Aviators Plan Boston to New York Water Race
Aviation leaders convened at the Aero Club of America to discuss a midsummer aeroplane race from the Statue of Liberty to Boston Light and back. Entrants must use water landings or flying boats and speed around 100 mph, with an estimated 600 mile route over water including Cape Cod Canal. Noted pilots and designers including Verplanck, Havens, McCurdy, Baldwin, Gilpatric, and Ludlow attended.
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Aero Club of America
Aero Club
New York Harbor
Boston Light
Boston Harbor
Alan R. Hawley
Asro Club
Belmont Park
Mr. Hawley
Governors Island
New Jersey Shore
Staten Island
Statue of Liberty
East River
Long Island Sound
Sound
Buzzard's Bay
Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
Cape Cod
Cape Cod Canal
Massachu
Getts Bay
Weather Bureau
The
J. E. R. Verplanck
Beckwith Havens
Chicago
Detroit
American held in London on fraud charges
John Archibald Campbell Mason, an American living in a luxury flat on St James Street, Piccadilly, was charged at Guild Hall with obtaining £500 by false pretenses from Ethel S. Lucena of Brighton and with fraudulent conversion of investment funds. remanded on bail. The case recalls a previous 1907 Bow Street arrest linked to Florence extradition and checks over $2,000, with later dismissal. Mason has Baltimore ties and a Chicago marriage.
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London
John Archibald Campbell Mason
St. James Street
Piccadilly
Guildhall
Ethel S. Lucena
Brighton
Mason
Mr. Morgan
Bow Street
Florence
America
Baltimore
Chicago
Confident of Ocean Flight Plans Revealed
Lieut Jywn C Porte of the Royal Navy Flying Corps and an American airman are chosen to piloting a Curtiss aeroboat for a transatlantic flight funded by Rodgan Wanamaker. They expect about twenty hours over 100 mph with a 75 by 60 foot craft and no floats. Weather may be calm, August or September start, route near liner paths for ship pickup in case of accident.
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London
Jywhn C. Porte
Royal Navy Flying Corps
Rodgan Wanamaker
Daily Mail
Atlantic
Marie Lloyd Readmission Denied at Vancouver Border
English singer Marie Lloyd was refused readmission to the United States after Vancouver engagement due to moral turpitude. An appeal will go to the Secretary of State. Dillon, a jockey, accompanied her. they were briefly detained before Ellis Island admission.
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Vancouver
B. C
Marie Lloyd
United States
Ellis Island
New York
Washington
Washington. Miss Lloyd
Winnipeg
Canadian Northwest
Bernard Dillon
Miss Lloyd
Atlantic
Chicago
London
Alec Hurley
MacDowell Leaves Money for Mary Randol Memorial Home
The will of Annie Coe MacDowell directs her entire fortune to establish a home for refined educated Protestant gentlewomen with limited means. She also bequeaths one half of her father's estate and ten thousand dollars for the home's founding and maintenance, to be known as the Mary Randol Memorial Home, with Westchester Trust Co. as executor. A Board of Governors will be formed by St. John's Yonkers vestrymen.
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White Plains
N. Y
Annie Coe MacDowell
Yonkers
William A. Sawyer
David MacDowell
Mary Randol
Westchester Trust Company of
St. John’s Episcopal Church of
Rural death rates spark push for rural health division
The Health Committee of the State Grange urged a rural hygiene division within the New York State Department of Health. They cited rural areas with a death rate of 15.4 per 1,000, higher than New York City's 13.7, based on Convention discussions in Poughkeepsie on February 5.
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State Grange
New York City
New York Times
Poughkeepsie
New York
Woman Judge Avenged in Court Action
Chicago February 5 Joseph McDonough, accused by cousin Mae Walsh an election judge, was sentenced to six months in jail for striking her while she performed election duties. He was released on bond pending appeal. Walsh testified she entered McDonoughs home to perform duties and was roughly handled. Relatives described long family quarrels between McDonough and Walsh branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph McDonough
Mae Walsh
Miss Walsh
Mconough
McDonough
Walsh
Florida Atlantic Coast Line Florida Special Train Service
Advertisement notes pre eminent route of the Florida East Coast Line with the New York to Florida Special train at 12 38 noon daily and eight other limited trains daily. Office 1218 Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Siena
N. Y
Other Ltd
Adv
Schmidt Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Hans Schmidt former priest was convicted of murder in the first degree for the Sept. 2 slaying of Anna Aumüller at St Boniface rectory. The verdict came after two hours, and Justice Davis set sentencing for Feb. 12.
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Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumfuller
St. Boniface
Second Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Hudson
Supreme Court
Schmidt
Alphonse G. Koelble
Justice Davis
Herman
Munich
Lichtenstein
Whitman
Delehanty
Penney
E. Howard Underhill
Mr. Underhill
Aschaffenburg
Germany
West 125Th Street
St. Joseph's Church
Davis
Koelble
Foreman Underhill
Terence J. McManus
Hudson Terminal
Foster
Goat injures infant in Garfield foster home incident
Three month old Cecilia was left in a crib as a goat from an Italian colony entered the house and bit the hand. Foster mother Mrs. Maria Asturino rushed the child to Hackensack Hospital where doctors performed finger amputations and watched for blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Hackensack
N. J
Cecilia
New York Foundling Hospital
Maria Asturino
Malcolm Avenue
Garfield
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages Made at Southboro Farm
All Deerfoot Farm Sausages are produced at the farm in Southboro Massachusetts. The note cites quality materials and careful preparation as keys to success. New York store at 172 Cortlandt Street. Tel 3982 Cortlandt. Adr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southboro
Mass
New York Store
St. Tel
Cortlandt
Authors Act in Their Own Movies in The Times
Ida Tarbell Booth Tarkington Rex Beach George Barr McCutcheon and others go on the films for the sake of the Authors League in a feature on moving pictures for authors. Judge Cullen warns liberty is in danger in next Sunday's Times. A Lincoln era friend contrasts politics then and now. Chamberlain Bruere discusses city affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Tarbell
Booth Tarkington
Rex Beach
George Barr McCutcheon
Authors’ League
Judge Cullen
Lincoln
Chamberlain Bruere
Probing Gunman Wounds Two as Mob Chases Suspect
Policeman Edward Murtha of Brooklyn’s Butler Street Station is shot in the chest on Fourth Street. Fireman James O’Connor is wounded as crowds pursue the Italian suspect, identified as Joseph Arino, 25, of Manhattan. Both victims are hospitalized with Murtha gravely hurt and O’Connor in critical condition. Arino is jailed for felonious assault and carrying a deadly weapon.
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Edward Murtha
Butler Street
Brooklyn
Fourth Street
Hoyt and
Smith Streets
Martha
Murtha
Hoyt
Third Street
James O'Connor
O’connor
O'Connor
First Street
Bond Streets
Patrick Griffin
Griffin
Graw Street
Charles Stuckle
Stuckle
Lieut
Gallagher
Holy Family Hospital
Clare
Regan
Smith Street
Martha and
Joseph Arino
Manhattan
Avenue A
Twelfth
Thirteenth Streets
Red Hook
Birds Battle In The Air Over Harlem Station
A flock of 300 blackbirds hovered above Morning side Heights in Harlem and attacked a sparrow nest beneath an elevated platform near 129th Street and Broadway. The ten minute combat ended with six sparrows dead as the blackbirds claimed victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Morningside Heights
129Th Street
Broadway
The Cigar Demand of the Hour
Advertising copy notes demand for Jose Vila cigars with United States Customs Made in Bond stamps guaranteeing same tobacco and workmanship as imported cigars. Market mentions popular prices and consumer interest in domestic production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Vila
United States
Social clubs face income tax under new law
A federal ruling declares incorporated social clubs such as the Union League Metropolitan University Mid day and Lawyers are subject to the corporate income tax if incorporated. They must file returns by March 1, reporting net income and paying any tax due, despite previously being exempt or operating at a loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union League
Metropolitan
University
Congress
Internal Revenue
W. H. Osborn
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Arrest in Hotel Wallick Leads to Suspect Milestone
A fight at the Hotel Wallick on Broadway and Forty third Street ended with the arrest of a man claiming to be Milton Rosenthal a 24 year old broker. He refused to give an address while Pollock and Kaufmann say they gave him 3500 to invest and he vanished. Detective Claire will serve a six month old warrant as Rosenthal remains in custody.
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Wallick
Broadway
Forty-third Street
West Forty-seventh Street
Milton Rosenthal
Morris Pollock
Central Avenue
Daniel Kaufmann
Greenwich Avenue
Far Rockaway
Rosenthal
Pollock
Kaufmann
O'Donnell
Claire
Greenwich Street
West Fortyseventh Street
Ex-Treasurer Shoots Self in Grace Church Chancel
In Providence at Grace Church on February 5, Joan Ogden ex-Treasurer of Norton Providence shot himself on his knees in the chancel. He died instantly after writing notes to his wife and to the mill superintendent in a book found at the scene. He had faced previous accusations of treasurer irregularities but was acquitted.
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Providence
Grace Church
Joan Ogden
Norton Providence
Ogden
Wilson Opposes Free Canal Tolls Morally Stand
President Wilson states he favors repealing the Panama Canal act exemption for American coastwise ships. He says the government is morally bound by the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to equal footing for all nations. Congress action on repeal is anticipated, with debate over whether to suspend or remove the tolls provision.
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New York Times
Washington
Wilson
Foreign Relations Committee
O'Gorman
Congress
Senator O'Gorman
Representative Adamson
Georgia
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
United States
Sir Edward Grey
Taft
Great Britain
London
Senate
House
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Wilson Will Seek Panama Canal Toll Exemption Repeal
London papers react to President Wilson's pledge to use influence to repeal Panama Canal act toll exemptions for coastwise ships. The Chronicle urges Senate repeal and calls arbitration a dignified, friendly option, while the Daily News hails a decisive act by a president known for defending a right cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wilson
Chronicle
Senate
United States
The
Daily News
Latest Shipping News Delayed Voyage Details
Marconi Transatlantic Wireless reports from Megantic sailing London to New York with the liner White Star Line. The ship is 19 miles east of Sandy Hook at 6:45 in the morning, expected to arrive in the forenoon.
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Marconi
New York Times
Megantic
Liverpool
New York
Wis S
Sandy Hook
White Star Line
Prince Aage Renounces Danish Rights and Title
Prince Aage of Denmark who wed Italian Countess Calvi Di Bergolo renounces all succession rights for himself and heirs and abandons the title Royal Highness. King Christian names the couple Prince and Princess Aage of Denmark with Rosenborg titles. successors become Counts and Countesses of Rosenborg.
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Copenhagen
Auge
Denmark
Calvi di Bergolo
Christian
Aage
Rosenborg
Rosenburg
Smoothed Fingerprints Stump Man Arrested in Passaic
A man claiming to be Alfred Smith of Manhattan was arrested in Passaic on an attempted burglary charge. When brought to headquarters for fingerprinting, every finger showed only a smooth indented surface, suggesting chemical treatment to erase ridges. Police fear a new crime technique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Passaic
N. J
Alfred Smith
East Fourteenth Street
Manhattan
Tango on a Train Ball Room on Wheels in Illinois Central
Chicago hosts a social novelty as 257 leaders join a Mardi Gras excursion to New Orleans on a special Illinois Central train. The jumbo freight will become the Tango Special with a ballroom on wheels traveling at fifty miles per hour aided by refinished waxed floors, tapestry sides, and curtains. A library and parlor car follow to accommodate dancers.
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Chicago
New Orleans
Illinois Central
Taft Calls Himself A Reformer At Boston Talk
William Howard Taft told Boston University Law School Association he is struggling to be a reformer despite past history He criticized Massachusetts lawyers and court procedure and defended the profession against demagogic attacks He cited hearsay evidence as a key point in need of truthful rules and opened a lecture series on Professional Ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William Howard Taft
Boston University Law School Association
Tle
Massachusetts
Sherman Whipple
New London
Taft
Boston University Law School
Fear for Winter Wheat Ravaged by Zero Cold
A sweeping cold wave across Nebraska brings zero to subzero temperatures and sparse snow cover. Wheat in the winter belt suffers exposure with freezing thaw cycles threatening root damage and expected losses. North Dakota and South Dakota report severe snowstorms and temperatures down to 22 below in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Prairies
Pierre
South Dakota
Amnesiac Girl Found in White Plains Hospital
A 20 year old woman with blonde hair arrived at a White Plains hospital suffering memory loss after two days of amnesia. She cannot recall her identity or origin despite tests and police notices sent nationwide. She recalls events around her but not who she is and is described as refined with good English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
White Plains
N. Y
Harmon
New York City
Mount Vernon
James Sorberg
Chatterton Avenue
The All Tother Pouch Tobacco Stop at Schulte's Station
Readable fragments note a tobacco pouch at Schulte's Station. The item appears as a small display or sale offer in the column, with limited context about pricing or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schulte’s Stady
Carlisle and Peck Both to Go Soon
Albany report says State Highway Commissioner John N. Carlisle and State Superintendent Duncan W. Peck will be removed before the current legislative session ends. Special investigator James W. Osborne cites misdeeds on 318 repair contracts valued at more than three million dollars, with Foley and Reel implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Glynn
John N. Carlisle
Duncan W. Peck
Carlisle
James W. Osborne
Peck
State Highway Commissioner
State Superintendent of Public Works
Superintendent of Public Works
Secretary of State
Ostorne
Public Works
Osborne
C. Gordon Reel
John A. Bensel
Foley
Alexander
Albany County
Reel
Steel
Mr. Peck
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Marcon
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Hotel Wallick
Lily
Public — Cup Co
B’klyn
Fyr
Marconi Transatlantic
Prince
Tango
Chicago Society Folk Charter Ballroom
Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
White Plains Hospital
Messrs. Osborne
Mr. Osborne
Keel
Tiere
Mr. Foley
Supt
Reet
Rees
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