Exodus in Lodz as Rioting Displaces Thousands
Lodz faces a mass exodus after fierce clashes between the military and strikers. Twelve thousand residents have fled. trains are crowded. In Baluty a Jewish family of five and a cab driver were killed. Paljanice and other suburbs saw police casualties as mobs attacked authorities and liquor stores were looted. Citizens appealed to General Susrow for protection while authorities seek witnesses to sanction brutal Cossack actions.
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Lodz
Baluty
Paljanice
Socialist Society
Susrow
Rosenblatt
News of Lodz Riots Suppressed by Censors
Report from St Petersburg dated June 26 describes limited details on Friday and weekend clashes in Lodz Jewish quarter. Censorship blocks telegrams, leaving newspapers and officials with scant, unsatisfactory updates on violence, casualties, and Jewish emigration, with no word from General Trepoff’s staff or Ambassador Meyer.
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ST. Petersburg
Lodz
Trepoff
Associated Press
Meyer
Warsaw General Strike Call Shuts Down City
June 25 report says the Social Democratic party in Poland and Lithuania issued a proclamation urging workers to halt all production and close offices shops and restaurants in Warsaw to protest the Lodz massacre and emperor’s crimes. Police and gendarmes clash with crowds as two policemen are wounded in Praga and civilians are hit in other streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Social Democratic Party of
Poland
Lithuania
Lodz
Praga
Oszdowa
Lawlessness in Poland Surges From War Crisis
News reports from BERLAN on June 25 describe Poland’s postwar industrial crisis causing massive unemployment. Crowded camps form near cities as urban police struggle, and residents face growing unrest amid scarcity and missing homes.
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Berlan
Poland
Warsaw
Vigilante Justice in War Saw Strangles Robbers in Poland City
In War saw a surge of crime prompts a vigilante response. Citizens form a committee in Wola and string up robbers tied to telegraph poles. A blood vendetta follows as Saczynski and Kochanowski are shot in bed, then Pawlowski and Kauminski are killed by vigilantes near the governor general’s palace. Police offer no action as business stalls and tax revenue sinks.
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Wola
Warsaw
Saczynski
Kochanowski
Adam Pawlowski
Stephan Kauminski
Lezno
Welty Confident of Victory in Democratic Governor Race
Columbus Ohio June 25 John C Welty of Canton arrived as the first candidate to appear in the capital renewing claims his nomination is assured denying weakening forces and pledging to stay in until the end. Welty’s camp claims about 120 delegates instructed for Welty and 150 in his favor while opponents claim 280 for Patton and other figures. Delegates are arriving as political activity swells ahead of the convention Wednesday.
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Columbus
John C. Welty
Canton
Welts
John M. Pattison
Will S. Thomas
Springfield
8. M. Hunter
Licking County
Stiram Dp
Peck
Cincinnati
John S. Vancler
John
Nook
Lawrence T. Neal
Fire damages Nashville shopping district. losses tally high
Fire in downtown Nashville caused damage estimated at 500000 to 650000 dollars. The blaze struck the Pahtee department store and spread to Palace Harris Bros. building Jacobus Bros. Manix goods company and other soon to be Kress Co. premises. Several blamed firms include Wright Bros. decorators Cash Grocery R. W. Turner Cumberland Baking Powder and Alfred steam base works.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pahtee
Palace
Torritory
Harris Bros
Jacobus Bros
Norman Kirkman
Manix
Nashville the Goods Company
Kress & Co
Browne Heirs
Wright Bros. Decorators
R. W. Turner
Cumberland Baking Powder Company
Alfred Steam Base Works
Fire guts Wizard Storage Battery building in Cleveland
A blaze broke out just before 2 am near St. Clair and North Water, gutting the Wizard Storage Battery company building and causing 10000 dollars in damage. Fairbanks Morse & Co. neighboring structure also caught fire and threatens a larger conflagration if not controlled.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wizard Storage Battery Company
St. Clair Street
North Water Street
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Two Latest Battles Report From St Petersburg Dispatch
A dispatch from General Linevitch dated June 23 describes no change in army positions. It details Japanese advances on the right flank and front, Russian countermoves along the Mandarin road, and successive skirmishes near Liao Enjao, Menchungai, and Recepingoa with artillery engagement and cavalry actions including a Japanese battalion of 200 cavalry north of Chajushen Korea on June 20.
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Mandacin
Gujichi
Shichia
Liao Enjao
Mandarin Road
Menchungai
Recepingoa
Chajushen
Korea
Russia Defeated in Stiff Skirmish at Manchuria
Tokyo June 25 official despatch from Japanese army headquarters in Manchuria reports the northwest Manchurian eminence battle on June 22 ending with heavy enemy losses. About 3,000 Russian troops and several guns were engaged, 50 corpses left on the field, 200 enemy casualties. Japanese losses were insignificant. The enemy flag was raised during retreat before being driven north in disorder.
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Tokio
Manchuria
Manchentou
Red Cross
Steamer Khona Sunk by Russian Cruiser Near Hongkong
Singapore June 25 reports the British India Steamer Khona sunk by the Russian cruiser Erek on June 5 sixteen miles north of Hong Kong. The crew were landed here tonight by the Dutch.
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Singapore
British- India Steam Navigation Company
Erek
Hongkon
Electric car runs over torpedoes. woman dies in Danbury
In Danbury on June 25 an electric car ran over torpedoes placed on the track by boys. The blasts caused panic among women passengers and Mrs. Mary Davis, 60, leaped from the car. Her skull was fractured and she died minutes later.
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Danbury, Conn
Mary Davis
Twentieth Century Limited to Resume Full Schedule
The NY Central states the eight hour running schedule between New York and Chicago will be restored tomorrow after an accident at Mentor, Ohio. Officials concluded the wreck was not caused by train speed and the eighteen hour schedule will resume Monday.
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New York
Chicago
Mentor
Newman
New York Central
Lake Shore Road
Lake Shore Company
Ohio
MAIL CLERKS PROTEST IN INDIANA ROUTES
United States mail clerks in northern Indiana and on Lake Shore routes from Chicago to Cleveland oppose a new railroad speed schedule. They warn that running at speeds exceeding a mile per minute after the Mentor wreck endangers safety, and many prefer slower runs. Goshen serves as a central hub for clerks in the Chicago to Cleveland corridor.
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Goshen
Ind
United States Mail
Indiana
Chicago
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Pennsylvania Company
Mentor
United States Railway
Wost
Wreck Probe Hints at Deliberate Switch Error
Mentor Ohio June 25 officials of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railway held a probe into last Wednesdays wreck Thirty witnesses were examined and a scene inspection showed a misplaced switch The theory remains that the switch was willfully mispositioned by an unknown person as railroad detectives search for the culprit
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Mentor
Ohio
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Couple Wed Amid Store Counter Altar In Shelbyville
In Shelbyville Illinois yesterday, Alfred Evans, a Brown town farmer, and Amelia Kaskic of Ramsey tied the knot at a drygoods store where Rev. C P Wright happened to be working. The couple, in a rush to marry, became one with the store counter as their improvised altar.
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Decatur
Til
Alfred Evans
Browntown
Amelia Kaskic
Ramsey, Til
C. P. Wright
Shelbyville
Roosevelt orders liberal treatment of exempt Chinese in US
President Roosevelt directs broader courtesy for exempt Chinese classes at immigration points. Diplomats and Metcalf officials instructed to ensure proper certificates, guard against harsh or discourteous handling, and dismiss offenders. Officials urged discretion in classifying laborers versus exempt individuals to avoid unnecessary hardship.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
China
Boyceott
American Asiatice Society
Metcalf
Department, of Commerce and Labor
Immigration Bureau
Bureau of Immigration
Petition for pardon for John W Terrell in Blufeton Ind
Petitions for the pardon of John W Terrell are on file before Governor Blufeton Indiana, per Specht to the Journal Gazette. The notice records that the petitions have been submitted and are awaiting action.
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Specht
Journal-Gazette
Blufeton
Ind
John W. Terrell
Hanly weighs pardon petitions as Terrell case awaits ruling
The article notes J Frank Hanly has not yet acted on pardon petitions left on file when Durbin left office. It explains petitions were carried to Hanly in the same form as presented to Burin, with no sign of consideration yet. Meanwhile Terrell's case sits with appellate court judges awaiting a decision in coming weeks.
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J. Frank Hanly
Hanly
Durbin
Burin
Terrell
Remonstrance Rule Sets Saloons in Towns, Not Cities
Judge J F LaFollette held that a blanket remonstrance against saloon business signed by a township majority does not affect saloons in incorporated cities and must target each city separately. The Richland township fight, Dunkirk in dispute, follows prior Redkey victory, with two years of dry law after licenses expire, case headed to the state supreme court.
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Journal-Gazette
Portland
Ind
J. F. LaFollette
Jay Circuit Court
Jay
Richland Township
Dunkirk
Redkey
Lcenses
Supreme Court
Setttement
Drowned at Robison Park Aged 21 in St. Joseph River
David Carter twenty one drowned while bathing near Ely bridge four miles north of Robison park. He could not swim and was pulled under by a sudden deepening in the river. Friends failed to reach aid promptly and body found after midnight. He was son of Charles Carter, a Grand Rapids Indiana railway foreman, and a Modern Woodmen member. Funeral to be arranged by Fort Wayne Camp No. 761.
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David Carter
St. Joseph
Ely Bridge
Robison Park
High Street
Charles Carter
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway
Verne Fox
Lawrence Weidert
Frank Hartman
Coung Carter
Carter
Tnd
J. B. Stulte
Grice
Stults
Detzer
Thistess
Joseph Mayhew
Stutts
Robert Klaen
Bhrow
Fort Wayne
Modern Woodmen of America
New Lutheran Hospital Cornerstone Ceremony In Fort Wayne
The Lutheran hospital project in Fort Wayne marked a grand cornerstone ceremony attended by thousands from northeastern Indiana. Religious leaders from multiple congregations led hymns and sermons in German and English, urging loyal support while a sealed metal box with historical and civic materials was interred. The 1905 inscription and gavel from an apple tree highlighted a project that rapidly expanded after opening last winter, with plans for a four story addition totaling eighty rooms and private chambers ready before winter.
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Lutheran Hospital
Indiana
Hospital Society
Huntington
Decatur
Kendallville
Columbia City
Philip Wambsganss
Gott
Emanuel Church
A. C. Doerfler
Goeglein
W. Brandes
Brandes
Lutheran Hospital Association
Roger Gotti
C. F. Stock
Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital
A. D
The
Hosvital Association
United States
Stock
Emmaus Church
Woodburn
Fort Wayne
Napoleon
Tipton
Ind
Detatur
Washington Township
Allen
Ninde
Henry W. Meyer
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Linevitch
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Sheridan Circle
Frederick the Great
Avid Carter
St. Joseph River
Cornerstone OF New Hospital
South Wayne
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