War Game By German Princes Becomes Europe-Wide Sport
An English governess in a German royal household discovers a chilling war game where a miniature London model is attacked by Zeppelins. She uncovers deep German hostility to Britain and hints of broader plots involving Kaiser, Krupp, and plans to Germanize America, leading to wartime flight.
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London
Europe
Ms Prince
Britain
Germany
Messrs. Chapman and Hall
Rhine
Westminster Abbey
von X
Count Zeppelin
Duma Committee Pushes Tea Tobacco Oil and Insurance Monopoly
The ways and means committee of the Russian Duma unanImously resolves a government monopoly on tea tobacco oil watches and all kinds of insurance. The bill would base government revenue on these items and bypass vodka and indirect corn taxes. In Odessa and Nikolaiev the government sequesters German stock company properties including factories car lines hotels and tenements.
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Ways and Means Committee
Duma
Odessa
Nikolaiev
Bug
Farmers in United States drawn by prairie land and wheat prices
J Bruce Walker Western Canada commissioner says high wheat prices and cheap prairie lands will attract US farmers in the coming year. He notes rising emigration interest and many inquiries about settlers conditions in the three prairie provinces. He met with Geo Bell and Commissioner Perry to boost seed grain distribution while anticipating higher spring labor demand.
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United States
J. Bruce Walker
Western Canada
Regina
Walker
Prairie Provinces
Honorabie Geo. Bell
Gifts to Britain bring Great Britain Canada trade ties
Secretary Griffith reports official thanks from Great Britain and Ireland for Canadian gifts to the old country. London wholesale houses indicate orders will ease Canadian industry stagnation and may foster a lasting trade link. Also included is a children’s anecdote about a fib, story, and lie between two girls.
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Griffith
High Commissioner's
London
Great Britain
Ireland
Old Country
Canada
Blanche
Beth
Forlorn Mood Calls for Public War Like Auto Horns
Fragmentary verse lines decry a man in despair who might spark a public clash like a blasted automobile horn, suggesting a misused force or loud protest. The text hints at urgency and irony, with no clear event, date, or identifiable figures.
Outlook for Western Agriculture at Cattle Breeders Meeting
Saskatchewan speaker Hon W C Sutherland told the Dominion Cattle Breeders association in Toronto that western conditions look bright with 15 percent more cropland prepared this year. Dr J F Tolmie noted stock shifts in British Columbia with active dairy trade and lower beef prices, plus 70 000 sheep imported from Washington state last year. The meeting also discussed association cars for pure bred stock, a funding tax of 10 cents per member, and veterinary inspection of shipped cattle.
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W. C. Sutherland
Saskatchewan
Dominion Cattle Breeders’ Association
Toronto
3. F. Tolmie
Dominion
British Columbia
Washington State
Colonel McRae
German spies accused of sabotaging Allied supply links
A New Yorker claims German agents in the United States are behind incendiary attacks including the Roebling Co. fire in Trenton while completing a French barbed wire contract. He cites sea outrages and cable interference as proof of the menace and questions how to trap the saboteurs.
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New Yorker
Britain
Toronto
United States
John A. Roebling Co
Trenton
New Jersey
Red Cross
Baltimore
Bermuda
Roehling
New York
England
Belgian Scholar Dr Charles Sarolea Plans American Mission
Belgian scholar Dr Charles Sarolea head of Edinburgh University French department left England for Calais for an audience with the King of the Belgians before an official American mission. He aims to present the Belgian case in simple terms and engage all sections of American public opinion. He has visited Belgium repeatedly since the war and met King Albert.
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Charles Sarolea
Edinburgh University
England
Calais
America
Dr. Sarolea
Belgium
Albert
Remark About Wealthy Man Sparks Family Tension
A terse exchange contrasts the rich man's oblivious lifestyle with relatives who feel the strain, hinting at dissatisfaction and family strain in the scene.
Political Truce in Britain During World War I
The piece notes a rare wartime cross party cooperation in Britain as leaders from Liberal and Unionist sides, including Lloyd George, Austen Chamberlain, and Keir Hardie, work together. It praises reduced partisanship, cites mutual respect among rivals, and imagines a postwar alignment while warning against a return to old feuds.
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Great Britain
Lloyd George
England
Austen Chamberlain
Exchequer
Lord Rothschild
Chamberlain
Lord Halsbury
Carson
Redmond
Keir Hardie
British Isles
H. G. Wells
Macauley
Ontario to probe nickel industry for home refining
The Ontario government will appoint a commission to investigate the nickel industry with the aim of refining all nickel in province. Minister G Howard Ferguson says the panel will exhaust all information and study every aspect to determine if refining here is practicable. He notes export limits could shift business abroad and that no current process makes Ontario refining commercially viable. The commission seeks to uncover all facts before any steps are taken.
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Ontario
G. Howard Ferguson
New Caledonia
Norway
Ferguson
Sudbury
Germany to pay for damage in final settlement
Sir H Johnston argues in the London Chronicle that Germany must compensate the Allies for destruction in Belgium France and beyond. He calls for sweeping sanctions including the dissolution of Prussia and seizure of royal estates to fund rebuilding and to secure lasting peace. He urges that Britain reward its soldiers and veterans as the United States did after its Civil War.
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Germany
Western
Europe
Red Cross
Paris
Brussels
Rothschilds
Buckinghamshire
Hertfordshire
Flanders
Brabant
Ligeois
Namurois
Belgian
Luxemburg
France
Belgium
North Sea
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
Prussia
Hohenzollerns
Austria
Francis Joseph
Bosphorus
Helleepont
Poland
Mediterranean
Rhine
Baltic Sea
United States
North American Republic
Sir H. Johnston
London Chronicle
Ordinary Crime Mentioned as War and Crime on Canadian Soil
The article argues that Vanhorn’s act of attempting to blow a railway bridge is a common crime not political warfare and should be extradited to Canada. It notes the act occurred on Canadian soil, warrants Canadian legal handling, and contrasts Belgian resistance with criminal acts. A secondary note recalls a WWI era battlefield scene described by Lance Corporal J. Stites.
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Germany
Belgium
Vanhorn
United States
Therby Endange
New York Herald
Fresh British Reinforcements Land in French Ports
Havre correspondent reports rapid British troop landings in France described as highly organized. Monitors shielded by torpedo boats and destroyers as transports enter ports, unload in sequence, and move on to new loading points. One harbor discharged twenty eight transports in twenty four hours. The new army is described as comparable to first line European troops, composed of young disciplined men.
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France
Havre
Insured Life Sparks Cautious Talk Between Couple
Mr Manley Well boasts of a life policy worth $5,000. Mrs Mankey-How responds with praise and remarks on his carefulness, noting the policy relieves repeated warnings.
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Mr. Manley
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SPORT
General Bernhardt
Herr Krupp
Krupp
Count Bernhardt
German War Office
Berlin
Papa
Lancers
Lance
J. Stites
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