and several million rounds of ammunition have been sent from San Francisco, with more equipment including motor vehicles and medical supplies to follow this week. The total order is described as very large and increased after Kolchak's army's reverse.
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Washington
Admiral Kolchak
Siberia
Vladivostok
United States
San Francisco
Kolchak
Relief plans feed 20000 Budapest children under aid program
Paris reports the American relief administration began feeding 20,000 children in Budapest as part of a Central Europe aid plan. The move does not imply a general end to Hungary’s food blockade. A Vienna dispatch says Allies lifted the blockade, though no formal supreme council announcement exists.
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Paris
Budapest
Central
Europe
Hungary
Vienna
London
Supreme Council
Labour Problems Improve as Yorkshire Miners Hesitate
London reports show relief in the labor front with reduced unemployment and a calmer mood after a ballot action by the triple alliance. George Nicol Barnes says the situation grows more normal and Lloyd George eyes a promised parliamentary statement on policy. The proposal to curb strikes without a week’s written notice faces opposition, while 10,000 Pontefract miners vote against resuming work.
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London
Triple Alliance
Yorkshire
George Nicol Barnes
War Cabinet
Barnes
Lloyd George
Bela
Admiralty
War Office
Minister of Labor
Pontefract
Allied Success In North Russia
Anglo Russian forces on the Dvina river attacked Bolshevik positions on August 10 and achieved strong gains. Six battalions were destroyed and over 1,000 prisoners, 12 field guns, and many machine guns were captured as the front pushed forward 12 miles to Thadrtova and Borok.
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London
Dvina
War Office
Russia
Thadrtova
Borok
Curb Profiteering Amendment Passed in British House of Commons
In London the house of commons approved an amendment to the profiteering bill by a 132 to 93 vote. The measure lets the board of trade fix wholesale and retail prices after an investigation. Critics including Lord Robert Cecil and Sir Donald Maclean denounced the change as socialist and ruinous to the bill’s aim. Sir Auckland Geddes said powers would curb price gouging by combinations, domestic or foreign. An attempt to include profiteering in rentals was rejected.
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British House
Board of Trade
London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Donald Maclean
Auckland Geddes
National Service and Reconstruction
Ferdinand's Millions Geneva Seizure Tied to Ex King
Seizure in England of Ferdinand of Bulgaria securities worth two million dollars is unlikely to ruin the ex monarch. Reports say he safeguarded his fortune abroad late in 1914 placing assets in neutral countries. Swiss banks hold stocks and bonds near a million pounds while Hungary hosts large sums for Ferdinand and his family.
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Geneva
England
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Hungary
Prosecution Moves Against Bela Kun Regime Figures
The Hungarian public prosecutor announced proceedings will begin against all individuals charged with crimes during Bela Kun’s dictatorship. Steps for arrest and extradition have been taken. A second notice targets Bela Kun and associates for murder robbery and forgery.
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Copenhagen
Bela Kun
Budapest
Concerted Effort Proposed to Slash Living Costs
A Winnipeg meeting of the Army and Navy Veterans' association executive heard a letter from the Order of Railway Conductors division 04 urging action to reduce the high cost of living. The proposal was unanimously adopted and a cooperation committee was formed.
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Winnipeg
Order of Railway Conductors
Army and Navy Veterans’ Association
Prince of Wales Visit to U.S. Delayed
Ottawa reports uncertain timing for the Prince of Wales U S trip and its length. No decision will be made until later and he cannot depart Canada until his Canadian tour ends. Rome notes Italian troops with the allied northern Russia expedition left Murmansk on August 9 with a military commission.
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Prince
U.S
Ottawa
Prince of Wales
United States
Canada
Rome
Russia
Murmansk
British Ambassador to U S Named Viscount Grey
Viscount Grey of Falloden Edward Grey former British secretary of state for foreign affairs agreed to represent Britain in Washington as permanent ambassador. He led the foreign office for eleven years guiding European policy and urged powers to meet to avert war. Now retired in Northumberland his eyesight has troubled him since 1918 but has improved.
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London
Viscount Grey
Washington
Viscount Grey of
Sir Edward Grey
Gladstone
Sir Edward
Foreign Office
Northumberland
General Currie Defended By MacDowell At UCM Banquet
General Sir Archibald MacDowell defended General Sir Arthur Currie against criticism over Passchendaele losses. He recalled Haig telling Currie to take Passchendaele and noted Canadians had the lowest casualty rate and highest gains among Allied forces. Also, Mayor Hardie of Lethbridge urged a middle liquor course.
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Kingston
Ont
Convention of Union of Canadian Municipalities
Archibald MacDowell
Royal Military College
Arthur Currie
Passchendaele
MacDonell
Hill 70
Douglas Haig
Currie
Former German Crown Prince Visits Soden With Family
With Dutch government permission the former German crown prince spent several days at Soden Prussia with his wife and children and accompanied them part of the way to Potsdam. He has now returned to Holland, per Lokal Anzeiger.
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Berlin
Soden
Prussia
Potsdam
Lokal Anzeiger
Frederick William
Holland
Conference of Brewers to Convene in Atlantic City
Brewers from across the nation plan a large conference in Atlantic City New Jersey starting September 28. The meeting will run for a week and discuss consolidating opposition to prohibition and repeal of liquor statutes.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Brewers of
Board Of Trade Forms To Tackle Living Costs
The Canadian board of commerce is formed with Judge Robson of Winnipeg as chairman and W F O Connor as second member. A third member will be named soon. The board under the combines and fair prices act can investigate on its own motion or at ministers' request. Robson says it will be a people's court with easy access and fair hearings, while ensuring proper fact finding before hearings. He will return to Winnipeg briefly to finish royal commission duties but will reassess Ottawa soon.
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Ottawa
Canadian Board of Commerce
Tudge H. A. Robson
Winnipeg
W. F. O'Connor
K.C
Cost of Living
Judge Robson
Press, Limited
Robson
People’s Court
Halifax
Vancouver
Royal Commission
Must Leave Dominicn Winnipeg Deported by Immigration Board
Oscar Schoppelrei branded an undesirable alien must depart Canada after the Manitoba Court of Appeal refused to nullify the deportation order or quash proceedings. The High Court held the order rested on misrepresentation of entry and refusal to answer questions, and noted no jurisdiction to intervene.
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Winnipeg
Oscar Schoppelrei
Immigration Board of Inquiry
Canada
Manitoba Court of Appeal
Schoppelrei
High Court
Serbia A Country Of Orphans Belgrade
Serbia is described as a country of orphans after three years of occupation and a mass deportation. Red Cross statistics based on Serbian education records show about 200,000 children lost both parents and 300,000 lost one. Some towns with 10 000 residents report 2000 to 3000 orphans due to war. The 1915 retreat displaced half a million children from their parents.
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Belgrade
Serbia
Red Cross
Serbian Educational Department
Six Months On Ice Floe Report Reaches Edmonton
Storker T. Storkerson arrived in Edmonton after six months adrift on an Arctic ice floe. The expedition recorded scientific observations to be discussed with Chief Steffanssen in Banff next Saturday during the full report preparation.
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Edmonton
Arctic
Storker T. Storkerson
Great Northern
Storkersen
Steffanssen
Banff
Desertions Hit Vancouver Local Unions
Important resignations from the One Big Union occurred in Vancouver British Columbia as the local unions of the international longshoremen ship workers and the pressmen and press feeders voted to withdraw from the One Big Union.
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Vancouver
B.C
One Big
International
Wanted 160 acre farms in Manitoba for cash offers
Advertises immediate purchase of several 160 acre Manitoba farms with large cash payments or all cash. Also seeks two or three 320 acre improved farms at under 35 per acre with half cash, only from sellers aiding this year's crop. No listing charge, guaranteed square deal. Dominion Farm Agency Ltd Winnipeg contact 815 Somerset Bldg. Main 3836.
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United Lands
Manitou
Hill & CO
C.P.R. Bidg
Portage & Main
Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Dominion Farm Agency, Ltd
Somerset
Ideal Farm
Wallee Land Co
McArthur
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N. U
Dominicn
The
G. A. Young & CO
McIntyre
L. H. Maycock & CO
C.P.R
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la Salle
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Best
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