Italian Army gains on Motte Corno front in Italy
Italian troops on the mountain front captured dominant positions at Motte Corno, destroyed fortifications, and took about 100 prisoners with two guns and machine guns. Operations occurred in the Arsa Valley near Trent and Rovereto as Austrian defenses failed.
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Italia
Motte Corno
Arsa
Lagarina
Trent
Rovereto
France
Albert
Aimisiona
London
Somme Valley
Gocon
Forest of Nieppe
Flanders Front
Paris
Picardy
Avre
Rome
Monte Coro
War Office
REGLOT RATION PREPARATION PUSHED FOR REGISTRATION DAY
Ottawa May 13. General registration set for Saturday June 22 with a simplified system. The registration board seeks volunteers and welcomes organized bodies and individuals to assist the registrar in the national service of thorough work at low cost.
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Ottawa
German War Rumor Claims Hindenburg Dead
British letters report all German prisoners say Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is dead, while Gen. Von Mackensen is named as Germanys new leader to secure victory. The Express suggests the Hindenburg tale covers the failure of the offensive.
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von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
London
France
Marshal von Hindenburg
Western Front
Daily Express
Germany
Express
Hindenburg
Prorogation of Parliament Seen Not Likely This Week
Ottawa May 13 reports doubt over Parliament finishing business before prorogation ceremony. House may need two or three more days of work, pushing prorogation to Tuesday May 21 or Wednesday May 22.
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Ottawa
Resign Pension and Publicity in a Colonial Letter
Hamilton May 12 Col R W H Labatt defends his salary plus pension amid parliamentary criticism. He asks that any pension overpayment be credited as salary and seeks resignation if continued criticism harms the board's efficiency. He notes regular award but fears press misrepresentation.
Man Charged Under Military Service Act Before Local Magistrate
Roy Wolf appeared before Magistrate Hae Gis Ureenine charged with failing to comply with the Military Service Act. He was handed to militia authorities. He claimed to be married but could not prove the assertion.
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Roy Wolf
Magpietrate Hae Gis Ureenine
Jin
Mad
King George Welcomes Troops to Allies Across Ocean
King George sends a message of welcome to U S troops passing through England saying the people of the British Isles welcome you on your way to stand beside nations fighting for human freedom. He expresses desire to shake hands and bid Godspeed. The note is signed George R I.
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London
King George
England
United States
British Isles
George R. 1
Stampede Committee Public Meeting Planned for Tomorrow
All members of the Stampede Committee and others interested in a summer exhibition are urged to attend a public meeting at the old Quebec Bank building tomorrow night at 8 o clock to arrange the program and a plan of campaign for this year's exhibition.
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Stampede Committee
Quebec Dank
Western Canada coal drive ahead to avert winter shortage
In Winnipeg and across western Canada a public meeting led by Canada’s fuel commissioner will discuss coal supply issues. Deputy fuel controller C. W. Peterson and Dominion fuel controller C. A. Magrath will speak on accelerating western coal production and urging households to stockpile coal. Regine Board of Trade urges advertising to push winter coal stocks. Medicine Hat credits natural gas and seeks to help other cities with coal, warning manufacturers of possible shortages.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Fuel Commissioner of Canada
Industrial Bureau
C. W. Peterson
C. A. Magrath
Dominion
Magrath
Peterson
Calgary
Board of Trade
Regine
Boards of Trade
Medicine Hat
Grain market quotations from Winnipeg report
Winnipeg May 18 quotations list oats May July and cash prices with figures for oats barley and flax. Oats and barley futures shown with May July and cash values including 3 C W 2 C W and feed and rejected grades. Flax prices given for N W C and 3 C W with several bid levels.
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Winnipeg
C.W
N.W.C
Toronto street railway employees oppose training women conductors
Toronto May 13. At a mass meeting the organized employees passed a resolution refusing to operate cars or restrain women staffing on cars. They argue the work is too strenuous for women and that vacancies should be filled by refined soldiers. They also warned of a streetcar strike as wage disputes continue.
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Toronto
Toronto Street Railway
Tf O
Deportation reported of Italian noncombatants to work camps
Berne Switzerland May 13 reports another German commission is engaged in deporting the working population of the occupied districts in Italy. Persons up to age 56 are being taken under the pretense of inviting them to work voluntarily.
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Berne
Switzerland
Ualy
Capt Fitzsimmons Named Alberta Fuel Administrator
Calgary May 1 Captain Ef T Fitzsimmons longtime Calgary coal man and veteran has been named fuel administrator of Alberta. He will report to John T Sterling chief administrator and inspector of mines. The bureau aims to secure next winter s coal supply as harvest season ends and box cars are diverted to crops. Alberta coal operators will push mines to full capacity while western Canada coal becomes sole source. Fitzsimmons enlisted in 1915 after managing Davenport collieries in the Crow's Nest Pass and coal operations in the Taber and Drumheller fields.
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Calgary
Ef. T. Fitzsimmons
Alberta
John T. Sterling
United States
Winnipeg
Western Canada
Fitzsimmons
Davenport
Crow's Nest Tass
Taber
Drumhieller
Romania Trample Pact Indemnities Strain German Ties
Associated Press reports Amsterdam May 11 that Romania agrees to indemnify German consular staff and losses from German military actions while renouncing damages within Romania. A neutral commission will set loss amounts and Romania will compensate Germans and neutral nations for damages on Romanian soil. Romanian circles say pro German influence collapsed as Count Czernin fell, with Burian and von Kühlmann credited for pushing the outcome amid hopes for Entente victory.
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Associated
Press
Amsterdam
Rumania
Germany
Bancu Generale
Reichsbank
Romania
Trotterman Spirit
Count Czernin
Baron Burian
von Kuehlmann
Ukraine Forming New Government Under Oustimovich
Moscow reports the new Ukraine cabinet under Premier Oustimovich includes constitutional Democrats and Octoberists. Finance Minister Professor Pernatsky is a former member of Kerensky's cabinet.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Ukraine
Oustimovich
Pernatsky
Promiser Kerensky
Archdeacon Webb Resigns in Edmonton Rector to Move to Vall volver
Archdeacon HL Webb of All Saints' cathedral parish resigns his charge in Edmonton and plans to relocate to Vall volver. The veteran clergyman's departure ends years of service at the provincial cathedral.
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Edmonton
A, HL. Webb
All Saints’ Provincial Cathedral
Vallvolver
City of Medicine Hat Public Meeting Notice
A public meeting will be held in Medicine Hat on Tuesday afternoon at 3 p m to hear the joint industrial committee report. Business and professional men and manufacturers are urged to attend to support efforts to maintain and increase industrial production. Mayor M A Brown requests full cooperation and prompt attendance at 8 p m meeting hour.
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Tosmorrow
Board of Trade
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