Wright 15 Master Speed 50 Miles an Hour
Wright aircraft trials at Le Mans report two false starts caused by an assistant and nearby trees. French observer calls American machine the best seen. flight covers about two kilometers in 1 minute 4 seconds before dusk stops longer tests. Demonstrates similar ease to Saturday, with loops and figure eights. spectators number in the thousands.
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Lemans Testa
Lemans
France
Wilbur Wight
Dayton Chicaernplantat
Wright
Wight
Veigh
Outburst Ends in Ejection Aboard Nieuw Amsterdam
Passenger on the Nieuw Amsterdam became angered during a card game in the seaward lounge. A man shouted at Judge Connor and others and was pitched out of a stateroom after clashes with Stetson and others. The incident occurred before the ship reached port, with several passengers urging retaliation as the liner docked.
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Amsterdam
Gubin
George
Stetsons
Stetson
Dallas
Thomas F
Ryan
Jssea
Connor
Camp Perry Shoot Opens Great National Rifle Event
Camp Perry Ohio hosts what officials claim as the greatest national rifle tournament. The Ohio range on Lake Erie shore draws hundreds from every state and foreign posts, with Oliw matches set across Tuesday to Thursday. Teams form from Troop A Cleveland, Troop B Columbus, and several Ohio National Guard regiments amid ideal weather and record scores.
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Ohio
Lake Lyle
Port Clinton
Union
Kawai
Philippines
Cleveland
Columbus
Ohio National Guard
Umbrella Steel DREW Bolt Strike Kills Murphy Family
Special to The Washington Post Tagewell Virginia Aug 10 Frank Murphy his wife and one child were killed by lightning while sheltered under a rye stack in a harvest field. An ox perished nearby. A second child survived after the bolt set the scene ablaze, witnesses recounting a gruesome scene of charred remains.
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Washington Post
Tagewell
Frank Murphy
Sid
Sailors Blamed for Riot in Norfolk
Naval board report finds Negroes fired first provocation and sailors usurped police authority by attempting arrests rather than pursuing civil process in South Norfolk and Berkley clash on August 2. No further proceedings likely.
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Naval Board
Norfolk
United States
South
Berkley
York Rolling Mill Disaster Kills Eight In Blast
A York Pa blast at the York Rolling Mill during repairs left eight dead and many injured. Heavy iron wreckage, shattered box cars, and widespread property damage followed the explosion of a four boiler in the mill center. Ambulances and delivery wagons ferried injured to hospital while search crews tallied bodies amid mangled remains.
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York Pa
York
John Clency
York Bunjamin
York Hospital
Beier
Kidnap Their Employer at Richmond Saw Mill
Worsham, owner of a Powhatan county sawmill employing several Russians, was followed to Richmond by them on Saluda Street. They seized him on a street car, locked him in quarters, and spoke in a language none understood. He escaped and obtained warrants. the suspects were released on bail after an interpreter explained they sought his wages and feared he would flee. The case goes before the police court tomorrow.
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Washington
Richmond
Worshaw
Powhatan County
Sam
Worsham
Thermones
Women in Auto Wreck Near St Johns
Five women riding in an auto escaped death when the car left a 3 foot embankment and plunged into a sand pit. Mrs Griffin of Ovid Michigan drove and lost control while reversing. she suffered two broken ribs. The other women were bruised. Also a fire in Norfolk damaged the Atlantic Shock and Lumber Company plant, mainly the engine room, to about $20,000.
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Marie Cleveland
Palmy T2, NY
Norfolk
Atlantic Shock and Lumber Company
Thaw Facing Bank Scrutiny and Jail Moves in Pittsburg
Union National Bank of Pittsburg, tied to Harry K Thaw and his relatives, refused to honor large Thaw checks amid liquidity concerns and alleged insanity, as Thaw plans shifting to federal court jurisdiction and relocation to Lyndhurst estate for confinement. Court actions include fee disputes, a proposed committee of Thaw’s person, and bankruptcy proceedings affecting creditors and Thaw’s lawyers.
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Pittsburg
Union National Bank
Harry Kendall Thaw
Thawa
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Dennison Lyon
Harry
Harry K Thaw
Lyon
Thaws
Bank Ng Sooke
Bank
Pretsburg Banking
Lyndhurst
Haw
New Yok
United States
Evelyn
Two Killed and Ten Hurt in Canada Trolley Crash
In Glendon Ontario two trolley cars crowded with excursionists traveling from Chatham to Erie Beach collided near the city limits around 10:20 am. Two men died William Broomhead and Walham Donovan. Injured include Mike Pleasance James Pleasance Mrs Daniel Donovan John Field and several Donovan children. condition critical for some.
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Glendon
Chatham
Erie Beach
Trst
William Broomhead
Detroit
Walham Donovan
Daniel Donovan
Mike Pleasance
John F Pleasance
Rankin House
James Pleasance
Donovan
Mr. Fields
Carpenter
John Field
Henry
Farman to Exhibit in Washington as Edison Guest
Edison hosts aviator Henri Farman at his Orange New Jersey lab showing airplane lift principles. Farman’s manager seeks funds for a U.S. tour, with possible stops including Philadelphia Buffalo Detroit Cleveland Chicago Louisville St Louis Pittsburgh Washington and New York, dates through October.
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Thomas A Edison
Henn Warman
Orange NJ
Edison
France
Farmans
Mac Mechin
St Louis
Farman
Brighton Beach
MacMechen
Licely
F Lampman
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Detroit
Cleveland
Chicago
Louisville
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Washington
New York
Boston
Mother at his bedside in Caucasus convalescence
Ambassador Riddles mother and his half brother from Minneapolis have joined him in Kaslovedsk, a Caucasus watering place, where he will recover. He faces pneumonia risk but steadily improves yet remains bedbound and plans to stay until October. Irwin Laughlin named secretary of legation in Athens and Hunter Sharp arrives as consul general in Moscow. Ragsdale family of Petersburg to sail to America August 18.
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Flancheau
Minneapolis
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Riddle
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Irwin B Laughlin
Americas
Legation
Athens
Hunter Sharp
Moscow
Samuel
Smith
James W. Ragsdale
Petersburg
America
Ragsdale
Funston Gives Up Command in California Changeover
Brig. Gen. Frederick Funster relinquished command of the California department to Col. Marion P. Maus in San Francisco and will depart for Fort Leavenworth Kansas this week to lead the cavalry sector. Maus is noted as an Indian fighter with campaigns against Sioux Cheyennes Nez Perces and Apaches and earned the congressional medal of honor after a five hour engagement with Mexican forces following Captain Crawford’s unit losses.
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Frederick Funster
Department of California
Marion P. Maus
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Fort Leavenworth
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Maus
Mexico
Crawford
Mais
Willard's Hotel manager Charles W Bickford dies in Rochester
Charles W Bickford longtime hotel man and former in charge of Willard's Hotel Washington died in Rochester Minnesota from typhoid pneumonia at age 65. He served as Rochester mayor chief of police city council and city clerk and was a prominent Mason. His brother in law Lieutenant Commander Charles L Hussey serves on the battleship New Hampshire.
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Boston
Charles W Bickford
Washington
Rochester
Bickford
Charles L Hussey
New Hampshire
Vermont Leads Off Campaign Funds Drive for Vermont
National committee chairman Hitchcock plans Vermont Republican push to boost fall turnout. He will tour with speakers including James Wilson and Oscar Straus, appoints Keating as assistant directors, Williams as secretary, and seeks Taft guidance on a nine member advisory committee. Hitchcock travels Hot Springs, Chicago, Utica and Boston to coordinate strategy.
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Washington Post
New York
Charman Frank H Hitchcock
Republican National Committee
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National Committee
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Oscar Straus
Department of Commerce
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Straus
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Ohio
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Washington
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Taft
Nine
George R Sheldon
Hitchcogh
Roosevelt
Hughes
Utica
Boston
New England
Desperate climbers save injured man on Mount St Helens
John Anderson of Lattle Falls Oregon suffered a double leg fracture when found on Mount St Helens by Mazamas climbers. To save his life they improvised a stretcher from a sleeping bag and hauled him down 4000 feet to their camp for medical aid, risking their lives.
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John Anderson
Lattle Falls
Mount St Helens
Quegon
Seattle
M Mountain
Wade
Great Peak
Mazamas
Fleeuers
Anderson
Men Vied for Work at Camden Factory Job Call
A crowd of about 4500 men gathered in Camden today seeking factory work after an advertisement from the Joseph Campbell Company. Former employees competed with other applicants as four arrests were made and a guard was posted around the plant to maintain order.
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N. J
Joseph Campbell Company
Torpany
Americans to Compete in Matches With Their Entertainers
Auckland hospitality greets United States Navy officers aboard the Connecticut with a reception for Rear Admiral Sperry and his crew. Women in winter dress attend as New Zealand and American officials praise the visit. Shore leave and excursions to Mount Eden and Manukau harbor are arranged, with a state ball at Government House this evening. A machinist on Missouri dies after a shaft fall. a military funeral will be held.
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New Zealand
United States
Atlan Ic
Ward
Sperry
San Francisco
The
Legislate
Connecticut
Mount Eden
Gnefuiga
Manukau Harbor
New
Admiral Sperry
Lord Plunkitt
Government House
Thomas Thomson Ewing
Commonwealth
Paul Gentil
Missouri
Trained Worker Fatally Crushed At Deal Beach Station
Murray V Arthur a contractor from Staten Island died after being struck by a train at Deal Beach station in Asbury Park New Jersey. He reportedly rushed to board the express bound for New York, failed to secure a grip, and was dragged under the rear wheels. He died several hours later at Monmouth Memorial Hospital.
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Deal
Beach
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Arthur
Dongan
Staten Island
Monmouth Memorial
New York
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Deal Beach
Pearre to address girls at St Johns coronation speech
Special to The Washington rest. Pearre of Montgomery County will speak for the coronation at St Johns parish picnic in Forest Glen. Senator Linthicum will address knights, with Douglass Blandford leading a tournament and Father Rosensteel assisting.
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Charles ©. Rosensteel
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W W. Ware
William Winsatt
W B Jackson
Samuel D Waters
Ollie Clark
William T. Wheeler
Linthicum
Baltimore City
Knights
Pearre
St Rose's Catholic Church
Montgomery County
Virginia
Howard
Carroll Counties
Hutton’s Woods
Germantown
Gaithersburg
Root and Choate to Lead New York GOP Convention
Timothy L. Woodruff announced that Secretary Root and Joseph H Choate would preside over the New York Republican State convention in Saratoga on September 11 or 15, with Choate likely opening as temporary chair and Root named permanent head. The move aims to energize the Taft campaign while denying any current plan to renominate Governor Hughes, and no organized anti-Hughes plot exists despite opposition from some state leaders.
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New York
Timothy L. Woodruff
State Republican Committee
Adirondacks
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Joseph H Choate
Great Britain
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Woodruff
Choate
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Mr Choate
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Gor Hughes
William J. Ward
William Baines
Albany County
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Three Dead in Collision Between Trolley Cars
In Dayton Ohio on August 10 three people died and eighteen were injured in a head-on crash between two Western Ohio Company trolleys between Sidney and Piqua. Northbound car from Piqua ran on time. southbound from Sidney was late and speeding. The impact occurred near Shelby County Infirmary. physicians rushed to the scene. Cause of wreck undetermined.
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Piqua
George Robinson
Shelby County Infirmary
Sian
Railroad to Hudson Bay surveyors prepare route plan
Ottawa Ontario reports that a surveying party of 100 men will depart Winnipeg this week to map the railway to Hudson Bay. The survey results are expected for Parliament in January with anticipated legislation to permit construction within the year.
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Front Winnipes
Hudson Bay
Money Mill Seized in New York Green-Goods Plot
One of the most elaborate green goods schemes was uncovered in New York as investigators exposed a money making device offering Rosengarten $100,609 in exchange for $8,000. A Philadelphia man connected with the device was arrested after the operation was observed at police headquarters.
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Washington Post
Police
Philadelphia
McCafferty
Rosengarten
McAfferty
Fourteenth Step
Third Avenue
Ovat Ute
East Thirwiunth
Oeepgarten
Fire Near Big Trees in Calaveras County Threat Grows
Fire raging near the grove of big trees in Calaveras county twenty miles north of Sonora seeks to threaten sequoias though not believed in imminent danger. A large force fights the blaze with back firing to halt its spread across marshy ground toward Tuglume county. Spokane reports northern Idaho timber fires burn vast areas as 200 men rush to assist firefighting efforts.
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Calaveras
Sonora
Tuglumne
Spokane
Idaho
Bellevest
Three Killed In Train Wreck Near Shoshone Cal
A washout on the Tenough and Tidewater Railway near Shoshone California caused a passenger train to plunge into a cut. Three men died including Engineer Hamilton and two Broadwell crew. A cloudburst washed out 100 feet of track just before the hit. The locomotive rolled over, baggage car and chair car were derailed, and the sleeping car remained on the track.
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Tenough and Tidewater
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D Ead
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W HE Moore
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