Millionaire Heir Ends Life In Mother's Arms At Schenley Hotel
Thomas O Conci n, heir to a steel fortune and a Yale graduate, died by suicide at the Schenley Hotel in Pittsburgh. His mother Mrs Cecelia Jones Miardich Siu was nearby as investigators tied his nervous disorder and fear of madness to the act. Police pressed to keep the tragedy quiet while noting his vast wealth and status in steel circles.
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Young
Ond
Thomas
Conci Dunes
Idee ecuIhed
Jones & Jauelde
Bob Jonis
Hatel Schenley
Cecelia
Jones Miardich Siu
Lowe
Tirty
Taany Tims
Tima Nast Jones
Cambridge Savings Pn
Iotel Schenley
Jones
Yale
Tring
Waskongtm
Military Academy
Poughhepwe
Severe Cincinnati Storm Deluges City and Damages Telegraph Wires
A severe afternoon storm struck Cincinnati and nearby areas, dropping intense rainfall in minutes and halting Western Union telegraph communications on the sixteenth floor. The deluge caused extensive street flooding, power outages, and thousands of dollars in damage as lightning disrupted lines and brought city life to a standstill.
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Cincinnati
Western Union
Corpernea Pittsbur
East End
Six Men Fall 140 Feet From Scaffold at Gas Plant
Six men plunged 140 feet when a scaffold surrounding a large gas tank broke at the United Gas Improvement Company plant in southwest Philadelphia. At least three workers, including George Nelson aged 28, Daniel Hope 36, and John Cantini 16, probably suffered fatal injuries. Over a dozen men were on the scaffold when the accident occurred.
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Philadelphia
United Gas Improvement Company
George Nelson
Daniel Hope
John Cantini
Train Struck Auto Kills Woman in Grade Crossing
Mrs Croning, wife of W Croning of Cambridge, died when a Beaton and Maine Railroad train struck the automobile carrying the Croning family near Peabody Massachusetts. Mr Croning and several children were injured as occupants were hurled about. vehicle fragments flew up to 200 feet from the scene. Also notes on local sales and reduced rail fares for an event at First Church of Christ Scientist.
Back of Mexican Strike in Cananea Junta Aims at Diaz
Reports from St Louis dated June 5 and 6 describe members of the Mexican Liberal party Junta publishing at 2645 Lafavetta Avenue. Antonio Villareal, secretary, says the group incited no revolution but seeks to overthrow Diaz by force if needed. A circular circulated among miners urges Mexicans to demand rights and denounce Yankee or Chinese comparisons.
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St. Louis
Diaz
St Louis Mo
Mexican Liberal Party
United States
Thompson
Cananes
Mexico
Lafuetta Avenue
Fregeneracion
Cananea Mine
Bistee Ariz
Cananea
Breach of promise suit in Chicago involves remarriage claim
Garland F White, wealthy grocer, faces a breach of promise suit from his divorced wife Mrs Gertrude White. She alleges separation last fall, claims he had relations with her in winter and spring, and that she consented to remarriage before he wed Dia Cushing last week. She seeks 25 000 dollars in damages.
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Chicago
Garland F White
Tanile
Gertrude White
White
Dia Cushing
Jerome Summons Babcock Before Special Grand Jury
Washington report says Jerome has summoned Wisconsin Congressman Joseph W Babcock to testify before a special grand jury investigating Insurance cases. Indictments expected this week target raised funds by Mutual Life Insurance to Republican committees.
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Washington Post
New York
Jerome
Joseph W Bahcoeh
Wisconsin
Grand Jury
Babcock
Washington
Asn
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Republican Congressional Committees
Mutual
Yellow Dog Fund Suit Targets Former Mutual VP Gillette
The Washington Post reports Mutual Insurance Company sued Walter R Gillette, former vice president, over an accounting of the Yellow Dog fund disbursements. An action against Robert Grannies, another retired VP, is expected. The scheme's details increasingly expose former officers.
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Washington Post
York
Mutual Btrs Insurance Company
Walter R Gillette
Robert Grannies
Mutuals
Dramatic inquest unfolds at preliminary in Storrs murder case
Mrs Alberta Dabney Storrs testified in a Los Angeles preliminary hearing on the murder of Rowland Storrs. She described the dinner mood, threats of self harm, and the fatal pistol scene in her bedchamber. The defense rested without others, Judge Northrup discharged her.
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Sally Storrs
Washington Post
Los Angeles
Cal
Alberta
Dabney Storrs
Nannis Langhorne Shaw Astor
Rowland Storrs
Storrs
Getail
Foothills
Yacky
Baldwins Ranch
Mra Storrs
Northrup
Kendall Cutter
Cutter
Mary Virginia Portis
Actor and Wife Slain in Hotel Room
D E Gundell and his wife, members of a theater troupe, were found dead with bullet holes in their heads in a hotel room in Fidon Town. It is believed Grindell shot his wife and then killed himself amid health-related despondency. Police are investigating a possible double murder suicide.
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D. E. Gundell
Fidon Town
Grindell
Davis
Plot to kill Victor: three rulers' lives sought
An international plot alleging Paterson New Jersey anarchists aimed to kill King Victor Emmanuel of Italy at Milan’s expo triggered secretive police actions in Europe and a wider hunt for bomb plots and conspirators. Authorities in Rome Washington and London tightened surveillance as arrests and searches spread to Barcelona Naples and Paris with officials noting Paterson as a noted anarchist center.
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London
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Paterson
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Milan
England
France
Switzerland
Coma
Ancona
Winte
Giolitti
Titton
Ambassador White
Washington
America
Rome
Ancota
Naples
Barcelona
Spain
Modern School
Madrid
Manuel Morales
Lfe
Alfonsa
Paris
Calle Mayor
Alfonso
United States
Bresel
Humbert
Patersin
Old Point
Norfolk
van Beach
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company
Washington moves against suspected anarchists in secrecy
Officials probe foreign sources about anarchists here amid Europe inspired terror after the attempt on Alfonso. Deportations are believed to have occurred without public notice as authorities conduct a discreet search for those involved.
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Europe
Alfonso
Washington
Diamond slips from throat in defense case at arraignment
Omaha June Mae Thomas is charged with grand larceny after allegedly swallowing a 300 diamond while examining gems on a jeweler's tray. Her lawyer declared a defense of impossibility and said there would be no operation. detectives tackled her as she bit down on the gem.
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Omaha
Mae Thomas
Llegiled
Thames
Rescued From Niagara Falls by Fireman and Policeman
A man named Amos Schweitzer was saved from near the brink of Niagara Falls after clinging to a rock ten feet from the edge. Fireman Thamas Conroy and Patrolman Dennis Blake crawled out on a weighted ladder extension and pulled Schweitzer to safety despite his struggle. The dramatic rescue involved a perilous four to five story drop and drew cheers as rescuers carried him ashore.
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Washington Post
Niagara Falls
Malang
Thamas Conroy
Dennis Blake
Theran
Amos Schweitzer
Blake
Sweitzer
Conro
Schweitzer
Conroy
Explosion at Lyons sawmill kills three injures three
Explosion at Lyons sawmill in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, reportedly killed three men and fatally injured three others. The crude fragment mentions a heavy loss and indicates railway fare schedules from Baltimore to Cumberland with stops at Berkeley Springs, Martinsburg, and Harpers Ferry on June 10, but the text is garbled and uncertain.
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Kentuel Lonfarille
Baltimore and
Ohio
Waull
Mount Sterling
Lyons’ Company
Frenchburg
Harpers Ferry
Martinsburg
Berkeley Springs
Cumberland
Baltimore & Ohio
Death in Explosive Dyeing Plant Tragedy on West Fifty-Fifth Street
A catastrophic blast and fire at the four story brick building housing a dyeing plant and two families at 608 West Fifty-Fifth Street killed a woman and a man, injured another fatally, and burned about fifteen. Fire Chief Devanney suspects the blaze was arson.
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Washington
New York
Fifth Street
Femtach
Joseph al Hangerian
Bernad
Josep
Two Dead In Wreck Near Cad lac Michigan
Charles Wood and William Baker were killed in a head on collision between a wrecking train and a work train on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad four miles south of Cad lac. The men were crushed beneath the work train tender.
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Cad#lac
Mich
Charles Wood
William Baker
Grand Rapids‘and Indiana
Here
Young Millionaire a Butclde Mrs Btorrs Not Guilty of Murders
A fragmented page item notes a young millionaire in a case described as a suicide or homicide. It mentions Mrs Btorrs cleared of murder charges and references related court actions and ongoing trials. The report hints at postal trial evidence and a payable lawyer, within a broader legal section.
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Btorrs
Pennsylvania
Canfield
Cool
Gapt Wynne
Tragedy at a party ends in shooting at Fort Hamilton
New York June 6 a party at John P Keller home on Ninety second street and Dahlgren place Fort Hamilton ended in death shot by John Ellbride and wounding Kell ys wife. Ellbride surrendered to police claiming he fought a lifelong hatred of the Kellys and insisted he would not have harmed Mrs Kelly. Mrs Kelly is in critical condition at a Norwegian hospital as coroner records her immor tent statement. The Kelly children Anna two and Mabel five witnessed the scene.
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Josep
W&ine
Bernad
Washington Post
New York
John Kelly
Kell
John Keller
Ninety Second Street
Dohieren Place
Fort Hamilton
John Ellbride
Kellys
Fort Hamiltton
iYoridge
Kelly
Brewer
Coney Island
Voorhis
Kilbridge
John B. Keller
Ninety-second Street
Dahlgren Place
Fort Hamlton
Mrs Kelly
Anna
Mabel
Dying man stabbed during postgame quarrel in Eldersridge
Ralston of Eldersridge, near here, is dying after a stab wound from a hatpin during a scuffle between rival girl supporters following a local baseball game between nearby towns. The injury occurred while separating two combatants. attacker unknown.
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Kittandag Ba
Hawards Ralston
Eldersridge
Here
Vail
Ralston
Penrose Ruler at Harrisburg Opposes Free Convention
Harrisburg June 4 1920 The Washington Post reports the Pennsylvania Republican State convention will nominate Stuart for governor Murphy for lieutenant governor Young for auditor general Houck for secretary of internal affairs. Penrose leads the old machine, aims to keep hands off but instead tightens control, buying delegates and directing the ticket in a contested race.
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Dickinson
Speciel
Washington Post
Harnspurg
Penroce
Leutenant
Senator Penrose
Matt Quaag
Pennsylvania
Edwin S Stuart
Philadelphia
Robert & Murphy
Johnstor
Robert . Young
Moga
Hore Houck
Lebanon
Penrore
State Committee
Quay
Pennaghania
Penrose
Washington
Iur
Messrs Acheson
Palmer
Cooper
Acheson
Bob Ingersoll
Stuart
Josiah W Thompson
Uniontown
Thompson
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Crown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sterlass
Toa
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T. C. Jones
Wilson & Mayers
Boston
Pennsthania Railroad
First Church of Christ ‘Scientiat
Niewera
Babgoge
Mutual Life
Republican Congressional Committee
Mutual Bangs
Gillette
Union Just Co
Mio
Tan
Preacher
Greaves
Fleming
de Vére
Kendall Cutler
Dabrev
W M Northrup
Stor
Dabney
Monrovian
Marshal Miler
Storrs Todas
Victor
Paterson, N. J
King
Alfonsy
New Jersey City
Diamond
Niagara
Eireman
Folice
Mr. Bernad
Spas
Deverney
Devanney
Corning
Sloamy
Henticki
Loulaville and
Heturn
Umit
Privi
Fang
Aeata
Treing
Guest
Man
Wrescher
Curls
Harrisburg
Thor Transportation
Speer
Speers Vineyares
Passat
Newspaper
Hrshhye
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