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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
5
Curtiss announced retirement from record flights to devote time to plane manufacturing. He holds seven aviation records and will shift focus to development and production of aircraft.
The record shows Curtiss achievements from July 1909 winning the Scientific American trophy at Mineola for 52 minutes 80 seconds to July 31 1910 setting an official altitude speed record rising 1590 feet in Atlantic City. It notes awards in France Brescia Italy and Stheims France and a May 29 1910 Albany to New York cross country flight of 147 miles in 152 minutes.
Glenn H. Curtiss piloted an all over water flight from Cleveland to Cedar Point and back, covering seventy miles in seventy three minutes to claim a $5,000 speed prize plus another $5,000 for the record. He plans further altitude attempts if conditions allow and hints at retirement from long public flights after Harvard meet.
New York officials solve the airship mystery after a search of the owners, C. L. Bennett and L. Champion, who confirm the craft was a large box kite. Spectators noted sidelights like Japanese lanterns hanging from the sides as the device drifted over Manhattan on Tuesday and Wednesday night.
In St Louis on September 1 Harry L.B. Heinemann led Miss Olive Katherine Hanson to marriage at Salem Methodist Episcopal Church. The wedding featured hobble skirts on the bride, her mother Mrs. Mary L. Hanson, the maid of honor, bridesmaids, and guests.
A wind wagon being hauled behind another machine at the Rushville Indiana fair grounds veered when the lead car sped up. It cracked the whip and crashed into a rail fence injuring no one reported in this brief dispatch.
Ruth Harding of Bogalusa aged 11 wed William Breland aged 19 in Pine. The ceremony was held Tuesday making her one of the youngest brides on record.
William Harper, 65, a retired salesman, shot himself in the right temple at the Dayton home of J. W. Sperry. He died within an hour. Domestic trouble is said to have made Harper despondent.
A cable from Consul Olivares reports harmony between liberal and conservative parties in Nicaragua. Conservative leaders approved Estrada's ministry, recalled Dr. Cardenas exiled under Zelaya, and announced that a national election will be held.
Charles Commons of Commons dairy filed a deed of assignment to J. A. Spekenhier stating the company closed after a boycott by housewives over a price rise from 6 4 to 8 cents for pasteurized milk. The move followed costly machinery upgrades and state law compliance. Industry troubles prompt expected milk shortage and one rival cuts price to 6 cents.
Dedlac Keller sues John E. Weller and Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company after a horse owned by Weller bolted on North Pennsylvania Street. The horse was struck by a streetcar. Mrs Keller was thrown and injured while Pelin Keller seeks 700 dollars in damages.
George T. Ladd a 39 year old mechanical engineer living at the Duquesne club Pittsburg obtained a license to wed Florence Emery Barrett of St Wayne Indiana. Ladd was divorced from his first wife Carolyn Norwood Ladd in June 1969 in Indiana for incompatibility of temper with custody and alimony of 10000 paid in a lump sum.
In Toledo Ohio on September 1 Miss Lela Williams was shot in the chest after she dared her sweetheart Joseph Beren a teamster to shoot her. Beren was arrested and claimed the girl taunted him following a quarrel over a few dollars. The shooting happened in front of the girl's home.
Washington reports reveal Republican managers pressured Joe Sibley to exit the Twenty eighth district congressional race in Pennsylvania. President Taft and Illinois Chairman McKinley allegedly influenced efforts to pull Sibley from the ballot to avert losses and fend off Democratic gains. Wheeler leads by cash in the district. Sibley claims illness and political attack while defending his campaign spending.
In Franklin Pennsylvania on September 1, Joseph C. Sibley, who resigned last week as the Republican candidate for Congress, asserts that large political expenses were made without his authority. He claims association with campaign financiers and calls for accountability.
Chicago Sept 1 Legal proceedings will reveal a Chicago bar leader Edward C. Ritsher misappropriated Beloit College funds totaling 90 000 to 100 000 while acting as chief counsel to John R Walsh. Partners claim they never received their share of large Walsh defense fees and a 15000 payment intended for a colleague vanished.
In Mooreland Henry county a train on the Cleveland Cincinnati and St Louis line is linked to a platform fall. Mrs Roback steps off and falls to the ground with her mother. Two damage suits seek 25000 dollars, Mrs Roback claiming severe injuries and loss of two infants. Albert Roback files for 10000 dollars for his wife's medical costs and permanent harm.
Mrs French testifies in Heinze suit claiming marriage ties exist and vows joy for groom. Court records show Heinze facing a $25,000 suit filed by a woman alleging financial claims as part of the dispute.
Mrs. Lillian Hobart French insists she remains married to F Augustus Heinze the copper magnate who wed Bernice Henderson on Wednesday. She says she will wed him in the next reincarnation and claims to be his concealed wife despite his new marriage.
Copper magnate Fritz Augustus Heinze weds Bernice Golden Henderson in Brooklyn and travels to Butte for a honeymoon after a Waldorf supper. A claimed occult wife, Lillian Hobart French, continues legal actions with $24,000 suit, served as part of the wedding saga. Guests include Heinzes and Warfields.
Mrs Lilian Hobart French accuses Standard Oil of employing women to trap its enemies in a heated exchange with Vice President John P Archbold. Boston financer Thomas Lawson backs the charge as French recalls the Titania taunt and past wartime intrigues involving a seductive agent in Butte.
In Columbus Indiana the chautauqua program has been so successful that officials decide to extend it by one day. The event will run through Labor Day with a labor leader delivering an address on the final day.
Carrie Tibbetts, suing for damages, claims traumatic neurasthenia from heavy boxes that toppled on her head aboard a Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern traction line car en route to Richmond. She says a curved Capitol avenue Ohio street rack caused the boxes to fall and seeks $5,000.
Panama edges toward crisis as Washington presses Acting President Mendoza to resign amid assembly turmoil. Goethals clash fuels tensions. color line dispute cited. Native anger grows as U S influence in Central America draws sharp anti American sentiment. Washington opposes Mendoza over his stance toward the United States.
A burglar entered through a window at 523 North Davidson Street, Vernie Ashley’s residence, Wednesday night. A purse with a $16 bill was stolen from a chair pocket, then the purse was dropped and the trousers left on the chair.
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