Thomas Gar Lags in Race to Protost Across Siberia
In Irkutsk on June 21 American racer Thomas Gar trails German Protost with a two day lead earlier at Chita. The chase pushes through Lake Baikal crossings, dangerous bridges, and gatekeeper encounters as the crew fights fatigue and seeks a freight-train link to the steamer, keeping the Protos within reach.
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Thomas
Chita
Lake Baikal
Lieut
Koeppen
Irkutsk
Verkhnieoudinsk
Hansen
Shuster
Miller
Missovaia
Muth
Protos
Taft narrowly escapes wreck on Pennsylvania flyer
Secretary Taft escaped a serious train wreck near Coshocton Ohio when a broken piston rod on the locomotive risked derailment. The tower operator signaled a stop and the engineer activated emergency brakes. The six car train halted on a curve, Taft and Kellogg dining after the incident. A replacement locomotive soon arrived and the journey continued east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennison
Ohio
Taft
Pennsylvania
Coshocton
National
Kellogg
Dennison
Taft and Kellogg defend Roosevelt credit in platform
In Cincinnati on June 21, Secretary Taft addressed criticism that the Chicago convention platform omits Panama Canal credit from the Roosevelt section. Frank Kellogg affirmed Roosevelt’s key role and noted unanimous support in resolutions committees for endorsing Roosevelt’s policies and achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Taft
Chicago
Panama Canal
Roosevelt
Frank B. Kellogg
Minnesota
Republican Party
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Panama
United States
Taft Likes His Picture in New York Times
Secretary Taft, arriving in Pittsburg just after midnight, praised a two-page photo of himself in The New York Times. He called it the finest newspaper photography and laughed at the Taft smile, wondering how editors produced the image so quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Pittsburg
Taft
Hysterical Recovery Reopens Cantillion Sight
James Cantillion of the Des Moines baseball team regained sight in his right eye at Bellevue Hospital after seven months of blindness following an eye injury in Chicago. Doctors doubted the return, then confirmed Cantillion could distinguish objects, with hope to fully restore vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cantillion
Des Moines
Iowa
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Cantillion
Chicago
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Wurtele
Dr. Wurtele
Cantillieri
Taft Visits Cincinnati Ahead of Yale Ties and Nomination Talk
Secretary of War Taft, after visiting his old Fifth Ward neighborhood, attends church in Cincinnati and plans to travel to New Haven for Yale events. He recalls 1888 nomination chatter, praises Aaron Ferris, and greets President Roosevelt's daughter during a tense political season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cincinnati
Taft
Old Homestead
Charles P. Taft
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Poole
New York
New Haven
Yale Corporation
Aaron Ferris
Mr. Ferris
Mr. Taft
Aaron ‘Ferris
Fifth Ward
Mike’ Mullen
Martin Muldoon
Mullen
Ferris
State of
Ohio
Muldoon
Cornelius
Flanigan
Mr. Longworth
Nan Paper
Mrs James Smith Jr Hurt At National Rail Crossing
Mrs James Smith wife of ex Senator James Smith Jr of New Jersey narrowly escaped death at Red Bank New Jersey when a gate fell across her automobile at a main street crossing. The express train approached as the gate man delayed lowering gates and struck the tonneau injuring her scalp and nearly fracturing her skull. She was revived at the local hospital and continued to Elberon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Red Bank
N. J
Smith
James Smith, Jr
New Jersey
Vacuum Operating Room Demonstrated by German Surgeon
The Rockefeller Institute plans to install next year a vacuum operating cabinet after a display by Prof G Sauerbruck of Marburg. The device allows surgery with reduced exposure to germs and enables air flow through a purifying water casket. A dog demonstration showed a portion of the lungs exposed for tuberculosis work while the head remained outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Institute
G. Sauerbruck
Marburg
Germany
Prof. Sauerbruck
Sauerbruck
Stray Shot Kills Woman in Tenement Row
Mrs. Tessie Voiland on the top floor of 683 West Forty-fifth Street was shot from street level while leaning from a window with her husband Charles. Police questioned residents and found a revolver and two suspects. the neighborhood gang known as the Gophers is linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tessie Voiland
West Forty-fifth Street
Charles
Veiland
Burns
Ralph
West Forty-seventh Street
Catherine Clark
John Cronin
Gophers
Loase
Albert Farrell
East Forty-third Street
James Farrell
Troubled by Woman Slayer
Mary Farmer sentenced to death for the murder of Mrs. Sarah Brennan at Watertown was moved to Auburn Prison in a trolley car with a deputy sheriff and a matron. The prison has no arrangement for female prisoners and no available cells, delaying her confinement until the warden returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Auburn
N. Y
Mary Farmer
Sarah Brennan
Watertown
Auburn Prison
Benham
Welshe
Woman
Womait
Snakes Halt Auto Tour In Berkshires
A hot dry spell drives a surge of snakes in the Berkshires delaying a Trenton New Jersey car. William Roberts’ touring auto stalled by a six foot blacksnake that was killed after the stand. Rattlers are common on mountain roads and a snake hunt with a prize is being discussed as a control method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Lenox
Mass
New York
Berkshires
William Roberts
Trenton
N. J
Auto crash kills man in Hempstead race incident
On Fulton Street a head on collision between a touring car carrying Joseph Arosemena and family and a Dugan racing car left Arosemena dead and multiple relatives injured. Jockey William Dugan and family suffered injuries, with bold racing speeds reported as fifty miles per hour.
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New York Times
Hempstead
L. I
Josephx. Arosemena
Manhattan
New Rochelle
Fulton Street
William Dugan
Dugan
Edward
Arosemenas
Long Island Automobile Speedway
New Jersey
Dugans
Sheepshead Bay
John Rollins
William H. Benedict
Mr. Arosemena
Nassau Hospital
Mineola
H. W. Warner
Hicksville
Arosemena
Washington Avenue
Consular
American Colortype Company
Hubert Ard West Streets
Miss* Manesatta
Nassau County
Bay Shore
Edward Dugan
Harry Payne Whitney
Baan
Mr. Whitney
Miller
William
East Nineteenth Street
Stolen Auto Wrecked In Newark Youths In Custody
Stanley Miller and Lewis Green both sixteen are held by Newark police on auto theft charges. The car they took from the Waibel garage was wrecked near Belleville after a night ride that began as a joke. Green had shown interest in the vehicle among buyers and demonstrated driving in Newark before the break in.
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Stanley Miller
Lewis Green
Newark
N J
Belleville
N. J
Frederick B. Waibel
Broad Street
Greene
Miller
Waibel
Wireless for the Pope Marconi Station Proposed at St Peters
A clerical journal reports the Pope will receive a Marconi wireless apparatus for his jubilee to be mounted atop St Peters dome. The State notes practical service requires stations by Catholic bodies in other nations, likely only if Jesuits install such setups at their houses.
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NEW York Times
Rome
St. Peter's
MME GOULD IN ENGLAND CLAIM?
The Echo de Paris reports Prince Helie de Sagan and Mme Gould planned towed to Boulogne by car and then crossed the Channel to Folkestone, heading toward England.
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Prince de Sagan
Paris
Echo de Paris
Helie de Sagan
Mme. Gould
Boulogne
Folkestone
Mutai Hafid Proclaims Himself Sultan in Fez
Diplomatic Corps report Mutai Hafid’s arrival in Fez and his proclamation as Sultan seeking recognition. Ministers defer response and forward the document to their governments. A Moroccan battle near Morocco City ends with Hafid’s force routed. 100 killed and 150 wounded.
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Tangier
Mutai Hafid
Fez
Morocco
Murat Hafid
Abd-el-Aziz
Claims Hudson's laurels disputed by Catskill resident
Walton Van Loon of Catskill argues in a pamphlet that Pierre Van Loon hunted and fished on the Hudson River eleven years before Henry Hudson's voyage. He cites Robert Juet's account of gifts from locals near Albany and traces Pierre Van Loon's voyage from Walloon to New York via the St. Lawrence in 1581.
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Walton van Loon
Catskill
Hendrick Hudson
Hudson River
Pietre van Loon
Mr. van Loon
van Loon
Pierre van Loon
Hudson
Robert Juet
Walloon
St. Lawrence
State of
New York
Convention plan to ease crowd flow at Denver show
John I. Martin, Sergeant at Arms of the Democratic National Convention, approves a plan to admit thousands of spectators free at a proper moment. With aisles cleared, crowds could march through quickly, an architect says 10,000 can pass in minutes. Local committee supports it and Col. Martin expects national approval.
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New York Times
Denver
John I. Martin
Col. Martin
National Committee
Curtiss June Bug Sets Longest Flight Record Yet
In Hammondport New York on June 21 the Curtiss June Bug made three flights under the Aerial Experiment Association. The final flight covered 1266 feet at about 34.5 mph marking a potentially record setting ascent. Observers including Professor Bell witnessed the maiden ascent and praised the new aeroplane’s performance.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
America
iCurtiss
Aerial Experiment Association
G. H. Curtiss
Pr. Graham, Bell
Association
Curtiss
Valde
Siete
Delagrange Flies First Round After Wind Delays
In Milan on June 21, French aeronaut Leon Delagrange tested his airship before about 150 000 spectators including English flyer Henry Farman. Wind hindered several attempts but he finally circled the course about three miles at forty miles an hour, the craft remaining near twenty feet above ground as the crowd cheered while Farman offered congratulations.
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Milan
Leon Delagrange
Henry Farman
M. Delagrange
M. Delagrangs
Mr. Farman
Shipping News Arrivals and Reports From Wireless
Latest shipping notes show the SS Presidents Grant arriving at Plymouth on June 24 and the steamship Coya at Coronel on May 4. The Hamburg’s inbound status was reported by Marconi wireless as 363 miles east of Sandy Hook Lighthouse at 10 PM yesterday, with an expected call at berth.
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President’ Grant
Plymouth
Coronel
Wireless
Hamburg
Marconi Wireless
Sandy Hook
Morporte
Six Years of Graft in Harfen's Borough
The Commissioners of Accounts report six years of graft in Bronx Borough President Louis E. Haffen's office, with public funds lost to political interests. They cite unbalanced bids, delayed work, false time entries, and large contractor remissions, urging District Attorney review and possible penalties under the Penal Code. The document lists Haffen allies in public posts and notes anticipated reinstatement procedures if similar action is taken against him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Louis E. Haffen
Bronx Borough
Haffen
John Purroy Mitchel
Ernest Yale Gallaher
Henry Bruckner
Bronx
Jefferson Club
Haifen
Peter Gecks
Thomas J Byrnes
Thomas H. O Neil
Thirty-second Assembly District
Peter J. Stump J
Reville
Jefferesonlab
James F. Donnelly
Coommmissioner of Public Works
Martin Gersater
Bureau of Sewers
Borougsh
Bureau of Highways
Broadway
Bart Denn
Bart Dunn
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American Auto
Broken Bridge
Racers
Siberia
The
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YALE
Ing
Howard ‘Pollister
Henry M. Hoyt
Harrison
John Addison Porter
McKinley
Willam Howard Taft
Porter
Kansas
Charlie’’ Taft
Bill
Gates
Mary
Snake
Vander
Pilt Speedway
Joseph X. Arosemena
England
Sultan
Mulai Hafid
Q. H. Curtiss
Harfen
Jerome
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