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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
2
Special dispatches from Korea report clashes between Christian mission members at Teigonari near Seoul and gendarmes during a riot. The gendarmes fired on the mob, killing twenty and wounding many participants in the demonstration.
Advertises for several 160 acre farms in Manitoba with large cash payments and option to buy equipment. Also seeks two or three 320 acre improved farms under 35 per acre with half cash, preferring sellers who will assist with this year’s crop. No listing charge and a guaranteed square deal. Dominion Farm Agency Winnipeg.
Philip Snowden, ex Liberal and pacifist MP, told the Huddersfield conference that peace terms must not end the war. He warned the next conflict would be between democracies and hereditary oppressors and said violence is not the path for Britain to reach its aims.
A weekend of serious disturbances in Hamburg and Berlin saw mobs plundering the harbor quarter and clashing with police. In St Paul suburb a battle left a policeman dead and several wounded while mobs gained ground and arms circulated amid attacks on police depots. London reports say food relief unloading was delayed but continued with voluntary strike breakers from merchants and professionals assisting the effort.
The advertisement touts Black Watch as the top black plug chewing tobacco offered to consumers. It claims superior flavor and price position.
Organized labor presses for a 44-hour week and wage increases across most industries in Winnipeg. Negotiations involve thousands of employees as May 1 expirations approach. Railway shopmen seek 44 hours and 20 to 30 cents more per hour, backed by 37,000 Canadian shopmen. A Winnipeg union committee heads to Montreal to bargain with the railway war board. About 6,000 Winnipeg workers are affected.
Reports from Reuters describe Romanian forces progressing well in Hungary under allied directives aimed at halting Bolshevik expansion. Romania seeks no permanent territories without peace conference approval as the army gains morale and supplies improve. Berlin reports Hungary’s Soviet government asking for a suspension of the offensive and an armistice, with Bela Kun's government said ready to yield to a socialist cabinet.
In northeast Russia the nationalization law for women has been suspended by provincial decree. A Vladimir commissary formed a women committee to inspect the law and prepare a report swiftly, a move approved by the local Soviet amid popular outcry.
Mr Townseley of Brandon Man explains barn ventilation keeps air pure to protect animal health and productivity. He notes cows suffer disease resistance drops in poor air and cites a vivid image of supplying air to a cow in a 3 gallon pail requiring thousands of pails per day.
London reports Italy must forego Fiume as part of the postwar settlement. Britain and France vow to honor signatures if Italy insists, with Fiume to Croatia. Wilson’s Adriatic principles reiterate open peace and rejection of secret treaties.
Berlin reports Bremen has proclaimed a state of siege with prohibition on newspaper and pamphlet publication. Private telephones and telegraphs are restricted, letters censored, and restaurants, theatres, moving picture houses and schools ordered closed.
The Federal Reserve Board issued an order authorizing remittance of funds to Central Europe through the United States Relief Administration, excluding Germany. U S relief food stocks in Europe will be used as the medium of exchange.
Reuters reports Bolshevik headquarters staff evacuating Orenburg as General Dutoff advances and recaptures Orsk. More Bolshevik deserters join Siberians while peasants in liberated districts rally to Admiral Kolchak. Archangel fronts quiet as ice thaws and gunboat action looms.
Paris dispatches claim Bolshevik forces seized Perekop in Crimea due to Greek delays. The Greek legation issued a denial saying Greek troops with a French force held Black Sea ports under General Berthelot and followed French command at all times.
London reports an Air Ministry record showing the force expanding from 272 machines and 1 844 personnel before the war to 22 171 machines 27 906 officers and 263 842 men by October 1918. From July 1916 to armistice the western front crew destroyed 7 054 enemy aircraft dropped 6 042 tons of bombs and fired over 10 500 000 rounds at ground targets.
Canadian Motors Company announces distribution rights for the Fordson Tractor with manager T J Webster stating extensive wartime use in England and Winnipeg testing confirms Fordson suitability. The firm will also handle the Oliver Fordson Plow.
Official returns show the majority against prohibition in New Zealand at about 1,800 votes in Wellington. The result reflects a decisive shift in public sentiment during the plebiscite.
Tyrolean delegates Walter Lutzel and Dr Otto Guggenberg present a memorial in Switzerland claiming recognition as an independent nationality. They accuse Italy of intending to swallow Tyrol, a region from the former Austrian empire that supplied the Emperors army with elite Tyrolean sharp shooters.
The federal government accepted letters accrediting Dr Adolph Muller as German minister to Switzerland, formally recognizing the German government.
Paris reports King Victor Emmanuel telegraphed to Premier Orlando praising his action and urging no shift from Italy’s current position amid ongoing negotiations.
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