davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The evening world., 1912-02-14

c Fred Frailey. a member OF the
New York Storeotypcrs' Cnion and for
twelve years an employee of the New
York World. died suddenly on MONDAY
evening OF pneumonia after an Illness
OF only six days. His exemplary
character had won for him the esteem
of all who knew him. Funeral service
will he held at his late residence, No
g. Patchen avenue. Brooklyn. Thursday
| evening at 8 O'Clock.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
YOUTH HIT IN HEAD WITH
HOE BY FELLOW STUDENT

Christiansburg, Va. May 1s-On
"Wednesday two students at the Chris.
,innsburg Industrial Institute became
involved In an alteration. in which
REQ Munroe. of Wytheville. area
nineteen years, struck Richard I.urnp-
KIN aged seventeen, in the back or
the mead with n hoe, fracturine his
Skull and inn!ctins a Serious injury
Or. Showalter performed an operation
and removed the pressure on the
brain and while the wounded man is
IN serious condition. IL is hoped he
may recover. 1t will be several days
"efore 1t can he determined what the
result VIII be. Deputy Sheriff H. "
tiyiton arrested Munroc Thursday and
lodged him In Jail, and the parents of
the accused came down from Wythe-
vile to look after their sons interests
II the Lunpliin boy RECEIVERS. they w;ll
ask for bail before Judge Picrce. the
county bail commissioner
Tie public school here Will CLOSE
next Wednesday. after one of its most
successful sessions in it's history
Next year the regular high school will
TIC inauguratcd under the superviston
of Professor j. l.. b. Smith who Sc
cur.d an approximation from the Sill
pcrviscrs for this purpose. and now the
graduates from the high school Will
he enabled to take the professional
courses at the universities, as We'll as
entrances into the colleges without ea-
aninations.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
e.
GIT East Broad Street

returns for the previous month. while
production by merchant furnaces
shows "a failing on Of nearly 500 tons
Il day. Blast furnaces In operation on
May / numbered 241. with a capacity
Of 1887 tons a day. against 238 stacks.
with a capacity of 1887 tons q day.
active on April /. Production In April
was al the rate OF over 2s.s0e.o0o tons
per year. comparing with 2S33o.o 600
tons In March. Including charcoal
Iron. production In April must have
been at the rate of close to 29500. 900
tons year. comparing with the best
previous FUN years record OF little
over 2T.000,0o0 torE IN 1910.
May 1 tho capacity OF tine furnaces
in blast was approximate 1900 tons
a day, which is at the rate OF 2e.09o-
600 tons year. Including charcoal
iron. the month starts out promising
a yearly rate OF output close TO 90,
100000 tors. This rate of production
has never before been equalled. In
this connection Il is remarkable that
the steel companies should be com
PEELED 10 report such small margin OF
profit on g record breaking output.
The steel InEot production Of the
country last montS was at the rate
OF about aa.ooo,ooo tons n year or
100000 tons in excess 81 the pre-
vIous high record for full year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
SEEKS CONTROL
OF Stored COFFEE
Government Takes Steps to Sc
cure 100000 Bags in
New York.
ACTION AGAINST COMBINE
Outcome of Money Trust Inves-
tigation Now On in
Washington.
ACTION AGAINST COMBINE
Especial to Tho TImes-Dispatch,l

New York, May 1S.-The govern
ment brought action to-day to get
control of 100000 bags OF coffee. which
uie the property OF the Brazilian State
OF Sac Paulo, and at present arc
stored In tho warehouse Of the Now
FORK Dock Company, in South Brook
Ign. Tho action is IL new appiica
lion Of tho Sherman antitrust law, and
Is an effort to break the coffee valori-
zation scheme. which the government
OF Brazil entered into six years ago,
in so far Is IL affects the coffee trade
In this country. Judge Hand, In the
United states District Court. upon re-
ceivins the governments petition,
granted temporary Injunction re-
straning the various custodians OF tho
coffee from disposing of It. pending
further court action.
or the eight defendants In tho case,
the only two vino are In this country
are the new York Dock Company and
hermann Sielcken. Of New Yorh, who
testified last Thursday on the coffee
trade before the money trust invcsti-
eating committee in Washington. IL
United States marshal went up 10 Sir.
Sielckcn's room, at the Waldroof this
afternoon and served him with the
papers In the case. and Obliged him
also to accept service for SIX other de-
PENDANTS, one OF whom is dead MIR.
Siclckcn. aftor he examined tho pa
pers, said that ne regarded the suit
ns a novel proceeding.
II VIII bet the Attorney General of
the United States 100000" he said.
that he viii never hc able TO win this
chsc In the supreme Court, or any
other court to which it is finally
brought. And ! viii bet MIN. too, that
This government will apologize to the
government OF Brazil for his action
before the matter is finished"
lie went on to say chat he regarded
1t as strange for one government TO
attack another government
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
Preliminary
Announcement
of the Utmost
Importance
importance

Here we show for the first time our new
home, ~ West Broad Street, where we will
be after June 1st Preparations in the new
building are being pushed with all possible
speed, SO as to make room for the entire
stock of new pianos which is to fill the store.
To dispose of all Pianos now on hand we
are planning Removal Sale which will
surpass anything ever offered the peo-
pie OF Richmond! We advise every music
lover to watch this weeks papers for
announcements.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19

persons DESTROYS of incorporating
actual conditions \ .-.xico City for
tho purpose OF personal gain or noto-
rlety at the oxepense of truth and
honesty. and to the prejudice of the
Mexican people. as well as that OF
foreigners residing or having inter-
ests in the country;
Therefore be 1t resolved
THAT we. council OF admlnistra ton
of the American colony, by unanimous
vote, do hereby uniquivocably brand
as utterly false all such statements as
Indicated. They are entirely devoid
OF the least basis OF fact or reason:
that the authors thereof we'll knew
them to be such when they gave
them utterance; that no riot or fight
ing has occurred in the City OF Mixico.
and that its population. both native
and foreign, Is going about its usual
avocations without hindrance or In
convenience"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
Virginia Railway and Power Company,
William Northrop, President

the Society of the American Colony
In MeNic City. is as follows:
Whereas. certain newspapers in
the United States are publishing MS
news from Mexico, purported inter
views as well as communica tons from
their correspondents. In which It is
made to appear that the situation in
Mexico CITY borders on the condi-
ton Of anarchy;
That the doors of houses are barri-
caded. and the roofs provided with
machine guns;
That the Amer cans are doing guard
duty;
That rioting and fighting are &C.
curing In the streets OF the city;
That the population is crying. death
10 Amcricans;" and
Whereas, such reports are entirely
without foundation, and do not con-
tain scintilla Of truth. but are off,
springs of the fertile imagination OF
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19

rcss of wireless telegraphy in Europe
spent week in Berlin and left on
Saturday for Paris. The German gov
ernment afforded him every facility.
lie visited all the big wireless sta
uohs In this country. After looking
INTO the French wireless arrangements
ne VIII go to London an American
delegate to the International wireless
conference in that city lie Will en-
BODY the results of his tour in report
10 the United States government. Mr..
austin is accompanied by his wife.
ana while here they arc the guests of
Dr.. and Mrs. G.. IL. Watson.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
MANY EXCEPTIONS FILED.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch

H..
Lvnchburg. Va. May lS.--The War
Department at Washington is expert
cncinE considerably moro trouble in
its effort to condemn property In the
vicinity OF Front Royal. for the pur-
pose OF establishing the proposed re-
mount station there, than was at first
anticipated. There are twenty one
condemnation proceedings pending. and
exceptions have been filed to the re-
port OF the condemnation commission
crs in all OF the cases reported upon
by the commissioners.
The exceptions go to the award of
tho commissioners, each case thus far
having the claim that tho property is
worth more money than has been
awarded by the commissioners. all of
whom arc residents of Warren coun-
~.
The exceptions arctic he heard by
Judge Mcdowell during the Chsrlottes-
Vile term OF tho Federal District Court.
which begins on July 1.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
AMERICAN COLONY
DENIES STO RE S

Washington. May 1s.-In a resolu-
ton, n copy of which was received 1T
the state Department to-day from the
American colony In Mexico City. en-
phatic denial is made of reports pub
lished in papers OF the United States
TO the effect that the Mexican capital
is on the verge of anarchy. 1t is
further denied that Americans are
threatened with death or that there
is any rioting or fghting.
The resolution, which was adopted
by the council of administration of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
GREATER mos CONSUMPTION.
Furnaces All over the Country Show
linz GnInn In Work Turned Out.

Tho iron consumption OF this couu-
try is establishing new nigh records.
according to tho Iron Age. Iron pro-
duction IN April amounted To 2.3Ta.ia6
tons. Or al tho rate OF 1881 tons a
day. compared with 2i05.2is tons or
daily rate OF 1881 tons during
Aiurch.
Production by furnaces controlled
~ steel coinpa MES shows Il gain Of
uTei -.hoG tons a day compared with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-19
Cooperation

the watch-wod of the of
Cooperation
world adva
In the last preceding quoted the official statement Of
Prot b. H. Meyer formerly Chairman
mission and member of the
competition
Let us show what other Public
THAT competition depended upon to protect
from hen prices and poor service has been fully
mission
The temporary advantage a portion of the public
reasonably be followed
PUBIC through
Observation-Disclosures Gas Electric
Cone ones of
minimum cost of light to the of
Louis.
"Publc wheth in pubH private hands
are best conducted under
monopoly" National Civic Federation Report
In the field public utilities which of
public
and SO on)in this field of Public
fu and acy the old its
States which Public
Commission in
possible abuse by the corporations
Why should the Richmond
in
duplicate
at fair and reasonable
public with the
YOUR this of helps
low
deteorate the be high cooperation can secure i'm
YOU prevent competition in electric service
that would the than could
ever
Readt next" in Tuesdays paper
VIRGINIA Railway and poMor Cor,n,,v
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
SCHOOL REPAIRS
HAVE BEEN DELAYED
All Improvements Will Not Have
Been Finished Before Open
ing of Fall Term.

Renovations and repairs 10 the public
school buildings of the District have been
so seriously delayed that they will not
be completed by the opening OF the
school season. September 2. according
TO the report yesterday submitted 10 the
Commissioners by Snowden Ashford. Mu-
nicipal Architect
His report ascribes the delay partly TO
the fact that Congress did not pass the
District appropriation act until June o.
and. partly. TO an unreasonable delay be-
tween the ordering and receiving Of ma
terialS.
The report states that materials for re-
pairs were orderd this year about July l.
but they were not received until six
weeks later. II also states that the vol
ume of repairs necessary is rapidly In
creasing from year to year, though the
appropriation therefor remains about
the same
Employment OF additional foremen to
supervise the work of the mechanics en-
ployed at the repairs shop is recommend
ed by the municipal architect. At pres
ent there are only six. and at times they
have supervision over nearly 800 men.
who are working simultaneously on over
100 buildings.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Episc0paliam

President Judson, Of Chicago Univer-
sity, has. for the second time. granted
the use Of Mandel Hall. Hutchinson Com
mons and other parts OF the university
to the Brotherhood OF st. Andrew for its
annual convention, which opened last
Wednesday. The brotherhood. the Oldest
of all, started In st. James Church.
Chicago, twenty-five years ago. in which
one Of the years meetings is TO be held
a new conservation. A portrait OF the
founder of the first chapter, from which
the brotherhood grew. is to be presented,
and the story retold of course about the
stranger. a confirmed drunkard, who
came into the ST. James class and gave
his contribution. viz: a suggestion of the
name Brotherhood of St. Andrew. after
the act OF Andrew in going out and get
ting his brother.
New programme features this year fol-
low the pattern set by summer confer
ences in that they have. on successive
days, the same topics handled by the
same men. Rev. L. S. Rousmaniere OF
st. Paurs Cathedral, Boston. gives a
series OF three addresses the Practice
and the Presence of God" Rev. +. II.
Sill. OF the Order Of the Holy Cross.
gives a series on the Higher Life. -
and for the first time a sunset service
will be introduced, after the custom or
Northfeld's Round Top. About go men
are in attendance. 30 per cent OF them
young laymen.
During the early autumn hundreds OF
young churchmen go to New York to
enter upon study at Columbia University
and, other educational institutions in Co.
lumbia's vicinity. The rector Of St.
Michaels Church. the Rev. DR.. John P.
Peters, desires to receive names that
they may be invited TO his church priv
ilegeS. The rector of st. Marks, the
Rev. W. y. Guthrie. desires the same.
The SeabUry Society, . Union Square.
and the Brotherhood OF St Andrew. 4l5
Lafayette Street. desire rot only the
names Of students. but Of all young
men coming to New York this fall TO
enter business or profession. Especially
do these organizations desire names OF
church workers Of all grades. and OF
young men who may be accepting posi-
tions, the salary of which is not large.
All possible courtesies will be extended
in the name of the church. Names sent
to the Seahury Society will be distrib-
uted according to request. or to address
to rectors and church workers. Rectors
of parishes in Other cities and towns
teachers. parents. and friends OF all
young men OF the character described
are asked to cooperate by sending their
names TO either OF the societies named.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Christian Emdeavor

The War Department has granted per-
mission to the Christian Endeavor Union
to change the time of the open-air evan
gelistic park services from s o'clock in
the evening on Sundays TO 3 o'clock on
Sunday afternoons. The following
schedule of services has been arranged
for the remainder of the month of Sep
TENDER:
Stanton Park, between Fourth and
Sixth and Streets. and Maryland Ave
nue. Northeast, September s, address by
Rev. Donald c. Macleod, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church: September Is. ad-
dress by Rev. C. II. Ehlers, pastor OF
Fifteenth Street Christian Church. Sep
TENDER %. address by Rev. II. f. Brun-
dage. pastor of lexington Presbyterian
Church; September %. address by Rev.
Charles P. Wiles, pastor of Keller Memo
rial Lutheran Church.
Franklin Park, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth and I and X Streets North
west. September s, address by Rev. Zed
H. Copp, public advisor: September Is.
address by Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson, pas
tor of Bethany Baptist Church; Septem-
Der 2. address by Rev. Donald C. Mac
Leod. pastor Of First Presbyterian
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07

Church: September %. address by Mr..
Charles c.. Gates. IL B.
Washington Circle, Twenty-third and
Pennsylvania Avenue. Northwest. Sep
TENDER s. address by Rev. c. II. Ehlers,
pastor Of Fifteenth Street Christian
Church: September Is. address by Mr.. \.
W Preston, Of Nebraska: September =.
address by Rev. T. =. Clark. pastor OF
Takona Park PRESBYTERIAN Church; Sep
tcmber % address by Rev. J. Il. Clay
ton. Special music will be provided at
all the services The meetings will be
presided over and the music led By
Christian EndeavOrers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07

Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, universally
recognized as one OF the ablest preach
ers in Methodism. who is soon to as
sumo charge OF the work of the church
in South America, will preach at Ham
line Methodist Episcopal Church, Ninth
and p streets northwest. tomorrow at
the morning service. At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon the bishop will deliver the
principal address at the organization of
Il Methodist Episcopal church at Chevy
Chase.
Bishop Stuntz is a clergyman Of I'M
Usual ability, and II is expected that
there will be large congregations at both
Of the services to hear him. He was
elevated 20 the episcopacy on the first
ballot at the session of the general con-
ference last May in Minneapolis Mimi
He received an astonishing large vote.
The bishop is fffty-four years of age,
and has been in the ministry for about
thirty-five years. After entering the
ministry at an early age he served as
pc stor Of large churches in various parts
of the country. He then went as a mis-
sionary TO India. where later he became
editor of The Indian Witness. a CAL
cutta publication. At this time Rudyard
kpling was working on a Calcutta pa
per. and the two became warm friends
After spending a number of years In
the East, he returned TO this country,
and was appointed a presiding elder in
Iowa. Later he went to the Philippine
Islands in the interests of the further
ance OF Christianity and Methodism
there. At the time. President Taft was
governor general. and a happy friendship
grew up between them. DR.. Stuntz
played an important part in the fight
for the enactment Of anti-opium legis-
lation. and dictated the laws which were
anti-opium laws were later adopted by
the Chinese government.
Upon returning TO this country, Or.
Stuntz became connected with the
Board of Foreign Missions. and during
the four years prior to his elvation to
the episcopacy served as assistant cor
responding secretary OF the organlza-
ton. A week from tomorrow he
breaches in New York City, and the fol-
lowing week sails for Buenos Ayres. Ar
gentine Republic. where he will assume
charge of the work OF the Methodist
Episcopal church in South America
Rev. Joseph NJ NJ Gray, pastor of
Hamline Church. who has been away
on a vacation of about six weeks. has
returned to the city, and will be present
at the services tomorrow.
Rev. and Mrs. Gray and their children
spent the greater part of the six weeks
at Ocean Grove, n. J. At the evening
service, which commences at O'Clock,
the pastor will preach.
A L. Stuart, Of New Mexico. who is
connected with the Y. NJ. c. A. work
there, and who is survivor of the IT.
tanic disaster, will tell the story of the
catastrophe at the Epworth League serv-
ice. which begins at o'clock in the
evening. The service will be in charge
OF Carl Iipp
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Catholic

Archbishop Messmer, OF Milwaukee,
would inform Catholics OF the precise
work Of a new Catholic colonization So
ciety. some aims of which, he says have
been misunderstood. The society, which
is wholly under the management of
clergy, has Archbishop Glennan, Of ST.
Louis, as director general; Rev. ]. vos.
OF Chicago, president: Rev. DR.. Mgr. Nc
Mahon. of New York, vice president;
Rev. E. Vattman, OF willmette Ill, Sec
rotary. and Rev. A. Spetz, of Chicago,
treasurer. The offices of the new society
are in the Temple. Chicago. Others re-
sponsible for its conduct include arch
bishops. bishops, and priests.
Archbishop Messmer denies that the So
ciety has any financial ambitions what
ever. and says that its money operations
consist solely In money to maintain IT.
self. It seeks members at $50 for militia
ton. and IS year dues. 1t is solely a
religious institution, aiming to locate
Catholics coming from Europe upon fer
tile land. and surrounding them with
Catholic churches and schools. While
colonies Of foreign-speaking Catholics
may have their drawbacks. and it may
be we'll to talk about assimilation, the
archbishop says that colonies are neces-
sary II Catholics. and especially If chill
dren, are held to their faith. The opera
tons of land companies are to be looked
into, and IL good are to be Endorsed.
The companies are, in some cases, to be
required to erect Catholic churches and
pay q salary to a Catholic priest
The new society. it Is stated, aims to
get Catholic families out Of the down.
town districts of large cities. Here, so
the archbishop states. Catholics are in
great danger of losing their faith and
their church, along, perhaps with their
morals. So far. colonies have been
started N Florida, Texas, and Washing
ton. Agents are to 90 to Europe South
ern Europe particularly, and there ad-
wise with Catholic immigrants. Laws Of
the Catholic churches are to be obeyed
wherever colonies are established, so the
archbishop pledges. and cooperation is
to be had with State colonization socie-
ties, Of which there are several
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

this year through the absorption Of the
City Union, which has been a Methodist
agency of some years that tried to
evangelize cities. Its method has been.
not to raise and expend money, but to
agitate the necessity for relief. Now
that work is taken over by the Metho-
dist Board Of Home Missions Metho-
dist benevoiences, several OF them. are
heavily. in debt.
The quartet choir of Foundry Metho-
dist Episcopal Church viii render the
following music tomorrow morning:
Anthem. MY Faith Looks Up 20 Thee"
QHavens): offertory solo, Then Shall the
Righteous from Memberships Eli
jah," by Mr.. J. F. NJ. Bowie. Evening
Anthem, abide with Me- (Bartleto;
offertory solo. Lord Have Mercy"
(StrelzkD. by Miss Anna Brett. Rev.
Lucien Clark. d. D.. a, former pastor
Of this church. will preach in the morn
ing. and Rev. n. H. Holmes, d. D., will
preach at the evening service.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-07
Crowds stIu Going TO Lake.

Although the season IS now on the
wane, there is no perceptible dimlnutior
in the attendance at Chevy Chase Lake
The excellence OF the attractions offered
is doubtless responsible for this centinu-
GUS popularity. The concerts by the Ma
rine Band musicians are as attractive as
ever, the comfortable seats about the IL
Illuminated bandstand being nightly filled
with lovers OF music.
Among other forms of amusement arc
an up-to-date ''merry-go-round." swings,
boating. bowling, shooting and motion
pictures. On Sundays the entire evening
is devoted to the band concerts, a mu-
steal programme OF exceptional length
and excellence being rendered on such
occasions.