Count Zeppelin and the Dirigible Deutschland
A historical account traces Count von Zeppelin and the Deutschland airship from early reconnaissance ventures in Alsace to later successes. It notes Zeppelin’s perseverance despite ridicule and loss, his aviation pursuits, and the ship’s 1909 to 1909 milestones including a 950 mile flight and a 700 mile range goal. It mentions the Deutschland’s dimensions, gas capacity, and crew, with routes between Mannheim, Dusseldorf, Coblenz, and Cologne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count von Zeppelin
Zeppelin
Alsace
Weisserberg
Worth
Reichshof
Lieut
Winslow
Wurtemberg
Berlin
Federal Council of the Empire
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Mannheim
Dusseldorf
Deutschland
Coblenz
Cologne
National Aero Body Formed After Fight
After three statewide conventions in this city, the National Council of Affiliated Clubs of the Aero Club of America formed to govern contests, flights, records, and aviation meets. The Aero Club of America retains representation in the International Federation, and will name the National Council chair in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pro Club of America
Pasadena
Cal
Oston
Aero Club
Aero Club of America
International Aeronautical Federation
Garden City
L. I
Aeronautic Federation of America
American Aeronautical Association
Waldorf
Board of Governors
The
National Council of Affiliated Clubs
National Council
Jerome H. Joyce
Aero Club of
Baltimore
Resignation and reorganization at the American Aeronautical Association
George M. Myers resigns as temporary President of the American Aeronautical Association. Lee S. Burridge is elected chair by unanimous vote. Several delegates from Pennsylvanian Aero Club and others tender resignations and credentials withdrawal, culminating in a heated debate and the move to formalize the association's organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aero Club of America
James A. Blair, Jr
J. K. Duffy
Aero Club of Kansas
J. C. Eberhardt
Dayton Aeroplane Club
A. F. Zahm
Washington
D. C
Aero Club
Col
J. H. Joyce
American Aeronautical Association
Aeronautic Federation of America
Hudson Maxim
Lyman J. Seely
Rochester Aero Club
George W. Clark
Jacksonville Aero Club
W. R. Kimball
Aeronautical Society
Oscar J. Needham
Aero Club of
Dayton
Thomas E. Eldridge
Aero Club of Philadelphia
Thomas A. Hill
R. C. Northwood
West Sids Young Men's Christian Association
Lee S. Burridge
Aero Clubs of
Florida
Rochester
Philadelphia
Canada
The
Aeronautical Society of New York
West Side Young Men's Christian Association of
New York
Aeronautique Society of
New Jersey
Southern Aero Club of
New Orleans
Philadelphia Aeronautical Recreation Society
Young Men’s Christian Association
Aeronautic Federation
Hotel Astor
Waldorf
Federation
Association
George M. Myers
Kansas City
American Aeronautic Association
Burridge
Neely
Aero Club of Pennsylvania
Aberholt
University of Pennsylvania
Joyce
Aero Club of Baltimore
Martin
Harvard Aeronautical Society
Duffy
Islair
Aero Club of New England
Miles
Prof
Zahm
Aero Club of Washington
McCoy
Pittsfield Aero Club
Richardson
Intercollegiate Aeronautcial Association
Plew
Ilinois
Aero Club of Minneapolis
Loughneed
Aero Club of Utah
Sir. Post
Harmon
Pasadena
Eberhardt
Augustus Post
Tandy
Aero Club of Canada
Mr. Post
Mr. Tandy
Aeroplane Fleet Advocates Rise in U S War Talk
Washington reports Signal Corps officers push for an aerial fleet within the United States Army. They seek congressional support for experimental and service use in scouting and message delivery. Major General Bell predicts rapid heavier-than-air progress within five to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Signal Corps
United States Army
United States
Congress
War Department
Germany
Japan
J. Franklin Bell
Hamilton Flies In Darkness At Nashville Flight
Charles K. Hamilton flew his biplane after dark in Nashville, Tennessee, for eighteen minutes in an unannounced display. The white aircraft rose above the electric lights, then reappeared and dipped toward the grand stand three times, thrilling about 10 000 spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Charles K. Hamilton
Hamilton
Resignation at Newsboys Lodging House Amid Health Decline
Rudolph Helg, longtime superintendent of the Newsboys Lodging House, submitted his resignation to trustees yesterday due to failing health. The move, accepted with regret, takes effect on June 30 after thirty five years of service. Separately a strike was called against unrecognized electrical workers on a twelve story loft building at Thirty fifth Street and Sixth Avenue, with Charles L Eldritz Company as electrical contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Nixon & Co
Rudolph Helg
Newsboys’ Lodging House
Thirty-fifth Street
Sixth Avenue
New York Building Trades Council
Charles L. Eldritz Company
Roosevelt Enjoys Strenuous Day in New York
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt visited New York from Oyster Bay for a full day of activities. He met the Hamilton Club delegation at The Outlook office, gave interviews, attended an editorial conference, dined at Sherry's hosted by Robert J. Collier, and planned a Harvard Club Rough Riders event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Long Island
Hamilton Club of Chicago
Outlook
Scribners
Camp Fire Club
Sherry’s
Robert J. Collier
Douglas Robinsons
Collier
Col. Roosevelt
Bile
John Buckland Bishop
G. F. la Farge
Sagamore Hill
Ethel Roosevelt
Kermit
Outlook Office
Frank Harper
Hamilton Club
John H. Ratten
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Booker T. Washington
Cecil Lyons
Republican State Committee of Texas
Mark Sullivan
Collier’'s Weekly
Leslie J. Tarleton
Claude Tritton
Kelly
Mpyself
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Ananias Club
United States
Harvard
Mr. Collier
Col
John Jacob Astor
Commander Peary
George Ade
Robert Bacon
R. Fulton Cutting
John Drew
Charles J. Bonaparte
Walter Damrosch
Finley Peter Dunne
John Hays Hammond
Charles Dana Gibson
Otto H. Kahn
William Loeb, Jr
George McAneny
Morgan J. O’brien
Henry Watterson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Roger D. Williams
Douglas Robinson
Kermit Roosevelt
Arthur H. Scribner
Lyman Abbott
John W. Alexander
Madison Avenue
Rough Riders
Harvard Club
Alexander Brodie
Sumner
Gen. Cooper
The
Charles W. Eliot
Frederick D. Grant
Carolina Gibbons
Cardinal
Roosevelt Lectures Fakers On Animal Color Concealment
Col Roosevelt at Waldorf Astoria luncheon criticizes claims animals hide by color and pattern. He cites G Henderson Thayer and Abbott Thayer, notes African wildlife rely less on color, and stresses game conservation amid clamor and applause from 230 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roosevelt
Waldorf-Astoria
Camp Fire Club of America
G. Henderson Thayer
Abbott Henderson Thayer
Smithsonian Institution
Col
Roosevelt
Africa
Animal Kingdom
Fés
Membea
Waldorf- Astoria
Ernest Thompson
Seton
Gifford Pinchot Invited to Sagamore Overnight
A note states that Gifford Pinchot has been invited to accompany someone and stay the night at Sagamore Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gifford Pinchot
Sagamore i
Direct Tax Plans Stir Albany Legislative Session
Gov. Hughes faces pressure as lawmakers consider a direct tax to fund canal and highway sinking funds. Senators Hill and Merritt introduce direct tax bills in both chambers, reviving a tax move abolished during Gov. Higgins era. Assembly notes absences and other bills. Dana proposes a mixed graft commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Albany
Gov. Hughes
Senator Hill
Merritt
Capitol
Gov. Higgins
Senate
Kissell
Brooklyn
Assembly
Mr. Dana
Dana
Graft Probe in Queens Heads Toward Summer Action
Supreme Court Justice Garretson and Grand Jury foreman Henry Weeks vow no adjournments as graft investigations press on. They expect a report on the current probe including the Gresser case, with plans to continue through summer if needed. Fosdick notes unresolved cases in Highways and Sewer departments remain to be examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Garretson
Queens County Grand Jury
Henry T. Weeks
Queens
Grand Jury
Fosdick
Gresser
Supreme Court Grand Jury
Foreman Weeks
Bureau of Highways
Sewer Department
Skiff Sunk Actress Drowns in Hudson River Accident
A St. Lawrence skiff with Arthur Seymour Wilton Farnum Miss Gertrude Arden and Miss Marion Taylor was struck by a tug towing two barges near Fort Washington Point. Marion Taylor is presumed dead. Miss Arden and Mr. Farnum survived. Annis and Dills of M C A rescued the group and returned them to their boat house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Seymour
West
144Th Street
St. Lawrence
Hay
149Th Street
Hudson River
Wilton Farnum
West Thirty-ninth Street
Gertrude Arden
West Fifteenth Street
Marion Taylor
Snyder
Kankakee
Ill
West 121Th Street
Fort Washington Point
176Th Street
Seymour
Miss Arden
Farnum
Miss Snyder
Thomas Geddus
J. W. Snyder
Kankax
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National Aero Body
jAero Club
America
New Na
Tional Council of Affiliated Clubs of
thewAero Club of America
American Aeronautical Federation
California
Kansas
Saratoga Springs
Minneapolis
Aeronautique of Chicago
South Bend
Utah
Springfield
Pennsylvania
Pittsfield
New England
Canton
Princeton
Cornell
Haverford
Swarthmore
Amherst
Columbia
Tufts
Yale
University of Chicago
University of Virginia
Purdue
Boston Technology
University of Pennsylvan
Carnegie Technology
Pianola
Steinway and Sons
House of Steinway
Aeolian Company
Steinway
Weber—Steck— Wheelock—Stuyvesant
Aeolian Hall
London
Paris
Fifth Avenue
34Th Street
Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
Vetero
Bush Terminal
Oneitem
Broad Street
New York City
Harris
WEE Kons Conlists and Opticians
Ee Ave
125Th St
Lenox Ave
Columbus Ave
Nassau Street
John Street
B’way
Nr. Willo
Fulton St
Opp
B’klyn
J. & J W. Williams
Columbus
Anday
Fifth Ave
Tiffany’s
West 34Th St
McCreery
Victor
N.Y
Hudson
Tug
Kankakes
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