17 Feb 1922
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1922
Page
1
Brig. General R L Howse of the First Cavalry Division orders demobilization to end emergency constraints at Fort Bliss El Paso. Soldiers under these orders no longer face hold at the post.
Mrs Edith Rockfeller McCormick today refused to confirm or deny reports that Mathilde McCormick 18 would marry Max Oser 48 a riding teacher in Zurich. The daughter allegedly obtained her father Harold McCormick's consent to marry and planned to travel from New York seeking her mother's consent. Also noted is a story fragment about bread with diamonds found on a traveler between Eychkulen Upper Silesia and Berlin.
A sharp cold snap hits the northeast with temperatures as low as 22 degrees below zero in Northfield Vermont Canton New York Greenville Maine and North New York City records zero or below as arctic air grips the region while the Weather Bureau warns of little relief before Saturday and milder conditions only in the northwest.
Belfast, Feb. 17. Last night was the quietest since Sunday riots began. The only incident reported early today was a shot fired at a watchman in the Mills Fair district. he escaped injury. The unrest has left more than 30 injured.
Public advertisement urges readers to protect health by maintaining strong blood and energy. It touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a tonic available in liquid and tablet forms, claiming equal medicinal value and urging continued use if feeling run down or fatigued.
New York February 17 Much early selling in the stock market was traced to professionals and based on a discouraging annual report from United States Rubber Company. Rubber stock held, rally fed by inactive specialties in Food and Textile shares and by General Asphalt and American Can Dealers in focus. Reading and Lehigh Valley edged up one point. Call money opened at 40 percent.
The frozen body of a young woman about 30, found 20 feet from a driveway near Kaighn Avenue bridge over Cooper Creek, shows finger marks on the throat. Tracks of a man and woman in snow lead from the body to the driveway. No struggle evident. police believe she was dead or unconscious when placed in the snow.
Indianapolis Feb 17 Surprising strength favoring consideration by the convention of the United Mine Workers of America of an appeal by Alexander Howat and other expelled Kansas miners for reinstatement in the union was shown today in the early voting on the appeal Less than one third of the convention vote was cast during the morning, giving a lead of 175 to President Lewis in his opposition to taking up the Kansas appeal Howat's supporters predicted victory but the administration delegates said the result would be close and none would concede defeat.
Two bandits bound and gagged Antona Melenchuk at her Bronx home and robbed her knee bank of 795 dollars in gold. She had long carried the life savings of herself and her husband in a bag tied at the knee, trusting it to be safe.
The Irish Free State bill won its second reading in the House of Commons in London on February 17. The report notes wireless transmission capabilities claim a secure link across continents at 190,000 miles per second. It asserts interception is prevented by synchronized rotating cylinders for sending and receiving signals.
Washington February 17 Democrats protested a bonus bill amid debate in the House Ways and Means Committee. The session focused on the Legion, with Republicans urging passage while Democrats demanded expert advice and opposed public discussion. Tension rose as Montell and Garner clashed with Republican leaders during the exchange.
The Associated Press reports Rawson, a Republican and chair of the State party, named to replace William S. Kenyon as senator in the Upper House of Congress. Born December 1867, he is a brick and tiling contractor by trade and has served as director of multiple trust and insurance companies. He also served overseas in World War I.
From New Castle Pennsylvania February 17 a county detective reports the real killer in the Houk murder case near Baltimore may be identified. The warden says the investigation has progressed and the man will be arrested under a new identification.
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