Science splits polar feats as Cook and Peary clash over temps
London reports scientists find both corroboration and contradiction in Dr. Frederick Cook and Commander Robert Peary accounts of polar dash. While ice descriptions align beyond the 87th parallel, temperature figures diverge sharply, with Cook at 88 below and Peary listing 30 below, complicating claims to the north pole conquest.
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London
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Times
Cook
Peary
Dr. Cook
88Th Parallel
Beautiful Wife of a Lunatic Ends Life in London
Mrs Jane Gordon Sartori Perin, wife of Lawrence Perin a millionaire ex inmate of lunatic asylums, shot herself at Harrow on the Hill London. The couple eloped in 1904 creating a society sensation. Perin, previously committed to Butler’s Insane asylum, had left England for the United States this week.
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New York
Diem
London
Jane Gordon Sartori Perin
Lawrence Pena
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Fencher
Alrady
Messnge Graes
Enggland
Atates
Philadelphia
Perin
Baltimore
White House
Roosevelt
Butter
Provincetown
Mass
Boston
Noted writer Eliz a Beth Sirachfeld dies after long illness
Miss Elizabeth Sirachfeld, noted writer and lecturer and authority on educational topics, died in Buffalo New York after several months of illness announcing her death today.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Elizabeth Sirachfeld
Debates Over Poolroom Gambling Stir Dearborn County
The Rev John Frederick campaigns against poolrooms and betting in Dearborn County but withholds evidence for a possible prosecution by Prosecuting Attorney J H Russe who claims Frederick fled to Kentucky as searches continue. Russe links his liquor actions to the accusations amid community tensions.
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John Frederick
Dearborn
Gov
Marshall
J. H. Russe
Russe
Frederick
Kentucky
Woman Fires at Burglar and Boy Capture Reported
A 10 year old colored boy burglar was captured by Captain Harry Franklin after Mrs. Ida Cooper fired at him while he cut glass from her candy store on Indiana avenue. The boy confessed to thefts at J M Ward’s drug store and E M Keen’s drug store and implicated two others. The trio were said to have been staying in the YMCA basement.
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Harry Franklin
Lda Cooper
Indiana Avenue
J. M Ward
E. M. Keen
Capt
Franklin
Capt. Franklin
McCurdy Jones
John Lewis
Ernest M
Jones
Belated Order Cleans Indiana Avenue Crime Hub
Police chief Metzger orders a cleanup on Indiana Avenue after nine arrests in two nights. Officers say loafers with money in good clothing are to leave the city as nuisance complaints grow. Shoeshining parlors run by Black men are accused of masking crap games in car rooms with watchers.
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Metzger
Indiana Avenue
Burwell Changes Plea In Embezzlement Case
David H. Burwell once a prohibition orator and later an employee of Columbia Voting Machine was arrested in Buffalo for embezzling 600 dollars. In Indianapolis he withdrew a guilty plea in court but later pleaded guilty and faced a prison term of two to 11 years. He cited nervousness and lack of sleep when first entering court. Bond was reduced to 1000 dollars with possible release on bail before trial.
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David H. Burwell
Columbia Voting Machine Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Indianapolis
Jai
Busy criminal court calendar ahead next week
Judge Pritchard warns a heavy docket in criminal court with two cases set for the coming week. Many appeals originate from police court while other matters involve minor offenses.
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Pritchard
Police Court
Read the little want ads every day and act
A note encourages daily use of want ads to find desired items and to post a personal want ad if nothing matches. It promises prompt responses and potential quick returns from placing your own ad.
Swindle Suspects Sought After Goods Value 3000
Sheriff deputies pursue a man named W R Taylor and woman Nola Williams for attempting to defraud Indianapolis merchants of goods worth about 3000. They bought on installment plans at multiple stores and loaded items into a box car before replevin actions were filed.
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Woessner
W. R. Taylor
Nola Williams
Indianapolis
Bloere
Taylor
Williams
N. Capitol Avenue
Blaine Avenue
Ashland Avenue
People’s Q Outfitting Company
Wulschner-Stewart Music
National Furniture Company
Sloan
Tyler
Shooting Over Dice Game Quarrel Ends in Fatality
Wiley Daniels was shot by Wilson Loving, poolroom keeper, after a quarrel over a dice game at an Indiana avenue establishment. Witnesses including William Loving and Hiley Taylor testified a dice game occurred, Daniels losing and seeking his money. Loving claimed self defense.
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Wiley Daniels
Wilson Loving
Indiana Avenue
Blackwell
William Loving
Hiley Taylor
Loving
Taylor
Daniels
Alleged Accomplice Arrested in Court
Clarence Ray of the Indiana National Guard signal corps was arrested in police court by Detective William Holtz on embezzlement charges. He is linked to Frank Bacon who faced charges for obtaining merchandise and issuing worthless checks. Ray, 23, appeared to sue Bacon and was recognized by the detective.
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Clarence Ray
Signal Corps
Indiana National Guard
William Holtz
Ray
Frank Bacon
Bacon
Holts
Suing for Divorce Huldane Case Ties Up Finances
Luzenita Trietsch sues Philip Trietsch Saturday alleging desertion. She claims $10,000 in his personal property and a business earning capacity of 00 a month. She seeks $4,000 yearly support and control or sale of his business and authority to collect money in banks or safety boxes. Nelle O Lee files for divorce from John H Lee claiming desertion and lack of support.
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Ty Deposit Boxes
Nelle O. Lee
Colonnade Flats
Meridian and
Pratt Streets
John H. Lee
Bread thief libel suits filed for $3000 damages
John L. Bernhardt filed three suits seeking $1,000 in damages each after alleging he was defamed by Louis Sponsor Kate Sponsel of 4 Sanders Street and George Eden of 417 Sanders Street. He claims a conversation branded him a thief and claimed he stole $19 worth of bread from Sponsel’s father.
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John L. Bernhardt
Louis Sponser
Kate Sponsel
Sanders Street
George Eden
Sponsel
Murderer Driven From Hideout by Hunger in Canonsburg
Peter Czerankoviah, accused of killing Alex Bololo last Sunday night, is driven from a woods hideout by hunger and claims the killing was in self defense as authorities pursue the case in Canonsburg.
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Canonsburg
Peter Czerankoviah
Alex Bololo
Wisest Names Circle Indiana State Chairman Bid
Politicians from both parties crowded the state fair as Gov. Marshall hosted visitors and state offices. Key Republicans eyed the chairmanship with Remy New and Durbin among top contenders while others like Bonnell and Sims were discussed. Until the state committee is reorganized the party awaits a harmonizer to steer nominations and strategy.
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Marshall
State Bureau of Accounts
Deharity
Republican Party
Freda A. Sims
Sims
Charles Remy
Harry S. New
W. T. Durbin
John Bonnell
Capt. New
Col Durbin
Moses
Mr. Remy
Carl Riddick
G. A. H. Shideler
R. G. Tucker
Jonce Monahan
Ed V. Fitzpatrick
Lew Peetz
Indiana
Boy Electrocuted by Live Wire in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana 10 year old Willard Shawcross was electrocuted last evening after grabbing a dangling telephone wire at his home and pulling it into contact with a city light wire. His mother Emma Shawcross widow mourns. Theodore Kelly suffered severe burns while attempting to jerk the wire free.
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Anderson
Ind
Willard Shawcross
Emma Shawcross
Theodore Kelly
Shawcross
Poor Woman Receives Million Dollar Inheritance Tale
In San Francisco Mrs Mary Kendregen aged about 80 travels to New York for a rumored million dollar property left by a husband she long believed absent. He was jailed in the Tombs over sixty years ago, later released and avoided contact. the marriage was annulled but New York attorneys contest the annulment as illegal.
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San Francisco
Mary
Kendregen
New York
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