Warning Against Hoarding Sugar By Ottawa Convention
An Ottawa dispatch reports sugar price fears from the Wholesale Grocers Association of Canada. The group warns against hoarding as shipping delays from a marine strike push refined sugar supplies and prices higher. They urge wholesalers and retailers to limit sales so all can access what is available within 30 to 60 days.
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Toronto
Ottawa
Association of Canada
United States
Halifax
Montreal
Three Men Die in Roise Idaho Forest Fire
A forest fire near Burgdorff north of Lake Vort killed three crewmen from a 200 strong unit aiding the village of Guredorff. Heavy winds drove the James through the forest, isolating the victims. The blaze is the season's largest in southern Idaho, covering about 40 000 acres since ignition.
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Roise
Idaho
Burgdorff
Lake Vort
Guredorff
James
Wheat Board to Meet in Toronto for 1914 Wheat Scheme
A public meeting of the Canadian Wheat Board will be held at the Board of Trade rooms in the Royal Bank building Toronto on Monday at 9 30 am to hear public expressions of opinion on the scheme for handling the 1914 wheat crop.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Board of Trade
Royal Bank
Toronto
Warship Construction Halt Orders Hit Private Shipyards
The government orders stop warship work at about twenty private yards while Admiralty refits at Chatham Devonport and Portsmouth continue. Some private builds may finish if cheaper than breaking up. compensation plans eyed. The Mail notes 40 warships valued at $125 million halted per Glasgow Daily Record.
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London
Admiralty
Chatham
Devonport
Portsmouth
Mail
Ust
the Mail
Glasgow Daily Record
Abdicated Rulers sue over confiscated estates in Gotha
Berlin reports former Duke Charles Edward of Coburg-Gotha sues the republic of Gotha and its commissioners to recover his estate seized after he refused a 15,000,000 mark settlement. The Prince of Waldeck-Pyrmont also sues for half his domain after failed negotiations with the new government.
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Berlin
Charles Edward of
Bolshevist Leaders Send Families to Switzerland
Swiss papers report that nearly all Bolshevist leaders in Russia Hungary and Germany have moved wives and relatives to Switzerland for safety. They used false passports mainly Czech Slovak names. Swiss authorities are tightening examinations to counter the scheme.
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Geneva
Russia
Hungary
Germany
Switzerland
Prince to See Hockey Match in Victoria Exhibition Likely
During the Prince of Wales visit in September Lester Patrick plans an ice hockey exhibition on artificial ice. He will likely assemble two teams of pro players to entertain the royal visitor with Canada’s national winter game.
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Victoria
Prince of Wales
Lester Patrick
Canada
Lloyd George Urges Immediate Halt to Expenditures
London reports Premier Lloyd George, after a Commons speech on economy, writing to ministers to curb national spending. He insists staff reductions are overdue and urges replacements to fit the public mood, noting the need to choose the second best when the best is too costly and to report plans by midnight.
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London
House of Commons
Lloyd George
Terier
Daily Mail
Esthonian Denies Britain Seeking Baltic Railway Lease
The Esthonian press bureau refutes a National Tidende claim that Britain seeks a railway concession through Esthonia to Russia or aims to lease the Baltic islands of Dago and Deesel for a commercial port. The Tidende had alleged ongoing negotiations for the lease and a railway route.
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Copenhagen
Esthonian Press Bureau
National Tidende
Great Britain
Esthonia
Russia
Dago and
Déesel
Deesel
Baltic Sea
England
Esthenia
Silk Cargo Worth 10 Million Leaves Vancouver Toward East
A ten million dollar silk shipment, four special trains strong, departed Vancouver for the east aboard the Empress of Asia. The cargo reportedly came from the Orient and represents a vast trade movement.
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Vancouver
California Rail Strike Paralyzes Southern California Transport
In California a strike by yard and switchmen and allied crafts halted steam rail transport in the southern and central regions. Union officials urged return but many men acted independently. Railroads called it the worst strike in state history with only a handful of trains moving.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Pacific Limited
Southern Pacific Company
Oakland
Southern and Western Pacific
Santa Fe
Prohibition Yields Fewer Arrests in Major Cities
Edward C. R. Bagley states July arrests for drunkenness in six large cities including Worcester and Holyoke totaled 329 versus 975 in June. He predicts August figures will drop further, making jail and correctional admissions negligible as prohibition proceeds.
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Boston
Mass
Edward C. R. Bagley
Worcester
Holyoke
Rich Gold Strike At Copper Lake Details Of Discovery
J P Gordon found a vein six feet wide at Copper Lake with a four inch quartz and gold streak. Samples show wire leaf and nugget gold, wire gold binding quartz. Commissioner Wallace calls it an extraordinary discovery never seen. Gordon sunk a three foot test pit. yellow metal appeared along wall and bottom. Granite schist surrounds the find in a Copper Lake basin, prompting a rush of prospectors that emptied the town.
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Copper Lake
J. P. Gordon
Wallace
Fiont
Gordon
Planned Petrograd assault by Bolsheviks doubtful says Daily Mail
Helsinki correspondent notes any attack would need land forces from Finns Russians and Estonians. Doubtful Finland could assist as Socialist victory unseated General Mannerheim, the only leader capable of such an expedition.
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London
Petrograd
Daily Mail
Helsingiors
Finland
Mannerheim
Scheme to Liquidate Enemy Debts Heads in London
The board of trade will handle the liquidation of enemy debts in a three year plan. A dedicated department will be created to manage the task, with a prominent banker or magnate tipped to lead the effort as millions are at stake.
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London
Board of Trade
Vancouver Postal Workers Withdraw From One Big Union
Vancouver postal workers vote to withdraw from the Vancouver trades and labor council One Big Union. Refendum result shows 314 in favor and 90 against after two weeks of ballot counting among roughly 400 Postal Workers' Association members in Vancouver.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Postal Workers
Vancouver Trades and Labor Council
Postal Workers’ Association
Britain must work out own salvation says Geddes in Basingstoke
Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service and Reconstruction, urges Britain to reduce spending and rely less on the United States. He notes a special financial committee led by Premier Lloyd George to cut expenditures and warns US trade flooding Europe would raise US prices here. Europe must solve its own economic problems.
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London
Sir Auckland Geddes
Basingstoke
Lloyd George
Sir Auckland
United States
Unitedtates
New York
Britain
United U States
Atlantic
Europe
Occupation of Odessa Admitted by Bolshevik Message
A Moscow wireless dispatch reports allied forces occupy Odessa after thirty ships bombarded the city for two days. Bolshevik forces on the northwestern front advance toward Prisov, three and a half miles from the city. Official confirmation here notes a Russian volunteer army occupied Odessa and Bolsheviks retreated toward Balta, 120 miles northwest.
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London
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Prisov
Balta
Munition Ship Blown Up Near Yarmouth Nova Scotia
Twelve crew members of the Texas auxiliary four mound schooner El mer Roberts under Captain Jorgenson escaped after a lamp exploded in the engine room and the vessel laden with ammunition blew up at sea. The ship was en route from Bordeaux to New York when fire spread rapidly and destroyed their belongings as they escaped in a boat. Two days later they found the schooner Roseway of Yarmouth.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Elmer Roberts
Jorgenson
Bordeaux
New York
Roseway
Bremen Submarine Bremen Not Captured Says Official
London reports deny any capture of the German submarine Bremen during the war. Official information states the British Admiralty has no knowledge of its fate and assumes the submarine foundered while attempting to cross the Atlantic.
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London
Bremen
Germany
Theubmarine
Atlantic
German Ambassadors and U.S. Price Drive Reported
Berlin reports selections for German ambassadors to the United States Great Britain China and Japan with replies depending on other powers moves Washington notes price declines spreading nationwide though not yet harming immediate purchases Attorney General Palmer says the government aims to curb inflation and expects tangible benefits as food control measures and anti profiteer penalties progress and shoe maker price limits are negotiated
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Berlin
Haniel von Haimhausen
Washington
United States
W. S. Solf
Great Britain
Herr Badewitz
China
Fritz August Thiel
Japan
Tokio
Germany
France
von Haimhauser
Hainhausen
Count von Bernstorff
Department of Justice
Palmer
Congress
Falmer
Jail Sold for Granary in Waterford California
The Waterford jail or calaboose has been sold for 35 dollars and is being used as a granary by the current owner. Prohibition began in 1912 and before that time the jail was crowded with occupants. Since 1912 the facility has stood empty with little drunkenness. The sale reflects the lack of need for maintaining such an institution after years of idleness.
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Waterford
California
Calaboose
Gompers Backs Actors Union With Unstinting Support
Samuel Gompers pledged the AFL to assist the Actors Equity Association until an honorable end to their strike. He appeared at a 2000 member meeting and spoke in person urging a fight to the finish, receiving an enthusiastic ovation.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Actors’ Equity Association
Miners Discuss Work Week At Sydney Convention
United Mine Workers convention in Sydney, Nova Scotia, decides not to press for a five day week and adopts a resolution denouncing poor housing in mining districts.
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Sydney
N.S
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Wanted Immediate Manitoba Farms and Equipment
Advertises quick cash for several 160 acre farms in Manitoba and two to three 320 acre improved farms up to 35 per acre. Will pay half cash and seek sellers who will aid this year's crop. No listing charge and guaranteed square deal from Dominion Farm Agency, Ltd Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Dominion Farm Agency, Ltd
Somerset Bldg
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
Portage
Ha Salle
Wanted Dangerous Correspondence Destroyed
Basle Romanian authorities found in Hungarian foreign ministry archives a telegram from Otto Batter former Austrian state secretary asking him to destroy all documents about arms delivery by Austria to Hungary a Budapest dispatch reports.
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Basle
Otto Batter
State Bureau of Foreign Affairs
Bela Kun
Austria
Hungary
Budapest
Deportation surge sends 600 more Germans abroad
600 Huns deported from Sydney New South Wales following government policy. The group includes several well known buyers.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Rome to Naples Air Service Inauguration
Announcement notes the start of passenger airplane service between Rome and Naples. The new route links the two cities by air, signaling expanded cross country travel options.
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Rome
Naples
Martial Law Expanded Across Hungary
A Havas dispatch from Budapest reports martial law extended from the capital to the entire country after being proclaimed a few days earlier. The measure affects all regions as authorities enforce curbs and public security actions nationwide.
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Paris
Budapest
Hungary
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