American Balloon 10 Lead Big Race
Entry list for the Berlin to Paris Bennett Cup balloon race on Oct. 11 reveals 23 entrants from eight nations led by J. C. McCoy in America II with Alan R. Hawley aiding. If Lahm cannot join, A. N. Arnold fills his spot. other teams include Borghese of Italy, Erbsloh of Germany, Rolls of England, and Usuelli of Italy with Conqueror. The Berlin Aero Club grounds host the start. William II will signal. Balloons for eight nations total three each for America Germany France England Spain Belgium Italy. Switzerland enters two. inspection due Oct. 8.
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Aero Club of America
Berin
America
J. C. McCoy
McCoy
Paris
Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club
Hawley
Europe
Adrianc
Lieut. Lahm
War Department
Fort Myer
Lahm
A. N. Arnold
North Adams
A. Holland Forbes
Forbes
Prince Scipione Borghese
Celestino Usuelli
Alps
Germany
Oscar Erbsloh
Hugo von Abercroh
Alfred le Blanc
Erbsloh
France
Charles 8. Rolls
A. K. Huntington
Ream
J.-¢. McCoy
America II
Charles de F. Chandler
Dr. Niemeyer
Busley
Hans Hiedemann
England
John Dunville
Banshee
C. F. Pollock
Spain
Capt
Indelan
Valencia
Senor Horga
Belgium
M. de Moor
Belgica
M. Geerts
Switzerland
Victor de Beauclair
Cognac
Major Morris
Aid
Nate
Italy
Prince Scivone Borghese
Actos
Ettore Gianetti
de France
Jacques Faure
Louis Capazza
H. B. Hersey
Oscar Erbsich
Berlin
C. S. Rolls
Brittania
F. Cruikshank
Emilio Herrera
Norte
M. de Broniere
L'Utopie
M. Vandensbusche
Lieut. Schaeck
Helvetia
E. Messner
Ruwenzori
Mario Borsalino
Emile Carton
Frank P. Lahm
Berlin Aero Club
Emperor William
Berlin Committee
Russian Prince plans across channel by aeroplane
Paris reports Prince Bolotoff intends to cross the British Channel in a large triplane built by Voisin. Two passengers, water and fuel for two hours, speed about fifty mph. Interest in aviation grows amid Wright demonstrations and new prizes. Wright’s endurance test at Le Mans leads to Bollea motor experiments.
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Paris
Prince Bolotoff
Voisin
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Onio
le Mans
France
Rene Quinton
Aviators Get Morris Park For Experimental Flying Field
The Morris Park race course will become an Aeronautic Society testing field for practical aviation. A lease was signed for workshops and demonstrations to encourage inventors. Wilbur R. Kimball, building a heliocopter, expects a high ascent and flight speed. The machine weighs 600 pounds with twenty four wooden propellers and a fifty horsepower motor. Albert Triaca moves his aeronautics school to Morris Park to demo balloon and airplane models. Society officers include Lee Burridge president and Wilbur R. Kimball vice president.
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Morris Park
Aeronautic Society
Wilbur R. Kimball
Mr. Kimball
Albert C. Triaca
School of Aeronautics
East Twenty-ninth Street
Society
Lee S. Burridge
Louis R. Adams
Wilbur. R. Kimball
Henry H. Law
L. G. W. Schroeder
Emperor William Reviews Berlin Troops in Autumn Parade
The Emperor reviewed 25 000 infantry and 8 000 cavalry in Berlin and Potsdam in a spectacular autumn ceremony. Notable guests included American attaché Lieut Col John T P Wisser and U S visitors such as Senator Nelson W Aldrich Henry P Davison and George Reynolds among others from New York Chicago and Flatbush plus scholars and social figures.
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Berlin
William
Potsdam
John T. P. Wisser
Sen
Nelson W. Aldrich
Rhode Island
Henry P. Davison
First National Bank of New York
George Reynolds
Chicago
James A. Buchanan
Peter D. Vroom
Sardanapalus Seen At The Royal Opera
Emperor William presided over a dress rehearsal of Sardanapalus at the Royal Opera Berlin as Delitzsch and Orientalists explained authentic costumes and sets copied from excavations. The audience, including Greece’s royal family and U.S. diplomats, gave a cool reception while the Emperor noted the production’s scholarly care and covered a $750,000 deficit with amusement.
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Berlin
Byron
Sardanapalus
Royal Opera
Constantine
Greece
Victoria
Prince Estel
Prince August
Alison V
Armour of Chicago
Maurice Bloomfield
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Morris Jastrow
University of Pennsylvania
David Jayne Hill
British Museum
Nis
Majesty
Prof
Delitzsch
Germany
William
Royal Theatres and Operas
Runaway on Mount Arlington Boulevard injures New York pair
In Hopatcong New Jersey on Mount Arlington Boulevard a runaway caused Henry Palmer and Grace Emerson to be thrown from a trap. Emerson was unconscious at the scene. Palmer escaped with bruises. The horse bolted after a car, crashing into a post. Emerson dropped a gold watch, later unrecovered.
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Lake Hopatcong
N. J
Mount Arlington Boulevard
Henry Palmer
Grace Emerson
New York City
Carnegie Medal for Girl Rescuer in Iowa City
Eleven year old Marjorie Coast received a Carnegie silver medal for heroism after leaping into the Iowa River to save Margaret Hayes, daughter of Prof and Mrs Samuel Hayes, last summer.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Carnegie
Marjorie Coast
P. C. Coast
Margaret Hayes
Samuel Hayes
Germany Favors Hafid as Sultan of Morocco
Berlin urges unanimous recognition of Mulai Hafid by all signatories of the Algeciras act as a move for peace. Paris and Madrid seek guarantees to protect their interests and will let each power decide recognition. Dr Wassel, German consul at Tangier, travels to Fez, seen as possible influence on Hafid, though Paris doubts political aims.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Algeciras
Mulat Hafid
Morocco
Abd-el-Aziz
London
Germany
Mulai Hafid
Paris
France
Spain
Madrid
Musaf Hafid
Algéciras
Dr. Wassel
Tangier
Fez
Mulai’ Hafid
Dr. Vassel
Wrecks in English Channel Amid Severe Gale
A ferocious gale across the English Channel grounded ships and disrupted sailings. The Queen from Brighton arrived late after steering gear failure, while rescue efforts by Theseus and dockyard tugs saved all passengers. The Pourquoi Pas carrying Dr. Charcot reached Guernsey, and the Vera-Jean, ashore near Rhoose Point, its crew rescued. The Dover steamer saved the crew of a sinking schooner in mid-channel with cheers from passengers.
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Portsmouth
English Channel
Continent
Queen
Brighton
Theseus
England
Ireland
Pourquoi Pas
Jean Charcot
South Pole
Pourquoi
Guernsey
Paris
Dover
Calais
Channel
British Bark Amazon Driven Ashore in Wales Storm
The British bark Amazon en route from Port Talbot to Iquiaue was wrecked near Port Talbot. Of thirty two crew members, only five were saved and six bodies have been found. The ship grounded on Margam Sands during the storm and now lies a total loss. fears mount that the remaining crew perished.
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Neath
Wales
Amazon
Iquiaue
Port Talbot
Margam
Paris Will Dispute Mirrors Hart Inheritance Case
Mme de Bie sues in French courts to claim an inheritance from Benjamin Hart who died in Paris. Hart, an American, adopted Isabel Lucchesi who became Mme Guillemin after marrying. Hart later disinherited her and left the fortune to Mme de Bie, now contested by Mme Guillemin.
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Paris
Hart Will
New York
Mme.-de-Bie
Hart
Mme. Jean Guillemin
Isabel Lucchesi
Benjamin Hart
Lucchesi
M. Guillemin
Mme. de Bie
Mme. Guillemin
Mme
Guillemin
Shah's Troops Suffer Heavy Defeat in Persian Crisis
Teheran dispatch reports Satar Khan’s decisive victory over Shah’s troops at Tabriz, 800 killed or wounded, Ain-ed-Dwieh slain, Naire-es-Sultan named successor as civil war resumes in Tabriz Province. Persian state loan talks fail as Shah rejects European financial control.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Tabriz
Satar Khan
Shah
Ain-ed-Dwieh
Naire-es-Sultan
Are Naire
American Minister O'Brien Detained Over Plague Protest
Edward C. O'Brien the American Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay was a passenger aboard the Voltaire from Bridgetown. He protested the port doctor’s personal inspection citing bubonic plague fears, causing the steamer to be detained for over a day. In Lima the London Corporation claims $85,000 against the government over damages to the Central Railway during Durand’s failed spring uprising.
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Bridgetown
Barbados
Edward C. O'Brien
Paraguay
Uruguay
New York
Lima
Peru
Peruvian Corporation of London
Central Railway
Augusto Durand
Metz in Conference with Elder over Grand Jury probe
Acting District Attorney Elder and Controller Metz met in Elder's office for a private conference. The talk's nature was not disclosed. It is believed the discussion related to the Grand Jury investigation of charges against Borough President Coler by the Commissioner of Accounts. Elder said witnesses will be examined Thursday or Friday.
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Elder
Metz
Grand Jury
Coler
Commissioner of Accounts
Roosevelt explains Takahira visit amid doubts over expo delay
The Japanese ambassador Baron Takahira met President Roosevelt and Secretary Root last week. A White House statement says the Tokio Exposition may be postponed to 1917 to mark the emperor’s fiftieth accession anniversary. Roosevelt notes readiness to aid any required US action and cites budgeted preparations.
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New York Times
Oyster Bay
L. I
Baron Takahira
United States
Mde
Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Tokio Exposition
Clinton
Root
Rosevelt
Takahira
Forster
Japan
Asia
Congress
Theodore Roosevelt
Sept
Japanese Exposition Postponed to 1917
Tokyo announces the Japanese International Exposition will be delayed to 1917 because of economic reasons and insufficient time for proper preparations. The new date marks the fiftieth anniversary of the emperor's accession.
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Tokio
Havana Post Office Chief Arrested in Stamp Shortage
Ricardo Rodriguez, 70, chief of the Bureau of Supplies and Vouchers in Havana, was arrested after a $53,135 shortage was discovered. He had been in hiding in disguise. two clerks and his son in law were also detained for aiding in the disposal of stolen stamps. The shortage had persisted for years, with stamps abstracted from original packages and resealed to mask losses. Police say the theft centered in the bureau Rodriguez led.
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Havana
Ricardo Rodriguez
Bureau of
Rodriguez
Philadelphia
Bureau of Supplies
Hernandes
Allie
Navy opens bids for torpedo boat destroyers and colliers
Washington Sept 1 The Navy Department opened bids for ten torpedo boat destroyers and three colliers funded by last session. Destroyer hulls and machinery bids ranged from 620000 to 708300 per ship with five bidders Bath Iron Works New York Shipbuilding Cramp Maryland Steel and Newport News. Collier bids ran from 498 to 570000 per ship with Cramp New York Shipbuilding Newport News and Maryland Steel among bidders.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Bath Iron Works
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
William Cramp Sons
Philadelphia
Maryland Steel Company
Baltimore
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Newport News
Thaw confinement at Dutchess County Jail protested
Albany Sept 1 A report to the State Commission of Prisons by Secretary George McLaughlin protests continued confinement of Harry K Thaw acquitted of murder by insanity at Dutchess County Jail in Poughkeepsie The report notes Thaws corridor privileges his escorts to Hearings and hearings at Fishkill Landing White Plains and other places and argues his presence demoralizes jail discipline and fuels discontent among inmates.
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Albany
State Commission of Prisons
George McLaughlin
Dutchess County
Poughkeepsie
Harry K. Thaw
McLaughlin
Thaw
Hoe Goan
Fishkill
Landing
White Plains
Madigan Held For Killing In Buffalo
John W. Greiner dies at General Hospital from injuries believed caused by John R. Madigan president of the Niagara Racing Association. The assault occurred a week earlier after an automobile stop on Pearl Street. Greiner, 61, fractured leg, later died. Madigan faced manslaughter charge, posted 2500 bail and was released.
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Buffalo
John W. Greiner
General Hospital
John R. Madigan
Niagara Racing Association
Greiner
Madigan
Pearl Street
Pate Tay
Tle
Nash
Yellowstone Bandit Believed Captured in Los Angeles
Game Warden W B Morgan received a telegram from U S Game Warden T S Palmer stating the man who held up twelve stages in Yellowstone Park is believed to be William Binkley. Binkley, a Yellowstone Park National Guard House fugitive, was sentenced to three and a half years for shooting elk in the Park and was arrested by Morgan in Los Angeles. It is thought he may head for Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
W. B. Morgan
United States
T. S. Palmer
Yellowstone Park
William Binkley
Yellowstone Park National
Czolgoss brother in jail sentenced to workhouse
John Czolgoss, brother of President McKinley’s assassin, was sentenced today in Sharon Pennsylvania to three months in the workhouse. Police say Czolgoss is insane and his case will be investigated.
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Sharon
Penn
John Czolgosz
McKinley
Czolgosz
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