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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1918
Page
5
Spectators greet 179 Seattle draftees marching through King Street Station to a waiting train. Veterans watch solemnly as the group departs, with note of farewell across the avenue and hopeful calls for victory and country’s freedom. Local scenes include families and friends bidding farewell amid mixed cheers and quiet pride.
The route through captured villages shows little military value for the Germans beyond names on a map. British forces abandoned the region to devastation with road repairs and troops as the only lasting infrastructure, while the Germans gained a territorial edge of no real civilian presence or strategic gain.
War and peace mingle as churches plan Easter services. Priests and choirs will mark the day with special sermons on war and the risen Christ, with services at James Cathedral Plymouth Congregational First Methodist and Young Men's Christian Association. Open air services in Pioneer Square and Occidental Avenue conclude Good Friday observances.
Mrs Ralph Smith a British Columbia legislator told an Overseas audience that industries should be taken over and operated by the government to end the war She charged profiteering and asked government intervention to curb gains by wartime makers She cited a Toronto maker earning over five million since the war began and urged industrial conscription of people and plants as a wartime measure She credited women's contributions in England for improving the war effort.
A second subpoena for Wm. J Bryan to testify in the Hindu revolt plot trial in Frisco was telegraphed to Chicago for service. Ram Chandra, a defendant, requested the subpoena after attorney Geo McGowan recalled a prior subpoena. Chandra seeks Bryan’s testimony on Hindu treatment under British rule. the defense already has Bryan's book British Rule in India in evidence.
Two thousand Adventist representatives gathered in San Francisco for the quadriennial world conference. The session opened with a speech by I. H. Evans of Washington D C, president of the North American Conference.
Chairman Will H. Hays of the Republican National Committee will come to California after a Northwest trip. He will stay three days in San Francisco starting April 12 and then travel to Los Angeles. Raymond Benjamin of the state committee announced the plan today.
A vintage health ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as the gentle substitute for calomel to improve liver and bowel function. It claims tablets restore buoyancy and energy, noting their olive color and pricing at 0c and 5c per box with availability from all druggists.
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