Lloyd George Hints Free Britain Without Armaments
Premier Lloyd George, addressing the International Brotherhood Congress, avoided political pledges and urged abolition of armaments. He spoke of a free land free from poverty and tyranny, and of Ireland issues resolving peacefully. A Canadian delegate, Thomas Howell, anticipated a Western visit and potential U S reception.
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London
Lloyd George
International Brotherhood Congress
Brotherhood
Ireland
Britain
Thomas Howell
Howell
United States
Canada
Mr. Lloyd George
America
Kingston editor J Courtland Elliott Leaves Whig for Saskatoon Post
Kingston Ontario J Courtland Elliott retires from the Whig editorial staff to join University of Saskatchewan as assistant to Prof. W Swanson head of political science department in Saskatoon. Elliott is Queen's University arts graduate and son of J G Elliott former Canadian Press Association president.
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Kingston, Ont
J. Courtland Elliott
Whig
W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Mr. Elliott
Queen's University
J. G. Elliott
Canadian Press Association
British Profiteers Scare London
The profiteering act, despite its defects, appears to have quickly unsettled London with price drops in several districts. Local bodies resist forming commissions to administer the act, while inhabitants react with indignant protests.
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London
How Mrs Boyd Avoided an Operation
Canton Ohio reports Mrs Mary Borg of 1421 6th St NE who suffered female trouble and was advised by two doctors to undergo surgery. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving her symptoms and delaying the operation, noting the treatment allowed recovery without hospital surgery.
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Canton
Ohio
Lydial
Pinkham
Mick Eek
E. Pinkham
Maris Borp
6Th St
N. E
Lynn
Mase
Lodge on Atomic Properties at Watt Memorial
Sir Oliver Lodge, speaking at Midland Institute during James Watt memorial ceremonies, discussed atomic properties of matter. He cited wireless telephony as an early use and warned that unleashing atomic energy too soon or to the wrong hands could threaten the planet, though it could power ships sunk at Scapa Flow.
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Birmingham
Eng
Oliver Lodge
Midland Institute
James Watt
Oliver
German Troops For Baltic Front Move To Courland
Vorwaerts reports rapid German troop arrival in Courland and strong occupation of small settlements. Posters in Staff Captain Stoewer’s office at Bausk urge fighting for the Kaiser against democracy while units supposedly disbanded are said to be transferred to Admiral Kolchak's army.
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Berlin
Vorwaerts
Germany
Courland
Stoewer
Bausk
School Lands For Soldiers Winnipeg
An order in council by Acting Premier Edward Brown and Manitoba cabinet puts six million acres of unimproved provincial school lands on the market for returned soldiers. An arbitration board will fix prices with Geo. A. Metcalfe as provincial arbitrator and a federal member to be named. The lands, largely unimproved and suitable for farming, are valued at about $13,000,000 in 1918 public accounts.
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Winnipeg
Edward Brown
Geo. A. Metcalfe
Manitoba
Arbitration Board
Fiume Isolated by Italy Amid Annunzio Action
Italy has isolated Fiume after Captain Annunzio seized the city and forced allied and Yugoslav troops to withdraw. Censorship has closed most reports and authorities in Venice are said to have planned the seizure, with the prefect of Venice named among those involved.
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London
Fiume
Annunzio
Venice
Board of Commerce to curb high prices in Winnipeg
Judge H A Robson chairman of the board of commerce says drastic action to reduce the cost of necessaries will be taken after probes. No advances on essentials, no profits above one cent per pound on sugar. Fines or criminal actions possible. Probes to cover Calgary Edmonton and Regina with officers named to lead hearings.
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Winnipeg
H. A. Robson
Board of
Commercce
Board of Commerce
Robson
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Duncan Stewart
S. W. Fiei
James S. Rankin
Ten Regiments To Defend Fiume
Rome reports D Annunzios force consists of ten regiments plus four battalions of Fiume volunteers and a fortified line around Fiume. Citizens back D Annunzio and vow to destroy the town if resistance fails. Nationalists plan demonstrations while the government represses them.
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Rome
Death of W. C. Gurney in Toronto
W Cromwell Gurney president and general manager of the Gurney Foundry Company Limited died of heart failure in his physician’s office. He was son of Edward Gurney founder of the company and succeeded him as president in his 40s.
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Toronto
W. Cromwell Gurney
Gurney Foundry Company, Limited
Edward Gurney
Gurney Foundry Company
Storm Toll in Corpus Christi Reaches Three Hundred
Darkness and endless rain hinder relief as Corpus Christi counts about 300 dead from Sunday's hurricane. Bodies drift to shore near Nueces Bay and are sent to nearby towns for interment. Refugees arriving from surrounding counties worsen the food shortage as cotton fields lay ruined.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
Neuces Bay
San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass
Marshal Foch Seeks Search for Lost Son Body
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 had kept silent about his loss, and few knew the younger Foch died early in the war.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Belgian Ardennes
Foch
Lone Bandit Robs Buffalo State Bank in Lewistown
A lone, unmasked bandit with a gun in each hand robbed the Buffalo State bank in Lewistown Montana and escaped with more than $600. Multiple posses are combing the area to capture him.
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Lewistown
Mont
Buffalo State Bank
French Troops to Arm Armenia via Mersina and Alexandretta
Paris reports an Anglo French pact to shift forces into Asia Minor. French troops will largely replace British units to stabilize Armenia, though 10 000 men may not push toward Erzerum Trebizond or the Black Sea coast. The timing to reach Alexandretta and Mersina is uncertain.
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Paris
Ton Théows
Armenia
Mersina
Alexandretta
Asia Minor
Mardin
Bagdad
Mediterranean
Erzerum
Trebizond
Black Sea
Wonderful Wireless Tests New London Leap in Air Submarine Contact
A radio experiment off New London Connecticut by the experimental navy station established voice and telegraph contact between a hydroplane flying near 2000 feet and a submerged submarine several fathoms deep in the water.
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New London
Conn
Long Island Sound
Naval Section
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P. A. Lazarnick
Curry Building
Portage Alsis
Avchrac
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G. A. Young & CO
McIntyre
Produce Dealers’ Act OF Manitoba
Goden Star Fruit and ProDuce CO
Lusted ST
Winnipeg, Man
Ideal Farm
Wallace Land Co
McArthur
Scott Hill & CO
C.P
Manitoba Farms
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Boyd
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C.P.R
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Doughie
Jack & Lyons
Somerset Elk
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