Indictments Filed in Stock Selling Ring
A New York grand jury indicted four men tied to Standard Film Industries stock operations. Elliott Norton, lawyer and secretary, faces charges for floating stock beyond declared amounts. he pleaded not guilty and is held on $5,000 bail. The district attorney notes the Virginia incorporation from 1916 and ongoing company-wide nonpayment.
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New York
Standard Film Industries, Incorporated
Elliott Norton
Norton
Swann
Virginia
Dividends and Salesmen Share in Stock Sales
The merchant stated that salesmen sold roughly $200,000 worth of stock at a price below par. He noted that the company’s agents received compensation equal to 40 percent of their sales.
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Pan
Cosmopolitan Depositors Get Eighty Percent Dividend
Eight hundred depositors at the Cosmopolitan Trust Company received an eighty percent dividend yesterday. Lines formed at Henry Cushman liquidation offices at 138 Congress Street as bankers estimate total payment of 1,672,649.12 dollars to 12,200 depositors will be completed in about two weeks.
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Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Henry Cushman
Congress Street
Tar and feathering attack shocks Pepperell driver
Percy England testified in local court about a July tar and feather assault by three men including Grover C Robbins of a Pennsylvania prep school and Robert R Meredith of Pepperell. England described being beaten and burned, then threatened to leave town. the trio received three months in the house of correction and $100 fines each, with appeals filed.
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Ayer
Percy England
Pepperell
Grover C. Robbins
Pennsylvania
Roger C. Robbins
Lawrence
Robert R. Meredith
House of Correction
Dwyer Missing as Concord River Fails to Yield Body
Concord police continued grappling the river bottom for John E. Dwyer a 26 year old Somerville man drowned near Brewster's Bay Sunday afternoon. Despite dragging efforts no body was found as of July 5.
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Concord
John E. Dwyer
Broadway Place
Somerville
Brewster's Bay
Hold Chinaman for Gun Play
Jim Lee a Chinese laundry proprietor at 17 Lyman Street West End was held in 1000 bail in Central Court for a continued hearing charged with assault and battery with a loaded revolver with intent to kill against Charlies Feigan of Glenway Street Dorchester. Lee said Feigan started the dispute over a missing collar and Lee fired only to scare him. his wife pleaded for him.
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Jim Lee
Lyman Street
West Nd
Central Court
Charlies I. Feigan
Glenway Street
Dorchester
Lee
Feigan
Felgan
Attractive Concerts on Boston Common Today
Boston Band presents afternoon and evening concerts on Boston Common conducted by Walter Smith. The program features classic overtures, waltzes, operatic selections, dances, and encores from composers including Gungl, Flotow, Meyerbeer, Delibes, Chadwick, and Thome.
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Boston Common
Boston Band
Balfe Evolution of
Dixie
Caterham
Captain Williams
Stradella
Flotow
Herbert
Bendix
Eooscocees Merman
Chadwick
Gifts to Boston Floating Hospital Aid Milk Fund
One hundred babies and children enjoyed sea breezes aboard the Boston Floating Hospital with four in the permanent ward and the rest on the day patients deck. Manager G Loring Briggs received a dollar bill and two $20 checks, one from Universalist Church children of Saugus and another from a Beachmont children's party, all designated for the milk fund.
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Boston Floating Hospital
G. Loring Briggs
Children of the Universalist Church
Saugus
Beachmont
Accident on truck injures driver in Everett area
Howard A. Brown a truck driver for Remby Lumber of Everett was accidentally shot in the left leg yesterday on Alden avenue Point of Pines Revere. Leo Templehoff of Malden riding with him pulled the loaded .22 revolver from Brown s toolbox and discharged it by accident police say.
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Howard A. Brown
Ferry Street
Everett
Remby Lumber Company
Alden Avenue
Point of Pines
Revere
Leo Templenoff
Malden
Brown
Templehoff
Eight Japanese Diet members begin U S swing around circle
Eight members of the Japanese Diet arrived in Boston for a nonpolitical visit part of a broad U S tour. Since San Francisco they toured major cities, plan to sail July 9 for Europe, meeting local officials, visiting Tech, Harvard, and Boston landmarks.
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Boston
United States
Peters
Tonoa Kawasaki
S. Oshikawa
Nobuzo Kawai
Naota Kumazai
Takao Tanaka
Tobei Nakamura
K. S. Imii
Sempei Yajima
Juichi Nozage
R. Nakaneshi
Japan
San Francisco
Europe
Japan Society of Boston
Edward B. Watson
Louis B. Goodall
Sanford
Ishikawa
Copley
Cox
Boston Art Club
Tech
Harvard
Newton
Wellesley
Dedham
Harris Kennedy
Slayer Dies in Hunger Strike at Moundsville Prison
Tony Gradiscen, convicted of robbery and murder and sentenced to life, died in the prison hospital at Moundsville after a hunger strike. He arrived June 2 and refused all food thereafter despite forcible feeding. officials report his condition deteriorated until death.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Tony Gradiscen
Gradiscen
Stock Sales Case Hearing Set For July 12
Fred Fontaine secretary and sales manager of the Lynnway Aerial Transportation Company faced a three count larceny charge in the local District Court. He pleaded not guilty and the hearing was postponed at the request of City Marshal T J O'Brien to July 12. Authorities allege Fontaine misrepresented stock sales to imply ties to Merrimack Park, an amusement resort on the Merrimack River, with which he allegedly has no connection.
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Lawrench
Fred Fontaine
Lynnway Aerial Transportation Company
T. J. O’brien
Fontaine
Merrimack Park
Merrimack River
Colvin Named Post Office Inspector In Charge
Ward reports at the federal building that Park D. Colvin now of New Haven has been chosen by Postmaster General Will H. Hays to replace Hal B. Mosby, who died last December, as post office inspector in charge in northern New England. He is expected to assume duties within days.
Roxbury Man Held After No Evidence Shown in Prohibition Case
Federal Commissioner Hayes held James McGonigle of Roxbury after no liquor was produced as evidence in the sale accusation. Prohibition Agent Harvey said the defendant demanded drinks before payment, destroying the evidence. A second agent testified to the sale, and the commissioner bound the case over to the federal grand jury.
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United States
James McGonigle
Roxbury
Hayes
Prohibition
Harvey
Federal Grand Jury
Father Logue Ordained to Priesthood in Washington
The Rev. William G. Logue J. son of Mrs. Josephine Logue and the late Charles Logue formerly Boston building commissioner, has been ordained at Georgetown Washington. He studied at Technology and entered the Jesuit order in 196 prior to his ordination. His brother Louis Logue is a Jesuit scholastic at Woodstock Maryland.
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William G. Logue
Josephine Logue
Charles Logue
Boston
Georgetown
Washington, D. C
Father Logue
Technology
Louis Logue
Woodstock
Boston College
Acquitted in Murder Charge for Captain Perry
Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Perry was acquitted of murdering her husband Captain George Henry Perry at their Yarmouth home. The jury ruled after a one hour deliberation. evidence included a charred iron bar found on the storm porch and past tampering allegations about locks to access the cellar. Mexican Petroleum hit a new low on the New York market, with shares trading around one point as foreign producers withdrew due to export taxes.
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Yarmouth
Clara Elizabeth Perry
George Henry Perry
Perry
New York
Mexican Petroleum
Stock Exchange
Pan-American Petroleum
Latin-America
Plan for Paying Taxes by Working for City in New Britain
New Britain Connecticut July 6 a plan lets unemployed property owners pay city taxes by working for the municipality. Previously applied to wagon and truck owners the proposal would include those who can offer only their labor.
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New Britain, Conn
Curtis
Ivy Holdsworth Firework Injury In Methuen
In Methuen on July 5, Ivy Holdsworth, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Elijah Holdsworth of Broadway, remains hospitalized at Lawlor Sanitarium with severe burns after her clothing caught fire while she played with fireworks for the Fourth.
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Methuen
Ivy Holdsworth
Elijah Holdsworth
Broadway
Lawlor Sanitarium
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Loretta Lavender
Meredith
New Zealand
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Donovan Motor Car Company
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