Priest Alleged Leader Faces Four Indictments in Extortion Case
New York July 31 Four indictments lie against Father Levant Martoogessian Armenian priest accused of leading a conspiracy to extort from wealthy Armenians and rob them. The case ties to the murder of rug merchant Tavshanjian and a taunting red ink death threat from masked terrorists. The letters promise death for Gulbenkian brothers and warn betrayal will end families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Levant Martoogessian
Tavshanjian
Bedros Hampartzoomian
Martoogessian
Tavshanjiaa
Gulabi Gulbenkian & Co
Brunswick Building
Constantinople
Armenian Revolutionary Terrorists
Haroutian Gulbenkian
Gulabi Gulbenkian
Patrick Gulbenkian
Haroutian
America
Three Siegel store girls greet Fairbanks in parade
Three Henry Siegel store salesgirls from Somerville Woburn and Roxbury met Vice-President Fairbanks during a civic parade lunch break. He wished them luck and said he hoped they all marry before year’s end. A horseshoe souvenir was taken for memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Henry Siegel
Civic and Trades
Mr. Fairbanks
Mayor Fitzgerald
Lizzie Weady
Alice Scanlon
Corinne McDermott
Alice Seamon
Lizzie Leahy
Civic Trades
Bequests of Susan Gavett Probate Will Details
The late Susan E. Gavett's will places 20000 in trust with Edward A. Hunting to pay income to Anna E. Tucker during Gavett's life. After death 5000 each go to the MSPCA Horace Mann School for the Deaf Mutes and the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital. Additional gifts include 3000 to Boston Floating Hospital and 2000 for a Taft memorial watering trough. Gavett lived at 53 Warren Street Roxbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan E. Gavett
Edward A. Hunting
Anna E. Tucker
Horace Mann School For Deaf Mutes
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Boston
West Newton man injured by car then arrested
James H. Saunders, 64, of 16 North Prospect street, was struck as he stepped from an electric car at Washington and Prospect streets. He suffered back and leg injuries, was taken home by the car, admitted he caused the accident, and was later found walking unsteadily and locked up after being taken to the police station.
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Newton
Washington and
Prospect Streets
West Newton
James H. Saunders
North Prospect Street
Carl FE. Erickson
Saunders
Burglars Turned Butchers Steal Cow In Chester NY
In Chester New York on July 31 burglars stole a cow, entered a slaughterhouse in overalls, killed the animal, cut it into quarters, and packed the beef in bags which they removed. The spree marks a new low for local crime as residents react to the grisly theft.
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Chester
N. Y
Fairbanks Family Vows to Meet Here Next Year
The Fairbanks family of America adjourned last night after a five hour gathering in Boston to plan a reunion next year. Vice-President Charles Warren Fairbanks was absent along with Mayor Fitzgerald. telegrams and tributes honored Rufus G. Fairbanks and other relatives while discussions focused on purchasing the Dedham estate.
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Fairbanks
America
Boston
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Dedham
Fitzgerald
Association
Margaret L. Ray
Ella Fairbanks
M. G. Allen
Walpore
Wilson H. Fairbanks
J. Wilder Fairbank
A. L. Rowe
Worcester
Henry Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Josiah Fairbanks
Helena
Albert Shaw
The
Review of Reviews
Rufus G. Fairbanks
Milford
Family Association
A. L. Smith
Franklin
John L. Milligan
Machinists Demand 25 Cent Wage Increase in New York Area
The International Association of Machinists and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers demand a 25 cent daily wage rise for 17,000 machinists in and around New York. The increase would take effect tomorrow, with a brief waiting period for employer response.
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New York
New York City
International Association of Machinists
Amalgamated Society of Engineers
Secret union meetings in Wells Memorial and Charlestown
The United Hatters’ unions met at the Wells Memorial building last night to discuss hatting industry possibilities in a secret gathering. Tonight District Assembly 380 Sk of L plans an important executive board meeting in the Roughan building Charlestown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Hatters
Wells Memorial
District Assembly 380, Sk. of L
Original
Roughan
Charlestown
Life Long Lovers Wed in Quincy Matrimony
Miss Dorothea M Thompson niece of Mayor Thompson married Paul Nixon of Braintree. They had been sweethearts since childhood and she was famed as Quincys belle. Nixon, Oxford Rhodes scholar and Weslayan alumnus, later offered a Princeton professorship. Wedding held at 419 Granite Street.
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Quincy
Dorothea M. Thompson
Thompson
Paul Nixon
Braintree
Wiftmer
Cecil Rhodes
Oxford
England
W. G. Nixon
Wesleyan Academy
Princeton
Granite Street
EK. J. Andrews
Offi
Men of Light Wind Up Work at Illuminating Society
The closing session of the Illuminating Engineering Society convention was held yesterday forenoon at 89 Boylston street. Papers were read by Boston experts and engineers from Pittsburg Philadelphia and Chicago. An exhibition of photometric apparatus and new illuminants occurred, followed by a harbor ride and dinner at the Atlantic House Nantasket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illuminating Engineering Society
Convention
Boylston Street
C. Howard Walker
J.S. Codman
Dr. Louis Bell
L. B. Marks
W. H. Blood
Boston
C. E. Stephens
Pittsburg
W. D. A. Ryan
West Lynn
Assembly Hall
Atlantic House
Nantasket
Society
Clayton H. Sharp
V. R. Lansingh
A. H. Elliot
John Campbell
New England
A. E
South Boston Resident Fined For Street Dirt Sweep
Judge Fallon fined Victoria Dymsza 2 dollars for sweeping dirt from her house at 1382 Broadway into the street. Patrolman Linton had warned her repeatedly to stop, amid Old Home Week civic pride efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Mer. O’callaghan
Fallon
District Court
Victoria Dymsza
Broadway
Linton
Victoria
First Foreign Consul Arrives in Providence
Providence July 31 The first foreign state to appoint a consul in the city is Guatemala sending Leo Francisco Nadeau who arrives to assume the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
Leo Francisco Nadeau
Republic of Guatemala
Invitation to Old Home Week visit Sorosis shoe plants
The response extends a cordial invitation to yeomen visiting Massachusetts during Old Home Week to inspect the Sorosis Shoe factories at Lynn and the Sorosis Annex. The club house is provided for the women employed by Sorosis Shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Sorosis
Lynn
August Shoe Clearance On Second Floor
Men and boys offer large reductions across styles. Patent calf oxfords and bluchers in black tan and russet stage prices from 6.00 to 1.00 with many sizes and finishes, while misses and children's shoes follow with several dollar reductions.
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Oxford
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Perience
Filene
LABOR
Seeraa
Bride of
Mayor Thompson
Illuminating
Temple Place
A. E. Little & CO
Blake Street
Lynn, Mass
Jordan Marrish Co
Henry S. Lombard & Co
Merchants Row
SOO
Pete
Eton
Ang Reise
Htek
Manhattan
Glasgow
Hathaway
Aare Feds
Children’s Shoes
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