Lloyd George government returned by overwhelming majority
London reports show Coalitionists leading in early counts with 274 of 353 seats backing the government and Labour losses. Lloyd George re elected for Carnarvon while Asquith Liberals and prominent Labour leaders suffer defeats. Counting continues with final results expected by night.
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London
Reuter’s
Aftenoon
Ramsay MacDonald
Laborites
Sinn
Arthur Henderson
Philip Snowden
Asquith
John Simon
Reginald McKenna
Christabel Pankhurst
Herbert Samuel
Henry Hobhouse
Bulland
David Lloyd George
Penne
Carnarvon
Wales
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Asquithian
Graft Charges On Canadian Transport Reiterated
Calgary reports allege graft by hospital ship Regina cooks with sausages skimmed and tea sold at sixpence. Saskatchewan soldiers’ rep says meals, mattresses, clothes, and porter services were lacking on rail cars. Ottawa official cites criminal outrage doubt and defends government food and bedding provisions.
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W. J. Nvsan
SASK
Calgary
Regina
W. J. Dyson
Alberts Rered Soldiers’ Commission
Rairoad
Dyson
C.P.R
Ottawa
Militia Department
Trish Republic London Bee Featured In Irish Parishes
A brief item notes Trish Republic from London and a plan involving 18 foster placements to appear in every parish in Ireland. The snippet mentions Bee as a title or nickname connected to the subject.
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London
President Wilson Receives Delegations in London
President Wilson visited the American embassy in London and received delegations from several societies and leagues. Arthur Henderson and Charles W. M. Bowerman presented a British labor movement address on behalf of the joint labor party and TUC committees. He pledged to promote the ideals outlined and to act on them to the best of his ability.
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London
Wilson
British Labor Party
Arthur Henderson
Charles W. M. Bowerman
Labor Party Executive
Trades Union Congress
Labor Movement
High Explosives Dumped At Sea From New Jersey
The railroad administration orders hundreds of thousands of pounds of high explosive materials including TNT and picric acid, owned by France and Italy, towed out to sea from South Amboy New Jersey and dumped 356 miles offshore. The material, parked near Wilmington Delaware, is to be discarded to remove 220 carloads deemed unusable for other purposes.
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Atlantic
Washington
Railroad Administration
T.N.T
South Amboy
N.J
Wilmington
Delaware
Two Quarantined Homes and Eight Released Cases Reported
Up until noon today two houses were quarantined for two cases and two houses released from quarantine with eight cases.
Epidemic in Toronto Orphanage Strikes Hard
More than 100 influenza and pneumonia cases reported at the Sacred Heart orphanage in two days. About 80 other cases admitted to city hospitals since yesterday noon. Today records the greatest daily death toll this month with seven deaths.
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Toronto
Sacred Heart
British warship Calypso captures two Bolshevik destroyers
London reports the British cruiser Calypso seized two Bolshevik destroyers in the eastern Baltic. One of the captured ships was shelling lighthouses near Reval.
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London
Calypso
Baltic
Admiralty
Reval
Influenza toll rises in Winnipeg as deaths mount
Winnipeg health officials report twelve deaths and 159 new influenza cases over the past two days signaling a worsening outbreak. Authorities urge vigilance and preventive measures amid the spike.
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Winnipeg
Focal
City Honors 10 Veterans of the Great War at Banquet
The first postwar banquet in Medicine Hat honored ten veterans at the Cecil Hotel. Mayor Brown spoke of national pride and welcomed back heroes from Canada and British Empire forces. Col. Slasons and others praised the veterans for bravery at Vimy Ridge Somme Ypres Festubert and other battles, underscoring lasting gratitude from citizens.
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Cecil Hotel
Brown
Col. Sissons
Troope
A. B. Crow
Pte
C. H. Allred
Medicine
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
British Empire
Canada
Europe
Medicine Hat
Col. Slasons
Bitiaens of
Ypres
Festubert
Somme
Findlay jailed for contempt over private warehouse case
Walter C. Findlay former prohibition commissioner faced a police court charge of theft involving 74 cases of liquor. After the case was adjourned bail was set at 7500 dollars. he refused to testify and was committed to jail for contempt as the inquiry continues in Vancouver December proceedings.
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Findlay
Fls
Vancouver
B.C
Walter C. Findlay
Prohibition
Hiquor
McGuinness Warehouse & Forwarding Company
Montreal
Paredo
Mexico
McGuinness
Dominion Express Company
Justice Clement
Royal Commission
British Columbia
E.G. Nixon
The
Express Company
Central America
Nixon
Express
Gillespie & Company
Consignors
J. W. Ogilvie
Hamilton Street
Ogilvie
F. M. Chapman
C.P.R
Pee
American Delegates Seek Closer to Peace Conference
Paris dispatch reports the peace congress nearing form with about 100 to 120 members. Twenty seven countries will be represented including Great Britain France the United States Italy each with five delegates. Belgian and Portuguese delegates are expected to join the U S as the list is announced. The delay in announcing personnel angers American observers who expect rapid movement after the new year and Wilson’s London trip may hasten action.
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Paris
Peace Congress
Great Britain
France
United States
Italy
Wilson
Sngland
Fuller explanation of war service gratuities
Ottawa reports the militia department issued a statement clarifying provisions of the order in council authorizing a war service gratuity for Canada's naval and land forces. The order will be printed and distributed shortly. It explains entitlement for those who served entirely in Canada and for service starting on or after November 11.
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Ottawa
Militia Department
Canada
Canadas
Sofa
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McKenna
Halifax
Red Cross
England
Trish Republic
Wernipeg
David Lloyd George Whets
Rer
H. H
Clements
Corina
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