Aerial Race Ends In Triumph And Crash At Gordon Bennett
Claude Grahame-White, flying for the Royal Aero Club, wins the Gordon Bennett race at 61 mph average, with Alfred Le Blanc of France derailed by a fuel-tank failure and crashing a telegraph pole. Walter Brookins, piloting the Wright Baby, suffers a severe wreck with heavy damage and injuries. The French crew’s world record lap time was surpassed before a mid-race accident reshaped the result.
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le Blanc
Brookins
New York
Claude Grahame- White
Royal Aero Club
United Kingdom
America
Alfred le Blanc
Graham Wh
Iand
Grahame White
Charles K. Hamilton
Grahame- White
Fogle Blane
Hamilton
Wright Brothers
St John B Molsant
LeBlanc
Walter Brookins
Wright
Orville Wright
Brooking
Couners
Tnal
Gordon Bennett
Grahame-White Dominates Gordon Bennett Trials in Altitude Races
Grahame White wins Gordon Bennett international speed race in a 100 horsepower Bleriot with a 1 hour 1 minute 4.74 second time. J B Moisant and Ogilvie take second and third. Grahame White also tops the fastest lap records and first altitude events. Prize standings list Grahame White at 6700 total winnings, Hoxsey at 3675, and Johnstone 1625, among others.
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Grahame-White
Bleriot
J. B. Moisant
Ogilvie
Wright
Latham
Antoinette
J. A. Drexel
Arch Hoxsey
Johnstone
Hoxsey
Moisant
Drexel
de Lesseps
Radley
Aubuun
Brooking
Mars
McCurdy
Willard
Brookins
Motrant
America
Molsant
Plan Wage Demand Also Seek Shorter Hours
About 150 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Pennsylvania Railroad travel to Washington to frame demands for higher wages and shorter hours to be presented in Philadelphia next week. An open meeting last night at Odd Fellows Hall and two executive sessions today precede talks with officials. The engineers seek an equal wage scale and aid the company in its freight rate dispute, and expect a satisfactory agreement without a strike.
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Brotherhood of Locomotive Sngneers
Pennsylvania Railroad
Washington
Philadelphia
Odd Fellows’ Hell
Yates
Interstate Commerce
Brotherhod
New York
Marvan
Brotherhood Division
W. C. Jasper
Gude
Washington Chamber of Commerce
T. W. Powderly
Division of Information
Bureau of Immigration
Department of Commerce and Labor
F. T. Bowler
Brotherhood
Foraker to Speak on Stump Censorship in Ohio
Former Senator Joseph B. Foraker announces plans to return to Ohio campaign stumps while asserting no censorship on topics. Telegrams between Laylin and Foraker show a disagreement over which engagements to honor, with Foraker insisting he will keep Dayton and other remaining appearances. News notes detail prior telegrams urging unity and the cost of living debate tied to freight rates and railroad wages.
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Columbus
Ohio
Eee
Republcan
Fpeeph B. Foraker
Sramp
State Committee
Dayton
Montgomery County
L. E. Laylin
Jennings
Foraker
Toca
Cincinnati
Joseph B. Foraker
L. C. Laylin
Incinnati
Aontgomery County
Hotta
Waa
Republican State Executive Committee
Ll. C. Laylin
Malcolm Jennings
Yon
Ohio Republican State Executive Committee
Moberty
J. B. Foraker
Pilot Brookins Crashes in Aeronautic Trial at 60 Feet
Brookins survived a dramatic crash during an aviation race as his plane plunged from a 60 foot ascent. A faulty engine cut half power, wind shifts worsened the descent, and the craft struck the earth, the front wheels collapsing and the machine tumbling. Brookins was carried to a field hospital but no bones were broken.
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Brookins
Brooking
Orville Wright
Aero Club of America
Grahame-White
Hamilton
Drexel
Latham
Baldwin Still Ahead In Connecticut Governor Race
In Hartford Oct 9 Democratic Chief Judge Simeon E Baldwin leads in Connecticut with Roosevelt attacks helping him among some voters while labor concerns and a Hoxie case ruling threaten his support. Senator Bulkeley faces defeat risk as MacLean challenges him amid party infighting and rising living costs.
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Washington Post
Hartford
Conn
Simeon E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Col. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Baldwin
Col
Hoxie
Judiciary Committee
United States Senate
Lnpbie
Senate
Charles A. Goodwin
J. Pierpont Morgan
Gov. Lilley
Judge Baldwin
Morgan G. Bulkeley
George P. MacLean
Hartford Courant
MacLean
Bulkeley
Aetna Life
Shakespeare
Prince Hal
Mastodon Teeth Unearthed Near Kougarck River Bank
Beattle Washington October 2 A hydraulic nozzle cuts away a gravel bank on the Kougarck River fourteen miles from Nome to wash out gold uncovering sixteen mastodon teeth grinders of huge elephants that roamed the peninsula when the region was vegetated. More bones found and miners hope to recover the rest of the skeletons. Some molars sent to Professor George Quackenboss of the American Museum of Natural History New York.
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Beattle
Kougarck
Nome
George Quackenboss
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Man Buys Bride for $72 in Wilkes-Barre
Frank Lizak of Wilkes-Barre purchased a bride named Susan Blakeske for $72. The marriage license clerk learned the bride was under 22, but the mother consented to the union and Lizak agreed to pay the mother $72. The license was issued after consent.
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Frank Lizak
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Washington Post
Wilkes-Barre
Susan Blakeske
Lcense
Linax
Riots At Express Strike Spark Violence In New York
Rioting erupted in Manhattan and Jersey City as strikebreakers faced hostile crowds. Police fired into air and a mob assaulted wagons from the American Express and other firms. One wagon reportedly contained 50 thousand dollars in specie. Governor Fort mobilized New Jersey National Guard as nine companies and about six thousand workers were affected.
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New York
Jersey City
Asteuiys
American
United States
Wells Fargo
Adams, National
Weatcott
Long Island Express
Boston Dispatch Express
Manhattan Delivery Company
J. P. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Madison Avenue
Bollen
American Express Company
Forty
West Twenty-fifth Street
Camden
N. J
New Jersey National Guard
Tits Armory
Col. Mather
Gov. Fort
Atlantic City
Bridgeton
Woodbury
Diver Frays Bottom of Harlem River Bouldered Man Saved
Frank Nystrone, submerged half buried by mud at 60 feet, was freed after three hours by diver Joseph Anderson, aided by signals and heavy equipment. Nystrone, in a diving suit, was revived and hauled to the surface. the rescue followed delays and failed rope signals. Also notes Southern Railway announces The Southeastern Limited service from Washington to Columbia with electric sleeping cars and dining cars beginning November 27.
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New York
Frank Nystrone
Joseph Anderson
Anderson
Nystrone
Southern
Southeastern Limited
Columbia
Aiken
Augusta
Savannah
Jacksonville
Washington
Southern Railway
Man Sues Over Dog Bite On Wooden Leg
In Paterson New Jersey on a Monday George Wiley sues Samuel C Habbin claiming damages after Habbin’s visit to Wiley’s home led to Wiley’s bulldog biting Habbin’s artificial leg. The dog’s tooth was broken during the attack and Wiley seeks 100 dollars.
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Washington Post
Paterson
N. J
George Wiley
Samuel C. Habbin
Habbin
Wiley
Laloyway
Habin
Wright funds Masonic home for Alma hospital project
Alma Mich Oct 28 Announcement was made that Ammi Wright, whose benefactions have supported the city, has presented to the Grand Lodge of Michigan Free and Accepted Masons a Lime Sanitarium to replace the Grand Rapids Masonic home burned last February. The new home will accommodate 100 inmates and is valued at about 900 dollars. Mr Wright himself is not a Mason.
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Alma
Mich
Ammi Wright
Grand Lodge of
Michi
Grand Rapids
Wright
Indiana Upset in Senate Fight As Beveridge Faces Kern
Indiana voters watch a close race with Beveridge claiming strong turnout and progressives shifting support, Kern courting independents and Democrats optimistic about control of the State ticket and legislature. Party leaders clash over which coalition will prevail as campaigns press toward election day.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Beveridge
Hig
Stouth
Indiana
Jackson
Démocrata
Kern
John W. Kern
Teveridge
Lee
Republican Committee
Democrata
Memorials Placed Aboard Roe Amid 19 Gun Salute
Admiral Dewey led a ceremony aboard the destroyer Roe as two memorials for Rear Admiral Francis A Roe were formally presented by Mrs Lydia Van Dyke Payne and Miss Birdie Washington. A 19 gun salute marked the first time such a salute honored a naval officer in US history.
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United States
Navy Yard
Francis A. Ree
C. H. Woodward
Roe
Igdle
Navy
Admiral Dewey
New Willard
Admiral Roe
Henry C. Payne
Presidentia Butte
Francis A. Roe
Lydia van Dyke Payne
Francs Asbury Roe
Birdie Washington
George Washington
Miss Washington
Woodward
Frost Kills Mexican Crops Across Plateau Regions
Special to The Washington Poet reports frost last night killed corm and bean crops across the Mexican plateau, marking the coldest early season weather in years. The disaster threatens next year’s Noystlan Sale and raises expected corn shortages, while rugs and carpets from Messrz. Boya, jian Bros, and others may be shown at Sloan Galleries in New York.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Jian Bros
Sthave
New York
Sloan Galleries
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