Memorable Meeting Between Lloyd George and De Valera
London report says Prime Minister Lloyd George and Irish Republican Leader De Valera met at Downing Street for over two hours to discuss seating delegates at a conference table with Ulster. They issued only a cryptic joint communique with no agreement, but both sides described cordial talks and hope for an eventual settlement despite irreconcilable issues.
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London
Lloyd George
Famona de Valera
Downing Street
Great Britain
Dail Eireann
Ulster
Archbishop of Canterbury
National Assembly
Church of England
de Valera
Air Eireann
Southern Ireland
Big Gold Strike in Alaska Draws Prospectors to Anchorage
Anchorage reports a major gold strike 39 miles south of the city with quartz veins yielding over a hundred dollars. Prospectors rush to the area as twelve by seven miles of fissured quartz are uncovered. Initial find at Girdwood on the government railroad spurred further discoveries and mining men predict an epochal change.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Girdwood
Turnagain ,Ann
Japan Accepts Invitation to Armaments Conference
Washington reports Japan has unqualifiedly accepted President Harding’s proposal for a conference on arms limitation but did not address the Far Eastern question. The Chinese government also accepted, and state department officials offered no comment on the reply’s form or its text, which was not public.
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Japan
Washington
Harding
State Department
Ontario to form commission for general revival of trade
The Globe reports unofficially that the Drury Government plans a special commission to study Ontario industrial and commercial conditions. The panel will likely include representatives from boards of trade manufacturers and farmers to evolve revival plans.
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Toronto
Globe
Drury
Ontario
Boards of Trade
Farmers
Hail Swept Areas Report Widespread Saskatchewan Alberta Losses
A weather storm crossed Southern Alberta and Southern Saskatchewan, damaging crops over about a hundred mile path from Claresholm to Chin districts and from Shaunavon to Weyburn. Losses reach seventy to eighty percent in places with sixty thousand dollars in claims filed in Limerick.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Claresholm
Claresholmn
Nobleford
Coaldale
Chin
Lethbridge-Weyburn
CPR
van Horne
Saskatchewan
Shaunavon
Weyburn
Assiniboia
Limerick
Japan Seeks Confidence in Self-Reliance Amid Shifting Alliances
Tokio issued Kokuminto party statement in Yomiuri outlining that the Anglo Japanese alliance has twice been revised since 1902 yet its core spirit remains unchanged. The key question for Japan is not isolation on alliance loss but its ability to stand alone in the future if temporarily isolated.
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San Francisco
Tokio
Kokuminto
Yomiurié
Japan
U. S. Veterans To Join Canadians
Ottawa report notes a resolution by the British Great War Veterans of America to affiliate with the G W V A of Canada. Steps are under way at national headquarters of both organizations to allow American veterans who fought with Canadians overseas to maintain Canadian association membership while domiciled in the United States.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Great War Veterans’ Association
National Council
Great War Veterans of America
G.W.V.A. of
Canada
United States
Ontario Grapes May Surpass Italy in Quality
Thomas J. Mahoney of Niagara Peninsula Growers Limited says Niagara district grapes will be ready by the last week of August and may surpass Southern Italian vineyards. He notes warm weather harmed early crops but sun and rain benefited peaches and grapes.
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Hamilton
Ont
Italy
Niagara District
Thomas J. Mahoney
Niagara Peninsula
Theatrical Mutual Association Rejects Prohibition Stand
The Theatrical Mutual Association rejected a resolution by Franklyn P. Calhoun of Philadelphia to oppose prohibition legislation in Canada and the United States during a session here.
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Théronis
Franklyn P. Calhoun
Philadelphia
Canada
United States
Theatrical Mutual Association
B C Lumber Mill Destroyed By Fire in Port Alberni
Fire destroyed the Gilroy McKay lumber mill with plant loss estimated at 75 000 dollars. A million and a half feet of lumber were lost while the Canadian Voyager was berthed loading 550 000 feet for Quebec. The cargo and vessel were saved. Firefighters battled a brisk wind and saved adjacent houses. The cause is unknown.
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Port Alberni
B.C
Gilroy-McKay
Quebec
Alberni
Great Britain Leads In Shipbuilding
The United Kingdom tops ship construction with nearly 60 percent of world output. Lloyds Register shows Britain ahead by 2,813,000 tons in uncompleted ships over the United States. For the quarter ended June 30 world construction fell about 900,000 tons from the prior quarter.
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New York
United Kingdom
United States
Lloyd's Register of Shipping
World Ship Construction
Unde
Germany
New Agriculture address closes Saskatoon convention
Prof W J Rutherford dean of the College of Agriculture spoke on The New Agriculture and Prof A M Shaw addressed Livestock its place in Saskatchewan agriculture. The Dean outlined a vision of a profitable productive comfortable beautiful and educational agriculture. He said boys would not want to leave the farms and urged patronizing home industry buying from local merchants.
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Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
W. J. Rutherford
College of Agriculture
A. M. Shaw
Saskatchewan
Meighen Reaches Eighty Club Amid Striking Company
In London at the Eighty Club Premier Meighen sat between H H Asquith who proposed his health and a chorus of anti Lloyd George Liberals. Asquith spoke on the Irish question disarmament and Empire premiers while Meighen kept to broader issues and received a tumultuous welcome.
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London
Meighen
Eighty Club
H. H. Asquith
Asquith
Long Distance Wireless Record Heralded by Vancouver
The Merchants Exchange wireless at Vancouver picked up a message from the Canadian Australian liner Makara establishing a long distance Pacific record. The liner, about one day out of Auckland, New Zealand en route to Vancouver, was heard giving her position over a distance of more than 6 000 miles.
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Vancouver
Merchants Exchange
Makara
Pacific
Exchange
Aout
Auckland
New Zealand
Trial Of German War Criminals At Leipzig Hearings
The Leipzig trial of submariners Ludwig Dittmar and Johann Boldt proceeds as witnesses recount the sinking of the Llandovery Castle. Popitz testifies he and Dittmar urged against the attack on the hospital ship, but the sub dived and torpedoed it. Only 24 of 258 aboard survived.
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Leipzig
Germany
Supreme Court
Ludwig Dittmar
Johann Boldt
Llandovery Castle
Popitz
Lieut
Dittimar
Pathiz
War Office
Halifax
Fastnet
Britain stops building subsidies in housing plan
The British Government ends subsidies to encourage house building, a policy since the war. It is estimated the scheme produced 200,000 dwellings and incurred liabilities of ten million pounds annually. At seven year expiry, properties will be revalued for transfer to local authorities, adding a large capital loss.
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London
Forest Fires Revive near St. John New Brunswick
Strong westerly winds revived fires at Westfield on the St. John River, sweeping toward summer cottages at Hillandale. Smoke blankets Grand Bay, visibility reduced to fifty yards. Fire fighters relearned the battle as danger renewed in the district.
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St. John
N.B
Westfield
St. John River
Hillandale
Grand Bay
Earl of Bandon Freed After Kidnap in June
The Earl of Bandon was kidnapped on the morning of June 21 and brought back to Bantry by his captors. He was unharmed and the long search for the nobleman continued until it was hinted that Sinn Fein would release him as a gesture of good faith.
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Cork
Earl of Bandon
Bantry
Sinn Fein
Prince of Wales invited by Japan after India tour
The Prince of Wales was invited by the Japanese government to visit Japan after completing his tour of India, with the India trip slated to begin near the end of October according to the latest announcement.
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London
Prince of Wales
Japan
India
Early Days In The Hudson's Bay Service
The narrator recalls a 1878 voyage from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids aboard a York boat. He describes a motley crew, scarce provisions, and brutal mosquitoes, as they drift with the Saskatchewan River current toward Cedar Lake. A misdirected course puts them on a strange lake near Rabbit Point, with the mission party intact and the journey continuing.
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Cumberland House
H. B. Co
Grand Rapids
Artumus
Mackenzie River
Red River
Antoine Moran
Kitche-moko-mon
Big Knife
Jet
York
Saskatchewan
Cedar Lake
Missionary
Weil
Antoine
Lad
Ghemawaewir
Saskatchewan River
Oryself
Cedar Lakes
Rabbit Point
Anti British Film Will Be Produced
New York Robert Goldstein who in 1917 was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act over a 13 reel propaganda film The Spirit of 76 has had his sentence commuted and released after three years He plans to exhibit the film and has hired a hall in this city Vancouver Merchant Dies in China
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New York
Robert Goldstein
Mosity
United States
Vancouver
China
Sam Kee
Conference on Armaments Limitation Promises Global Talks
Semi official circles in London anticipate a world shaping conference on arms limits. Britain France Italy have signaled willingness to attend with China open to Eastern affairs talks. Premier Briand and PM Lloyd George may join Washington discussions, with other British leaders likely present. Possible delegates include A J Balfour, Lord Lee of Fareham, Sir Laming Worthington-E Evans, Admiral Beatty and Viscount Grey.
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London
France
Italy
Harding
China
Washington
Briand
Lloyd George
Great Britain
A. J. Balfour
Council of the
League of Nations
Lord Lee
Fareham
Admiralty
Laming Worthington-Evans
Lord Beatty
Viscount Grey
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L. D. Nesbitt
the Mail
Bassano
Alita
B. C
Gilroy-McKay Plant
Britain
Maritime Provinces
Earl
Sinn Feinera
Hudson’s Bay Service
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