Curtiss Captures Another Big Prize At Aviation Meet
Curtiss wins the Prix de la Vitesse at Bethany Aviation Field France, finishing just behind Bleriot in the speed lap while Latham remains Curtiss’ main challenger. Bleriot suffers a non serious rudder failure and crash, Farman wins the passenger contest, and the Aero Club of America plans bid efforts for future meetings. Glenn H. Curtiss, the sole American entrant, tops the event with multiple prizes and recovers the international cup victory.
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Rhetme
France
Paulhan
Glenn H. Curtiss
United States
Curtiss
Bleriot
Aero Club of America
Latham
Castins
Farman
Bunac-Varilla
Prix de Mechanicians
Rougier
Renaud
Prix Des Aeronautics
Cortlandt F. Bishop
Cunningham calls charges on coal land filings in Alaska absurd
Seattle August 29 attorney C A Cunningham who represents three claimants in the Cunningham coal land claims aboard the steamer Ohio wreck survivors returns home and denounces accusations that the claims were illegally filed or that Secretary Ballinger pressed for patents He says investigators will show filings were legal and any errors stem from technicalities He also denied Guggenheim and Morgan interests back his claims
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Cunningham
Cunningham Coal
Alaska
Ohio
Secretary of the Interior
R. A. Ballinger
Gravis
Land Office
Taft
Ballinger
Guggenheim and
Morgan
River flood claims twelve hundred lives in grim toll
A newspaper note reports a river flood with an estimated death toll of twelve hundred. It states arrangements will be made to inter the dead and that the river has risen by about fifty to sixty feet, reflecting the scale of the catastrophe.
Charges Have No Foundation Here In Washington
Senator Carter of Montana says no power site has been appropriated on the Missouri river or its tributaries in the last five years after inquiries with land offices and clerks. He notes no illegal action by reclamation service staff beyond Sunnyside forage concerns, and the irrigation committee tours Bremerton navy yard with Secretary Ballinger present.
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Montana
Missouri
Thomas H. Carter
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Carter
Sunnyside
Wash
Navy Yard
Bremerton
R. A. Ballinger
East
Seven thousand march in celebration of jubilee
San Francisco August 29 with 7000 in line the San Francisco Scheutzenverein began a Bolden jubilee celebration today. The parade on Market street then crossed the bay to Oakland for eight days of festivities. A company of German riflemen appeared in the streets for the first time today marking 50 years since their initial appearance here. They once policed the city at President Lincoln’s assassination.
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San Francisco
Topeka Attorney Says Incubator Case Defendants Will Return
Topeka Kansas August 29 Edward Mc Keever local attorney for Mrs Stella Barclay announced that an arrangement had been made whereby the woman and J N Gentry defendants in the incubator baby case would voluntarily return to Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Edward McKeever
Stella Barclay
J. N. Gentry
Thousands homeless in flood disaster at Monterey
Monterey Aug 29 conservative estimates put property damage at 20 million dollars as flood left about 15 000 homeless. Seventeen and a half inches of rain fell over Friday to today and many buildings collapsed with people on roofs. Hundreds saved by brave individuals while city braces to feed clothe and aid the unfortunates amid ongoing recovery efforts.
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Santa Catarina
Electric Light and Power Company
H. H. Reader
Tamaulipas
Romuldi Marty
Plaza Purisima
Prominent Hartman Injured In Tacoma Auto Wreck
Tacoma August 29 A morning auto accident just west of Chop Hill twenty three miles from Tacoma seriously injured E A Hartman a Chicago dry goods merchant while George B Burke Tacoma bank managers was severely bruised The car traveling about twenty miles per hour lost steering gear and swung sharply
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Wash
Chop Hill
E A. Hartman
Chicago
George B. Burke
Bankers’ Trust Company
Mother Feeds Poison to Five Children One Dead
In St Joseph Missouri on August 29 Carrie Sanders 41 of the Florence addition fed morphine to five of her six children aged 2 to 10. A neighbor interrupted her attempt to poison the sixth child. She confessed. One child died others survive. The mother also ingested poison and cut her throat but is expected to recover.
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St. Joseph
Carrie Sanders
Florence
Teamsters' Union Men Enjoy Annual Picnic
Several hundred members of the Butte Teamsters' union and their families spent a pleasant day at Gregson springs yesterday for the annual picnic. Three trains ran each way and were well filled as a sports program went ahead as planned under committee leaders A. D. Allerton, Joseph Van Gundy, and M. H. Hogan.
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Butte Teamsters’ Union
Gregson Springs
A. D. Allerton
Joseph van Gundy
M. H. Hogan
Classic Futurity to be Run at Sheepshead Today
New York, Aug. 29. The Futurity, a feature for 2-year-olds nominated before foaling, will be run tomorrow at Sheepshead Bay. Sixteen hopefuls vie for the season’s richest purse about $27,000. James R. Keene enters Sweep and another entry from his stable, both expected contenders in the classic race.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay
James R. Keene
Sweep
Ben Brush
Dom
Chestnut Colt Sweep Favored in Race With Grasmere
Sweep appears slight favorite in upcoming race against Grasmere a chestnut colt by Meddler Botha II Grasmere bred by Clarence Mackay sold to Mr Keene as a yearling for 3500 dollars
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Ino
Grasmere
Meddler-Botha II
Sweep
Clarence Mackay
Mr. Keene
Next Congress Meeting Likely in Kansas City
Seattle dispatch reports the national conservation congress executive committee will hold the next congress in the Middle West, with Kansas City the probable site. Judge Thomas J. Burke of Seattle was named treasurer of the permanent organization as the congress adjourned yesterday.
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Seattle
National Conservation Congress
Middle West
Kansas City
Thomas J. Burke
Congress
Alpine climbers protest against Jungfrau funicular plan
The Swiss Alpine Club central committee protests the extension of the Jungfrau railway from Jungfraujoch to the summit. They argue mountain railways must not reach the summit and call for support from mountain lovers to defend the sublime peak against mercantile intrusion.
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Swiss Alpine Club
Jungfrau Funicular
Jungfrau Joch
The
Alpine Club
Jungfrau
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