Paulhan Winds 4814 Mile Flight In One-Hour Dash
Louis Paulhan in a Farman biplane completed a 481/4 mile journey at Aviation Field to Lucky Baldwin’s ranch and back circling Santa Anita, with an altitude of 1000 to 2000 feet. The flight lasted 1 hour 2 minutes 34.46 seconds, returning against a headwind. Paulhan predicted future longer flights and prize money may reach 10,000 dollars.
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Aviation Field
Los Angeles
Cal
Louis Paulhan
Farman
Aviation
Baldwin
Santa Anita
Courtland F. Bishop
Aero Club of America
Paulhan
Claims She Loved Slayer Trenton Tragedy Verdict Grounded
The coroner's jury in Lindley, Trenton, Missouri, finds James Humphreys killed James Hatcher with a shotgun. Twenty-five witnesses testified as Prosecuting Attorney Hubbell plans to file first degree murder charges. Mia Hatcher and her children testified late Monday, trying to shield Humphreys while the widow acknowledged her love for him.
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Trenton
Missouri
James Hatcher
Lindley
Hatcher
James Humphreys
Hubbell
Humphreys
Mia
Exonerated Japanese Servant Details Millbrook Murder
Frank Schermerhorn, a coachman in Millbrook, confessed to killing nurse Sarah Brymer after drinking heavily. He claimed intoxication, said he entered the home through the kitchen, and admitted entering Brymer’s room to scare her, then killed her and later attempted self harm. He implicated the Japanese butler Chashi in handling silver.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Frank Schermerhorn
Sarah Brymer
Barnes Compton
Millbrook
Schermerhorn
Vascar Hospital
Kas
Chashi
Compton
Frank
Mary Farrell
Miss Brymer
Polly Compton
Train Collision Near Kobe Kills Two Locomotive Firemen
In a blinding snowstorm near Kobe Leadville Cot-Two freight trains collided killing two trainmen and fatally injuring three others, authorities reported. The incident prompted emergency response and investigations into the cause of the wreck.
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Leadville
Cot
Kobe
Man Charged in Carterville Murder Case Nine Years Later
Otis Maynard, 30, arrested in Herrin by Deputy Sheriff Dave Tippy, is held in Marion jail on an alleged old killing charge from Carterville. At Williamson county soldiers reunion a Marion man, Francis Chitty, was struck and died, his cousin Harry Chitty injured but survived. Maynard, son of a prominent local man, has a good reputation.
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Marion
Carterville
Otis Maynard
Herrin
Dave Tippy Ard
Williamson County
Francis Chitty
Harry Chitty
Maynaftd
TRUST OFFICER INDICTED IN SUGAR REFINING CASE
A federal grand jury indicted Charles L. Heike secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co and five other employees G Verbracht J R Bendernagel Henry W Walker Jean M Voelker and James F Halligan. The charges allege false entries of sugar products and two counts accuse conspiracy to defraud the government in weighing sugar imports.
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New York City
Federal Grand Jury
Atternon
Charles L. Heike
The
American Sugar Refining Co
G. Verbracht
J. R. Bendernagel
Henry W. Walker
Jean M. Voelker
James F. Halligan
Harness on Horse Week in Kansas City Cruelty Case
EB W Ripple a Standard Oil teamster faces cruelty to animals charges in municipal court. Humane society says many teams from the wealthiest company go six days a week with harness on, raising concerns about animal welfare. Wife dead, man kills himself in New York. Marine photographer James Burton dies by his own hand on the anniversary of his spouse's death, saying he has two days to live.
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Kansas City
EB. W. Ripple
Standard Oil Company
The
Humane Society
New York City
James Burton
Lynbrook US
Elk Starvation Warns Uintah County Snow Crisis
About 50 000 elk in Jackson Hole country Uintah county face starvation as deep crusted snow blocks forage. Officials warn that if state feeding is not resumed many more elk will die, following 6000 saved last year by state feeding programs.
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Chayenne
Wye
Jackson Hole
Uintah County
Walsh Denied New Trial in Leavenworth Case
John R. Walsh’s bid for a new trial failed as the United States circuit court of appeals ordered immediate sentencing and custody. He spent Sunday arranging affairs and Monday with two deputy marshals nearby before transport to prison, with no special privileges, then to hospital for observation and assignment to light work after clothing and photography.
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Chicago
John R. Walsh
Leavenworth Penitentiary
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
District Court
Walsh
Washington
United States
Farmer Buys Aeroplane in a Kansas Moment
C W Parker of Abilene Kansas purchased three Farman biokine from Louis Paulhan in Los Angeles. Parker, unseen by aviators, asked the machine’s value and paid seventy five hundred dollars with a roll of cash. He declared he would take a biplane home and that he could fly, needing only a machine.
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Los Angeles
Cal
C. W. Parker
Abilene
Kan
Louis Paulhan
Parker
Paulhan
W. Parker
Heiress Roberta De Janon Delirious in Hospital Room
Isolated at St Agnes hospital in Philadelphia the 16 year old heiress to the Buist fortune Miss Roberta De Janon eloped with waiter Ferdinand Gowen. Doctors report her losing reason and warn she must spend six months in a sanitarium or lose her mind. Grandfather Robert Buist will hire alienists to examine her.
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Roberta de Janon
Philadelphia
St. Agnes’ Hospital
Buist
Ferdinand Gohen
Delanon
Robert Buist
Ballinger Denies Interior Department Charges Public Funds
Secretary Ballinger rebuts Nebraska Representative Hitchcock’s affidavit alleging improper use of public funds for private travel by Ballinger’s kin. He calls the claims dirty and malicious, noting Jack Ballinger was a distant cousin and former secretary to Ballinger, who later became a clerk and then a special agent before resigning.
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Washington, D. C
Interior Ballinger
Hitchcock
House Committee On Expenditures
Interior Department
Tallinger
Department of the Interior
Nebraska
House Committee On
Ballinger
Department
Secretary of the General Land Office
Altlaged
Jack Ballinger
Washington
General Land Office
Garfield
Judge Wright
Sun
Will Refuse To Eat Meat In Cleveland City Pact
Four hundred sixty superintendents and foremen from twenty one large Cleveland manufacturers pledge to boycott meat for a set period. They will abstain themselves and urge about 75 000 employees to join, aiming to have roughly 30 000 residents avoid meat during the coming month.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Brazil Ambassador Dead in Washington
Joaquim Nabuco, ambassador of Brazil to the United States, died at his Lafayette Place home shortly before noon Monday. He had served as Brazil’s envoy since May 1905. President Taft visited the embassy and left his card upon learning of the death.
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Washington, D. C
Joaquim Napuco
Republic of Brazil
United States
Lafayette Place
Taft
Tragic Gas Asphyxiation Claims St Louis Woman
Thresa Yaser of 8633 Liermann Avenue was found dead in her home on Monday from gas asphyxiation, authorities report in St Louis Missouri.
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St. Louis
Mre
Thresa Yaser
Liermann Avenue
Giant Pater Klees Dies in Aurora Illinois
Chicago reports Pater Klees a famed police magistrate and one of the heaviest men, weighing 595 pounds and standing 3 feet in height, has died in Aurora, Illinois.
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Aurora
Ill
Giant
Chicago
Pater Klees
Auroras
Klees
Ice Threatens Ohio River Town as Gorge Advances
Mass meeting at Leavenworth Indiana urges dynamiting Wolf Creek gorge to relieve rising Ohio River waters. Ice cakes tower up to 20 feet, threatening riverfront buildings while residents flee. Officials consider action. danger stretches to Alton Mauckport Hawesville and beyond as waterways rise and gorges form along Wabash and White Rivers.
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Evansville
Ind
Leavenworth
Wolf Creek
Louisville
Alton
Mauckport
Hawesville
Green River
Wabash
White Tigers
Wabash River
Vincennes
Terre Haute
Belleville to Hang Willis Clark Feb 18
Willis Clark, a Black man, is scheduled for execution February 18 in Belleville circuit court for the murder of Eugene Goudey, an East St. Louis motorman. Clark pleaded guilty, sentence pronounced by Judge Crow after evidence. Sheriff Cashel protected against lynch mobs as Clark was guarded to and from court. Conductor M. W. O'Brien wounded in the hold-up was moved from St Mary's hospital to Belleville.
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Belleville
St. Clair County
Illinois
Willis Clark
Eugene Goudey
East St. Louis
Judge Crow
Clark
Crow
M. W. O'Brien
St. Mary's Hospital
Sherif Cashel
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