Abduction Case Tests Johnson and Family Rift
Lucile Cameron’s alleged abduction case surfaces as Jack Johnson faces trial. In Minneapolis the girl’s stepfather banishes her and warns her mother to choose between them. Johnson seeks to declare no harm done while authorities postpone the proceedings amid federal grand jury inquiries. A Kentucky man threatens to handle the matter outside official channels.
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Lacile Cameron
Jack
Minneapolis
Falconer
Lucile
Johnson
Falconet
Lucile Cameron
Insane Murderer Arrington Awaits Death in Virginia
Richmond special reports Fred Arrington of Halifax County stands condemned for murder and faces December 6 as Governor Mann weighs clemency. Experts declare him insane, drug rumors and family instability complicate the case while a mysterious detective probes alleged conspiracies.
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Richmond
Fred Arrington
Halifax County
State Penitentiary
Arrington
Drewry
Central State Hospital
de Jurnette
Western State Hospital
Mann
Tom Jones
M. F. Willard
Virgilina
Halifax
Squire Willard
Avention
Governor Mann
Tom Squire Willard
de Jarnetio
Pein
Virginia
Mark Arrington
John Arrington
Depe
Williamsburg
Bevat Staunton
Cope
Eun
South Boston
Tris
Joseph Stebbins, Jr
General Assembly
Arrington Omn
J. S. Decarnette
Werner
Hotel Fire Routs Guests. One Dies In St Louis
A blaze at the Deriin Hotel in St Louis kills one man, Mr. C. Douglas, and injures twenty or more as guests flee from burning rooms. Firemen report many missing, harnessing ropes and ladders for exits. The Herlin Hotel owner is Mrs. E B Degen. total loss estimated at 250000 with 81000 insurance.
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ST. Louis. MO
C. Douglas
James
Edin Kissinger
Soldan Midh
Dod
Herlin
E. B. Degen
Harvard Hlf Back Champion Brickley Shines Against Princeton
Cambridge Massachusetts Saturday saw Harvard half back Charles Brickley deliver a stellar performance that led the Crimson to a victory over Princeton for the first time in twenty five years. Walter Camp lauded Brickley as the star of the game praising his kicking, line plunging, and defensive play.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles Brickley
Harvard
Crimson
Princeton
Walter Camp
Brickley
Camp
Man who killed Baltimore girl refuses to implicate wife
Chicago special report: Charles Dol Conway, known as ying comet, confesses to killing Sophia Gertrude Singer, heiress of Baltimore, and is to recount his story to the coroner. He remains silent on his wife, while his son in law Longworth attempts to dodge. Daughter Alice supports her father with a campaign gift amid political commentary.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Ill
Charles Dol. Conway
Ying Comet
Sophia Gertrude Singer
Longworth
Alice
Papa
Nick
Ckstone Courier
Turks Make Last Desperate Stand Near Constantinople
Turkiye forces under Sultan's rule clash with Bulgarian army as Czar Ferdinand's troops push toward Chatalja. Reports describe heavy fighting between Bulagarian and Turkish lines, with Turks attempting to flank and defend Constantinople. Civilians flee, villages burned, and Turkish retreat paints a grim battlefield picture with thousands of reservists en route.
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Czar
Ferdinand
Vienna
Lule Bergas
Seral
Gieneral Savel
Bulgaria
Bias Collhedt
Is Machine
Tuk Titel
Chatana
Naa Pacha
Kirk Klicseai
Bergas
Dimitris
Kutinebefl
Kabac- Ret
Constantinople
Shatalja
Hinek
Marmors
Trent
Wegener
Saya
Lenah
Mannlicher
Care for Wounded at Bucharest From Constantinople Special
Ten thousand wounded Turks have been brought to Bucharest from the front. Medical supplies are inadequate and suffering is severe. Mosques and private buildings are turned into hospitals. Fifty deserters with wounds were shot without court-martial. Grand Vizier Poca (Kiem Poche) assures foreign powers of protection for foreigners and Christians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucharest
Constantinople
Kiem Poche
Bulgarians and Turks clash for control of Constantinople area
About 400000 Bulgarians and Turks fight along the Danube frontier from Adrianople toward the Bosphorus with Constantinople as the prize. Military dispatches report Turkish forces being driven back by a Bulgarian advance though the fighting remains continuous and heavy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Adrianople
Bosphorus
Constantinople
THANKS TROOPS FOR SAVING GIRLS IN NICARAGUA
A Granmula letter to Acting Secretary Beckman Winthrop thanks U S Navy leaders for rescuing forty Granmula convent schoolgirls in Granada during the Nicaraguan revolt. The women praise American occupation efforts and express hope for lasting peace after Major Sanedrey D. Butler’s exile and a swift return to stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
W. WH. H. Southerand
Pacific
Nicaragua
Granmula
Beckman Winthrop
Nicamzna
Granada
Luis Mena
Sanedrey D. Butler
State Department
Clemon
Amerisan Morcel
Gra
Fragmented wartime dispatch hints at peace and victory
A damaged excerpt praises officers for efficiency and morale. It speaks of temporary peace with Allied forces, expresses hope that the great republic will endure and that its people will enjoy secure homes and lasting freedom as the nation remains united.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Srperman
United States
Steeplejack paints new wireless pole at Arlington station
D C special report on Samuel Killian, 24, of 404 Sixth Street Northwest, painting the top of a 26000 foot tower at the new wireless station. He climbs without scaffolds, has survived multiple falls, and expects three more weeks to finish the final coat. Killian has painted Willard and Raleigh hotel poles and once fell from a building in Chile, breaking bones. He plans to take more engagements in the city after this project.
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Wastlington
D. C
New
Arington Wareless
Samuel I. Killian
Killian
Sixth Street
Northwest
South America
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Timg
Willard
Raleigh
American University
Iquique
Chile
Amd
Woman Shot by Jealous Griffin in Eastville
In Cape Charles Virginia on Saturday night Caleb Griffin, 22, shot Bridget Brooks, 28, during a lively roadside party. A bullet hit Brooks in the face and passed through her head. Her father, overwhelmed by the news, died from shock. The perpetrators and victims are described as colored.
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Cape Charles
Caleb Griffin
Bridget Brooks
Eastville
Griffin
Revolting tale of Mann accused in white slavery case
Richmond police seek requisition papers to extradite Thomas C. Mann from New York on charges of pandering and alleged cross state crime involving a nineteen year old girl known as Daisy Seers or Burns. Mann is said to have lured her with marriage promises to Richmond and collected earnings weekly before disappearing. The case follows a new state law crackdown on pandering and white slavery, with potential federal charges.
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Richmond
V. A
Nanan
John Wiley
N. Y
Thomas C. Mann
Mann
J. W. Rynex
Schenectady
United States
Daisy Seers
Daisy Burns
Paterson
N. J
American Locomotive Works
Mayo Street
Wreck near Altavista derails Virginian train No 13
Special report describes a westbound passenger train No 13 on the Virginian Railroad en route from Norfolk to Roanoke derailing yesterday morning between 4 and 6 o'clock near Altavista Virginia. The engine baggage car and two day coaches left the track and rolled down a twenty foot embankment but no injury occurred to the twenty five passengers. the Pullman stayed on rails.
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Suffolk
Virginian Railroad
Norfolk
Roanoke
Altavista
Have Day of Prayer for General Diaz in Oaxaca
Nov 4 is set aside across Oaxaca for a day of prayer for General Felix Diaz nephew of the former president held under death sentence in Vera Cruz for taking up arms against Madero. Zapataista insurgents grow active near Cuernavaca and Diaz loyalists conduct coastal raids as Vera Cruz reports rebel arms from the United States via gunrunners.
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United States
Governor Wilson Escapes Serious Injury After Auto Wreck
Governor Wilson sustained a three inch scalp wound when his auto struck a mound on a road near Hightstown New Jersey on a Sunday morning. He was taken to Dr Titus residence and treated by Dr Titus and later redressed by Dr Carnahan. Captain William J McDonald bodyguard suffered bruises but spared serious harm. The governor planned to continue campaign rallies in Paterson and Passaic.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
Red Bank
Hightstown
C. G. Titus
Titus
Passaic
Wiliam J. McDonald
Carnahan
Bill
Suicide by telegraph worker in Joliet
Ma bel Plumbe a telegraph company employee of twenty five years, killed herself Friday in Joliet after prolonged exposure to the telegraph sounder. She left a note saying the click maddening and that her heart hurt and eyes grew dimmer. She rented a room at Hobb's Hotel and a bellboy found the body after a gunshot at 5 am.
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Ochilcago
I LA
Mia
Mabel Plumbe
Joliet
Hobb's
Captain Alone 15 Saved From Wreck Off Norfolk
Captain Fred Godfrey, master of the schooner John Maxwell, is the sole survivor of the wreck off New Inlet N C. After 24 hours adrift he was rescued at 1 am by New Inlet life guards. Seven crew members perished as sailors fought a ferocious sea and failed five surf-boat launches amid foam and wreckage.
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Norfolk
New Inlet
N. C
Fred Godfrey
John Maxwell
Godfrey
Steward Pilmos
Pllmos
Ilmor
Men Married From Sick Beds In Royalty of Virginia
Special dispatch reports Dr Robert P Cooke former navy surgeon married to Nellie V Jones of Winchester Virginia on Friday evening at 8 o clock only intimate friends present The bride and groom are tied by illness and the groom is said to be recovering from typhoid fever in hospital Sager Lewis Aaron son of ex justice Aaron D Sager wed Frances Louise Middlehaul at his father’s home Saturday night The groom’s health worsened Sunday and he was moved to the county hospital in Funkstown Maryland
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Front Royal
Robert P. Cooke
Nellie V. Jones
Winchester
Cooke
Hagerstown
Mod
Lewis Aaron Sager
Aaron D. Sager
Frances Louise Middlehaul
W. L. Remsburg
Funkstown Lutheran Church
Triplets Named For Candidates In Washington Card
In Washington D C Special J Kyler and Mrs Kyler of Dennal von Dex named a son born in October for the next president. The triplets carried the names William Howard Kyler Theodore Roosevelt Kyler and Woodrow Wilson Kyler. A message from the White House confirmed the naming.
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Washington
D. C
J. ¥. Kyler
Kyler
Dennalvon, Dex
United States
William Howard
Matt Kyler
Theodore Hooosevelt Kyler
Woottew Wilson Kyler
White House
Nm Forsmal
Woman Confesses Two Murders in MissourI Connection
Los Angeles police report Mrs Pany Eflen Lesh aged twenty six confessed to two murders. She told officers she poisoned Mrs Quaintence of Green Ridge Missouri with morphine capsules in 1901 and police are checking if she is wanted there.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Missuri
Pany Eflen Lesh
Shoots Himself in Presence of Fiancee at Handsom
Cobb Witney, a prosperous young farmer from Handsom near Norfolk, shot himself yesterday afternoon in the presence of his fiancee Miss Francis, with other family nearby in the rear parlor. The bullet pierced his left breast and doctors held little hope for recovery. Francis and her parents declined to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolke
Miss Keller Taught Dumb Prince Inspire Spanish Queen
New York special reports the Helen Keller method impressing the Spanish Queen who has sent a court physician to study it and apply similar training to the Prince Don Jaime. Dr Vicente Lorente, the court physician, completed his facts gathering and will report Thursday to the Queen. The Spanish ambassador in Washington is urged to arrange direct access to Miss Keller to aid Don Jaime’s condition.
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Miss Kellar
New York
Milas Helen Keller
Spain
Don Jaime
Alectern
Vicente Lorente
Hean
Helen Keller
Eall
Washington
Miss Keller
Two Die in Crap Game Quarrel at Travis Wharf
De Charles, VA special report from Travis Wharf near Exmore says John Allen, 45, shot and killed John Hack, 22, after a dispute over a crap game. Hack mortally wounded Allen before dying. Both men were Black. Allen says Hack stole $10 from him.
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de Charles
Travis Wharf
Exmore
John Allen
John Hack
Hack
Allen
Mother of six in thirteen months births record Franklin Pa
Mrs Stephen Nacotte of French Town is noted for an extraordinary family span. Over twelve years she has borne fifteen children, with thirteen still living. On September 10 1911 triplets were born and yesterday three more sons arrived thirteen months and twenty days after the triplets. The mother is American and the father of French descent.
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Franklin, PA
Stephen Nacotte
Frenchtown
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