Fire Disturbs Melrose Home, Likely Arson Suspected
Melrose firemen were summoned at 8 o clock by Fay R Wheeler linotype operator on the Boston Post on his way home from work He reported a house at 38 Sibley street in flames The vacant dwelling was nearly destroyed before firefighters could control the blaze Investigators Chief Joseph Edwards and the State police are probing a possible incendiary start to the fire
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Melrose
Fay R. Wheeler
Boston Post
Sibley Street
Joseph Edwards
Fire Department
Hodder Denies Tent Living With Co Respondent In Divorce Case
Arthur R. Hodder testifies in Northampton Superior Court that he chased butterflies and shelled peas with Mrs. Emma Bilz, named as co respondent, while denying claims of living in a tent or having improper relations with her.
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Northampton
Arthur R. Hodder
Rosa Lee Hodder
Emma Bilz
Bean Farm Dispute Involving Hodder Bilz and Byler Allies
Witnesses describe a two acre bean farm jointly run by Mrs Bilz and Hodder with Hodder claiming he handled planting while Bilz harvested. Testimony notes associations at Hodder summer place near Hockanum and alleged tensions with Mrs Bilz including claims of assault with an axe. Frank King testified to seeing the couple in bathing attire in a river setting.
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Leon F. Whitney
New York City
Hodder
Hockanum
Three Dorchester youths face auto theft charges
Robert M. Crowley aged 17 of Dorchester is arraigned in Roxbury District Court on larceny charges for allegedly stealing a Chandler Motor Company owned car. George M. Tierney and Francis J. Barnett, both 17 and 19, face accessory charges. All three are held on $3000 bail. The car, owned by Tony L. Chang, was reported in for repairs. Police say Crowley took the car Wednesday afternoon with Tierney and Barnett joining for a ride before arrest.
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Robert M. Crowley
Coleman Street
Dorchester
Roxbury
Hayden
George M. Tierney
Hendry Street
Francis J. Barnett
Washington Street
Back Bay
Crowley
Chandler Motor Company
Beacon Street
Tony L. Chang
Peterboro Street
Tierney
Barnett
City Hall
Frank McNab
Puritan Real Estate Trust Denies Strathmore Eviction Plan
The Puritan Real Estate Trust of Allston denied rumors of wholesale evictions in its Strathmore Road apartments in a statement sent to newspapers last night.
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Puritan Real Estate Trust of
Allston
Strathmore Road
Suffragist in California Denounces Woman Suffrage
Annie Bock of Los Angeles, former equal suffrage leader, writes to Tennessee Rep W K Anderson urging rejection of ratification in the state. She complains that one year of politics has made women intolerant and corrupt, citing immorality and divorce rise, and claims suffrage weakens men and coarsens women.
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Annie Bock
Los Angeles
W. K. Anderson
Tennessee
Antis’ Trick Charged By Suffragists In Nine Year Debate
Local suffragists counter Miss Annie Bock’s charges with references to California gains under women’s vote. They cite Barbary Coast cleanup and red light laws as proof suffrage’s mixed reception, while noting antis’ repeated claims have worn thin after nine years of campaigning.
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Annie Bock
Boston League For Woman Voters
Post
Florence Luscomb
Miss Bock
Woman Citizen
Alice Stone Blackwell
Anderson
California
Miss Blackwell
Calfornia
Miss Bo
Miss Luscomb
Car Break Law Owner Cleared In Traffic Case
Attorney Daniel J. Daley won a discharge for S. Robert Sullivan in Central Court after arguing no officer saw him leave or drive the car on Kilby street. Judge Sullivan found Sullivan not guilty on two counts while thirty owners faced traffic violations. others were found guilty or fined, with small sums.
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Daniel J. Daley
Sullivan
Central Court
S. Robert Sullivan
Kilby Street
Surance
Daley
Killed Because of Other Faith Fatal Jealousy in New York
Lillian Brath a 25 year old bookkeeper dying at Bellevue Hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound admitted she shot Arthur Blume a 22 year old salesman. A friend says she learned her fiancé used the name Arthur Barry and hid his religion triggering despair and murder suicide attempt. Blume died at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
Lillian Brath
Bellevue Hospital
Arthur Blume
Arthur Barry
Blume
Lillian
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