Plane Wreck During Hempstead Stunt Ends With Injury
Captain James S. Baldwin wrecked his biplane during a planned between-clump stunt near Garden City Long Island. He escaped serious injury with only a shaken hip while the aircraft broke apart, engines intact. Joe Seymour and Clifford Harmon witnessed and aided after the crash as crowds gathered.
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Long Island
James S. Baldwin
Cap‘sit Baliwir
Seymour
Harmon
Our
Garden City
Baldwin
Joe Seymour
Ater Baldwin
H It
Clifford Harmon
Plains
Army to Watch Hamilton Aviator Arrives for Nashville Flight
Charlies K. Hamilton, the aviator born in New Britain twenty nine years ago, arrived here after a visit there. He will depart tonight for Nashville where he plans a series of flights starting Monday. His machine was shipped to Nashville yesterday. He regrets missing the Bay meeting with Colonel Roosevelt due to War Department timing. He may attend the Mineola tag day contest and later aims for a Union to Edinburgh flight for a £50,000 prize from The London Daily Mail.
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Charlies K. Hamilton
New Britain
Conn
Nashville
Tonn
Roosevelt
Washington
Mineola
Hotel Astor
Hamil- Me
Union
Edinburgh
London Daily Mail
Wrights to fly in Illinois at Aurora celebration
The Wright brothers will make their first aeroplane flights in Illinois as the main feature of Aurora’s home celebration on July 2 and 3. Under a contract with Aurora merchants they will each give one flight daily for $5.08 per flight, with a possible attempt from Dayton, Ohio, or a comparable location.
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Lil
Wright Ma
Wrights
Dayton
Ohio
Lewis Strang Plans Trial Flight Today at Garden City
Lewis Strang, famed auto racing driver, aims for a trial aeroplane flight at Garden City at 10 o'clock today. The biplane, built by Philip Wilcox from Columbia University, features an eight cylinder engine supplied by Uewer. Strang indicated favorable wind conditions and said he may proceed Wednesday if possible.
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Lewis Strang
Garden Ity
Philip Wilcox
Columbia University
Rao
Uewer
Garden City
Brookins Sets Record As Aeroplane War Tool Emerges
Brookins’s new record on a complete turn stands at 625 seconds after a climb from 400 feet, with an 80 degree bank. Observers say endurance, altitude, speed, and maneuverability prove aircraft will be vital in future warfare for reconnaissance and bombing on troop columns and wagon trains.
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Mr. Wright
Indianapolis
Brookins
Wright
Paulhan
Hamilton
Curtiss
English Rugby Team Plan Aims to Reintroduce U S Eastern Rugby
London June 17 report negotiations near completion for a combined Oxford Cambridge varsity team to visit the United States to reestablish Rugby football in Eastern schools and universities. Theodore Roosevelt urged Americans to learn from Cambridge how to curb brutality without dropping the game.
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London
Oxford-Cambridge
United States
Theodore Roosevelt
Cambridge Union
Roosevelt
Cambridge
Banker in Auto Crash
Isaac B. Edwards, president of the Second National Bank, was thrown from his runabout in front of Dr. Edric Parmly's Rumson Road home when a touring car driven by Charles E. R. Toombs struck from the rear. Edwards, over eighty, suffered a scalp wound as his carriage was wrecked. Toombs was arrested at Seabright and held for a hearing. Edwards was returned home by Dr. Gill Wiley's car.
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Tribune
Red Bank
N. J
Isaac B. Edwards
Second National Bank
Edric Parmly
Rumson Road
Allenhurst
Charles E. R. Toombs
West 9Th Street
New York
Edwards
Toombs
Seabright
Mr. Edwards
Gill Wiley
New Wage Schedule Proposed for Pennsylvania Rail Road
Harrisburg June 17 A new wage schedule for Pennsylvanias rail road workers east of Pittsburgh and Erie has been presented to the grievance committee and is under review at special lodge meetings. Officials and union reps withhold exact figures while awaiting reception details on how salaries will be paid. The April 1 six percent raise stirred discontent as it fell short of the general Eastern wage movement. The road officials indicate the new scale may be the final word on higher wages.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Erie
Washington
Senate Committee On Privileges and Elections
Lorimer
Ilinois
Rocky Mountains
Yellowstone National Park
America
Canadian Rockies
Alps
Himalayas
Yellowstone Park
Portland
Seattle
The
Park
Puget Sound
Vancouver
Laggan
Banff
St. Paul
Chicago
Pullman
C. Studds
Fifth Avenue
New York
Geo. W. Boyd
Broad Street
Philadelphia
Kellerman Fined 30 Dollars For Speed Violation
Annette Kellerman, vaudeville headliner, was convicted in Special Sessions of violating the automobile speed law and sentenced to pay a $30 fine or serve five days in the Tombs. Two justices wanted a $2 fine but Justice Hoyt urged none. Kellerman paid $39 to the clerk, then drove away in her touring car.
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Annette Kellerman
Justice Hoyt
Miss Kellerman
Clerk Dressler
Judge Hoyt
Cincinnati Investors Repay United Wireless Stock
June 17 report notes Cincinnatians received checks or money representing investments in United Wireless Telegraph Company. Officers were arrested on charges of misusing funds. About 45,000 dollars of stock had been sold locally. following arrests, the local agent voided all transactions and returned mails.
Bannard Declines Bennet Club Presidency Citing Europe Trip
Bannard told Bennet Club, Incorporated officials he cannot serve as president because he will be in Europe for a short time and not back before the campaign. Managers planned to consult with the congressman and choose another candidate for club president. Brownell hinted Williams might be named president yesterday.
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Bannard
Bennet Club, Incorporated
Europe
The
Bennet
T. the Williams
Hoboken Faces 360000 Deficit in City Funds
Hoboken city officials confirmed a deficit of 306,008 dollars after reductions in ratable values were fixed by local assessors and cut by the State Tax Board and courts, ending a controversy over Hoboken’s finances.
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Hoboken
N. J
Smith
Browne Trial Witness Reports Coercion Over Lorimer Vote
Representative Michael S. Link testified he was coerced by State's Attorney Wayman to admit receiving $1,000 from Browne to back Lorimer for U.S. Senate. Link quoted threats of prison and family harm as investigators pressed for a confession. Beckemeyer admitted payment as a reward, while other testimony noted prior promises and payments tied to Lorimer's election. Deputy detectives shadowed witnesses as defense plans to call 73 more witnesses next week.
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Chicago
Michael S. Link
Lee O'Neil Browne
Illinois
Wayman
Browne
William Lorimer
United States
Link
Beckemeyer
Lorimer
Brown
Southern
St. Louis
Lee
Erbstein
Mollie Vandeveer
East St. Louis
Ill
Charles A. White
June White
White
Joseph S. Geshkewich
Geshkewich
Two Cops Rescue Many From Brooklyn Tenement Fire
Patrolmen Goubeaud and Johnson of Hamilton Avenue station Brooklyn rescued several residents from a three story brick tenement at 105 Hamilton Avenue early yesterday. Goubeaud aided Mr and Mrs Louis Carguile from the second floor and later saved Mr and Mrs John Rosso from the top floor after the stairway burned away. He then carried Dominic and Mary Cargullo from their apartment to safety in an adjoining building.
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Goubeaud and
Johnson
Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn
Goubeaud
Louis Carguile
John Rosso
Cargullos
Dominic
Mary
Norwegian steamer Ragnarok ashore near Dutch Gap
The Norwegian steamer Ragnarok traveling from Nova Scotia to Norfolk with lumber has been washed ashore by a swirl current at Dutch Gap, fifteen miles below Richmond. Tugs are attempting to free her.
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Richmond
Nova Scotia
Norfolk
Dutch Gap
Complaint Against Estrada Sparks Investigation In Washington
A second protest from the owners of a Nicaraguan company in the Bluefields region prompts a Washington inquiry into a complaint. The dispute concerns orders forbidding ships from stopping to load fruit at a plantation near the coast and the role of the trade authority in the matter.
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Washington
Eens of Company
Nicaragua
Ronee
Banane Department
Clairvoyant in West 45th building linked to young assistant death
Samir Ellis a Hindu clairvoyant with rooms at 7 and 9 West 45th street told police Paul Hamburger his young assistant, died after a gunshot to the chest. Investigators tested powder residue to determine if Hamburger could have fired the fatal shot, while Ellis faces suspicion and is held without bail as Coroner Holtzhauser weighs whether Hamburger shot himself.
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West 45Th Street
Paul Hamburger
Ellis
Edward Ellis
Knapp
Flower Hospital
Hamburger
William A. Jones
Homicide Bureau of Police Headquarters
Tierney
East 51St Street
Holtzhauser
O’hanlon
Elis
Sporting Goods
John Dempsey
West 145Th Street
Berlin
M. Harold Hochdorf
No. 61
Park Row
East List Street
Court of Special Sessions
Explosive Gasoline Blast Injures Brooklyn Firemen
Three men were burned in a gasoline explosion at Brooklyn Fire Headquarters on Jay Street. Chauffeur Joseph De Moll suffered serious injuries including loss of hair and facial burns. Foreman Thomas Robb and Firemen Shaughnessy Doran and Southwick sustained facial neck and hand burns. They were treated and released. The blast drew thousands as crews responded and investigators traced the odor to an airshaft after De Moll lit a match despite a no flame rule.
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Brooklyn
Jay Street
Joseph de Moll
Thomas Lally
St. Peter’s Hospital
Thomas Robb
Shaughnessy
Doran
Southwick
White
Fulton Street
Adams Street
Shaw
Sally
de Moll
Hope to Avert Strike in Railroads Across Region
Washington reports a serious labor mood on railways south of the Potomac and east of the Mississippi, affecting conductors and trainmen. Mediators Knapp and Neill began interstate talks under the Erdman act at the roads’ request with employee acquiescence. No statements issued beyond confirmation of intervention and ongoing negotiations. The workers seek sizable wage hikes and major working-condition changes.
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Washington
Potomac
Mississippi River
Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Charles P. Neill
Guggenheim Tax Appeal Rejected By Supreme Court
Trenton New Jersey June 17 The Supreme Court ruled against Solomon R Guggenheim who appealed a 40000 personal tax assessment from Long Branch in 19% arguing he was a New York citizen when the property was assessed The decision affirms the tax liability and sets a precedent for similar residency disputes.
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Trenton
N. J
Supreme Court
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Long Branch
Guggenheim
New York
Bad Medical Colleges In United States Report
Chicago June 17 The Carnegie Foundation report on U S medical colleges is published by the American Medical Association council on medical education after six years of investigation with multiple site checks. It notes a drop from 168 to 133 schools, with 70 in Class A first class and 29 in Class B needing improvement, 27 in Class C. the Negro schools receive a lenient rating. The council calls for more uniform state regulation, reciprocity between states, and a medical student registry.
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Chicago
Carnegie Foundation
Unite States
Council On Medical Education
American Medical Association
Reference Committee
Council
United States
Woman Indicted for Arson in Flatbush Cottage Fire
Mrs Eloise Acosta Greene of 958 Argyle Road Flatbush was indicted by the Brooklyn grand jury on second and third degree arson charges for allegedly setting fire to her cottage on March 16 to collect insurance while she was at a theatre. She pleaded not guilty as evidence of planned ignition with lit candles was cited by Acting Marshal Thomas P Brophy.
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Eloise Acosta Greene
Argyle Road
Flatbush
Brooklyn Grand Jury
Perkins Returns from Chicago to New York Talks on Rates
George W. Perkins left Chicago for New York after conferences with Western business interests. A near settlement is reported between railroad men and shippers over a freight rate rise. Perkins urged influential shippers to back higher rates to improve railroad revenue and credit for needed improvements and country prosperity.
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Tribune
Chicago
George W. Perkins
New York
Perkins
No Lack of Candidates for New Jersey Governor Nomination
James Nugent calls a June 2 meeting in Asbury Park of the Democratic State Committee. Frank Katzenbach Jr of Trenton is the most talked of potential nominee, though he denies interest. Senator George Silzer is largely out of contention, with Ex Mayor George Viehman of New Brunswick seen as a dark horse. Some younger Democrats push for Mayor H Otto Wittpenn of Jersey City, though his viability remains uncertain.
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James Nugent
Democratic State Committee of
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Frank Katzenbach, Jr
Trenton
George Silzer
Middlesex
Silzer
George Viehman
New Brunswick
H. Otto Wittpenn
Jersey City
Court rules county clerks need not provide free title searches
Albany June 17 Justice Le Beuf of the Supreme Court holds county clerks are not obligated to furnish free title searches for land to be taken by the state for barge canal projects. About five thousand searches are involved and the ruling averts thousands of dollars in fees to county clerks if the AG’s claim that the state was entitled to free searches had prevailed.
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Albany
le Beuf
Supreme Court
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