Highest Aero Trip Rises Over 6000 Feet
Atlantic City observers report Walter Brookins piloting a Wright biplane to an altitude near 6100 feet over the ocean. Officials triangulated height for a potential world record while crowds on shore cheered the 1 hour 2 minute endurance flight. Brookins earned a 5000 prize as engineers verify the final figures.
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Atlantic City
Walter Crookine
Ocean
Brookins
Atlantic Uty Aero Club
Henry McNeely
Augustus Post
National Council of the Aero Club of America
Brookina
Brooking
Ly Coftyn
Frank Coftyn
Thankins
Berkeley Avenue
Milton-Dollar
Rightmire
Hackney
Bristow Urges Progressive Tariff Reform in Kansan Address
Senator Bristow, in Winfield at a chautauqua, defends progressive Republicans and calls the tariff debate a fight begun after Oyster Bay talks with Roosevelt. He warns corporate greed dominates Congress, urges Republican support and faith in the people to secure further reforms for the average citizen.
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Winfield
Kans
Bristow
Murdock
Madison
Kansas
Winfield Chautauqua
Senator Bristow
Congress
Republican Party
Aeroplane Contest Sparks Record Flights Across Nations
French experts rate Leblanc a strong contender for the Gordon Bennett trophy as Morane flights beat Curtiss last year. Olieal cuts the 100 km record to 1 hour 8 minutes, Auburn tours 145 km in 2 hours 9 minutes, and La bouchere wins $1,000 for breaking a distance record. Antoinette monoplane earns constructors prize with 2,744 km total. Harmon plans water crossing for Country Use trophy across Long Island Sound. Doubleday offers silver for Manhattan Island circuit. A crash hazard looms over river traffic but Harmon presses on. Pitts-depressed Newburyport report of a biplane accident at Plum Island River leaves pilot shaken but unhurt. machine wrecked.
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Gordon Bennett
Morane
Glenn H Curtiss
Olieal
Auburn
Labouchere
Ollenlager
Lagagneux
Rheims Cathedral
Manhattan
New York
Clfford
Harmon
Long Island Sound
Mineola
Long Island
Mamaroneck River
Frank N. Doubleday
Manhattan Island
Willie Wans
East River
Clifford Harmon
Newburyport
Mass
A L Pftzner
Hammondsport
N. Y
Plum Island River
Threats to Life Linked to Abolition of DC Cab Stand
Washington inspector George Dawson received threatening letters claiming he caused the abolition of the Twelfth street and Pennsylvania avenue cab stand. He initially disregarded them, but a street encounter confirmed fears. Detectives will pursue the letter writer as Dawson continues his stand investigations and defends his role amid police scrutiny.
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Washington Police Department
Dawson
Lfe
Twelfth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest
Central Office
Police Department
Phillips
Macaboy
Millonaire
Brown
Curry
Taylor DX Police Court Acquittal in Assault Charge
Special to The Washington Post Indianapolis July 4 William Taylor former governor of Kentucky fled to Indiana after indictment in a murder case he faced assault and battery charges in police court against Leslie Baetty. Baetty testified Taylor rushed him from the office and grabbed him by the collar but the judge ruled no assault and battery and Taylor was acquitted.
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Washington Post
Indianapolis
Ind
William
Taylor
Kentucky
William Goebel
Leslie Baetty
Baetty
Wellesley Students Drown In Lake Waban Tragedy
Florence Jennison and Mary Palmer two Wellesley College neighbors aged 19 drowned in Lake Waban during a bathing outing. Palmer went beyond depth, Jennison swam to help but both were lost and later bodies recovered.
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Mass
Florence Jennison
Mary Palmer
Wellesley College
Lake Waban
Jennison
Resica
Miss Palmer
Miss Jennison
New wheat at 85 cents in Harrisonburg Virginia
The first new wheat in the county was bought by Bowers Hoover and Minnick of Timberville. Market price should have been 9 1/2 cents, but due to grain inferiority caused by excessive rains it sold for 85 cents. Heavy rains and floods threaten valley farmers with substantial losses.
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Washington Post
Harrisonburg
Bowers, Hoover & Minnick
Pearl Lagoon Clash Ends With San Jacinto Disabled
A combined defense of American planters, merchants, and Estrada troops repelled the Madriz gunboat San Jacinto at Pearl Lagoon. The vessel suffered heavy casualties, drifted out to sea, and was towed away by the Venus. Inland fighting continues as Gen. Mena rallies near Managua awaiting reinforcements.
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Birefields
Venus
Mena
Managua
Washington Post
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Estrada
Pearl Lagoon
Madriz
Bluefields
Nicaragua
New Orleans
Marietta di Giorgio
Insurgenta
Madrig
Seventeen New Middies Sworn In At Naval Academy
Special to The Washington Post Annapolis Md July 9 The following additional candidates were sworn in as midshipmen by the superintendent Archibald N Offrey Archibald Early Roslyn Md George F Netley Winchester Mass Henry W Gottschalk Milwaukee Charles H Mecum Salem N J Martin Griffin Charlestown Mass Frederick D Powers Cedar Rapids Adrian Br Marron Denver William H Meyers Connellsville Pa George Marvell Annapolis Robe rts Wyman Concord Mass Francis J Hagan Philadelphia Albert A Brand Jr Evansville Ind George E Rosendahl Cleburne Tex Arthur Landis Oxford N C Morton L Ring Portsmouth N H Russell E Perry Concord N H Money To Lemtst 4 5 and 0 Per Cent lon real estate FB T Rawlings 1606 Pa av
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Annapolis
Naval Academy
Archibald N. Offrey
Alexander Early
Roslyn
George F. Netley
Winchester
Mass
Henry W. Gottschalk
Milwaukee
Charles H. Mecum
Salem
N. J
Martin Griffin
Charlestown
Frederick D. Powers
Cedar Rapids
Adrian BR. Marron
Denver
Once Wed, Never Again Free in Law View
Judge Ralph Latshaw overturned a municipal court ruling convicting Dr Milo B Hartman for assaulting his former wife on May 18, 1909 in a dry goods store. Latshaw argued marital ties give a husband a claim and privilege in dealings with a former spouse, criticizing the $3500 fine as improper.
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Kansas City
Ralph Latshaw
Milo B H. Hartman
Canal Completion Near Cape Charles Opens Inland Waterway
About 60 yards of sand remain to be dug to finish an open waterway linking Chincoteague Bay to Indian River. Dredges have operated for months and the completion in a week will enable launches and small boats to travel from Millsboro and Indian River to Ocean View, Bethany Beach, Rehoboth, Shincomteague, and Franklin City, with larger ships reaching Cape Charles and Bethany Beach. The project promises an inland route alongside the ocean and a big celebration upon completion.
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Cape Charles Va
Virginia
Delaware
Chincoteague Bay
Indian River
Millsboro
Rehoboth
Ocean View
Bethany Beach
Shincoteague
Franklin City
Cape Charles
Bethany ' Beach
Pushed Stalled Ambulance In Aims For Hospital Rescue
In Richmond Virginia July 3 Ray Patterson a 14 year old boy injured after being struck by a car while riding a different vehicle was rushed to Virginia Hospital by a crowd that pushed a stalled ambulance. The ambulance started late and halted before reaching the hospital while bystanders ferried him in. Patterson remained conscious and refused anesthesia while surgeons treated his head wounds. his condition was listed as precarious.
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Washington Post
Richmond
Ray Patterson
Virginia Hospital
Baltimore Bucket Shop Indicted in Federal Court
In Baltimore on July 9 Judge Rose made permanent an injunction against Virgil P. Randolph William B Price James A Anderson and Price & Co restraining them from obtaining using or selling Chicago Board of Trade quotations A preliminary injunction had been issued April 1 and defendants were later arrested on indictments for operating a bucket shop They are on bail awaiting trial in Washington where the indictments were returned.
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Rose
United State Court
Virgil P. Randolph
William B Price
James A. Anderson
And
Price & Co
Board of Trade of Chicago
Washington
Paymaster Fatally Shoots Self at Portland Station
In Wheeling West Virginia on July 9 Joseph Sellman paymaster for the Portland Coal Company was accidentally shot in the chest by a gun he carried after a holdup of paymasters. His wife and three children witnessed as he died about thirty minutes later while preparing to drive to the depot to obtain funds to pay workers.
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W. Va
Joseph Sellman
Portland
Sellman
Portland Coal Company
Wien
James
Carter
B Street
Reed Teenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Bank of Washington
Loughran
FOLLOWS BROTHER IN DEATH IN TA ZEWELL VA
Col Able French aged 73 of Tazewell county dies of heart disease. His sister in law Mrs Thomas Crabtree, age 67, dies within hours after hearing the news. Special to The Washington Post from Tazewell Virginia dated July 9.
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Col. French
Tazewell
Washington Post
Able French
Thomas Crabtree
Tufken Hi
Galdr on James C Carter Victim in Heat Stroke
Well known lumber merchant James C Carter dies on the way to hospital as tropical heat and oppressive humidity take a toll. The article notes Washingtons “Grinnery and Bearers” and mentions Medicine Hat as a birthplace for blizzards, linking lines with New Orleans and Albuquerque.
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Washington
Medicine Hat
New Orleans
Albuquerque
Washington Seared by Heat Wave of 103 Degrees
Heat wave gripped Washington as thermometers topped 103 degrees. One man died and ten others were prostrated across the city, with casualties spanning multiple neighborhoods and including children and workers. Emergency hospitals treated victims from Reed Teenth Street to Seventh Street, while warnings spread of ongoing heat through New England, the mid-Atlantic, and the Southeast.
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Washington
Vulcan
Woman Faints in Yard Then Is Treated at Emergency Hospital
In Washington a woman at 929 M Street Northwest fainted and fell into an areaway while with companions. She sustained head injuries and was treated at Emergency Hospital before being taken to her parents home at 12 Ninth Street Northwest.
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Ninth Street
Brownlow Funeral Monday in Johnson City Tennessee
Congressional Delegation to Attend Brownlow Funeral in Memorial Hall Mountain Branch National Soldier's Home noon Monday time moved to suit Washington party arrival. Rev J A Ruble to lead with Rev W H Osborn assisting Several thousand expected. banks and businesses to close. Senate attendees Curtis Smith Bradley Jones Frazier Taylor Paynter. House attendees Austin Tawney Livingston Bowers Kelfer Moon Hu l Houston Burns Padgett Simms Garrett Gordon Grant Cowles Morehead Slemp James.
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Tenn
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Memorial Hall
Mountain Branch
National Soldier's Home
Washington
Capital
J. A. Ruble
W. H. Osborn
Brownlow
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Michigan
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Georgia
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Mississippi
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Ohio
Committee On
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Padgett
Simms
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Gordon
Grant
Cowles
Morehead
North Carolina
Slemp
James
Robbery at Norfolk Navy Yard Pay Office
The Norfolk navy yard paymaster’s office safe was broken into aboard the Franklin. Authorities say only a small sum was stolen, possibly about $6,000, with payroll totaling $47,000 brought from a Norfolk bank. Lieutenant Commander Shadwick notes no arrests yet. Inspector Martin is examining Paymaster Hilton’s books as part of the probe.
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Franklin
Norfolk Navy Yard
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Shadwick
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Thrash
Chadwick
Jonn R. Martin
Pay Corps
J. C Hilton
Admiral Marshall
Navyuard
Navy
Fitton
Portsmouth
Martin
Injunction Halts Removal Of Wife's Body In Greene County
In Wheeling West Virginia July 9 an injunction was issued to stop Moore from moving the dead body of his wife from the burial lot of Charles Vanvorhis to his own lot. He was arrested on a warrant for desecration and held for the grand jury. The court prohibited further disturbing the grave and Moore had already erected a monument in his own plot.
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Washington Post
Wheeling
W. Va
Greene County
Moore
Charles Vanvorhis
Cardinal Gibbons Returns to Residence After Health Boost
Cardinal Gibbons shows marked health improvement after a ten day stay at the Shriver home near Westminster. He resumed duties preparing his Montreal eucharistic congress sermon as he enjoys walking, drives, and light exercise. The congress will gather over 100 archbishops and bishops and priests from Baltimore, Washington, and beyond with Cardinal Gibbons presiding.
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Washington Post
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbong
North Charles Street
T Herbert Shriver
Union Mills
West Minster
Lana
Mr. Shriver
Montreal
Canada
Cardinal Gibbons
North America
Washington
Illinois Poll Finds Mixed Political Mood Amid Lorimer Affair
Special to The Washington Post reports a Chicago based poll on Illinois politics shows mixed sentiment. Republicans lead slightly yet many favor independence or third party options amid Lorimer bribery fallout and tariff discontent. Democrats face slim chances with leadership blamed for weakness and a notable Socialist interest growing.
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United States
William Lorimer
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois
Commonwealth
Ohio
Indiana
Taft
Democratic
Socialist Party
Milwaukee
Lorimer
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