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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Is Charged With Poisoning Nine Per
sons In Order to Collect Their
Life Insurance
Money.
COURT AT HER BEDSIDE
New Evidence Is Given Against Her
BY Woman Who Was Former
Lodaer at Her
House.

CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Her house of
mystery transformed temporarily in
to court of justice by the attendance
of Judge Walker, States Attorney Way
man and guard of policemen. Mrs
Louise Vermilya was today formally
arraigned on the charge Of murder by
poisoning Of young Arthur Bissonette,
one of nine persons whose intimacy
with the woman resulted in mysterious
deaths
Weak from the dose of arsenic
which she took last Saturday.
mistake she declared-the woman
lay propped up in bed with an attor-
ney at her side. Owing to her con
dition no testimony was taken and
no plea entered.
The hearing was continued until
November %.
New evidence which the police think
reveals Mrs. Vermilya as the great
4 est poisoner since the days of the
Medici, developed here today when
Mrs. Elizabeth Nolan, former con-
fidant Of the Vermilya woman and at
one time engaged to Frank Brinkamp,
her stepson, told remarkable story
of her life as lodger with Mrs. Yer
milya.
Mrs. Nolan told Coroner Hoffman
and his detectives under oath
That Frank Brinkamp was origin.l-
ly taken i'll at Richmond, Va, and
pronounced convalescent prior to his
} removal to Mrs Vermilya's home In
Chicago That a few das,s after his
: arrival here he grew steadily worse.
That just before his death he ex-
hibited symptoms which the coroner
says are identical with arsenical
! poisoning. That Frank told her he
had never believed that his father
' Fred Brinkamp, Mrs. vermilya's hus
, band, died from natural causes. That
: when Frank Brinkamp lay dying be
! fore his stepmother and Mrs. Nolan
apparently he recognized his oWr
symptoms as identical with his faith
er's last illness and declared: I'm
going the same way father died
That when Mrs. Vermilya gave Frank
some water a short time before he
!. died, the patient took swallow and
then spat it out, saying: THAT watel
! does not taste right" That Mrs
. Vernnilya sent the undertaken who
officiated, to Europe. That Mrs. Yer
: milya had Brinkamp's life insured IL
her favor for $4,000, herself payin'
the dues
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
GALESBURG MAN
WOULD BE GOVERNOR
Charles F. Hurburgh, State Senator
Has Announced Himself as
Candidate.

CHICAGO, Noy 6.-Charles IT.
Hurbureh, state senator from Gales
burg, is to be a candidate for govern.
or of Illinois
This announcement was made last
night by his friends. Mr. Hurburgh
is expected to annouce his candidacy
formally within the next few days,
Senator Hurburgh, while he VIII
base his candidacy upon progressive
principles, will not be allied with
either the La Toilette brand of insur
gency nor the organization which fol-
years has been in control of the par
ty machinery il this state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Rodgers Ends His Trans-continenta
Flight From Ocean to Ocean
In An Aero.
plane.
STARTED SEPTEMBER II
Landed In Tournament Park, Paaa
dena on Sunday With But Twen-
ty Miles Yet to
Travel.

PASADENA, CaNI., NOV. o.-ASid-
tor Calbraith P. Rodgers, approaching
a successful completion Of his forty
nine day ocean-to-ocean "jaunt'
across the American continent, soar
ed into Pasadena Sunday at mile-a'
minute clip on the squirt of thirty
miles from Pomona and dropped from
an altitude of several thousand feet to
graceful landing in Tournament
Park
He will fly the remaining twenty
miles today, landing at the edge of
the Pacific ocean.
Official figures OF Rodgers flight
given by his manager total the dis
tance of 4,2S1 miles and the flying
time at 1924 minutes, or eighty-two
hours in the air. He started from New
York September II.
Rodgers appeared on the eastern
sky line shortly after three o'clock
He was sighted by telescopes from
the solar observatory on Mount Will
son. and word flashed down the noun
tain by telephone brought 10000 per-
sons to Tournament Park.
Rodgers lowered over Pasadena q
few minutes, then circled in a wide
spiral and alighted on the greensward
His landing was signal for n rush
and Rodgers was mobbed. The ayia-
| tor says his ribs will surely manifest
black and blue marks.
Rodgers started on the last dash OF
his flight from Banning, Calf, a little
town out in the desert, where his ar
rival had interrupted the only diver
sion of the year, the funeral dance of
the Mojave Indians.
i Taking the air at noon, Rodgers as
cended in the face of twenty-lnile
wind until he had reached 400 feet
Then he set his course west and
sparked his motor up to a thirty-mile
gait. Rodgers wife and mother, who
have been following him on a specia
train from New York, left BANNING
Immediately afterward.
The flyer arrived at Cotton at 1:3
p. M with his altitude increased to 1
600 feet, and he kept this height III
til he neared Pomona. twenty-on
miles from Pasadena. He RENAME
there until after three o'clock, renew
ing his gasoline and refilling the tan
Of the leaky radiator that brough
him near disaster Saturday.
After leaving Pomona Rodgers keI
his biplane pointing upward until h
had climbed over the fleecy sheets c
vapor floating near the tops Of tn
highest peaks of the Sierre Madr
Mountains.
AS he sped on to the finish in Toul
nament Park he was on a level wit
the Mount Wilson observatory an
d flying close to the ragged rocks c
the mountain.
His machine seemed to hesitate a
instant as the aviator careened 1t II
II to perilious though spectacular spirs
d glide. At this time he was directl
t. over the park but as he came dow
d his flier described ever widenin
s. curves. until he was within few hui
N dred feet of the ground. Then Rodger
il. performed one Of the dips Arch Ho'
S, sew was performing when he was xii
is ed at Domingues Field, within sigf
of Mount Wilson, last December.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Romans Are Alarmed.

ROME, Nov. 6.-The serious news
of the conditions at Tripoli have
alarmed the people. The people are
commencing to urge that the govern
ment carry the war into the enemy's
home country, either through the Red
sea or the Dardanelles. There is great
indignation in official circles because
of the reports of Italian atrocities up
on Turks and Arabs. These are de-
MED
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
EIua Names Presented.

HOT SPRINGS, Va, Nov. 6-Presi-
dent Taft let 1t be known that
some FIVE names have been pre-
sented to him in connection with the
supreme court vacancy. He expects
that fully as many more will enter
the field before the appointment is
made. The president expected a
demonstration to hear all claims pre-
sented before making selection.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Another Hunter Killed

ARBOR VITAE, Wis. Nov. CLARK
Sayner, aged 13. of sayner. son of
the founder of the town, while hunt
ing near his home shot himself in the
arm. Before medical aid could be
summoned he had lost SO much blood
that he died.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Loudly
and somewhat cooler tonight Tues
day generally fair.
For Illinois: Cloudy, unsettled and
cooler tonight. Tuesday generally
fair.
For Iowa Cloudy and somewhat
cooler tonight. Tuesday generally
fair.
For Missouri: Generally fair to-
night and Tuesday. Cooler tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
pultizer's Sons to Manage.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-At meeting
of the board of trustees of the Press
Publishing Company, publishers OF
the New York World Ralph Pulitzer.
son of the late Joseph fulitzer, was
elected president. ]. Angus Shaw was
named treasurer, and Joseph Pulitzer
Jr.. secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Ex.cnnvict cantured.

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. 6.--In a fierce
battle in the swamps of Burk County.
Bill Minor notorious train robber was
captured after his companion, Tom
Moore. was shot and killed by a
sheriff's posse. Both we're ex-convicts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height. Change. .Wea
River Forecast.

The river will continue to fall from
Davenport to Keokuk, during the next
twenty-four hours, and slight rise
will follow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Local observations,

Nov Bar Ther. Wind. Weather.
s Z pm. :. 90. SO Al Sc LIT Rain
s Z am. !. 20 81 AZ sw Foggy
Rainfall for past "a hours 79 hun
dredths.
Mean temperature, Nov. 5, AL.
Highest temperature, 46.
Lowest temperature, &C.
Lowest temperature last night, Al
FRED 2. GOSEWIsCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-06
Three Gunboats surrenG'er.

SHANGHAI Nov, 6.--Dr. WI King
Sang, formerly Chinese minister TO
the United States, has accepted the
post of secretary of foreign affairs
under the provisional government OF
which Ii Yung Huang is the head.
Wuen Tsung Yao. one of the most
prominent men in the empire has been
offered a place as Wus assistant.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
TOM HATCH KILLED
Notorious Convict Meets Finish
Ia Minneapolis Burglary
OFFICER KILLED IN BATTLE
Dispatches Give Name as Jerry Nc
Carthy Which Was One of
Names Assumed by Oar
Ing Iowa Robber.

Des Moines, July 17.-That Tom
Hatch, notorious convict, whose dar-
ing gang of safe-crackers raided the
Polk county treasure vault, went to
his death in Minneapolis last night In
a revolver duel with a policeman, is
the belief of local city detectives.
The criminal, believed almost beyond
a doubt to be the fugitive Hatch, put
four bullets through the body of his
would.be captor before succumbing.
Meager dispatches account that the
criminal died with revolver in each
hand, splitting bullets until he tainted
and fell to the pavement dead.
The alleged, Tom Hatch was appre-
hended by OFFICER Ollinger while try
ing to force the rear window OF a
Minneapolis drug store. The patrol
man ordered him to submit to arrest.
The only reply was fusillade of bull
let's from the burglars two heavy re-
volvers. Patrolman Ollinger opened
fire in return. Many shots were ex-
changed. The policeman put four
bullets into his opponent The offi-
Ger was dead when the police re-
serves reached the scene. The burg
lar succumbed twenty minutes later
In a hospital.
Manager Veitch, of the Kirkwood
hotel, who was in Minneapolis, iden-
titled the body as that of Tom Hatch.
He also states that the policeman
made dying statement and produced
papers to prove that Hatch was in
the Polk county courthouse robbery.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
EXPLOSION KILLS q MINERS
Bodies Of Victims Are Found In Each
Others Arms as Evidence Of
Carresses Before Death

Dubois, Pa, July 17.-Twenty-one
miners were killed in an explosion in
the shaft of the Cascade Coal and
Coke company's mine at Sykesville,
nine miles from here. last night. The
explosion occurred at $3.50 o'clock.
but it was after midnight before the
extent of the disaster was known.
All of the dead but three are for.
eigners. The explosion was slight.
as evidenced by the small damage
done in the mine, but the deadly damp
is responsible for most of the deaths.
Three sets of brothers and faith
er and SON are numbered among the
dead. George and John Heck, Nick
Pavelick and his 5-year-old son were
found by the rescuers locked in each
others arms, as though they embrac-
ed each other in their dying moments.
None of the bodies were mutilated
and but few showed burns. Eleven Of
the men in one heading had appar-
emily made ready to escape. for they
carried their dinner pals and were
headed for the opening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
IOWA HEALTH BOARD
~
Session Of Disrupted Body To Be
Held July 1921
SMITH TO SUCCEED DECKER
Or. 3. L. Eiker, Of Leon, Senior
Member of the Board, is En-
titled to the Presidency Of
the Board.

Des Moines.-The Iowa state board
Of health recently disrupted by the
sudden and unexpected designations
of President A. C. Moerke, of Burl-
ington, and DR.. George f. Decker,
of Davenport, will hold its annual
meeting for the purpose of electing
officres and organizing for the next
years work, July 1921.
DR.. George A. Smith, of Clinton,
has been named by Governor Car
roll to succeed DR.. Decker.
The governor has appointed no
one to succeed DR.. Moerke.
1t is anticipated that the affairs
Of the board will be turned upside
down at the annual meeting. Mem
bers Of the board have stated that
they are generally disguised with
the appropriation made by the last
-s5,000-which they brand
as trifiing.
The fact THAI the assembly grant
ed the board only this sum was CIV
en- by President Moerke and DR..
Decker as the cause for their resig.
nation.
DIR. B. l.. Eiker, of Leon. senior
member of the board. is entitled to
the presidency Of the board under
the time honored custom of honor.
ing the senior member.
Two examinations will be con-
Quoted under the auspices of the
health board this month. The
nurses examination will be July "a,
rs and 26, and the embalmers will
take examinations July 81, % and
20. Up to date seventy-one persons
have applied for registered nurses
certificates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
CROPS FINE SAYS VAN DUYN
Effect of Drought Is More Apparent
Around Des Moines Than Other
Parts of the State.

Des Moines, July lie. w. Van
Duyn, state labor commissioner says
that the crops in the northern part
of the state are in excellent shape.
Van Duyn has just returned from an
inspection trip.
"Oats are running from 30 to IS
bushels to the acre. and the corn Is
two weeks ahead of former years
and looking fine. Des Moines people
are fooled on crop conditions in the
state because 1t is dryer around here
than in any other place In Iowa. Pas
lures are still green and there Is no
occasion for alarm over short food
supply this winter"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
MADE HEAD OF ODD FELLOWS
Grand Lodge !. o. o. r. Of Iowa
Elect officers for the
Ensuing Year.

Des Moines. July It's. Stevenson.
OF Council Bluffs, has been elected
grand master of Iowa Odd Fellows.
R. L. Tilton. of Des Moines, grand
secretary; H. F. Wagner, OF Sigour-
ney, grand warden; A. F. Hindprff,
of Newton. grand treasurer; ID. b.
Gum, grand representative; j. +.
McGinty, of Knowlton. grand patri-
arch; e. E. Lambert. Of Newton.
grand high priest; 2. A. Church, Of
jefferson, grand senior warden; Geo.
p. Campbell, of Davis City. grand ju-
nior warden; Jacob Kocher,. of Ma
rion, grand treasurer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
TELLS OF EMPLOYERS LIABILITY
Consul In England VIII Report to
Commission How England
Works This Feature.

Des Moines.--The state liability
commission, which will investigate
the question of employers liability.
met at the stat house and organized
for business. Senator John T..
Clarkson, of Abba, was elected chair.
man, and George A. Wilson. OF Des
Moines, secretary of the last Iowa
senate. was elected secretary Of the
commission. Meetings win be held
to outline a plan of work. One OF
the most interesting features of the
work will be done by Hon. Albert W.
Swain, United States consul at Birm
ingham, England. He will investi'
gate the workings OF the English EN-
ployers' liability law and make a re-,
port direct to the new Iowa commits
sion. He has secured permission to
do this from the state department at
Washington.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
The Cost Of Living.

Careful study of the govern.
ment report OF the Bureau of Labor
shows that wholesale prices in 1910
were 1911 per cent higher than In
1909; 46.7 per cent higher than in
1897 (Which was the year of lowest
prices between 1890 and 1910): 1876
per cent higher than 1890, and 31.6
per cent higher than the average
high prices between 1890 and 1899.
The highest prices in this decade
were reached in October, 1907, when
general decline began which con.
tinued until August, 1908. A rise
then set in. and there were monthly
increases without a break up to
March, 1910, when wholesale prices
reached the highest point in twenty
years. They were then 21.1 per
cent higher than the average OF
1900; 49.2 per cent higher than the
yearly average of 1897. and 1878 per
cent higher than the average price
of ten years between 1890 and 1899.
Then followed slight decline and
from June to December, 1910, prices
remained nearly level and at the
close of 1910 they were still 80 per
cent higher than the ten years aver
age between 1890 and 1900 and 45.4
per cent higher than the record set
by the. low price year 1897. OF the
257 commodities considered in the
investigation las showed an average
increase. rs showed no change and
SO showed decreases.
Prices OF lumber and building ma.
terials increased 1917 per cent: farm
products, To; drugs, Al per cent;
foodstuffs. 3.2 per cent; clothing, "a
per cent, and the miscellaneous group
of commodities 81 per cent House
furnishings decreased OIL per cent
and fuel and light per cent.
Some extraordinary variations
were recorded during 1910. Potatoes
increased 300 per cent, eggs, 80 per
cent; coffee, 60 per cent; mess beef.
30 per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FOR THE BUSY MAN
MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS OF
THE PAST WEEK. TOLD IN
CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Complete Review Of Happenings Of
Greatest Interest From All Parts Of
the Globe--Latest Home and For
elgn items.
Washington
A. C. ROSS, Publisher.

Inc senate Dy undulInOu5 dCtiOu haS
fixed the dates when a vote shall be
taken on several important measures
and 1t is believed by the leaders OF
the various factions that the special
session of congress will adjourn sine
die on or about August Z. The Cana
dian reciprocity measure will be bal
loted for July %.
After secret consideration OF charges
made by Delegate Wickersham Of
Alaska that Attorney General Wicker
sham deliberately permitted the stat
ute of limitations to run against agents
Of the Alaska syndicate, who defraud-
ed the government through perjury
to the extent of $4,000, the house
committee on judiciary at Washington
has determined to report favorably a
resolution of inquiry.
Letters and kilograms expressing
confidence In Dr. Harvey w. Wiley,
the pure food expert of the depart
ment of agriculture, and urging Presi-
dent Taft to consider most carefully
the charge made against him by the
personnel board of the department,
and Endorsed by Attorney General
Wickersham, are pouring into the
White House from all over the coun-
try.
In a speech against reciprocity Sen
ator La Toilette in the United States
senate reviewed, act by act, the admin
istration of President Taft in unspar-
ing terms, and declared that the con-
test involved was the fight between
the plain people and confederated
privilege"
Governor Deneen of Illinois gave the
Lorimer investigating committee his
version of the circumstances leading
up to the election Of Senator Lorimer.
He fatty contradicted assertions made
by Edward Hines before the commi-
ttee regarding the telephone CONVERSE
ton on the morning of May 26. 1909,
in which the Chicago lumberman told
of his alleged message from President
Taft.
DIR. Harvey w. Wiley. pure food ex-
pert. chief of the bureau of chemistry
at Washington. has been condemned
by committee on personnel of the
department of agriculture. with a
recommendation to President Taft that
he be permitted to resign" It is
charged that Doctor Wiley permitted
an arrangement to be made with DR..
II. H. Rusby. recognized pharma-
cognsist of Columbia university. for
compensation in excess of that allowed
by law.
Senator Dailey's free list amend
ment to the Canadian reciprocity bill
was defeated In the United States
senate by large majority. So evil
dent was the margin against 1t that
Senator Bailey did not ask for roll
call
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Northwood Depot Burns.

Northwood. July 1.-THE union
passenger station here was burned
last night, the fire originating in the
baggage room. The building. which
was of brick. was totally destroyed.
the loss being $500.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
trolley Car In Runaway.

Iowa City, July 17.-An Iowa City
street car jumped the track after q
long runaway dash. cutting and
bruising the conductor, motorman
and FIVE passengers. The car ran
four blocks on a derail switch at .
rate OF sixty miles an hour.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Is Killed ay Llahtnlnu.

Scranton, July 17.--Frank Danaher
was struck by lightning and killed
instantly. while making hay on his
father-in-law's farm, nine miles south.
east Of here. He leaves q wife and
one child.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Valley Junction Man Killed.

Valley Junction. July 17.--John
Chapo, 40 years old. employed at the
cement plant here, was struck by
Rock Island train last night as II
was backing to the station at Valley
Junction, and instantly killed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Ira Smart Kills Himself.

West Union. July 17.--Ira Smart
committed suicide by shooting him
self with revolver. He was 80
years old and had lived here most
of his life The cause of the shoot
ing was dependency.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-20
Domestic

Believing that her husband is being
the return of a marvelously hideous
ring he possesses. Mrs Josephine
Ewanton of Chester, England. arrived
in Boston on the four hundred and
sixty-fifth day of her search. which has
carried her to India and across the
continent to Boston.
President Alderman of the New
Jersey senate has turned over to Gov
ernor Wilson the checks he received
from the state comptroiler's depart
ment for services as acting governor.
The United States army has turned
the searchlight on every arm of the
service with view to selecting prom
Using young officers to develop the
war aeroplane.
Nothing like an accurate estimate
of the victims of northern Ontario for
est and bush fires is possible as yet,
but already the list Of those named as
ucdu cACccu5 wv. NC piOpcfly iosS
is probably more than $2.000.000.
Patriotic Americans and interested
foreigners to the number of 1858, 425
have been at the top of the Washing
ton monument since that towering
shaft was opened to the public at the
capital % years ago. The daily
average has been about 500.
Francisco MARITIME. captured by fed
eral officers on an accusation OF coun
terfeiting. preferred death to trial
and probable Imprisonment, for he
leaped from a Fort Lee ferry boat,
on which his captors were taking him
to New York.
Twelve soldiers Of the Twenty-ninth
battalion and $50 Maderists were killed
and many wounded in a battle at
Puebla. Mex, which lasted eight
hours. Forty Maderists are prisoners
in the barracks of the saragoza bat.
TALON
Evelyn Arthur Sec. high priest OF
Absolute Life" was found guilty at
Chicago of abducting Mildred Bridges
seventeenyear-old girl. from her
home. See may be sent to the peni
ttentiary for from one to ten years
for the offense.