National convention opens for Jewish war relief in Boston
Leading Jewish men and women from the United States and Canada arrived in Boston to attend the first national convention of the peoples relief committee for Jewish war sufferers. The three day event at Ford Hall expects over 600 delegates to discuss relief for 10,000,000 Jews in Europe and Asia Minor and to map plans for a major relief campaign.
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United States
Canada
Boston
People’s Relief Committee For
Ford Hall
Europe
Asia Minor
No Vacation For Wilson As Congress Opens
President Wilson will not vacation before Congress convenes and may take weekend trips on the Mayflower down the Potomac. He neared completion of Tariff Commission and Shipping Board selections and plans to announce their personnel soon. Work on the federal employee compensation act board lags as he finishes the annual message. He will resume twice weekly conferences with Washington reporters at the outset of Congress.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Potomac River
Virginia
Tariff Commission and Shipping Board
Milk Prices Rise Across United States
Washington November 17 Milk prices asked by producers have advanced as much as five cents a gallon in some States and averaged 1.1 cents or 5.4 per cent higher during the last year, the Department of Agriculture announced in a compilation of prices by States. There were increases in almost every State, but a few showed decreases or no change.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Post Santa Starts His Giant Task at Boston Post Office
The Boston Post reports the Post Santa Claus has begun receiving letters from children and will open his office at 263 Washington Street. Funds and gifts go to less fortunate youngsters, with early contributions encouraged to buy gifts and cover expenses. The fund opens with 116.32 dollars, including a 100 dollar initial gift, and contributors are thanked as the work commences ahead of Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Washington Street
Post Building
Santa
St. Nick At Christ
Post
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
Hugheses Campaign Train Breaks Down After Long West Trip
Three members of the Woman's Hughes Campaign train and Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain who is ill in Los Angeles broke down from the strenuous campaign. Miss Alice Paul says women traveled on small allowances in crowded cars with little comfort and long night travels to deliver speeches.
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New York
Hughes
Inez Milholland Boissevain
Los Angeles
West
Alice Paul
Woman's Party
Thought Dead Found in Maine Lumber Camp
John R. Engstrom aged 18 of Windsor Road West Somerville who was believed dead after a street car disaster on the Summer Street extension bridge was found alive in a Maine lumber camp yesterday. He had left for work in South Boston on Nov 7 and later sent a letter to his mother saying he secured work as a lumberjack.
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John R. Engstrom
Windsor Road
West Somerville
Summer Street
Maine
Boston
First steamer arrives in new Boston service
The British steamer City of Glasgow arrived with 40 passengers and freight valued at about 1.5 million dollars. The 14 000 mile voyage included Colombo Cape Town and Durban with life boat drills and life belt practice daily. No hostile ships were seen.
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Calcutta
South Africa
Boston
City of
Glasgow
Colombo
Cape Town
Durban
Suffragettes Win Will Case in New York
The appellate division of the Supreme Court affirmed the surrogate court ruling denying Arthur Leslie grandson of Frank Leslie his bid to overturn Mrs Frank Leslie’s probate. The will left more than 1 000 000 dollars to the cause of woman's suffrage.
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New York
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Surrogate’s Court
Arthur Leslie
Frank Leslie
F. W. Ranger
Council of
The
National Academy of Design
Waiters Push Wage Increase as NYC Hotels Hold Line
Boston hotel managers and waiter union leaders ended a four hour session without agreement on tipping. The union withdrew the 18 dollar per week no tip plan and asked for a weekly wage rise from 30 to 40 dollars. Hotel men proposed a smaller raise and extra days off with plans to reconvene and vote by November 28.
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Boston
City of Boston Hotel Men’s Association
Colonial
Prohibition Move Afoot in Kentucky Voters to Decide
Louisville the day after a group formed here including lawyers businessmen a college president and a former state appeals court justice announced a campaign to seek a statewide prohibition constitutional amendment. Kentucky whiskey production exceeds 20 million gallons prompting the effort.
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Louisville
Kentucky
State Court of Appeals
Probe Into Rising Fruit Prices Examined By FTC
The Federal Trade Commission moves to investigate increased fruit prices. Chairman Hurley ordered the commission's counsel to inquire into the powers and functions of the agency on the subject after returning from a West trip.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Hurley
West
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