Taft warns professors may strike over pay
Miss Helen H. Taft acting president of Bryn Mawr College urged that colleges seek funds to avoid strikes. She said teachers face a living wage crisis with shortages closing many schools and cited big salaries in sports and entertainment as contrast. She noted unions could be formed but claimed her statement was not wholly serious.
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New York
Helen H. Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr Club
College Endowment Fund
Taft
Boston
Maine
Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Western
Education costs threaten women college success says Miss Taft
Miss Taft argues that long standing teacher reward is diminishing as living costs rise. She warns that without financial relief education at women’s colleges will force tuition increases or risk losing scholars and faculty satisfaction.
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Taft
Sleigh Party Is Overturned In Lowell Collision
A sleigh party from the Eliot Congregational Church on Chelmsford street bridge crashed when a runner caught in car tracks. Austin Freeman saved the runaway, fracturing his right leg. Charles P. Salls was cut on head and face. Mrs Mary Stack cut and bruised. Freeman and Stack treated at Lowell Hospital. others given care at a drugstore.
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Lowell
Eliot Congregational Church
Chelmsford Street
Austin Freeman
Howard Street
Charles P. Salls
Mary Stack
Highlands
Freeman
Soldier Honored Public Banquet for WWI Veteran
Sergeant Alexander Sapper Young, a five year World War veteran from Everett, was awarded a watch charm last night at a banquet and reception in his honor hosted by the United Empire Club at Washington Hall in Everett.
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Alexander
Young
Everett
United Empire Club
Washington Hall
Navy to call 27000 reservists to active duty for training
Washington January 15. The Navy Department will seek authority to order 27000 naval reservists to active duty for training in the coming fiscal year. No increase in overall navy personnel will be requested for 1921. Rear Admiral Coontz, chief of naval operations, told the House naval affairs committee. The 1920 authorized strength was 143600 including apprentices.
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Washington
Navy Department
Coontz
House Naval Affairs Committee
Department
Admiral Coontz outlines postwar US Navy plan
Admiral Coontz told Congress that two naval reservists will serve entirely at sea on second line battleships, with training confined to summer months. He said 91,000 sailors could man ships until manpower shortages are resolved, and urged a 638 ship force equal to or beyond prewar levels. He projected 17 dreadnoughts after Tennessee and California are completed and recommended selling or breaking up all but 13 pre dreadnoughts.
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Admiral Coontz
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Tennessee
California
Notable Naval Patchwork In The Gale Of Vessels
A report notes a mix of battleships and numerous smaller naval craft, many deemed of limited military value, under gale conditions.
Women Seek Divorces Across Massachusetts in Early 20th Century Cases
Reports of multiple divorce suits show several women from Quincy Brookline and Wellesley petitioning for separation from husbands on grounds including cruelty impotence unfaithfulness and desertion. Custody and alimony requests appear in several filings. A separate political note covers a Capitol visit by William Jennings Bryan amid treaty negotiations.
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Lizzie 2. Lane
Quincy
Edward J. Lanes
Norfolk Superior Court
Lane
Packard
Frederick D. Southard
Brookline
Emily D. Southard
Springfield
Lucy A
Baker
Wellesley
Joshua Baker
Bakers
Newton
Lizzie Perranen
Quincey
John Perranen
Constance Olive Choquette
Eugene L. Choquette
Enfield
Conn
Faith C. O
Evangeline Weed
Boston
Arthur J. Weed
North Manchester
Ind
Bi-Partisan Meet Debates Treaty Amid Seat Uncertainty
A bi partisan caucus discusses the treaty with lingering doubt over Senator Smith's stance while Carter Glass, newly elected Virginia senator and Underwood supporter, prepares to take his seat. Another caucus is planned as the effort continues.
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Carter Glass
Virginia
Underwood
Senator Smith
Bryan Urges Plan Senators Refuse Vote Clash Over Treaty
William Jennings Bryan urges Democratic senators to refuse a vote on the treaty, asserting that blocking ratification could force Republicans to ratify. He argues the plan would shape the treaty's fate and test party unity amid negotiations.
Bryan Visits Senate Lobby After Urging Call
Colonel William Jennings Bryan toured the Senate lobby on January 15 and urged lawmakers on a key public issue, drawing attention from senators and staff as debate continued.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Senate
Bryan Plan Would Have Democrats Walk Out To Ratify Treaty
Bryan proposed that if no compromise is reached Democrats abstain to let a two thirds vote of those present approve the treaty with Lodge reservations. He argued the majority of the whole Senate could ratify if a quorum is present, shifting responsibility to Republicans and President Wilson. Critics dismissed feasibility, noting 14 to 15 Republicans might vote against and that 41 was the peak Lodge reservations vote.
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Georgia
Hitchcock
Underwood
Capitol
William Johnings Bryan
Lodge
New
Indiana
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Kellogg
Minnesota
McKellar
Tennessee
Simmons
North Carolina
Walsh
Montana
Owen
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Bryan
Senate
Wilson
Boston YD Memorial Drive fundraising lags at $11,608
Contributions for yesterday at Milk Street headquarters totalled $11,608 as Boston and New England rally support for the YD club. General Cole urged a stronger response to reach the $200,000 goal, citing letters from mothers whose sons died in France and noting broad participation across the region despite many reports still missing.
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Milk Street
Charles H. Cole
Boston
New England
France
West Park Street
Dorchester
William B
Britain
Westfield
Mass
L. &. Brittain
Rosha
St. Mihiel
101St Infantry, Co. B
Albert E. Wetzler
A. Wetzler
Friends of the
Massachusetts
F. Nathaniel Perkins
City Club
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Andrew J. Peters
Decatur & Hopkins
Bay State Dredging & Contracting Company
The
Boston Post
Ola First Corps
F. W. Woolworth Company
F. EB. Atteaux & Co., Inc
Blodgett, Ordway & Shgama
Cox
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Georgette
Peachbloom
Tricolette
Oxford
Chinchilla
Serge
Chandler & Co
Robert L. Norton
Tremont Street
Tholesale
Havana
Ts&s
Onde Ose Ee
Batiste
Son
Salvation Army
Naval
General Cole
Carroll Swan
101St Engineers
Nathaniel F. Emmons
Francis J. W. Ford
Cambridge
Dartmouth
State Armory
Hingham
Emmons
South Shore
Clarence R. Edwards
Lemuel Norris
Walter Bonne
James Lawrence
Horace Drinkwater
Fred Lawley
Charles Cummings
Handler & CO
Rae
Vicuna
Coats
Jersey
Billie Burkes
Wash Satin
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