Wilson Again Pleads Aid for Poland Austria and Armenia
President Wilson urged Congress to authorize credits totaling 150 million for Poland Austria and Armenia to prevent moral and material chaos. Secretary Glass presented the request to the House Ways and Means Committee which deferred action until tomorrow for further discussion with treasury officials.
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Glass
Congress
Washington
Januay
Wilson
Poland
Austria
Armenia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Europs
Baruch Wrecked Wilsons Labor Conference in Atlantic City
Blagnus W. Alexander of Boston, former secretary of the employers group at President Wilsons first industrial conference in Washington, charges Bernard Baruch wrecked the conference by moving to defer action on labor’s arbitration proposal. He hints at political rumors and says Baruch killed the conference. The convention backs a nationwide education campaign on masculine fashions and plans a traveling style show for urban centers.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Blagnus W. Alexander
Boston
Wilson
Washington
National Association of Merchant Talors
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Waltersville community meeting fuels adult programs
A Waltersville school gathering drew about 200 attendees as the recreation center outlines weekly Wednesday events from 7 30 to 10 p m for adults only. Taketa season tickets go on sale next Wednesday with full winter program rights. Adults from Waltersville and Franklyn districts eligible for membership. Harry Silverstone of the Hebrew Boys club to speak at a Warner building room 214 meeting tonight.
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Recreation Community Center
Waltersville
C Hlaymond
A. Akerfelt
R. L. Hammond
Taketa
Franklyn
Harry Silverstone
Hebrew Boys Club
Warner Building
Coalition Needed Still in England
New York, Jan. 28 Major Richard Lloyd George son of the British prime minister discussed reconstruction problems and said a coalition government remains the only possibility as Labor party strength grows. He warned no party can dominate and noted large landowners are selling holdings due to heavy taxes.
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New York
Labor Party
England
Richard Lloyd-George
Miniser
Profiteering Probed In Potatoes Across the Nation
Investigators report widespread potato profiteering with retail prices at 3.20 per bushel while farmers received about 1.57, and middlemen capture the rest. In six months the nation would harvest 2.29 bushels per person but only 1.01 bushels remain distributable.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Higher Salaries or U. 5 Will Have No Teachers
Miss Helen Taft acting president of Bryn Mawr College warned that years hence the country may lack teachers at schools and colleges unless salaries rise. She cited closures in New York and Maine as evidence and argued that collective faculty strikes threaten teaching more than individual resignations for higher pay.
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New York
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr College
Banking figures show wide wealth distribution across states
Washington reports that centralization of banking resources and broad wealth spread are evident. Since 1885 national bank resources rose by over 1000 percent in sixteen states, with New England and eastern states shrinking to 46.78 percent of national bank resources, while the Pacific coast and southern states posted marked gains, Texas and Oklahoma nearing the total resources of New England banks.
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Washington
John Skelton Williams
New England
United States
Pacific Coast
Eigct
Dakotas
Nebraska
Kansas
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
New Mexico
Middle West
South
Williams
Texas
Oklahoma
New York
U S Aid to Turkey Highlighted by Dr Montgomery
Rev. Dr. George R Montgomery spoke at Olivet Church about American influence in Turkey. He described nationalist tensions before World War I, missionary roles in promoting broader Turkish views, and the rise of the Young Turks under centralized power in Constantinople with German backing. He referenced his prior years in Turkey and current teaching at Yale.
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Turkey
George R. Montgomery
Olivet Church
France
Fingland
Mohammed
Constantinople
Germany
Montgomery
Onvet
U. S
Morgenthau
United Brotea
Paris
United States
Atadern Seneuaces
Yale
British Peers Seek Flat 60 Cent Dinner Rates
London news reports the British and Irish peers, angered by high meal costs, asking the Kitchen Committee in the House of Commons to provide their meals at a flat 60 cent per dinner rate for the coming season. The offer would cover a full meal including pan, joint, potatoes, greens, jam, cheese, bread and butter.
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Universal Service
London
Great Britain
Ireland
House of Commons
Commons
Royal Arcanum Women Disband Form a Council
Members of the Daughters of Royal Arcanum, the only such group in the country, disbanded at 1025 Main Street yesterday afternoon and affiliated with the Loyal Ladies of the Royal Arcanum. The new Cornelia Wilder council was named in memory of Mrs. Francis Wilder. Officers were installed by Supreme Regent Mrs. Agnes Belden. A banquet followed at the Bridgeport club with remarks by Mrs. Belden and Mrs. Farr.
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Daughters of Royal Arcanum
Ais
Main Street
Royal Arcanum
Cornelia Wilder
Francis Wilder
Frank L. Wilder
Daughters of Arcanum
Agnes - A Belden
Springfield
Daisy W. Bartow
Josephine Blanck
Mary H. Gregory
Willen’ B. Elliott
Ella B. Curtis
Florence S. Williamson
Ida W Workman
Elizabeth Munste
Ruth W. Carson
Esther Nestle
Lucy Garner
Ethel W. Wilder
Mary W.W. Pese
Bridgeport Club
Daisy W. Barstow
Ruth Farr
Belden
Fairfield Fire Dept Drives Fundraiser Start
Fairfield January 28 Special The Fairfield fire department fund drive began in earnest today. Previously a volunteer unit funded equipment via carnivals and subscriptions. A solicitor committee met and organized a general canvass to start today with Mr Brown aided by John Leahy George Anderson Thomas Murphy and Edward Flanagan.
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Fairfield
Fairfield Fire Department
Mr. Brown
John Leahy
George Anderson
Thomas Murphy
Edward Flanagan
Don't Treat Kidneys Rough Warns Dr Carey Specialist
Retired kidney and bladder specialist Dr Carey urges attention to even minor kidney symptoms. He warns thousands die yearly from neglect and promotes Marshroot, dispensed by pharmacists nationwide, as his effective remedy. Hidle's Drug Stores can supply Marshroot.
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Carey
America
Dr. Carey
Hidle’s Drug Stores
Olive Tablets Offer Digestive Relief and Liver Aid
Thousands suffer stomach upset but target illness by improving liver and bowel function. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets gently stimulate the liver, aiding digestion without calomel side effects. One or two at bedtime helps curb bad taste coating tongue and low energy.
Six Burned to Death in Virginia Farm House Fire
Six men were killed in a fire at a farm dwelling on T. J. Bugger's property near Lawa henchville Virginia. The farm foreman Tom Daniel his wife and four children perished whose remains were found among the ruins along with a 13 year old girl and Mrs Parish mother of Mrs Daniel escaped. Madrid order bans emigration of influenza distressed persons.
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Lawahenchville
Parsons
T. J. Bugger
Tom Daniel
Daniel
Death notices and utility bill summary from Columbus
The item reports the death of J. W. Guland former chief parliamentary Whig and other obituary notes for the Very Reverend William Mair former moderator of the Church of Scotland. It also mentions the Ohio Pearnton bill granting the state public utilities commission power to fix rates for a team and interurban railroads within three cent miles, approved by the lower house of the General Assembly.
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London
Ottens
J. W. Guland
Theiberal Party
Wiliam Mair
Church of Scotland
Columbus
Pearnton
State
Public Utilities Commission
General Assembly
Liberal installment plan for easy payments and free storage
The offer promotes easy payments for purchases charged against future income and allows free storage until delivery. It promises free delivery anywhere in New England, removing the need to pay until the buyer is ready to receive the items.
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New England
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Fairfield Fire Dept
Committee of Solicitors
Dr. Edwards
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