Denmark Split Over Cook Polar Claim Widens Gap
Copenhagen reports Denmark divided into three camps on Dr. Frederick Cook and his North Pole claim. A minority still believes he reached the pole while a large majority denounces him as an impostor, with scientists and officials criticizing his proofs and the University of Copenhagen facing censure.
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Denmark
Frederick Cook
North Pole
North
Greenland
Cook
Pole
Arctic Circle
Arctics
Swindler
Redda Amadssa
Loys
Dr. Cook
Amundson
University of Copenhagen
Theonsistory Committee
Lonsdale
Local Quintet to Meet North Powder Aggregation This Evening
North Powder reports its basketball team will attend tonight to face the local M I A squad at the rink. The game starts at 8 30 after a 3 o'clock originally scheduled match. The visitors may arrive by train or by team and will put on a snappy exhibition against the Mutual Improvement Association team.
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North Powder
Mutual Improvement Association
Death Looms Over Bowery Politician “Little Tim” Sullivan
New York on December 22 Alderman Timothy P. Sullivan known as Little Tim a longtime Tammany leader in the Bowery is gravely ill with heart complications. Doctors say he has little chance of recovery and have administered last rites.
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New York
Timmothy P. Sullivan
Little Tim
Sullivan
Bowery
Cold in Wallowa as La Grande barely climbs above
Report from trainmen says Wallowa county suffers the worst cold snap of the year with temperatures from eight to nine below zero. In La Grande the thermometer rose to seven degrees above zero, contrasting sharply with the frigid conditions northward.
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la Grande
Wallowa County
Loyal Army Surrenders in Nicaragua Conflict
Reports from Bluefields and Rama detail Estrada's forces routing Zelaya's army in Eastern Nicaragua. Casualties exceed 2,600 with captures of General Gonzales and 1,900 men, while field hospitals treat the wounded aboard American warships. A separate Oregon train accident near Meacham causes $9,550 in damages and an inquiry assigns blame for unsecured brakes.
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Bluefields
Tatumbala
Estrada
Rama
Zelaya
Washington
State Department
Shipley
Des Moines
Nicaragua
Recaro
Wreck Cost Over 9000 Aboard Kamela Hill Derailment
A board of examiners reached a verdict on the Kamela hill runaway last Monday. The inquiry covered the derailment of Extra 373 and concluded the wreck cost over 9000 dollars.
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Board of Examiners
Kamela Hill
Board of Inquiry
Physician Secrecy Rule Defended in Civil Cases Says Law
La Grande December 22 The Observer debate over a city ordinance banning liquor sales includes a clause requiring physicians to file duplicate prescriptions with the city recorder. Legal counsel maintains the physician patient privilege applies only to civil actions and does not invalidate the police regulation intended to curb liquor violations.
Assassin strikes Nasik official and Korea premier
Nasik India December 22 police pursue theory that the murder of A M T Jackson city administrator was a political assassination. Seoul Korea December 22 premier Wan Yun fatally stabbed by Li Tan Ming a student in an American school for 11 years after attending memorial services for King Leopold.
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Bombay
India
A. M. T. Jackson
Nasik
Bombay Theatre
Seoul
Korea
Wan Yun
Li Tanl Ming
Leopold
Belgium
Chief of Police Karpoff Murdered in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on December 22 Col Karpoff the citys chief of police was killed by a bomb thrown by an assassin who was quickly seized. A passport suggested the suspect may be Michael Vosskressensky and officials view the act as a trigger for further unrest. Also reported Brabaine Roumanian prime minister wounded in Budapest by a Roumanian anarchist. assailant arrested.
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St. Petersburg
Karpoff
Michael Vosskressensky
Umania
Washington
Brabaine
Roumania
Lumberman Mike Le Page Hurt in Meacham Accident
Mike Le Page of Nibley Lumber Company suffered a double ankle fracture after being caught between two legs at Meacham. He was transported by special train to La Grande for surgery and is reported resting satisfactorily by Dr. Molitor.
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Oregon
J. D. Wields
Wilson
F. Ray
Passderson
H. A Younke
Komela
Meacham
Board of Inquiry
Ray
Anderson
Younke
Eerry
Usauguy Coal
Yourke
Mike le Page
Nibley Lumber Company
Abu ‘Meacham
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J. F. Wentworth
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Meachaim Bharl Gillander
Board OF Reviews
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