Asquith Rules On War Debt Between Britain and Canada
Britain’s Prime Minister Asquith settles outstanding war debt with Canada, approving interim settlements and fixing the balance at the rate of the day. He notes Britain has paid most of its dues with depreciated pounds while Canada received materials, clothing, and currency during the war.
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Asquith
Argerns la
Elfish Treasury
Wise Imperial
Canada
Isao
Great Todtain
Russia to adopt capitalist system by end of March
Report from Helsingfors despatches says Soviet Russia will switch to a capitalist system when the communist congress meets at the end of March. Leon Trotsky, War Minister, would head the Department of Industry and Education as reported by the Daily Herald, with power handed to trade unions and cooperative socialists. The new regime prioritizes fostering industry and education, with Trotsky to oversee these sectors.
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London
Russia
Communist Congress
Helsingfors
Leon Trotsky
Department of Industry and Education
Daily Herald
Anl
Trotsky
Cattle Export Plans Amid War and Rates Discussed
A wartime report notes Indian cattle could head to Britain this year with prices from 20 to 22.50 per head, a shift from the 45 during the war. Speculators weigh supply and rates. In a separate item, Ernest Lionel Lori, 20, was murdered near his Royal Bank of Canada branch after alighting from a streetcar. motive unknown as his body was found undisturbed at home with his widowed mother.
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Britain
Coates Portreal
Victoria
Ernest Lionel Lorient
Royal Bank of Canada
Freezone claims quick corn relief with simple use
The ad boasts Freezone as a painless fix for hard and soft corns and corn between the toes with a druggist bottle costing only a few cents. It also notes Manitoba built 168 miles of rural roads and gravelled 321 miles last year.
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Manitoba
France Forces Ruhr Mine Tax on Coal Production
France orders Ruhr mine owners to pay a coal tax under threat of court martial imprisonment and fines. Gen Joegoutte and Hugo Stinnes among those targeted as authorities seize coal at pit heads and restrict exports to Holland or Switzerland if demands are unmet.
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Duenseldoul
Joegoutte
Hugo Stinnes
Ried
Frances
Holland
Switzerland
Suspension of Cologne Newspaper Sale by Alliet Rhineland Commission
The Alliet Rhineland commission orders a three month suspension of sale of the newspaper Cologne in the occupied Verrivors Lot Rhe Frankfurt Zelving. The action halts distribution and sales activities pending further orders.
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Cologne
Alliet Rhineland Commission
Verrivors
Rhe Frankfuuer
Zelving
Declare Against Bi Lingualism Winnipeg
The Manitoba School Trustees Association defeated a million for bilingualism in public schools for the third consecutive year. The motion failed about two to one though speakers urged teaching French where majority demand it. Opponents called it the thin edge of the wedge and argued Manitoba is now multi lingual with Ruthenian German and Polish groups claiming equal importance to French.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba School Trustees’ Association
Manitoba
Centenarian Has Only Had 23 Birthdays in Winnipeg
J. B. Stevenson of Winnipeg marked his hundredth year on March 1, born February 29, 1824. He says he has lived through 23 birthdays and missed a leap year birthday in 1909. He moved from Ontario to Manitoba’s Oak Lake district as a youth and farmed there for decades.
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Winnipeg
Stevenson
Canada
Ontario
Oak Lake District
Manitoba
Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills Help Chatham Woman
Mrs. James Burleigh of 248 King St E Chatham Ontario reports years of heart palpitations and nervous distress with every third heartbeat. After using Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills for three months she reports marked improvement in sleep strength and well being. Price 60 cents a box, The T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ont.
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James Burleigh
King St. E
Chatham
Ont
Auburn
Milburn
T. Milburn Co., Limited
Toronto
Canadians Refuse 19,666 Entering From United States
In the fiscal year ending March 31, 1922 Ottawa reported 19,666 people barred from Canada. Of these 18,553 were rejected at the International boundary and 1,083 at ocean ports. The note also cites 10,283 Americans refused admission. Romvnia plans timber exploitation of 10,000,000 acres in new territory.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Payments on U S Debt in 62 Year Term
London. Chancellor Baldwin answers in the House of Commons on the 62 year term for paying the debt to the United States. He outlines an immediate cash payment of 4 Tes. 085, annual payments of 161 pounds per year for ten years, and a final payment of 481 320 dollars or an aggregate 2 245 000 000 pounds as exchange value plus four percent more at 468.5. The figures carry no meaning beyond the term, highlighting Britain’s faster repayment with a reduced aggregate.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
Ute
House of Commons
Great Britain
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Indigestion Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin for instant stomach relief after meals. Two tablets supposedly end indigestion heavy pain heartburn flatulence and sour stomach at a low cost with pharmacist guarantee.
Ambassador Harvey Praises Britain's Debt Handling
Ambassador Harvey lauded Britain for resolving wartime debt as the United States begins to settle U S obligations in the country. He called the settlement the first conclusive world peace milestone since the armistice and said it strengthens US UK friendship and financial integrity.
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Great Britain
Sumley Dallwin
Washington
Prince of
Walea
Pilgrims
Harvey
United States
United Kingdom
Filnandy
Hunter Chives Allard Found Dead in Cowichan Hills
Searchers locate Chives Allard, Cowichan cougar hunter missing since February 13, about two miles from Jones Cabin in British Columbia. He died likely from cold after separating from partner Albert Lockett, who was found five days earlier in a starved, delirious condition and is recovering in Cowichan hospital.
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Victoria
Chives Allard
Cowichan
Jones’ Cabin
B.C
Cowichan Hills
Albert Lockett
Calvary
Cowichan Hospital
Bishop Accuses Bolshevik Schools in Montreal
Anglican Bishop of Montreal Rev. James Farthing denounces Bolshevik Sunday schools in Montreal claiming they enroll foreign and native children and teach atheism and rebellion against government and police. He says they promote immoral conduct and aim to undermine societal order.
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Montreal
Dr. Farthing
James Farthing
Railway Watchman Murdered Near Archerof
Archerof, B C Dan Sullivan aged 76 a railway watchman on the Canadian National Railway was found dead five miles east of here with six bullet wounds including one through the mouth and a finger tip shot off. A motive of robbery is unlikely as checks and 40000 dollars in cash were found on the body.
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Archerof
B.C
Dan Sullivan
Canadian National Railway
Here
Swiss Agent Thanks Ottawa For Cooperation In Canada Settlement
Fritz Beck of Herne Switzerland representing the Swiss Association for Colonization wrote to Hon. Charles Stewart thanking the department for cooperation in his Canada project. Beck arrived six weeks ago to aid Swiss farmers and has now left Ottawa to report to Hans Bernhard to coordinate efforts with Canadian work.
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Ottawa
Fritz Beck
Herne
Switzerland
Swiss Association For Colonization
Charles Stewart
Immigration and Colonization
Beck
Canada
Ma. Beck
Sir Walter Cassels Dies in Ortewa Judge of Exchequer Court
Sir Walter Cassels, judge of the Exchequer Court of Canada, died in Ortewa on March 1. He was born in Quebec in earlier years.
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Ortewa
Walter Cassels
Exchequer Court of Canada
Quebec
World education conference to represent 60,000 children
The National Educational Association calls a world conference on education to be held in San Francisco and Oakland California from June 28 to July 2, with more than 60,000 school children represented.
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Cleveland
Ulan
National Educational Association
San Francisco
Giakiland
Cal
Non Stop Flight Planned Berne Trial Zeppelin Under Construction
The US airship Zeppelin now under construction at Fredertek Shafer will conduct extended flights in May including a trip across the Alps. It will be taken to Berlin in June for inspection by the U.S. ambassador. Trans Atlantic flight to the US not expected before autumn with hoped range to Chicago without a stop.
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Berne
Zeppelin
Fredertekshafer
Alps
Erlin
U.S
Chicago
Fishery Treaty Concluded Ottawa
Canada and the United States concluded a fisheries treaty on the Pacific Coast. Won. Ernest Vapointe traveled to Washington and was expected to secure signatures before making the accord public.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Canada
United States
Ernest Vapointe
Washington
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