Race Leaders Battle for Second as Milleage Mounts in Endurance Trial
Racing reporters detail pace per hour from 120 to 146 miles, with leaders Allen-Kingston Mitchener's Lozier and Simplex swapping positions. After early delays Garford recovers, Renault exits, S. P. Q. idle. Michener's Lozier briefly leads at mile 185 as Robertson's Simplex closes in and Mulford's Lozier stays near top.
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Allen-Kingston and
Mitchener
Logier
Mulford
Garford
Simplex
Allen-Kingston
Pat
Fiat
Lozier
Stearns
Thomas
Acme
Renault
S. P. 6O
Strang
Roberts
Robertson
Crane
Michener
Rippigill
Capra
Laurent
Muttford
Two Races For Stearns At Afternoon Track Meet
A 5,000 crowd watched two five mile events and a ten mile race plus a time trial and a fifty mile race. Stearns driven by J Marquis won the ten mile with a 10 51 2 3 minute pace while Palmer & Singer won a five mile event. De Palma in Fiat Cyclone tied the track mile record, and Cyclone won the five mile match race from B L M. Marquis and Sartori finished the ten mile race 20 yards apart. Fifty mile winner Laurent Josso drove a Stearns, with Ray Howard and V Kingston failing to finish due to tire and axle problems.
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Palmer & Singer
Stearns
de Palma
Fiat Cyclone
Cyclone
B.L M
F. J. Davis
J. Earquis
Strang
Renault
St.aul
Tce Bernin
Christie
Fiat
W. Buckley
B. L
Laurent Josso
Ray Howard
Howard
Allen-Kingston
V. Rippingille
Moon
Brighton Beach model race meeting faces ban and clashes
The Motor Racing Association pressed ahead with a Brighton Beach track meet amid rumors of AA A and ACA deals. A late sanction denial blocked Lewis Strang’s bid in his name while several cars were disqualified after a delay caused by the Peerless red dragon during tuning. Ten drivers listed include De Palma Buckley Laurant and Mulford with many mechanics present.
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The
Motor Racing Association
Brighton Beach Track
Red Dragon
Lewis Strang
Moon
Stearns
Simplex
Fiat
Renault
Palmer
Singer
Allen Ik
Ingston
F. J. Davis
J. Marquis
Ray Howard
Paul Sartori
V. Rippigill
S. H. Bowles
F. C. Laurent
Ralph de Palma
W. C. Buckley
Montague Roberts
Harry Michener
Ralph Mulford
Lynch
Cobe
Parker
Capra
Lescault
Robertson
Martin
Rodgers
Kjeldsem
Juhaszi
Antine
Dody
Auto race hill climb ends with three injured near Springfield
Driver Branley Kellogg of the Springfield Motor Cycle Club on an Indian motorcycle posted the best time in a mile long Wilbraham Hill climb near Springfield. The event drew about sixty entries, including cars and cycles, under local sponsorship.
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Springfield
Mass
Branley Kellogg
Springfield Motor Cycle Club
Wilbraham Hill
Springfield Au
Grape-Nuts touted for brain nerve nourishment and nursing mothers
A Virginia mother shares a letter praising Grape-Nuts for strengthening her health and enabling nursing of her baby after a period of weakness. The note says the cereal, made from whole wheat and barley and baked long, supplies essential phosphate of potash for brain and nerve development. The writer reports both she and baby improved, with nursing resumed, and credits the product as a reason for renewed vitality.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Hill Climb Winners Also Face Serious Accident
Knox cars dominated the Wilbraham Hill event with best time of 1 minute 3S seconds by Wasle followed by Bourke at 1 9 35 and Robertson in a Stevens-Duryea at 1 9 45. A severe accident on the final turn injured three spectators and Rob inson, who had his right leg broken, plus two bystanders were hurt. The hill is noted as one of the steepest in the East.
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Stevens-Duryea
Peter Robinson
Robinson
Archibald Thompson
Fred Hartwell
Chicopee Fells
Wilbraham Hill
Wright Ship Up Over 70 Minutes At Fort Myer Flight
Wright dazzled observers with a prolonged five mile circuit at Alexandria and then soared into intricate figure eights. He maintained flawless control as his airship swept the parade grounds and hovered above a black roofed shed painted by his mechanician Taylor for in-flight progress viewing. Wright plans another flight tomorrow and aims for official trials next week. A. M. Herring seeks a 30 day extension to deliver his army aeroplane, awaiting War Department decision.
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Alexandria
Wright
Signal Corps
Taylor
Cosmos Club
Fort Myer
Secretary of War
Herring
Experts on Wrights Work Lift Prize Hopes Across Europe
Paris experts hail Orville Wrights Fort Myer flights as a near conquest of the air and predict a swift win for the London Mail prize and the Michelin contest. Berlin's Major Gross credits Wrights progress and envisions military value if two men can ascend higher.
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Paris
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Eiffel Tower
Santos- Dumont
Wrights
London Daily Mail
London
Manchester
M. Michelin
Clermont-Ferrand
Berlin
Gross
Army Ballooning Department
From Berlin to Stettin Military Dirigible Night Flight
A military dirigible balloon departed Berlin at 10 30 PM for Stettin and back. Major Gross and two officers were aboard. The airship faced head winds but gained speed and reached a high altitude before vanishing into clouds. The ~160 mile trip may not finish before daylight.
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Berlin
Stettin
Gross
Army Ballooning Department
John Barrett Makes Ascent In Balloon Boston
Charles J. Glidden and John Barrett of Washington headed from Springfield in the balloon Boston. They landed at James Tellier’s farm in Stamford at 6:30 PM after lifting off at 4:45 PM. Barrett planned another ascent and hoped to form an aero club. Glidden found the trip unsatisfactory due to smoke from distant fires. Elevation reached about 2,100 feet, averaging 1,500 feet, landing without trouble.
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Stamford
Conn
Charles J. Glidden
John Barrett
Washington
Bureau of American Republics
Springfield
Boston
James Tellier
Monson
Mass
Mr. Barrett
Glidden
Richmond Detectives Nab Dr Flower Suspect in Swindle Case
Special to The New York Times. Detectives from many cities converge on Richmond to aid local police hunting Dr R C Flower a famed con artist who posed as Horace Cortlandt He faces extradition pleas as Mrs Hagaman identifies Cortlandt as Flower and a city councilman Pollock is linked to the case amid a tense escape caper involving a Colonial boarding house car ride and alleged meetings in New York Philadelphia and other cities.
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New York Times
Richmond
R. C. Flower
Horace R. Cortlandt
Gaiiz
H. F. Lindsay
Theodore Hagaman
Waldorf- Astoria
Cortlandt
Flower
Gilbert K. Pollock
The
Cortlandts
Pollock
Philadelphia
New York
Colonial
Hagaman
Marvin
Charles Edward Cortlandt
State of
Johnson
C. E. Cortlandt
Joseph Jefferson
Richard S. Storrs
Storrs
the Waldorf
Mexico
Jerome
McConville
Dr. L. Oxford
Wall Street
R. C. Flower & O
Terre Haute
Ind
Galveston
Texas
McIntyre Insurance Inquiry Resolution in Bankruptcy Hearing
Creditors met to decide whether Ewen McIntyre, father of Thomas A. McIntyre, deceased, is entitled to a life policy assigned by the firm to the elder McIntyre. A compromise allowed payment to the father in exchange for releasing claims against the son’s estate, with Referee Olney deeming it fair.
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T. .A. McIntyre & Co
Peter B. Olney
William Street
Ewen McIntyre
Thomas A. McIntyre
T A. McIntyre & Co
Mutual Life Insurance Company
C. N. Warner
T. A. McIntyre
McIntyre
Olney
Fleet to coal at Albany headline with naval power
American battleships arrive at Albany Western Australia after a 1300 mile voyage from Melbourne and begin coaling at Princess Royal Harbor. They prepare for Manila Bay maneuvers in November as the fleet continues around the world with Maine and Alabama leaving Port Said for Naples after delays from a monsoon.
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Albany
West Australia
Melbourne
King Point
Gibraltar
General Baquedano
Princess Royal Harbor
Manila Bay
Port Said
Maine
Alabama
Naples
Suez
Colombo
Aden
Italian Murd ers a Farmer in New Jersey Dispute
William W. Corwin a 60 year old New Jersey farmer living near Cranbury was stabbed to death while trying to mediate a farm hand dispute. He employed two Indians and an Italian household worker. An Italian named Toselian reacted violently, attacked with a stiletto after wages were refused, and Corwin died that evening.
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New York Times
New Brunswick
N. J
William W. Corwin
Cranbury
Corwin
Talliano
Toselian
Taft Sends Vorys to Arrange Tour
Cincinnati dispatch details Arthur J. Vorys traveling to New York to coordinate Taft campaign itinerary with National Chairman Hitchcock. Taft plans speeches through Kentucky Tennessee Maryland New York Buffalo Cleveland Chicago and western states, with possible Northwest stop. Shaw’s praise and party optimism cited.
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Taft
Vorys
New York Times
Cincinnati
Arthur J. Vorys
New York
William H. Taft
Hitchcock
Danville Campaign Notes on Speaker Cannon Worth and Wealth
In Danville Illinois on September 11 Speaker Cannon admits a tough race and reveals his estimated net worth. He lists 55 000 dollars in bank stock 22 000 dollar residence value 15 115 in personal effects and other assets including land and city lots. Local rumor pins his worth between 200 000 and 500 000 with older resident estimating about half a million based on family banking and land investments split with his late brother Bill. A Gompers accusation about liquor influence is addressed in his private explanation noting a whisky brand called Uncle Joe whisky sold without permission.
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New York Times
Danville
Ill
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Congress
Joe
Bil
Bill
Tuscola
Samuel Gompers
May Run Against Cummins in Iowa Senate Race
Iowa Republicans urge ex Governor Frank R. Jackson to enter the U S Senate contest against Governor A B Cummins. Jackson, 54, president of Royal Union Life Insurance, led GOP victory after Horace Boies era. He will decide next Tuesday at a caucus. He resists renomination but may yield to pressure.
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New York Times
Moinfs
Iowa
Frank R. Jackson
United States
A. B. Cummins
Jackson
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Balloon With Two British Aeronauts Recovered At Sea
A pilot steam er in the North Sea picked up a balloon containing two British aeronauts named Tennett and Short. The balloon rose at Battersea in London at 10 o clock last night and drifted out to sea. It was near the water when found and could not have stayed aloft long enough to reach land.
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Rotterdam
North Sea
Tennett J
Short
Battersea
Tondon
Bryan Strong in the West and Taft Tour Schedule
At the Republican National Headquarters in the Metropolitan Building, Frank Hitchcock noted a tough outlook for the West and Middle West for Taft. J. Medill McCormick of the Chicago Tribune argued Democratic strength under Bryan could threaten the campaign, while Taft prepared a cross country speaking tour beginning in the Middle West around October 1 and extending to the Far West and New York.
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Frank H." Hitchcock
Republican National
Metropolitan
J. Medill McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
McCormick
West
Middle West
Taft
Bryan
Hary
Cers
Hitcheath
Cincinnati
New York
Drown When Skiff Upsets Near New York River
Two Fordham graduates Daniel J. Barry and Lee Ahrens died when a small skiff carrying four from a party of about forty overturned off 160th Street in the North River. Crowley alone survived, pulling Schell to the float as Barry and Ahrens disappeared in the dusk.
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Daniel J. Barry
Wadsworth Avenue
The
Bronx
Lee Ahrens
West 117Th Street
Fordham College
North River
Barry
Ahrens
Crowley
Schell
New York Law School
Hudson
West Point
160Th Street
Harry
Crawley
Peddlers Leader Arrested in License Scandal
Sigmund Schwartz, head of the Pushcart Peddlers Association of the East Side, was arrested by District Attorney staff detectives and arraigned in the Tombs Court on selling a peddler license for 314. He was released on 85 bail to Sept. 1 for hearing. Authorities cite numerous similar complaints and possible further arrests as a major breach in the License Bureau.
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Sigmund Schwartz
Forsyth Street
Pushcart Peddlers’ Association
East Side
Fitzsimmons
Flood
Tombs Court
John Mitchell
Bosler
Schwartz
Louis Alers
Norfolk Street
Samuel Markine
Women Kill Rattlesnake Near Baby in Crib
In St Louis on September 11 two women armed with hatpins and a pot of boiling water killed a three foot rattlesnake inches from a crib holding a nine month old. One woman grabbed the pot and a hat, splashing hot water toward the snake to ward off the danger despite the baby nearby.
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New York Times
ST. Louis
F. H. Jordan
L. J. Nichols
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