Joint Canada United States inquiry on St Lawrence river route
Canada and the United States plan a joint inquiry to examine deepening the St Lawrence river from Montreal to Lake Ontario to allow ocean going vessels to reach the head of the great lakes and to assess a Melland canal route linking the gulf to western markets through cheaper water freight. W J Stewart and Colonel Kellar lead terms of reference.
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Ovines
Weoem Canada
Tatermartinak Joint Commission
Govereminis
United States
Canada
Stp Lawrence
Montreal
Ontario
Billy
Melland Canal
Gulf
Trops
Port Colbore
W. J. Stewart
Dominion Hydrographer
Kellar
United States War Department
Sir Oliver Lodge on Atomic Properties in Midland Institute
Sir Oliver Lodge in Birmingham speaks at the Midland Institute memorial ceremony marking Watt’s anniversary. He discusses atomic properties, credits wireless telephony with early use, and warns against premature harnessing of atomic energy by unworthy hands. Kingston editor moves to Saskatoon. Wireless tests in New London show airborne radio contact with a submerged submarine.
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Birmingham
Eng
Oiver Lodge
Midland Institute
James’ Watt
Oliver
Anlgale
New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
Naval Section
German Militia Grows in Baltic Front Reports Say
Vorwaerts correspondent notes rapid rise of German militia in the Baltic provinces with daily arrivals from Germany. Courland postings vow devotion to the Kaiser as troops are shifted to Rumorian areas amid disbanding tensions.
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Vorwaerts
Tlaltic
Germany
Courland
Stoewer
Bausk
Dretense
Tros
Admurid Rusu
Manitoba Opens Six Million Acres of School Lands for Soldiers
An order in council by Acting Premier Edward Brown and the cabinet places six million acres of unmembered provincial school lands on the market for returned soldiers. An arbitration board, including Gen. A Metcalfe as provincial appointee and a federal member, will set the price. The land, valued at $13,000,000 in 1918, is largely unfarmed and suitable for cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Edward Brown
A. Metcalfe
Manitoba
Arbitration Board
Fiume Isolated by Italy and Copenhagen Fortifications Plan
Italy has isolated Fiume after Captain d Annunare seized the city and expelled allied and Jugoslav forces. Venice is named as origin of the seizure plan with the Venice prefect said involved. In Copenhagen the Defense Minister Peterminch proposes demolishing most fortifications inland and along the coast.
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London
Inime
d'Annunare
Fiume
Venice
Copenhagen
Denmark
the Politiken
Peterminch
Lloyd George addresses Brotherhood Congress in London
Premier Lloyd George spoke before the International Brotherhood Congress, receiving an enthusiastic reception. He urged a political platform and immediate reforms to end tyranny, calling for fair play across classes and noting the need to redress wrongs for immortal dead. Canadian delegate Thomas Howell thanked him and discussed a potential western visit.
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London
Llwyd George
International ‘Brotherhood Congress
Peemier
Rotherhood
Gant
All
RTE
Br Pew
Britain
Cally Dees
Mar T Deve
Abe
Thomas Howell
Lloyd George
Howell
Canada
Mlord George
America
Board of commerce pledges action to curb high prices
Judge H A Robson chairs plans to trim cost of necessities in Winnipeg. Probes into price gouging will lead to prosecutions for profits above one cent per pound on sugar. Regulations will cover packing plants and dairy and meat products. Cost of living probes to begin in Calgary Edmonton and Regina with appointed conductors for each city.
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Winnipeg
H. A. Robson
Board of Commerce
Robson
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Duncan Stewart
S. W. Fies
James S. Rankin
Suppression of Cork Examiner Signals Repression in Ireland
Dublin reports reveal authorities press a crackdown on republican activity with Cork Examiner shut down and its premises seized. The constitutionalist paper faced censorship despite its stance against Sinn Fein, while Dublin dailies declined reprinting the contested prospectus.
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Dublin
Cork Examiner
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Examiner
Joan
Ten Regiments to Defend Fiume and Nationwide Support
D Annunzio’s force reportedly includes ten regiments plus four battalions of volunteers. He has fortified Fiume and cites citizen support to destroy the town if needed. Nationalists stage demonstrations while the government suppresses them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
D’annunzio
Idea Nazionale
Fiume
Italy
Baltic conference at Riga on peace and union
Reports from Lettish sources say the conference in Riga discussed peace with the Soviet government and the creation of a Baltic federation. There is no formal acceptance yet, but a customs union between Letovia and Lithuania appears to be increasingly agreed upon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riga
Russia
Letovia
Lithuania
Wheat Crop Estimate For Grande Prairie District
Alberta government representative W F Stevens projects a wheat crop around 6 005 bushels in Grande Prairie and Peace River districts. A party of 63 Edmonton Board of Trade members tours the districts noting a shift toward mixed farming as settlers adjust policy.
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Alberta
Edmonton
W. F. Stevens
Grande Vrime
Peate River
Edmonton Board of Trade
Ray
Stefansson Urges Reindeer Industry Support in Canada
Explorer Wilhalj mur Stefansson spoke in Calgary touting Canada’s climate and urging backing for a campaign to popularize reindeer raising. He claimed reindeer meat is cheaper than beef and that the northern economy holds vast potential, noting a past northern civilization era.
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Calgary
Canada
Wilhaljmur Stefansson
Stefansson
Hig
Robbery on Ocean Limited Mail Train in Quebec
Five masked men bound and gagged mail clerks aboard the Ocean Limited near Harlaka Quebec and robbed the mail car of 75000 dollars in silver shipped from Montreal to Halifax. The bandits fled as the train slowed at St Thomas, likely escaping by car toward the United States border.
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C.N.R
Quebec
Ocean Limited
Canadian National Railway
Harlaka
Montreal
Halifax
Levis
St. Thomas
United States
Maine
Allies Demand Agreed Austrian Representation in German Parliament
Berlin dispatch reports German government signed a declaration under Article 61 of the German constitution. Allies had urged that Austrian representation in the German parliament not go beyond postwar treaty limits. Washington remarks by General Pershing praise navy and sea transport crews for safe overseas convoy with minimal losses.
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Paris
Berlin
Washington
Congress
Pershing
Great Britain
Rumanians Begin Withdrawal from Budapest Fortifications
The Romanian army starts withdrawing from Budapest as a steady retreat proceeds. Officials expect the retirement to be completed within a fortnight.
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Budapest
Food Prices Drop In United States
Washington reports from thirteen states show a 10 to 35 percent fall in retail food prices since fair price committees began. Four states note wholesale declines of 2 to 5 percent, while clothing prices show little change. Officials expect further reductions as hoarding and profiteering campaigns continue.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Fair Price Committees
Homeless Soldiers Disrupt Newport Council Meeting
Houseless ex soldiers interrupted Newport borough council, claiming 600 homeless families in the town. Liverpool corporation spends £22,000 to convert army huts into private dwellings as a temporary solution, with other authorities showing interest.
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London
Newport
Monmouthshire
Liverpool Corporation
British profiteers scare London as prices drop nationwide
The profiteering act, despite defects, has produced a rapid, frightful effect with price declines already seen in several districts. Local bodies resist appointing commissions to administer the act, while inhabitants protest those refusals.
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London
Lone Bandit Robs Buffalo State Bank in Lewistown
An unmasked bandit with a gun in each hand robbed the Buffalo State bank in Lewistown Montana and escaped with more than $600. Several posses are now searching for the outlaw.
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Lewistown
Mont
Buffalo State Bank
Forces link Archangel and Murmansk fronts by Onega capture
Through the seizure of Onega by anti Bolshevik forces communication has been established between allied units on the Archangel and Murmansk coasts.
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Paris
Onega
Archangel
Murmansk
Death of W C Gurney in Toronto Office
W Cromwell Gurney, president and general manager of the Gurney Foundry Company Limited, died of heart failure in his physician's office. He was a son of Edwant Gurney, founder of the firm, whom he succeeded as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Gurnney
Toronto
W. Cromwell Gurney
Gurney Foundry Company, Limited
Edwant Gurney
Gurney Foundry Company
Marshal Foch seeks body of his son killed in 1914
Marshal Foch has asked the Belgian government to search for the body of his son who was killed in August 1914 in the Belgian Ardennes. The elder Foch kept silent about the loss, with few aware of the war death. An Irish philosopher comments on making hay while the sun shines if clouded.
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Marshal Foch
Paris
Belgian
Ardennes
Foch
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