Confesses Elwell Murder and a $5000-for-hire claim
Roy Harris, arrested for forgery in Buffalo, confessed to aiding the Elwell murder last June. He named Bill Dunkin as the shooter and Mrs. Fairchild as the promised $5,000 patron. Harris also identified his wife present during the arrest and provided detailed but disputed timelines from New York and Ontario.
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The
Tribune Buffalo
Roy Harris
Joseph Bowne Elwell
New York
Bill Dunkin
Elwell
Mrs. Fairchild
Harris
G. B.B. Leonard
C. Carlin
Niagara Street
Dankin
Turrin
New Foris
Neary
St. Catherin's
Seon
Genesee
Nan
C. Car~ UN
London
Ont
Cleri
Main Street
Flynn
Mills Hotel
Jrty-sixth Street
Seventh Avenue
Bill
Erry
Five Bandits Seize Mail Sacks In Chicago Railroad Heist
In Chicago on April 6 five men held up Dearborn Street station as armed bandits seized three mail sacks from postal workers guarding the Monon Hoosier Limited. Authorities say about $60,000 in securities were taken. suspects paused to watch a ball game before fleeing.
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Chicago
Dearborn Street
Hoosier Limited
Eure Teywad Securities
Bat
Sid
Mrs Rankine Seen Day After She Vanished
Twenty four hours after Mrs William Rankine vanished on the East Side she was seen in the Ritz Carlton Hotel lobby by a longtime acquaintance. The sighting suggests she is alive and possibly hiding, with investigators cautious yet convinced she did not end her life. A search extending to other hotels, harbor scenes, and a suspected pawnshop traces follows whispers from close friends.
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William Birch Rankine
Ritz-Carlton
J. M. Nye
Guaranty Trust Company
Rit
Malo
Helmont
Annette
Spalding’s
Fifth Avenue
Senate approves film censorship bill after late session
Albany April 7. Senate majority, after an all night conference, unanimously passes the Lusk Clayton motion picture censorship bill. Senator Lusk says it will pass with minor amendments. The bill lowers film tax rates and exempts scientific, charitable, and religious films and employer exhibitor screenings for employees.
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Albany
Senate
Lusk-Clayton
Lusk
Miller
Enright Asks For 1000 Men To Fight Rum
Police Commissioner Richard B Enright seeks 100 additional patrolmen and a $100,000 addition to the police budget to enforce the new state prohibition law for the balance of 1921. He outlines a special prohibition squad of 30 detectives and ten plainclothes men per inspector, transferring over 200 officers to plain clothes. Eleven-page synopsis asserts enforcement duty on all officers and revokes the old Gaynor rules to allow arrests in saloons.
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Richard B. Enright
Board of Estimate
Police Department
New York City
Enright
City of
New York
Olien
Gaynor
Attornes
Hylan Probe Averts Tie Up With New Conference Offer
A last minute conference call prevents a transport strike as Hylan probes Lloyd George. Speaker refuses comment while Livingston backs new terms. The move aims to avert disruption and secure a settlement with organized labor in a tense political moment.
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Hylan
Lloyd George
Livingston
Oransport
Evon
London
Triple Alliance
Nina
Rail Men Stand Against Graft Inquiry In New York
Albany April 6 A. Livingston leader of a Brooklyn Republican faction has blocked the legislative graft probe in New York City. He and allies press Speaker Machold to kill Assembly resolutions while the Senate backs a city charter investigation. The dispute centers on grand juries and gubernatorial support for reform with Governor Miller urging action.
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Albany
Dagol A. Livingston
Brooklyn Republican Machine
New York City
Livingston
Kings County
J. Edmund Machold
Assembly
Machold
Rules Committee
Ses
Machald
Ms. Livingston
The
Tribune
Livingst
Jay
Forea
Wittman
Brooklyn
Queens
Bunk
Mr. Livingston
Whitman
New York County
Queens County
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
City of
New York
Miller
Vesuvius in Eruption Again Most Violent in 15 Years
Naples April By The Associated Press Mount Vesuvius is in active eruption the most violent in fifteen years with dense smoke flames and hot ashes. Tourists gather unseen as lava and ash clouds rise while the crater’s history recalls Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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Naples
Preas
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Ita
Constantinople
Torre del Greco
Four Killed in Wreck of Royal Palm Limited
Four killed and many injured in a Royal Palm Limited wreck north of New River Tennessee. The northbound Southern Railway train derailed after rails buckled or spread. Victims listed include F Rammich Detroit Mich and Joe Kramer Chicago. The Royal Palm runs Jacksonville to Chicago with through sleepers for Indianapolis Toledo Detroit and Chicago.
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Somerset
Royal Palm Limited
New River
Tenn
F. FE. Cook
Orion
Mich
B. J. Bussey
Detroit
F. Rammich
Harry Sickles
St. Mary's
Chio
Joe Kramer
Chicago
William Parks
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Rapids
New Rive
Jacksonville
Fla
Indianapolis
Toledo
Hughes Lines Up Lodge Knox and Harvey for Peace Plan
Secretary Hughes summoned Senator Lodge and Senator Knox along with George Harvey to craft a new peace with Berlin proposal. The White House aims to terminate the war through an Administration backed plan rather than Knox’s resolution, seeking broad Republican support. Knox is open to supporting a tailored plan that ends the war promptly.
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Hughes
Lodge
Knox
Harvey
Berlin
Washington
Massachusetts
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pennsylvania
George Harvey
Great Britain
Harding
State Department
Plan to abolish Comptroller of the Currency approved
Washington reports President Harding backs a plan to dissolve the Comptroller of the Currency and merge bank examination with the Federal Reserve Board. The Treasury and Reserve Board would reshuffle, with a new Treasury official rating examinations. Crissinger seeks retirement. McFadden plans a companion bill. Banking officials react with cautious support as Congress prepares action.
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Carter Field
Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Warding
BD. R. Chasinger
Marion
Crissinger
Reserve Board
Meebers
Reserve
Treasury
Mellon
Louis T. McFadden
House
Banking and Currency Committees
Crisainger
McFadden
Wilson
Williams
Mcfudden
Senate
National Bank Examiners
American Bankers Association
Mayor Hylan Will Run Again Hearst Announces
The Evening Journal reports Mayor Hylan will seek re election. Politicians call the print authentic though Hylan was reserved when asked about campaign plans. Tammany leaders, led by Charles F Murphy, see Hylan as best odds to win amid transit reorganization and potential fare changes. An understanding among Hearst Hylan and Tammany governs Manhattan patronage division for the coming term.
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Evening Journal
Hylan
Hlan
Tammany Executive Committee
Charles F. Murphy
Miller
Hearst
Tammany
Manhattan
America Demands U S Voice in War Honors Over Mandates
Washington cites identical notes to Japan Britain France and Italy urging equal rights in the disposition of former German mandates including Yap. Hughes says United States cannot be excluded from fruits of victory and that treaties and League authority do not bind U S without proper agreement. Ex President Wilson’s Yap stance is invoked to bolster opposition to Japan’s mandate.
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Japan
Great Britain
France
Italy
United States
Germany
Council of the
League of Nations of
Yap
Hughes
League of Nations
League
Sayer
Wilson
Supreme Council
White House
Department of State
United State
Washington
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