Englishman Killed in Wright Biplane Flight
Bournemouth, July 12. C S Rolls, son of Lord Langatock and hero of the recent Dover to France flight, was killed this morning when his Wright biplane buckled 40 feet from the ground and overturned. The incident followed a sudden loss of control as he approached landing.
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Bournemouth
England
CS. Rolls
Lord Langatock
Dover
France
Wright
Curtiss
Atlantic City
N. J
Glenn Curtiss
Curt
Walker Fropkins
PF Coffyn
Curtiss Ne
Ocean
Massachusetts Avenue
Dover Avenue
Ventnor
Weather report with cooler spell and river forecast
Fair tonight and Wednesday with cooler temperatures. Temperature at 7 a m is 71, last 24 hour high unknown, wind 7 mph, precipitation 0.22. Mississippi expected to fall from below Dubuque to Muscatine. Astronomical notes include sun set 7 27, moon conjunction with Jupiter, and Mercury at perihelion.
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Jupiter
Mercury
Gardiner’s flight ends in Greenwich wreck in Conn
Garden City, L. I., crossed Long Island sound to his father in law Commodore E C Benedict at Greenwich Conn. His aeroplane failed, fell several feet and wrecked. Harmon was badly shaken but not seriously injured as a tree branch broke the fall. He traveled less than seven miles.
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Garden City
L. T
Long Island Sound
E. C. Benedict
Greenwich
Conn
Harmon
Gunboat Castine Rammed by Submarine in Mock Attack
Provincetown Mass July 12 The gunboat Castine flagship of the submarine flotilla was rammed by the submarine Bonita during a mock attack and beached near North Truro to prevent sinking. Two plates loosened dynamo and boiler compartments damaged but armor held. Officers prepared to abandon ship but none were hurt. Bonita escaped with dented armor and minor rail loss. Castine built Bath Maine launched 1893 1177 tons.
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Provincetown
Mass
Truro
Bath
Maine
River Improvement Association Meets Outline
St Paul July 12 The convention of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association opened with delegates from five bordering states. Thomas Wilkinson of Burlington Iowa led the meeting as committees were formed and the session adjourned until this afternoon.
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St. Paul
The
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association
Mississippi River
Thomas Wilkinson
Burlington
Iowa
Germany Is Our Friend Delivers Imperial Letter Note
Berlin reports the foreign office released an authorized statement to the Associated Press about Emperor William’s letter to President Madriz of Nicaragua. Details on the letter and its diplomatic implications remain undeclared as reports from Berlin indicate further information is forthcoming.
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Foreign Office
Associated Press
Emperor William
Madriz
Nicaragua
America
Madriz Party
Germany
Galapagos Islands
United States
Fidelity Trust embezzlement rocks Louisville bank
In Louisville report July 12, Fidelity Trust Company faces losses up to a million dollars as officials reveal embezzlement allegations against August Rooke assistant secretary. Directors meet to review books and potential liability amid rumors of a $500000 misappropriation.
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Louisville
Fidelity Trust Company
Rooke
August Rooke
Join Fight On Pictures In New York Against State Senator Sullivan
Proceedings in New York against State Senator Tim Sullivan and the fight pictures draw comment from a religious group representing 26,000 Baptist Negroes. The stance shows rising public sentiment in both races regarding the controversial visuals.
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New York
Tim Sullivan
Washington
Intrigue and Rumors Stir Berlin and Americas
Berlin denies German involvement in Nicaragua and denounces rumors of a European coaling station. Buenos Ayres opens the fourth international conference of American republics led by delegates from Wisconsin and Illinois. The document outlines a substantial fraud at Fidelity Trust tied to Ropke, with investigations, embezzlement charges, and jail time expected. Georgia bank investigators uncover a $23,100 shortage at Citizens' Bank prompting bond holds.
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Buenos Ayres
Paul Reinish
Univer of Wisconsin
David McKin
University of Illinois
Church Insane Asylum Planned by Christian Reformed Body
In Holland Michigan on July 12 a move by leading church figures aims to create a church insane asylum to care for mentally ill members as the church does for the poor. Backed by the general synod meeting in Muskegon the plan envisions purchasing a large farm to house the facility between Muskegon and Grand Rapids, the denomination’s central hubs in America.
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Christian ‘Reformed
General Synod
Muskegon
Grand Rapids
America
Jealousy blamed in shooting of young Mahany
Chicago July 12. Following statements by Mrs Sarah Mahany mother of Raymond Mahany who was shot by BKimer Cooper in what was believed to be an attempted robbery police chose to postpone an inquest while they investigate all facts. Mahany says her son was not a holdup man and that jealousy sparked the shooting. She cites his alleged letters to Miss Cathryn Rush Cooper fiancee. Cathryn Rush’s brother John Rush is detained and Cooper is held on a $10000 bond.
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Curtiss
Wright Aviator
Coffyn
London
Graham White
Paulhan
Manchester
Bournemouth
Drexel
Eng
J. Armstrong Drexel
Andthon Drexel
Young Drexel
Brockenhurst
Aviator Falls
New York
Clifford B. Harmon
Chicago
Sarah Mahany
Raymond Mahany
Bkimer Cooper
Cooper
Eugenia Kelly
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Gould
Helen
Dorothy
Cinldres
Helen Gould
Irvington on-the-Hudson
Albert Wisner
Little Ins
Pitth Avenue
Miss Gould
Irvington-on-the-Hudson
Frank Gould
Miss Brown and George Patterson Wed in Secret Ceremony
Miss Margaret H Brown, daughter of William C Brown of New York Central fame, and George S Patterson were secretly married Sunday at the bride’s parents home in Central Park West. The couple, aged about 17 and 23, had planned autumn nuptials and a grand post-wedding abroad, but chose secrecy with family involvement.
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Margaret H. Brown
William C. Brown
New York Central
George S. Patterson
Miss Brown
W. Carlos Brown
William
Clorinda
Rage County
Iowa
St. Joseph
Patterson
North Church Street
Charlotte
N.C
Central Park
Weet
Cagke
St. Thomas’ Church
Penniless Woman Kills Babe And Self
Kansas City July 12 A penniless mother, Mrs Rosie Mickrio, clasping her 18 month old baby, threw herself in front of a passenger train. She died instantly while the baby survived an hour. Poverty is cited as the motive.
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Rosie Mickcio Harts
Kansas City
Rosie Mickrio
Fire wipes out Campbellton town in Bathurst area
Fire destroyed Campbellton leaving about 3,000 homeless and nearly three million in losses. Bathurst reports 8 feared dead with death toll possibly lower, most of town’s cedar mills burned. Telecommunication lines down, info by trainmen. Fire left seven houses standing.
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Bathurst
N. B
Campbellton
Bathurat
Conspiracy Aims At Uprising Or Stock Market Plot
Havana reports say Colonel Valera and associates were arrested in a conspiracy linked to American intervention. One conspirator claims the plan was a sham to stage an uprising, while another says the aim was to disrupt the local stock market and support a broker’s scheme, involving only four people.
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Havana
Valera
Wisconsin Democrats Open State Convention at Milwaukee
The Democratic state convention met today with Michael K. Reilly as temporary chairman. The body planned to adopt a platform and may recommend candidates after committees are chosen. Reilly condemned the Republican tariff law as a fraud, denouncing leaders Cannon, Aldrich, and others. Willis C. Cook of North Dakota was appointed collector of internal revenue for the Dakota districts, succeeding Herman Ellerman.
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Reilly
Cannon
Aldrich
New Revenue
Washington
Willis C. Cook
North Dakota
Internal Revenue
District of
North and
South Dakota
Herman Ellerman
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