Canadian Veterans Take Hold of Politics
In Victoria on March 18, reporters note Canada’s returned soldiers are becoming a political force. Two khaki groups, the Great War Veterans and Army and Navy Veterans, mobilize ex servicemen who now hold jobs in shop and office, shaping civil policy and injecting soldier’s demands into government affairs. Almost half of eligible men have worn uniform, giving veterans notable influence.
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Victoria
B. C
Canada
Dominion
Harden Calls German People Crazy and Overthrow urged
Berlin dispatch reports Maximilian Harden editor of Zukunft declares Germany should overthrow its government and that the German people are crazy. He praises Wilson and warns the Entente to recognize the republic to secure peace and closer ties with Britain and America.
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Frank J. Taylor
United Press
Berlin
Courier
Paris
Maximilian Harden
Zukunft
Germany
The
United Today
Kaiser
League of Nation
Great Britain
America
Harden
Ger
Wilson
Pans
No Beer No Work and Letters on Page Six
Daily pages note Dr Crane discusses No Beer No Work and Cynthia Grey letters on page six. A Webster cartoon amuses readers, with Pete and Annie and others on page ten. Sports fans find live doings on page eleven. Kiddies feature Bedtime Story on pages eight.
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DR. Crane
Cynthia Grey
Webster
Pete and
Annie
Henry Albers Sentenced to Penitentiary in Sedition Case
Henry Albers, Pacific coast milling man, was sentenced in federal court to three years at McNeil Island and a $10,000 fine for seditious utterances on a train at war’s end. He is free on $10,000 bail with a 30 day stay of execution. An appeal will be filed by his attorneys.
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Portland
Ore
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
J. Henry Albers
Pacific Coast
Albers
Wolverton
United States
Germany
Albers Brothers
Seattle
Tacoma
San Francisco
City to Honor Fallen Heroes With Four Seattle Tributes
Seattle plans four historic days to honor soldiers and sailors who died or served in World War. An executive committee of war groups coordinates a citywide array including an overseas parade, a military ball, sailors day, uniform day, and a tribute to the dead. A later date may honor 91st division veterans overseas. Parents of returning men are urged to call for detachment arrivals.
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Seattle
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Welcome Committee
Atlantic
East Water
91St Division
Frank Gates
Gates
Main
Soldiers and Veterans Define Constructive Postwar Role
War veterans in leadership stress the returned soldier viewpoint as dominant for guiding policy. Representatives in provincial legislatures influence industrial policy with business input, while working men face what they call constructive opposition.
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Dominion
Canadian Soldier Firm in Demands for Square Deal
Ernest A. Paige of the British Columbia Veterans' Weekly voices a strong stance for returning soldiers to reclaim jobs and influence, denouncing profiteers and political manipulators. The Great War Veterans operate nationwide under federal charter to aid members and wield nonpartisan political influence.
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Ernest A. Paige
British Columbia
Dominion
Civil Service Commissioner Removed by Mayor Hanson
George P. Listman, civil service commissioner, was removed by Mayor Hanson for acting as surety on bail for Walker C. Smith, linked to I W W propaganda. Hanson denounced I W W, cited bad example for 3000 city employees, and noted vacancy to be filled by council. Listman defended his action as duty to secure trial attendance.
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George P. Listman
Civil Services
Hanson
Hannon
California
Listman
Walker C. Smith
Seattle
Sixth Ave
N. W
Lisuman
Smith
Two youths held in theft of three autos
Frank Johnson and G. Anderson, both 20, were arrested at 13th Ave and E. Madison St after being found with two stolen cars and allegedly stripping a third. They were booked on open charges pending a complaint from the prosecuting attorney’s office.
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Frank Johnson
G. Anderson
13Th Ave
E. Madison St
New York Brewers Resume Light Beer Production
New York brewers announce they will resume manufacturing beer containing at most 2.75 percent alcohol arguing it is not an intoxicant and not covered by the president’s December order. The Lager Beer Brewers' Board of Trade made the decision after legal opinion from Elihu Root and W. D. Guthrie.
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New York
Lager Beer Brewers’ Board of Trade
Elihu Root
W. D. Guthrie
Hoffman Elected Premier of Bavaria
Basle reports Herr Hoffman has been elected premier of Bavaria in a Munich dispatch announced today.
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Basle
Herr Hoffman
Bavaria
Munich
Uncertain Period Heralds Prosperity in U.S. Industry
An American business authority argues the United States has begun a boom with rising demand, more construction, and revived stock markets. He cites regional differences in contracts, a need for steel for railroads and trolleys, and a forecast of widespread industrial activity spreading across sectors as demand strengthens.
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U.S
Yank Slang Warns Against Tobacco Tax profiteers
A lively editorial warns readers that tobacco peddlers overcharge, noting Uncle Sam’s crackdown after 1918 tax law. It urges shoppers to pay only the official tax and avoid profiteers, warning of fines and imprisonment for evasion.
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Edith Hyde
Howard Chandler Christy
James Montgomanes Fisher
Penrhyn Stanlaws
American Legion of Liberty
Soldiers and Sailors’ Club
Legion
Ameriaa
Seneen
Sauter
Ana
Ula
J.B. Faulds
Inno Ealenanere
Pianean
BY Jack Jungmeyer
United Press Staff
Henry Albers
Hero Dead
George
Great War Veterans’ Association
Ottawa
Bond
Hoffman
Star
Missour River
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Kansas
New England
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Northwest
R. R
Uncle Samuel
Caruso
Revenoeers
Rai
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