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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1917

Page

3

U S Probe in German Spy Plots

Justice officials in New York prepared for grand jury presentation on a German spy conspiracy. Evidence includes documents expected to link German chemist Dr Ernest Sekunna and Hindu physician Dr Chandre Chakraborty with Wolf von Igel, a German embassy attache, who sailed with Count von Bernstorff after indictments were dismissed.

New York Department of Justice Federal Grand Jury Washington Ernest Sekunna Chandre Chakraborty Wolf von Igel Count von Bernstorff

Two Doctors Arrested Over Plot To Invade India From China

Dr. Sekunna and Dr. Chakraberty were seized Tuesday after police say they confessed a plan to invade India with military force directed by von Igel. They filed trade style certificates on Feb 28 to operate as Oriental Society and Oriental Kitchen in the county clerk’s office.

Dr. Sekunna Dr. Chakraberty von Igel India China Sekunna Oriental Society Oriental Kitchen

Oriental Review and Oriental Society Plans Exposed

Authorities disclose a monthly magazine to be named Oriental Review devoted to art science literature politics and commerce in India China Japan Persia and Turkey with Oriental Society and Oriental Kitchen offices planned in the city. A coded letter from Dr Sekunna links him to Berlin Petrograd and Paris regarding a nerve preparation he claimed to sell here. Justice agents say similar German spy ruses mask such operations to avoid attention.

Oriental Review India China Japan Persia Turkey Oriental Society Oriental Kitchen Sekunna Berlin

New Haven and Navigation Firms Granted Bond Sale Extension

The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and New England Navigation Company won a court extension until April 1 1918 to sell 1.5 million dollars in bonds and 20 000 shares of stock of the Eastern Steamship Corporation and Eastern Steamship Lines Inc. A 1914 decree set a July 1 1917 sale date and the firms sought January 1 1918 awaiting a hoped for reorganization profits.

New York New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company New England Navigation Company Mayer Federal District Court Eastern Steamship Corporation Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc

Patrolman Hill Becomes Court Officer at Municipal Court

Patrolman William G. Hill, who has served nine years as a crossing officer at Tremont and Winter streets, resigned from the police department last night and was appointed court officer of the Municipal Criminal Court. He will begin his new duties this morning.

William G. Hill Tremont Winter Streets Municipal Criminal Court

Antiquiz Bill Clears Senate For Enactment

Opposition to the bill prohibiting school authorities from inquiring into applicants religious or political beliefs collapsed in the State Senate yesterday. It was ordered engrossed without a dissenting vote after the House had already passed it. once enacted it will go to the Governor.

State Senate House

Senate kills 46 bills in seven minutes on a busy day

The Senate swiftly disposed of 46 committee adverse reports in under seven minutes. Bills killed included referendums on initiative and referendum and a voters' ballot measure for constitutional convention delegates. The chamber also defeated a sheriff money accountability bill after a brief debate. In the House a misrepresentation prevention bill was substituted despite an adverse insurance committee report. The Springfield street widening borrowing bill passed to third reading by a 95 to 30 vote amid charges of real estate taint. The plan for state aid to fund railroad unfunded debt was killed.

Senate Committee On Insurance Springfield Dwight Street Mitchell

Haverhill Worker Fatally Injured At Box Board Plant

Peter Lloras, an employee at Haverhill Box Board Company, was fatally injured when his sleeve was caught in machine shafting. He was whirled over belting and died of internal injuries while en route to Gale Hospital.

Haverhill Peter Lloras Haverhill Box Board Company Gale Hospital

Harvard Advocate Names New Editors

The Harvard Advocate yesterday chose four new editors from the sophomore class for places on the editorial board. The new members are Malcolm Cowley of Pittsburg Emerson Low of Detroit Charles McVeagh Jr of New York and James R Parsons of New York.

Harvard Advocate Malcolm Cowley Pittsburg Emerson Low Detroit Charles McVeagh, Jr New York James R. Parsons

Recount Requested in Arlington Public Works Race

Frederick G. Gardner petitions for a recount after losing to Thomas D. Kennedy in Arlington public works contest by 18 votes. The move follows a final tally that left Gardner 18 votes short of Kennedy, prompting a formal request to review ballots.

Office of Public Works Arlington Frederick G. Gardner Thomas D. Kennedy

Vital Force Comes From Red Blood

The passage extols red blood as the source of athletic vitality. It declares that vigorous health is natural for all, with a strong heart circulating energy through every cell. It likens a red-blooded person to a Kentucky race horse, confident and unnervous, enjoying hard tasks as pleasure.

Red Blood Builder Pepto Mangan Ad

Pepto Mangan sells as a general tonic to rebuild red blood cells. The ad promotes regularity, fresh air, sleep and nourishment as aids, claims universal medical use and easy digestion. It warns against substitutes and notes sale by drug stores through M. J. Breitenbach Co. in New York.

Gude M. J. Breitenbach CO New York

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