Bolshevik Defeat in First Assembly Vote Shocks Europe
Former Kerensky minister chosen as chairman of the Constituent Assembly by 244 to 151. centre and right socialist groups outvote Bolsheviks and left social revolutionists. Reports claim Bolsheviks sent troops to Jassy to arrest leaders and seize the Romanian royal family, but Gen Peherhatchert captured ringleaders and disarmed about 1000 Bolsheviki with Romanian aid. The royal family remains at Jassy, largely cut off and living on sparse rations.
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Kerensky
Constituent Assembly
Jassy
Rakovsky
Teherbatehert
Peherhatchert
Trumanian Armay
Baolsheviki
Ferdinand
Petrograd
Inn
Mm.tchernoff
Art Wulture
Miia Spiridonove
Siberia
Bolsheviki
Social Revolutionists
Social Evolutionists
London
Peace Negotiations Suspended and Bolshevik Row Deepens
Reports from Petrograd and London describe the opening of the constituent assembly with Bolsheviks and Social Revolutionists split, Trotzky protesting distorted Brest-Litovsk minutes, and Russo Romanian tensions rising as ultimata threaten military passage through Romania.
Conscription of Wealth as War Debt Plan Proposed
London, Jan 18. Chancellor Andrew Bonar Law says conscription of wealth is an expedient to fund the war and prevent burdening future industries. He notes the shift to direct taxation and argues a capital levy after the war should rest on wealth existing at its end to avoid harming new wealth creation. He cautions it cannot be done during the war.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
Bonar Law
Mat
War Bulletin Paris Champagne Meuse Front Report
The official war bulletin notes artillery activity in Champagne near Auberlye and on the right bank of the Meuse north of Besouvany. Other fronts show no significant actions. London reports no notable events on the British front.
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Paris
Durhie Chewight
Champagne
Auberlye
Meuse
Besouvany
Separation allowance increased for Canadian naval service
Ottawa reports an order-in-council increasing separation allowance for ordinary seamen able seamen as well as seamen and petty officers from twenty to twenty five dollars monthly. The rise aligns naval personnel with the Canadian expeditionary force payments.
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Ottawa
Canadian Naval Service
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Former Czar to Be Put on Trial in Petrograd
Petrograd dispatch reports Maxim Gorky’s newspaper stating German delegates asked Russian officials to allow ex‑empress and imperial household members to travel to Berlin. The request was refused and cited as the immediate cause to try the former imperial figures.
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Petrograd
Maxim Gorky
Tomperor William
Cerlauany
New Chief QF Staff at Headquarters in France
The Times reports drastic changes at British headquarters in France. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Wade appoints General Sir Herbert Lisreistie as chief of staff, reshaping senior leadership in London and Paris amid wartime operations.
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London
Almone
Douglas Wate
France
The
Times
Leuty
Herbert A. Lisereistie
Dominion tuberculous sanitarium eyed for Kananaskis
Edmonton January 18 reports Premier Stewart naming Kananaskis about twenty miles east of Banff as the site for a new Dominion tuberculous sanitarium to house 500 patients, with an estimated cost of 400000 dollars. The province will fund 200000 dollars and Dominion authorities plan immediate construction on a unit-system building, aiming for completion next year.
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Edmonton
Kananaskis
Bantt
Rockies
Dominion
Stewart
Nest Tall
Senate panel backs munitions director plan
U S Munitions Board news report states a bill to create a director of munitions with broad centralizing power, not requiring full cabinet membership, was reported favorably by the Senate Military Committee. A separate bill to form a war council was near completion.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Kerensky Said to Be in Sweden After Leaving Russia
The Vecherina Vremya reports Alexander I Kerensky is in Sweden, asserting he arrived there in early December after the Bolshevik revolution and the Russian upheaval.
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Petrograd
Vecherina Vremya
Alexander I Kerensky
Sweden
Kerensky
Stores Mapped to Close at Six Under Factory Act
Pending provincial government action on factory law amendments, local stores under the act will close at six this evening and continue Saturday closures. Information against Brows Limited for violations has been sent to the provincial police for prosecution.
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Trades and Labor Council
McLeod
Forum public health talk at Midstate forum meeting
The Forum expands public discussions with weekly attendance growth. Tomorrow at 3 46 o clock Dr C B Boyd speaks on Questions Relating to Public Health, urging large attendance to learn about conserving human life and public health.
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S. Boyd
C. 8S. Boyd
Meeting on Monday at Labor Hall for wage earner matters
Delegates urged to attend the Monday meeting at the Labor Hall. Every wage earner will be required to attend to discuss matters of special interest and possible actions to be taken.
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Coinert
Sp.m
Labor
Children Aid Society Annual Meeting Highlights Centralized Welfare
A small group gathered in the council chamber for the Children’s Aid Society annual meeting. Alderman Lang chaired as Rev. A. M. Harding was detained and officers for 1918 were elected, praising retiring president Rev. Harding and noting changes to centralize child welfare under the city treasurer. The meeting announced a new meeting time and place in City Hall and thanked the Sons of England for hall use.
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Children’s Aid Society
Council Chamber
Hey. A. M. Harding
Alderman Lang
C. Hollinger
J.W. Brown
A. M. Harding
R. Wilbert Johnson
Bellamy
McArthury
JW. Brown
H. Greaves
Ald. Lang
Wim. King
Ald Marshall
Faward Leonard
McLaren
Mais
It. C
Sons of England
Curtis Hollinger
Pro
Jaganized Labor Dominates British War Policy
A London premier Lloyd George speech and labor congress show organized workers becoming the dominant factor in directing British policy. Delegates heard government proposals justified while unions and industrial centers express strong opposition and calls for peace talks.
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Lloyd George
Sheffield
and Geddes
London
Dowd George
Auckland Geddes
National Services
Anmalgamatud Soelly
Aucklind Geddes
Daily News
Maghiund
New Free Committee Forms For Peace in Berlin Memo
The Tagliche Rundschau reports in Munich that a new party called the Free Committee has formed in Berlin. It sent a telegram to the Reichstag claiming President Wilson's message provides a practical basis for starting peace negotiations. The committee reflects ideas of Prof. Friedrich Forster of the University of Munich, who fled Bavaria for Switzerland over his antiwar views.
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Amsterdam
Janu
Taglische Rundschau
Berlin
Munich
Uie Free Committee
Reichstag
Wilson
Free Committee
Friedrich Forster
University of Munich
Switazerkand
Count Von Luxburg in deteriorating condition in Buenos Aires hospital
The director of the German hospital reports Count Von Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, has worsened after five weeks of nervous breakdown. Authorities urge removal to an asylum for closer guardianship while officials reportedly seek to keep the condition secret. A. A. Langford was elected chairman of the London Ontario board of education.
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Buenos Aires
Jann
Foreign Office
Count von Luxburg
von Luxburg
Soldier’s Gift Fulfills Final Request to Veterans’ Association
Pte. K Jackson of the 75th Battalion left funds for the Orion Veterans’ Association in his letter to his father. This morning a $6000 pay cheque, the final settlement of his accounts, was presented to the association president via Mr. Charters. The local veterans thank the fallen soldier for his generous gesture.
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K. Jackson
Orion
Alfa
Veterans’ Association
Pte. Jackson
Charters
Horticultural Show Dates and Prize List Discussed
The Horticultural Society directors met at the Board of Trade rooms to review the prize list totaling 263 classes. Plans include an extra class for a wartime loaf from standard flour and government food rules if in force, with school gardens and children's entries encouraged through prizes and lower fees.
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The
Horticultural Society
Board of ‘Trade Rooms
Sergion
Weis. Hay
EK. Mills
Hay
Justin
Priz Lst
UKE OF DEVONSHERE HANISHER LIQUOR UKE OF DEVONSHERE
Ottawa report notes unclear script with fragmented text about liquor and names. The readable portion mentions Ottawa and January but lacks a complete event or clear facts. No identifiable persons or organizations are derived beyond generic references.
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UKE
Devonshere
Hanisher Liquor
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Moday
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Calgary
U.S. Munitions Board
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London, Ont
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