Election at Episcopal convention names Dr Mann president
The triennial Protestant Episcopal convention elected Rev Alexander Mann of Trinity Boston president of the house of deputies with a 250 to 242 vote over Rev W T Manning of New York. Dr Henry Anstice of New York was elected secretary. Bishop Boyd Vincent of southern Ohio was named chairman of the house of bishops and Dr Samuel Hart of Connecticut was re-elected secretary.
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Vincent
Onto
House of
Samuel ‘Hart
Connecticut
New ‘York
Protestant Episcopal Church
Alexander Mann
Trinity
Manning
Mann
Henry Anstice
New York
Cincinnati
Carroll M. Davis
St. Louis
William C. Trout
Herkimer
N. Y
James G. Glass
Anniston
Bishops Gather as Majority Attend Convention Opening
Of 115 house of bishops members only two were missing Bishop Parrett of Dallas aged and Bishop Hall of Vermont ill. The Rt Rev David B Greer presided while Bishop Tuttle of Missouri walked in the line of honor during the opening services. The convention will consider changing the corporate name of the church and revising the constitution on marriage and divorce.
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House of Bishops
Parrett
Dallas
Tex
Hall
Vermont
David B. ‘Greer
Wincese
New York
Tuttle
Missouri
Convention
Hazers Brutally Beat Cook in Oakwood Cemetery Fight
Elizabeth Anderson a 22 year old cook at a Syracuse fraternity house was attacked by student hazers in Oakwood Cemetery. She was smeared with paint blindfolded gagged beaten with a strap and forced to dance on headstones in the incident.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Elizabeth Anderson
Hazers
Oakwood Cemetery
U S Minister Secures End to Dominican Revolt
American minister James M. Sullivan has won a peace pact between factions in Santo Domingo. The revolt led by Horatio Vasquez against provisional president Jose Bordas Valdez is concluded.
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U. S
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
James M. Sullivan
Horatio Vasquez
Jose Bordas Valdez
Fanatic Shoots Three Churchmen in Liverpool
William McDonald a religious fanatic wounded three fellow church members in Liverpool before taking his own life. The attack targeted members of a new sect named the Church of Humanity. No witnesses reported the tragedy.
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Liverpool
William McDonald
McDonald
Church of Humanity
Federal prisoners executed in Yorreon under Villa order
Federal Gen Alvarez and his staff with 125 federal soldiers were executed in Yorreon Mexico by Constitutionalist forces under Gen Francisco Villa per reliable sources.
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Laredo
Tex
Alvarez
Yorreon
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Constitutionalist
Two Hurt In Shell Explosion Aboard Tuscarora
Two sailors were hospitalized after a shell exploded on the U S Tuscarora ship. Foss is believed to have struck the shell with a heavy hammer, causing the blast that left likely fatal injuries.
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Milwaukee
U.S. Tuscarora
Foss
Aviator Beacdy Gives Up Aviation After Fatal Flight
Hammondspert report states the aviator, known as the Beachy ace, forfeits flying after his aeroplane killed Miss Ruth Hiddy and injured Dorothy. The tragedy occurred at Hammondspert, NL, with authorities noting the permanent end to his aviation career.
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Beacdy
Hammondspert
Fou Beachy
Ruth Hiddy
Reth
Tiesly
Dorothy
Lindgets report of fair elections and cabinet reshuffle
Mexican Provisional President Huerta reshuffles cabinet again except for the War portfolio. Nelson OShaughnessy reports fair elections planned and early pacification promised from Mexico City. Lind stays in Vera Cruz with no direct communications to the Mexican government unless invited by officials.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Capitol
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Mexico City
John Lind
National Palace
Lind
Wilson
Huerta Cabinet Shifts Again In Mexican Shakeup
In Mexico City another Huerta cabinet reshuffle bundles most ministers into new posts while the war portfolio remains, with two secretaries promoted. The sweeping reorganization moves officials between departments, signaling a broad realignment of federal leadership.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Huerta
Tear Down Jail Sparks Fatal Clash in Romeo Illinois
In Romeo near Joliet a confrontation between Black and white residents led to the destruction of a wooden jail after Black residents freed Lulu Gib son. One Black participant was fatally wounded amid the unrest sparked by the arrest of a Black woman for drunkenness.
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Joliet
Romeo
Lulu Gibson
Mine Guard Shot in Battle at Ludlow Tent Colony
For two hours a clash erupted between striking coal miners and mine guards at the strikers camp in Ludlow Colorado. One guard was shot through the leg, two horses were killed, and many houses were riddled with bullets. No striker was injured.
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Ludlow
Colo
Despondent Women Pact On Death By Own Action Alleges
Mrs. Lottie Lane, former resort entertainer, claims 50 to 60 Barbary coast women have formed a pact to die by their own hand due to unemployment after resorts were closed. The assertion is described as startling and unverified.
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San Francisco
Lottie Lane
Queen Mary Challenged by Dress Rules at Dance School
Queen Mary's strict views on dress led to the loss of a royal pupil at Mrs Marshall's London dancing school. The queen visited and objected to the low-cut afternoon frocks worn by Princess Mary's fellow pupils.
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London
Queen Mary
Joplin Adopts Commission Form Government
Joplin Missouri becomes second class city after a charter vote of 2118 for and 1184 against adopting the commission form of government in the first such move in the state.
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Joplin
Missouri City
Currency Measure Halted as Senate Panel Delays Action
Washington report says President Wilson faced a setback in the senate banking and currency committee where a majority rejected his plea for swift action. The panel voted to continue the hearing, deferring decisive steps on the currency measure.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wind destroys homes in Nome Alaska storm
Nome suffers near total destruction from a fierce Bering Sea storm. The south Front street area and a two mile coastal zone vanish, five hundred houses destroyed, electric and telephone service cut, and millions in losses forecast. Five hundred houses destroyed, but no lives lost as residents worked through icy water to salvage belongings. The Victoria and Corwin rode out the storm, other boats wrecked. supplies scarce with winter ahead.
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Nome
Alaska
Front Street
Berington
Victoria
Corwin
Bering Sea
Snake River
More U S Chaplains Asked
The federal council of the Churches of Christ in America representing 30 Protestant denominations has petitioned President Wilson, the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy for an increase in the number of chaplains in the army and navy.
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U. S
New York
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Wilson
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Life term for Mrs Keller in Missouri murder case
Ida May Keller was convicted of first degree murder in Harrisonville Missouri for killing her husband and year old daughter Margaret. The jury fixed her punishment at life imprisonment in the state penitentiary after a single ballot.
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Keller
Harrisonville
Ida May Keller
Margaret
Annie Kenney Arrested In London Music Hall Meeting
Militant suffragist leader Annie Kenney was arrested on a London music hall platform during the initial meeting to restart hostilities in the fall campaign. The incident marks a bold start to the movement's renewed push for action.
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Annie Kenney
London
104 Japs In Quest of Wives
Portland business manager K Narusawa will lead 104 Japanese from Oregon California Washington Idaho and Montana as they sail for the Orient in search of brides. The delegation heads abroad amid organized emigration plans and cultural outreach efforts.
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Portland, Ore
K. Narusawa
Oregon
California
Washington
Idaho
Montana
Orient
Rebels Take Sinaloa City Amid Siege by 2000 Troops
Report from Douglas dated Her Mosillo, capital of Sonora, states that Sinaloa was captured after Gen Iturbe led 2000 rebels into the city. The dispatch offers few details on the fall or subsequent actions.
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Sinaloa
Douglas
Arizi
Mosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Iturbe
Stowaway Kemp Sentenced to 21 Days Hard Labor
Southampton England American poet Harry Kemp was sentenced to 21 days of hard labor for stowing away on the steamship Oceanic during its last voyage from New York.
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Kemp
Southampton
Eng
Harry Kemp
Oceanic
New York
To Rescue Missionaries Washington Missionaries Rescuers Set Out
Two Americans have left to rescue American and other foreign missionaries held by bandits in Tsaoyang China, per advisories to the state department.
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Washington
Tsaoyang
China
State Department
Yuan Shi Kai Elected President in Chinese Election
Pekin reports indicate Yuan Shi Kai won the election with 471 votes on the first count. The race featured twenty candidates including Sun Yat-sen, with Sun among the notable contenders in the historic Chinese selection.
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Yuan Shi Kai
Pekin
Yuan Shi Kat
Sun Yat
Fire gutts Pattie Times pressroom causing heavy damage
A major fire in Seattle Washington gutted the pressroom of the Pattie Times. Firemen sustained injuries as flames caused about 75000 dollars in damage. The Times planned to issue from the presses the Post-Intelligencer.
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Seattle
Wash
Pattie Times
the Times
the. Post-‘Intelligencer
Bluebeard killer spanned years with 13 victims named
Chicago story centers on Henry Spencer a self confessed slayer who claims to have killed 14 people including Mrs Mildred Rexroat a Wheaton dancing teacher. Police doubt full truth yet deem him a wholesale murderer with a list of crimes from 1912 to 1913 across multiple states and a first wife victim in Fort Montgomery New York.
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Chicago
Mildred Allison Rexroat
Wheaton
Henry Spencer
Southside Levee District
Mra. Rexroat
Mr. Spencer
Rexroat
Spencer
Pennell
Divine
Devine
Charles Pennell
Ashland Avenue
Congress Street
Murphy
Fanny Thompson
Pawpaw Mich
Washington Park
Fulton and
Halstead Streets
County Hospital
Belle Isle Park
Detroit
Mich
Fort Montgomery
N. Y
Western Avenue
van Buren Street
Aberdeen Street
Wayne, Ill
Body Found on Prairie Identified Near Argo Ill
Chicago report identifies a woman's body found on a prairie near Argo Illinois with torn clothing scattered about. Cards and papers indicate the victim is Miss Ida Leegson of Chicago once a school teacher in Mason City Iowa from September 1 to September 29.
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Chicago
Argo
Ill
Ida Leegson
Mason City
Miner Treated to Church After Eight Days Entombment
Centralia Pennsylvania miner Thomas Toshesky freed from underground tomb at the Continental mine attends Mount Carmel church and joins a general prayer in honor of his rescue.
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Centralia
Thomas Toshesky
Mount Carmel
Cook Book With Licensee In Chicago Marrriage Licenses
County Clerk Sweitzer distributes cook books to each man applying for a marriage license in Chicago. The publishing firm provides the county with 26 cents for every book handed out.
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Chicago
Sweitzer
Bakeries Use Petroleum Dodges Adulteration
Washington dispatch reports petroleum used in biscutta by bakery operatives suspected of adulteration. Department of Agriculture inspectors found the substance and the government says it will prosecute those involved.
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Washington
Biscutta
Department, of Agriculture
Bird for Woman Suffrage Endorsed by Charles Bird
In Great Barrington a note on the political scene shows Charles Bird backing the woman suffrage cause. The speech highlights Bird's support during a period when suffrage topics stirred public debate, with attention drawn to his stance as a progressive governor candidate.
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Bird
Great Barrington
Charles
Illinois Postmasters Elect Officers and Delegates
Springfield third and fourth class postmasters of Illinois elected officers: President Charles H. James Maredosia. vice-president John W. Baker McLesh. secretary Fred Wilson Broughton. treasurer John G. Brown Fox Lake. executive committee C. C. Boster Macedonia James McDowell Armington. delegates to national convention Charles H. James Maredosia W. H. Hueckle Cisevie S. B. Warner Baker City H. G. Glass Ballwood T. D. Shep ton Hamover A. C. Young Oakwood Albert Cooner Pesotum.
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Springfield
Tlinois
Charles H. James
Maredosia
John W. Baker
McLesh
Fred Wilson
Broughton
John G. Brown
Fox Lake
C. C
Boster
Macedonia
James McDowell
Armington
W. H. Hueckle
Cisevie
S. B. Warner
Baker City
Strike Strikes Coal Belt Line Traffic Suspension
A strike by conductors and motormen on the Coal Belt railway serving Herrin Marion and Carteville has halted traffic on the system. The walkout follows the discharge of three conductors accused of misappropriating funds. The union demands reinstatement and higher wages. The Coal Belt Electric railway, owned by the St Louis Iron Mountain Southern, ferries thousands of Williams county miners daily.
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Duquoin
Coal Belt Railway
Herrin
Marion
Carteville
Coal Belt Electric Railway
The
St Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Williams County
Steel Train Saves Lives on Open Switch in Indiana
In Attica Indiana the Wabash Continental Limited, an all steel fast train pulled by an extra heavy locomotive, struck an open switch and plowed into four brick cars on a siding at about fifty miles per hour. The engine was wrecked but no coaches or people were seriously harmed.
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Danville
Wabash Continental Limited
Attica
Ind
Kidnapped Fifty Years Ago Returns Home
Rockford reports L H Schweitzer now a Harrison Ark insurance man returned after fifty years to learn of his boyhood home Adeline in Ogle county His father joined a California gold rush expedition and never came back His mother, unable to care for the children, had them adopted The mother later kidnapped the son when the adoptive parent refused to release him
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Rockford
L. H. Schweitzer
Harrison
Ark
Adeline
Ogle County
California
Bees Settle In School Building
A swarm of bees has taken residence in Central School between the first and second story ceilings. They entered through a hole in an iron beam and are busy storing honey.
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Centrallan
World’s Bishops Meet November 9 Decatur
Twenty Methodist bishops from around the world will gather in Decatur on November 9 for the general committee meeting of the church. Annual missionary appropriations totaling about $2,000,000 will be set at that time.
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Decatur
General Committee of the Church
Broker Forger Sentenced In Joliet Case
Joliet real estate broker Joliet James P. OConnor pleaded guilty to forgery and was sentenced to one to fourteen years in the penitentiary. Prosecutors said his forgeries totaled more than $35,000.
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Joliet
James P. O’connor
O'Connor
Freed on Boy Lashing Charge in Belvidere Trial
Reisner, Belvidere district superintendent and former Northwestern athlete, faced trial on a charge of lashing a boy with a hose. After a hard fought case, the judge acquitted him stating the corporal punishment was justified by the boy's conduct.
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Belvidere
Reisner
Nothwestern
Decatur Woman's Club pushes school polling places
The Decatur Woman's Club petitions the city council to open polling places in all Decatur public schools for the upcoming city election to encourage timid women voters.
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Decatur
Decatur Woman's Club
Fall Kills Chicago Man in Peoria Building
H J Kjellberg of Chicago died from injuries after a fall from the seventh floor of the Schipper Block building under construction in Peoria. The accident occurred at the under construction site and authorities noted the incident as a fatal fall.
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Chicago
Peoria
H. J. Kjellberg
Woman Wins $1000 Damages in Liquor Case Mount Vernon
Ida F. Jeffries sued sixteen Centria saloonkeepers for 15000 damages over her husband’s death attributed to liquor. The jury returned a verdict for 1000 after two days of deliberation.
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Mount Vernon
Ida F. Jeffries
Centralia
Moore of Allentown Dies Eighty Six Year Old Politician
W A Moore of Allentown Illinois died aged seventy six after a long career in public service. Born in Todd County Kentucky he moved to Illinois at nineteen settling in Woodford County near Sureka. He taught at nineteen then moved to Morton Township acquiring farm property. In the Illinois legislature he was noted for championing agricultural interests and Democratic involvement.
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W. A. Moore
Allentown
Bloomington
William. A
Moore
Todd County
Kentucky
Illinois
Woodford County
Sureka
Morton Township
Medals for Perry Essays Across State Contests
State Superintendent Bigh has set rules for public school essay contests on Perry’s Lake Erie victory. Medals will be awarded in bronze silver and gold across county senatorial district and state levels. Essays capped at 1500 words due by December 1 with county, senatorial district and state contests on December 4 11 and 18 respectively.
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Springfield
Bigh
Lake Erie
Wife Returns to First Husband in Tioga Farmrial
Mrs. Clara Staaf, 35, dissatisfied with second husband Wimner Staaf, returns to first love George Thorp, 46, a Tioga farmer. She had divorced Thorp after meeting Staaf, and lived with Staaf for eight years before a legal separation.
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Quincy
Clara Staaf
George Thorp
Tioga
Thorp
Wimner Staaf
Mine Power Plant Dynamited in Wyoming Incident
A dynamite blast destroyed the Andrews coal mine power plant just north of the city. Bloodhounds were sent from Peoria to track the culprits. The upper works were burned by an incendiary fire last spring. Theodore McDaniel has leased and operated the mine for two years.
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Wyoming
Andrews
Peoria
Theodore McDaniel
Dying man crawls half a mile after wagon accident
In Joliet John Huseman was fatally injured when horses frightened a heavily loaded wagon as he unloaded machinery. He crawled about half a mile seeking help before collapsing and dying as the first rescuer arrived.
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Joliet
John Huseman
Huseman
Ministers Are Assigned in Southern Illinois A M E Church
The Southern Illinois A M E church held closing rites assigning ministers. About 150 ministers and laymen attended the session led by Bishop B F Lee of Ohio who oversees six central states.
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Quincy
Southern Illinois
A. M. HB
B. F. Lee
Ohio
Bishop Lee
Rev. T. W. Tate Accepts Call in Pana
Rev. T. W. Tate of St. Louis has notified the First Baptist church that he will accept the unanimous call to the pastorate and will relocate here with his wife immediately. He succeeds Rev. Herman Etter, who resigned September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Tate
Pana
St. Louis
First Baptist Church
Herman Etter
Harvest of Potatoes in Southern Illinois
The usual sweet potato crop is being harvested throughout southern Illinois. The crop will yield about 200 bushels per acre and fetch around 50 cents for the lowest grade. This area supplies a large portion of eastern markets.
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Hilnole
Anna
Ilinois
Bank Robbery Strikes Bradford Exchange Bank
The Bradford Exchange bank in Bradford owned by Mrs. Rose Thompson was robbed of all cash on hand after vaults and safes were blown open. Robbers fled in an automobile.
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Kewanee
Bradford Exchange Bank
Bradford
Rose Thompson
Szokodl Seeks Transfer Paper for Wife to Ords
A report from Elgin states Paul Szokodl asked the police chief for a paper to legalize transferring his wife, Mrs Szokodl, to George Ords. Szokodl and Ords. visited the station together, and Szokodl has begun divorce proceedings.
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Elgin
Paul Szokodl
Szokodl
George Ords
Ords
Fragmentary note hints at Dixon night watchman reference
A garbled line mentions James Dixon a former night watchman and a bundle of clothes along with a cigar. The readable text is incomplete and provides limited context or clear events.
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James’ Dixon
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