Dieppe Grand Prix Tragedy Details Cissac and Staub Death
Eyewitness M de Raeder recounts the fatal Dieppe Grand Prix crash near Sept Meules where Cissac driver of a Panhard and his mechanic Staub were killed. The car exploded after a wheel rim, struck by a curb, shed and the vehicle crashed into a tree, bodies conveyed to Rothschild hospital as troops saluted. The report also notes car specifications, tire success for Michelin, and dramatic tire changes by drivers including Caillois and Hautvast.
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Dieppe
M. de Raeder
Richelieu Automobile
Cissac
Panhard
Staub
Sept-Meules
M.ge Baeder
Maison-Celle
Lilly-le-Haut
Deschamps
Rothschild Hospital
Benz
Bayard-Clement
Simms-Bosch
Cardan
Opel
Continental
Heath
Baron Henrice Rothschild
Heméry
Bentz
Caillois
Renault
Dieppe Grand Prix Ends Amid Heavy Interest and Losses
Dieppe hosted the third annual Grand Prix of the Automobile Club of France drawing about six thousand cars and two hundred thousand spectators. The event drew funding, wireless telegraphy displays, and a large grandstand, but reports note at least four deaths and widespread road damage from practice runs and the race.
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Dieppe
Automobile Club of France
Cable
Grandstand
Central Telegraph Bureau
France
Cissac
Staub
Automobile Club
Marquis de Dion
Sporting Committee
Automobile Club of Auvergne
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Dieype
The
Mercedes
Simms-Bosch
Duke of Westminster Aims to Reclaim Motor Boat Cup
London reports the Duke of Westminster plans to sail the Wolseley-Siddeley to New York to challenge for the international motor boat cup won by the American Dixie last year in the Solent. Noel M. Robins of the Motor Yacht Club of England will helm the vessel, which impressed at Monaco and in the Mediterranean.
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London
Duke of Westminster
England
Dixie
Solent
Monaco
Mediterranean
New York
Minneapolis
Noel M. Robins
Motor Yacht Club of England
Peary Sails North On Roosevelt In Fresh Arctic Bid
Commander Robert E Peary sails aboard the Roosevelt from Sydney to pursue a new North Pole attempt. The ship carries New York Yacht Club pennant and US ensign, exchanges salutes with D Estrees and the Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club, while the Eric prepares at Hawkesbury to load whale meat before joining northbound escort.
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Sydney
N. S
Robert E. Peary
Roosevelt
North Pole
New York Yacht Club
United States
D’estrees
Royal Cape Breton Yacht Club
Theatrical World Holds Polo Grounds Benefit
More than ten thousand tickets sold for a charity field day at the Polo Grounds benefiting the Home for Destitute Crippled Children. Theatrical stars including Mabel Hite Louise Dresser Josephine Cohan and Trixie Friganza joined games boxing and music while referees and managers staged events amid a lively dispute over results at The Friars. Notable figures such as Frederic Thompson George M. Cohan and J M Ward participated with Masters of the Ring James J. Corbett and Jake Kilrain providing exhibitions.
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Polo Grounds
Cohan & Harris
Joseph Humphreys
Mabel Hite
Louise Dresser
Josephine Cohan
Trixie Friganza
Bessie McCoy
Gertrude Hoffman
Edna May Spooner
Hollis Cooley
J. M. Ward
Frederic Thompson
A. L. Brianger
George M. Cohan
Tom Ryley
W. A. Brady
Lee Shubert
Andrew Mack
Donald Brian
Eddie Foy
Friars
James J. Corbett
Jake Kilrain
Harry Watson
Billie Reeves
I Take This Man Play at Court Square Theatre Springfield
Edith Ellis writes I Take This Man to be staged Monday night by Henry W. Savage at Court Square Theatre Springfield. Anna Sutherland and Frederick Burton star as the leads. The piece may be seen here next season.
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Man
Edith Ellis
Court Square Theatre
Springfield
Henry W. Savage
Anna Sutherland
Frederick Burton
Parade of 3200 Atlantic crew charms Honolulu crowd
In Honolulu thirty two hundred sailors from the Atlantic fleet paraded the streets amid cheering crowds. Hawaiian women placed leis on each white uniform, and a reception for fleet officers followed by a ball at Waikiki Beach featured Governor Frear and Rear Admiral Sperry.
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Honolulu
Captain Reese
Reese
Waikiki Beach
Frear
Sperry
Lahina
Maui
Glacier
Fiji
Panther
Samoa
Australia
Culgoa
Auckland
Schroeder Board
New Zealand
Maharajah Kumar of Sikkim Guests in New York
The Maharajah Kumar of Sikkim, a 29 year old prince traveling with Major W F O Connor, arrived on the Mauretania and is staying at the Waldorf. He will attend Quebec's tercentenary before resuming his world tour. Major O Connor notes the title means heir to the throne and mentions the prince’s Oxford education and views on American life.
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New York
Maharajah Kumar
Sikkim
W. F. O'Connor
Indian Political Service
Kipling
Kim
Mauretania
Waldorf
Quebec
India
Major O'Connor
Younghusband
Tibet
Frohman Plans Transatlantic Stock Company For Plays
Charles Frohman arrived aboard the Mauretania after touring abroad to review the theatrical field. He announced plans to organize a stock company of American and British players to stage productions six months in the United States and six months in London. One piece will be The Dollar Princess. A road company will tour other cities as pieces succeed. Fifty plays were secured abroad and leading players will be named in a few days.
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Charles Frohman
Mauretania
London
Great Britain
Frohman
Hammerstein defends Melba amid return rumors
Oscar Hammerstein dismissed rumors of Dame Nellie Melba withdrawing from an American engagement. He said she can change plans if not bound by contract, noted he has seen her in June and received two letters since, and insisted she will sing at least ten times next season at the Metropolitan Opera House.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Melba
America
Mme
Metropolitan Opera House
Maud Allan Name Barred Over Hoffman's Salome
Martin Beck and Percy G Williams returned to the city on the Cunarder Campania and served notice on William Hammerstein to cease using Maud Allan’s name. Miss Allan was contracted for a September appearance and would perform abroad dances. she refused vaudeville, while Beck and Williams plan high class theatre engagements possibly including afternoon shows. Heck noted European managers discussed alliances with American vaudeville.
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Martin Beck
Percy G. Williams
Cunarder Campania
William Hammerstein
Maud Allan
Gertrude Hoffman
Williama
Heck
Fresh Air Fund records show large city effort
Twenty five children were sent to Fairfield yesterday by the Tribune Fresh Air Fund, with Elm Cottage to host them. Children came from Olivet Church and the Kings Daughters of Harler, with a larger party added as space allowed. A Remsenburg Long Island trip will close the week, marking one of the season’s busiest. Nearly 1,200 children were sent out. hundreds arriving back needed care.
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Fairfield
Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Elm Cottage
Olivet Church
2D Street
King’s Daughters of
Harler
Remsenburg
Long Island
Michelbach
Welcome for Riflemen Return From Olympic Victory
Washington July 17 signal honors will greet the American rifle team upon its victorious Olympic return. The team is due in New York Saturday July 25 with semi official ceremonies planned. A reception committee from the National Board for Promotion of Rifle Practice and the National Rifle Association will coordinate with officials from the War Navy and Treasury departments. The Mohawk revenue cutter will host the reception party, with New York officials Governor Hughes and Mayor McClellan invited. Roosevelt may ride aboard the Mayflower bay bound for the welcome.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
New York
Oliver
National Board For Promotion
National Rifle Association
United States Revenue Cutter
Mohawk
Treasury Department
Hughes
State of
McClellan
City of
Grant
Department of the East
William P. Hall
War Department
Navy Department
Navy
Newberry
Sims
Marine Corps
George F. Elliott
Henry C. Haines
National Guard
General Riggs
Maryland National Guard
Critchfield
Ohio
Perry
Indiana
N. B. Thurston
John Caswell
Massachusetts
A. S. Jones
Welcome Home Fund
Roosevelt
Bay
Yale to Build New Swimming Pool With Carnegie Funds
New Haven July 17 The Yale swimming pool project funded by Andrew Carnegie with 40000 may start soon after two $5000 subscriptions were received by Lee McClung treasurer. The pool will measure 75 by 30 feet, larger than the gymnasium pool.
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New Haven
Yale
Andrew Carnegie
Lee McClung
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
Notable guests listed arriving at hotels include Beniamino Neeley Bishop of Buenos Aires at the PROMINENT ARRIVALS event. Also named are R A Ward M P London Senator Reed Smoot Utah Drs J Ginsberg Edgar Ginsberg Herbert Ginsberg Berlin A T Moffatt A Walter Lytton Oswego Marquise de Beauvoir S, and C N Bulger Oswego at various establishments.
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Ses B. Neeley
Buenos Aires
Belmont
R. A. Ward
M. P
London
Hotel Con Ohestion Co
Hagen
Philadelphia
Imperial
Reed Smoot
Utah
PLAZA
Drs
J. Ginsberg
Edgar Ginsber
Herbert Ginsberg
Berlin
Seville
A. T. Moffatt
ST. Regis
Walter Lytton
Chicago
Victoria
C. N. Bulger
Oswego
And
Astoria
Marquise de Beauvoir
Weather Report Forecast for Eastern States and Vessels
Official daily weather record notes a moving low pressure bringing rain and thunder across plains and central valleys, with a Saturday Atlantic front followed by cooler fair weather west of the Mississippi. Westerly winds rise along New England and mid Atlantic coasts, with brisk winds and showers in several districts. Sunday brings cooler, drier conditions in many areas.
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Washington
Plains States
Lake Region
Atlantic States
Mississippi River
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
New England
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
European
Grand Banke
Atlantic
Baltimore
New York
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Weather Bureau
Loesi
Obituary of Daniel N Stanton Contractor Linked to Railroads
Daniel N Stanton a longtime railroad contractor died at his home 16 Audubon Avenue at eighty one. Born in Bartlett New Hampshire he began in railroad construction at sixteen with the Bow tion Concord and Montreal line. He worked on Grand Trunk Boston Hartford Erie Portland and Ogdensburg Troy Southern Delaware Lackawanna Western and Erie railroads and led the Alabama Chattanooga Railroad as president. He projected the Canada Atlantic Railway and served as president of the Security Bank Boston. In 188? he moved his offices to New York where he remained headquartered. Funeral services will be held at his home Sunday morning.
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Daniel N. Stanton
Audubon Avenue
Mr. Stanton
Bartlett
N. H
Bowton
Captain Samuel B. Gibson Dies at 65 on Long Island
Captain Samuel B. Gibson, famed racing yachtsman and longtime Islip official, died of Bright's disease at his Bay Shore home. At sixty five, he sailed from youth to adulthood, guiding Priscilla and Mischief in major races and serving as pilot for Genesta Galatea and Thistle. He leaves a wife, three sons, and three daughters.
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Samuel B. Gibson
Bright
Bay Shore
Long Island
Gibson
Hank” Haff
Arias Rhodes
Priscilla
New York Yacht Club
Thistle
Mischief
Islip
Ex Justice Howard Douglass Died In Newark At Home
Ex Justice Howard Douglass of the Ohio Supreme Court died suddenly at No 421 Clinton Place Newark from a stomach disease He was en route to Europe for health and was staying with his brother in law George P Day His career included Knights of Pythias leadership Masonry and service as chief counsel for Chesapeake and Ohio and Baltimore and Ohio railroads He was twice a mayoral candidate and once governor candidate with a daughter and son surviving
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Howard Douglass
Supreme Court
Cincinnati
George P. Day
Clinton Place
Newark
Douglass
Europe
Mr. Day
E. C. Crank
Knights of Pythias
Order
Ohio
William H. Taft
State of
McKinley
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Spanish Consul Jose Maria Lasso Dies in Quito
Jose Maria Lasso the Spanish Consul at Quito Ecuador died suddenly in the capital two days ago. He was based in Guayaquil and died on July 15 after serving in the consulate. His death prompts official notices from the Spanish government.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
José Maria Lasso
Quito
Obituary Notes Profiles of Three Women in New York Area
OBITUARY NOTES report the deaths of Mary A D Eddy, Anna Cehicand and Rudolph Herman Kissel. Eddy, wife of William H Eddy and sister in law of Brigadier General J G Eddy, died of pneumonia at 96 Park Place Brooklyn. Born August 21 1954 in Brooklyn, she leaves husband, one son and three daughters. Cehicand died at Davis Street and Words Avenue Rockville Centre Long Island. born in Paris fifty eight years ago and arrived in the U S two years ago. Kissel, daughter of the late David P Morgan, died at Inamere Farm Morristown New Jersey. survived by husband and four children Mrs James Ely Miller Miss Ina Kissel Miss Eleanor Kissel and Gustave Kissel.
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Mary A. D. Eddy
William H. Eddy
J. G. Eddy
Park Place
Brooklyn
Mrs. Eddy
Anna Cehicand
William Allal Balliere
Davis Street
Words Avenue
Rockville Centre
Long Island
Paris
France
Rudolph Herman Kissel
Kissel
Inamere Farm
Morristown
N. J
David P. Morgan
James Ely Miller
Ina Kissel
Eleanor Kissel
Gustave Kissel
Hart Will Contested Over Paris Domicile Question
Benjamin Hart's will, made in Paris before his death on May 11, is being challenged by multiple parties in New York. Donald Harper, an international lawyer, filed papers. July 20 is the Surrogate return date. Contestants include Mme Gabrielle Guillemin and Estelle Kitty Hart, who cites a divorce claim from 1888. the case raises questions of domicile and Parisian vs French form.
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Benjamin Hart
Paris
Donald Harper
No. 2
Broad Street
New York
Mr. Harper
Mme
Gabrielle Josephine Guillemin
Mr. Hart
Jean Guillemin
Vienna
Mme. Guillemin
Hart
Estelle Kitty Hart
Franklin Bien
Beekman Street
Bien
Harper
Plaza
Gala Night at Dreamland in Aid of Firemen Memorial Fund
The fifteenth benefit for the Firemen's Memorial Fund, chaired by Bishop Potter, will be held at Dreamland on August 2 with Tor Reynolds serving as host. Proceeds support the Firemen's Memorial Fund.
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Firemen’s Memorial Fund
Bishop Potter
Benator Reynolds
Dreamland
To Save the Robin from Louisiana Legislation
The Louisiana Legislature repealed the law classing the robin as game. Robins wintering in the state were slaughtered for meat, while insect-eating robins guard crops. Scientists note robins eat many pests, and their decline could threaten crops and trees, with fines existing in New York for killing robins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
New York State
Child's Tribute to Uncle Remus Brings Quiet Moment
A Cleveland man recounts telling his daughter that Uncle Remus is dead, prompting a tender moment as the child reflects on Brer Rabbit and the sorrow of loss. The piece centers on a father's affectionate connection to Joel Chandler Harris folklore and a daughter's emotional response.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Dea
Elks Reunion Ends in Dallas with Emblem and Prizes
The 1908 Elks reunion closed in Dallas as the grand lodge adjourned to meet July 11 in Los Angeles. An official Elks emblem was adopted featuring a dial hour indicator, white face, red numerals, a blue circle with B P O E initials, an elk head with gold antlers, a red five point star, and enamel dial and border. Prizes awarded included a $20 Special handicap prize for best decorated building and top lodges in parade from Fort Worth, Sherman, Corsicana, Austin, Mineral Wells, and Waco with sums ranging from $15 to $500.
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Dallas
Tex
Elks
Grand Lodge
Los Angeles
Dallas News
Fort Worth
Sherman
Corsica
Funeral of Thomas D. Jordan Former Equitable official
Funeral services were held for Thomas D. Jordan former controller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society at St Agnes Chapel located at $24 street and Columbus avenue. The Rev George A Hanna officiated and burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Englewood resident Jordan died suddenly at Wall Street subway station on Tuesday afternoon.
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Thomas D. Jordan
Equitable Life Assurance Society
St. Agnes’s Chapel
Columbus Avenue
George A. Hanna
Greenwood Cemetery
Equitable
Jordan
Englewood
N. J
Wall Street
Subway
Memorial notices from The Tribune appear for several families
Death notices list Carpenter Kineel Minford Olton Rainey Ryer Sealy Skelly Smith Stanton Stimson Woolley and others with funeral dates and locations across New York Philadelphia and Morristown. Details include residences, interment sites, and service times. interments in Greenwood Dedham Holy Cross and other cemeteries.
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Minford
50Th St
Emma Matthieases Minford
Thomas
A. Louisa Minford
Philadelphia
Olton
Oak Lane
Robert Pierce Olton
Lila Stutt Olton
A. Hastings Olton
Greenwood, Rainey
Kinderhook
N.Y
Sarah Elizabeth Waterman
William H. Rainey
Ryer
University Place
William Ryer
Taylor's
East 23d St
Sealy
Newark
S. J
Emma Caroline
John
Lydia Tuttle Sealy
Washington St
St. Paul
Minn
Woodlawn Cemetery Accessible by Harlem Trains and Trolleys
The Woodlawn Cemetery is readily accessible by Harlem trains from Grand Central, via Webster and Jerome Avenue trolleys and by carriage. Lots start at $150. Services offered by Frank Fe Campbell at 2413 West 234 Street and office hours at 20 East 231 Street New York City. telephone 4352 Gramercy for Book of Views or representative. Private and public ambulances. Tel 1324 Chelaea.
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Harlem
Grand Central Station
Webster and
Jerome Avenue
Gramercy
East 231 St
New York City
Frank FE. Campbell
West
Uptown Tribune opens file of job applicants for quick access
Special notices advertise the Uptown Office of The New York Tribune at 1364 Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets. The office invites employers to consult a newly installed file of selected aspirants for various positions to save time and expense. Office hours run from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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THE
NEW York Tribune
Broadway
Tribune Subscription and Foreign Rates Notice
Sunday Daily Tribune offers mail delivery worldwide with flexible address changes. Subscriptions available via dealer or Tribune Office with various domestic and foreign rates, including daily and weekly editions and per copy options. Offices listed in New York and abroad for subscriptions and advertisements.
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Tribune
United States
Mexico
Manhattan
Bronx
Cube
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Philippines
Tribune Ares
New York City
Dassaan Cn
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