Germany to pay 120 billion marks in reparation plan
Paris reports the Anglo French Tythe conference agreed Germany’s total reparation would be 120 billion marks in gold. Germany may issue bonds to cover debt in annual installments, aiding France to settle claims with the United States and Italy. A Ostend allied conference will review details, with Brussels not yet fixed.
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Paris
Tythe
Germany
Iit
France
United States
Italy
Spa
Ostend
Brussels
Not Enough Labor in Canada Meets Ramway Demand
Montreal May 17.1T. A Mackie M P of K Edmonton addressed the Progressive eClib saying Canada lacks sufficient labor to meet the needs of the Canadian Pacific and Government railways which together require sixteen thousand workers. Meanwhile CPR carries back to China thousands of laborers who served in France, and labor refuses to do the work.
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Montreal
A. Mackie
M. P
Edmonton
eClib
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Government
Canadian Pacific Railway
China
France
Bolshevik Strike Back at Poles Near Kiev
London May 17 Russian Bolshevik forces strike back at Polish and Ukrainian troops who captured Kiev ten days ago official statement from Moscow says Soviet troops advanced and were engaged about ten miles northeast of Kiev.
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London
Merchantville faces paper shortage amid washerwomen pay strike
In Merchantville Maryland May 17 washerwomen demand three dollars a day while housewives stage a lockout. The town posts an emergency call for paper collars shirts and fronts as a soap and sucs war unfolds in the short age.
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Merchantville
British reps demand severe terms for Bolshevik trade ties
London May 01 British representatives on the commission chosen by the supreme economic council to handle Russian cooperative societies will press for very severe terms before Allies agree to reopen trade relations.
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London
Commission
Supreme Economic Council
Miners Convene in Calgary to Draft New Wage Schedule
Calgary May 7. United Mine Workers of America call a major Alberta convention to discuss a new wage schedule and other matters. The gathering aims to last at least four days with financial and organizational issues due for review. With funds tight, the district seeks international aid to reorganize and settle outstanding debts.
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Calgary
Alberta
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Commission
Treaury
International Organization For Finances
Hewis
Weather summary for Canadian cities signals mixed sun and rain
The Sunday forecast shows fair and cool conditions in Manitoba with high showers in parts of Alberta. Most areas will see scattered showers or mostly fair skies today and Tuesday with little change in temperatures.
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Vancouver
Cloudy
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Fair
Moose Jaw
Brandon
Victoria
Nelson
Calgary
Lethbridge
Clear
Manitoba
Alberta
Mexican rebels pursue Carranza after San Marcos fight
Mexican revolutionaries led by Generals Pedro Sanchez and Vigilio Aguilar pursue President Carranza and his fleeing troops from the San Marcos clash. Government forces totaling 38,900 were captured after Carranza escaped. General Liberato Lara Torr, wounded May 13, died in Vera Cruz.
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Vera Cruz
Associated Press
Pedro Sanchez
Vigimio Aguilar
Carranza
San Marcos
Liberato Lara Torr
Berlin robberies surge in abnormal spree
Berlin reports a sharp rise in robberies as crime spreads through hotels shops and factories. Police say thefts have tripled in five years with housebreakings quadrupling in three years and leather belts sold to repairers.
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Berlin
Barlin
Pastor Rev. T. O. Kjos Dies in Alberta
Edmonton report says Rev. I O Kjos, longtime pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Canada, died in Coronation Alberta on May ard aged 2 decades. The obituary notes he was among the church’s oldest ministers.
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T. Og. Kjos
Edmonton
Alta
1. O. Kjos
Norwegian Lutheran Church of Canada
Coronation
Alberta
Devonshire Daughter Wed Captain in Westminster Church
Lady Dorothy Cavendish daughter of the Duke of Devonshire and Capt Harold MacMillan married at St. Margaret's church Westminster. The photograph captures the newlyweds leaving the church as orange trees stand in full fruit in the setting.
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Dorothy Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire
Harold MacMillan
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Senate votes to end state of war with Germany and Austria Hungary
Washington report notes the Senate adopted a Republican resolution declaring the state of war with Germany and Austria Hungary at an end. The measure substitutes the House peace resolution and moves to conference, with veto anticipated. The text preserves German assets and waivers, awaiting treaty undertakings.
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Washington
Senate
Germany
Austria- Hungary
House
White House
United States
Congress
Police fail to locate stolen 1918 Dodge car
Police conducted extensive searches in all directions for M. Ginther's 1918 Dodge sedan stolen from a garage between Thursday night and Friday morning. The locked car contained a filled gas tank and a spare tire. tires and repair work noted, Alberta plates from this year listed.
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M. Ginther
Secuih
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan to Add 700 Miles of Phone Lines This Year
Regina May 15 1920 the Saskatchewan government plans to extend long distance telephone service by about 700 miles this year as part of the department of telephones expansion programme. Additional lines will connect rural areas and improve intercity communication if the construction schedule is completed.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Department of Telephones
Rioting Intensifies in Londonderry Across City Streets
After two nights of clashes Sinn Feiners and Unionists again battled in Londonderry today. Police and troops with machine guns faced mobs on Bridge and Fountain streets as dozens were wounded and a former soldier Doherty killed. Nationalists used bridges and rowboats to reach the water, while 2,000 British troops landed in Bantry to reinforce West Cork.
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Bridge
Fountain Streets
England
Bantry
T Loudonderry
Fountain Street
Sinn Fein
Bright Street
Doherty
Orchard Street
Carlyle Bridge
No Man's Land
Cork
Jéngland
West Cork
Skibberen
Agricultural Price Fob and Feedstuff Quotes
Market listings show oats barley and rye prices with May and July figures. Includes cash prices for outs and extras, No 1 and No 2 feeds, rack price, rejects, and track value.
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Lax
Appeals Against Rental Tax Assessment Heard
A busy day for city authorities as a court of revision heard about seventy rental tax appeals from 10 am to 4 pm. Objections were recorded and decisions will follow after consideration at the council session that evening.
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Ficar
Baseball game D C s versus Rotarians postponed to Wednesday
The baseball game between the D C s and the Rotarians scheduled for tonight has been cancelled and moved to Wednesday afternoon.
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D. C's
Rotarians
Delegates Arrive in Montreal for Western Canada Association
East delegates arrive in Montreal to advance Western Canada Colonization Association. The statement reports the subscribe list rising from three hundred to over five hundred members, with substantial increases in support.
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Western Canada Colonization Association
Montreal
Bono Fails in Attempt to Form Ministry in Rome
Rome May 17 Signor Bono minister of war in the retiring cabinet abandons his bid to form a ministry as the popular party wavers in parliament. King Victor Emmanuel again consults Premiz Nitti and he has summoned Signor de Navi minister of public works and transportation in the Nitti government.
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Rome
Signor Bono
Victor Imanuel
Premiz
Nitti End
Signor de Navi
Nitti
Mennonites Split Over Canada Exit Move
Winnipeg reports a growing Mennonite split as many plan to leave Canada for the Swift Current colony path next month. Arrangements allegedly include selling about 100000 acres at 41 dollars per acre for 4.1 million, with crops and farming equipment.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
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