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YOLUME 15 T nn i vrrvTi ttttat nAmrrmr nniiriAu i 'IDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1911. NUMBEU 300 WIURDERCRGE GUI TASHIONABLE DIV IS DRAGGED TO PRL ON EARLY TODAY MUBDER CHARGES PREFER, ; BED-AGAINST 'lU MBY POLICE Death of Girl of "Nineteen Laid at His store Oct 10 and bought cyanide for a dog, and then cautioned the drug- ' gist to remain silent. Another Man Present ; Frank Carter, a member of Riche son's church, staunchly defends the minister and says another person waB with the girl when she died, and that he can prove that the man Is not now suspected and is guilty and that he will be brought to Justice before long. 'icheson saya he la innocent and said, "I will face the ordeal as brave ly as I can.' Viol, whose wedding plan was 'so abruptly broken, Inherits about a half million from her grandfather's estate. Morgan Reported I1L New York, Oct. 20. The state of J. P. Morgan's health is alarming fin pluvious on JOB ffll TIE GAME IS POSTPONED AGAIN BECAUSE OF MUDDY FIELD GIANTS IN DISFAVOR WITII TH ENATIOSAL COMMISSION Door Maiden Had Been Advise of j snclers and rumors that he is crltl- Her Lover's Coming Marriage to a Wealthy Heiress In Boston Found at Heliss Home nen Arrestu." ' Boston; Mass., Oct. 20. The city is shocked today at the sensational ar: rest of Reverend .Clarence VirgU Rlcheson, pastor of, the fashionable Emmanuel Baptist church of Cam bridge, charged, cally 111 were circulated on the ex changes. At Morgan's house it was stated he had caught cold Tuesday but now Is lri his usual heaitu. - HIS TlETIE CITIOFIIII IMPERIAL LOSS PLAC ED AT 1000 BY DIS PATCHES MASSACRE OF MANCHUS CONTINUES OYER NATION The Oregon at Seattle. McGraw Vru'od l Ue GoodT or Lose Suffering Heavy Loss and Losing Han. Bights to Compete in World's Set. leg Mi rVli: Fined Heavily for Mis conduit--Christy to Twirl .Toniw row Snod a u Job Todflj $ 4 4 Seattle, Oct. 20. The battleship Oregon arrived here today prepara tory to leaving for San Diego and with , first . degree jIaTe l8iand whep9 Bhe will take on murder, In connection with the death 1 ammunition. of Avis Llnnell, aged 19, who died m a bath room at her home at the Young Women's Christian association Saturday of cyanide of potassium. . . J ' Druggist Starts Arrest At first her death was believed to have been a suicide, but when a drug gist at Newton told of selling the pastor poison a few hours previous, . the' police started for the minister. The Investigation ended early today at the home of Miss Viola Edmands, Boston heiress whom Rlcheson had planned to marry Oct, 31st. j Dragged From Brlde-to-Be. The pastor was dragged from the house, where ba had been secluded. arraigned and pleaded not guilty SHIELDS PUT IE ARREST INQUISITORIAL BODY ORDERS v WITNESS CALLED - -V .'V'.. . SNODGRAS8 ALL BIGHT. Philadelphia, Oct. 20. Center- 8 fielder Snodgrass , reported to have been shot or kidnapped lnj Philadelphia yesterday afternoon S S Is on the Job' today. The rumor was false and Snodgrass, Is all bright today.',' 3'' Because' of animosity between the '' Phillies and Snodgrass be- cause the latter spiked Baker at New York. It was feared Jester- day when Snodgrass couldn't be S. found that he had met with harm $ The athlete ; waa the guest of S S friends in a suburb. , : 4 4- $ ,? 4 b Q spreading. It la reported that men, women and children of the Manehu race were butchered when the rebels captured Wu Chang and It is also be lieved that similar slaughters occured in every city the rebels attacked. A proclamation credited to the rebel leader at Hankow reads: , "I come to save the Chinese people. Hitherto you have been bitterly op pressed, patriotism Join our ranks. With us he will obtain unending glory by de livering the country from the .Manchu barbarians who have eaten, our flesh. From now on we shall sleep In their skins." '. ' .. . Six shiploads of European and Hankow refugees have arrived here. They describe frightful scenes along the Yangtse river above Shanghai. They say the Chines are slaughtering Manchus like animals. Hundreds aw killed. Th rebellion has come to be so comprehensive that It cannot be quelled. . This city . a hotbed of re volt. Outbreaks are anticipated at Peking, Oct. 20. Messages 'recelv-f ":; 1 ': -'' ed here Bay the rebels have re-taken At Hankow u la rePrted that 800 u.nt on 4i,of i,vt in,o Manchus were slain. . All suspects low the Imperialists Lose In To diijs Battles Imperial Ship's Crew Mutinies and Joins the Bel 1 Fore eg Story of Bloodshed Told. Tl'JO LIED SHE Rpnrrn unnn v IUjhLLU Ul Uil Miss Llnnisll believed she was to Refuses Order to Appear and Is Then Given 8yer to Law. WUwaukee, Wis.'," Oct! - 20 -A war- rant for the arest of R. J. Shields of marry him and on the day of her , Superior Wis., was ordered today Dy death she read ot his coming marriage f Senator Heyburn, chairman of thB with Miss Edmands. Her mother senatorial , committee investigating says the girl took poison, believing Senator Stephenson's election. Shields believln It was medicine. failed to answer an ordr to appear The girl came to Boston from before the committee. - H-e was once Cambridge to study music at the mfn-' prominent In the limelight through ister's sues-jestlon. A few hours be-, his activity In securing amaavus ,- fore death she said she was going toj vorlng Hlnes as the chief collector of lunch with him and seemed well pleas: the slush funds In the Lorimer case. d. After dinner she went to her room and at ii ociock uer u lieard peculiar sounds and entering, found her with her feet in a tub of water and a package 6f cyaniBe of potassium on the table. A charge of cold blooded indiffer- nee over the death on the part of Rlcheson is made. It is said by the girl's mother that one of her friends rnllPit nn Richeson and told him of i Avis' suicide. He replied emotion less: .' ' "Well, why do you call me?" He preached as usual Sunday, ap parently little affected by the trag edy. After the services he went to Miss Elmand's home where he re - mnlnpii until arrested. micneson s irjai is iui j was to have been marrted, Oct. 31. Druggist Hahn says Rlcheson whom he has known for years, came to his J. A. MOON. Congressman Who ,Dmnd In vestigation of PostoFfice Matter. " Philadelphia, Oct. 20. Rala and wet grounds have again caused the world'' series toe po.stpooe$' ' The park is a muddy sea today -and the third day of rest for the Giants is well received. ';. The rain makes It possible for Mc Graw to pitch Christy Mathewson to morrow and it is believed he will put him on the mound. It Is believed Plank will pitch for the Athletics. MHiraw Is "In Badw" ; New York, Octit pet. 20 The Giants are "In bad 'with the national base ball commission. Manager McGraw has received official notification that (Continued on .Page Eight) were enormous.' Massacres of Man chus continues. Several hundred fell before the rebelB last night. Imperial Crw Mutinies. ,' Shanghai, Oct 10. The crew ot the Chinese cruiser has joined the rebeU at Hankow. . Admiral .Sah withdrew the rest of the warships from here and sailed down the river. The reb els proclaimed martial law at Han kow and are trying to re-establish, or der. . Impr1aUts Lose WOO. San Francisco, Oct. 20. The Young China association which claims to have received secret dispatches from Hankow say the imperial troops were badl ybeaten and lost 1,000 killed, Hundreds were wounded. The rebel losses are reported at 200. . Toklo,. Oct. 'JO. Backing; up' its of- offer to the powers to send 70,00 men to reyolt-riddert China, If necessary, Japan today Is concentrating a great force at Kyushu In nominal prepara tion of grand maneuvers of the Japa anese army, which are to be held on Nov. 11.. While the object is apparent lv routine, no concealment Is made that s Japan proposes to have a' But- ficlent force armed to transport and will guard the Japanese Interests In China. ' -, Story Is Gruesome One. ' Shanghai, Oct.. 19, The rebellion Is were made ' to pronounce me , wora "six" which differs slightly In the Chinese and Manchu dialects. When the proper accept was lacking; the suspect was killed. . - IB c PUER TO IK IN FULL WAR TOGS BRAVES PRE SENT THEIR FLEA; E JOB FACES PROBERS STATE OFFICIAL EMBEZZLEMENT IS PLACED AGAINST WASHINGTONIAN. Fall are to Turn Over Funds Becehed for the State, the Cause. Olympla, Wash., Oct. 20. Former Highway Commissioner Joseph Snow . of Spokane must stand trial for grand larceny by embezzlement as ine Tesult of losing an appeal to the su preme court. He neglected to turn . over $2,100, the balance remaining ' from $10,000, paid the state by the Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway for a right of way through th Sno- qualmie pass, A ,v.. '1 - ' ' . : . TlTITITtlTliTI - A 1TT ' nm III I Let whoever is animated by XJtt JUiiOU AliU ilt.lU EACH PAC3ED TWO . "' THIS IIOItlTHTG ' ; ' i NO SESSION TOMORROW WHILE JIRT READS OTEIS RECORDS' A Farmer anj a Real Estat Deal Are Passed1 by Both Sides and Will" Probably Serve Though Can Xl Bs Removed by Fre-emptory Challeng esMany Important Decisions Near Anenlea. Oct .20. C. B,. Mann ing, a farmer. aud F. D. Green..' areal ' estate dealer, became eligible the McXamara Jury today when thfe were passed by . ..the , state and dVense. There will be no session of the court" tomorrow as the Judge wants to read over the recor.ds before deciding oa the.challenges. .-. "Passing" a Juror, In California, means that, the Bide passing him can not ask to have him removed tor causa and allows but one more avenue to i'.ave the Juror removed, namely, pre- j-emptory challenging, which Is costly. The fact that both sides have passed two .'men means that very probably; they will not be removed later, but if they r must be taken out by the pre emptory . challenge. ." . ' ' Ernest Decker, one of the venire men passed by the defense, was Ex cused today because he waa pposed to tha death penalty. .' ' , ,( V Sociiilist Not-SVanted. t Los Angeles,v Oct-20. By interpos ing a challenge against Venireman T. W, Adams, a socialist, framed on both his objection to circumstantial evi dence and the belief that gas caused the Times explosion, Attorney Horton for the atato in the McNamara case, sidestepped an actual framing of tha issue as r to whether the venireman having opinions as -to the actual cause of tha explosion are disqualified for service. The state Insisted Adams Is biased.. He admitted he couldn't con vict on circumstantial evidence. Judge Bordwell reserved his decision. . When court opened there were 12 men In the box,' three, of them under challenge until Bordwell ; decide whether, a venireman who believes dynamite or gas caused the explosion Unique and Entertaining Features Mark Presence In Wyoming. - ; ' , i . ! ' '?'";' Sheridan, Wyo., " Oct. 20. Visiting lndianbraves in full war paint who have asked President Taft to pension the widow, of a Crow brave' who was killed by a policeman, formed a novel feature of Taft's homeward Journey today. - He vlsltod the towns of Sheridan, Gillette, and Newcastle today, H3 will spend the night at Congressman Mundell's home In Newcastle. , C. V. COLLINS. Former Superintendent of Prieoni of New York State, A task of no small caliber lies be fore Councilmen C. S. Dunn, E. C. Davis and Bernard Logsdon when they commence a systematic ferret ing! out of the charges preferred by Councilman Fleming and made public last night, in which the accuser and others of the council at that time deny vehemently that they signed certain commltee reports accepting the Sec ond street pipe II He and accuse tam pering with the minutes. . : Mr. Sheak and Mr. Gllman report, or the article carrying their names, re port In qis document that they had found the Second street pipe line complete. The other report, dated Au gust 16th, the night before tha coun cil meeting at which Fleming, Orvis, Logsdon and others say they do not remember having heard read the pro ceedings which the minutes of the council show, recommends to the coun Jell that the bill for the final payment 9 JUDGE GRAHAM RESIGNS ; l , " ':..; ": San Francisco, Oct. 20. Judge & Oaham. nresid9nt of the' Pad- Business circles are agog over the accusations, their scope and broad ness, f, ; ' ;.;! The report of the committee is awaited with a great deal of Interest. Chairman Dunn said today that the .committee would meet early " next week and outline Its procedure but that he was confident such a weighty matter could not be settled to the sat isfaction of the committee before the next council meeting 'which is a week hence. As at consequence of this meeting there la nothing certain about the method of procedure, but It is" pre sumed in city circles today that the documents now on file In the record ers offlec carrying! the names of J. K. Sheak and H. C. Gilman in one in- flc Coast league, resigned today. Press pf Judicial business and a f-j stance and John K. Sheak and (Tom e feelina that he had served his time as the league head are the reasons. He was elected presl- dent In 1909, No successor will 8 be named for a few days: : of the Second Btreet pipe line- work be paid, the work having been com-I-ieted. This has attached the names of Sheak and Fleming. It , Is these four names which are declared to be forgeries. .', . ",' The other accusation that the min uter have been tampered with will Involve a difficult bit of investigation. The signature of D. E. Cox, recorder at that time, Is appended to the last Bheof which has to do with-that parti cular meeting. One side of the sheet of the typewritten; page deal's with routine affairs, among others the fate ful' paragraph renins' of the council accepting the Second street pipe line f ft ' AV- J i J ' " ' but otherwise without an opinion, can serve. '- ". ' ; Venireman Mcintosh, a retired bak er, was next, challenger by the state, because he salJ he couldn't convict when the death penalty was Involved. Judge Bordwell has reserved a deci sion.,' 1 : ; '' ' ; ;' i ELY FEARED THE END. S Macon, Ga.,-Oct. 20. When Aviator Ely ascended on his The other aide of the page carries al'S' tragic flight yesterday he had a Fleming in another, will be scrutlnlz ed and compared with other docu ments known to be correct specimens of the men's handwriting. The only name written in pen and ink of the , four times that they appear Is that of cessltate a Mr. Gllman's. Tha others are pencil, tion; list of bills allowed and these are singly spaced -whereas the others are double spaced. The page is filled with writing and, on the lower, right hand corner of the last sheet appears the signature of D. E. Cot; The scope of the accusation will ne- most thorough lnvestlga- premonition something was go $ ing to happen and told them to wire his wife In case he was 4 hurt. . The remains were sent $ to New, York today whence prob ably it will be sent to Daven- port, Iowa, for burial.. , . v' '',':.' Men Drown in Mine. 1 Hibernla, N. ' J., Oct. ; 20. Twelve men were dro wned, today In the Whar ton Steel company's mine. They were caught by a flood which was caused by water breaking Into thy mine from an abandoned working The bodies as yet have not been recovered. 1 STAI3TS ON WESTERN . ' , MORBOW. TRIP TO- Political Rallies to Be IP? Id In Hom County Tomorrow. Trenton, N. X,, Oct. 20. Following an address in Somerset county todar and a. political rally In Essex county tomorrow, Governor Wilson will leave on a western tour which will embrace Wisconsin and Texas. : He is out op enly now for the democratic presiden tial nomination. ' . ; . T 0 u if; 'i v;