British Premier Lford George's final offer for conference
The British premier sends a renewed invitation to Sinn Fein for a conference in London on October 11. The Irish side shows optimism while Lloyd George stresses the need to avoid recognizing Irish autonomy on any basis other than full imperial relation. He invites Irish delegates to discuss reconciling Ireland with the British Empire.
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Lford George
Sinn Fein Iadera
Freeman's Journal
Lford Georges
Jabloch
Scotland
Lloyd George
Eamonn de Valera
Dublin
Inverness
London
League of Nations urged to seek credits for Russia relief
A Geneva report states the Russian Relief Committee will not request funds from the assembly. The funds and relief organization are left to a Brussels conference and welfare groups. Governments finding it impossible to authorize new credits at present.
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Relief Committee
League of Nations
Geneva
Assembly of the League of Nations
Russia
Organization of Relef
Brussels
Assembly of the
Austria
A. J. Balfour
Europe
Mexican Volcano Shows Increased Activity Forces Evacuations
Mexico City reports Popocatepetl near Amecameca and Tiabacas exhibiting stronger activity than normal. Villagers flee their homes at the mountain’s base amid fears of a major eruption.
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Mexico City
Popocatepetl
Amecameca
Tiabacas
Rome asks Bank of Rome to send aid to Russia famine
The Holy See instructs the Bank of Rome to transmit 1 009 Italian lire to the papal nuncio in Berne Switzerland for relief of Russian famine sufferers.
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Rome
Holy See
Bank of Rome
Berne
Switzerland
French Premier Briand Plans Washington Conference Voyage
Premier Briand announced he will sail to the United States on the Laféas steamer probably November 1 with the entire French delegation to attend the Far Eastern questions and arms limitation conference. Australian Premier Gleeson commented on potential unofficial representation in Washington.
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Paris
Briand
United States
Melbourne
Ginghes
Washington
Indian reform view voiced by Dr Datta in Toronto
Dr S S F E Datta, a leading moderate Indian leader, told the Canadian Club in Toronto that India’s future within the British Empire rests on granting autonomy similar to self governing Dominions. He argued reform affects the entire Empire and rejected a split between constitutional change and revolution.
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Toronto
Jana
S&s
FE. Datta
India
Datta
Japan Selects Delegates for Washington Conference
Japan names its Washington Conference delegation led by Prince Tyesato Tokugawa with Vice Admiral Toma saburo Kato and Baron Kijuro Shidehara. The panel includes 18 foreign office members, three finance, twelve navy, and seven army representatives. The choice of Tokugawa surprised the nation as a step toward a possible Tokugawa ministry after the conference.
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Tokio
Tyesato Tokugawa
House of Peers
Tomasaburo Kato
Navy
Kijuro Shidehara
United States
Foreign Office
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of the Navy
Army
Kato
Shidehara
Asahi Shimbun
Tokugawa
Hara
Australia Reports Yearly Surplus and Budget Outlook
In the Commonwealth budget a surplus of £594,000 is reported for the past year with revenue at £45,318,000 and expenditures at £64,624,100, underestimations reduced by £4,284,000. An accumulated surplus reaches £5,618,000. next year’s revenue is projected at £61,787,000 versus £64,604,900 in expenditures, including major shipbuilding and social programs. The gross public debt stands at £401,720,000 with £359,607,000 owed to the Imperial government.
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London
Melbourne
Australian Commonwealth
J. Cook
House of Representatives
The Empire's Effort and Sacrifice in World War II
A report sourced from the House of Commons and the May 5 parliamentary record highlights the vast Imperial military effort in Europe. It notes nearly nine million Empire troops served, with one in ten sacrificing life, one in ten wounded, and over three becoming casualties due to death wounds disease or capture.
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Priquet
House of Commons
Montreal Shipping Lines Cut Grain Freight Rates
At a Montreal meeting, several shipping lines agreed to a ten percent reduction in freight rates for grain shipped from Montreal to the United Kingdom. The cut is attributed to scarce package freight and aims to ease transport costs amid tight capacity.
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Montreal
United Kingdom
Refugees in Petrograd Reach 150000 as Work Lags
A wireless message reports about 150000 famine district refugees are in Petrograd with only 5000 finding work. The estimate highlights a severe relief and employment shortage amid the crisis.
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Riga
Russia
Petrograd
Casey forbidden to drive car in Moose Jaw court
Andrew Casey was convicted of driving a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public. He was forbidden to operate a car for six months and fined 20 dollars in the Moose Jaw police court.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Andrew Casey
Edison Predicts Better Times Ahead Despite Turbulence
Thomas A. Edison declares good times are coming as the economy begins to turn, noting moods fall during misadjustment or shocks like war. He contends the economic machine is sound and will operate smoothly once obstructions are removed.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Germany Warns on Reparations After Global Impact
Dr Walter Rathenau, Germany's reconstruction minister, told the Imperial Association of German Trades that Germany must push reparations to the limit. He warned that fully meeting ultimatums would economically hurt the world more than Germany. He supported international economic understanding and hinted at further talks with France on gold mark deliveries totaling seven billion over four and a half years.
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Munich
Walter Ratheneuu
Congress of
The
Imperial Association of German Trades
Britain
United States
Germany
Whulster
Winston Churchill
Yeparns
Pranne
France
Hungary Agrees to Follow Council on Burgenland
Hungary reports readiness to carry out Ambassadors Council instructions on Burgenland and seeks approval for direct talks with Austria. The council replies that direct negotiations or third party mediation are allowed only after Hungary completes the required evacuation of Burgenland.
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Paris
Hungary
Council of Ambassadors
Burgenland
Austria
Ambassadors’ Council
Canada Sea Fish Landings Fall in August Across Coasts
Total sea fish landed in August on both coasts reached 776,677 cwts valued at 3,043,461 dollars, down from 1,005,884 cwts and 3,647,137 dollars last year. British Columbia halibut totaled 41,512 cwts and salmon 224,766 cwts, about half the prior year’s August catches.
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Ottawa
Atlantic
Pacific
British Columbia
CPR Reduces Livestock Rates To St Paul And Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway cuts livestock rates from prairie provinces to St Paul and Chicago with a 2 percent uplift on shipments over 9 cents per hundred pounds, not below 50 cents. New rates take effect Oct 8, aligning with reductions by US railroads. examples include Moose Jaw to St Paul 5 cents, Chicago 77 cents, Calgary and Edmonton to St Paul 70 3 2 cents, Chicago 29 8? cents.
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C.P.R
St. Paul
Chicago
Winnipes
Prairie Provinces
S&s. Paul
Canadiana Pacific Ratina
Canadian Povifle Railway
Catia
Fordney
US Rails
Moose Jaw
Calgary
Edmonton
World Record For Altitude At Dayton By Lt. MacReady
Lt. John A. MacReady, McCook Field test pilot, set a new world altitude record near 40 500 feet in a tapering biplane. He flew one hour forty seven minutes reaching 39 000 feet where oxygen formed a frost, then continued to 41 000 feet before an engine cough caused a glide to the ground.
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Dayton
Ohio
John A. MacReady
McCook Field
Rudatoh C. Sehenedtear
Ss.usn
MacReady
Tce
Ecronnd
Sixty Three Days In Open Rowboat Off Norfolk
William A. Spencer, former soldier, and his ten year old daughter Cora Eleanor were found in an open rowboat after sixty three days at sea in the Chesapeake Bay and PotomacRiver area. Fishermen sighted them five miles off Norfolk Virginia prompting a nation wide search. They were located by a police launch and brought to port following the disappearance from the city.
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Washington
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Potomac River
William A. Spencer
Cora Eleanor
Halifax to Improve Shipping Facilities for Cattle
Halifax Board of Trade advances port improvements for cattle shipments this winter. Potential use of large sheds at new ocean terminals for temporary cattle sheds. First small shipment already moved through Halifax.
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Halifax
Halifax Board of Trade
of Country
Socialists Push Bill for Republic in Germany
The Independent Socialist party in the Reichstag introduces a bill to abolish monarchist remnants. It calls for confiscation of all property of former Emperor William and the German Princess, dismissal of monarchist civil and military officials, and barring monarchist soldiers from bearing arms except on active duty. The measure adds trial by jury.
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Berlin
Independent
Socialist Party
Reichstag
Germany
William
Typhoon Devastation Hits Nagoya and Central Japan
Several hundred people are killed as a powerful typhoon sweeps central Japan centered on Nagoya. A tidal wave destroys crops and homes on Honshu Island. Numerous steamers sink and many fishermen are missing.
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Tokio
Japan
Nagoya
Hondon
World Fire Chiefs Convention Planned in San Francisco
Victoria B C reports a world convention of fire chiefs planned for San Francisco next year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the International Association of Fire Engineers. The plan is contingent on the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs meeting there.
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Victoria
B.C
San Francisco
International Association of Fire Engineers
Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs
Reduce Price Of Farm Implements By International Harvester
The International Harvester Company announced reductions of 19 to 29 percent across nearly all farm implement lines, effective October 1. This marks the second general price cut this year after 10 to 15 percent cuts in spring and July tractor reductions.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Harvester Company
French Policy Outlined Ahead of Armament Conference
Premier Briand will present France’s stance on the armaments conference in a speech at St Nazaire on October 9. The ministerial declaration will cover major questions of national importance to be submitted to Parliament when it reconvenes in October.
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Paris
Briand
St. Nazaire
Appeals to League on Feeding Russia Succeeds in Delay
Dr Fridtjof Nansen of Norway appeared before a League of Nations committee to urge member states to help feed Russia. The committee held the issue for further consideration despite the subcommittee’s adverse report.
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Geneva
Fridjof J. Nansen
Norway
League of Nations
Russia
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