Final Practice Run For Vander Ribet Cup Race
Cars push speed in final try out ahead of the Vander Ribet Cup race. Drivers test laps and performance as teams prepare for the upcoming event.
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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
1
Drivers Face Premium Vanderbilt Cup Trials in California
Los Angeles February 20 drivers edge toward final tryouts for the Vanderbilt Cup and International Grand Prize races on the Santo Montes course. Top speed forecasts, danger thrills, and wide Pacific views frame a weekend of speed and endurance racing with Radph De Palma defending the cup in a Mercedes alongside a field including Harry Grant and Barney Oldfield. Officials and large crowds prepare for a high stakes showcase of international racing prowess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Press Association
Los Angeles
Cal
Gers
Santo Montes
Retzlaff
Pacific
Radph de Palma
Mercedes
Harry Grant
Barney Oldfield
Spencer Wishart
Gil Anderson
J. BR. Marquis
Frank Verback
Earl Cooper
Edwin Pullen
Omar Toft
W. He. Carlson
T. Janetta
G. Jorim
Promoters vow tight security for cup event
The article notes organizers will police the circuit to prevent accidents that have marred past cup races. Detroit observers say careful prep aims to ensure safety at the contested event. Henry B R Ledyard, Michigan Central Railroad chairman, turns seventy today with congratulations from many. He was born in Paris, is West Point educated, and has spent forty years with Michigan Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Henry BR. Ledyard
Boara
Michigan Central Railroad
Mr. Ledyard
Paris
United States Legation
West Point
Michigan Central
Texas YMCA delegates converge for state convention
Waxahchie Texas February 20 delegates from leading Texas cities arrive to attend the annual state convention of the Young Men's Christian Association. Sessions continue through Sunday with clergymen educators and association workers on the program. Reports indicate a gratifying rise in Texas YMCA membership in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahevchie
Texas
Young Men's Christian Association
Sunde
Delegates Named for National Child Labor Conference in New Orleans
The governor appointed Miss Jean Gordon Hon W O Hart Hon Solomon Wolff Mr A C Carpenter and Mrs C Moses as delegates to the Tenth Annual Conference of the National Child Labor Committee in New Orleans March 19 18 at the Louisiana Child Labor Committee invitation. The program will cover Child Labor and Law Enforcement with speakers including Jane Addams Senator Robert L Owen and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Gordon
W. O. Hart
Solomon Wolff
A. C. Carpenter
C. Moses
New Orleans
National Child Labor Committee
Louisiana Child Labor Committee
Jane Addams
Robt. L. Owen
Owen R. Lovejoy
Geeral
Mississippi
Commission
Wisconsin
State Department
New Jersey
Congress
Virginia Child Labor Committee
Louisiana
Jared Y. Sanders
W. L. Hughes
H. PD
Death Result of Dillon Row Fatal Wounding by Deputy
Deputy sheriff Forse fatally wounds town marshal during Dillon Row confrontation. Police investigate motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon Row
Many Louisiana Town Marshal Shot in Barber Shop Feud
F W Davis town marshal of Many was fatally wounded by Deputy Sheriff F A Forse after a pistol was drawn in Pugh barber shop. Davis died aboard a train en route to a Shreveport sanitarium. Forse surrendered to Sheriff Crawford. Dr Dillon a former State Board of Health figure was involved in a heated exchange prior to the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Many
F. W. Davis
F. A. Forse
Pugh Barter
Davis
Shreveport
Sherif Forse
Baw Iu P
D. Harvey Dillon
State Board of Health
Forse
Dr. Dillon
People
T. J. Crawford
King Hotel
F. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
Mr. Dillon
Gentleman Wold
Crawford
Dr. Hilton
Sabine Parish
Betore Hi
Sabine
Will Reorganize Department Proposes Major Agriculture Reform
Washington February 20 The agricultural bill proposes general reorganization of the Department of Agriculture including the Weather Bureau and carries about 19 million dollars. It includes 400000 dollars for cattle tick work in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
House
South
Sabine Parish Feud Between Deputy Forse and Dr Dillon
The Shreveport Times notes decades of bitterness between Deputy Sheriff Forse and Dr Harvey Dillon former State Board of Health president. A street duel left Forse wounded, with Dillon firing back. A reported ambush shooting occurred later, with no injuries. Forse denies involvement in the anti Dillon reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Dillon
Forse
Shreveport
Crawford
Birthday of the Princess Royal Celebrated in London and Windsor
Bells rang at Curfew Tower and Windsor parish church to mark the Princess Royal Princess Louise Victoria born February 20 1867 as a royal salute sounded in the Longwalk honoring her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princess Royal
London
Louise Victoria
Edward
Windsor
Oregon Christian Endeavor Convention Opens in Albany
One of the largest and most enthusiastic conventions of Oregon Christian Endeavor societies meets in Albany with delegates from across the state and several noted religious workers from Oregon and other states among the speakers scheduled to address sessions through Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ore
Amd
Christian Endeavor Societies of
Oregon
Advertising Columns as the Mottos of a Busy Press
The piece extols newspaper advertising as a faithful public servant promoting mutual profit. It credits ads with directing readers and buyers to sellers, speeding transactions, and keeping livelihoods thriving by delivering clear messages to homes and firesides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senve You
Novel Idea Advances Urged by Engineer for Flood Waters
An engineer calls for a major appropriation to fund flood water control measures as officials push a new concept aimed at reducing flood impacts.
Comprehensive Mississippi flood control scheme proposed by engineer
Engineer Carroll L. Riker urges a $400 million national system to drain floods from the Alleghenies to the Rockies. He envisions spillways and canals transforming the Mississippi and tributaries into deep, navigable waters to Little Rock and beyond, with dams every 35 miles and lakes five by 35 miles. Congress hearings are underway as he touts canalized flood control and ocean going vessel access to major ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Fen
Little Rock
Ark
Carroll L. Riker
Congress
Arkansas River
Riker
Mississippi River
Newfoundland
Mississippi
Alleghenies
Rocky Mountains
Canada
Gulf
Dyer
St. Louis
Senate Committee On Commerce
Ohio River
Trom Lakes
Mr. Riker
Cairo
Alexandria
Red River
Arkansas
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Francis
White, Arkansas
Yazoo
Train Robbery Strikes Queen and Crescent Mail Bags
Masked gunmen derail a Queen & Crescent passenger train near Attala Alabama and loot registered mail. Four weeks of mail valued at over 46 thousand dollars reportedly taken with $10 thousand in currency missed. Police pursue, no major injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Queen & Crescent
New York
New Orleans
Attala
B. F. Murphy
Murphy
Meridian
Miss
C. E. Shores
Birmingham-Chattanooga
Railway Mail Service
Queen and Crescent
Goethals awaited in Washington on Panama talks
Colonel Goethals arrived from New York to discuss the Panama Canal and the Burke charges. He declined to discuss a mayoral letter about a New York police commissionership and planned to return to Washington for canal matters and the Thaw bail case progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal
Mayer Mitchell
Nog
New York
Burke
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Metapan
Colon
John Purroy Mitchell
New York Police
Washington
Canal Zone
Goethals
Roberts
Binkert
City Club
Mitchell
Mitchel
John Burke
Panama
Goethails
Colonel Goethals
Henry L. Stimson
A. E. Drake
George R. Goethals
Wm. H. May
American Colony Names Wealthy Bride in Paris Wedding
The Paris crowd follows the marriage of Miss Gladys McMillan of Colorado Springs to Count Paul Cornot of Brussels. She is reputedly among the wealthiest American brides with ties to Spencer Penrose and the late Senator McMillan. Washington observes a holiday for President Washington's birthday, banks and post offices closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gladys McMillan
Colorado Springs
Paul Cornot
Brussels
Spencer Penrose
Colorado
Senator Penrose
Pennsylvania
Senator McMillan
Michigan
Detroit
London
Lady Harrington
Panama Canal Opens July 1 In Tolls Expansion Debate
Col Gorthal opposes exempting American ships from tolls as Panama Canal plans to open July 1 amid a push to widen exemptions and adjust payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry B. Ledyard
Treas VY. M.C. A. Convention
Commercial Printing Company
Christian Science
Virgil O. Strickler
Boston
Mr. Strickler
Monroe
New Star Hotel
Sugar’s Theatre
Shreveport Times
Harvey Dillon
Sanders
Oscar Dowling
Dillon
Christian Endeavorers
Prince of Wales
A. B. Melville
Clayton V. Hunter
A. V. Stevenson
John R. Livingston
Jack Woodall
Associated Press
Pomama Canal
Concord
N. H
Edgar Aldrich
United States District Court
Harry K. Thaw
Ter
Col. Gorthal
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