Canadian Farmers Eye U S Market After Wheat Embargo Lift
Canadian farmers anticipate higher final payments for wheat sold to the wheat board as the U S import embargo ends December 15. Prices in Minnesota run $3.29 to $3.25 a bushel, well above the guaranteed Fort William price of 2.15, but experts warn U S demand may not sustain current highs and the board may protect European contracts.
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Winnipeg
United States
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Northern
Minneapolis
Chicago
James Stewart
Stewart
Wheat Board
United Farmers-Labor to Scrap Opening Day Show
The Ontario legislature will shed pomp and social pageantry at its opening. A single, democratic ceremony will replace cannon salutes governors and regalia, making the first session sober and unostentatious.
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Toronto
Ontario
United Farmers-Labor
Mine Explosion Kills Six at Bogle Mine No 3
Six men die in a mine explosion at Bogle coal mine No 3 in Jacksonville five miles west of Clinton. Three others are seriously injured. Officials of the company and the mine are among the dead. Cause is not yet determined.
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Clinton
Bogle
Jacksonville
One Man on the Land Worth Twelve in Town in Canada
John Kennedy of the Manitoba Grain Growers argued at a nomination meeting that one man on the land is worth twelve in other jobs. He urged independent political action to bring more men to farming, criticizing tariffs and federal taxes that he said burden Canadians, especially farmers, by about 300 a year per farmer.
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Beaverton
John Kennedy
Manitoba
Robert Henry Halbert
U.F.O
Uxbridge
Neil D. MacKinnon
Cannington
Ontario
Sam Sharpe
Kennedy
Canada
Villa Captured by His Own Men and Held for Reward
Advices to the Chihuahua division of the National Railways report that Francisco Villa has been captured by a force of his own men and is being held for surrender to Carranza forces. Two Villa rebels appeared at federal headquarters in Parral to confirm the capture. Chihuahua state has offered a 50,000 peso reward.
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Juarez
Francisco Villa
Caball
Chihuahua
National Railways
Mexico
Villa
Federal
Parral
Carranza
Germany Refuses To Sign Protocol At Peace Conference
Germany will not sign the protocol demanded by Allies to put the peace treaty into effect. Baron Kurt Von Leisner informed Secretary Dutasta of the decision as observers cite German reactions after US senate ratification delays. The Germans resist indemnity for Scapa Flow and insist on trials for officers accused of crimes in France and Belgium.
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Paris
Germany
Baron Kurt von Leisner
Dutasta
US Senate
Senate
Scapa Flow
France
Belgium
Nervy Pair Found Modern Still in WCTU Premises
Inland revenue officials found a ready to operate still in a room at Willard Hall property of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Tenant William Long said two Italians occupied the room but he did not know their names. WCTU officers denied knowledge of any illicit liquor trafficking at the building.
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Toronto
Inland Revenue
Willard Hall
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
William Long
W.C.T.U
Johnston asks donation to hospital for the blind
London William E. Johnston the American anti saloon organizer who was injured in a ragging by students has requested that the testimonial funds be sent to St Dunstan s hospital for the blind His eye was removed recently and he is progressing satisfactorily and will leave the nursing home tomorrow.
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London
William E. Johnston
The
Evening News
St. Dunstan's Hospital
Johnston
Recount Sought After Ward 6 Election Defeat
Alderman E. H. Harlin of Ward 6 formally requests a recount after ballots show J. Blumenberg of Labor defeating Hamlin of Citizens and Kaplonovitch of Independent. Final tallies: Blumenberg 2149, Hamlin 2039, Kaplonovitch 74 with no spoiled ballots.
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Winnipeg
E. H. Harlin
J. Blumenberg
Blumenberg
Hamlin
Kaplonovitch
Soldier Settlement Board Loans Pass Fifty Million
Ottawa reports the Soldier Settlement Board has lent 50,699,003 to 16,175 soldiers settling on the land through November 15. Major categories include land purchases 41,999,122 and improvements 5,257,800 on Dominion lands and settlers properties totaling 3,451,091. In Washington, Sen Fall of New Mexico introduces a resolution urging President Wilson to sever diplomatic ties with Mexico and withdraw recognition of Carranza, citing Bolshevik propaganda andpending consular cases.
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Ottawa
Ont
Soldier Settlement Board
Dominion
Carranza
Fall
New York
San Francisco
United States
German ships repair questioned in South American case
Percy Hurd asked under what circumstances 33 interned German ships were repaired by German firms rather than Canadian yards. Colonel Wilson said the boats could not be properly repaired on site and were towed to German yards for repairs, with the cost borne by Germany, and denied that this would cause years of delay.
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London
Percy Hurd
South American
Wilson
Germany
Idle Madrid figure on Spanish strike grows in Barcelona
Dispatches report 50,000 workers idle in Barcelona due to the strike, reflecting a sharp rise in unemployment linked to the confrontation.
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Madrid
Barcelona
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Ontaro
U.S
St. Dunstan's
Washington
New Mexico
Foreign Relations Committee
Carranza Administration
Jenkins
Pueblo
Congress
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