The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-12-31
YEAR 1910 NOTABLE
/. FOR BIC EVENTS IN
MANY LINES
Twelve Month. (st Closing Win
Place in History by Striking
Political Changes and Other
Happenings.
Roosevelt Rose To Height OF World
Popularity. But Party Went
Down To Defeat.

NE WYORK, Dec. 3l.-The year
1919 has taken its place in history AS
year in which much was doing.
/ Many high events stand out as mile
posts OF the twelve months.
Political insurgency" signalized
/ 1910 in the United States. A group OF
Republicans, joined with progressive
Democrats, succeeded in breaking
the power OF Speaker Cannon to hold
|up progressive legislation. The vic
Story OF progressive Democrats In
Arkansas and Name in September
was forerunner OF the landslide
\ Nov. s, in which almost the entire
Y nation repudiated the standpatters III
congressional and state elections.
Emil Seidel socialist, was elected
mayor in Milwaukee, April 5; the
\ first socialist congressman, Victor
d Berger Nov. s.
Territorial conventions adopted
srlutocratic constitution in New Mex.
blco and a progressive one in Arizona
convention,
On Nov s the initiative and refer
kcndum was carried in Colorado, and
kWashlngton became the fifth state 10
hgive wome nthe right TO vote.
The year 1910 saw Theodore Roose.
kNelt rise to a height OF world-popu-
hlarity TINT no man before him had
preached while alive. He emerged
sfrom his hunting trip in the jungle
Vol Africa March IA, to begin trium-
sphal progress unmatched in the
Nworld's history. He was given an
Enthusiastic reception on his arrival
81 New York. and again during a
In llitical trip 10 the west The defeat
20 the Republican party in New York
4 v As looked upon as a defeat OF T. r.
a The year 1910 made history in air
Navigation. No great improvements
ssvere made in the machines. but dar.
ine airmen learned the use of the
Eaachines so well that remarkable
records were established Aviation
gi:eets became common over the civil
jiZed world. Louis Paulhan few 1Si
Jniles from London TO Manchester,
'inaking but one stop. on April %.
.iiienn III. Curtiss flew from Albany
No New York May %.
. Count Zeppelin established the frs,
ineroplane passenger service between
\ wo German cities. The first airship
1yreck in storm occurred June %, |
Put the 80 passengers of the Yep |
pelin ship were rescued. Chavez |
4 rossed the Alps mountains, Sept. %, |
'but received fatal injuries.
! Attempting 10 cross the Atlantic |
from Atlantic City in a dirigible bal !
Boon. Oct 10, Walter Welman was |
RESCUED $50 miles east of Cape Hat |
u eras, making the longest air journey |
toVer the sea.
y Rising at st. Louis. Alan J. Haw |
Fey and Augustus Post made q record |
Wy flying all the way TO northern |
Quebec in balloon Eugene Ely |
'Fnade the first flight from the deck of |
NJ warship TO land Nov. "a On Oct. II |
"a French dirigible balloon, carrying |
t'even people. made the voyage from
F'ompeigne to London, across the [
channel, in six hours. a journey re-
eiuiring seven hours by the fastest ex.
8nress train and boats. REM Barrier, |
4 Frenchman. established new
,speed record when he few more than |
f16 miles in 10 minutes and 50 1-5 sec. |
4 mas. at Memphis, Dec. Z. NJ Leg |
slgneux rose to the record height of |
f!0,499 feet at Pau, France, Dec. O. |
srwenty-three aviators were killed.
Conservation received a setback |
when President Taft removed Chief |
y forester Clifford Pinchot. Jan Z, be-
cause he criticised the president for
lremoving l.. r. CLAWS. CLAWS had |
Exposed Secretary Of the Interior |
Pallinger's work. TO let private inter
Essts steal the peoples valuable water
bower and coal lands
4 Experiments with soldiers seemed |
30 show incubation against typhoid |
successful
4 Other events of the year were
4 Jan. 3: Mrs +. II. Hartman gives |
4, 5000 acres and 81 ,O00. 900 for a New |
Work state nature park
(, Jan. 81: Storms through western |
Europe; big Paris flood