Peary Delayed as Roosevelt Heads to North Sydney
The Roosevelt will depart Battle Harbor for North Sydney to reach New York for the Hudson Fulton celebration. Peary and one Eskimo, Eging Wah, were the only explorers to reach the pole, with temperatures at 32 degrees below zero and no bottom found at 1 500 fathoms.
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Party
Peary
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Associated Press
Thomas Douglas
Roosevelt
North Sydney
New York
Bartlett
Sydney
Dr. Cook
Brooklyn
Eging Wah
Admiral Deprecates Peary Attitude In Pole Feud
Dr. Cook supporters defend his claim while Peary backers denounce him as the sole discoverer. Letters from Rear Admiral Schley and Captain Osbon buttress Cook’s integrity, while German and French scientists urge a final judgment by experts.
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Peary
New York
Dr. Cook
Cook
Pocono Manor
Parmne
Osbon
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Marvin
Dr Frederick Cook Leaves Christiansand After Welcoming Gig
Cook on way to New York sails from Christiansand aboard the Oscar II amid a salute from the fort and cheers from excursion boats. Onboard he chats with passengers including Benjamio F. Trueblood as bands play and talk turns to polar rumors and Wellman’s possible pole attempt.
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Dr. Cook
Benjamio F. Trueblood
American Peace Society
Greenland
Walter Wellman
Cook
Bankers Gather for Thirty fifth Annual Convention in Chicago
Chicago September 14 delegates from the American Bankers association open discussions on the bill of lading uniformity and other major issues. A special committee will probe express companies while the federal committee opposes bank deposit guarantees and postal savings banks proposing national banks form segregated capital savings banks.
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Bankera
Chicago
American Bankers’ Association
Lewis E. Pierson
Executive Council
Association
Expresa
Bank Deposit Guaranty Plan
Postal Savings Bank
Federal Legislative Committee
J W Castles Ends His Life At Grand Union Hotel
John W Castles president of the Union Trust company of New York and director of other firms died by suicide at the Grand Union hotel. Barton Castles found him shortly before 9 o clock with a razor nearby. Thayer cited months of nervous breakdown and said finances played no role.
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Union Trust Company of
New York
John W. Casties
Union Trust Company
Grand Union Hotel
Barton §. Castles
Castles
John V. B. Thayer
Tariff Commission Named by Taft Will Aid New Law
President Taft appointed a three member tariff commission to help enforce the new tariff law. The board includes Professor Henry C. Emery of Yale as chairman, James B. Reynolds of Massachusetts, and Alvin H. Sanders of Chicago.
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Emery
Reynolds
Sanders
Taft
Beverly
Mass
Preaiden Taft
New Tariff Commission
United States
Henry C. Emery
Yale
James B. Reynolds
Massachusetts
The
Treasury
Alvin H. Sanders
Chicago
Breeders Gazette
Man Kills Two Babes Near Utica in a Tragic Crime
Utica New York dated Sept 14 three Italian children Theresa Procipio seven dead shot through the heart Fredy infin o three years old dead through the bowels Fanny fusino six wounded in the left arm. The three children were last seen talking with an unknown man.
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Utica
Theresa Procipio
Fred’y Infin
Alao Deao
Fanny Tu Fusino
Bady Wour
Chicago Grain and Provisions Trading and Closing Quotations
Reports of Argentine wheat crop damage by locusts push wheat prices higher on the Chicago board. Final quotes show gains across wheat contracts while corn oats and provisions vary. cash prices list grain and livestock values at South Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Argentina
Board of Trade
Dee
Lord
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago livestock market report shows cattle receipts 24 000 with varying prices for beeves cows and heifers crackers and feeders westerns and hogs receipts 24 000 with top hog prices 8 65 and ranges for mixed butchers good to choice heavy pony heavy and Meht lambs and sheep receipts 30 000 with sheep 3 00 to 5 00 and lambs 4 40 to 7 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Omaha
Ewes
Lambs
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Lovett Heads U P Elected Chairman of Executive
Robert Lovett, Harriman ally, elected head of the Union Pacific executive committee as Schiff and Rockefeller named directors. The Union Pacific awaits a president with L F Lovett expected to be chosen at the Oct 12 stockholders meeting under Harriman influence.
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New York
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Robert §. Lovett
E. H. Harriman
Ceed
Union Pacific Railroad
Last Rites for Harriman in Arden Grave
Edward H. Harriman’s body was laid to rest in a rock hewn Arden grave as financiers and New York leaders attended the quiet ceremony. The 43,000 acre Harriman estate in Orange County was represented by the superintendent, master carpenter, master mason, and longtime managers, reflecting his plain, straight business style.
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Arden
N. Y
Ramapo Woods
Edward H. Harriman
Arden Hill
Wail Street
New York
Orange County
Burial rites for Harriman Mesin a hillside grave
Managers of his dairies farms and trotting stables bore his coffin as services led by his chaplain lasted twenty minutes. Pallbearers carried the casket to a hillside burial plot a short distance from the road, where his grave is hewn from rock in the steep hillside.
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Harriman Mes
Aittle
Mayor and Councilmen Indicted in Cape Girardeau Case
The grand jury indicted Mayor M B E Leming and six city council members Joe T Jaden Joseph Wilson Alexander Wasterling Herman Bock D A Gienn and Thomas Gill for irregularities in municipal affairs in Cape Girardeau Missouri.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo
M. BE. Leming
Joe T. Jaden
Joseph Wilson
Alexander @. Wasterling
Herman Bock
D. A. Gienn
Thomas Gill
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J. W. Castles
Tariff Commission
Board
Robert 8. Lovett
Edward HH
Harrimas
Bennett Company
Pinos and Oncans
Packard
Kohler & Campbell
Pric Kurtzmann
Harvard
Lindeman
Walworth
Packard Church Organs
West
the Bennett Company
Omaha, Neb
Cwiceeswo & Sons
Pacnaap
Ivens & Pouw
Kuntsmany Sreauiwo
H. &S.G. Livpeman
Howrinotom
Kowhew & Cawmens
Menpsesomm
Waworrw
Hasvarn
Braserr Co
Autoriano & Kagit Auto Rand Player
Nebraska
Radace
Jos. Skala, Jake H. Herman Gustav Lebr
Wm, C. Herman
Swifts
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