Forts Hold Off In Night Naval Battle Near Port Howard
Baltimore dispatch describes a dawn engagement where forts and artillery repelled attacks by advancing destroyers. Forts Howard, Small-Pease, Carroll and Armistead fired on the approaching vessels as ships like Worden and Whipple engaged, with multiple torpedo boats reported sunk and the Texas sustaining heavy damage before retreating. The defense maintained readiness through the night as soldiers stood watch, meals served in shifts, and officers stayed at their posts awaiting further action.
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Baltimore
Lqbe
Gutack
Fort Howard
Dickins
Port Howard
Estecter
Fort Howart
Worden
Whipple
Mauer de McDonough
Steuart
Fort Howard Chevener
Howard
Small- Pseamuistead
Carroll
HE Grande
Iver
Joward
Fort Howi Pay
Evie Rhuy
Bethe Shin
Geetrover
Armistead
Texas
Listiegone
Bng
Gomh Chenapeane Bay
Dickine
Senay Point
Tocal
Dickinn
Ste
Jack Thorp
Mississippi River Flood Reports Narrowed By Mississippi Valley
Mississippi River spread across lowlands from Hannibal to Keokuk with river width five to eight miles. Riley Smallwood drowned. seven missing. Livestock losses rise as boats rescue people. Property loss estimated in the millions as floods crest near La Crosse with gauge at 124 above low water.
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Hannibel
Here
Keo Kuk
Alexandria
Riley Smallwood
Canton
Memphis
West Quincy
Keokuk
Gsve
Dietrich
la Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Heart Disease Drives City Death Rate Jump
Health officials report heart disease caused a sharp rise in the city death rate for the week ending Saturday June 10. Fifteen deaths from this cause occurred last week, compared with a previous year. Overall mortality rose to 12.72 per thousand versus 26.61 a year ago, marking a notable one week increase. Other leading causes and detailed figures follow in the report.
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City Health Authentics
Hill moves in Patrick case before Court of Appeals
Albany June 12 Ex Senator David B Hill, attorney for Albert T Patrick, asked Chief Judge Cullen for permission to file a motion for reargument in the Patrick murder case. The court will decide tomorrow at 3 p.m. If allowed, the matter may go over after a fall recess, with papers not ready this week. Court calendar lists cases Nos 308, 21, 63, 49, 60, 54, 51, 52. adjournment set for June 16 until October 1.
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Albany
United States
David B Hill
Albert T. Patrick
Act
William M.ice
Cullen
Court of Appeals
Patrick Cass
Grape Nuts Linked to Health Claims in Early Ad Ad
A testimonial asserts Grape Nuts improved digestion, kidney health, and mental sharpness after switching from heavy meats. The speaker cites relief from heartburn, back pain, and fatigue, claiming steady nerves and better work performance after adopting the cereal, and mentions Postum Co. at Battle Creek and The Road to Wellville book.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Army and Navy Wireless Debate and Vessel Movements
Washington reports friction between government and Marconi over wireless telegraphy and naval use limits. Navy aims to encourage competition, set performance requirements, and pursue long distance links amid ongoing orders and vessel movements through mid June.
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Trmom Tre Triaunt Bobeat
Washington
Naval Wireless Wreangle
Navy Department
Asif Neer
Naval
San Francisco
Honolulu
Naval Bureau of Equipment
Conness
United States
Ttalian
Marconi Company
Drift and drill amid rain at Peekskill State Camp
At the state camp near Peekskill on June 12 the crest of Dunderberg Mountain remained clouded as heavy rain drenched tents and trenches. Cadence and length-of-step drills proceeded in the morning under shelter tent instruction, with band music filling the soggy afternoon. Lieutenant Colonel Kipp led the 1st Battalion during a brisk evening parade. Quartermaster Sergeant Alexander Y. Pringle went home after an accident, and plans called for battalion drill in close order formation if weather permits tomorrow led by Captain Benjamin B. McAlpin and Second Lieutenant Maxweil B Nesbitt.
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Peekskill State Camp
Dunderberg Mountain
Evenine
Hut St
Appleton
Kipp
Alexander Y. Pringle
Peekskill Station
New-York
Long Branch
Benjamin B. McAlpin
Guard
Maxweil B Nesbitt
Trains Delayed as Long Island Railroad Struggles with New Switch
System-wide delays persisted on the Long Island Railroad as operators battled the new switching setup. Morning crowds faced late trains, yards packed, passengers abandon cars for ferries, and workers rushed to clear the yard amid ongoing disruptions. Officials expressed temporary improvement but cautioned patience as the plan firmed up.
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Long Island
Crowes
A Woodward
Paters
Sayrina
Seventeen Milkmen Fined For Adulterated Milk
Seventeen milkmen were fined by the Court of Special Sessions for selling adulterated milk mix. Fines ranged from five to ten dollars. one defendant faced ten days in jail. Justice Devel reportedly helped convict at least one culprit, and penalties included fines and potential jail time.
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Court of Special Sessions
Devel
All-rail route to Paris via Alaska and Siberia proposed
American and French engineers back an ambitious plan to tunnel Behring Strait and link New York to Paris by rail. The scheme envisions a 38 mile tunnel and a 5,000 mile Arctic-Siberian rail network connecting Alaska to the Trans-Siberian system. An international committee cites feasibility, with costs estimated at 260 to 300 million dollars and French Russian American backing.
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Paris
Alaska
Behring Strait
M. Loteg de Lobel
la Savoie
France
Russia
Alfred Craven
Rapid Transit Commission
Edward Hond
Albany
M. de Lobel
Waldorf
St. Petersburg
Ati Cousae
GiMcult
Manel
Alaskan
Siberian
Diamede Islands
Siberia
Irkutsk
Cornell City
Nulato
Fairbanks
Dawson
Grand Trunk Pacific
Hallroads
St Petersburg
New-York
Russi
United States
Exoneration of Brooklyn Political Leader Sharkey
Naval Officer Robert A Sharkey was cleared of anonymous charges about race attendance civil service violations and using his office for politics. A Treasury special agent found the accusations unfounded. Sharkey, a Brooklyn Republican leader, acknowledged being a politician but says it does not affect his duties.
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Robert A Sharkey
Treasury Department
Sharkey
Civil Service
Politica Club
Trassury Department
Babe
Brooklyn
Found Dead After Two Years In San Francisco
A two years search ends at the coroners office for D. W. Ross prominent city contractor who disappeared in August 190?. George H. Harris identified a photograph and description of a man killed by a streetcar in September 190? as the father of Dr. Frank C. Hors the astronomer now assistant director at Carnegie Institute Washington DC and Walter Ross in government service The body buried at Potter's Field will be exhumed and buried by the son.
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San Francisco
D. W. Ross
George H. Harris
Frank C. Hors
Carnegie Insitute
Washington, D. C
Walter Ross
Sona
Rain and Fog Halt Harbor Traffic and Flood Districts
Dense fog and rain disrupted harbor navigation from morning until 4:20 pm as steamers anchored and river craft inched along. The Minnehaha from London reached Bedloe’s Island area after fog, carrying forty horses and twenty one dogs. Harborside districts flooded near Harrison and Wallabout, streets blocked, sewers failed, and cars diverted. Public schools housed flood victims, while officials assessed damaged foundations and cellar inundation.
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Iower Bay
London
Bedlow's Island
Tomao- King
Noetland
Flushing Ave
Clymer
Buildings Department
Judge condemns police raids on West Side Club in race betting case
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor in Brooklyn criticized police methods in a bid for an injunction by John Phelps, president of the West Side Club, alleging unlawful entry and damage. The judge warned that breaking into clubs without evidence or a warrant betrays a free government and mocks due process.
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Gaynor
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
West Side Club
Manhattan
John Phelps
Allen
Richest Captain Out Dismissed For Second Time
Police Captain Daniel C Moynihan, famed as one of the wealthiest on the force, was dismissed by Commissioner McAdoo for a second time in three years. His prior retrials involved directing a patrolman to work in a station tenement and aiding a mausoleum project for his wife. McAdoo also announced a fixed minimum fine for specific offences to standardize penalties.
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Daniel C. Moynihan
McAdoo
Partridge
Moynihan
McAvoy
3Fc- Adoo
Long Island
Raid on policy shops nets multiple arrests in West 20th district
Following Captain Goddard's death the Anti-Policy Society warned against illegal policy rooms. Superintendent Burke raided two shops at West 1st and West 20th streets. At the first, Fritz Strahlmeyer’s rear saloon hid fifteen men ten women and two girls awaiting the drawing. Arrests included Fritz Strahlmeyer Herman Hoffman and Warren Gillard. At the West 20th place James McElroy's saloon crowd awaited results. James Rogers an old offender was arrested after a struggle. Others named included Christopher Meyers John Wash Ronnie Russell and John H Christian. Tables toppled and panic spread among women present.
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Goddard
Anti-Policy Society
The
Tribune
Richard P. Burke
Ant-Policy Society
West Dl-St
West 2Th-St
West Sith-st
Fritz Strahlmeyer
Strahlmeyer
Herman Hoffman
West Fist-St
Warren Gillard
Hoffman
Mr. Burke
Burke
Heaney
Ray
West
James McElroy
James Rogers
West 20Th-St
Rogers
Billy
Christopher Meyers
West Sst
John Wash
Ronnie Russell
West Hith-st
John H Christian
Open Game Rules Discussed by Intercollegiate Football Board
The Advisory Board of the Intercollegiate Football Association met at the Hotel Manhattan to consider rule changes. After three and a half hours, only increasing sideline coaching penalties from five to ten yards passed, with debate on backfield spacing and a more open style of play. The group, including Walter Camp and other university representatives, remained in session into the early morning.
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Intercollegiate Football Association
Manhattan
Walter Camp
Yale
Paul J. Dashiell
Annapolis
A. A. Stags
University of Chicago
J. C. Bell
University of Pennsylvania
Fessor Fins
Princeton
Dennis
Correl
Hearing on School Playgrounds Resolution Deliberated
Fifty men and women representing philanthropic and athletic groups and the Board of Education attended a hearing in the Aldermanic Chamber on Berimate resolutions to issue 508000 corporate stock for four school athletic fields and to appropriate 000000 for small playgrounds citywide. No action was taken.
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Philantropic
Board of Education
Aldermanic Chamber
Board of Berimate
Parker to be declared winner in Long Island auto run
It is learned that Dr C B Parker driving the 10 horsepower Franklin will win the economy run from Southampton to return. The test compared auto travel with railroad fare and showed the Franklin four passengers at under 81 cents each versus 53 cents by rail. Seventeen started, fifteen finished with the race proving auto cost efficiency.
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C. B. Parker
Long Island Automobile Club
Southampton
Long Island
M Cout
Virginia Defeats Georgetown In College Baseball Tilt
Virginia beat Georgetown by a score not fully legible in the report. Six Virginia runs came on bunched hits in the third, sixth and eighth innings, with listed players Ballerice Pollard Adame Chandler Whitetree and Hart contributing to the effort in a mid June game played in Charlottesville Virginia.
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Virginia
Charlotteavilla
University of Virginia
Georgetown Today
Giants Falter in Chicago as National League Play Continues
Chicago defeats New York 5 to 1 in a seven inning effort by Welmer and late Chicago errors. Maloney homered in support of the winded Chicago offense while Ames relieved and allowed four hits in seven. Tinker and Strang contributed on defense as the Giants suffer another loss to the Cubs in the Chicago stand.
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Chicago
Giants
Welmer
Ames
New York
Chance
Tinker
Evers
Strang
Taylor
Dahle
Maloney
Slegie
Innines
New-York
Malones
Stasey
Maroney
Devlin
Gilbert
King
Weimer
Balleort Weimar
Bal—Y Weimer
Geme
Emalle and
Tausawine
Another Fall for Brooklyn as St Louis Shut Out 9 0
St Louis defeated Brooklyn 9 to 0 on June 12. Kellum allowed little, Grady hit a homer, and the St Louis lineup pressed early. Grady drove in Burke with a homer, and a five-run fifth inning widened the gap as Kellum, Shay, Malay, Shannon and others contributed key hits and errors aided the hosts.
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St. Louis
Brooklyn
McIntyre
Mabty
Kellum
Grady
Burke
Aingie
Shay
Shannon
Renae
Beckley
Clarke
Washington Defeats Chicago in Gratt Victory Game
Washington earned a great victory over Chicago today, solving pitchers Smith and Altrock. Smith exited in the sixth after seven hits. Wolfe starred for Washington as the visitors managed only seven hits. The score was recorded as follows.
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Washington
Chicago
Suith
Altcork
Smith
Wolfe
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Wellville
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Behring Tunnel
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Robert A. Sharkey
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