Hamilton Postpones Start Till Monday
Exhausted aviator transfers his biplane from Mineola to Governors Island with mechanics, delaying takeoff by a day.
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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1910
Page
1
Exhausted aviator transfers his biplane from Mineola to Governors Island with mechanics, delaying takeoff by a day.
Special bulletin from Willis L. Moore indicates a Western disturbance moving from the Southeastern States toward the Middle Atlantic. Expect unsettled weather with showers and moderate temperatures over Southern New York Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey through Sunday. By Monday expect fair conditions with diminishing winds turning westerly.
Charles K. Hamilton postpones his New York to Philadelphia flight to Monday at 7 o clock due to bad weather and fatigue from recent preparations. He and mechanics toiled from Mineola to Governors Island, with Curtiss mechanics aiding, and equipment delays linger, including a too large gasoline tank and missing oil tank and tools.
Washington reports that Democratic members of the House who blocked a 25000 travel appropriation for Taft in May will not oppose the Senate Sundry Civil Appropriation bill provision. The Senate applies the same 25000 for 1910 and 1911, with no extra sum allowed. Rep. Macon noted the law limits annual appropriations and objection was to excess. Hardwick and a few Democrats supported the Senate action.
Mrs William H Taft wife of the President travels with her sister Mrs James Laughlin from Ashtabula aboard the James Laughlin for a Duluth and return voyage in a bid to improve her health The trip was meant to be secret but was revealed when she gave autographed card to Paul Cheney whose father drove the party to the dock in his car
John Kelly of 1 800 Howe Avenue Bronx leaned against a trolley pole at Southern Boulevard and Westchester Avenue to light his pipe. The pole sent his pipe flying and he tumbled to the curb as bystanders watched. A police sub station guard tested the pole after Kelly led him to the spot. He and the crowd then watched Union Railroad workers repair the live wires late that night.
Magistrate Krotel labeled ticket speculators a new nuisance and fined Reuben Weller and Lawrence Barrett $5 each after they arrested near the American Theatre. An unknown buyer paid 75 cents per ticket, was refused entry, and vanished after receiving $1.50 back.
The St Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons sues Dr Henry S Pritchett president of the Carnegie Foundation Abraham Flexner and Dr George H Simmons general chairman of the AMA for 100000 damages. The suit claims a report they authored defames the college and other institutions cited as not meeting standards. The paragraph appeared on June 6 ahead of the AMA convention in St Louis naming several other medical schools.
In Paris on June 10 a circulating rumor claimed King Manuel of Portugal abdicated to the Duke of Oporto, brother of the late King Carlos, but officials denied the report.
The Furnessia, incoming from Glasgow, was reported 750 miles east of Sandy Hook at 10 55 P M yesterday. It is due at its pier, if not delayed, early Monday. An advertisement notes a dining venue nearby at Hofbrau Haus on Broadway and 30th Street.
Esther Maude Mearson sixteen from Harlem disappeared Monday while seeking work as a stenographer. She was found in New Haven Connecticut living as Marie Burns and worked as a servant. Her brother Lyon brought her home after confirming her identity, and the family welcomed her with tears and relief.
The Times will graphically report Hamilton's round trip to Philadelphia and return on Tuesday weather permitting from a special train following him throughout the journey. News dealers are urged to obtain Tuesday's Times today.
The Times Tower will show a globe of light atop the flag staff Sunday night to indicate a probable flight start on Monday. If the light is not shown, the flight is unlikely and no searchlight signals will be used.
Belgian embezzlement suspect Felicien Buisset, age 23, confronted by Detective Armstrong in the Hotel Brevoort lobby after arriving on the Savoie. He drew a Mauser pistol and shot himself, later dying at St Vincent’s Hospital. Police found a $46,400 Savoy Trust deposit, a $50,000 check, a $10,000 check, and jewelry in his room amid ties to a Belgian 600,000 francs fraud.
After eleven hours the United States Circuit Court jury found Charles R. Heike guilty on one count and E W Gerbracht guilty on all six counts in the sugar weight fraud case. James B Bendernagel was not convicted due to a disagreement. Sentencing ranges loom with Heike facing up to two years and a $10,000 fine per count and Gerbracht up to two years and a $40,000 fine per count. Appeals are expected with immunity pleas noted for both. The court released the defendants on bail as motions proceed.
A prolonged quake was recorded in San Jose California last night at 10 40 with vertical shocks lasting one minute and horizontal movement for three minutes The Santa Clara College seismograph logged four distinct shocks reaching 43 millimeters in amplitude
In Nandaime between Rivas and Granada, revolutionary marauders attacked the town and cut telegraph wires. After eight hours of fighting government troops repelled the assault and forced the attackers to withdraw.
Stamford Connecticut June 10 The Stamford Board of Trade voted to file a protest with the Interstate Commerce Commission against fare increases by the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. The Sound Beach Improvement Association also joined in the action.
Cape Town June 10 Gen Louis Botha premier and agriculture minister declines to accept the Rhodes will terms allotting Groot Schuur as the Premier's residence. The refusal arouses strong feeling against him.
Four Cincinnati saloon keepers were indicted by a grand jury after evidence gathered by the Ohio Brewers Vigilance Bureau. They face charges of maintaining nuisances. The cases mark the first outcome of a statewide campaign by brewery interests to wipe out dives in wet districts and bolster prohibition sentiment.
In Cullman Alabama on June 10 it was reported that Queen Wilhelmina of Holland holds a large stake in the Bremen Coal and Iron Company a Hollanders syndicate with multi million capital owning mines 26 miles from Cullman The syndicate is building a railroad to the mines has completed a model miners village The coal will be shipped to Mobile then Holland A German royal relative recently visited the U S and helped organize the syndicate with the Queen.
Baby Moore, about 40, confessed to the name in General Sessions. An interpreter reported he can speak sixteen languages but cannot read or write any. He believes he was born in Morocco. He was to testify for the people in a murder trial but was arrested on a policeman assault charge and pleaded not guilty.
For the second time in a month Nebraska Democrats ignored W. J. Bryan at a banquet in Kearney. Governor Shallenberger and Omaha Mayor Dahlman attended while Bryan’s letter, urging no stand against county option, was not read. Lincoln attendees were unaware of the letter’s existence. A prior similar incident occurred three weeks earlier at Beaver City.
In Bogota a Cartage Judge ordered William B. Mac Master the American Vice Consul to be arrested on a charge that years ago he shot a Colombian citizen. The case stems from enmity after Mac Master pressed suits against Cordoba and Barrera, who stabbed him in Cartagena last August.
A medieval advertisement notes half a teaspoon Horsford's Acid Phosphate in water after meals to restore appetite, strength and vitality. The brief promotes the patent remedy as a postmeal aid.
Italian police probe a body found in Lake Como identified as American actress Mary Charlton. Russian suspect Constantine Ispolatoff and a missing American companion are sought after details reveal a brutal murder linked to Charlton's troubled past including a 1908 Walldorf Astoria shooting.
Mary Crittenden Scott later Mrs Mary Castle Chariton and Porter Chariton pursued stage fame and legal drama in New York and Philadelphia. She shot lawyer William Craig at the Waldorf Astoria in Peacock Alley, was not indicted, and later remarried Porter Chariton in Philadelphia after her divorce from Neville Castle.
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