Drift mines threaten Atlantic lanes and offshore areas
Washington reports drifting mines lingering off Atlantic routes and near European waters. Hydrographic officials warn mariners as postwar minefields persist with dozens of observed floats and many more potentially drifting across the seas.
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Hyaphic
Insur Company
International Clearing Committee
London
Hydrographic Service
Chan
Asta
Eas
Navy
Pyromaniac Sought After Montreal Church Fires
Montreal police hunt an anti Catholic pyromaniac blamed for the Sacred Heart church fire and linked to other blazes at Ste Anne de Beaupre and St Vincent de Paul refuge. Crossed wires are cited as the method. suspect described as electrician looking man fled before capture.
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Church of the Sacred Heart
Shrime
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Church of the Sacred Heart Tre
St. Bridget’s
St. Vincent de Paul
Deaf and Dumb Institute
St. Dennis Street
Ste Anne de Beaupre
St. Vincent de Paul's Refuge
Girl Takes 1000 Dollars From Miner Fund Elopes
In Wilkes-Barre on April 5, Philomenia 15, daughter of the miners local treasurer, took $1000 from a trunk and gave it to her sweetheart Michael Dejoy. They eloped to Scranton, then he went to New York. Dejoy was arrested on larceny and receiving stolen goods charges after she returned home and he later appeared. The funds remain unrecovered.
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Wilkes-Barre
Joseph Truno
Butiler
Philomenia
Michael Dejoy
Scranton
Ejoy
New York
Dejoy
Deroy
Bruno
Proclaimed Otto II King of Hungary Amid Quarrels
Budapest April 5 A Legitiminist proclamation declares Otto II aged 10 the king of Hungary despite coronation delays. Nineteen aristocrats led by Count Albert Apponyi sign the document with Cardinal Czernoch endorsing the claim. The government notes Otto may lack supported rights after Karl’s death and hints at a revived debate over Hapsburg claims and burial options for Karl.
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Budapest
Karl
Otto II
Hungary
Count Albert Apponyi
Czernoch
Otto
Count Apponyi
Austro-Hungary
National Assembly
Parkhurst affirms note. tariff debate in Fordney bill
April 5 dispatches report Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst endorsed a $20,000 note as accommodation to the American Educational Alliance and the German Publication Society. Claims against the two groups were dropped and Parkhurst remained the sole defendant. Meanwhile tariff leaders moved to set a one half cent per foot duty on exposed moving pictures, with discussion of a one cent rate and Fordney bill provisions forming the debate.
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Parkhurst
New York
Charles H. Parkhurst
Presbyterian
American Educational Alliance
German Publication Society
Dr. Parkhurst
Washingien
Senate
Officer shot in hostess home near Oklahoma City
Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Neck, in charge at Post Field, was killed when an intruder in the residence of Jean P. Day allegedly struck him with a revolver. Day said Beck tried to attack Mrs Day. he claimed the revolver discharged accidentally during the struggle. Day held on $5000 bond awaiting grand jury.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Paul W. Neck
Post Field
Mort Stl
Jean P. Day
Day
Beck
Mormon Temple in Canada Centered in Cardster Alberta
Mormonism in Canada concentrates around Cardster Alberta where a large temple rises. Immigrant Utah settlers form a fertile Promising community near a 1 000 000 pound Maltese cross shaped temple 118 feet square and over 100 feet tall. Access denied to nonbelievers after dedication. strict abstinence from tobacco coffee tea and alcohol required for good standing per Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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Canada
Cardster
Alberta
Utah
Popular Mechanics
Soft coal barons asked to confer in Washington
Western Pennsylvania dates set for a potential coal wage agreement. Representative Nolan said United Mine Workers leader John L. Lewis would meet a representative body of the central competitive field in Washington on April 10 if operators agree to participate. The move aims to resolve the nationwide coal strike with a field-wide wage plan.
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Nolan
Republian
California
House Labor Committee
Indiana
Winds
Onio
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indor Committee
Lewis
United Aline Workers
Miers
Representative Black
Democrat
Texas
Mr. Diack
Afr. Lewis
Whiskers In Ancient Egypt Hint At Fashion Trends
An item from the New York Evening Post notes a Metropolitan Museum expedition uncovering a coffin of Atefamon in a Hebian necropolis. The archaeologist cites T. B. Winlock and observes Asiatic drivers wearing beards, suggesting Egyptian charioteers adopted English style side whiskers as a fashion influence.
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Hebian
Metropolitan Museum
Atefamon
T. B. Winlock
Egypt
Asia
New York Evening Post
Whaling Customs of Eskimos and Siamese Inundation Precautions
Eskimo whale hunting customs include a convoy of boats towing the dead whale with sails raised and a multi day nafu ka taku celebration with feasting dancing and blanket tossing. Bangkok houses about 70 000 horses many on bamboo rafts to guard against floods in a low lying region.
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Arctic
Bangkok
Siam
Herbs Used In Medicines In English Gardens Urged
A Manchester paper calls renewed cultivation of old fashioned medicinal herbs in English gardens. US demand has declined for these herbs in favor of commercial imports from Turkey, India and China. The ad promotes Ledia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a beneficial remedy for women's ailments.
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Manchester
England
United States
Turkey
India
China
End of Resources Drives Portman Man to Suicide Belief
A Portmouth man killed himself under a belief described as nearly a religion that when Simian reaches the end of resources life is due to end. He and his two brothers followed this theory, with another brother an engineer having jumped from a steamboat and a third from an ocean liner. The surviving brother noted slight insanity in the folly.
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England
Gude's Pepto-Mangan Aches to Strengthen Blood
Doctors supported by Dr A Gude discovered iron formulated for easy absorption. The product, known as Gude's Pepto Mangan, is sold widely in liquid and tablet forms. Advertisers claim it builds red blood, boosts energy, and steadies nerves for those run down.
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A. Gude
United States
Gode
Gude
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