Washington to Baltimore flight offer nets $10000 prize
The Washington Post offers Grahame White a $10,000 prize for a nonstop 100 mile straightaway flight from Benning to Baltimore and back during the October 13 14 15 aviation meet. The plan encircles Washington and Baltimore with a return over Benning, aiming for world distance and speed records.
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Easay
Benning
Levi Leiter
Boston
Harmon
Pas
Washington Post
Post
Washington
Baltimore
Washington Monument
United States
Grahame-White
Clifford B. Harmon
Benning Track
Washington, D. C
Claude Grahame-White
Aviator Offered 3000 Cup to Fly Benning To White House
J and Berger of Gra hame-White proposes a 3000 prize for Clifford Harmon to fly from Benning race course to the White House and return with a passenger. The route circles Benning, the White House, and the Monument before returning. Passenger undecided. Berger expects Harmon to win the cup and may allow any of three Benning meet days for the feat.
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J. & Berger
Grahame-White
Benning
Clifford Harmon
Benning Race Track
White House
Harmon
Grahame White to Bring Grand Aerial Display to Washington
The Pest outlines plans for a major aviation spectacle in Baltimore and Washington featuring Grahame White. Spectators will get expansive views of his circling and dipping aircraft as two to five biplanes and a Bleriot monoplane arrive for The Post flight. Clifford Harmon aids preparations with hopes of a track to White House passenger flight. Franklin Lane and other aviation enthusiasts seek seats in the event.
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Washington
Ste Nnlemm
Wright Brothers
Veetica Delongs
Divelopmnen
Enleyvement
Enmoy Grahamne-White
Benning
Baltimore
Aviation Grounds
Grahame- White
White House
United States
Washington Monument
Miss Sears
Grahame White
Grahame-White
J. S. Berger
Fitzgerald
Boston
Ree
Washington Post
the Post
National Capital
America
Levi Leiter
Ain Man
Hitl
Clifford Harmon
Benning Show
Harmon
Interstate Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Gambling at His Club Fails to Deliver Society Sensation
Thomas O’Brien proprietor of the Woodland Club was convicted of conducting a gambling house in Hot Springs Virginia and sentenced to two months in jail plus a 1000 dollar fine. His lawyers appealed, bonds were set, and the trial revealed no women called to testify. Judge W H Jackson testified about threats from Emil Fuchs and his own roulette winnings at the club.
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Mountain Resort
W. H. Jackson
Washington Post
Hot Springs
Thomas O’brien
Woodland Club
W. Anderson
Warm Springs
O'Bren
George A. Revercomb
C L. Currie
Staunton
Circuit Court
Bath County
John W. Stephenson
Commonwealth
H. H. Byrd
Eugene Perry
O'Brien
O’brien
Jackson
New York
Freeman Smith
Finnish Diet Dissolved and Elections Ordered in January
The Finnish diet was dissolved by imperial decree today in Helsingfor. New elections will be held in January. The move followed President Svinhufvud's refusal to submit two imperial bills on Russian subjects in Finland and personal military service tax. The decision came after a diet leaders conference and Russian Duma legislation granting the diet legislative authority.
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Helsingfor
Finland
Svinhufvud
Outlaw Gives Up In Dietz Cabin Siege
In Winter Wisconsin a six year stand by John Dietz against alleged injustice ends when his daughter Helen carries a white flag prompting surrender. Deputy Oscar Harp is killed and several deputies and Dietz family members are wounded. Father Pilon leads the rush to end the siege and the sheriff negotiates the terms. Dietz is said to seek medical aid and to speak with reporters before exiting.
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Priest
Sheriff
Winter
Wis
IE Pape
Mixer Madden
Helen
John F. Dietz
Oscar Harp
John Dietz
Cameran Dam
Chet Colepitch
Clarence Dietz
Myra Dietz
Harp
Dietz Cabin
Mont Wiley
Tom Pomerlo
William Renkin
Dietz
Wiley
Heffelfinger
Father Pilon
Diets
Madden
Dietz and Leslie Captured After Cabin Standoff
Hesenice Thornbahn Sully Heffelfinger and Dr D G F Grafton from Hayward treated Dietz’s wound, cuffed him and Leslie, then led them from the cabin. Dietz’s left hand was in a sling, yet he smiled and spoke cheerfully to reporters as photographs with the sheriff were taken.
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Hesenice
Thornbahn
Sully
Heffelfinger
D. G. F. Grafton
Hayward
Dietz
Leslie
Severa
Vinton Estate Stocks to Be Sold in Federal Court
In Cincinnati the long running Vinton estate case resumed as Judge Sater authorized sale of railroad stocks and distribution of 116000 dollars in royalties from mining lands. Trustee Ulrica D. Pierce, daughter of Admiral Dahlgren, manages the estate, with heirs including foreign nobility. division of royalties as income approved, with reinvestment of proceeds and sale of about 300 leading railroad shares.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Vinton
Vinton County
Ohio
United States District Court
Sater
Ulrica D. Pierce
Washington
Admiral Dahlgren
Vinton
Romaine von Overbeck
Germany
Argentine Cadets Arrive in Philadelphia From New Orleans
The Argentine training ship Presidente Sarmiento arrives with twenty five cadets and officers, visiting Philadelphia. The vessel visiting amid news that New York Shipbuilding is building a Dreadnought sized battleship for Argentina on the Delaware River, and the cadets will inspect the ship.
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Philadelphia
Presidente Sarmiento
New Orleans
New York Shipbuilding Company
Delaware River
German Cattle Disease Spreads Across Fourteen Districts
Berlin reports foot and mouth disease prevalent in Germany this week. Fourteen districts from Koenigsburg to Baden are affected, with three additional centers already noted. About fifteen hundred animals are ill. Russian cattle are suspected of introducing the outbreak.
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Berlin
Germany
Koenigsburg
Baden
Frankfort-on-the- Oder
Shurtleff Denies Bribery in Lorimer Case Declares No Gifts
Chicago Oct. 8 Lorimer committee adjourned after a brief session with no witnesses heard. Edward D Shurtleff speaker of the Illinois House testified denying any money or valuables were given to him or by him to secure Lorimer's election. He said he advised Representative George W Myers to vote for Lorimer if Myers' constituents would not protest.
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Chicago
Lorimer Committee
Robert E Wilson
United States
Edward D. Shurtleff
Illinois House of Representatives
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Shurtleff
Senator Lorimer
Mr. Lorimer
Lorimer
Heyburn
George W. Myers
Myers
Beaudette and Spooner Fire Ravages Border Towns
Massive forest fires sweep Beaudette and Spooner Minnesota destroying homes and mill facilities. Rail lines become scenes of a refugee exodus with bodies reported along tracks as residents flee toward Rainy River Ontario. Aid appeals flood in from Warroad Minnesota as fires threaten Roosevelt Swift and Cedar Spur.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Beaudette
Spoone
Minn
Rainy River
Ontario
Rat Portage Company
Remy River
Minnesota
Spooner
St. Paul
A. Moody
Warroad
International Falls
Graceton
Pitt
Canadian Northern Railway
Roosevelt
Swift
Cedar Spur
State Bank of
Dr Michael Walsh Dies A Catholic Educator And Editor
Dr Michael Walsh a renowned Catholic educator and editor died at his New York home at age 75. He edited the Sunday Democrat starting in 1773 and later owned it. In 1889 he founded the Catholic Herald and supported papal policy in the United States while briefly approached about a quasi ambassador role. He retired eight years ago from daily duties and devoted himself to Catholic publishing work.
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Washington Post
New York
Michael Walsh
Walsh
Sunday Democrat
Catholic Herald
Cardinal Satolli
Hoffstot and Leslie Seek Quashing of indictments
Pittsburg Oct 8 Frank N Hoffstot millionaire car maker today asked quarter sessions court to quash the indictments against him arising from the graft crusade. Hoffstot faced conspiracy and bribery charges tied to a city depository ordinance. Max G Leslie Allegheny county delinquent tax collector also moved to quash his indictments alleging the jury wheel was not sealed and had been opened by the sheriff and jury commissioners.
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Pittsburg
Frank N. Hoffstot
Quarter Sessions Court
W Hoffster
Max G. Leslie
Allegheny County
Sea lions attack shipboard party near Peru coast
In Chimbote, Peru, a boatload of bluejackets from the U S cruiser Colorado fought rough seas after sea lions overturned a barge during shore liberty. The larger cruiser boat rescued the men, and no one was hurt. A separate notice mentions reduced fares via the South Central Appalachian route to Knoxville on October 1.
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San Francisco
Oct
School of Sea Hong
United States
Colorado
Chimbote
Peru
South
Ratina
Odt
Knoxville
Oldest hunters apply for licenses in Middletown
In Middletown New York on October 8 two of the state s oldest hunters sought hunting licenses. James Nicholas Van of Mount Hope aged 103 years gave birth date April 82 1807 and recalled bears and panthers once common here. Theron Hill of Pine Bush aged 87 also applied saying he can walk far and shoot as well as many youths.
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Speetal
Washington
Smuggling Plot Charged in Cananea Official Arrests
Mexican officers in Cananea arrested leading merchants blamed as the top operators in a large smuggling ring. The sweep follows the kidnapping of N. D. Navarette from Mace, now under State Department inquiry, tying Cananea’s wealthiest residents to smuggling US goods into Mexico.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Cananea
N. D
Navarette
Mace
State Department
Anarchy in Honduras sparks foreign intervention
From New Orleans reports say Honduras slides toward revolution as Gen Valladares clings to command at Cavilla’s request. U S gunboat Princeton heads to Amapala to protect American interests while multiple factions threaten stability and foreign nationals.
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Jose Marie Valladares
Cavilla
State Department
United States
Princeton
Amapala
Charles H. Hayes
Winthrop
Acapulco
Weasel
San Francisco
Vose Marie Valladares
Tegucigalpa
Valladares
Conewar
Davilla
Strong
Cayilla
Manuel Bonilla
Pelicarpo Bonilla
Guatemala
Manuel
Pelicarpo
Atlantic
Honduras
Tuan Estrada
Dogs Kill and Eat Horse Near White Lake Field
A valuable horse owned by John Fulton of White Lake was killed and eaten by a pack of dogs last night near the Fulton home. Fulton shot two dogs after they refused to leave and warned that swamps are full of the animals. In summer cattle on local farms were said to be killed, once blamed on bears. Also listed are train fare to Washington and New Orleans for AAU Championship games with sale dates in October 1910.
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Washington Post
Monticello
John Fulton
White Lake
Fulton Nome
Fulton
Washington
New Orleans
Southern Railway
Lisbon
Republic of Portugal
Rue de Cuelhas
Monarch and Portugal Crisis on Atlantic Voyage
Dispatches from Gibraltar report King Manuel and Queen Amelie aboard the yacht Amelie en route to Portugal aboard the Des Moines amid a political upheaval. Royal figures and Italian officials moved between ships as Portugal declares a republic and clashes with Jesuits flare in Lisbon.
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Madrid
the Herald
Gibraltar
Manuel
Portugal
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Amelie
Naval
Des Moines
Frederick S Pelham
Pelham
Aids
Lasbon
Oporto
Europa Point
Portuga
St Mary's Church
Maria Pia
Infante Affense
Italy
Amelia
Archibald Hunter
Alfonso
Lisbon
Italan
Maria
Man
Uci
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