Russia Stands Firm Against British Demands in Anglo Russian Dispute
Moscow presses refuse further concessions as British demands target recall of Russian envoys in Persia and Kabul and punishment of former Persia envoy. Laboring Moscow warns England may face public op in Britain, while two British cruisers near Murmansk spark concern about warship signaling.
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Moscow
Great Britain
Persia
Afghanistan
Leonid Krasein
London
Russia
Lord Curzon
Shurfatsky
Raskolnikov
Kabul
M. Rotheteln
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Britain Retains Blasphemy Laws
The House of Lords rejected the Earl of Russell's bill to amend blasphemy laws by a 68 vote margin. The measure sought to bar criminal proceedings for atheism and heresy while preserving public peace. Lord Phillimore defended existing law as protective for ordinary occasions.
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Earl Russell
House of Lords
London
Earl of Russell
Earl of Russel
Lord Phillimore
Marquis of Salisbury
Prayer for Peace at Arlington Memorial
President Harding spoke at Arlington Memorial Amphitheatre delivering a prayer for lasting peace and a vow to mobilize every resource if war returned. He urged that the nation must do its full part to deter war and safeguard the country, drawing applause as he outlined comprehensive wartime mobilization.
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Harding
United States
Great National Cemetery
America
Mr. Harding
Trade Treaty With France Passed Second Reading
The Senate gave second reading to the bill implementing the France trade treaty and approved all but three clauses of the combines bill. Senator Beaubien cited franc depreciation and French ignorance of Canadian production as key obstacles, noting a future rebound could boost trade, citing Canada’s canned salmon as an example.
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Ottawa
Senate
France
Beaubien
Canada
Bishop Bidwell Opens 57th Ontario Synod in Kingston
At St George's Cathedral Kingston Ontario Bishop Bidwell opening the 57th synod session denounced a world wave of lawlessness and said Canada is not immune to its spread urging moral renewal.
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Kingston
Executions of Irish Bank Robbers in Tuam
Michael Murphy and Joseph O Rourke were executed by Free State authorities at Tuam County Galway for participation in a bank robbery at Athenry. The case highlights postwar security and capital punishment in Ireland.
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Dublin
Michael Murphy
Joseph O'Rourke
Free State
Tuam
County Galway
Athenry
Colonization Association to Reorganize Board in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports a complete reorganization of the Canada Colonization Association. A new board will include the Federal Government, Canadian Pacific Railway, and Canadian National Railway with equal representation. Key figures D C Coleman Col J S Dennis and A E Warren named from CPR and CN, plus support from Sir W N Augustus Nanton to chair. Financing of 1,000,000 over five years agreed by government and railways. Special settlers excursions planned from the United States this summer.
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M. A. Brown
Winnipeg
D. C. Coleman
Col. J. S. Dennis
Canadian Pacific
A. E. Warren
Western Lines
Canadian National
W. J. Black
Bew
Canadian National Railways
Augustus Nanton
Dd. C. Coleman
P L. Naismith
Calgary
Col. J. S Dennis
Immigration and Colonization
C P.R
Dr. Robb
Western Region
E. A. Field
Lancs
C.N.R
Dominion
Canada
United States
Dominion Fuel Board outlines Canada fuel plan
Interim report by the Dominion Fuel Board chaired by Charles Camsell urges reliance on national coal and peat, expanded use of BC Alberta and Maritime coals, by product cok ing plants, wood fuels, and electricity for industry and transport to reduce coal imports. It also cautions against widespread electric heating and promotes public education away from anthracite.
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OtTawa
Dominion Fuel Board
Charlies Camsell
Canada
British Columbia
Alberta
Maritime Provinces
Barbot Brings Glider to America for New Feat
French aeronaut Barbot arrives in New York aboard the Chicago from Le Havre with his motorized mono plane. He aims to demonstrate long distance air gliding from New York to Chicago and prove air flight feasibility after winning 25006 francs in a Channel crossing.
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New York
Barbot
English Channel
le Havre
Chicago
Train Falls Sixty Feet Into River In Chita Amur Disaster
A passenger train wreck in the Chita Amur region on May 24 sent the train plunging 60 feet from a bridge into a river. Rescuers recovered twenty eight bodies and fear about forty more remain in the water. Over one hundred people were injured.
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Moscow
Chita
Far Eastern Republic
Chita-Amur
Hoppers Threaten Manitoba Crops In Assiniboia District
Grasshoppers swarm across the southwest district west of Assiniboia. Deputy Minister H F Auld says current damage surpasses last season. Authorities urge farmer cooperation with Field Crops Branch and municipal officers. M P Tulis directs the response from Assiniboia. Mixing stations supply bait made from bran sawdust salt arsenic and ammonium acetate.
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M. P. Tuilis
Assiniboia
Delorme Murder Trial Could Open in September Term
Montreal. The trial of Abbe Adelard Delorme for the murder of his half brother Raoul Delorme may not begin before the September term of the Court of King's Bench, according to crown prosecutor R. L. Calder KC.
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Montreal
Abbe
Adelard Delorme
Raoul Delorme
Court of King’s Bench
R. L. Calder
K.C
Reich adopts 1922 budget with large deficit
The Reich council approved the 1922 budget as passed by the Reichstag showing a deficit of 12.46 trillion marks. The document reflects the financial strain of postwar Germany as the nation plans expenditures and revenue measures for the coming year.
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Berlin
Council of the Reich
Reichstag
Protests Heard Over Oleomargarine Sale Policy
The Committee on Agriculture heard objections from the National Dairy Council and dairymen’s associations across Canada against continued importation manufacture and sale of oleomargarine. W F Carroll protested hearing only one side. chairman Fred Kay limited debate while D Arcy E H Stonehouse F T Love and W A Wilson spoke for the dairy interests.
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Committee On Agriculture
Ottawa
National Dairy Council
Dairymen’s
Dominion
Canada
Dairy Counel
W. F. Carroll
Cape Breton
South
Carroll
Fred Kay
Mississqued
D'Arcy
E. H. Stonehouse
Dairy Council
F. T Love
Alberta Dairymen’s Association
W. A. Wilson
Regina
Saskatchewan
Soviet Vindictiveness Reported in Swiss Community
Despite Soviet denial of revenge against Swiss in Russia for the Vorovsky assassination, Swiss in Lausanne report a planned program by Communists. In Odessa the Swiss colony chairman was killed, two other prominent Swiss residents badly injured, and many Swiss arrested in Petrograd Moscow and Kiev with Swiss stores pillaged.
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Russia
Sanne
Odessa
Petrograd
Moscow
Kiev
Air League Calls for One-Power Air Force for Britain
At the Mansion House London a meeting of the Air League adopted a resolution demanding a one power standard air force for Great Britain and the fullest development of imperial air routes. Lord Birkenhead stated we are quite defenseless in the event of an air attack.
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London
Air League
Mansion House
Great Britain
Lord Birkenhead
Four British Boys Visit Canada For Agricultural Tour
Four English prize winners from the Young Farmer clubs arrive in Canada aboard the Montcalm to tour Canadian agriculture and study at an Alberta college. Diaries will be published by the Daily Mail and farm journals to inspire other boys, promoting exchange and emulation between Britain and Canada.
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England
Atlantic
Canada
London Daily Mail
Young Farmer's Clubs of
Britain
United States
British Isles
E. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Great Britain
Dominion
Alberta Agricultural College
Daily Mail
Belgian Scheme For Reparations
Le Matin reports a Belgian reparations plan to form monopoly blocs in alcohol agar and tobacco plus railroads and state property in the Reich. International Syndicates would manage these monopolies with Allied representation, projecting a yearly yield of 2.4006 billion cold marks and converting Germanys debt into a commercial obligation.
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Paris
Belgium
le Matin
Theunis Beleves
Geramini
Livestock Problems Discussed at Calgary Conference
At the Palliser Hotel Calgary a meeting of CP Rail representatives Messrs Todd Stephen and McKean and government railways delegates Messrs Fair and Rose Wear and western stock growers association delegates Messrs Riley Cross Mac Leay and Dillon discussed many problems affecting the livestock industry. A very satisfactory hearing was given the stock growers and the prevailing feeling is that much good will result from this conference.
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Calgary
Palliser Hotel
Messrs
Todd
Stephen and
McKean
Canadian Pacific Railway
Fair
Armed Intervention Favored Against Brigands in China
Major Roland W. Pinger of the US Army, one of 14 foreigners held by outlaws on Paot zuku Mountain, endorses foreign powers taking armed action to quell banditry in Tien Tsin. Meanwhile Major Robert A. Allan and W. Smith of Manchester were released after capture on May 6.
Scottish firm seals major butter deal with Saskatchewan
Andrew Clements & Son of Glasgow has secured Saskatchewn Cooperative Creameries butter for summer export, with Sir Thomas Clements approving after talks with local directors. The deal locks 2 to 3 million pounds of butter for the Scottish firm.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Saskatchewan Co-operative
Andrew Clements & Son
Glasgow
Scotland
Sir Thomas Clements
Pilsudski Resigns From Polish General Staff
Warsaw reports former president Joseph Pilsudski has resigned as chief of the general staff and is expected to withdraw from the army entirely, according to radical circles.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudski
Poland
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