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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 20, 1919
Page
2
The report notes the council on responsibility for the war plans to conclude that central powers’ leaders were guilty of crimes. It states punishment would be retroactive and that the United States opposes expedients questioned at home. Europeans might act alone if needed, with a potential denunciation of officials in the peace treaty.
Flight Commander Collishaw conceives an Atlantic air service as practical within years. He may pioneer a route and heads to England for a trans Atlantic flight, backed by English newspapers offering a $250,000 prize for the fastest, most successful crossing using a Handley Page plane.
Senator Reynald reports to the senate committee urging Paris to press Allied powers to punish German officers and soldiers who plundered occupied France. The note calls for restitution of stolen property, rapid material reconstruction, and aid to affected economic life. A final line notes a child’s curiosity harming self esteem.
Minnesota reports fourteen state banks collapsed. the blow up is expected to cause heavy losses to depositors. The announcement lists the failing banks in a sweeping financial crisis.
A riot in the Strand involved American soldiers and sailors and some Australians. Three or four Americans were injured by a police baton charge and seven were arrested. A false report of a death led to a demonstration near Bow Street, broken up by another baton charge.
Assisting the Settler by S W Fraser outlines the 1916 act enabling settlers to receive up to five cows via a government club. Cows with calves supported families, boosted homestead cultivation, and expanded creamery output from one to five. By 1918 about 3,842 cows distributed and 6,000 progeny recorded, aiding provincewide prosperity and butter prices. Valen tine Winkler credited for driving the program.
Seventy cents per pound paid for beef on the hoof at Brandon. Dan Coughlan of Winnipeg purchased the animal Ruby Boy, a grade Angus steer, which won the sweep stakes grand championship for the best fat animal in the show.
General Dickman orders all German officers and men on duty in the American occupied zone to wear uniforms when they appear in public streets. The directive aims to enforce visible identification of enemy personnel during occupation.
A Liverpool dispatch reports 8 to 27 killed and 25 to 73 wounded in rioting at Kinmel military camp Rhyl Wales as about 200 discontented soldiers sparked clashes. Canadian authorities blamed delays in demobilization and pay, arresting ringleaders and promising action.
General Sir Arthur Currie praises the Canadian corps in a Vancouver letter saying they never lost a gun or failed to take an objective in two years and were never driven from ground once consolidated. He notes their celebrated reputation and decisive role in the war’s last hundred days.
The horse sensation of the Brandon fair saw W. J. Elder sell his championship gelding team Donald and Sandy for a record $2,000, the highest price for geldings in Canada. Buyers were McKay Brothers of Carmangay Alberta. The team won three first prizes including four horse tandem and the Clydesdale association best team award. Donald won first as a heavy draft gelding in a class of eleven, a feat unmatched at any Canadian show, plus sweepstakes for best heavy draft or agricultural gelding.
Daily Mail Paris correspondent reports the powers agree to divide surrendered German warships. The United States and Great Britain concur on sinking their respective shares.
The British government will release all Irish political prisoners. To avert a large public demonstration, the Daily Mail reports the prisoners will be sent back to Ireland in small batches.
A semi official communication in Bern German papers says negotiations between Dr Otto Bauer and the German government aim at a union of German Austria with Germany. Details are to be settled by commissions and a treaty drafted for submission to both national assemblies.
The act proves pivotal for a worthy enterprise aiding a man and family hampered by their environment. It marks a potentially successful outcome within reach, reflecting public support for feasible local improvement.
James Black, aged eighty five, moved from Maidstone to Guelph and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with curing his kidney trouble back pain and sleep cramps. He says he used fourteen or fifteen boxes and now feels young again. He shows a bottle of sand and gravel as proof and praises the remedy as worth its weight in gold.
Canadian intelligence reports in Siberia foresee spring and early summer turmoil as masses oppose the Omsk government. Foreign backers and pro conference supporters have waned in popularity, prompting advice to aid Russian parties toward unity while keeping a French presence to stabilize. Leading Vladivostok papers were suppressed February 24 for criticizing the Omsk regime.
The government uses the War Measures Act to appoint Hon. J. D. Reid as receiver for the Grand Trunk Pacific railway system and related ventures to prevent service disruption. W. P. Hinton agrees to cooperate, while Parliament is prepared to sanction the action. Total Grand Trunk Pacific liability cited at 290 million with multiple government guaranteed loans.
An advertisement claims Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills restore sleep by calming nerves and strengthening the heart for conmplete rest. It cites Mrs Latimer of St John New Brunswick reporting relief after two boxes and notes pills sell for 30 cents or by mail from T Milburn Co Limited Toronto Ost.
President Wilson would not confer with the Irish race convention delegation in Philadelphia until Justice Daniel Cohran of the New York high court, named in the Bernstorff correspondence, left the Metropolitan Opera House meeting room. After learning of Cohran’s departure, Wilson stayed in conference with the delegation for about thirty minutes.
The peace commission on Belgium’s claims has agreed in principle to the Belgian demand for Malmedy and the surrounding district. Belgian circles expect the peace conference to approve handing over the region. Malmedy lies just east of the Belgian frontier and has been under German demarcation for years.
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