Minister Richeson Executed in Massachusetts Electric Chair
Douglas Richeson of Chicago, brother of Clarence V. T. Richeson, was executed for the murder of Avis Linnell in Hyannis and buried in Virginia. The sentence, carried out at the state prison after midnight, was the most successful of fourteen electric chair executions.
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Virginia
Massachusetts
Boston
Mass
Douglas Richeson
Chicago
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Richeson
Bridges
Riecheson
Clarence Virgil Thompson Richeson
Immanuel Church
Cambridge
Hyannis
New England Conservatory of Music
Violet Edmands
Brookline
Mr. Richeson
Edmonds
Cape Cod
Edgar Linnell
Miss Linnell
Richeson’s Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
The
Minister Richeson Charged in Linnell Case
A Cambridge minister Rev. Mr. Richeson faces a five count murder indictment after evidence links him to the Linnell tragedy. Police arrested him after a dawn raid on the Edmonds home in Brookline. he held Miss Edmands and sought delay until grand jury action.
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Richeson
Young Woman’s Christian Association
William Hahn
Newton
Hahn
Linnell
Cambridge
Miss Linnell
Violet Edmands
Takeno
Boston
Charles Street
Edmands
Aviator Fred J. Southard Killed at Wright Field
Xenia Ohio May 21 Fred J Southard of Minneapolis a aviator fell about one hundred feet at the Wright aviation field near Osborne early today and was instantly killed He was 40 years old and had just bought an aeroplane from the Wright brothers He obtained the hangar keys after being refused permission to take the aeroplane out without more experience.
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Xenia
Ohio
Fred J. Southard
Minneapolis
Wright Aviation
Osborne
Wright Brothers
Lateral sewer work begins in six districts
Kennedy Construction of Salt Lake, winner of the contract, began laying lateral sewers in six Pocatello districts. Mike O’Conner arrived from Utah with about 50 workers and added a third crew, with gangs operating in District 2 and District 3 today. Completion is targeted by January first.
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Pocatello
Mike O’conner
Kennedy Construction Company
Salt Lake
Utah
Center
South Main
Kennedy
Iver L. Mardsen
R. M. Bardsen & Co
Ikennedy Company
Cuban Uprising Reported in Malanca Province
Havana reports no further knowledge of the uprising of negroes but says two armed parties operate in Malanca where tranquility was once noted. Additional troops are to be prepared to take the field as conditions appear to worsen.
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Havana
Malanca
Taft Receives Callers After Restful Sleep in Cincinnati
President Taft, fresh from a long sleep, greeted visitors at his brother C. Z. Taft’s Cincinnati home. He expected a vote soon and planned to depart for Washington to prepare for the New Jersey primary campaign.
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Cincinnati
Taft
Gould
C. Z. Taft
Washington
New Jersey
Henderson leads on ninth ballot for Methodist bishop seat
Minneapolis May 21 still without an election Dr T B Henderson of New York tops the ninth ballot in the fight for a bishop position in the Methodist Episcopal church with 451 votes while 516 were needed to elect.
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Minneapolis
T. 8. Henderson
New York
Methodist Episcopal Church
Taeck Johnson to Train for July 4 Fight in Las Vegas
Taeck Johnson will arrive Sunday to begin training for his battle with Kim Flynn on July 4 in Las Vegas New Mexico, according to a message received today.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Taeck Johnson
Kim Flynn
Idaho Gate City butchers switch to cash sales June 15
Five firms in Pocatello Idaho agree to a strict cash basis for meat sales to counter slow paying credit customers. They argue cash payments from June 15 aim to lower prices and protect cash customers from losses caused by unpaid balances.
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Pocatello
Sayers
Gate City
Idaho
Strong clew to murder mystery in Chicago report
Chicago police believe the woman found in a Los Angeles bungalow ten days earlier is Minnie Quinn. The man with her is identified as C. C. Dillon. Quinn had worked for Mrs. Harold F. McCormick in Lake Forest and for Douglas Smith of Winnetka. Smiths staff identified the dead woman from a photo and noted she was engaged to Dillon. Dillon died Saturday morning after being struck by a train, with inquest witnesses tying him to the Los Angeles case.
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Tremont Temple
Edmands
Richeson
Miss Linnell
Mr. Richeson
Violet Edmands
Linnell
Miss Edmonds
Avis Linnell
Back Bay
Association Quarters
Hyannis
Bridgewater
Cambridge
Somerville
Wnat
Chicago
Los Angeles
Minnie Quinn
C. C. Dillon
Miss Quinn
Harold F. McCormick
Lake Forest
Douglas Smith
Winetka
North Shore
Smith
Dillon
Building Collapse in St. Louis Kills One Injures Six
A three story brick building collapsed in St. Louis this morning killing one person and injuring six others, some seriously. About twenty five people were inside when the structure, which had been condemned a week earlier, fell.
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St. Louis
Theora Carter Tours U S and Canada Founding Cheer Clubs
Theora Carter, founder of good cheer clubs, has arrived in New York after a 10000 mile journey across the United States and Canada. She organized over two hundred clubs among women during her trip visiting Seattle and other towns.
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Theora Carter
New York
Canada
Seattle
Wash
Sugar Trust Merges Colorado Beet Sugar Firms Into Great Western
Government dissolution suit in New York cites Henry Havemeyer telegram urging a good site in Greeley to crush independent beet sugar producer Greely Sugar. Chester Morey testifies that Colorado beet sugar plants were merged into Great Western in 1905 with formal dissolution of individual corporations in 1907.
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Colorado
Great Western
New York Court
New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
Samuel C. Hooker
Denver
Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
Greeley Sugar Company
Greeley
Chester 8
Morey
Greeley Company
Great Western Company
New Jersey
No Demonstration Against I W W Plans in San Diego
San Diego May 21 sentiment against a demonstration by citizens opposing the Industrial Workers of the World grew today and a mass meeting at the court house planned for tomorrow morning might not be held. The demonstration aimed to show sympathy with J M Porter an alleged Vigilante leader who was to appear in court Wednesday morning to show cause why he should not be adjudged guilty of contempt for interfering with Fred H Moore in his defense of clients connected with the free speech campaign.
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San Diego
Court House
J. M. Porter
Fred H. Moore
Governor Johnson Orders Immediate Action on San Diego Disturbance
Governor Johnson issued a formal statement directing the attorney general to proceed to San Diego immediately over the Industrial Workers disturbance. The move signals swift federal style response to unrest in southern California.
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Sacramento
Johnson
San Diego
Darrow Jury Session Delayed by Service Issues
Los Angeles May 21 There was no session of the Darrow trial today because court officials could not secure service on all the new special veniremen drawn yesterday after noon after the first panel was exhausted. Paul Ritter may be removed from the jury due to health concerns.
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Los Angeles
Darrow
Paul Ritter
Lincoln man Albert Prince to be hanged August 20
Albert Prince, convicted of killing Deputy Warden Ed Davis at the state penitentiary, was sentenced today to death by hanging on August 20 after the February 11 chapel murder. He laughed during the proceedings and was censured by Judge Cornish.
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Lincoln
Neb
Albert Prince
Ed. Davis
State Penitentiary
Prince
Cornish
Rates Suspended By Interstate Commission
Washington May 21 The interstate commerce commission suspended the proposal for a new classification and freight charge increases pending further investigation. The suspension lasts until December 14 and affects a broad range of freight rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Truthful Ads Stressed at Advertising Clubs Convention
Dallas May 21 The Associated Advertising Clubs met to stress truth in advertising urging high moral and ethical character as a rapidly developing feature of the meeting.
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Dallas
Associated Advertising Clubs
Pastorless Churches Highlight Presbyterians Call to Service
In Louisville on May 21 the Presbyterian general assembly reported about two thousand pastorless churches in the United States. Resolutions urged laymen to stay in touch with promising young men who could become ministers.
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Louisville
United States
Presbyterian General Assembly
Wheat Market Rally Closes Higher in Chicago Trade
May wheat closed at a strong level in Chicago trading. The market showed gains amid active buying and firm demand for export and milling needs.
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Chicago
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Charlestown
Mist Theora, Carter
Hevemever
Darrow Jury
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