Tragedy and danger mark Paris to London air race
Le Martin dies after a crash during the start of the Paris to London race. Garros survives. several rivals fail to clear the field amid gusty winds and unruly crowds. Public chaos and hospital casualties accompany the event as military aero scouts participate.
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Field
le Martin
Roland Garros
Garros
Tetard
Gaget
Duval
Contenet
Charlix
la Bouret
Gibert
Romance
Landron
Euhling
Red Cross
Goiran
Chalons
St. Cyr
Issy Les Moulineux
Princeta
Princeton
M. Princeton
Chasseurs
Laffort
Pola
Auto Club
Paris
Brussels
Paris Air Race Casts Shadow Over Start
Paris reported a grim start to a major air race organized by the Paris Journal with prizes from the Petit Bleu of Brussels and The London Standard. Crowds gathered at Vincennes as Garros in a Blériot monoplane narrowly avoided spectators, prompting Prefect Lepine to warn he would halt the event if mishaps continued. American Weymann arrived third at Liege in a Newport aircraft.
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NEW York Times
Paris
Paris Journal
Petit Bleu
Brussels
London Standard
Vincennes
Issy
Garros
M. Lepine
Weymann
Liege
Newport
Seven aviators reach Liège on European air race stage
At Liège the seven of Vincennes starters listed in order Vidart Vedrine Wey mann Beaumont Barra Duval Garros after a 820 kilometer leg from Rheims report brutal winds and clouds. Renaux suffers propeller damage but is unhurt awaiting repairs. Other racers endure gear failures and delays across Rheims Mezieres Rethel.
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Liege
Belgium
Vincennes
Vidart
Vedrine
Weymann
Beaumont
Barra
Duval
Garros
Renaux
Rheims
Ville
Chespel
Bobba
Amerigo
Verrept
Contenes
Pascal
Kimmerling
Tabuteau
Wynmalen
Meziéres
Allard
Levasseur
Rethel
Death toll in aeroplane tragedies reaches sixty four
The roll of American aviation deaths climbs to 64 beginning with Lieut. Thomas E. Selfridge, first killed in 1908. The list includes Capt. Princeton Le Mart in and Lendron, with yearly death counts rising from 1 in 1908 to 36 in 1910 and 23 in the current year.
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Doberitz
Noel
Delatorre
War Department
Douai
France
Army
Lieut. Byasson
Chevreuse
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French Army Aviation Corps
Versailles
Rene Vallan
Princeton
le Martin
Lendron
Thomas E. Selfridge
Lieut
Selfridge
Peek
Aviator Mars Returns From World Tour With Crowds and Trophies
Bud Mars after Baldwin Mars tour returns to New York reporting 250 flights across Honolulu Manila Siam Japan and China. He recalls royal receptions in England Siam and Manila and notes three minor crashes with no serious injuries while promising more flights next year.
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James C. Mars
Far East
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Belmont Park
Hotel Astor
Broadway
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Mars
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Java
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The
Philippines Free Press
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Emisphere
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Irkutsk
St. Petersburg
Brandeis Urges State Maternity Insurance Plan
Louis D Brandeis advocates state funded maternity insurance to support working mothers who must leave work for six weeks. He proposes compulsory membership in a government controlled society, with funds paying mothers during childbirth to prevent economic hardship and reduce race death among workers. Massachusetts is urged to enact the first law.
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New York Times
Boston
Mass
Louis D. Brandeis
Brandeis
Massachusetts
Captain Christopher Larson Hurt In Dynamite Blast Afloat
Christopher Larson 63 captain of a scow in Buttermilk Channel was severely injured when a dynamite cartridge found on the vessel exploded as he hammered it. The blast mangled his hands and penetrated his abdomen. He was rushed in critical condition to Emergency Hospital on Governors Island.
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Christopher Larson
Buttermilk Channel
Governors Island
Resignation of Panama Exposition Leaders Reported
The Panama California Exposition Company board to consider the resignations of U S Grant Jr president John D Spreckels vice president and directors William Clayton and Joseph W Seton Jr The move follows factional bickering seen as endangering the 1915 Panama Canal opening Officials blame dissent and contract disputes while Grant remains hopeful the plans may proceed.
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New York Times
San Diego
Cal
U. S. Grant, Jr
John D. Spreckels
William Clayton
Joseph W. Seton, Jr
Panama Canal
J. E. Wadham
Grant
Spreckels
Blagueur II Wins Grand Steeplechase de Paris
In Paris at Auteuil June 18 Blagueur II ridden by Edmond Weil Picard won the Grand Steeplechase de Paris at 8 to 1. Cheshire Cat was second Lutteur II third with Hypnos fourth. The four mile and a half race carried 27 600 dollars in prize and a 2000 dollar trophy for the winner.
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Paris
Auteuil Track
Moonstruck
Wickham
Mount Prospect
Pride
Edmond Weil Picard
Cheshire Cat
James Hennessy
Lutteur II
Blagueur II
Eugene Feizer
Hypnos
Autoists on Tour at Buckwood Inn
Stroudsburg Penn June 18 Ar rivals at Buckwood Inn today included George G. Sykes and family Allentown Cadillac car Mrs G W Strongman New York Packard M J Rankin New York Thomas M Thompson and family Philadelphia Lozier James Harden and family New York Packard H A Brachman and family Mauch Chunk Knox Irving J Benjamin and family New York Winton Edward Laurent and family New York Packard J M Mauser and party Allentown Pierce Arrow Charles M Dobson and family Bethlehem Winton Mrs J F Chamberlain and party Summit N J Pierce Arrow Mrs D L Emanuel and R S Weaver Catasaqua Penn Lozier Mr and Mrs Holton Catasaqua Lozier Miss Ritter Mr Hardell and Mr and Mrs A Jennings Hazleton Penn Thomas Flyer H J Seaman and Mrs Seaman H J Seaman Jr and Miss L T Seaman Catasaqua Elmore
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New York Times
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Miller family tragedy linked to West Ninety-sixth Street plan
A young woman killed herself after a failed marriage proposal to Miller. The coroner noted the girl’s identity and a letter describing her suffering from the desertion. Family disapproved the match, prompting a fatal action and a dramatic sequence at Mount Vernon’s social circles and Ches ter Hill golf club. The father intends to collect the body today. marriage records were not found in Yonkers.
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Iles
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Oswald
Ae Miller
Yonkers
Timms
Yonkers County
S. Levine
Siwanoy Golf Club
Chester Hill
Foy
Mount Verest
Mystery Bride-To-Be In West Ninety Sixth Street Apartment
A young woman living under the alias Ethel J. Chandler faced family secrecy and possible tragedy after threatening self harm and harming plans for marriage to Miller. Neighbors recall a respectable, well off-appearing life, while Miller and his father deny knowledge of the woman. A pawn ticket for a diamond ring appeared in her handbag as the coroner investigated.
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Koch
Miller
Mr. Miller
Young Miller
Potter's Field
Iles
Mount Vernon
Ethel J. Chandler
August Dahlgren
Hefferon
McCauley
Solomon House
Dahlgren
Fifty-ninth Street
Sixth Avenue
Lieut. Hefferon
McCoy
Solomon
Lazarus
East Eighty-fifth Street
Leo Schlessinger
East Ninety-ninth Street
Schlessinger
Central Park
Philadelphia notes on a family move and a troubling report
Philadelphia residents report a family move to 882 Leverington Avenue. Neighbors recall a disturbing incident overnight involving a young girl and a gunshot, with unclear details and fragmented wording from the source.
Girl Escapes Down-a Rope from Greenwich Ave Hotel
Frieda Schwartz, a Triangle Waist survivor, fled a man on Greenwich Avenue and Tenth Street after being slashed in the face. John Connelly, charged with felonious assault and robbery, is held on $5,000 bail. hearing adjourned.
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Frieda Schwartz
East
Triangle Waist Company
Greenwich Avenue
Tenth Street
John Connelly
West Twentyfourth Street
Jefferson Market Court
Connelly
Butts
Schwartz
Fourteenth Street
Sixth Avenue
Four Convicts Die as Bull Pen Collapse Kills Dozens
In Waynesville North Carolina a timber bull pen housing convicts collapses while inmates and guards are nearby. Four convicts are killed and twelve mortally injured with seventeen others hurt. The Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad aided the rescue with doctors and coffins.
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Waynesville
N. C
Waterville
Smoky Mountains
North Carolina
J. E. Hoskins
Advertisement for Stein-Bloch Worsted Suits in Grays and Browns
A vintage ad promotes John David edited fashion referencing downtown style. It touts checked worsted business suits with certified look and utmost taste. All wool suits in gray and brown, Stein-Bloch brand, price $25.
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Stein-Bloch
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