May Not Hold Trial In London
The House of Lords debated whether former Emperor William would be tried in London. Earl Curzon said exile differed from a martyr and a hero, while Viscount Bryce and Baron Buckmaster urged against a London trial. No final decision was made and location remains uncertain.
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London
William
House of Lords
Earl Curzon
Viscount Bryce
Baron Buckmaster
Charles I
Napoleon
National Life
Britain
Fatal Airplane Crash Near Portage la Prairie
Lieutenant Kerr and Mrs. Kerr died when their LW-F war type airplane crashed two miles north of Portage la Prairie after the engine stopped at about 200 feet. Lieutenant Cross also died. Kerr was in the back seat, Cross and Mrs. Kerr in the front. Kerr survived the initial impact but was unconscious and hospitalized in precarious condition. the wreckage required heavy extraction. The aircraft, a 145 horsepower craft with a 48 foot wingspan, plummeted in a field near the Home for Incurables during a flight toward Brandon Exhibition.
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Portage la Prairie
Lieut
Kerr
Winnipeg
Brandon
Lieut. Kerr
Trade With Germany Opens as Blockade Eases
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reports Cologne flooded with foreign goods as blockade eases. French firms offer cocoa powder coffee caroni and soaps. German and American firms list a range of imports from cocoa to oils and machinery. An Anglo Japanese firm proposes borax paraffin resin and soap. Brandon farmer Robert Roddick harvests wheat from a field sown April 15, praising the finest crop since 1914. wheat in the Assiniboine River Valley ripens rapidly.
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Berlin
Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung
Cologne
Rts
Brandon
Robert Roddick
Brandon Hills
Assiniboine
Paris Honors Murdered French Sgt Mannheim in Berlin Funeral
Paris remembered Sgt Paul Mannheim of the French army murdered in Berlin on July 13. His burial at Pere Lachaise drew crowds with representations from President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau as the funeral procession passed.
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Paris
Paul Mannheim
Berlin
Mannheim
Pere Lashaise
Poincare
Premice Clemenceau
Cambridge Honorary Degrees Awarded to Military Leaders
General Sir Arthur Curtie led a group of military figures receiving Cambridge University Doctor of Laws honors in the senate house. Admirals Sturdee and Wemyss, Generals Rawlinson, Birdwood, Wilson, Herne, Manass, the Earl of Cavan, and Gen Pershing were among the recipients. A celebratory reception followed at Christ College with students cheering as Birdwood was carried shoulder high.
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Cambridge
England
Arthur Curtie
Cambridge University
Senate House
University
Arthur E. Shipley
Christ_ College
Sturdee
Wemyss
Rawlinson
Birdwood
Wilson
Herne
Manass
Earl of Cavan
Gen. Pershing
Proclaimed Peace Delays in Ottawa War Measures End
Ottawa officials weigh timing of peace proclamation after Versailles. Parliament to have full ratification before lifting war measures. Britain seeks early end to wartime orders. Canada may set fall session for ratification. Ratification by Germany and allied powers required. Austria and Bulgaria Turkey issues affect act termination.
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Ottawa
Germany
Paris
C. J. Doherty
A. L. Sifton
Canada
Versailles
Sir Robert Borden
London
Britain
Great Britain
A. B. Aylesworth
U.S
British Empire
France
Italy
Japan
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
Canadians Sentenced In England at Survey Assizes
London at the Survey assizes Bugler Robert Todd and Private E A McAllan of the Canadian Forestry Corps were found not guilty of manslaughter in the death of Police Sergeant Green at Epsom and discharged. Privates F H Wilkie J Connors A McMaster D Verex and A Masse of the Canadian Forestry Corps were found guilty and sentenced to twelve months with hard labor.
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London
Robert Todd
E. A. McAllan
Canadian Forestry Corps
Green
Epsom
H. Wilkie
Canadian Basin
J. Connors
Canadian Highlanders
A. McMaster
Canadian Reserve
D. Verex
A. Masse
Civilian Disturbances Reported Across England
A series of civilian disturbances spread through several regions in England. In Swindon mobs of youths and discharged soldiers looted twenty businesses and burned the flag outside the municipal buildings. Additional scenes unfolded in other towns with reports of looting and unrest continuing.
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Renden
Swindon
England Farmers Oppose Ease of Canadian Cattle Imports
English farmers resist relaxing import bans on Canadian store cattle amid disease fears. The Chamber of Agriculture reports urge no relaxation, citing risks despite acknowledged disease exposure.
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London
England
Council of the Chamber of Agriculture
No Trace of Nipigon Man in Nipigon Murder Case
Sun has set with a second man implicated in the murder of Constable Armstrong at Nipigon still at large. Inspector Symons, Sergeant Burleigh, and local, Mounted, Dominion, provincial, and railway police continue ceaseless searches through the woods between Port Arthur and Will Goose Point.
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Nipigon
Fort William
Armstrong
Symons
Burleigh
Dominion
Port. Arthur
Will Goose’ Point
Stikers On Trial In Winnipeg Conspiracy Case
The trial of eight labor leaders in Winnipeg for seditious conspiracy features testimony from Sergt. A. E. Reames of the Manitoba Royal Northwest Mounted Police secret service. He cites speeches by William Ivens and George Armstrong as inflammatory, while witnesses testifying about riots describe agents fearing a revolution and the impact of a strike committee guided by the labor temple permit system.
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Winnipeg
Sergt
A. E. Reames
Manitoba Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Geo. Armstrong
Joseph T. Hill
Wm. Ivens
Mr. Ivens
Ivens
Armistice Talks and Egypt Disorder Report
A Bolshevik delegation in Kishinev proposes a peace armistice with Romania conditional on curbs on Ukrainian and Kolchak forces. An eight day armistice on the Bessarabian front follows. In Egypt 800 natives killed and 1,600 wounded in recent disturbances. 39 death sentences, 26 life terms, and over 1,000 short imprisonments reported.
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Beriona Btring
London
Kishiveft
Nikolai Lenine
Berlin
Lenine
Bessarabia
Rumania
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
Bessaragian
Egypt
EH. Allenby
Harmsworth
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Victory For Clemenceau Premier Clemenceau Wins Confidence Vote
Paris newspapers largely praise Premier Clemenceau for winning a confidence vote in the chamber of deputies though his government remained in the minority. They say the result signals a push for a tougher policy to curb high cost of living and to energize action, with Clemenceau pledging to consult the country again in conting elections.
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Clemenceau
Paris
Hea Wen
Chamber of Deputies
Prince to Visit White House London Visit by Prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales will visit the United States next month as a guest of the U S government. King George has accepted President Wilsons invitation for the Prince to visit Washington for a few days after a Canada trip. He will later briefly visit New York and reside on the battleship Renown in New York harbor while remaining a government guest.
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London
Prince of Wales
U.S
George
Wilson
Washington
Canada
United States
New York
New York Harbor
Liberal landslide sweeps Prince Edward Island election
In Charlottetown Liberals win 26 of 30 seats while Conservatives, led by premier Arsenault and minister McNeill, suffer a sweeping defeat. Voters blame road neglect, public works, and tax plans. soldiers’ votes hint at Liberal gains. Weather boosts turnout as Charlottetown shifts heavily to Liberal control.
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Charlottetown
Pei
Arsenault
James A. McNeill
H. ¥. Murdock Kennedy
J. D. Stewart McKinnon
Bell
Lea
Gallant
Metherall
Sanders
Dennis
McLean
McArthur
Crosby Hughes
Lepage
Brodie D
MacDonald
Nash
Irving
Higgs
Duffy
D. C
Acorn
Cox
McIntyre
Johnston
Dewar
Sutherland
Butler
Hessian
Labor
Public Works Department
Agricultural Department
King to Unveil Montreal Statue by Button Ceremony
King George to unveil the Sir Etienne Cartier memorial in Montreal by pressing a button at Balmoral. The Duke of Connaught wired E W Villeneuve, Cartier centenary president, that His Majesty would unveil the statue on September 6, Cartier’s birthday anniversary, via a wire from Balmoral linking Atlantic and Canadian cable lines.
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Montreal
King George
Sir Etienne Cartier
Balmoral
Duke of Connaught
E. W. Villeneuve
Cartier
Carvier
German Foreign Minister Urges Peace Treaty Revisions
Weimar, Dr Hermann Mueller, minister of foreign affairs, told the national assembly that Germany should fully carry out the peace treaty yet seek revisions. He urged friendly Belgian relations via sacrifices and favored non intervention in Russia while seeking ties with Poland and Czecho Slovakia, but not with former allies Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Weimar
Hermann Mueller
National Assembly
Belgium
Mueller
Russia
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Bulgaria
Turkey
Clergymen Ordered to Pay Revenue to Archbishop
Judge Lavell issues attaching order against twelve Kingston archdiocese priests for ten percent parish revenue due to Archbishop Spratt. Move aims to satisfy a 20,000 franc law action brought by Sister Mary Basil against Archibishop Spratt and Sister Margreghe of the House of Providence.
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Kingston, Ont
Lavell
Kingston
Spratt
Mary Basil
Archibishop Spratt
Margreghe
House of Providence
Germans Must Surrender Livestock to France and Belgium
A report to the French peace commission chaired by Rene Viviani, by M. Dubois, outlines Germany must surrender 90,000 milk cows, 100,000 sheep, 10,000 goats, 3,000 Allied stallions, and 00 stallions, plus 200 stallions, 5,000 mares, 5,000 fillies, 50,000 cows and 4,000 heifers to Belgium. Deliveries are to be monthly over three months until completion.
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Paris
Germany
France
Rene Viviani
M. Dubois
Commission
Belgium
Our State-Owned Ships Ottawa In North Atlantic Trade
By year end the government will operate twenty ships totaling 110000 tons net in the North Atlantic and West Indian trade. The seven steamers already in commission have been very profitable.
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Ottawa
Trading In Titles versus Charge Made London
A British political issue centers on the awarding of noble titles by the King on the Prime Minister’s nomination. Critics say honors have long been bought with party funds and given for political service. The new national party demands public justification of honors since 1910, alleging cash payments for titles and questionable recipients, with multiple named accusations of improper manipulation and controversial appointments.
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London
House of Lords
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