Aviator Max Lillie Flies for Two Cities in One Day
Chicago crowds cheer as Max Lillie completes a 52 mile return flight from Sandwich to Chicago in 1 hour 8 minutes and later competes in Cicero events. He earns a masters license condition for a 56 mile flight. Spectators witness two near misses during practice flights.
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Cicero Flying Field
Man Lillie
Sandwich, Jr
Lillie
Sandwich
Cicero
Guiseppe Colucci
Colucel
A. G. Beech
Glenn Martin
Max Little
de Lloyd Thompson
Georges Mostach
Vedrines Predicts Fast Planes After Chicago Win
French aviator Jules Vedrines left New York for Paris asserting future planes would fly 150 to 200 miles an hour. He spoke after winning the James Gordon Bennett cup in Chicago with about $19,000 in prizes at the aviation meet.
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New York
America
Jules Vedrines
Paris
France
Vedrines
Chicago
Ban on Monoplane Use by British Army
London reports the war office suspended monoplanes in the British army after four lieutenants were killed in a week. Army aviators favor biplanes for safety, prompting the precaution.
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London
British Army Flying Corps
War Office
San Francisco Quake Feels Light Shake No Damage
A slight earthquake shock was felt in San Francisco on September 13 with no damage or excitement. Mild tremors were reported as far south as San Jose.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Jose
Bailey plans currency washing machines for four cities
Robert O. Bailey assistant secretary of the treasury prepares installations of currency washing machines in Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and New Orleans to improve money handling and processing.
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Robert O. Bailey
the Treasury
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Taft Posed for Officials at Summer Home
President Taft and top aides including Attorney General Wickersham and Secretary MacVeagh were photographed at Taft's summer residence. The president smiled broadly when told to look pleasant during the motion session led by Chandler P. Anderson.
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Taft
Verly
Macs
Wickersham
MacVeagh
Chandler P. Anderson
Mrs Sage Donates 50000 to Syracuse University
Syracuse announces Mrs Russell Sage donated fifty thousand dollars to the agricultural school of Syracuse University in memory of her father Joseph Slocum. The gift was announced by Chancellor Day in Syracuse New York on September 12.
Receivers Appointed for United States Motors Group
New York September 13 receivers were named for United States Motors a 42 5 million holding company formed in 1908 to control ten auto and gas engine firms The move comes in an insolvency suit by Brown and Sharpe and other creditors Total assets exceed 12 25 million Five subsidiary plants are named Alden Sampson Detroit Hrush Runabout Detroit Columbia Hartford Dayton Tar ry town Maxwell Briscoe Tarrytown N C The bond for receivers stands at 100 000 Reorganization plans are under way with creditors represented by Albert Rathbone saying profitable operation is possible with proper management and new capital
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United States Motors Company
W. FE
Strong
Robert Walker
Hough
Federal District Court
Brown & Sharpe Company
Providence
R. 1
Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company
Detroit
Hrush Runabout Company
Columbia Motor Company
Hartford
Rathbone
Bryce Arrives in San Francisco Aboard Ventura
Ambassador James Bryce of Great Britain and his wife reached San Francisco aboard the liner Ventura after boarding at Sydney. They went to the South seas to study conditions there and later rested at a hotel before an evening engagement with the University Club.
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San Francisco
James Bryce
Great Britain
Ventura
Brycesa
Sydney
South Seas
University Club
Funeral Rites for Mutsuhito Begin in Tokyo
Funeral ceremonies for the late Emperor Matsuhito commence in Tokyo with Shinto rites to continue three days. Leaders from the United States, including Knox and Pershing, attend alongside foreign representatives as over 100,000 subjects gather. The funeral car drawn by seven oxen carries the imperial coffin toward Aoyama and Kioto cemeteries.
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Tokio
Matsuhito
Imperial
Kioto
United States
Knox
J. J. Pershing
A. St. Reynolds
O'Brien
Ransford Miller
Aoyama
Yoshihito
Prince Fushini
Mr. Knox
Imperial Palace
House of Peers
Green Hills
Funeral procession marks emperor’s death in Japan rite
A vast crowd gathered at a Tokyo cemetery for ancient Shinto rites as Emperor Yoshihito did not attend. Foreign dignitaries stood behind Japanese officers, and the coffin was sent to Kyoto after priests offered prayers and offerings of fish fruit rice and wine. The procession stretched seven miles to the cemetery.
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Tokio
Aoyama
Yoshihito
Kioto
Baldwin Renamed Governor as Hartford Delivers Democratic Ticket
The Democratic state convention in Hartford renominated Simeon E. Baldwin for governor and named a full ticket. Lyman T. Tingier, Albert W. Phillips, E. S. Robert, and Daniel P. Dunn were chosen for key posts, with presidential electors Henry McManus, Charles T. Coyle, M. B. Cary, Oscar O. Tanner, W. B. Perry Jr., and John L. Fisk. The governor spoke, predicting victory. the convention did not adopt a platform.
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Hartford
Conn
Simeon E. Baldwin
Lyman T. Tingier
Vernon
Albert W. Phillips
Stamford
E.S. Robert
East Canaan
Daniel P. Dunn
Willmantic
Henry McManus
Charlies T. Coyle
New Haven
M. B. Cary
Ridgefield
William Belcher
New London
Oscar O. Tanner
Windham
W. B. Perry, Jr
Salisbury
John L. Fisk
Middletown
Baldwin
Rockefeller Fears Whooping Cough Withdraws From Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller Sr. avoids his Pocantico Hills home due to fear of whooping cough, sheriff reports that illness rather than bandits concerns keep him away.
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John D., Jr
Yonkers
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Pocantico Hills
Doyle
Westchester County
Ice Cream Poisons 32 Guests at Birthday Party
In Carthage Tennessee on September 13 thirty two guests at a birthday party were poisoned by ice cream. All recovered.
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Carthage
Tenn
J. F. Read
Fresh Federal Troops Rush to Scene of Action at Ojinaga
From Douglas Arizona on September 13 a hundred fifty rebels led by Generals Salazar and Rojas threaten Agua Prieta Sonora opposite Douglas as 1500 Mexican federals and 1000 Madero troops move under reinforcement. U S border guards and 800 plus reinforcements tighten frontier defenses while reports say rebels plan to attack Agua Prieta and Ojinaga.
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el Paso
Ojinaga
Douglas
Ariz
Salazar
Rojas
Agua Prieta
Sonora
United States
Ebels
Washington
Steever
War Department
State Department
Fall
Naco
Coahuila
Nuevo Laon
Tamaulipas
Cuchilla
Concho River
Orozco
Ojimaga
New Becker Case Move Delays Rosenthal Probe Testimony
Supreme Court Justice Bischoff granted a reargument of the commission to travel to Hot Springs Arkansas to hear testimony from witnesses who spoke with Sam Schepps in the Rosenthal murder case. The move pushed Becker’s trial to October 7 and could alter the proceedings upon reargument today.
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New York
Supreme Court
Bischoff
Hot Springs
Ark
Sam Schepps
Rosenthal
Becker
Broadway Curfew Law Enforces Nighttime Broadway Control
New York reports Broadway imposes a curfew after 2 AM. Fifteen arrests already made as authorities crack down on loiterers and well dressed youths lingering on the famed thoroughfare after midnight.
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New York
Broadway
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