R-34 Crosses. Atlantic: Dirigible and Plane Race to Reach Long Island
Two British air craft race to Roosevelt Field Mineola New York as fog delays the R-34 dirigible from East Fortune Scotland and the Handley Page biplane from Harbor Grace Newfoundland. By New York time 8 40 p m the plane led the dirigible by about fifty miles off Nova Scotia and was over Antigonish about 150 miles from Sydney. The Handley Page expected to land tomorrow morning while the dirigible hoped to reach Mineola tomorrow afternoon depending on weather.
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Mineola
N. Y
East Fortune
Scotland
Harbor Grace
N. F
Nova Scotia
Roosevelt Field
Antigonish
N. S
Sydney
New Foundland
R-34 Lifts Over Newfoundland Heads For St Johns
The airship R-34 arrived at Notre Dame Bay at 6 am and was to pass St Johns at noon. Fog delayed a northerly route planned for better visibility while crews tracked its position via the warship Cornwall. A reconstructed Martinsyde plane piloted by Frederick P. Raynham tried a greeting flight near the dirigible before fog halted further movement.
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Newfoundland
Notre Dame Bay
Admiralty
Frederick P. Raynham
Newfoutdland
Raymor
Raynham
Harry G. Hawker
New York
Trinity Bay
Cape Race
Cornwall
Bonavista Bay
Clarenville
Dozen Drown As Holiday Boat Sinks On Lake Madison
Sioux Falls July 4 An excursion boat on Lake Madison struck a snag and overturned leaving ten to fifteen people drowned. The accident occurred about forty miles northwest of Sioux Falls tonight as revelers on the holiday outing faced a disaster.
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Sioux Falls
Lake Madison
Local thunder showers and cooler across multiple states
Ohio Indiana West Virginia and Kentucky see local thunder showers with cooler temperatures. Saturday brings unsettled weather, while Sunday turns partly cloudy and cooler in most areas.
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Ohio
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Great Air Fleet To Meet R-34 At Roosevelt Field
A huge crowd awaited the British airship R-34 at Roosevelt Field Mineola N Y with police guarding restricted zones Two thousand military police protected the site as seaplanes from Far Rockaway Montauk Point Cape May and Chatham sped to meet the dirigible The C-4 and a Bilmp may join the flotilla promising the Atlantic coast’s largest aircraft fleet as weather could delay the R-34’s arrival with gas conservation in mind Brigadier General L E O Charlton British naval attaché reported from Washington.
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N.Y
Roosevelt Field
Far Rockaway
Montauk Point
Cape May
N. J
Chatham
Mass
Atlantic
L. E. O. Charlton
Washington
Dutch Extradition Rules Could Block Kaiser Departure
A Hague official quoted by The Amsterdam Telegraaf says the former German Emperor and Crown Prince may leave Holland but a future extradition demand could prevent it. If a correct extradition request arrives, a Utrecht tribunal would review the case and the Kaiser would have counsel. a decision within fourteen days would guide government action. The government plans to adhere to judicial procedure, making extradition unlikely.
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Hague
Utrecht
Minister of Justice
Telegraaf
Dutch to Surrender Former Kaiser for Trial?
The Daily Mail says allied powers have assurances the Dutch government will surrender the former German Emperor for trial if needed. Objections may be raised to protect sovereignty, but the request could be made in the name of the League of Nations. Proceedings are expected in Dutch courts with English conducted, translated into multiple languages.
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Daily Mail
League of Nations
Hague
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland may refuse to give up ex Kaiser
July 4 The prime minister Loyd George reported to the House of Commons on the peace conference work. The statement noted no surprise in the report, with emphasis on key figures and potential issues surrounding the ex Kaiser and postwar terms.
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London
Loyd George
House of Commons
Repeal Hinted For Tax On Foreign Bank Interest
The Treasury Department signals a repeal of the revenue act tax on interest American banks pay non residents depositing money in the U S. Commissioner Roper argues the tax handicaps the U S as an international money market and should be removed to attract foreign balances, with Canada already not taxing such interest.
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America
Europe
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Treasury Department
Zach Lamar Cobb
el Paso
Department of State
Mexico
United States
Montreal
New York
Central
South America
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
Mr. Cobb
Roper
England
London
Congress
Canada
Nation swelters in hottest Fourth across the East
July 4 report cites 100 degree readings in six cities including New York Philadelphia Boston Hartford and Harrisburg with forecasts of a cooldown by Saturday night. Thunderstorms predicted. Toledo records 94 as arena heat boosts the William Dempsey fight atmosphere. Weather warnings extended to British B-34 on cruise to New York.
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Washington
Vton
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Sophia
Harrisburg
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic Coast
Chicago
Toledo
Weather Bureau
New York
To Buy Hat All Husband Gave Says Angry Wife
New York July 4 The Appellate Division upheld a Supreme Court ruling granting Mrs Clara H Montgomery a separation from Joseph P Montgomery a sugar buyer for Arbuckle Brothers. Montgomery earns about 5000 dollars yearly. She says he was generous with himself but frugal with her spending only a daily food allowance and scarce money for clothing. She recalls he once gave 20 cents for a hat.
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Appellate Division
Supreme Court
Pendleton
Clara
H. Montgomery
Joseph P. Montgomery
Arbuckle Brothers
Montgomery
Dr F W Krueger bound over on infant death charge
Richmond Indiana July 4 Dr F W Krueger local physician bound over to Wayne County Grand Jury on criminal neglect in death of newborn John Smith tossed sixty feet into a city dump after birth officials say he failed to tie the umbilical cord and provide care the coroner calls for a severe arraignment while noting the infant showed vitality and could have lived days or weeks prosecutors expect indictments for murder or assault and battery with intent to kill pending the verdict
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Commercial Tribune
Richmond
Ind
F. W. Krueger
Edgar Bond
Louis Smith
Indiana
Krueger
Wayne County
John Smith
Wayne County Grand Jury
Dr. Krueger
Gath Freeman
Wayne County Conscriptions Board
Dempsey Wins Championship in Three Rounds
The bout in Toledo drew about 50 000 spectators as Jack Dempsey floored Jess Willard five times in the first round to claim the heavyweight title. Willard's seconds prevented a knockout, while Newhall notes the town's frenzied heat and spectacle surrounding the event with vast crowds, betting, and cosmopolitan attendance.
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Floors Giant
Willard
Jess
Jack
Deaths in North Dakota plane crash near Minot
Mrs. C. F. Fisk wife of the former North Dakota Chief Justice and an unidentified girl were killed when Chester Jacobson of the US Army Air Corps attempted a landing near Minot. A second man was fatally injured and not expected to survive.
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North Dakota Supreme Court
Chester Jacobson
United States Aviation Corps
Dempsey Praises Willard and Hints at Acting Career
Toledo reports the new heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey will stay through Sunday night as manager Jack Kearns talks of vaudeville offers next week. Dempsey sent a telegram to his mother Cecilia Dempsey in Salt Lake City and praised Willard as a game opponent. He greeted cheering fans at his hotel and Union Station before slipping away to avoid a traffic jam.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
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Jack
Dempsey
Cecilia Dempsey
Salt Lake City
Willard
Union Station
Philadelphia
Automobiles and train clash kills five in Ohio town
Five people die and three are injured when an automobile en route to a Bible students picnic is struck by a Pittsburg special train at East Fourth street crossing in Washington Mansfield Ohio. The gateman’s signal allegedly failed as the Willard Dempsey fight crowd travels. Martin Myers drives the car carrying visitors to the Yankeetown School picnic three miles east. The dead include Rev H A Haddington aged 38 and Miss Agnes A Wiand aged 38 among others. One injured woman is reported near death.
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Cleveland
Alice Jones
Richard Otto
Martin Myers
Mansfield
Agnes A. Wiand
Pittsburg
F. F. Mickey
Lillian Myers
Yankeetown School
Here
Toledo
Willard-Dempsey
Heat and chaos fail to foil New York Fourth of July plot fears
New York swelters through a record July Fourth with no anarchist bomb plot found despite heavy federal and state mobilization. Police, guardsmen and agents patrol public buildings as temperatures hit 98 degrees and crowds head to beaches and mountains.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Honest Man Found To Be Cincinnatian on Last Day
A Cincinnati man admitted stealing a Lexington car on the last day of liquor's reign. He sent a letter with a $10 payment to retrieve the machine and apologized for the act caused by excessive drinking.
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Cincinnati
Reagan
Richards
Cincinnatian
Soldiers and policemen clash at Bisbee
Bisbee Arizona sees tense scenes after a night clash between members of the Tenth United States Cavalry and local police. Disarming of black cavalrymen by police led to a confrontation amid reported assaults. quiet returned as military and civilian officers maintained order.
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Ariz
Tenth
United States Cavalry
Lowell
Warren
Man shows Dempsey punch. friend dies after jab
In New York on the Fourth of July Anthony Wasielewski of Brooklyn demonstrated Dempsey's knockout on Willard to his friend Thomas Black. Black collapsed and died on the pavement. Wasielewski was arrested on a technical homicide charge.
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Thomas Black
Dempsey
Willard
Anthony Wasielewski
Brooklyn
Black
Wasielewski
Hindenburg Departure Marks Supreme Army Command Dissolution
Berlin reports on July 2 as Field Marshal von Hindenburg departs, a move that signals the dissolution of the Supreme Army Command. The notice names Jeff Kolberg, Prussia, in relation to the event.
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Associated Press
Field Marshal
von Hindenburg
Jeff Kolberg
Prussia
Supreme Army Command
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