Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1909 — CALL MUNJI BEY “GRAFTER” [ARTICLE]

CALL MUNJI BEY “GRAFTER”

Foreigners Want Turkish Consul In New York Deposed. Washington, March JT. —Three hundred thousand erstwhile Ottoman subjects, now living tn the United States, have petitioned that Munji Bey, Turkish consul in New York city, be deposed for alleged “grafting.” They allege that Munji Bey has taken advantage of the Ignorance of Syrians. Greeks and Armenians seeking passports to their native land, by overcharging them for bis official signature and the Turkish stamps essential to those documents.