Brookins and Seven Hurt as Air Meet Turbulence Strikes
Asbury Park August 10 Walter Brookins the aviator was badly bruised and stunned after his airship turned turtle to avoid spectators during an aviation meet. Seven others were injured including a boy with a skull fracture. Brookins had earlier set a world high flight record at Atlantic City and earned a $5000 prize.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Walter Brooking
Brookins
Walter Brookins
Atlantic City
Atlantic City Aero Club
Indianapolis
McGuire Named In On Indian Land Deals Allegations
Oklahoma testimony ties Congressman McGuire and Choctaw delegate Dr Wright to a $30 million land contracts scheme. Richard Adams claimed 5 percent of profits, with other named figures including Carter, McMurray, and Bates connected to the deal. Witnesses recount meetings, payments, and pressure on Indians at Robbers Roost and in Washington.
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M'Alester
Okla
Congressional Investigating Committee
C. D. Carter
Fourth Oklahoma District
Richard C. Adams
Washington
Adams
McMurray
J. F. McMurray
Charles H. Burke
Jake L. Hannon
Gore
Carter
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Taft
McGuire
Congress
E. B. Latham
McAlester
Roosevelt
Latham
Chicago
War Council
J. H. Godfrey
C. B. Miller
Godfrey
Bates
Congressman Carter
Aeroplane Tests Fail To Beat Bicycle and Auto Scouts
At Nancy France on Aug 10 tests pitted military aircraft against bicycle and automobile scouts. The aeroplanes fared worst as soldiers on cycles and cars fired at about 300 feet at reconnoitering aircraft attempting to move in a direction.
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Nancy
France
Actor Lorain Becomes Star Aviator After Irish Sea Flight
London reports Robert Lorain the actor earned star aviator status by flying over fifty miles from Blackpool to Llandudno in North Wales, a sea crossing that demonstrates his piloting skill.
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London
Robert Lorain
Irish Sea
Blackpool
England
Llandudno
North Wales
Airship Sees Lights Over Midway Then Vanishes
An airship passed over Midway Kentucky late last night heading north with only its lights visible. In Germany at Johannisthal an aeroplanist named Heim crashed during a Wright machine flight at about 225 feet as a propeller failed and the craft rolled over several times. He was carried off unconscious and later deemed gravely injured.
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Midway
Johannisthal
Germany
Heim
Three Boys Die After Train Collision Near Cowesett Station
East Greenwich August 10 three boys were killed and one injured when two trains collided on the New York New Haven Hartford line near Cowesett station. The victims included two sons of Providence jeweler John H Straight and another boy named Wood. The children had been playing on the tracks and ran between trains as a freight and an express approached, leading to the fatal injuries.
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East Greenwich
R. L
Portland
New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford
John H. Straight
Providence
Wood
Cowesett Station
Dolly Is Entranced With Beautiful Lagoon Park
Dolly Dimples writes of Beautiful Lagoon Park a lush natural spot with verdant mountains a clear lake and scented breezes. She celebrates canoes launches lights and a nightly naval battle spectacle at 8 20 p m lasting about thirty minutes that stirs patriotic emotion toward the American flagship.
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Dolly
Dolly Dimples
Aldrich Pinchot Visit. Roosevelt News Revealed
Boston reports Aldrich remains committed to retirement despite talks on a successor. Crank and Crane denied urging him to stay as Aldrich prepares to defend tariff issues and a cotton schedule speech. At Oyster Bay Roosevelt hosts Garfield and Pinchot for secret talks amid ongoing political inquiries.
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Boston
Mass
Warwick
R. IL
Nelson W. Aldrich
W. Murray Crane
Massachusetts
Norton
Aldrich
Senate
Crane
Bristow
Kansas
Republican Party
West
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Cleveland
Interior
Gifford Pinchot
New York
Forester
Sagamore Hill
William Loeb, Jr
Port of
Roosevelt
Garfield
Mr. Pinchot
Taft
Washington
Pinchot
Mayor Gaynor Holds Own In Grim Fight For Life
New York Mayor William Gaynor remains in St Marys Hospital after being shot by James J Gallagher. Doctors report good strength and nourishment with the wound healing, though blood poisoning remains a risk. Police suspend Officer Joseph P Hock over an intoxicated remark about the mayor.
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Gaynor
New York
William J. Arlitz
William J. Gaynor
St. Mary’s Hospital
James J. Gallagher
Gallagher
Jersey City
William H. Edwards
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
Europe
Joseph P. Hock
Madison Street
Hock
Newark Grand Jury Indicts 40 in Lynch and Riot Case
Newark grand jury returns forty indictments in the lynching and rioting case. Fifteen are charged with first degree murder. others face rioting and assault. Names listed include Schoeller Denney Watha Graef Woolard Valentine Timmons McKinley Feuerriegel Leary Cleveland Owens Bush Bolton Sutley. Perjury charges for two witnesses. Grand jury to reconvene Tuesday. more cases expected.
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Miller
Newark
Edward Schoeller
Walden Denney
Montelle Watha
Frank Graef
Edward Woolard
Levi Valentine
Clarence Timmons
William McKinley
William Feuerriegel
Elmer Leary
Robert Cleveland
Edgar Owens
Joe Bush
Lewis Bolton
Texas Democrats Indorse Bailey for President
The Texas Democratic state convention endorsed United States Senator Joseph W. Bailey for the 1912 presidential nomination and nominated a full state ticket led by Oscar B. Colquitt for governor and A. B. Davidson for lieutenant governor. The platform supports Bailey, while a minority faction proposed the Randell bill and an alternate tariff plank.
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Galveston
Tex
United States
Joseph W. Bailey
Oscar B. Colquitt
A. B. Davidson
Colquitt
Davidson
Liams
Bailey
Campbell
Platform
Cone Johnson
Briton Accomplishes Mission to Chicago
A British envoy completes a long mission in Chicago as part of a diplomatic effort. Details appear on page 2, column 2, continuing the report.
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Chicago
Concordat Established At Big Conclave In Chicago
In Chicago a unanimous resolution forms a concordat among Knights Templar governing bodies from England Ireland Scotland Canada and the United States. It aims to unify the templars as Ma ons call it the most important step in years. Election of officers for the 1913 conclave is set for tomorrow morning with four candidates for grand junior warden Fredric C. Thayer J W Chamberlain I L Register and L P New.
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Chicago
Knights Templar
England
Ireland
Scotland
Canada
United States
Earl of Euston
Wales
Frederic C. Thayer
Waterville
J. W. Chamberlain
St. Paul
I. L. Register
New Jersey
L. P. New
India
Pythians Halt Plan For Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Milwaukee August 10 The supreme lodge Knights of Pythias declined to take over the Las Vegas NM sanitarium for tubercular patients saying tuberculosis treatment is still experimental and lacks sufficient statistics and justification for such a project.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Supreme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Las Vegas
CN. M
Knights of Pythias of
New Mexico
Bullet From Russian Gun Or Rifle Killed Rice
Cleveland, Aug 10 The coroner's inquest into the murder of William L. Rice reveals a 115 grain bullet from an American rifle or Russian gallery gun. The shot likely came from a distance, not a close strike, complicating the case and prompting police to search Cleveland New York Chicago and other cities for the firearm.
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Cleveland, CO
William L. Rice
George Freeman
Freeman
Rice
Mr. Rice
Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Freman
Governor Commutes Night Rider Death Sentence
Governor Patterson in Nashville commutes Marcellus Rheinhart’s death sentence for the murder of Rufus Hunter to life imprisonment. Rheinhart, a Montgomery county night rider, had faced capital punishment.
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Nashville
Tenn
Patterson
Marcellus Rheinhart
Montgomery County
Rheinhart
Rufus Hunter
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Murray Crane
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George D. Stewart
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Charles H. Peck
J. W. Parrish
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Indorse Bailey
Jewell D. Lightfoot
Sam Sparks
W. P. Lane
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J. T. Robinson
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