German Revolt Grows as New Regime Faces General Strike
Berlin reports say Ebert government leaders ousted, labor unions call general strike across Germany. Noske forces and Saxon troops reportedly back the dash to suppress insurrection as Kapp promises democracy and elections. Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Essen and Cologne react with proclamations and labor resistance. Former emperor reportedly not implicated.
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Distinguished Dr Jossley-Batt Delivers Interesting Address
Dr Jossley-Batt Cossley-Batt, a noted scientist and correspondent for the London Times, spoke before the Rotary club today. Secretary Richardson hosted the event as Dr Cossley-Batt outlined research on Australia and Canada trade and noted her wartime service and gas study expertise.
Former Emperor Displays Nervous Tension In Gardens
Amerongen March 15 Former emperor William spent most of today in the garden of Betinck Castle pacing with evident nervous tension. Religious services were omitted and the strain of recent days weighs heavily on his mind making him unable to tolerate the company of others.
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Peror William
Betinck Castle
Movement Leaders Behind German Overthrow outlined
A Berlin dispatch to the Daily Mail cites prominent figures guiding the push to topple the Ebert government and form a new conservative ministry. It highlights Col Bauer as a noted clever staff officer in the German army and lists other well known leaders connected to the plan.
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Paris Reports Prussia Revolt Limited to Military Wing
Berlin dispatches say the Ale revolution in Prussia has so far stayed within the military and Pan German groups with no broader political backing. Conservative leaders and industrial figures including Gen Walter Stathenans of General Electric condemned the movement. Officials in Paris expect the military faction may prolong uncertainty, but lack of wider support could cause the movement to collapse.
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Berlin
Prussia
Walter Stathenans
General Electric Company
France plans three more corps on Rhine to double force
Paris reports France may dispatch three additional army corps to Weis baden Neustadt and Bonn doubling Rhine forces. Officials claim order in occupied German districts is being maintained though Berlin censorship limits news. Reports say the Leipzig garrison supports the new regime while broad public opinion varies. The German National Assembly is summoned to Stuttgart on Tuesday.
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France
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Neustadt
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Germany
Berlin
Leipzig
National Assembly
Stuttgart
American Troops Ready to Join Allied Rhine Advance
Washington says American troops on the Rhine would participate in any Allied advance into Germany even without direct orders from President Wilson, though still under Marshal Foch's direction, as stated by the War Department.
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Associated Press
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War Department
Hungarian royalists hail German revolution as proof of monarchist strength
Bucharest reports Hungarian royalists rejoicing at Germany's revolution arguing socialists cannot govern long accustomed monarchist peoples. The text notes resignation of Thomas Meek, tax collector in St Thomas, accepted by City Council to take effect March 31. Meek had served since 1906, succeeding J C Pousford.
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Germany
Thomas Meek
St. Thomas
Meek
J. C. Pousford
Lloyd George Bonar Law to issue joint manifesto
London March 14 A joint manifesto will be signed by Prime Minister Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law. It will present the principles of the new National Democratic party. The ministry is to be reshaped with portfolios reassigned, delaying appointments. Unionists loyal to Lloyd George may back the move though opposition from Salisbury and Lord Robert Cecil is anticipated.
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Bonar Law
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Agricultural society to match last year prize awards
Secretary Richardson of the Agricultural Society received a letter from Secretary Willson of the Canadian Percheron Horse Breeders' Association Calgary stating the association will offer the same prize awards at this year's Medicine Hat fair as last year. The awards total 146 in cash plus eight ribbons.
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Agricultural Society
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Canadian Percheron Horse Breeders’ Association
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Proportional Representation Forum Discussion At Dreamland
A Dreamland forum yesterday featured an address on proportional representation by Mr. Short. He used charts to show ballot forms and transfer counting under PR and contrasted it with single member constituencies.
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Dreamland Theatre
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E. P. Bilackshaw
Short
Chinese Railway Strike Shuts Manchuria Traffic
Reports to the state department say a general strike by all railway workers in the Chinese Eastern railway zone in Manchuria has halted traffic. The walkout stems from Social Revolutionists demands that Gen. Horvath cede authority over the roads, advices indicate.
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State Department
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Factors That Shape C N A Success At Toronto Banquet
Toronto March 13 President Beatty addresses C P R officials at a banquet recounting his reluctant shift to public speaking. He recalls his early career as a lawyer and a comic tale of a surgeon’s fee, framing duty to speak in public as a company bylaw.
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Beatty
C. P.R
Ontario
Marehisth
Canada
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Grand Trunk
C.P.I
Independent Socialists and Communists Move to Proclaim Soviet Government
Paris reports that Independent Socialists and Communists met in Mannheim and decided to proclaim a Soviet government to capitalize on postwar Germany. The Basle dispatch notes majority and Independent Socialists uniting against the Berlin military government begun Saturday.
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Mannheim
Germany
Basle
Berlin
Two Governments Reach Agreement Rumor
Berlin guards report an unconfirmed rumor that the new German government and the Ebert government have agreed to avert a threatened railway strike.
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Ebert
Demerais Sentenced to Two Years for Theft
Riel Demerais received a two year jail term in police court after breaking into City Clerk Blackburn's home and stealing a watch. Magistrate Rae said the youth had been a burden on his mother and needed the sentence to reform, with potential parole after half the term if he showed improvement. John A. Mahon and Malcolm Munro were fined $10 and costs each for intoxication.
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Blackburn
Rae
Demerais
John A. Mahon
Malcolm Munrod
Woman Commits Death by Own Action in Lethbridge
Lethbridge March 15 A Coaldale resident Mrs George Palmer leapt from the third floor of the Sher lock building early Sunday morning and died instantly. Authorities report mental derangement suspected and an inquest is under way today.
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Lethbridge
George Palmer
Coaldale
Sherlock
Outlook in Brick Home Plant Brightens
The Gas City Brick Co. expands workforce from 18 to about 80 as 395 more hires are added. President L. Y. Birnie says the brick business outlook is much improved, with capacity reaching about 100,000 bricks per day once staffing hits 80.
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Gas City Brick Co
L. Y. Birnie
Japanese Troops Revolt in Siberia
A revolt breaks out among severe units of Japanese troops in Siberia. Soldiers ripped off their shoulder straps and replaced them with red straps, according to a wireless dispatch from the Soviet government in Moscow.
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London
Siberia
Moscow
Landslide Closes Panama Canal to Deep Draft Vessels
Washington reports a Panama Canal landslide has closed the waterway to deep draft ships. The canal zone commander advised the War Department today of the obstruction and the resulting closure.
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