Alaska travel gear for competitors in epic New York to Paris test
Ward Perche offers free tires to contestants and lists gear for Arctic travel. The equipment includes a revolver, Winchester rifle, fur apparel, Nansen stove, gas masks, skis, and sleds. Special depots will stock gasoline, and Amex will handle shipments to Seattle. The New York to Paris contest is described as an endurance event, not a race, with safety rules and due credit for effort.
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San Francisco
Alaska
Europe
Valdez
Rom
New York-Paris
Bond
American Express Company
Seattle
United States
New York
Paris
East Cape
Irkutsk
Arctic
Siberia
M. Longoni
Prince Borghese
M. Gomard
Motobloc
de Dion
St. Petersburg
Contets
New York to Paris Auto Race Forming Honorary Committees
The New York to Paris auto race forms three honorary committees. The American committee includes George B. McClellan as Chairman and Col John Jacob Astor, Dave Hennen Morris, Robert Lee Morrell, Cortlandt Field Bishop, Peter Cooner Hewitt, and others. The French committee lists Jean Charcot and Marquis de Dion among members. The Russian committee features Stolypin, Kokovtzoff, Isvolsky, Schaufus, Dompart, and additional officials.
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American Committee For
New York
Paris
George B. McClellan
Greater New York
Baron Rosen
Russia
United States
John Jacob Astor
Dave Hennen Morris
Automobile Club of America
Robert Lee Morrell
Cortlandt Field
Peter Cooner Hewitt
Consis
M. Jean Charcot
M. Stolypin
Council of Ministers
M. Kokovtzoff
M. Isvolsky
M. Schaufus
M. Dompart
France
Hansen Sure of Success in Polar Auto Race
Paris dispatch reports confidence that the Paris Times Square February 15 start for a polar auto race to Paris will reach a final Paris finish by June. Hansen foresees using De Dion or Motobloc cars with windlass and rope tackle for rough terrain and plans to sail when possible to save fuel.
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Dugas
Dawson City
A. Schneider
Nome
M. Clouvier
Hansen
Times Square
Paris
de Dion
Marquis de Dion
America
Russia
Siberian
André
Siberia
Irkutsk
Roulon
Arctic
Vindicate Sculptor Bonati in Duty Ruling
Oreste Bonati, a Cararra sculptor, had his marble tablet case reviewed by U S authorities. The Board of Appraisers ruled the work as art not manufacture and released the marble on 20 percent duty after Bonati asserted his status as an artist.
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Oreste Bonati
Cararra
Italy
United States
Ronati
Bonati
Girl Accuses Postmaster in Connecticut Attack
W L Cone postmaster of Millington Winsted Conn was arrested on a $2500 bail for an alleged attack on Florence Miner a 16 year old cripple and daughter of Deacon Albert Miner. The bail was supplied by a brother of the accused. The girl says Cone threatened her to keep silent until her parents asked her to collect mail at the post office.
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New York Times
Winsted
Conn
W. L. Cone
Millington
Florence Miner
Albert Miner
Cone
Revenue Cutter Men Rescued After Harrowing Sea Rescue
In a dramatic afternoon incident off Tompkinsville Staten Island Coxswain George Anderson and Seaman Thomas Nolan fell overboard during a rough ebb tide while aboard the Revenue Cutter Mohawk. A small launch raced to reach them as fellow crew members battled waves to pull them aboard. Both men were rescued after minutes of cold water exposure. Anderson remained unconscious for hours and Nolan collapsed but survived.
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Staten Island
Tompkinsville
Gane Mohawk
George Anderson
Thomas Nolan
Anderson
D¢Ck
Nolan
Ambassador Aoki Seeks Peace With America in San Francisco
Viscount Aoki urged harmonious ties and mutual benefit between Japan and the United States. He praised American unity, wealth, and schools, and said Japan wants peace now and always, with the two nations united by shared interests. The visit included a dinner with Consul Kioke. security details patrolled his suite amid threats from local anarchists.
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Aoki
San Francisco
Japan
America
Roosevelt
Taft
United States
New York
Atlantic Coast
Suge Ana
Chamber of Commerce of
Viscount Aoki
Kioke
Devlin
Secret Service
J. M. Nye
J. A. Sommers
Washington
Moffit
Japanese Language Offer Foiled by Secret Service Men
An obscure fragment notes an offer to provide primary instruction in Japanese to secret service men who accepted the proposal. The context and identities are unclear, but the passage implies some collaboration or training initiative connected to secret service personnel.
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Secret Service
Vancouver Hearing on Hawaiian Japanese Labor Displacement
A Vancouver report says Hawaii plans to replace Japanese workers with Spanish American laborers amid fears of armed veterans. About 30,000 Japanese are unemployed in Hawaii with 800 arriving in Vancouver yesterday and 1,000 expected in three weeks as steamers fill and police actions remain unused.
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New York Times
Vancouver
B. C
Hawaii
Honolulu
Peera
Asiatic Exclusion League
Britain protests Japan over China railroad plan
Britain objects to Japan's protest on China extending the Hsin Min Tun line northward. The British firm awarded part of the contract faces impact to British interests as China asks for equal rights. London views the move as a real clash, not a mere pretense, amid Manchuria tensions and West River patrol talks.
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Peking
Great Britain
Japan
China
Aaron Hayashi
Manchuria
West River
Martial law imposed in Muncie as 8000 face jobless strike
Gov. Hanly declares martial law in Muncie with Brig. Gen. McKee in command. About 12 infantry companies and one battery deployed within four miles of the courthouse to quell rioting linked to a sympathy strike by streetcar workers. Five hundred citizens sworn as special officers, saloons closed, and women and children kept off streets except for necessity.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Muncie
McKee
Delaware County Court House
Dowling
Commercial Club of
Guthrie
Adjt
Perry
Anderson
Marion
Alexandria
Elwood
Traction Company
Chicago
Auditorium
Indiana Union Traction Company
Traction Line
Surgeon Stokes Named To Command Hospital Ship Relief
Acting on presidential orders, Secretary Metcalf assigns Surgeon Charles F. Stokes to lead the hospital ship Relief. The vessel, being fitted at Mare Island for duty with the battleship fleet, will sail to the coast next week with a merchant crew and assistants to Dr Stokes. Metcalf dodges questions on Admiral Brownson’s resignation over the relief command controversy.
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Washington
Metcalf
Charles F. Stokes
Relief
Mare Island
Cal.) Navy Yard
Stokes
Admiral Brownson
Bureau of Navigation
Federal Judge Overrules Red Oil Demurrers in Wy No Y Indictments
Judge John R Hazel of the United States District Court overrules demurrers by the Red Oil Company to Grand Jury indictments at Wy No Y. The ruling questions indictments for failing to specify route, payment of alleged unlawful rates, or shipments at rates below published tariffs. The Elkins law's constitutionality is challenged and the case moves on.
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Buffalo
John Rr. Hazel
United States District Court
Red Oil Company
Wy No
District Court
Humphreys
Medicine Co
Cor
New York
Four Held in Connection With Staten Island Murder
Staten Island police arrested four men in the killing of Bendimino Bell sarre whose body was found on the Staten Island Railroad tracks near Fox Hills. Suspects are Joseph Surui of Clifton, Joseph Dini of Stapleton, Nicolo Catamino and Antonio Ugero of Rosebank. Police say all were seen with Bellsore on New Year’s night and that Surui quarreled over a missing sum of money.
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Staten Island
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Automobile Manufacturers Union
Lidcy de Lobel
Matin
Ministry
Klondike
Charles Rabbot
The
Geographical Society
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Pirie MacDonald
Geo UR Msclellan
Explorer
Marconi
Mucon
Erbcan
Young Cripple
Connecticut
Revenue Cutter
Coxsweatht Anderson
Seaman Nolan
Mixado
Britain
Sun Sze Yee
Chang
Canton
Napa
Cal
Lee Ming Fai
Polhill
Kai Tsien
Sichuan
Shanghai
Mung
Indiana
Marion Carmen
Dr. Stokes
Leather Co
West 33d Street
Standard Oil
Hazel
Jamestown
Richmond
Bellsarre
Joseph P. Mcfuah & Co
Charleston
St. Louis
Liberty
Morris
Mfg. Co
East 23d Street
Gramercy
Dr. Sheffield
Everiwherr
Columbus
East
Howard St
Muncie, Inc
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