Hallinger Cleared of Charges in Alaska Land Case
Albany Sept 15 President Taft released a statement exonerating Secretary Ballinger of Interior Department and finding that L R Gravis chief of the field division of the general land office faced only shreds of suspicion without substantial evidence in the Cunningham coal land claims matter. The President also authorizes Ballinger to dismiss Gravis for unjustly imputing harm to his superior.
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Albany
N. Y
Taft
Interior Department
L. R. Gravis
General Land Office
Cunningham
Alaska
Richard A. Ballinger
Gravis
Water Power Trust
Secretary of the Interior
Letter to Ballinger on Cunningham coal land claims
A letter written before Taft's Beverly mass departure outlines charges by L R Gravis, chief of Seattle based General Land Office field division, accusing Secretary Ballinger Assistant Secretary Pierce Commissioner Dennett and Yield Service chief Schwartz of aiding Cunningham claimants to obtain patents on purportedly fraudulent Alaska coal land claims.
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Ballinger
Taft
Beverly
Mass
L. R. Gravis
General Land Office
Seattle
Washington
Interior Department
Pierce
Dennett
Schwartz
Cunningham
Alaska
Gravis
Free Sunday for U S Navy to Begin in Sailors Rest
Washington Sept 15 Acting Secretary Winthrop announced a Navy order to make Sunday a day of rest aboard ships. Ship inspections will not occur on Sunday. crew inspections move to Saturday before noon or after dinner, and commanding officers’ Sunday inspections are canceled to minimize Sabbath work.
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Washington
Jack Tar
United States Navy
Winthrop
Senators Clinch Final Game In Series 7 4 Win
Baseball results show the Senators defeating the Red Sox 7 to 4 in the final game of the series. Athletics fell to the Highlanders 3 to 2. Pittsburg beat Cincinnati 7 to 2. Philadelphia Nationals topped Brooklyn 2 to 0. Boston Nationals first team beat Brockton 8 to 3. second team lost to Lynn 5 to 0. Harvard football candidates receive tough coaching. Boston high schools approve second and freshman squads alongside regular elevens. District Attorney Ketchel-Langford bout noted as law violation. Connie Meek aims to win three of four against the Tigers. Country Jay sets a new mark trotting to saddle.
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Senators
Red Sox
Athletics
Highlanders
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Philadelphia Nationals
Brooklyn
Boston Nationals
Brockton
Lynn
Harvard
Boston
Jerome Sys Ketchel-Langford
Bride inherits million in Bermuda widow tale goes on
Mrs. George E. Bramer, living in Lawrence, learns she is a one quarter heir to a $1,000,000 estate from Robert B Ribstock who died in Penzance England. The will may list railroad stocks and bonds with charity receiving half. Bramer recalls a past Bermuda life, a marriage to Steubenville engraver George Bramer, and coincidences around dates.
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Lawrence
Bramer
Hamilton
Bermuda
Ida C. Jennings
Majuba Hill
South Africa
Ribstock
Jennings
George E. Bramer
Steubenville, O
Post cane owner dead in Danvers at 91
Danvers Sept 15 The first Post gold headed cane death in New England occurred here on Sept 5 with the passing of Joshua Bragdon 91 at his home 12 Water street He was a former selectman and a five year trustee of the Danvers Savings Bank He received the cane about two weeks before he died.
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Danvers
New England
Joshua Bragdon
Water Street
Bragdon
Fire Rips Through East Wakefield Station Hotel
A blaze at the Boston & Maine railroad station in East Wakefield New Hampshire spread to the Davis House a three story wooden hotel near the station with about 100 guests inside and nearby dwellings catching fire. Firefighters from Sanbornville aided Wakefield authorities as flames spread through several homes.
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East Wakefield
N. H
Boston & Maine Railroad
Davis
Sanbornville
Wakefield
Duel Ends in Deaths of Two Women in Chicago
Mrs Julia Tripp and her sister in law Mrs Jacob Silvers of New York died in a pistol and knife duel in Tripp s apartment at Fifty sixth street and Prairie avenue Chicago. Silvers husband left her three months earlier over her alleged actions. Tripp was married to a superintendent at a local manufacturing firm.
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Chicago
Julia Tripp
Jacob Silvers
New York
Tripp
Fifty-sixth Street
Prairie Avenue
Silvers
Tripp and Silvers Killings Point to Struggle and Possible Third Party
Mrs Tripp endured ten bullet wounds and a cut while Mrs Silvers died from a chest shot and multiple knife slashes. A single revolver with eight empty shells and two live cartridges suggests reloading during a struggle in a disorderly apartment. Both women were fully clothed or in underclothes, with frequent quarrels over duties. Eyewitness timing and simultaneous cries raise the possibility of a third participant, though theories include mutual self harm and intervention. No shots were heard, yet pleas for aid came before police arrived.
Governor Johnson Near Death After Abdominal Abscess Surgery
Rochester Minn Sept 15 Dr C F McNevin St Marys Hospital house physician issued bulletin on Governor Johnsons condition at 930 pm The Governors condition is very bad pulse irregular and fast temperature subnormal He was operated on today by Dr William Mayo assisted by Dr Charles Mayo for a deep seated intestinal abscess He was on the operating table for two hours and 53 minutes His first words after waking were for Mrs Johnson who came to his bedside.
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Rochester
Minn
C. F. McNevin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Governor Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Doyle Curley clash at Vine Street church rally turns chaotic
Stones sticks and other missiles flew while epithets flew as 6000 people gathered on Dudley street to watch or join the confrontation between Senator James H. Doyle supporters and Alderman James M. Curley. Police struggled to keep order from 9 30 to 10 45 as violence risked hospital ambulances.
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James H. Doyle
James M. Curley
Vine Street
Dudley Street
Doyle
Diamond theft ends with dramatic chase in banking district
A daylight wholesale diamond robbery ended with the arrest of George E. Ryan, 38, who allegedly stole two rings valued at 2050 from Hodgson Kennard & Co. A $1700 diamond ring he tossed into Congress Square remains unrecovered as police recover other rings.
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George E. Ryan
North Thirteenth Street
Philadelphia
Penn
Hodgson, Kennard & Co
State Street
Ryan
Congress Square
Police Captain ends street clash with mass dispersal
Police captain Evans redeployed every available officer to quell a violent disturbance in the district. Traffic halted as officers struggled to control rival crowds. Alderman Curley shoved James Conboy off a barrel used as a speaker stand, amid shouting and jeers. Circling in the street, the crowds were urged to disperse and meetings halted.
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Evans
Curley
James Conboy
Doyle
House of Representatives
Cowboy
Diamond Store Robbery Ends With Suspect Arrest
Ryan entered a diamond shop before 3 pm and stole two rings, a $350 opal and a $1700 three stone diamond. He fled with Hodgeson and a clerk in pursuit, was chased through Devonshire and Congress Square, and after Inspector Robinson cornered him he dropped the rings and surrendered to arrest.
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Ryan
Hodgson
State Street
Mr.Hodgson
Robinson
Banking Squad
Worthington Building
Devonshire Street
Congress Square
Eskimos Claim Cook Records Question North Pole Feats
Eskimo witnesses report that Captain Blatchford saw records suggesting Cook never reached the North Pole and that Peary’s account may be contradicted. The story says Blatchford would release details showing Cook did not approach the pole.
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Blatchford
Peary
Peary and Bartlett Plan South Pole Expedition
St John’s N F Sept 1 The Labrador mail boat reports Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett have chosen an expedition to the South Pole. On the Roosevelt they carry furs sledges and equipment for the journey.
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ST. John’s,N. F
Labrador
St. John’s
Peary
Bartlett
South Pole
Roosevelt
Henson recalls being at the North Pole with Peary
Matthew Henson, Peary’s companion on polar expeditions, tells the Associated Press he and Peary with four Eskimos camped at 90 degrees north for a night and two days. He says they hoisted the Stars and Stripes twice and led cheers for Old Glory in Eskimo.
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Battle Harbor
Labrador
Matthew Henson
Peary
Roosevelt
Henson
North Pole
Associated Press
Eskimo Dialect Skills Aboard Polar Quest and Pole Arrival
Henson recalls eighteen years with Commander Peary in the Arctic and his knowledge of Eskimo speech. He notes the expedition reached the North Pole just before noon on April 6 with Peary, four Eskimos, 36 dogs, and two detachments. Bartlett regretted lacking a British flag for a photo at the farthest north. A diary records the first night at the Pole after building two igloos and dinner by alcohol stove tea.
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Waving
Peary
Arctic
Henson
Greenland
Pole
Bartlett
England
Cape Columbia
North Pole
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Urdett College
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Boylston St
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Klein's
Houghton & Dutton’s
Bulletin
East
Gov. Johnson
ACRAN
Wea
DR. Cook
Copenhagen
The
New York Herald Co
Curley and
Roxbury
Eskimos
Cook
Ords
North
Said
Aige
A. M
Rime Fame
Vicinity
Father John
Boston Post
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