Unpublished Crisis in China Deepens Missionary Anxiety
Reports from Peking and New York describe a critical military situation after rebels defeat government troops at Hankow. Rebels reportedly hold Swangchow and I Chang, with heavy artillery north of Canton. Missionaries fear cut communications while U S Marines in Manila stockpile supplies, signaling possible long conflict in Hankow concessions.
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Peking
Hankow
Sah Chen Ping
Sfwangchow
Yangtse Kiang
Ichang
Kwangshui
Changsha
Canton
New York
Central
China
Tientsin
A. B. Leonard
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Nanking
Manila
Abarenda
Canghal
Taxation push for railway terminals in Iowa
Davenport Oct 21 The Iowa League of commercial clubs cooperates with the League of Iowa Municipalities in a suit to force taxation of railway terminal property like other property. Senator C G Saunders of Council Bluffs spoke. Officers elected include Charles MacLean president and H E Stout secretary treasurer with eleven vice presidents named including C C Lamson and C A Meyers.
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Davenport
Iowa League of Commercial Clubs
League of Iowa
Frank Pierce
Executive Council
Iogoa
C. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
Iowa League of Commercial Chibs
Charles MacLean
Dubuque
H. E. Stout
Des Moines
C. C. Lamson
Waterloo
C. A. Meyers
Marshalltown
Taft Opens Three Day South Dakota Swing
President Taft began his three day tour of insurgent South Dakota with a speech at Edgemont after leaving Newcastle Wyoming. He planned stops in Custer Deadwood Lead Sturgis and Rapid City and was reported in good health and energetic for the campaign swing.
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Edgemont
S. Dak
Taft
Otlock
South Dakota
California
Newcastle
Wyo
Custer
Deadwood
Lead
Sturgia
Rapid City
Explosion at Trabenia mine kills and injures many
Reports say an explosion at a Trabenia mine in Palermo Sicily has left about 190 people dead or injured. In Chicago Judge Peter B Grosscup announced his resignation from the United States circuit court effective next Monday.
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Palermo
Sicily
Trabentia
Grosscup
Chicago
Peter &. Grosscup
United States Circuit Court Today
Yatt
Bionday
Hugh Robinson Pauses 10 Rest Exhibitions at Davenport Thrill
Aviator Hugh Robinson flying from Minneapolis to New Orleans in a hydro airplane sent a telegram from Rock Island to the Aero club of St. Louis demanding a 2000 guarantee. Club president Lambert withdrew the guarantee, and Robinson rested in Davenport while repairing his craft awaiting further leg of the journey.
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St. Louis
Hugh Robinson
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Rock Island
Aero Club of
A. B. Lambert
Robinson
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Muscatine
Burlington
Destruction
R. H. Young
New York
Government Bridge
Ely
Eugene L Ely
Macon
Lincoln Beachey
Tri-Cities
Hannibal
Clinton
Fly
Eugene Ely
Williamsburg
Fowler
Pasadena
Cal
Banning
Desert
Noted Author’s Wife Seeks Divorce for Cruelty
Mrs. Booth Tarkington filed for divorce in the county superior court charging her husband the noted novelist with cruelty. She seeks custody of their 5 year old child as part of the suit filed in Indianapolis. The action follows reports from Evanston and references Northwestern University football.
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Indianapolis
Booth Tarkington
Central figures in Richeson murder case at Cambridge
Portraits depict three central figures in the Cambridge Massachusetts affair involving Rev. Clarence Richeson accused of murdering his former fiancée Avis Linnell who was said to be pregnant. Edmands, the present fiancée, remains loyal to the accused pastor.
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Cambridge, Mass
Clarence Richeson
Avis Linnell
Edmands
State Wide Fire Prevention Day Proclaimed by Governor
A 1911 proclamation urges fire prevention across Iowa. It cites 1910 fire losses total $234 million nationally and over $5 million in Iowa, urging public schools and officials to focus on fire causes, prevention, and safer buildings. The governor proclaims Wednesday November 1, 1911 as State Wire Prevention Day and calls for improved exits, fire escapes, and removal of debris.
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United States
Iowa
Nes Moines
Indiana Eleven Faces Northwestern Here Today
Scheduled today to meet, Indiana University eleven weighs in with a 174 pound average while Northwestern averages 162 pounds, shaping the contest's expected battle at the line.
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Indiana University
Indiana
Northwestern
James Costas Weds Anna Farnake in Chicago
A marriage license was issued in Chicago for James Costas of Waterloo and Anna Farnake of Chicago. The couple, whose Greek names appeared in a Waterloo paper, are expected to reside in Waterloo after a ceremony already performed.
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Chicago
James Costas
Waterloo
Anna Farnake
Costas
Robbers fatally strike in Carmi area payroll robbery
Masked men entered the town of John Schaick near Grayville and shot Schaick dead. His brother was wounded and the robbers robbed the cash register before escaping.
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Carmi
John Schaick
Grayville
Schaick
New Attorney P H Paulson Opens Waterloo Practice
Attorney P. H. Paulson of Batherville has moved to Waterloo and opened offices on the fourth floor of the First National Bank building. He and his family reside at 320 Franklin Street in the home recently purchased from H. W. Leighty. Paulson, a Cornell College graduate, Mt Vernon, has eight years of practice in Estherville and moved seeking a larger field. Newfoundlanders are noted for fine physiques among English speaking peoples.
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P. H. Faulson
Batherville
Waterloo
First National Bank
Franklin Street
H.W. Liehty
Paulson
Cornell College
Mt Vernon
Estherville
Waterton
New Comets Now Visible Over San Jose Skies
Astronomers at Lick Observatory report two bright comets in the western sky one after sunset and one in the early morning. The first, discovered by Belansky on Sept. 28, shows a bright head and a tail about seven degrees long and remains visible for several nights. Additional faint comets, including Encke's, are detectable with telescopes in the same region.
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San Jose
Cal
Encke
Murder Trial Prep Clashes With Planned Church Wedding
Police begin gathering evidence in the case against Rev Clarence Richeson of Immanuel Baptist Cambridge for the murder of Llan Avis Linnell. A statement from Richeson may be read to congregants as he faces court Tuesday October 31 for the planned October 31 wedding to Violet Edmands of Brookline.
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Boston
Clarence V. T. Hichesen
Immanuel Baptist Church of
Cambridge
Llan Avis Linnell
Dolson
Tennell
Wostess
Dugan
Richeson
Frank R. Riey
Somerville
Immanuel Church
Riley
Jm- Manuel Baptist Church
Hind
Violet Edmands
Moses G. Edmands
Brookline
Kenyon Receives Dolliver Memorial Fund Gift
Fort Dodge Iowa October 21 Senator W S Kenyon returns home from Lorimer Investigation and celebrates a $1000 subscription to the Dolliver memorial fund from Frank Lowden. The Dolliver fund total rises to $5000 as contributions continue.
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Fort Dodge
W. S. Kenyon
Lorimer
Dolliver
Frank Lowden
Nwa
Illinois
Socialist Colony to Be Nucleus of Ambitious Plan
Kansas City scene outlined a cooperative socialist colony near Independence Missouri and a Kansas City suburb. Forty families were to start early next spring on 35 acres as the nucleus of a national program placing colonies near every large city. Socialists from across the United States had been in Kansas City plotting the movement and will use this site as headquarters while expanding colonies elsewhere.
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Kansas City
Independence
United States
Jarra City
National Movement
Gasoline Cases Tell of Wreck Off Nonat
Point Pleasant Kansas October reports indicate nearly 3 090 five gallon gasoline cases ashore after a Standard Nit transport wrecked offshore. Tulsa guards were on alert all night with double patrols but found no wreck signs amid thick fog and heavy rain.
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Point Pleasant
Tulsa Savers
Canora
Flour rate at issue in commerce court writ
A mandamus was issued by the commerce court against the New York Central toward showing cause why the 2 1 2 cent flour rate from Minneapolis to New York should not be reduced. Buffalo to New York shipments face the same scrutiny as millers press for lower rates on grain and flour moving east.
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Wrehingter
Commerce Court
Tehigh Valley Railway
Buffalo
New York
Clits
Miinneanolis
Minneapolis
Rain Delays Fourth World Series Game
Connie Mack announces the fourth postponed game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the New York Giants will be played Monday if weather clears. Rain heavy today worsens field conditions at Shibe Park while umpires, under national guidance, plan an early decision. Oldring returns home for his sister's burial as players remain in readiness for Monday.
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Phiiladelphia
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Giants
Raip
Timpires Kiem
Connatty and
Dineen
National Commasion
Shibe Park
New York
Eney
Philadelphia
Kaim- Wren
Mack
Hall Grounds
Crontols
Herben Oldring
Mount Vernon
N. F
Local Fans Rally for Ed Walsh Auto Gift
Chicago Oct 21 More than 4000 dollars have been subscribed to a fund to buy an automobile for Ed Walsh pitcher of the Chicago American League club in recognition of his services to the team last season.
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Chicago
Ed. Walsh
Chicago American League
Mrs. Fairbanks Reports $10,000 Jewel Theft
Mrs. Warren Fairbanks of Chicago told police a bag containing jewels valued at 10000 dollars was stolen on a Pullman train while traveling from Boston to Chicago a week earlier. The incident involves a prominent Chicago social figure and follows a serial leadership note tied to her husband’s family.
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Chicago
Warren Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Boston
Demand Swamps Currency Makers in Harbors
In New York on October 21 the demand for new paper currency rises as Lee McClung, treasurer of the United States, and J B Ralph of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing tour subtreasuries. They seek a method to limit the reception of old notes, a costlier process under current rules.
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New York
Great Har Beromen
Lee Mc-Clung
United States
J. B. Ralph
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury
Mexican Robber Gang Is Broken Up in Illinois
In Galesburg Illinois officers say a Mexican robber gang terrorizing merchants in surrounding towns has been broken up. Peta Melitis, a gang member, was shot this afternoon by Sheriff Frank Hooker as Melitis attempted to escape after capture. The group had burglarized a hardware store at Wataga last night.
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Galesburg
Peta Melitis
Mutcher
Frank Hooker
Melitis
Wataga
Rumors of Civil War in Waterloo High School Football Clash
Murmurs of a fierce East versus West high school football showdown in Waterloo circulate amid unrest. Garra prant and Black won a silver fanthball mounted on a pedestal to be engraved for the season’s victor.
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Waterloo
Thaankselving Dar
Douhtless
Garraprant & Black
Echao
Fewer Army Court-Martial Trials Reported This Year
Washington Oct 21 Few per trials by court martial than in any year since the Spanish American war were held by the army during the fiscal year according to the annual report of Brigadier General UT Crowder judge advocate general.
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Washington
UT Crowder
Rock Island schedule denied wage rise by shopmen
Chicago October 21 Vice President I O Melcher in charge of the operating department said the new Rock Island railroad schedule would not affect earning power. He said overtime was not abolished as opponents claimed and that the unions demanded a 10 percent raise which was not seriously considered. He noted about 10 percent of engines are stored due to lax cotton shipments and that workers do not want a strike.
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Chicago
I. O. Melcher
Rock Island Railroad
Hner
Camamittes
Kansas City
Suffragists Extend Campaign to Fresh States in North West
Louisville observers report the 43rd annual National American Suffrage Association convention focusing on regions where voting rights are not yet established. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw leads delegates in practical plans to extend universal franchise, with state organizations announcing campaigns and concrete progress.
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Louisville
National American Suffrage Association
Anna Howard Shaw
Woman's Gulf Trage
Lorimer Probe Transcript Highlights Witnesses Return
Former State Senator Cyril Jandus of Chicago resumed the witness stand as the Lorimer trial opened its morning session. He testified that counsel advised withholding information during the prior investigation. State Representative H L Wheeil an of Rock Island admitted representing liquor interests in anti prohibition campaigns while in office.
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Cyril Jandus
Chicago
Lorimer
Jones
Jandus
H. L. Wheeilan
Rock Island
Cases Heard in Justice Courts
The case of LeRoy Peterson was heard in Judge Dempster's court after Deputy EB Leighton arrested him for wife desertion at Cedar Rapids. Peterson contested the charge after the couple wed Easter Sunday in Cedar Falls. Maxwell was fined $5 in Justice Knapp's court for selling skimmed milk not for human use to a farmer near Glasgow on October 19. dairy official T. J. Ross prosecuted. The milk was for hogs. the dispute highlights a loophole in the law requiring pasteurization for milk intended for human consumption.
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LeRoy Peterson
EB. A. Leighton
Cedar Rapids
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