Miners in Britain Remain Restless Over Nationalization Plan
The Miners Federation has rejected the government plan for mine operation and backs nationalization. The Trades Union Congress meeting in Glasgow on September 8 will decide on direct action or constitutional means to secure nationalization. Leaders hint direct action may still occur, with calls to rally the labor triple alliance for a new ballot. Output of coal has halved from late May to early August, with the sharpest cuts in Yorkshire.
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London
Miners’ Federation
Trades Union Congress
Glasgow
Labor Triple Alliance
Russia
Messrs. Smillie and Brace
Mr. Brace
Board of Trade
Yorkshire
Significant Cabinet Shuffle In Ottawa
Hon. Arthur Sifton replaces F B Carvell as minister of public works in Ottawa. No customs announcement yet but H H Stevens of Vancouver may take customs when Martin Burrell leaves. The move places Sifton as head of a major spending department with notable implications.
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Ottawa
Arthur Sifton
F. B. Carvell
Martin Burrell
H. H. Stevens
Vancouver
New Brunswick
Mr. Sifton
Armenians Fear Massacre After British Troop Withdrawal
Armenian officials warn of an imminent massacre as British troops exit. They say Tartars Kurds and Turks will launch a coordinated assault from the east and southwest, with Kurdish and Tartar contingents marching toward Erivan to seize a defenceless capital.
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London
Armenia
Erivan
Prosecution Planned for Income Tax Dodgers in Canada
Ottawa dispatch says the Department of Finance will begin prosecutions this week against individuals who failed to file income tax returns or gave false information. Several Montreal and Halifax businessmen and prominent westerners are listed for early action.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
Department of Finance
Montreal
Halifax
Navy to Visit Vancouver for Prince of Wales Arrival
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels will dispatch part of the Pacific fleet to Vancouver on September 22 for the Prince of Wales visit. He informed city officials he cannot attend but will arrange naval participation. Daniels plans to visit Victoria aboard a dreadnought on September 11.
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U.S. Navy
Prince Vancouver
Josephus Daniels
United States Navy
Pacific
Vancouver
Prince of Wales
Mc Daniels
Mr. Daniels
Victoria
Germans Must Fulfill Peace Terms
Paris newspapers argue that delivering the Austrian constitutional change demand alongside the German peace terms shows Allied resolve. They say the move signals firm insistence on Austrian treaty provisions and the end of the Danubian monarchy.
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Paris
Austria
Germany
Wilson to tour west for treaty ratification tour
President Wilson begins a strenuous western speaking tour to pitch the peace treaty to the senate for ratification with no reservations. The journey will reach the Pacific coast and extend toward Canada and Mexico with stops in states west of the Mississippi and key midwest states. He may address living costs and domestic issues during stops.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
Pacific Coast
Canadian
Mexico
Mississippi
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Seattle
Aviators Plan Life On Ranch In Central America
A former British officers party met to prepare for life on Brig Gen Alfred Critchley’s ranch in Central America. They aim to breed horses cattle and sheep and grow cotton on a land shared after a year. Critchley, Calgary born 29, led Lord Strathcona Horse and First Canadian Division in WWI, earned the DSO in 1915.
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London
Central America
Alfred Critchley
Royal Air Force
Critchley
Entera
Britchley
Calgary
Canada
Lord Strathcona Horse
Europe
D.S.O
Fisher accuses Navy waste in Times protest
Lord Fisher criticizes naval expenditure in the Times describing waste and obsolescence in the fleet. He argues spending reaches 140 million pounds annually versus 34 million in 1964 and urges scrapping half the navy and retiring the rest due to internal combustion engines and oil.
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London
Times
Lord Fisher
Dawson Welcoming Committee Seeks $30,000 Relief
The Dawson city's welcoming and re establishment committee for returned soldiers adopted resolutions urging the Federal Government to provide 30000 for relief of returned men who arrived too late for a winter grubstake or are physically unfit. They request that soldier miners receive this assistance instead of land grants.
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Dawson
Dawson City
New Zealand Ratifies German Peace Treaty Unanimously
Wellington parliament ratified the German peace treaty after Labor party critics voiced concerns, ending prior debate over the pact.
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Wellington
N.Z
Germany
Labor Party
Oil Find Near The Pas Reported In Manitoba
Reports from The Pas Manitoba describe a crude oil discovery of great commercial value made about 20 miles southwest of The Pas. Local officials and prospectors assess potential impact on regional industry and energy prospects.
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Pas
Winnipeg
Army Food Goes Cheap as Army Soup Prices Slashed
New York Market Commissioner Day announced lower prices on army canned soups and other staples after a chain of grocery stores cut prices to three for 23 cents. Army soup now seven cents a can. sales have surpassed $500,000 in eight days and may exhaust supplies in two weeks.
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New York
Commissioner Day
Fair Price Committee
Cheaper Meat for New Yorkers
New York reports meat prices have fallen by one to two cents per pound per Arthur Williams federal food administrator in his semi weekly fair price list. Groceries show mixed results with most pool items having risen slightly.
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New
Mexican Outlaws Arrested After Correll Murder
The Mexican embassy announces the arrest near Los Mezquils of Ra mon Diaz and his followers Rafael Ruiz Francisco Gamboa Blas Vidal and Francisco Valverde for the murder of American citizen John W. Correll. They will face trial in Tampico.
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Washington
John W. Correll
Tampico
Los Mezquils
Ramon Diaz
Rafael Ruiz
Francisco Gamboa
Blas Vidal
Francisco Valverde
Prince Will Unveil Statue in London
Queen Victoria statue bought by the British Columbia government before the war for Victoria government buildings is being shipped and hoped to arrive for the Prince of Wales to unveil. It has been at the Royal Exchange.
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London
Queen Victoria
British Columbia
Victoria
Prince of Wales
Royal Exchange
Scandinavian Countries
Royal Air Force
Felixstowe
Dundee
Norway
Christiansand
Christiania
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Gossburg
Esbjerg
Chrisstiania
Australians To Learn Dry Farming In U S Study Tour
One hundred Australian soldiers will land in New York aboard the Celtic to study farming at the University of California for a year and return to teach fellow veterans agronomy and irrigation. Australia has appropriated nearly 250 million for soldier land aid as it sends a delegation to study modern farming.
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New York
Celtic
University of California
Australian Commonwealth
United States
100000 Germans Escaped Service During War
Munich advices report nearly 100000 German officers and men considered deserters. Many were in England and America at the outbreak and were warned to join the colors. Switzerland leads neutral countries with forty thousand deserters. Amnesty is offered if they return to Germany this year, but many refuse, fearing rearmament. The amnesty excludes treason cases.
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Geneva
Munich
England
America
Switzerland
Germany
War Department offers five million pounds of frozen meat
Five million pounds of frozen meats in storage in New York and Chicago are offered by the War Department to municipalities for sale at 32 cents per pound for poultry and 16 to 27 cents for mutton and pork shoulders and loins. Orders must be for full carloads due to refrigerator-car transport.
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Washington
New York
Chicago
War Department
German Doctors Seek Posts with Russian Army in Berlin
German medical journals offer physicians and surgeons positions with the Russian army in Berlin. Enlistment promises attractive pay and homestead rights, with volunteers formed to fight Bolshevism and a 5000 mark premium if the counter revolution succeeds.
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Berlin
Germany
Treaty to Protect Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Signed
A U S Canada and Great Britain reach an agreement at the state department to safeguard sock-eye salmon in the Fraser river system. Secretary Lansing signed for the United States, with R C Lindsey and Chief Justice John Douglas Hazen signing for Britain and Canada.
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Washington, D.C
United States
Great Britain
Fraser River
State Department
Lansing
R. C. Lindsey
John Douglas Hazen
Canada
Made in Germany Story on Attack Claim Lacked Basis
Berlin dispatch claimed Gen. Gough issued a Petrograd attack proclamation which is false. Gen. Gough left Helsingfors August 19 for home and is now in England. He did not meet Admiral Cowan or northern Baltic naval forces before departing.
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Petrograd
London
Berlin
Riga
Gough
Helsingfors
England
Admiral Cowan
Baltic Sea
Bomb Thrown at Governor General in Seoul Attack
From Seoul capital of Korea advices report a bomb thrown at Governor General Saito with twenty people wounded including an American woman named Harrison believed related to Carter Harrison former Chicago mayor. Saito was not wounded. No further details available.
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Tokio
Seoul
Korea
Saito
Harrison
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Oldest Man In World Celebrates 131st Birthday In Kentucky
Lexington resident known as Uncle Johnny Shell, claimed as the oldest man, marks his 131st birthday by contacting a life insurance agent. He quips that you never know what will happen and wants to prepare for the worst.
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Lexington
Johnny” Shell
Sonny
Waiting list swells for Canada transport services
The C.P.O.S. reports a waiting list of 5 000 for transportation to Canada. Cunard company records indicate no clearance until end of November, with daily visits from over 500 applicants at the office.
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London
C.P.O.S
Canada
Cunard Company
Pershing Military Rank Made Permanent by Wilson
President Wilson signs the bill making permanent the rank of General John J. Pershing, commander of the expeditionary force.
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Pershing
Washington
Wilson
John J. Pershing
No man meets mother’s impossible early expectations
A reflective remark on unfulfilled childhood hopes, noting that no man reaches the high standard set by a mother when a boy of two. The line suggests enduring pressure of early parental ideals on later life.
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Admiral Fisher
Gribstakes
New Zealand
U.S
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