Richeson Electrocution in Bay Area Morning
Clarence T Richeson, former Baptist pastor of Immanuel Church Cambridge, was executed by electric chair in Fenton Massachusetts after confessing to killing Avis Linnell 19 a pupil at the New England Conservatory of Music. He faced questions from his spiritual advisor as the chair was prepared and maintained calm throughout the procedure. The motive centered on his pursuit of Violet Edmands the Brookline heiress and the thwarted marriage plan following Linnell's death in her room on October 14 1911.
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Fenton
Mass
Clarence T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Myannis
J Richeson
Herbert 3
Mebneon
Clarence Virgf Thompson Richeson
Immanuel Church of
Cambridge
Hyannis
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Violet Edmands
Brookline
Linnell
Richeson
Young Woman's Christian Association
Mr. Richeson
Miss Edmands
Steamship Accident Fatal at Seattle Dock
Two persons are known to have drowned and forty or more were injured when a temporary passenger gang plank at Lemon Dock dropped. Passengers fell into the water as they boarded the ground steamer Flyer for Tacoma. Victims include Mrs. G. V. Larned of Seattle and Carl Bruder, one year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C Bruder, Seattle. Most injuries are minor and patients will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Lemon Dock
Tacoma
G. V. Larned
Carl Bruder
C. Bruder
Baby dies as assailant shoots mother in Little Rock
May 20 in Little Rock Mrs. D. B. Coulter the victim of an attempted assault. A nine month old baby on her breast died instantly from bullets fired by the baffled assailant. The attorney states there had been a string of attempted assaults on women in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
D. BB. Coulter
Atty
Wrecked Ship Survivors Rescued En Route to Cherbourg
A wireless message from the Kronprinzessin Cecilien reports plan to reach Cherbourg late after delaying to rescue survivors from an unknown wrecked ship. The rescued crew is aboard as the liner continues voyage.
Maximum Penalty Imposed in Trespass Case
Fred Brown pleaded guilty to malicious trespass and was sentenced to one year in the county workhouse with a $10 fine plus costs. He and his brother Daniel "shot up" Clermont last August.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Fred Brown
Brown
Daniel
Clermont
Milwaukee flight aims to break over-water record
Milwaukee May 21 Farnum Fish a Los Angeles schoolboy aviator will fly Chicago to Milwaukee over Lake Michigan Friday in an attempt to set a non stop over water flight record. The report also mentions a whale caught near Rockaway Beach New York Rockaway Life-Saving Station by John Erbhbart a local visitor.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Farnum Fish
Los Angeles
New York
Rockaway Beach
Feme Island
John Ebrhbart
Unlucky Number Again in Paris Rail Fatalities
Paris reports another rail crash death with the toll rising to thirteen after last night’s wreck near Gare du Nord. The bulletin lists 45 victims in the broader incident, while a burglary case in Pateville notes a $60,000 inheritance. A Pennsylvania item in May records a prisoner serving a term for burglary and an escape attempt at a county jail.
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Paris
Gare du
Floyd Allen Convicted of Murder in Hillaville Courthouse Shootout
Floyd Allen, a Virginia mountaineer, is found guilty of first degree murder in the March Hillaville courthouse shooting that killed state prosecutor William M. Foster and four others. Prosecution plans to use him as a witness in the trials of his sons Claude and Victor Allen, now in custody after fleeing.
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Wytheville
Floyd Allen
Virginia Mountaineer
William M. Foster
Allen
Hillaville
Massie
Webb
Elizabeth Webb
Augustus Fowler
Staples
Hillsville
Victor
Claude Swanson Allen
Carroll County
Claude
Victor Allen
Meat Men May Halt Probe Into Meat Inspection Service
Washington May 20 A flood of telegrams and letters from cattle and packing interests opposes further investigation of the meat inspection service. Members of the expenditures committee waver on a comprehensive inquiry as Rep Nelson contends packers control the service and vows to push the issue to the House floor if the panel blocks a thorough probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congressman Weaver
Washington
Meat Inspection Service
Department of Agriculture
Nelson
Moss
Tariff 1880E to Front Democratic Caucus Action
Democratic Senators reach agreement to press tariff legislation through the session with Senator Simmons chosen to lead the fight. The group also pledges to push the excise income tax bill while delaying vote dates. six senators abstain from the caucus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Simmons
House
Road and Firm Indicted by Grand Jury
Federal grand jury in Indianapolis returns thirty counts against Michigan Central railroad for false billing of shipments for Chapman & Co of Hammond. Chapman & Co faces forty counts for soliciting and accepting concessions from a railroad. Penalty is five thousand dollars per offense if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Central and
Chapman & Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Michigan Central Railroad
Hammond
Chapman Company
Hard Coal Strike Off in Wilkesbarre After Seven Weeks Idle
The anthracite mine workers convention in Wilkesbarre ratified a subcommittee agreement with miners and operators, prompting a return to work after seven weeks of idleness. In Cincinnati, Umpire George Feye of the United States League was arrested for resisting officers after refusing to produce papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Cincinnati
George Feye
Iowa Democrats Back Champ Clark For President Nomination
Iowa Democratic convention endorses Champ Clark and instructs eight delegates at large and 22 district delegates to vote as a unit for Clark at the Baltimore convention. The platform calls tariff reduction initiative and direct popular nomination of offices. In other states Clark leads in San Francisco primaries while New Mexico and Tennessee send uninstructed delegates.
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Burlington
Champ Clark
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Mr. Clark
Iowa
Missouri
United States
San Francisco
Roosevelt
San Joaquin
la Follette
Columbia
D. C
Underwood
Wilson
Nashville
Tenn
Late ruler lies in state in Copenhagen church
The body of King Frederick VIII of Denmark arrived from Hamburg and lies before the altar at the Castle Church St. Christiansborg awaiting interment May 24 at Roskilde. Twelve officers bore the coffin from Tooleboden wharf as troops lined the streets and the royal family followed in procession.
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Frederick
Copenhagen
Frederick VIII
Denmark
Hamburg
Germany
St. Christiansborg
Roskilde
Toleboden
Christian X
Haakon
Norway
Detroit Tiger Players Face Blacklisting Standoff
Detroit Tigers clash with the American League over a strike ultimatum from Ban Johnson. Johnson demands the regular lineup for any Detroit game and threatens punishment for insubordination. Ty Cobb’s reinstatement remains a point of contention as the league meeting is scheduled in Philadelphia.
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Johnson
Philadelphia
Ban Johnson
American Baseball League
Detroit
Athletics
Ty Cobb
New York
Senate Finance Committee Acts on Sugar and Income Tax
The Senate Finance Committee favored the Lodge substitute for the House free sugar bill and issued an unfavorable report on the proposal to tax incomes over 6000 dollars. The Lodge plan would remove the differential and Dutch standard from tariffs while maintaining other duties. A Democratic substitute proposing a one third duty reduction was voted down.
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Finance Committee
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Lodge
House
Simmone
Collision sinks schooner. fifteen dead reported
Halifax Nova Scotia May 21 A wireless message reports the schooner involved in Thursday’s collision with the steamer A W Perry sank with probably fifteen men lost.
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Halifax
N. 3
A. W. Perry
Break in Atchafalaya Levee Floods Melville
Melville, near Baton Rouge, faced a major flood after a levee on the west bank of the Atchafalaya river broke Sunday. More than half of the town fled as water inundated the area.
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Baton Rouge
Melville
Atchafalaya River
Mount Vesuvius Expedition Caps Triumph in Crater Descent
Professor Mallada and assistant Andra Varaveziza descended into Mount Vesuvius crater, spanning 130 yards into the southeast cone. They navigated lava ridges and landslides, logged thermometer readings from 94 to 98 degrees Celsius, and planted a red flag at the crater center before a perilous retreat.
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Naples
Mallada
Mount Vesuvius
Andra Varaveziza
Bottor
Probe of Money Trust Details In Coffee Scheme
Washington heard Herman Steichen a New York coffee importer describe the Brazilian valorization scheme that allegedly spawned a government owned coffee trust. He said the National City Bank of New York handled 2,000,000 pounds of a 15,000,000 pound Brazil loan portion distributed to J P Morgan & Co the National City Bank and the First National Bank of New York.
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J. P. Morgan
Coffee Trust
Washington
Banking and Currency Committee
Money Trust
Herman Steichen
New York
National City Bank of New York
Brazil
J. P. Morgan & Co
The
National City Bank
First National Bank of New York
Bandits Loot Express Car Near Hattiesburg
Two armed bandits dynamited the express car safe on the Queen & Crescent flyer eight miles south of Hattiesburg Mississippi. They took a package containing 140000 dollars and fled on horses toward the Alabama line. Passengers were unharmed and pursuers began pursuit after the train halted.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Hittlesburg
Queen & Crescent
Alabama State Line
QARY TALKS TO STEEL MEN AT INSTITUTE DINNER PROSPERITY THEME
New York May 30 Judge Elbert H Gary chairman of United States Steel urged steel interests to persevere and battle besetting influences at the American Iron and Steel Institute dinner held at the Waldorf Astoria. In Grass Valley California a bandit robbed the Nevada County Bank taking 965040 in loose gold after forcing the cashier and two depositors into a vault.
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Institute
New York
Elbert
Gary
United States Steal Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
Waldorf-Astoria
Grass Valley
Cal
Nevada County
Rebels Award Attack Delays Move to Meet Government Troops
Advices from Juares Missouri May 30 indicate rebels are strong at Bellano and Eecalon and will not advance to engage government troops but will await the attack.
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Juares
Moz
Bellano
Eecalon
Reitman recounts vigilante attack in San Diego
Dr. Ben Reitman, ally of Emma Goldman, described a violent vigilante assault in San Diego after resisting patriotic demands. He said 14 men abducted him from the Grant hotel, drove him desertward, and subjected him to torture and sexual violence before police cleared a path to a waiting car. An investigation by the federal grand jury is underway in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
San Diego
Ben Reitman
Emma Goldman
Desert
Grant Hotel
Reitman
Federal Grand Jury
United States District Attorney's Office
Texas Christened as Navy’s Largest Sea Fighter at Newport News
Newport News Va May 20 in a record crowd Miss Claudie Lyon daughter of Col Cecil Lyon Republican national committeeman from Texas christened the Texas as she slid down the ways for her initial dip in the Atlantic. TheTexas will become battleship No 35 and is the largest ship in Uncle Sam’s sea fighting force though she is about half completed in drydock.
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Texas
Newport News
United States
Miss Claudie Lyon
Col
Cecil Lyon
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Atlantic
Uncle Sam
Debs and Seidel Named Socialists Presidential Ticket
The Socialist national convention in Indianapolis nominated Eugene V. Debs of Indiana for president and Emil Seidel of Wisconsin for vice president on the first ballot. Seidel won the vice presidential nod on the first ballot amid a parade with red flags. The platform reiterates support for collective ownership of the means of production with no radical changes from four years ago.
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Eugene V
Seidel
Indianapolis
Ind
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Emil Seidel
Wisconsin
United States
Thaw Denies Fatherhood Plot Aimed at Freeing Him
At Matteawan State Hospital an attendant reports Harry K Thaw denied being the father of Evelyn Thaw’s Hamburg child and called the rumors a trumped up scheme to hinder his release. He says Thaw claimed the stories are designed to stop his freedom.
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Fishkill Landing
N. Y
Matteawan State Hospital
Harry K. Thaw Ie
Thaw
Evelyn Thaw
Hamburg
Germany
Matteawan
Inventor Wright May Die in Dayton Typhoid Illness
Wilbur Wright lies in a dying condition at his Dayton home with typhoid fever. Dr. D B Conklin says the illness could worsen though not necessarily dangerous, while family friends report the condition as very grave.
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Wilbur
Dayton
Wubur Wright
D. B. Conklin
Wright
Dr. Conkito
Iowa Newspaper Man Dead in Sudden Apoplexy
Clarence L. Miller, president of the Genette company, died in Cedar Rapids on Sunday from apoplexy while preparing to leave the garage for a pleasure trip.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clarence L. Miller
The
Genette Company
Army Deserter Shot by Guard at Fort McPherson
Atlanta May 21 Private Walter H Frady of the Twenty second Infantry at Fort McPherson was killed by a sentry guard during an attempt to escape from jail.
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Atlanta
Walter H. Frady
Twenty-second Infantry
Fort McPherson
Teething Relief and Health Elixirs Advertised
Toledo mother Mrs. Burton Gary reports Kopp's Baby's Friend eases teething without drowsiness. Available in three sizes 10c 25c and 80c from Kopp's Baby's Friend Co York Pa. Also promotes youthful vitality with Gaefeld Ta' cams and Garfield Tea touted as liver balance aids with aphorisms from William James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Gary
Toledo
Ohio
Kopp
York
Woman Sick Twelve Years From Louisiana Missouri
Mrs. Bertha Marr of Louisiana Missouri describes twelve years of illness with cramps and fainting spells after eleven doctors failed her. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and urges other women to seek the remedy. The ad notes the product contains no narcotics and invites confidential letters to the Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Louisians
Paltheon
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bertha Marr
4Th Street
Louisiana
Pinkham Laboratory
Lynn
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
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