University Rejects Cook North Pole Claim
The University of Copenhagen panel concluded Dr. Frederick A. Cook failed to prove reaching the North Pole. The consistory backed the finding that Cook’s notebooks and records lacked original observations and substantiation, leaving his claim unproven and the honor unearned. The crown prince is angered by the hoax, while the king remains skeptical.
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University of Copenhagen
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
North Pole
Cook
Stroemgren
Dr. Cook
Egan
Taft
Greenland Administration
University
New York Herald
Pole
Explorers' Club Condemns Dr Frederick Cook Over McKinley Claim
The Explorers' Club of New York unanimously verdicted against Dr Frederick Cook for the Mt McKinley ascent claim. The committee recommended rejecting his entire claim as lacking credence and dropping his name from membership. Brown and Parker, Cook's former aides, testified they would have altered the public controversy had their Alaska trip findings been known earlier.
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Explorers’ Club
New York City
Frederick A. Cook
Mt. Mckinley
Cook
Cli
Frederick Cook
Parer
Brown
Mt. McKiney
Alaska
Orld
Akes
Demark
Mark Twain's Daughter Dies After Fall From Horse
The article reports the death of Miss Clemens, daughter of author Samuel Clemens, after a fall while horse riding at the home in Elmira. The elder Clemens, a physician by wartime note, expressed surprise and relief that the incident occurred at home rather than on horseback. Miss Clemens had long aided her father as private secretary and most recently filed a telegram asserting his health and sending Christmas wishes.
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Wars
Treome
Erie
Ernrot
Clemens
Miss Clemens
Frederick Remington Dies at 48 in Connecticut Country Home
Frederick Remington longtime American artist and illustrator died at his Ridgefield Connecticut home at 9 am Sunday after an illness that began with appendicitis. He was 48 and died with his wife Mrs. Remington present. Born in Canton New York his death ends a career famed for horse paintings and cowboy scenes.
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Frederick Remington
Ridgefield
Conn
Remington
Fire damages New York press offices destroying upper floors
Fire at the New York Park Place offices of the American Press Association destroyed two upper floors housing stereotyping and art. Water flooded the building forcing editors, pressmen, stereotypers and compositors to evacuate. the organization has a complete duplicate plant ready for operation and expects no interruption.
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New York
American Press Association
Park Vince
Park Place
Political turmoil deepens in San Juan as Caceres attacked
Report from passengers arriving in San Juan Puerto Rico says political conditions in Santo Domingo are critical. President Ramon Caceres faces attacks from multiple factions with revolutions foretelling the capture of Puerto Plata. Many are killed or wounded in several engagements. Jéx-President Jiminez and Morales alleged to lead the revolution.
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Assengers
San Juan
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Ramon Caceres
Puerto Plata
Caceres
Jéx
Jiminez and
Morales
Taft to Name Replacement for Lurton Vacancy
Report says President Taft will announce his choice to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Horace Lurton advancing to the Supreme Court within days. The decision affects the federal judiciary and potential nominees are under consideration.
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Taft
Horace Lurton
Supreme Court of the United States
Fierce Atlantic Gale Destroys Property from Hatteras to Maine
A fierce Sunday gale battered the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Maine causing widespread damage in New York City and Boston. High winds and heavy seas led to property losses and dangerous conditions along the shoreline.
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Atlantic
Hateras
Maine
New York City
Boston
Ballinger Pinchot Controversy To Dominate Congress
Washington expects an official inquiry after holidays into the Ballinger Pinchot dispute. Reports suggest a broader conspiracy aim to affect Taft's 1912 renomination, with advocates asserting forestry service officials framed Giavis charges. Taft will act on a congressional committee report guiding possible cabinet changes.
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Washington
Richard A. Ballinger
Gifford Pinchot
Friends
William H. Taft
Secretary of the Interior
Pinchot
Ballinger
Roosevelt
Ballinger-Pinchot
Forestry Service
Taft
Congressional Committee of Inquiry
Taft Clarifies Whisky Definition and Labeling Marks
President Taft rejects narrowing the term whisky to straight varieties and calls for brand labeling that identifies the actual contents. He contrasts with Wiley, Bowers, and Bona partie, noting frauds involve mislabeling rather than misbranding whisky types.
Chicago traction lines fall under local financier control
Announcement from Chicago states that J. P. Morgan holdings on the South Side traction lines have been taken over by a Chicago financial institution.
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Chicago
J. P. Morgan
South Side Traction Lines
Chicago Financial Institution
Death of George P. Sheldon in Greenwich Conn
George Preston Sheldon former president of the Phenix Fire Insurance Company of Brooklyn dies at his Greenwich home. He faced indictment for grand larceny over financial irregularities exposed by New York state insurance department.
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George P. Sheldon
Greenwich
Conn
George Preston Sheldon
Phenix (Fire) Insurance Company
Brooklyn
State Insurance Department of New York
Chicago
Vermont State Hospital For the Insane
Waterbury
Foward Payson Weston
Los Angeles
New York
South Shore Gas Company
Forestville
Southern Cross
Houlder Line
Vigo
Spain
Rock Island
Lehigh Valley
Panama canal police command assigned to Colonel Fyffe
Colonel J P Fyffe of Chattanooga has been named by Secretary of War Dickinson to command the police force in the Panama canal zone. A battalion is sent to Macnolia Alabama to quell a race disturbance. Several fatal fires claim lives in New York Yonkers and Delaware. Authorities pursue antitrust suits as rail and steel interests loom.
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J. P. Fyffe
Chattanooga
Dickinson
Panama Canal Zone
Macnolia
Ala
James D. Sebring
Williamsport
Freberg Company
Cincinnati
Vernon
Grover
Mabel
Jasper Williamson
Delaware
Ohio
Treasury
National Geographic Society
Peary
University of Copenhagen
Searcy
Harry Sharks
Butler County
Alabama
Roosevelt
Kampala
Albert Nyanza
Athens
State Bank
Centreville
Kan
Yasuya Uchida
United States
Washington
Stark Lumper Company
Canton
Paris
Frederick A. Cook
Ostead
Belgium
Yonkers Brewing Company
Yonkers
N. Y
Pollock
Topeka
Kansas State Bank
Horace J. Chitendon
Lucius EF. Chitendon
Mystery of a Macedonian Confession Clears Murder
Paval Stefoff, a Macedonian, confessed to two murders and was hanged in Toronto. The case linked to Edward Garrity, shot on a Terre Haute porch after returning from a saloon quarrel. Police had been misled by Macedonian residents at the boarding house.
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Toronto
Ont
Paval Stefoff
Stefoff
Terre Haute
Ind
Edward Garrity
McBride
Perjury charge ordered against Elkhart attorney Zeigler
In Goshen Indiana Judge James Dodge orders the prosecuting attorney to file a perjury charge against Edward B Zeigler a prominent Elkhart attorney. The charge stems from Zeiglers affidavit seeking a venue change asserting Judge Dodge was a material witness in the state case against Otto Shamboldt. The legal actions involve Shamboldt Whitmer and a juvenile court admission by a girl.
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Goshen
Ind
James
Dodge
Ellkhart
Edward B. Zeigler
Elkhart
Zeigler
Judge Dodge
Otto Shamboldt
Edward J. Zeigler
Whitmer
James S. Dodge, Jr
Shamboldt
Petit Jury
Shamboldt and
Raiding of Alexandria Social Club Ends Night of Disorder
A midnight raid at the Charter Oak Social Club in Alexandria leads to nineteen occupants identified as rowdies from outside freeing the crowd. Deputies Devaney and Wade, escorting the detainees to the station, are beaten by the assailants during the raid and on the way there.
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Anderson
Ind
Alexandria
Devaney
Wade
Alva Ice
Tom Gardner
Charter Oak
Death of Indianapolis Banker
Stoughton J. Fletcher vice president and nearly sole owner of the Fletcher National Bank died at his country home near Gallatin Tennessee. He had been in ill health since retiring from the presidency and active management four years ago.
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Indianapolis
Hunters Fined For Trespass Near Epineu
Twenty or more hunters from Chicago were arrested for trespassing on farms near Epineu, Indiana, without owner permission and each fined ten dollars and forty cents.
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Morocco
Ind
Chicago
Epineu
Here
Peru brakeman admits killing wife in alleged insanity
Ory Galloway, 28, jailed in Peru Indiana for the murder of his wife Florence, 30. He says he feels no regret, claims illness, believes she poisoned him, and that she wielded hypnotic influence. Galloway shot four times, attempted suicide, then called police and offered no resistance.
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Peru
Ind
Ory Galloway
Florence
Galloway
Lake Erie & Western
Indianapolis
Montana Legislature to review Bedford Quarry stone contract
In a special session the Montana Legislature will consider stone for new capitol wings costing $500,000. Bedford Indiana stone was chosen after a state board approved its use amid a labor strike at Bedford. Indiana bid higher than Montana by $58,000, and protests by Montana residents and unions are shaping the debate.
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Helena
Mont
Montana
Capitol
Board of Examiners
Bedford
Indiana
Riot at General Baptist Church In Washington Ind
A riot broke out during service at the General Baptist church in west Washington. Knives and clubs were used, bricks caused injuries, and twenty three arrests were made, the largest in Daviess county history. Police were overwhelmed before reinforcements contained the crowd as investigators seek the source of liquor that inflamed the riot.
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Washington
Ind
General Baptist
Daviess County
Death of Lee O Harris Poet and Educator in Greenfield
Captain Lee O Harris poet author editor and educator dies at his home after brief illness in Greenfield Indiana. He taught James Whitcomb Riley who is ill with a cold in bed and unaware of his old schoolmaster’s death. Under the pen name Larry OHanneg an Harris wrote lyrics and poems that gained wide publicity.
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Greenfield
Ind
Lee O. Harris
James Whitcomb Riley
Harris
Riley
Larry O’hannegan
Whitecaps Break Out Again In Indiana
In Petersburg Indiana on December 24 Lafe Dedman of near Winslow eight miles south was visited by about a score of unknown men who forced him to the door and beat him with switches and fence pickets. They called him an undesirable citizen and warned him to leave the area.
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Petersburg
Ind
Lafe Dedman
Winslow
Here
Dedman
Police Officer Lute Hill Ends Life in Princeton
Princeton Indiana December 27 Police Officer Lute Hill aged forty nine died by his own hand shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Family witnesses say he acted strangely all day and mental balance was believed to be impaired.
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Princeton
Ind
Lute Hill
Two Track Walkers Killed in Snowstorm Collision
In Shelburn Indiana on December 27 a passenger train on the BW and T railroad struck and killed two Hungarian miners walking on the tracks. A heavy snowstorm blinded them to the oncoming train.
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Shelburn
Ind
Tragic Pedestrian Hit by Train in Scottsburg
Henryville Indiana December 27 Charles Follick twenty two unmarried was killed when struck by a passenger train on the P C and St Louis railroad He walked on the track and ignored the worn bell and train whistle authorities said
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Henryville
Ind
Charles Follick
Scottsburg
Fatal Auto Crash Near Bloomingdale Claims Two
Bloomingdale Indiana December 25 two men Proctor of Portland Mills and Dr Cutburgh of Tangier were fatally injured when their car crashed on a hill eight miles north of Bloomingdale in an automobile accident authorities said.
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Bloomingdale
Ind
Proctor
Portland Mills
Cutburgh
Tangier
Nia
Bloomdale
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