England’s aerial race gets a real threat from Boyd airship
Dr. M. B. Boyd, an inventor backed by $100,000, claims a three-bay dirigible with 300 horsepower flew 350 miles with one stop and crossed the Irish Channel on May 18 at 32 miles per hour. The vessel, housed in a private London-area park, awaits War Office evaluation with length to 200 feet and 500 horsepower after modifications.
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England
War Office
London
The
Daily News
M. B. Boyd
Belfast
Dr. Boyd
Irish Channel
Boyd
France
Brewers Challenge Prohibition In Texas Meeting
At a Texas Brewers Association gathering in Galveston the industry offered $100,000 to charity if prohibition fails to prove it bans liquor. Six men will form two commissions to study conditions in Texas and other dry states while brewers cover all costs and accept the verdict.
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Galveston
Texas
Texas Brewers’ Association
Prohibition Party
Temperance Party
Brewers of
Toronto mayor orders arrests for disrespectful visitors
A sensational American party pasting two British flags on their axles paraded through Toronto streets. Mayor Oliver issued an order empowering police to arrest similar visitors in future. Aldermen clergymen and Orange order members pressed for action while flags draped the tally-ho seats. Evening News calls the affair Impudent and Impertinent Star calls it a Triumph of Bad Manners.
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Toronto
Ont
Oliver
Orange Order
Evening News
The
Star
Canadian Invents Airship From Victoria W Gibson
Victoria observer reports Scotch engineer W Gibson has perfected an airship with a 222 pound engine delivering 60 horsepower. The craft self rights automatically when started upside down and is designed for a flight from Victoria to Seattle, with a $1000 wager on success. He claims the voyage to San Francisco could be completed in under five hours.
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Victoria
B.C
W. Gibson
Seattle Exposition
San Francisco
Action Against Pope Over Bishop Adams Estate
Rome faces a pending suit by three nieces of the late Bishop Adams seeking to restore their uncle’s fortune now controlled by the pope. The Vatican holds a will said to leave everything to Mgr. Sartau, prompting the legal clash over the inheritance.
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Rome
Pius
Adams
Vatican
Mgr. Sartau
Walker Tent Tickets Offer Fast Fairground Access
The Walker management sells reserved seats at Winnipeg Fair grounds to avoid delays at the theatre box office. The Joseph F. Sheehan Opera Company will perform Bohemian Girl Il Trovatore and The Mikado during Fair Week with acclaimed stage settings and stars.
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Walker
Winnipeg Fair
Grouns
Walker Theatre
Joseph F. Sheehan
Winnipeg
Sheehan Opera Company
Gilbert and Sullivan
C. P. Walker
Germany Sees Imperial Defence Talks Beyond Immediate Gain
The Deutsche Tageszeitung argues the Imperial Defence Conference aims at broader objectives than quick results. It warns against dismissing speeches at the Imperial Press Conference as mere anxiety or armament propaganda. Germany should heed the intent of the speeches rather than await concrete outcomes.
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London
Berlin
Deutsche Tageszeitung
Germany
Barrie Declines a Title in Royal Honors
London reports J M Barrie refused a knighthood amid royal birthday honors. The Peter Pan author, noted for modesty, politely declined the offer saying he does not go in for that sort of thing. Barrie, friend of Kipling, gave a firm but courteous response.
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London
J. M. Barrie
Barrie
Kipling
Pacific concession to colonize 7 million acres in Guerrero
The Mexican government grants the Pacific Government Concession and Lands Corporation of Victoria British Columbia a concession to develop and settle seven million acres of public lands in Guerrero. The firm plans to invest about ten million dollars to build irrigation systems and railroads, linked to the Mexican Pacific Railway from Acapulco into Guerrero’s interior. J D Veitch of the Royal Bank of Canada and other wealthy interests back the project, says manager F C Barnes.
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Mexico City
Pacific Government Concession and Lands Corporation, Ltd
Victoria
B. C
Guerrero
F. C. Barnes
Mexican Pacific Railway
Acapulco
J. D. Veitch
Royal Bank of Canada
New Aerial Invention Tested at War Office
Berlin reports a new dirigible ascent mechanism allowing vertical rise without ballast. Tested in miniature at the war office, the device is judged practical and important for field maneuvers. Inventor is engineer Von Roeder of Dusseldorf.
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Berlin
War Office
von Roeder
Dusseldorf
Sunday School Lesson on Acts Seventeenth Page Narrative
The text outlines Paul and Silas in Thessalonica and Berea proving Jesus of Nazareth as the Christ from Scripture. It highlights the Bereans searching the Scriptures daily to verify teachings and warns against relying on preachers without personal belief, urging adherence to the law and testimony as the infallible guide.
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American Press Association
Thessalonica
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Israel
Jesus
Moses
Jesus Christ
God
Macedonia
Achaia
Paul
Silas
John v
R. V
Ezek. xxi
Berea
Bereans
Samaria
Lord
Athens
Zeppelin to Lead Polar Airship Expedition from Kiel
Count Zeppelin plans a polar exploration by airship with imperial protection. Prof Hergesell of Strasbourg University will head the voyage with a specially built craft, aiming to reach Spitzbergen and map routes from Cross Bay chosen by Monaco measurements. The Emperor granted patronage and praises the endeavor.
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Pole
Berlin
Count Zeppelin
North Pole
Kiel
Prof
H. Hergesell
University of Strasburg
Polar
Hergesell
Germany
Spitzbergen
Norway
Cross Bay
Prof. Hergesell
Prince of
Monaco
Prof. Hergesenl
Tragic Nihonkai Maru Fire Off Aomori Claims 149 Lives
A Japanese steamer Nihonkai Maru burned to the water’s edge six miles off Aomori on the Chinese coast. One hundred forty nine people perished including sixteen crew members. Dense fog hindered rescue as passengers and fishermen and their wives faced panic and death.
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Victoria
B.C
Aomori
Japan
Hong Kong
Rebels Capture Tehran Rumor Sparks Foreign Fear
Reports claim a victorious rebel army investing Teheran has taken the city, and the shah may have fled. Rebels reportedly oppose foreigners, risking a massacre unless relief arrives. Russian forces are days away, and legation emissaries were fired upon as they tried to negotiate.
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Constantinople
Teheran
Persia
Snarsky
Legations
Teetotallers Given Preference in Carnegie Mills
Carnegie Steel tightens on drinking with notices in mills. Total abstainers receive hiring and promotion preference. Any heavy or irregular drinking leads to dismissal for on or off duty conduct.
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Sheron
Penn
Carnegie Steel Company
Must Control ceas Premier Asquith Telegraphic Note
London Premier Asquith declared England cannot lose command of the sea. He said naval strength is the essence of life for the empire and warned that security is threatened by other nations' growth. He urged faith in the defence conference deliberations and the government's hopeful outlook.
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London
Asquith
Southport
England
Saskatchewan Elevator Capacity Grows as Season Proceeds
Regina reports 56 elevators built this season, with plans for 200 more by fall. The new facilities will add 6,000,000 bushels capacity, boosting Saskatchewan total to 24,139,506 bushels.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Europe for Europeans and the American peril warned
Judge Wilhelm Schwarze argues in Der Tag that Europe must unite against America as the greater danger to all Europe. He urges an economic alliance of Europe including England to resist pan-Americanism and protect markets, warning that the dollar would outpace the shilling and the mark.
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Great Britain
Germany
United States
Berlin
Wilhelm Schwarze
Reichstag
House of Representatives
America
der Tag
Europe
England
League
Britain
Canada
Aldrich and Payne
Knox
China
Infant prodigy from Boston to pursue multiple degrees
Boston professor Leo Wiener describes his son Norbert Wiener as a remarkable teen who has just earned a BA from Tufts. He plans to enter Harvard in the fall to study biology in the senior year and aims to graduate in 1910. He will then study biology at a German university and pursue PhD and MD work at Harvard or abroad.
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Boston
Leo Wiener
Norbert Wiener
Tufts College
Harvard
Illinois Supreme Court to rule on Chicago marriages
The Illinois Supreme Court will decide if thousands married by justices of the peace in Chicago since the municipal court act began are legally wedded. Chief Justice Olson says city country justices of the peace lacked authority to marry within city limits and those marriages are invalid.
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Chicago
Supreme Court of Illinois
Justices of the Peace
Olson
Municipal Court
Union Terminals at Edmonton Alberta
D. D. Mann and E. J. Chamberlin sign an agreement for a union station, trackage, and terminals serving the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern railways. The existing Canadian Northern station will be used, with a new station planned in a few years. Grand Trunk surveyors push to finish the Riley to Calgary line survey soon.
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Edmonton
Alta
D. D. Mann
E. J. Chamberlin
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern
Grand Trunk
Riley
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Runs Five Palatial Steamships Weekly
The Canadian Pacific operates five palatial steamships weekly between Fort William Port Arthur and Owen Sound. A Lake Route trip offers a pleasant voyage during hot weather.
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Canadian Pacific
Fort William
Port Arthur
Owen Sound
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