06 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
1
An American explorer nerves Danish guests at a royal dinner with a calm ride and steadfast assertion of conquest. He wins favor with King Frederick and the court as scientists debate his polar travels.
Denmark's King Frederick hosts Dr. Cook for a private dinner after consulting Danish explorers who unanimously support his Arctic claims. The explorer faces questions from officials, ministers, and scientists, with royal backing and a forthcoming Paris lecture before returning to New York.
A special dispatch from Stacewel reports N M Mept and Mary Stewart and Classie Stewart marrying each other for the third time in four years after two prior divorces. Stewart is 32. his wife 19, with past marriages noted since December 18, 1905. The piece notes northern Chaves county connections and a Detroit background. A related item records Tobin of Detroit and Mrs Tremaine of Way City killed in a Bay City automobile collision with a Michigan Central train.
A Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Trasmussen wife of Knud Rasmussen confirming her husband’s belief that Dr. Cook reached the pole, praising Cook’s method and Eskimo observations. Sverdrup in Copenhagen lauds Cook, noting he chose a new route avoiding currents that hindered Peary.
The correspondent notes doubts about a speed of fifteen miles per day but Sverarup counters that such objections lack foundation and asserts he has covered more than twenty five miles daily.
London editors weigh Dr. Cook's pole claims and diaries with mixed verdicts while Congress tariff revision is denounced as ancient history. Copenhagen and New York reporters report cross examinations and cautious optimism about Cook's veracity and the polar voyage.
The eight armored cruisers of the United States Navy weighed anchor from the Golden Gate for a long cruise to Admiatic waters and Honolulu before heading to the Orient. Spectators watched from the harbor as the fleet, led by the flagship Sere, moved through the Presidio narrows in fog lifting to reveal the procession. Secretary Dickinson announced cadet reinstatement appeals from the United States Military Academy were forwarded to Washington for consideration.
A large fire in Poplar Bluff Missouri destroyed the Reynolds hotel and thirty nearby dwellings. The loss was estimated at half a million dollars and there were no immediate reports of injuries. The blaze prompted investigations into its cause and fuel sources.
Morning Journal reports from Victoria B C that Japan plans a new naval port at Toba with coastal defenses to follow. Construction will take three and a half years. A model of the ocean going destroyer Paifo, 1060 tons with turbine engines, shows a speed of 33 knots as the first of three such destroyers to be completed in 2911.
Mrs Mob ert B E Peary in Portland Maine asked the Associated Press to say she had not made statements harming Dr Cook s reputation. She noted mail in two days denouncing her for actions against Mr Cook and said she avoided commenting to avoid entangling herself in the scientists versus explorers controversy.
New York news notes world wide interest in Dr. Frederick Cook’s achievement. The Brooklyn Williemebits church and Rev. B L Thorpe laud his feat as a milestone for mankind. Dr Frank W Sunsuninus in Chicago lauds Cook’s will and purpose from a Collegiate Church sermon.
The University of Chicago geology head Professor Chamberlin doubts Dr. Cook may have reached the North Pole. He says there is no independent proof beyond Cook's word and urges more substantial evidence.
Labor Day in western Pennsylvania leaves about 10 000 idle due to strikes and lockouts. 5 000 Glass workers of American Glass, 3 500 Pressed Steel Car workers in Schoenville, 18 000 coal miners nearby, and 5 000 tin plate workers join in the day’s work stoppages. The mass meeting debated returning to work but factional leaders urged continuing the dispute amid lingering wage concerns.
In New York on Labor Day, parade participation rises with about 47,000 workers and forty bands representing fifty-one unions of the Central Federation Union. The event proceeds with no major strikes, showcasing broader employment rather than conflict.
News from Victoria B C reports six crew members set fire to the British bark Jioward D Troop carrying kerosene for Standard Oil. Fire in the hold led to distress rockets, towing to Kanagawa, then scuttling the vessel after 1 900 cases burned. Authorities note conflict between Captain Duryea and crew.
Report from Pittsburg district says 5,000 men employed by the American Window Laws Company are idle due to a strike started to obtain wage increases. The district dispatch notes wide disruption across town and surrounding mills.
Atlantic City was described as wide open as on a past Sunday as saloons reopened after midnight Saturday following reformers arresting Mayor Stey for defying the Attorney General. Birney Hudson warned that failure of Mayor Ming to close saloons would trigger further action.
Two men drowned in the Willamette River near Portland and a third is missing believed drowned. The city nadir notes that twenty eight people have perished in the Willamette since May 1 as summer bathers continue to stream to the water.
In Robinson Park yesterday Sarrio Armijo and Pedro Zamora fought after a confrontation by four companions Meresnldo Baca Benecio Cordova Salvador Lite cere and Jose Romero Armijo was stabbed and left in St Joseph's sanitarium with life threatening wounds Zamora was beaten in the city jail by Armijo who used a heavy quirt Eye witnesses describe a ride by by the assailants and a bench encounter with two other youths lasting into the afternoon.
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