Diplomatic Settlements and War Dispatches Across Fronts
Reports from London Paris and Rome detail Greece-Mentor differences ending peacefully. Berlin sees riots dampened. U S protests planned against mail seizures. Verdun Hulluch and Dead Man's Hill skirmishes noted with repulsed German holds. Mackensen in Asia Minor and Turkish reinforcements reported amid heavy machine gun fire. Trentino artillery actions intensify near Col di Lana and San Martino.
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Rome
London
Rssued
Trentino
Col di Lana
Cukla
Lucinico
Children Found Shut in Cupboard in Fort William
Arthur Hayward and Edith Wilson, missing since Thursday, were found locked inside a cupboard of an unoccupied house at 117 Fredericka Street. A painter found them at 5 pm Saturday. Both were famished but recovering after swift medical help. the girl was nearly dead on discovery.
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Fort William
Ont
Arthur Hayward
Edith Wilson
Fredericka Street
Poultry Association to Meet Tonight at Nimmo Bros
A meeting of the Poultry Association is set for tonight at 8 o'clock in Nimmo Bros store on 6th Ave. All members are urged to attend. Dreamland presents the Wild West five act feature at Dreamland tonight.
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The
Poultry Association
Nimmo Bros
6Th Ave
Dreamland
Recruit Purchases Own Uniform for Army Recruits
The 175th Armed strength is about 860 officers and men with 100 more in papers awaiting reporting from feeding leave. A busy session at the armoury saw Ideut Parker swearing-in recruits in batches. One recruit, John G Krivenski from Montana, wore a dirty khaki uniform bought from a returning soldier.
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Ideut
Parker
John G. Krivenski
Montana
Apwas
Switzerland
Spencer Re-elected President of Western Stock Growers
Alderman John J. Spencer was re elected president of the Western Stock Growers Association at its Macleod convention. Reports show membership growth under his first term and a 2 cent per head stock levy was approved to fund a permanent secretary position. A committee was set to hire the secretary.
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Western Stock Growers
Ald
John J. Spencer
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Ust
Macleod
Spencer
Allies Winning in German East Africa
May 14 report from Havre notes Col. Molitor's southern column captured Kigali, capital of Ruanda, on May 8 8. Belgian troops seize Kivu island in Lake Kivu as Germany began war gains. The German East Africa front shows German forces attacking British expeditionary forces under General Smuts but repulsed with heavy losses.
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German East Africa
Havre
Col. Molitor
Kigali
Ruanda
K Viuvi
Lake
Kivu
London
General Smuts
Smuts
Eneny
von Isottew-Verbeck
British ship Galgate sunk by German submarine
London May 14 A British steamship Galgate of 2631 tons was torpedoed May 6 by a German submarine 15 miles west of Ushant. The crew faced no rescue provisions and 18 men in a single boat are missing while 12 were landed at Brest. Despatches from Brest note the Galgate’s sinking and arrival of 12 crew at St Michael's after April 24.
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Galgate
London
Seca Tl
Staement
Usshant
Brest
Hrest
St. Michael's
Bank Clerks Stokoe and Fawcett Plotted The Gleichen Heist
Calgary Herald reports two Royal Bank of Canada employees at Gleichen devised a long running scheme to skim funds. Teller Stokoe was arrested and held in Calgary mounted police barracks. accountant Fawcett is to be arrested in New York on arrival. Losses run into thousands.
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Royal Bank
New York
Calgary Herald
Royal Bank of Canada
Gleichen
Calgary
Mounted Police
Porto Rico
United Fruit Company
Hoyle
Ss Stokoe
Teller
Fawcett
Ontario
Sergant
Irvine
Proclamation Bans Parades in Ireland
General Maxwell orders prohibition of all parades and political or athletic meetings in Ireland without written police authority. The May 15 order tightens control over public gatherings across the country.
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Dublin
Maxwell
Ireland
Weather World Shortage and Death Report
The bulletin notes Manitoba with northerly winds unsettled and cool with rain in southern districts while Saskatchewan and Alberta remain fair and cool. A separate obituary reports Lou Sanderson a 44 year old farm laborer and recently en listed soldier dying in Orangeville from laudanum overdose used for insomnia.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Lou Sanderson
Dufferin-Halton
Orangeville
Supreme Court Session Delayed by Justice Hyndman Absence
The Supreme Court session scheduled to continue this morning is held up due to the non arrival of Mr Justice Hyndman. He went to his home in Edmonton and will return tonight. A session is expected on his arrival, with the St Patrick's church suit likely the first case.
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Supreme Court
Justice Hyndman
Edmontton
St. Patrick’s Church
City Council Meets in Regular Session Behind Closed Doors
City officials gathered in the mayor's office this morning to conduct committee work ahead of tonight's regular meeting. The session aims to finalize local issues and agenda items.
Wheat and grain market prices across Winnipeg and Chicago
Winnipeg and Chicago market quotes list May wheat around 119 7-8 to 119 11-4, July near 119 5-8, Oct 116 5-8, and oats and barley at mid 40s to 60s. Cash prices show Wheat No 1 Nov 119 3-8 down to No 6 95 3-4, Barley No 3 68, Flax No 1 NWC 172. Chicago futures show May wheat 116 1-4 to 116 1-2, July 117 1-4, Sept 117 8-8. Minneapolis quotes May wheat 121 3-4 to 121 5-8, Sept 119.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Minneapolis
Smoker Postponed in Caxton Club Rooms
The smoker and entertainment planned in the Caxton Club rooms Becker block this evening under the Typographical union are indefinitely postponed.
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Caxton
Becker, Block
Typographical Union
Asquith in Belfast for Northern talks reported
Premier Asquith, after several days in Dublin, left this morning for Belfast to confer with prominent men in the north. The trip follows his Dublin stay as he seeks support amid mounting political concerns.
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Dotcin
London
May Lo
Asquith
Dublin
Belfast
Fifteen Thousand in Parade on Streets of Winnipeg
Winnipeg May 14 Fifteen thousand of Canada overseas forces joined the annual decoration day parade in Winnipeg augmented by Northwest and South African veterans Boy Scouts militia reserve and Women's Reserve bringing the total to eighteen thousand. The parade lasted ninety minutes from University campus to City Hall with a wreath placed on the soldiers monument and a last post ceremony before services at St Johns cemetery. Over one hundred thousand spectators cheered as twenty bands including two kiltie bands marched past the reviewing stand. It was the largest and most spectacular military parade in Winnipeg history.
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Vorwaerts
Berlin
Lloyds
Amsterdam
Kaiser’s Palace
Workingman’s
U. S
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Paris
Avecourt Wood
Hill 304
Verdun
Boy Spouts
Main and
Portage Avenue
John C. Hinghes
Button
Matheson
Gov. Cameron
Norris
Hugh Macdonald
Waugh
St. John's Cemetery
Winnipeg
Peace Advocates Harassed by London Mob
In London on May 14 an angry crowd attacked peace advocates and anti conscriptionists at a secretive meeting staged by the tribal institution. Police kept the doors, but delegates exiting faced a fusillade of eggs and citrus fruit. injuries were reported and the crowd called opponents Germans and traitors targeting George Lansbury and Mrs Despard.
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Jndon
London
George Lansbury
Despard
Viscount French
Berlin expels American correspondent for attack on Gerard
Berlin reports Edwin Emerson, American journalist in Berlin, expelled over a bylined attack on Ambassador Gerard in Continental Times. State Department had canceled Emerson’s passports, citing the article as a personal assault and straining U S German ties amid Irish coast tensions.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Edwin Emerson
Gerard
American State Department
Emerson
Continental Times
Ins Hag- Hab
Ambasgador
Casement
Hmerson
Viscount Peel
Sir Roger
Case and Batley Charged With High Treason in Bow Street
Sir Roger Casement and Daniel Batley appeared in Bow Street charged with high treason. Casement, once identified as a leader of Sinn Fein, faced trial amid limited public access. Batley, a private soldier from Wembley, was arrested near Tralee, Ireland, on April 1 and brought to court.
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Old Bow Street
Vila
Sir Roger Casement
Daniel Julien Batley
Wembley
London
Bailey
Neer Tralee
Ireland
Peace candidate only can win for Democratic party
Williams Jennings Bryan argues the Democratic Party must seek peace to win the coming campaign. He cites Republican advantage and alienation of German and Irish Democrats, warning that the GOP could lose in close states if the party alienates voters.
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Lincoln
Neb
Williams Jennings Bryan
Democratic Party
Tayeace
Publican
Roosevelt of Just as Good
The Progressive party will not insist on Theodore Roosevelt for the nomination. Republicans will name a candidate who stands for progressive principles and is able to carry through. A statement from the party’s executive committee says they will consider a leader who upholds their aims and can implement them.
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Progressive Party
Theodore Roosey
United States
Chicago
Coure Roosevelt
Perkins
Exec
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