Demanded by Douma over cabinet as outrages spread
In St Petersburg, June 2, the Constitutional Democrats in the Duma pushed for the instant resignation of the ministry, blaming the old regime and interior minister Stolpin for the anti Jewish outbreaks and local authorities' roles. Radical speakers urged prosecuting ministry allies, while press outlets questioned officials and called for reforms in rationing and meat supply.
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REY G B STEVENS DEAD New Haven cong
Yale Divinity School professor of systematic theology Dwight Stevens died today at age fifty two after short illness. He was a noted prolife writer with volumes and essays including The Paulino Theologs and A Life of Peter Parker. The Times notes his scholarly impact in theological circles and his New York publication record.
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Peter Parker
Notice: Marriage and Death Notices Placed in Major Papers
Inquiries for marriage and death notices submitted to The Washington Post will be published across multiple leading newspapers at no extra insertion or telegraphing charge. Papers include New York Times Poston, Buffalo Courier, Chicago Record Herald, Philadelphia Public Ledger, Pittsburgh Post Dispatch, Syracuse Post Standard, St Louis Republic, St Paul Pioneer Press, Minneapolis Tribune, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Greek Countess Divorced in Chicago Court
Countess Sophie de Rilly of Greece won a divorce from Count Paul de Rilly after testimony in Judge Gibbons private office. Two witnesses, the countess and Misa Virginia Neff, testified to the count’s inebriety and desertion. The former Greek Parliament member was not present. The countess, daughter of a former Greek prime minister, has resided in Chicago two years.
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Greece
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Misa Virgina Neff
Count de Billy
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Mexico
Emperor William wins first large schooner race with Meteor
Kiel June 22 Emperor William steers the Meteor to victory in the first of large schooner races over a 30 mile triangular course. Meteor finishes 4 minutes 14 seconds ahead of Hamburg and Clara. The Emperor, at the helm, remains aboard the Meteor as the winner. Frederik W Whitridge attends on board the Hamburg during the royal voyage.
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Prisoner Saw Found Hidden on Yeggs in Salisbury
Frank Smith alias Specks and Robert Taylor alias John Pennell, two alleged ye g g men held for the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway heist, were moved to a double cage for safety after attempting to escape by cutting their jail cell rack. A fine saw was found sewn into the leg seam of one trousers, believed used to cut the lock.
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Dr. Sidney O Heiskell Dead in Baltimore Quarantine
Baltimore quarantine physician and assistant health commissioner Dr Sidney O Heiskell died of apoplexy within minutes after collapsing on his lawn at the quarantine station. Born January 12 1853 in Washington DC he studied at multiple colleges and earned his medical degree in 1881. He was twice married with a March 1901 pneumonia illness linked to his second marriage.
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Instant Death by Train in Huntington Daily News
Instant death when Thomas Biddle a 35 year old mechanic was struck by a train in Huntington West Virginia the incident occurred this evening. Ocean steamer movements note arrivals and departures including La Provence Cambri a and others with Marconi communications. Fire destroys Golconda laundry blocks causing $100000 loss and damage to city lighting plant. Hood s Sarsaparilla advertised as aid for tired mothers with claims of better blood and sleep.
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Shells Fired by Mistake Alarm Willoughby Beach Residents
Ten inch projectiles from Fort Monroe reportedly fired in error toward Willoughby Beach. Shells struck sand and one hit a sailboat, causing panic among cottage residents and property damage. Observers say gunnery likely trained in the wrong direction. Fort Monroe officers offered no explanation.
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A. P. Warrington
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Band of Negro Thieves Arrests Spark Urgent City Hunt
Cephas Couch, captured in Newport News and jailed in Richmond, confesses to robbing the parsonage of Fulton’s Negro Baptist church and identifies a second man. Emmet Carrington was seized in Newport News after Couch’s disclosures. Justice Meyer Angle names four members of the Black Crook clique, and Henrico County police pursue the rest amid fear of a city gang.
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Cephas Couch
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Emmet Carrington
Newport News
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Black Crook
Lightning Strikes Dinwiddie Stable In Severe Storm
In Petersburg Virginia a stable owned by David B. Meade near Sutherlands Station on the Norfolk and Western line in Dinwiddie County was struck by lightning during a storm, caught fire and burned completely, destroying feed. A cow calf and horse perished. Insurance does not cover the loss. A gasoline launch owned by Dr Wilcox and moored at the wharf was damaged by the same storm. Losses amount to several hundred dollars.
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David B. Meade
Sutherlands Staton
Norfolk and Western Railroad
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Wilcox
Fires At Freight Train Near Bluestone
Special to The Washington Post Cumberland Maryland June 22 A Baltimore and Ohio freight train traveling at forty five miles an hour was struck by a shotgun shot hitting the engine cab. Fireman W Krise dropped to the floor but will recover. An unknown man fired the shot.
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Relatives Take Her In After Desertion and Poverty
Mrs Mamie Olsen a Norwegian woman who stayed at City Home with an infant left last night taking the baby with her. She said she would go to relatives in West Point who invited her after learning through newspapers that she was penniless in Richmond and her husband had deserted her. June in Richmond.
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Mamie Olsen
Five Years for Murder in Virginia Case
In Tazewell County Circuit Court Pearl Scott, a Black girl, was found guilty of second degree murder in the Pocahontas killing of John Rice. She received a five year sentence to the penitentiary.
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Labor unions seek stance survey of Virginia congressmen
Anonymous circulars in Washington allegedly target labor friendly members of Congress. The AFL movement plans to query Virginia lawmakers on labor issues, appoint a committee to review replies, and guide union votes. Names listed as favorable to labor include Jones Slemp Maynard Glass and Hay.
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Wagon Run Collisions Injure Two in Capitol Hill Ride
A runaway wagon dashed down Capitol Hill last night at 30 o clock onto New Jersey avenue and B street injuring W H Klotz of 1205 Twentieth street NW and F L Dyer of 1438 V street NW. The runaway stopped near Third street and Pennsylvania avenue when G W Contee of 214 B street NW intervened. The wagon suffered a broken front wheel and damaged body.
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Man kissed brick on street then jailed in Baltimore
Michael O'Brien in Bayview hospital uniform was picked up by Officer Spitzel in Baltimore. He was found kneeling and kissing the pavement and claimed he was kissing a brick outside the Bayview hospital. He told Justice Loden he had escaped from Bayview where bricks are scarce.
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Michael O'Brien
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Spitte
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Itas
Dynmite Explosion At Highland Brick Kills One
Special to The Washington Post Hyattsville June 2 An explosion at the Highland Brick Company works on the Bladensburg road killed A Barringer a colored laborer and slightly injured Dick Clark. Barringer was inserting the dynamite into the clay bank when the blast occurred. He was alive when helpers reached him but died before the physician arrived.
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Highland Brick Company
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Barringer
Fire from electric wire damages Lynchburg clothing house
A fire started by an electrical wire crossing a gas pipe on the third story of E Crump & Co. clothing house on Main Street in Lynchburg June 22. The blaze destroyed about $5,000 worth of goods and caused $1,000 in building damage. Insurance covered the loss.
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E Crump & Co
Death by own action or murder in Bristol room
Dominick Pra chi an Italian novelty maker was shot in the head in his Bristol room this morning and theories of police fail to explain whether it was self inflicted or a murder. Partner Dominick Donati was locked up amid a cloud of mystery.
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Tenn
Dominick Prachi
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Virginia Weddings in Salem Church and Orange County
In Virginia, Miss Virgie Leonard of Sussex County wed Claude Thweatt of Prince George at Salem Church in Prince George County. In Fredericksburg, James Jacobs and Emma J. Waugh of Orange County married yesterday at the bride’s home with Rev. A. J. Harlow officiating. Bridemaids Olle Luck and Wila Waugh and best man W. C. Bond attended. a reception and supper followed.
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Claude ‘Thweatt
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Fredericksburg
James Jacobs
Granville Waugh
Orange County
A. J. Harlow
Olle Luck
Wila Waugh
W.C. Bond
Death notices from Virginia and Georgia obituary reports
Chatham is mourning William Evans of Dry Fork who died Thursday at age sixty from paralysis. He leaves a husband and several children. In Winchester an obituary notice reports the death of Miss Addie L. Smith, formerly of Winchester, at her sister Mrs Susan Rogers home in Sumter Georgia. She was daughter to Patrick Smith of Fauquier County Virginia and is survived by three brothers and one sister.
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William Evans
Dry Fork
Winchester
Susan Rogers
Sumter
Addie L. Smith
Patrick Smith
Theins
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Slater
Norfolk Hay and Grain Leader Calls for Inquiry into Boycott
R Henry Jones, president of the Norfolk Hay and Grain Association, sent a letter to J W McCarrick of the Norfolk Board of Trade and Business Men's Association urging formation of a committee to probe the exclusion of No 2 corn shipments from Norfolk to English ports by the London and Liverpool grain associations. He argues the boycott harms the port and demands accountability and protection of Norfolk's trade interests.
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R. Henry Jones
Norfolk Hay and Grain Association
J. W. McCarrick
Norfolk Board of Trade and Business Men's Association
London
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Englash
Washington Iron Worker Stabs Self Twice in Police Station
A man identifying himself as C T Graff of Washington DC entered Baltimore Central police station and exclaimed Ive stabbed myself and I want to die. He cut his neck twice, dropped the knife, and was bleeding but not fatally wounded. He was hospitalized then charged with drunkenness. He is about 35.
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Mrs Theresa Robert Held On Federal Charge In Baltimore
Theresa Robert alias Mrs Rosa Moore, living on a Potomac River houseboat, was held on $1000 bail by a federal commissioner as grand jury considers possession of government property. Authorities found army shoes a fork and later blankets during raids on her boat and Alexandria home.
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Alexandria
Switchman Sentenced In Fatal Train Wreck
Charles L. Welker, aged eighteen, found guilty in Superior Court of manslaughter for leaving a switch open causing a February wreck that killed five aboard a Southern Railway passenger train. Sentenced to two years in prison. Special to The Washington Post Greensboro, N C June 2.
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Died While Praying in Leitersburg Resident
Mrs Wilfred Flora, eighty four, one of Leitersburg Md s oldest residents, was found dead kneeling in prayer after being missing for hours. She appeared stricken with paralysis while alone in her Leitersburg home.
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Wilfred Flora
Leitersburg
Bullet Through His Brain Ends New York Bookkeeper Crisis
Bluefield West Virginia June 22 Eugene C Patterson aged 47 a New York bookkeeper for the Superior Supply Company in Bluefield shot himself after an expert accountant announced a cash shortage. He turned with a revolver and fired the fatal shot in the head causing death.
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W. Va
Eugene C. Patterson
New York
Superor Supply Company
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Cure by Cuticura Remedies Transform Eczema Sufferer
Lizie E Sledge recounts severe facial and body eczema that resisted two doctors’ yearlong treatment. After her husband bought Cuticura Remedies, the first bottle halted the outbreak and six months of use led to complete cure. She praises Resolvent as the world’s best blood medicine and notes others have been cured using the regimen.
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Lizie E. Sledge
Jones
Many Candidates Ordained at Virginia Theological Seminary
The Episcopal Theological Seminary of Virginia near Alexandria held ordination services after a commencement sermon by Rev. J. A. W. Blake of Georgetown. Bishops Gibson Randolph Peterkin and Gravatt presided as several candidates from Virginia and the Southern Diocese were ordained to deacon and priesthood, with alumni and friends in attendance.
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Ming Birest
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Episcopal Theological Seminary of
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Luke M. White
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George Peyton Craighil
Southern
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Seven Women Fined in Liquor Roundup Police Court
Chief Toody and Officers Lyles Beach and Garvey faced Eva Baker Fannie Kimball Sarah Johnson Annie Morris May Belmont Annie Thompson and Hettie Green in a Police Court liquor license case. All but Annie Morris posted $50 bail. one defendant pleaded guilty and also fined $50. The North Lee Street resort roundup boosted yesterday's Police Court receipts to $365. Alexandria schools closed with commencement set for next week starting at Washington School Monday. Funeral services for John W. Green held at 212 South Patrick Street conducted by Rev. Mr Bulla. interment at Arlington.
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May Belmont
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Hettie Green
Annie Morns
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J. W. Green
John W. Grean
South Patrick Street
Mr. Bulla
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Storment
Arlington
Pleasure Park Lights Fail in Richmond Dark Night
In Richmond Virginia on June 2 a newly opened pleasure park Idlewood suffered a blackout after a kite string tangled with the main feeding wire. The wet line short circuited the electric current and cut lights, prompting electricians to work through the night to restore power.
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Negro released on bond in arson case at Sunbury
A Sunbury message reports Thomas Hunter a Negro merchant and farmer freed on $1,000 bond with sureties Leroy Smith and Rufus Riddick while awaiting grand jury action. The case centers on alleged bloodhound testimony and a pending Gales County grand jury convening, stirring local tension and debate on the barking dog evidence.
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N.C
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Leroy L. Smith
Rufus H. Riddick
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Dragged Half Mile After Being Thrown From Horse
Ada Newman of Baltimore, summering near Linden, was thrown from a horse and dragged for about half a mile, suffering severe scalp lacerations and serious injuries. She is not expected to recover. Headlines note other scattered dispatches from Virginia and North Carolina including a bigamy inquiry, a drowning of a child near Fairport, and a court acquittal in Brunswick County.
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Narrow Escape From Isaacs Creek Drowning Near Winchester
Special to The Washington Fest from Winchester Virginia reports Dr Frank T Pine and his wife narrowly escaped drowning while attempting to ford Isaacs Creek. Their horse was swept away and they were carried by the current to shore. Pine rescued his wife and then saved the horse. In Staunton Virginia two workers were severely injured when a portion of a market house collapsed during demolition.
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Doctor pays alimony to avoid jail in Virginia
Richmond doctor J Sills Daniel agreed to pay alimony rather than be jailed after ignoring a Chesterfield Circuit Court order. He paid $100 to Mrs Susie Lea Dene through her attorney and was released on youth. later in Fredericksburg the city council elected two members to the school board.
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