More Aviation Prizes Honor Glenn Curtiss at Press Club
A dinner honoring Glenn H. Curtiss featured new prize offers from The Scientific American and The New York Evening World. The Scientific American announced a $15,000 two-motor prize, while a silver perpetual trophy would reward the longest continuous amateur cross-country flight. Notables included John A. Hennessy and Fire Commissioner Waldo. Curtiss received prolonged applause as speakers recalled his pioneering NY flight at Morris Park and other aviation milestones.
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Glenn H. Curtis
Press Club
J. B. Walker
Scientific American
Edwin Gould
W. A. Johnson
New York Evening World
Clifford B. Harmon
Aero Club of America
United States
Harmon
Los Angeles
Paulhan
Garden City
John A. Hennessy
Waldo
Winfield R. Sheehan
Charles H. Manly
Lee S. Burridge
Frederick Humphries
William J. Hammer
W. L. Fairchild
Hennessy
Curtiss
Mr. Burridge
The
Aeronautical Society
New York
Morris Park
J. T. Trowbridge
Darius Green
Charlies M. Manly
Thomas A. Hill
Brooklyn Doctors. Political Clubs Form Tuberculosis Fight
In Brooklyn the 1st Assembly District Republican Club led a cross party effort to organize a city wide tuberculosis fight across Kings County. Representatives from all 23 Assembly districts met at the Long Island Historical Society Hall to create a district by district campaign aligned with the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities.
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Brooklyn
Republian Club
Kings County
Long Island Historical Society
Clinton and
Pierrepont Streets
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
R. Ross Appleton
Darlington
J. A. McCockle
Thomas L. Fogarty
Charities Commissioner
Feraerick B. Pratt
James Jenkins
E. F. Sanderson
Church of the Pilgrims
Steers
R. F. Downing
John H. McCovey
Kings
D. Harry Ralston
Michael J. Cady
Applestons
Johnson to testify in Kohler immorality hearing
Cleveland June 7. A long list of witnesses testified for Chief of Police Frederick Kohler facing charges of gross immorality and habitual drunkenness. They stated no signs of intoxication on Kohler and the hearing will resume tomorrow with ex-Mayor Tom L. Johnson expected as the principal witness.
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Cleveland
Frederick Kohler
Kohler
Tom L. Johnson Iss
Judge Recommends Discharge for Jewelers Robbery Case
Seaman Miller, bankruptcy referee at No 2 Rector Street, recommends discharging Oscar C Jackie jeweller of No 866 Third Avenue after creditors failed to prove he swindled funds or concealed assets. Jackie claimed a burglary on December 7 1908 stole jewelry worth 15000 to 18000 and 1500 to 2000 in cash. court found robbery alleged but not proven by additional accusations.
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Rector Street
Oscar C. Jackie
Third Avenue
Jackle
Miller
Jackie
Settlement Proposed on Metropolitan Street Railway Tax Arrears
Controller Prendergast received from the Corporation Counsel a tentative settlement plan for Metropolitan Street Railway franchise taxes. It proposes a payment of 750000 to settle the nine year arrears, after receivers previously paid 2640000. The Mayor supports the proposal, which awaits final approval after bureau review. The case would close the city’s major arrears with a major carrier.
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Corporation
Metropolitan Street Railway Company
Metropolitan
Consolidated Gas Company
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Berger Seeks Milwaukee Mayor’s Advice on Governance
Victor Berger an alderman at large and adviser to Milwaukee’s Socialist mayor Seidel met Mayor Gaynor at City Hall for fifteen minutes. Berger said Gaynor impressed him as a philosopher, historian, and practical thinker, and advised avoiding autocratic power. He urged slow action and decisions aimed at the majority’s interests.
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Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Seidel
Gaynor
Berser
Emerson's Suit Quickly Tried
Caspar E Emerson Jr an artist of Philadelphia filed for divorce from Mrs Katherine M Emerson citing gypsy violinist Rigo as corespondent. Justice Greenbaum heard the case in the Supreme Court yesterday without the defendant present or represented. Defendant said she was traveling in the West. decision reserved.
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Caspar E. Emerson, Jr
Philadelphia
Katherine M Emerson
Rigo
Justice Greenbaum
Supreme Court
Victims of the Deadly Farm
News dispatches report farm hazards across the region. F. W. Dobbs of Lisbon Ohio died after a bull attack while clinging to a tree with one arm broken. Warren Wray near Tyrone Pennsylvania was killed by a colt. Mrs Jacob Uhler of Greenville Pennsylvania lost a finger to a pet horse. Mrs John W Johnson of Willow Bend West Virginia was knocked down and trampled while separating fighting turkeys.
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Pittsburg
F. W. Dobbs
Lisbon
Ohio
Dobbs
Warren Wray
Tyrone
Penn
Greenville
Jacob Uhler
John W. Johnson
Willow Bend
Monroe County
W. Va
Meadows Must Serve Sentence For Grand Larceny
Harold G. Meadows a Buf alo stock broker must serve his sentence at Auburn prison for a term of six years and three months after the Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court verdict of grand larceny in the first degree. He procured stocks on the order of E. Silverthorne and used the $12,012 check for personal use, not paying for the stock in Albany.
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Harold G. Meadows
Bufalo
Auburn Grison
Court of Appeals
Toet
Meadows
Ia EE Silverthorne
Albany
Wilbur Wright predicts long distance flights and future wins
Three top American aviators, including Wilbur Wright, Glenn Curtiss, and Charles Hamilton, gathered in New York to discuss aviation and the Louis Paulhan case. Wright touted military uses for airplanes and predicted his craft would enter long distance contests, while hinting at new developments at the Indianapolis aviation meet.
Baldwin Skims At Garden City Air Show In Dusk Flight
Captain Thomas Baldwin provided the solo excitement at Garden City aviation grounds as he skimmed for about forty five seconds at dusk. The other aviator Hamilton missed flying due to quote bolts still missing for a new propeller. Hamilton planned an automobile trip at ten o clock to pick a flight route to Philadelphia to avoid the Pennsylvania Railroad station.
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Baldwin
Garden City
Hamilton
Aeronautical Society
Philadelphia
Captain Baldwin
Hotel Astor
Fort Lee Ferry
Jersey Side
Hoboken
Pennsylvania Railroad
Senate confirms A Piatt Andrew as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Washington June 7 The Senate confirmed A Piatt Andrew of Massachusetts as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury to succeed Charles Dyer Norton who became secretary to President Taft No successor to the Mint director has yet been named
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Washington
Senate
A. Piatt Andrew
Massachusetts
the Treasury
Charles Dyer Norton
Taft
Andrew
Mint
Potter Resigns as Charities Bureau Chief in City Finance
Daniel C. Potter resigns from the Bureau of Charitable Institutions in the Finance Department after years of service under Controller Grout. Controller Prendergast accepts the resignation and appoints Thomas W. Hynes, ex Deputy Commissioner of Charities, at a salary of 3000 a year amid reports Potter's dissatisfaction since early in the year over a policy to end city business by automobile.
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Daniel C. Potter
Bureau of Charitable Institutions
Finance Department
Grout
Controller Prendergast
Thomas W. Hynes
Charities
Potter
Prendergast
Thomas W. Hynes Named Head of City Ambulance Service
Thomas W. Hynes chosen as head of the city ambulance service organized by Charities Commissioner Drummond Police Commissioner Baker and Dr Brannan of Bellevue and Allied Hospitals. Temporary appointment as Civil Service Commission weighs classified status. Hynes long active in charity work and Brooklyn resident for forty years, with prior public service including Port Rico general auditor and Deputy Commissioner of Charities. He is an independent Democrat living at 1332 Pacific Street.
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Baker
Brannan
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Civil Service Commission
Hynes
Brooklyn
Board of Education
Old City
Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Low
Hughes
State Prison Board
Charities
McClellan
eHe
Pacific Street
Black Files Contest for Pittsburgh House Seat
Dr R J Black of McKeesport filed a contest with the County Commissioners over votes cast between the Monongahela and Youghiogheny rivers in the 30th District. He contends the new apportionment places the area in both the 30th and 32d Districts, potentially changing Dalzell’s 40 vote margin. Unofficial returns show Dalzell leading by 386 votes, but Black seeks to have 340 votes counted for him or rejected. House certification and printing issues edge the dispute, and ballots for the contested territory were printed for the 36th District on a prior county ruling.
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Pittsburg
R. J. Black
McKeesport
John Dalzell
Monongahela
Youghiogheny
Dalzell
Black
House of Representatives
Stuart
Monongahela River
Youghiogony
Consul Setstle Coal Strike Near Scranton
In Scranton, twelve thousand miners from Dunmore to Wilkes-Barre ended a coal strike by accepting arbitration offered by the Pennsylvania Coal Company after Italian Consul Fortunato Tiscar advised settlement. Miners voted to return to work tomorrow. officials pledged immediate arbitration.
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Penn
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Dunmore
Wilkes-Barre
Chevalier Fortunato Tiscar
Tisccar
Pennsylvania Company
Stops Naval Prizefights in Norfolk Navy Yard
The Norfolk Navy Yard executive officer Captain Parker halted a prizefight in the sail loft between Jimmy Hill the lightweight champion of St Helena and Bob Bracewell of the battleship Virginia. Wagers ran into thousands of dollars. Parker also ordered the cancellation of a June 11 bout between Ed Phillips welterweight and Szarmanitz middleweight. Enlisted men may appeal to Admiral Marshall or Washington. Naval officers support Parker's action as proper within yard limits.
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Parker
Norfolk Navy Yard
Administration Building
Jimmy” Hill
St. Helena
Bob" Bracewell
Virginia
Navy
Navy Yard
Ed” Phillips
Szarmanitz
Admiral Marshall
Department
Washington
Rolls Receives Gold Medal for Chan nel Flight Victory
London honors the Hon. Charles Stewart Rolls with the Royal Aero Club gold medal after his Dover to Calais and back flight. The achievement marks a notable milestone in early long distance aviation and elevates Rolls among pioneering pilots.
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London
The
Royal Aero Club Today
Charles Stewart Rolls
English Channel
Dover
Calais
Prison poet pardoned after larceny trial at General Sessions
The prison poet laureate of Castle Williams on Governor Island was pardoned by the Secretary of War after two years and three months of imprisonment for larceny of $500 from the New York Central. He arrived in Manhattan in quartermaster clothes with five dollars, having earned fame for verses and drawings.
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New York Central Company
Castle Williams
Governor Island
Secretary of War
Castle Bill
Manhattan
Quartermaster’s Department
Department of the East
England
Rhode Island
London
Woman held on fraud charge in Annie A. Sturla case
Mrs. Annie A. Sturla faces fraud charges as authorities detail the case. The details indicate an arrest and ongoing prosecution, with officials citing financial irregularities connected to the defendant. Local records show the filing of charges and upcoming court appearances.
Aoki Divorce Suit Filed in Carson Nevada
Helena Gladys Aoki filed for divorce from Gunjiro Aoki on desertion and failure to support. Gunjiro, once a servant in her parents’ home, is linked to Archdeacon Emery of Corte Madeira. The couple, who wed in Seattle in March 1908 amid local opposition, have one child.
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Carson
Nev
Helena Gladys Aoki
Gunjiro Aoki
Aoki
Archdeacon Emery
Episcopal Church
Corte Madeira
Seattle
Maren
Lustig’s Counsel Delays Murder Sentence
Judge Foster postponed Maurice M. Lustig’s first degree murder sentence to June 25. Counsel A A Mayper asked for delay to pursue a new trial based on newly discovered evidence about witness credibility tied to Lustig in the alleged purchase of the strychnine used to poison his wife.
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Lustig
Foster
Maurice M. Lustig
A. A. Mayper
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