Brooklyn inventor claims secret to defying gravity airship
Levin of 269 South 3d Street Brooklyn declares a discovered secret that would free an airship from gravity, enabling a nonstop around the earth cruise at 250 miles an hour with 42,000 horsepower engines and a crew of 4000, funded by beneficent backers rather than governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levin
Karin World
Aiscovery
Aes
Red Datan
Ors Yevin
South 3d Street
Brooklyn
United States
Earth
Mr. Levin
W J Hammer Praises The Wrights At Fort Myer
W J Hammer, longtime aero advocate and Edison associate, praises Orville and Wilbur Wright for repeated world record flights at Fort Myer Virginia. He recalls visits to Dayton in 1886 and interactions with the Wright family and Langley and Maxim, asserting aerial navigation is solved and success hinges on talent and backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Virginia
Aero Club of America
Wright Brothers
Ghie
Wrights
William J. Hammer
Thomas A. Edison
The
Aero Club
Aeronautic Society
Dayton
Mr. Hammer
S. P. Langley
Hiram G. Maxim
Baldwyn's Park
England
Messrs
Wilbur
Bishop Wright
Methodist Episcopal Church of Ohio
John W. Keely
Keely Motor Fame
Balloon splits in air during 48 hour Philadelphia flight
The Philadelphia Aeronautical Society's balloon Philadelphia, with Lt. B F Kilgore USMC and two friends aboard, rose for a planned 48 hour trip. A bag split from base to equator, ropes and anchor were cut away, and the craft ascended to seven thousand feet crossing the Delaware Bay before landing near Milford, Delaware after about 100 miles. The party returned to Philadelphia late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Aeronautical Society
B. F. Kilgore
United States Marine Corps
Milford
Del
Delaware Bay
Balloon makes twelve hour trip lands in Ohio
The balloon Sky Pilot with J. H. Wade Jr and A. H. Morgan of Cleveland landed at Lewis after about a hundred miles and more than twelve hours aloft. The ascent occurred late last night, continuing into today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
Ohio
J. H. Wade, Jr
A. H. Morgan
Cleveland
Lewis
Woman killed in church stabbing by Lon Rader
Miss Willie Bullinger, 19, was stabbed to death in a church near here this morning while playing the organ at Sunday school. Lon Rader, 21, sprang across benches and fatally stabbed her in the back and breast with a pocketknife. Rader, a former inmate of the state insane asylum, the motive appears to be unrequited love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee N. C
Willie Bullinger
Lon Rader
Rader
Boy Dies After Street Accident In Front Of Home
Five year old Bernard Gallagher of 108 East 5th Street was struck by an automobile while playing outside his home. He died an hour later at Presbyterian Hospital. Edward Anderson of 16 East Street, Cadillac Cab chauffeur, was arrested and charged with homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Gallagher
James Gallagher
East &Th Street
Jay
Presbey Hospital
Edward Anderson
Fist Street
Cadillac
Wan
Detroit would be killer priest plot against seminary head
Jenor Zboralski, 19, of Buffalo, was seized at the Polish seminary in Detroit amid claims he planned to shoot Father Withold Buhaczkowski. A loaded revolver was found, and he admitted coming to demand a diploma, saying he would kill himself if refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jenor Zboralski
Sycamore Street
Buffalo
Withold Buhaczkowski
Zboralski
Father Bucaczkowski
Father Buhaczkowski
Zboraiski
Spreckels Profit Revealed From Gas Works Sale
San Francisco reports Claus Spreckels earned about 2 million in selling his opposition gas works to the San Francisco Gas and Structure Company. An affidavit by Harrold, a gas company officer, indicates Spreckels invested 3,754,000 and received 5,584,333 in three years as regulators consider 85 cent gas rates. The note adds that Spreckels opposed the monopoly yet sold to it at his price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune
San Francisco
Claus Spreckels
San Francisco Gas and Structure Company
Harrold
Spreckels
Preparing to Fight White Plague at Tuberculosis Congress
Washington dispatch reports the International Congress on Tuberculosis opening September 21 in the National Museum Building. Delegates from every civilized country will attend for three weeks with seven congresses in one, led by Dr. John Fulen and Dr. Henry Beyer. Special days are set for municipal workers, women’s clubs, fraternal groups, labor unions, charity workers, religious workers, and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Museum
Union
California
Virginia
John &. Fullen
Henry G. Beyer
Beyer
Vineland Holds Seventeenth Old Folks Day at First Presbyterian
Vineland New Jersey September seventeenth annual Old Folks Day honors residents over seventy. Rev Dr D H King preached from Proverbs and celebrated with hymns bouquets and greetings. Veterans from Civil War attended with widows and octogenarians among the assembled celebrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vineland
N. J
D. H. King
First Presbyterian Church
Chatre
James Samuels
Alexander White
W. A. Jolly
John Shields
Charles Robertson
Birdsall Cornell
Annetta Corwin
John Washburn
Dr. King
Bouvenire
Adeline King McKillip
Mary Patterson
Grace Lewis
Estelle Mitchell
Alpheus McCrackeneeng
C. W. Chew
JG. Entrekin
Religious centennial to mark 1808 journal birth in Portsmouth
Clergymen and editors from Christian, Congregational, Baptist, Methodist, Uni tarian and other denominations gather in Portsmouth for a two day centennial of religious journalism in America. The first religious paper was founded in the city in 1808, under The Herald of Gospel Liberty. Speakers include Rev. F N Peters Amos Wells Rev A Youmans Rev G C Waterman Rev Dr Swain Rev Dr Atkinson Prof J N Dales Rev Dr M Summerbell Rev Dr W W Staley with Judge O W Whitelock chairing the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
America
Herald of Gospel Liberty
Christian Publishing Company
Dayton
Ohio
J. P. Barrett
O. W. Whitelock
Huntington
Ind
Wallace Hackett
W. W. Staley
Suffolk, Va
Army Aeronautics and Navy Pay Controversy in September report
Washington dispatch details shifting Army views on aeronautics sparked by Orville Wright tests at Fort Myer, noting heavier-than-air machines are now seen as practical for military use with limited applicability. It covers a French meat overcharge incident for a Tennessee ship, Treasury scrutiny of quarters allowances, and naval medical student examinations seeking assistant surgeons with limited pass rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Army Aeronautics
Army
Orvillie Wright
Fort Myer
Virginia
Army War College
Washington Barracks
Naval War College
Newport
R. I
Navy Department
State Department
la Rochelle
France
United States
Tennessee
Treasury Department
the Treasury
South Portland
Coast Artillery Corps
Naval Medical School
Navy
I. W. Johnson
IL. P. Schiffen
Thoros Harlin
Fort Egbert Land Purchase Request At Fort Egbert Alaska
The War Department urges Congress to appropriate $2.00 to buy about twenty thousand acres within the Fort Egbert Alaska military reservation. Long correspondence has centered on acquiring the land to enhance military value of the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Egbert
War Department
Congress
Alaska
Improvements Proposed at Watervliet Arsenal by Crozier
General William Crozier chief of ordnance visits Watervliet Arsenal to study operations. He plans economical reforms and improved employee facilities including clubrooms and lockers, with recommendations to Congress for annual arsenal maintenance funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watervliet
William Crozier
Ordnance
Army
Watervliet CN Yo
Crozier
Army Ordnance Plant
Washington
Watervliet Establishment
Warship libraries reduced amid navy complaints
Commanding officers protest reductions in ship libraries for officers and enlisted men. New assignments halve existing collections with officers’ libraries limited to technical works only, removing general reading and biographical volumes and eliminating duplicates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Navy recruiting asks sailors if navy helped career
Washington September 13. In a move by naval recruiting officers they invited sailors from the battleship fleet to say frankly whether the navy has aided their careers and if it offers a solid opening for the future. The response will guide recruiting policy and future promotions as officers gather opinions aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Local recruiting letters underline navy appeal from sailors abroad
Enlisted sailors in a Ohio unit report on their travels spending foreign currencies in Trinidad Rio Peru and Mexico. They claim the American bluejacket is seen as wealthy abroad due to wages compared with other navies. The letters are praised by officers as strong recruiting documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Trinidad
Rio
Strait of Magellan
Sols
Peru
Mexico
Army test horse falls asleep during endurance prep at Fort Myer
Maude the gray army chartered mare and Billy the Goat sorrel were used to train officers for a ninety mile endurance test starting at Fort Myer Virginia. Billy rode ahead then rested with eyes closed as Maude allegedly outpaced a galloping rider. After a five hour rest both horses were returned to duty. Officers will ride thirty miles daily for three days by train to Fort Myer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude
Department of the East
Fort Myer
Virginia
Billy the Goat
Billy
Castle Willams
James N. Allison
Department
John A. Hull
GEN AUSTEN S SUCCESSOR IN DOUBT
Speculation runs in national guard circles over Col. David E. Austen’s successor as commander of the 13th Regiment now that he becomes chief of coast artillery in a brigadier general rank. Likely names include Lt Col Charles O. Devis and Maj William A. Turpin with others like Capt Sydney Grant noted. Austen will command the 13th 8th and 9th artillery districts and may appoint Capt Thomas R. Fleming as adjutant general with about ten staff officers to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
David E. Austen
13Th Regiment
Coast Artillery
Hughes
Charles O. Devis
William A. Turpin
Russell
Sydney Grant
Austen
Thomas R. Fleming
Larger Signal Corps Needed for Army War Efforts
Washington reports rising support in Congress to double the U S Army signal corps from about 1200 to 2500 officers and men. Advocates cite aerial navigation and wireless command as essential, with General James Allen pushing aeronautics, while the annual equipment budget remains $250,000 and funds are sought to acquire aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fort Myer
Orville Wright
Signal Corps
Military Committee
Senate
Cavalry
Congress
Signal Service
James Allen
Board of Ordnance
Aeronautical
Corps
Germany expands import categories and signals economic stagnation
Washington reports Germany now classifies half manufactured products as raw materials and separates live animals from food provisions. Import declines, sugar exports drop by 10.28 million dollars, while cotton goods woollen goods and machinery rise. Economic mood in Germany is weak with stagnation noted across industries except electrical goods locomotives and car building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Germany
Department of Commerce and Labor
A. M. Thackera
Berlin
United States
Lindabury Daughter to Wed Lieutenant Berry in Bernardsville
Cards announce the marriage of Miss Lucy Haldane Lindabury to Lieutenant Robert Lawrence Berry U S N of Newport Kentucky. The ceremony is planned for September 26 at St Bernard's Church with a reception at the Lindabury home on Mine Brook Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernardsville
N. J
Richard V. Lindabury
Lucy Haldane Lindabury
Robert Lawrence Berry
Newport
St. Bernard's Church
Lindabury
Mine Brook Road
Felix and Caire for Mr Morris at Casino Theatre
Felix and Caire, stars of The Minute World, have been captured by William Morris and will perform at numerous variety theatres under Morris's management for twenty two weeks Grace Hazard and Mabel McKinley are also engaged for the independent circuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix and Caire
Casino Theatre
William Morris
Mr. Morris
Grace Hazard
Mabel McKinley
Sunshine Society notices limits on solicitations
The Tribune Sunshine Society warns that no one may solicit money for its use or publish a magazine or paper to be canvassed for. The New York Tribune is the official organ, and the society has no connection with other groups using the Sunrise name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tribune Sunshine Society
New York Tribune
Sunshine
Tribune Sunshine Society Emergency Fund Urgency Appeals
The Tribune Sunshine Society stresses that while it rejects being seen as a constant beggar, money remains essential to aid the poor sick and unfortunate within society. The emergency fund funds rent help food for children and medicine for invalids, with gifts welcomed large or small and urged to arrive regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Sunshine Society
Sunshine Club Aids Mothers and Children in New Jersey and Connecticut
The Tribune Sunshine Society asks churches and individuals to send overworked mothers and their small children to the T B S Rest House at Clark's Falls Connecticut for a restful month at reduced rates. Summit New Jersey Sunshine Club reports summer work includes a day nursery and helping poor children, plus funds used to aid a tuberculosis affected family in Gillette New Jersey with a donated tent, garden seeds, and hospital support for a paralyzed twelve year old girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark's Falls
Conn
Tribune Sunshine Society
Summit
N. J
Young Ladies’ Sunshine Club
South Ferry
Little Mothers
New York
Alice Reynolds
Sunshine Girls
Anthony Comstock
Hood
National Bank
Ovarrook Hospital
Urgent Appeal for Connecticut Invalid’s Care
A homeless Connecticut woman in nervous prostration and illness needs immediate help. Once well educated and reared in comfort, she now lives in distress after all relatives’ deaths. She should enter a sanatorium, and physicians express sympathy. Contributions from Connecticut members, even small sums or redeemable stamps, could fund proper care through the emergency fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Girls ride to Fort George on Third avenue car line
A day of planned arrangements on the Third avenue car line led a carload of smiling girls to Fort George. The amusement proprietor provided rides and the razzle dazzle while Mr. Newman distributed ice cream to the crowd, greeted with cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Avenue
Fort George
Newman
Cake and candy sale for outing fund raises 33 dollars
Constance Lapham and Olive Lapham of Rutherford New Jersey held a small cake and candy sale at Constance's home for the outing fund of the T S S and S. S. proceeds totaled 33 dollars and have been sent to the office. Mrs B M Buell treasurer of the Clinton branch sent 150 dollars for badges and Two Friends at Elmira New York as September dues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Lapham
Olive Lapeham
Rutherford, N. J
Constance
Outing Fund
B. M. Buell
Clinton
Elmira
Trolley outings bring joy to South Ferry nursery helpers
The nursery at South Ferry Settlement House organized two trolley trips for twenty five children with helpers. One September 3 ride to Fort George included a luncheon and milk for babies, flowers gathered in woods, and peaceful naps. A September 10 trip from the Battery to Central Bridge featured a playroom party with luncheon, songs, games, ice cream, and handkerchiefs for each child. Sunshine funding enabled these special days, and gratitude was expressed to contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Ferry
Miss Olmstead
Fort George
Fort
the Battery
Central Bridge
Pass on gifts received for distribution across aid network
A week of charitable gifts was logged for distribution. An express bus from a friend carried new underwear stockings and shoes. Mrs Orne of Summit New Jersey donated four pairs of bedroom shoes for invalids along with extra wool. M R G of Manhattan provided a black gown and other items for a girl who outgrew old clothes. A C G of Riverside Drive sent a sewing project and silk dresses for a paralyzed child, and Mrs Willians Brown of New Jersey sent a picture book cards and related items. Miss Van Winkle contributed a fascinator and magazines from Brooklyn, plus two handkerchiefs from a New Jersey member and a black skirt from a Brooklyn member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G
Riverside Drive
Vermont
Willians ¢. Brown
New Jersey
van Winkle
Anna Grey
Brooklyn
Gleanings on Alaska Indians Health and English Freewomen
In Alaska many natives suffer from tuberculosis and trachoma, with health officials urging sanitary districts and inspectors. Congress has started aid via the Alaska Commissioner of Education hiring doctors and teachers. Also noted are English cities granting freedom of the town to notable benefactors and a hotel in our state adding a morning class for children guided by a teacher to help mothers and curb bad habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Churchill Hutton
Alaska
Hoteton
Congress
Commissioner of Education
Hutton
England
Russell Cotes
F. RS. le
Bournemouth
Florence Nightingale
London
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Edinburgh
Dorothea Beale
Stevenson
Rylands
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Inventor
W. J. Hammer
the Wrights
Tuberculosis Congress
Religious Centennial
Army and Navy News
Wright
Governor’s Island
Business Dall
R. V. Lindabury
H. W. Dresser
Cash Girls
Chelsea
Florence Hart Holmes
Columbus Avenue
Oakland
Gussie
Second Avenue
Charles Hicks
Pennsylvania
Bonbonniere
W and
St. Lunch
Colonia
Twenty-Second Street
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