Britain refuses safe conduct for Tarnowski envoy
The British foreign office sent Ambassador Page a note refusing safe conduct for Count Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States. Washington officials express shock and displeasure at the entente’s drastic action amid rising tensions in late November.
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London
Foreign Office
Page
Adam Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Washington
Great Britain
Count Tarnowski
Count Adam Tarnowski
Framingham Ex-Police Chief Seeks Conservator After Loss of Wealth
Michael Eagan a 60 year old former Framingham police chief filed for a conservator at East Cambridge after his wife allegedly took control of his funds leaving him penniless and living at the town poor farm. The 20 year marriage began February 5 1914 and she planned to return to work as a New York telephone operator.
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Framingham
Michael Eagan
East Cambridge
New York
Cathleen Hart
Wellesley Senior Weds Yale Man Hidden Marriage Revealed
A Wellesley College senior Catherine C Carlisle and Yale junior Fred Taylor both Watertown New York residents secretly wed five weeks ago during a New England trip. The couple returned to their colleges and later journeyed south in Taylor s car after Carlisle left for New Haven to resume studies. Carlisle informed a dorm head of a wedding trip and planned return to pack belongings. The October 21 ceremony details and officiant remain unclear.
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Wellesley
Yale
New Hampshire
New Haven
Catherine C. Carlisle
Watertown
N. Y
Fred Taylor
Miss Carlisle
Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Carlisle
New England
Kill Man, But Leave Money in Connecticut Shooting
Samuel Goldstein a 27 year old West Haven tailor was shot to death near his home. Three bullets hit his head arm and back as police pursue three men suspected in the case. Authorities say motive is unclear as a substantial sum of money on Goldstein remained untouched.
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West Haven
Conn
Samuel Goldstein
Goldstein
Bina
Bitter fight on turkey prices continues in Boston
Boston wholesale poultry dealers and retail marketmen remain at odds over Thanksgiving turkey prices. Retailers refuse to pay the wholesalers' asking prices, warning that without price drops Boston will face a turkey short Thanksgiving.
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Turkey
Boston
Cambridge School Board tightens pay after resigning teachers marry
The Cambridge School Board faced a wave of resignations as many teachers married this year. They granted pay from Sept. 1 to resignation date despite no classes until Oct. 9. Beginning next year, teachers resigning will be paid only for days actually on duty.
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Cambridge
Cambridge School
Twenty Hours In Race Riot In Worcester
All reserve patrolmen were summoned as 200 Armenian and Turkish colonies clashed at Summer and Union streets. The hour long melee involved weapons and several shots. Twenty were arrested and about twenty treated at the central station and hospital. The riot followed an Armenian attack Sunday night.
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Worcester
Central
Raid in West End Nabs Residents in Drug Sweep
Police raid on 76 Myrtle Street West End yielded morphine and led to the arrest of 27 year old Mrs Elizabeth Sullivan. 22 year old Thomas Moore in the same tenement faced charges of idleness and disorderly conduct.
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Joy Street
Elizabeth Sullivan
Myrtle Street
West End
Court bars removal of Ralph Carpenter Jr from state
In Concord New Hampshire November 27 an injunction prevents Ralph G Carpenter and George A Carpenter from removing Ralph G Carpenter Jr from the state or beyond the court jurisdiction. The 9 year old boy is at his grandparents Wolfeboro estate as custody dispute between mother Marguerite Paul Carpenter of Boston and the father and grandfather unfolds after a Magnolia kidnapping episode and divorce trial.
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Ralph G. Carpenter, JR
Concord
N. H
Ralph Carpenter
Marguerite Paul Carpenter
Boston
Wolfeboro
Magnolia
John Kivel
Laconia
Ralph G. Carpenter
George A. Carpenter
Hearing Set in Concord on Christmas Custody
The judge scheduled a Friday hearing at 11 o'clock to decide if Mrs. Carpenter may have her son for the Christmas holidays while awaiting a final ruling.
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Concord
Funeral services for C. J. Bodfish held in Cambridge
Clarence J. Bodfish general agent for the Worcester division of the American Woolen Company died recently. Services were held yesterday at his Cambridge home. Burial is planned for Ellington Connecticut. Rev. Raymond Calkins officiated. Attendees included prominent woolen trade figures.
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Clarence J. Bodfish
Worcester Division
The
American Woolen Company
Mt. Vernon Street
Cambridge
Ellington, Conn
Raymond Calkins
Shepard Congregational Church
Diplomats Safe Conduct Refusal Angers Nations
London foreign office explains that a refusal to recognize diplomatic privileges is seen as a slight to Austria and disrespect to the United States. It notes that even if international law forbade safe conduct refusal, the rationale remain unclear.
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Austria
United States
London
Fagan Denies Engaged to Helen Keller
Peter Fagan, linked to reports of a planned marriage to Helen Keller in Montgomery, was found in Tampa and denied any engagement. He said Keller is not his fiancée and believes she is in Lake Placid. Reverend Paul Blanchard, visiting Fagan, declined to discuss the matter.
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Tampa
Fla
Peter Fagan
Helen Keller
Montgomery
Miss Keller
Lake Placid
Paul B. Blanchard
Fagan
Billy Sunday's Program Today at Local Churches
Afternoon service at the Tabernacle features a sermon on Compassion. Grace Saxe leads a Bible class on the Tabernacle platform. Alice M. Gamlin addresses West Roxbury boys and girls at Daniel Dorchester Memorial Church. Charlestown youth groups meet at Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev. William A. Knight speaking. Evening service includes sermon on Backsliders. Rose Fettroff leads a high school girls mass meeting at Park Street Church with special music. Saxe Bible study class at Newtonville Methodist Episcopal Church follows.
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The
Tabernacle
Billy Sunday
Compassion
Grace Saxe
Alice M. Gamlin
West Roxbury
Daniel Dorchester Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Charlestown
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
William A. Knight
the Tabernacle
Warning on Loans to Allies
The Federal Reserve Board urged American banks to avoid buying long term foreign government treasury bills. It warned such short term funds could be locked in and risk inflation if renewed beyond normal conditions. The note follows discussions with J P Morgan and British treasury bill proposals and stresses caution for banks and investors.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Board
J. P. Morgan & Co
Ottawa
H. P. Davison
Morgan
Wilson
Reserve
Wife dies after actor shoots himself in New York hotel
Charlotte Case widow of actor Charles Case died this afternoon after learning her husband shot himself by accident in a New York hotel. Her physician cited shock as the cause.
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Puffalo
N. Y
Charlotte Case
Charles Case
New York
Town reels from tales of vanished wealth and renewed poverty
A year after gossip about a marriage, the town talks of Eagan found destitute in New York and sent to Blackwell's Island, then home to the poor farm by a fund raised by friends. Estimates of Eagan's wealth range from fifteen to forty thousand dollars. He tells a Post reporter he was swindled by his wife and relatives, while she claims he never had money and admits her mistakes.
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New York Grand Central
Blackwell's Island
Eagan
Post
Cathleen
Villa Drives North As Forces Rally At Juarez
El Paso dispatch reports Villa moving north from Chihuahua City with General Trevino directing. General Gonzales at Juarez ordered to concentrate troops there for anticipated advance.
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EL Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua City
Trevino
Gonzales
Juarez
Villa advances north controls Chihuahua City in bid
A private message reports Villa moving north and holding Chihuahua City, while General Treviño plans to abandon southward advance and after meeting General Murgula to return and recapture Chihuahua.
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Villa
Chihuahua City
General Trevino
Murgula
Chihuahua
Bequest of $2000 To Coachman From Mrs Marshall
Richard F. Yourell receives a $2000 bequest from the will of Mrs. Elizabeth T. Marshall who employed him as coachman for years. Mrs. Marshall died at the Hotel Brunswick on Nov 22. The estate residue goes equally to several Boston charities including the New Jerusalem Society and the Roxbury Home for Aged Women.
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Richard F. Yourell
Elizabeth T. Marshall
Von Mackensen takes Alexandria 47 miles away
German forces under Von Mackensen advance toward Alexandria crossing multiple routes to seize the city. Berlin reports victory to the north of Monastir as the theater of operations intensifies.
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von Mackensen
Alexandria
Berlin
Zeppelins Raid English Coast Again
London reports another air raid on the northeast coast of England last night with hostile airships crossing the shore. Bombs are said to have fallen in several northern counties, but no casualties or damage have been confirmed. Meanwhile Teutonic forces close on Bucharest as rumors claim Russian reinforcements rush to Romania’s aid.
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London
England
Bucharest
Teutonic Allies Advance From Three Directions
The Teutonic allies are moving forward on three fronts in a coordinated offensive. Details and strategic implications are continued on Page 5 First Column.
Firefighters and nurses battle Roxbury hospital blaze
A grass fire on Parker Hill Avenue at Cushing Hospital in Roxbury threatened the institution yesterday afternoon. Nurses and physicians fought the flames for about an hour using brooms and sticks, smoke caused several people to faint, and the fire damaged the hospital laundry before being controlled.
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Cushing Hospital
Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury
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Globe Herald
Tremont ST
Berkeley
Otel Clarendon
L’annas Poincare
Frances G. Devers
Orch
Quincy
Brattle
Brattle Sq
Gio
Canal St
United States Trust Co
Court ST. Boston
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A.M
Rees
Thompson’s Spa
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Broadway
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Fourth Street
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Napoli Hotel
Washington & Friend Sts
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