Formation of League of Nations to Preserve World Peace
Former British prime minister Herbert H. Asquith lauds President Wilson for leading postwar plans and a league of nations at a London hospitality dinner for American officers. Vice Admiral Sims and General Biddle praise Allied cooperation as American troops are stationed across Britain and Scotland. A Liberal meeting outlines platform supporting a league, parliamentary control of foreign policy, and free speech and travel rights.
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Herbert H. Asquith
Great Britain
London
National Liberal Club
Wilson
League of Nations
Sims
Washington
Lincoln
Batttlefield
America
House of Commons
League
Spitzbergen Coal Deposits Seen Richer Than Estimated
Experts who examined Spitzbergen coal beds estimate reserves exceed 000.000.000 tons of fuel with remarkable purity.
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Spitzbergen
By Contrast Teacher Jimmy in Morning Exchange
A brief schoolyard dialogue unfolds as a teacher notes Jimmy looks pale and asks about illness. Jimmy responds that his mother washed his face that morning and denies being sick.
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Jimmy
Los Angeles Man Patents Frost-Protecting Smudge Pots
A Los Angeles inventor develops a thermostatic device to auto activate smudge pots for orchard frost protection. The system aims to reliably trigger burning pots to safeguard crops during cold nights.
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Los Angeles
Barbarous Weapons in Allied and German Press
A reader summary notes German and American papers clash over war portrayal. It cites Cologne Gazette warnings about U S troops using sawed off shotguns and accuses Germany of prior atrocities from gas to bombings, arson, and massacres, including Edith Cavell’s execution and Red Cross ships.
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United States
Cologne
Paris
Edith Carvell
Fryat
Red Cross
Regina
Fatigue in War Draws Focus From Commanders
A writer in American Medicine argues that soldiers suffer from both physical and mental exhaustion, warning that commanders ignore fatigue. He says optimal rest and nutrition are essential, and overexertion during maneuvers or campaigns can cause failures and disasters.
British Air Superiority Claims On World War Fronts
An official tally reports RAF and naval airmen destroyed 3,856 enemy aircraft in the year starting July 1, 1917. It notes 2,150 destroyed on the British western front, 1,083 driven down out of control, plus 623 by navy units. Other fronts show totals for Italy Salonika Egypt Palestine. The report suggests Allied aerial ascendency will rise with American entry.
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Royal Air Force
Navy
Saloniki
Egypt
Palestine
America
Regular girl questioned photos not matching self image
A reader notes that a regular girl dislikes her photographs unless they capture her true appearance. The comment hints at self perception and photographic likeness without detailing events or identities.
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Setae
Eight Million Men Raised in Great Britain
Earl Curzon spoke at Gray's Inn on Britain’s wartime effort and the imperial war cabinet. He praised Canada and Smuts, noted Americans joining France, and stressed Britain's industrial aid, food capacity, and leadership in sustaining the Allies amid uncertain futures.
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Great Britain
Earl Curzon
Gray's Inn
London
Imperial War Cabinet
Marne
Foch
America
France
Robert Borden
Canada
General Smuts
German Admiral refutes Jellicoe on U boat threat
Admiral von Holtzendorff in the Cologne Gazette rejects the idea that U boats are a failed weapon. He credits neutral tonnage gains to American supply lines and notes enemy losses exceed 12.5 million dollars in ships and cargoes up to July 1, 1918. He cites American convoy systems and foggy conditions as reasons for scarce sinkings of transports.
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von Holtzendorff
Admiralty Staff
Cologne
Gazettte
John Jellicoe
America
von Holtbendorff
Scotland
France’s bread rations cut as war effort endures
The Winnipeg Tribune notes France trims bread by one third yet continues fighting and producing. It argues France must be fed, warns ration cuts worsen hunger, and urges citizens to save wheat to feed soldiers workers and children abroad.
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France
Winnipeg Tribune
Farmer Reassures Welcoming Dog as Negro Cautions About Danger
A farmer tells a timid Black man at his gate that a barking dog never bites. The man replies he is unsure how soon this line will lead to trouble, alluding to potential danger. The dialogue reflects a tense encounter with racial undertones in a rural setting.
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Darkey
Dogs of War in the French Army A canine corps
The French army maintains a canine department with dogs assigned official numbers and identity plates. The trained dogs serve as liaison agents and ammunition barriers, earning mentions for saving companies and enabling or thwarting deployments. Some dogs endure bombardment calmly, recovering quickly to continue messages.
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Canine
Saw Mills See Large Rise in British Columbia Lumber Exports
Lumber shipments from British Columbia to overseas ports rose sharply in the first half of 1918, totaling 24,806,297 feet by June 30. A new mill has shipped 7,700,000 feet to China this year, with Australia, California, South Africa, and other regions following. A government cargo to Europe and a shipment to Singapore are noted, and observers expect 1918 totals to match or beat prewar levels.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
China
Australia
California
South Africa
South America
Japan
Europe
Singapore
War Profiteers Targeted in U S Revenue Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee advances a retroactive eight billion dollar tax bill to seize war profits from contractors. The panel cites the president and federal data, with cases of a coal firm earning 2000 percent and an individual expanding income from 6500 to 600000 in a year, aiming to curb excess profits and fund the treasury.
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House Ways and Means Committee
U. S. Congress
Government Department
Treasury Department
Federal Trade Commission
House Committee
Treasury
German Army Discipline Seen Slipping in Second Front
Two orders from General von der Marwitz, now in British hands, report a breakdown of discipline in the German Second Army. Soldiers increasingly refuse obedience as supply trains are attacked and looted. The new directive requires armed guards on all trains with authority to employ machine guns against looters.
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von der Marwitz
Austria
Galicia
Carpathians
Trent
Battisti
Liberty
Trentino
Rockets and parachutes hinder German air raids over Paris
Allied reports describe French rockets that rise and discharge parachutes with bright burning fuses during raids on Paris. The glowing parachutes slow and illuminate attacking German planes, aiding anti aircraft fire. The Germans likely found the anti aircraft measures effective against them.
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Paris
Horrible Atrocities From War Fronts Reported
A reader recounts grim accounts from the Austrians and Italians during World War I. Tales describe torture, forced conscription of civilians, internment of thousands, and brutal punishments in Galicia and the Carpathians, with emphasis on cruelty by Austrian and German troops.
Coal resources of Western Canada could power world for centuries
Expert estimates show Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia hold vast soft coal deposits. One year production near 6 million tons valued over 25 million dollars. Coal fields seen fueling prairie development and cheap power through new plants. Dominion survey cites 143.49 trillion tons across 87 000 square miles including eastern BC.
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Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Dominion Geological Survey
German language teacher sentenced to death in Vienna
Miss Milado Jamschek a language teacher was condemned by the Vienna military tribunal for espionage. She traveled from New York on the same steamer as Count von Bernstorff after the war declaration to probe Austria’s stance, Czech ambitions, and possible peace with Germany. She denied criminal intent saying she sought to bring good news to fellow countrymen.
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Milado Jamschek
Vienna
Miss Jamschek
New York
Count von Bernstorff
United States
America
von Bernstorff
Austria
Germany
Jamschek
Licenses Now Operative for Canadian Food Dealers
The Canada food board licenses are now operative for dealers in Cana da including grocers bakers manufacturers of breakfast foods and cereals retail butchers fish dealers flour and feed dealers produce dealers canners packers manufacturing confectioners and public eating places.
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Canada Food Board
Canada
Goethein Warns on German Railway Rolling Stock
Reichstag member Herr Goethein voices grave concern over German railways. He notes one in five journeys in two years passed without engine breakdown delays and warns that war success depends on uninterrupted transportation as conflict endures.
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Berlin Tageblatt
Reichstag
Herr Goethein
Peace River Canned Fish Expands Across Prairie Markets
Peace River company cans inland fish in Edmonton Freently and sells to retailers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Inland mullet pike and whitefish cost 25 to 30 cents per one pound can in Athabasca country. Cannery produces 400 cases daily, four dozen cans per case, with fish entering by refrigerator car and leaving in cans for distribution.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatgnewan
Athabasca
Missing Something on Evolution Theory Published on Tram Script
Professor asks if you accept Darwinian ideas while Mr Nuritch doubts them. They question where the theory is published, with the punchline that the source is a tram script.
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Nuritch
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MR. Asquith
LU. S
W. N. Wu
Hun
U. S
Lord Curzon
Hu Naval
Dogs of War
B. C
U.S
Air Raiders
Verdun
Belgium
Aldena
Laegarina
Damiano Chiesa
Western
Foe
Peace River
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