Cook Speech at Arctic Club Dinner Stirs Pole Quest Debate
Admiral Schley and Rear Admiral Word Scott Schley presided as Dr Cook spoke to the Arctic Club of America in New York discussing polar exploration. He defended his journey, acknowledged light gear, and argued the pole quest rests on supply, mobility, and cooperation with native techniques.
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Ty Sant
Ota Aetal
Scott Schley
Uc Club of America
Een
Waldert Astoria
Brooklyn
Arctic
Troy Kers
Cook
Orsk
Mgewan
Bonnet
New York
Charles Wake
Peary backs tour with bar harbor conference in Maine
Commander Robert Peary pushes his polar claim amid a planned conference with Gen Hubbard at Bar Harbor Maine to review affidavits and evidence. Peary will not comment on Dr Cook or respond to questions until after the Hubbard meeting and possible public statements are scheduled for later in the week.
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Washington Post
Portland Me
Robert Peary
Cook Wild
North Pole
Thomas Hubbard
New York
Pears Arctic Club
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Feary
Bangor
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Gen Hubbard
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Tenry
Bar Harbor
Don Hubbard
Tabendar Haven
Conk
Sydney
Ananciation
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Pearys
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Ma Hent
Cook
Culler
Taft Opens Gunnison Tunnel Tour With Irrigation Promise
President Taft toured Montrose and Grand Junction Colorado as the Gunnison tunnel began water flow reclaiming arid land. He praised irrigation gains, noted private progress, and promised to study completing the Highline ditch with possible government support. A race with cowgirls and peach queen escorts highlighted the visit amid security tensions and Indian delegation presence.
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Rocky Mountains
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Foot Falls
Gunnison
United States
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Bertha Elsie Hutt
Mies
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Garfeld
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Elmost
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Trent
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Olorado
Mesa County
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Saya
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White River
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Chipeba
Grant
McKinley
White House
Mo- Geek
Meeker
Lawson's Biice Elofes. Soen Ort in Auto With Hich Ye Heighbor ant Rebmat 2 Erie
Miss Gertrude C. Lawson, niece of Thomas W. Lawson, ran away in an auto with Walter L. Shepard, a wealthy young man living nearby. They were married by Rev. B Leavitt after riding to Arlington. The couple returned home, revealed the marriage, and then left for their honeymoon by train.
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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 China Moves Postal Link to Lhasa
The Chinese government planned to send a postal delegate to Lhasa to extend Tibet’s postal service. The move follows an earlier decision to open postal routes to Urmei in Sinidang and other northern points, aiming to integrate Tibet more fully into national mail networks.
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Lhasas
Peking
Lhassa
Tibet
China
Urumeh
Sinidang
Ihe Eropire
Yale's Lee McClung Named United States Treasurer
Lee McClung, a Knoxville native and former Yale University treasurer, was selected to succeed Charles H Treat as United States treasurer. A Yale graduate and famed former Yale football captain, McClung will take office on November 1 after the resignation of Treat. He has held senior roles with the Southern Railway and St Paul and Duluth Railroad and was instrumental in modernizing Yale’s treasury and accounting methods.
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Treat
Lee McClung
Yale
University
United States
Charles Hi ‘Treat
Charles H Treat
Langnation
The
Treay
Knoxville
Lee Mcshung
Yale University
McClaig
Rnoxvile
Tenn
New Haven
Southern Railway
Knoxvile
Treasury Department
McClung
Treasury
St Paul and Duluth
Southern Railway Company
Washington
Louisville
Suffragettes in Birmingham Starvation Tactic Foiled
Two imprisoned suffragettes in Birmingham attempted the hunger strike tactic used by London inmates to force release. They began starving themselves but a prison doctor, with Home Office approval, fed them via a stomach pump. After the procedure they pledged to resume normal feeding.
Counterfeiters Pose as Farmers Near Glenrock
In York Pa an undercover raid uncovered counterfeit coins including nickels dimes and quarters. Two brothers Levi and Daniel Ret hidohn posed as farmers and were jailed after dies and incomplete coins were found in their Glenrock area home. They had lived on a small farm four miles from Glenrock and earned money by working for local farmers.
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Washington
York
Nea Glenrock
Levi
Daniel Rethidohn
Glen
Rock
Reyes Plans Exile as Mexico Race Shapes Up
Rumors say General Bernards Reyes prepares to leave Mexico after elections. He has put his residence up for sale and reportedly resigned from the presidency of a local casino. The move follows a boost from his large party and potential vice presidential bid.
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Monterey
Mexico
Bernards Reyes
Chica
Militia Out of Farade Brings Labor Tension to German Day
Evansville Ind September 23 militia units from this city and Mount Vernon will be featured at German day celebrations next week as labor union men refuse marching duties. A letter to the committee criticized mobilization arguing workers should not be sent behind soldiers and warning against provoking labor turmoil.
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Evansville
Ind
Mount Vernom
Independence League Splits as Reform Ticket Nominated in New York
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 fusion and Independence League forces sought harmony but defected, while Timothy L Woodruff urged independent support for the ticket.
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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
Wemondtic Ulog
Supreme Court
Willam A. J Gaynor
John J Hopper
William C RetHeld
Aldermen
Justce Gaynor
Weet
State to Build Pipeline to Port Arthur
Special to The Wasninmconeum Gilthrie, Okla. Sept 2. Senators Yea ger of Tulsa and Strain of Wann confer with Gov Haskell on calling two special sessions of the legislature to push the oil pipeline project from Oklahoma oil fields to Port Arthur Texas. They expect Gov Haskell to call the session and for the legislature to authorize expense for special train and related costs.
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Gilthrie
Okla
Yeager
Tulsa
Wann
Haskell
Oklahoma
Port Arthur
Tex
Hazkell
Wheat from Joseph's storehouse sparks Cairo exhibit
A fragmentary report notes a box of wheat claimed to have been stored by Joseph in Egypt during the nineteenth dynasty about 1500 years BCE. Found by the Museum of Cairo at Deir el Bahri, the small portion was shown and the rest sold. Azet Kheyai of New York arranged the Cairo sale with Branford, Connecticut, at hand through Sept B- J Bam- Ter.
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Branford Conn
Azet Kheyai
New York
Jam
Egypt
Syria
Joseph
Museum of
Khawai
Cairo
Martyrdom scars of missionary died in New Jersey
The Rev Herman Philpot a missionary with the English Church died at his Rosella Park New Jersey home at age percent years. He bore ear shackles from Abyssinian imprisonment along with other missionaries. He served six years captivity and four years in a dungeon before rescue by an expedition sent by the English government under Lord Napier.
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Washington Post
New York
Herman Philpot
Rosella Park
Bir Fillipot
Abyssinia
Lord Napier
Posse Holds Suspects After Mountain Trail to Hutley Home
In Bluefield Virginia on September 28 armed citizens guided bloodhounds to the home of Damon Blankenship and his two sons, alleging ties to a murder at Hutley. The occupants were detained pending a sheriff arrival as dogs followed a rugged trail over mountains.
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Bluefield
Damon Blankenship
Buchanan County
Ploodhound
Betty Justis
Fodles
Hutley
Mountain
Arpgedt
Morons & Woo
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Blackey V
Surrogate weighs final will of Serahmtel Roebuck in Brooklyn
Surrogate Ketchel admitted to probate Roebuck’s final will executed July 17, just before his death. It cuts Ellan Roebuck, the widow, from most assets while $192 is left to her. $400 to Ellen Taans and daughter Gussie Lyons. remainder to the children of Mrs Elizabeth Bird, Roebuck’s daughter from his first marriage. The court noted plausible proof of the will’s execution despite questions over Roebuck’s strength.
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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 Bridesmaid at Durham Prof Weds Lawyer
Misa Mordecai, daughter of a Durham law professor at Trinity College, married local lawyer R Kelly this afternoon in a home ceremony. The bride’s grandmother served as ring bearer and bridesmaid as the Hebrews background sparked a tense moment. A former banker convicted in New Tria was noted in passing along with other regional mentions.
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Durham
Kelly
The
Washington Post
Mass
Eien Mordecai
SF Mordecai
Trinity College
Episcopal
Rwas
Directors’ Angry Lawyers Discredit Lewis Polk and Moulton
Polk and Moulton challenge claims they declined service on the National Trust Company of Washington board while Fletcher is described as vice president and employed only as a clerk. Postal inspectors pursue new evidence as arrests and affidavits surface about misused directors and forged letterheads.
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National Trust Company of Washington
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United States
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Lewy
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Reasor
Comepanys
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National Front Company of
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Secerer
Post Office
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Lewin
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Trust Company
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