Minister Arrested in Cambridge Poison Case
Boston police arrested Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson a Cambridge Baptist pastor after evidence tied him to buying cyanide of potassium at Newton Center on October 10 in the suspected death of Avis Linnell a New England Conservatory student. Officers waited outside the Edmands home in Brookline for hours and questioned Richeson after he sought counsel following the fatal poisoning.
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Associated Press
Boston
Clarence V. T., Richeson
Cambridge
Avis Linnell
New England Conservatory of Music
Moses G. Edmands
Richeson
Brookline
Watts
William B. Watts
Boston Police Department
Joseph Dugan
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
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Miss Linnell
Riches
San Antonio Area Forecast Tonight and Saturday
For San Antonio and vicinity to night and Saturday fair, colder to night. Expect clearing skies, light winds, and a gradual drop in temperatures reaching near seasonal lows by morning.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
Weather observations for multiple cities and forecasts
Observations at 8 a m show St Louis 48 with rain and fresh north wind. Chicago 50 cloudy and west wind with a chance of light rain tonight and Saturday. Milwaukee 38 partly cloudy with southwest wind and possible light rain. St Paul 38 with rain Saturday. Kansas City 43 cloudy and north wind with Saturday fair. New York 58 cloudy and east wind with possible light rain tonight and Saturday. Boston 62 cloudy with northeast wind and rain tonight. Washington 60 cloudy with northeast wind and Saturday conditions.
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Milwaukee
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Kansas City
New York
Boston
Washington
San Antonio Light Is Only Paper Carrying AP Teases
A statement claimed that no other newspaper carries AP wire in full or part besides the San Antonio Light. The assertion rests on no verifiable basis and cites no corroborating evidence.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Steamers collide in fog. one sinks near Elbe mouth
Two English steamers collided in fog at the mouth of the Elbe today. One vessel sank and the other stranded. No details were available late today.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Elbe
Ely's Body Sent to His Old Home in Davenport
The body of aviator Eugene Ely, killed at the Georgia state fair grounds, was sent to Davenport, Iowa, at his wife’s request. Hundreds of floral tributes arrived from Macon as the city mourned. cause of the accident remains undetermined. Ely had just climbed to 3100 feet before diving, and his two mechanicians could not identify a failure beyond a possible lever error.
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Associated Press
Macon
Eugene Ely
Davenport
Iowa
Ely
Jury issues narrowed in McNamara Times building case
In Los Angeles on October 20 the McNamara murder trial moved toward defining major and collateral issues as the panel for the Times building explosion case proceeds. The defense favors challenges to biased talesmen, while the prosecution seeks jurors not accepting the gas explosion theory or socialist views.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
James B. McNamara
Times
Talesmen
Talesman
Adams
One Killed in Wreck at Marshall
A collision in the Marshall Texas railroad yards between a backward running passenger engine and a passenger train at the station killed switchman Clint Hall and injured 16 others. Hall was crushed between the engine and rear sleeper. others escape serious injury.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Tex
Clint Hall
Sherman Girl to Christen the Battleship Texas
Miss Claudia Lyon of Sherman named as sponsor for the launching of the battleship Texas in 1912 at Newport News. The nomination was made on the suggestion of Governor Colquitt whose daughter would be in school at launch time.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Colquitt
Meyer
Navy
Claudia Lyon
Sherman
Cecil A. Lyon
Texas
Newport News
Navy Leaves Hankow Revolt Turns Cruiser to Rebels
A Hankow wireless report says government lines to Shanghai and Pekin were burned and rebels claim a great victory. Chinese warships retreat upriver. one cruiser secedes to rebels as martial law spreads. Banks halt payments and Hankow’s unrest shocks Shanghai watchers.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Winsloe
Hankow
Pekin
Kiu Kiang
North China Daily News
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Rebels gain in Hankow area as China turmoil widens
Pekin dispatch confirms rebels advancing toward Hankow with reports of organized Yin Tchang forces and rail line threats. Officials note telegraph bottlenecks and mutiny fears among imperial troops. foreigners urged to evacuate as rumors of a Mohammedan rebellion spread.
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Pekin
Associated Press
Hankow
Yin Tchang
Kwangshua
Pekin and
Siaokan
Sinyangchow
Ho Nan
Yun Nan
Sze Chuen
Matty Mathewson Delivers Famous Fadeaway Pitch
A dramatic image captures the Giants pitcher Mathewson delivering the fadeaway in game one of the world series. Taken October 14, the Giants defeated the Athletics 2 to 1 as Matty endures immense strain on the mound.
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Giants
Athletics
Matty
Forty Irishwomen Enter Incarnate Word Convent
Forty Irishwomen, natives of Ireland, will join the Convent of the Incarnate Word next week to begin a life of renunciation. They arrived in New York from Glasgow aboard the Anchor liner Cameronia after a charity visit to Ireland by two sisters from the same convent last April.
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Dinec
New York
Glasgow
Cameronia
Ireland
Sisters of Charity
Italians Take Benghazi After Bombardment and Fight
Italian fleet under Rear Admiral Aubrey bombarded Benghazi after Turkish defenders refused to surrender. A landing by Italian troops followed, overcoming resistance and capturing outer barracks. Benghazi, with 15,000 residents, lies 420 miles east of Tripoli and serves as a caravan hub to Wadai and Egypt.
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Associated Press
Benghazi
Tripoli
Aubrey
Wadai
Egypt
Turmoil in Kan Su as revolts threaten government forces
Dispatch from Hankow warns of a likely serious government defeat in Kan Su amid the Mohammedan revolt of 1858-75. Legations issue a strong protest against cipherines prohibition, arguing it destabilizes trade and could provoke a panic in the money market.
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Kan Su
Hankow
Legations
Foreign banks ship silver to North China amid currency decline
Foreign banks keep large shipments of silver and British dollars to North China as Chinese paper currency loses trust. The market for specie is nearly exhausted, with notes failing to hold value.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
North
China
Suffragists Readied For Vic tories in West Tonight
National Woman Suffrage convention opens in Louisville with delegates from all states. Highlights include Washington and California jubilee programs and speakers from Omar Garwood to Catherine M. Smith. Articles discuss electing executive board from one section and raising local society affiliate threshold from 60 to 500 members.
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Associated Press
Louisville
National Woman Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Susan, B. Anthony
Elizabeth Lowe Watson
California
Rainy weather forces off World Series game four
The Athletics and Giants could not play their fourth game as rain kept the field unplayable. Umpires postponed the contest at 9:50 this morning, with a full day of delay likely and the game to be played tomorrow pending better weather.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Jupiter Pluvius
Old King Gloom
Athletics
Giants
Klein
Twelve Miners Drowned in New Langdon Shaft Disaster
In Hibernian New Jersey on October 20, a wall between a new Langdon shaft and an old one collapsed after a blast. Water flooded the 300 foot shaft, trapping sixty workers and drowning twelve men, including all foreigners except foreman David Slaight who died while trying to rescue others.
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Associated Press
Hibernian
N. J
Wharton Steel Company
David Slaight
Langdon
Slaight
Rodgers WL und on pol field at post
Aviator Rodgers is due to land at the polo grounds on the lower army post in San Antonio between 5 and 6:30 this afternoon completing 2700 miles of his coast to coast flight. He will stay the night and resume westward tomorrow, with stops for lunch in Austin and a brief exhibition at San Marcos.
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Polo Grounds
Army Post
San Antonio
Austin
Lawrence Peters
San Marcos
New York
San Francisco
Co. P. Rodgers
John R
Stewart de Kraft
San Anntonio
Birdman Cal Rodgers Leaves Waco for San Antonio Flight
Cal Rodgers departs Waco at 11:15 AM bound for San Antonio after overnighting there. He plans to pass Austin and faces a cool tailwind and a cautious start due to prior elevator and rudder wire wear. The incident follows Ely’s 4 flight and notes a near peril that could have ended his coastward trek.
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Waco
Tex
Cal P. Rodgers
San Antonio
Austin
Ely
Chicago
Cal Rodgers
Pacific Coast
Circles Above Temple Clock In on Flight Pilot’s Rise
Circles were seen above Temple Texas as Rodger reached the city thirty miles from his starting point. The aviator completed three circles at an altitude of about six hundred feet with the machine rocking in a light breeze as he shifted to the southward.
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Temple
Associated Press
Tex
Rodger
Rodgers
Aviator BP Rodgers Lands Near Austin in Heavy Attendance
BP Rodgers, the coast to coast aviator, landed at the Northern Athletic fields north of Austin at 1 50 pm coming from Waco. Thousands watched as he rested several hours then planned to circle the capitol building dome and proceed to San Antonio unless urged to perform exhibitions locally.
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Austin
Associated Press
Tex
BP Rodgers
Athletic Fields
Waco
Capitol Building
San Antonio
Grand Jury Delays Report Signing Monday
The Bexar county grand jury did not report today and, by agreement, will submit its report tomorrow morning. A crowd gathered at the Thirty-seventh district court as indictments were anticipated and curiosities grew.
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Grand Jury
Dilley
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