Family of three held in murder case in Vancouver
Vancouver police arrested Mrs Couture 21 her husband 25 and her father in law 50 and Mrs Couture 33 yesterday on murder charges. The three faces alleged poisoning tied to the death of Mrs Couture on April 5 1920 with prior inquiries and strong evidence cited by detectives.
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Vancouver
B. C
Mra
Tanes Couture
Couture
Amedic Couture
Phoebe Couture
The
Couture Amily
Vancouver Force
Ward
South Vancouver
Ely
Ap Jon
Turnbull
South
Truesdale
Court
Ee Turnbull
Ellen Mitchell
John Mitchell
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Governor and West Hartland Collision Details Emerge
Cross examination of Captain John Alwen reveals he first spotted the Governor at 11 54 p m and noted it was the other ship. The West Hartland logs show the Governor struck at 12 04 a m on April 1 and sank soon after, with nine lives lost and a $344 claim against West Hartland under Aubrey- Sales.
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John Alwen
Shipping Board
West Hart
Ives
Aubrey- Sales Corporation
West Hartland
Alwen
Harold M. Sawyer
Father Wins His Case on Ancient Plea in Portland
In Portland a farmer Thomas Freldag and his seven children are denied entry to a showing of a Christ life film. The doorkeeper cites audience rules while Freldag recalls a biblical plea. The judge remarks that the case was pleaded for him 2,000 years ago.
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Portland
George Bateman
Thomas Freldag
Preidas
Municipal Auditorium
Freidas
Beaverton
Freidan
Underworld'S Enemy Is Shot In Bloodiest Ward
Chicago police found John L. Mahoney, an informer linked to political assassinations in the Bloody Nineteenth Ward, dead from a bullet-riddled body. He had recently visited the state's attorney and was said to be divulging details of robberies and bootlegging.
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Chicago
John L. Mahoney
Mahoney
Potee
France Plans Mobilization of 1919 Class
Paris reports completed plans for mobilizing the 1919 military class for an eight day period. The levy totals 120,000 men excluding students and those in devastated areas, with exemptions only by a London council decision if needed to start concentration. The reparations commission seeks Germany to transfer rights and interests in concessions and public utilities in Russia Austria Hungary Bulgaria and Turkey.
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Paris
Supreme Council
London
Germany
Russia
Austria-Hungary
Dulgaria
Turkey
Germany Negotiates Direct With Allies
Germany resumed direct talks with the Allies after failing to clear reparations through the United States. Lord D’Abernon carried Germany’s proposal, identical to the one sent to Washington, seeking 12.5 billion dollars lump sum and 50 billion over years. The plan was criticized as unacceptable and may pressure Ruhr occupation.
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London
Germany
United States
Lord Dabernon
Berlin
Ruhr
Supreme Council
Huntieh
Waa . Cha
Another Scheme Now in the Wind
Berlin reports the German cabinet in a special session discussed steering the reparations issue from politics to economics. A plan floated to approach France with Hugo Stinnes and other German industrial leaders, with Leon Blum as the French reconstruction minister, as potential mediators for a conference.
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Berlin
France
Hugo Stinnes
Laula Loucheur
Leouchner
Germany
British Coal Mines Flooded Amid Strike Collapse
Fifty coal mines were destroyed by flooding as the miners' strike paralyzes Britain. Only 15 of 600 steel furnaces operate, express trains halt, and daylight saving may extend. Foreign coal imports rise under police protection while misery and hunger grow. Officials pessimistic on early settlement after government subsidy offer was rejected. Leaders tour districts to gauge support.
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London
Holland
Ipwwich
Legionnaires Put On Open House At Roosevelt Hall
Beattie post of the American Legion and the auxiliary staged the largest open house at Roosevelt Veterans hall Friday night drawing over 400 attendees. Ex-service men organized the event with entertainment for veterans and guests.
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Bald
Beattie Post
American Legion
Roosevelt Veterans Hall
White Home From Smuggling Probe
Henry M. White immigration commissioner returns to Seattle after a three month Orient tour. He studied the smuggling of Japanese into the United States and will file a report with the Department of Labor in Washington.
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Henry M. White
Seattle
Orient
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