Explorer Cook Honors at Club Address in New York
Admiral Schley attended as a guest at a club dinner honoring Cook the polar explorer. The talk reviewed Cook's Arctic expedition plans, criticizing past misstatements and stressing fuel, supplies, and transport limits. Cook defended his journey, thanked sponsors, and outlined lessons learned about polar travel and the role of support from allied explorers.
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Ty Sant
Ota Aetal
Scott Schley
Uc Club of America
Een
Waldert Astoria
Brooklyn
Arctic
Peary Faces Backers in Bar Harbor Conference
Commander Robert Peary prepared to meet with Gen Hubbard at Bar Harbor to review affidavits and evidence in his claim of polar discovery. He said no statements would be issued until after the Maine conference, while his backers and Arctic Club press for a decisive ruling on Cook’s claims.
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Washington Post
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North Pole
Thomas Hubbard
New York
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Tenry
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Cook
Culler
Maine
Beng Ang
Waterville
New Brunswick
Maine Central Railroad
Taft Opens Gunnison Tunnel Tour Inspires Colorado
President Taft visited Montrose and Grand Junction to witness the Gunnison tunnel opening reclaiming arid land for 140% acres. He praised irrigation, toured fruit exhibits, and watched a cowgirl relay race as sheriffs clashed with a tunnel official amid a festive Western roundup.
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Rocky Mountains
Boston
Taft
Foot Falls
Gunnison
United States
Golim
Bertha Elsie Hutt
Mies
Fair Grounds
Lawson’s niece elopes with wealthy neighbor and marries
Miss Gertrude C Lawson, 22, niece of Thomas W Lawson, ran away in an auto with Walter L Shepard, a wealthy neighbor. They married at Rev B Leavitt’s Arlington home and later left for a honeymoon after returning home to tell startled relatives.
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Erie
Washington
Boston
Gertrude C. Lawson
Thomas W .Lawson
Walter L. Shepard
Wweone
Mise Lawson
Melrose High- Jonas
John H Lawson
Shepard
B . Leavitt
First Congregational Church
Arlington
Bia
Opening Tibet to the Mails and Postal Reach
Peking on September 27 reports China will dispatch a postal envoy to Lhassa to extend Tibet’s postal service. The move follows plans for an open postal line to Urumeh in Sinidang, and to other northern points, expanding communications with Tibet and adjacent regions.
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Lhasas
Peking
Lhassa
Tibet
China
Urumeh
Sinidang
Ihe Eropire
Yale treasurer Lee McClung named to U S post
Native Tennessean and former Yale football captain Lee McClung, now treasurer of Yale University, is chosen to replace Charles H Treat as United States treasurer. The appointment takes effect November 1 after a short transition from Treat. McClung has held Yale treasury since 1938 and served with Southern Railway. He is a Republican and Yale alumnus.
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Tennester
Treat
Lee McClung
Yale
University
United States
Charles Hi ‘Treat
Charles H Treat
Langnation
The
Treay
Knoxville
Lee Meshung
Yale University
McClung
St Paul and Duluth
Southern Railway Company
Washington
Louisville
Southern Railway
Suffragettes Starved Then Fed by Stomach Pump
Two suffragettes imprisoned in Birmingham attempted a hunger strike tactic used by London colleagues to gain release. They began starving themselves but were fed with a stomach pump after the prison doctor obtained Home Office approval. After the treatment they promised to resume normal meals.
Counterfeiters posing as farmers arrested in Pennsylvania
A raid near Glenrock, Pennsylvania uncovered dies for counterfeit coins including nickels and quarters, along with new corn at the home of Levi and Daniel Ret hidohn who posed as farmers. The brothers were jailed, having lived nearby and earned cash from farmers.
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Washington
York
Nea Glenrock
Levi
Daniel Rethidohn
Glen
Rock
Reyes Prepares for Exile in Mexico After Election
Rumor says Gen Bernards Reyes plans to leave Monterey after the state vote. He has offered his residence for sale and reportedly resigned from a local casino post as his social prominence remains uncertain.
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Monterey
Mexico
Bernards Reyes
Chica
Militia Out of Farade Labor Union Refusal to March
Evansville Indiana reports militia companies from the city and Mount Vernon will appear for a German day event next week only if labor canton protests are resolved. The committee letter argued soldiers should not force workers to move under arms amid tensions.
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Ind
Mount Vernom
Independence League Splits as Republicans Nominate City Ticket
At Carnegie Hall the Republican City Convention nominated Otto T Bannard for mayor William A Prendergast for comptroller and John Purroy Mitchel for president of the board of aldermen. The Independence League withdrew from fusion talks but Republicans say alliance to beat Tammany remains possible. Timothy L Woodruff chaired. Gaynor later named for mayor by another group.
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New York
Independence League
Carnegie Hall
Otto T Bannard
New York Trust Company
Manhattan
William A. Prendergast
Credit Mens National Association
Brooklyn
Board of Aldermen
John Purroy Mitchel
Mc Barnards
Boras Om
Timothy L. Wood
Republican State Committee
Realimg
Rmarg
Tustontets
Tammany
Woodruffs
State to convene special session for oil pipeline plan
Special to The Wasninmconeum Gilthrie Oklahoma Sept 2 Senators Yea ger of Tulsa and Strain of Wann discuss with Gov Haskell a call for two special legislature sessions to pass an armor oil and refined oil pipeline from Oklahoma oil fields to Port Arthur Texas. They expect Gov Haskell to call the session and the legislature to fund the necessary costs.
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Gilthrie
Okla
Yeager
Tulsa
Wann
Haskell
Oklahoma
Port Arthur
Tex
Hazkell
Wheat from Joseph's Egypt shows at Branford museum
Special to The Washington Post Branford Conn Sept. An Egyptian wheat sample, claimed to be stored by Joseph during the famine, was recovered from Egypt and Syria and added to an antique collection. A box of the wheat, found by Cairo’s Museum at Dier El-Bahri, was exhibited with a portion sold while Azet Kheyai of New York arranged the sale.
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Washington Post
Branford Conn
Azet Kheyai
New York
Jam
Egypt
Syria
Joseph
Museum of
Khawai
Cairo
Martyrdom scarred missionary dies in New Jersey
Rev Herman Philpot, a missionary of the English Church, dies at his Rosella Park home in New Jersey at age unknown. He bore the marks of captivity in Abyssinia, where he endured six years as a prisoner and four years in chained confinement before being rescued by an English government expedition under Lord Napier.
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Washington Post
New York
Herman Philpot
Rosella Park
Bir Fillipot
Abyssinia
Lord Napier
Posse Oversees Suspects At Hutley Home In Buchanan County
A vigilant citizen posse corralled Damon Blankenship and his two sons at their Hutley Virginia home after a bloodhound trail tied them to a murders scene at Aunt Betty Justis and kin. They are held pending a sheriff arrival. alibis are being tested as a preliminary hearing is planned.
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Bluefield
Damon Blankenship
Buchanan County
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Mountain
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Sam the Hounds
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of Reera
Surrogate approves will of Serahmtel Roebuck in Brooklyn
In a Brooklyn probate proceeding Surrogate Ketchel admitted to probate the will of Serahmtel Roebuck, a wire screen manufacturer, executed July 17. The will cuts Ellan Roebuck widow of $192,000 by Equitable Life, Ellen Taans and her daughter Gussie Lyons receive $9,000 and $200 respectively, and Roebuck’s first wife’s children in Northampton England inherit the residue. The surrogate notes reasonable evidence Roebuck drafted the will with intelligence despite doubts about his strength to sign.
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New York
Ketchel
Brooklyn
Serahmtel Roebuck
Ellan Roe Buck
Equitable Life Inaqsance Company
Mra
Ellen Taans
Gussie Lyons
Elizabeth Bird
Roebuck
Northampton
England
Grandmother Serves as Bridesmaid at Union Ceremony
Misa Modeca daughter of a Durham law professor and R Kelly a local lawyer wed this afternoon at a home ceremony in Durham. The bride’s grandmother, aged year, was ring bearer and bridesmaid. The event drew attention due to family Hebrews heritage and Episcopal officiant.
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Durham
Kelly
The
Washington Post
Mass
Eien Mordecai
SF Mordecai
Trinity College
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Directors' Anger Over National Trust Company Names
Polk and Moulton say they declined service on the board of the National Trust Company of Washington. Postal inspectors report new evidence. several supposed directors are not Washington residents. Baker seeks action for charter violations as hearings may reveal broker connections and cash note practices tied to the trust.
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National Trust Company of Washington
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United States
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