Aviators Quit Race From Airsickness
Paris and Angers report the French aerial Derby plagued by airsickness and brutal weather. Six of 28 entrants started, led by Roland Garros who completed the full 683 miles in under eight hours. Gustave Hamel and others suffered injuries or were forced down as wind and rain battered the field.
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Wreck Kills Twenty in Swedish Train Collision
Twenty people died and fourteen were injured when a mail train bound for Stockholm collided with a freight train at Almstaett station. Among the victims is the daughter of novelist August Strindberg. The express’s first sleeping car was wrecked and two others damaged.
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Belmon t's horse loses in French Derby at Chantilly
August Belmont's Amoureux led most of the race but faded at the final bend and finished second to outsider Friant II owned by Prince Murat. Lightly and Didius were unplaced. Rain reduced crowds and gowns suffered. a scarlet silk Robin Hood raincoat drew attention.
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Didius
Egotism Man's Worst Trait in Reader Poll
Paris June 16 Femina asks women to rank the ten principal failings of man. Egotism tops the list as the most besetting sin followed by infidelity jealousy and intemperance. Cowardice is fifth with immorality despotism temper stupidity and idleness also noted as lesser faults.
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Dockers Plan Novel Strike at Havre
The Central Committee of the Seamen's Union announced plans for a solidarity action by Havre strikers. It is understood the move will be a national strike of seamen and dockers lasting twenty four to forty eight hours.
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Enlarging Panama Hotel Tivoli Adds 64 Rooms This Summer
The United States Government runs the Tivoli Hotel in Panama and will add a second story to three rear houses to create sixteen rooms per house with baths on each floor. An annexed building will bring total extra rooms outside the main hotel. Sightseeing trains run three times weekly in hot season. a new Italian Renaissance style railroad station is approved with a 170 foot frontage on Central Avenue and located south of the current terminal.
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Katsura Warns Keep China Intact Through Six-Power Guarantee
Tokyo June 16 Prince Taro Katsura former Japanese premier urged that China remain intact under a six-power guarantee with internal unification under an agreed system. He said Japan seeks peace in China and denies pursuing revolution, stressing unity of major powers over details.
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Prince Katstra Eyes U S Visit Amid Asia Peace Talks
The six powers are praised as a path to a stable China and Prince Katstra regrets he cannot visit the United States now. He leaves Japan in July and must return in October, delaying plans for an American trip until after the current presidential campaign.
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Thaw's Fight Begins Today in White Plains Court
Thaw makes a third bid for liberty via habeas corpus before Justice Keogh. The hearing centers on Thaw's sanity with no jury. his defense argues rationality and confinement by conspiracy. Family members arrive as proceedings are slated to stretch over two weeks.
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Boy Scouts Acquire Magazine for National Headquarters
The Boys Life Magazine is sold to the Boy Scouts of America and will move to the National Headquarters at 200 Fifth Avenue. From July its pages will promote Scout welfare, camp life, merit badges, and Scoutmaster content. Notable editors and contributors include William D. Murray George Dratt A A Jameson Frank Presbrey James E. West with possible Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot involvement. Scoutmasters guarantee 40,000 subscriptions.
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Cancer danger urged in delaying surgical treatment
Sir Felix Semon warns against delaying operation in cancer cases citing the Bell-Bash ford libel action. He says cancer starts locally and later spreads to other organs, making eventual surgery less likely to succeed. He warns against believing non-surgical options can be tried first with time for the knife afterward.
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Hammerstein Silent on Future Plans Not Yet Decided
London June 16 Oscar Hammerstein declined to confirm Blumenthal’s New York claim that he would forfeit $200000 to the Metropolitan Opera. He said Blumenthal was not authorized to make the statement and his future plans are not definitely decided.
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Chinese Rising Quelled in Manchuria Hostilities
The Pe king correspondent for The Daily Telegraph reports a suppressed uprising at Kung chu Ling in Manchuria near Kwan Cheng Tze. Japanese adventurers were found supplying arms. many Chinese rebels were killed or wounded along with three Japanese killed and thirteen wounded.
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