Boston Charities See 13 More Aid Requests Than Year Ago
John F. Moors reports 151 families sought aid in April compared with 138 in April 1919, with 1077 currently under the society’s care. Increased costs and drink-related declines in applications shift aid from Red Cross. Major causes: sickness, old age, widowhood, desertion, non support, and education defects. Volunteers numbered 589 and $7083 was raised for special relief during April.
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Boston Associated Charities
John F. Moors
Red Cross
Hilbert F. Day
Society For the Relief of Special Families
Hectic Four Hour Crime Spree Ends in Death
Horace T. Walton of St. Joseph Missouri age 22 robbed a train in four hours stealing 75000 dollars, killed a policeman, barricaded himself in his apartment, and died from a heart shot after a pistol battle with detectives. Walton was described as a former mail clerk of previously good character by Chicago YMCA officer C B Sims.
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Chicago
Horace T. Walton
St. Joseph
Walton
Cc. W
Gude's Pepto Mangan Ad Claims Blood Restoration
An old advertisement promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a remedy for anemia and tiredness. It asserts thin blood causes malaise and pale appearance, promising red blood restores energy and color. The ad notes both liquid and tablet forms carry the same medicinal strength.
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Gude
Socialist convention reaffirms allegiance to third international
At its national convention in New York on May 14 the Socialist party voted 90 to 40 to reaffirm allegiance to the third International with reservations about national policy. J Louis Engdahl’s proposal to pledge unreserved loyalty to the third International was rejected, while Victor Berger’s call to pledge to the second International failed. Morris Hillquit named international secretary as delegates Algernon Lee James Oneal and Joseph E Cohen were elected. The body also expunged a Cook county resolution attack and adjourned amid noisy debate over prohibition.
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New York
Socialist Party of America
Third
J. Louis Engdahl
Chicago
Third International
Albany
Léonine and
Trotzky
Second International
Germany
Morris Hillquit
Algernon Lee
James Oneal
Brooklyn
Joseph E. Cohen
Philadelphia
Cook County
Ill
Hillquit
New York Assembly
Meyer London
United States
Samuel H. Holland
Cameron H. King
San Francisco
Man Attempts Suicide in Franklin Park Incident
Bernard F. Carewlez, 21, of 384 Blue Hill Avenue Roxbury, tried to kill himself late last night in Franklin Park by shooting himself in the head with a .38 caliber revolver. police report.
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Bernard F. Carewlez
Blue Hill Avenue
Roxbury
Franklin Park
Elks Stage Jamboree for Sallies on Boston Common
Filks and Flower Day to Aid Sallies event on Boston Common will run from noon into evening with concerts and moving pictures. Boston’s Sal Salvation Army drive lags, aiming for 170000, as weather hampers Street tagging and volunteers, including 500 women, are urged to report to Summer and Chauncy streets today.
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Boston Common
Salvation Army Home Service Appeal
P. I. O’keefe
Elks’ Committee
The
Elks
New England
Boston
Charles L. Burrill
Adam Gifford
Salution Army
Gifford
Chauncy
Bridge Narrows in New York Harbor Considered
New York May 14 The Board of Estimate discussed a grand bridge across the Narrows linking the harbor gateway. The project would cost 75 000 000 to 100 000 000 dollars, rise 160 feet above the Narrows, and feature a main span of 1800 feet, with experts saying construction posed no engineering difficulty.
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New York
Narrows
Board of Estimate
Stormy Fight at Convention Ends with Organizer Ban Defeat
At the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America fourth biennial convention in Ford Hall a clash erupted over banning organizers from the general executive board. The motion failed 234 to 87 as Sidney Hillman urged order amid heckling while earlier session backed promoting cooperative movement among workers.
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Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Ford Hall
Sidney Hillman
Fitchburg Daily News Suspends Publication
Fitchburg Daily News shuts down after today’s issue citing abnormal costs and local field difficulties. The paper, founded in 1904, has changed owners seven times since inception, most recently sold to Bayonne Times owners from James J. Devine.
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Fitchburg
Fitchburg Daily News
Bayonne
N. J
Times
James J. Devine
Clarksburg
W. Va
Suggestions for a Hundred Million Citizens to Feel Important
Excerpt from Gerald Stanley Lee's The Ghost in The White House urges empowering a large population ahead of the Presidential election. The author envisions a hundred million people feeling influential, capable of demanding change, like senators or labor unions, to shape the nation. The book is published by E. P. Dutton & Co in New York.
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White House
Gerald Stanley Lee
E. P. Dutton & CO
Fifth Avenue
New York
Senate 10 Vote Today on Peace
Washington May 14 Arrangements for the Senate vote tomorrow at 4 p m on the Republican peace resolution were completed tonight with its adoption and a Wilson veto foregone conclusions according to leaders of both parties
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Washington
Senate
Wilson
Democratic debate over Versailles treaty veto forecast picks
Democratic estimates put the resolution at a five to seven vote margin depending on a potential Republican defection with Sen McCumber. Four Democrats were expected to join Republicans in adoption. The veto message would spell out the White House stance on peace and the Versailles treaty and may be directed to the country rather than sent back to the Senate. Senator Reed accused Republicans of courting international bankers and warned of opposition at the San Francisco convention.
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McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Oregon
Democrats
Reed
Missouri
San Francisco
Young Robber Held Up Bridge Foreman In Rhode Island
Irving Richard a 16 year old was arrested in Woonsocket on a charge of holding up shooting and attempting to rob Charles Warren a Blackstone Mass bridge foreman. The incident occurred this morning on a New Haven railroad construction site.
Hub Woman Files Divorce Petition
Mrs. Henrietta O'Mahony of Boston filed for divorce in Suffolk Superior Court on cruel and abusive treatment intoxication and non support. Her husband Francis Thomas O'Mahony now resides in Bangor Maine. They never lived together in Massachusetts but she established domicile there in 1914. They were married in Johannesburg.
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Henrietta O’mahony
Boston
Suffolk
Francis Thomas O'Mahony
Bangor
Johannesburg
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