Austria Faces Indemnity Bill and New Frontiers Post-War
Paris reports outline a peace treaty with Austria Hungary carving up debts and frontiers. Indemnity may reach 5,000,000,000 crowns for Austria, with divisions of pre-war debt among successor states and Adriatic settlements likely. German delegates consider reconstruction needs before signing.
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Paris
Council of Four
Orlando
Italy
Vienna
St Germain
Germany
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Versailles
Echo. de
London
Trianon Palace
Clemenceau
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
Count von Broekhorfz
Berlin
Assoe
Theodore Melchoir
Tageblatt
Dauntless Man Co Backed by Citizens in Redcliff
A citizens committee appointed to aid Dauntless Manufacturing Co directors meets with W W Watcher as chair and TD Crown outlining company progress. The group approves support and a plan for further development is formed, with an industrial committee to push the project at Reid's Hall on May 9.
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Dauntless Man. CO
Citizens Redcliff — Committee
Redcliff
Dauntless Manufacturing Co
W. W W. Watcher
TD. W. Crown
Mr. Brown
Bolt
Lydiatt
Lavelle
Broughton
Messrs Hicks
Harcourt
Learmouth
Stone
Reid's Hall
Hungarians Reject Armistice Terms and Fight On
Budapest dispatch says the Hungarian Communist government refuses armistice terms offered by Bowman and will fight to the utmost.
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Copenhagen
Bowman Ia
Buiipest
Murder Trial Opens for Joseph Gerval in Prince Albert
Saskatoon May. at Prince Albert yesterday the murder trial of Joseph Gerval of Steep Creek began with a request for medical examination into the prisoner's sanity.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Prince Albert
Joseph Gerval
Steep Creek
Honor Judge Greene Hearing on Garnishee and Claims
The case Stickle versus Windt involves a payment out of court and garnishee, granted. Klax Schechter gains an order to strike counterclaim with amendment by Jeryve. Burns vs Bolton grants entry of judgment. Munroe Bros versus Ferris and McBride grants service of experts. Manzer of Black Stock and Clow represents.
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Stickle
Julius
Caroline Windt
McBride
Manzer
Blackstock & Clow
Labor Minister Watches 0.8.0 Movement
Ottawa on May 8 reports Mr. Deslaurier says the Minister of Labor is closely watching the 0.8.0 movement and consulting with a colleague on possible action.
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Ottawa
Deslaurier
Bavarians Break Into Jail and Kill Prisoners
Copenhagen reports that after arresting about 80 citizens at a prohibition meeting, Bavarian soldiers broke into a jail last night and killed 21 detainees. A court martial was ordered and soldiers guilty of the killings could be shot.
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Copenhagen
Munich
Troop Train Arrives With Discharged Soldiers
Train No. 1, due Medicine Hat at 10.45 p.m., will carry six cars of discharged soldiers from the 8th and 16th Battalions, courtesy Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Medicine Hat
the &Bh
16Th Battalions
Men of Gallant Tenth Return
Troop trains homeward bound soldiers greeted by crowds at the Co P R station last night. The 10th Battalion arrivals included Sergt Robert Burns M M and others among the first 26 to leave Medicine Hat. Pte T C Parker goes to Macleod Pte C C Quick to Monarch Lance Corp Thamas French M M to Maple Creek. Staff met at Area Q Dispersal Station and discharge followed. Quebec citizens revive Boy Scouts in Quebec and nearby areas.
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Co. P. R
Medicine Hat
10Th Battalion
Robert Burns
M.M
David R. Gillespie
Ernest Jamieson
Pat Evans
Wm. B. Glover
Meredith Huston
Herbert Laing
James March
T. C. Parker
Macleod
Pte
C. C. Quick
Monarch
Lance Corps
Thamas French M.M
Maple Creek
Area Q
Lauder Faces Calgary Bout May 20 in Kid Lucas Show
Billy Lauder travels to Calgary on May 20 to box Kid Lucas in a ring remembered by local fans for a fireman hat. He aims to secure a light weight bout in Medicine Hat while in the area, hoping to draw a strong hometown crowd.
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Billy Lauder
Calgary
Lucas
Billy
Medicine Hat
Escapee Murderer Captured in Toronto
Frank McCullough of Youngstown Ohio, condemned for murder, was captured in a Toronto cellar after escaping from the local jail. The execution date was extended to June 15, and McCullough was nabbed on Bathurst Street near the livery stable where Acting Detective Williams was killed.
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Toronto
Frank McCullough
Youngstown
Ohio
McCullough
Bathurst Street
Williams
Canadians in English and French Hospitals
General Mewburn stated that by next February tents in military hospitals in England would be cleared and evacuations completed. About 14,000 remain to return to Canada with 1,790 still in French hospitals. Nearly 34,600 Canadians served. most would be home by August, with only clearing up tasks left. The status of Canadians who served in Imperial forces was under consideration.
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Ottawa
May
Mewburn
England
Canada
France
Bie
Great Future for Canadian Beef in Great Britain
Ottawa May 9 H S Arkell Dominion livestock commissioner told the agriculture committee Canadian beef has a bright future in Great Britain but must be finished better. He cited demand for horses dairy cattle and teifers and noted transport space is a major hurdle. George Hoadley joined and will discuss range horses tomorrow.
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Ottawa
May
H. S. Arkell
Dominion Livestock Commissiouer
Commons
Great
Britain
Europe
United Kingdom
George Hoadley
Alberta
Muskrats Dominate Scugog District Fur Trade
Scugog river and its tributaries yield the most muskrats among eastern Ontario districts. Pelts fetch prices of two dollars and thirty and two dollars forty cents each.
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Scugog River
Ontario
Bill to Disfranchise Defaulters Under MGA Act
Ottawa May 8 Hon Arthur Meighen laid in the commons a bill to disfranchise defaulters under the Military Service act. Disqualification lasts fifteen years from holding crown office Parliament or senate membership and voting in Dominion elections. Exclusions include those who met legal convictions under amnesty provisions and those who served in the military. Subsequent compliance relieves the disqualification.
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Ottawa
Arthur Meighen
Commons
Senate
YMCA Aid To Troop Train Passes Through Medicine Hat
Mr. Brown of the provisional YMCA arranged supplies for a Calgary routed troop train moving east. He delivered magazines and 1000 cigarettes and oranges to the YMCA secretary on board and arranged payment through Calgary headquarters.
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Mr. Hi
Brown
Y.M.C.A
Calgary
Eiberian
Medicine Hat
Y.m.cua
Whhich
Bank Clearings This Week Compared With Last Year
The bank clearings for this week total $553,949, up from last week’s $392,486 and compared with $456,431 for the corresponding week last year.
First Transatlantic Flight Begins From Rockaway Beach
New York May 8 three N C Curtis airplanes started from Rockaway Beach at 10 am on the first leg of a trans Atlantic journey to Halifax covering about 640 miles.
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New York
N. C. (Navy
Curtis
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
Halifax
Merchants Endorse Y M C A Support At Special Meeting
A special meeting of the Retail Merchants Association held at the board of trade rooms endorsed and supported the YMCA war work in Canada. Capt Andrews and Lt Col Spencer spoke on YMCA relief in England France and at Amiens Vimy and Liege noting housing meals and recreation for troops. The board also set events for a temperance convention May 27 and a merchants entertainment night. committees were formed to plan.
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Retail Merchants’ Association
Board of Trade Rooms
YMCA
Capt. Andrews
Col
Spencer
England
France
Canada
Ploegstrete Wood
Whitton
Pearson
Ypres
Somme
Y.M.C
Amiens
Liege
Brussels
Lunston
Y.W.C.A
Metigamiu
Caunade
St. Andrews
N.C.O
Col. Spencer
Tigey
Tl. HH. Brown
A. J. LePage
Retailers Association
Afr
H. E. Brown
Messrs J. Kwellas
A. F B. LePage
Pensions Committee Reviews Great War Veterans Aid
Ottawa May 8 The pensions committee of the commons met daily reviewing evidence and reports on soldiers pensions. Today they weighed the Great War Veterans Association recommendations. No decisions yet and probably a week away, but GLWVA proposals appear fair. The main challenge is re establishing maximum pensions for totally disabled men.
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Ottawa
Pensions Committee of the Commons
Great War Veterans Association
GLW
VVA
Phe
Trade figures show April deficit with exports rise
London on May 8 reports Board of Trade data for April. Imports fell by 7 075 million pounds sterling while exports rose by 18 110 million pounds, signaling a broader trade shift.
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London
Board of Trade
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the Oddfellows Hall
Sims’ Orchestra
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