Cooksecret Known Explorer In New York Controversy
Sydney September 20. On the arrival of the steamer Tyrian from Battle Harbor new light was shed on the Peary Cook pole dispute. Murphy and Pritchard attest Cook claimed the pole route, while Whitney and others withheld details. Cook asserts Peary offered no proof and his own records are publicly accessible.
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Goodsell
Osea
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Frederick A. Cook
New York
Denmark
Sweden
United States of America
Explorer
Arctic Aungls
Ponty
Peery
Runner Beats All Records in Rouen to Paris Race
Paris dispatch reports Louis Orphee the French runner completed the Rouen to Paris course 62 miles in hours 2 seconds, breaking all records. The feat follows multiple appearances in New York where he competed previously.
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Paris
Louis Orphee
New York
Rouen
Volcano Kialueau Erupts Amid Rising Lava
Honolulu reports on September 29 that Civ. volcano Kialueau is extraordinarily active with lava rising rapidly and now only 100 feet from the crater rim. Public alerts prompt evacuations as the eruption intensifies in Hawaii.
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Kialueau
Honolulu
Rich Man Forces Wife to Labor 18 Hours Daily
In Spokane a divorce petition reveals Mrs. John Lea ter Mann, claiming her farmer husband earns $14 000 yearly and assigns her constant tasks. She lists a grueling schedule from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. including breakfast for 20, planting, barn work, cooking for 29 threshers, meat processing, milking a dozen cows, and house cleaning, ending with a bed on a straw mattress in the bookhouse.
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Spokane
Wash
John Leater Mann
Spokane County
Wireless saves captain at sea in naval hospital story
Washington dispatch recounts a sea rescue where Capt Dean of the Lightship Nantucket shoals survives after wireless contact with Newport Naval Hospital. The captain, ill and bedridden, recovered as naval surgeons guided treatment from shore via wireless.
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Ufe
Navy Department
Marine Hospital Service
Dean
Nantucket Shoals
Naval Hospital
Newport
Naval
Tal
Congressmen Leave Hawaii After Island Tour
A party of United States congressmen sailed from Honolulu aboard the Mongolia for San Francisco after a tour of Hawaii, Maui, and Kas. They inspected the Hilo breakwater, Pearl Harbor site, and sugar plantations, receiving a large ovation on departure. Congressman Albert Dawson of Iowa urged improved transportation with better routes, more railways, and safe harbors on each island.
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Sept
United States
Hawaian Islands
Mongolia
San Francisco
Hawaii
Matui
Kas
Hilo
Pearl Harbor
Albert ¥. Dawson
Iowa
Dynamite hits manager’s residence in Youngstown strike flare
The home of Charles I. Gibson, general manager of the Struthers plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, was dynamited yesterday. occupants were not injured but woke by the blast. The strike at the mill had been in progress for several weeks.
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Charles I. Gibson
Struthers
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Mil
Inspect Foreign Canals and Drowned Chicago Figure
Senator Theodore Burton and National Waterways Commission members inspected the Willebroeck canal from Antwerp. They planned to visit Charleroi canals and then Paris. In Racine, Dr. Joseph Wassall, 18, a prominent Lake Forest and Chicago dentist, drowned after falling from the yacht Mistral during a Chicago to Milwaukee trip.
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Theodore &. Burton
National Waterways Commission of the United
Racine
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Chicago
Miwauke
Joseph Wassall
Lake Forest
North Point
Millionaire Lindberg Arrested in Nome on Perjury Indictments
Nome Alaska September 20 Jafet Juvnd berg the California millionaire mine owner and discoverer of Nome was arrested there on two indictments charging perjury in connection with the Bear Cub mining case. Lindberg was released under $3 000 bond.
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Jafet
Juvndberg
California
Bear Cub Mining Cae
Lindberg
Violence at Omaha Fear Trouble for Taft
Riotous clashes erupted amid a street car strike in Omaha as a mob attacked an Interurban car passing through Council Bluffs. Five strikers were arrested, Chicago workers arrived, and up to 400 more mobs were anticipated. Business leaders met to aid police and protect President Taft during his Omaha visit.
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Council Bluffs
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Tutt
Omaha Business Men’s Association
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Farnum Streets
Giber
Enra
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WIM
Oraba
Taft
Detective slain in duel in Des Moines fight with Grazy Man
Des Moines Indiana September 20 Detective Frank Delmege a renowned officer was fatally shot during a running battle with John Schmelzer who fired as he fled Schmelzer was shot twice by police and is expected to recover Patrolman Sam Rags assisted in cornering the assailant after Delmege fell dead and Ross finally restrained Schmelzer ensuring his capture
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Des Moines
John Schmelzer
Frank Delmege
Schmelzer
Dolmege
Sam Rags
Delmege
Delroege
Ross
Evangelical Synod to Meet in Burlington
The nineteenth general conference of the German Evangelical Synod of North America opens tomorrow in Burlington. Officers and boards will report on the quadrennium plans, with the home mission board active in 125 fields. The foreign mission board lists 42 stations and 15 missionaries in India, 163 native helpers. Sunday school board will present 1052 schools with 21165 teachers and 114872 pupils.
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German Evangelical Synod of North America
Home Mission Board
Foreign Mission Board
Central
India
Storm Warning Issued For Gulf Coast Approach
New Orleans September 24. The Weather Bureau issued a tropical storm warning about a central storm located roughly 200 miles south of the Louisiana coast moving northwest. The storm is expected to be severe though pinpoint landfall locations cannot yet be determined. Shipping advised to exercise caution.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Bére
Louisiana
Engineer Daniel W. Lockwood Retires from Corps
Col Daniel W Lockwood district division engineer eastern district with headquarters in New York will be placed on the retired list Tuesday due to age He is in charge of river and harbor works in the New York area and holds the second ranking position among corps of engineers officers
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Cal. Lockwood
Washington
Daniel W. Lockwood
Corps of Engineers
New York
Baseball Game Results From Yesterday’s National League Showdowns
National League games produced a 4 4 split with Chicago and New York. Cincinnati defeated Boston 6 3 in the second game while St Louis topped Philadelphia 4 6. American League had no schedule. Minor leagues reported multiple doubleheaders with scores including Indianapolis over Milwaukee 6 2 and Des Moines 4 Sioux City 2, among others.
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American Association
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Swallows Acid to Save Wife in Eviction Case
Letters released by the coroner reveal William A. Jefferson drank poison to obtain $100 life benefits for his ailing wife as the landlord’s eviction loomed. He died Friday night at Presbyteria hospital after the landlord-eviction attempt paused when Constable John J. Murray, called by the landlord, chose to leave and raise $30 to cover rent arrears.
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Wiliam A. Jefferson
Presbyteria Hospital
Jefferson
John J. Murray
Canal Funding Sought for Lake Michigan and Toledo Route
Promoters of the Lake Michigan and Lake Erie ship canal from Michigan City to Toledo plan to appeal to Congress for an appropriation to start work. The proposed waterway covers about 43 miles. Congressman Crumpacker is expected to introduce the bill with solid Indiana delegation backing, including Senators Weveridge and Shively.
Millionaire Marries Housekeeper Amid Ill Health
Auburn, N Y Sept 16 John H Osborne aged 77 founder of the Osborne harvester concern wed Miss Charlotte B Lister his housekeeper yesterday. The ceremony was held at his bedside as he battles heart trouble. Osborne is a brother of the late D M Osborne and is described as a millionaire.
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Aubornm
John H. Osborne
Auburn
Harvester
Charlotte B. Lister
Mr. Osborne
D. M. Osborne
Wild-Catter Nabbed Near Church in Alabama
Nell Hold, a veteran wild-catter with seven state warrants, was nabbed at a crossroads church near Provence Alabama on September 29 while attending services to sell moonshine whisky. He was wounded in a running gun battle with authorities who pursued him.
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Ala
Nell Hold
Here
Bon
Nurse dies in fire at St Caroline hospital
Redding California Sept 20 Mrs J E B Hardley a nurse was burned to death and Miss Constance Rainsberry a matron was seriously injured in a fire that destroyed the St Caroline hospital Seven patients were rescued by the matron and her assistant Miss Berth Lampkin
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Cal
J. EB. Hardley
Constance Rainsberry
St. Caroline Aopital
Berth Lampkin
Boat capsizes off Race Rocks. several feared drowned
Victoria B C reports a Columbia River boat capsized during a southwest squall near Race Rocks lighthouse. Eight to ten people including women and children feared drowned as rescue efforts continue.
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B. C
F. Eastman
Race Rocks
Columbia River
Vinas
Drunka Arrested in Dry Nashville Sees Record Patten
Nashville police records show an average of six and two sevenths arrests daily for drunkenness since prohibition began July 1. In New Orleans, Packey McFarland and Ray Bronson fought twenty rounds to a draw at the West Side Athletic Club in McDonoughville yesterday.
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Farland
Ray Bronson
West Side Athletic Club
McDonoughbville
Taft Opens Big Tournament in Des Moines Visit
President Taft arrives in Minneapolis and Des Moines for a grand military tournament. He reviews 5000 soldiers, opens the fair at Des Moines, and welcomes a 50 member Japanese commission while praising Japan and its people. Taft to Omaha follows.
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Yes
Taft
A. B. Cummins
United States
J. A. P. Hull
Dolliver and
Cummins
State Fair Grounds
Omaha
Minnoeapolis
Minn
Japan
America
Iowa
Baron Sibusawa
Tokyo
Tariff Board Outlines Plan for Operations in Washington
Washington reports the tariff board appointed by the president plans its first Washington meeting within ten days to outline a working plan. The board will collect information to aid the president in judging foreign discrimination in tariff rates and duties. The president will use the information to decide on Proclamations for minimum duties under the new act.
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Washington
Tariff Board
Gotthilf Bloch Dies A Toledo Business Leader
Gotthilf Bloch, 71, longtime Stein and Bloch partner and prominent Toledo businessman, died at his family residence after a long career as a leading local figure.
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Gotthilf Bloch
Toledo
Stein & Bloch
Soldier killed comrade at Fort Brady gets life term
Gibson, a Fort Brady soldier, was sentenced to life in a federal prison at Leavenworth after killing a fellow soldier. The event occurred during the seminary term at Marquette, Michigan.
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Marquette
Mich
Gibson
Fort Brady
Leavenworth
Kao
Harper's Weekly Editor Injured in Auto Wreck
Col George Harvey editor of Harper's Weekly was seriously injured in an automobile overturn at Manahawkin New Jersey. Two men and a boy also injured. The party were en route from Deal Beach to Atlantic City when a motor cycle approached and the car toppled onto an embankment. Hector Hoffer and his son were bruised. the chauffeur escaped injury. A second note reports William Brown of Philadelphia dying from the same accident in Reading Pennsylvania.
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Deal Beach
Col. Harvey
Atlante Ckr
Automobile Met & Motor Cycle
Death by Own Action as Blackbirds Seek Revenge
In Elizabeth New Jersey a cat named Selina II owned by Join Bender of Lorraine NL is driven to fatal fall from a third story window after a flock of blackbirds harassed her. The birds had earlier attacked, eaten two blackbirds, and persisted in stalking the cat for days before the tragic plunge.
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N. J
Selina IL
Join Bender
Lorraine
Seliva II
Bender
Se- Mina 1
Selispa
Suffragettes Attack Premier Asquith Meeting in Birmingham
In Birmingham on September 20 suffragists hurled bombs and axes during Premier Asquith's meeting. Two women climbed to a nearby roof and dropped missiles and debris, injuring several patrolmen and bystanders before fire hoses cleared the scene. Additional missiles smashed windows as Asquith left. Several suffragists were arrested.
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England
Asquith
Bingler Hall
Premier Asquith
Incendiary Forest Fires Threaten Coeur d Alene Reserve
Wallace Idaho Sept 20 sour disastrous forest fires two supposed incendiary in origin rage in Coeur d Alene National forest reserve. Four blazes demand the full force of forest workers at Murray North Fork Old Mission and Mnonyilie. Foes say valuable timber is at risk as fires gain headway.
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Coeur d'Alene National Forest Reserve
Wallace
Idaho
Cnllre
Murray
North Fork
Old Mission
Mnonyilie
Fairbanks to Tour Island After Manila Welcome
Former Vice-President Charles Warren Fairbanks arrives at Manila and is greeted by the Philippine Commission and a guard of honor from the Manila garrison. He will be hosted by Commissioner Gilbert, a fellow Hoosier, and the party plans a month long tour of the island.
Illinois Educator Stevenson Dies at Decatur
Sept 20 Decatur Illinois news notes the death of James Milliken University former head of commerce and finance department and former president of the National Commercial Teachers Association.
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Decatur
Stevenson
Department of Commerce and Finance
James Milliken University
National Commercial Teachers’ Association
Haskell Eyes Special Session For Gulf Oil Pipe Line
Oklahoma City Sept 20 Gov Haskell said he favors centa libre plans to call a special session of the legislature to seek an appropriation for installing a state oil pipe line to the gulf.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Haskell
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