Would Lynch Rector Deposed From Priesthood Over Girl Case
The Rev Jere E K Cooke rector of St George's Episcopal Church Hempstead disappeared with Floretta Whaley, his seventeen year old ward. He was unfrocked by Bishop Frederick Burgess upon his own request. District Attorney Coles intends to pursue charges, and August Felmont has hired detectives. Floretta’s dying father had entrusted her care to Cooke, sparking parish gossip and concern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere E K. Cooke
Sterial
Washington Post
Hempsferd L
the Revere
Enode Cooke
St George's Episcopal Church
Floretta Whaley
Gepogen
Tada’h
Frederick KE Burgess
Long Island
New York
Ciy
Mithoush
Coles
Nassau County
Henry Wood
East Podaway
Cooke
August Felmont
Belmont
Hempstead
Floretta Whale
John Whaley
Mr Cooke
Fioretta
Edna
Cooks
John T Whale
Floretta
Crixend
St Georges Church
Heim iInematels
Death Notices and Obituaries From Early May Correspondence
Died hint on Tuesday April in the Young Men's Christian Association building. Charles H Hinton born in London 1853 and resident of Washington six years. Funeral at Lees Chapel 32 Pennotivann Avenue Northwest Friday May 2 430 pm. Hey 7 Mos Sterrett conducting. Sarah F widow of the late JW Jasper aged seventy six. Funeral May 5 at 2 pm residence 514 5 Street Northwest. Burial Ivy Hill Cemetery Alexandria Va. Donny L O Donnell aged ten. Funeral from 21% Sixteenth Street May 2. SHU.[TS] May 2 1907. Mary A Shiles beloved wife of the late John Whites in her eighty fifth year. Funeral May 4 2 pm from 13 Ninth Street Southwest. Delaware papers copied for social interest. Mary Lynham president of Queen Anne Guild noted for church work. Rumors of Rector Cooke scandal. Bishop Burgess of Rhode Island comments on Cooke mental state. Long Island parishioners and prominent families noted. Mrs Cooke prostrated in Hartford. Baltimore inquiry finds no definite whereabouts for Cooke. Cooke formerly rector of St George Hempstead after Baltimore tenure and prior charges in Connecticut.
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Sarah F
Jasper
Ivy Hill
Alexandria
Nelson
Donny LL
Olonntill
Janus
Emma V O Donnell
Queen Anne Guild
Pioretta
Cooke
August Belmont
Hempstead
Long Island
Aella
Burgess
Rhode Island
Europe
Congregation of St Georges
Mr.Telmont
H. van Rensselaer Kennedy
Sidney Dilion Ripley
Theodore Hayemeyer
H Harriman
Orlando Harriman
Funeral Directors and Embalmers Listing in Washington DC
Directory of funeral homes and embalmers with addresses and phone numbers in Washington DC. Includes T A Costello and Co, William Lee, John R Wright Co, Sardo & Co, Zarhorst, Hindle & Bayliss, Nalley & Son, Harvey's Sons, Mitchell's Son, W R Speare, Schipppert, and Shaffer Florist. Listings show chapel connections, on call service, and modest pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Costello & Bro
Laderakers
Trapt
William Lee
Evel
Morerm
Ennsi Vania
WM. H. Sardo & CO
Flnepal
Embalmers
Astre Modern Chapel
George P. Zarhorst
Capitol St
Hindle & Bayliss
Kill at restaurant ends in double fatal stabbing
Chicago May 2 A knife fight between restaurant owner J D L Burgeson and his cook Alfred Beaumont ended with Beaumont dead and Burgeson mortally wounded. Beaumont allegedly drank during quarrel in the kitchen. Burgeson fired four times as Beaumont pursued him with a Kaifa knife. Both men were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
J DL Burgeson
Alfred Beaumont
Beaumont
Burgeson
Ing
Presbyterian Hospital
Ties Bar to Neck Drowns at Cleveland Pier
In Cleveland on May 2, C G Stickle a Pittsburg traveling man died by suicide after tying a fifty pound iron bar to his neck and plunging from a pier. Fishermen spotted him as he sank. long lines recovered the body after about an hour. He worked for the Pittsburg Gauge and Supply Company. colleagues saw no motive and cited good health and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
G Stickle
Pittsburg
Suckle
Pittsburgh Gauge and Supply Company
Licensed to Marry Names and Clergy Pairs Listed
A list of couples and associated clergymen shows licenses issued for marriage. Individuals include Lewis Cooke and Florence Barr, Minnie Stark and Rev Charles Butler, Lilian Marscher and Rev George Maydwall, Eveline Jones and Rev William Dasenport, Irene Butler and Alexander Eis, Sarah Thomas and Tigh Wallace, and others with several ministers named across Virginia Washington DC and Maryland locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B Cooke
Florence M Barr
J Carey Herbert Shenk
D Borman Tigh Wallace
Sarah L Thomas
Lindon
Joshua Barnes Eaward Wj Stevens
Lille B. Campbell
D E Wiseman
Health Office Records Notice of Local Deaths and Admissions
Health office records list multiple individuals with ages and addresses including Mary E Brock 75, Margerst Y Cooper 40, Richard W Brow 72, Virginia B Magruder 70, Join Becker 32, Helen Fairharks 7 months, infant listings for Augustus and Elizabeth V W Sullivan, and others at various addresses. Entries include hospital affiliations, like Children's Hospital and Government Hospital. some marked insane or ill with ages ranging from infants to 83. The document notes 12 hour periods and references WWI veterans and several street locations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E Brock
Evene
Margerst Y Cooper
Richard W Brow
Virginia B Magruder
Becker
Gales
Helen Fairharks
Children’s Hospital
Augustus
Elizabeth
Sullivan
Wwi
Walter
Azing
Virgin
Joseph C Hill
Insene
Tyler Jones
Canal St
John W Dent
Extradition fears rise as Ohio case links to Hahn probe
Washington Post report details New York investigators charging George Scrugham and aides with conspiracy in the New York Life trustee race. District Attorney Jerome cites Ohio extradition delays in the William H Hahn case, vows no leniency for fugitives, and notes Fairchild and Perkins face indictment in the Prussian bond matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
W. H. Hahn
Fairchild
Washington Post
New York
George R Serngham
International Policy Holders' Committee
Charles Carrington
Charles Stirrup
New York Life Insurance Company
Jerome
Scrugham
Smythe and
Howe
International Policy Holders’ Committee
Broad Street
District Attories
Charles S Fairchild
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Safe Insurance Company
New York Life
Europe
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Grand
George W Perkins
New York Lite
Witzgerald
Grand Jury
Perkins
Pennsylvania Railroad Orders 200 Steel Passenger Cars
Philadelphia May 2 A Pennsylvania Railroad order for 200 steel passenger cars for the New York tunnel was placed today. The plan calls for 1,000 passenger cars and 500 Pullmans overall, with two car types: a seventy-foot long distance coach for 88 passengers and a fifty-three-foot suburban coach for about 70 passengers that can convert to a motor car. The steel cars are described as resisting four times the shock of standard wooden coaches and nearly collision proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelpha
New York Tunnel
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Terminal
Pennsylvania
Portuguese Ministry Reorganized in Lisbon May 2
Lisbon reports a reorganization of the Portuguese cabinet with new appointees for interior justice war marine foreign affairs public works and finance. Premier Senhor Franco now heads interior and Justice. Other ministers named include Abreu Vasconcellos Porto Omellas Monteiro Renayo and Carvalho with changes focused in finance justice and foreign affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Senhor Franco
Senhor Abreu
Senhor Vasconcellos Porto
Senhor Omellas
Senhor Monteiro
Seohor Renayo
Senhor Carvalho
Finance
Justice
New Belgian Cabinet Formed Under Premier de Troos
Premier de Troos forms a Belgian cabinet with himself as interior minister and port folio holders including Liebaert for finance Renkin for justice Helleputte for railroads Hubert for labor Deschamps for sciences Hellebaut for war a non for foreign affairs and Dalneke for public works The report notes a call to nature and the aim of unity among ministries.
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de Troos
Belgium
Brussels
M de Troos
M Liebaert
M Renkin
Helleputte
M Hubert
M Deschamps
Hellebaut
A’ Non
M' Dalneke
Botha Fights Free Trade at Imperial Conference
Transvaal premier Botha declares opposition to a imperial commercial conference. He warns tariffs may be raised against Western goods if needed and rejects any curtailment of tariff autonomy. Newfoundland and India office officials echo diverse views while Asquith upholds free trade. The premiers meet twice but reach no decision.
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London
Gen Botha
Transvaal
Alfred Deakin
Joseph Ward
Frederick R Moor
Dr Jameson
New Zealand
Natal
Cape Colony
Shotha
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Deakin
James Lyle Mackay
India Office
Herbert Asquith
United Kingdom
Bankers Arrest Shocks Madras Financial World
Sir George Arbuthnot head of Arbuthnot and Co has been arrested in Madras in connection with the MacFadyen & Co failure. Bail denied as London society and officers' families face ruin from the bank’s collapse. Details of charges remain unknown and the arrest mirrors the earlier MacFadyen tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
George Gough Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot & Co
London
P MacFadyen & Co
Connecion
MacFadyen & Co
George Arbuthnot
Arbuthnot
India
Bank of
Eingland
P. MacFadyen
P. MacFadyen & Co
Bell Receives Oxford Honor for Inventions and Deaf Teaching
Professor Alexander Graham Bell was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by Oxford University in London on May 2. The degree recognized his work teaching the deaf to speak and his invention of the telephone. Bell attended a dinner in his honor by the Institute of Electrical Engineers and planned to send a photograph of the 1887 circular to aid telephone companies in shaping system operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Alexander Graham Bell
Oxford University
Faculty of Science
A E H Ve
Bell
Institute of Electrical Engineers
Institute
America
England
Rulers Exchange Visits Amid Continental Talks
On May 2 Paria hosts a series of high level meetings as King Edward and President Fallieres exchange visits at Elysea Palace. The afternoon sees King Howard receive Foreign Minister Pichon and Premier Clemenceau, following prior talks with King Alfonso of Spain and King Victor Emmanuel II. Strong efforts to bolster ties among Great Britain France Italy and Spain.
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Paria
Edward
Fallieres
Elysea Palace
Howard
Pichon
Clemenceau
Alfonso
Spain
Victor “Emmanuel
Great Britain
France
Italy
Fine for Insurance Fraud Trial Sees Seeks Prison Phrase
William A Brewer Jr, former president of the Washington Life Insurance Company, was fined 500 dollars for filing a false report to the state insurance superintendent. Two indictments for perjury were dismissed. The judge called Brewer a victim of a vicious practice in the insurance industry and noted his blameless life and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William A Brewer, Jr
Washington Life Insurance Company
State Superintendent of Insurance
Brewer
Todey
Nott Lasked
George Burnham, Jr
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Comppany
Sing ‘Sing
Blanchard
M. Brewer
Washington Life
Band Against Black Hand in Wilkesbarre Trial Ends Alibi Defense
In Wilkesbarre Pa May 2 the defense for alleged Black Hand members wrapped up as witnesses testified to alibis. DA Salisbury says the accused will face new charges when the June term opens. Bishop Hoban met Italian priests to form protective parishes aiding prosecutions against Black Hand operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Black Hand” Society
Salisbury
Hoban
Scranton
Italan
Michigan House Passes Direct Vote Primary Bill
Michigan House, in Lansing, with seven negatives, approves Gov Warner’s proposed direct vote primary bill. The measure creates a popular vote for U.S. Senate candidates and ends the 40 percent nomination rule for governor and lieutenant governor. The bill also bans newspaper advertising by candidates.
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Michigan House
Warner
Lansing
Mich
United States
British Sailors Triumph in Jamestown Exposition Races
Foreig sailors from England Austria Argentina and Germany race warship crews on Hampton Roads with Indiana Kearsarge and Good Hope winning races. Indiana takes first in a free-for-all, English crews win the second and third events as crowds cheer and captains applaud.
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Norfolk
Hampton Roads
England
Austria
Argentina
Germany
Jackies
U. & & Kearsarge
Indiana
Flest Indiana
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Good Hope
Sarmiento
Roxborough
Argyll
St George
Bremen
Autos Save Half of Town in Kensett Fire
Kensett Iowa May 2 Special to The Washington Pose Congressman Gilbert M Haugen organized an automobile train and dragged the Northwood fire department twenty miles to Kensett saving the remaining half after half the town burned with losses around 100000 Haugen who lives in Northwood but owns a Kensett bank building led the overland brigade to the fire using a chemical engine and hook and ladder wagon hitched to three autos the trip took two hours over rough roads.
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Washington
Kensett
Iowa
Gilbert M Hangen
Northwood Fire Department
Haugen
Overland
Northwood
Ken
Skin graft to save burned child in Philadelphia
A mother offered ten inches of her own skin for a graft to her seven year old daughter Mildred Hall of Collingswood New Jersey after three weeks of burns from the home fire. Doctors at Medico Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia performed the graft under Dr Warmuth with hopeful prognosis for the child's survival.
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Philadelphia
Mildred Hall
Emma Hall
Collingswood
N J
Medico-Chirursical Hospital
Warmuth
Three Rooms Cost 104 732 Capitol Furnishings
Warrisburg Pa May 2 The capitol investigation committee issued an itemized statement showing the state total cost for furnishing the house library reception and private room of the resident clerk of the house Architect Joseph M Huston was paid a commission by the state for designing the furnishings The library cost 72907 89 the private room 20113 23 and the reception room 11209 92 Auditors estimate contractors profits ranged from 600 to 1000 percent.
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Capitol
Warrisburge
Capitol Investigation Committee
Joseph M. Huston
Successor to Mizner Rumor Attracts Society Attention
New York May 2 Society folk show keen interest in a rumor that Mrs Yerkes Mizner may remarry if she wins her divorce suit. Speculation centers on a third husband, but his identity remains unconfirmed. Co respondent identity not disclosed. unlikely to be a well known city figure. Auditor Back from Panama General E S Benson Panama Canal Commission arrived today on the Advance from Cristobal.
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Washington Post
New York
Yerkes-Mizner
Auuditor
Panama
Benson
Panama Canal Commission
Advance
Cristobal
Pistol Battle in Tunnel Ends Burglary Chase
In New York May 2 two burglars James Connolly and John N Collins were chased through the Park Avenue tunnel and Central yards by East Fifty-first Street detectives Mugge and Campbell. The fugitives fired as officers returned fire amid deadly third rails and dim light but were finally captured on a conduit platform. Detectives say the pair attempted a clothing store break in before fleeing into the underground passage.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Central
Park Avenue
Fifty-ninth Street
Mugge and
Campbell
East Fifty-first Street
Io James Connolly
John N. Collins
Man dies after sneezing fit in Meeteetse Wyoming
Henry Goodmiller a sheep herder in Meeteetse Wyoming died after days of persistent sneezing linked to a severe cold. He collapsed minutes after arising for breakfast at a ranch without a doctor present. The sneeze attack burst a blood vessel causing his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Meeteetse
Wyo
Henry Goodmiller
Goodmiller
Convict Church Wreckers In Wilkesbarre Court
Peter Jarnawicz confessed on the stand that he and Joseph Charnosky dynamited the Welsh Baptist Church at Edwardsville two years ago. The jury found Charnosky guilty. Jarnawicz pleaded guilty earlier. Sentencing set for Saturday as Charnosky wept and defended himself.
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Washington Post
Wilkesbarre
Peter Jarnawicz
Joseph Charnosky
Edwardsville
Charnosky
Jarnawicz
Fritzi Scheff Sails for Europe to Seek Health
The Baroness de Bardeleben known as Fritzi Scheff the singing actress sailed for Europe aboard the French liner La Lorraine from New York May 2. Accompanied by two maids and attended by her physician she plans to reach the south of France to regain her health and expects to return to New York in the fall.
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New York
Baroness de Bardeleben
Fritzi Scheff
Europe
France
Highwaymen kill victim during hold up in South Chicago
South Chicago police report the first murder of the hold up season as two robbers shot Charles Lindley, a 23 year old machinist, on his way home. Lindley died in a patrol wagon en route to South Chicago Hospital after his pockets were found turned inside out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicazoo
Chicago
Iettiea Charles Lindley
Lindley
South
Chicago’ Hospital
Wheat Jumps To 85 1-4 Amid Damaged Crops and Storms
A bullish market on May 2 in Chicago followed reports of crop damage and delayed planting. Prices surged as traders anticipated a severe wheat shortage, with authorities estimating a 100 million bushel yield loss. The Northwest faced killing frosts and a late blizzard, while spring seeding lagged and green bug damage hit Texas Oklahoma and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Board of Trade
Northwest
Canada
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
War moth resigns presidency of New Orleans rail line
Former Gov H C Warmoth resigns as president of the New Orleans Fort Jackson and Grand Isle Railroad after failing to secure an annual pass on his line. The sixty mile Mississippi River line has been under bondholder control since 1896 and continues to economize.
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New Orleans
H. C. Warmoth
Fort Jackson
Grand Isle
Mississippi River
Warmoth
Pittsburg Railroads Seek Broad Freight Rate Hike
Railroads in the Pittsburg district filed tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission for a general June 1 rate increase. The notable changes include a 10 percent rise on all iron and steel finished materials and a 7 to 12 percent jump on pig iron and billets. The proposed escalation is claimed to exceed all prior yearly announcements and will affect the Pittsburg region and points east of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beme
Mississippi River
Yale Law Club Withdraws Delmas Invitation
The Kent Club of Yale Law School withdrew its invitation to Delphin M Delmas of counsel for Harry and Thaw. The letter cites a late college year date during exams as the reason. Delmas had indicated he would visit between May 2 and 2%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Club
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Yale Law School
Delphin M Delmas
Harry & Thaw
Delmas
Law School
Physician slain in Ironton home attack
Ironton Ohio May 2 Dr Wayne Mc Coy a prominent physician at South Point was shot and killed last night by Capt John Davis of the Portsmouth ferryboat Davis says he defended his home after finding McCoy in his wife room he fled to Kentucky The incident centers on a domestic confrontation with cost of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Ohio
Wayne McCoy
South Point
John Davis
Portsmouth
Davis
McCoy
Kentucky
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Baltimore
Rienzi
Clark
Grace Epscopal Church
Monument Street
Hempstead Church
Hmagerstown
Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Middletown, Conn
Hast Haven
St George’s
John M. Mitchell
Ertaker
W. R. Speare
F Street
N. W
Paons Swain
Adolph J. Schippert
20Th St
Aye Nn
Phone West
Thos. S.sergeon
Cain
7Th St
Geo. C. Shaffer
Florist
Ene
Main
14Th and
Lye Sta. Nw
Iery
Eve Guds
Cook
Health Office Record
Medford
New England
To-Kalon Wine Co
St. N. W
New York State
Averts Extradition
Secrugham
William H Hahn
Hahn
Manhattan Fire Insurance Company
Oho
Supreme Court of Ohio
Wiliam H Hahn
Pennsylvania Road
Nature
George KR. Scrugham
Policy Holders’ Committee
Botha
Empire
Smithsonian Institution
Cluett Canel
Cluett, Peabody, Aco
Anno Ook Lane
Jamestown
Keararge
Virginia
Winds
Tars
Illinois
Uncle Sam
Good Hove
Roon
Mizner
Yerkes Willi
Apollinaris
Table Waters
Ranchman
Fritzi Scheff, III
Louisiana Road
Payne
Scrubb & Co., Ltd
Greenwich Street
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