America Airship Presses Toward Transatlantic Crossing
Walter Wellman's dirigible America rode a brisk westerly along the Atlantic coast. Messages from Nantucket showed engines idle and course toward the British Isles, with 300 miles covered in about 29 hours and fog hindering observations.
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Atlantic City
New York
Walter Wellman
America
Atlantic
Rall
Nantucket Island
Marconi
Siasconsett
Fnally
O. H
G. B
Wellman
British Isles
Wellman Airship America Reports Eastward Progress
Wire telegraph from Walter Wellman via Stonington Mass reports October 16 at 10 am that the motor is shut down and the craft moves east northeast at 25 miles an hour with engines off. They note thick fog hindering observations and that the dynamo fails. On October 18 at 11 am the aquilibrator operates and the craft rides wave to wave though weather remains thick. They believe they are south of Nantucket and vow to persevere amid less favorable outlooks.
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Abl Island
Camperdown
Halifax
N. Y
Walter Wellman
Atlantic
America
Sable Island
América
Siasconsett
Mase
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Atlantic City
A. H B. Ginman
Marconi
Nantucket
Jack Irwin
Republic
Irwin
Stasconsett
Mass
New York Times
Washington Post
Wellman
Americs
Wellman Mascot Rescue D Cat Safe Over Atlantic
The America’s mascot is safe after Wellman’s dirigible dropped a canvas bag to rescue a tomcat that jumped overboard in fog. Wireless messages from the airship sailing over the Atlantic clarified the delay as the bag secured the cat and continued the voyage.
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Washington Post
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic
Airship Clement Bayard First Across Channel to London
The French dirigible Clement Bayard traveled from Compiegne to London in six hours with seven aboard, circling St Paul’s and Tower Bridge before a safe landing at Wormwood Scrubs. Spectators cheered as the airship crossed the Channel, guided by multiple destroyers and British officials.
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Tower Bridge
London
Clement Bayard
Compiegna
Compiegne
Paris
English Channel
Channel
St. Paul's
Folkestone
St. Paul’s
Wormwood Scrubs
M. Clement
Clement-Bayard
Baudry and
le Prince
Sebatier
Arthur Philip du Cros
Parliamentary Aerial Defense Committee
Amiens
Abseville
Boulogne
St. Pauls
Tower
House of Parliament
Hyde Park
Clement
du Cros
Apathy in New York Worries Republicans More Than Democrats
Washington report notes apathy among New York voters fears GOP losses as Col Roosevelt curtails rural appearances and shifts to populous districts. Stimson attacks Tammany to undermine Rooseveltism while Hearst prepares to strike from Independence ticket with possible embarrassing letters. Taft’s New York visit may barely shift the split.
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New York
Col
Roosevelt
G. O. P. Managera
Henry S. Stimson
Col. Roosevelt
Colonel
Stimson
Dix
Saratoga
Taft
Fred Starek
Drownings in Pocomoke River Claim Two Prominent Locals
Henry Pere Dennis and Miss Caroline Eaton, daughter of Beloit College president, drowned in the Pocomoke River near Beverly after their sailboat mishap. The bodies were not recovered despite dredging efforts, and no witnesses observed the accident. Dennis was 26, an electrical engineer, and Miss Eaton was 23 or 24, well-connected socially in Cambridge and Bridgeport.
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Worcester County
Caroline Eaton
Belgit College
Washington Port
Pocomoke
Henry Pere Dennis
Pocomoke River
Beverly
Misg Fatoh
Dennis
Eaton
C. D. Eaton
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Mary Dennis
Cambridge
Maso
Bridgeport
Conn
Young Dennis
Pomier Eli Dennis
Orcester County
Samuel KK. Penns
Baltimore
Alfred P Dennis
Princeton University
Crisfield
Henry, Page
Stevens Institute
Nand
Foxboro
Mass
Shot for Oh You Kid Oh You Kid Defense in Atlanta
Special to The Washington Post from Atlanta reports that B Bassett an Atlanta Railway official was shot and wounded by Mrs Lambert husband a prominent businessman after Bassett mocked Mrs Lambert. The couple was walking with a friend when Bassett allegedly cried Oh you kid provoking the husband to fire. Lambert surrendered at the sheriff's office and is sustained by public opinion.
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Washington Post
Atlanta
Mra. C
H. Lambert, II
B. Bassett
Atlanta Railway and Electric Company
Bassett
Lambert
Post Board to Display World Series Play by Play
The Post will depict each play on its electrical scoreboard during the world championship baseball game between the Philadelphia Americans and the Chicago Nationals in Philadelphia. First pitch is at 2 p m. A team of baseball experts led by Joe Jackson will write the game accounts for The Post.
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Chicago Nationals
Philadelphia
Joe §. Jackson
Post
Clash Over Ferrer at Secular League Meeting
Amid yesterdays anniversary of Francisco Ferrers execution a Secular League gathering at the Pythian Temple turned chaotic as B J Tait and others attacked the church backed by audience upheaval and threats. Speakers blamed Spanish Catholic priests for Ferrers death while the meeting broke up amid pandemonium and denunciations.
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Francisco Ferrer
H. J. Tait
Secular League
Pythian Temple
Ninth Street
Tuit
Ferrer
Itv
Ial
Tult
League
Hyland C. Kirk
Arturo ¥. Casanova
Schoola
Spain
Agro J. Cory
Archbishop Agipay
Philippines
Philippine
H.C. Kenny
Prof. Kirk
Charles V
Rome
Giordano Bruno
Magnet lifts man to death in Pittsburgh workshop
John Warnick two years old was lifted ten feet when a steel billet pulled by a B-ton magnet slammed into him. He suffered fatal injuries as his head was crushed between the billet and the magnet and died two hours later at South Side Hospital.
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Pittsburg
John Warnick
South Side
TUSK GIFT TO TAFT FROM TANANA VALLEY
A mastodon tusk trimmed with gold bas reliefs will be presented to President Taft by Tanana Valley citizens. The desk ornament honors Cabinet members Wickersham and Nagel, who were entertained in Fairbanks after their Fairbanks visit. The ivory, mined last year, required over $1,000 in gold from various districts for mounting. The souvenir is headed to Washington this month and was coordinated with Attorney General Wickersham.
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Washington Post
Tacoma
Wash
Tanana Valley
Taft
Fairbanks
Wickersham
Nagel
Washington
Fairybanks
Taft's North Shore Summer End. Heads to Washington
President Taft closes a North Shore summer vacation with golf and motor trips totaling over 6,000 miles. He will sail from Charleston to Panama November 10 after voting in Cincinnati and return to Washington briefly before resuming duties. Mrs Taft and relatives accompany him to New York for a shopping visit.
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Taft
Washington
New York
Lothrop Street
Boston
Thomas K Laughlin, Jr
Pittsburg
Helen Taft
Cincinnati
Panama
Charleston
D. C
North Shore
Unitarian Church
White House
Essex County
Secret Service
New England
Bomb War in Paris Shocks City and Suburbs
Paris reports two explosions in the city and a third in the suburbs amid a spate of anarchist activity. A bomb exploded outside director Massard of La Patrie near Sarah Bernhardt’s home. a note read First warning from the Strikers. Police raided an anarchist resort and the LiberTaire office, seizing three bombs and arresting many. A deadly device was found in Vincennes as unions press Premier Briand for a mass demonstration, which he rejects as illegal. The press praises Briand for stability while revolutionary groups threaten further violence until demands are met.
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Paris
Director Massard
Patrie
Boulevard Pereire
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M. Massard
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Libertaire
Rue de Herri
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Union Railroad
Briand
Bote de Vincennes
France
Republic
Guerre Sociale
Gustav Perre
Millionaire Deserter Exposed After Marine Corps Coaching Gaffe
Special to The Washington from Philadelphia reports Eppes William Sargent once dubbed the millionaire rocky has been unmasked as a deserter from the army after a Portland telegram alerted local marine authorities. Sargent, Harvard man, boasted of a $4,000 windfall from an army French leave, used to stage a Chicago splurge while coaching a marine football team. He denies embezzlement and declines to reveal details of his life as reporters press for the full story.
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Eppes William Sargent
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Marine Corps
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Sargent
United States Army
Harvard
Gargent
Uncle Sam
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