Oil fields must be regained at once
Paris reports German attacks on the Champagne front repulsed west of Mont Camillet and southeast of Tapure with active artillery around Verdun. Vienna notes an Austrian manifesto to calm Russian offensives. London cites Romanian plans to counter German moves and recapture oil fields, while Buenos Aires seeks apology from Germany for torpedoed vessels Oriana and Toro.
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Champagne
War Office
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Tapure
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Rome
Vienna
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Rumania
Russia
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the Times
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Aisne
Maurice
France
Soissons
Macedonia
Parla
Browne Wins Military Cross for Irish-born Engineer
H. A. E. Browne, once a Medicine Hat architect and prominent young citizen, has received the Military Cross. He returned to Ireland at the war’s outbreak and joined the Royal Engineers where he remains on active duty as a captain.
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H. A. E. Browne
Medicine Hat
Local man reported missing then listed as prisoner
Mrs. David M. Goodall learns her husband is missing since the 3rd of January. A later telegram says he is to be a German prisoner. Goodall is a familiar face in the city, long employed on the City Hall staff.
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David M. Goodall
Jane
Goodall
Government Eyes Fire Hall as Potential Hospital Site
Senator Lougheed visited the city to inspect the new Fire Hall for possible hospital use to aid convalescing soldiers. Mayor Cruikshank and Alderman Becker accompanied him. no decision was announced but a favorable report on the proposal was indicated. Additional government buildings may be needed if the Fire Hall is utilized.
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Senator Lougheed
Cruikshank
Ald. Becker
Gamblers Fined After Bridge Street Card Party
Police broke up a Saturday night card party at a Bridge Street house. Magistrate Rae fined keeper W.W. Starchuk $50 and costs for a disorderly house while inmates W Witwock M Tanach J Supinik and G Kowal were each ordered to pay $20 and costs.
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Bridge Street
Rae
W.W. Starchuk
W. Witwock
M. Tanach
J.supinik
G. Kowal
Massey Harris experts to demonstrate at Agricultural Show
The Massey Harris Co. will send three experts and local staff to demonstrate their implements at the Agricultural Show. The notice stresses choosing wisely and highlights the Edison as the best instrument, inviting attendance at Assiniboia Music Co. 571 Third St.
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Massey-Harris Co
Edison
Assiniboia Music Co
Public safety notice urges citizens to lock doors
Warning from Chief A. A. Johnston calls all citizens to lock doors when leaving homes or stores and to remove jewelry and bank excess money. Citizens are asked to protect their property and assist the police materially.
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A. A. Johnston
Polios
Ref referendum amend loses in Canadian House debate
Ottawa July 6 news reports the referendum amendment on conscription defeated 111 to 62. The bill's third reading debate continued with Liberal support wavering as A A Mondou and H Achim left the Conservative ranks.
Civil War in China Nears Pekin Front
A July 6 dispatch from Pekin reports Gen. Chang Hsun's Royalist forces in a losing position. Troops threaten looting as trains carry fleeing Chinese toward Tien Tsin. Lang Fang 35 miles southwest sees fighting with 5,000 Chang Hsun troops opposing 20,000 Republican advance guards. Small American and Japanese units race to reach Tien Tsin amid clashes.
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Pekin
Tien Tsin
Chan Hsun
Lang Fang
Chang Hsun
Rpublicans
Invalids Arrive From the Front This Week
A long list details units and soldiers marching from Quebec to Calgary Medicine Hat Edmonton and other points. Names ranks and origins include W Alli son R Clements Tuxeh Doyle Fraser Higg leton Bennett and many more with destinations such as Calgary Edmonton Lethbridge Red Deer and Banff. The notice records troop movements and passing through western Canada.
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Calgary
R. Clements
E. Marsden
A. Moorhead
G. Morrison
G. Muir
E. McLean
H. MacLean
R. Owen
R. Phalen
8. Scott
A. Shellard
R. Simpson
A. Wilson
H. Wilton
D. McClure
G. Losam
G. Leech
D. Holmes
T. Higgleton
D. Hebenton
G. Handson
J. Fagg
J. Dennison
J. Cope
G. Christie
Edmonton
Sergi
T. Tuxeh
B. Colwis
G. Palmer
T. Watson
J. Zacckowski
A. Sinclear
D. Sheehan
J. Ross
G. Lissenden
D. Kerr
M. Joyce
D. Jones
W Hutchinson
J. Hoggland
G. Girting
C. Fraser
C. Elliott
W. Cronk
W. Carroll
E. Allbut
R. Carry
J. Lineham Reid
J. McKinnon
W. Crippen
Lethbridge
L. Nurcombe
S. Bernstein
Red Deer
J. Walker
Macleod
T. Turnbull
Lesser Slave Lake
A. Speers
Nanaimo
T. Smith
Veteran
Wiste
Corps
W. Clarkson
Mountain Park
C. Bennett
Wainwright
B. Anderson
Rich Valley
A. Baker
Clyde
H. Hodgson
G. Dashood
Banff
Stampede Office Bustling as Crowd Grows
Busy Stampede Committee office handles a flood of applicants for billets and tickets. Secretary McClafferty oversees the agricultural exhibition and Stampede, with 20 000 to 30 000 people expected daily, underscoring the event as larger than anticipated.
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Sec. McClafferty
Military Service Bill Passed in Commons on Second Reading
In Ottawa this morning the Military Service Bill won second reading in the Commons by 118 to 55 with a 63 vote government majority. Liberal s split as 26 Liberal members supported the referendum am endment and then backed the bill. As the result was announced, government cheers rose and "God Save the King" rang out before adjournment.
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H. Boulay
A. Guilbault
Jollette
Ottawa
Commons
Wilfrid Laurier
San- Asht
Stampede Parade Arrangements Complete for Tuesday Morning
Stampede Parade Committee chairman J B Davies announces over a hundred floats and decorated cars will lead a 9 30 lineup on the East Road Allowance. The procession starts on Second Street near the hospital, winds through downtown routes, and ends after crossing the railway track. Judges include Henry Stewart Walter Huckvale and A J N Terrill. Prizes are offered for floats. floats must not exceed 12 feet in height due to decorative streamers.
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J. B. Davies
Second Street
Hospital
First Street
Alice Adair
McNeely
Cowboys
Calgary
Messrs
Henry Stewart
Walter Huckvale
A. J. N. Terrill
Premier of New South Wales narrowly escapes shell blast
London reports Premier W A Holman of New South Wales survived a German shell burst near the western front on Monday. The blast bruised him and tore his clothes, while General William Holmes, who accompanied him, was killed. Holmes led the Fifth Australian Brigade at the Dardanelles.
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London
A. Holman
New South Wales
Western Battle Front
William Holmes
Holmes
Dardanelles
Neepawa man to enter top poultry birds at show
Mr. Cros of Neepawa Manitoba announces sending a large number of high class birds to be exhibited in the Poultry section of the Agricultural Show.
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Cros
Neepawa, Man
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