Drastic Sedition Bill Claimed to Target Parlor Bolsheviks
Washington January 11 The House judiciary committee agreed on a stringent sedition bill modeled on Attorney General Palmer's proposal. It aims to erase parlor Bolsheviks with severe penalties for sedition offenses and likely reports tomorrow after Senate passage of the Sterling bill.
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Boston Theatre Celebrates 66th Anniversary With Gala
Sarell J. Willis guest of honor at the Boston Theatre anniversary exercises yesterday. He appeared as Jay Scott in 1864. The celebration drew nearly 1000 actors, actresses, and Boston officials in an elaborate tribute to the theatre’s long history.
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Historic Boston theatre hall preserves 120 years of stage life
Hallways at the Boston Theatre display life sized portraits of Edwin Forrest Edwin Booth John McCullough James Murdoch Lawrence Barrett and other stars. Around them playbills and programmes trace back to 1800 while the A Paul Keith collection of French war posters is shown nearby.
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Sarah Siddons
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Edith Kingdon
A. Paul Keith
Goddard Invents New High Efficiency Rocket For Upper Air
Smithsonian Institution announces that Professor Robert H. Goddard of Clark College has invented a new type of multiple charge high efficiency rocket. The design aims to explore remote upper air regions previously inaccessible for exploration and study.
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May Reach to Moon Says New Rocket Device
Strong claims are made for a new device that could travel beyond the earths atmosphere and perhaps to the moon. The record height with instruments is 19 miles by a free balloon, while Professor Goddard contends his rocket could pass through the atmospheric band extending about 200 miles from Earth.
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Lithuanian inmate dies at Deer Island fall
Joseph Smith, 38, of 321 Park Street Holyoke a Lithuanian r a d i c a l confined at Deer Island fell from the fifth tier of cells in Barracks B and was killed instantly at 5 10 last night. He plunged about twelve feet to the concrete floor after leaping beyond a three foot guard rail while returning to his cell with other prisoners after evening meal. Two fellow inmates tried to stop him but failed.
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Prisoner dies after skull crushed on island
A man, a Lithuanian detainee, died after his skull was crushed by a fall at the island prison. Master George Holden and Assistant Master Edward O’Keefe saw to medical aid but Dr. Bernard McGaffin pronounced him dead at the prison hospital. He had been melancholic since arrival Tuesday and kept apart, speaking little English. The death follows no immigration hearing and the Department of Justice seeks to aid dependents. relief contact: George E. Kellehear, division superintendent, Winthrop building.
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Edward O’keefe
Bernard McGaffin
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George E. Kellehear
Winthrop Building
Dorchester Book Company Head Dies at Springfield Station
M L David son president and general manager of the Bostonales Book Company collapsed at Springfield railroad station while waiting for a train home. Heart disease was the cause of death.
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Baby Born With Full Adult Teeth In Baltimore
A newborn in Baltimore with a complete set of adult teeth died within hours. Dr. Benjamin Co. McCleary, health warden for the 20th ward, reported the case to the health department noting the unusual malformations other than dental.
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Pigs and farming life suit Fitzsimons in Chester New Hampshire
In Chester New Hampshire Paul Fitzsimons, once Lieutenant Fitzsimons of the U S Navy and husband of Elsie France Vanderbilt, retires from society life to breed Berkshire hogs on his farm. Mrs Fitzsimons, formerly Alfred Vanderbilt’s wife and Lusitania survivor, joins him in a simple rural course. The couple plans to be quiet, neighborly, and helpful while pursuing agricultural interests.
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Evening Call to Fitzsimons Home Shocks Neighbor
In the early hours the reporter rang and was greeted at the door by Mr. Fitzsimons himself, not by a servant as anticipated, revealing a surprising scene at his residence.
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Woman Escapes Fire By Improvised Rope In Great Barrington
Mrs. Olive Schutt, trapped in a fire ruined home of her parents in Great Barrington, freed herself by tying three bedsheets and sliding 20 feet to safety. Fire started near the furnace from shingles. loss estimated around $6000 as fire crews arrived late.
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Steamship Merle C Sinks Off Port Greville
The steamship Merle C of 212 tons sank today off Port Greville Nova Scotia while carrying coal. The crew abandoned her last night after a leak near Cape Chignecto and the vessel, launched last summer, was owned by Captain Robert Kerr and others of Parrsboro.
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Anniversaries and Historic Events Mixed In Daily News
Today's notes include John Winthrop born in 1588 as Massachusetts first colonial governor. The German cruiser Bremen was reported injured by a mine in 1915. A peace conference convened a year ago today and a train wreck on the New York Central at South Byron killed twenty one.
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Fair Weather Forecasts For New England And Vicinity
The forecast calls for fair weather across eastern New York and southern New England on Monday and Tuesday. Temperatures rise slightly Tuesday, with western Massachusetts and the western portion of New England warmer. Winds shift from fresh west to south, with coastal areas experiencing moderate to strong west and northwest winds offshore.
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Temperature report from Thompson's Spa yesterday
An average temperature record from Thompson's Spa lists times from morning to night with values around 22 to 27 degrees and a note comparing to yesterday and one year ago. The data shows morning lows in the low 20s and evening readings near mid 20s, with no clear weather events.
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Vanderlip Advocates U S Wealth Distribution Across Nation
Banker Frank A. Vanderlip urged applying foreign policy advice to the United States. He argued for tighter money, balanced budgets, higher taxes, and wage cuts before prices fall, addressing inflation deflation and war bonuses at an Old South Forum in the Old South Meeting House.
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Dodge brothers gravely ill in New York
Horace Dodge and John Dodge of Detroit, makers of the Dodge automobile, are seriously ill at the Ritz Carlton in New York. Horace has pneumonia and John influenza, but both are reported progressing toward recovery as they attend the automobile show.
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Tragic Dredger Accident Claims Province Town Captain
Captain Martin Nelson, a 51-year-old Sweden native and long time Province Town resident, was killed aboard his flounder dredger the Harry and Thelma when caught in the hoisting ropes. His arm and hand were crushed and his head crushed by the revolving hoister. The engine was stopped too late to save him. he died before reaching shore. He leaves a widow and eight children.
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Army Investigator Arrested for Theft in Portland
Private Eugene A. Brice of Fort Williams, assigned to investigate revolver thefts in the Portland Coast Artillery district, was arrested by city detectives on charges of stealing 24 45 caliber automatics. Police say he confessed and that the 24 guns are only part of the total stolen.
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Bill Would Include Death Penalty Proposed
The text notes a death penalty provision that the bill would have imposed, with continued discussion indicated on page 9 first column.
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