Today -100: September 4, 1926: Of planes, duels, and corpse trains

Coolidge, pushing to increase spending on naval aviation, says he’s pretty sure that doesn’t violate the Washington Treaty. He doesn’t want an arms competition (“arms race” wasn’t coined until 1930), so he thinks everyone else will ignore his aeroplane surge, probably.

Prince Valerio Pignatelli, secretary to the Italian Legation in Mexico, challenges Federal District Governor Gen. Francisco Serrano to a duel for making fun of the duel he did last week when both guys missed.

A large crowd throngs the Chicago railroad terminal trying to catch a glimpse of the train containing the coffin containing the body of Rudolph Valentino, because these people badly need TikTok. In the event, they don’t actually get to catch a glimpse of the train containing the coffin containing the body of Rudolph Valentino; the view’s blocked by another train or something. They don’t even get to catch a glimpse of Pola Negri, who’s ridin’ the rails with the late Mr. Valentino.

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