Gyroplane airship plans promise 100 passenger flights
Universal Aerial Navigation unveils a gyroplane airship by J W Oman of St Louis. The craft blends gyroscope, helicopter and aeroplane features to lift 2 to 100+ passengers, start from land or water, and fly at about 100 mph with a 40 mile wind. The aluminum craft uses four 12 foot propellers, two engines, and a 16 foot high wing. It aims for city to city service and possible bomb dropping from two miles. The company is capitalized at 5.06 million dollars with F A Seifert as president.
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Choate Silent on Watts Charges After Return Home
Joseph H. Choate returned from his summer home near Pittsfield Massachusetts and refused to comment on charges James R. Watts sought to press before the American Bar Association. Choate's secretary said he was back in New York unexpectedly and not related to the Watts matter. He said he has no knowledge beyond Watts letters and public reports.
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Millionaire Judge to wed working girl in San Antonio
San Antonio July 7. For the third time Judge B P Hill a millionaire former Southern Pacific general counsel will marry Alicia Allen a working girl and former cashier at the St Anthony hotel. The anticipated wedding marks another high profile match from a prominent locale.
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B. P. Hill
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Alicia Allen
St. Anthony Hotel
Connersville Girl Completes 30 Day Fast Range
Dora Jordan of Connersville Indiana aged twenty completed a strict fasting regime for chronic stomach disorder. After forty days without solid food and twenty four days with none she followed a doctor advised plan including squid food then water only for three days and twenty days of complete abstinence aided by mild stimulants.
Expulsion of Jews from Russia Causes Torture and Deaths
Vienna reports that Russian authorities expel Jews from cities in the pale with brutal force. About 20,000 people displaced, many penniless and suffering severe mistreatment. up to 200 deaths attributed to the forced exodus. Emigration to America rising as refugees pour out of the region.
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Moscow
America
United States
Ballinger Whets A X For More Heads
New York July 7 Secretary Ballinger returned from Beverly with plans approved by the president to remove Frederick H Newell director and Arthur P Davis chief engineer from the reclamation service. The anti Ballinger/ Newell clash has grown acute Newell refuses to resign and Davis likely to be dropped.
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Ballinger
Beverly
Frederick H. Newell
Arthur P. Davis
Reclamation Service
Fallinger
Newell
West
Davis
West Gets Shock Earthquake Seismograph Report
A severe earthquake shock struck St. Louis on Wednesday night from 10 52 to 11 14 recorded by the university seismograph. The tremor’s center lies 2000 to 2500 miles west, likely along the Pacific coast in California.
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ST. Louis Mo
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St. Louis
Pacific Coast
Californias
Millionaire killed in runaway in Huntington
Kirk Voliner a 42 year old millionaire of Ashland Kentucky and his employer John Duty were killed instantly when their horses spooked near a street car in Huntington West Virginia.
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Kirk Voliner
Ashland
John Duty
Huntington
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Fireworks ban urged by Chicago chief fire marshal
Chicago July 7 Chief Fire Marshal Horan urged an absolute ban on sale and use of fireworks in the city. He said the only sane celebration is one without fireworks of any sort.
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Chicago
Horan
Tom
Beggars Arrested Drinking Champagne on Huron Street
Charles Trent and Fred Miller were arrested while drinking champagne and eating porter house steak in their rooms on Huron street. Police found three sets of crutches, four wooden legs, plaster casts, and flesh-coloring material among their belongings. An examination showed both men in good physical health. Police estimated their income at $20 a day.
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Chicago
Charles Trent
Fred Miller
Huron Street
Death of Race Car Driver Still a Mystery
Report of a postrace mystery surrounding the death of a famed driver. The tale centers on Johnny and Tom, known as the National Indigo twins, champions of the Nations 200 mile Atlanta race for the $10,000 trophy and $1,000 cash. Their bond and triumph on the Southern circuit are described in detail.
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Tom
Atlanta Automobile Association
Atlanta
Kincaid
Athens
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Nuns Seek American Citizenship in Washington
Three cloistered nuns from the Community of the Perpetual Adoration in Washington have applied for American citizenship. The applicants are Marie Kamp born in Amsterdam, Rachelina Maresca from Sorrento, Italy, and Severina Di Giovanni born in Piana de Greci, Sicily. Religious names are not listed in the applications.
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Community of the Perpetual Adoration
Marie Kamp
Amsterdam
Holland
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Sorrento
Italy
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Piana de Greci
Sicily
New Cable Opened Linking Ireland to England
The Commercial Cable company completed laying and opened for traffic a new submarine cable from Waterville Ireland to Weston Super Mare England. It connects with London underground wires and replaces long sections with heavier cable to increase capacity and enable faster transatlantic messages.
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England
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Flight to Bournemouth From Crystal Palace Unfinished
Grahame White, once outdistanced by Louis Paulhan in the London to Manchester contest, began a solo attempt this afternoon in a Farman biplane from Crystal Palace to Bournemouth, a 105 mile trip with no intended stop.
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Grahame White
Louis Paulhan
Manchester
Crystal Palace
Bournemouth
Picnicitis Grips City Parks As Open-Air Season Opens
The open season for picnics arrives with warm days drawing crowds from a 6-year-old Sunday school class to the Amalgamated Airship Association. At Washington and Illinois streets crowds gather 10 am to 6 pm, lunch baskets spread like fallen leaves. Four routes lead picnickers to Fairview Riverside Brookside or Garfield parks where benches test endurance and flies swarm as meals unfold.
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Amalgamated Association of Airship Aviators
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Ilinois
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Riverside
Brookside
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Cholera Plague Sweeps Southern Russia
Odessa reports 5 000 to 6 000 cases with 40 percent fatality as cholera devastates southern Russia. Physicians overwhelmed, death carts used, and burial rites rushed, while frost delays relief and authorities struggle to contain the surge amid demoralization and incomplete statistics.
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Russia
Europe
Forgery Charges Placed Against Missing Rockport Attorney
Evansville July 1 Affidavits allege John W Burns missing Rockport city attorney forged Mike Geiger Richland to cash a 8600 check at Lake Bank Richland Warrants issued by Spencer county sheriff Auditor of State John C Billheimer ordered an Eb erfeld bank probe State Bank Examiner Ramsey reported depositor and stockholder protection steps to avert loss
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John W. Burns
Rockport
Cal Hamilton
Lake Bank
Richland
Spencer County
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Mike Geiger
John C. Billheimer
Eberfeld, Ind
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Hunger riots break out in Shan Tung region China
London dispatch reports hunger riots in Lai Chow, Shan Tung province, China. Fears exist the unrest may take an anti foreign turn, with Lai Chow near Chang Sha where rioting and destruction of foreign missions occurred weeks ago.
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Shan Tung
London
London Globe
Lai Chow
Shan Tung Province
China
Chang Sha
Alaska Tour To Inspect Federal Appointments
Washington July 7 Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary Nagel of the Department of Commerce and Labor will visit Alaska this summer for a general inspection. Following senate investigations into federal appointments in Alaska, the attorney general promised a Justice Department inquiry into conditions there. Wickersham said the Guggenheims dominated Alaska elections and controlled federal appointments.
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Wickersham
Nagel
Department of Commerce and Labor
Alaska
Senate
Department of Justice
Gugsenheims
Mob near trial ruled constitutional in jail attack case
Cairo July 7 Judge W W Duncan ruled the law against mobs constitutional and set the trial date for next Tuesday in the circuit court for the 12 men indicted by a special grand jury last February. They were charged with attacking the county jail to seize a negro.
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Cairo
W. W. Duncan
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