Aviator Burned In Mid Air At Vincennes Race Tragedy
At Vincennes the European circuit air race began with a midair explosion killing Captain Princtau and M. LeMartin who crashed after striking a tree. Injuries included M. Gaabert and M. Hille with several others unhurt but shaken as 38 civilians and 2 officers started the long London return leg.
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Vincennes
London
Almont
Princtau
LeMartin
M. Gaabert
Dalger
Henseleas
Wheat Field
Viller- Coterots
M. Hille
Bille
M. Lordian
Charleville
Oscar Murteon
Gagny
M. Morin
Cheveon
Liege
Larebourg
Dishes Found Unwashed Aboard Maine After Explosion
Army engineers at the cofferdam of the old battleship Maine report slow progress with the dam. dishes lay on the mess table, many unwashed, suggesting attendants expected a meal when the explosion occurred. An ammunition box and damaged cartridges were found near the port turret while steel items showed advanced saltwater corrosion. Pumping to unwater the cofferdams continues slowly under General Hixaby's departure plan.
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Havana
Maine
Army
Hixaby
United States
Outlaw Escape Leads to Conductor Kidd’s Idaho Death
The Butte sheriff’s office reports Conductor Kidd died in Pocatello Idaho from a wound inflicted during an escape from Deputy Sheriff Melton Spencer Idaho. Melton was wounded but expected to recover. Posse surrounds the outlaws in Tooley’s swamp as a bloodhound train is awaited.
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Butte
Kidd
Pocatello
Idaho
Melton
Spencer
Tooley’s Swamp
Rail mail pay overcharges eyed for savings
Postmaster General Hitchcock says Washington overpaid railroads about 9 million dollars annually for mail transportation. Congress will be asked to authorize a readjustment of railway mail pay to save that amount for the government.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Hitchcock
Congress
Convicts Dead as Log Bullpen Collapses in Mountain Pass
In Waynesville North Carolina a log-built bullpen housing Convicts and guards collapsed sliding 65 feet down a mountain. Four convicts were killed and 12 fatally wounded with 17 others hurt or seriously injured.
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Waynesville
N. C
Royalty Amid Coronation Festivities Looms in London
King and Queen prepare for coronation week with foreign envoys arriving on June 18 and 19. John Hays Hammond, U S special ambassador, enters London to join royal events as Bucking ham Palace hosts a state banquet and receptions.
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John Haye Hammond
U. S
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Connaught
St. James Palace
London
Duke of Norfolk
Earl Spencer
Earl Marshall
Mrs. Asquith
Downing Street
Bernard Shaw
James A. Barrie
Edward Grey
Foreign Office
Westminster Abbey
Office of Works
John Hays Hammond
United States
Victoria Station
King George
Baron Landhurst
Bernard N. James
C. F. G. Sowerby
Whitelaw Reid
Liberals Under Indictment in U S Neutrality Probe
Ricardo Flores Magon head of a liberal Mexican junta in Los Angeles was arrested on a federal indictment for violating U S neutrality laws. Marshal Leo Youngworth also jailed Anzelmo Figueroa and Librado Riviera, associates of Magon, on similar charges. Figueroa edits the paper Regeneration.
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Los Angeles
Ricardo Flores Magon
Liberal
Mexican Social Revolutionary
United States
Leo Youngworth
Anzelmo Figueroa
Librado Riviera
Magon
Figueroa
Regeneration
Submarine flotilla sets record for submerged endurance
A seven submarine flotilla from Newport broke submerged run records by staying underwater for 10 hours on the Nantucket to Provincetown voyage. Two boats remained submerged 11 hours, the longest-ever undersea duration by a U S Navy sub.
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Gloucester
Newport
Nantucket
Provincetown
U. S. Navy
Rope skipping fatal for six year old girl
Pittsburg Otllis Danner aged six died at her home in St Clairborough from a ruptured blood vessel caused by jumping rope.
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Pittsburg
Otlllis Danner
St. Clairborough
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