Italy May Declares War as Austria Faces Ultimatum
Rome dispatches report Italy may issue an ultimatum to Austria Hungary tomorrow and declare war by week’s end. Parliament grants government power to act. Salandra signs decree suspending diplomatic immunity of Austrian and German envoys at the Vatican. Front reports note German gains near Ypres and ongoing Dardanelles fighting. Turin describes terror in Pola Fiume Trieste as Austro German forces push on Galicia.
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Austria
Dardanelles
Rome
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Geneva
Messaggero
France
Belgium
Ypres
Russian War Office
Galicia
London
Exchange Telegraph Co
Salandra
Vatican
Paris
Baron von Macchino
Germans Capture Riga in Baltic Naval Battle Report
A Copenhagen dispatch to the Daily News states that Germans have captured Riga on the Gulf of Riga in northwest Russia. A private despatch reports a large naval battle in the Baltic.
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Riga
Gulf of Riga
Russia
Baltic
German Casualties 92000 at Langemarck
Ottawa May 20 authoritative German sources show Canadians at Langemarck suffered 6000 casualties while German losses were 12000 killed and at least 20000 wounded in the battle.
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Ottawa
Militia Department
Langemarck
Ambassadors poised as war tensions rise in Europe
The Italian male population is mobilizing, with authorities blocking many men from returning home. German and Turkish diplomacy intensifies as Switzerland upholds neutrality. In Gallipoli a naval battle unfolds with Queen Elizabeth and Goeben engaging Turkish forces. A French fishing trawler is torpedoed off Dartmouth with heavy loss of life and no warning given.
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London
St. Just of Arcachon
Dartmouth
Empire Day in the Schools Celebrated Citywide
Empire Day was marked in public and high schools with a 10:30 a.m. program at Alexandra high school. Grades VII to XII joined a patriotic program featuring Rule Britannia, a new Junior Regent chapter of the Canadian Club, and talks by officials including M.L.A. Nelson Spencer. The event included officers for the Junior Regent and Boys section, musical interludes, and addresses urging Canadian and British citizenship and national unity during wartime.
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The
Daughters of the Empire
L. W. MacBean
Medicine Hat
Canadian Club
W. H. MacDonald
Alexandra High School
Rule Brittania
Hector Lang
Smyth
1.C.C.E
1.C.D.E
Irene Taylor
Dorothy Rutherford
Gladys Patterson
Paul Page
James Sanderson
Ross Fitzsimmons
Harvey Smith
Tom Bailey
Gordon Myers
Nelson Spencer
M.L.A
Nils Duggan
Hoag
Fossum
Hatch
C. F. Jamieson
Canada
CPR Time Table Highlights Train Additions and Route Changes
The CPR timetable at month end adds trains 18 and 14, expands the Soo Chicago express west to Moose Jaw, and adjusts major routings. Some sleepers run Seattle to Calgary with new connections. eastbound No. 2 stops at Dunmore Maple Creek and Swift Current. Nos. 8 and 4 extend to Montreal via Sudbury. local stops shift on No. 3 between Medicine Hat and Calgary. Strathmore and Langdon removed. Train 511 departs Lethbridge later. no cafe car for now. The Lomond Mixer runs twice weekly. Spokane and Calgary service resumes. Swift Current Empress service operates M W F with return next day. Bassano Empress runs Mon and Thu with return next day. Trains 640 and 687 changes noted.
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Soo-Chicago
Moose Jaw
Might
Seattle
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Calgary
Dunmore
Maple Creek
Swift Current
Toronto
Vancouver
Sudbury
Montreal
Medicine Hat
Clelden
Strathmore
Langdon
Lethbridge
Basano
Thureday
Bassano
Kealy Sentenced to Two Years in Lethbridge Jail
O. W. Kealy was sentenced by Judge Carpenter to two years less one day on each of two counts. He pleaded guilty to stealing 255 dollars from Amelia Cargill and fraudulently omitting to pay 163.70 dollars to Rose Shardlow. Sentences run concurrently with hard labor.
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O. W. Kealy
Lethbridge
Carpenter
Amelia Cargill
Rose Shardlow
Manitoba Board Defers New Licenses in Winnipeg Districts
The Board of License Commissioners of Manitoba decided no new licenses will be granted and action delayed in two districts pending government orders on reducing current licenses. It is understood many reductions will occur in Winnipeg, with numerous purely "house joints" likely to be shut.
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Winnipeg
Board of License Commissioners of
Manitoba
Edmonton Sheriff Walter S Robertson Dies at 70
Edmonton reports Walter Scott Robertson longtime sheriff of Edmonton for thirty years died this morning. He came from Seaforth Ontario and had left office a few months ago.
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Edmonton
Walter Scott Robertson
Seaforth
Ontario
Tolmie Nominated Liberal Federal Candidate in Tara
Tara Ontario May 21 John Tolmie former M P was unanimously nominated by the North Bruce Liberals as the federal candidate. The notice notes his party backing and the nomination event in Tara with local Liberals praising his record.
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Tara
Ont
John Tolmie
M.P
North Bruce Liberals
Jury Finds Col Roosevelt Not Liable in Libel Suit
Syracuse May 21 The jury in the Barnes Roosevelt libel suit returns a verdict for the defendant Col Roosevelt. The foreman announces the jury has agreed shortly before 11 o'clock today.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Col. Roosevelt
Penny Lee Killed in Action at Langemarck
Capt Parker received a telegram stating Penny Lee of Medicine Hat was killed in action at Langemarck this afternoon.
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Penny Lee
Capt. Parker
Gram
Penny” Lee of
Medicine Hat
Langemarck
Window display honors departing soldiers in Spencer-Todd shop
Spencer-Todd Limited trims a window with a patriotic display for departing soldiers. It features King George VI Queen Mary, late rulers, Sam Hughes, and 31 transports with the protecting fleet of British battleships, plus local soldier pictures. The exhibit, by Mr McCullough, is non selling and shows store friendship to the troops.
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Spencer-Todd, Limited
George
Queen Mary
Edward
Queen Victoria
Sam” Hughes
McCullough
Labor Leader Enters Cabinet in Local Government Post
London May 21 Arthur Henderson a Labor leader becomes President of the Local Government Board succeeding Herbert Samuel. The appointment, the first authoritative cabinet entry outside Asquith and Grey, is welcomed by the Trade Unionists who praise the move as significant for Labour influence in government.
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London
Oataide
Asquith
Edward Grey
Arthur Henderson
Herbert Louis Samuel
Ballots Safe Arrival and Rancher Shooting Report
Ottawa reports ballots and affidavits for soldiers arrived safely in England after narrowly missing Lusitania transit. Harold Daly survived aboard the Lusitania. Regina dispatch notes fatal shooting of rancher William Long near Wood Mountain over cattle brand disputes. Geo Bail arrested and to face murder charges in Moose Jaw or Weyburn.
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England
Lusitania
Harold Daly
Regina
William Long
Wood Mountain
Long
Geo. Bail
Moose Jaw
Weyburn
Dilena Executed for Cedar Rapids Murder at Bordeau Jail
Antonio Dilena was hanged at Bordeau jail in Montreal for the September Cedar Rapids murder of Giuseppi Greco. Witnesses saw the condemned man struggle for several minutes after the drop, though he showed no tremor before the execution.
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Montreal
Antonio Dilena
Bordeau
Giuseppi Greco
Cedar Rapids
Dilena
Sheep men anxious over wool embargo impact
Lethbridge reports local sheepmen criticize the wool embargo act. Prices offered by eastern Canadian buyers fall to 12¢ per pound while Boston buyers paid 16¢ to 26¢ previously. C. S. Crest, secretary of the Southern Alberta Sheep Growers Association, warns removal of American competition lowers profits despite current good wool prospects.
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Lethbridge
Boston
C. 8. Crest
Southern Alberta Sheep Growers’ Association
Father with Five Sons Joins Colors in Ottawa
Ex Corporal J W Pilabury, now farming with three sons at Coaldale Alberta, is in Ottawa en route back to his regiment in England. He served in the first South African War and was wounded at Majuba Hill, and later fought in the Zulu War. Two of his five sons already at the front, he follows.
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Ottawa
J. W. Pilabury
England
Majuba Hill
Coaldale
Alta
Drowned Man Found In Uxbridge Pond
James Walker aged 85 a former builder and contractor was found drowned in a pond near Uxbridge Ontario after leaving home for a walk this morning. It is believed he fell in during a fainting spell.
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Uxbridge
Ont
James Walker
Nook
Three Young Half Breeds Found Guilty
Paul Allard John Buchane and Louis Boyer were found guilty of tampering with a switch. Judge Carpenter presided at the courthouse after a lengthy trial with about ten witnesses from the railway industry. Defence argued lack of direct act. prosecution urged severe sentence given deemed dangerous precedent.
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Paul Allard
John Buchane
Louis Boyer
S Gar
Awitch
Carpenter
Cate Wee
Buchane
Allard
Boyer
Beothne
Duehane
Dundon
Evans
Hauer
Allaré
Duséen
Wea
Beyer
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Fium
Trieste
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Naby Bey
Prince von Buelow
Chiasso
Germany
Basel
Athens
Reuters
Gallipoli Peninsula
Gulf of Saros
Atack
Sultan Selim
Goeben
Sea of Marmora
Alval
Asia Minor
Empire Day IN the
C.P.R
U. S
Atlantic Fleet
New York Harbor
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Kealy
Wormer
Teddy
Foreman
WM. Barnes, Jr
Teddy Roosevelt
Hbel
Gen
Sam. Steel
J.B. Paracas
Steele
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Mabe
Te Perial
Bouts Avion
J. T. Potheringhem
Stevie
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Uxbridge Pond
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