Massacre at Persian Missions
Alarming reports of atrocities include the hanging of 60 men from the French mission and five from the American mission at Gulpashan. The State Department seeks protection for missionaries and refugees near Urmia as Kurds threaten a broader massacre. Morgenthau urged Turkish authorities to act and received assurances that protection would be rushed to the area.
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Washington
Gulpashan
Persia
State Department
Urumiah
Morgenthau
Constantinople
Bryan
Sperry notes on relief efforts near Urumiah Persia
A British consul in Tabriz and the American consul Gordon Paddock urged Russian commanders to send troops to aid Christians near Tiflis. Russian delays reportedly followed Petrograd orders, with future Russian help in question due to Turkish hostilities. Consuls feared provoking a massacre, and no official notice of Gulpashan outrage reached State Department yet. The Presbyterian board urged urgent action to relieve the situation.
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Tabriz
Persia
Uramiah
Gordon Paddock
Tiflis
Petrograd
Russia
Turkey
State Department
Gulpashan
Urumiah
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
New York
Bryan
Presbyterian Board
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Mission to Save Christians In The Ottoman Empire
The State Department reports orders from the Turkish government to spare Christians. Directions were sent to consuls including Glazebrook in Jerusalem and Paddock in Tabriz, with Morgenthau informed as new reports arrive from the Presbyterian board of foreign missions in New York.
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Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
New York
Refugees Die in Urumiah Incident Reported by Cable
A Tiflis cablegram to the Presbyterian Board relays brutal details from Gulpashan near Urumiah Persia. Men were struck and four groups of refugees from French and American missions died on gibbets in the mission yards. E. T. Allen, the American missionary, was defeated. mass casualties are reported and relief funds of six thousand dollars were sent to Tabriz. The board asks Secretary Bryan to aid through other agencies due to delays for Jerusalem officials.
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Urumiah
Persia
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Tiflis
Uramiah
Norway
Petrograd
Allen
E. T. Allen
London
Ontario
Tabriz
Persian War Relief Committee
Bryan
Glazebrook
Jerusalem
New York
Fear move by Bulgaria causes concern in balkans
Athens dispatch reports Field Marshal Von der Goltz left Constantinople for Sofia while General Liman von Sanders heads to Adrianople. The exits signal sudden Balkan moves as Turkey fortifies Lule Burgas and rear positions 45 miles southeast of Adrianople.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
von der Goltz
Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Liman von Sanders
Europe
Adrianople
van der Goltz
Belgium
von Sanders
Turkey
Balkan
Lule Burgas
Milton Soldier Edward Stone Dies in France
Edward Mandell Stone of Milton Harvard US a soldier in the Foreign Legion of the Army of France died February 27 at an army hospital in Romilly Relatives in Milton received the death notice via letter from N H Stone an uncle It is believed battle injuries caused the death Details are not given
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Milton
Harvard
Lelgon
France
Romilly
N. H. Stone
Young Stone
Ham defends pardons at Tilton Seminary reunion
Gov council member Guy A. Ham branded Charles Town State prison as antiquated and unfit while defending most pardons. He noted one unapproved exception. Senator Henry G. Wells presided as Tilton reunion leaders announced annual officers and committee heads.
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Charlestown
Guy A. Ham
Governor’s Council
Tilton Seminary
Alabumni
Copley Square
Ham
Mr. Ham
Thieutenant
Grafton Cushing
Henry G. Wells
Haverhill
Wells
Charles Dodge
Fred A. Barber
F. A. Farnum
Arthur Seymour
Hold Up Man Flees After Threat on Roxbury Couple
Charles E. Silloway assistant city messenger and wife were victims of a street holdup on Dale Street near Walnut Avenue Roxbury. A man sprang from an alley seized Mrs. Silloway by the neck demanded money but fled when Mr. Silloway attacked. Mrs. Silloway suffered a severe nervous shock and was carried to a friend's house for relief. They reside at 87 Rockland Street Roxbury.
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Charles E. Silloway
City Messenger
Dale Street
Walnut Avenue
Roxbury
Newman Lecture Ends Series With Egypt Topic
The final Newman lecture in Symphony Hall discussed Egypt with added wartime context. Mr. Newman presented motion pictures and color views from last summer to an audience keen on the war’s global effects.
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E. M. Newman
Symphony Hall
Egypt
Newman
Flowers Theft in Lowell Cemeteries Raises Alarm
House reports flowers stolen from Lowell cemeteries as mourners depart. Debate centers on cemetery management and jurisdiction, with bills on fire safety, real estate disclosures, sectarian funding, and road widening also advancing or failing. Senate approves a resolve to pay $6000 to the mother of John J. Pollard for a fatal fire injury.
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House of Representatives
Lowell
Lewis
Gilbride
Supreme Court
Harvard
North Beacon Street
Brighton
Senate
Methuen
John J. Pollard
Pollard
Lowell Cemetery Commissioners Bill Heads to House
A House bill proposes mayoral appointment of cemetery commissioners in Lowell. The measure shifts current administration of the cemeteries under a new appointed board.
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Lowell
Fire Scare in Winthrop Damages Homes and Barn
Two midnight fires in Winthrop caused widespread alarm. William C. Orcutt escaped his smoke filled home at 14 Dolphin Avenue with doors and windows blocked by flames. damage to his house estimated at 3000 dollars. A storage barn at 175 Winthrow Street owned by Undertaker William C Skaggs burned, with losses put at 1500 dollars.
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Winthrop
William C. Orcutt
Dolphin Avenue
Orcutt
Winthrow Street
William C. Skaggs
Skaggs
John L Donovan Club Opens in West End
The John IL Donovan Club opened last evening at 43 Joy Street named for Representative John IL Donovan. Members promote Donovan's candidacy for the State Senate with high enthusiasm promising to be a popular West End social club.
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John IL. Donovan
Joy Street
West End
Donovan
State Senate
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