Perth Amboy War Relief Tag Day Raises Over 1606
A city wide effort for European Jewish relief shows a jump in funds as tag day proceeds push the total to 1,606.75 by noon. Isaac Alpern and United Hebrew Lodge donations lead a long list of contributors from Perth Amboy and nearby areas, with over 100 volunteers hitting streets to collect and canvass.
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Europe
Isaac Alpern
United Hebrew Lodge
Perth Amboy
Wilson
Fielder
Garretson
First Perth Amboy Heb
Aid Lodge
United Heb. Lodge
Perth Amboy Evening News
H. Rippen
Beth Mordecai
Lilly
Msinmaes
Ds Mordecai
Jack Polkowitz
Jacob
Hadashh
David Haupt
John Slobodien
Max Kaufman
South Amboy
Leo Goldberger
Max Goldberger
Goldberger
Rippen
Adolph Greenbaum
Samuel Hisner
Zion
Jacobsen
Herman Ellis
Hebrew Progressive Ass
I. Alpern
Congregation Sharah Tefilo
L. B
J. Goldenberg
Wilhelm
Tee
Levenston
Eestene
Philip Levine
Dacers
I. A. Myers
Perlmutter
S. Rappaport
Atlas
Strelf
Rota
Wagner
MG Vest
Gest
Mahler
Philo Sewing Circle
Ieee Ene
United States Would Be At Bottom Of Sea If Attacked
General Leonard Wood told the House military affairs committee that the United States would be at the bottom of the sea in under sixty days if attacked by a first class power. The statement was delivered as a special United Press report from Washington on January 27.
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United Press Wire
Washington
United States
Leonard Wood
House Committee On Military Affairs
Oliver W. Ramsay Elected Trade Board President
Oliver W. Ramsay was unanimously elected president of the Perth Amboy Board of Trade for the coming year at the annual meeting in the Boynton building. He succeeds John Pfeiffer, who led the board for two years, while directors for three years include Harry Conard, I. R. Crouse, R. L. Fowler, John Pfeiffer, A. C. Clark and Arthur Stern.
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Board of Trade
Boynton
Oliver W. Ramsay
Mr. Ramsay
John Pfeiffer
Harry Conard
I. R. Crouse
R. L. Fowler
A. C. Clark
Arthur Stern
Pfeiffer
Perth Amboy
Canvery Place
Board of Freeholders
Pennsylvania
Central
Hugh Lynch
Evening News
I. Alpern
J. T. Foster
J. T. Simmen
Jacob Goldberger
C. M. Peterson
Ramsay
Lynch
Smith and
State Streets
President Wilson Addresses Clergy and Suffragists in New York
President Wilson outlines policy of justice without aggression in Mexico before 2,000 clergymen at Aeolian Hall and tells 250 New York suffragists he favors state legislatures deciding the suffrage question. Suffragists further pressure by delivering notes and pressing Tumulty, and the President ultimately capitulates.
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New York
Wilson
Mexico
Aeolian Hall
America
Congress
Plan to receive Rev Dr Wise here
At a Central Jewish Congress Committee meeting last night in Leo Goldberger’s offices plans were announced to host Rev Dr Stephen S Wise Bernard G Richards and Abe Goldberg at a February 6 ceremony in the Majestic theatre. Speakers may include Mayor Ford Garretson and Rev William H Bawden.
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Central Jewish Congress Committee
Leo Goldberger
Stephen S. Wise
Bernard G. Richards
National Jewish Congress Organization Committee
Abe Goldberg
United States
America
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
First Baptist Church Mobilizes for Four Week Campaign
The First Baptist Church Sunday school classes launch a four week recruitment campaign beginning tomorrow night. Members split into two fleets Atlantic led by Admiral C T Arnold and Pacific led by Admiral Miss Florence Leathers. The mobilization starts with a 6 45 ship's mess and crews dine at separate tables. Each new member counts as a battleship target boosting their crew's score and individual rank from apprentice to seaman or higher.
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First Baptist Church
Atlantic
C. T. Arnold
Salvation Army Building Fund Reaches 7600 in Perth Amboy
The Salvation Army fund in Perth Amboy grows by 1400 to reach 7600. Subscriptions yesterday include 500, five at 100, nine at 50, eight at 25, with broader support totaling three 500s, two 250s, thirty 100s, and twenty four 50s. Staff Captain Jacobs, once a gambler with a shady past in Austria and on the Barbary Coast, credits the Army for his reform and leadership.
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Salvation Army Building Fund
Mercury
Brigadier Wiseman
Perth Amboy
Charles K. Seaman
Trust Company Elects Officers in Perth Amboy Dispatch
Harry Conard chosen as president and treasurer with Everett L. Brown as vice president of the Perth Amboy Trust Company. Joseph M. Perrine joins board. Directors include George A. Viehmann, Jamesburg. others from New Brunswick Red Bank Woodbridge and local area. Conard’s long banking career noted. future building changes hinted but no staffing changes stated.
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Harry Conard
Everett L. Brown
Perth Amboy Trust Company
Joseph M. Perrine
Jamesburg
Conard
Mr. Conard
Trust Company
George A. Viehmann
New Brunswick
Red Bank
Frank Valentine
Woodbridge
Isaac Alpern
George F. Reynolds
John Pfeiffer
Harry Coward
Ira R. Crouse
J. Logan Clevenger
Peter C. Olsen
James McAlinden
Jacob Goldberger
Mr. Brown
Pratt-Brown Company
George W. Mercer
C. Hommann
A. M. Metzendorf
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Garretson
Daniel A. Walker
Lehigh
Arrest for Paying Poll Tax Sparks New Jersey Case
Special to the Evening News. In New Brunswick on January 27, collector Isaac Williamson used an old law to arrest Matthew Seleta for six years of poll tax arrears. Seleta paid $11.16 plus costs to secure his release, while Williamson continued studying his tax books for further cases.
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New Brunswick
Isaac Williamson
North Brunswick
Matthew Seleta
Seleta
Williamson
Kills Daughter Wife Then Kills Self In New York Tragedy
Nathan Pulman former insurance agent killed his wife Mrs Pulman and daughter Mrs Gertrude Bazeli at their home by hammer and ax then leaped from a Third Avenue hotel window to end his life. Relatives found the bodies late last night after Pulman told a relative his wife was ill and vanished. The family reunion earlier included presents a theater party and festivities. Police believe Pulman suddenly became insane. He died at Flower Hospital minutes after the plunge. Notes in his pockets quoted The wages of sin is death.
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United Real Wire
New York
Nathan Pulman
Third Avenue
Mra. Pulmas
Mra
Gertrude Bazeli
Pulman
Funston Arrests Soldiers Over Mexico Crossing
Brownsville Texas January 27 Lieut J E Mort commanding Battery D and Lieuts Payton and Waldron with fourteen men were arrested in Progresso Texas on orders of Major General Funston for crossing into Mexico to rescue two American soldiers captured by Mexicans A field officer from Mission Texas has relieved Mort Four of Morts men drowned while swimming the Rio Grande under cross fire from Mexican and American troops Washington January 27 War Department approves Colonel Blecksons action in arresting the three officers who crossed the border to rescue two soldiers The three had crossed in violation of orders and court martial is likely Officials pledged prompt action to notify General Carranza about the arrests
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Brownsville
Tex
J. E. Mort
Force Field Artillery
Payton
Waldron
Progresso
Texas
Mexico
Funston
Mission
Mort
Rio Grande
Washington
Bleckson
United States Army
War Department
Carranza
Ciara
Aoman
Officials weigh border rule and prisoner protection
The article notes a commissioner's suggestion that officers might violate the Ironclad rule against crossing the border. It states the government seeks Carranza's protection for two prisoners and awaits his word on the matter.
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Carranza
Doctor Loved Me in OAS Mohr Case At Providence Court
Elizabeth F. Mohr testifies in Rhode Island superior court that she believed the doctor loved her and not another as she faces charges of hiring three Black men to kill her husband. She describes ongoing relations after a separate maintenance suit and recounts sending her children to see their father. She denies any money dealings with the alleged conspirators and says she never offered a motorcycle to Victor Brown.
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United Press Wire
Providence
R. I
Elizabeth F. Mohr
Rhode Island
Superior Court
Newport
Charles
Victor Brown
Brown
Boy bandits hold up Washington Park National Bank
Four juvenile bandits robbed Washington Park National Bank just after 8 pm. They held cashier Oleson and officers at gunpoint, forced vice president Jake Stahl to stand in line, and escaped with about 12 000 to 23 000 dollars. None of the customers were personally robbed. The youths fled in a small auto.
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Spretel
United Preas Wire
Chicago
Jake Stahl
Washington Pa
Oleson
Smfe
Stahl
Rome Reports Franz Josef Suffering In Critical Condition
Rome reports say Emperor Franz Josef of Austria suffered two strokes and remains in critical condition. Diplomatic sources in Rome relay rumors of the aging emperor, born August 18 1830, sinking rapidly as Vatican and Vienna offer no firm denial. Contention surrounds his health amid ongoing war tensions and conscription in the Arabian Sea port of Aden.
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United Press Wire
Rome
Emeperor Franz Josef
Austria
Vatican
London
Vienna
Franz Josef
British Troops in Grave Position at Aden Under Attack
Berlin reports twenty thousand British troops defending Aden are under heavy attack by Arab and Turkish forces, placing them in a grave position. The brief dispatch notes the perilous condition as of January 27, with wireless transmission via Sayville.
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Arabian
Aden
Specte
United Press
Berlin
Sayville
Aden Fortified As Gibraltar Of The East
British officials report Lae upon Aden forces attack the city. Aden is strongly fortified and called the Gibraltar of the East due to its critical position near the Suez canal. The city serves as a major trading center and strategic hub.
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Lae
Aden
Gibraltar
Suez Canal
Conscription Opposed At British Labor Conference
At Bristol on January 27 the National Labor Conference adopted resolutions by an overwhelming majority from delegates representing over 2,000,000 workers. The resolutions declared compulsory military service contrary to British democracy and dangerous to liberty.
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United Press Wire
Bristol
Eng
National Labor Conference of
Belgium Poised for Peace Says Swiss Paper Neue Zuercher Zeitung
The Neue Zuricher Zeitung reports several indications Belgium seeks peace with Germany. It cites a Brussels deputy saying continued war is useless as Germany is unbeatable, Belgian soldiers expressing weariness, and notes the prewar Belgian minister to Switzerland knew many German statesmen and was on good terms with the Kaiser.
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United Press Wire
Berlin
Neue Zuricher Zeitung
Belgium
Germany
Brussels
Switzerland
Prohibition Order Drafted Against Unnecessary Imports
London on January 27 reports a government move to prohibit importation of articles deemed not necessary. The measure aims to restrict non essential goods entering the country, with details yet to be finalized.
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N.Y
Congressional Union
The
Waldorf
Oscar
the Waldorf
DR. Wise
Baptist Church
Salvation Army
Jacobs
Austria-Hungary
Budapest
Young Jacobs
Gree Vutier
California
San Francisco
Hungary
Oas Mag. Mohr
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