Wealthy New York widow Annette Rankine missing since April 1
Wealthy widow Annette Rankine, vice president of Niagara Falls Power, has vanished after dismissing her chauffeur on April 1. Police and private detectives hunt through East Side quarters, with no sign from hospitals morgue steamship or railroad offices. Her charity work and past nervous breakdown are noted in the search context.
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New York
Annette Norton Rankine
Willam Birch Rankine
Niagara Falla Power Company
East Side
Rankine
Association For the Improvement of the Condition of the
Annette K. Rankine
Second Ave
59Th St
Confession Hoax Man Is Released
Roy Harris, who misled Buffalo and New York police with a false claim of involvement in the murder of Joseph Ebwell, was released after signing a new statement recanting his prior assertions. arraigned before Justice Dudley. police estimate the hoax cost the state about $15,000.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roy Harris
New York
Joseph EB. Elwell
Harris
Marier
Dudley
State of
Grand Lodge to Initiate 100 Members Tonight
The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will initiate 100 candidates this evening at the Masonic club. Stephen J. Chadwick, former supreme court justice, will deliver the principal address.
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Grand Lodge, Ancient Order OF United Workmen
Masonic Club
Stephen J. Chadwick
The
Supreme Court
Soviet bars Americans from crossing border after April
New York reports officials will bar American travelers from crossing the border after April pending arrival of a visa official to oversee passports. The move follows Soviet authorities tightening controls on travel and passport verification.
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New York
United States
President Hards man addresses domestic policy and reform
The speech outlines cooperation with states on roads and budgets, a protective tariff with a mature revision, and a drive to end lynching. It calls for a public welfare department, aviation and navy reform, federal regulation of communications, and a plan to restrain prices and boost merchant marine coordination.
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Harding
Farmers Tariff Moves Through Committee to House Vote
Washington April 12 The farmers first tariff program of Congress moved forward as the emergency tariff bill protecting wheat wool meat and other agricultural products from foreign competition was reported from committee. It will pass the house Wednesday chairman Fordney predicted Mondell set Thursday as time limit for action.
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Washington
Farmers First
Congress
House
Fordney
Ways and Meany Committee
Repub
Mean Proor
Mondell
Women voters push to reform politics across the nation
In Cleveland on April 12 the National League of Women Voters heard Maud Wood Park urge enfranchised women to lead a purge of machine politics. Recommendations include equal spousal real estate interest, ending common law liabilities, criminalizing wife abandonment, abolishing common law marriage, health certificates for marriage, and uniform state marriage and divorce laws.
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Cleveland
Mra
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Voters
Committee On Uniform
Navy officers may wear civilian clothes off duty
Secretary Denby and War Secretary Weeks discuss permitting Navy and Army officers to wear civilian attire when off duty. The Navy has already acted. army opinion is sought. Graduation of the 1921 midshipmen class will occur in December six months early, due to reserve officers moving to inactive lists creating a shortage of line officers.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Natty
Marine Corps
Weeks
Army Corps
Army
Navy
Naval Academy
Bellingham Man Faces First Degree Murder Charge
Mart y Feasner is accused of first degree murder in the slaying of Maurice J. Brooks who died after being shot Friday night. Brooks, 26, was carried into Mrs. B J Hartington s home after the shooting. Hartington is free on bail for assault with intent to kill. Brooks leaves a widow and two young children.
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Bellingham
Marty Feasner
Maurice J. Brooks
Brooks
Mra
B. J. Hartington
Feasner
Rebuild France In German Reparations Plan
Berlin April 12 German proposals for reparations include funding to rebuild devastated France using French labor and German materials. Foreign Minister Von Simons returned from Switzerland and plans to present the scheme to the cabinet.
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Berlin
France
von Simons Haa
Switzerland
German Flag at Half Mast for Augusta Victoria Funeral
Doorn in April 12 reports the German flag flying at half mast as Ho hen zollern family members attend the funeral of Augusta Victoria. The crown prince travels from asylum at Wirlen gen. The ex-emperor remains indoors amid grief with private services led by Dr Dysaander. Body to be moved at dawn for railway transport to Berlin.
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Doorn
Hohenzollern
Augusta Victoria
Wilerengen
Dysaander
Inala
Kaiser
Merlin
Michigan boy who killed his brother may not go to prison
Warren Banfield, 11, who shot and killed his brother Claire, is unlikely to face prison. He has been treated at Ann Arbor state hospital and pronounced sound mentally. His mother fears a future outbreak and no Michigan law seems to govern his case. a new home is considered.
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Pontiac
Mich
Warren Banfield
Claire
Warren
State Paychopathic Hospital
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Banquet for Youth Before Prison Departure
Clarence Hines twenty four arrives unescorted at Stillwater prison to begin a three year manslaughter term after striking down a pedestrian with his auto. Citizens of Canby, his hometown, hosted a banquet before his transfer.
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Stillwater
Minn
Clarence Hines
Canby
University graduates to hear Upham at Idaho and UW address
Dr Alfred H Upham president of the University of Idaho will deliver the commencement address at the U graduation on June 20. University of Washington exercises are set for June 29 with a baccalaureate sermon June 19 by Dr Shailer Mathews of Chicago. Spokane reports Jay E Hough faces a retrial on forgery of bonds after an earlier acquittal.
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Alfred H. Upham
University of Idaho
University of Washington
Shailer Mathews
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Democrats Show Signs of Fight
The Democratic minority in Congress showed signs of fighting back against Republican business methods. Protests in both the House and Senate were promptly overridden, but leaders said they had gone on record and were content with that action.
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Washington
Ingrens
Altho
House
Senate
Senate debates Colombia treaty over Panama canal settled funds
Washington reports four years of senatorial debate over paying Colombia 25 million dollars to settle the Panama canal dispute nears conclusion. The Senate began consideration of the treaty with Colombia under an eight day debate timeline before a vote.
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Washington
Republic of Colombia
Panama Canal
Senate
Colombia
Capper to back fights to overturn Palmer booze ruling
Washington April 12 Senator Capper of Kansas will be among those present in the senate to support any measure nullifying Palmer s ruling that beer of prewar strength and unrestricted quantity may be prescribed by physicians. Capper s week summary cites Booze as Medicine and lack of it saving lives daily. Funeral services for Frank Baker 68 formerly of Port Blakeley set for Tuesday. Mrs Sidney Hauptman dies in San Francisco. Fire destroys camp building of Wallace Lumber at Yakima. Kennewick peach crop fifty percent killed by frost.
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Washington
Capper
Kansas
Senate
Palmer
Frank Baker
Port Blakeley
Home Undertaking Company
Readings Remain In England For Muggletonians Sect
The Muggletonians, a fringe religious sect founded in the seventeenth century, still hold readings in England amid fading public notice.
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Muggletonians
England
Danish Scientist Claims Thousandth-Second Measure Invention
A Danish scientist is reported to have invented a method for measuring a thousand-millionth of a second. The item appears amid other today’s notes including an advertisement and a pastry request.
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Wall Street
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Egypt
Lord Allenby
Germany
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Jay E. Hough
Copenhagen
Burson
Seattle
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Alaska
Diea
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Wallace Lumber and Manufacturing Co
Yakima
Kennewick
Boldt
Bon Marché Food
Bing
Puyallup
Henley
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