North And South Reach New Peace Agreement In Ireland
Winston Churchill announces terms of a new Ireland peace accord in Parliament. It aims to reorganize Ulster police on religious lines, create a mixed Catholic Protestant police force, form an advisory Catholic recruits panel, and deploy arms in barracks under official records to ensure cooperation between the north and south and stabilize Belfast.
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Ireland
Jondon
Winston Spencer Churchill
House of Commons
Michael Collins
James Craig
Ulster
North
Dritieh
Belfast
Craig Collins
Senate ratifies Far Eastern treaty supporting open door policy
The Senate ratified the nine power treaty drafted by the arms conference to advance the open door policy in China, reinforcing U S policy in the Far East.
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Washington
China
Senate
Refuse Permits For Foolhardy Stunts at Niagara Gorge
Niagara Falls Ontario mayor, Thompson, blocks two permit applications to erect a cable across the lower Niagara Gorge for exhibition stunts. Miss Eleanora Yelding intends the Biondin act, and James Hard of Toronto seeks to repeat his 1896 crossing. The mayor argues the risk to life justifies refusal.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Thompson
Niagara Gorge
Eleanora Yelding
James Hard
Toronto
Basilica of St Anne Destroyed by Fire in Quebec
Fire swept the Basilica of Ste. Anne de Beaupre leaving only the gaunt ruins of the cathedral and monastery. Loss is estimated at 1.2 million dollars with about 500 thousand expected in insurance. Redemptorist Fathers plan to rebuild soon on a larger scale. Cause attributed to an electrical short circuit.
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Quebec
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Arctic flight expedition to drift across Arctic basin
Captain Amundsen plans a drift across the Arctic basin aided by two U S cruising planes with radio tele phones. He arrives in New York to announce the Seattle start date of June 1. Lieut Oscar Omdal and Lieut Dah join as pilots to assist in adverse conditions. Boots worn by British Life Guards cost 60 dollars a pair.
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New York
United States
Rapld Amundsen
Arctic Basin
Seattle
Norway
Amundson
Oscar Omdal
Dah
Panama Canal
Life Guards
Amendment To Dominion Elections Act Affects Franchise Of Women
The House approved a private member motion to amend the Dominion Elections Act to remove a sub section denying some foreign born women voting rights. Agnes MacPhail urged equality. T L Church objected. Premier King supported moving to an official government amendment after debate.
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Ottawa
North America
Sle
France
Belgium
Germany
Austria
Hen Hugh Guthrie
Agnes MacPhail
T. L. Church
Toronto
Research Work to Counteract Grasshoppers in Canada
The Dominion Department of Agriculture expects grasshopper numbers to drop in Manitoba and the western provinces in the 1922 crop season, with a possible outbreak in Alberta. Saskatchewan may see continued activity. Government plans include ongoing research into countermeasures against grasshoppers, wheat stem sawfly, rust, and cut worm, with no further chlorine gas tests due to cost.
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Ottawa
Dominion Department of Agriculture
R. Gould
Assiniboia
W. R. Motherwell
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian Northern Rail
Registered Bonds Discarded by Thieves
Vancouver city police recovered bonds worth 3450 dollars tied to a Ladner robbery at the Royal Bank. Authorities believe securities valued at more than 50600 dollars were stolen, with a partial list showing at least 25000 dollars negotiable. The bonds were found in the thieves’ discarded car, left at the rear of a Vancouver apartment house. The car belonged to Winston Staples of Ladner, whose daughter lives nearby.
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Vancouver
Royal Bank
Ladner
B.C
Winston Staples
Staples
Death of Alberta UF A member in Ribstone area
Alberta member C. O. F. Wright of Ribstone Alberta died March 28 at Royal Alexandra Hospital Edmonton from pleural pneumonia. He fell ill at San Remo Lodge where he stayed with his wife and family. He leaves a wife and three children, including a daughter in the same hospital with pneumonia but progressing favorably. His brother in law is Hon. Charles Stewart minister of interior.
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Edmonton
Alta
C. O. F. Wright
U.F.A
Ribstone
Alberta
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Freezone promises quick corn relief without soreness
An advertising note claims Freezone stops corn pain instantly and lets users lift the corn away with fingers. The product is sold by druggists in a small bottle for a few cents, said to remove hard and soft corns and even toe corn and calluses without irritation.
Maple tree planted for fallen soldiers on Shelbourne Street
Victoria remembers Canadian soldiers who died in France with a maple tree planted beside Memorial Avenue on Shelbourne Street by Marshal Joffre, the French army commander visiting the city.
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Victoria
B.C
France
Marshal Joffre
Memorial Avenue
Shelbourne Street
Death of Sir John C. Eaton in Toronto
Sir John C. Eaton, Toronto’s leading multi millionaire and head of Eaton interests, died at 46 after a six week illness from influenza and complications. He took a February chill during trips to Montreal and New York. His death ends a career tied to the family empire with branches in Canada and abroad. Lady Eaton, his wife, Mrs Timothy Eaton his mother, and Timothy Eaton Jr. survive along with other relatives and officials. He was born in Toronto on April 28, 1876 and succeeded his father as head of the company in 1907.
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Toronto
Sir John C. Eaton
Lady Eaton
Sir John
Timothy Eaton
England
Eaton
Montreal
New York
Sir Joan
Sir John Craig Eaton
Canada
Great Britain
Timothy Luton
Dominion
Moneton
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Regina
House of Commons debate on cattle health and embargo
In Parliament a member claimed English livestock were rapidly deteriorating and TB infected. He urged lifting the Canadian cattle embargo to allow healthy cattle and other stock to enter Britain. Sir A Griffith Boscawen denied the deterioration allegations. his denial was cheered.
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London
House of Commons
A. Griffith Boscawen
Woman Amputates Arm At Home In Richmond
In Richmond a woman amputated her own arm at home after telling her 16 year old daughter a spirit commanded the act. The mother was hospitalized in critical condition and the daughter was admitted in shock.
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Seattle
M. Lindauer
Richmond
King Albert Hurt in Rome Fall
King Albert of Belgium visiting Rome injured his right arm in a fall in his room as reported by a Central News despatch citing Tribuna. The incident was described as not serious and did not disrupt his engagements.
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London
Albert
Belgium
Rome
Tribuna
Allied Supreme Council To Meet Again On Reparations
Washington reports the United States law enforcement chief urges deportation of persistent violators to break bootlegging. In Paris, Allies expect a near term Allied Supreme Council meeting as Germany faces reparations dispute and Genoa conference prep. Premier Poincare may push for a council meeting amid German resistance and shifting positions by Chancellor Wirth.
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Allied Supreme Council
Washington
United States Prohibition Enforcement Department
J. P. Jones
Prohibition
House Immigration Committee
Paris
Germany
Reparations Commission
Poincare
Supreme Council
Genoa
Wirth
Dr. Simons
Saskatchewan Teachers Convention in Saskatoon April 18 19 20
Saskatoon will host the Saskatchewan Teachers Convention from April 18 to 20 with speakers including Professor Zimmern on Education and Life Politics and Education in Britain Chief Justice Haultain on Educational Reminiscences of the Northwest Dr Crummy on Education in Canada and Dr Carruthers on The Wage Question Special railway rates are offered April 13 to 19 First class tickets to Saskatoon and a standard certificate required at registration Further information from Secretary R Weir Regina Normal
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Regina
Saskatoon
Professor Zimmern
Great Britain
Zimmern
Britain
Saskatchewan
Haultain
Northwest
Crummy
Red Deer
Alta
Canada
Carruthers
University of Saskatchewan
Regina Normal
Miners Narrowly Escape Suffocation at Caledonia Colliery
Four hundred miners at Caledonia Colliery in Glace Bay faced possible suffocation when two air doors were jammed, halting airflow as inspectors uncovered sabotage. The incident endangered ten workers as the atmosphere grew dangerously foul.
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Caledonia
Sydney
N.S
Glace Bay
Balfour to be elevated as an earl, Evening News reports
The Evening News says Sir Arthur Balfour will likely be created an earl. It notes his Commons duties feel dull without office and that his talents as a diplomat would be valuable in the House of Lords.
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London
The
Evening News
Arthur Balfour
Arthur
House of Commons
House of Peers
Indiana Woman Killed in Attempted Assassination Plot
Mrs. W. J. Snider of Brazil Indiana was killed and four others wounded when two Koreans attempted to assassinate Gen Giichi Tanaka former Japanese minister of war on arrival from Manila. Mrs Snider was travelling with her husband around the world.
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Indiana
Shanghai
W. J. Snider
Brazil
Ind
Giichi Tanaka
Manila
Lost Radium Located Toronto
A $20,000 worth of radium missing from Hamilton Ontario's city hospital has been found in Syracuse New York. The radium was used on a cancer patient and reportedly stolen while the patient was in a comatose state from treatment effects.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Ont
City Hospital
Syracuse
N.Y
To Represent Canada at Rome
Regina Sask W A Wilson general manager of the Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries has been named one of two delegates for Canada to the world agriculturists conference in Rome Italy He leaves about April 2 to attend the conference which may discuss forming a wheat pool to influence world prices Wilson formerly dairy commissioner for Saskatchewan government.
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Regina
Sask
W A. Wilson
Saskatchewan Cooperative Creameries
Canada
Rome
Italy
Wilson
Government of
Saskatchewan
Doubt Reported Death of Lenine in Rome Papers
A Rome newspaper report questions the death of Soviet premier Nikolai Lenine. Paris dispatch notes the story as unconfirmed amid previous false alarms. Other reports cite illness, a cancer diagnosis, or a Moscow appearance at the All Russian Communist Congress where Lenine spoke two hours.
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London
Paris
Nikolai Lenine
Rome
Lenine
Moscow
Associated Press
All Russian Communist
Kremlin
Mount Etna Erupts as Lava Flows Prompt Exodus
A Rome desk of Central News reports Mount Etna violently erupts with lava streaming from the crater. Residents of nearby mountain villages flee as several earthquakes shake the Messina province, according to advisories from Palermo.
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London
Mount Etna
Rome
Palermo
Messina
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W. D. Buler
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Castoria
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Joffre
A Dunlop
Nee Pawa
Man
Prince
King Albert
Saskatchewan Teachers’ Convention
Balfour
W. A. Wilson
World Agriculturists
Sian Soviet
Sloan
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