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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1910
Page
18
Charles K Hamilton skipped a rain soaked Canada-style cross country flight at Mineola after a crowd gathered on Hempstead Plains. Spectators, including a Boston boy, await a demonstration while debate over Curtiss Wright patent fights and prize money looms. Hamilton remains focused on future experiments and laboratory work rather than immediate races.
Wilbur Wright is expected to arrive today as aviation events hinge on the invention owners receiving a share of net proceeds. Mr Hamilton will fly this afternoon at Mineola between 4 and 7 unless weather matches yesterday. Observers say Wright's flights persist despite strong winds and he plans to fly to Philadelphia and back next Saturday. On Thursday night he will be the Aeronautical Society honor guest at No 1999 Broadway club rooms.
Glenn H Curtiss plans a flight from Cleveland to Put-in-Bay and then Detroit for a purse rumored to exceed 55000. George Gibbs, his representative, says an offer of 190 from John B Ferrell of a local park plus contributions from Detroit and Put-in-Bay residents will fund the trip. The journey would occur during the July 14 week aligned with Detroit Elks national convention.
A planned long flight by William Van Sleet of Pittsfield and Boston companions J. B. Benton and F. P. Bowker ended twenty-five miles from the start in Pittsfield. The Massachusetts balloon Massachusetts crossed three states in five hours passing the New York line and the Hudson near Troy before a safe landing in Vermont. Altitude reached 7.30 feet.
Prince Fushimi and his wife tour the United States in a world trip. In New York he dines with Henry Clews at 27 East List Street and meets Japanese residents, with a dinner at Sherry's and a Tokyo society event at the Astor. In Washington he will inspect naval factories, dine with the President and Knox, and visit Mount Vernon before continuing to Philadelphia, Boston, Niagara Falls, Chicago, and San Francisco. The voyage ends with a June 21 sail from the Golden Gate.
Arrangements completed for a Topeka to Kansas City fifty mile air race next Saturday with J. C. Mars and W. F. Willard as contestants. Prize money was raised to $1,009 tonight and will grow further before the event.
In Versailles on June 5 Maurice Farman and Georges Besancon crashed their aircraft but remained unharmed as the machine dumped to near ground level. Both men escaped serious injuries despite a hard fall during the incident.
The article outlines the life of humorist O Henry, his marriages and daughter Margaret Porter, and notes his death in New York after illness. It also recounts a tumultuous Coney Island day with a lioness mauling trainer, a missing daughter found on a Bowery stage, a runaway horse incident, and general menagerie and crowds amid bad weather.
Baltimore reports charges of corruption widen in the inquiry into the First Branch of the City Council regarding the Consolidated Gas and Electric natural gas ordinance. Foreman Cassard to hear more names. five councilmen have already been named. Councilmen deny, preparing counter charges as the grand jury may act this week.
Alfred Renshaw laborer of 20 West 6th Street awoke in pain after falling from a couch through an open window to the yard below. A patrolman and Dr Newcomb of Flower Hospital, who tended him, reported broken nose dislocation of left hip and possible internal injuries. The incident occurred last evening at his residence.
The steamship Creole arrives from New Orleans after a long absence, noting turbine engines failed and reciprocating engines gave good service. On the voyage home she spoke the distressed schooner Mary L. Crosby forty miles south southeast of Diamond Shoals Lightship, which was leaking and dismasted. the captain declined to abandon ship and asked Creole to send for tugs.
Frank Knapp of 193 Front Street Brooklyn fired a revolver at his right thigh ten days ago while rising for a national holiday. Tetanus set in and last night he was reported dying in Brooklyn Hospital.
Louisville reports the arrest today of a man matching the description of Joseph Wendling in the murder of Alma Kellner. Police say he spoke incoherently about blood on his hands and had only worked a week as a laborer at a Bowling Green mill.
While en route from Rio de Janeiro to this port the Lamport and Holt liner Voltaire lost her boatswain Christian Thorsen after he fell overboard while securing an awning. Lifebuoys were thrown, but no trace was found despite an hour of searching. the ship resumed its voyage.
Three chauffeurs escaped injury after a rain slick double collision at Fifth Avenue and Sith Street. Harry Suthland of West Sith Street and Bernard Kiernan of West 3rd Street collided as Kiernan failed to stop. Nathan Gold of East 168th Street owned a touring car struck in the rear as it passed. All three drivers continued, with only minor scratches on their vehicles.
Philadelphia, June 5. Patrick King and Charles Davis, reputed nationwide thieves, were held in bail after detectives linked them to a robbery of Charles Walton just after he withdrew money from a bank. King, identified by a local detective from prior Toronto appearances, is said to use multiple aliases and has a history across Canada and the U.S. South and Northwest.
Norah Bayes and husband Jack Norworth were at the Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn last week when bicyclist Patrolman Shields arrested their chauffeur for speeding on Broadway. Lawrence Rooney of West Thirty Fifth Street posted 100 bail after a Jefferson Market Court appearance before Magistrate Appleton.
Colonel Samuel H. Church a longtime Pennsylvania Railroad figure and Carnegie representative in Pittsburg writes to Governor Stuart urging a pardon for W. W. Ramser of the German National Bank. He argues laws favor the rich while the poor face harsher punishment, citing recent bail practices and contrasting cases of rich officials and a poor man. Church urges immediate pardons or shortened sentences for many inmates.
A short circuit in the third rail at the Brooklyn Bridge station caused a small fire and dense smoke yesterday. Passengers fled to the platform as explosions followed, and police and fire crews battled the blaze under Captain Sullivan. Traffic was halted over an hour with trains in darkness below the bridge before service resumed.
S J Konenkamp national president arrived in the city to organize a wireless division. He left for Chicago to preside at a June 13 telegraphers convention and announced the branch already formed. He renewed a one year agreement with the International News Association and reported improved union relations including a working agreement with the Order of Railroad Telegraphers.
A stranger who gave the name John Molloy of New York was arrested in La Crosse after persistently seeking a streetcar to New York. He was moved from the central police station to a hospital where Dr. Wolf, the city physician, warns he may not live twenty four hours due to kidney trouble affecting his brain. Molloy claims amnesia about how he arrived in La Crosse and denies being in a New York suburb.
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