Two Prominent Men Die by Their Own Hands in New York
In New York Frank V. Bennett former Hotel Gotham manager and Dan R Hanna heir to Mark Hanna suffered financial ruin and shot himself in his hotel apartment. Nearby George Crouch a former financial writer also killed himself at Miller and Company Hoffman House. Pittsburgh Andrew Kloman grandson of a Carnegie partner was shot near Grant Boulevard and died later at hospital with police calling it murder linked to a recent marriage.
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Noted Washington Hotel Manager Bennett Dies by Own Hand
Frank V. Bennett a longtime Arlington Hotel executive and former Hotel Gotham head died by his own action in New York today. A prominent Gridiron Club member with wide ties to statesmen and journalists, Bennett was a leading figure in Washington DC hotel circles for two decades.
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New York
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Gotham
United States
District of Columbia
Young Ohloan Kills Self in Pittsburg Field
The body of a man believed to be Henry Clay Marshall Jr of New York and rep resentative of P W Brooks & Co investment brokers was found with two bullet wounds to the head in a Stanton avenue field near Jackson street. A 32 caliber revolver with three full and two empty cartridges lay beside him. Cards in his pockets showed he represented Brooks & Co and a note read Kindly notify P W B. No witnesses heard the shot.
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New York
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Louis Chandler
Brooks & Co
Youngstown Man Leaves Job Over Ill Health
Henry Clay Marshall Jr. quit his position with P. W. Brooks & Co. bond brokers in New York last July due to ill health. He returned to Youngstown Ohio where his family is prominent. A Brooks representative found no reason to believe he took his own life and said Marshall was highly regarded and left only because of health issues.
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Henry Clay Marshall, Jr
P. W. Brooks & Co
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Marshall
Henry Co Marshall Jr Found Dead in Pittsburg Field
Youngstown report says Henry Co Marshall Jr. feared consumption and warned friends he would kill himself if he tested positive. He had spent several weeks recently in the area and was found dead in a Stanton avenue field in Pittsburg.
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Morristown Doctor Kills Wife Then Shoots Self
Morristown Tennessee Sept 12 Dr David Devore once a local physician attempted to kill his wife on the streets last night then went to a nearby stable and shot himself dying instantly He was an old man and his wife had been separated for over a year Despite several weeks of attempts at reconciliation no success was reached.
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David Dévore
Devore
Labor Leader Dies by Own Action in Louisville
Herman Christ ten, president of the Kentucky State Federation of Labor and secretary of the local Cigar Makers' Union, committed death by drinking carbolic acid in Western Cemetery. A note to his wife said debt and disgrace drove him to suicide. He was a former member of Louisville’s General Council.
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Kentucky State Federation of Labor
Cigar Makers’ Union
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Traffic Blocked by Ninth and Elm Street Quarrel
Crowds gathered at Ninth and Elm as a man and woman argued loudly delaying streetcar traffic. Police questioned the pair. the woman left by cab after stating she had run away from her husband. The man departed by another cab and was later sighted fleeing. depots were alerted but nothing further was found.
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Deters
Thrown Rock Injures Man on Porch in Lockland Incident
Bert Friend of Past Lockland sat on his porch when a gang used obscene language. One man threw a rock striking Friend in the left jaw, lacerating his cheek and neck. Friend’s brother returned fire, others fled amid threats of lynching as Marshal Denney arrived. Arrest expected.
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Bert Friend
Lockland
Friend
Hd Halstead
Marshal Denney
Fire at Navarre Flat Building Triggers Panic
A mysterious top floor blaze at the Navarre Flat Building on Gilbert Avenue near Locust Street caused a frantic evacuation. The fire, likely from spontaneous combustion of packing material in a storeroom, was confined to the top floor. water damage affected lower flats, with total losses estimated at 1500 for the building and 500 for tenants.
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Emery Estate
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S. R. Hamlet
California without change in new Pullman sleeping cars
Travel to San Francisco from Cincinnati every Tuesday at 6 pm in wide vestibuled Pullman cars with modern conveniences. Excursion agents handle the trips via Louisville New Orleans Houston San Antonio El Paso and Los Angeles with rates half the regular sleeper price. Contact B. & O. 8, W. Illinois Central Southern Pacific agents or D P A representatives C H Wiseman Joseph Biggs or W H Connor for details.
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C. H. Wiseman
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Rabbi Phillipson Praises Tolstoi At Avondale Temple
Rabbi David Phillipson resumed his Avondale pulpit with a sermon on The Chosen People. He noted Tolstoi’s eightieth birthday and praised the Russian author as a fearless voice for liberty who denounced war and oppression of the common people.
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Avondale
Tolstoi
God
Leo Tolstoi
Russia
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