Five Die as German dirigible Erbsloh Crashes Near Opladen
Oscar Erbsloh the German aeronaut and 1907 American balloon race winner perished with four companions when the non rigid dirigible Erbsloh16h fell nearly a thousand feet near Leichlingen in fog. The blaze and wreckage killed all aboard as peasants witnessed the disaster and a notebook fragment recorded the doomed journey.
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Rhenish
Prussia
Oscar Erbs 1Oh
America
Opladen
Herr Tolle
Barmen
Hoppe and Kranz
Spicke
Eoon
Hoppe
Hall
Earth
Erbsloh
Elberfeld
Erbsith
Ballooning pioneer Oscar Erbsich and his feats
The life of Oscar Erbsich features top world ranking as a balloonist. He won the 1907 international balloon race from St Louis aboard the Pommern and also crossed the Alps in winter 1900 in a Berlin flight at 18000 feet. Capt Erbsloh endured roughly thirty hours aloft with temperatures near minus 12 degrees.
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Oscar Erbsich
St. Louis
Alps
Berlin
Capt Erbsloh
Erbsloh
American Actress Belle Elmore Believed Dead in London
Police in Kentish Town, London, uncovered a woman's body buried in a coal cellar believed to be Belle Elmore also known as Mrs Crippen. Hawley Crippen, an American doctor and her husband, vanished days earlier as inquiries link to a rumored death abroad and a suspicious theatrical notice. Macnaughten of Scotland Yard leads the inquiry.
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Tom New York
Kentish
Melville Macnaughten
Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard
Crippen
Holborn
Belle Elmore
Woman Clerk Receives 27000 From Elder Hurd Case
Mrs. Laura Cramer a State Department clerk filed an answer to Dr. Lee M. Hurd's suit as conservator of Fenton J. Hurd. He alleged the elder Hurd gave 40000 to Cramer to hide from his son Byron. Cramer admits 27000 received as gratitude for care and denies spiritualist claims. Injunction lifted as bank access resumes while merits proceed.
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Washington
Laura Cramer
State Department
District Supreme Court
Lee M. Hurd
Greenwich
Conn
Fenton J. Hurd
Connecticut
Hurd
Cramer
Heat Drives Multiple Suicides and Fatalities Reported
Reports cite two suicides connected to heat as Mrs. Florence Witbeck and Joseph Reichinger died after inhaling gas and hanging themselves. John Mahoney survived gas effects at Lincoln Hospital while Joseph Meier died of heat prostration at German Hospital. Brooklyn also reports two heat deaths. Forecaster Scarr predicts improving weather and possible thunderstorms with winds west to northwest and a high around 88 degrees.
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Florence Witbeck
East Fifteenth Street
Joseph Reichinger
East 112Th Street
John Mahoney
Lincoln Hospital
Joseph Meier
East Ninety-second Street
East Ninety-third Street
German Hospital
Brooklyn
Scarr
Third Boy Bandit Captured in Pittsburg Robbery Case
Edward McDonough aged 17, the third boy bandit in the Sunday streetcar hold up, was arrested in Shalersville by a plain clothes officer after hiding in woods and then the kitchen. He claims he did not fire the shot that wounded Police Lieutenant Scriver Stewart who remained hospitalized with improving prospects.
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Pittsburg
Edward McDonough
Scriver Stewart
Shalersville
McDonough
Stewart
Colonial Ling Directions and Rates for Boston Steamers
Transit note advises travelers to take East or Boston bound steamers. Mentions fare around $2.65 and references cuisine and service. Includes Spring Ady as a contextual marker.
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Boston
Hamilton Under Unlucky Day In Garden City Flight Mishap
Charles K. Hamilton, aboard the Wilcox biplane, smashed skids and was thrown to the grass as the machine wrecked during a preliminary run before 8,000 spectators in Garden City. He urged teams to reinforce the gear and planned to fly again with Capt. Baldwin watching. The incident followed a string of thirteenth day accidents and near-misses in his career.
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New York Times
Garden City
Charles K. Hamilton
Philip Wilcox
Louis Strang
Wilcox
Hamilton
Seattle
Lake Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Times
Thomas A. Baldwin
Capt. Baldwin
Charles Nyquist
Frank van Anden
Baldwin
William B. Walker
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Theodore Roosevelt
Engineers’ Club
Aero Club
National Council
Times Sunday Features Promotion Urges Early Orders
In a note to readers the Times urges customers to place orders with news dealers now to ensure access to the many notable features planned for next Sunday's edition.
Pennsylvania Rail Workers Vote to Authorize Strike
On July 13 in Philadelphia conductors trainmen and yardmen east of Pittsburgh voted 12 781 to 1418 to authorize a strike if wage and working condition talks fail with Pennsylvania Railroad management. They demand a ten hour day with pay at current eleven hour rate and meet with General Manager W H Myers the next day to propose terms.
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New York Times
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Lines
Pittsburg
Odd Fellows’ Temple
W. H. Myers
Pennsylvania
A. B. Garretson
Order of Railway Conductors
W. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Broad Street
Myers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Garretson
New York Central
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Mr. Myers
Pennsylvania Railan
Roosevelt pushes party harmony in New York Governors conference
Ex President Roosevelt after talks with Gov Hughes and State Chairman Woodruff voiced his aim to elect the best man and unite Republican factions. He emphasized harmony across regulars insurgents and independents, and noted he would back a candidate acceptable to all sides while seeing Democrats as well as Republicans.
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Oyster Bay
L. L
Gov
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Mr. Hughes
Col. Roosevelt
Mr. Woodruff
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New York
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Woodruff
Garden City
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Meyer
Wilson
Nicholas Longworth
White House
Ken J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
Samuel Gormpers
Senator Carter
Senator Beveridge
Speaker Wadsworth
Fowler
Seeadsworth
Supreme Court
Elf
A New Blériot Monoplane Trials Near Paris
Paris reports secret tests at Bordeaux of a racing monoplane by Blériot. The design refines a flat-surfaced wing with a 100 hp motor. wings telescope to shorten in flight. Experiments claim greater speed with a 50 hp motor than Rheims’ 100 hp model.
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Tas
Paris
Bordeaux
M. Blériot
M. Morane
Rheims
Girl slays Black Hand killer of Italian saloon owner
In New Orleans a saloon and grocery proprietor Joseph Mansella was fatally shot by a man claiming Black Hand society. His seventeen year old daughter chased the killer, fired and killed him as he tried to flee, police stated. The assassin was identified as Giuseppe Nazio, a recent arrival from Sicily.
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New Orleans
Joseph Mansella
Black Hand Society
Manzella
Anrella
Young
Mansella
Giuseppe Nazzio
Sicily
Roosevelt Jr and Stewart White Go Mountain Lion Hunt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Stewart Edward White hike in the Santa Ynez Mountains near Santa Barbara to hunt mountain lions. Mrs Roosevelt and Mrs White plan to join later, with a grand Africa tour in mind. The two men, friends since arrival, aim to add to the elder Roosevelt’s hunting legacy.
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New York Times
Los Angeles
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Stewart Edward White
Santa Ynez Mountains
Santa Barbara
Mr. Sevelt
Hunter
Owl wrecks Boulder power plant in night blackout
An owl flew into Boulder Canyon and hooked claws on both negative and positive wires at the Central Colorado Power Company plant. The short circuit blacked out Boulder last night and burned the plant. The owl, its claw burned off, was found today.
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Boulder
Col
Central Colorado Power Company
Boulder Canyon
Morgan Sells Old School in Pullman Landmark
J Pierpont Morgan sold the former public school building in Pullman for 15000 dollars. The Pullman Company disposed of its holdings last year following Supreme Court ruling that it could not hold real estate beyond business use. Morgan, a stockholder, acquired the property.
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Chicago
J. Pierpont Morgan
Pullman
Pullman Company
Supreme Court
Mr. Morgan
Auto Free for Benedicts at Hotel Plaza
The Hotel Plaza attracts automotive benefactors with gifts and free rides. A German patron gave $20 to a taxi driver to avoid a collision, and W. E. Hutton of Cincinnati offered his car to the hotel's married clerks for a day outing, making him well acquainted with the clerks and their families.
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W. E. Hutton
Cincinnati
Hutton
Mrs Clarence Dolan Rescues Mrs Henry Clews at Bailey's Beach
In Newport Rhode Island on July 13 Mrs Clarence W Dolan of Philadelphia received congratulations after aiding Mrs Henry Clews who faced trouble in rough surf at Bailey's Beach. Dolan, a strong swimmer, reached Clews and brought her to shore before guards arrived.
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New York Times
Newport
R. IL
Clarence W. Dolan
Philadelphia
Henry Clews
Bailey’s Beach
Fast Train Derailment Near East Palestine Ohio
The Manhattan Limited running from Chicago to New York derailed near East Palestine Ohio about ten o'clock. No injuries were reported as passengers were moved to a local train from Alliance Ohio and continued eastward. The derailment occurred just after a curve when the engineer tried to regain time.
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Pittsburg
Manhattan Limited
Chicago
New York
Palestine
Ohio
Here
Alliance
Limited
East Palestine Station
Alligators Enjoy Ice in Washington Club Scene
Washington July 13 Alligators fresh from Florida were offered lumps of ice at the National Press Club. The creatures drank cool water and gulped the ice, showing delight and growing appetite for more as spectators watched.
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Washington
Florida
National Press Club
Schiff party due at Dawson Skagway Alaska July 18
Jacob H. Schiff touring Alaska is expected from Dawson on Sunday. He will not proceed to St. Michael's or Nome, abandoning the down river voyage. The yacht Ramona will sail to Cordova Seward and Valdez then return to Seattle about August 1.
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Skagway
Alaska
Jacob H. Schiff
Dawson
Schiff
Yukon River
Ramona
Women of the Poets
St. Michael's
Nome
Skagwa
Cordova
Seward
Valdez
Seattle
Divorce Granted to Mrs McClure in Albany
Supreme Court Justice Betts grants an interlocutory decree of divorce to Mrs Anna Cassin McClure from Archibald J McClure. She receives 5000 dollars yearly alimony and 10000 dollars for her son Barclay. Testimony taken in Kingston yesterday. The McClures are prominent in Albany society and were married twelve years.
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Albany
Supreme Court
Betts
Anna Cassin McClure
Archibald J. McClure
McClure
Barclay
Kingston
McClures
Dead Real Estate Dealer Found On Lawn In Flushing
Albert Wangler, a real estate dealer and former manager of the College Point Branch of the Bank of Long Island, was found dead on his lawn on Broadway in Flushing yesterday morning. Officials cited heart trouble or a stroke as possible causes. his mother-in-law discovered the body after neighbours reported he had not returned home Tuesday night.
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Albert Wangler
College Point
Bank of Long Island
Broadway
Flushing
Wangler
Mrs. MacCreery
Mr. Wangler
China to Build Army for Alliance as Manchuria Partition Looms
Gen Yin Ch'ang, Chinese Minister in Berlin, says Russo Japanese pact will push America and China together. He plans ten years to create a modern army and seeks American financial aid, noting China must strengthen before teaming with the United States for mutual protection. Liang-Cheng soon succeeds him in Berlin.
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Manchuria
Yin-Ch’ang
Berlin
Peking
China
America
Far East
Rusela
Japan
Yin Ch’ang
Liang-Cheng
Washington
Prince Tsai-Ta
Europe
U S Reacts To Berlin Chinese Minister Report On Alliances
Washington officials contend the Russo Japanese accord shows no US grievance as they assess a Berlin interview by the Chinese minister. They say an alliance offers quid pro quo only and China has little to offer now. A clash over Manchuria is not anticipated and any alliance may mean American investments rather than war.
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New York Times
Washington
Berlin
Tus
New York
State Department
United States
China
Japan
Russia
Manchuria
Katsura Denies Knox Influence on Japan Russia Convention
Premier Katsura denied that the new Japan Russia convention was influenced by Secretary Knox's proposition. He claimed there was no basis for the claim and asserted the agreement stood on its own merits, despite foreign policy commentary from Western observers.
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Tokio
Marquis Katsura
Japan
Russia
Batyretary Knox
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