Monoplane Crash Kills War Minister in Paris Race
A monoplane piloted by Train crashed into a cabinet group at Issy les Molineux during the Paris to Madrid race, killing War Minister Berteaux and injuring Premier Monis and others. The crowd surged forward as cavalry cleared the field. Monis and Deutsch were treated, Berteaux suffered fatal injuries, and the race was halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Berteaux
Premier Monis
M Deutsch
M Bounier
M. Monis
M. Geons
Herteaux
Deutsch
M. Mons
Iny
War Department
M Berteaux
M Monis
M. Hersand
Dupuy
Petit Parisien
Paris
France
Madrid
Issy Les Molineux
M. Train
M. Bonnier
Mf Deutsch
M Lepine
Polie
Monis
Berteaux
Roland Garros
M Beaumont
M Gibert
Beer vault caper ends with arrest at Arion Club
Toney Branch a waiter at the Arion Club infiltrated a beer vault by bypassing a 12 inch thick door and piping, but his scheme to steal beer backfired when Steward Roche discovered the intrusion. Branch was removed, revived, and returned to work after a brisk massage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toney Branch
Arion Club
Jimmy Valentine
Lightning strikes kill reader at home in Chicago
Special to The Washington Post reports a severe electrical storm in Chicago on May 21. Mrs Wes Cadwell was struck by lightning while reading a book and died instantly. Six others were burned or shocked, three knocked from their chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Chicago
Wes Cadwell
Peace Pact Signed to End Mexican Hostilities in Juarez
In Juarez on May 21 1911 representatives of the Diaz government and the revolutionary forces signed a peace agreement at the customs house to cease hostilities nationwide. Diaz and Corral will resign, interim leadership by Francisco Leon de la Barra to call elections, with reforms and reconstruction of telegraph and rail lines to follow as states regain tranquility. Madero delays in declaring full peace until the new cabinet is installed, with troops to be dispersed as each state stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juarez
Mexico
Customs House
Diaz
Corral
Custom House
Judge Carbajal
Vasquez Gomez
Francisco Madero
Senora Pino Suarez
Don Francisco I Carbajal
Porfirio Diaz
Francisco Vasquez Gomez
Don Francisco I Madero
Don Jose Maria Pino Suarez
Ramon Corral
Francisco Leon de la Barra
Senor
Gen. Diaz
Interiim
Francisco I Madero
Senor de la Barra
Senor Madero
Francisco I Madero, Jr
Mexico City
Aero Capital
Clerks’ League
Posse Lynces
Taft
Cincinnati
Senate
House Democrats
Poet's Cottage
Society &Union Club
Bath
Mexican Revolution Advances Cross Border Rail Repair
Gen Ambrosio Figueroa seized Cuernavaca after the dawn retreat of Col Munguia and under a breached armistice, claiming to restore order. Diaz resignations ripple south toward Torreon as rail lines promise quick repair. Madero mulls talks with Senor de la Barra on governors cabinet and laws to finish before congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Ambrosio Figueroa
Cuernavaca
Col. Munguia
Miners Denounce Roosevelt Over McNamara Case
The United Mine Workers denounce former President Roosevelt for his stance on the McNamara kidnapping case. The union accuses him of meddling in labor matters to prejudice the public against Western Federation of Miners leaders and accuses Roosevelt of pandering to Wall Street interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNamara
Washington Post
New York
New York American
United Mine Workers of America
Roosevelt
Western Federation of Miners
Wall Street
National Manufacturers’ Association
Eagle Fights Soldier in Massachusetts Game Case
Corporal Thomas Campbell of the 157th Co United States coast artillery faced Massachusetts game law charges after he fired on a bald eagle in Lynn killing not the bird. The eagle fought back tearing overalls as Campbell and companion Thomas Hgan struggled to subdue it. The bird, alive, was under surgical care at Game Warden Thomas Burney's home. The eagle measures about 4 feet 10 inches wingspan and was recovering afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Lynn
Mass
Thomas Campbell
New York
157Th Company
United States Coast Artillery
Massachusetts
Campbell
Thomas Hgan
Thomas Burney
Launch Swept Over Dam In Wisconsin Pathetic Rescue
In Black River Falls Wisconsin on May 21 Frank F ederholz died when a gasoline launch engine failed and the tiller jammed as high water and swift currents carried the craft over the dam. Seven others were rescued after a struggle on the raging waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black River Falls
Wis
Frank F,ederholz
Oderholz
Chinese Banker Murdered After Torreon Battle
Reports from Laredo Texas describe the murder of Dr J W Lim a Chinese banker in Torreon Mexico tied with a tape around his neck dragged through the plaza and killed amid a three day battle between revolutionists and federals. Other rumors place the Sternau hotel owners among the dead and claim seventeen Chinese were killed with no reported American injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
J. W Lim
Torreon
Mexico
Lim
Sternau Brothers
Dog Fleeing Pet Returns Home in Hartford May
Special to The Washington Fest Hartford Conn May 21 After spending winter in a cave of dead leaves a small terrier named Dash famed for avoiding women returned to his master Louis Ellis He had run away last November when women of the household pressed affection on him He was brought back in the family automobile and will stay in the barn Mr Ellis learned of the dog from a coachman who followed it to its leaf bed and identified him
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hartford
Conn
Dash
Louis Ellis
Ellis
Car Kills Whole Family In Hebron Ohio
Newark May 21 The Dodson family from Hebron was killed when an interurban car on the Newark division of the Ohio Electric Railway struck their buggy. Mr Dodson 30 Mrs Dodson 30 and their two daughters aged 7 and 4 were riding along the highway east of Hebron near the line. The horse bolted across the track after the buggy was passed by another car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Ohio
Newark
D. W. Dodson
Ohio Electric Railway
Dodson
Dodsons
City Responds to Presbyterians Over Sunday Saloons
Washington officials rejected a Presbyterian report claiming saloons and theaters run full blast on Sundays. Commissioner Judson, Maj. Sylvester, and Chairman Richards argued the excise law is strictly enforced, with Sunday work limited and close monitoring of premises. They challenged the assertion and offered to close all saloons if the accusers prove their charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judson
Richards
Excise Board
Washington
Presbyterian General Assembly
Atlantic City
W. W. Judson
Maj. Sylvester
Metropolitan Police
William P. Richards
United States
Tieut
J. L Sprinkle
Still More Resignations Boost Committee of 100 Effort
Still more resignations ripple through the National Civil Service League Improvement Association as C F Norment M M Parker and S W Woodward pledge aid to the Committee of 100. Secretary Buck plans a May 31 to June 1 mass meeting and a national reorganization to press higher civil service salaries and a retirement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Norment
M. M. Parker
S. W. ‘Woodward
National Civil Service League
Buck
Clarence F. Norment
Myron M. Parker
S. W. Woodward
National Civil Service League Improvement Association
Committee of 100
Committee of 10
Messrs
Norment
Parker
Woodward
Fulton R Gordon
Charles Z. Bell
John Joy Edson
Milton H. Alles
Louis P. Shoemaker
Charles W. Carr
Vernon E. Hodges
Mr. Woodward
Messrs Edaon
Bell, Ailes
Shoemaker
Fulton R. Gordon
Joseph W. Buck
Association
House of Representatives
Mésars
National Civil Service Improvement Association
United States
Washington
Dewey
Grant Leet
D. W. Brown
Charles Dick
Congress
Mr. Buck
French Statesman Killed by Aero Fatality Shock
An index item reports the killing of a prominent French statesman in a freak aero incident, stirring international reactions and sparking debates over safety and political stability across capitals.
MES WYLIE DELAYS TRIP TO EUROPE
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Horace Wylie reconciled with her husband but did not sail from New York due to daughter Margaret's sudden illness whooping cough. They will depart when she recovers. Mrs Phillip Hichborn is staying with Mme von Stumm in Stuttgart while her husband is in Atlantic City with their ill daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
New York American
Washington
Horace Wylie
Margaret
Wylie
Europe
Phillip Hichborn
Wise
Mme. von Stumm
Stuttgart
Germany
Philip Hichborn
Atlantic City
Lynching of Six Negroes Near Lake City Fla After Bogus Telegram
In Lake City Florida six Black men were lynched early today by a mob posing as officers. They were lured from the county jail with a forged telegram to the sheriff’s 16 year old son and shot near Lake City, after being moved from Tallahassee and Lake Oak. The incident follows hints of a race war and involved the men from Tallahassee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake City
Fla
Register
Tallahasses
Columbia
Leon County
Tallahassee
Lave Oak
Aged race leader lynched by mob in Swainsboro Ga
In Swainsboro Georgia on May 21 an elderly preacher Ben Smith was hanged from a tree by white mobs after a confrontation with deputy marshal Canady who was wounded. Smith had clashed with his wife and the mob also dynamited the negro Odd Fellows Hall as pursuit continued nearby.
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Washington
Swainsboro
Ben Smith
Smith
Canady
Smith House
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Taft Praises Y M C A at Colored Association Meeting
President Taft defended the Y M C A against Prof Steiner's criticisms and praised its work worldwide. He spoke to a large crowd raising about 15 000 dollars for a new Negro Y M C A building at 144 U Street Northwest as nearly 13 000 had been collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Young Men's Christian Association
William Steiner
Grinnell College
Iowa
Howard
Steiner
Stelmer
M C. A
Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
M. J. M. Brady
M. Amuere Duval
Haiti
Santo Domingo
J. E. Moorland
M. Cc. A
Moorland
Mr. Taft
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AERO
Train
Henri Maurice Berteaux
Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis
Interior
Antoine Monis
Mailer
Henri Deutsch de la Mourthe
Pierra Vedrine
Picbel
M Bouniler
Eiffel Tower
Harive
Waiter
Arctic
Toney
James Roche
Maxim
Steward Roche
Bill” Douglas
Bolt
Mader
Palt
Arbajal
Diaz and
Francisco S. Carbajal
Jose Maria Pino Suarez
Madero
Huahua
Figueroa
Eagle
Bird
Dr. Lim
Plaza
Dog
Terrier
Mr. Dick
Mes, Wylie
Frederick
Reedsvville
Hagerstown
Baltimore and Ohio A. RK
Union Station
Meeting
of Colored Association
Ohent
Orient
Philippines
China
Japan
Hongkong
Manila
America
England
White Young Men's Christian Association
Colored Young Mens Christian Association
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