Armistice signing delayed amid Balkan turmoil
Reports from Paris and London indicate the armistice protocol with Turkey is postponed to Tuesday due to Greece lacking authority. Rumors say additional Greek forces from Saloniki may reach the Gallipoli front, while Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro is seriously wounded near Scutari and operated on for a perforated intestine after an assault on Turkish positions.
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Paris
Danilo of
Montenegro
Rieka
Mafin
Scutari
London
Balkan
Turkey
Dedenghatch
Saloniki
Greece
Gulf of Sares
Galipoli
Armistice Aims To Endure Two Weeks In The Balkans
The armistice is expected to last about a fortnight covering all operations. beleaguered Adrianople and Scutari garrisons will receive daily rations during the armistice. Plenipotentiaries focus on the armistice while a peace conference likely opens at Sofia. Bulgaria forgoes Adrianople surrender, Turkey hopes for better terms by ending the war. Protracted negotiations are anticipated.
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Scutari
Sofia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Triple Alliance Balks on Conference of Ambassadors
Paris dispatch reports opposition from the Triple Alliance to Sir Edward Grey’s plan for an ambassadors conference on the Balkan settlement. They favor a neutral city such as Berne, The Hague, or Brussels over holding the meeting in a national capital. The dispute could hinder agreement, as a neutral-site meeting would require special envoys.
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Paris
Edward Grey
Triple Alliance
Berne
Hague
Brussels
Know Who Book Swindlers Are
Boston post office inspector Chief Lawrence Letherman says the leaders of the deluxe book swindles have been identified and arrests may occur soon. He notes ties to a New York group directing the frauds in a nationwide flush of the scheme.
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Lawrence Letherman
Boston Post Office
New York
Letherman
De Luxe swindle victims named in Boston area
Ellett C. Lee of Brookline and a Roosevelt relative are said to have contributed over 200000 to the swindle. Mrs Demosthenes Timagenis paid about 40000 and Mrs Pauline Durant about 50000. Federal officials have only now received facts for a 1999 and 1910 book fraud probe. The informer contacted the U S district attorney in New York after learning of the case.
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New York
Cat's Ear Is Poor Charm Continues on Page 4-2d
Chicago dispatch reports George Pupansky a Polish banker conjurer recently released from the House of Correction is again under arrest for selling invisibility charms. Lokoritz bought a black cat's ear and a magic bean to gain invisibility, tried to rob a saloon and was beaten by the bartender. He later contracted bruises and a second ear purchase led to an accident as police seek another buyer to testify.
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George Pupansky
House of Correction
Landis
Pupansky
Anton Lokoritz
Lokoritz
Augustus Wood Dies in Japan After Short Illness
Augustus Wood, 54, formerly of New Bedford and long active in Japanese education, died of pneumonia in Tokyo. The news was received today.
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Augustus Wood
Japan
New Bedford
Mr. Wood
Tokyo
Allies to demand 48 million pounds from Turkey as indemnity
London dispatch reports Daily Mail correspondent from Sofia states allies will press Turkey for a war indemnity of 48 million pounds, about 246 million dollars. The claim notes the sum is the demanded compensation in the ongoing conflict negotiations.
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London
Sofia
Daily Mail
Turkey
Baptist Tabernacle to Rise on Huntington Avenue Boston
The Baptist Tabernacle of the Second Baptist Society of Boston will be erected on Huntington Avenue just above Massachusetts Avenue. It will be home to members of the Warren Avenue and Bowdoin Square Tabernacles after their merger ratified last week. The building will front about 90 feet and extend 120 feet back opposite Symphony Hall.
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Baptist Tabernacle-of- the -Second Baptist Society of Boston
Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
New Tabernacle
Warren Avenue
Bowdoin Square
Boston Tabernacle Plans Merge For Four Story Temple
A four story religious tabernacle is planned with a basement for youth work an auditorium seating 1000 on the first floor and a 2000 seat main auditorium on the second floor. Ground level will house four large stores and offices. Co pastors Rev Herbert S Johnson and Rev Frederick B Heath expect completion by December next year and merging the Warren Avenue and West End churches to form a new city tabernacle. The plan includes a grand temple exterior and a strategic site at Warren Avenue in Boston.
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South End Church
Frederick BE. Heath
West End
Tabernacle
Dr. Johnson
George C. Lorimer
Boston
Warren Avenue
TV Am
Heath
West Find
Congress Not to Consider Tariff in Final Session
Washington December 1 The departing Sixty second Congress will meet at noon tomorrow for its final actions before constitutional limits end its term. It must pass 15 appropriation bills carrying over 1 billion dollars for government support and complete impeachment trial of Judge Archbald in the Senate. Numerous investigations and reports are due, with many legislative matters to be decided before adjournment.
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Washington
Archbald
Commerce Court
Senate
Preparatory session to shape Democratic policy before Wilson takes office
Preparatory measures will run ahead of the extra session after March 4 to shape tariff currency and anti trust policy. Committees will thresh out issues while main work centers on preparation for the new administration and enacting key bills. The employers liability and workmen’s compensation act leads the House agenda due to Senate approval and major labor backing.
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Almanac notes and anniversaries for the day
The item lists celestial events and daylight changes for the 287th day of the year with Venus and Jupiter timings, and notes 19 business days until Christmas. It also marks today’s anniversaries: Robert Luce born 1862, Alexander Mann born 1860, John Brown hanged 1859, Monroe Doctrine 1828, Francis Joseph 1848, and Persia political demonstrations a year ago with uprisings and assassinations.
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Auburn
Alexander Mann
Trinity Church
Geneva
N. Y
John Brown
President Monroe
Congress
Larceny Charge Involving $25,000 From Everett Firm
Edward S. Hosford 30 Kernwood Street Malden treasurer of the James Donovan Slipper Company Everett was arrested yesterday afternoon charged with larceny of $25,000 from Frank Paige 68 Essex Street
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Kernwood Street
Malden
James Donovan -Slipper Company
Everett
Frank FE. Paige
Essex Street
Auto Skids Into Wagon Injuring Four
Confession excerpt by J Frank Hickey is confirmed by Boston police and hospital records. He describes an attempted murder of two Boston boys, John Leo Martin and Harry Bennett, and a failed attempt to die by suicide. The incident involved Hickey’s car veering into a milk wagon and a mother rescuing a child.
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J. Frank Hickey
Buffalo
N. Y
Boston
City Hospital
John Leo Martin
P Street
South Boston
Harry Bennett
Union Park Street
South End
South
Two Women and Two Men Hurt In Haverhill Crash
A late afternoon auto crash just outside Haverhill involving George W. Rodegras’s car and a milk wagon left one woman fatally injured, another woman and two men badly hurt. Mrs. Charles H. Raymond lay near death at Hale Hospital, while Mrs. Rodegras suffered possible internal injuries and leg bruises. Rodegras and Mr. Raymond were taken home severely hurt.
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Haverhill
George W. Rodegras
Charles H. Raymond
Hale Hospital
Police link gas incident to Boston victims at Hanson Street
Captain Driscoll of the Fast Dedham street station recalled the 1905 case when, as a sergeant, he identified three Boston would-be victims after police were notified on a Saturday morning that three people were overcome by gas at 17 Hanson Street.
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Driscoll
Dedham Street
Boston
East Dedham Street
Hanson Street
Fall from 2000 feet kills aeronaut in Jacksonville
Richard Frayne of Lowell Massachusetts, an aeronaut, fell 2000 feet this afternoon and was instantly killed. Three thousand people witnessed the accident in Jacksonville, Florida, as the craft went down in the 4th column notes.
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Fila
Richard Frayne
Lowell
Mass
Velvet dealer Paige links to Donovan Slipper fraud arrest
District Attorney Pelletier procured a warrant in Municipal Court to arrest Hosford, a Malden man 86 years old and single, on charges he forged account bills. Inspectors Farrell and McCarthy made the arrest. Paige of Brookline alleges Hosford diverted $25,000 by falsifying bills of sale and using a post office hex to intercept accounts. Hosford, once a prominent local figure, denied the charges.
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Farrell
McCarthy
Paige
Brookline
Donovan
Hosford
Malden
Everett
James Donovan Corporation
Atir
Boston Area Weather Forecast Turns Warmer With Rain
Fair and warmer Monday for Boston and vicinity with increasing southerly winds. Rain expected in the afternoon or night. Tuesday brings clearing and colder weather as a weaker system passes. Forecast for New England notes increasing cloudiness and warmth before rain on Monday, then rain and brisk south winds Tuesday.
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Vicinity
Washington
New England
Brookline Tragedy: Husband Found With Throat Cut
Karl Kaiser, 59, a retired contractor from Pennsylvania, was found dead in his Brookline apartment on Kent Street with his throat slashed. Described as despondent over lack of occupation after leaving business, he had moved to be near his son studying music under George or, protege of Mrs. John L. Gardner.
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Kent Street
Brookline
Kaiser
Pennsylvania
Tragic parachute accident at Tricounty fair claims Frayne life
Frayne of Lowell Mass aged 26 was thrown from his seat when he cut loose from a balloon at the Tricounty fair. His parachute opened but he fell in the Evergreen Cemetery driveway. Crosby of Massachusetts witnessed the tragedy. Frayne and Crosby operated from Boston with headquarters there.
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Frayne
Rosby
Lowell
Mass
Crosby
Massachusetts
Boston
Vanderbilt to announce $600000 endowment for Big Sisters
Mrs William K Vanderbilt Sr founder of the Big Sisters plans this week to reveal a 600000 endowment fund plus 160000 for a new building to aid Protestant homeless girls. The annual meeting is set for early this week at 200 Fifth Avenue with site rumors centering on Long Island or Westchester.
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Pec
William K. Vanderbilt
Big Sisters
Fifth Avenue
Lend Island
Westchester
Two Women and Babe Saved in Dorchester Fire
In a Dorchester flat fire in the so called firetrap area last night, two women and a four months old baby girl were rescued from deadly smoke. Mrs. Edward Duffy, an elderly woman, was overcome on the top floor and carried to the street by Ellsworth Lank. Laddermen Henry Brady and Thomas Andreldi rescued Mrs Hyatt, an invalid, and her infant daughter Eva.
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Edward Duffy
Dorchester Avenue
Ellsworth Lank
Henry Brady
Thomas Andreldi
Hyatt
Eva
Fire at Greenwich Place building drives residents to escape
Smoke-filled basement blaze on the corner of Greenwich Place prompts a second-story escape as Frank Perry nearly leaps from a window. Mrs Perry awakens with two-year-old Mildred, stumbles over Mrs Duffy, and together the residents evacuate. Lank rescues Mrs Duffy from the smoke. The cause is unknown and the loss is estimated.
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Greenwich Place
Frank Perry
Mildred
Haverhill Crash Involving Rodegras Family Near Georgetown
Shortly after 2 PM yesterday a collision near Georgetown involving the Rodegras family from Haverhill and the Raymonds followed by a milk wagon wreck left Mrs. Raymond gravely injured and Mrs. Rodegras and Mr. Raymond bruised. Edward Erickson of Beverly rescued the four. all were taken to Hale Hospital. Mrs. Raymond saved her son by throwing him to the road then being thrown herself. Both families are prominent local shoe manufacturers.
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Mrs. Raymond
Haverhill
Georgetown
Savaryville
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Mr. Raymond
Charles Raymond, Jr
Edward Erickson
Beverly
Hale Hospital
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McDonald Brothers
Joseph Ryan
Ryan
Bodegras
Rodegras
Ramond
Is He Scouting James Hart Plans World Tour with Family
James A. Hart the former Chicago Cubs president travels with his wife and daughter on a seven month world tour that will cover nearly the entire globe except the North and South Poles.
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James A. Hart
Chicago Cubs
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