Ford Peace Delegation Fails To Secure $200000 Gift
Amsterdam reports turmoil as Mme Schwimmer's claim of a $200,000 Ford donation falters. Miss Addams advises the delegation to stay aloof, while internal disputes and unpaid bills haunt the committee. Dutch pacifists grow cool toward the Ford party amid suspicions of pro German influence.
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Mme. Koszika Schwimmer
Mr. Ford
Ford
Jane Addams
Miss Addams
Hague
Aletta Jacobs
Christal MacMillan
Amsterdam
Mme. Schwimmer
New York
Scandinavia
Jeanne van Lanschot Hubrecht
The
America
Dr. Jacobs
Mime Schrimmer
Rosa Manus
Miss MacMillan
Frederick Holt
Holland
Gaston Plaintiff
Europe
Norway
Women’s Committee
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Detroit
Average hired girl rejects technical training study
The Minneapolis survey found the typical hired girl resists formal technical training in domestic work. Employers cannot afford higher wages for skilled labor, and most home workers gain skills from experience or mothers and friends rather than classes.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Bess M. Rowe
Agriculture Extension Division
University of Minnesota
Phi Upsilon Omicron Forocity
Oman
Wilson to Speak Two or Three Times in North Carolina
President Wilson plans a swing through North Carolina next week with stops in at least two cities including Greensboro. Raleigh or Wilmington are also possible, with a speech likely on preparedness. Local leaders urge a visit to Wilmington while some delegates oppose a preparedness address.
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Wilson
North Carolina
Washington
Simmons
Qverman
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmmeton
Godwin
Wilmington
United States
Javer
J. A. Parks
Elwell Whist Authority Faces Separate Battle in Court
New York court papers reveal Joseph B Elwell, famed bridge and whist authority, earned vast sums from teaching and playing. His wife Helen D Elwell seeks alimony and division of wealth, citing $18,000 yearly teaching income and $500,000 in assets. Settlement reached.
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Supreme Court
Helen D. Elwell
Lwell
New York Whist Club
Apawamis Club
Studio Club
Travelers’ Club of
Paris
Old Norwegian Town Molde Threatened by Fire
Molde on the Moldefjord near Christiansund faces near total destruction by fire. The central district has already burned, aided by a strong west wind. The town is noted for tar timber and fish trading activities.
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Copenhagen
London
Molde
Bay of
Christiansund
Powerful Group B Aided German Spy To Escape
Federal agents believe Igna tius Lincoln a German spy and former British MP escaped from a United States deputy marshal with help from group B a strong European refugee organization. Lincoln claims to stay in New York City and has offered to surrender if immunity is granted.
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New York
Federal
Secret Service
Ignatius T.T. Lincoln
House of Commons
United States
Lincoln
New York City
Department of Justice
Austrian Submarine Not Involved in Persia Sinking
Vienna reports the Austro-Hungarian government told U.S. ambassador Frederick C. Penfield that no Austro-Hungarian submarine was involved in the sinking of the Peninsular and Oriental steamship Persia near the Persian Gulf and related events.
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Vienna
London
Frederick C. Penfield
United States
Peninsular and Oriental Line
No Diplomatic Controversy Over Persia Sinking
Austria denies Austrian submarine involvement in the Persia tragedy. The United States reports the German submarine admitted attacking the liner, suggesting no forthcoming diplomatic clash between Germany and the U S over the loss of American lives. Count von Bernstorff notified Washington of the submarine report.
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Washington
Austria
Persia
United States
Count von Bernstorff
State Department
American shot and killed near Juarez in ranch dispute
An American man, unnamed, was shot and killed in a clash with two Mexicans at San Lorenzo ranch near Juarez yesterday. The incident was reported by General Gabriel Gavila, commandant at Juarez.
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San Lorenzo
Cording
Gabriel Gavila
Juarez
Drink hot water with limestone phosphate morning routine
Morning inside bath promises a full body cleanse. A glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate is said to neutralize and wash out indigestible waste from stomach to bowels, improving headaches and digestive troubles. The tonic claims interior cleanliness equals skin health and notes the powder is inexpensive and tasteless.
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Bath
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Mme. Schfimmer
Miss Addam
Henry Ford
International
Women's Committee For
Tion
Associated Press
Parker R .Anderson
Joseph B. EI
Tomers
N.C. Public ServiceCo
el Paso, Tex
Bank of Commerce
High Point
N. C
W. R. Morrow
A. L. Freeze
Morrow
Enterprise
Fidelity and Deposit of
Baltimore
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
J. Gurney Briggs
Mgr
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