Germany to Deposit 20 Billion Marks as Reparations
Paris reports the Allied commission will fix Germany's reparations by May 1 1921. Germany must immediately deposit 20 billion marks in gold or equivalent assets and the government must issue gold bonds for the full amount. An additional 40 billion marks in negotiable gold bonds will be exacted, plus another 40 billion bonds depending on German finances.
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Paris
Germany
Commission On
Diefman
Canadian Wheat Board eases millers’ certificate rule
Winnipeg Jan 2 An order from the Canadian Wheat Board states that mill licensees in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta who grind wheat for farmers and return the full product to the owners are not required to issue participation certificates or remit 62 cents per bushel. The mill licensee must report to the Board the owner name quantity ground and amount of flour or other product returned.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Violent Storm Sweeps Eastern France Causes Casualties
Northern and eastern France are hit by a violent storm leaving three dead and 12 injured. Heavy damage reported in several cities with numerous buildings blown down and telegraph and telephone lines disrupted.
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Havas
France
Manitoba Women to Shower Government With Postcards
Winnipeg January reports that Manitoba women are asked to send postcards to the premier and provincial government urging immediate provision of an institution for the care of the feeble minded. The Grain Growers women’s section backs the drive while Attorney General Johnson notes this year’s budget will include a grant for mental deficiency care.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Press
Women's Council of
Manitoba
Johnson
Social Welfare Congress
Spaniards Missing After Motor Boat Disappearance
Dispatches from Malaga report a motor boat with sixteen prominent social figures has vanished during a voyage to an excursion. Search steamers and planes returned empty handed and officials fear the occupants have been drowned.
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Madrid
Malaga
Egfin
Defence counsel in Russell GAae takes new point
Winnipeg reports that in the seditious conspiracy trial of Robert Cassidy KC the Manitoba court of appeal hears that Cassidy argued a judge may state legal opinions without declaring them binding law. The judges express that a jury may follow defense or crown legal views but should not be told such opinions are law.
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Winnipeg
Robert Cassidy
K.C
Court of Appeal of
Manitoba
Cassidy
Justice Metcalffe
U S Mine Operators Agree to Any Coal Strike Award
Washington January 18 mine operators in the central competitive field told the coal strike commissioners they would accept any award the commission might make without a single reservation.
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Washington
Government Delays Wage Decision for London Rail Workers
London government postpones public release of its decision on railwaymen wage demands until tomorrow after representatives rejected initial proposals at recent conferences. The talks involved government officials and union leaders seeking a settlement.
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London
Plucky Woman Fends Off Bandits in Brooklyn Saloon
New York January 18 Mrs Ernest Berggren displayed grit when she grappled with the gang leader during a Brooklyn saloon robbery attempt. The confrontation halted a cash register raid and disarmed the plan to seize money and jewelry from ten patrons lined against the wall. A volley of shots scattered the bandits injuring a man in an adjoining room who was struck in the back.
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New York
N.Y
Ernest Berggren
Brooklyn
Labor seeks Liberal audience for independent tale in Halifax
In Halifax on January 13 Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King addressed Liberals urging unity. Attendees were given a card inviting him to a Friday mass meeting of the Halifax branch of the Independent Labor party. The card read Now hear the other side of the story.
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Halifax
N.S
W. L. Mackenzie King
Liberal Party
Canada
Independent Labor Party
Seal Rescues Refugees Arrives at St Johns
The steamer Seal has completed its mission delivering refugees from Belle Isle. It arrived at St Johns, Manitoba, on Sunday, according to a dispatch to the Montreal Gazette from Quebec.
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S. S. Seal
Montreal
Seal
Montreal Gazette
Quebec
St. Johns
Mld
Belle Isle
Crime on the Increase Despite Prohibition Warns Judge
Toronto January 13 Judge Middleton told the grand jury at the opening of assizes that crime rose despite prohibition and jail population grew. He called for suggestions to curb the outbreak and warned a global wave of crime.
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Toronto
Justice Middleton
Stop Construction of French Dreadnoughts
Paris a cabinet move orders the stopping of five Norman cruiser dreadnoughts laid down before the war but not finished. Finance Minister Klotz authorized to introduce the bill. Other measures aim to have six scout cruisers and 12 scout destroyers laid down in 1920.
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Paris
Jfinance
Klotz
Fraudenberg Charged With Murder In Wisconsin
Markeson Wisconsin January 18 Dr J A Fraudenberg charged with murdering his wealthy mother in law Mrs Nettle Duffies by injecting mustard into her bladder was jailed at Green Lake without bail.
Premier to nominate Captain Pingle for speaker
Edmonton January 12 Premier Stewart announced that at the opening of the approaching session of the legislature he would nominate Capt C S Pingle MLA for Redcliffe for the position of speaker of the house in succession to the late Hon C W Fisher
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Stewart
Redcliff
Edmonton
Capt. C. S. Pingle
M.L.A
C. W. Fisher
Irish motor drivers strike over new license rule
Dublin reports new police regulations require motor drivers to register and obtain a license. The measure aims to trace Sinn Feiners using automobiles in night raids and has sparked a strike by drivers. Trades back the protest by pledging sympathy action.
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Dublin
Ireland
Sinn
Regina secures hostel for British women immigrants
Regina January 13 The Saskatchewan representative to the Council of Immigration Mrs Dredge Jones will attend an Ottawa meeting this week A hostel has been secured in Regina as headquarters for British women immigrants coming to Saskatchewan.
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Regina
Canadian Press Ltd
Saskatchewan
Council of Immigration
Dredge Jones
Ottawa
Plot to bomb Madrid leads to arrests in capital
Madrid authorities report extremist arrests after the discovery of a plot to terrorize the city with bombs. Official quarters say the operation was disrupted and several suspects were detained.
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Madrid
Capt and crew of Afrique show heroism in Bay of Biscay wreck
Survivors recount the Afrique being driven onto the Haude Bonne shoal in the Bay of Biscay on Sunday night. Rescue steamers seek a missing life raft while it is believed Captain Ledu and crew attempted a disciplined abandon ship as heavy seas battered the wreck. One life raft is still missing and the fate of some lives remains unconfirmed.
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Ceylon
Ledu
Michigan Central Blue Called by Hon F Carvell
Ottawa notes Stan Frank Carvell, chairman of the railway commission, demanded an explanation for the Michigan Central Railroad refusing Canadian money at points in Canada. The railroad apologized, saying the refusal was a mistake and would be corrected promptly.
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Ottawa
Michigan Central Railroad
Stan
Frank Carwell
Railway Commission
Wood alcohol case nets liquor hidden in lumber shipment
Between 500 and 600 cases of Canadian Club whiskey concealed in lumber were seized by revenue agents and shipped yesterday to the New York customs house. The lumber was consigned to George W. Jackson Lumber Co. which does not appear to exist in Perth Amboy.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
New York Customs House
George W. Jackson Lumber Co
Earthquake Dispatch Delays Alarm Vera Cruz Zone
In Vera Cruz Mexico City Jan 13 delayed special press dispatches from the Vera Cruz earthquake zone caused alarm tonight as no urgent reports had reached the city by late hour.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Calder Likely Take Over Militia Dept
Ottawa reports that Hon J A Calder is expected to assume control of the militia department after Major General Mewburn resigns. Calder is currently acting minister of militia, with no formal announcement yet.
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Calder
Militia Dept
Ottawa
J. A. Caulder
Department of Militia
Mewburn
Militia
Canada invited to aid starving Central Europe relief
Ottawa reports Canada urged to help with immediate relief by sending a cargo of wheat flour and to cooperate with the United States on a permanent credits scheme for Austria and Central Europe as famine worsens. The British government asks Canada to join both efforts amid a grave death toll among women and children.
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Canada
U.S.A
Ottawa
Europe
Austria
United States
Calgary seeks Alberta institution for delinquent boys
City council read Mayor Marshall of Calgary's letter urging Alberta to back a new juvenile reform facility in the province to replace the Portage la Prairie reformatory. Calgary argues a smaller home offers better chances and asks Medicine Hat to support the plan, with a report requested from the Children's Aid department.
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Marshall
Calgary
Portage la Prairie
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Children's Aid Department
Directors elected to Medicine Hat General Hospital board
The annual meeting elected W A Burton Dr O Boyd W Cousins Wm Crawford J K Drinnan J H Cunliffe A C Hawthorne W G Niblock C Smyth H Stewart and H L Tweed as directors. City appointees are EB Fewings A F Le Page S T Fawcett and W Huckvale with one doctor director to be chosen.
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Corporation of the Medicine Hat General Hospital
W. A. Burton
Dr. O. Boyd
W. Cousins
Wm. Crawford
J. K. Drinnan
J. H. Cunliffe
A. C. Hawthorne
W. G. Niblock
C. E. Smyth
H. Stewart
H. L. Tweed
EB. J. Fewings
A. F. LePage
S. T. Fawcett
W. Huckvale
R. M. Napier
J. Fewings
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