Rasmussen contradicts Cook and Peary pole claims
Copenhagen report says Knud Rasmussen interviewed Eskimo Ahswelah and Eturis huk and found no evidence of a north pole reach by any explorer. Rasmussen asserts the pole remains unconquered and his cross examination may reopen the polar controversy. A ship captain returning to Copenhagen carries a secret report about Cook’s Eskimos.
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Copenhagen
Ving
North Pole
Peary
Cook
Knud Rasmussen
Greenland
Rassmussen
Ahswelah
Eturis‘huk
London Daily News
Rasmussen
Cape York
Doctor Cook
Belle Elmore Crippen Alive Claim Spurs Reward
Dr J I M Munyon of Philadelphia claims Belle Crippen may be alive and offers 50000 to anyone who proves it. He says Crippen’s husband faces execution in London next Tuesday for her murder and describes possible revenge or a hoax. Munyon cites a Kansas City sighting and letters from a Philadelphia lawyer Tobin as basis for his belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
JI. M. Munyon
Philadelphia
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Belle Elmore Crippen
Mrs. Crippen
Tobin
Attempted assassination at Philadelphia public safety office
Henry Clay director of the department of public safety survived after a Friday confrontation with a man named Harry Clark who entered his private office and began abusing him claiming police persecution and calling for radical force reorganization. Clark appeared mentally disturbed and was restrained after the struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry Clay
Department of Public Safety
First U S Airmail Sanctioned for Ocean Letter Transit
The United States grants permission for airship mail transport from a transatlantic liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria to New York. J A McCurdy will carry a mail pouch containing letters from passengers. The Post Office requires writers be notified the mail moves by air and the government bears no loss liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Post- Servie
New York Post Office
Nebraska Ranchers Indicted Over Homestead Pressure
A federal grand jury named nine western Nebraska ranchmen in indictments charging conspiracy to drive away Kinkaid homesteaders. The case centers on C J Davasher, accused of being declared insane and sent to an asylum after threats to leave the country. The officials include Berry S Yeast and others with links to the insanity board. A victim’s letter to President Taft spurred the probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Berry S. Yeast
Frank Y. Yeast
Leslie E. Ballinger
M. C. Hubbel
Emil Anderson
Willmot Z. Emerson
Harry Sutton
Boone B. Hawthorne
Harry H. Huff
Huff
Sutton
C. J. Davasher
Davasher
Yeast
Insanity Board
Tafts
TRAIN GUNS ON VALLADARES IN HONDURAS
The U S gunboat Princeton at Amapala cleared for action and trained its guns on the governor's residence held by Gen Jose Valladares, leader of the revolt against the Davila government after Valladares insulted American consul George Schmuck. Commander Hayes warned that foreigners would be protected and the governor's palace would be fired upon if attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
United States
Princeton
Amapala
Honduras
Jose Valladares
Davila
Picayune
San Salvador
Valladares
George Schmuck
Hayes
Peace Plans Refused By Unions In Garment Strike
Practically unanimous action by garment workers rejects arbitration and a proposed peace plan. The proposed agreement was signed by President Thomas A. Rickert and endorsed by the workers' union as they repudiated the settlement on Saturday.
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Chicago
Thomas. A. Rickert
Storm Stuns Atlantic Coast With Heavy Snow and Wires Down
A midwinter gale roared up the Atlantic coast bringing 18 inches to 3 feet of snow in eastern Pennsylvania and scouring New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania cities. Sleet and high winds crippled telegraph lines and electric streetcar service, delaying ocean liners and damaging aviation facilities at Mineola.
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New York
Atlantic
Pennsylvania
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Scranton
Harrisburg
Taft
Mineola
Hudson
Newburg
Bay
Sandy Hook
Honduras
Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
Callieries
Susquehanna — Coal Company
Shamokin
New Brunswick
N. J
Iowa Population Declines in Thirteenth Census
Washington reports Iowa’s population at 2 224 771 in the thirteenth census, a drop of 7 082 or 0.3 percent from 1900. The 1890 to 1900 rise was 319 572 or 16.7 percent, a shift census officials say not surprising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iowa
Tidal Waves Sweep Nome in Unprecedented Inundation
Nome Alaska reports seventeen houses destroyed as a mysterious high sea with no wind floods streets and washes away vessels. locals blame volcanic activity linked to Bogoslav Island drift. no lives lost though many had narrow escapes.
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Nome
Alaska
Bogoslav Island
Behring Sea
Bogoslov
Bogoslav
Mary Sachs
No Egg Which Has Not Been Candled
Purdue university officials plan a statewide meeting in Indianapolis to form an Indiana Car Lot Shippers association and press for a new pure food law to ban eggs not candled from reaching consumers. The effort includes farmer education and a bulletin distribution to curb price-gouging and improve supply. Florists prepare a major Indianapolis flower show with opening date this month featuring orchid displays, table arrangements, and visitors judging winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Agricultural ‘Department of
Purdue
University
Indiana Car Lot Shippers’ Association
Indiana
Ohio
J. A. Long
Union City
A. G. Phillips
Government Department of Agriculture
Indiana’ ‘State “Association
A. F. Baur
Homer ‘Wiegand
Astor Alimony Fixed for Ava Willing Astor
Col. John Jacob Astor must pay Ava Willing Astor 105000 a year as alimony after their 1910 divorce. A first lien on a prime Manhattan property secures payment, with recent contracts setting the annual rent to her as ordered.
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New York
John Jacob Astor
Ava Willing Astor
Astor
Colonel Astor
Fate Decided by Cards in St Louis Suicide Case
Charles W. Egeers, 29, ended his life after a solitary game of patience in St Louis by swallowing a mixture of carbolic acid and wood alcohol. He reportedly decided his fate by means of cards.
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St. Louis
Charles W. Egeers
Egeers
Freeman Charges Reiterated by State Examiners
I D West and Will A Marsh of the state board of accounts renew allegations against W H Freeman former secretary of the state board of forestry. They contest a $112.22 charge and a $10 charge linked to a $16 000 land purchase. They submit additional voucher details and dispute Freeman's explanations while noting missing cash entries and a conflicting land deal statement from Ramey Freeman.
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Freeman
I. D. West
Will A. Marsh
State Board of Accounts
State Board of Forestry
W. H. Freeman
Bcerd
Ink County
Ramey R. Freeman
Stand Ready to Settle In Bartholemew County Officials Case
Four former Bartholemew County officials and one present official charged by the state board of accounts issue a statement. They say examiners conducted the review without due hearing and contest the legality of an allowance paid to the auditor for secretary services of the gravel roads board. They note the legality is undecided in court and pledge settlement if any sums are due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estate Board of Accounts
Bartholomew County
Indiana
State Board of Accounts
Board of Directors
Librarians urged for new State Library act provisions
The committee of the State Association of Library Trustees endorses a bill to allow a one year residency in any corporation for library board eligibility, extend the city library territory to nearby townships, codify state library laws, fund at least 10000 dollars for public library work, and authorize a new building for the state library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New State Library
Legislative’ Committee
State Association of Library Trustees
General Assembly
Boiler blast kills three men in Greencastle shredding outfit
A steam boiler on a traction engine exploded on C. G. Lee’s farm near Greencastle. Albert Lee aged 30 and Samuel Watson aged 50 were killed while Jefferson Davis was seriously injured. The accident mangled bodies and wrecked the outfit and barn.
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Greencastle
Albert” Lee
Samuel Watson
Jefferson ‘Davis
C. G. Lee
Lee
Watson
Contest to break the Sol Mier will dismissed in Goshen
The will contest brought by Ferdinand Mier of Sacramento and four half siblings ends after months in court. Sol Mier, a Goshen banker manufacturer and real estate dealer, died during proceedings. A private settlement with the five children from his second marriage is reported. The original will left Ferdinand $1000 and each sister $10000. The Mier estates were said to be worth about seven million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
Sol Mier
Ligonier
Ferdinand Mier
Sacramento
Cal
Mier
Europe
Richmond Couple to Wed at Hull House Settlement
Dr John Francis Urie formerly a United States navy surgeon will marry Miss Carolin Foulke on Saturday November 12. After marriage they will reside near Hull House Chicago and engage in social settlement work with Jane Addams as a close friend. Miss Foulke is the daughter of Mr and Mrs William Dudley Foulke.
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Richmond
John Francis Urie
United States Navy
Carolin Foulke
Hull House
Chicago
Jane Addams
Arie
Miss Foulken
William Dudley Foulke
Boys Kill Golden Eagle in Warsaw Area
In Memtone on a Memtone farm two boys aged 12 and 14 killed a golden eagle eight feet wingspan. The eagle, purchased by Charles A. Rigdon state Secretary of the Eagles lodge, Warsaw Aerle No 1343, will be stuffed and displayed in the lodge. The bird resembled another that recently attacked a child in Huntington county.
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Warsaw
Melvin
George Grubbs
Memtone
Charles A. Rigdon
Eagles Lodge
Huntington County
Rooster causes wreck on long hill in Lawrenceburg
Lawrenceburg reports an odd accident as John Obert ing trustee of Lawrenceburg township drove a high power car down two long hills. A rooster became entangled in the steering gear, sending the car into a ditch and overturning. The car was wrecked but the rooster survived with only feather loss. Passengers Sheriff Richard White and A J Tittle escaped without serious injury.
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Lawrenceburg
John Oberting
Lawrenceburg Township
John J
Little
Democratic County
Richard White
A. J. Tittle
Crawfordville Athletic Association Meeting Report
A meeting of the Crawfordville Athletic Association discusses injuries suffered in the game with St Louis University on October 22.
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Dane
Kansas City
Ives
Insane Asylum
U. S
Maryland
Empire State
Bogoslov Island
Em Mae
Wilson
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