Spartacans Capture Essen After Hard Fight
Spartacan forces of about 100 000 with 77 guns and armored autos captured Essen on Friday, proclaiming a Soviet manahhia. The battle for control of the Krupp city lasted 24 hours with heavy shelling and casualties reported across Berlin and Leipzig as the German revolutionary movement intensified.
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Brussels
Aux le Chappelle
Manahhia
Amsterdam
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Muenster
Telegraaf
Committee of Action
Berlin
London
Ebert
Leipzig
Exchange Telegraph Company
Leipsic
Copenhagen
Leipsiz
Dresden
Thomas Hotel
Horst
Hamburg
Schwarzburg
Regeszburg
Wittlesbach
Moscow
Wolfgang
Black Hundred
Alex, J. Guchkoff
Prince Veloonski
Stuttgart
Ruber
von Watters
Thuringya
Kiel Coblenz
Winnipeg Painters Seek Higher Wages Amid Union Strike
H. Cottrell, business agent for the painters union, says a new wage scale taking effect April 1 would raise pay from 70 to 90 cents an hour. The plan affects about 300 workers and will be submitted to the Master Painters' Association immediately. In Toronto, T. C. Robinette KC dies aged 66 after a paralytic stroke suffered the prior Saturday.
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Winnipeg
H. Cottrell
Painters’ Union
Master Painters’ Association
No Discount on Incubators Ad Correction
A Hewitt and Black advertisement in yesterday’s issue mis-stated a discount. The offer applies only to brooders, not incubators, and the correction clarifies the discount scope.
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Hewitt & Black’s
Strikebreakers Are Attacked by Longshoremen in New York
Striking coastwise longshoremen attacked 25 black strikebreakers in New York. Two men were knocked down but dispersed the rest. Two policemen witnessed the assault and no arrests were made.
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New York
Allied Troops to Move Into Germany Amid Pressure
London reports indications that Allied forces may push farther into Germany with concentrations at Strassburg and Metz if the country remains unsettled. Paris notes a Bolshevik radio dispatch claiming Alaska's population seeks to form a Soviet government.
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London
Cologne
Strassburg
Metz
Germany
Exchange Telegraph Company
Amsterdam
Toronto Workers Sympathize With German Proletariat
Toronto district Trades and Labor Council passed a resolution expressing sympathy with the German proletariat in their struggle for liberty and freedom from the Junker imperial class. It also disapproved of Britain's attitude toward capitalist interests in the occupied zone.
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Toronto
Germany
Great Britain
Oxford postmaster loses life in fire at Wood Hatton block
Halifax March 20 Lewis King 21 acting postmaster at Oxford N S perished in a morning fire that destroyed the Wood Hatton block with an estimated loss of 60000 dollars. The body has not been recovered.
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Halifax
Lewis King
Oxford
N.S
Wood-Hatton
EXPECT WINNIPEG BECOME THE AVI ATION HUB W. CAN
Winnipeg, March 20. Winnipeg is expected this season to become the aviation hub of western Canada. Local companies plan to run air service from Winnipeg to the beaches and will operate a Winnipeg Minneapolis St. Paul route with daily flights to nearby towns and cities. A large passenger and freight network linking Winnipeg with eastern western and southern towns is being projected with Winnipeg as northern terminal and a stop for trans continental flights in Canada.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Minneapolis
St. Paul
China and Japan Agree to Act in Unison in the Far East
London report dated March 7 says the Chinese and Japanese governments will act in unison in the Far East. Chinese contingent to include four divisions and Japanese three. Also noted: Toronto Presbytery nominated Rev. Dr. James Ballantyne for moderator of the General Assembly.
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London
Unigon
Far East
Har‘bin
London Times
The
Toronto Presbytery
James Ballantyne
Refenge counsel argues crown widened conspiracy scope
Winnipeg March 20. Defense counsel E. J. McMurray tells the strike trial jury the crown arrested the accused for the Winnipeg general strike and used amended immigration laws to broaden the conspiracy to cover the dominion. He notes the crown called detectives reporters and employers as witnesses claiming impartiality concerns. The court grants Rev. Wm. Ivens leave due to illness and McMurray seeks permission to travel east with his father’s body.
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Refenge
CROWN
Winnipeg
E. J. McMurray
Dominion
McMurray
Wm. Ivens
Mr. Ivens
Mr. McMurray
Mr. McMurray Sr
Murder of Cork Lord Mayor Alerts City
Cork on March 20 reports the sensational murder of Lord Mayor McGuinn. A threatening letter he deemed a joke warned of death two days earlier. The council plans a night meeting and body will lie in state at City Hall. Earlier, Constable Murtage was shot dead in the street.
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Cork
McGuinn
Royal Irish Constabulary
Thetreet
Be No Drop in Lumber Prices for Two Years
Toronto reports lumber trader A. E Clerk told the Electric club that even if production costs fell immediately a decline in lumber prices would not occur before 1922. He warned that prices would not drop for two years.
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Toronto
A. E Clerk
Electric Club
John Cookery Named Postmaster at Peterboro
John Cookery has been promoted to the position of postmaster at Peterboro in a local civic appointment. The change formalizes leadership of the town's postal services and aligns with regional government staffing.
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John Cookery
Peterboro
Lloyd George urges Liberal Unionist coalition plan
London reports a sharp split among moderates over Premier Lloyd George’s push for a Liberal Unionist coalition. Arthur Henderson says Labor accepts the challenge and plans to appeal to workers and sympathizers. Labor aims to raise £200,000 to fight the coalition and prepare for an early election.
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London
Labor Party
Floyd George
Arthur Henderson
House of Ccommena
Labor
Lloyd George
Liquor Act Not Amended This Session Officials Say
Edmonton March 20 Premier Stewart told the house there will be no amendments to the liquor act this session. New regulations will permit a plebiscite on liquor importation under federal sanction and on closing wholesale depots. The government aims to act after electors vote, then consider further steps to restrict sale and use.
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Edmonton
Stewart
Dominion
Trial starts for murder of William De Forge in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports William Elrick is placed on trial for murder with Chief Justice Mathers presiding. John Allen says the hearing will take about two days. Trials of Clements and Burdin will follow with new juries.
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Winnipeg
Man
William Elrick
William de Forge
Mathers
John Allen
Clements
Burdin
Staude Mak-a- tractor displayed draws large crowd
The Staude Mak a tractor, with I E Beebe as agent, was shown at the market yesterday and attracted a large crowd keen on the tractor’s mechanism and features.
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I. E. Beebe
Communist Party Being Formed in Great Britain
London reports steps are being taken to form a Communist party in Britain, affiliated with the Third International, aiming to create a revolutionary Communist party, according to the Daily Herald, the Labor organ.
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Communist Party
Great Britain
Revolutionary Communist Party
the Daily Herald
London
Third International
The
Daily Herald
Labor
Canadian Tax Deduction Proposed For Britain and Canada
London reports the royal commission on income tax recommends deducting the entire Canadian tax from British taxed incomes. The relief is subject to reservations about the maximum amount allowed.
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London
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Senate fails to ratify the Treaty of Versaille
Washington March 19 The Versailles treaty failed to win ratification for the fourth time as the Senate voted 49 for to 85 against and refused to advise and consent to its approval Eighty Democrats opposed the measure along with three Democrats and twelve Republicans deemed irreconcilables Twenty one Democrats supported ratification but fell seven votes short of the required two thirds The issue was sent back to President Wilson with no consent to ratification.
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Washington
Versailles
Senate
Wilson
Shortage of Bran and Shorts Alarms Eastern Farms
Toronto reports a bran and shorts shortage alarming stockyards and farmers in Ontario. Minister Manning Doharty campaigns with the wheat board to act. He seeks cooperation from Quebec and New Brunswick where conditions are similar.
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Ontario
Wheat Board
Toronto
Piry
Manning Doharty
Quebec
New Brunswick
Paris Forms Committee to Cut National Expenditure
A finance ministry backed body called the economics committee has wide powers to curtail national spending. The Fife committee is tasked with investigations and recommending measures to reduce public outlays.
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Paris
Finance Ministry
Fife
Calgary grows to 76000 population this year
The population of Calgary rises to 76000 from 70000 this year, according to health officer Dr S Mahood.
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Calgary
S. Mahood
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