Lloyd George and Schanzer Seek Russian Loan for Reconstruction
British Prime Minister and Italian Foreign Minister urged Russia to accept the allied memorandum and backing for a 300 million franc international loan aimed at reconstruction. Allies would ensure funds are spent on rebuild, while Russia asked for 25 times the offer. Moscow reported new mercantile freedoms and police registrations for businesses, with cautions against optimism on Russo-German ties and notes on German aid deliveries.
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Préier
Russia
Genoa
France
Belgium
Moscow
Berlin
Boérsén Zeitung
Germany
Rapallo
Irish coalition shaping peace talks and Dail supremacy
Reports from peace conferences suggest an end to intra Irish civil strife and a push for a coalition led by the Dail as supreme government. De Valera opposes non Dail authority while provisional government members hold key portfolios. Evacuation of port offices by IRA irregulars begins with belongings moved to lorries.
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Dabiln
Dail
Eamonn de Valera
de Valera
de Valeras
Labor
Irish Republican Army
Port Board
Hudson's Bay Railway to be kept in repair
Ottawa May 8 A delegation of western members and others pressed the prime minister and cabinet over the week end to ensure the Hudson's Bay Railway would not deteriorate further. The pledge was definite and aimed at preventing more decay.
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Hudson’s Bay Railway
Ottawa
Hudson's Bay
Building trades under way in Lethbridge report notes progress
A report from Lethbridge indicates ongoing activity in the building trades sector with steady progress across projects. Details highlight workforce movement and regional development momentum.
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Lethbridge
Six Die When Auto Is Struck By Train Near Mission City
Vancouver May 8 six people riding in an auto near Mission City forty miles east of here were killed when a Kettle Valley train struck the vehicle at the Downey trunk road crossing. Victims include Oliver Deroche and his son Alex Mac Donald, Mrs Rose MacDonald and Bert Gregory. Miss Margaret Pentland died soon after. The accident occurred as the train slowed at Mission City and the bodies were taken there for an inquest tomorrow.
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Vancouver
Mission City
Here
Canadian Pacific Railway
Oliver Deroche
Deroche
Rose MacDonald
D. A. MacDonald
Alex Mac Donald
Bert Gregory
Johnston and Everson Open New Insurance Agency
Messrs W H Johnston and W Hi Everson open a general insurance and rental office at 644 Second Street on the same floor as Dr Moore's dental offices. Johnston comes from Anderson Agency Ltd and Everson from F B Ratliff & Co. Both are well known locally with bright prospects for growth.
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W. H. Johnson
W. Hi. Everson
Second St
Alberta Premier Seeks Just Settlement With Ottawa On Resources
Premier Herbert Greenfield and Attorney General J. E. Brownlee report progress in Alberta–Dominion talks at Guawa over natural resources. They stress Alberta’s demand is principled, not merely immediate returns, and say joint Western cooperation remains essential while Parliament is in session. Greenfield plans to discuss with Ottawa at the first suitable opportunity.
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Winnipeg
Herbert Greenfield
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Guawa
Hinenglel
Greeneld
Canadian Press Limited
Greenfield
Brownlee
Edmonton
Ottawa
King
Dominion
Alferta
Prairie
Failures in Dominion Firms Report by Dun and Company
R G Dun and Company reports 65 business failures across the Dominion in the past week with 9 in Manitoba 7 in Alberta 2 in Saskatchewan and 4 in British Columbia.
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Dominion
R G. Dun & Company
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
SEWING. WILD RICE TRIAL AT ELKWATE LAKE
The Elkwater Lake Cot tagers Association planted wild rice to feed ducks and fish. Seed stored over winter was sown by P R Armstrong who agreed to oversee the operation. If successful, more seed will be imported this fall. Alkalinity in southern Alberta waters challenges growth. Iris notes Milkwater may be suitable. The News Want Ad columns.
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Elkwater Lake Cottagers Association
P. R. Armstrong
Alberta
Iris
Commons to vote on excluding Oriental immigrants
Ottawa May 8 The commons are expected to divide on a motion to exclude Oriental immigrants. The motion, likely to be carried, is supported by Conservative MP W C McQuarrie of New Westminster and backed by most British Columbia members. Debate will include BC MPs from all parties and may see a government bench statement.
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Ottwa
Can. Press
Commons
W. CG. McQuarrie
New Westminster
B. C
British Columbia
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Bylaw Change Defeated
In Dallas on May 6 the convention defeated a proposal to strike the word white from the bylaws allowing open admission to members of any color. Debate on referendum and recall was conducted and tentatively incorporated in the bylaws.
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Dallas
Texas
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Brotherhood
Mississippi River Flood Leaves 7000 Homeless In South
New Orleans reports about 70,000 people in Mississippi and Louisiana displaced by the Mississippi flood. Of those, 40,000 are being fed housed and clothed by Red Cross and other groups, while 30,000 have not yet reached refuge camps.
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Mississippi
Louisiana
Red Cross
New Orleans
Wu Pei Fu Moves To Dismiss Chang Tso Lin
Despatches report Chao Ti’s Honan governorship and hostilities against Wu Pei Fu’s forces. Fighting near Sin Yang Haw and Cheng Chow. Wu demands Chang Tao Lin’s dismissal and $20 million in compensation.
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Kwang Shui
Sing Yange How
Cheng Chow
Ger
Gen
Chang
Manchuria
Hankow
Chao Ti
Honan
Wu Pei Fu
Sin Yange Haw
Chang Tso Lin
Pekin
Henan Province
Pekin-Tiankow
Chi Li
Chang Tao Lin
Two Men Held In Shaunavon Post Office Burglary
Regina Saskatchewan May 6 two men named James Claggett and Joseph Doyle arrested at Maple Creek by provincial police and detained for further investigation in connection with the Shaunavon post office burglary early Friday morning.
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Regina
James Claggett
Joseph Doyle
Maple Creek
Saskatchewan
Shaunavon
Shackleton Body Buried in South Georgia Island Graveyard
Captain Mays of the Quest reports the burial of Sir Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia Island on March 5 within the English church graveyard. The body was transported from Uruguayan shores by the British Antarctic expedition vessel Quest.
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Capt
Hugsey
Explorer
English Church
Montevideo
Uruguay
4Lussey
Quest
South Georgia Island
Antarctic
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Ene En
Bad Weather Fuels Bread Price Rise in France
Continued rain and floods in France disrupt grain crops and push bread prices up. The agriculture minister expresses anxiety over the situation and forecasts further increases as vegetable costs climb too.
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London
France
Paris
James Larkin Re-arrested on Bail in Anarchy Case
New York May 8 James Larkin Irish labor leader was released on bail for criminal anarchy and re arrested on a bench warrant in Comstock New York. He is held at Tombs Prison on two federal immigration warrants as well as a new indictment for anarchy and faces a ten year sentence after his May 3 conviction.
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New York
James Larkiny
Great Meadow
Comstock
WN. Y
Anarchy
Tombs
Larkin
Seu
Seu, To Serve Not Less Thanivenor
Parkin
Coal Miners Strike Arbitration Arrives in Lethbridge
The Knowles consultation board arrives in Lethbridge to arbitrate the Alberta and Southeastern British Columbia coal miners strike. A session is scheduled at 2 oclock with attendees expected from Blairmore and surrounding areas.
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Lethbridge
Knowles Consiltation Board
Alberta
British Columbia
Lethhridge Lhig Nything
Wit
Blairmore
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Morocco
Great Wall
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Sun Yat Sen
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Tsin Tsin
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