Hague Conference Breaks Up Over Property Commitments
The Hague talks with Soviet Russia collapsed at noon with delegates signaling no further sessions. Maxim Litvinoff said non Russians would not meet again until Russia promised property compensation and loan guarantees, conditions unlikely without clarity on credits. The session ended in confusion as debate continued into the afternoon.
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Maxim Latvinoff
the Hague
Russia
Maxim Litvinoff
Ziggesian
M. Litvinoff
Strike solution drafted by US Labor Board chief Hooper
A program for resolving the railroad shopmen's strike was drawn up today by Chairman Ben W Hooper of the US Labor Board after talks with shopmen leaders and submitted to railway executives from four regions. Troops and deputy marshals guard key lines as Chicago prepares for talks. clerks walk out in yards while engines with defects are contested.
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Ben W. Hooper
United States Labor Board
Chicago
United States
Bloomington
Ill
Chicko and Alton
Ble Four
United States Railroad Labor Board
Big Four
Farmer Offers Cherries at 25 Cents per Basket
Milton Ont July 12 A farmer south of Milton offers cherries at 25 cents per eleven quart basket to those who bring their own baskets and pick in the orchard. It is reported thousands of baskets of the finest cherries will rot on the trees in the Bronx district unless more pickers are secured at once.
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Milton
Ont
Bronx
Suffering in Toronto
The report notes Toronto’s 85 degree afternoon with high humidity making heat feel worse, while the weather forecast claimed early June had seen hotter days and that relief was expected in a few days.
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Toronto
Funding British War Debt to United States discussed
London reports indicate the British government is considering funding the war debt owed to the United States. The Times notes earlier U.S. overtures and a Washington conference invitation. The Daily Mail says talks are underway between governments, with a British mission to visit Washington to discuss the debt and an international economic conference possibility.
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London
United States
Times
Washington
Daily Mail
German Coalition Obviates Election
Berlin reports the reichstag will continue the present coalition after inter-party agreement. The Wirth cabinet gains Independent Socialists support for defense of the republic, likely on third reading Thursday. Foreign pressure and entente influence drive parties to avoid new elections while the taxation committee fixes compulsory loan at seventy billion marks to fund deliveries to Allied governments.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Wirth
Republic
Reichstag Taxation Committee
Paris Duel Ban Ends Gentleman Privilege in Knife Fight
In Paris the Seine court condemned the duel as a crime denying ordinary men the so called gentleman’s right to duel. Maurice the Terror was jailed for six years after killing Charlie the Assassin in a public knife duel sparked by love rival Loula La Finarde.
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Paris
Seine
Mautiees
Charlie
Loula
Loula la Finarde
Parc Des Princes
Maurice
Gall
Terror
Sante
Drioux
Republic
Paris Underworld Skeptical of Fair Play in Duel Lore
The Paris underworld gossips of a two tier justice in a republic where duels decide fate. They await a dawn confrontation at Parc des Princes to prove the rich dodge punishment while the poor face penalties.
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Paris
Parc Des Princes
Republic
Irish Republic Proclaimed at Cork Rumor Not Verified
A rumor claims an Irish republic has been proclaimed at Cork. The report, printed in several papers, is unconfirmed by other sources. Censorship by both Republicans and Free Staters limits information, with official statements shaping most news from southwestern Ireland.
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London
Beltatt
Ireland
German Request Moratorium on Reparations This Year
German representatives submitted to the Reparations Commission a formal note asking a moratorium on reparations payments for the remainder of the current year. They offered 32,000,000 marks gold dues if insisted but urged waiver. The commission will meet to discuss the notice and a full relief plan, with allied guarantees committee rushing its report.
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Paris
Reparations Commission
Tote
Germany
Allied Committee On
Berlin
Poisoned by Eating Canadian Cheese
London reports aTower Hamlet incident where 90 people suffered pains vomiting and collapse after consuming Canadian cheese sold in the district. No deaths reported after samples were sent to the county lab as officials from the ministry of health investigate. Separately miner Richard Brachella was killed in Cassidy near Nanaimo BC by a blowout burying him under coal.
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London
Dover Health Committee
Tower Hamlet
Dover
Ministry of Health and Pathological Department
Richard Brachella
Cassidy
Nanaimo
B. C
Careless Talk by Americans Pains French
Paris July 10 Americans in Europe criticize the American Legion for planning another pilgrimage to France. Speakers in the delegation made unauthorised pledges of aid and debt relief, fueling false hopes and earning honors for some. Critics urge limiting speakers and funding a representative trip only for those who fought at the front.
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Paris
Europe
American“Legion
France
United States
America
Lyons
Legion
Man Smothered by Shavings at Bend Lumber Plant
Ernest Fulton 45 died in the Brooks-Scanian Lumber plant fuel room in Bend Oregon after wet shavings slid on an incline and a mass of shavings fell on him while he tried to loosen them with a pole. Fulton was ireman's helper on the job.
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Brooks-Scanian Lumber Company
Ernest Fulton
Fulton
Ireman
Carpenter Appointed to Probe Alberta Natural Gas
Edmonton July 12 Arthur A Carpenter of the Public Utilities board is named commissioner to investigate natural gas distribution and supply in Alberta. The probe aims to inform government policy and court of appeal reference if needed, with power to summon witnesses and gather documents. The scope covers production, consumption by municipalities, industrial use, existing contracts, transportation effects, and efficiency of current gas use.
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Edmonton
Arthur A. Carpenter
Alberta
Public Utilities Board
Canadian Western Natural Gas, Light Heat and Power Company
Court of Appeal
Carpenter
Oil boom stirs activity near Lethbridge and Alberta
Lethbridge notes heavy oil exploration with Coutts-Sweet Grass Oils planning to spud in early next week. New outfits and syndicates form as Imperial Oil and British Canadian Company show interest, signaling potential refinery in Alberta and rising crude movement from Cat Creek toward Regina.
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Lethbridge
Okotoks
A. J. McLean
Coutts-Sweet Grass Oils, Ltd
Baalim Lethbridge
James Ryan
Calgary
Great Falls
Dutch Shell
Ther
New British Columbia Town Planned by Chicago Syndicate
A new town of about 1500 people will rise between Elko and Waldo in the Crows Near Pass country if a Chicago newspaper syndicate's plan for a pulp mill on the Elko river goes ahead. The project involves an expenditure of about 3,500,000 dollars.
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Vancouver
B. C
Elko
Waldo
Crows
Pass Country
Chicago
Elko River
C. D. MacNab
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