Martin Luloff Tries Quigide No Known Cause For Suicide
Martin F. Luloff a grocery wagon driver at Berteh’s 514 Conger Street drank about an ounce and a half of carbolic acid. He lay near death at Berteh home as physicians fought to revive him. No motive is known though he had a steady job and no apparent troubles. He came to Independence recently and had ties to Janesville and Colorado City.
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Martin F. Luloff
Charles Berteh
Conger Street
Berteh
Bertch
Mr.Berich
Dinneen
Charles Berth
Lulo
Independence
Berth
Janesville
Wis
Colorado City
Col
Berthh
Lila
Three-I League Set To Open 1911 Schedule May 4
The Three-I League will start the 1911 season next Thursday amid disputes. Northern managers back a constrained circuit, warning southern clubs they risk outlaw status if they push for six clubs. After May 4, players may become free agents, with northern clubs retaining the Three-I name in any reconfigured league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyle
Maynard
O’brien
B. B. Johnson
August Herrmann
Thomas J. Lynch
Chicago
Love Disappointment Triggered Despondent Act
Reports say Luloff, once friendly with a theatre singer on Harrison street, faced unreciprocated affection. After a Thursday visit to talk with her and a morning groceries delivery, his mood soured. An aunt named Mrs. Clark is noted as living in the area.
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Luloff
Harrison Street
Lulof
HIERGE FOREST FIRE THREATENS TOWN OF LLOYD
A forest fire in the Shawangunk mountains near Poughkeepsie rapidly spreads and endangers Lloyd as farmers work through nights to combat the flames. Mohonk Lake area also sees fires threatening the lower Catskills foothills and the peace conference site with large property losses reported.
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Poughkeepsie
Shawangunk Mountains
Lloyd
Mohonk Lake
Peril
N. Y
Lower
Catskills
Lake Mohonk
Consider Probe of Steel Trust Opens in House
Washington April 29 The house rules committee began consideration of the Stanley resolution to appoint a special committee to investigate the U S Steel corporation and to inquire into irregularities with respect to anti trust and bank laws. Hearings on the resolution will be held next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Rules
Stanley
U.S. Steel Corporation
Senator Kittredge Is Barely Alive
Sioux City Sioux City April 29 Drs are using every means to keep former Senator Kittredge of South Dakota conscious until his mother can arrive from Hot Springs Arkansas. The report says he is barely alive and hospitalized in Hot Springs.
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Sioux City
The
Journal
Hot Springs
Ark
Kittredge
South Dakota
Lad Killed in Plow Accident Near Celwein Indiana
Herman Klingfuss twelve year old son died when a sulky plow wheel ran over his neck. The accident occurred six miles northwest of Celwein as the boy fell from the seat after striking a stone. The father, a quarter mile away, found him unconscious and the wheel pressing on his throat.
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Celwein
Herman Klingfuss
Missionary Seals Year’s Wage for Deep Well Drill
Rev Edmund Bullard of the American Baptist Missionary Board in Mellore Madras assigns his one year salary of 100 dollars to Armstrong Manufacturing Co for a Climay well drill. The 14 000 pound machine can reach 1 000 feet with freight about 5009 dollars. The donation aims to secure pure water for natives suffering disease. A second drill will go to Orange Free State South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Edmund Bullard
American Baptist Missionary Board
Mellore
Madras
Armstrong Manufacturing Co
Orange Free State
South Africa
Boy Drawn Into Corn Elevator Dies In Illinois Accident
In Reddick, Kankakee, April 29, 12 year old Melvin Bigelow was pulled into a loading elevator car at the Cooley elevator. He suffocated before rescue. The incident occurred while he played in a worn bin, and he did not survive.
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Kankakee
Cooley
Reddick
Melvin Bigelow
Dam Family of 14 Finds New Life on Rich Farm Near Pella
April 29 Pella Iowa The Dam family of 14 from Nieuw Beverland near Rotterdam has settled on a six room, forty acre farm six miles from Pella. They came to America to work and will save to own land, aided by the Dutch settlement in Pella founded sixty three years ago by Rev. Henry P Schlote.
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Pella
Dam
America
Iowa
Nieuw Beverland
Rotterdam
Jacob Dam
Holland
Jan Johannes
Gus Bertus
Henry P. Schlote
City of Refuge
International Exhibit Opens Celebrating Italian Unity
The Turin international exhibition of Industry and labor opens as the largest foreign exhibit by the United States. Rome and Turin vie in jubilee celebrations for Italian unity with rival art expositions. The Turin show spans 12 000 000 square feet and is connected by bridges, drawing many visitors to the Italian capital and the American pavilion as the largest overseas exhibit by the U.S. government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turin
International Exhibition of Industry and Labor
Italy
Rome
Britons Back Taft Arbitration Peace Plan
A massive Guildhall meeting in London backed the Taft treaty of arbitration with broad cross party support. Premier Asquith offered the resolution, seconded by A. J. Balfour, uniting rivals and religious leaders in backing the peace proposal. The event drew leaders from major political factions and religious bodies.
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London
Guildhall
Taft
Great Britain
Asquith
A J. Balfour
House of Commons
Former Champion Discharged From New York Police
Former world hammer throw champion Matthew J. McGrath has been discharged from the New York police force for conduct unbecoming an officer. He was acquitted recently of shooting a man in his home, a Christmas case, and the discharge surprised friends in police and athletic circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matthew J. McGrath
McGrath
Aman
Country Scoured For Brute Slayer of Mrs Turner
Lakewood New Jersey April 29 authorities scour the region for the brutal killer of Mrs Charles Turner found clubbed to death in nearby woods. Turner a middle aged wife of a Gould estate employee was walking a shortcut when attacked. authorities note signs of desperate struggle with extensive injuries including torn wrist neck and breast.
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Lakewood
N. J
Charles Turner
Cedar Falls Man Heads Scientists
Cedar Rapids April 29 The Iowa academy of science today elected officers including President IT Bergeman of Cedar Falls. vice presidents A A Bennett of Ames and C N Kinney of Des Moines. secretary L T Ross of Des Moines. treasurer George F Kay of Iowa City. executive committee members U S Conrad of Grinnell, B H Bailey of Cedar Rapids, and H M Kelley of Mt. Vernon.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Academy of Science Today
IT. Bergeman
Cedar Falls
A. A. Bennett
Ames
C. N. Kinney
Des Moines
L. T. Ross
George F. Kay
Iowa City
U.S. Conrad
Grinnell
B. H. Bailey
H. M. Kelley
Mt. Vernon
Canton Uprising Deepens as Taotai Is Killed
Rebels assassinated the Canton taotai and closed city gates as fighting raged, with hundreds killed or wounded. Brigadier General Chung mortally wounded. British torpedo boat destroyers and the US gunboat Wilmington moved toward Canton to aid nationals. Famine in China reported with millions starving. a gratitude note from Mrs. S. D. Sherod accompanies the item.
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Kong Kong
Canton
Viceroy
Chung
U. S
Washington
United States
Wilmington
Hong Kong
Mexican Government Probes Quote Criticism of U S
April 29 report says Mexico cables Vice President Corral abroad to verify remarks quoted from an interview in Mexico City criticizing Americans amid the Mexican revolution. Ambassador Wilson advised the U S State Department. Also notes a possible attack as Mazatlan’s federal force resists insurgent demands. A Ciudad Porfirio Diaz circular denounces American actions as a Yankee trick.
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Washington
Corra
Spain
Mexico City
State Department
Wilson
Mazatlan
Eagle Pass
Tex
Douglas
Ariz
Havana
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Talk of School and Child Welfare at National Congress
Washington April 29 The National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers association discussed the school role in child welfare. Proposals urged parents and teachers to cooperate in education, child study for parents, adequate school provision by cities, and medical inspection in schools. Speakers included Mrs Walter S Brown Des Moines and W E Watt Chicago.
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Washington
National Congress of Mothers and Parent Teachers’ Association
Walter S Brown
Des Moines
Iowa
W. E. Watt
Chicago
Battleships Lost Off Spain Reported At Cape Zilano
Lloyds agent at Corcubian Spain reports two battleships lost off Cape Zilano at the northwest tip of the peninsula. One vessel named F S Clampa from Penarth to Genoa carried no coal. Madrid dispatches say a large English steamship wrecked at Corenchian with details still unavailable. Haytian warship Nord Alexis in distress off Port DePrix Haiti with political prisoners aboard.
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Londoen
Lloyd’s
Corcublin
Spain
Cape Zilano
Clampa
Penarch
Wales
Genoa
Madrid
Corenchian
Haytien
Bistresa
Cape Haitien
Hayti
Nord Alexis
Port DePrix
Infuriated Elephant Kills Trainer During Show
A crowded crowd witnessed Monte the elephant violently kill trainer James Hildebrand, dragging his body along railroad tracks and goring him with tusks. The infuriated act occurred as Hildebrand attempted to move the animal into a car. After rescue attempts by attendants, the elephant was shot on orders of show management. Hildebrand, 45, of Lancaster, Missouri, had long worked with the creature.
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Dixon
James Hildebrand
Monte
Hildebrand
Lancaster
Third Wedding in Year in the Gould Family is Today
Jay Gould second son of the railroad magnate marries Miss Anne Douglas Graham at St Thomas church Princess Khuikall will be given away by her step mother Reverend Ernest M Stires conducts ceremony Floral decorations are pink and white Honeymoon likely in the Adirondacks then England as guests of Lord and Lady Decies sister of Mr Gould
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George J. Gould
Jay Gould
Anne Douglas-Graham
Hubert Fos
St. Thomas Church
Princess Khuikall
Ernest M. Stires
Adirondacks
England
Lord
Lady Decies
Gould
Republican 5 for Free List Moves in Reciprocity Debate
Washington April 23 Representative W Harmond Minnesota the lone Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee backed the Democratic free list bill noting it would compensate farmers for reciprocity losses He argued reciprocity does not align with Democratic policy and the free list should pass Also Senate committees held meetings as lawmakers prepared for a backlog of work since Congress convened and factional committee battles delayed action.
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Washington
W. Harmond
Minnesota
House
Hammond
Senate
$1,050 For Wife Gypsy Gets First U S Divorce
Kansas City April 29 Judge Siover granted what is claimed as the first legal divorce ever given a Gypsy in the United States to Stephen George. George, roving band king, said he paid $1,050 for his wife. She later left for St Louis and remarried. George recovered $1,000 of the bride price. Stanley testified the wife had a Gypsy divorce before marriage and that a legal divorce was unnecessary.
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Kansas City
United States
Siover
Stephen George
George
Peter Stanley
St. Louis
Stanley
Capital Hill plan seeks 9 million for capitol rebuilding
Albany April 25 an ambitious architectural development plan for Capital Hill proposes about 9 million dollars for rebuilding the wrecked portion of the New York state capitol and constructing nearby department buildings awaiting approval by the committee on public buildings.
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Albany
Capital Hill
New York State Capitol
Capitol
Kidnapped Girl Rescued After Gypsy Abduction
Vera Georgeovitch, 15, daughter of a saloonkeeper, testified in Chicago on April 29 about being kidnapped last Tuesday by a gang of Gypsies. She described a covered wagon, a dark-skinned woman with trinkets binding her hands, and rescue by workers.
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Chicago
Vera Georgeovitch
Goose Parading as 1912 Goose Causes College Clash
At Charles City College the 1913 class dressed a goose in 12 colors and symbols to claim it as an honorary member of the 1912 class. The 1912 group confronted the procession in a tense scuffle, cords used on some members, but no serious injuries occurred as students dispersed after the incident.
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Goose
Chas
Charles City
Pos
Fettera
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Ine
Hierge
Senator Kittredge
Herman
Klingfuss
San Felice
Sc Cigas
Rich
Canterbury
Westminster
Rabbi Adler
United Hebrew Congregations
Frederick B. Meyer
Free Churches
Mrs. Turner
Taotai
San Francisco
China
Burford
Nankin
Geen
Anhul
King Hu
D. Sherod
Xigan Govt
T. S
Martin
Ciampa
Gypsy
Little Gire
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