Canada Holds Ground as Gold Shipments Pause
Ottawa reports no immediate plan to ship more gold to the United States despite a renewed drop in the Canadian exchange on New York to 103 4. Finance officials study the rate and position, noting such shipments would only drain Canada’s gold reserves without providing relief. The move is described as an international issue with limited impact if extended.
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New York
Ottawa
Ont
United States
Department of Finance
Canada
Paris Dog Bite Case Triggers Citywide Hunt Ends with Man Found
Parla January 28 Police in Paris conducted a frenzied search for a man bitten by a mad dog after he vanished. A workman was bitten on the left hand by a landlord's dog and despite arsenic in the animal the man left town. Placards urged him to seek Pasteur Institute treatment. he was located at his home and said he felt no ill effects.
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Parla
Paris
Arsen
Placida
Pasteur Institute
Resignation of George Barnes from British Cabinet
London Jan 27 George Nicoll Barnes minister without portfolio has resigned from the cabinet. The move ends labor representation in the coalition government after the armistice. Rumors of a cabinet reconstruction follow the Paisley election with ex-Premier Asquith as a candidate.
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London
George Nicoll Tiarnes
Labor
Labor’ Party
Labor Miniatera
Karnes
George P. Roberts
Barnes
Unlikkely
Paisley
Asquith
Canvasbanh Ducks Move Westward Across Regions
A fragment notes Canvasbanh ducks migrating from Oregon Nevada and the Dakotas heading westward and northward. The sparse text suggests a seasonal movement or survey of waterfowl in western and central United States.
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Ore-gon
Navada
The
Dakotas
Currie Declines Unionist Leadership Offer in Militia Reorg
Sir Arthur Currie, in Toronto, says he plans to remain in his current role and will not seek other work. He calls General Victor Odium's offer to lead the Unionist party a tribute from an old brigade mate and predicts an early militia reorganization announcement after a conference with Toronto military district officers.
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Toronto
Militia of
Canada
Arthur Curre
Victor Odium
Odium
Currie
Toronto Military District
Russians Deportees Reach Petrograd Amid Enthusiasm
A cable relayed by Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman through Soviet ambassador Ludwig Martens says 249 radicals deported from the United States have arrived in Petrograd. They are housed at Smolny Institute and will be sent to work of their choosing. The message notes chilly conditions but strong spirit and a plan to go to Moscow after two weeks.
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Washington
Eloquent Mew At Tomorrow's Big Convention
Medi cine Hat hosts a district convention with the Inter church Forward Movement. Premier Stewart attends the evening address along with Rev. Capt. Caswell and Rev. Dr. Westgate who return from wartime service. Afternoon talks feature Dr. McRae Rew D A Gunn and Capt. Pearson. Meetings begin 2 pm and 8 pm with public access.
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Medicine Hat
Fifth Ave
Interchurch Forward
Stewart
Capt
Caswell
Westgate
German East Africa
McRae
Western Canada College
Calgary
Rew
D. A. Gunn
India
Capt. Pearson
Tlaring Desert to Spark South African Diamond Rush
Johannesburg reports a waterless desert near Taungi Bechuanaland. Proclaimed open for diamond digging about March 20 hundreds of men and many women plan to move Cape Zambesi Mozambique Congo diggers seek fortunes amid government prep to establish a township near Taungs, 40 miles south of Vryburg and 100 miles north of Kimberley.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Tlaring
Taungi
Bechuanaland
Cape
Zambesi
Mozamuggbie
Congo
Taungs
Vryburg
Bitter attack on church stance on labor loyalty in Quebec
At the no Big Union Convention in Winnipeg delegate A Long of Montreal bitterly attacked churches, blaming the Catholic Church for opposing an eight hour day and compulsory education. He said over 87,000 Quebec illiterates resulted from church action.
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Winnipeg
Can
A. Long
Montreal
Quebec
Objection to Publication of Carlyle Dairy Figures
At Calgary milk inquiry Major Dun can Stuart faced strong objections from T M Carlyle and E Richardson of Union Milk Co over publishing figures on Carlyle Dairy Co assets from the 1918 amalgamation. They argued public release would unfairly reveal strategic data to competitors. The figures were not read and the papers were left on the table.
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Calgary
Duncan Stuart
Board of Commerce
T. M
C. C. Thom
Sir Robert Boden Enjoying Holiday Breaks Official Ties
Ottawa reports Sir Robert Boden is on holiday, has cut all official mail, and delivered no itinerary. He planned a tropical tour with Admiral Jellicoe, but that leg was canceled after Jellicoe was recalled to London.
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Ottawa
Sir Robert Borden
Tropics
South Africa
Admiral Jellicoe
Jellicoe
London
Sir Robert
Flu Victims Dropping Dead On Streets In Eastern Europe
Budapest reports influenza victims falling in the streets as shortages trigger medicine bans. Frontiers are tightened to curb disease and protect food exports while Vienna notes contagious forms rising. Epidemics spread across Eastern Europe with deaths in Teschen and officials affected.
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Budapest
Vienna
Europe
Austria
Silesia
Teschen
Diet
Ukkraine
Bessarabia
Poland
Veteran Lucien Morrisette murdered in Levis Quebec
Lucien Morrisette a 40 year old war veteran who served with the 22nd French Canadian Battalion was killed on Wolfe Street in Levis across the river from Quebec. He left the Canadian National Railways yards at 10 pm and was found shortly before midnight with two bullet wounds from a high velocity rifle.
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Quebec
Lucien Morrisette
Levis
Morrisette
Canadian National Railways
Wolfe Street
Ottawa Doctor Sees No Future Flu Epidemic
Ottawa physician Dr. H C Church predicts no recurrence of the fiu influenza in his generation. He cites Chicago and New York as not having influenza, saying daily reports of grippe cases are misnamed and death rates remain as in prior seasons.
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Dr. Church of
Ottawa
Can. Press
H.C. Church
Chicago
New York
Japan Offers Shantung Talks and Korean War Risk
Tokyo declares it will open negotiations on Shantung retrocession and railway guards as it withdraws troops if possible. The Ottawa report notes Canada’s 1919 trade total at about 353.8 million dollar surplus and US–Canada adverse balance of 285.9 million.
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Tokio
Foreign Office
Japan
Shantung
Pekin
Kia-Chau Bay
Shantung Railway
China
Winnipeg jury panel grows for strike leaders trial
Four more jurors joined the eight farmers sworn to try the seven strike leaders in Winnipeg Manitoba. The court screened potential jurors with challenges, Crown and defense agreeing on many exclusions as the jury was expected to be completed and the Crown to open the trial Thursday morning.
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Winnipeg
Man
Can. Press
Death in Toronto Club Room Raises Poison Theory
In Toronto last night Charles S. Shaw entered the Origin Als Club for returned soldiers, sat and collapsed dead before aid could arrive. Observers suspected poisoning as the cause, noting his appearance suggested trouble on entry. Authorities are examining the incident.
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Toronto
Charles S. Shaw
Originals
Shaw
Kolchak Collapse at Omsk Described by Rally Mail
London reports describe a total collapse of Kolchak’s forces at Omsk in January. The Siberian army, except for a Cossack rally, offered little resistance to the Bolsheviks, with forty thousand surrendering without firing a shot and vast material left in Bolshevik hands.
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London
Siberia
Omsk
Rally Mail
Harbin
Ural
Polsheviks
Great Britain
Admiral Kolchak
No Unusual Interference With American Radio Service
New York January 28 Dr F E Anderson chief engineer of RCA says there has been no unusual interference with wireless communication in America regarding the mysterious signals described in London by Signor Marconi. He dismisses theories that the signals could come from another planet and cites terrestrial disturbance if any.
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New York
America
F.E. Anderson
Radio Corporation of America
London
Signor Marconi
Anderson
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