Baker Abolishes Plainclothes Police in New York
New York 1910 report states Commissioner Baker orders 263 plainclothes officers reassigned to precincts effective June 22. Captains fear loss of covert work and patrols, while some inspectors praise shift toward uniformed regular police and dedicated Detective Bureau efforts. News notes Mayor Gaynor influenced policy after a prior conference.
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New York City
William F. Baker
Baker
Geyner
Arenu
Gaynor
Akron Woman Seeks Roosevelt in Oyster Bay
A Akron Ohio woman identified as Mrs Alterman traveled to Oyster Bay to meet Theodore Roosevelt. She stayed at a hotel, hired a livery to Sagamore Hill, but learned Roosevelt was away and left town without seeing him.
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Oyster Bay
Akron
Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt
Loeb Denies Roosevelt Backing Cobb Bill Favoring Direct Primaries
Albany dispatch says rumors claimed Merritt discussed Roosevelt support with Collector Loeb and that Roosevelt opposed direct primaries. Loeb denies meeting Merritt for a year and says he favors the Cobb bill to pass, while avoiding state politics.
Discovery of an anti typhoid vaccine announced in Paris
Professor Vincent announced an effective anti typhoid vaccine before the Academy of Medicine. The vaccine was made by steeping typhoid bacilli in a weak saline solution with ether. Animal tests showed protection, and thirteen people vaccinated showed blood with properties destructive to the bacillus. Further studies indicated bacilli lose vitality when in contact with serum from vaccinated individuals.
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Paris
Vincent
Academy of Medicine
Venezuela Faces Growing Opposition to Gomez Regime
In Fort-de-France on June 21 Venezuela purchased the steamer Ville de Tanger with the Venezuelan cruiser General Salem and officials. The move signals rising concerns that President Juan Vicente Gomez may be challenged, as key figures like Nicolas Rolando and Jose Manuel Hernandez show signs of discontent and a potential new revolutionary effort within six months.
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Fort-de-France
Martinique
Ville de Tanger
French
Transatlantic Steamship Company
Trinidad
Venezuela
Juan Vicente Gomez
Cipriano Castro
Gomez
Castro
Nicolas Rolando
Caracas
Rolando
Armando Rolando
José Manuel Hernandez
el Mocho
Europe
Hernandez
Fire Near Hotel Plaza Awnings Sparks City Alarm
Two awnings on the 59th street side of the Hotel Plaza burned briefly around 10:30 last night. Passersby alerted a clerk as the house fire brigade used a fire elevator and extinguishers to rip away burning fabric and stop the blaze.
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59Th Street
Hotel Plaza
House Fire Brigade
Central Park Plaza
Old Guard Bi partisan bloc fights direct nominations in New York
Albany June 21 telegraph report says anti Hughes Republicans and Tammany Hall Democrats retain control of the Legislature. Cobb bill on direct nominations may be passed in the Senate but blocked in the Assembly. Rumors allege President Taft and Mr Roosevelt oppose direct nominations.
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Tribune
Albany
Capitol
Assemblyman
Merritt
Woodruff-Barnes-Wadsworth
Loeb
Roosevelt
Hughes
Tammany Hall
William Barnes
Senate
Grady
Tammany
Wadsworth
Assembly
Oyster Bay
Washington
Cobb
House
Taft
Mr. Roosevelt
Fred. Greiner
Greiner
Presi
Bay
Edward Merritt
New York
Four Die on Hottest Day June Has Had Yet
New Yorkers faced a brutal heat wave with temperatures reaching 99 to 105 degrees across the city. Four deaths in Brooklyn and Manhattan were attributed to the heat, including a 58 year old night watchman and a 46 year old dock worker, with additional cases of prostration and one demented man taken to Bellevue. The Weather Bureau noted a widespread heat wave across the nation with high temperatures and rising humidity despite a morning storm.
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Benjamin James
Tillary Street
Brooklyn
Sophie Mensing
van Brunt Street
Long Island College Hospital
William Bradley
Wythe Avenue
West 47Th Street
Bellevue
Joseph Passone
Fifth Avenue
16Th Street
Murphy
Passone
Kings County Hospital
Manhattan
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bronx
Harlem
Father Knickerbocker
Ten Die From Heat In Philadelphia City
Telegraph report from Philadelphia notes ten heat deaths and many prostrations as temperatures reached high levels. Five victims were children under five and most deaths affected the poor. Nearby Pittsburg mills report prostrations, shutdowns, and high mill temperatures around 140 degrees in May.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
The
Pittsburg
P Pitsburg
McKeesport
Homestead
Monongahela Valley
Coronation Planned for May 1914 in London and Canada
London reports the coronation of King George is expected mid May 1914. Immediately after, the Duke of Connaught will travel to Canada to assume the Governor Generalship.
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London
Connaught
Canada
George
Duke of Connaught
Minnesota GOP Convention Nominates Ticket For Governor and Others
At St Paul on June 21 the Minnesota Republican convention endorsed Taft administration policies while reaffirming Roosevelt policy support. Governor A O Eberhart was nominated for re election. S Y Gordon for Lieutenant Governor. Moses E Clapp for re election. An insurgent effort for Roosevelt policy endorsement failed.
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St. Paul
Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
Minnesota
Congress
A. O. Eberhart
S. Y. Gordon
Brown's Valley
Moses E. Clapp
Hugh T. Halbert
Runaway Car Ride Sends Three Down Orange Mountain
Three men tested a repaired car on Eagle Rock avenue in West Orange when brakes failed and the vehicle veered down the mountain. Driver Frederick Blaney suffered two broken ribs. Alfred Pashby and William E Eveland escaped injury. The car belonged to Harry B. Fonda of the Trust Company of America.
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West Orange
N. J
Orange Mountain
Eagle Rock Avenue
Frederick Blaney
East Orange
Blaney
Alfred Pashby
William E. Eveland
Harry B. Fonda
The
Trust Company of America
Fuller Terrace
Orange
Deutschland airship Deutschland maiden voyage announced
The Zeppelin dirigible Deutschland is ready to start from Friedrichshafen for a maiden flight to Dusseldorf with Count Zeppelin at the helm. Twenty passengers will travel in a luxury cabin as it sails via Stuttgart Mannheim Cologne. Promoters are Hamburg American Steamship and German Airship Stock Company. Speed is thirty five miles per hour.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Zeppelin
Cincinnati Surgeon’s Fiancée Marries NY Man Instead
Miss Dolores Cameron, twenty, daughter of the late Walter Cameron, marries Mareium Owens of New York on June 14 in New York. Owens, who was to be Clifton’s best man, becomes groom as Cameron switches plans amid Clifton’s navy assignment. Owens and Cameron depart on a wedding trip while Clifton sails Atlantic waters.
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Tribune
Cincinnati
Dolores Camerson
Walter Cameron
Mareium Owens
New York
Nws
Alfred Lee Clifton
United States Navy
Michigan
Miss Cameron
Owens
Clifton
Ward Baldwin
Naval
Hotel Astor
Europe
Cafton
High Seas
Thoma
Emperor William to sail to Kiel from Altona
Berlin reports Emperor William will depart for Hamburg tomorrow and board the Hohenzollern at Altona for Kiel. A knee inflammation improved with treatment, nearly ending plans to attend this year’s races.
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Berlin
William
Hamburg
Altona
Kiel
Taft Administration's Unparalleled Record 1909 Reforms
The 61st Congress closes its first regular session with landmark legislation. Federal control of railways expands under the Interstate Commerce Commission, postal savings banks secure small deposits, and conservation advances reshape land, water, and mineral policy. Arizona and New Mexico gain separate statehood. naval reorganization and irrigation funding advance, with wide reforms across industry, immigration, and public works.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
61St
Congress
Taft
Senate
Postal Savings Bank
Commission
United States Treasury
Arizona
New Mexico
Bureau of Mines
O&s
United States
Alaska
Government of
Hawaii
Commission of Fine Arts
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Maiden Lane
Vie
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Untess
Old Guards
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Kaiser
WM. H. Taft
Pach Brothers
Postal Banks
New States
Conservation of
Tariff Board
Naval Reorganization
Tribune Bureau
Bureau of
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Lighthouse Board
Maine
Havana Harbor
Department of Agriculture
Geological Survey
Department of Justice
Joint Commission
Glacier National Park
Montana
California
District of Columbia
Justice Moody
Payne Aesence
United Stans
Tame
Abe
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