Black man nearly lynched in Chicago street clash
Charles Tull and two companions, arriving from Iowa, were mistaken for bread breakers and attacked by a mob near West Fury and Ashland. Tull was beaten, chased, rescued by police, then left unconscious. a rope was requested as the crowd scattered. He was taken to County Hospital in serious condition and may die. Labor strike leaders predict an end to the two month dispute this week as talks with Employers' Association loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Tull
Iowa
West Fury Seventh Street
Ashland Avenue
Tull
Eeaployers’ Association
Teameters
Chicago Federation of Labor
Employers Association
Nestor of American Rabbis Degrees Conferred at Seminary
A June 18 report notes one honorary Doctor of Divinity awarded at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America while two graduates received degrees to preach and teach in Israel. Rev Bernard Feisenthal of Chicago is named as the oldest rabbi in the United States at the time. The graduates include Marvin Nathan of Bolо and Bernard Calonimus Ehren-Feich of Philadelphia. Public death and funeral notices follow for several individuals: Christy, Lavalette, Mann, Marsh, Roland, and Smoot, with service details and residences listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B.felsenthak
New York
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Bernard Feisenthal
Chicago
United States
Tven
Wert
Marvin Nathan
Bolo
Bernard Calonimus Ehren- Feich
Philadephia
Christy
Eighth Street
Daniel’ S Christ
Cornelia E” Christy
CG Street
Mann
Fatrick Mann
CM Woolf
Cara
O'Olock
St Peters Church
Mra
Mary “Marsh
Wiights Chapel
Tenth Street
Roland
John Roland
Fair
Eleventh Street
Congressional Cemetery
Dumbarton Avenue
Mary Boyd Smoot
Wineri
Marriage and Death Notices Placed in Major Papers
Notice states that marriage and death notices inserted in The Washington Post will appear simultaneously, free of charge, in morning newspapers including The New York Times, The Globe, El Paso Courier, Cincinnati Enquirer, Chicago Daily Herald, Philadelphia Ledger, Pittsburgh Dispatch, Providence Journal, Rochester Herald, St Louis Republic, St. Louis Post Standard, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, and Cleveland Plain Dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
NEW York Times
Boitoy Glone
Elfpald Courier
Cincinnati Enquirer
Chicago Second-Herald
Philadelphia
Pubsic Ledger
Pittreltg Dispatch
Providence
Rochester Herald
T Louis Republic
Byracue Post-Standard
ST Paul Pioneer Press
Minneapolis Tribune
Cleveland Plain Dealer
French Separation Bill moves through Deputies
Paris report on the long debated separation of church and state. Sixteen of thirty seven sections have passed, including no official state recognition of religion and a budget suppression for public worship. The bill plans clergy pensions and new parochial bodies under government oversight, with further rules to govern church property and services. The committee aims to finish the measure before a four month wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Algo
Ness
Prince of Wales Opens Thames Steam Service Calamity Fears Rise
London dispatch reports the Prince of Wales inaugurating new London County Council Thames steamboat service amid heavy passenger crowds. A collision damaged a boat, another suffered a near mishap at Wapping and a passenger drowned after a panic overboard. Rescue rowboats saved most passengers while paddle boxes were seen awash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince of Wales
London County Council
Thames
Wapping
Explosion at Khartsisk mine kills 500 workers
In Ekaterinoslav Southern Russia on June 18 an explosion at the Ivan collery mine owned by the Russian Donets Company killed about five hundred people. Rescue operations were underway and authorities investigated the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khartsiak
Russia
Ekaterinoslav
Ivan Collery
Khartsisk
Donets Company
Pope honors American college graduates in private audience
In Rome on Trinity Sunday the Pope received sixteen American students ordained this year in a private audience in the throne room. Manager Kennedy presented them, and the Pontiff urged priestly piety and trust in future success in the United States. Prof. JTM Edwards of Notre Dame attended and a 150 cover dinner followed at the American College with Archbishops Ryan and Keane and Bishop Garvey among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Kennedy
American College
Pope
United States
Kelly
J. ™. Edwards
Notre Dame University
Indiana
Ryan
Philadelphia
Keane
Dubuqne
Iowa
Garvey
Altoona
Chinese Boycott Threat Persists After Talks in Shanghai
Vancouver reports state that American Minister W W Rockhill and Consul Davidson met Chinese officials and guild leaders to explain the exclusion bill but could not sway the Chinese. Native papers warn a boycott may be effective if the Chinese unite, undermining American business presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockhill
Vancouver
B. C
Shanghai
W. W. Rockhill
Davidson
Shanghai Mercury
Protest by the Pope Over Persecution in Ecuador
In Lima on June 18 Mgr Bavona apostolic delegate received a papal letter for the Ecuadorian episcopacy. The letter denounces government actions preventing bishop appointments and urges Catholics to resist confiscations of church property and to push for a more favorable government to prevent anti Catholic laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Mgr. Bavona
Riot at Reval Prison Ended by Garrison Troops
A revolt by about 200 inmates at Reval Prison, reportedly sparked by maltreatment, broke out and lasted until 3 AM when troops from the garrison restored order. The riot involved some women as furniture and windows were smashed. Police and soldiers recaptured exits and flogging was carried out on the offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reval
Russia
Jana
College Entrance Examinations Start Across World
New York June 1 College entrance examinations begin tomorrow at 160 points in the United States and in London Paris Geneva Frankfort and Drasden. In New York City the exams are at Columbia University. The six day tests will be read in New York by about 100 readers from leading universities. Chief readers include Prof Howland at Pennsylvania math, Prof Prentiss at Rutgers, Prof Ford at Fordham, Prof Goodspeed at Penn. The article notes a growing candidate pool of over 2100 this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
College Entrance Examination Board
United States
London
Paris
Geneva
Frankfort
Drasden
New York City
Columbia University
A. C. Howland
Univerasity of Pennsylvania
R W. Prentiss
Rutgers College
H. E
Ford
Washington and Jefferson College
A W. Goodspeed
University of Pennsylvan S
Joy Leaves Harvard Agreement With Med Society
Special to The Washington Post Cambridge June 18 Harvard College announced through the Crimson that the settlement with the Med Fac Society has been carried out. Ben Joy, one of four implicated in the Philips Brooks House episode, has realigned and left Cambridge after arrest. Undergraduates may press other members to resign if they do not follow Joy’s example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks House
Washington Post
Cambridge
Mass
Dean Hurlbut
Harvard Crimson
Harvard College
Harvard
Tdeological School
Charlottesville
Joy
Deen
Crimson
Crimson Tang
The
Mad Fao Society
Toy
Fivara
Hurlact
Gambridge
Acape
MedFac
Financiers Hope Hendricks Report Targets Equitable Officers
New York June 18 State Superintendent of Insurance Francis Hendricks and counsel left for Albany with a nearly finished report on the Equitable Society. Friends say the document will probe all charges against officers and directors, with guilty parties to be spared. Trustees of the Thomas F Ryan stock await the findings before Chair Paul Morton acts on resignations and a rapid push for mutualization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
Washington Post
New York
Francis Hendricks
Hig
M. &. Driscoll
Albany
Equitable Society
Frick
Supt. Hendricks
Guy
Hyde
Alexander
Thomas F. Ryan Stock
Immerite
Paul Morton
Truatea
Warrior and Librarian Captain Prince Patron of Patent Office Library
Captain H L Prince, veteran and librarian of the Patent Office library, rose from Union Army service to clerk of the Police Court and since 1899 has managed one of the world’s finest technical libraries. He witnessed growth from 33,000 volumes in 1876 to about 42,000 volumes, guiding inventors and scientists with its vast information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Prince
Patent Office
Uncle Sam
Prince
Bowdoin College
Twentieth Maine Infantry
Leutenant
Washington
Investigate boycott in China by guilds urged by officials
A Washington notice calls two special Commerce and Labor agents to inspect China's trade, aiming to uncover alleged boycott of American goods by Chinese guilds and other trade issues. The Bureau of Manufactures seeks contact with leading cotton manufacturers in the South involved in sale and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Agenta
China
Charlotte
Washington
Department of Commerce
John M. Carson
Bureau of Manufacctures
Orient
South
Russian Professor Dies by Own Action in Richmond
After two days missing, Prof Leon N Hasim a Russian born language teacher in Richmond Va was found dead in a ravine. He swallowed carbolic acid and rough on rats took an open razor the evidence points to suicide amid financial distress. A jury ruled death by own action and his wife, who loved him, has threatened herself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Leon N. Hasim
Hassiff
Richmond College
Hasilif
Russia
Aleo
Powell predicts Maryland farmers will turn to irrigation
Special to The Washington Post Laurel Md June 18 Col William S Powell at Vansville Farmers Club event discusses global agriculture after a 20000 mile world tour. He predicts Maryland farmers will adopt irrigation within twenty years to stay competitive and notes glimpses from countries including Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Col. Powell
Japan
Powell
Dedicate New Church Service At Elking Cornerstone
The Methodist Episcopal Church in Elking hosts a two Sunday dedication starting next week with ex Senator Henry G Davis delivering an address during cornerstone laying. Bishop Luther B Wilson preached today and other clergy from St Pauls Cincinnati and Paterson New Jersey contribute. A new pipe organ costing 2000 dollars, with 1000 donated by Andrew Carnegie, is being installed, manufactured in Hagerstown Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bpeelal
He. Hikins
W. Va
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Elking
Henry G. Davis
Luther B. Wilson
Chattanooga
Venn
Charles Blodgett
St. Paul's Church
Cincinnati
Earl Cr
Explosion at Carson Street grocery injures four Italians
An natural gas explosion in the cellar of Sensors Bros. fruit dealers at 1910 Carson Street in Pittsburg caused $2,000 in damage. Four men, two Sensors brothers and their two Italian friends, were burned and feared to die after inhaling flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Carson Street
Sensors Bros
Eastwood Sues Mrs Rhines Over Alleged Marriage Claim
Everett O. Eastwood professor of mechanical engineering at Lehigh University has filed suit against Mrs Effie Rhines of Quincy Massachusetts denying any marriage or engagement and alleging she published in newspapers that he wed her on Thanksgiving in New York He says they never met as engaged and that she followed him and made threats. The report also notes a Bloomingdale Athletic Club banquet with officers and players praised for a strong season and lists attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastwood
Lehigh
Rhines
Bethlehem
Everett O. Eastwood
Lehigh University
Effie Rhines
Quincy
Mass
New York
Virginia
Massachusetts Institute
Anya
Prof
Mrs. Rhines
Virginia obituary notices from June share multiple personal losses
Obituaries report Josephus Clark of Wetzel County aged seventy died in New Martinsville after forty years as a bueler, and Oda A Abbe of Norfolk died at 58 leaving husband James E Abbe and three children. Other items note injuries from an altercation at St Vincent de Paul Hospital, a Barbour County rider’s severe injuries, and a Norfolk shooting during gambling near Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eikina
W. Va
Josephus Clark
Wetzel County
New Martinsville
Episcopal Church South
Pennsylvania State College
State College, Pa
Newport News
Oda A. Abbe
James E Abbe
Sho
Ellen Abbe
James E. Abbe, Jr
Edward C. Niles
Concord
N. H
Mra Abbe
Fatal Falling Tree Kills Padeler Near Elkins
Elkins West Virginia June date report lists Rowe Himes son of John Himes of Valley district near Elkins instantly killed at Fishing Hawk on the Coal and Iron RR by a falling tree. At Hinbarger Lumber Co a fatal heart stroke on street is noted as another incident. William Allan, aged forty eight, dies while walking in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Phoyes
J. William Lee
Commadiouga
Wodern Crematorium
Ponvaylvasia Ave
Efes
Harvey's Sons
Cata Street
Prt
Nermagin
John R. Wright Co
George P. Zurhorst
Urdertaker Amd
Rist
Pema Telephone
East
Wellington
Elkins
W. Va
Rowe Himes
Joh Himes
Valley District
Richey Bigeye
Hinbarger Lumber Company
Apedal
Huntington
Willam Allan
Deaths of notable figures and others across nations
A string of obituaries reports Pascal P Pratt Buffalo millionaire merchant and banker dies after surgery. Also noted are Willam H Summer Schuyler National Bank president and Dennis Kearney longtime Associated Press operator both dying in June and Charles Harris fishing author editor aged seventy five in Bellevue Hospital.
Movements of Ocean Steamers June 18 Arrivals and Sails
Movements of Ocean Steamers reports arrivals at New York on June 18 from Liverpool and Bremen. Le Bretagne arrived from Liverpool, Umbria came from New York via Queenstown, Southampton, while ships from Liverpool and Bremen prepared for New York and Cherbourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
le Bretagne
Liverpool
Umbria
Queenstown
Southampton
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Cempania
Dromen
Bremen
Man collapses in Norfolk drug store after pension dispute
In Norfolk Virginia a man identified as Lorenzo T. Sullivan of Frederickburg collapsed in a downtown drug store. He was taken to Hospital St Vincent de Paul and physicians say he will recover. A letter from pension attorney L T Sullivan of Washington DC and a fragment bearing James K Riddle Toano VA were found on him. A pack of small tablets suspected as strychnine was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Adams
St Vincent de Paul
Tara Lee
Washington Koe
Lorenzo T. Sullivan
Frederickeburg
L. T. Sullivan
Eighth Street
Washington, D. C
St. Vincent de Paul
Sullivan
James K Riddle
Toano
Frst
Washington
Mystery Woman Said to Fire on Huntington Citizen
Huntington witnesses report a veiled woman fired on Walter Stephens a respected local resident. Stephens says he may have shot himself by accident as officials investigate the noon incident at a house on a Huntington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Washington Post
W. Va
Walter Stephens
Stephens
Pastor as a Carpenter Opens New Church in Cumberland
The Church of God at Coalmot, Cumberland, opened for public worship with Rev. J C Jeter conducting services and Rev. T H McAfee and Rev. J Polk Stump attending from nearby churches. The Central Methodist Episcopal Church South on Georges Street cost about $10,000 and was built with Rev. J C Jeter contributing manual labor as a carpenter. the ext annual conference will meet there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Cumberland
Church of God
Coalmoat
T. H. McAfee
Columbia
Central Methodist Episcopal Church South
Georges Street
KILLED BY RUNAWAY HORSE IN Druid Hill Park
Special to The Washington Post Baltimore June 18 Herman Bachrach aged 31 of 1601 Mor Culloh street died at Maryland General Hospital after being thrown from a horse around Druid Lake in Druid Hill Park. His horse sped and shied throwing him headfirst. he died a few hours later without regaining consciousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Charles Harris
Bellevue Hospital
Mr. Harris
Baltimore
Balls Bluff
Libby
Gen. Baker
California
Nature’s Realm
Fishing Gazette
North America
Henry BR
Washington Fort
Herman Bathrach
Mor Culloh Street
Druid Lake
Druid Hill Park
Kittern
Mr. Bachrach
Poetic Justice in Hades In Omar Khayyam Parody Trial
The shade of Omar Khayyam faces a Stygian tribunal as a judge sentences him to read all parodies of his work printed in the United States within the last week. The court cites the harmful echoes of his verse in cafe and corsets, motor cars, dogs, and dancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omar Khayyam
Naishapur
Shade
Omar
United States
Abri Lek
A Western Wife Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem recalls prairie scenes and home life with imagery of blossoming fields and porches. The piece hints at deeper pathos in the wife amid fading scenes and evolving attire, suggesting nostalgia and untold stories from earlier days.
The Silent Rubinstein and the Tripoli Frigate Mystery
The Silent Rubinstein chronicles a long buried wreck near Tripoli, detailing an expedition by Charley Wellington Furlong to locate the Philadelphia. The account describes timber, ribs, and fossilized timbers amid eel grass, with divers and Greek sailors aiding the search. It also recounts Rubinstein’s anecdote about avoiding talk of Wagner and Beethoven in a Glasgow hotel smoking room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripolit
Harpers Magazine
Charley Wellington Furlong
Tripoli
Barbary
Philadelphia
Riley
Crete
Perzles
Everybody’s Magazine
Herbert Oakley
Rubinstein
Glasgow
Wagner
Beethoven
Coffee and Cocoa by 2 Man From Men and Women
Instructions describe preparing coffee and cocoa servings for a group. Mix coffee with cold water overnight, heat to boiling, add cold water to settle, and serve with cream. Cocoa mix sugar and cocoa with thick cream, beat, then combine with boiling water and stir until cup is full. Prepare in advance for better flavor.
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Shea
Chigage Federation of Labor
Ririks Committee
Teamraters Lion
Grand Jury
Somarow
Nestor OF
Undertakers
Nipwspaper
Vatican
Board
Capitaidei
MED Fac
Capt. Prince
Leon N. Hasliff
Ravine
Andrew Carnegie
Som Careshinetar
Bloomingdale
Bloomingdale Athletic Club
W. J. Hammett
G. E. Gonard
Glenn
Raymond
Thompkins
Thomas B. White
Nathaniel T. Worley
William C. Hammett
Charles
Bussey
Bernard J. Corridan
Lee T. Turner
Charles E. Thompkins
Lawrence Appleman
W. G. Hammett
May E. Tobin
Miss Hazel
Wetan Pont
Tre Winnie
J. Holeberry
Barbour County
Philipps
Ballard
Portsmouth
Hugh Davis
Fortsmouth
Davis
KALON
Big Tak St
Pascal P. Pratt
Millis
Knoxville General Hospital
Tate Springs
Eltast, Me
Willam H. Summer
Schuyler National Bank
Schuyler
Nebr
Summer
Oi City
Dennis Kearney
Associated Press
Kenosha
Wis
William B. Kearney
Argos
Norfolk Hospital
Washngton Port
F. K. Robbins
Edward Boyd
Browneville
Robbins
Boyd
Southern Vehicle Association
Southern Lehicle Association
Chamberlin
C. Werp
Charles P. Henderson
Terra Alta
Bmd
W. M. Weekly
D. D
Dayton
Ohio
Ilking
James 8
la~ Iin
Congress
West Virginia
Dawson
Hades
Hera
Witely Toll
God's Angels
National Magazine
Massachusetts Avenue
Senate
West
Chr
Heutich Brewing Co
the Silent
Pets
Fussell
Fussell’s
Broadway
New York Avenue
HUB Furniture CO
Ninth Street
A. Collins Nee
Harper's Weekly
Morton C. Stout Tailors
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