Miss Harriet Quimby Dies in Dorchester Bay Airship Plunge
Miss Harriet Quimby first American woman aviator to earn a license and to cross the English Channel perishes after a Blériot monoplane crashes into Dorchester Bay. Passenger William A. P. Willard dies as recovery teams salvage bodies from mud. Blanche Scott witnesses the tragedy from 500 feet as crowd and officials rush to aid.
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Dorchester Bay
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Grahame White
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Miss Scott
Blanche Stuart Scott
Daughter born to Earl and Countess of Granard
A second daughter was born tonight to the Earl and Countess of Granard. The Countess is Beatrice Mills, daughter of Ogden Mills of New York, who married Lord Granard in 1909.
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Kaiser to Meet Czar in Baltic Port Meeting
Berlin July 1 Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son Prince Adalbert set out by way of Danzig for Baltischport near the Gulf of Finland to meet the Russian Emperor. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg accompanies the imperial party.
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Congress Praises Rostron and Carpathia Crew
The House passed a Senate bill thanking Capt. Arthur H. Rostron and the Carpathia crew for rescuing 704 Titanic survivors. The measure awards Rostron a $1000 gold medal and now goes to President Taft for signature.
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Clark Urged to Balk Wilson Bid as Stone Pushes Withdrawal
In Baltimore Speaker Champ Clark met with supporters urged to withdraw and shift to a Progressive candidate to unite Democrats. Senator Stone of Missouri pressed for withdrawal while declining to confirm if Gov. Wilson was the alternative. Clark left Baltimore asking supporters to await his final decision.
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Junior Republic plans extended to adults says founder
Wm. R. George, founder of the plan, believes it would work as well with grown ups as with young people. Read his full remarks in next Sunday's Times.
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Wm. R. George
Wilson warned to beware of Bryan figures in GOP split
Ex-State Senator Blackwell arrived in Sea Girt with messages from Gov. Wilson's operation managers. He claimed Bryan's hold over the Tennessee delegation endangers Wilson's nomination and exposed a strategic rift in the Wilson camp. The governor remained cheerful despite the party tensions.
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Clark vanishes then secret Baltimore visit rocks Taft era
Washington July 1 Speaker Clark disappears for hours promptings questions from aides and reporters. He is found in Baltimore at Mayor Preston’s home while lawmakers scramble to sign emergency funding for the government.
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Wealthy Men Injured In Ocean Avenue Runabout Crash
Howard Slade of a New York Stock Exchange house and Count Alfred Seidenberg of Germany were struck by a Dominick & Dominick automobile in Monmouth Beach New Jersey. Slade lost his right eye and faces disfigurement while Seidenberg sustained internal injuries but survived with serious outlook. They were treated at Monmouth Memorial Hospital and at a local cottage, with a physician called to aid them.
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Democrats End Debating After 42 Ballots Without Nominee
At the Baltimore convention the vote tallies shift with Clark Wilson Underwood Harmon and others. On the final 42nd ballot Wilson at 494 Clark 430 Underwood 104 Harmon 27 Foss 28 Kern 1 Lewis 1 Bryan 1. adjournment follows the long stalemate with Mississippi Illinois and Washington weighing possible switches.
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Cuban Revolt Suppressed as U S Recall Fleet
Washington reports the intervention in Cuba ends. Acting Secretary orders recall of the battle ship division from Cuban waters and Admiral Osterhaus to lead Atlantic fleet units north for summer exercises. Marines remain ashore. Usher notes no rebel sightings in five days at Guantanamo Bay.
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Navy Department
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Osterhaus
Estenez
Usher
Guantanamo Bay
Rockefeller ferry tale stirs Tarrytown crowd
In Tarrytown New York on July 1 a story spread that John D Rockefeller chartered the Rockland ferry to sail from Nyack. It was later clarified that John D Rockefeller Jr made the trip. He paid 15 dollars for the hire and two stranded drivers were charged five dollars each by Captain Lyon. The captain kept the cash in his pocket.
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Tarrytown
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Rockland
Nyack
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
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Capt. Lyon
Treasury coiner confesses near Treasury office
Washington reports a counterfeiting conspiracy tied to the Treasury Service led to the arrest of J. D. Atkins a clerk in the Auditor’s office and Perry H. Carman a fellow clerk in Baltimore both charged with raising $1 notes to $10. Carman has already confessed and Atkins will face a hearing.
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Treasury Department
United States
Bond
Baltimore
Perry H. Carman
Atkins
Trains Annulled July 4 Between New York and Point Pleasant
Railroad trains between New York and Point Pleasant will not run on July 4 as indicated by the July fourth timetable notice.
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Great Bear Spring Water Bottle Prices
Local grocery ad lists Great Bear Spring Water at quoted per case price for glass-stoppered bottles with no additional details on size or quantity.
Blame Bryan for Deadlock at Democratic Convention
The 34th ballot deepens the stalemate as Wilson gains while Bryan remains the sole obstacle to Wilson's nomination. Indiana boss Tom Taggart and New York’s Murphy signal possible moves, but leaders say Bryan’s resistance blocks any immediate breakthrough.
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Charles F. Murphy
New York
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Illinois
United States
Ollie A. James
Kentucky
Charles A. Culberson
Texas
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