Richeson to Die Soon. Clemency Favored By None
The case of Clarence W. T. Richeson, sane now but feared insane by far, will not be sent to the executive council for clemency as Governor Foss denies reprieve. Richeson, once pastor of Immanuel Church in Cambridge, was sentenced to die for the confessed murder of Avis Linnell, a Hyannis student, amid motives tied to a failed engagement with Violet Edmands. The 1911 poisoning and wedding plans are recounted, with Richeson’s rise and fall profiled through 1909 incidents, church ties, and the romance that ended in tragedy.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Clarence W. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
State House
Foss
Richeson
Executive Council
Clarence Vigil Thompson Richeson
Immanuel Church
Cambridge
Hyannis
New England Conservatory of Music
Violet Edmonds
Brookline
Linnell
Young Woman's Association
Mr. Richeson
Edmands
Mise Innell
Miss Linnell
Edward =. Cotton
Brewster
Immanuel Baptist Church of
Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Hyannis Church
Young Woman's Christian Association
Warrenton Street
Tremont Temple
Tim
Methodist bishop Stuntz elected on first ballot
Minneapolis May 16 Homer C. Stuntz of New York assistant secretary of the Mission Board of the Methodist Episcopal church was elected bishop on the first ballot.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Homer C. Stuntz
New York
Assista
Mission Board of Methodist Episcopal Church
Ed Bishop
Togdy
Amarillo High School Commencement Recalls Class 1912
Commencement exercises at Amarillo High in the Grand Opera House drew hundreds of parents and friends. Judge R. W. Hall spoke, urging noble aims and self conscience, as diplomas and scholarships were awarded to the graduates led by Camille Roquemore and Loie Reeves.
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Amarillo High School
R. Thomson
Camille Roquemore
Trovatore
Verdi
Miss Masterson
R. W. Hall
Jocelyn
Jewell P. Howard
Lilla Belle Pitts
Seventh Court of Civil Appeals
Hall
Louise Russel
Enna Trollinger
Canelle Roquemore
Loise Reeves
Nola Reese
May Nobles
Martha Mullen
Johanna Linkey
Irene Fitch
Matt Nelson
Ruth Dimick
Mary Clark
Aun Aston
Virginia Jrittian
Frankie Hiatt
Earl Fuqua
Herbert Venable
Richard Stanford
Ralph Riges
Herbert Murphy
Neil Wall
Bradley Kimbrough
Will Irwin
Lindley Campbell
Rachel Kerdal
Commercial Travelers Meet In Atlanta Georgia
Delegates from Jacksonville Tampa Savannah Pensacola Augusta Macon and other cities attend the Georgia Florida grand council annual meeting of the United Commercial Travelers in Atlanta. Sessions began today and will run through the week with national officers guests.
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Atlanta
Jacksonville
Tampa
Savannah
Pensacola
Augusta
Macon
Georgia Florida Grand Council of the United Commercial Travelers
National Organization
Weather notes show fair warmer Friday
A brief weather item reports generally fair and warmer conditions expected on Friday with yesterday's temperature noted. The garbled data mentions maximums and minimums but details are unclear.
Arizona legislature adjourns first session with clock stopped
Phoenix May 16 The Arizona legislature ended its first session at midnight by constitutional provision and will reconvene in a special session next Thursday morning. Both houses voted to stop the clock and let time run until Sunday noon, extending the day to thirty six hours to work on appropriation bills.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizon
Hunt
Federal suit filed against Aluminum Company of America
The Federal government filed a civil anti trust suit against Aluminum Company of America in Pittsburgh on May 16. The action seeks an agreed decree to restrain what is described as the aluminum trust monopolizing the manufacture of aluminum and its products including cooking utensils.
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Aluminum Trust
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Knockout Brown Stops Walter Monahan in Four Rounds
In Peoria Illinois on May 16 Knockout Brown of Chicago defeated Walter Monahan of San Francisco in four rounds.
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Peoria
Knockout Brown
Chicago
Walter Monahan
San Francisco
Clark Sure of Maryland Delegates Support
Baltimore on May 16 reports the Democratic state convention selecting Maryland delegates to the national convention. Delegates will be instructed to back Champ Clark for the presidential nomination following the state primaries.
Roosevelt favored by Texas district delegations
Texas delegates in eight district along with fourteen twelfth sixteenth and fourteenth districts pledge support for Roosevelt at the state Republican convention.
Drainage laws sustained by court of civil appeals
Judge Reese of the Texas court of civil appeals issued an opinion that practically sustains the state drainage laws in full. The Wharton County Drainage District case challenged the constitutionality, but the ruling effectively disposes of the issue. The opinion will be filed in a few days.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Reese
Court of Civil Appeals
Toto
Wharton County Drainage District
Et al al
S. K. E. Himbee
Wharton County
Starving Rebels Surrounded Near Yermo as Huerta Presses North
On May 16 at Huerta's headquarters near Yermo Mexico the Federal army drove north ten miles, finding many dead in the desert from last Sunday's fighting. Survivors tell of hunger and thirst among retreating insurrectos while Huerta arrives and plans to advance with his main force the next day.
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Huerta
Yermo
Mexico
Bellano
Conejos
Rebels Fortify At Bellano Escalon As Wires Fail
Dispatches from Juarez report rebels fortified at Bellano and Escalon with wires south of Chihuahua cut. Advices say they would not advance to meet the troops, choosing to await the thrust by the government forces.
British Gunboat Heads to Vera Cruz in Mexican Turmoil
Reports from Mexico City say two Pear son oil refineries at Vera Cruz are controlled by rebels. A British gunboat is en route to the trouble zone and could land marines to safeguard lives and property of British subjects.
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Mexico City
Mex
Pearson
Vera Cruz
Eryeth
Conductor Fred White Killed in Sayre Train Incident
Fred White aged twenty seven a Rock Island freight conductor was crushed between cars yesterday morning at Sayre Oklahoma He had lived in Amarillo seven years and earlier worked for Santa Fe His mother and sister remain in Amarillo awaiting burial arrangements in Cleburne Texas no details released
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Fred White
Rock Island
Sayre
Oklo
Amarillo
Santa Fe
Cleburne
Texas
Anvarillo
Texan Named as Moderator of Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Bristol Tenn May 16 Thomas S Clyce of Sherman Texas president of Austin College was elected moderator of the Southern Presbyterian General Assembly today.
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Bristol, Tenn
Thomas S. Clyce
Sherman
Texas
Austin College
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Tax Commission Declared Legal by Colorado Supreme Court
Denver, May 16. Colorado Supreme Court judges say the state Tax Commission created by the last General Assembly is legal and should have been appointed. The court holds the commission alone may assess corporations and inter county business, striking the board of equalization’s power. Thus, this year’s assessments on railroads and utility firms by the board may be invalid. Assessments must be fixed by the Tax Commission before June 15. The ruling stemmed from a Boulder corporation suit challenging its assessment. The court gave an opinion to the governor but did not issue a final decision.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Shafroth
Supreme Court
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Tax Commission
Board of Equalization
Boulder
Canadian students win multiple school medals in honors
Canadian Texas May 16 The following medals were awarded for General excellence Moody medal to Raymond Holland Piano Jones medal to Miss Millie Allen Piano Faculty medal to Miss May Everline Voice Hibbard medal to Miss Ruth Gist Housekeeping McDonald medal to Miss Alice Gist Housekeeping Brackeen medal to Tom Scott Oratory Farmer medal to Towney Philpott Oratory Fisher medal to Mildred Moore Declamation Brackeen medal to Miss Elizabeth Lawrence Physical culture Brackeen medal to Opal Tepe The present session of the school has been very successful.
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Tex
Moody
Raymond Holland
J. H. Jones
Millie Allen
May Everline
Hibbard
Ruth
Housekeeping
McDonald
Alice Gist
Brackeen
Tom Scott
Farmer
Towney Philpott
Fisher
Mildred Moore
Elizabeth Lawrence
Opal Tepe
Morton 88th Birthday Marked for Former VP
Washington May 16 Former Vice President Levi P Morton quietly celebrated his eighty eighth birthday today in Washington where he now spends winters. He remains mentally alert and engaged in politics and public affairs despite after illness last year. Morton has lived longer than any other vice president except John Adams who died at ninety.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. c
Levi P. Morton
Washington
Morton
John Adams
Seattle Minister Elected Moderator of Presbytery Assembly
Rev Mark A. Matthews of Seattle was elected moderator of the 124th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America on the first ballot. The retiring moderator Rev John F. Carson of Brooklyn called the session to order at 11 o clock in the Warren Memorial Church as 568 commissioners and an equal number of alternates listened to the farewell sermon.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Tenn
Mark A. Matthews
Seattle
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
John F. Carson
Brooklyn
Presbyterian Church of America
Warren Memorial Church
Macon Hosts 31st Missouri G A R Encampment Parade
Macon Missouri staged a large parade today to open the thirty first annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic Department of Missouri. Commander in Chief Harvey M Trimble will be a guest tomorrow at the veterans gathering.
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Macon
G A. R. Department of Missouri
Harvey M. Trimble
West Virginians for Roosevelt at Republican Convention
Huntington May 16 Roosevelt received six delegates at large and was named the choice of West Virginia Republicans. The convention omitted Taft and his administration, giving Roosevelt a full sixteen member state delegation.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Taft
Annual Convention Opens for National Shellfish Commissioners
Delegates from nearly twenty states meet in Boston to open the National Association of Shellfish Commissioners conference. Dr. Julius Nelson, Prof. E P Gorham, and Frederick L Perry address on oyster and lobster culture and shellfish industry topics. After Saturday’s events, attendees tour fisheries in Gloucester Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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Boston
Atlantic
Gulf
National Association of Shellfish Commissioners
Julius Nelson
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
E. P. Gorham
Brown University
Frederick L. Perry
Connecticut
Gloucester
Rhode Island
Taft Wins Telegram Support for Chicago Delegates
President Taft received telegrams from his secretary and Taft bureau director McKinley claiming 543 delegates pledged to Taft in Cleveland. A majority in the Chicago convention is 540, so Taft leads with the reported support.
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Cleveland
Taft
McKinley
Taft Bureau
Chicago
Iowa Delegates to Back Champ Clark at Convention
Burlington Iowa May 16 Iowa's twenty six votes in the Democratic national convention will be cast for Champ Clark The state convention today instructed all delegates to vote for Clark under the unit rule.
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Burlington
Iowa
Champ Clark
Clark
Roosevelt Forces Defeated at Montana Republican Convention
Livingston Montana May 16 Roosevelt forces were defeated at every turn in the state convention today. The eight Montana delegates will go to Chicago with a recommendation to use every effort to obtain the renomination of President Taft.
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Montana
Taft
Livingston
Mont
Roosevelt
Chicago
Roosevelt Claims 501 Delegates In Ohio Speech
Toledo May 16 Colonel Roosevelt asserted that among the delegates already named he had 501, backing yesterday's claim of a strong lead. He said he would not be eliminated on the first ballot at Chicago after delivering thirteen speeches across Ohio and reviewing delegate tallies in minute detail.
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Toledo
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ohio
Taft Seeks Roosevelt Defeat Before Cleveland Crowd
Taft told Cleveland listeners that defeating Roosevelt is vital for the American people, noting his personal reluctance but stressing the public stake. He leaves for western Ohio tomorrow as his campaign continues.
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Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Ohio
Minnesota GOP Endorses Roosevelt at Convention
The Minnesota Republican convention in Minneapolis endorsed Roosevelt and instructed its twenty four member delegation to vote for him first last and all the time.
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Minneapolis
Tenn
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Southern Boosters Set for Fifth Annual Meeting
Hundreds of workers who promote Southern industry gathered in Houston for the fifth annual Southern Commercial Secretaries Association meeting. The event opens tomorrow and runs through Saturday with delegates from nearly 2 commercial groups in thirteen Southern states. Noted railroad officials and industrial leaders will speak as delegates exchange ideas on attracting capital and settlers.
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Houston
Tex
South
Dixie
Southern Commercial Secretaries Association
New Connecting Railway Started Linking Oregon Short Line
Fruita Colorado May 1 The first track of a connecting link between the Oregon Short Line and Southern Pacific is being built from Thompsons Utah to Durango and Farmington New Mexico Engineers say the line will carry coal to the Rio Grande but the project is seen as part of Harriman invasion of Western Colorado.
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Associated Press
Fruita
Colo
Oregon
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