Russians Recapture Rostov as German Push Fails
Rostov on Don, the Don Cossack capital, is retaken by Russian Soviet troops driving out the Germans after a one day occupation. Martial law is declared, invaders disarmed, and the Kursk front armistice extended toward Voronezh and Don districts.
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Rostov-on-Don
Rostov
Kursk
Voronezh
Don
London
Morlancourt
Albert
Flanders
Kemmel
War Office
Paris
Halles
Amiens
Avre
Montdidier
Nevon
Associated Press
North Sea navigation restricted due to vast mine field
The British Admiralty imposes a blackout like area in the northern North Sea as a 22 000 square mile mine barrier is laid to deter submarines. All non warship traffic must follow strict rules or risk penalties with no movement after sunset inside the area between Norway and Scotland.
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London
British Admiralty
North Sea
Norway
Scotland
Admiralty
Orkney
Shetlong Islands
Winnipeg Strike Looms Large as Unions Threaten Action
Winnipeg on March 14 faces a brewing citywide walkout as multiple unions plan to join the strikers. Electricians, saverworks workers, teamsters, firemen, telephone operators, R C railway machinists, street railway conductors, and garment workers threaten strikes. With under 500 current strikers but many essential workers ready to walk, the city risks serious disruption.
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Winnipeg
City Electricians
Saverworks
Teamsters
Explosion at Oliphant Winson Collieries Kills Two
Edmonton May 14 reports an explosion at Oliphant Winson Collieries near Coal Spur that killed manager John Groworize and a blacksmith. Three other men were seriously injured. victims’ names and the injured workers’ details are not yet known.
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Edmonton
Oliphant Winson
Coal Spur
John Groworize
Montreal veterans oppose exemption for farmers sons
The Montreal branch of the Great War Veterans Association passed a resolution protesting exemption for farmers sons. It argues harvesters can be drawn from trades employed by urban corporations. The resolution was sent to Premier Borden.
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Montreal
The
Great War Veterans Association
Borden
Punished Critic Now Lives by Criticism
London May W. reports curiosity over General Maurice punishment for a notorious letter that led to half pay and retirement. The officer who criticized Prime Minister Troyd George's government will become the military correspondent of the Daily Chronicle.
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London
Maurice
Troyd George
Daily Chronicle
City forms committee to press shell orders from Ottawa
Mayor Brown and Ald. Burns chair a Medicine Hat meeting to appoint a city representative to lobby Ottawa for Western Canada shell orders. Officials fear local plants may move east. plan to press government and pursue possible US orders. A special council meeting will decide delegation expenses.
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Shell
Brown
Ald. Burns
T. Hutchinson
Edmonton
Mouse Jaw
Winnipeg
Ottawa
West
Board of Trade and City Council
G. W. Elliott
United States
Elliott
J. BE. Davies
Moose Jaw
W. A. Begg
Smyth
Ald. Lang
Land Office
Ansley Spur
Smokeless Coal Use Restricted for War Zone Ships
The fuel administration forbids distribution and use of smokeless bituminous coal for domestic purposes in Wisconsin Minnesota the Dakotas and Jaws. The smokeless coal comes mainly from Virginia and West Virginia and will be restricted for bunkering ships sailing to the war zone.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakotas
Jaws
The
Fuel Administration
Pocahontas
New River
Virginia
West Virginia
Bailey Appeal Dismissed in Ottawa Clemency Plea Pending
Toronto May 15 Capt. George T. Bailey’s appeal of a three month jail farm sentence for alleged prejudicial statements on recruiting was dismissed by Judge Winchester. The case remains open as Bailey’s counsel prepares a clemency petition to the minister of justice at Ottawa.
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Toronto
George T. Bailey
Winchester
Bailey
Ottawa
Austrian peace offer to France debated in Commons
The Manchester Guardian reports that Austria's peace offer to France, disclosed in Emperor Charles letters to Pope Sixtus, will be the subject of a high importance Commons debate tomorrow. Questions include whether the offer deserved more attention and if President Wilson should have been consulted.
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London
The
Manchester Guardian
France
Austria
Charles
Sixtus
House of Commons
Wilson
McNeely resigns as Agri Cultural Society president in Medicine Hat
W W McNeely announces he cannot continue as president due to ill health and plans to leave the city. Col F O Sissons is chosen to fill the vacancy. A public meeting will be held Thursday to form a citizens committee to aid directors in organizing the summer exhibition with Moose Jaw manager W M McIntyre forecasting a highly successful 1918 fair.
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W. W. McNeely
Agricultural Society
Col
F. O. Sissons
McNeely
W. M. McIntyre
Moose Jaw
Medicine Hat
Mr. McIntyre
YMCA General Executive Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the YMCA general executive will convene at the board of trade rooms tonight at 9 o'clock to finalize campaign details.
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Y.M.C.A
Board of Trade Rooms
Good Roads Convention Draws Thousands Of Farmers
A committee promoting the Good Roads convention met at luncheon at the Assiniboie yesterday to plan the event. Four provincial government members will attend. Sessions will occur at the Empress theatre with morning and afternoon programs. Sub-committees will be named tonight by a group including Mayor M. A. Brown and M.L.A. Pingle among others.
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Assiniboie
Empress Theatre
Messrs. H. L. Tweed
A. PF. Andrews
M. A. Brown
Capt. Pingle
M.L.A
Jas. Robinson
Jesse Bishop
G. F. H. Herbert
A. J. ON. Terrill
Registrar Opens Office For Medicine Hat Registration
R. J. Quinlan the registrar for the Medicine Hat electoral constituency will locate his office in Room $, Hull block for the registration of men and women. All communications should be addressed there.
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R. J. Quinlan
Medicine Hat
Registration of Man and Woman Power
Room
Hull Block
Parts of Russia Declared War in a Baltic Border Move
Amsterdam dispatch says the Vosstrache Zeitung reports Ekaterinoslav Odessa and Poltava proclaimed in a state of war. The notice notes strong counter currents to the existing order and mentions several large Russian forces in the Don region.
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Russia
Amsterdam
Vosstrache Zeitung
Berlin
Ekaterinoslav
Odessa
Poltava
Don
Former Canadian postmaster general released from German captivity
Ottawa reports Dr. Henri S. Beland former postmaster general of Canada has been released from German captivity since Antwerp fell in 1914. He served as a surgeon at the Belgian port when Germans captured Antwerp and is now on his way home, according to a house of commons announcement.
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Ottawa
Germany
Antwerp
Henri S. Beland
Canada
House of Commons
Ireland In Sympathy With Allied Cause Says T P O Connors
Washington May 15 T P O Connor the Irish Nationalist reader told a large meeting including many congressmen that his party supports the allied cause and will push for a vigorous war effort until Germany is defeated He said his Irish conscription act criticism did not attack the English people but aimed to strengthen Britain He predicted an Irish parliament would shift sentiment and that this, not conscription, would boost Irish troops to the front.
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Washington
T. P. O'Connor
Congress
Germany
O'Connor
Great Britain
Ireland
Airplane Mail Service Begins Between Washington and New York
The first air plane mail flight from Potomac Park Washington to Philadelphia departed at 11 45 this morning with Lieut. George Boyle piloting. President and Mrs. Wilson witnessed the launch marking the new air mail service.
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Washington
New York
George Boyle
Potomac Park
Philadelphia
Wilson
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