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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
2
The expert asserts the main hurdle is a machine with enough fuel, oil, and provisions for the aviator. Duplicate engines would boost safety but add weight and cargo. Expect rapid progress now basic principles are set, with a year may see a successful transatlantic trip negotiated.
The long pursuit of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's dirigibles ends as No 4 burns during a 24 hour test in 1908 after storms and hydrogen leaks. Zeppelin’s III and V aircraft drew royal and public support. his career began in 1860s Germany with military service and pioneering airship experiments starting in 1892.
Orville Wright plans to resume flight tests at Fort Myer after a suspension caused by his earlier fall. The Wright brothers are due to arrive in Washington on May 31 to continue demonstrations and research activities.
June events center on Orville Wright awaiting a two hour flight with a passenger to satisfy government contract terms and a five mile speed test as the Army Signal Corps weighs new Zeppelin and dirigible options. Taft to award Aero Club gold medals at the White House as Washington hosts aero leaders.
Well known figures gather to discuss equality with Columbia and Cornell professors among participants. Booker T. Washington Seth Low and Carnegie all declined to attend or comment.
Queens civic groups will shorten the march for the Queensboro Bridge opening on June 12 forming at Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth Avenue with a 12 30 start and designated meeting points for workers. A conference at the United Charities Building aims to secure civil and political equality for the colored race with noted reformers and women supporters in attendance.
A crime gang reportedly prowling Forty-second Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues robbed multiple stores in months, cutting front windows to loot pens, jewelry, gloves, trunks, and cloth. Despite police and private guards, thefts continued, with losses mounting to hundreds of dollars and alarms installed across the block.
Critics and reformers gathered at Cooper Union to push racial equality while notable figures declined to back the conference. Speakers included John E. Milholland and Rev Jenkin Lloyd Jones, with statements on interracial marriage and the fate of the negro question.
Police say twenty speeders were arrested by midnight last night. Among them Robert C. Daly of 29 Amsterdam Avenue admitted chauffeuring William Hammerstein and was cited on Sixty third Street Central Park West for twenty miles an hour. J R Antonides of Great Neck Long Island was nabbed on Vanderbilt Avenue Stapleton Staten Island for the same speed and claimed the car belonged to Dr C H Archbold of 108 Madison Avenue.
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