Hamilton Wind Despites Mishap In Flight From New York
Hamilton’s Curtiss aeroplane, after a propeller damage near Governors Island, resumed flight with wife and mother watching aboard a special train. The airborne craft crossed Raritan River and Kill von Kull, maintaining about 50 mph, while the pursuing train carried spectators and reporters, declaring the daring voyage a remarkable feat despite engine trouble.
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New York
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Pennsylvania Terminal
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Tower Harbor
Kill von Kull
Staten Island
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Rahway
Statistics of Hamiltons Trip Between New York and New Jersey
Flight log records Hamilton’s outbound from Aviation Field to South Amboy and Governors Island with times 11:38 am to 6:39 pm, detailing leg times, speeds, weights, and fuel. Unofficial return data note course deviation and assumed distances, total aircraft weight at 1,227 pounds with 923 pounds aircraft alone.
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South Amboy
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Seft
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Holmesburg Jation
Aviation Field
Philelphia
Curtiss
Albany
New York
Hamilton
Aerial Record Shatters as Brooking Reaches New Altitude
Walter Brooking in a Wright biplane today set a world altitude record at the Indianapolis aviation meet, climbing over 1,900 feet in seven minutes and nearing 10 feet before descending. G. L. Bumbaugh's aircraft wrecked on takeoff, trapping him under burning debris until mechanics rescued him with minor injuries.
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National Aviation
Indianapolis Speedway
Indianapolis
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Wilbur Wright
G. L Bumbaugh
Indianapolia
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Brooking
May Change King's Oath Conference Hinted
London June 13 Prime Minister Asquith announced two major items in the House of Commons. He said talks with Mr Balfour might lead to an early conference on veto power of the Lords and that the government would introduce a bill to modify the King's accession oath troubling Roman Catholics. A message on the civil list and a regency due to the Duke of Cornwall's age were also noted with the king's message expected tomorrow. The regency question centers on who acts if George V dies before his son is of age. The Windup of the Jeffries Johnson contest ends next Sunday with coupons due by Wednesday.
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Dolliver challenges Taft tariff amid Senate clash
Iowa Senator Dolliver delivered a sweeping attack on the Aldrich Payne tariff, charging patronage pressure and hidden schedules as he rebuked President Taft’s tariff policy. He asserted Congress ceded tariff authority to Treasury experts and warned against party coercion while defending his insurgent stance and loyalty to the presidency.
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Tariff Fight Highlights Republican Rifts and Rubber Wealth
Senators Elkins and Aldrich spar over tariff policy with Dolliver warning against party loyalty tests. Rubber magnates cited as growing private wealth, prompting opposition to partisan studies. Shively defends limited government inquiry, Bacon proposal fails, sundry civil bill passes with tariff board funding kept at 250000.
150 Perish in Flood as Lightning Wrecks Hous es
Cologne June 13 Great loss of life occurred in the Ahr valley from a cloudburst Sunday night. The Abr River overflowed sweeping away two laborer barracks housing Italian and Croatian workers. Thirty seven bodies recovered. Flood destroyed railway and several villages. Lightning struck a village killing ten houses and injuring four. Peasants left destitute, awaiting aid.
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Hifel
Convicts Dynamite Prison Attempt at Clinton State Prison
Desperate bid by inmates at Clinton State Prison in Dannemora failed to blow the facility. Dynamite smuggled to Edward Brogan exploded with little damage. guards overpowered him. A revolver found in Edward Schultz's cell. Authorities searched all cells and suspected escape plan.
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Clinton State Prison
Dannemora
Edward Brogan
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Edward Schultz
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Hupponess
Vanderbilt defies church over university trustees
Nashville June 13 Vanderbilt University refuses to recognize three trustees appointed by the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The church may file mandamus proceedings to bring the matter to court. W K Vanderbilt favors a self perpetuating board for the university.
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Bill to Abolish Jewish Pale Introduced in Duma
A bill to abolish the Jewish pale has been introduced in the Duma at St. Petersburg. It is supported by 160 members and aims to end restrictions on where Jews may reside in the empire.
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St. Petersburg
Mysterious Woman Tied to Lake Como Murder Probe
Court and police investigations in Como focus on a veiled American woman seen near the Charlton villa. A Russian suspect denies ties to the Moltrano villa murder as divers continue to search Lake Como for clues. A strange coat fragment washed up, while autopsy findings refocus investigators on possible false leads. The American consul in Milan seeks New York summer-rate details for tourists.
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Ispolatoff
Genos
Sher
Switzerland
Harmilton's Long Flight in Air and Civil Turmoil
An ambitious daybook item lists Harmilton’s aviation feat amid a flood disaster reporting 150 dead, a hospital crisis as Cure Fails ends with a doctor shot, and a spate of crashes and fires shaping the city’s perilous mood.
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Haskin
News of Alexandria
Miller
Cure Fails, He Fires What Else Could I Do
Aloysius W Rayne shot Dr John M Grant after alleging neglect at the Jewish Hospital in St Louis. Rayne claimed the physician failed to cure his nervous trouble after repeated visits beginning February 13, and said killing him was the only way to get even. The doctor survived surgery and was expected to recover.
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Aloysius W Rayne
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Newstead
Professor Caswell Dies in Summer Home Sparked by Marital Strife
Special to The Washington from New York June 13 Prof Albert S Caswell 67 general director of music in Brooklyn public schools and organizer of several churches and YMCA programs died at his Echo Lake New Jersey summer home. He married twice and left a daughter and three children from the second marriage. A separation agreement 25 years ago and a long term relationship with a “soul mate” prompted questions over estate after his death. J Paul Caswell son by the second wife traveled to the scene to claim the body and safeguard his mother’s interests.
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WIFE ACCUSED OF POISONING IN SWAINSBORO GA
Swainsboro Georgia reports that after a state chemist examined the stomach of Fred Flanders the prominent citizen who died June 4 Mrs Flanders was arrested and authorities seek Dr W J McNaughton the physician who attended the husband. The inquiry notes a large amount of poison found and details Flanders property valued at 5000 and 5000 in insurance with no children.
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Mra Flanders
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Haskell At His Capital Governor Transacts Business in City
Oklahoma City dispatch reports Governor C N Haskell conducting official business at a hotel with a mock Governor's Office sign as Attorney General West supports Oklahoma City as the state capital. Additional state offices to be established there, with returns showing strong support to move the capital.
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Flames envelop ruins as rescue efforts unfold in Montreal
In Montreal on June 13 a boiler and sprinkler failure at the Herald building caused a major fire. Twenty injured and up to thirty dead or missing followed as rescuers battled flames, debris, and collapsing walls. A bravely aiding girl fainted after guiding colleagues to safety, while fire crews freed trapped workers and removed bodies amid dense dust and chaos.
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Quebec
Herald
Isaac John B. Alphonso Therrien
Duncan J. Miller
TypograpHical Union
Frank Jansen
John Wade
Gustave Lippe
Rene Littlejohn
Clement Borsman
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BR. Harris
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Florence Pitcher
Jennie White
Robinson P F. Quintal
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May Butler
Dorothy Ward
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