Budget Amendment Defeated in Canadian House by 110 to 25
The Progressive budget amendment calling for tariff revision was defeated 110 to 25 in the house. Among those voting negative were 11 Conservatives and 14 Progressives and Independents. The 33 voting for the amendment included 31 Progressives and two Labor members led by Robert Forke. Debate on the amendment followed the longest budget debate in Canadian Parliament history.
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Minwse
Mewars
Kentnedy
Glengarry
Nc-Donald
Temiskaming
Shaw
Weert Calgary
Fred Johnston
Last Mountain
McConnea
Battleford
Pritchard
North Wellington
Reed
Frontenac
Jenift
Lethbridge
Sexsmith
Lennox
Prince Edward Island
Black
Huron
Neill
Comem
Sir Rider Haggard Dies in London at 68
Sir Henry Rider Haggard born June 22 1856 in Bradenham Norfolk died May 14 in London. He served in South Africa government work and gained fame as a fiction writer of romances and adventures with African settings. In truth his main life’s work was practical agriculture earning high regard from experts.
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London
H. Rider Haggard
Henry Rider Haggard
Bradenham
Norfolk
South Africa
Rider
Condemn Reparation Plan Berlin
The National Federation of German officers condemns the Dawes reparation plan as unfulfillable and harmful to German industry. It criticizes the government for not denying war guilt to foreign powers and opposes a proposed security pact as surrendering nationals in ceded territories and recognizing the Versailles treaty.
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Berlin
National Federation of German
Dawes
Germany
Grain Act Revision Talks In Winnipeg Meeting
Directors of the central selling agency of the provincial wheat pools adjourned their monthly meeting and conferred with representatives of the Canadian council of agriculture. They discussed drawing up recommendations to amend the Canada Grain Act and improve the current form, which has been declared ultra vires.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Council of Agriculture
Canada
Canadian Wins Theological Prize at Lake Forest University
Prof. W. C. Mcintosh a Canadian and McMaster graduate has won the Bross prize of 6.00 dollars for the best theological work. The Lake Forest prize is awarded once in five years by the Lake Forest University of Chicago. Mcintosh serves on the Yale Divinity School faculty.
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New Haven, Conn
W. C. Mcintosh
McMaster University
Toronto
Bross
Lake Forest University of Chicago
Mcintosh
Yale Divinity School
Resolution backs rural credit bill in Commons committee
The banking and commerce committee of the House of Commons approves a resolution urging government action this session to establish an adequate rural credit system by a large majority.
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Ihiawa
Banking and Commerce Committee
House of Commons
French Aviator Killed in Chartres Acrobatic Crash
Lieut. Henri Simon perished when his metal aircraft collapsed during stunts near Chartres France. The machine plunged toward the famous cathedral and exploded into fragments in the market square.
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Chartres
France
Henri Simon
Grain price rules urged to curb sharp fluctuations
Washington reports that the grain exchange should limit the spread in daily quotations to prevent unreasonable fluctuations and manipulation. Secretary Jardine recommends adoption of rules from a department of agriculture preliminary investigation under the Grain Futures Act about Chicago board of trade futures price swings starting in January.
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Washington
Grain Exchange
Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Chicago Board of Trade
Relief Plan Uses Dominion Orders to Beat Unemployment
Britain should cooperate with overseas dominions to secure steady orders for bridges rails and heavy railway equipment to ease unemployment in English and Scottish yards. Premier Baldwin indicated government support and possible financial collaboration with the dominions along with limited subsidies to idle traders to spur empire development.
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Britain
Dominions
London
Stanley Baldwin
J. T. Brownlie
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Baldwin
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Launches Large Membership Drive
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool plans a province wide campaign after elections to add 2,000,000 acres under contract and secure acreage for a new coarse grain pool. Organizing work has begun at the Regina head office with contracts mailed to all pool holders to start the effort.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Uhes
Anti-Soviet Chief Ends Life in Moscow
General Boris Savinkoff, longtime anti Bolshevik leader, killed himself by jumping from his cell window. He was serving a lengthy sentence on numerous charges tied to his decades long opposition to the Soviet regime. His trial on August 28, 1924, had no prosecution or defense.
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Moscow
Boris Savinkoff
Teader
Jellicoe Named Chairman of Overseas Settlement Council
Viscount Jellicoe, former naval commander and ex Governor General of New Zealand, takes the chair of a new Church of England backed council to promote overseas settlement. The council coordinates information on settler openings and oversees emigrant selection and welfare.
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London
Viscount Jellicoe
Nayal
New Zealand
Council of Overseas Settlement
Church of England
MacMillan Seeks Rename Polar Ship to Peary
Donald B. MacMillan, head of the MacMillan Polar expedition, asks to rename his ship to Peary in tribute to the North Pole discoverer. The vessel plans to sail from Boston on June 17 for an air assisted attempt to reach the Pole this summer.
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Chicago
Donald B. MacMillan
North Pole
Peary
Boston
Fruit Growers Accept Prairie Trade Proposition
Vernon British Columbia directors of the Associated Growers accepted a proposal from prairie wholesale dealers. The plan guarantees full support in distributing the British Columbia fruit crop through the Growers’ own representatives.
New Elevators Planned Across Fifteen Saskatchewan Points
The Saskatchewan Wheat Pool will build elevators at Balgonie Indian Head Dodsland Dunblane Watrous Colville North Kinkey Broderick Disley Stoughton Dubuc Milestone Yellowgrass Bulyea Wantage. One site already hosts a farmer owned elevator and all locations have more than 10 000 acres under contract with the pool.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Balgonie
Indian Head
Dodsland
Dunblane
Watrous
Colville
North Kinley
Broderick
Disley Stoughton
Dubuc
Milestone
Yeollowgrass
Bulyea
Wantage
Continue Work of Assisting Army Veterans
Ottawa reports reveal 49,056,179 dollars disbursed last year for pensions and re establishment of veterans of the Great War. Administration costs were 2,485,645 dollars, about 4.8 percent of total. Dr Deland states the department’s functions must continue. Beand says abolition is unlikely.
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Ottawa
Department of Soldiers
H. S. Beand
Imperial
Deland
Senate Vacancies Held Up by Reform Conference Delays
In Ottawa the delay in filling seven senate vacancies is tied to a possible inter provincial conference on reform. Government Leader Raoul Dandurand says the government waits for the convention's outcome. Senator Lougheed suggests the general election may also influence the delay.
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Ottawa
Senate
Raoul Dandurand
Lougheed
Delax
Vatican lines up big deposits in Britain banks
The Daily Telegraph reports the Vatican plans large financial deposits in Great Britain with keen competition among banks to win the business. Before the war the Vatican banked largely in Germany and reportedly suffered losses from mark depreciation.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Vatican
Great Britain
Uwre
UW Vaticcan
Germany
Morning Post questions name change to colonial office
London’s Morning Post argues the term colonial in the office’s title may not offend overseas dominions and calls the agitation over a name puerile and shallow.
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London
Morning Post
Colonial Office
Post
Postal Salaries Debate Reaches Ottawa
The Postmaster General Charles Murphy has called all postal branches to send representatives to Ottawa to meet a cabinet sub-committee about reverting salaries. Details have become known locally.
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Toronto
Ant
Charles Murphy
Postal Service
Ottawa
Ottawa vote approves $21500 salaries for soldiers' relief
In the house a $21500 allocation for the department of soldiers' civil re establishment salaries was approved after debate. The current year's estimate falls by $326 compared with the prior year's vote.
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Ottawa
Department of Soldiers
Canadian Chief Of Staff Warns War Likely In Future
Ottawa and London papers quoted General 3. HM. Mac Brien, Canadian chief of staff, warning that peace talks cannot avert war. He cited European frontiers, US Japan rivalry, and strategic gates like the Suez Canal and the Straits of Gibraltar as fueling inevitable conflict.
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Ottawa
Mac Brien
Europe
United States
Japan
Suez Canal
Straits of Gibraltar
Industrial Disputes Act Bill Passes Commons Ottawa
The Lemieux Act amendments to the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act cleared all stages in the Commons after three changes. It aims to limit the act to matters within provincial jurisdiction following a Privy Council ruling that the original act overstepped federal powers. The bill also preserves use of Dominion Act provisions if invoked.
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Ottawa
Privy Council
Briand Replies Courteously on German Security Pact
Paris reports Foreign Minister Briand sent to London a courteous reply to Germany about the security pact proposal. It is said to assume Germany’s good faith, defers Polish frontiers to future talks, and avoids stating any condition for accepting a security plan.
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Paris
Briand
London
Germany
League conference urged limits on traffic in arms
The military commission of the League of Nations conference recommends excluding armored cars armored trains and flame throwers from control. The full conference must vote on this recommendation.
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Geneva
League of Nations International Conference For the
Mennonites Migrate to Southern Alberta Beet District
A Mennonite board meeting in Winnipeg announced that a group among 130 newcomers will settle in Southern Alberta's sugar beet district. The settlers, many experienced beet growers, arrived with money and paid their own fares to Canada at the Canada Colonization Association office.
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Alberta
Winnipeg
Mennonite Board
Canada Colonization Association
Canada
Divorce Bills Move Fast in Ottawa House
In Ottawa the House of Commons fast tracked thirty-one divorce bills within twenty minutes. A score passed committee stage and reached final readings in the first fifteen minutes while the remainder received second reading and were referred to the private bills committee.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Army officer resigns after breach of contract trial
London Lieut Col Ian Onslow Dennistoun has resigned his army commission after a breach of contract case with his former wife Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun. The trial featured sensational testimony but gave no reason for the resignation.
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London
Ian Onslow Dennistoun
Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun
British Labour to Send Deputation to Russia for Trade Talks
The British Labour party will accept the Russian invitation and dispatch a deputation to study possible improvements in Anglo Russian trade relations. The move aims to explore practical avenues for enhanced commerce between Britain and Russia through direct discussions and fact finding.
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London
British Labor Party
Russia
Canada as Interpreter of Ideals Highlighted in London
Sir Robert Falconer of the University of Toronto spoke at a London gathering chaired by the Lord Mayor. He praised Canada's unique position between Britain and the United States and its role in interpreting the British Commonwealth to America.
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London
Canada
Britain
United States
Robert Falconer
University of Toronto
Robert
Call
Border Officers Increase Outposts Along Canada Border
Immigrant enforcement along the international boundary has expanded patrol outposts in recent days. F A Winsor, inspector in charge, says a high number of foreigners are attempting or planning unlawful entry, but added that full coverage and extra patrols place the situation under control.
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Minor
N.D
International Boundary Line
Canada
F. A. Winsor
Portal, N.D
Minot
Wheat carry over smaller world supply
Indications from the department of agriculture show a smaller world wheat carryover on July 1. The carryover is estimated at 125 million bushels, down from 253 million a year earlier. The department says sufficient wheat exists to meet demand until the new crop reaches the market.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Britain Presses Measures Against Bolsheviks in London
The Daily Chronicle reports police actions curbing Bolshevik presence in London. Many residency permits have been canceled or not renewed, hundreds affected. Books and literature seized. The Bolshevik bookshop selling Pravda Izvestia and other papers closed. Soviet Union Review ceases publication. Russian business staffs reduced. cause unclear.
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London
Daily Chronicle
England
Pravda
Izvestia
Soviet Union Review
The
Chronicle
Creamery Plant Planned for Bulyea Saskatchewan
A branch of the Western Creameries of Moose Jaw will be established in Bulyea. A. J. Jones, representative, signed documents last week. The stock issue was fully subscribed. A site is ready and construction will start soon with operation expected by the first week of July.
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Bulyea, Sask
Western Creameries
Moose Jaw
Bulyea
A. J. Jonez
Viscount Milner Dies After Illness in Canterbury
London reports the death of Viscount Milner former secretary of war who had been ill for some time at Sturry Court near Canterbury. He had suffered from sleeping sickness.
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Viscount Milner
London
Lord Milner
Sturry Court
Canterbury
France to settle debt to Britain and U S, officials say
Paris officials indicate a definite policy on settling France's debt to Britain and the United States. Relations with Britain are described as satisfactory in a changing world. A recent English wave of approval is linked to belief in the entente's necessity. The Marquis of Crewe hosted President Doumergue at the British embassy, with Canadians present.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Britain
United States
England
Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Marquis of Crewe
Doumerguée
Second Reading of Grain Act Postponed
Ottawa reports that the Grain Act amendment bill slated for second reading May 18 was postponed after Opposition Leader Arthur Meighen objected. He noted the measure, lengthy at ss pages, had only just become available that morning and could not be read. The government agreed to hold it over rather than rush the stage.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Arthur Meighen
T. A. Low
Trade and Commerce
Committee On Agriculture
Memorial for Harding to be built in Stanley Park
A Kiwanis drive across Canada and the United States has oversubscribed the fund to honor the late President Warren G Harding. The target was 35000 dollars and the amount is now with the International Kiwanis executive in Chicago. Plans call for unveiling the memorial next September during the International Kiwanis convention in Vancouver with a ceremony set for September 17.
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Vancouver
Warren Harding
Stanley Park
Caada
United States
International Kiwanis
Chicago
Merchant Marine Policy Urged to Boost Meat Trade
During the annual report examination in Ottawa a House of Commons committee heard Sir Henry Drayton press merchant marine management to push a policy expanding chilled meat exports. He noted New Zealand ships to Britain at a similar rate due to agreements for maximum leadership in shipments.
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Ottawa
Sir Henry Thornton
Railway and Shipping Committee
House of Commons
National Railways
Henry
House of Commons Committee On Railways and Shipping
Henry Drayton
New Zealand
Britain
France begins talks to fund war debt with United States
Negotiations to fund the French war debt to the United States start within 15 days. The format of talks is undecided but will use established diplomatic channels rather than a special French envoy to the United States.
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Paris
United States
Famine Threatens Russian Regions as Manchurian Wheat Arrives
Telegram from Moscow reports crop failures threaten famine in Western and Southern Russia. Soviet officials permit duty free imports of Manchurian wheat and plan cash purchases of large quantities to avert shortages.
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Russia
Harbin
Manchuria
Moscow
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British Foreign Office
Col Dennistoun
Toronto University
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