Roosevelt Sails Toward the North Pole With Peary Expedition
Peary’s polar steamship Roosevelt departed New York for the Arctic with Commander Peary aboard later joining at Sidney Cape Breton to coal and add supplies. The voyage includes 350 tons of coal on deck and 500 tons below, a large science crew, a tiger mascot named Teddy, and new surgeon Dr Wolf.
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Peary
Roosevelt
North Pole
North River
Bay
Arctics
Sle
Sidney
Cape Breton
Penry
Marie
Robert I. Peary, Jr
Magdalena
Dieblitsch
Miss Diebitsch
Profs
Monroe Smith
Holland F. Shone
Columbia University
Gen
J. Russell Lowell
Herbert L
Teddy
Andy
Aurora Borealis
Dro Touts
J-Awolff
Sverton
Ore
Irving’ Dewey
Williams
Dr. Wolf
College of Surgery
Sanfrancisco
Chiss
Wes
Bellevue Hospital
Oregon
Ress Vi Miatvin
Cornell
Trhaea
JHS
Amusements and Arrivals Noted in Page Index
The page index lists sections such as Amusements on Page 9 and Arrivals of Out-of-Town Buyers on Page 9. Marine Intelligence and Soreign Mails appear on Page 40, Society on Page 7, and Yesterday's Fires on Page 2, with Weather Report on Page 7.
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Vpage
Marine Intelligence and
Soreign Mails
Society
Weather Report
Brave Rescue at Hell Gate Targets Two Teens
John Stribber sixteen and Minnie Ackerman fifteen nearly drowned when their boat capsized at Hell Gate. Fred Ninnenkohl, 20, leapt in to help, rescuing both after pulling them toward Captain Hirsch at the East One Hundred Fifth Street pier amidst a cheering crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stribber
East One Hundred and Fifth Street
Minnie Ackerman
Hell Gate
Lfe
Hirsch
Hundreath Street
Stribher
Peter
Connie
East
Lo Hilberg
Fifth Street
Nett Poth
Humdred
Stribber
Yundred
Minnie
Frederick” Ninnenkohl
First Avenue
Ile
Tie
Ninnenkohl
Capt. Hirsch
Four Drownings Struck Hudson River Daring Afternoon
Four people drowned in the Hudson River between 3 and 5 pm yesterday. James Childsworth, 16, of 310 West 124th Street, died after venturing beyond safety. Norman Flammer, 11, from 112 East 111th Street, and Oscar Clarkson, 612 Leonia Avenue, also perished with lifeguards attempting rescues. Capt. John Peterson, 50, aided Clarkson but could not save him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson River
James Childsworth
West One Hundred and Twentyfourth Street
Timothy Berlan
East One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Street
Charles Timmons
Third Avenue
Twenty-fourth
Childsworth
Norman Flammer
Tie
Audubon Beach
Washington Heights
John Smith
Lfe
Sehimmer
Smith
Mlammer
One Hundred and Ninth Street
Washaren Heights
Oscar JL. Carkson
le Iain Avenue
de Wason
John Peterson
Carlson
Peterson
Mulberry Tree Falls Pins Baby In Brooklyn Carriage
A 50 foot mulberry tree toppled at 47 Cranberry Street trapping a ten month old baby and three women. Police officer Traggerty and locals freed the group after a half hour of chopping branches with an axe as the baby awoke unharmed. The tree had stood for 37 years and neighbors suspect sewer workers recently damaged its roots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Cranberry Street
Charles, Stanley
High Street
No. AT
Agnes
Mary Ryan
Daniels
Fulton Street
Thaiggerty
Ike
Haggerty
Louis Cross
Sewer Department
Peace chances remote as Sakhalin invasion shocks talks
Moscow sources say chances of a treaty are remote after Japan consented to negotiations and Sakhalin was invaded. Witte carries no special powers beyond ordinary plenipotentiary authority and must answer to the Czar on all points. Witte to carry a personal message from the Emperor to President Roosevelt, with further audiences before Paris talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peetersburg
Japan
M. Witte
ST. Petersburg
Meyer
Kleinmichel Palace
Paris
Roosevelt
Associated Press
M. Hartwig
Foreign Office
Echo. de Paris
Lamsdorff
Echo de Paris
Vladivostok
Russia
Far East
Austria
Germany
Adriatic
Balkan
Morocco
Shurope
Nussia
Prince Mestchers
Admiral Abaza
Yalu
John Rosin
Rourse Coazette
Spaciou Chukotsky Peninsula
Japanese drive to complete occupation of South Sakhalin
Reports from Tokyo state that the Russian center at Darline Sakhalin was attacked on July 11 and again on July 12, with Japanese forces driving Russians toward Mauka and securing eighty prisoners including Lieut. Maximin. Four field pieces and a machine gun were seized, with heavy Russian losses and about seventy Japanese casualties. Northern Korea fronts show Russian withdrawals south of the Tumen River, while Vladivostok forces move south toward Nokiefsk. Japanese warships north of Sakhalin hint at a possible island descent.
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Tokio
Darline
Sakhalin
Mauka
South Sakhalin
Lieut. Maximin
Tumen
Manchuria
Adirondack Weather Delights Near New York
Weather delightful in the Adirondack Mountains with travel notes from New York Central. Travel time from New York is eight to twelve hours, ticket agents advised to provide particulars.
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Adirondack Mountains
New York
New York Central
Higginson Jewel Theft Suspect Arrested Abroad
Edward Park, a physician, was arrested aboard the United States steamship at Christiansand Norway in connection with the Higginson jewel theft on July 1. Jewelry valued at about 15000 dollars, including ruby and diamond rings and a pearl necklace, was taken from 6 East Forty-first Street. Police say Park is wanted and a detective will pursue him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Edward Park
Christiansand
Norway
James Jackson Higginson
Tenderloin
Park
O’brien
Higginson
East Forty-first Street
Hempstead
L. I
Dorothy Higginson
Assemblyman Miller's Home Burglarized in Nassau County
Freeport New York July 16 Assemblyman William G Miller representing Nassau County and Queens Borough reports his Ocean Avenue Woodcreft home was broken into by burglars gaining entry from the porch to the second floor. A roll of over 100 in Miller's trousers was taken along with disruption to local watchman William Clark who was beaten by three assailants. Clark later helped police arrest two men named Farrell on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
L.L
William G. Miller
Nassau County
Borough of
Queens
William Clark
Clark
Farrell
Armed posse pursues peonage case in Alabama
In Montgomery, July 16, armed with Winchester rifles, U S marshal L J Bryan and a posse left to aid Deputy Gibson confronting W O Heath and James Adams of Chambers County charged with peonage. The government says a boy was chained to a porch and sold for 17 50. a witness was shot at. two others are in hiding. Julius Sternfeld, peonage attorney, travels to prosecute if captured. Judge Jones ordered the posse out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Montgomery
Ala
United States
Marshall L. J. Bryan
Gibson
W. O. Heath
James Adams
Chambers County
Jones
Federal
Julius Sternfeld
Clifford Harper
Heath
Tom Hightower
Farmers Turn Pit Gambler Trick On Wheat Traders
A band of Red River Valley farmers manipulated Minneapolis wheat futures by placing large buy orders, faking bullish reports of rust scares, then selling to the rust investors. Investigations show farmers met at Comstock Minnesota to counter the traders and profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Minneapolis
Red River Valley
Comstock
Minn
Mayor Works In A Mine In Wyoming
Mayor Charles Ashley of New Bedford Massachusetts wore work clothes and joined a gold mine job near Douglas Wyoming to gain practical mining insight. The eleven term mayor denied rumors that Thomas W Lawson of Boston was in town and offered to fight the rumor spreader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Douglas
Wyoming
Charles Ashley
New Bedford
Mass
Ashley
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Lawson
Court House
Senator Clark Improved After Second Mastoid Operation
Senator Will A Clark of Montana, still listed in critical condition, shows material improvement after a second mastoid operation performed by Dr James F McKernon. The 40 minute procedure relieved blockage and a brain-reaching abscess, with Clark wiring his wife that he would sail for Paris in about ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Jam. A. Clark
Montana
James F. McKernon
McKernon
J. Ross Clark
Thomas Alya Edison
Ame Clark
MedKernon
Chirk
Thomas T. Benitt
Craigville
Mass
W. JD. Madon
Europe
W. A. Clark, Jr
Charles W
Jerome, Ariz
Morris
N. Y
Mary Clark Kling
Anderson
Candy fed captive Miller held by Glenbrook residents
In Greenwich a crowd pacified Purcell Miller by feeding him candy after he allegedly entered Elmer Scofield and Stanley Ruske homes and caused damage. He was held until Stamford police arrived with a wagon. Miller claimed ties to Merchantsville New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
Glenbrook
Purcell Miller
Stamford
Merchantsville
N. J. Miller
Elmer E. Scofield
Stanley Ruske
Edward Ferris
Miller
Higland
Button
Bodies recovered from French submarine Farfadet tragedy
In Bizerta Tunisia on July 18 the search for Farfadet crew bodies continues after the submarine was towed to dry dock. Four men in the forward compartment drowned at the moment of the accident while eight in the after compartment fought to escape and seal the hatch. The Mediterranean squadron will join in the funeral to be held Wednesday with burials in France.
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Bizerta
Tunis
Hlieat
Robin
Mediterranean Squadron
France
Caracas Steamship Passes Sandy Hook This Morning
The Caracas traveling from Venezuela and San Juan passed Sandy Hook early this morning indicating a coastal navigation milestone for the vessel and its route.
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Caracas
Venezuela
San Juan
Sandy Hook
Burnett's Extract of Vanilla Reaches Grocers Nationwide
The extract, labeled standard everywhere, is sold by grocers with Burnett's name as a reliable vanilla option. Widely available and presumed common in shops.
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Burnett
Chapel Roof Collapse Kills Sixty Six at Italian Hospital
In Fermio Italy July 16 a chapel roof at the Women’s Hospital collapsed during mass. Sixteen women and fifty children were killed and sixteen women and many children injured, taken from the ruins for treatment.
Fire damages Dearborn Observatory. records survive
Chicago July 16 Dearborn Observatory at Northwestern University suffered a fire last night causing about 100 dollars in damage. Instruments were unharmed. Prof. Hough, the university astronomer, was twice overcome by smoke while attempting to save records related to Jupiter, which remained undamaged.
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Chicago
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Hough
Jupiter
Mob Surrounds Jail After Alleged Murder in Montgomery
Sheriff seeks aid as mob gathers outside Gadsden Jail in Alabama where four black inmates Vance Gardner William Johnson and Jefferson Richard with Mamie Cheek and others are held for the murder of a white widow S.J. Smith. Governor wires Captain to protect the prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ali
Garride My Ata
Janes
Gadsden Jil
Vance Cgardner
William’ Johnson
Me Johnson
Bunk Richardson
Jefferson Richard
Mamie Maan Cheek
Wis
Alps
S.J. Smith
White
Lyndon Stevens Drowned In St Lawrence River
Greenwich authorities report Lyndon Stevens nineteen son of Le Tl Stevens president of the local Board of Trade drowned last night in the St Lawrence River near Massena New York. Stevens was well known in the community and his father is noted as president of a mining company with offices in New York.
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Greenwich Board of Trade
St. Lawrence
Greenwich
Coun
Massevia
N. Y
Lyndon
le Tl
Stevens
Tridle
Sievens
Massena
Biatopibis Mining” Companys
Offiees
Browdwig
New York
Train Drags Auto 200 Feet In Penn Crossing
Wilkes Barre July 16 18 Sanders a veteran journalist of this city his son in law Dr Morgan Weller and Mrs Weller had a narrow escape when a Pennsylvania coal train backed down from yards struck their automobile at a street crossing. The car was dragged about 200 feet and hurled down a twenty foot embankment leaving Sanders with a broken leg and internal injuries while Dr and Mrs Weller were badly shaken and bruised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Sanders
Morgan Weller
Weller
Pennsylvania
Water Scarcity Endangers Prison in Trenton
The Delaware River drops to a twelve year low and water runs short in Trenton. At the State Prison 800 inmates form a daily bucket brigade to haul water to upper floors, triggering fears of an epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Trenton
Delaware
Gowns Adopted for New Jersey Courts by Court of Errors
Trenton July 16. Judges of the Court of Errors and Appeals decide to wear black silk gowns like Federal judges in all state courts. Chief Justice Gurimere says the attire will add dignity and majesty to the law, especially in original cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Trenton
Court of Errors and Appeals
Gurimere
Vanderbilt to Sublet Hiltmore Farms in Asheville
George W. Vanderbilt will give up farming at Hiltmore Asheville and lease the operation to another. After ten years he concludes the venture could not pay expenses and changes his plans. The Biltmore farms include truck crops dairy creamery chickens ducks livestock kennels and greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Asheville
N. C
George W. Vanderbilt
Hiltmore
Ile
Vanderbilt
Biltmore
President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill on Sunday
President Roosevelt spent the day at Sagamore Hill with Mrs. Roosevelt and family attending the morning service at Christ Church. No official visitors were received as Secretary and Mrs. Loeb depart Oyster Bay for Yellowstone Park with brief Chicago and Minneapolis stops en route. Assistant Secretary K F Barnes will manage executive offices in Mr Loeb's absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oysper Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hil
Mr. Loeb
Attempted murder targets Admiral Mirabello at Portici
An early morning assault aimed at killing Admiral Mirabello, brother of Italy’s Minister of Marine, occurred in Portici near Naples. The Admiral survived but his wife was seriously injured during her defense.
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Naples
Mirabello
Portici
Bay of Naples
Husn
Hendricks Defends Equitable Report Amid Inquiry
Francis Hendricks, Superintendent of Insurance, defends the Equitable Life Investigation report. He says testimony was not released for publication, rejects claims of editing, and details steps taken with Governor Higgins, Attorney General, and New York officials. He notes unresolved items and emphasizes the report was preliminary and time constrained.
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New York Times
Alkany
Francis
Isquitable Life Assurance
Funter Tras
Jerome
Mc Hendricks
Hihom Wes
Higgins
Cuthbert
Equitable Society
Mercantile Trust Company
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Explorer
Prof
Hudson
M. Wittens Handicapped
Czar
London Times
Moscow
Tiations
Linevitch
Sakhal Rm
Norhest
Alabama
Mayor
Fermo
Italy
Women's Hospital
Miliia
Lyndon Stevens
Delaware River
Jersey Bench
Loeb
Hendricks
Equitable Report
Harriman
Mayer
Department Vank
Albany
Robert Hi. Hunter
New York County
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