French Allies' Good Work and War Updates
London reports Bulgaria may join the Quadruple Entente, with market buoyancy in Petrograd noted. Berlin says a failure to break German lines near Labassee canal after French attacks. Russians pulled back in Northern Galicia behind Grodek near Lemberg. Henry Beach Needham, American writer, killed in a death fall of a military aircraft. A London Zeppelin raid leaves many dead and wounded in the west end.
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Berlin
Labassee Canal
Galicia
Grodek
Lemberg
Paris
Henry Beach Needham
New York
West End
London
H. D. Watson
New York Automobile Company
Bernstorff Denies Knowledge of Secret War Purchases
Count von Bernstorff the German ambassador told Secretary Lansing that neither he nor any embassy staff knew of Dr. Meyer said to be secretly in the United States buying war supplies.
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Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Alfred Meyer
Munitions Bill to Bind War Industry in Britain
Details of Lloyd George munitions bill to be introduced June 23 promise extensive powers. Local committees of half operators and half trade unionists to run towns with state control, arbitration for disputes, and profits limited. Asquith says McKenna to introduce another bill with potential £350 million vote.
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London
Mr. Lloyd-George
Lloyd George
Asquith
House of Commons
Red Cross seeks monthly pledges through ward canvass
Red Cross Society launches a house to house drive to secure monthly subscriptions. Ward One Captain Dr W H MacDonald leads a team of volunteers canvassing Friday and Saturday to obtain commitments and amounts residents wish to subscribe.
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Red Cross Society
Red Cross Fund
W. H. MacDonald
Machinists Sought by British Armament Mission
British officials urge calgary workers to apply for overseas armament roles as machinists toolmakers ship carpenters and smiths. A Labour leader says many but not all will depart immediately with a screening by the British Examining Board and potential pay of two dollars a day on the train.
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Calgary
Messrs. Barnes and
Wyndham
Byron Vicerage
Vicerage
Mayor Hawthorne
Medicine Hat
Vancouver
W. Wyndham
Mr. Barnes
England
Sweden Seeks U S Action Over Mail Breakage and Censors
Swedish minister told Secretary Lansing that U S mail pouches to Sweden were broken open and censored in England and some registered mail retained. Washington expected to press Great Britain for special precautions for mail passing through its territory. Alleged action reportedly violates the international postal convention.
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Washington
United States
Sweden
England
Lansing
Great Britain
U.S
Wages and Fares for UK Trade Helpers Set in England
Paragraph notes that expenses including two pounds at Liverpool University are covered and fares paid in full. It states that wages in England will follow the prevailing rate for the workers’ trade.
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Penses
Liverpool Uni
England
Bryan counsels mediation as way out of war
Former Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, in the final section of his statement on Cause Less War, proposes mediation as the way out. He urges extending his investigation commission into a universal peace treaty plan to prevent war.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Meeting Tonight at Empress Theatre
The Empress Theatre hosts a meeting tonight starting at o clock with Mr Ramsay aiming to catch the night train to Edmonton.
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Empress Theatre
Ramsay
Edmnonton
German teacher of hate against world calls for peace by Christianity
A May letter from A. B. Farquhar of York, Pa., archived to a mutual Montreal contact, argues that German militarism corrupts culture, condemns warfare, and urges restitution to Belgium while praising England and Christianity as paths to global peace. he warns U S war would force a military state and Monroe Doctrine changes.
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Montreal
A. B. Farquhar
York
Europe
Germany
France
England
Joffre
Prince Albert
Belgium
Paris
Russia
United States
Providence
Christ
Shell production underway in city factories
Film crews from a Calgary company will photograph shell manufacture at the International Supply Company. Steel billets arrived yesterday and are being unloaded at the Alberta Foundry Company. By week’s end the factories will be busy producing shells.
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Maying
International Supply Company
Calgary
Alberta Foundry Company
Canadian Casualties Over Nine Thousand Reported
Militia Department casualty lists show 9 072 total for Canadians. Of the 16th Battalion Toronto missing 208 since the St Julien battle. 1 839 in enemy hands. 1 420 killed and 5 803 wounded to date.
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Qattawa
Militia Department
16Th Battalion
Toronto
St. Julien
Manitoba Elections Seen For August Before Harvest
Winnipeg reports that provincial general elections are expected to be held before August 1. Political circles believe Premier Norris plans an early appeal to test opinion on recent government changes. Harvest timing makes late summer unlikely, with winter postponement considered undesirable.
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Winnipeg
Norris
War contracts inquiry opens in Ottawa
The Graft Commission held a brief initial sitting in Ottawa on June 18 and adjourned to Thursday for witness examinations related to the Powell drug contract and Brickett binocular purchases. The session lasted under ten minutes.
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Ottawa
Becker Must Die Denial of reargument in Becker case
Albany June 18 the Court of Appeals denied counsel's application for reargument on its decision affirming the death sentence for Charles Becker former New York police lieutenant.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
Charles Becker
New York
Thaw Sanity Trial Ordered by Court of Appeals
The Court of Appeals upheld a Supreme Court ruling directing a jury trial to determine the sanity of Harry K. Thaw. Justice Peter A. Hendrick’s order calls for a sanity examination, reflecting the ongoing legal proceedings in Albany.
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Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals Today
Supreme Court
Peter A. Hendrick
Harry K. Thaw
Pension applications directing correspondence
The Militia Department advises all pension correspondence be sent directly to the president of the Pension Board at Militia Headquarters in Ottawa. This aims for prompt attention as hundreds of letters arrive daily, many lacking specific departmental addresses for pension claims.
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Ottawa
Milita Department
Te Department
Pension Board
Militia
Canadian Club Luncheon Set at First Methodist Church
The Canadian Club schedules a noon luncheon on Monday at the First Methodist church. Rev. Dr. McQuen of Edmonton will address the gathering. The full text of his discourse has not yet been received in the city.
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First Methodist Church
Dr. McQuen
Edmonton
Manitoba Conservatives to Hold Provincial Convention
The Telegram reports a private meeting of Provincial Conservative Association presidents in Winnipeg on Wednesday proposed an early provincial convention. The tone pledges that Manitoba conservatives will not stay under the cloud of the current government’s break up.
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Winnipeg
Conservative Assn
Manitoba
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