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Cranbury Press

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Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

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Sep 10, 1909

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Peary Reaches North Pole After Long Arctic Quest

In a dramatic turn amid Cook’s polar acclaim, Commander Robert E. Peary announces pole achievement after twenty three years of exploration. Messages from Indian Harbor and Cape Ray report Stars and Stripes at the pole and Peary’s word that the goal is reached.

New York City Robert E. Peary U.S. N North Pole F. A. Cook Mr. Peary Peary Hig Indian Harbor Cape Ray N. F Associated Press New York Dr. Cook Lerwick Shetland Telands Cook Pole Copenhagen Labrador Robert Edwin*Peary Maine Cresson North Bridgeton Bowdoin College

Bond breaks Mt Blanc ascent record in nine hours

Walter 8 Bond of New York climbs Mt Blanc from Chamonix in nine hours. He cuts the previous record of nine and a half hours set by Morehead in 1863. Bond brings mountain experience from the Rockies and the Andes.

Geneva Switzerland Walter 8. Bond New York City Mt. Blanc Chamonix Morehead Bond Rockies Andes

Two Die In Round Lake Auto Crash Collision

Round Lake New York two people died and two others were seriously injured when the car returning from the Country Club collided with an electric car on the Hudson Valley Railway. The deceased are Dr. Pierson C. Curtis of Round Lake and Mrs Blanche I Silvernail of Rochester New York. The injured are Mrs Curtis and Mrs B W of this place.

Round Lake N. Y Country Club Hudson Valley Railway Pierson C. Curtis Blanche I, Silvernail Rochester N.Y

Navy Squadron to Attend Taft Visit in New Orleans

The Navy Department ordered a special squadron to New Orleans for President Taft’s Deep Waterways Convention visit. Armored cruisers New York Montana North Carolina and battleship Mississippi will take part, with Captain W A Marshant of the Montana in command. The New York is reported in first rate condition after recent overhauls.

Washlington D. C Navy Department New Orleans Taft New York Montana North Carolina Mississippi W. A. Marshant

Tragedy in Sumterville: Husband Kills Wife’s Parents

Ocala Florida John Bevil son of County Commissioner shot and killed his wife's parents Mr and Mrs Harter in their yard. He then wounded his wife before being surrounded and jailed. The incident occurred in Sumterville near Ocala.

Ocala Fla John Bevil Thomas Bevil Harter Sumterville Beril

Cannibals Reported Revolting in French Congo

Advices from the French Congo Cayl indicate cannibalism broke out in the Matahba and Sangha regions amid a native revolt. Several factory workers were killed and eaten, and a telegraph operator was slain at his key. Native detachments led by four French officers left for the scene to punish the cannibals.

Antwerp Belgium French Congo Matahba Sangha Glain Galt

Relative leaps into rain at funeral in Bristol area tragedy

In Bristol area a man named John Spencer thirty five a Newport resident and former neighbor of A J Slagle the murdered lumberman jumps into the rain to die after learning at the Slagle funeral that he was suspected of involvement in the crime. The body was found in the river at Newport Tennessee and authorities investigate the sequence of events surrounding the alleged murder and suicide.

Bristol A. J. Stagle Jonesboro Newport Tenn John Spencer Slagle Spencer

Balloon The Delight Reaches 12000 Feet In Flight

Dayton reports the new balloon The Delight reached 12 000 feet on its initial voyage and landed fourteen miles beyond Delaware Ohio. Wright Won't Race Curtiss in St Louis. Curtiss accused of patent infringement and a suit pending. Cyclone damages Dialville Texas injuring several. Catskill hotel owner arrested for forgery. Government seeks students for agricultural work with salaries 1200 to 2000 a year. Bar Harbor land sale ends dispute over a $50 000 bridge. $150 000 paid. Financier Sophronia Harrington’s $50 000 gift to a Win­chester memorial hospital to be returned. 20 mile flight in New York and Boston plasterers end strike. One man dies in Philadelphia fire. six others injured. Yankee salvage efforts planned off Massachusetts coast. Cuban lottery tickets barred from U S mail.

Fryburg Roosevelt Arctic Maine Sons of Maine Commander Peary Casco Bay Portland Peary North Pole Greenland Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Melville Land Hellprin Land Iron Mountain Ross New York Marie Ahmightie Dayton Ohio Dela Ware

Brooklyn Doctor Sized North Pole Claim in Arctic Feat

Dr Frederick A Cook of Brooklyn described reaching the North Pole on April 21 1908 with Eskimos and a 1909 return. The voyage faced extreme cold shortages and many deaths while observers question the land sighting and distance reported amid rival claims and official skepticism.

Brussela Beighun Lerwick Shetland North Pole Copenhagen

Floods in Java Kill 600 Natives in Southeast Region

News notes widespread devastation from southeastern Java floods with property and crop damage. Other items report Nixon entertaining by King Marienbad and Admiral shipments to the Russian Navy, plus a string of overseas notices on diplomacy, aviation, and European events.

Java Batavia Nixon Marienbad Edward Lawis Nixon

Turkey to Raise Import Duties in Negotiations

Turkish Finance Minister says the government will start talks with the powers to raise the import duties in Turkey from eleven to fourteen percent. The move aims to adjust tariffs amid ongoing economic discussions and potential trade implications.

Turkey

Man and Wife Die in Auto Crash at Newton Iowa

Mr and Mrs Charles A Copper smith were killed when their motor car rolled down a thirty foot embankment at Newton Iowa. Another occupant escaped uninjured. Hugh Jennings seeks a first baseman for his TI goers. The article notes several baseball trades and players across major league teams.

Charles A. Coppersmith Newton Iowa Hugh Jennings Tom Hughes Arellanes Boston Red Sox Cincinnati wWtcher Stanley Hutchinson Clevelands Cleveland Callahan and Cosgrove Springfeld Joe Wood Boston Red Sox Micely Collins Athletics Egan Cincinnatie Miller Pittahares

Unclear Passage on Arctic Expedition and Peopled Carriers

Fragments discuss an Arctic journey with a northern limit near the pole. The speaker questions how Cook reached distant latitudes, persuades natives to act as carriers, and supplies funding food and manpower for months on failed expeditions.

Ion Cook

Dowie successor Voliva jailed in Illinois

Wilbur Glenn Voliva, successor to John Alexander Dowie as head of the Zionist religious group, was jailed in McHenry County Illinois after defaulting on a $10,000 slander judgment won by Montana farmer Philip Motherill. Voliva said he would serve six months rather than pay.

Chicago Wilbur Glenn Voliva John Alexander Dowle McHenry County Woodstock Wright Philp Motherfl Montana Motherill Voliva

Destroyer Flusser Sets US Navy Speed Mark

Bath built destroyer Flusser scored a record three knots faster than any U S Navy ship in a standardization trial on the Rockland mile. Her fastest mile reached 33.7 knots, with another at 33.4 knots and an average of 32.7 knots across five top speed runs.

Rockland

KILLED BEFORE FIRST FLIGHT AIRPIONEER RAYNAUD DIES IN TRAIN ACCIDENT

Louis Raynaud an aeroplane inventor and his party were struck by a New Orleans and Great Northern passenger train while returning from a day’s work. Raynaud died after hospital admission. Two companions were only slightly injured. In New Jersey Francis H. Leggett, a New York wholesale grocer, died suddenly in an ambulance en route to a hospital from Weehawken, cause presumed to be heart disease.

New Orleans Louis Raynaud Great Northern Gentilly Bruxelles Street Raynaud Charity Hospital Francis H. Leggett Francis Tf. Leggett New York City North Hudson Hospital Union Hill N. J West Shore Railroad Weehawken

Colorado tax on foreign corporations upheld by federal judge

In Denver Judge Lewis ruled the Colorado State tax of two dollars per thousand dollars of capital stock on foreign corporations valid. The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad challenged the levy as interference with interstate commerce.

Colorado Denver Col Lewis Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

Newark Man Dies From Gas Roach Extermination Attempt

Milton Z. Kent of Warren and Orleans streets Newark died at 454 Fourth Avenue while using a patented gas to exterminate roaches. He was found dead by his partner who searched for him after he did not return.

Milton Z. Kent Warren and Orleans Streets Newark N. J Fourth Avenue

England Depends on Navy Says Beresford in Montreal

Admiral Lord Charles Beresford told Canadians that British people have a weary look and that the continuance of the British Empire rests on supremacy of the seas.

England Lord Charles Beresford Montreal

Baseball fan dies cheering home run in amateur game

Robert Myers aged sixty five collapsed and died in Chicago after cheering a home run by an amateur player. The incident notes heart disease as the cause but provides limited additional detail.

Robert Myers Chicago

Bloomingdale Man Loses Right Eye in Accident

Charles Kearney of Bloomingdale New York lost his right eye after a glass eye was struck by a bullet from an unidentified shooter. The eye was shattered and replaced with a glass prosthesis.

Charles Kearney Bloomingdale N. Y Kearney Fred

Sailor Saves 1400 Dollars Through Thrift in Four Years

The Navy Department lauds a second class yeoman for thrift, saving 1400 dollars over four years from a monthly 35 dollar pay, demonstrating fiscal discipline and efficiency in service.

Navy

Noted Figures in Brief World and National News

Nat Goodwin is fifty two. Major Mearns and Professor Lor Ing plan to ascend Mt Kenta. Ambassador Reid arrived from Europe to rest at his Adirondack camp. General Booth was operated on in London for septic poisoning of the eye. Theodore Roosevelt hunted in Kenya Province and killed a bull elephant. Frederick Townsend Martin hosted a harvest festival at Combe Abbey in London. Db. C Mills marked eighty four years at his Adirondack camp. The President held a cabinet conference at Beverly Massachusetts. G W Patten noted European grain merchants watching the market. Judge Ebert H Gary credits Taft with a broader fairer spirit among business men. General Rush C Hawkins, back from abroad, said England fears war with Germany.

Nat Goodwin Major Mearns Lor Ing Mt. Kenta Ambassador Reid Europe Adirondack General Booth London Theodore Roosevelt Kenya Frederick Townsend Martin Combe Abbey C. Mills Adirondacks Beverly Mass G. W. Patten Ebert H. Gary Taft America Rush C. Hawkins England Germany

Boy Killed Playing Soldier in Swedesboro House

Fifteen year old Henry Frederks at Swedesboro New Jersey shot and killed his fourteen year old cousin George Lang while pretending to be a soldier and believing the musket unloaded. The incident occurred at the home of Henrys uncle during a family visit.

Swedesboro N. J Henry Fredereks George Lang

Steel Bars Up St Ton Price Hike in Pittsburg Bar Market

The Cambria Steel Company announced a 2 dollar per ton advance in steel bars. The rise brings the price to 1410 dollars per hundredweight in Pittsburg.

Cambria Steel Company Pittsburg

Earthquake in Panama Does Not Damage Canal

Numerous brief notes cover a range of events from a Panama quake failing to harm the canal to political moves in Athens and Monterey relief funds. Reports include Bar Harbor gambling crackdown, a typhoid outbreak in Cobalt, a sneakspeak aero naut celebration in Rheims, and a serious Scranton cave-in causing substantial damage.

Panama Canal Talt A A Beverly Waters-Pierce Oil Company Teading Diaz Monterey Mexico Bar Harbor Cobalt Oulart Athens Rheims France New City Manhattan Bronx Scranton

Sudden Deaths From Accidents Across Nations

Reports detail several fatal accidents: Col. Reuben L. Fox, former Republican State Committee secretary, dies after a car crash near Vails Gate Orange County while en route from Oneonta to New York City. Harry L. Medlar of Philadelphia perishes when a car skids into a tree near Atlantic City. E Lefebvre, French aviator, dies when his aircraft crashes over Juvisy Lug Orge in France, the first fatal air crash in French aviation.

Treuben J. Fox Republican State Committee Newburg N. Y Reuben L. Fox Vails Gate Orange County Fox Highland Motel Walls Gate New York City Bryant Odell Odell Thomas J. Burke Highlands Hotel St. Luke's Hospital Reuben Fox Oneonta Otsego County Albany Colonel Fox France E. Lefebvre M. Lefebvre

Suffragettes Stone Asquith on Golf Trip Escape

Militant suffragists again harassed Premier Asquith during his vacation at Hythe England. They threw stones at windows in Lympne Castle and shouted messages during dinner. Later Asquith and Herbert Gladstone played golf nearby and escaped in a motor car amid a reported scare.

Hythe England Premier Asquith Lympne Cestic Herbert Gladstone Asquith

Murder on the Sleeping Car Aboard Western Train

The body of Angelina Cenediti of St. Paul was found on a western bound train after being shot in a berth. Her companion, who boarded with her at Saco Montana, vanished at the St. Paul station as police investigate a possible Black Hand murder.

Siberia St. Petersburg Krasnoyarsk Siberia Alexander Lopukin Russian Police Department Revolutionary Organization St. Paul Minn Alian Angelina Cenediti Rosabel Street Cenediti Saco Mont Vanion Crossley Thomas Walters Trenton Elizabeth Keller Walters

Steel Car Strike Ends At Pittston Mill Return

After fifty five days and two stoppages in McKees Rocks eight workers died and over 500 injured in the Pressed Steel Car dispute. Strikers vote to return to work at once amid reports the company conceded all but an immediate wage increase.

Pittsburg Pressed McKees Rocks

Porto Rico Governor Regis P Post Resigns

San Juan Porto Rico Regis P Post Governor of Porto Rico announces he has sent his resignation to President Taft It is reported the President has chosen a successor but will wait for the return of Secretary of War Dickinson who will investigate Porto Rican affairs

San Juan Porto Rico Regis P. Post Iis Tati Post Dickinson

Giant swordfist landed near San Clements Island

J G Mimphy of Converse Indiana hauled a nine foot seven inch swordfist weighing 163 pounds off San Clements Island. The giant fish, armed with a two and a half foot sword, was larger than any other of its species recorded here and fought fiercely before capture.

Avalon Cal San Clements Island J. G. Mimphy Converse Ind

Reward Offered for Castro and Venezuelan President Pursuit

An 81000 reward is offered for information on the search for Cipriano Castro, former Venezuelan president, with mentions of landing near San Juan Puerto Rico and nearby islands. A separate note in Winnipeg predicts an Anglo German War.

San Juan Gomez Venezuela Cipriano Castro Winnipeg

Murder of a Mother for Money Ends in Suicide

George Simons a young civil engineer in Pottsville kills his mother when she refuses money for marriage to Viola Hartrantt. He imprisons the body, uses lime and a locked door to hide the crime, then shoots himself after police reveal discovery. His sweetheart knew nothing of the deed.

Pottsville George Simons Viola Hartrantt Simons Hartranft Miss Hartrantt

Travy H hits auto eight killed near Reading

A car carrying William L. Graul his wife of Temple Pa and Dr and Mrs Samuel F E Schiegel of this city was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad train at Douglassville. All but Dr Schiegel were killed. The victims included a Civil War veteran and a 58 year old wife. The party had been touring Sea Ty Water Gap and Philadelphia.

Reading William L. Graal Temple Samuel FE. Schiegel Pennsylvania Railroad Douglassville Here Dr. Schlegel

Taft Denies Forged Telegram Sent to Tawney Supporters

President Taft states no telegram bearing his signature was sent to Minnesota constituents. A forged telegram appeared in the St Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch seeking to bolster Congressman Tawney, who backed the Cannon tariff bloc.

Minnesota Tawney Beverly Mass Taft St. Paul William Howard Taft

Hold Hare for Damages in Alaska Mining Swindle

Former associates accuse Lionel Hare of swindling in Alaska mining deals. An order for damages totaling 62 500 with interest 14 000 plus was entered by Judge Wilbur in the Superior Court. Hare has been jailed since June 18 after arrest on a complaint by F E Powers and several wealthy New Yorkers.

Los Angeles Cal Lionel Hare New York City Wilbur Superior Court Hare F. E. Powers Alaska

Lusitania Docks in New York Four Days From Europe

The Lusitania becomes the first steamship to reach New York City on its fourth day from Queenstown. It completes the Atlantic crossing from Daunt's Rock Lightship to Ambrose Channel Lightship in 4 days 11 hours and 42 minutes.

Europe Amerisca New York City Queenstown Daunt's Rock Ambrose Channel

Law Professor Kills Himself in Cleveland

Roger M. Lee, a 57 year old Cleveland lawyer and former Western Reserve Law School faculty member, died by self inflicted gunshot. Ill health was thought to be a contributing factor.

Roger M. Lee Cleveland Ohio Western Reserve Law School Il. health-Ia

Patrol Wagon Wakes Sleeper in Los Angeles

Edward W. Clark awoke suddenly from a three days sleep as a patrol wagon hurried him toward the hospital in Los Angeles California. He failed to respond to wakeful attempts and slid into a comatose state prompting his landlady to call the police.

Edward W. Clark Los Angeles Cal Clark Ns Landlady

Government Cotton Report Indicates Low 11 Million Bale Yield

Government cotton forecast issued in Washington finds yield at 11,000,000 bales. Officials release the report outlining factors impacting crop output and market implications for the season.

Government Washington, D. C

Keene’s Sweep Wins Futurity and Newport Cup Defense

James R. Keene’s Sweep captured the Futurity at Great Neck and then won the Newport cup final pole game by beating Point Judith 10 to 6. Johnson plans to weigh 216 pounds for ten round bouts with Kaufman and Barry in California and 205 for Ketchel. Fifteen Russian Orluft-breed horses from Moscow will tour American state fairs this fall. Johnson trains hard and aims to win all three mills to prove true championship status. Avalon dispatch reports L. G. Murphy caught a 118 pound bluefin tuna in fifteen minutes, citing monster-fist entanglement as the cause. R. T. Wilson Jr. is regarded as a premier American turfman with a history of strong thoroughbred operations.

James R. Keene Point Judith Johnson Kaufman Barry California Ketchel Orluft Imperial Racing Moscow America Avalon Cal L. G. Murphy R. T. Wilson, Jr East Perit Wilson

New Jersey suit seeks damages over ditch digging row

Herbert Cottrell of New Brunswick sues Asbury Fountain and Jacob Gaub for 20000 each, claiming they ducked him in a water filled ditch dug by Gaub’s crew under Browntown authority. He jumped in to stop it. a rain swollen pond formed behind him as threats were allegedly made.

Herbert Cottrell New Brungwick Asbury Fountain Board of Freeholders Jacob Gaoub Gaub Browntown Wna Cottrell

Bridgeton Speakeasies Targeted by Public Safety Crusade

Bridgeton Public Safety Commissioner Hughes leads a recurring crackdown on speakeasies with frequent arrests. A prior cleanup by Prosecutor Fithlan and the State Law and Order League had reduced illicit venues, but activity has surged again as authorities aim to eradicate blind tigers.

Bridgeton Public Hughes Fithlan State Law and Order League

Foot Blister Causes Death at Flemington

George Servie of Flemington died from blood poisoning after a blister on his foot was rubbed by his shoe. He paid little heed to the minor abrasion and doctors did all possible to save him once the poisoning began.

George Servie Flemington Servie

Notable Deaths and Local Developments Across the State

A Warwick resident Harry Miller was killed by an overhead bridge on the Belvidere Branch Railroad near Rocksburg. Flor ence township committee adds 400 for road completion between Flor ence and Roebling. Moorestown reports typhoid cases including George M Hillman and the wife of Postmaster Comfort. Lemuel Crowley’s funeral held at his sister’s home in Vineland after drowning at Hancock's Bridge. William Dayton of Millville shatters a finger while cleaning a loaded gun. BG Ferretti’s horse dies after feeding in a Vineland cornfield. Dr T C Wheaton of Millville displays twelve pound mam moth enteloupes raised on his property.

Harry Miller Warwick N. Yu Rocksburg Belvidere Pennsylvania Railroad Florence Roebling Moorestown George M. Hillman M. 3B. Comfort. the Body of Lemuel Crowley, Who Was Drowned At Hancock's Bridge Vineland James Harvey William Dayton Millville Ferretti T. C. Wheaton

Bullhead Injures Man In Iowa Knee Strike

A Corstena resident, Janne Vanden Bos, hooked a large bullhead that pierced his knee during a jerk, causing a horn injury and blood poisoning with his life briefly in danger. Separately, a speed war boosts Chicago to Seattle travel time to eighty two hours.

Corsten Iaane Vanden Bos Chicago Seattle Eixty

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