Wheat Board May Continue for Another Year
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Borden signaled the Canada Wheat Board may extend its mandate for another year. The move appears provisional as ministers discuss registration and potential reforms, with pressure from grain exchanges to loosen controls. The plan likely lasts a year and stops short of full nationalization.
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Wheat Board
Ottawa
Borden
Canada Wheat Board
Bir Hobert
Canadian Council of Agriculture
British Objections to New American Merchant Marine Bill
British adsertions to enforcing the new American merchant marine bill focus on sections limiting carrying merchandise only on American ships between American ports via foreign ports and empowering the president to abrogate treaties restricting discriminatory duties on foreign shipping entering American ports. The measures threaten freight routes from the United States to Alaska via Canada and alter long standing treaty terms.
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Washington
United States
Alaska
Laborites to Frame Irish Policy in Britain
The parliamentary committee of the Trade Union Congress calls a special congress to define the union movement stance on production and handling of munitions of war for Ireland and Poland.
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Laborites
London
The
Trade Union Congress
Ireland
Poland
Steel Workers End Two Month Strike in Sydney Mines
After a two month walkout, steel plant machinists decide to return to work. They demanded 60 to 70 cents an hour and an eight hour day. The agreement grants 68 cents per hour for a ten hour day.
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Winl
Sydney Mines
N.S
Amendment to Civil Service Act in Senate
Senator Fowler proposed an amendment to remove employees and officials of the house from civil service commission control in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Senate
Fowler
House
Civil Service Commission
Coast Lumbermen Strike for Eight-Hour Day and Four-Dollar Pay
All mill and camp workers east of Hazelton British Columbia walk out demanding eight hours per day and four dollars daily with meals, setting a broad wage dispute across the Prince Rupert area.
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Prince Robert
B.C
Hazelton
Canada seen as an attractive land to immigrants says Guardian
The Manchester Guardian prints a Canadian number with Sir George Foster’s message praising renewed overseas interest and enterprise. It lauds Canada’s tempered optimism, warns against speculative booms, and notes provincial and federal efforts to provide reliable facts for investors and immigrants.
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London
Manchester Guardian
George Foster
Canada
The
Guardian
United Farmers
Cost of Living Still Going Up
Ottawa The Labor Gazette reports the general price movement remains upward with increases in grain fodder livestock fuel building materials and furnishings slightly offset by declines in eggs milk hides textiles and raw furs. In 60 cities the average family budget for staple foods rose to 16.63 in mid May from 15.99 in April and 7.42 in May 1914. The main rise was potatoes at 6.15 per bag vs 4.78 in April and sugar at 21.7 cents per pound. Coal coal oil rents also up with some meat price gains. A reward of 2500 is offered by the province for information leading to the arrest of the unknown shooter of Constable George Stanfield at Grand Forks on June 1.
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Ottawa
The
Labor Gazette
Victoria
George Stanfield
Grand Forks
B.C
BC Air Board names three members to advisory council
Vancouver names Lieut-Col. Hon. FE G Prior lieutenant governor F W Peters and Henry Bell Irving as members of the British Columbia advisory council of the air board of Canada.
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Vancouver
B.C
FE. G. Prior
Leutenant
F. W. Peters
Henry Bell-Irving
British Columbia
May Regulate Export Trade of Certain Commodities
A resolution supplementing the production of an act to empower Canada to regulate export of commodities produced or manufactured in the nation was introduced in the house of commons by Sir Robert Borden. The prime minister urged postponing debate to allow a select committee to study revisions before discussion in the house.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Robert Borden
Select
Jacques Bureau
Three Rivers
Robert
Turkish Nationalists and Bolsheviks Plan Southeastward Uprisings
Reports from official dispatches describe Turkish Nationalists led by Enver Pasha and Djemal Pasha allegedly meeting Bolsheviks and Spartacists in Moscow. Plans reportedly include uprisings across the Mohammedan world with a Bolshevik push from Persia to India and Egypt, backed by 150000 troops.
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Washington
Moscow
Munich
United States State Department
Enver Pasha
Ejemal Pasha
Talaat Pasha
Xhow
India
Egypt
Afghanistan
Persia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Lenine
Auropatkin
Bulgaria
Enver
Rumors of Attack on Wilhelm in Doorn Castle
Persistent village chatter claims the former German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II was assaulted in Doorn Holland by a Belgian with a forged pass gaining entry to Doorn Castle. Reported wounds to the jaw and the Belgian’s arrest are unconfirmed as investigators seek truth.
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Wilhelm
Doorn
Holland
May and April strike totals show rising workforce disruption
In May 73 strikes affected about 12,005 workers causing 145,168 days of lost work. In April 44 strikes idle 6,629 workers and 84,009 working days were lost.
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Oxulawa
Admiralty Notes on U S Naval Program Developments
In the house of commons Walter Hume Long, first Lord of the Admiralty, stated that the Admiralty is following important developments of the United States naval program with the greatest closeness.
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London
Walter Hume Long
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
United States
Belgium to join talks on resuming trade with Soviet Russia
In Brussels an official note denied a report that Belgium would take part in negotiations with Gregory Krassin Bolsheviki minister of trade and commerce to resume commercial relations with Soviet Russia.
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Bolshevists
Brussels
Belgium
Gregory Krassin
Russia
Paris War Toll Sets French Deaths at 1 362 872
Final war fatalities for France are reported as 1 362 872 with 61 854 lacking fate details, according to Le Matin. The figure reflects the total killed in the Great War and remains subject to record updates.
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Paris
Ministry of War
Matin
Punish War Criminals Still Urgent Says Lloyd George
Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that punishing war criminals had not been abandoned and that neglect would amount to a grave dereliction of duty by the government.
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London
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Ottawa Divorces Granted Rise in Private Bills
Six more divorce bills approved by the private bills committee, bringing the total to this stage while nine additional divorce measures await consideration.
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Ottawa
De Valera Faces Backlash Over Irish Bond Funds
Charges published by John Devoy accuse De Valera and the Irish Republic group of diverting 000 of bond proceeds to a Chicago gathering of unclear purpose. The New York World notes a widening split with Irish freedom advocates as De Valera heads to New York ahead of a Democratic convention. Archbishop Mannix is slated to arrive in the east around July 17.
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Bell
Irish Republic
Haz
New York
John Devoy
Gaelic American
Chicago
de Valera
Devoy
New York World
Friends of Irish Freedom
the World
San Francisco
Mannix
Melbourne
Australia
To Preserve Peace The Hague Conference Opens
The League of Nations jurists opened their session in The Hague to organize a permanent international court of justice. Leonard Bourgeois, president of the Paris based societies, urged that the court be a permanent body with no appeal and that a strong framework be created to enforce future decisions.
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Hague
League of Nations
International Court of Justice
Leonard Bourgeois
French Associated Societies of
Paris
Allies Set to Control Turkish Capital and Straits Zone
An official summary details a provisional Turkish treaty regime placing Constantinople under allied control. The inter allied commission will govern the zone of the straits with its own flag and budget, largely independent of the League of Nations, and empowered to ensure freedom of passage. The zone reaches the Bosphorus Dardanelles Sea of Marmora and adjacent islands plus land areas northwest of the Sea of Marmora and areas around Smyrna, with memorials and cemeteries reserved to Britain France and Italy on the Gallipoli peninsula.
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London
Constantinople
Straits
Inter-Allied Commission of Control
Europe
League of Nations
Bosphorus
Sea of Marmora
Dardanelles
Aegean
Samothrace
Imbros
Tenedos
Lesbos
Smyrna
Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkey
Britain
France
Italy
Seaplanes Planned for Northern Seal Whale Hunts
Aal esund businessmen north of Bergen plan to use seaplanes this summer to hunt seals and whales in the Denmark straits between Iceland and Greenland, targeting routes across the northern seas.
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Copenhagen
Aalesund
Bergen
Denmark
Iceland
Greenland
Spanish King to Tour London Visit
The king and queen of Spain will visit London arriving July 4. They will be joined by Prince Jaime in the informal royal tour through the city.
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London
Spain
Jaime
Wilson Praises League as Campaign Issue in Speech
In Ottawa the Board of Commerce finds Manhattan Shoes Company of Toronto guilty of price violation under the Corbines and Fair Prices act and orders price markings on all footwear for twelve months. President Wilson tells the New York World he is confident the Democratic convention will back the League of Nations issue and criticizes Republican tactics as Prussian in spirit.
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Ottawa
W. F. O'Connor
James Murdock
Board of Commerce
Manhattan Shoes Company
Toronto
Corbines and Fair Prices Act
Robert Lachappelle
K. N
Manhattan Shoe Company
Ontario
New York
Wilson
New York World
Repubican Party
League of Nations
Chicago
Washington
Lincoln
Bismarck
Bernhardt
America
League of
Co-Operative Stockyards Report Successful First Months
The Saskatchewan Co-Operative Stockyards in Moose Jaw reports a clear surplus after four and a half months of operation. Shareholders elected retiring directors Willoughby Munns and Nreffle Bonneau to another term while praising the handling by president J. H. Grayson and manager Edward Evans. Substantial stock receipts came from Alberta, Manitoba, and eastern and northern Saskatchewan.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan Co-Operative
Livestock Exchange
J. H. Grayson
Edward Evans
Senator Willoughby
W. A. Munns
Moosejaw
Nreffle Bonneau
Willow Bunch
Alberta
Manitoba
House to Prorogue Soon in Ottawa
Leaders on both sides expect prorogation by week’s end. Many members doubt the house will rise before July 1 at the earliest.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Select Indian Chiefs Ottawa Recommendation on Indian Act Reform
The special committee urged instituting a selective system to choose councillors for Indian bands where possible and proposed a standing House committee on Indian affairs. It argued hereditary councils may hinder progress and suggested testing male band members over 21 for support before implementing the Indian act provisions.
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Ottawa
House On Indian Affairs
Plan to Keep Men on Farms in Montreal
R B Sauvage secretary of the United Farmers Association of Quebec says a meeting will discuss steps to prevent men leaving farms for city work and to protect those already working the soil.
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Montreal
R. B. Sauvage
United Farmers’ Association of Quebec
Irish Oath of Allegiance Plan Moves in Parliament
The Irish Home Rule bill faces amendments to require all candidates to swear allegiance to Great Britain to hold office. A viceroy could assume supreme legislative power under certain conditions. Sinn Fein critics say the move proves government tactics. In Ballineer camp near Dunmanway, a clash between Sinn Fein raiders and British troops left uncertain casualties. Dublin reports a policy shift toward unconditional release of Sinn Fein prisoners not yet convicted.
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London
House of Commons
Ireland
Great Britain
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Ballineer
Dunmanway
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