Prussian Premier Con Lavery For Fatherland
Berlin reports Premier Hirsch of Prussia in the National Assembly denounces peace terms as a mailed fist that would enslave the Fatherland and trigger fresh bloodshed. He urges unity and government backing to transform violence into right. A Hessian delegate weighs in on peace by force.
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Berlin
Assoc
Hirsch
Prussia
Prussian National Assembly
Europe
Russia
Germany
Herr Gebbers
Versailles
Neue Zeitung
Herr Landsberg
Cric
Schuecking
Austrian Navy Wiped Out Under Treaty Terms
Paris reports the naval terms to be presented to Austria would abolish the entire Austrian navy. All ships will be surrendered with disposition among Allies to be decided later. The portion notes the News Want Ad column as the city shop window.
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Paris
Austria
News Want
Hoadley proposes export plan for western scrub horses
Ottawa May 9 George Hoadley Conservative leader in Alberta urged the commons agricultural committee to back a plan to save the western horse breeding industry. He said conditions were desperate and proposed exporting the best stock while slaughtering the poorest for European markets. Advertisements showed Alberta farmers would sell scrub horses for five cents a pound with 10 000 to 11 000 head available. The plan called for gathering them in the west shipping to Winnipeg for slaughter and freezing for export.
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Ottawa
George Hoadley
Alberta
Agricultural Committee of the Commons
Hoadley
Tle
West
Winnipeg
China rejects peace treaty over Kino Chan Shan Tung row
Paris May 9 The Chinese delegation has received cable instructions from Peking not to sign the peace settlement because of the Kino Chan Shan tung arrangement.
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Paris
Associated Press
Peking
Conspiracy to Mutiny and Demobilize Exposed in London
London, May 9. A conspiracy to induce British sailors to mutiny and soldiers to demobilize themselves by marching from barracks has been uncovered per the Daily Mail. Premises were searched and documents seized as authorities pursue the plotors who aim to force government action amid projected disorders.
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London
Daily Mail
Labor Party Manifesto Decries Peace Treaty
The British Labour Party national executive committee issued a manifesto condemning the terms imposed on Germany by the Allies. It says the treaty is opposed to Wilson’s declarations at the allied labor conference and Berne conference and is very defective from the world peace standpoint.
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Paris
Reuter
Havas
Germany
London
Reuters
Hungary
Budapest
Rotumanio
Theiss
Pres. Wilson
Allied Labor Conference
British Labor Party
Wilson
Paceonko’s death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
In Lethbridge on May 9 the death sentence for Peter Paulenko for the November murder of John Onofrychuk was commuted to life imprisonment. Work on the scaffold was completed only yesterday before the chang e in fate.
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Lethbridge
Peter Paulenko
John Onofrychuk
Anglican Bishops Meet Presbyterian Synod in Vancouver
A delegation of Anglican bishops visited the Presbyterian synod in session in Vancouver this morning. They carried greetings and urged closer cooperation in the Christian cause.
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Vancouver
Presbyterian Synod
Canadian Soldier Goes on Belfast Stabbing Rampage
London May 9 Reporter says Canadian soldier Driver James Turner stabbed several people in Belfast. A victim is in serious condition. Turner was chased by a furious crowd, captured and mauled before arrest.
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London
Reuters
James Turner
Belfast
Turner
Police Court Fines H Lewis For Unprotected Hay
Magistrate Rae fines H Lewis five dollars and fifty cents for keeping unprotected hay in his yard as recorded in the police court session.
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Rae
H. Lewis
Fifth Avenue Church Officers Host Close of Financial Year
A Winnipeg church dinner and meeting featured Lieut. Colonel Spencer as guest and praise for his service. Reports showed finances of 636.82 income, 611.99 expenses, missions 200, church 50, and 1,146 Sunday school attendees across 45 sessions. Members praised staff and discussed future cooperation as WMS and Ladies Aid reported gains despite flu and setbacks.
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Fifth Ave. Church
Burford
Browning
Colonel Spencer
H. Brown
Wagstaff
A. I. Andrews
Brown Opposition to Reducing Duty on Implements
In Ottawa in May mayor Brown of Medicine Hat urged against reducing duty on farm implements. He called for Western Canadian manufacturing growth and argued protectionism, saying it would ease Canada’s burden and reflect strong regional protectionist sentiment.
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Ottawa
May
Mayor Brown
Medicine Hat
Sam Blughes
Canada
Lethbridge Herald
German U boat captain imprisoned in Tower
London dated May 9 reports the captain of a German submarine has arrived from Spain and has been placed in the Tower Prison. He is identified as the commander of a U boat that sank several hospital ships.
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London
Spain
Star
Troop Trains Special 1206 Due In Medicine Hat
In Medicine Hat a special troop train numbered 1206 is expected to arrive tomorrow as reported by CPR officials. The timetable notes three trains per month and emphasizes punctual dispatch. Local residents await connectible services and potential troop movements.
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Medicine Hat
C.P.R
Ime
Western Stock Growers Hold Annual Meeting in Medicine Hat
The Western Stock Growers Association held its twenty third annual meeting in the Medicine Hat city hall. President Huckgate reviewed a year of work and discussed marketing Alberta horses to Belgium France and Roumania. A head or acreage tax plan for lease holders was debated, with officers elected and a scheme for municipalizing ranches considered.
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Stock Growers’ Association
Huckgate
Horse Breeders’ Association
Belgium
France
Roumania
Thallan
Fuckvale
Western Stock -Growers’ Association
Medicine
Brandon
Western Canada Livestock Union
Crocs
Calgary
Mackie
Irvine
Crest
Southern Alberta
Woval Growers' Association
Lemonton
Mauretania Docks Halifax with Returning Canadian Soldiers
The Cunard liner Mauretania docked at Halifax on May 9 carrying 4,000 returning Canadian soldiers from No. 1, 2 and 8 brigades of artillery under General Andrew McNaughton D S C and a few other details.
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Halifax
N.S
Andrew McNaughton
D.S.C
Surveyors Build CGNR Line Into Redcliffe Area
Redcliff May 9 Surveyors are at work around town on the Canadian National Railway branch from Hanna to Redcliff. Grading near the Red Deer river is nearly finished and seven miles from town the route runs southeast crossing the CPR main line at town edge. The Nedelsff section grading contract has been awarded and the contractor with crew and equipment is expected to arrive soon.
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Redcliff
Cg.n.r
Hanna
Red Deer River
C.P.R
Nedelsff
Hines Proposes Consolidation Of Railroads
Walter D. Hines Director General of Railroads urged compulsory consolidation of all U S railroads into 12 to 20 large privately owned but government regulated systems as the solution to the railroad problem in New York.
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New York
Walter D. Hines
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L. N. Entdian
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Sixth Ave
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Cypress Club
Agricultural Committee of Commons
China
Paceonko
Stirit
Brotherhood
Magegie
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GT Church
Andrews
J. Ross
Osborne
Young People’s Society
Ladies Aid
Knight
Travellers Aids and Prisoners of War Fund
B. F. Louch
W.M.S
Woman's Missionary Society
Our Woman’s Missionary Society Missionar
M. Brown
Western Stoce Growers
Cross
Cabe
Jet
Fease
Mauretania
ENA
Redclife
W. Hines
U.S.A
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Caledonian’f. C. Social and Dance
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Sims’ Orchestra
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