Fordney Bill Amended With Tariff Increases and Additions
Senate finance panel on the Fordney emergency tariff bill added three amendments on its first executive-day. McCumber raised the wheat duty to 40 cents a bushel from 30. Calder added dairy protections with six cents a pound on butter and cheese and two to five cents per gallon on milk and cream. Jones restored the Dingley tariff on hides for 10 months of the bill’s life.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Calder
New York
Jones
New Mexico
McCumber
North Dakota
House
Senator Calder
Dingley
Kilpatrick Held in Moscow Jail
Captain Emmitt Kilpatrick, American Red Cross worker, reported by the State Department to be in a Moscow jail. He was captured Oct. 29 while aiding relief along the Wrangell forces front in Crimea. Kilpatrick, from Uniontown Alabama, was seized during a cavalry raid with C. Atechny of the Mennonite Relief Society. No word on Atechny.
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Washington
Emmitt Kilpatrick
Red Cross
Moscow
State Department
Wrangell
Crimea
Kilpatrick
Uniontown
Ala
C. Atechny
Menonite Relief Society
Riley Fund Augmented by 142.15 as Mayors Unite
Mayor Edward W. Quinn of Cambridge chairs a drive to aid Mrs. Nora Riley widow of Patrolman Thomas J. Riley who was killed while quelling a disturbance. Mayors from several cities urged local readers to contribute with expected contributions in a few days.
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Edward W. Quinn
Cambridge
Nora Riley
Thomas J. Riley
Children's Fund Receives Large Boost After Dinner
An immediate jump in subscriptions to the European Children's Fund was noted in Boston yesterday. The rise, attributed to the "Invisible Guest" dinner, began early in the morning and continued through the day and night, bringing in a $25,000 increase.
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Boston
Doubling Subscriptions Mark Boost in War Relief Drive
Subscriptions surge as notable backers raise gifts. General Francis Peabody increases from 1000 to 2000 dollars and auto owners rally to place yes stickers on windshields. A joint statement from Herbert Hoover and Dr James L Barton outlines parallel Near East Relief and European Relief Council campaigns to raise 66 million for child feeding and 33 million for European children across multiple nations.
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Francis Peabody
Hoover
European Children’s Fund
Herbert Hoover
European Relief Council
James L. Barton
Near East Relief
Turkish Empire
Persia
Armenia
American Red Cross
American Relief Administration
American Friends’ Service Committee
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Knights of Columbus, Young Men's Christian Association
Young Women's Christian Association
Poland
Esthenia
Czecho- Slavia
Latvia
Serbia
Russia
Austria
Germany
Funds Grow for Riley Title Aid as Community Boosts Fund
The Riley house fund increased by 142.15 from multiple donors including Priests of the Sacred Heart Parish Watertown 30 and Guaranty Trust Company 40. Watertown police 27 led by Sergeant Winslow. Mayors Higgins Creamer Sullivan Tuttle Thompson Goodwin report public appeals. Judge Walcott began title work at East Cambridge deeds. next week committee will plan use of funds for a clear Riley title. Treasurer Herbert H. Dyer of Harvard Trust lists all contributions totaling 7 272.57.
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Sacred Heart Parish
Watertown
Guaranty Trust Company
Winthrop Police Department
James E. Higgins
Chicopee
Walter H. Creamer
Lynn
Peter F. Sullivan
Worcester
Frank D. Tuttle
Beverly
Perry D. Thompson
Lowell
Angier L. Goodwin
Melrose
John B. Winslow
Robert Walcott
Riley
East Cambridge
Herbert H. Dyer
Harvard Trust Company
Riley Fund
Central Square Hardware Co
Charles River
A. G. Authier
Euabesperas
Winthrop Police Dept
The
Guaranty Trust Co
T. J
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Finger Chop Man Charged In Id System Loophole
New York Jan 14 Michael Brennan a tugboat fireman appeared in court on his 16th intoxication charge He admitted slicing off a finger with an axe to avoid fingerprint identification He quipped it was his first arrest minus a finger and the judge noted the irony.
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New York
Michael Brennan
Michael
Mathews Gets Postponed Sentence in Federal Case
The court postponed the sentence for Dr. A. Sydney Mathews on charges of using the mails with fraudulent intent after he asked for a private interview with Judge Aldrich and U S District Attorney Gallagher. Mathews claimed he preferred no counsel present. The reason for the delay and the exact outcome remain unclear.
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A. Sydney Mathews
Aldrich
Mathews
United States
Gallagher
Campaign expenses of Public School Association rise to $3950
The Public School Association reported campaign expenses of $3950.29 for the past year in a statement filed with the city clerk by Treasurer Philip Cabot. Maintenance costs totaled $2747.49 while total receipts reached $8034.76.
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Public School Association
Philip Cabot
Society Leaders Hit by Blackmail Letters in Philadelphia
Police reveal many society figures received blackmail letters after the arrest of George Clema and William Dougherty. The pair were charged with demanding $300 from Henry F. Mitchell, a seed merchant, following their arrest today.
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Philadelphia
George Clema
William Dougherty
Henry F. Mitchell
Slover Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Buffalo New York on January 14 Floyd P Slover was found guilty of murder in the first degree accused as part of a trio that killed merchant Abraham Yellen The jury deliberated for one hour Raymond F E Milford had earlier been convicted of first degree murder in the same case
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Slover
Buffalo
N. Y
Floyd FP. Slover
Abraham Yellen
Raymond FE. Mulford
Yellen
Queen of the Insteader contest wins $100 prize
Agnes M. Joyce of 370 Arborway Jamaica Plain Mass connected with Eli Caster Plaiting Co of 8 Winter Street Boston wins $100 from the Post contest for her line about Colonel Bryan. She lives with her sister Mrs John T Penny in Jamaica Plain and was born in Harvard Mass.
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Bryan
San Francisco
Agnes M. Joyce
Arborway
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Joyce
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