Auto Turned Turtle Near Hanover Injures Four
Mrs. Jennie Dodge of Washington D C was killed when an automobile touring to San Francisco turned turtle at Hanover near Lisbon C May 27 Julius Dodge her husband and Mr and Mrs A M Snap of Washington were injured but expected to recover two others sustained non fatal injuries in the crash all reporting from Lisbon C today
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Lisbon
Jennie Dodge
Washington
D. C
San Francisco
Hanover
Here
Julius Dodge
Man kills woman then takes own life in Stamford
In Stamford on May 27, 45 year old Joseph Hennesik shot and killed Hazel May Wilkins after she spurned his marriage proposal. He then killed himself, leaving police to investigate the staged confrontation at her apartments.
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Henry Woodruff
Gladys Brockwell
Stamford
Conn
Hazel May Wilkins
Joseph Hennesik
Rell
Youthful Yeggmen Arrested in Galesburg Robberies
Two seventeen year old youths from St. Louis and East St. Louis were arrested after robbing Ben Katler’s clothing store and two other Galesburg shops on Tuesday night. Police recovered most of the stolen goods. the pair denied involvement in Quincy. They were traveling with the loot in new clothes and watches they claimed to have found in a freight car.
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George Koch
Fred Scharnhorst
Galesburg
Walter Williams
Robert McDonald
Ben Katler
Thompson & Lusk
Billiard Hall
Wasen Electrical
Williams
St. Louis
McDonald
Katler
Quincy
Crooks
Woods Gifts Boost William Woods College Growth
Dr William S Woods of Kansas City, longtime chief benefactor of William Woods College in Fulton, announced outright gifts and approved campus improvements totaling 45000 dollars at a board meeting. The board offered the presidency to Rev Graham Frank of Liberty to replace President Joseph L Garvin who had resigned months earlier.
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Woods
Fulton, Mo
William S. Woods
Kansas City
William Woods
Graham Frank
Liberty
Joseph L. Garvin
Palace Offered Pope Residence at Escorial
Madrid reports King Alfonso has offered the Escorial palace as a residence for Pope Benedict if he leaves Italy. The palace, part of San Lorenzo Monastery, lies 31 miles northwest of Madrid and was built in the sixteenth century.
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Madrid
Paris
Alfonso
Escorial Palace
Pope Benedict
Italy
San Lorenzo
Fighting in Mexico for Monclova area
San Antonio reports Vigorous fighting for Monclova since Wednesday noon. Villa troops ousted May 24 by Carranza force and, after reinforcements arrived, were closing in on the defending garrison as of the latest advices from Nuevo Laredo.
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Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Monclova
Nuevo Laredo
Villa
Old Town
Carranza
Austro German Offensive on Russian Front Driven Back
Petrograd dispatch reports Austro German forces attacked the Russian front between the upper Vistula and the left bank of the San on May 25 and 26 and were repulsed with heavy losses. Russians counter attacked at Stry and took prisoners.
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London
Central News
Interstate Commerce Commission Hears Coal and Gas Rate Objections
Complaint filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission charges coal rates from Duluth and Superior are too high and Ohio cream rates are excessive. It also argues gas stove rates from the East to Portland should not exceed those to San Francisco.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Duluth
Superior
Ohio
Portland
San Francisco
Health Promotes Happiness Through Regular Bowels
A vintage health ad urges good digestion and regular bowel movements as the path to health. It promotes taking one Dr. King’s New Life Pill at night to ensure a morning bowel movement, claiming improved appetite and digestion and overall well being.
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Dr. King
Insiher
Austrian Troops Near Przemysl in Galicia Advance
Vienna reports rapid isolation of the Przemysl fortress as Austrian forces reach the railroad between Lemberg and Przemysl eighteen miles east of the city. A Whitsuntide victory at Radymno drove Russians from the northern strong position by the San river, forcing a retreat under heavy artillery. Observers say morale among largely new Russian reserves is severely shaken with many taken prisoner and guns captured.
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Vienna
London
Przemysl
Galicia
Italians in Chicago to aid Red Cross war fund
Count Guilio Bolognesi Italian consul in Chicago will speak at a Crystal Room Hotel Sherman mass meeting tonight. Chicago Italians aim to raise funds and recruit workers for the Italian Red Cross and discuss war matters. Doctors and nurses volunteer for Italy duty, with women pledging over 300,000 bandage packages and a $100,000 goal in Red Cross support.
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Chicago
Count Guilio Bolognesi
Crystal Room
Hotel Sherman
Red Cross
Count Bolognesi
Italy
Camillo Volini
Antonio Lagorio
Italian Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
Volini
Becker May Squeal to Save His Life
Police graft saga from New York City surfaces with Becker pressed by friends to divulge names and payoffs tied to mayor Gaynor era. Notes allege weekly payoffs to saloon keepers and a central agent in disorderly resorts, plus graft in gambling and enforcement. Friends urge Becker to testify to governor, citing omitted witnesses and the potential to reshape prosecutions.
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Becker
Gaynor
Dago Frank
Govenor
French air raid on Ludwigshafen targets major factories
An official statement details nineteen planes bombing Ludwigshafen and Oppau at 3 a m. Twelve bombs struck Badische Anilin and Soda Fabrik, the largest German explosives plant, along with an annex near Oppau. Flames rose by 6:15 and 6:30 as vast smoke covered Ludwigshafen and Oppau. one aircraft returned in flames, possibly destroyed to prevent capture. The pilots hailed the raid as a premier aerial feat of the war.
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Paris
Ludwigshafen
Badische Amlin and Soda Fabrik
Germany
Mannheim
Oppau
Germans Use Gases in Ossowetz Region War Report
Petrograd reports via London that Teutonic allies used a choking gas to cover an offensive in the Ossowetz region. Austro German attacks along the upper Vistula and left bank of the San were repulsed with heavy losses. Russians claim heavy casualties on the 25th across the front from the Dniester marshes to Dolina and say they captured many prisoners during counter-attacks.
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Petrograd
London
Ossowetz
Upper
Vistula
San
Przemysl
Lubaczowka River
Frzemysl
Dniester
Dolina
Lassen Peak Reaches Summit Again After Eruptions
San Francisco May 27 Lassen Peak has been scaled for the first time since the recent vast eruptions by a party of five men guided by R S Holway professor of physical geography at the University of California A telegraph report to the Associated Press tonight notes that the two craters have undergone radical transformations both now being filled
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San Francisco
Lassen Peake
R.S. Holway
University of California
Associated Press
Holway
Endorsed Suffrage At Locomotive Engineers Meet
Cleveland May 27 suffrage was endorsed at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention. New salaried officers were installed and balloting for non salaried officers began with no results announced. Another insurance trustee will be elected tomorrow. Delegates will attend a smoker tomorrow night hosted by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railway
WHEN DINNER COMES One Ought to Have a Good Appetite
A promotional piece extols Grape-Nuts and Postum with reader letters about appetite, digestion, and health. It cites a 57 year old Tennessee grandmother, a sick grandson, and claims breakfast with Grape-Nuts boosts dinner appetite, while Postum coffee alternative is mentioned.
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Tam
Postum Co
Wellville
Storm and floods cause big damage across region
A violent rain storm sweeping Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma worsened floods and cut communications. Reports confirm several deaths from floods and lightning as rivers rise. J A Martin and Orson Thurber drowned near Chanute. Elmer W Jones was killed by lightning. Otis Crowe drowned at Fort Scott. Kansas City dispatch.
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Kansas
City
Missouri
Oklahoma
Manhattan
Kan
J. A. Martin
Orson Thurber
Chanute
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Otis
Crowe
Public Utilities Association Holds Convention Afloat
The Missouri Public Utilities association began its ninth annual convention aboard the steamer Quincy, with hundreds of members traveling a four day trip on the Mississippi and other rivers. Guests included Mayor Kiel and family, Judge Hogan, Water Commissioner Wall, E R Kinsey, C E Swingley, Charles H Talbert and spouse, Gov Majox invited but absent, J L Harrop, and A C Einstein of Union Electric. Activities feature six girl cabaret performances between sessions.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Public Utilities Association
Quincy
Mississippi
Ohio
Tennessee
Cumberland
Kiel
Edna. Kiel
Granville Hogan
E. ‘Wall
E. R. Kinsey
Board of Public Improvements
Commission of Public Safety
A.C. Einstein
Union Electric Light. and Power Co
German Manufacturers Profit From War Profits Reported
Berlin May 27 annual reports of German arms and munitions firms show strong results. Ludwig Loewe Co declares 30 percent dividend after 18 percent in 1913, while Deutsche Waffen and Munitions Fabriken distributes 1.43 million dollars, up from 1.2 million, with bank balances and claims rising by 8 million. Daimler Motor Co doubles reserves to 3.57 million and increases dividends, after subscribing 1.2 million to new loans. Press criticism notes some figures obscured while profits from army contracts grow.
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Berlin
Ludwig Loewe Co
Deutsche Faffen and Munitions- Fabriken
Arms. ‘and Ammunition Trust
Lutherans to Celebrate Reformations Anniversary 400th
Akron May 27 Lutherans of the United States plan a 400th anniversary celebration of the Reformation in 1917. A resolution to raise 1,000,000 for church education was adopted. A new innermissionary society formed to aid the homeless, feed the poor, and place girls in homes or work. Dr L B Wolf reports European war hampers Africa mission work. Speakers included Dr Wis Greever Rev S C Burger and Rev C Metrosius.
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Akron
Ohio
United States
Innermissionary Society
L. B. Wolf
Baltimore
Foreign Missions
Africa
Wis H. Greever
D. D
Columbia
Lutheran Survey
S.C. Burger
Indiana
Rev. C. Metrosius
Montreal Steamer Morwenna Torpedoed by German Submarine
Montreal steamer Morwenna bound Cardiff to Sydney was torpedoed yesterday 160 miles west southwest of Shetland. One crewman killed and three wounded as she shelled then torpedoed. Crew escaped to boats and were picked up by a Belgian trawler. Betty, a Danish steamer of 2109 tons, was also torpedoed and its crew landed near New Castle. Morwenna, steel steamer of 1414 tons, built 1904 at Dundee, 260 feet long, 34.2 beam, owned by St. Laurence Shipping and British registry. Master L Holmes. Betty built 1912 at New Castle, 281 feet long, 43.1 beam, Danish registry. master H C Lagesen.
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London
Montreal
Cardiff
Sydney
Stanne’s Head
Admiralty
North
New Castle
St. Laurence Shipping. Company
Dundee
Lloyd’s Registry
L. Holmes
Betty Awas
Copenhagen
M. Carl
H. C. Lagesen
Predestined to Crime Fathers Plea for Son
James E. Riddle of Lima Ohio returns from Chicago where his son Dorrance stands accused of murder. Riddle pushes a defense of predestination to crime arguing heredity and environment. He seeks a Ward family link as part of an ancestry defense, relying on small donations from Lima residents for legal costs.
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James E. Riddle
Lima
Ohio
Chicago
Riddle
Thornton
Horton
Central Illinois Creamery men meet at Galesburg
Members from Champaign Bloomington Peoria Quincy Macomb Abingdon Galva Monmouth attend the Central Illinois Creamery men’s club meeting in Galesburg Illinois to discuss freight rates, cooperative action, cost of production, and sanitary improvements for dairy products. L Nielson presides. F A Jorgenson notes secretary. Mr Marpele of Fos River Butter Company also present. University of Illinois staff W Yapp and N W Hepburn attend.
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Galesburg
Ill
Central
Illinois
Creamery Men’s Club
Galesburg Club
L. Nielson
F.A. Jorgenson
Champaign
Bloomington
Peoria
Quincy
Macomb
Abingdon
Galva
Monmouth
Marpele
Fos. River Butter. Company of Chicago
W.yapp
N. W. Hepburn
University of Illinois
State “University
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nebraskan Explodes Near Fastnet Aboard Sails Home
Captain Greene of New York recounts the Nebraskan torpedoing 40 miles off Fastnet after leaving Liverpool. The blast blew derricks from the deck and flooded lower holds while lifeboats were launched. Two armed British vessels offered aid as the ship settled but the crew stayed aboard to guide the vessel toward Liverpool.
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Greene
New York
Nebraskan
Liverpool
Fastnet
Avé
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