Ocean Liners Nearer West Via St Lawrence Deepening Plan
The United States and Canada submit a joint enquiry on deepening the St Lawrence from Montreal to Lake Ontario to allow ocean-going ships to reach the head of the lakes and assess three hydro power sites. If approved, the Welland canal route could cut 2100 miles from the gulf, lowering freight costs and moving western crops by water. W J Stewart and Colonel Kellar lead terms of reference.
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Ontawa
United States
Canada
St Lawrence
Montreal
Lake Ontario
Welland Canal
Gulf
Port Colborne
W. J. Stewart
Dominion
Kellar
United States War Department
Sir Oliver Lodge on Atomic Properties
Sir Oliver Lodge spoke at the Midland Institute during memorial ceremonies for James Watt on the atom’s properties. He said wireless therapy touched on atomic energy and warned that using an ounce of matter’s energy now could lift German ships sunk at Scapa Flow, but hoped humanity would use it responsibly to keep the planet safe.
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Birmingham
Eng
Oliver Lodge
Midland Institute
James Watt
Oliver
Dravis
Kingston Editor Takes Saskatoon Post
Kingston editor Elli ott retires from Whig editorial staff to become assistant to Prof. W Swanson head of political science at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Elliott, Queen's arts graduate, is son of J G Elliott ex president of the Canadian Press Association.
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Kingston, Ony
J. Courtland
Elliott
W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Queen's University
J. G. Eliott
Canadian Press Association
Wonderful wireless tests New London air to sea link
A radio experiment off New London Connecticut established communication between a hydroplane flying about two thousand feet and a submerged submarine several fathoms deep. The test used a rival section experimental station to prove telephone and telegraph links through air and sea.
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New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
German Troops For Baltic Front Surge Reported
Vorwaerts correspondent says German militia in Baltic provinces grows rapidly with officers and men arriving daily from Germany. Courland towns are strongly occupied and posters vow to fight for the Kaiser while troops are moved to Adawur?i. Coast area seen as pressure point in the front.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Baltic
Germany
Courland
Stoewer
Bausk
School Lands For Soldiers Winnipeg
An order-in-council under Acting Premier Edward Brown places six million acres of unirrigated provincial school lands on the market for returned soldiers. An arbitration board will fix prices, with Geo A Metcalfe as Manitoba’s arbitrator and a federal appointee. The land, largely unirriged and suitable for farming, is valued at about 13 million in 1918 public accounts.
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Winnipeg
Edward Brown
Geo. A. Metcalfe
Manitoba
Arbitration Board
Fiume Isolated By Italy
Italy has isolated Fiume after Captain d Annunzios seizure of the city and the removal of allied forces. Censorship darkens reports and Venice is cited as origin of the plan, with the Venice prefect implicated in the action.
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London
Fiume
d'Annunzio
Venice
Copenhagen Fortifications Face Immediate Demolition Proposal
The Politiken reports Minister of Defense Peterminch has submitted a plan to demolish most of Copenhagen’s fortifications. If approved, nearly all land defenses and a large coastal section would be razed.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
The
Politiken
Peterminch
Defense
Lloyd George speech at International Brotherhood Congress
London. Premier Lloyd George spoke to the International Brotherhood Congress offering a vision of a world free from armaments and poverty. He urged fairness among classes, hinted at a possible visit to America, and noted hopes for harmony between Ireland and Britain as he praised brotherhood and pledged to oppose tyranny.
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London
Preser Lloyd George
International Brotherhood Congress
Ireland
Britain
Will Bring Down The High Prices
Winnipeg board of commerce plans drastic action to lower living costs after probes finish. No advance on necessaries, ban on fancy bacons, profit limits on sugar sales, and penalties for dealers overcharges. Regulations will cover packing plants and items like butter eggs meats and cold storage. Probes to start in Calgary Edmonton and Regina with named investigators.
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Winnipeg
H. A. Robson
Board of Commerce
East
Robson
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Duncan Stewart
S. W. Fi
James S. Rankin
Irish Daily Newspaper Suppressed by Authorities
Dublin reports show Cork Examiner, a constitutionalist paper opposing Sinn Fein, suppressed as military raids seize premises and remove part of its plant. The republican loan prospectus had been printed, with censorship terms argued to lapse after censorship withdrawal, while Dublin dailies refused the risk.
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Dublin
Cork Examiner
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Examiner
If Plant
Ten Regiments To Defend Fiume
Rome reports D Annunzios force numbers ten regiments plus four battalions of Fiume volunteers. He holds a fortified line around Fiume as a strategic position. Citizens back D Annunzio and vow to destroy the town if needed. Nationalists stage demonstrations. the government suppresses them.
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Rome
D’annunzio
Idea Nazionale
Fiume
Italy
d'Annunzio
Baltic federation advances as talks at Riga progress
Reports from Leitish sources indicate a Riga conference on peace with Russia and a Baltic federation. No formal acceptance of Soviet terms yet, but a customs union between Letovia and Lichiinia appears to be agreed.
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Copenhagen
Riga
Russia
Leitish
Letovia
Lichiinia
Alberta Wheat Crop Estimate by Government Official
W F Stevens for Alberta’s government estimates the wheat crop in Grande Prairie and Peace River districts around 8,000,000 bushels. A party of Edmonton Board of Trade members tours the districts, noting policy shifts amid rising mixed farming.
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Edmonton
Alberta
W. F.stevens
Alberts
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Edmonton Board of Trade
Popularize Reindeer Meat in Canada
Vilhall mur Stefansson, explorer, spoke in Calgary urging support for his campaign to popularize reindeer raising. He claimed the northern zone once led civilization and that reindeer meat is cheaper to produce than any meat yet sells for more than beef in today’s market.
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Calgary
Canada
Vilhallmur Stefansson
Stefansson
Five masked robbers hit Ocean Limited mail car near Harlaka
Five masked men bound and gagged mail clerks on the Ocean Limited near Harlaka and took 75000 dollars in silver from the mail car shipped from Montreal for Halifax. They crashed the door at Harlaka, fled toward St Thomas, likely via car, and were believed to head toward the United States.
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Quebec
Ocean Limited
Canadian National Railway
Harlaka
Montreal
Halifax
Levis
St. Thomas
United States
Maine
Allies' Demand Agreed To Paris
Berlin dispatch reports the German government signed a written declaration on Article 61 of the German constitution. The declaration states that Austrian representation in the German parliament does not exceed the peace treaty ban on Germany’s involvement in Austrian affairs.
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Paris
Berlin
General Pershing lauds Navy in World War I service
General Pershing acknowledged Congress and praised the navy for transporting troops and supplies and maintaining sea communications. He noted the army’s overseas convoyed with maximum safety and comfort and called for lasting appreciation of the seamen of Great Britain for their help.
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Washington
Congress
Pershing
Navy
Great Britain
Rumanians Begin Withdraw from Budapest Front
Romanian forces start a measured retreat from Pest Buda with a steady train movement and a reported completion within two weeks. The retreat signals a significant shift in the Budapest front as forces pull back and logistics shift to support withdrawal.
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Budapest
Food Prices Drop In United States
Reports from thirteen states show a 10 to 15 percent decline in retail food prices since fair price committees began work with wholesale prices easing 2 to 5 percent in four states. Officials expect further reductions as the season progresses and anti hoarding campaigns take effect.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Fair Price Committees
Homeless Soldiers Target Newport Council Meeting
Houseless ex soldiers disrupted Newport borough council sessions in Monmouthshire protesting 600 homeless families. Liverpool council plans to spend 22000 pounds to convert army huts into private dwellings, with other authorities considering the same temporary solution.
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London
Newport
Monmouthshire
Liverpool Corporation
British Profiteers Scare London With Price Drops
The profiteering act, despite flaws, quickly frightens markets as prices fall in several districts. Local bodies resist appointing commissions but face protests from residents.
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London
Lone Bandit Robs Buffalo State Bank in Lewistown
A lone bandit armed with a gun in each hand robbed the Buffalo State bank at Lewistown Montana and escaped with more than $600. Posses are scouring the area to capture the outlaw.
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Lewistown
Mont
Buffalo State Bank
Allied link reached Archangel Murmansk fronts
Through the capture of Onega by anti-Bolshevik forces communication has been established between the allies on the Archangel and Murmansk coast fronts, signaling improved coordination on the Russian Front.
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Paris
Onega
Archangel
Murmansk
Death of W. C. Gurney in Toronto
W Cromwell Gurney president and general manager of the Gurney Foundry Company Limited died of heart failure in his physician's office. He was the son of Edward Gurney founder of the firm and succeeded him as president in his 46th year.
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Toronto
W. Cromwell Gurney
The
Gurney Foundry Company, Limited
Mte
Edward Gurney
Gurney Foundry Company
Marshal Foch Seeks Lost Son Body in Ardennes
Paris reports Marshal Foch has asked Belgian authorities to search for the body of his son, killed in August 1914 in the Belgian Ardennes. The elder Foch has kept silent about the loss and few knew the younger Foch died as a carrier in the war.
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Marshal Foch
Paris
Belgian
Ardennes
Foch
Irish Philosopher Declares Haymaker’s Hope Clouded by Sun
An Irish philosopher argues it is acceptable to make hay while the sun shines if the sky is clouded. He contends opportunism should fit the conditions and timing, suggesting prudence tempers enthusiasm even when luck is favorable.
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Portage
Donald St. Winnipeg
Charles McCurdy
McCurdy
P. A. Lazarnick
Curry Building
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Iareet As
Farm Investments
G. A. Young & CO
McIntyre
Produce Dealers Act OF Manitoba
Coden Star Fruitard Produce Co
Lusted
S.T
Man
W. C. Gurney
Ideal Farm
Wallace Land Co
McArthur
Scott Hill & CO
C.P.R
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Main
Manitoba Farms
John A. Bradley
Boyd
Town
CPLR
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Jack & Lyons
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