Premier Greenfield Heads to Ottawa Over Freight Rates
Edmonton May 18 Premier Greenfield plans a Ottawa trip to testify before the Crows Nest Pass freight rates committee. A. Chard will accompany with data. H. J. Symington may also testify for Alberta. He will also discuss natural resources with Mackenzie King’s cabinet.
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Ottawa
Alberta
Greenfield
Mackenzie King
Edmonton
A. Chard
H. J. Symington
Manitoga
Hoon
Brownlee
Interior
Executive Council
Hague conference chosen for Russian talks amid truce plan
The Hague was selected for expert talks on the Russian problem with a four to eight month truce in place. The process verbal on Lloyd George dual commissions to meet at The Hague was amended and sent to Washington. Japan approved an extension to four months post adjournment, aiming for a broader armistice and a merged non aggression pact. London street railway franchise was canceled by city council.
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Genoa
The
Hague
Lloyd George
England
Washington
Russia
Japan
M. Barthou
M. Jaspar
Nicola floods as dam breaks washing out roads and homes
Torrential Nicola River flood surge washes out government bridges and several small houses in Nicola B C. Dam break floods irrigation backwater and may threaten crops and ranches. Fraser river floods Sumas Prairie as dyke breach worsens regional flooding.
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Nicola
Nicola Lake
Golman
Sumas Prairie
Trontington
B.C
Fraser River
Sumas Dyke
Sumas Parkle
Unknown Woman Killed by Auto on Hastings Street
Vancouver, May 18 Unidentified woman killed when a car driven by Shira Ishi a Japanese chauffeur struck her on Hastings street. The vehicle dragged the body more than 100 feet before the car halted. Ishi was arrested on a manslaughter charge. The corpse carried no identifying clues.
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Vancouver
Shira Ishi
Hastings Street
Ishi
Edmonton Auditor Reports Excess Over Eight Million
An auditor reports Edmonton funds exceeding eight million dollars in unaccounted wavears, signaling significant financial irregularities and prompting review by city authorities.
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Edmonton
Weather Dispatch Across Western Canada
Rain fell over much of Manitoba with fair conditions in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Temperatures cooled across the region with little change expected into Friday. Vancouver recorded rain while Edmonton and Calgary showed cloudy to fair skies.
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Vancouver
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Clear
Moose Jaw
Nelson
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatche
Alberta
Wetwoast
Saska
Fire at Santo Spirito Hospital Claims Sixteen Lives
A disastrous fire swept the historic Santo Spirito hospital in Rome this morning. The blaze caused the collapse of pavement isolating the chronic ward. By 7:30 a.m. sixteen bodies were recovered from the burning ruins of the vast charitable complex serving thousands of inmates across hospital, asylum, foundlings home and refuge for the aged.
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Rome
Santo Spirito
Will Superintend Drilling of Well in Wyoming District
Mr. H. J. Neely, manager of the Rawlins Oil and Utility Company, Rawlins, Wyoming, arrived in the city this morning with a rotary rig. He will supervise the drilling of a well in the Many Island Lake district for the Medicine Hat Development Company.
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H. J. Neely
Rawlins Oil and Utiity Company
Rawlins
Wyoming
Many Island Lake District
Medicine Hat Development Company
Mr. Ratliff
Gil Wells Limited
Leke
Medféi Hat
R. Garvai
Medicine Hat
Gordon Campbell
Many Island Lake
Garvai
G. M. Blackstock
Moonshine seizure at Salem home ends with explosion risk
Salem authorities seized sixty five gallons of moonshine liquor and a still at the home of Frank Ford in Salem. One container reportedly exploded during the seizure, highlighting a dangerous discovery by police today in Salem Ore.
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Salem
Ore
Frank Ford
Community Oil Wells aims to drill at Many Island Lake site
At a large meeting of shareligljors the Community Oil Wells Limited directors were empowered to choose a drilling site and to enter a drilling contract without a bonding requirement. President Lang noted the bond impracticality and geologist Slipper outlined exploratory drilling aims to 3000 feet with best sites near Hat Many Island Lake and Rapid Narrows. Directors faced strong input from shareholders favoring Many Island Lake and Medicine Hat options, with several proposals described and debated.
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Community Oil Wells Limited
A. W. Lang
S. E. Slipper
Slipper
Medicine Hat
Idland Lake
Hat North
Island Lake
Limsto
Hat
Couleg
Rapid Narrows
Ths Kg
Pingle
Weil
Island Lake District
Medicine Hat Development Company
Many Island Lake
Wyoming
Lang
Col. Sissons
Fieh
Ratliff
Belfast Gunfire Flares as Police Barracks Attack Leaves Deaths
In Belfast on May 18 a wild night of gunfire across the Marrowbone district left at least four dead and several wounded as gunmen battled police and soldiers. Seven men in police uniforms raided Musgrave Street barracks, wounding officers before fleeing. Constable Collins died and McKeown was wounded but not seriously. Two tram riders were shot dead, while W. McKnight lay critically wounded and Robert Beattie was also hurt.
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Belfast
Marrowbone
Musgrave Street
Collins
McKeown
W. McKnight
Robert Beattie
Golf Club Meeting Aims To Form Near Connaught Hill
Residents near Connaught school are invited to a formal meeting in the high school auditorium on Friday night May 19 at 7 o clock. All interested residents welcome to discuss creating a golf course on the hill.
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Connaught School
Chamberlain questions on Canadian cattle embargo debated
In the House of Commons last night Right Hon. Austen Chamberlain urged urgent government action before a promised debate on the Canadian cattle embargo. Questions from MPs resembled a miniature debate as members began to warm up before the adjournment.
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Teeh
London
Wulfedte
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Pilot's chart found in wrecked plane over Hudson Valley
A pilot's chart showing the aerial rum route from Montreal across the border and down the Hudson Valley with a branch at Stamford was found in the cockpit of a wrecked airplane that carried 200 bottles of Scotch and Irish whiskey and crashed near Croton on the Hudson the night before.
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New York
Montreal
International Boarder
Hudson Valley
Stamford
Cofin
Croton
Hudson
Fire destroys Buffalo Hall store on river front
Prince Albert May 18 Fire destroyed the Buffalo Hall general store on the river front this morning. Goods valued at about 8000 were burned with only twenty percent covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. The premises were occupied by J Schacter.
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Prince Albert
Buffalo Hall
J. Schacter
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