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Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

Third Baseman Mott ran a small
sized marathon race with Beall in the
afternoon, catching the Angel player
within a few feet of second base.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

Dillon di' a roly-poly -somersault
stunt yesterday while endeavoring to
nab Motifs single.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

Stovall saved the day. at least tenn
porarily for Vernon yesterday when
he grabbed Delmas' hot liner. The
bases were full and two outs had been
recorded at the time of Stovalls per-
formance.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

There it is, that little round thing.
Jud Smith.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

Dillon went through his usual series
of spectacular catches at first base yes
terday.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-02

Martinke made a nice catch of Dill
Ions foul in the first inning of yester-
day afternoons game, putting the side
ont
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

as no surprise to scientific circles
here and to many of his friends who
had been prepared for the result by
the early indications that DR.. Cooks
claims would not be favorably passed
upon.
DR.. Cook now is in Christiansand,
Norway, according to his brother, vii.
liam l.. Cook, who said that the doctor
had greatly recovered from the nerv-
breakdown from which DR.. Cook
was suffering when leaving here.
Mr.. Cook declared that the explorer
was ready to go TO Copenhagen TO
give the university further informa.
ton concerning his claims.
DR.. Cook m~ysteriously left the Ho-
tel Grammatan in the Bronx Nov. "a
where he had gone to prepare his rec.
ords supporting his claim that he had
reached the North pole. 1t now ap-
pears that he sailed Nov. 81 on the
steamship Caronia for Naples. where
he remained for several days. This
information was contained in a letter
the explorer sent to his brother, who
said:
DR.. Cook has authorized me to
u that he is in Europe try
ing to gain a much needed rest,
and that Is all that / can say. At
the proper time my brother will
make a statement for publication,
and until he e e fit to do so there
will be nothing for his friends to
do but to respect his wishes and
allow him to remain in %seclusion.
"Foo;sd Us AL" Bradley Says.
"He has fooled us all from the king
of Denmark down." was the exclama-
ton of John X. Bradley. DR.. Cooks
hacker in his Arctic trip, when ap-
prised Of the news from Copenhagen.
"And he fooled me with tho rest"
Mr.. Bradley added.
"As a matter of fact" continued
the sportsman, IL long ago lost all
interest in DR.. Cook, the North Pole
and everything connected with 1t.
Polar bears and the wild life of the
Arctic in general is the only thing
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

his return to civilization took some Of
the smack off the supposed triumph.
| began to weaken decidedly when
DR.. Cook left us all without so much
as a goodbye. When a man runs
away you can't expect his friends to
fight for him, and Cooks light-for
that's what it seemed to me to
amount to-killed all my interest in
him and his affairs. Before that |
never had reason to doubt Cook and
his whole course in the matter seems
inexplicable to me.
Sick of the Whole Thing.
81 am sick of the whole blooming
polar business and | don't want to
hear anything more about the North
pole or any of its attributes" was the
characteristic way in which Mr.. Brad
ley summed up his attitude.
Charles Wake, DR.. Cooks closest
personal friend and the only person
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

that has ever interested me much In
that connection anyway.
AS for DR.. Cook, / haven't seen or
heard from him since he left the Wal
dorf-Astoria to go to B~ronyville, to
prepare his records for submission
to the University of Copenhagen. /
was not in communication with him
while he was at the Grammatan and
as a matter of fact hardly had an
hours solid conversation with him all
the while he was here after his return
from the Arctic.
Il discounted this decision from the
University of Copenhagen some time
ago." continued Mr.. Bradley. In
common with the rest of the world
was delighted with the first news
from DR.. Cook, that he had discovered
the pole. His actions, however, and
his failure to make more than the
meagerest statements which followed
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Inc Jonn Hs Bradley,
The Ship That Didn't Reach tho Pole.
into his claim hat he had scaled the
peak of Mount Mckinley In Septem-
Der, 1906.
The committee, of which Marshal
H. Saville, professor Of archaeology
at Columbia university, ia the chair.
man, completed it's investigation some
days ago., and it's report has been
written and signed. The verdict, &c.
cording to Professor Saville, will be
submitted to the directors Of the Elk
plorers' club at a meeting next Fri.
day.
While Professor Saville did not
make any denial when asked IL the
report was true that the decision will
be unfavorable to DR.. Cook. from an.
other source information anne that
the committee had been unable to sat-
isfy itself that the explorers asser
ton that he scaled Mount Mckinley
had been sustained by any evidence
o~btainable. 1t Is likely that If the
committee reports decisively against
him, he will be expelled and his
name stricken from the club records.
Professor Saville was asked if the
committee had been able to get all
the evidence it sought.
1--WE have gone thoroughly into the
investigation; right to the bottom Of
it, and our own report will be based
on what we found out" was the reply.
1t was recalled to Professor Saville
hat DIR. Cook, appearing before the
committee last October, had promised
to respond at any time the investiga-
tors desired and explain the points
that might need clearing up. He
never went before the committee after
that, and disappeared from the city
a month ago without notifying the
committee. This appeared a distinct
violation of his word, and Professor
Saville was asked II the doctors &C
Iion had in any was embarrassed the
committee.
you may judge that for yourself"
was the reply. we did expect DR..
Cook to come b, fore US. We extend.
ed the invitations to him as a matter
of fairness to him and he did not avail
himself to it,"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

beside the doctors brother who knew
the whereabouts of the explorer in the
last few weeks, was dumbfounded
when informed of the verdict reached
by the University Of Copenhagen.
Mr.. Wake gasped for breath and
dropped the telephone receiver.
This is such a severe blow to me
that l cannot fully appreciate it," said
Mr.. Wake when he had partly recov.
cred his composure. Il had every
confidence in DR.. Cook. Yet l am well
acquainted with the authorities of the
University of Copenhagen and l know
that any verdict they reach is just
and true.
"Dr. Cook never expected this ad.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
New Source For Food Supply.

Sydney, Nova Scotia.-That Labra-
dor may become an important source
OF fao3- sdppiy7 exporting large quaint.
ties of meat. cereals, ETC.. as we'll as
her present fish shipments is the opin-
ion of DIR. Wilfred Grenfell the min
istry.
DR.. Grenfell and his bride. formerly
Miss Canadian. Of Chisasa, are on thar
way -rf6N tie Unfed Sites TO Labra-
dor. The doctor is enthusiastic over
the ontlaok fag extanding his teIds of
reindeer. imported fcom iapland, to
all parts of Labrador.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
GAYNoR SPEAKS PLAINLY.
Tells Tammany a Few Things About
Its Methods.

New York. N. r. William j. Gay.
nor. mayor-elect. speaking at a dinner
Of 800 Tammany hall spellbinders, in
the recent. municipal campaign, said
that the condition of the fuaacias az.
fairs of the city was barbaric and q
reproach to everyone who has been re-
sponsible for it. Millions, he said,
had been extracted yearly from the
city treasury to enrich individuals.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The United States is not the only
country In the world where the cost
OF living has advanced in recent years
The complaint is SO great in Austria
that a demand is being made that the
government take over. through an az
rarfan bank. the cattle and meat bust.
ness. 1t is also proposed that a cen
trail agency be established with
branches In foreign countries so as
to facilitate importation and dealing
In cattle and meat products.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
MORGAN IN HELLO DEAL.
ElnannlAE Gehbtee Six More Phone
Lines.

Toledo, Ohio. - Official announce.
ment was made here of the purchase
by j. p. Morgan & Co. of controlling
interest in the six additional Snae-
-asssaeat teIags~~-companies of Ohio
and Indiana. Il Is announced also
that the companies will be operated
exclusively by Morgan C Co, and that
the Bell has nothing TO do with the
deal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
BROTHERS AND SISTERS BURN.
Father Arrives Too Late to Rescue
His Three Children From Flames.

Chicago. Dec. 2l.-John Corrodio,
aged Z years, Charles Corrodio. aged
2 years. and Mary Corrodio. aged 4
years, were burned to death in their
home at South Chicago. The house
ca.lxIl ga Sa-aHs-tAs 4SseUee-6f~rSc9r
parents. From a distance the father
saw IRE bursting through a window
and he hurried to rescue che c1Yfdrfein''
but was driven back by the flames.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

A minister in Chicago wants com
pulsory marriage by the state just as
It enforces compulsory education. He
also advocates women's proposing
when the men hesitate. This is a rad.
zeal age. but not so radical as to turn
iconoclastic concerning things too
deeply ingrained in the best impulses
of human nature ever to go out OF
fashion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
JOHN r. BRADLEY.

verse decision l know, for he always
spoke with full confidence that the
professors would decide that he had
gone to the pole.
AT present | do not know what to
think of my old friend, DR.. Cook.
Certainly l never dreamed of such a
fraud as seems apparent now"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Unless they are prepared to prove
themselves justified, Central Ameri-
can republics should execute Ameri.
can citizens only by the thought.wave
process.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The czar Is having all aviators
closely watched to prevent the posi-.
bility of bombs being dropped on the
palace tom eicsSsns4.~sasa&~eAe..~-ycns
ward in civilization seems to present
new ~perpiexities for the head OF the
Russian government.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

New York is threatened with a
shirt-waist famine. but that does not
necessarily suggest a season of beau
ty unadorned. for sealskin weather is
due.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

A terrible mine disaster is report.
ed from Japan. 1t would be a great
blessing to mankind If necessary hea,
and power could be obtained from
something else than coal.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The Kansas baby crop numbers
1000 less than last year. but as Kan
sas generally has a bumper corn O
she can't expect to lead in every
household necessity.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

A New York widow who possessed
many millions and might have mar.
ricd some foreigner with a title has
become the wife of an American who
isn't even a colonel on any governors
stan. Aren't some women strange
creatures?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

All the history of the past and all
the conditions of the present are elo-
Quent with the argument that a poe.
should always have some other occu-
patton on the side.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
MCKINLEY REPORT AovERsE7
Explorers Club to Receive Report Of
Investigation.

New York, Dec. 21.-A verdict
against DR.. Frederick A. Cook is re-
ported to have been reached by the
special committee Of the Explorers
club, which for more than two months
has had under way an investigation
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

When aviation becomes general the
repair shops needed will have to be as
spacious as a one-story cotton mill.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Extremely stout ladies should be APP
preached with caution when they are
to be invited to attend fat stock
shows.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The boy who hanged himself be
cause he couldn't attend a football
game probably will be listed as an.
other victim of the brutal sport"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Because his baby disturbed him, a
college professor committed suicide.
What a selfish, narrow-minded individ.
a he must have been.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

When a man dies his expenses stop,
but whether or not his experiences
stop is another question.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The crying need of the times is the
invention of an appliance which will
cause an automobile to stop automat-
ically before II hits a telegraph pole.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

A load of tobacco slipped on a wag-
on and killed two men In Virginia. A
fatal weed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The man who wears one weight of
underwear the year round should not
brag about IL.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
BRANDS
DR.. COOK A FAKER
Committee of Scientists Declares He Fails
to Prove He Reached the Pole.

Copenhagen, Dec. 21.-The Unlver'
sity Of Copenhagen, the first institu.
ton Of learning to recognize Or. Fred
erick A. Cook as tho discoverer Of the
North Pole, today soIemnly declared
that the explorer had failed to esatb-
lish the claim upon which his high
honors had been based.
The committee appointed b. the
university to examine Or. Cooks rec
ords recently presented its report to
the consIstory Of the university which
reviewed the deductions of the c
perts with the greatest care, and dis
GUESSED the findings from every stand
point. That both the committee and
the consistory were disappointed was
soon known.
The consistory met and adopted a
written report to the effect that the
alleged records submitted for examin-
alton by Dr.. Cook failed to prove his
claim that he had reached the North
Pole.
The report OF the committee, Of
which Prof. stromsren was chairman,
declares that Cooks papers, as pre-
scented to the conslstory, are without
any value; that his report to the uni
versity Is practically the same as that
In the New York Herald up
on his return from his Arctic expe-
dItion. The copies Of his notebooks
the committee says, con-
no original calculations Of OBJ
servations but only results thereof.
the committee concludes
he affords no proof Of having
the pole.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

November broke a record, but wait
until we get the official returns from
December.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The taxi-balloon is due to arrive and
aviate next season. The rate will.
however. be higher than in the things
that cannon fly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Aeroplane height flying contests are
all right providing the contestants
come down-of their own accord.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

King Rameses, the 1900 year ole
mummy, ought to create a furore In
Philadelphia society.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Says a Chicago minister-"They
don't raise big men In flats" Mild
statement-they're not allowed ever
to raise little babies there, nowadays
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

In order to get the nos satisfactory
thrill out of a series of football vic
tories It is best to ignore the fatali-
ties altogether.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

A man of experience would say that
IL depends on the barber whether he
Ia an artist or not.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

The high cost Of living is not re-
duced much, probably, by the unpre.
cedented sales of automobiles.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

IS 8 s." the new wireless call for
help. may mean Send five simoleons."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

In arranging uniform divorce laws
the whispering variety should be cut
out.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

In looking into the political future
the blind man is under no handicap.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Kindly note the few fatalities
among the billiardists this season.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Many football players are now
emerging from the arnica stage.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30
Verdict Not a Surprise.

New York, Dec. 21.-News that the
University Of Copenhagen has de-
clined to accept DR.. Cooks claim that
he had reached the North pole came
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Are we to have the crook-worm dis
ease again this winter?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-12-30

Buffalo, Do. 27-Failure of nepotias,
lions at ST. Paul is regarded ters as
the forerunner of a similar result of
the Chicago conference, at which this
territory is represented.
The attitude of the railroad inter
ests al 81. Paul" said Grand VIE
President Burt of the s~witchmen's
union tonight. indicates plain'y that
the basis of settlement In the north
west must be accountable II an the
roads included in the general manas-.
ers' association This IN ST inevitably
force the men into the same 20 ition.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09

few thousands Farm lands in Rock
Island county are selling now for at
least 800 per acre more than the
same lands could have been sold for
ten years ago. But the income from
these farms have not by any means
doubled in that time. Now as a bus
mess proposition it looks as though
that land should produce in crops. or
rent to others, for double what it for
merly did. But it would seem the far
mers of Rock Island county with
twice the investment they had ten
years ago. are receiving praaticl:iy the
same revenue thy did with half the
investment in former yeas.
More Valuable to Keep.
Now, according to this line OF rea-
soning. it would be wise to sell the
land. move to the city and live like
lord on the interest of The money
received for your farm; cut 9 shine IN
high society, and swell out your hos
ON among the cultured with nothing
to do but stand around on the street
corners, trying to kill time, and slow
ly realizing that there is no place in
this busy world for the man VINO has
nothing to do.
But why sell your farm? The ac-
QUESTION of money is not all of life.
A competence is essential; that is all
any man needs, and all he should
have The man who has earned a
competence is entitled to some of the
luxuries of life. It seems 20 NE that
living on a 5000 per acre farm is lux
ury par excellence, even if il doesn't
yield as much revenue as might be
obtained in some other way You tide
out in a rig behind a team worth
$1,000 in the markets. They yield you
no revenue. A pair of $50 plugs would
do the same work. The sa ne may De
said of the $4,000 auto. These are
simply luxuries. They will grow old,
die or wear out.
But not so with the 5000 per acre
farm. 1t, like the soul of John
Brown, will go marching on, aui on.
and on, down through the vistas of
time to future whose glories we NOR
tails are only permitted to guess at.
The Rock Island county farmer has
many adverse conditions to contend
with. The topography of this county
makes it possible for the two cities
with their suburbs to cut The farmer
in two in the middle, as it were. We
fraternize beautifully in these ANIMAL
meetings, but in local, political and
Industrial affairs, we are the upper
end and the Tower end" and as far
apart as though state lines divided u.s.
The Rock Island county farmer Meth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09
TO PAY FULL FARE
Buyers Rates to Chicago Have
Been Abandoned by the
Railroads.
WAS IN FORCE FOR YEARS
Concession Secured by Wholesalers
to Attract the Merchants from
Nearby Towns.

There will be no more reduced rates
for merchants to go to Chicago to
buy supplies. Representatives of the
20 or 80 railroads, members of the
Western Passenger association, have
voted to abandon what are known as
rates for merchants meetings and
charge the regular fares.
1t has been customary for years to
make rate Of one and one-half fares
for the round trip from all points west
south and north Of Chicago to that city
for the benefit Of retail merchants who
desire to go there for their spring and
summer purchases.
WHOLESALERS Bears Expense.
The reductions were made winter
and summer, and covered periods OF
several weeks. The railroad men agree
that these cuts in fares serve no par
ticular purpose except to cut the regu-
lar rates for the public, as the mer-
chants who took advantage of the con-
cessions were in a position to pay reg
ular fares. It was said also that the
expense of the trip was in many cases
the WnOiOSdl6T JODDGI "nO
sold to the country merchant
The abandonment of these mer-
chants rates is liable to result In a
general protest on the part of the Chi
cago mercantile interests, on the
ground that without some concession
in fares to Chicago trade will be driv-
en- to other centers near the retailers,
and to which centers the rates, of
course. will be much less.
New York Rate Holds.
The representatives Of the big Chi.
cago houses undoubtedly will be en-
barrassed by the fact that the reduced
fares made for merchants to New York
will not he withdrawn by the eastern
roads. These concessions will, how
ever, not be made to the eastern city
by the western lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-09

is but 10 years of age, and her achieve
ment was much commented upon
| There were IL contestants in the
cake baking contest, 81 in the bread
baking contest and six in the candy
contest. The samples submitted were
sold at auction, the cakes bringing
from 80 cents to $40 each and the
bread from Is cents to 20 cents for
each three loaves.
Closes In Evening.
The institute closed last evening
with addresses by County Superin-
/ tendent of Schools S. ]. Ferguson, who
/ took the place of Mrs. Allan Miller IF
Edgington on the program, and an ad-
dress by Miss Helena NJ. Pincomb, Of
/ the state university.
| Mr.. Ferguson's subject was "The
| Standardizing of Country Schools" He
| discussed the effort being made by
State Superintendent F. G. Blair along
this line and characterized the move
ment as one of the most important ev-
er undertaken for the schools in the
rural districts. The state superintend-
| ent is now sending out a representa-
tive to visit the schools throughout
the state who will award diplomas to
| the schools he finds that come up to
standard set He will visit this coun-
| ty probably next spring. Mr.. Fergu-
sons talk was meant to assist the di-
rectors of rural schools to prepare for
his coming, if they desire to do SO.
Mr.. Ferguson discussed the ques-
lions which are contained in circulars
the state superintendent has sent to
teachers in the state, and which are
to be answered by the agent when
he visits and examines the schools.
Among them are the following:
Does the teacher receive salary OF
at least $40 per month?
What preparation has the teacher
made for his work
Does the teacher attend the insti-
tutes and district meetings
Are there shade, trees or shrubbery
in the school grounds?
Is there an ample play ground?
Is the yard properly fenced and
kept?
Is there IS sufficient supply of good.
pure drinking water7