Fresh French Defense Halts German Hill 304 Push
Paris May 6 A heavy German bombardment failed to break the French line on Hill 304 Verdun front as fresh German divisions suffered heavy losses. North and northwest of Hill 304 French troops repulsed attacks at bayonet point while Italian hydro planes bombed Durazzo but returned unharmed.
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West Verdun Front
Paris
Verdun
Meuse
Gerans
Geremans
HN 304
Mohschinder
Durazzo
Rome
Chinese Relieved Of 186.15 In Court
Magistrate Rae heard a police court case after Chief Johnston and aides raided a Main street residence. Fifteen Chinamen faced charges of keeping a disorderly house or frequenting, with two keepers fined 25 dollars plus costs and 13 frequenters 5 dollars plus costs. Costs 4.75 each, total 186.25.
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Rae
Johnston
S Cooke
Gover
Conestable
Allison Worked For Patriotism Yet Col Allison Collected Commissions
Ottawa May 5 Col J Wesley Allison served as a confidential agent for Major General Sir Sam Hughes not for Canada’s business but to secure orders from allies. He described three hundred thousand dollar Colt order from the French War Office and a Russian shell order worth thirty million dollars while claiming no commissions at times. He said he received about twelve thousand dollars from the Colt company as a donation for services not affecting Canada, and he offered later to the company forty thousand dollars. His bank books and exact receipts are to be produced at the commission sitting Saturday.
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Ottawa
Canada
J. Wesley Allison
Sam Hughes
Hughes
Col. Allison
Colt Company
Thease
Capt. Thomson
K.C
Commission
Col
Allison
Daylight Saving Plan Heavily Favored by Commons
London observers report the daylight saving proposal, which would move clocks forward one hour, likely to pass in the House of Commons on Monday and take effect the following Sunday morning. The move aims to extend evening daylight.
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London
Whhich
House of Commons
Kelly Heads to Winnipeg on Extradition Request
Thomas Kelly, a Canadian contractor linked to the Manitoba parliament building affair, appeared in Federal Court and asked Judge Landis to send him to Winnipeg at once. The request was granted and he leaves tonight. He had lost his appeal in the Supreme Court on April 12 and was slated for extradition May 17.
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Chicago
Thomas Kelly
Canada
Manitoba
Landis
Winnipeg
Kelly
Supreme Court
Alberta Ladies' College Sold for Feeble-minded School Use
Calgary reports the province bought the Alberta Ladies' College property at Red Deer to serve as a western provincial school for feeble-minded children. A 1917 deadline ties four western provinces to distinct institutions: Manitoba deaf and dumb, Saskatchewan blind, Alberta feeble-minded, British Columbia idiotic. The Presbyterian college site includes 30 acres and furnished buildings, sold at a moderate price.
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Calgary
Alberta Ladies’college
Reg Deer
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Gen Byng Will Lead Canucks
London May 6 General Alderson head of the Canadian army corps in Flanders is to return to England and is expected to be appointed inspector general of the Canadian forces in England Major General the Hon Lionel Byng is slated to succeed him Byng, son of the Earl of Stafford, has served from the start and is regarded as a first rate soldier
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London
England
Alderson
Flanders
Lionel Byng
Byng
Earl of Stafford
Former Russian War Minister Imprisoned in Peter and Paul Fortress
A semi official dispatch from Petrograd reports General Soukhomlinoff former Russian minister of war has been jailed in the fortress of Peter and Paul after a preliminary inquiry by Senator Bogorodsky into charges of criminal negligence and high treason related to his wartime administration.
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London
Soukhomlinoff
Peter and Paul
Petro- Brod
Bogorodsky
Slayers Still Free in Eskimo Band Murder Case
Regina May 6 Inspector Regts and the Royal Northwest Mounted Police have not located the Killin-Eh-Muit Es kik tribe sought since 1913. The killers of US explorers Radford and Street remain at large and unapprehended.
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Regina, Sask
Inspector Regts
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Killin-Eh-Muit
United States
Radford
Street
Lethbridge Tax Rates Edited for 1916 Budget
Lethbridge adopts a 33 mill tax rate while 1915 rate stood at 30.50 mills. Assessments drop from 12 to 15 million, and expenditures are projected $56,000 below 1915. Overall taxes fall about 12 percent with 1916 totals: general 14.15 mills, debenture 10.43, school 6.72, hospital 0.60.
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Lethbridge
Long School Board Session Deliberates on Technical School Settlement
A prolonged session kept the School Board in committee until two this morning over theTechnical school settlement. No decision was made and they will reconvene this afternoon to continue the discussion.
Germany’s Reply Keeps Diplomatic Break Averted
Washington May 6 official text of Germanys reply shown before President Wilson matches the earlier unofficial version. The texts show no material differences and reinforce the sense that a break in diplomatic relations has been avoided for the present.
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Washington
Germany
Wilson
Onipers Bullets Grave Enemy of Trench Life
London May 6. The text notes that beyond shells and hand to hand combat, the sniper is a grave danger in trench warfare. German marksmen select near invisible positions and fire precise, well aimed shots at exposed targets, a grim art shaping field danger.
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London
Iron Merchant Given Life Term in Britain
Albert Bright a 49 year old iron merchant from Sheffield was sentenced to life penal servitude for soliciting information from workers at an ammunition plant about war material descriptions. He pleaded guilty at the Leeds court in England.
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Leeds
Eng
Albert Bright
Sheffield
Bright
Rebel Wedded Before Facing Firing Squad
Mrs. Thomas MacDonough already a Rebel's widow is joined in grief by sister who was married an hour earlier in the era tragedy.
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Thomas MacDonough
Eighth Leader of the Revolters Shot and Married Hour Before
Dublin and London reports state Joseph Plunkett, a leader in the rebellion, was married to Miss Giffard just before his execution. Major John McBride, the eighth Sinn Fein leader to be executed, was shot. Co-defendants Thomas Hunter and William Cosgrave had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
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Dublin
London
Joseph Plunkett
Miss Giffard
Thomas McDonaugh
John McBride
Sinn Fein
Thomas Hunter
William Cosgrave
Major McBride
Ife
Neighborly Hose Fight Ends With Fine
Gallop and McNab quarrel over lawn care in the eastern city district. Gallop watered the other woman, striking her in the face and soaking clothes. Magistrate Rae heard the case this morning and assessed an $8 fine for assault. John Bowers, previously troubled, jailed on a whiskey theft charge and remanded until Monday.
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Rae
John Bowers
Birrell Resigns as Chief Secretary Ireland
Augustine Birrell admits in a remarkable speech that he miscalculated the strength and seriousness of the Sinn Fein movement, leading to his resignation as chief secretary for Ireland. He cites errors in judgment and political pressures from the Irish revolt.
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Ireland
Augustine Birreil
Sinn
Underwater Craft London Airship Zeppelin 1-7 Destroyed
British airships damaged by a British attack. Zeppelin 1-7 destroyed. Thames rescue rescued seven men reported in an earlier annal. several were lost.
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London
Thmers
Anne
All in Barracks The 176th Headquarters Removed
Fragmentary notes describe a military unit move to an armory and recruitment office activity. Names and places are unclear but reference Col Spencer and officers at a meeting, with mentions of Dreamland and Brooks. The text hints at a ceremony or route to the armoury and potential actions tonight.
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Industri
Col. Spencer
Hanna
Brooks
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