Mexico Orders 50 000 Rifles Amid War Preparations
Mexico’s war department speeds military buildup with 50 000 Martino Hale rifles and 5 000 000 cartridges ordered in England, using 8 000 000 pesos war fund. Germany supplies cartridges as pay raise for soldiers and officers takes effect Sunday. Francisco J. Madero’s role remains tied to terms avoiding Diaz resignation.
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Mexico
Department of War
Francisco J. Madero
Diaz
Congress
England
Germany
Fire Breaks Out In Lexington Building At Tremont Street
A $5000 blaze in the Lexington building at 173 Tremont Street caused a stair collapse as firemen led by District Chief Henry Fox escaped a threatened fall. Three young women in a song shop on the first floor and several women artists fled as smoke filled the theater district building. Water from automatic sprinklers on the third floor leaked down, and Solomon Harris alerted the Mason Street fire house before Chief John Mullen arrived.
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Henry Fox
Lexington
Tremont Street
Theatre District
Miss Post
Miss Glass
Miss Cahalin
Solomon Harris
Mason Street
John Mullen
Chase Ends as Louis F. Gates Arrested in Calgary
A prolonged pursuit from coast to coast ended with the arrest of Louis F. Gates in Calgary, Canada. The Boston police accuse the former Massachusetts Naval Brigade officer of illegally obtaining 8761.26.
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Atlantic
Pacific
Louis F. Gates
Massachusetts Naval Brigade
Calgary
Canada
Boston
Police say Gates, adviser to Mrs Woolls, stole sums in series
Police allege Gates acted as legal adviser to Clara B Woolls executrix of Leonard Morrill's estate and obtained money by illegal means. They track a 1906 $900 theft, 1908 $2961.26, 1909 forged indorsement for $3000, and another $3000, with his arrest delayed until Calgary due to transit plans.
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Gates
Clara B. Woolls
Cambridge
Leonard Morrill
Woolls
Bank’s Money Not in Danger
The front door lock of Central Trust Company failed to lock one night due to building settlement from the Cambridge subway. Despite the lapse, the bank’s assets remained secure inside a heavy fire proof safe and burglar proof vault. A new lock has been installed and future measures will prevent the door from swinging open at night.
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Central Trust Company
Central Square
Cambridge
Children Ill From Gas At Jamaica Plain Home
Mrs. Pauline Steier and her three children Pauline seven Frederick four and Herbert two were nearly overcome by illuminating gas at their Jamaica Plain home on Amory Street. They were reported dangerously ill yesterday evening.
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Pauline Steier
Pauline
Frederick
Herbert
Amory Street
Jamaica Plain
Edward Myrick Weds Miss Sybil Stone at West Newton Church
Edward M. Myrick 2d and Miss Sybil F. Stone daughter of Mrs. Charles Davenport of Waban were married last evening at 8 o clock in the First Universal Church West Mawton by Rev Julian C Jaynes. Five hundred guests attended the ceremony.
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Edward Myrick
Sybil F. Stone
Charles Davenport
Waban
James H. Myrick
West Newton
Edward M. Myrick
First Unitarian Church
West Mawton
Julian C. Jaynes
Dorchester Mother Murders Daughter With Towel
Mrs. Clara Russell aged 45 of Dorchester strangled her 12 year old daughter Marjorie with a towel after an earlier failed attempt to kill her. The crime occurred at their Dorchester home on Dorchester Avenue.
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Clara Russell
Dorchester Avenue
Dorchester
Marjorie
Marjorie Russell
Dorchester mother confesses to killing daughter in court
In Dorchester District Court this morning Mrs. Clara Russell will plead before Judge Joseph R. Churchill. Police say she is demented. motive linked to past family unhappiness and a 24 hour snow detainment in Dorchester Park. She admitted to killing Marjorie, her Gilbert Stuart School sixth grader, saying the child is better off now.
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Dorchester District Court
Joseph R. Churchill
Frederick
Dorchester Park
George
Russell
Lowell
Dorchester
William Foley
George A. Hall
Joseph Dugan
Marjorie
Gilbert Stuart School
Hazel B. Poole
Mrs. Russell
Sweden
Clara Svenson
Suitor Shot by Detective in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis early today Hugh B. Raymond, who sought to force entry at actress Mrs. Lulu L. Stuart’s home, was shot and seriously wounded by private detective Sidney L. Hopwood hired by Mrs. Stuart for protection. Raymond was treated at City Hospital for a bullet in the left abdomen and Hopwood was arrested, charged with shooting with intent to kill, and released on bond after Raymond’s condition improved.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lulu L. Stuart
Hugh B. Raymond
Sidney L. Hopwood
City Hospital
Raymond
Hopwood
Stuart Home
Miss Abby Barnard Dies in Cambridge
Miss Abby Barnard age 78 former head of Burleigh's school for girls in New York died yesterday at 6 Inman street Cambridge home of cousin Charles L. Russell. Born in Northboro she was from the town’s oldest family and had resided in Cambridge 13 years.
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Abby Barnard
Burleigh’s School For Girls
New York
Charles L. Russell
Inman Street
Cambridge
Barnard
Northboro
Guard Army Uniforms Against Discrimination
Acting Secretary of the Navy Winthrop urged coast state governors to adopt laws similar to federal and Rhode Island provisions making it a misdemeanor to discriminate against wearers of army navy or marine uniforms in places of amusement. He cited Congress and Rhode Island statutes as models.
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Washington
United States
Navy
Winthrop
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Congress
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Territories
Army
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Miss Cobb Weds Charles Wood in Quincy Home Ceremony
Miss Clara B. Cobb daughter of the late Silas H. Cobb of Quincy and Charles A. Wood son of Mr and Mrs George J Wood of Randolph were married yesterday afternoon at the bride home 147 Elm street Quincy.
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Clara B. Cobb
Silas H. Cobb
Quincy
Charles A. Wood
George J. Wood
Randolph
Elm Street
London to Paris Air Trip by Pierre Prier
Pierre Prier, a newcomer to international aviation, flew a monoplane 300 miles from London outskirts to Issy les Moulineaux near Paris. He crossed the Channel at Dover from Hendon at 1 37 pm climbing to over 3200 feet, then reached Beauvais before finishing in haze. The historic monoplane he used previously helped Alfred LeBlanc win a $26 000 prize in last summer’s cross country race east of Paris.
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Issy-Les-Moulineaux
France
Pierre Prier
London
Paris
Prior
Hendon
Henglish
English Channel
Dover
Prier
Beauvais
Issy
Alfred LeBlanc
Cambridge Man Married in New York
Miss Emma Seward daughter of the late George F. Seward and Mrs Seward was married tonight to Charles Royal Woods of Cambridge Mass the Rev Dr George Alexander officiating The couple began a Southern trip after the ceremony
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New York
Emma Seward
George F. Seward
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