New Air Records as Curtiss Captures Three
Glenn H Curtiss soars to set new records, while Louis Paulhan fails in a bold ascent for a height mark. An aviator sustains injuries in the daring flight attempt.
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New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
1
Curtiss Sets Multiple Aerial World Records
Glenn H. Curtiss flew a Curtiss craft to a 655 mile per hour pace for speed with passenger, and climbed in 625 seconds to a new time aloft. He rose 98 feet to establish shortest takeoff distance. Louis Paulhan failed to reach new height aboard a Bleriot, rising only 400 feet. Paulhan carried a passenger twice around the field, three and a quarter miles total. Edgar S. Smith was seriously injured after being struck on the head by a Langley propeller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Paulhan
Edgar S. Smith
Langley
Edgar Smith
Paulhan
Farman
Miscard
Pallihan
Curtiss Beats Paulhan in Speed Record Flight at Aviation Meet
Glenn Curtiss, while Paulhan dazzled spectators with daring flights, set a new world speed record for passengered aircraft at fifty five miles an hour with his manager M Fancuilli beside him. The day also saw Paulhan pilot a tiny Eificot monoplane under dangerous winds as four aircraft contended in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Glenn H. Curtiss
Louis Paulhan
Paulhan
Curtiss
M. Fancuilli
Army -Gnal Corps
Plot To Kill A King In Lisbon Conspiracy Discovered
Lisbon reports a wide revolutionary plot to overthrow the government as police seize explosives and disguises after the Cascaes murder and arrests of ringleaders. Investigators say several conspirators confess membership in secret societies planning to assassinate King Manuel.
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Lisbon
Manuel
Cascaes
Curse of Dress lecture survives as fire roars
Pittsburg January 11 Dr Jane Blanchard noted dress reform advocate was driven through heavy snows wearing only a nightgown as her home burned. Fire destroyed manuscripts including a work titled The Curse of Dress and she plans to resume her lecture tour once a dress can be obtained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Pittsburg
Jane Blanchard
Pennsylvania
Diamonds Stolen From Alvin Theatre Office
Pittsburg on January 11 thefts from the private office of W B Merrill manager of the Alvin Theatre. Mrs Merrill's diamonds worth 1200 and her purse with 750 were taken by youths who later dumped the loot in snowdrifts. Detectives and citizens combed the snow. the diamonds were later found in a gutter and returned. Six arrests reported as the boys confessed spending the 750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Pittsburg
W. B. Merrill
Alvin Theatre
Dickinson to Cubans
Havana January 11 The American Secretary of War Jacob M Dickinson made no speeches during his Cuba visit In a breakfast at Ramon Pelayo s Aguacate plantation Pelayo urged free trade Dickinson jokingly said after Taft serves a second term Pelayo should come to the United States and help elect a Democratic President
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Jacob M. Dickinson
Cuba
Ramon Pelayo
Aguacate
Dickinson
United States
Taft
Mrs Hunt Weds Horace E Cole in Jacksonville
Jacksonville reports a quiet ceremony on January 7 in the County Judge's office uniting Mrs. Jarvis Hunt of Chicago and Horace E. Cole of Chicago after both had recently divorced. The couple resides in Riverside, and Mrs. Cole has routed custody of her two children to Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Jarvis Hunt
Chicago
Horace E. Cole
Cole
Riverside
Man 60 000 Years Old Says Harvard Geologist
Boston January 11 Professor William Morris Davis of Harvard in a Lowell Institute lecture fixes man’s existence on earth at 60 000 to 100 000 years. He argues man is not a special creation but a logical sequence in evolution and challenges the survival of the fittest theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Boston
William Morris Davis
Harvard
Lowell Institute
Earth
Illinois Woman's Bill Introduced for Suffrage Vote
Springfield Jan. 11. Mrs. , peace and chairman of the committee of the Illinois Suffrage, introduced a bill granting women the right to vote at state and all elections and proposing a commission form of government. The report mentions the "kit" and references Spencer's glass at Maiden Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
So He Drives Indian Clubs
Henry Westerburg of 441 Pacific Street Brooklyn, hungry after four months unemployed, hurled his new Indian clubs through the Waldorf dining room windows striking tables and floor. He told Magistrate Kernochan his aim was to protest hunger after seeing patrons eat, and later explained he walked from Brooklyn to save carfare and had bought the clubs with his last cent. He was held for trial on malicious mischief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Westerburg
Pacific Street
Brooklyn
Fifth Avenue
Westerburg
Waldorf
Kernochan
Jefferson Market Court
Sioux Indians Arrested for Intoxication in Bowery Court
Two Sioux men Swift Deer and Eagle Elk aged fifty six from the Mojel Hotel at 14th street and Fourth avenue were held for intoxication by Policeman Lenahan. After a brief appearance before Magistrate Herrman they were discharged with a reprimand as Harold Brunswick claimed they planned to return to their South Dakota reservation.
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Swift Deer
Eagle Elk
Moje
14Th Street
Fourth Avenue
Lenahan
Eldridge Street
Bowery
Herrman
Harold Brunswick
South Dakota
San Jose Chief Recovers Lost Fight Money
Edward Healey chief of police of San Jose returned to New York with fifty thousand dollars said to be funds for the Jeffries Johnson fight. The money, left under a bed mattress at the Albany Hotel, was found by maid Mary ONeill and returned to Healey with detective Fitzsimmons present. Hotel proprietor Robert Murphy showed a large roll of nails as recovered money. The maid received a hundred dollar reward for honesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Healey
San Jose
Cal
New York
Jeffries- Johnson
H. T. Millis
Mills Manufacturing Company
San Francisco
Matt” Larkin
California
District Attorney's Office
Fitzsimmons
Albany
Robert Murphy
Mary O'Neill
Murphy
King Menelek Dead Rumor Reported From Harrar
A dispatch from Harrar reports King Menelek of Abyssinia may have died on December 23 and that the news was concealed to prevent internal troubles. The Osservatore Romano notes decades of conflicting reports about Menelek and succession changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Osservatore Romano
Harrar
Abyssinia
Menelek
German Pole Party Sends Expedition to Spitzbergen Start
Berlin reports an expedition being fitted out to Cross Bay Spitzbergen to establish a base for a German Arctic exploring party slated to reach the North Pole in a dirigible balloon later this year Prince Henry oversees the preparations in Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cross Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Prince Henry
Illinois crisis prompts Deneen to send militia to Vienna
Governor Charles S. Deneen dispatched four militia companies to Vienna to prevent a lynching of three Black men accused of shooting rural carrier Allen Clark. Sheriff Mathis warned of mobs forming in El Dorado and Harrisburg aiming for Vienna, but authorities blocked transport by rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles S. Deneen
Vienna
Ill
Mathis
Johnson County
el Dorado
Harrisburg
Allen Clark
Josie
Harry Taborn
Alexander Jenkins
Deneen
Cairo
Big Four
Praise for Pinchot Spurs Roosevelt Policy Tribute
James R. Garfield, ex-Secretary of the Interior, writes in a local paper that Pinchot's dismissal as Chief Forester is a mere incident in the Roosevelt conservation struggle. He argues the Roosevelt policies are vital and must endure beyond one public life, to benefit future generations and uplift the masses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
Cleveland
Gifford Pinchot
Taft
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Interior
Garfield
Adopted family surprised by secret marriage claim
In Baltimore January 11, a seventeen year old girl claiming marriage to Captain John A. Burgess, a late Confederate veteran who died last week leaving over 25000 dollars, says she lived with Burgess and was part of his “adopted family” with Byron Ryan and Miss Florence Mansfield. Burgess wife died eighteen months ago, no will found, Burgess had planned to leave home and store to the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Baltimore
Byron Ryan
Florence Mansfield
John A. Burgess
Burgess
Ryans
Miss Mansfield
Fitzgerald Wins Boston Mayoralty in First Nonpartisan Vote
Boston today elected ex Mayor John F. Fitzgerald to a four year term with 47 172 votes and a 1 414 plurality over James J Storrow banker and former chamber of commerce leader who received 45 757 The city backed license by a 27 122 majority and Fitzgerald praised reform efforts while Storrow vowed a recount Nearly 95 125 votes were cast the highest ever for the city and the campaign featured strong personal followings amid graft disclosures from Fitzgeralds prior term
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Today
John F. Fitzgerald
James J. Storrow
Chamber of Commerce
George A. Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Nathaniel H. Taylor
City Hall
Storrow
John F. Fitegerald
Si’e
Finance Commission
Mr. Storrow
Ohio River Ice Flood Wipes Out Brandenburg Towboat
Ice movement from the lower Ohio River triggers damage exceeding 500000 dollars with the Leader towboat at Brandenburg Kentucky destroyed by heavy ice. The Wolf Creek gorge extends sixty miles downstream, raising the river twenty feet and forcing riverfront stores to evacuate. In Pittsburgh experts fear the Allegheny gorge near Freeport may require dynamiting as meltwater worsens conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ohio River
Brandenburg
Cincinnati
Wolf Creek
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Freeport
Melvin B. Summers
Weather Bureau
Washington
CUT OUT MIDDLEMEN IN FLOUR PLAN
La Crosse Trades and Labor Council buys a carload of flour to sell to union members at wholesale price to ease living costs. Other essentials to follow. Plan chosen over striking for higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaCrosse
Wis
la Crosse
Pittsburg Forecaster Warns of Pogonip Air
Pittsburg weather forecaster Henry Pennywitt warns the air is super charged with pogonip a congealed fog that can cause fatal pneumonia He recommends outdoor aprons of cheesecloth over mouth and nose to reduce inhalation while in the cold air The term pogonip is said to be Indian for white death and Pennywitt cites experiences on the Utah and Nevada plateaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Henry Pennywitt
Engineer blamed after North East wreck kills two
Erie Pa January 11 J C Butler engineer of Lake Shore Railroad passenger train No 23 was held responsible for a North East Penn wreck last Friday that killed two men Butler 63 in railroad service over 40 years tearful told coroner jury he took a chance and ran past signals unaware they were out of order due to a blizzard The jury foreman refused to sign the verdict due to his tearful plea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Penn
J. C. Butler
Lake Shore
North East
Butler
Rizk Trial Abroad in Constantinople for Murder Case
Nimma Rizk, a Syrian believed to be in Alexandria, is to be tried in Constantinople for murder arising from a 1907 West Hoboken silk mill dispute. Turkish authorities refuse extradition, while Hudson County prosecutors plan to send witnesses at the expense of Favur Brothers, Syrian bankers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Hoboken
Constantinople
Nimma Rizk
Alexandria
Egypt
Turkey
Garven
Hudson County
N. J
Favur Brothers
Washington Street
Manhattan
Rizk
Rick
Married in a snowdrift near Mount Jackson
Thomas Stickley and Miss Florence Merkley, halted by a five foot snowdrift while en route to a minister’s home in Mount Jackson, were wed by Rev. Henry Ditzler on the road after Stickley walked for help. The ceremony took place on the snowy roadside in Winchester dated January 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Thomas Stickley
Florence Merkley
New Market
Stickley
Mount Jackson
Merkley
Henry Ditzler
Warrant Issued for Gallagher in Graft Case
San Francisco judge issues bench warrant for James L. Gallagher former Schmitz Board of Supervisors chairman and key graft witness. Gallagher vanished after the second Calhoun trial began months ago with United Railways involvement noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
W. P. Lawlor
James L. Gallagher
Schmitz Board of Supervisors
Gallagher
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Maillard's Vanilla Chocolate Ad Sets Sweet Standard
An advertisement extols Maillard's Vanilla Chocolate for its unusually fine flavor and smoothness, claiming broad popularity and favor across locations. The brief note highlights the product as a preferred choice among consumers.
Fight in House Source of Fear
Thoughtful members of Congress fear the bitter fight between regular Republicans and insurgents in the House. They expect a eventual consensus on a legislative program but warn the dispute diverts attention from Taft reforms. Norris writes Taft leadership appeals while Cannon remains center of control as Ballinger Pinchot issues stall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Congress
House
Taft
Norris
Nebraska
Mr. Taft
Ballinger-Pinchot
Senate
Republican Party
Cannon
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Judiciary Committee
Payne
Committee On Ways and Means
Underwood
Alabama
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Negus Menelek
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Pinchot
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P. R
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B’way
Martin Lomasney
Ernest E. Smith
Smith
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Precinct
John S. Fitzgerald
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Walter L. Collins
Matthew Hale
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Thomas J. Kenny
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Frederick J. Brand
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Tennessee
Committee On Judiciary
MR. Cannon
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