Club expels Cook exposed in long report
New York December 24 The Explorers Club board voted to expel Dr Joderick A Cook for frauds on members and the public The committee found his Mount McKinley ascent claim unworthy of credence and cited repeated misstatements and broken agreements In the expulsion motion the report noted testimony from witnesses including Whitney Fiala and Brown among others and highlighted the lack of corroborating evidence for the ascent while accusing Cook of financial straits and inventing details of the expedition.
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Anthony Fiala
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Marshal Ho Saville
Columbia
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North Sea
Mountaineer Entangled in Secret Financing and Discoveries
Fragmented account states a climber entered a secret financial agreement with a publisher causing embarrassment to associates. It claims he breached a fellow club’s agreement to provide original photos and data underlying his book, questioning ridge ascent gear claims and related evidence.
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Analya S
Balloon mystery and polar pursuit Cooks claims questioned
News wires report anxiety over the fate of aeronauts linked to Cook and the 1909 polar exploration drama. Officers Pearys Roosevelt and Bartlett weigh Antarctic plans while Peary declines comment amid Antarctic expedition rumors and conflicting reports from St Johns and Mount McKinley ridges.
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Newfoundland
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Hob” Barnett
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Bartlett
Smoot Angers Clergy Over Utah Launch Coincidence
Senators and clergy clash after Senator Smoot notes the Utah battleship launch fell on Prophet Joseph Smith’s birthday. Navy officials insist the date was accidental and chosen by the shipyard based on technical criteria.
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Prophet Smith
Navy Department
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United United States
Utah
Camden
Heed Smoot
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Smoot
United States
Misa Mary Allee Spry
Salt Lake City
Zelaya in Flight Guards Maxims Escort, Special Train
In a dawn flight from Managua Zelaya left with his guard and a Maxim crew. The party, heavily armed, traveled by secret train and boat to Corinto, skipping a siege while headlines note his monopolies and political reach. Taft and others shopped in Washington as the action unfolded.
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Santa Claus Visits Messenger Boys in Washington
Postal Telegraph Manager B Travis distributed new uniforms to 11 messenger boys in Washington. Each received cap leggings overcoat and rubber rain cape, then posed for a photograph on the district steps beside the new attire.
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R B Travis
Washington
Postal Telegraph Company
Santa Claus
Christmas Eve in Paris Draws Large Crowds and Americans
Mild weather helps Paris celebrate Christmas Eve with record crowds on the boulevards and in restaurants. Midnight services and elaborate programs fill churches. Report notes more American revelers than usual joining the merriment.
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Dec
Paris
Nurse Mary Brown Braved Typhoid Patient Incident Receives Praise
Amid gunfire from a delirious typhoid patient nurse Mary R Brown tended the man and removed a bullet from her own lung to save others. Doctors Commissioner Macfarland and Carnegie trustees are urged to award her a Carnegie medal for unmatched bravery and presence of mind.
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Lally Gaxnat
Carnegie Trustees
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Carsnegie Hero Fund
Mary R Brown
Martin A Sterling
Macfarland
Cnt
Pittsburg
J Roster Biggs
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Mias
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Lerment
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E. Pitegruder
Emergency
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Dr. Margruder
Hogs Perry Wal
Carnegie Fynd Committee
Charles C. Glover
Howard Stellwagen
George H Hamilton
Carnette Hero Fond Committee
Dinner for 34 costs $10,000 at Savoy Hotel
Special Cable from London reports George Kessler hosted a Arctic themed dinner for 34 people at the Savoy. The event featured a polar garden setup, ice ship centerpiece, white hermit costumes, vaudeville acts, and lavish jewelry on women guests, with $10,000 spent.
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London
George Kessler Tought
Savoy Hotel
North Pole
Peary
Cook
Mre
Kensler
King Alfonso to undergo private operation in Madrid
A Madrid report circulated in Paris notes the Spanish king Alfonso's deteriorating health and a needed operation. It claims he will travel with a hunting party to the Countess of Paris palace in Sanlicar for the procedure. The illness involves postnasal and inner ear areas causing deafness, with a nasal growth previously removed in Barcelona.
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Madrid
Alfonso
Andamaln Bia
Sanlicar
Spain
Aviators Go to Courts Injunction Against Curtiss
In New York, August 3, Herring Oprsina filed an injunction against Glenn H. Curtiss and associates. The suit seeks restrained disbursements pending adjustment of management after claims that Curtiss failed to deliver patents and retained prize money won in aviation contests. The action, filed by a majority stockholder, alleges company cost overruns and unauthorized spending, with board approval alleged to favor Curtiss.
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Herrinx
Curtias
Curea
Dream Fire Panic Caused by Sleepwalk Alarm
Mrs Sharps awoke in a dream of fire and aroused neighbors in a Chicago apartment building early this morning. She summoned the fire department after roaming hallways to wake others, fainted before firefighters arrived, and later attributed the incident to overwork and neuritis.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Emits Sharps
Tire Department
Mia
Chicago Fire Department
Workmen Blown to Atoms in Shawnee shop explosion
Shawnee Oklahoma December 4 five workers were killed and seventeen injured when a locomotive boiler exploded at the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific repair shop. The blast scattered bodies across three square blocks and shattered windows townwide. A large search for the missing continued amid debris as guards kept order under Governor Haskell.
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Rock¢ Island
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Juneheod
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Hiskell
Conference on Uniform Cotton Prices In South
Charlotte, December 2. A call signed by leaders of nearly 50 cotton firms in the region and by commission houses invites every cotton manufacturer in the Southern States to attend a conference in Baltimore on January 4. The goal is to discuss manufacturing in duty time and the uniformity of textile methods amid mounting industry concerns. Trains run hourly to Union Station.
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Indus
Brooklyn Pastor Proposes 200 Foot Searchlight Belfry Dave
New York report says Rev Farrar of the First Reformed Church in Brooklyn intends to install a powerful searchlight on the spire to replace the traditional elf time bell, aiming for use at the start of the new year.
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First Reformed Church
Umes Farrar
Cardinal Satolle Streing Seeks Consolation From Friends
In Rome on December percent, Cardinat Salolle of Francia remains gravely ill with blood poisoning and nephritis. Cablegrams arrive from Cardinal Isbod and Archbishop Farley as he murmurs to his American friends, give me my last consolation.
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Opera cancellation after Tetrazini illness in Pittsburg
Madame Tetrazzi sn of the Manhattan Opera Company was set to sing Lucia but refunds will be issued to seat holders as the performance is canceled due to her voice trouble. The star’s physician advised several days’ rest, forcing postponement.
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Mme
Ules Tetrizxini
Manhattan Opera Company
Lucia” |O
Mme Tetrazsini
Taft receives Uchida and other diplomats pay calls
President Taft hosted Baron Uchida and the Japanese envoy in the White House Blue Room, exchanging cordial greetings and reaffirming the long standing friendship. The German ambassador and the Danish minister also paid Christmas calls, while Burns of Montpelier had his prison term reduced by seven months for bank fraud.
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Baron Ucinda
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Taft
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Japan
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Pricaldeus Sean Cevece
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OM Burns
First National Bank
Montpelier
Ohio
Arrest at Rockefeller Door in New York
A 19 year old Armenian girl from Worcester Massachusetts rang John D Rockefeller's townhouse doorbell at night seeking money. She was handed to the children's society and to be arraigned Monday. She claimed to come to Newark to obtain money from Rockefeller to finance a family gold piece quest, but the story appeared implausible.
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Alma
John D Rockefeller
Children’s Society
Ldliien Besagian
Worcester
Mass
Newark
Foner
Kr Rockefeller
Senator Lateen Buried In Rain Ceremony
The funeral of the late United States Senator Ant Mer Yaurin was held in Degpies amid steady rain. Hundreds of prominent Mississippians attended the service at Branden Methodist Church conducted by Rev Emery. Floral tributes were numerous with six wagonloads conveyed from the railroad station to the family residence.
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Emery
Gang Churet
Weston May Walk East for Record Trip from Los Angeles to Atlantic
Weston plans to walk from Los Angeles to Atlantic city starting in January. He aims to follow the Santa Fe Railroad route to Chicago then westward in a transcontinental crossing. He seeks to establish a new record and attract sponsorship for the long journey.
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Zoe Angeles
Atlantic
Eawara Aco ‘Emai
Los Angeles
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Santa Fe
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