Death plunge in broken airship ends aviator's bid
Johnstone, holder of altitude record, crashes his biplane during a daring glide at Washington's City airport. He attempts to right the failing craft as it spirals, is ejected from the seat, and the machine plunges into the crowd. Spectators tear at wreckage and souvenirs while authorities rush to aid.
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Ajman
Hoxsey
Johnstone
Denver Plate
Rom Avittor
Altino Seord
Ike
In-U' At Tovert
Park Aviation Field
Sonrae
Ting
Helcont Park
Aid
Rust Johnstone
Furlosas
John& Aed
Orne
Vreehins
Johnstona
Poe
Specters
Nob Hoxsey
Ms Afernoon
Death's Harvest of Air Navigators Summary
A 1910 fatality roll lists 27 air crash deaths across balloons and aircraft. Notable entries include Ralph Johnstone of Denver, Charles Stewart Rolls of Bournemouth, and Edmond Poillot of Chartres, with earlier years showing Selfridge at Fort Myer and multiple 1908 disasters in London and Berkeley.
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Ralph Johnstone
Denver
Colo
M. Blanchard
Bruges
France
Edmond Poillot
Chartres
Capt
Macievitch
St. Petersburg
Russia
George Chavez
Domodossola
Italy
Benny Prinz
Asbury Park
N. J
Nicholas Kinet
Brussels
Belgium
Oscar Erbsloch
Leichlinger
Germany
Charles Stewart Rolls
Bournemouth
England
Charles Wachter
Rheims
Herr Robl
Stettin
Eugene Speyer
San Francisco
Cal
M. Logily
Budapesth
Iungary
Chauvette Michelin
Lyons
Tierr P. Luft
Otto Groupner
Herr Hoecker
Lussehenring
Berlin
Bitterfeld
Nerr Nugo Delbrueck
F. Benduhn
Herr Hein
Hubert le Blon
San Sebastian
Spain
M. Leon Delagrange
Bordeaux
Antonio Fernandez
Tours
Louis F. Ferber
Marchal
Picaure
Vincenot
Reux
Moulins
Enea Rossi
Rome
E. Lefebvre
Paris
Signor Possi
Milan
M. Palitzin
Thomas H. Selfridge
Fort Myer
London
Charles Oliver Jones
Lammondsport
N. Y
Morrell
Berkeley
L. I. Wood
Hillside Park
Woolen import duty frauds may involve British firms
Assistant United States Attorney Whitney signals a wave of suits to recover upward of ten million dollars for the government in undervaluation cases against importers of woolens worsteds and linings from England. The Brooke company seizure and additional writs of attachment extend to banks and accounts.
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United States
Whitney
Brooke Company
Washington Post
New York
Joseph Brooke & Co
United States District Court
England
Great Britain
Brooke
Marshal Henkel
Brooke & Co
Stazet
Lidward Jefferson
Canada
Cantor Junction
Mass
Boston
Hiead
Bradford
Massachusetts Actors
By & I
Treasury Department
Fio
Travusios Wre Activ
Peter Stedling
Brooks & Co
Redling
Nicholias LLC
Brooks
Frederick
A A. Brooke
Joseph Brooke
Brookes
Huddersfield
Ex-Gov J M Terrell Named to U S Senate Seat
Gov Brown appoints former Georgia governor James M Terrell to the U S Senate seat freed by the death of A S Clay. Terrell, 52, has twice governed Georgia and will serve until the legislature meets in June to choose a replacement for the unexpired Clay term.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Brown
James M. Terrell
United States Senate
A. & Clay
Georgia
Terrell
Clay
Dr Cook warns critics after Eskimo evidence
Special cable from Copenhagen reports Dr Cook wrote to the university commission and to former Minister Hansen offering to meet critics. The commission replied they have nothing to go with him, while Hansen telegrammed that he should not come unless he has reliable information, noting strong feeling against him after Eskimo evidence.
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Washington Post
Copenhagen
Dr. Cook
University Commission
Commerce
Hansen
M. Hansen
Plumber Finds Lost Ring After 200 Foot Sewer Crawl
E E Adamson, a young plumber, crawled 200 feet through an 18 inch sewer to recover Miss Harriet Shadd’s $1,200 graduation ring from her father. The ring was lodged between two joints after slipping from a bathtub edge. Miss Shadd, recovering from appendicitis at Garfield Hospital, regained the ring and slept, her fever subsiding as joy returned.
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Harriet Shadd
E. E. Adamson
Lfe
Harriet Rhadd
Riggs Place
Garfield Hospital
Shadd
Adamson
Thom
Miss Shadd
Wainson
Potomac River
Pd Juve
Migs Rradd
Wall Street Banker Admits Forgery In $5,000 Theft Case
Charles A. Rethus third vice president of Crank National Bank confessed guilt on charges of forging stock certificates to obtain $5,000 from the Knickerbocker Trust. He said he amassed about $300,000 over two years from forged documents and other banks. Bail set at $10,000 for future examination as he cited Wall Street speculation temptations. A separate report describes a basem ent trunk found in a West Fifty fourth Street tenement containing a human bone and an artist materials box, linked to a man who had kept the trunk for eight years.
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Spead
Washington Post
New York
Charles A. Rethus
Crank National Bank
Tas
Sknickerbocker Trust Company
Helling
John
Norihem Bank
City of
National Reserve Bank
Knickerbocker
Belling
National Reserve
Northern Bank
Breen
Morrigiana
Wall Street
Washington Peat
Fifty Fourth
Phillip Meagher
Meagher
Lieut. O'Nea
Invaders Near Marathon Town Amid American Demonstrations
A Mexican armed band near Marathon Texas is reported marching on the town as local officials rally armed guards to protect residents. Reports from El Paso and Laredo describe Mexican forces shifting bases, large troop movements, and arrests of political disturbers across northern Mexico and border areas. Federal authorities in San Antonio note plans for a broad border uprising with Nogales as a junta hub and caution Americans safe despite unrest.
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el Paso
Tex
Marathon Hustler
Sherifif
Marfa
Marathon
I Paso
Laredo
Republic
Cen
Villar
Gontier
Amexice City
Chati Cordora
Orivitba
Sacalera
Saltillo
Derange
San Ting Potosi
San Antonio
Tes
Nogales
Artz
Brownsville
Noguies
Sonora
Las Vacas
Boy's Love Leads to Jail and Girl to Convent
Myrtle Gates, 17, daughter of Iowa capitalist Lander Gates, is being sent to a European convent by her parents after plans for a elopement with Harry Hudspeth. Hudspeth, once a caddy and a page to Taft, is jailed in Los Angeles as the couple’s affair ends in legal action. Train service updates include a Pennsylvania Special through sleeping car from Washington to Chicago starting November 27.
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Hudspeth
Los Angeles
Cal
Myrtle Gates
Europe
Harry Hudspeth
Washington
Hitchcock
Taft
Mississippi River
Fort Madison
Iowa
Lander Gates
Chicago
Chicarco
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lodge May Be Diplomat
Boston dispatch reports that Senator Henry Cabot Lodge may accept an ambassadorship to England if he fails to win reelection by the Massachusetts legislature. He prefers the Senate but fears defeat by Democrats and progressive Republicans, and denies a prior offer to the post. Army Navy football trains run from Washington with $4 round trips on Nov 25 and return by Nov 28, via Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Washington
New York
Boston
The
Herald
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Massachusetts
United States
England
Lodge
Franklin Field
Fensylvania
Union Station
Us. m
B. M. Newbald
T. TL
Fifteenth and
G Streets
Sugar Refining Firm Ordered to Reimburse City Water Costs
New York reports that Jamerican Sugar Refining Company, already paying over two million dollars for underweighing frauds, must reimburse New York City $525,600 for water used unmetered at its Williamsburg plant from 1897 to 1903. The matter has been in court since 1903. Referee Morgan J. O'Brien rules in favor of the city.
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New York
Jamerican Sugar Refining Company
New York City
Wiliamsburg
Morgan J. O’brien
Doctor's Error Kills Two in Wilmington Hospital
A physician at Delaware Hospital administered bichloride of mercury instead of Epsom salts, killing Patrick Rainey and Patrick Jordan and seriously sickening four others including Dr. K. J. Dunkelberg. The incident occurred in one ward and was reported to Attorney General Gray.
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Wilmington, del
Washington Post
Wilmington
Del
Delaware Hospital
Gray
Patrick Rainey
Patrick Jordan
J. Dunkelberg
Martin Vitosky
Lewis Loepert
William Grim
Dunkelberg
Rainey
Jordan
Left in Pajamas He Sues for Damages
Charles Ostrov of New York sues the Pullman Company Pennsylvania Railroad and Southern Railway for 1040 dollars claiming humiliation after being left clad only in pajamas at Washington station en route to Memphis from New York. He says he was told to change clothes and when he hurried back his train had already departed.
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Washington Post
Memphis
Tenn
Pennsylvania
Washington
Charles, Ostrov
New York
Pullman Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Southern Railway
Ostrov
Tle
Pastor Arrested on Assault Charge for Prayer Habit
Special to The Washington Post Worcester Massachusetts November 17 Reverend William H Davenport pastor of Zion A M E Church was arrested on assault and battery charges brought by his wife who said he spent all his time praying and when police refused to act she filed a formal complaint
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Washington
Aviator Plonges to Death
A brief notice reports the death of an aviator in a tragic incident. Authorities are investigating circumstances surrounding the collision or crash that led to the fatal outcome.
Canal Workers Quit Over Demanded Wages
Taft promised to consider canal wage demands. 100 boilermakers give five days' notice to quit. Union machinists and blacksmiths may follow. officials denounce the move as unreasonable. The canal commission notes pay at 68 cents an hour with extra benefits, while Taft cites vacation length and pay as justified. Taft tours the Pacific division locks and Gaunts Dam progress impressively. Japan orders a dreadnought cruiser in London.
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Colon
Ney
President Tafe
Charleston
Tennessee
Montana
Taft
Chi Jeston
Commission
Canal Commision
United States
Taft Tola
Art Reform 6 on Jackson Move Critiques Rise
Congress created a fine arts commission to advise on Washington statues fountains and monuments. It will meet tomorrow to review Sculptor Boyle s Barry monument sketch and consider site options Franklin Square remains under discussion with potential relocation. The panel includes Olmstead Hastings French Gilbert Moore Cosby and Burnham as chairman.
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Hia Steed
White House View
Washington
Commission
Congress
House
Sion of Fine Arts
Us Congress
John J Boyle
Commodore Johm Barry
Iu Witeh
Lasen
Boyle
Guin de Rivas
Franklin Square
Katreels
Igguinama
Freinpaw
Alexander O'Connor
Faris
Nasvy
Senate
O'Connor
Michael G Diis
New York
Wiueh
Ongre
Daniel i T. Burnham
Chuca Roan
Frederic Law Olmstead
Brookline
Mass
Thomas Hastings
Daniel
French
Francis D Miller
Lves
Cass Gilbert
Charles Moore
Detroit
Cal Spencer Cosby
U. BS. A
National Capital
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