Germans win nine-ship air race in New Jersey
The Pommern wins the second international balloon cup near Asbury Park after a close, record setting flight from St. Louis. L Isle de France finishes second, Duesseldorf third, with American entries fourth and fifth. prize money totals $2,500 plus recognition from the Aero Club of America.
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St. Louis
Germany
Asbury Park
L’'Isie de France
Herbertsville
N. J
Atlantic Coast
Point Pleasant
Duesseldorf
Pommernis
L'Isle de France
Dover
Del
Geological Survey
Washington
Atlantic Ocean
United States
Paris
Pommern
James Gordon Bennett
German Aero Club
Aero Club of America
Aeronautic Confederation of the World
Bennett
Plan to block Oklahoma statehood faces White House
Washington report says opponents of Oklahoma statehood plot to derail the constitution and keep the state out of the Union. Congressman James E. Watson met in Indianapolis and will urge the President to approve the document. Boomer forces hire Frank S. Monnett to press the case before the President.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
James E. Watson
Friends of Statehood
Indianapolis
Frank 8. Monnett
Ohio
Congress
Heinz Named President Of Winona Assembly Board
Thomas Kane of Chicago resigned after fourteen years as president of the board of directors of Winona Assembly in Warsaw Indiana. H J Heinz of Pittsburgh was named to succeed him.
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Warsaw
Ind
Thomas Kane
Chicago
Winona Assembly
H. J. Heinz
Pittsburg
Union Miners Restrained in Federal Court Ruling
In Wheeling West Virginia Judge Dayton granted an injunction restraining John Mitchell T L Lewis of the United Mine Workers and officers of the Ohio Miners Association and Fifth District Association of West Virginia from organizing workers. The order also bars interference with the Fairmont Coal Company mines in the Panhandle worked by nonunion men since the 1896 strike.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United States
Dayton
John Mitchell
T. L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ohio Miners’ Association
Fifth District Association
West Virginia
Fairmont Coal Company
Panhandle
Insurance man convicted in New York perjury case
Dr. Walter R. Gillette ex vice president of Mutual Life Insurance was found guilty of perjury in the third degree by a New York Supreme Court jury in the disclosures from the legislative investigation of insurance affairs 1905 1906. The verdict carried mercy recommendation and prison term potential up to ten years. Justice Dowling set next Monday for his motion on reasonable doubt and arrest of judgment as Gillette remained free on a 10900 bond pending.
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New York
Legislative
District Attorney’s Office
Supreme Court
Walter R. Gillette
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Justice Dowling
Dr. Gillette
Calabrian Earthquake Devastates Towns as Death Toll Grows
Reports from Calabria describe extensive damage across towns including Ferrazzano Sinopoli and Gerace. Officials discuss possible higher deaths, floods and blocked roads hindering aid while Pope and King pledge relief and a potential royal visit if shocks recur.
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Rome
Calabria
Gioletti
Victor Emmanuel
Calabrian
Education for Girls in the Home Addressed by Prof Harvey
Prof L D Harvey argues wives should be family administrators while husbands provide funds. He says society lacks technical schools for women, overlooking their crucial role in the home. The talk was before the Wisconsin Federation of Woman's Clubs in Fon du Lac.
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Fon du Lac
Wis
L. D. Harvey
Russians Release Wife of Professor in Helsinki Cable News
Mme Malmberg, wife of Prof Malmberg of Helsinki University, formerly arrested in St Petersburg with Mr and Mrs William English Walling of Indianapolis, has been released and arrived here Friday. Other arrestees were confined in Kristy prison with two expected to be released soon.
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Helsingfors
Mme. Malmberg
Malmberg
Helsingfors University
St. Petersburg
William English Walling
Indianapolis
Nnns
Kristy
When fear enters the pulpit faith fades in pews
A reflective line notes fear in religious leadership can erode congregational trust and devotion, suggesting spiritual authority wanes when fear governs church voices and actions.
Mars Inhabited Says Prof Todd After Andes Expedition
Boston reports Prof David Todd of Amherst declares Mars hosts intelligent beings after the Lowell expedition to the Andes. He cites double canals as evidence of artificial engineering and argues the dying planet shows signs of deliberate effort to prolong existence.
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Boston
Mass
Mars
David Todd
Amherst
Andes Mountains
Prof
Todd
Earth
Lowell
South America
Andes
Monastic Madman Fedot Found Criminous in Perm Coffins
A telegram from St Petersburg reports a monk named Fedot who enthralled local women near Vercoturji in Perm. He required bathing and coffin death rituals before confession. The soldier’s wife was found dead in a coffin at the hermitage, with multiple coffins containing other bodies uncovered in a cellar.
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St. Petersburg
Petersburger Zeitung
Vercoturji
Perm
Fedot
Utes on the warpath reported near Cheyenne River
A Cheyenne River telegram claims Ute Indians have killed and scalped Sergeant Baker on the reservation and murdered several other attaches. The report says tribesmen have arms and will resist subduing efforts. A Ft. Meade troop detachment may be sent if confirmed.
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Sturgis
S. D
Cheyenne River Reservation
Baker
Ft. Meade
Fairbanks Denies Candidacy During St Louis Stop
Vice-President Fairbanks declared he is not a candidate for any office while in St Louis Missouri on his way to Louisville. He dismissed rumors of active, tentative, or receptive candidacy.
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St. Louis, Mo
Fairbanks
Louisville
London bishop praises Roosevelt and American hospitality
Dr. Ingram, bishop of London, returning from America, says he had the time of his life. He notes the attention from President Roosevelt and the respect shown by Americans, along with their delightful hospitality, leaving a deep impression.
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London
Pekin Gazette Replaced by Modern Chinese Paper
The Pekin Gazette, China's official memorials bulletin and oldest paper, is superseded by a Modern newspaper. The new paper prints memorials and edicts and will publish editorials. The first editorials heavily review the Japanese constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin Cable
Pekin Gazette
China
Bartlett Chooses Rival for Bridgeport Mayor Nomination
Charles Bartlett, Republican city committee chairman, presided at Bridgeport convention with Henry Lee. Both had eighteen votes. Bartlett cast the deciding ballot for Lee, producing a unanimous nomination.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Charles Bartlett
Republican City Committee
Henry Lee
Bartlett
Lee
Plot to murder King Edward at Chippenham Park uncovered
London reports a would be assassin named John Pearce arrested near Chippenham Park where King Edward and the Prince of Wales were shooting. Pearce says he was sent to shoot a man and intends to shoot him. Police connect the arrest to a Saturday carriage incident and seek to learn the plot details and accomplices.
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London
Edward
John Pearce
Ernest Cassel
Chippenham Park
Game
New Market
Prince of Wales
French Spy Ullmo Arrested Over Naval Secrets
Ensign Charles B. Ullmo of the French Navy was seized at Toulon on spy charges after confessing to taking a secret naval signal book and cipher code. A second officer, Berton, was arrested at Vendome for negotiating with an agent to sell military secrets. Ullmo offered documents to the minister of marine for 30000 dollars and a dummy exchange led to capture.
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Charles B. Ullmo
Toulon
Vendome
Berton
Ullmo
Dreyfus
Minister of Marine
France
Roosevelt Must Stay Talks of Financial Crisis
New York special reports Andrew Carnegie and his daughter returning from abroad on the Baltic. Carnegie defends President Roosevelt, says enforcing laws against trusts supports investment safety, predicts further price fluctuations and cycle of panics, and urges continued support for a second presidential term to secure safeguards and fair national revenues.
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New York
Carnegie
Miss Carnegie
Skibo
Scotland
Woman Sues Rockefeller Over Damages in Hancock County
Ada C. Phelps sues John D. Rockefeller and partners for 50000 in Hancock county Ohio alleging she produced oil from 1894 to 1901 and that a conspiracy to create a petroleum monopoly robbed her of 350000.
Canine Purse-Snatcher in City of Mexico
A dog in Mexico City has become a local curiosity by following a woman then leaping up to seize her purse with its teeth and flee. A police officer fired at the animal but did not strike it.
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City of
Mexico
Lawton Hosts Start Of Major Oklahoma Buffalo Preserve
In southwest Oklahoma near Lawton the Wichita mountains gain a large game preserve nucleus with 15 buffalo donated by the New York Zoological Gardens. The gift marks the start of a planned elaborate zoological park meant to become one of the nation’s greatest game preserves.
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Lawton
Okla
United States
Wichita Mountains
Oklahoma
Cache
New York Zoological Gardens
Pittsburg Ironworker Falls After Sawing Timber
John Hughes a carpenter for the American Bridge Company sat on a timber on a thirty foot trestle when he sawed through the end of the board he was on. He fell with the sawed piece and suffered a broken right thigh and severe scalp wounds.
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Pittsburg
John Hughes
American Bridge Company
Japan Buys U S Steel Rails in Major Tokyo Contract
A contract for 151000 tons of steel rails is reported closed between United States Steel Corporation and the Imperial Railway of Japan, marking a significant steel trade agreement involving Pittsburg and Tokyo.
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Japan
U. S. Steel
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Imperial Railway of Japan
Marie Bonaparte Trousseau Worth 300000 Dollars
The trousseau for Princess Marie, daughter of Prince Roland Bonaparte, for her marriage to Prince George of Greece, is described as rivaling Parisian preparations in grandeur and will exceed $300,000 in cost.
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Marie
Trousseau
Paris
Roland Bonaparte
George
Greece
Rue de la Paix
Thanksgiving Proclaimed by Roosevelt for November 28
President Roosevelt issues the national Thanksgiving proclamation through the Secretary of State naming November 28 as the holiday. The declaration designates the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day for the nation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretary of State
Farmers' Congress Adjourns and elects officers
The Farmers' National Congress adjourned in Oklahoma City after naming Col. Bentham Cameron as president, Joshua Strang as first vice president, George M. Whittaker as secretary, and W. L. Ames as treasurer. The next meeting site will be chosen by the executive committee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Farmers’ National Congress
Col. Bentham Cameron
Stayville
N. C
Joshua Strang
Marion
Ind
George M. Whittaker
Washington, D. C
W. L. Ames
Oregon
Wis
Heavy Rain Damages Crops Across Scotland
Glasgow Cable reports crops across Scotland damaged by heavy rains in the last fortnight. Estimated losses total at least 15 million dollars, with farmers assessing impact on grain and produce. Authorities call for rapid assessment and aid measures.
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Scotland
Glasgow
Ute Indians Again Vex Cheyenne River Reservation
Washington reports the Ute tribe, previously driven from Utah, has again troubled the Cheyenne River reservation in South Dakota. The War Department orders troops from Ft. Meade to the scene while Indian police restore order before dark. Dispatches go to Major Noyes at Omaha directing immediate troop deployment.
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Washington
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Cheyenne River Reservation
South Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
War Department
Ft. Meade
S. D
Cheyenne River Indian Reservation
Noyes
Omaha
Department of Missouri
Heinze Plans Return to Montana Mines to Rebuild Fortune
The article asserts F Augustus Heinze now trading on Wall Street losses plans to sell his New York holdings and return to Montana to mine. He seeks to fund Western ventures and renew his fight with copper rivals as financiers sour on him.
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New York
F. Augustus Heinze
Heinze
Wall St
Montana
West
Bryan jokes on panics and Roosevelt bear hunt
William Jennings Bryan arrived Tuesday and said he fears no panics while general prosperity holds. He quips about Roosevelt hunting, proposing the White House grounds be a game preserve to spare the President long travels for game.
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Bryan
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt
White House
Taft Hints Return to Manila as Private Citizen
At a Manila banquet Secretary of War William H. Taft said he had visited the Philippine islands three times and hopes to return in two years, but likely as a private citizen. He implied future trips would be nonofficial.
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Taft
Manila
William H. Taft
Philippine Islands
Secretary Harry W. Child Returns From Roosevelt Hunting Trip
Helena reports Harry W. Child, aide to President William Loeb Jr., joined the Roosevelt hunting party near Yellowstone. Child says the group had better luck than the president did in Louisiana canebrakes. Loeb remains in camp and will depart for Washington Friday evening.
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Helena
Mont
Harry W. Child
William Loeb, Jr
Yellowstone National Park
Roosevelt
Canebrakes
Louisiana
Loeb
Washington
Vesuvius Eruptions Harrow Naples After Quake
Severe tremors and a violent eruption of Vesuvius followed a major earthquake. Lava mud and ash swept towns causing extensive damage. The Funicular Railway stopped and ten people were reported injured.
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Naples
Alarmed Over the King Madrid Cable
Rumors say King Alfonso of Spain may visit London for a medical examination by a tuberculosis specialist. His father died of the disease and alarming symptoms are reported despite his open-air regimen.
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Madrid
Alfonso
London
New York Wants Clean Elections
Robert S Hudspeth, chairman of the New Jersey Democratic State committee, calls on Republican chairman Franklin Murphy to condemn the illegitimate use of money in politics and defend voting independence. He urges self-examination to curb impatience and influence.
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New York
Robert S. Hudspeth
New Jersey
Democratic State Committee
Franklin Murphy
Republican State Committee
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