Peace Conference Considers Heligoland Fortifications and Kiel Canal
The supreme Allied war council decides permanent fortifications on Heligoland in the North Sea and internationalization of the Kiel Canal with tolls for maintenance. Britain consents to refer German cable ownership to the council for consideration. Committees push on naval and military terms, while territorial and boundary questions lag.
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Paris
Heligoland
Germany
North Sea
Supreme Allied War Council
Tecidet
Kiel Canal
America
Aacit
New Germany
Council of Five Great Powers
Council
Alberta government outlines 1919 public works plan
Edmonton reports provincial treasurer A R Mitchell presented the 1919 budget figures showing expenditures of about 14.2 million and revenue estimates near 9.96 million. The plan includes public works, schools, railways, and new institutions with funds from taxes, school lands, and federal subsidies, plus capital and district highway allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alta
Alberta
A.R. Mitchell
Debentures For New Hospital Addition debated by council
City council meetings discussed financing a $50,000 hospital addition by debentures and debated using gas fund excess profits as a loan. Alderman Hole urged alternative funding while Alderman McLarty questioned existing funds and current revenue use. The by law passed first two readings and went to burgesses for approval.
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Ald
Hole
McLarty
Huckvale
Page
Tom Moore warns of unrest if labor demands unmet
Tom Moore of the Trades and Labor Congress issues a warning that delay in meeting labor demands could spark upheaval similar to revolutions abroad. He says unrest is not being channeled into constructive ends and calls for a shift in public mindset and the destruction of old antagonisms.
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Tom Moore
Len Margh
Canada
Rosaly
Nrealif
Trades and Labor
Javine Farmer Death by Own Action Reported
Coroner Dr. Fisher and Constable Clark investigated after Otto Holstein was found by his brother on Saturday evening with the top of his head blown off by a shotgun. They concluded no inquest was necessary and the death is treated as a self inflicted tragedy on the farm five miles from town.
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Otto Holstein
Brother
Dr. Fisher
Clark
A P.P
Peto
Pete Holstein
Johnston
Fisher
Const. Clark
Irvine
Hotelkeeper Badly Bruised After 35 Foot Fall
Manyberries March 17 Geo Oldershaw, hotelkeeper, was confined to bed after a fall from a well while it was being repaired. He slipped about 35 feet and landed on boards laid across the well. Two men rescued him. no bones were broken but he is badly bruised and shaken, with several weeks of recovery expected.
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Manyberries
Geo. Oldershaw
Oldershaw
Germans agree to deposit gold in Belgian National Bank
Brussels reports the German government will deposit 450 million francs in gold with the Belgian National Bank The arrangement calls for two payments of 175 million francs within four days and 275 million francs within ten days, as part of the mutual agreement.
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Bel
Gian National Bank
Brussels
Brussels National Bank
France
City Council Debates By Law On Tag Day Prohibition
The council reviews a local Council of Women request to ban tag days for anyone under fifteen. The Legislative Committee will report on tag days and transport needs. Reports on coal distribution from Ajax mine and a contract dispute with James Rae are discussed awaiting railway switching arrangements.
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Ler
Ald
Hole
Beil
Sterns
Brown
Ajax
Hotson
Huckvale
James Rae
Belt
Hatson
Aja
Canadian aviator Col. Bishop operated for appendicitis
Roanoke Va March 18 Col Bishop the famous Canadian aviator was operated upon for appendicitis here last night. He was stricken as he was preparing to deliver an address. Early today his condition was reported to be satisfactory.
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Roanoke
Gen Currie for lieutenant governor of British Columbia
Toronto readers report support for General Sir Arthur Currie as lieutenant governor of British Columbia. G H Barnard, former Victoria mayor and longtime MP, arrived in the city with his wife en route to Ottawa, endorsing Currie’s provincial post.
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Toronto
Arthur Currie
France
British Columbia
G.H. Barnard
Victoria
House of Commons
New York
Ottawa
Noted Artist Keffyon Cox Dies At 62 In New York
Renowned artist Keffyon Cox died today at his home in New York aged 62. The obituary notes his contributions to modern art and lists his residence as New York City.
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Cox
New York
Keffyon Cox
Yeara
Health Committee bans dances amid flu scare
The Health Committee ordered a pause on public dances and urged organizations to postpone events. It called out sidewalk spitting as a sanitary hazard and warned prosecutions would follow for offenders. Seven flu cases reported since last week, with eleven households isolated.
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Lengte
Cdtyi
Sinn Feiners Plan Aggressive Campaign Emulating Suffragists
London dispatches report a more militant Sinn Fein faction in Ireland intends a campaign similar to suffragette tactics to focus public attention on Irish demands. no peace conference intervention expected.
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London
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Peace Conference
Press Association
Ottawa receives funds from Alberta school lands investment
An order in council authorizes investing funds from prairie province school lands in government securities to support public schools. The records show disbursements in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta across 1918 to 1938, totaling large sums for each date.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Unanimous choirs at Redcliff Presbyterians elect new pastor
At Redcliff, a Congregational meeting of the Redcliff Presbyterians chose Rev. Wm Shearur of Calgary as pastor by unanimous vote. Rev. Wm Shearer, from Calgary, will induct after the assembly meeting. Dr. John’s Church pastor Rev Wilson presided as moderator. The late James Dutfield of London Ontario left an estate valued at over a million dollars.
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WM. Shearur
Calgary
Unanimous Choior
Redcliff Presbyterians
Stéarer
Alberta
Wilson
Dr. John'a Church
Ade
James Dutfield
London
Ont
Gdak
Ottawa Council Votes on Taxi System Authority
Ottawa council votes to seek permission from Ontario legislature to take control of a taxi site system. The action follows a late meeting with unclear timing and possible dates mentioned in the notes.
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Ottawa
Ety Council
Wight
Ontirio Taxislagure
Cain
Saad
Unclear text fragment from Jamestown case prompts murder charge
Fragmentary report from Jamestown New Brunswick describes a three hour disturbance involving Dan McDonnell and a 13 year old girl, with alleged blows and a resulting death. A parent faces murder charges as investigators probe the events surrounding the child’s death.
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Jamestown
N.B
Dan McDonnell
Donnell
Courtenay
Ottawa Tests Civil Service Role At Great War Era Meeting
Fragmentary text indicates a March Ottawa event debating civil service duties and wartime roles. Mentions G.W.V.A. conference and prewar conditioning, with references to officials and public service questions.
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Ottawa
Digitat
Canada
G.W.V.A
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C. R. Mitchell
Meiuter
Pulte: Wert
Mitchell
Natridtic Fund
Québecs
Department of Agriculture
Pointa
Dominion Securities
Public Works Department
Tamount Jaluspyente
Ponoka
Medicine Hit
Institute of Technology
Marshal Foch
Rom
Javine Farmer
Manyberries Hotelkeeper
CR. Mitchete
Warha Ene
Bishop
V.C
Gen. Currie
Sinn Feiners
Little Tien
Red Shild Cain
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