Cook departs Copenhagen amid cheers and pole debate
Dr Frederick A Cook leaves Copenhagen on the Melchior for Christiania en route to New York amid crowd cheers. He says he will present records to the American Geodetic Survey for comparison with Peary if needed and asks no press demand for instant public testing.
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Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Dr. Cook
Geographical Society
University of Copenhagen
Melchior
Christiana
Denmark
Associated Press
Cook
Peary
Corbin funeral honors for Henry C Corbin in Washington
Washington Sept 10 Henry C Corbin lieutenant general of the armies of the United States was buried with military honors in Arlington. A full escort from Washington attended the service at St Johns church before a ceremony at the cemetery. The flag draped casket bore floral tributes from the president and Mrs Taft and many friends.
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Washington
United States
Henry C. Corbin
New York
St. John's Episcopal Church
Arlington National Cemetery
Taft
Usher M. Parsons
Europe
Corbin
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
McKinley
E. S. Dunlap
St. Johns
W. W. Brander
Fifteenth United States Cavalry
Balcom
Ardsley-on-the-Hudson
St. John's Quartet
Chopin
Alexander Oglesby
War Department
Robert Shaw Oliver
M. W. Wotherspoon
Leonard Wood
Myron T. Herrick
Ohio
J. G. Schmidlapp
Cincinnnati
Clarence R. Edwards
John A. Johnson
Clement T. Griscom
Philadelphia
Charles Sweene
H. C. S. Heisland
John C. Black
Arthur Murray
Webb C. Hayes
Saloon man testifies in McCann case in Chicago
Louis Frank of Frank Brothers testifies under oath that Edward McCann, then inspector at Des Plaines Street station, asked for bribe money from illegal saloon owners. Frank says payment was to be $20 from each house. defense motions to quash counts were overruled by Judge Barnes.
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Chicago
Edward McCann
Desplaines Street
McCann
Charles Hawkins
Frank
Julius
Wayman
Venezuela Pays $385000 to Orinoco in Eight Installments
Caracas Venezuela September 10 The Orinoco corporation claim against the government is settled with Venezuela agreeing to pay 385000 dollars in eight annual installments.
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Venezuela
Corporation
Caracas
Orinocolo Corporation
Detroit case holds Dr. Fritch on high bond in Millman death
In Detroit on September 10, Dr. George A. Fritch remained jailed in bonds of 10000 as an inquest into Miss Maybelle Millman's death was postponed to September 24. Martha Henning, Millman’s companion, was held as a witness after visiting the doctor’s office with Millman two weeks earlier.
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Explorer
Melchior
Dr. Cook
Sverdrup
Dr. Egan
Miss Egan
Coid
Detroit
Mich
van Zile
Wayne County
Ford City
Maybelle Millman
Ann Arbor
George A. Fritch
Fritch
Millman
Dr. Fritch
Justice Jeffries
Frank T. Lodge
Martha Henning
Miss Henning
Gaston
McDonnell
Allen and
Parker
Henning
John B. Clark
Clark
Dr. Clark
Miss Millman
Miss Presley
Lansing
Presley
Taft Names More Heads of Census
President Taft announced additional appointments for the thirteenth census, naming supervisors in several big cities and signaling that about twenty-five posts remain to be filled. The list includes Chicago, Baltimore, Louisville, and Darlington, with New York, Washington, and Cincinnati noted as pending.
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Beverly
Mass
Taft
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Pittsburg
New York
Washington
Cincinnati
Maryland
Baltimore
Frederick P. Dorton
Illinois
Cook County
Willard E. Hotchkiss
Kentucky
Louisville
Jonathan Duff
Kansas Claims to Have Only Woman Judge
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Mrs. Mary H. Cooper of Mitchell county Kansas is the state’s only woman judge. Elected last November she won by 788 votes, the largest margin in county history aside from President Taft. She presides over trials and requires all in court to rise when she enters.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Kas
Mary H. Cooper
Mitchell County
Taft
Cooper
Lord Rosebery Rebuffs Budget in North Speech
In Glasgow on September 10 Lord Rosebery denounced the Lloyd George budget as a dangerous revolution. He warned of immediate unemployment and capital depletion, argued for land tax and against tariff reform, and implied the Lords may defeat the measure while signaling a possible general election.
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Glasgow
Lord Rosebery
House of Commons
North
House of Lords
Great Britain
Lloyd- George
Uncle's Estate Heir Search Reveals $300000 Fortune
Five Burke children of Springfield learn their uncle Edward McGurck died intestate in San Diego with a $300,000 estate. They face a preliminary San Diego court examination on Aug. 3, as administrators seek heirs amid a flurry of letters and visits. McGurck, 74, had been a miser who amassed city real estate after moving west in 1868. He left no will, and relatives claim kinship after a public legal notice draws claimants.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
San Diego
Cal
Award McGureck
James Burke
Burke
Edward McGurck
Flood Devastates Jamiltepec District in Oaxaca State
In Mexico’s Oaxaca state the Jamiltepec district suffers a major flood hitting sugar plantations and mills, killing cattle and dozens of farm workers. The disaster threatens about 100000 people with widespread losses as northern regions await relief. American marooned, rescue efforts under W A Ross are planned.
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Mexico City
Jamiltepec
Oaxaca
Republic
Tamaulipas
Revere Man as Taft Double Gains Noted Attention
W A Barker of Revere a law agent of the Boston and Maine thinks he resembles President Taft closely. Throughout the summer he has enjoyed fooling people who mistake him for the president and the two Bills share similar mustache and wide smile.
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Commercial Tribune
Beverly
Mass
W. A. Barker
Revere
Boston & Maine
Taft
Bill Barker
Bill Taft
Emperor William endows Monterey flood relief with 2500
Berlin reports Emperor William contributed 2500 to aid victims of the Monterey flood. The gesture underscores international aid during the disaster, with funds earmarked for relief work and affected residents.
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Berlin
William
Monterey
Cuban-born Diaz Denies Mexican Lineage in Workhouse Case
Youngstown officials inform the Mexican embassy that Vincent Diaz, sentenced to six months in the Cleveland workhouse for throwing carbolic acid, is a Cuban-born barber not Mexican and not the claimed near relative of a Mexican president. The investigation followed Diaz’s assertion of Mexican identity during the trial.
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Washington
Senor B. Davalos
Youngstown
Vincent Diaz
Cleveland
Cuba
Mexico
Diaz
Mexicor
Honor at Last Commemoration Marks Perry Sailors Graves
Put-In-Bay Ohio observes the Perry anniversary with a public grave marking and a 100 foot steel flag pole donated by islanders. A monument to replace the flag pole will be dedicated September 10, 1913, during the centennial celebration of the Battle of Lake Erie.
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Put-In Bay
Oliver H. Perry
Lake Erie
Perry
Lewis Hissed As He Leaves Hall At Pittsburg Mine Convention
Thomas L. Lewis president of the United Mineworkers of America left the Pittsburg district miners convention amid hisses. The gathering, in session to decide the use of explosives in mines, erupted briefly as Francis Feehan challenged Lewis for failing to meet earlier bluffs.
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Pittsburg
Indianapolis
Thomas L. Lewis
United Mineworkers of America
Stenographer Kills Self Over Wife Separation
Ora G. Kitchen a stenographer with the Southeastern and Mississippi Valley association shot himself in Louisville after his wife would not return to him. He was a Dale Indiana native, University of Nebraska graduate, and reputed for literary attainments.
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Louisville
Ora G. Kitchen
Southeastern and Mississippi Valley Association
Dale
Ind
University of Nebraska
Harriman 10 Buried in Grave Cut From Rock
Simple ceremonies are planned by his family in Sen Place of burial. Cause of death listed as cancer, but a pastor says he never heard it mentioned.
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Harriman
Cer
Vienna
Struempel
McGuiness
Robert S. Lovett
Mr. Harriman
Wall Street
Democrats Launch Conference to Shape 1910 Campaign
The New Democratic League formed a two day Saratoga conference pledging a major role in state elections and possibly national politics. Delegates plan a general committee by Nov 1 and a fighting machine within six months to push principles from strict constitutional construction to home rule and direct election of U S senators.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Democratic League
League
Philippine Islands
United States
Baron De Koevessy Faces Court Over Missing Registered Letter
Austrian nobleman Baron Al bion De Koevessy, a noted mechanical engineer, was arraigned in Pittsburgh on false pretenses for taking a registered letter with money. The case was continued to Sept. 18 as he promises to present an alibi.
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Pittsburg
Albion de Koevessy
United States
W. T. Lindsay
Kovessy
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