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Died. Charles Marron Fickert, 64, onetime District Attorney of San Francisco, prosecutor of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings for the 1916 Preparedness Day Bombings; of pneumonia; in San Francisco. After his successful prosecution of Mooney and Billings, Attorney Fickert twice ran unsuccessfully for re-election as District Attorney, once ran unsuccessfully for Governor of California. He always swore that Mooney and Billings got a fair trial, though for the rest of his life he was the object of threats and imprecations. When Convict Mooney heard of Attorney Fickert's death he said bitterly: "He'll be chiefly known for that infamous conduct rather than for anything else he ever did, if he ever did anything worth while."
Died. Dr. Frank Heino Damrosch, 78, musician, brother of famed U. S. Composer-Conductor Walter Damrosch; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Dr. Damrosch, not so famed as his brother, was nonetheless an eminent musician. A pianist, and onetime (1885-91) chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera House, he was founder, in 1905, of the Institute of Musical Art.
Died. Archbishop Simeon, 98, Orthodox Archbishop of Varna and Preslav, Bulgaria ; of pneumonia; in Sofia. He took part in Bulgaria's struggle for freedom from Turkey, in the fight for an independent Bulgarian church, was one of the drafters of the Bulgarian constitution.