Missionaries Safe As Flight From Nanking Reported
Cablegrams from New York describe American missionaries and their families fleeing from Nanking Hankow and Hwan Yuen amid revolutionary violence. Warnings note Foochow and Nanchang captured and Nanking indecisive, with wives and female staff moving down the Yangtse to Shanghai.
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New York
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Nanking
Hankow
Hwan-Yuen
Revolutionary Zone
China
Shanghai
Presbyterian Board
James W. Bashford
Methodist
Empire
Foochow
Nanchang
West China
Hingwa
Yangtse
Szchuan
Yangtse River
Yuan Shih Kai Returns to Pekin Amid Loyal Crowds
Yuan Shih Kai arrives in Pekin with 2,000 troops and is greeted by a large, quiet crowd along the route to the temple prepared for his residence. The event marks his return after three years of exile and signals his renewed influence over the Chinese throne.
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Pekin
Yuan Shih Kai
China
Hongkong Taken by Rebels in Shanghai Advices
Report from Shanghai sent to a local Chinese newspaper states Hongkong is under rebel control and Chi Li has proclaimed independence. Pekin is reported captured again.
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N Francisco
Hongkong
Chi-Li
Shanghai
Pekin
Advise Consuls to Leave After Naval Guidance
British and German admirals visited Nanking on November 14 and urged foreign consuls and their staffs to withdraw as warships could not guarantee consulate protection.
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Nanking
Gdmirrals
Flood Disaster Worsens in Black River Falls
The Madison relief committee reports the flood disaster in Black River Falls as worse than initial news. About 80 percent of the business district wiped out, 72 business buildings destroyed including warehouses, heavy damage to contents averaging 90 percent, with real estate losses. Relief fund reaches $24,000 and continues to receive remittances daily.
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Madison, Wis
Black River Falls
Tarkington Divorce Granted in Superior Court
Mrs. Tarkington secured a divorce from Booth Tarkington in Indianapolis on November 14 after a brief statement. a decree to be entered at once.
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Mrs. Tarkington
Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Henry C Beattie Appeal Refused by Virginia Supreme Court
Henry C Beattie has his appeal denied by the Supreme Court of Virginia. The ruling leaves unresolved questions from his prior case and upholds the lower court decision.
Beattie to Die in Electric Chair in Virginia
H C Beattie Jr convicted of wife murder must face the electric chair on November 24 after the Virginia Supreme Court refused his appeal. Clemency or a gubernatorial reprieve by Governor Mann is needed to alter the sentence. The case follows the Richmond turnpike tragedy earlier this year and centers on Beattie’s motive and testimony from cousin Paul Beattie.
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Richmond
H. C. Beattie Jr
Supreme Court
Chesterfield Court
Beattie
Mann
Court of Appeals
Virginia
Chesterfield
Paul Beattie
Henry Beattie
Beulah Binford
State Penitentiary
Geological Survey Issues Oil Tips for Southwestern Illinois
The United States Geological Survey says oil and gas prospects in Clinton Washington and St. Clair counties may exist in districts with favorable rock structures. After Carlyle field excitement, many spend on unproductive leases and wildcat wells, as Darmstadt and Lensburg areas are singled out for testing.
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Washington
United States Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Carlyle, Tl
BE. W. Shaw
Clinton
St. Clair
Carlyle
Indore
Darmstadt
Lensburg
Veniremen seated as McNamara jury panel grows
Los Angeles reports the first venireman A Cribling seated after a pretrial challenge over prejudice against circumstantial evidence. Willett Brunner a union railroad engineer joins the panel alongside T J Green rancher as three sworn jurors sit while six face challenges and a new venire of forty is summoned.
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Los Angeles
Cal
McNamara
A. Cribling
Willett Brunner
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
T.J. Green
Stari Raiser
Place descriptors in Illinois township area
The text lists geographic locales and distances in Illinois, mentioning Marissa extending toward Oakdale between Nashville and Addieville, near Hoffman between Mascoutah and Okanville, between Trenton and Breese, a belt north and south of O'Fallon, central Irish Town Township, northeast of Carlyle, and 1 to 3 miles northeast of Bartelso.
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Marissa
Oakdale
Nashville
Addieville
Hoffman
Mascoutah
Okanville
Trenton
Breese
O'Fallon
Irishtown Township
Carlyle
Bartelso
Carnegie Speaks at Banquet for Peace at Astor Hotel
Andrew Carnegie delivered a phonetic speech advocating peace between nations at the Canadian Club dinner held at the Hotel Astor in New York on November 14. The banquet drew notable attendees and highlighted international harmony as a central theme.
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Carnegie
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Hotel Astor
Diet and Health Hints on Infant Feeding Principles
The infant digestive system cannot handle cereal foods early and should not be given white bread moistened with tea coffee milk or gravy. When cow milk disagrees substitutions exist but a long term diet must be balanced and not simply cereal based. Fat does not guarantee health as digestion may be underdeveloped and future disease risk remains. Mixing cow milk with oatmeal or barley water to ease digestion is common but not ideal. prepared cereals with milk remain preferable.
Taft Working On His Message At White House
President Taft begins a White House day with a two hour meeting with Attorney General Wickersham to discuss legislation to supplement the Sherman act. Talks cover trust busting progress, with senators doubtful of new measures and Fisher taking lead on Alaska questions.
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Wickersham
Ashington
Mek
White Mouse
White House
White
Congress
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Taft
Fisher
New York Mayor Refuses to Reinstate Strikers
The New York mayor defends a stance against reinstating workers on strike, signaling a tough position amid ongoing labor tensions and potential political implications for city leadership.
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New York
Nurse Tells of Death in Vermilya Case at Trial
Nurse Louise Holland testifies for defense in Chicago about the death of Dr. Frank Vermilya and arsenic found in his body. Coroner Hoffman notes statements about Miss Elizabeth Nolan and Brinkamp, and an undertaker's account of Vermilya preparing and delivering food to his son.
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Chicago
Hoffman
Letts Vermilya
Arthur
F. Bigescrette
Louise Holland
Frank Vermiya
Brinkamp
Miss Holland
Mrs. Vermilya
Miss Nolan
C. ©. Boysen
Nurse verdict on poisoning case in Vermilya home
Elizabeth Cameron of Moline testifies she saw nothing at the Vermilya home to suggest poisoning. She cared for Brin kamp who relapsed after typhoid and was gravely ill from the start, with death deemed inevitable.
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Elizabeth Cameron
Brinkamp
Rock Island
Moline
Frank Kang
Louise Vermilta
Vermilya
Richeson Trial Set for January 15 in Boston
The Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, accused of murdering Avis Linnell by giving cyanide of potassium as medicine, will stand trial for his life in the superior criminal court in Boston on January 15. Judge Sanderson fixed the date after Richeson pleaded not guilty.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Richeson
Avis Linnell
Superior Criminal Court
Sanderson
Richeson
Last of Committee’s Witnesses to Testify This Week
Chicago November 14 The final group of witnesses for the Lori mer Investigative committee are set to testify this week. State Senator Albert B. Isley will finish his testimony and be followed by George W. Alschuler. State’s Attorney Wayman and assistants will complete the hearings with possible appearance by Alfred Austrain. Labor leaders mentioned by Charles A. White may also testify. The attorney asserts his findings will clear charges and reveal what occurred in the grand jury room.
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Chicago
Lorimer
Hianecy
Ne Essary
Washington
Albert EB. Isley
George W. Alschuler
Feee
House
Wayman
Alfred Austrain
United State Senate
Charles A. White
Hart
Mittee
Grand
Italian Warships Sighted Off Carpathus Near Crete
Acting Governor of Smyrna reports thirty Italian warships seen off Carpathus northeast of Crete. Turkey warns powers that the Porte will expel all Italians if Italian aggression in the Aegean continues. An Italian aeroplane conducting scouting near Tripoli is said to have been destroyed by Turkish artillery.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
Carpathus
Crete
Turkey
Aegean Sea
Porte
Tripoli
May raid aims at Aegean by Italian torpedo fleet
Rome reports the torpedo fleet under the Duke of Abruzzi is coaling at Taranto for a raid in the Aegean. Official movements of the Italian fleet are not confirmed. rumors place the Talian fleet in the Aczedin Sea with unclear targets such as bombardment or occupation.
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Abruzzi
Rome
Duke of
Moving pictures raise copyright questions in supreme court ruling
The court ruled that filming a novel adaptation may infringe the book rights or the dramatization rights. A Mexican incident follows where Velardena forces repelled bandits at Ibarra’s barricade, with five attackers killed and three wounded.
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Supreme Court of
Ship Sinks in Huntington Harbor with Missing Crew
A schooner unnamed by the report sank in Huntington harbor. The vessel’s owner and crew remain unidentified and the fate of the crew is listed as a mystery.
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Northport
N.o
Huntington Harbor
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Frank Brinkamp
Vermilya Oace
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U. S. Supreme Court
Velardena
Mex
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Ibarra
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