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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1910
Page
6
At Mineola a heavy rain kept aviator Charles K. Hamilton from flying amid a crowd of enthusiasts and onlookers. Locals and visitors, including a Boston observer, discussed Curtiss Wright patent disputes and the race for a $96,000 prize, noting Hamilton's reliance on paid exhibitions and a share of premier prizes.
Wilbur Wright is due in town today and Mr Hamilton will fly this afternoon at Mineola between 4 and 7 o clock if weather permits. Spectators say six months of viewing proves wind cannot stop him. He plans a Philadelphia round trip next Saturday and will be guest of the Aeronautical Society at their club rooms on Thursday night at No 1999 Broadway.
Glenn H. Curtiss plans a Cleveland to Detroit flight for a purse reportedly exceeding 25,000 dollars. George Gibbs, his representative, says Farrell has offered 19,000 dollars and that funds will come from Detroit and Put-in-Bay Island backers. The route would start in Cleveland, stop at Put-in-Bay, then proceed to Detroit during the July 15 week of the Elks convention.
William Van Sleet of Pittsfield Mass and J B Benton and F P Bowker of Boston attempted a long flight in the balloon Massachusetts. After five hours and passage through three states they landed twenty five miles from the start near Pittsfield Vermont. They crossed the New York state line and flew over the Hudson River near Troy. The highest altitude reached was 7.3 feet.
Prince Fushimi of Japan, visiting with his wife, spends days in New York hosted by Henry Clews at 27 East List street. Japanese residents host a Sherry's dinner with 30 guests. He plans to visit the Brooklyn navy yard Mineola, Annapolis, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston, Niagara Falls, Chicago, then sail from San Francisco on June 21 for a world tour. In Washington he will inspect the naval gun factory and dine with the President and Knox, plus formal receptions and Mount Vernon trip.
Arrangements completed for a Topeka to Kansas City fifty mile race between aviators J. C. Mars and W. F. Willard. A prize of $1,000 was raised tonight with more funds expected next week for the event to be held next Saturday in Kansas City Missouri.
In Versailles on June 5 Maurice Farman and Georges Besancon survived a capsizing aeroplane crash. The craft dipped close to the ground and the two aeronauts fell with force but escaped serious injuries.
Baltimore reports charges of corruption rise as City Council actions on the Consolidated Gas and Electric power company ordinance prompt grand jury involvement. Councilman Wienefeld says five more names will be added. five named members deny accusations and threaten counter charges. The grand jury, led by foreman Howard Cassard, is to review the matter within the week.
Alfred Renshaw a laborer of West 66th Street slept on a couch beside an open window. He awoke in pain and a white uniformed figure, Dr. Newcomb of Flower Hospital, said the injuries included a broken nose a dislocated left hip and possible internal injuries. He was taken to Flower Hospital.
The steamship Creole, troubled by turbine engines, arrived from New Orleans after a long absence. Replacing turbines with reciprocating engines, she served well. She completed the New Orleans to port run in four days and signaled by wireless for tugs after spotting the leaking and dismasted schooner Mary N. Crosby forty miles south-southeast of Diamond Shoals Lightship.
Frank Knapp of 193 Front Street Brooklyn shot himself in the right thigh ten days ago while getting up steam for the national holiday with a revolver. Tetanus developed and last night he was reported dying in Brooklyn Hospital.
Louisville reports the arrest of a man matching Joseph Wendling in the Kellner murder case. He spoke incoherently about blood on his hands and had worked a Bowling Green mill for about a week.
The Lamport & Holt liner Voltaire en route from Rio de Janeiro to this port yesterday lost her boatswain Christian Thorsen. While securing an awning on the boat deck in May, he fell into the Atlantic and did not surface. A lifeboat was lowered and life buoys cast, but no trace was found. After an hour the ship resumed its voyage.
Contained in a yellow note, a biography of O Henry recounts his varied mythic past from tintype artist to ranch hand and the truth of his fame. It notes his marriages to Miss Sarah Crennan and the timing of his death after illness, with funeral planned at the Little Church Around the Corner and burial in Asheville.
Rescue of trainer Peter Taylor from a lioness named Duchess ends with him hospitalized. Scene unfolds before about fifty thousand spectators as Captain Jack Bonavita and Henry Falkendorff drag Taylor to safety amid a chaotic lineup of animals and crowds. A runaway horse injures a child and prompts police and hospital responses as Dreamland venues close early due to weather.
Three chauffeurs escaped injury after a double collision at Fifth avenue and Sith street. Harry K. Suthland of 150 West Sith street ran west on Sith street and hit Fifth avenue as Bernard Kiernan of 269 West 39th street moved north on Fifth avenue. A touring car owned by Nathan Gold of 9 East 163rd street was struck in the rear as it passed. All three drivers continued, each car with only a few scratches.
Philadelphia police held Patrick King and Charles Davis on bail as detectives allege the pair with country wide theft reputations robbed Charles Walton of money just after he withdrew it from a local bank. King was identified by a detective who recalled seeing him in Toronto in 19 percent and he is said to use multiple aliases including Dillon Hill Brady Lillon Barton Burton Carroll Wil bur.
Norah Bayes and her husband Jack Norworth were at the Orpheum Theatre in Brooklyn when Bicycle Patrolman Shields stopped their chauffeur Lawrence Rooney for speeding on Broadway. Rooney posted $100 bail after being held for trial in Jefferson Market Court before Magistrate Appleton.
Colonel Samuel H. Church, tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad and Andrew Carnegie’s Pittsburgh circle, urges Governor Stuart to pardon former German National Bank president W. W. Ramsey. He argues justice applies differently to the rich and the poor, citing others allowed bail or lenient treatment while Ramsey languishes in prison.
A third rail short circuit in the Brooklyn Bridge station caused an explosion and dense smoke. Fire Chief Sullivan and firefighters battled a small rubbish fire and prevented further danger as trains stalled and then resumed after about an hour. Traffic darkness affected trains below the bridge but no panic occurred.
Ss J Konenkamp national president of the Commercial Telegraphers Union has been in the city arranging for a wireless branch. He left yesterday for Chicago to preside at a June 13 telegraphers convention. The Wireless Division of the Commercial Telegraphers Union is formed. He renewed a one year agreement with the International News Association and the union now has a working agreement with the Order of Railroad Telegraphers already chartered.
Persistence in seeking a streetcar to New York leads to the arrest of a stranger who gave the name John Molloy of New York. He is moved from the central police station to a hospital. Dr. Wolf says the man may not live twenty four hours due to kidney trouble affecting his brain. Molloy cannot recall how he came to La Crosse and believes he is in a New York suburb.
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