Controversy Over North Pole Discovery Via Wireless
The Times publishes Commander Peary’s summary of the polar voyage from July 1908 to April 1909. It details ship movements, sledge marches, parallel crossings, and the North Pole reach April 7, with deaths and health noted among crew. The Times says another Peary message is due at noon Thursday.
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North Pole
the Pole
Camp Columbia
Roosevelt
Cape Sheridan
Cape Sabine
Cape York
Indian Harbor
Ross G. Marvin
Cape Columbia
North Latitude
London Times
Peary
Stormy Directors Session Over WeW Rules
A heated Chamber of Commerce weighing bureau meeting debated new rules set for the warehousemen. Directors reaffirmed adoption for Sept 15 after a joint committee and three member panel proposed changes, while warehouse interests, led by Van Leunen, refused to subscribe.
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Chamber of Commerce
van Leunen
Charles E. Roth
August Ferger
John de Molet
William Kramer
Henry W. Brown
Ed Richter
Charles E. van Leunen
E. C. Skinner
H. C. Whetstone
Charles EB. Roth
Roth
Fred Gueckenberger
Charles Schmidt
A. L. Robinett
Board of Directors
Chicago Carmen Reject Wage Scale Vote Ends Referendum
The Chicago City Railway wage scale was rejected by an overwhelming referendum closing today. Arbitration will be used on the south side lines and on the north and west sides if further issues arise. Pittsburg Strikers Quit as Pressey Steel Car workers return to work accepting company concessions.
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Chicago
Chicago City Railway Company
Pittsburg
Pressey Steel
Schoenville
Mystery Shrouds Shooting Affray Claims Machinist Life
A midnight shooting at 528 West Eighth Street killed Scott Sprague, 25, a machinist, with a 38 caliber bullet passing through his body. His wife Iris Sprague, 21, was arrested on suspicion after evidence including powder burns and blood on her arm.
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West Eighth Street
Scott Sprague
Iris Sprague
Spragues
Sprague
Palmer
Graever and
Dieters
Sprague Home
Murder 15 Said to Black Hand Murder in Piqua
In Piqua Ohio on September 8 a murder believed linked to a Black Hand gang was uncovered. The 60 year old Italian Guiseppi Casemento was found dead in his hovel with his head cleft open. He reportedly held a sum of savings but no money was found on or near the body. Police investigate.
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Piqua
Guiseppi Casemento
Casemento
Ohio Postmasters Fight to Get Next Convention
The National Association of Postmasters of the second and third class opened its convention in Gainesville Georgia with a small attendance. President Jesse Parmenter of Wabash Indiana gave the annual address as delegates from Ohio and New England push to secure the next meeting site. V P D M Turner of Towanda Pennsylvania is favored to be elected president.
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Gainesville
National Association of Postmasters
Jesse Parmenter
Wabash
Ind
New England
Ohio
D. M. Turner
Towanda
Trainman Killed on His First Trip
Philip Powell a 40 year old freight conductor on the Big Four was killed in Springfield Ohio while starting a Sandusky bound passenger run. He was knocked from the rear platform when his train backed into a freight car on the main track and died shortly after at the city hospital. Officials investigate why a freight car stood on the main line.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Philip Powell
Big Four
Sandusky
Powell
Age 72 to Start Eighty Third Prison Term
New York reports Morton, age 72, will begin his eighty third term in prison after a special sessions court sentenced him to one year for stealing several pairs of women's stockings from a Sixth avenue department store. He has long been a persistent offender, recently focusing on shoplifting and spending the last three years in the penitentiary four times.
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New York
Morton
Sixth Avenue
Former OnErife Callahan Fears Assassin's Gun
Former Sheriff Ed Callahan lives besieged at his Long's Creek home after being shot at his store door six months ago. He built a fortified board walk to reach his store office and avoids the main room while clerks, led by his son Wilson, report to him. Public sentiment has shifted in his favor as he seeks protection from Breathitt authorities.
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Commercial Tribune
Jackson
Ed Callahan
James Hargis
Long's Creek
Callahan
Wilson
Breathitt
Trolley wreck injures 27 in Illinois on interurban line
Twenty seven persons were injured in a head on collision between two interurban cars on the Elgin Belvidier electric road near Huntley Illinois. The crash was caused by an east bound car failing to stop at a switch a short distance from the wreck. A relief car was sent from Elgin and the seriously hurt were taken there.
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Chicago
Elgin
Belvidier
Huntley
Ill
Rumors Grow Over Harriman Illness in Arden New York
Reports from Arden and Turners indicate E. H. Harriman's condition fluctuates with rumors of a second indigestion attack and observers noting empty oxygen tanks. Dr. William G. Lyle and Rev. J Holmes McGuinness offered cautious statements of improvement while official word remained unsettled.
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Turner
N. Y
Edward. H. Harriman
William G. Lyle
J. Holmes McGuiness
Tower Hill
New York
Lyle
Arden House
Stamp Robbers Kill Four at Russian Post Office
A masked gang armed with bombs and revolvers attacked a post office near Samara. They killed the night watchman and three policemen, looted $40,000, and fled after injuring ten others. They cut telegraph wires and escaped on a locomotive into the woods.
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Samara
Russia
Accidents at Brescia Aviation Meeting Dampen Opening
The Brescia aviation meet opened amid optimism and crowds but with many failures. Glenn Curtiss excelled while others faltered as Bleriot, Anzani, and Calderara suffered equipment damage and crashes.
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Brescia
Italy
Glenn H. Curtiss
Bleriot
Bilerlot
Wright makes two flights over Tempeihoff grounds
Berlin reports Orville Wright flown solo for 24 miles in 36 minutes at Tempeihoff parade grounds. On a second flight he carried Captain Von Hildebrand as a passenger and flew 17 minutes.
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Berlin
Orville Wright
Tempeihoff Parade Grounds
von Hildebrand
Cody claims world record with long flight at Aldershot
Captain Fr Fr Cody, the American aero pioneer in British service, flew his self built aeroplane for one hour and three minutes. He covered over forty miles in calm early hours, circling the spire of the local landmark amid the Aldershot plain.
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Aldershot
Eng
Cody
Osbon Declares Peary A Colossal Faker In New York
Captain B S Osbon, secretary of the Arctic Club of America, accuses Peary of fabrications and says affidavits will support Dr. Cook. He claims Peary opened Dr. Cook’s trunks and data, read a letter to Mrs. Cook, and then sealed it again while declaring Cook a faker.
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New York
Cook
B. S. Osbon
Arctic Club of America
Peary
Dr. Cook
Osbon
Roosevelt Bearing Peary Makes Slow Progress Near Battle Harbor
North Sydney Cape Breton Sept. 8. Wireless dispatches show the Roosevelt bearing Peary’s party reached Battle harbor after noon, having left Indian harbor yesterday. Peary may relay further details of his journey as coal and fuel limits delay further movement toward North Sydney. Dr Cook’s reception in Copenhagen includes a critical press with general skepticism mounting about Peary’s claims.
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North Sydney
Cape Breton
Roosevelt
Battle Harbor
Indian Harbor
Cook Anticipates Fuss Over Arctic Stores
In Copenhagen Dr. Cook told Captain Sverdrup he hopes no trouble over supplies with Peary’s party. He will send a ship to bring back the two Eskimos who accompanied him and some others from the last stage of the pole journey. He aims to have the Eskimos relate their Arctic tale and be examined by Arctic experts.
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Cook
Legation
Cammell
America
Peary
Copenhagen
Politiken
Dr. Cook
Geographical Society
Sverdrup
Pole
Arctic
Esk
Pole Day Dispute Intensifies Over North Pole Claims
Reports from Copenhagen and Labrador reveal a heated clash between Commander Robert E. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook over who first reached the North Pole. Peary asserts planting the flag on April 6, 1909, while Cook maintains his 1908 claim and vows to prove it with new testimony from Eskimo companions and data. Peary's Roosevelt presses homeward via Battle Harbour as Cook stands by his records amid world-wide debate.
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North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Labrador
Roosevelt
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Peary
Cook
Copenhagen
Greenland
America
Battle Harbor
North Sydney
Cave Breton
Strait of Belle Isle
Mrs
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