Fire destroys Avenue Theatre and Grand Opera House in Pittsburg
Fire swept the Avenue Theatre and the Grand Opera House in Pittsburg on June 2, with flames shooting from both buildings by 4 20 p m. The matinee at the Grand Opera House continued as ushers evacuated the audience. Police blocked streets as firemen doused the structures, but both theatres appeared doomed.
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ITTSBURG
Avenue Theatre
Grand Opera House
Avenue
Associated Press
Fifth avenue
Smithfield
Wood streets
Mayor Weaver Begins Work and Grand Jury Probes
Chicago report notes Grand Jury seeks further bribery details tied to President Shea and ex-president Albert Young of the Teamsters Union. Rioting in lumber district. police fire shots to disperse crowd. Bedford Indiana report reveals $3.6 million in bank securities found hidden in sand. Philadelphia notes resignations of public works and safety assistants as Mayor Weaver orders a department shakeup.
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CHICAGO
joint council of teamsters
teamsters
Employers’ Association
Iya
grand jury
Shea
teamsters’ union
Albert Young
Young
Rittenhouse and Embree
Thirty-second street
Center avenue
BEDFORD
Ind
Wilmington, Il
PHILADELPHIA
William H. Baker
Weaver
Baker
Alexander Colville
Thomas AL. Hicks
Reno to Sparks Water Mains to Be Laid Tomorrow
J H Butcher of Shaw & Butcher Sacramento is in Reno and will start laying water mains toward Sparks tomorrow. Three cars of pipe have arrived, another is due tonight, and a daily arrival schedule continues. Gas mains will follow after mains, with a large gas plant already begun and a gas range rollout expected within six weeks. J H Covode of San Francisco is in Reno en route to Beowawe strikes. J E Halliday of Reno Stock Brokerage Company is home with pneumonia fears resolved by prompt treatment.
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J. H. Butcher
frm
Shaw & Butcher
Sacramento
Reno
here
Sparks
Equitable Board Meets for Hot Time Amid Turbulent Talk
New York June 2 Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society convened at 20 Broadway for an 11 o clock meeting amid intense discussion of the Frick report. Rumors circulated of a scheme to seize control of directoral holdings for Standard Oil financiers, which Samuel Untermyer dismissed as absurd. Melville Ingalls predicted a hot time as the Prick committee's report loomed.
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NEW YORK
Equitable Life Assurance Society
society building
Broadway
Standard Oil
Samuel Untermyer
James H. Hyde
Untermyer
Mr. Hyde
Mr. Untermyer
board of directors
Frick
Melvile FE. Ingalls
Prick committee
B. H. Hartman
Mr. Ingalls
Gossip of the Politicians Rivalry for Two Appointive Offices
Rivalry over Carson appointive posts intensifies as Mills aims for U S Senate a former governor Colcord resists and Gallup’s land office seat may shift to Cohn with Reno ties. Rumors also place ex Senator Stewart dreaming of the Senate and Senator Oddie eyeing Nevada’s governorship as political centers gather. The Portland departure of Mr and Mrs Atkinson for six weeks ends this item.
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Carson
George Mills
United States
Republican state committee
Colcord
Gallup
Louis Cohn
Reno
Washoe county
Boks
W. M. Stewart
senate
Oddie
Tonopah
Nevada
Cummin
mentoned
algo
Will IVait Portland
Mrs. Atkinson
the
Palace
Portland
Big Fight Set as Corbett Handles Hanlon Referee
In San Francisco Ned Homan was chosen to preside over the lightweight bout featuring Young Corbett and Eddie Hanlon after Mark Shaughnessy resigned as referee. Corbett remained a betting favorite at 10 to 8 as weigh ins approached and both fighters were expected to make weight.
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Corbett
SAN FRANCISCO
Mark Shaughnessy
Young Cornett
Eddie Hanlon
Ned Homan
Hanlon
Shaughnessy
Reno carnival’s four parades promise June to July festivities
Reno plans four parades during carnival week from June 28 to July 4 including an illuminated bicycle parade on either Saturday or Monday night and a monster street procession on the fourth. Industrial and secret society floats, with prizes for best displays, will feature crowds and bunting as firms and unions join the civic celebration.
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Reno
Khorassans
Satuay
Russians Call for National Assembly Amid War News
June 2 report from St Petersburg notes strong press push for assembling representatives of the people to decide peace or war. Censorship lifted on foreign dispatches reveals brutal ship losses, mutinous crews, and criticism of Rear Admiral Nehogatoff as conservative Russians fear disorder across the country.
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T. PETERSBURG
admiralty
Japan
Orel
far east
Cronstadt
Libeu
Nehogatoff
Tokio
bis
Naval Battle Report and Global News Digest
Report of the May 27 naval engagement with Admiral Shimamura aboard Iwate describing Jemtchug sinking after 3,000 meter fire. Also brief dispatches from Ithaca Cortlandt Paris New York Los Angeles cover accidents elections weather and public votes on a Los Angeles ordinance closing salons.
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Shimamura
TOKIO
Togo
Iwate
Yakumo
Shanghai
Tsushima
Duncan 18 Guilty in Assault Case
Harold J. Duncan, druggist, found guilty this morning of assault and battery on his mother in law Mrs. Ann Murphy. He plans an appeal while awaiting sentencing by Judge Nash. The incident occurred weeks ago on Main Street and involved disputes over sanity and alleged ejection from the home.
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Harold J. Duncan
Nash
Duncan
Ann Murphy
Murphy
M. Murphy
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PITTSBURG
Diamond
down town
MAYOR WEAVER
COLUMBIA, Ss
Arsenio
Public Works
of Public Safety
Beowawe
J. H. Covode
J. E. Halliday
Reno Stock
EQUiTABLE BOARD
Ingals
Young Corbett
Miss Roosevelt
Cincinnati
INCINNATI
Abe Roosevelt
Buckner Wallingford
brick yard
Indiana
Vladivostok
Russia
Los Angeles
ITHACA
Mary Rhodes
Cortlandt
PARIS
Alfonso
Loubet
St. Syr
Versailles
Aero club
Bois de Boulogn
Louis A. Chon
California
Walter J. Smith
Jeff Thompson
Pagte- Smith
Maat First Street
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