France in Mourning as Monis Berteaux Die in Monoplane Crash
A disaster at an aviation event in Paris leaves Minister of War Berteaux dead and Premier Monis seriously injured. The monoplane struck a ministerial group including M. Berteaux and M. Monis, causing chaos as officials rushed to aid casualties. The crash ends flights and prompts political reshuffling while France contemplates safety at aviation events.
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Premier Monis
Berteaux
Madame Monis
Jay
Pilot in Mystery Monoplane Crash Sparks War Crisis
The pilot M Train and passenger Bonnier were examined by the state attorney after a monoplane crash at a troop assembly. He described efforts to avoid troops and civilians as cavalry advanced, then the craft failed and collapsed. Four aviators started the race. only Garos arrived at Angouleme, others damaged or lost. Prime Minister Monis remains in office but cabinet resignations and a potential Clemenceau Millerand Poincaré coalition are discussed amid the accident and Berteaux death.
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I. Berteaux
M. Monis
Dupuy
The
Petit Parisien
M. Berteaux
Monis
M. Train
Bonnier
Train
M. Cruppi
War Ministry
Clemenceau
M. Millerand
M. Poincar
M. Garos
Angouleme
Gibert
Pontlevoy
Beaumont
Azey-sur-Indre
Te Lasseur
Cosne
M. Crupps
Berteaux Socialist Paris Minister of War Biography
Berteaux born 1852 rose to prominence in politics and finance. He served as minister of war under Monis, faced resignations in 1905, and was reappointed before departing after a deputies’ debate. Known socialist opposed Briand, backed aviation, and flew in a LeBaudy balloon in 1905.
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Paris
Henry Maurice Berteaux
Monis
France
M. Berteaux
Andre
Chamber of Deputies
M. Etienne
Berteaux
Briand
Chamber
Monis Formed France Cabinet Radical Republican Leader
Henri Maurice Ber Ernest Monis, premier and interior minister, is identified as a radical Republican. A lawyer and longtime Senator for Gironde since 1891, he had been vice-president of the Senate from 1906. Born in 1840, Monis helped topple the Bourgeois ministry in 1896 and as justice minister signed the decree to convene a high court against a royalist plot in 1899.
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Waldeck-Rousseau
High Court
Republic
Heat Drives People Out of the City
The hottest day so far this year sent Boston residents seeking relief. The city sweltered as outdoor lights and a roadside ride suggested escapes from the heat, with residents grateful for any cooling breeze or shade found away from urban streets.
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Boston
Providence
Heat drives Boston crowds to beaches and parks
A Sunday heat wave sent Boston residents fleeing the city to Revere Beach Norumbega Park and Marine Park with crowds in the tens of thousands. Police estimate 15 000 on the Common 5 000 at the Charles river sites while city parks drew substantial families as temperatures rose from 66 at 2 am to 87 at 2 pm with a slight afternoon dip. The weather man forecasts nicer weather and even a chance of rain.
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Boston
Revere Beach
Nantasket
Norumbega Park
Revere
Marine Park
Charles River
Auburndale
Spring Street
Middlesex Fells
North End
Charlesbank
North End Park
Southern Pacific Party Heads West From Boston
The party of 82 Southern Pacific railway conductors and their wives, who have stayed in Boston since Saturday, depart tonight at 7 o'clock in a special train for the West. They arrived in seven special cars Saturday morning from Jacksonville, were entertained by fellow trainmen at Point of Pines, and spent yesterday sightseeing. The group has lived aboard the train, sidetracked at Exeter street in the Boston and Albany yards.
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Southern Pacific Railway
Boston
West
Jacksonville
Point of Pines
Exeter Street
Boston & Albany
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M. Dupuy
MM. Lepine
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Madame Berteaux
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Denmark
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Fallieres
Servia
Basle
M. Coullard-Doscos
Belgrade
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Henri Maurice Berteaux
Pilot
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Lamellongue
Lannellongue
Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis
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San Francisco Overland Limited
Chicago
San Francisco
Union
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IMPO
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Drugzist
Warner's Safe Cure Co
Rochester, N. Y
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Kursk
Southern Pacific Party
Onoto Pen Company
Broadway
New York
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