Amateur aviator race ends in near disaster and victory
Claude Grahame-White wins the Gordon Bennett international speed cup at Belmont Park with a 62.14 mile course run at 61 mph average. Alfred Le Blanc crashes a 100 hp Bleriot with fatal fuel-feed failure, and Walter Brookins suffers a Wright racer failure. John B. Moisant wins the New York to Belmont Park flight, beating Count de Legerps and Grahame-White by 45 seconds over 33 miles.
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New ‘York
Claude Grahame-White
Aero Club
United Kingdom
Alfred le Blanc
Bleriot
Grahame-White
LeBlanc
le Blanc
Walter Brookins
Wright
Brookins
John B.moisant
Paris
London
Belmont Park
Statue” of Liberty
New York Harbor
Haitien Gunboat Liberte Lost After Explosion
Haitien gunboat Liberte blew up off Port de Paix near Port au Prince. About 70 dead or drowned, twenty rescued. The vessel sailed Monday from the port with 90 aboard. ten Haitien generals were among the missing. Details unclear beyond loss of life and the explosion.
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Port Au Prince
Haiti
Port de Paix
Lawyer in Hobble Skirt at Washington Court
Miss Adelina H Burd a New York lawyer caused a stir at the Washington lawyers table when an initial attempt to bar her from seating failed. She explained her employment in a Kentucky land case and was allowed to pass.
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Washington
Governor Stubbs Attacks Railroad Stock and Profit Juggling
Governor Stubbs testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Kansas accusing railroads of inflating freight rates and stock values. He claims lines could be reproduced for 25 000 a mile and a bond of 1 006 000 would yield at least 10 percent profit. He argues surpluses are capitalized as permanent improvements to boost profits, provoking sharp exchanges with railroad attorneys.
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Chicago
An. R. Stubbs
Vermor
Kansas
Tates
Stubbs
Interstate Commerced Commission
Tate
Riots Spread as Drivers Strike Paralyzes Express Service
A drivers and helpers strike at major express firms has paralyzed receipt and delivery in transit across New Jersey terminals and New York. Violence erupted citywide as wagons were stoned and drivers attacked. Perishable goods pile up in Jersey City and Hoboken, with firms seeking militia protection while local police assess control.
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New York
Jersey City
North River
Hoboken
Governor Fort
Farm Products Co. Fails. Receivers Appoint in U.S. Court
In Trenton New Jersey the United States district court filed details of the Farm Products Co. failure showing liabilities of 1 552 516 and assets totaling 427 346 with stock in trade valued at 210 268. The company is in receivers' hands and the filing outlines the condition of the American Farm Products company.
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Trenton
N.J
United States District
Illinois Central case sent back for accounting ruling
The Illinois Central Railroad tax dispute goes to La Salle county court for action on pre 1905 accounts, with the supreme court urging rigorous future accounting that could raise state taxes by about 2 million dollars yearly. The case, filed December 1907, hinges on governor De Neen's administration and prior accounting revisions.
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la Salle County
Springfield
Court of Minois
Illinois ‘Central Railroad Company
Deneen
Ilinois Central Railroad
Ilinois, Central
Circuit Court of
Haois Central
Willow Makes Milk Ruling Subjected to Review
A court ruling on Willow Milk's case is under review after a judge's decision was challenged. Key parties include Willow Milk Inc and the state attorney general's office. Proceedings focus on regulatory compliance and potential penalties.
Railroads push freight-rate rise amid ICc hearing
Burlington vice president G B Burnham and counsel Dawes testified that a victory on higher freight rates would enable further advances by western railroads before the Interstate Commerce Commission. They said the increase would offset recent reductions and fund necessary improvements and equipment amid rising costs.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Co.g.burnham
Burlington Railroad
Dawes
French deputies clash as railway strike sparks bitter attack
In Paris the debate on the railway strike grew volatile as Socialists bitterly attacked the government in a session described as the most violent in the history of the chamber. The chaotic proceedings mirrored the turmoil seen in the national convention era.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Indiana Federated Clubs to Hear Ward King Address
Indiana Federated Commercial Clubs and Merchants of Anderson plan a January 17 to 19 meeting in Indianapolis with D Ward King of the Missouri state board of agriculture set to address the federation. Ralph B Clark noted as Indiana association president, former vice president Fairbanks to spoke on forestry, and J T Berryhill of Des Moines to discuss commission government. Tuberculosis statistics show 1022 cases with women slightly higher, and family exposure driving many infections. The school license rules change to require a 36 month common license before high school exams for sixty month licenses.
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Indianapolis
Ralph
Indiana
Anderson
Indiana’ Association
Clark
Indiana ‘Association
Ww. B. Campbell
Indiana - Federated - Commercial Clubs
Ward King
Missouri State Board of Agriculture
Federated Clubs
Gifford Pinchot
Campbell
Fairbanks
R. G. McClure
J. T. Berryhill
Des Moines
Commission
Federation
Robert J. Aley
State board committees named for 1911 fiscal year
The board of state charities names standing committees for the year ending September 30 1911. Appointments include Penal and Reformatory Institutions Hospitals for the Insane Institutions for Detectives Soldiers Home and Orphans Home County Institutions and more. High school enrollment figures show 6254 pupils in all state high schools since 1903. A bill to relieve mad dog bite victims by funding a state laboratory receives renewed push.
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Board of State Charities
General . Assembly
Statehouse
Marshall
Demarchus, Co. Brown
John H. Holliday
W. ‘H. Eichhorn
Francis H. Gavish
Francis H. Gavisk
Emma Lee Elam
W. H. Etch‘horn
Emma Lee ‘Elam
Demarchus
Do. Brown
Mary A. Spink
C. Brown
Emma
Lee “Elam
John” H
Robert J.o'aley
Nual
J. N. Hurty
State Board of Health
General Assembly
Pasteur
Indiana Railroad Commission Faces Court Battle Over Telegraph Operators
The Indiana railroad commission seeks a court order to compel H Be Houghton to supply data on telegraph operators for the Big Four in the state. The move follows a 1907 wreck inquiry and aims to curb underage staffing, with possible escalation to the General Assembly for greater authority.
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Indianapolis
Commission.of
Indiana
General Assembly
Statehouse
General’ Assembly
Houghton
Big Four
General ‘Assembly
Sandford
Fowler
Northern Indiana superintendents discuss teacher exams and licenses
South Bend and northern Indiana cities hear about teacher exemption from exams under a recent state school law revision. A large portion of licenses issued to teachers are believed exempt. Reports also warn of a coal famine affecting retail trade in South Bend and Elkhart area.
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Bend
Indiana
Elkhart
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Briand
State “Retail, ‘Association
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