The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-06
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RUSSELL. / / !. ]. Re
former Actress III Following
Accident on Return
From Europe

From Europe
PITTSBURGH, June 6.-(By. The
Associated Press.) Mrs Lillian
alIsselF 81 Moore, whose death was
s announced Y today at her home IN
tiii I'll I'll ty.4 had been Ill for several
weeks # flowing an accident SUI
cred while on ship board when she
was returning to this country from
E,urope. It was believed. however,
By her physicians last SATURDAY
II Sfil att she had passed the cr1s1s ana
Il uVoi1Id grecoyer She was conscious
81 to the end which came at 2:2o
M clock. Mrs. Moore, who was the
X 4 VII Eof A1exander P. Moore, pub
fisher OF the Pitts burgh Leader, Ia
& ter suff cred Ia relapse and yester-
day Afternoon was so i'll that mem
* bers@ ofa the family were summoned
The bedside Her physicians
4 however, refused to give up nops
and earlySin the evening were SO
confide that she would survive
they arranged for a conference
fo be held this morning with DE-
John ssDeaver Of Philadelphia
THE accident which, DR.. Schill-
decker. one OF her physicians, SAID
was the primary cause OF. her III
mess and death occurred when she
yWas syioI entlyss thr own on the ship
darn "A a storm. The effects of the
Siini tiry were not immediately- serl-
oiig and although she steadily fa1led
IN heath after her arrival home,
even those most closely assoc1atea
Il With Eher$Were not aware OF the de-
Il cline. Mrs. Moore's trip to Europe
was und ertaken at the request or
Secretary Of Labor James r.. DAVIS
1 TOR the purpose Of making an lnten-
siye study among prospective emil
sss rants to the United States
rs. Ioore, who was very well
Known the country for
Her Interest in civil matters, was
in great demand as a public speak
err andSon1y a short time prior TO
herd eat til %fi1ed a number or sucn
She was actively IN
terested In civic affairs and was
leader Of women.
me Efunera1#wi1 probably be held
Thursd ay, at Trinity Church, with
i burial in his city.
81. doore was 81 years Of age,
HelenaLouise Leonard, later to !
g. Become known as Lillian Russeil
and wild ely famed as an Amerl-
can sbeauty,ewas born born. IN Cintor'
IoWa Ter father, Charles E:
Leonard, was the proprietor and
editorSof the Clinton Weekly Her
ai while her mother, MIS-.
q Cyn thia@Leo was well known
las an advocate of women ignts.
3 55sE,arIyTinS ISIS $RusseI1's life, her
family moved to Chicago where
She was educated in the Convent
ofs 81 Sacred Heart and studied
vocal and wi lin music. Her first
was, as a pupil, IN
Chickerin in Chicago. While !
singing irlE tn e% choir of st. Johns
Episcopal Church., she studied
with Madame Jenniyally, who en-
couraged her3in her ambition to
Stud # or the operate stage
Miss Russell later went to New
York and was a pupil Of the late
Doctor Damrosch.
ii $40 she made her first ap-
pearance on the stage in the
chorus OF Edward f. Rice's Pima
fore Company, this engagement
lasting two months. She was
shortly safterwards married to
sHarrysl Braham, musical director
81 of the company and retired tenn
ISorarily from the stage.
az Returning again to her first
love. Miss Russell obtained an en-
Sgagement to sing ballads in the
oldsTonysPastor Theater on Broad |
wa y,Et he director having heard
ier sing at boarding house
where he had called upon another |
actress It was Tony Pastor who
suggested the name Lillian RUS
sell (which she adopted. !
Two years after her New 1ork
debut, Miss Russell toured to the
Pacihc# Court, singing light opera
roles. Ins Ss4 she was married +
tosEdward$ solomon, her first mar
rage having been dissolved. The
couple later went to London /
where she appeared in opera dur
ing their two years stay. Soloman
BEGAN estranged from his wife
and arried IAN English actress,
astarswhich Miss Russell returned
foatheSUnited& States and Joined an
opera company. She appeared in
M any gf1t opera roles after
wards until in 1894 she was again
married 81 tn Is time to John Chat
GarEon, an opera tenor:
Her@marriage with Mr.. Soloman
having been annuled, she was
granted # til eE custody of their
daughter m o considerable period /
interYened before Miss Russell
wass separated from Chatterton
and sheacarried on her stage
eareer,ap appearing in premier New
Yofk PRODUCTIONS.
HeE4IaSts twoSro1eS were in The /
Bntterhy,'s,an and s.SViIdfire. =
ons June311 1912, Miss Russell
was married to- Mr.. Moore and
nt%foSPfttsburgh to reside.
rs. ooreEh adabeen i'll at her
home for several weeks before
heraconditlo became: known pub
esERSIAN5LEAD RECEIVERS.
ISASSEL, Germany,June 6
Fstiflip Schiedemann, German
soGiaiist leader and former sec
rest ary for foreign affairs, who
III attackedS by youth yesterday I