Aviators defend Moisant as protest against award continues
Four Moisant teammates declare his plane performed safely and that the accident stemmed from unknown causes. Garros notes the honor to Moisant stands, while the Aero Club of America says Grahame-White’s protest remains and will be argued before Paris arbitrators.
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Awe Club
Grahame-White
Moisant
Garros
Aero Chib of
America
Molsant
Thomas Ryan
Federation Aeronautique International
Paris
Morgant
New Orleans
Audi
Aero Club
Chile
Prise
Balloon Starts In Gale Over New York State Quest
Special to The Washington Post from St. Louis Missouri details a balloon flight starting at 6:50 pm with J Conan Hulbert and Paul McCol lough aboard. The craft drifted into darkness after release, blowing toward 40 mph, aiming for New York State and possibly Canada to set a long distance record. Neither pilot is licensed.
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Washington Post
St. Louis
Canada
Sham battle wows crowd as aviators bomb camp
In San Francisco on January 8 the wind swept across the peninsula and caused a cautious mood at Camp Selfridge. The day featured a sham battle in which Second Battalion of the Thirtieth United States Infantry faced aviators Brookins and Parmalea flying Wright bi planes at forty feet. The aviators dropped mock bombs while soldiers fired blank cartridges to defend.
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San Francisco
Cal
Camp Selfridge
Thirtieth United States Infantry
Brookins
Parmalea
Wright
Lover’s rejection drives art student to suicide in New York
Charles A Hughes, 22, an art student and son of retired Army Captain William K. Hughes, killed himself after his sweetheart Lydia refused marriage. Found letters show Lydia declared she could not love him and urged him to endure, saying life bore no meaning without her. Hughes had traveled from Columbus, Tennessee to New York.
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Washington
New York
Charles A Hughes
Hughes
William K. Hughes
Columbis
Tenn
William N. Hughes
United States Signal Corps
Bedlows
Halls
Lydia
Kansas City
Harry
Sof
Florida
Colorado
San Luis Valley
Rocky Mountains
Columbia River
Ozarks
Kansas
California
Mexico
New Mexico
Barry
Trials await Camorrists in Viterbo under guard
Italian prosecutors prepare for the camorra trial as 33 prisoners from Naples are kept under armed guard in Viterbo near the prison. Detachments of carabinieri patrol the area after violent scenes at the railway arrival. The prisoners, chained, refuse questions from reporters while relatives retreat from public view.
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Viterbo
Italy
Naples
Cuocolo
Presidential Car Burned at Santiago Station Fire
A blaze at midnight damaged part of the railway station in Santiago and destroyed the presidential car along with sleeping and dining cars. Damages estimated at 150000 pesos, with authorities attributing the fire to striker malice.
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Santiago de Ite
Middies Hunt Br’er Coon In Annapolis Caper
Naval Academy football players joined Prof M Terry for a 30 mile night trek in Anne Arundel County chasing elusive brer coon. The team searched hills swamps and forests along the Severn without success but treed two possums. Guide William Hefton earned a trophy and the other was served roasted with sweet potatoes at Bancroft Hall.
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Spelal
Washington
Annapolis
Anne Arundel County
Naval Academy
M. Terry
West Point
Little Round Bay
Severn
Wiliam Hefton
Bancroft Hall
SHIPS AT BATTLE PRACTICE ON THE WAY TO GUANTANAMO
Boston dispatch reports the North Atlantic fleet of sixteen battleships may proceed to Guantanamo Cuba after a failed attempt to pass the line of eleven defending vessels. The defending squadron included Tennessee Montana North Carolina and Washington with Salem Birmingham and torpedo craft Beale Smith Flusser Reid Lamson and Preston in maneuvers intercepted mid ocean.
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Boston
Guantanamo
Cuba
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Washington
Salem
Birmingham
Beate Smith
Flusser
Reid
Lamson
Preston
Opera Row Sparks Dispute Over Mascagni Project
New York reports George C. Tyler of Liebler & Co refused further progress on Mascagni’s Ysabel with Bessie Abbott, saying the composer’s demands are impossible. The piece risks not being produced if demands continue. Tyler warned acceding would invite further claims.
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New York
George C. Tyler
Liebler & Co
Ysabel
Pietro Mascagni
Bessie Abbott
Toronto
Tyler
Mascagni
Bank of England
Does Sherman Antitrust Act menace the nation's business
Gilbert H Montague argues before the Supreme Court cases American Tobacco and Standard Oil will define how the Sherman antitrust act affects thousands of legally growing, independent businesses. He traces past decisions, enforcement trends, and the tension between consolidation and competition, warning that the act could curb legitimate corporate growth driven by efficiency and scale.
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Supreme Court
Standard Oil
American Tobacco
United States
Gilbert H Montague
New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Victor Morawetz
Times
House
Congress
National Civic Federation
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
American Tobacco Combination
Standard Off
Standard Oil Company
Lacombe
Noyes
Ward
American Tobacco Group
Standard Oil Group
Coxe
Sanborn
Hook
Shermen
Asa
American Tobacco Company
Northern Securities Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Morawetz
United States Steel Corporation
Haa
Consolidation and the Sherman Antitrust Act
The article debates whether pooling assets and acquiring competitors violates public policy under the Sherman act. It notes that consolidation drives growth and efficiency, while warns that a ruling against this practice could threaten business expansion and cause widespread anxiety. It calls for a clear judicial stance, hoping the U S Court of Appeals will set the law.
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Justice Holmes
Lacombe
Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey
Trenton Potteries
Morase
United States Six Court
Russia offers rich field for direct American trade
London reports John Hays Hammond in St Petersburg exploring American investment in Russia. He sees grain elevators and electrification as core needs, urges discriminating concessions, and favors direct mercantile ties over monopolies. The czar reportedly welcomed American capital, though a large elevator scheme faces finance minister opposition.
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London
Russia
John Hays Hammond
St. Petersburg
Empire
Hamburg
Bremen
America
Vienna
Jan
Rusia
Koskoftsoft
The Farm Life Transformed by Mail Order Shopping
In Emory J. Haynes’s analysis for the New York World the rise of mail order buying shifts farm dollars from village stores to distant metropolitan merchants. Rural youth chase city amusements, theater, and trains, forsaking barn dances and husking bees as urban culture reshapes farm life and its moral fiber.
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Emory J. Haynes
New York World
Desuetude
New England
America
Broad Acres
Skeletons and rumors swirl as archduke tale surfaces
Denver physician Dr. Siegfried claims ownership of the purported skeleton of Archduke Johann, brother of Emperor Franz Josef, who vanished with his ship in 1890. The ad offers the skeleton for sale while Austrian officials doubt any imperial interest.
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Washington Post
Carthage
Ill
H. D. Siegfried
Denver
Archduke Johann
Franz Josef
Austria
Siegfried
Frans Josef
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Archduke John Nepomocene Salvator
John Orth
High Court Marahel'a
Vienna
Archduke John Salvator
Maguet
Sainte Marguerite
Archduke
Litle
Nuevo Ana
Tierra del Fuego
Leopold II of
Tuscany
Marie Antoinette
the Two Sicilies
Alexander von Nuker
Austria-Hungary
New York
Archduke John
Ilinois
Dauphin of
France
Marshal Ney
North Carolina
Ludmila Stubel
London
Ludmila Stube
Gmuden Lake
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Orth
Life Janger
Valparasso
Bermajo
Nuevo Ano
Where He Made It in Harper's Weeks
In the dialogue, Wobbles and Binks discuss the chicken business and money. Binks claims to have made ten thousand dollars but says he is now out of the business, reflecting a terse exchange on success and exit.
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Harper's
Binks
Wobbles
Wobbies
Binka
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