Worst Accident Kills Two in Paris Aero Crash
Paris reports the deadliest French aviation accident as Marquis Mario Paulla and chief pilot Antoinette Latton die when their monoplane crashes near Issy while competing for a $20,000 Paris Brussels speed prize. Latton’s wife, witnessing the tragedy, is gravely injured.
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Paris
Issy
Mario Paulla
Alexandre Latton
Antoinette School of Aviation
Latfon
Laffon
Paulla
Marquis
Boucicault Hospital
Antoinette
Double Fare War Ioow In Chicago Tracks Blown Out
In Chicago on December 29 violence broke out as residents protest a city fare hike by the Chicago Railways Company after a court order allowing absorption of the old consolidated railway. Tracks were dynamited at Oak Park River Forest. mobs, police, and suburban residents resisted the new County Traction Company. The consolidation, led by Henry A. Blair and John M. Roach, ends major claims against Chicago Railways, including a $1.844 million judgment.
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Chicago
West Side
Chicago Railways Company
Old
Consolidated Railway
Sixty-fourth Avenue
Late Street
Oak Park
River Forest
New County Traction Company
Berwyn
County Traction Company
Henry A. Blair
John M. Roach
Chicago Railways
William PF. Harrity
Notable Indictments in Northern Bank of New York Case
In New York the investigation into the Northern Bank of New York progresses with carnal indictments expected as a next step. State authorities, led by District Attorney Whitman, rely on evidence gathered by State Superintendent Cheney and State Superintendent Hotchkiss. Stockholders are projected to lose up to $500,000 as the probe continues. Joseph Robin, labeled insane earlier, is deemed sane by the Central Valley physician and ordered moved to a sanitarium.
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Sern Bank
New York
Northern Bank of New York
Joseph G Robin
Yong Bank
Whitman
Banks
Cheney
Insurance
Hotchkiss
Robin
Central Valley
N. Y
Edison sketches future of aerial transport and films
New York dated December 29 reports A Edison foresees practical aerial navigation for quick delivery of goods and personal transport. He also claims progress on speaking pictures and color photography, citing Roosevelt speeches shown life size on screen as a future feature.
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New York
Edison
Wizard
Roosevelt
Thomas
Quakes Shake Panama Provinces Cause Alarm
Shocks felt across Chisaui Voraguac and Los Santos on December 20 and 21 rattle David city and nearby towns. Authorities warn greater danger near Gatun Paraiso and Miraflores as Gatun dam and canal infrastructure face potential damage amid fears of a major cataclysm. American observers grow uneasy that a quake could imperil canal defenses and force reconsideration of the waterway.
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Colon
Chisaui
Voraguac
Los Santos
Panama City
David
Celon
Gatun
Paraiso
Miraflores
Catun
Caton
Gatnh
Gaius Mesh
Vie
Socialism At Students Opens Inter-Collegiate Meeting
New York December 28 The Inter-Collegiate Socialist Society convened in the city drawing attention from literary circles. J G Stokes Lincoln Steffens John Spargo and others are scheduled to speak with a dinner on the program discussing the place of college men and women in the socialist movement. The speakers include Albert Sudekum Florence Peak and Upton Sinclair among others with Stokes to preside.
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New York
J. G. Picts Stokes
Lincoln Sint Fens
John Spargo
Albert Sudekum
Eman
Hartford
Stokes
Taft and Harmon attend Chicago banquet on Perry monument plan
In Chicago President Taft and Ohio Governor Harmon gather for a Hamilton Club banquet to push a Perry centennial monument. The plan envisions a Lake Erie overlook building serving as a lighthouse, a US station, and a wireless base at Sandusky with a Sandusky expo funded by federal and state appropriations totaling about 79,000. The exhibit aims to be patriotic and educational, with no industrial displays.
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Chicago
Taft
Harmon
Ohio
Hamilton Club
Gover Mae
Perry
Perry Centennial Commission
Pattis
Hataon
Lake Erie
United States
Sandusky
Tt5
Putin Bay
Alrealy Gore
Explosion at El Paso Smelting Plant Kills Many
A massive blast at the American Smiling and Refining Company’s El Paso plant wrecked much of the facility five miles from the city. Reported casualties run into hundreds as workers filled the smelter at the time. The plant is described as the second largest in the world and physicians and reporters rushed to the scene by automobile.
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el Paso
Tex
American Smiling and Refining Company
Turkish Troops Defeat Bedouin Revolters in Syria District
Turkish forces pushed Bedouin revolters from the Ek Kerab district in the Syrian vilayet near the Dead Sea after a sanitary engagement. Official reports list 450 Bedouin killed and 600 prisoners. Turkish losses include officers and 77 men.
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Constantinople
Ek Kerab
Vilayet
Syria
Dead Sea
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T. R. Wright
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Arkansas
Mississippi
Chirksdale
Mice
Gabin
Sherif
The
Citizens Bank
Our Services
SRATE
Gatun Dam
New
Governor Harmon
American Smelting Co
Ozan Mercantile Com’y
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