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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
7
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Bills propose a 2 5 of a mill direct tax on taxable rent and property to fund highway and canal bonds. Republicans warn of voter backlash and tie the move to Governor Hughes. Inheritance tax plans, primary election reforms, and graft probes also circulate as session winds down.
A New York City clash of aeronautic groups splits delegates at the Waldorf and Hotel Astor. The American Aeronautic Association and the Aeronautic Federation of America clash over control, with withdrawals, reorganizations, and a plan to form a National Council of Affiliated Clubs. Hudson Maxim is named president of the remaining federation forces as the fight continues into August.
The article details an airship named Deutschland with a 485 foot length and 46 foot width. It holds 24 852 cubic yards of gas and uses three motors totaling 33 horsepower. Its planned speed is 35 miles per hour with a 44 000 pound lifting capacity. It aims for a 700 mile continuous flight and follows a Rhine oriented route. The design follows Zeppelin models and notes prior wrecks of Count Zeppelin I and II after notable trips.
Four men assaulted Patrick White a comedian and theater manager living at the Hotel Normandie early yesterday morning. They beat him with a blackjack and robbed jewelry worth over 51.4. A cabman found him unconscious and took him to the Normandie where he was revived. Detectives Shibels and Nelson arrested three men at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue and charged them with assault and robbery. The suspects deny involvement. White could not identify them.
The American Aeronautic Association with New York offices is incorporated to issue licenses for aeronauts under its rules. It will conduct aerial meets and establish aviation schools. Directors include Joseph T. Adams James King Duffy Mayer C. Goldman George Mitchell Haas Augustus Post and others from New York Brooklyn Westfield Chicago and more.
Charles K. Hamilton flew a biplane at night in Nashville after darkness, lasting eighteen minutes. Unannounced to ten thousand spectators, the white aeroplane dazzled the crowd as it climbed above lights and dipped toward the grandstand three times, thrilling onlookers.
Arrangements are nearly complete for flights and tests of aeroplanes on the Hempstead Plains between Garden City and Mineola. Some support Vanderbilt's Long Island motor parkway but its isolated location may keep it unused. Several machines will attempt flights tomorrow evening.
Schapser Yawerbaum, a 29 year old Russian immigrant awaiting deportation at Ellis Island, leaped into the harbor from the Statue of Liberty end, surfaced at Communipaw then was taken by ambulance to City Hospital where he refused food, declaring he would rather die than return penniless.
Mrs. Charlies T. Bacon died last night in Bedford Westchester from apparent poisoning after sharing beer with her husband who is dying. They lived with son in law Charles Reynolds. An autopsy will be held by Coroner Squire in Ossining.
Provisional columns under Generals Mena Carton and Macis reached Acoyapa after feeble opposition as Madriz troops fled inland. Acoyapa garrison numbers about 300 while Mena commands 1500. a rapid assault is expected. The Venus patrol along the coast captured several towns with Cape Gracias yielding minor revenue.
Mrs W P G Harding wife of the First National Bank of Birmingham president shot herself at her Glen Iris Park home. She was found alone in her room with a pistol. Her husband left for Savannah shortly before the act. Surviving are three daughters. her parents Mr. and Mrs Sydenham Moore are named.
Guy R. Johnson former president of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company shot and fatally wounded himself at his Birmingham home about 7 P M He attributed the act to business reverses and physicians say there is no hope of recovery The incident occurred in June and the death is treated as a suicide after a personal crisis.
Albany June 22 Governor Hughes signed amendments to the Code of Civil Procedure. One allows a county judge within his county to exercise powers of Supreme Court justices. An appeal to the Court of Appeals requires an undertaking filed with the clerk where the original judgment or order was entered. He also signed the Hains bill establishing a tuberculosis hospital commission for Yonkers.
In an opinion to Commissioner James S. Whipple the Attorney General holds that the lands of the state forest preserve must be kept in their original natural wildness and beauty and that not even a rock or stone may be removed.
In New York an 18 foot skiff carrying Miss Marion Taylor Miss Gertrude Arden and Wilton Farnum along with owner Arthur Seymour capsized by a barge wake near Fort Washington Point. Taylor sank before rescue Arden was saved Farnum and Seymour survived while police searched for Taylor.
Henry W. Savage signed contracts with Klaw & Erlanger and the National Theatre Owners' Association to allow his productions to play in both syndicate and independent theatres. The arrangement aims to end hostilities and open doors to all major cities, with Savage presenting in open door houses and smaller circuits. John Cort welcomes the accord, signaling a broader settlement in the theatre war and plans for new and revival productions across the United States.
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