Filipino butler confesses to fiancee murder in New Jersey harbor
Fluigo Lozado, the Filipino butler for Dr. Mec Auliffe, admits strangling his fiancée Miss Blossom Seeley Martin, a nurse. He says he moved the body wrapped in green portieres to Elizabethport State Island and tried to dump it from a ferry into the harbor before a policeman stopped him. Police suspect poverty caused the broken engagement.
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Staten Island
Associated Press
New York
Fluigo Lozado
C. W. MecAuliffe
Blossom Seeley Martin
Brave Coeur Steamer Officer Slays, Then Ends Own Life
Second officer S Tsettos killed Captain J N Neilson Wireless Operator A Glasser and John G Perry aboard the Brave Coeur after shooting a seaman and a passenger with police pursuing him in Oporto. He then killed himself in a cabin aboard the vessel which sailed from Hamburg June 1 bound for Galveston. Neilson and Perry were Galveston residents.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Oporto
Wireles
Brave Coeur
Hamburg
Galveston
Selme
Texas
Lykes Brothers Steamship Company
J. N. Neilson
A. Glasser
John G. Perry
S. Tsettos
Neilson
Perry
Tsettos
Turkish Ches ter concessions placed for option by American capitalists
New York June 9 The Turkish government and the Ottoman-American Development Company agreed to place the Ches ter concessions at the option of a group of American capitalists. Frederick Bradall general manager of the company announced today.
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Associated Press
New York
Chester
Frederick Bradall
Lowest hog price at National Stockyards today
East St. Louis June 9 hogs at the National stockyards topped at 6.75 per 100 pounds, the cheapest in eight years. Heavy receipts drive prices down with about 2,166,000 head received so far this year versus 1,290,000 last year. A year ago the average was 10.70 per 100 pounds.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Texas Senate Adjourns Pending Bills This Week
In Austin on June 9 the Downs bill requiring sworn statements on property rendition and tax assessment regulations was engrossed by the senate. The Senate Finance Committee favorably reported the Wood bill to appropriate 600000 for state court buildings. The Cowen substitute gasoline tax bill with a one cent per gallon rate on wholesalers went to the governor after House concurrence in Senate amendments. The House refused to concur in Senate amendments to the educational bill. A proposal to adjourn next Monday night was offered by Fairchild in the Senate.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Fairchild
Taylor Case Is Again Revived Leader
From Seattle on June 9 Sheriff Starwich sent inquiries nationwide after new clues emerged in the 18 month old Hollywood California slaying of movie director Desmond Taylor. He seeks Otis Hefner described as a large Texan once a stockman then a bandit lawyer who allegedly said Taylor was killed by a five man gang including Hefner though Hefner did not take part in the killing.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Starwich
Hollywood
Cal
Witham
Desmond Taylor
Otis Hefner
Hefner
Taylor
Bride Held Two Days Is Rescued Near Leon Springs
Brigida Salazar, a bride of two days, was rescued by sheriff's deputies after being held in a cabin in the Leon Springs area north of San Antonio. Cenobio Gonzalez, reportedly a rejected suitor, guarded the door. Jesus Gonzalez, his brother, was also arrested.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Leon Springs
Here
Brigida Salazar
Sheriff’s Department
Cenobio Gonzalez
Jesus Gonzalez
Cenobio
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria Dies in London at 77
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria aged 77 known as Princess Christian died in London this afternoon. She was the aunt of King George.
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Associated Press
London
Helena Augusta Victoria
Princess Christian
Prince Frederick Christian of
Schleswig-Holstein
Ming George
New York Brokerage Firms Fail as Wolfe & Co Seeks Bankruptcy
New York stocks report shows M. S. Wolfe & Co filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition amid a wave of failures. The firm, once a leading curb member of the Consolidated Stock Exchange, withdrew after a broader exchange investigation and follows Winkelman & Co which collapsed yesterday.
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Associated Press
New York
M. S. Wolfe & Co
L L. Winkelman & Co
Wolfe House
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Exchange
Train Wreck and Loot by Mexican Bandits
A pan deaver train carrying Puebla’s prominent citizens was wrecked between Jalapa and Amazonte Vera Cruz. Express cars were looted and the crew executed by brigands. Troops were sent from Puebla to the scene. passenger status unknown.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Puebla
Mexico
Jalapa
Amazonc
Vera Cruz
Japan Sends Destroyers to Reinforce Yangtse Patrol
Tokyo reports Japan replies to China's protest over June 2 Changsha shootings by despatching four destroyers from Sasebo Bay to reinforce Yangtse patrol and issuing an official statement of determination to defend Japanese lives and property in China.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
China
Changsha
Hunan Province
Sasebo Bay
Yangtse River
Million Dollar Rain Gladdens Brownsville Farmers
In Brownsville Texas on June 9 a heavy rainfall of two to three inches drenched the non irrigated lower Rio Grande valley. Farmers hail it as a million dollar rain predicting a bumper cotton crop for the season.
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Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Herrick Sues for Damages in Breach of Promise
Manuel Herrick former Oklahoma representative filed a breach of promise suit against his former secretary Ethlyn Chrane seeking 50000 dollars. He had been fined five dollars for annoying her on the street and again appeared as his own counsel in court.
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Associated Press
Washington
Manuel Herrick
Oklahoma
Ethlyn Chrane
Herrick
Miss Chrane
Odd oil scheme alleged against Fort Worth attorney
A complaint filed with a U S commissioner accuses Paul H. Welch attorney of a scheme to defraud fellow lawyers by sending confidential investment letters to other attorneys while claiming they were misdirected. Welch posted a $1000 bond. No investments occurred.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Paul H. Welch
United States
Welch
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