Aviators Wage Air Strife for Choice Prizes at Belmont Park
In a crowded aviation meet at Belmont Park on Oct 24, Walter Brookins and Count De Lesseps battled for altitude and speed as up to ten aircraft flew simultaneously. De Lesseps reached 5,000 feet while Brookins climbed beyond 6,000 feet, with Drexel and Aubrun among leaders in hourly and duration contests.
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Belmont Park
Count de Lesseps
Walter Brookins
Wright
de Lesseps
Brookins
J. B. Moissant
J. A. Drexel
America
Claude Grahame- White
Moissant
Drexel
United States
Wilbur Wright
Hoxsey
Claude Graham-White
Farman
Cliffdird
B. Harmon
Armstrong Drexel
B. J. Frisbie
Curtiss
Frisbie
Aubrun
Bennot
Philadelphian
Auburn
Charles Foster Willard
Willard
Dréxel
Johnstone
de Lesséps
Thief Leaves Five Dollars for Change in Bold Hold Up
Two masked men robbed the Linwood street station of the Brooklyn rapid transit in East New York. One guarded the scene while the other overpowered ticket agent Stella Reidy, taking most of the L tickets and 24.85 dollars in cash. He apologized to Reidy and left five dollars in nickels to make change for passengers.
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New York
Linwood Street
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Stella Reidy
Mré Réidy
Policeman Michael Hunter Arrested on Assault Charge
Michael Hunter, 31, bicycle policeman and acting Gamewell operator at the police headquarters, was arrested Monday after noon on a warrant charging assault on a child living near East Seventeenth precinct station where he was assigned. He was released on $25 bond and denies the charges, saying he knew the child well and she often visited the precinct station.
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Michael Hunter
Gamewell
East Seventeenth
Hunter
Silk Special Hoodoo For Crew Resumes Run After Crash
Portage Wisconsin October 24 The famed silk special train between Tacoma and New York resumed its trip from Portage after colliding with a freight train Sunday. Conductor Stediford was killed and a fire destroyed silk worth about five hundred thousand dollars. Portage fire department fought the blaze as railroad men eyed the train with superstition amid references to prior wrecks during oriental steamship arrivals and three trips ruined by storms.
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Portagh
Wis
Tacoma
New York
Stediford
Portage
Publicity Pursues Brown $200 Spouse Washington
Oct 24. Harvey Oliver Brown, a professional building wrecker who recently married Eu genie Adams for $200, appeared in police court as a witness against Irene Blackburn, a woman he accuses of robbing him of $141. Brown claimed she stole his pocketbook after he offered payment for a street photo. Blackburn denied the charge, saying Brown volunteered to pay. The court bound Blackburn over to the grand jury with a $500 bond.
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Washington
Harvey Oliver Brown
Eugenie Adams
Brown
Irene Blackburn
Grand Jury
Boulevard Improvement Plans Near Indianapolis Return
Landscape Architect George E. Kessler, hired by the park board, will review Thirty eighth Street as the boulevard system is planned. Residents prefer permanent work to temporary fixes and the board will decide after Kessler’s Monday inspection, with Cincinnati officials in town to observe Indianapolis parks. A Cincinnati bond issue of $1,000,000 for a similar boulevard plan is slated for next month.
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George E. Kessler
Board of Park Commissioners
Thirty Eighth Street
Kessler
Cincinnati
George Buchta
Cincinnati Park Board
M. C. Longenecker
Indianapolis
La Follette Leaves St Marys Hospital in Rochester
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin left St Marys hospital in Rochester after gallstone operation. He was moved to the Babler hotel and said he felt fine as he departed the medical facility.
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LA Follette
ST. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Robert M
Fesconsin
St.Mary's Hospital
Drs
Babler Hotel
Libel Suit Arrest Tells of Governor Candidate Claims
Philadelphia reporter B A Van Valkenburg of the North American was arrested Monday over accusations he printed against Republican governor candidate John Kener tied to his role with the national public utilities commission. The charge is libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
B. A. van Valkenburg
John K. ‘Ener
J. Pennsylvania
National
Public
Deitz Defense Fund Grows Amid Lumber Dam Tactics
Clarence and Myra Deitz arrive in Milwaukee to raise funds for their father John Deitz's murder defense. A lumber trust gang has opened Cameron dam to shoot and float logs downstream, drawing public sympathy and potential injunction action. Clarence Darrow to defend the Deitz couple as Milwaukee canvassing begins to fund the legal effort.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Clarence
Myra Deitz
John Deitz
Lumber Trust
Cameron Dam
Deita Defense Committee
Deitz
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Return of Beveridge to Aid Labor Urged
The article urges Beveridge's return to aid labor and notes the president will decide on nominees after a Panama trip. It calls for a full supreme court bench soon to handle major trust cases and discusses filling the solicitor of the justice department position. It mentions Anti-Saloon League activity promoting county option with Bryan speeches and Hanly's Indiana pamphlet.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Panama
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Bowers
Mr. Bowers
Henry M. Hoyt
Taft
Harrison
Frank B. Kellogg
St. Paul
Anti-Saloon League
William Jennings Bryan
Grand Island
Neb
Indiana
J. Frank Hanly
Bryan
Flor Florence Holbrook and Cecil Lean deny divorce talk
Chicago reporters spark gossip over a claimed marital split as Florence Holbrook seeks a piano in her hotel apartments while Cecil Lean, her husband, calls the reports a brutal outrage and says he will move to be near her. Both deny trouble in their marriage.
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Chicago
Florence Holbrook
Cecil Lean
Lean
Cecil
Florence
Cécil
Vesuvius flash floods drown dozens in Naples area
Naples reports a devastating cloudburst near the city on Monday. About fifty are believed dead as lava torrents and mudslides sweep streets and bury homes in Naples and nearby towns including Torre Del Greco and Centra, with steamers in the bay raising alarms.
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Naples
Vésuvius
Torre del Greco
Centra
Printers' Union Repeats Charge Against Ellingham
The Muncie Typographical Union 322 reiterates charges against Lew Ellingham of Decatur, Democratic candidate for secretary of state, and denounces Michael Colbert’s report exonerating him. Resolutions accuse Ellingham of opposing Decatur’s 1904 typographical union failure and assert Colbert whitewashed the case, urging publication of these resolutions with the same publicity as Colbert’s statement.
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Muncie
Michael Colbert
Chicago
International Typographical Union
L. G. Ellingham
Decatur
Colbert
Ellingham
Decitur Typographical Union
L. G. Bringham
Muncie Typographical Union
Ellinghat
Carroll says he will not appoint a legislator successor
Des Moines Ia Oct 24 Gov B F Carroll speaking at Clarinda dispelled gossip about the Dolliver succession by saying he will make no appointment at least for the present. Politicians believe the governor plans to wait until after the election to name a successor.
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Des Moines
B. F. Carroll
Clarinda
Dolliver
Adventurer Hangs His Hat in Cell in Chicago
H Nathan Secrest, self confessed soldier of fortune, is jailed in Chicago as $300,000 in bogus Nicaraguan banknotes, printed locally, are seized by secret service agents. Secrest claims affiliation with Zelaya.
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Chicago
H. Nathan Secrest
Nortés
Secret Service
Secrest
Peter Drauthverg
Oberlin lad found by farmer near Erie
Erie Pa Oct 24 Dewey Johnson 15 year old son of E P Johnson Oberlin College trustee and banker who had been missing since last Friday was captured by a farmer near Erie and returned to his parents Monday Oberlin students had searched northeast Ohio by car since Saturday a liberal reward had been offered for his return and a collect telegram for funds from Ashtabula failed delivery
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Erie
Dewey Johnson
Here
E. P. Johnson
Oberlin College
Ohio
Young Johnson
Ashtabula
Scheme 10 Kidnap Nipped by Teacher
In Princeton Indiana on Oct 24 Mrs J T Lott of Chicago was arrested after another kidnapping attempt against her twin daughters Ruth and Esther Tinslow both 12. She previously tried to kidnap them last March and is noted to have married a second time to a wealthy Chicago citizen and later divorced. A note to one girl prompted the teacher to intervene and thwart the plan.
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Princeton
Ind
J. T. Lott
Chicago
Ruth
Esther Tinslow
Two Vessels Given Up As Lost Monday
Two ships are reported lost after lengthy delays. The Crown Prince, eight days overdue, disappeared while trading between South America and New Orleans, with forty-five aboard. The Sil verdale, eleven days overdue from New York to Havana, is believed sunk in the Cuban hurricane, with thirty-one crew aboard.
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New Orleans
New York
Silverdale
Havana
Ite
Blaze Burns Indiana University Medical School
A $1,200 fire on the fourth floor of Indiana University School of Medicine, caused by defective wiring, broke out at 3 a.m. on Senate Avenue and Market Street. Firemen climbed walls to reach the blaze as a fire burned between unused rooms in the chemistry lecture room and the bacteriological laboratory, and prompt efforts saved the building. Tony Day, the watchman, alerted custodian C. W. Lewis who sent in the alarm.
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Senate Avenue
Market Street
Tony Day
C. W. Lewis
Blaze damages store on East Wal Street in Monday fire
A fire at 344 and 246 East Wal Street caused about 250 dollars’ loss, with electric wires blamed for the blaze. The building suffered minor damage, while the newspaper was ruined by smoke and water. Chief Coots arrived after an alarm but the blaze had limited spread.
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Albert Huutchinson
East Wal Street
Amey
Panama Libee Libel Case Arguments Resume
Washington October 24 The United States against 8 percent Press publishing company of New Jersey the New York World Panay libel suit resumed in the States supreme court Monday Special Attorney General McReynolds spoke for the government asserting the chain in a series of articles of alleged libelous character violated the rights Delancey Nicholl of New York representing the defendant argued the government is not justified in appearing as complainant
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Washington
United States
Press Publishing Company of
New J Oey
New York World
Panay
In States Supreme Court
McReynolds
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International Aviation Field
N. Y
West Terre Haute
Cameron
Mother Necessity
Vesuvius
Carroll
Telor Arts sTantana OF
Spheechbn
Duesseldorfer
Progress
Indianapolis Brewing Company
Satoes de Fete
Pay
Friend
Collect
U. School OF Medicine
Way Hinger
SPE
The
United Societies of East
Bucaneer
Frederic S. Isham
Hong Kong
China
Isham
the Bobbs-Merrill Company
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