Army aviation school at College Park full of stunts and trials
Officers at the Army Aviation School at College Park host a lively day featuring a runaway horse race with a cavalry pony, a Jersey cow joining the chase, and an aeroplane luncheon. Harry Atwood misses his flight, while Lieuts Milling and Arnold demonstrate aerial skills. Army ordnance experts say a high flying aeroplane can be stopped only by a specialized long gun and smoke-trail shell.
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Army Merc School
College Park
Harry Atwood
Atwood
Milling
Arnold
Aviation School
Kansas
Thomas DeWitte Milling
United States
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Tadent
Allen
College Fark
United States Army School For
Wright Brothers
Army
Navy
Germany
Metropolis
Wrights
Maryland
United States Army
Charles de F. Chandler
Ltent. Lahm
Harold T. Arnold
Thomas de Witte Milling
Wright
Paul W. Beck
Curtiss School of Aviation
Lieut. Milling
Capt
Chandler
Roy C. Kirtland
Lieut. Arnold
Park
San Antonio
Capt. Beck
Une Xeropminent
West Point
Western Cavalry
Philippines
War Department
Lieut
Wright Aviation
Dayton
Ohio
Boston
Washington
W. Starling Burgess
James Allen
Signal Corps
Charles de F. Chandier
James Gordon Bennett
America
Aero Chib of America
Kirtland
Tetra K
Roy Vuniruauu
Cavalry
Butte, Mont
Lieut. Kirtland
Lieut Arnold
Tex
Glenn A. Curtiss
Curtiss
Kelly
H. S. Mollineaux
Quartermaster’s Department
Murray
Hoton
Harrie Ewlog
de F. Chandler
Army Aviation School
Roy €. Kirtland
Harold H. Arnold
Mars Probably Will Live After Biplane Crash
Eric Mars, hurt when his biplane lost control and fell about 100 feet, is expected to recover. Doctors at Harmot Hospital report a slight brain concussion fading and internal injuries improving. Mars regained consciousness and attributed the accident to the plane entering an air pocket.
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Washington Foss
Eric
Bud Mars
Mars
Harmot Hospital
Aviator Saton Falls 150 Feet at Issy Field
Paris dispatch reports aviator Saton died instantly after a 150 foot fall during a light at Issy aviation field France. The accident occurred this afternoon and the fallen flyer was identified by officials as Saton.
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Birdman
Saten
Issy Field
France
Washington Post
Paris
Saton
Issy Aviation Field
Raw Hair Duty Debate Faces Treasury Decision
The Treasury Department weighs the tariff on hair goods with Assistant Secretary Curtis amid dispute over when hair is raw versus drawn. Exhibits of scalp locks from China, Germany, France, and Russia are under review as the law sets free import for raw hair and a 2 percent duty on drawn hair.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Curtis
China
Germany
France
Russia
Engineer Killed in Wreck at Port Eye
A westbound Erie express from New York to Chicago collided with a pusher engine at Port Eye on the Buffalo division at 5:50 am. The engine rolled over a high embankment. Engineer William Ofivwer of Buffalo was killed. the fireman seriously injured, along with injuries to the baggage master and express messenger. No passengers were harmed.
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Washington Post
Rochester
Erie Express
New York
Chicago
Port Eye
Buffalo
William Ofivwer
Tragic Pleasure Ride Kills Cynthia Munday Near Covington Va
Miss Cynthia Munday 22 of Springwood Va dies instantly when a Chesapeake and Ohio railway car crashes after the switches are altered. Myrtle Pratt 20, planned bride of a Roanoke police officer, is badly crushed and likely to die. Lula Young is seriously bruised. J L Wheeler, supervisor of the local electric signal system, survives shaken. he hosted the guests on the trip. Miss Pratt and Miss Munday were to wed soon. Miss Young to recover.
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Cynthia Munday
Myrtle Pratt
Covington
Washington Post
Springwood
J. L. Wheeler
Wheeler
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Misa Myrtle Pratt
Munday
Lula Young
Fincastle
Miss Munday
Miss. Young
Policeman Baugher
Roanoke
Hessku
Pratts
Hinton
Miss Young
Plan long air race tests endurance over 1019 mile circuit
London July 15 England stages a 1019 mile circuit for a 50000 prize with Charles Weymann as唯一 American entrant. The course runs from Brooklands to Hendon Edinburgh Glasgow Bristol Brighton and back, divided into four stages with many stops. Finishing is doubtful due to aircraft stability and critical sections between Harrowgate and Edinburgh.
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London
England
Daily Mail
Charles T. Weymann
United States
East Church
Europe
Bearmont
Wedrings
Madrid
Ap Valentine
Brooklands
Hendon
Edinburgh
Harrowgate
Newcastle
Glasgow
Bristol
Stirling
Carliste
Manchester
Brighton
Exeter
Salisbury Plain
Feny
France
Black Hand agent killed in Pennsylvania shooting
George Labarto, a wholesale fruit merchant in Teannétte Pennsylvania, shot Venet Ceciliano an Italian barber after receiving a Black Hand signal to turn over money. Eight demand letters were later handed to police. Ceciliano died in hospital. Labarto fled the scene and his barns had burned previously with horses destroyed.
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Teannétte
George Labarto
Black Hand
Venet Ceciilano
Labarto
Mra
Ceciliano
Alleged outlaw captured after raid near Mud River
John Dotson and Bob Lucas were captured at the Dotson home near Mud River in Lincoln County after a midnight raid. Aaron Collins, accused of fatally shooting Detective Horton, remains at large despite a raid on his former home. Officers expect to capture Collins by Sunday morning.
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Washington
Charleston
W. Va
John Dotson
Aaron Collins
Jack Horton
Holmes
Howard Smith
Oon Mud River
Lincoln County
Dotson
Bob Lucas
Horton
Collins
Argentina Seeks Arbitration Treaties With Ecuador Venezuela
Buenos Aires reports Minister to the United States Dr Noon, now in Caracas, telegraphs that he has signed a general arbitration treaty on behalf of Argentina with Ecuador and that a similar treaty with Venezuela is expected to be signed at once.
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JjJonn P. Kelly
Kelly
United States Army
Geriigs
Buenos Aires
Noon
Argentina
United States
Caracas
Ecuador
Snowstorm in Venice Delivers Heavy Snowfall
Venice reports an abnormal cold spell with a heavy snowstorm as of July 15. Local residents describe unusually frigid conditions and significant snowfall for the season.
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Washington Post
Venice
Amateur Tars at Sea Plan Bold New York Raid
Washington District National Guard 168 sailors embark on the battleship Virginia for summer drill off Norfolk to Gardiners Bay. They join seventeen battleships in a Long Island Sound mock invasion against New York aided by expert instructors and a broad coast defense plan led by Rear Admiral Osterhaus and Commander Stratton.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Atlantic City
Naval Battalion
District National Guard
Aardiners Bay
New York
Long Island Sound
District Naval
Washington
Northland
Hampton Roads
Nebraska
District of Columbia
Gardiners Bay
North Atlantic
Navy Department
Samuel W. Stratton
Ozark
A. Davis
Naval Militia Division
Navy
Osterhaus
Atlantic Fleet
E. B. Eberle
Atlantic
Jaine
Rhode Island
Michigan
Connecticut
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio
Minnesota
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Idaho
South Carolina
Newport
R. 1
Red Fleet
Fleet of Defense
Edward W. Eberle
Dixie
Aagship
Red Feet
Gardiner's Bay
Long Island
Castine
Hugo Osterham
Salem
Chester
Five Thousand Dollar Jewelry Theft Suspect Held
Samuel R. Wynn alias Robert Williams a colored man was turned over to Detective McGuire of Rochester New York to be taken North for trial on a charge of stealing Jewelry valued at $5,000 from Mrs. Woe Chapin of Rochester. Wynn was arrested here after trying to pawn two diamond rings valued at $1,500. He formerly worked as a bell boy at the Hotel Rochester and is a native of Baltimore. The robbery occurred December 10 last.
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Baltimore
Samuel R. Wynn
Robert Williams
McGuire
Rochester
N. Y
Woe Chapin
Wynn
Henry White in Berlin Brief Berlin Stop
Berlin dispatch notes Henry White paused in the city over Sunday dining with American Charge Laughlin. Though popular at court, the stop was personal, as White journeyed across Germany to visit his daughter Muriel and granddaughter Margaret at their Silesian home near Breslau.
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Washington
New York
Berlin
Henry White
Laughlin
White
Germany
Muriel
Margaret
Silesian
Rosnerschau
Breslau
Hammond Grants Killed
A St. Petersburg dispatch to the New York World reports the Russian government annulled mining concessions secured by John Hays Hammond for an American syndicate. No official explanation is given. officials differ on whether Hammond withdrew the agreement or Russia acted over U S policy toward China.
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Washington
New York
St. Petersburg
New York World
John Hays Hammond
United States
Hammond
America
China
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Congress
Island
Weymann
Peace For
South America
Venezuela
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Hostetter
Seaton
Wearis
Visit
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Oxford Street
Chevy Chase Club
Wood, Donn & Deming
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