Millionaire Shot By Two Women In Broadway Apartment
New York June 7 W E D Stokes millionaire owner of the Hotel Ansonia was shot three times in a West Eightieth Street apartment occupied by two women Ethel Conrad an artist 19 and Lillian Graham 22 were charged with the shooting Stokes grappled with Graham before a third wound was fired by Conrad as Japanese servants rushed in The women barricaded themselves and later surrendered a revolver and ammo Their demand for 25000 for the return of letters was asserted by Stokes attorney The case involves long estranged fortunes and a tangle of letters and social ties with connections to Pauline Chase and William Wilson among others.
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Lillian Graham
Ethel Conrad
New York
W. E. D. Brokes
Ansonia
Upper Broadway
West Eightieth Street
Stokes
Graham
Ethel
Girl
Miss Conrad
Lian Graham
Interrenct
Henry J. Stoddard
Stoddard
Terence McManus
Ldler
Ansenia
Velineator
Miss Graham
J% H Clarke
Wsth Street
Temple Bar
Thomas JL. Wilson
Ottawa
Canada
Lillian Graham Named in Paris Meeting Ties to Stokes
In Los Angeles on June 7, Lillian Graham, tied to Nicholas, the New York Yacht, Meadow Brook Hunt, and a lawyer, is linked to W. E. D. Stokes from a Paris encounter a decade ago at the Hunter Ratz hotel. She reportedly told friends of an engagement to Stokes amid separation proceedings involving John Singteton, the Yellow Auster mine discoverer.
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Nicholas
New York
Meadow Brook Hunt
Yale Alumni Association
Sons of the Revolution
Los Angeles
Cal
Lillian Graham
W. E. D. Stokes
Hunter Ratz
Paris
Miss Graham
John Singteton
Court denies rehearing for Dr Cleminson in murder case
Chicago June 7 The supreme court refused a rehearing for Dr Haldane Cleminson who sought to introduce as new evidence the affidavit of Mrs Schmidt of St Louis claiming she was with Cleminson the night his wife was poisoned He will thus serve a life sentence in prison.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Supreme Court Today
Haldane Cleminson
Schmidt
St Louis
Jeminison
De Freyre Heads Legation in Peru Washington Shift
Felipe Pardo resigns as Peruvian Minister to the United States his departure followed by Manuel de Freyre y Santander named charge d affaires at Washington de Freyre was previously first secretary at the legation Pardo leaves to serve as special envoy to the coronation of King George in London report from Yuma Peru dated June 7.
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Yuma
Peru
Felipe Pardo
United States
Manuel de Freyre Y Santander
Legation
Washington
Senor Pardo
George
No Bodies Yet Found Letters Lured Men to Her
Special to The Washington Post Norfolk June 7 Seeking possible human skeletons in the onion patch near Mrs Minnie Murdock at Masons Creek she faces murder charges in the case of Harry Davis whose battered body was found in her garden last Monday. Investigators paused digging due to weather and crowds while probing a possible second Belle Guinness style scheme. Evidence includes letters from matrimonial bureaus found at her home and notes to men including Harry Harding of Petersburg. Authorities theorize Davis was killed and buried by the two suspects after a failed relationship, with Merkle in custody as an accessory. The case centers on multiple men who corresponded with the widow as investigators seek motive and more victims.
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Wallace
Wilson
Pauline Chase
Plattsburg, N. Y
Conrad
Miss Chase
Frohman
Wiliam Earle Podge Stokes
James Stokes
James
Thomas
Anson Phelps Stokes
Edward 5 Stokes
Hoffman House
D Stokes
Law School
Yale University
Leaington
W. E. D Stokes
Rita Hernandez de Alba di Acosta
Lucy Mae Randolph
Randolph
Stokes
Supreme Court
Flushing
Long Island
Washington Post
Norfolk
Minnie Murdock
Masons Creek
Harry ©. Davis
Harry Harding
Belle Guinness
John Draper
Kansas
Indiana
Harry Davis
Charles Merkle
Merkle
Petersburg
Standard Cor. Club
Avers Avenue
Chicago
Ameriank
Mexican Central
Madero
Lutherans Celeb Rate Luther Church in Washington
Report of foreign missions board and Women's Society delegates opened a Lutherans mass meeting at Luther Place Memorial Church. President Taft and dignitaries attended as the forty fifth biennial general synod paid homage to Martin Luther. Taft praised Lutheran history and roots in Cincinnati with German Lutherans. Clark urged reform of Washington. Continued on page 2. 2.00 to Lorsy, Va, and Return, June 11, Baltimore 22d Ohio Railroad. Special rain leaves Union Blee 6:15 m.
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Luther Place Memorial Church
Washington
Taft
Champ Clark
House
Albert Ehrensvard
Sweden
J. B. Remensnyder
New York
General Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Wallace Radcliffe
New York Avenue Brestaterian Church
Samuel Greene
Cavalry
Radcliffe
Clark
White
United States Supreme Court
Lutheran Church
Lutherana
United States
Cincinnati
Hin Festeburg
Lorsy
Baltimore
Ohio Railroad
Union Ble
Justice for Jews demands inquiry into race bias at West Point
A representative demands a House inquiry into alleged anti Jewish bias at West Point. He cites records of Jews and hostility from some cadets. Officials deny the accusations as the debate highlights discrimination in military education and calls for reform.
No Jewish Discrimination in US Military Said Officials
Secretary of War Stimson asserts no discrimination against Jews in the army while noting many Jews hold high ranks. An assistant Secretary of the Navy Winthrop echoes no bias toward the Jewish race. Edwards of Georgia cites alleged unfair treatment in army navy and military academies and says he will report at Congress hearings.
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United States Army
Navy
Winthrop
Edwards
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Navy
Army
Marine Corps
Naval Academy
Military Academy
Garrard
Representative Edwards
Taft
Gol. Garrard
Fort Myer
Stimson
Col
Naval
Congress
Georgia
Persecution of Jewish Race Mentioned by Army Officers
A statement asserts no broad persecution of Jews, noting that many distinguished officers across all army branches are Jewish and highlighting Col Garrard as an individual case.
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Col. Garrard
No Bridge Over Canal Report Reversed
Panama June 7 The Panama commission board reconsidered its November preliminary finding favoring a bridge in the Empire section. It now recommends abandoning the project as impracticable, a move approved by the chairman and the chief engineer.
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Washington Post
Panama
Panama Commission
Canal
Empire
Student in Sharon stabs professor in class
Luther D. Miller a Thiel College senior son of a Greensburg minister attacked Prof Warren J Elis in a Sharon Pennsylvania classroom. Miller aimed to hand over a paper then stabbed Elis in the neck with a dirk. He fled to hospital and is believed to be mentally unbalanced. Elis expected to recover.
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Washington Post
Sharon
Luther D. Miller
Thiel College
Greensburg
Warren J. Elis
Miller
Ells
Taft Laud s Church Washington Is Defended
President Taft defends the church in Washington and notes the nation's faith remains strong as Executive and Speaker Champ Clark discuss on Sunday. The piece highlights Americans of today as not less religious than earlier times and endorses unification of denominations.
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Champ Clark
Mexico City Earthquake Kills Sixty Three. Destruction Widespread
A powerful tremor in Mexico City killed sixty three people and wounded seven, with extensive damage to the National Palace, Santo Domingo and Profesa churches, two ancient schools, and the Belem prison front wall. Soldiers and civilians perished as walls and roofs collapsed, many victims in flimsy adobe dwellings.
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Francisco Hscandon
Federal District
Light and Power Company
Belem
National Palace
Santo Domingo
Profesa
San Francisco
Liceo Guadalupano
Gnd
Millionaire Shot by Two Women in Alleged Murder Farm
An issue front page item notes a billionaire shot by two women at an alleged murder farm amid calls for justice for the Jews. Mr Taft speaks to Lutherans and a quake claims seventy nine lives.
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Taft
Roosevelt
Rayner
Gary Bates
Catholic University
T—Society
G. W
Son of Admiral Poisoned in Philadelphia Home
Robert A. Marion, 23, son of the late Rear Admiral Robert A. Marion U S N, was found unconscious in an apartment at 1714 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia. He was taken to Garretson Hospital in a serious condition after gas and poison were suspected. He had returned from Oklahoma to rejoin his wife and said he had been ill with unknown poisoning since the West.
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R. A. Marion
Philadelphia
Washington Post
Robert A. Marion
Dupont Circle
Washington, D. C
Spring Garden Street
Garretson Hospital
Marlon
Georgetown University
Oklahoma
Marion
Tragic Double Suicide Follows Wedding Quarrel in Chicago
Special to The Washington Port reports a 24 hour romance turned tragedy at 1823 West Twenty first street. Karl Stiner married Monday. a quarrel with his bride led to poisoning. Clement Miller, best man and Stiner's friend, hanged himself shortly after. Mrs Miller, now a widow, learned of her husband's death as Stiner was carried away.
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Washington
Chicago
Twenty First Street
Karl Stiner
Clement Miller
Stiner
Swiss aviator survives two somersaults in Lau sanne flight
Ta deoli of Switzerland monoplaned at Lausanne today, his craft turning two somersaults 2000 feet up and repeatedly unseating him. He regained control, but as the motor failed near ground level the monoplane fell and wrecked. Tadeol was unhurt despite the crash, the machine plunging past him.
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Washington Post
Geneva
Tadeoli
Lausanne
Tadeol
Deputies Duel Ends in Head Wound in Budapest
Deputies Paul Farkas and George Sztrecsanyi, aligned with the minteterialista and clericals, fought a saber duel in Budapest. Sztrecsanyi was badly wounded when his head was cut open in the fifth bout, ending the encounter. The dispute stemmed from a quarrel over money lent at 4, 5.
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Budapest
Paul Farkas
George Sztrecsanyi
Minteterialista
Fougt
Sztrecsanyi
Roosevelt Denies Supporting Taft in 1912
Springfield dispatch reports Col Theodore Roosevelt denying any pledge to back Taft for the 1912 nomination. The piece notes prior cordial talks at Baltimore and hints Roosevelt aims to work quietly for Taft’s renomination while remaining noncommittal about his own candidacy.
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Mr. Cummins
Baltimore
Roosevelt
Senator la Follette
Senate
Taft Stimson
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Guntur
India
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West Point
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Stims
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Lutheran Synod
Fashionable School
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Jesuit College
Mexico City
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
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Mexican Central Station
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Mass
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Woodrow Wilson
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