Australian Aviator Hawker Feared Lost Off Ireland Coast
Reports from London May 20 say aviator Harry G Hawker and Lieut Commander Mackenzie Grieve were sighted off Ireland or their craft fell into the sea near the Shannon estuary. Admiralty dismisses yesterday’s notices as unreliable and says news is negligible. Earlier, N C 4 seaplanes reached Port de Gala and departed from Horta with clear weather and favorable winds.
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London
Admiralty
Hawker
Washington
N. C
Ponta del Gala
Horta
Lac La Biche Wiped Out by Forest Fire
A Ontario era town Lac La Biche is left homeless after a forest fire yesterday afternoon. About 300 people lose their homes while the railway station hotel and church survive. Relief supplies tents and cooks are organized with a special train to depart from the A and G W station at four thirty. Telegraph service is restored but details are scarce.
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Edmonton
Lac la Biche
Alberta and Great Waterways Railway Company
A.&g.w
J. K. Mclennan
D and PC. Railway
McLennan
Lac la Viche
Iddmonton
North Country
Poles Break Ukrainian Offensive in May Battles
W Man report notes Ukrainian offensive collapsed after fierce fighting with Poles who captured Baljoa and Novoslolki. Ukrainian losses described as extremely heavy. Paris bulletin says Polish forces led by women battalions and Lemberg garrison troops advanced near Kulikolf north of Lemberg.
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W. Man
Bal Joa
Novoslolki
Paris
Kulikolf
Lemberg
Polint
City adopts bylaw fixing tax rate and school levy
The council approved a bylaw setting the tax rate at 33 mills with 17 for general city use 15 for public schools and one for supplementary revenue. Discounts for prompt payment range from 10 percent to 5 percent through year end. A debate over lowering the rate and concerns about collection and legality followed before final passage amid protests from Alderman Hole.
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Aid
Wiole
Hole
Ald
McLarty
Ald. McLarty
Ald Hole
New Zealand Wool Clip Reaches 6015 Bales Valued at £12 Million
Wellington May 20 1918 19 The New Zealand wool clip for 1918 19 totalled 6015 bales valued at £12 000 000.
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New Zealand
Wellington
Troop Trains Arrive on Special CPR Service
Special CPR troop train 1605 scheduled to arrive at Medicine Hut at 11:25 tonight with details limited to the arrival time and CPR courtesy notice.
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Medicine Hut
World's Temperance Workers Meet in New York
Toronto May 20 report says world temperance workers gathered in New York for the opening meeting on the campaign to abolish liquor traffic worldwide. The Pioneer prohibition weekly lists prominent prohibitionists among the attendees as they plan moves to Ottawa and Toronto.
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Toronto
New York
Ottawa
the Pioneer
Prohibition Weekly
Liberals Plan United Action Across Provinces
Ottawa May 20 The Liberal advisory committee meeting with provincial representatives ended last night. Premier Martin of Saskatchewan may stay a few days for further talks. Western organization will follow federal constituency boundaries with provincial government cooperation. The committee will add MPs and senators as they prepare for a national Liberal convention with provincial representatives to foster unity.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Martin
Saskatchewan
National Liberal Convention
G W V A of Canada elects new president in London
At the first annual general meeting in London Khaki University on May 20 in England Alex A Gemmell late 11th Dragoons of Calgary was elected president replacing Claud I Gifford of Calgary whose business prevents continuation. Also elected to the executive was H Baker of Medicine Hat a corporal in the Tenth battalion with Croix de Guerre.
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London
G.W.V.A. of Canada
England
London Khaki University
Mayard
Alex A Gemmell
11Th Dragoons of
Calgary
Claud I. Gifford
42Nd Batt
W. H. Baker
D.C. M
Tenth Battalion
Medicine Hat
Bank Manager Fatally Shot in Agincourt Bank Robbery
Toronto reports two daylight robbers drove up in an automobile to the Bank of Nova Scotia branch at Agincourt and shot manager R. C. Long, who died instantly. An employee was wounded and one robber shot.
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Toronto
R. C. Long
Bank of Nova Scotia
Agincourt
Here
City council approves grants and requests for community needs
At a recent council meeting, grants, licenses, and requests were discussed. Actions included approving a $1500 grant to a city band contingent on patriotic turnout, pending committee reviews, and adopting several by law and service requests.
President Wilson urges repeal of war time prohibition on wine and beer
President Wilson recommends repeal of the wartime prohibition law as it applies to wine and beer only. He favors returning rail and telegraph lines to private ownership, revising war taxes, abolishing exciters, and outlines labor policy while urging women's suffrage and strengthening tariff protections. He defers on Paris peace terms and the League of Nations, noting his absence from Washington.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Hope Entertained For Winnipeg Strike Settlement
Ottawa reports a Dominion secretary telegram noting hope for settlement of the Winnipeg strike soon. The message says the situation is tight and the city is quiet, with terms recognizing collective bargaining before the mayor.
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Hope
Winnipeg
Galle Amherst
Ottawa
Dominion
Great War Veterans’ Association
Veterans’ Executive
Early Start Planned on C N R Grading at Redcliff
May 20 twenty five men of the C N R grading outfit arrived in town. Grading machinery from Pincher Creek expected to arrive today. Upon unloading, grading will begin on forty five miles of track northwest from Redcliff. Two outfits require about eighty men. one likely to start immediately. Steel layers to follow and the line to be steel laid by fall.
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Redcliff
C.N.R
Pincher Creek
Mitchell Meat Market announces midweek hours
Mitchell Meat Market says it will be open Wednesday afternoon and Friday evening this week, outlining extended hours to serve customers.
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Mitchell Meat Market
German reply on peace terms to be handed Thursday
Berlin May 20 The German reply to the peace terms will be handed to representatives of the powers on Thursday. The content will closely follow Germany's version of President Wilson's fourteen points. Paris May 20 German plenipotentiaries will present observations on the treaty on Wednesday with no extension of time granted. It is widely expected the Germans will ultimately sign the treaty.
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Pres. Wilson
Berlin
Elfect
Wilson
Paris
Allied casualties in Smyrna landing total 300
Paris May 20 official report states allied casualties from the Smyrna landing last Thursday reached 300. Turkish forces defended the forts stubbornly in the engagement.
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Paris
Smyrna
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Gorp. Baker
Med
Hat
Canada
Athlone
Rideau Hall
Armory Park
U.S.A
Ment
Prohibition
Movement
Council of Women
Ministerial Association
the Hand
W. H. Macdonald
Oy Second St S. I
Children's Aid Society
Trades and Labor Council
Martin, Wider and Lewis
Publicity and Information Bureau
Re. Lour
National Editorial Association
Order of Oddfellows No
Westminster Church
Tweed
Water Committee
Returned Soldiers’ Welcome League
Riverside Park
Cousins
Meiggs
Dominion Trails Association
Twaittes
Dominion Glass Company
Agric. College
Amherst
N.S
Federation of Labor
Gualph
Ontario Agricultural College
Aram
1.C.C.F
Gree
Labor Union
Becker
Second St
Medicine Hat Poultry
Nimmo Bros
Sixth Ave
Great War Veterans’ Orchestra
Ladies’ Auxiliary OF
Veterans’ Club
Board of Trade Rooms
Mr. Anderson
Regina
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