Brimmingstal Charged With Six Murders In Two States
Jas Brimmingstal 40 is under arrest in Dowagiac Michigan on six murder charges with alleged confessions to two more. Police say he planned to make his wife victim seven but she escaped and sought help. Victims include a Kansas man killed at 16, a Missouri railroad worker, two Missouri tent sleepers, David Huff of Dowagiac, and Smith Hortum of Dowagiac.
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South Bend
Ind
Jas. Brimmingstal
Dowagiac
Mich
Bresnahan
Brimmingstal
Kansas
Missouri
David Huff
Smith Hortum
Platform Adopted by the Lake Mohonk Conference
The Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration adopted a platform in Lake Mohonk New York on May 22 praising the Hague conference and noting over fifty arbitration treaties in five years. It commends educational, business professional and labor groups for war prevention and hails the Hague final act for a future meeting. Baron Kogoro Takahira the Japanese ambassador gave the principal address.
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Lake Mohonk
N. Y
Baron Kogoro Takahira
Weather Outlook Iowa Illinois Fair Warm Night with Clouds
Iowa expects fair skies and warming temperatures tonight with more clouds Saturday. Illinois posts partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with showers in the south and little change in temperature. Sunrise is 4 24, sunset 7 11, moonrise 12 41 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
Horse Bites West Liberty Man In Arm Injury
George Brewington of West Liberty is hospitalized after an arm bite from Dr. Heck’s horse. Doctors warn blood poison risk though the wound is not considered serious unless infection develops. The same city mourns the death of Eleanor Luse at age 69 from heart failure after a brief illness. She lived in West Liberty thirty five years and was active in the Christian church. Funeral services for Mrs. Luse are planned Sunday afternoon.
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West Liberty
George Brewington
Heck
Brewington
Eleanor Luse
Fourth Street
South Prairie
Clark Luse
Luse
Walter
Harry
James
Colorado
Fred Schwalz
Chicago
Crotcher
Ohio
Christian Church
Methodist Protestant Group Recommends Commission for Consolidation
In Pittsburg the Methodist Protestant conference approved a report urging a joint commission with the Methodist Episcopal conference to study consolidation. In Baltimore the bishops' ballots yielded no election with further shifts as Rev. Charles L. Goodell fell from fifth to tenth amid divorce controversy. He says he divorced on statutory grounds and did not remarry until after his first wife’s death. Goodell, a renowned platform speaker, faced diminished support due to the allegations.
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Baltimore
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles L. Goodell
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
New York City
Goodell
Associated Press
Dynamiters Struck Cars Amid Peace Talks in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 22 the street railway war continued with at least six cars damaged and several injuries. An East 105th Street line car exploded, one injuries possibly fatal, and two more cars on the same line were damaged two miles north. George K. Shurtliff of the YMCA was named as third arbitrator to settle the strike, pending ratification by the workers.
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Cleveland
East 105Th Street
George K. Shurtliff
Young Men's Christian Association
Lusitania Smashes Atlantic Speed Records Enroute to Mail Subsidy
The Cunard liner Lusitania arrived in New York in fog at 2 55 am after four days 20 hours 22 minutes at sea, setting new long and short Atlantic speed records. Its average speed of 24.83 knots surpasses the Mauretania’s long course record by over three hours and thirty minutes, bringing closer the British mail subsidy of 750000 dollars for the owners.
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New York
N. Y
Cunard
Lusitania
Sandy Hook
Daunt’s Rock
Publicity bill faces House vote and conference fallout
The House approved a publicity requirement for campaign contributions 160 to 125 with Crumpacker amendment. The measure may fail in the Senate. The conference report on the post office appropriation was rejected 147 to 155, signaling ship subsidy defeat. DOJ filed equity to block NYNH&H from controlling Boston and Maine lines, alleging Sherman Act restraint and monopoly.
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Washington, D. C
House
Crumpacker
Senate
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Aldrich Joint
Department of Justice Today
United States Court
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
New Haven Road
Seven Indictments for Lamphere Connected to Gunness Case
La Porte Indiana May 22 The grand jury returned seven indictments against Ray Lamphere for murder arson and accessory charges in the Belle Gunness case The indictments name murders of Mrs Belle Gunness Philip Gunness Lucy Sorenson Myreles Sorenson and Andrew Helgelein plus charges tied to the Gunness house and aiding in Helgelein's murder Also notes digging resumed at the Gunness farm and discovery of Jewelry belonging to May O Reilly of Rochester New York who has been missing for months
Governor Sparks Dies in Reno at Nine This Morning
Reno Nev May 22 Governor Sparks died at 9 oclock this morning after a period of illness His term would have expired in December 1910 The report notes his long illness and the date.
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Reno
Nev
Sparks
Miners to Return to Work After Strike Endorsement
Thirty five thousand coal miners across Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas return to work next week after ratifying a last night agreement between miners and operators. Prices and conditions remain the same as last year.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
United Mine Workers of America
Father of Twenty One Passes Away in Wisconsin
Green Bay May 22 Leon ard Bertrand father of twenty one children died last night of Brights disease aged 68. All 21 children were born of the same mother and 18 are living. Mrs Bertrand is alive and in robust health.
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Green Bay
Wis
Leonard Bertrand
Bright
Bertrand
West Liberty Man's Brother Held in Mexican Prison
Reading of the incomplete dispatch suggests a West Liberty man’s brother is believed held in a Mexican prison. Reports indicate Lilley will not be asked to resign as of this morning.
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West Liberty
Lilley
Fire and fall reports at several factories
Washington reports no expulsion action against Representative Lilley despite calls for his removal. In Chicago the Wintermeyer box factory fire kills one, injures nine to twelve, and destroys property worth 400000. Paris sees an explosion at Say Sugar Refining plant killing two and wounding forty two.
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Chicago
Ill
Louis Bender
Wintermeyer Bay
Wintermeyer Box
27Th
Throop Streets
Paris
Say
Fifteen Injured In Wreck On Brooklyn Bridge Trolley
Fifteen people were injured in a trolley collision at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. Four likely fatally hurt after brake rods broke, causing the serious mishap on the eastern trolley line in New York City.
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New York
N. Y
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
Rockford druggists barred from selling intoxicants
Rockford Illinois owners of drug stores were ordered to halt sale of intoxicating liquors, by prescription or otherwise. The move follows the local option law and the council's failure to pass an ordinance regulating druggists' liquor sales.
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Rockford, IL
Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Catholic Knights of America Advances Insurance Rates
The Catholic Knights of America held a convention in Kansas City Missouri and voted to raise life insurance rates by 25 percent as part of the fraternal order's session.
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Kansas City
Order of the Catholic Knights of America
Floods drive 25 families from Havana homes
A cloudburst flood breached the Illinois River levee near Havana on May 22, forcing 25 families to abandon their houses. Local authorities and residents assess damage as waters recede.
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Havana
Ill
I Hnois River
Mae Wood Remains in Jail After Bail Fight
New York May 22 Mae Wood is jailed at the Tombs after failing to post 5000 bail on perjury charges connected to a forged marriage certificate claim against Senator Platt. A handwriting expert testified the letter admitting relation was added after the signature.
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New York
N. Y
Mae Wood
Justice O'Gorman
Senator Platt
Platt- Wood
Miss Wood
Iowa Man Seeks Help From State Dept Over Mexican Jail Stay
J F Randleman of West Liberty near Muscatine County faces eight months in a Mexican jail at Guadalajara on a vague charge. Representative Dawson has taken up the case, urging trial or bail through the state department. Randleman, an ex engineer on a Mexican railroad, seeks a chance to prove innocence and obtain bail.
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Guadalajara
Washington
State Department
Dawson
Iowa
J. F. Randleman
West Liberty
D. R. Randleman
Engineer Randleman
Presbyterians Seek 52 Rest Days Each Year
Kansas City May 22 The One Hundred Twenty general assembly of the Presbyterian church begins important business with aims to unite all Presbyterians into one church. A Sabbath observance report leads to a resolution asking Congress to require interstate commerce employers to grant workers 52 rest days annually.
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Kansas City
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Congress
Reformatory Sentence for Youth Burglary
Irwin Davis was tried in juvenile court before Judge D W Jackson for breaking into the Harry Gladstein second hand store on East Second street Saturday night. He confessed to the crime and was sentenced to the reformatory at Eldora. Sheriff Benham will transport Davis to Eldora tomorrow.
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Irwin Davis
Harry Gladstein
East Second Street
D. W. Jackson
Eldora
Young Davis
W. J. Vannatta
Benham
Davis
League Now Certain Forms In City Church Baseball Teams
Prominent churches back a proposed church baseball league and have formed teams. The venture is favored by supporters. a schedule will be announced later.
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Church Baseball League
Improvement At Hand Yet Weather Hampers Trade
Reports indicate a general tendency toward improvement in business, though severe and inclement weather still hampers activity. Dispatches note the national trend despite adverse conditions.
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New York
Dun
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