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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. i ) MM OF 15 IGHOUTWORL Chronology of the Year, Giving the Most Important Events in All Countries. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR 8lnklng of Lusltanla and the Teutonic Drives Through Poland and Ser bia, the Outstanding Features Prominent Persons Who Passed Away. COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD. EUROPEAN WAR Jan. 1. British battleship Formidable eunk by German submarine In the Eng lish channel, with 679 of crow. Jan. 5. Russians annihilated Ninth Turkish aimy corps and routed First and Tenth corps In the Caucasus. Russians forced Uzsok pass In the Cnrpathtans. Jan. 10. I.llle evacuated by Germans and occupied by British, Jan. 17. Russians stormed southern Carpathian pass and entered Transyl vania. Jan. 19. Blx German Zeppelins raided j the Norfolk const, dropping bombs In AVarmouth, Sandrlngham, King's Lynn, Comer, Shcrrlngham and Beeston, caus ing heavy damage and some loss of life. Jan. St. German armored cruiser Blue chor sunk and two battlo cruisers crip pled by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron In running fight in North sea. Jan. 26. Austro-Hungarlan forces occu pied Klelce, Russian Poland. Jan. 27. Austrlans drove Russians from Uzsok pass In Carpathians. Feb. 1. French torpedo boa sunk off Nleuport. Feb. 2. Anglo-French fleet destroyed four forts In the Dardanelles. . Feb. 4. Germany declared waters jk around British Isles a war zone. Feb. 6. Russians crossed River Rawka, penotratlng German front west of War taw. Feb. 9. Germans violently bombarded Bolssons, setting it afire. Feb. 10. "Russians repulsed Austro-Germans In Carpathians but were driven back In Bukowlna. British held cargo of food ship Wll holmlna. Feb. 11. United States warned Germany against' destroying American vessels or live of American citizens In attacking shipping, and warned Great Britain of the danger to American Interests In the use of American flag by British vessels. Germans evacuated Lodz, but drovo the Russians out of Bast Prussia, Fob. 17. Germany replied unfavorably to American warning not to sink Ameri can ships, and Great Britain refused to modify Us shipping orders. Germany began blockade of England by sinking two vessels. Feb. 23. German blockaders sank American Bteamer Carlb, Norwegian ship Regln, damaged British collier and three British merchant steamers. Reims bombarded by Germans, 0 ci vilians killed. Feb. 25. Allied fleets reduced Turkish forts at entrance of Dardanelles. Feb. 28,-DacIa seized by French cruiser and taken to Brest. March 2. Great Britain laid embargo Xgalnst shipment of all commodities Into -j'Ooi'maiiy v Hamburg-American officials Indicted In y.aw York by federal grand Jury for con spiracy to defraud the United States. March 5. Austrlans evacuated Czerno wltz, Bukowlna. March S. Zeppelin airship L-8 de stroyed near Tlrlemont and 17 of crew killed. March 10. American ship William P. Frye sunk by German cruiser Prlnz Eltel Frledrlch. Prlnz Eltel at Newport News with captain and crew of Frye. March 11. German submarine U-12 sunk by British torpedo boat Ariel. British took Neuvo Chapcllo. Germans abanboned Augustowo, Po land. March 13. British order In council shut off all trndo with Germany, ordering tech nical blockade. German cruiser Dresden sunk oft Falk land Islands by British warships Glasgow nnd Kent and Japanese converted cruiser Orama. March 18. American sanitary commis sion organized for work In Serbia. British battleships Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sunk by mines In tlio Dardanelles. March 22. Austrian fortress of Przem yzl surrendered to Russians. Turks massacred thousands of Chris tians at Urumlah, Persia. March 23. Germans in Ghent executed 17 Belgians as spies. Germans drove Russians out of East Prussia. Allies landed forco on Galllpoll penin sula. March 27. Russians forced wny through Carpathians Into Hungary. March 23. Twenty-day battle In Cham pagne country won by French, Germans losing 50.000. t German submarlno sank British steam ers Agullar and Falaba, about 140 lives being lost. ., belli ' Tl Lpril 4. Russians cleared Besktd range Austrlans. Turkish cruiser Mejldleh sunk by Rus sian mine. April 8. Germany agreed to pay for sinking American ship William P. Frye. April 10. Steamer Harpalyce, first relief-ship of New York to Belgium, sunk In North sua by torpedo or mine. April 21.-Unlted States replied to Ger man government's criticism of Its for eign policies, denying allegations and re jecting suggestions that exportation of arrrs be prohibited. April 26. French cruiser Leon Gambet ta sunk by Austrian torpedo, K2 lives lost. April 29. German air raiders dropped Incendiary bombs on five English east coast towns. Russians occupied Loubnla, northeast of Uzsok pass. April SO.-Rrltlsh announced destruction of eight German submarines within week by mines and net traps. May 1. British torpedo boat destroyer and two German torpedo boats aunk in fight In North sea. American tank steamer Gulfllght tor- pedoed by Germans off Scllly Islands, cap tain and two seamen lost. May 6. Austro-German forces occupied Tarnow. May 7. Cunard liner Lusltanla torpedoed and sunk by Germans off const of Ireland with loss of 1,20 lives, Including 115 Americans: among the latter A. G. Van derbllt, Elbert Hubbard, Chns. Frohman. Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon May 8. British destroyer Maori sunk by mine. Russian naval baso of Llbau captured by Germans. FACTS OF INTEREST Algerian brier roots aro now used In plpo making. Experiments In Norway with fishing .with tho aid of olectrlc lights lowered Into tho sea bavo been total falluros, tho illumination apparently frighten inc tho flBh away. An Instrument bo delicate as to re cord a temperature chango cf one millionth of a degree Is used by tho United States bureau of standards to moasuro the boat of stars. May ll.-Cablnot decided U. 8. should demand Germany make reparation for deaths of Americans resulting from sub marlno attacks and Rive guaranties against repetition of offense. Mny 11,-Brltlsh battleship Clollath tor pedoed In Dardanelles, 800 lost. May 13.-l'resldent Wlkw Is note to Ger many cabled. May lT.-Zeppelm attacked English coast towns and was driven off and crip pled by aeroplanes. Mny 21.-French won entire Loretto hill north of Arras nftcr six months of con tinuous fighting. May 22.-Russlan battleship Pontelel mon sunk In Black sea with 1.400 men. May 23. Italy declared war against Austria-Hungary. Mny 25. Italy Invnded Austria at head of Gulf of Venice, seizing four towns. British warship Triumph sunk by tor pedo In Dardanelles. May 26. American steamer Nobrasknn, from Liverpool without cargo, struck and crippled by torpedo off Irish coast. Italy Invaded the Trentlno. May 27,-Brltlsh battleship Malcstto de stroyed by torpedo In Dardanelles. British auxiliary steamship Princes Irene blown up In Shecrness harbor, 430 lives lost. May 30. Germnn reply to Wilson note received at Washington and declared evnstvo. May 31. German Zeppelins made raid on London. June 3. Przcmysl recaptured by Ger mans nnd Austrlans. June 11. Italians took Gradlsca nnd other important towns. Juno IS. Austro-Germnns, advancing on Lemberg, captured Mosctska. Allied aeroplanes fleet bombarded Karls ruhe, killing 27 persons. Zeppelin raided English northeast coast, killing IK persons. June 16. Russians driven over Gallclan border. Germany called 400,000 young trained men to the colors. June 21. Austro-Germans took Rawn Ruskn from Russians. General De Wet found guilty of trea son. Juno 23. Lemberg captured by Austro Germans. French took Germnn work called tho Labyrinth, west of Lens. Juno 28. Italy broke diplomatics rela tions with Turkey. Dominion frolght liner Armenian sunk by Germans, 20 Americans lost. Juno 30. Russians began retreat from Vistula river in Poland. July 7. Twenty allied aeroplanes raided Bruges, destroying docks. U. S. navy department seized German wireless plant at Sayvllle, L. I., for breaches of neutrality. July 8. Germany's reply to American noto on submarine warfare unyielding In most Important particulars. July 9. German forces In German Southwest Africa surrendered to General Botha. British liner Orduna, bringing Ameri cana homo from Europe, attacked by German submarine with torpedo and shells. July 18. Italian bruiser Giuseppe Gari baldi sunk by Austrian submarine. July 22. American reply to Germany, reaffirming former stand, sent to Berlin. Terrible massacres of Armenians by Turks reported. July 26. American steamer Leelanaw sunk by German submarine; crew saved July 27. Austrlans made air raid on Verona. July 30. Austrlans occupied Lublin. July 31. Leyland liner Iberian sunk by German torpedo boat; seven of crew killed. Aug. 2. Mltnu, capital of Courland, taken by Germans. Aug. 3. Great Britain flatly rejectod American contentions against blockade. Aug. 5. Warsaw occupied by the Ger mans. Aug 6. Ivangorod taken by Austro Germans. Aug. 9 British cruiser India and de stroyer Lynx sunk. Turkish battleship Kheyr-Ed-DIn Bar barossa sunk by submarine in Darda nelles. Germans occupied Praga. Zeppelins rntded English east coast. killing IS; one Zeppelin destroyed. Aug. 10. U. S rejected Austro-Hungarlan views on shipment of war supplies. Aug. 11. British submarines entered Black sea and torpedoed the Breslau and Goeben. Aug. 14. British troopship Royal Ed ward sunk by submarine In Aegean sea; 900 lost. Aug. 17. Germans took fortress of Kov no. Greek cabinet resigned and Venlzelos wns Invited to form now ministry. U. H. accepted German offer of compen sation In Frye case. Zeppelins raided British cast coast, killing ten civilians. Aug. 19. White Star liner Arabic, Liv erpool for Boston, torpedoed nnd sunk by German submarlno off Irish coast; 45 lost. Including two Americans. Aug 20. German fleet engaged Russian fleet In Gulf of Riga, each side losing sev eral vessels. Germans took Russian fortress of Novo georglevsk Aug 21. Italy declared war on Turkey German cruiser sunk by British sub marine In Baltic sea. British seaplane sank loaded Turkish troopship in Sea of Marmora. Germans enptured Blelsk, Russia. Aug. 23. Germans occupied Russian fortress of Ossowetz. Aug. 25. Germans took Blalystok and Brest-Lltovsk. Aug. 26. Germans captured Russian fortress o. Ollta. Germany declared the sinking of the Arabic, If done by German submarlno, was decidedly condemned by the German government nnd full reparation would be made. Aug. 31. Adolphe Pegoud, noted French aviator, killed In action. Germans took Russian fortress of Lutsk. Sept. 2. Germany offered to submit Lu sltanla and Arabic compensation claims to The Hague tribunal. Russians evacuated Grodno. Papers Involving Dumba and Bernstorff taken by British from J. F. J, Archibald Sept. 4. Allan liner Hesperian torpedoed off Fastnct; 26 lost Sept. 9. President Wilson demanded re call of Austrian Ambassador Dumba. Germany declared It would pay no In demnity for Arabic deaths. Zeppelins raided London, killing 20 and Injuring 6. Sept. 10. Germany defended attack on Orduna, saying It tried to escape subma rine. Anglo-French financial commission ar rived In America to arrange for loan of 500,000,000 to allies. Sept. 15. Russians checked Von Hln denburg's drlvo toward Riga and drovo Austrlans further back In Gallcla. Sept. 18. Vllna evacuated by Russians. Sept. 19. British transport Ramazan sunk by submarine In Aegean sea; hun dreds lost. Sept. 22. French aviators dropped 100 bombs on royal palaco at Stuttgart and elsewhere In Wurtemborg. Germans captured Ostrow, but bulk of Russian army In Vllna Ballent escaped. Sept. 23. Germany promised American ships carrying conditional contraband would not be sunk by submarines, and made other concessions. Sept. 25. Allies on western front bogan tremendous general attack on Germans. Sept. 28. American loan to allies, half a billion dollars at 5 per cent, announced. Italian battleship Benedetto Brln de stroyed by Interior explosion; 246 hist. Austria-Hungary recalled Ambassador Dumba. Does Rapid Calculation Designed to meet tho requirements of bookkeopors and clerical workors, a comparatively lnoxponslvo rapid-calculating dovlco has been Introduced, which Is capablo of adding, subtracting and multiplying quickly and ac curately. Tho Instrument 13 about 10 lnchos long, 2 inchos wldo aud ono balf inch thick. It Is provided with a series of sovon dials, which aro revolved by a stylus when making calculations. A slnglo turn of ono of tho wheels adds a fjguro to ft previous register and simultaneously shows a total. Tho dovlco may bo used on a lodger page and moved downward as tho work proceeds. Tho government of Bolivia Is tho first to uso motion pictures to adver tise Its Industries to business men In tho United States. Sept 29 Great battle In west without definite result. Oit. 6, Venlzelos, flrcok premier, re signed because tho king opposed his pro gram of aiding the attics. Germany, through Ambassador von BemRtorfT. disavowed the net of tho sub marine commander In sinking the Arable nnd offered Indemnity for two American lives ltjst; President Wilson accepted of fer. Oct. 7. Four hundred thousand Austro Germans began Invasion of Serbia, cross ing tho Drlna. Danube and Save rivers at many points New Greek cabinet headed by Alexan der Zalmts appointed. Oct. 8. Serbia declared war on Bul garia. Greek cabinet decided on policy pf "benovolcnt neutrality" toward ntllei. Oct. 9. Flerco battlo between Serbians and Austro-Germans nlong Drlna river Belgrade enptured by the Germans. Oct. 10. Six German nnvnl omccrs In terned at Norfolk, Va., disappeared. Oct. 12. Bulgaria began Invasion of Serbia. Fortress of Semcndrla takon by the Germans. Germans executed Edith Cavoll, British nurse, In Brussels. Oct. 13. Zeppelins bombarded London, killing 55 persons. Bulgaria declared war on Serbia. Oct. 15. Great Brltlan declared war on Bulgaria. France declared war on Bulgaria. Oct. 19. Italy declared war on Bulgaria. , Bulgarians cut Nlsh-Salonlkl railroad at Vranva. Oct 22. German drlvo on Riga was halted. Germans defeated In bloody fight on Tahuro hill, Frnnco. Oct. 23. Germany officially uphold exe cution of Edith Cavell. British submarlno sank German cruiser Prlnz Adalbert near Labau. Oct 24. British submarine sank Turkish transport Carmen In Sea of Marmora. Germans drovo back Russians north west of Dvtnsk. Oct. 26. Teutons nnd Bulgarians Joined forces and moved south In Serbia. British transport Marquette torpedoed In Aiean; 90 lost. Oct 2S. French cabinet resigned and Brland became premier. Nov. 4. Zalmls cnblnot defeated In Greek chamber of deputies and resigned. Nov. 5. Bulgarians defeated French near Prlllp but wero beaten at Babuna pass. German cruiser Undlno sunk by BrltlBh submarine. Nov. 6. Bulgarians enpturod Nlsh. opening through rail routo for Teutons to Turkey. King of Grccco called M. Skouloudls to form now neutrality cabinet Nov. 9. Italian liner Ancona sunk by Austrian submarine In Mediterranean; 200 lost. Including somo Americans. Nov, 10. German cruiser Frauonlob tor pedoed by British submarlno In Battle. Nov. 12. Churchill resigned from Brit ish cabinet to Join tho army In Franco. Nov. 13. Bulgarians and Germans drove Serbians out of Mornva valley. Nov. 14. Austrian aeroplanes raided Ve rona, killing thirty. Nov. 16.-U. S. called on Austria-Hungary to explain sinking of the Ancona. Nov. 17. Bulgarians outflanked Serbians In Babuna pass and French along Cerna river, British hospital ship Anglla sunk by mine In English channel; 85 lost. Austria formally denied blame for loss of life In sinking of the Ancona. Gorltz, under terrific bombardment. In flames In many places. Nov. 20. Germans occupied Novlbazar. German guardshlp sunk by Russian de stroyers near Llbnu: ISO lost. Nov. 25. Germnns captured thousands more Serbians and drovo the northern army toward tho frontlor. British advance on Bagdad repulsed by Turks. Nov. 27. Serbian government and the diplomatic corps arrived at Scutari. Canadian government selzod ull high grado whent In elevators from Fort Wil liam to Atlantic coast Dec. 1. Teutons and Bulgarians pursued Serbs Into Albania. Dec. 2. Moro Italians landed at Avlona Monastlr occupied by Austrlans. Manngtng Director Buenz and three oth or officials of Hamburg-American lino In Now York convicted of conspiracy to deceive and defraud U. S. Dec 3. President Wilson asked Ger many to recall Captain Boy-Ed, navnl at tache, and Captain von Papen, military attache of German embassy nt Washing ton. Foreign Minister Sonnlno declared Italy would fight tho war to tho finish. Dec. 4. Unnamed American ship In Mediterranean sent wireless call saying it was attacked by submarlno. Roumania commundcored all foreign shipping In Its harbors. Henry Ford's peace crusaders sailed from New York. Buenz, Koetter and Hochmelstcr, Hamburg-American lino officials, sentonced to 18 months' Imprisonment; Popplnghause to one year. Dec. 6. Pope Benedict issued appeal for Just and lasting peace British submarine sank Turkish de stroyer and flvo other vessels In Sea of Marmora. Roumania closed Danube to navigation. Deo. S. U. S. asked Austria to disavow attack on the Ancona, punish the sub marine commander and pay for deaths of Americans. Dec. 9. Allies driven from Serbia Into Greece. Dec. 10. Kaiser recalled Boy-Ed nnd Von Papen. , Dec. 14. U. S. demanded France re lease six Germans taken from American vessels. Dec. 16. Gen. Sir Douglas Halg suc ceeded Field Marshal French as British commander in France and Flanders. Austria made unsatisfactory reply to noto on Ancona. Dec. 17. Four Germans arrested In Now York and Jersey City on chargo of plot ting to blow up Welland canal. Dec. 20. U. S. reply to Austrian noto delivered at Vienna. Dec. 22. Artillery duel on western front. Doc. 24. Indecisive action In Galllpoll. Dec. 26. Allied aviators raided German posts In France. DOMESTIC Jan. 1. San Diego exposition opened. Jan. H. Alabama legislature passed bill making tho stato dry after June 30. Jan. 25. President Wilson Inaugurated first transcontinental telephone system by speaking directly to President Moore of the Panama-Pacific exposition In San Francisco. Feb. 20. Panama-Pacific fair opened at Han Francisco. March 6. N&rth Dakota legislature passed measuro abolishing capital pun ishment. March 11. Rear Admirals Fletcher, Howard and Cowles appointed admirals under new law. March 12. Harry IC Thaw found not guilty of conspiracy. April I. Census bureau announced pop ulation paused 100,000,000 mark. April 19. Barnes-Roosevelt libel case opened at Syracuse, N. Y. U. S. Supreme court refused final ap peal of Leo M. Frank, convicted of mur der of Mary Phogan at Atlanta, Ga. May 22. Roosevelt given verdict In Barnes libel suit June 21. Govornor Slaton of Georgia commuted Leo Frank's sentence, to life Imprisonment and martini Inw was pro claimed around governor's home to pro tect htm. July 2. Bomb explosion wrecked re ception room on east sldo of capltol In Washington. July 3 -J. P. Morgan shot twice by Trunk Holt, who placed bomb in cnpltol at Washington July 5. -Twenty-nine killed and 1.110 In jured In Independence duv celebiatloni July 6 -Frank Iloll, who shot J. P. Morgnn. committed suicide In celt World's Christian Endeavor convention opened In Chlepto. July 10.-Itobbrrs held up I.. &. N. train In Albania nnd got nearly W00.000. July 1Z Thomas A. ICdlson mado head of bontd of civilian Inventors to advise navy department. July 14. Harry IC Thaw declared sane by Jury Aug. 7. Joo Cooper and Morris Keller killed In auto nice at Des Moines. Slldo in Culobrn cut blocked Paniimn canal. Aug. 10. Business men's army training camp at Plat tabu rg, N. Y opened. Aug. 16. Leo Frank taken from Geor gia nrlson farm by mob nnd hanged. Aug. 29. Powder mills In Dolawnre nnd Massachusetts mysteriously blown up Sept. 20. Citizens' training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, opened. Sept. 27. O A. It. national onenmpment opened In Washington Sept. 80. Wireless phono message sent from Washington to Hawaii. Oct. 1. Six midshipmen dlmlsscd nnd others punished at Annnpolls for hazing. Cnpt. n 11. Monfort, Cincinnati, elected commnndcr In chief of G A. 11. Oct. 4. Mayor Thompson of Chlcngo or dered Sunday liquor selling stopped. Oct. 6. President Wilson announced his engagement to Mrs. Norman Gnlt of Washington Doc. 4. Panama-Pacific exposition closed. Dec. 6. Blihnp Mundclcln of Brooklyn appointed nrchblshop of Chicago. Dec. 13. President Wilson married Mrs. Norman Gait. Dec. 2S. Ainorlcnn Civic association mot In Washington. Convention of American Asaoclntlon for Lnbor Legislation opened In Washington LZ FOREIGN Jan. 1. Revolutionists In Paraguay seized President Shercr. Feb. 11. Father Wludlmlr Ledochowskl, a Russlnn Pole, was elected general' of tho Society of Jesus. Feb. 23. President Davilmar of Haiti fled tho country. March 23. China acknowledged Japa nese control over Southern Mnnchurln April 23. Japan Sent ultimatum to China. Pnnlsli diet grnntcd suffrngo to women May 8. China yielded to Japan's do mnnds. May 27. Manuel de Arrlaga, president of Portugal, resigned, June 6. Danish parliament ndoptcd now constitution giving franchise to women. July 27.-Revolutlonlsts In Haiti killed President Gulllnume. nnd proclulmtd Dr Rossnlvo Bobro president July 23. United States murines and blue jackets landed nt Port Au Prince, Haiti, nnd took chnrge. Aug. 12. Vesuvius, Etnn nnd Stromboll In eruption. Gen. Dartlngucnnvo elected president of Hnltl by national assembly. Sept. 17.-Word received from Vllhjal mnr Stofansson, arctic explorer, who had been missing for year and a naif. Oct. 25. Porter Charlton cc:ivlcted nt Como, Italy, of wlfo murder ahd given light sentence. Nov. 10. Emperor Yoshlhlto formally mounted tho throno of Jnpnn. Dec. 3. Epldomlc of typhus In Mexico Cltv report!. uec. t. v;iiinese reoeis seized cruiser Chao-Ho nt Shanghai and fought two othor warships. Dec. 6. Pope held consistory and ap pointed seven cardinals. rtevolt at Shanghai suppressed. Doc. 11. Ynn Shl-Knl accepted tho throno of China. Belgian munitions plant at Havre blow up: thousand killed nnd hurt. Dec. 16. Camllle do Coppct elected pres ident of Swiss republic. nnMMuan unannMM DISASTERS Jan. 13. Thirty-eight thousand persons killed, 60.000 Injured nnd mnny towns de stroyed by earthquake In central Italy. Feb. 10. Manua Islands In American Samoa devastated by hurricane. March 2. Eplolon of gas, followed bv fire. In Lnland mines of New River & Pocnhontns Coal Co. of Hlnton, W. Va entombed nbout 170 men. March 25. American submarine F-t wrecked near Honolulu, 21 men lost. April 4. Great storm on Atlantic coast, 75 lives lost In wrocks. April 13. Coal mine accident In Japan fatal to 236. April 30. Fire destroyed moro than half of Colon, Panama; loss $3,500,009. May 22, One hundred sixty-four persons killed and scores Injured In railway wreck In Englnnd. Juno 22 Earthquakes in Impcrinl Vnl ley, California, killed a number of per sons and seriously damaged many towns. July 21. Steamer Enstland upsot In Chicago river, S12 persons losing their lives. July 29. Typhoon nt Shanghai killed W0 and loss was $3,000,000. Aug. 3. Erie, Pa., Inundated by cloud burst, 27 lives lost and vast property damage. Aug. 16. Hurricane, swept lower part of Texas. 2C0 dead and JlS.000,000 property loss. Sept 27. Explosion of car of gasoline wrecked Ardmore, Okta., killing 50. Sept. 29. Destructive gulf storm hit Now Orleans and vicinity; 300 or moro lives lost. Oct. 23. Twenty-one children burned to death In parochial school In Peabody. Mass. Nov. 2. Steamer Santa Clara lost near Astoria, Ore; fifteen lost. Nov. 10. Gun plant of Bethlehem Steel company burned; loss $3,000,000. Nov. 11. Million dollar fire in war mato rial plant of Roebllng Sons company at Trenton, N. J. Nov. 29. Fire destroyed much of Ava lon, Catallna Island Explosion nt Du Pont Powder company plant ut Wilmington. Del., killed 31. Dec. 9, Hopewell, Va., Du Pont pow der town, burned, POLITICAL Jan. 2. Senate passed Immigration bill with literacy test. Jan. 6. Presldont WllBon declined for sixth llmo to support federal constitu tional amendment for woman suffrage. Jan. 12. House of representatives by vote of 204 to 174 rejected Mondoll reso lution proposing enfranchisement of wom en. Eighty Torre Haute men pleaded guilty to Indlctmonts charging conspiracy to corrupt the election of November 3, 19H Jan. 28. President Wilson vetoed the Immigration bill because of the literacy test clause. Feb. 5. House passed naval appropria tion bill with provision for two battle ships, Feb. 22. President Wilson nominated as members of Interstate trnde commission Joseph E. Dacles of Wisconsin, Edward N. Hurley of Illinois, William J. Harris of Georgia, William II Parry of Wash ington, and George Rublee of Now Hamp shire, Feb. 23. Srnato passed army appro priation bill of $103.000,(XO and house ap propriated SCouO.OOO for formications. March 3. Senato passed general defi ciency appropriation bill carrying $8,092,- LACK PROPER SALIVA FLOW Authority Points Out How Civilization Has Injuriously Affected the Health of Mankind. T. Prentiss Furnlss, writing in tho Medical Review of Reviews, says that so far clvlllzod havo wo becomo that only flvo persons in ovory hundrod havo tho propor alkallno saliva. Chaw ing stimulates tho saliva flow and, thoroforo soft mushy food, from which tho mineral Halts havo been ollmlnatod, PJ2, nnd confirmed trade commission up polntecs rxcept George Ruble. Robert W Woolley nominated ns di rector of mint. Mnreh i -Sixty-third congrwa nd Journed. March 15 -Samuel T lingers of North Carolina succeeded William .1. Harris as director of census. April 8 -William Male Thompson, Re publican, elected mayor of Chlcnuo. Mayor ltolwrts of Tsrre Ilium lnd And 26 olheis found guilty of conspiracy In election. June 8 -Secretary of Stnto Hrynn, dls npprovlne the note to Gcimnn. resigned. June 21. -Supreme court annullon "grnndfnthor cluuso" aimed nt negio suf frage June .-0'w hundred twenty-eight In dlanaiHills city nfllcials and pnlltlclnns. In cluding Thomas Tsggnrt, Indicted for nico tian fraud conspiracy. June S3 -Robert Lansing mudo secretary of stato Aug. 23 -Frnnk L. Polk mndu counselor of U. S. slnto department. Sept It. Smith Carolina ndoptcd stnle wldo prohibition. Oct 19-Woinnh surfrnge doroateu in Now Jersey. Nov 2,-Suffrago defeated In Now York. Macaiu-husctts nnd Pennsyhnnln: Repub lloans cnriled Massachusetts, electing S W. McCnll governor, now constitution re jected by Now York; prohibition ilcfcnted In Ohio; A. O Stanley. Pem . elected governor of Kentucky, and hi C. Harring ton, Detn., of Mrtrvlnnd. Dee 6.--Slxty-fourth congress assem bled; Clark re-elected speaker of luiuso. Pec 7.- Democratic national lotnmltteo selected St. Louis for convention of Juno 14, 191C. , ., Republicans won generally In Massa chusetts town elections. Dec. 14 Reubllcun nnttnnal convention set for June 7 In Chicago. Dec. 17. Henrv P. Fletcher nominated nuibasiitdor to Mexico. FINANCIAL .Inn 16 -1'reeldont Wilson ordered fed cm I Inquiry Into high price of whent. March 9 Goulds lost control of Mis souri Pnc'flc-Iron Mountain system. March 13 Dayton Cash Register enre. Lower court reverrcd nnd ronmnded for new trial by U. S. circuit court of ap peals nt Cincinnati. Mnrch 16. Trndo commission orgnnlrrtl nt Wnsh'.nglon, Joseph R. Dnvles, Wis consin, chairman. Mnrch 16. Charles C. McChord elected chairman interstnto rommorco commis sion vlco Jnmos S. Hurlnn. April 3 Intornatlonnl Mercnnttle Ma rino company put In rocolver's hands. Aprlt 9.-J. H prconhut company. Now York department store, failed for $12, CO0.000. April 21. Receivers nppelnted for Rock Island railroad compnny. May 13. Interstnto commcrco commis sion decided railroads owning and oper ating steamship lines on groat lakes must glvo them up. May 21 Pun American financial confer once opened In Washington Aug 11 Intcist.ile commerce commls slon denied moit of requests of western roads for Increased freight rates. Aug. 12. Interstnto commerce commis sion ordered big reductions In freight rates on nntlirnellc coal. Aug 17 Interstnto commerce commis sion found Moore-Held syndicate guilty of plundering Rock Islnnil road nnd throw ing It into n rccelvor3hlp for Its own pur poso. Aug 21. Enstmnn Kodak compnny de clared n monopoly In restraint of trade by federal court nt Buffalo, N. Y. Oct. 1. U S. court nt Philadelphia or dered moving plcturo trust to dlosolvo. M2CKOLGY Jan. 2. Karl Goldmnrk, famous com rosor. In Vlonnn. Jan. 6. Mme. Jennn Gcrvllle-Renche, opera stnr, at Now York. Jnn. 10. Marshall P Wilder, nutlior nnd humorist, nt St. Paul. Feb. -t-Mrs. M. E. Braddon, English novelist. Feb. 6. Edward Tlldeh, Chlcngo packer Feb.. 12. James Creelmnn, war cone spondent, In Berlin. Fanny Crosby, lammm blind hymn writ or. In Bridgeport. Conn. Teb IS - rmll CI nrles Wnldtcufol French composer, nt Paris. Feb. 18. Frank James, once notorious bandit, nt Excelsior Sprlngi, Mo, March 12. Mrs. John P. Rockefeller, Sr at Pocnntlco Hills, N. Y Count Sergius Julovlch Wltte, In I'etro grnd. March 14, Aviator Lincoln Benehey dropped 3,000 feet to denth nt San Fran cisco. Mnrch 15 Walter Crane, nrtlst, lec turer, writer, In London, nged seventy. Cnpt. Henry King, editor St. Louis Globe-Democrat Mnrch 20 Charles Francis Adams, pub licist nnd historian, In Washington Mnrch 24. Morgan Robertson, author, nt Atlantic City. March 31. Bnron Nathan Mayer Roths child, In London. April 6 Lymnn B. Glover, theatrical manager, nt Chlcngo. Curtis Guild, Jr., former governor of Massachusetts, at Boston. April 7. F. Hopklnson Smith, engineer artlBt and author, In New York. April 13. William R. Nelson, editor Kantas City Star, nt Kansas City. April 16. Former United Stntes Senator Nelson W. Ahlrtch of Rhodo Island. April 18. ifaron Herbert do neuter, mnnaging dlrectdr of Router's Telegram company, committed sulcldo In England. May 2. Ex-Congresmnn Charles E. Lit tlefleld of Malnn In New York. Juno 29. O'Donovnn Rosso, Irish pa triot, In Now York. July 2. Gon. Porflrlo Dlnz, former presi dent of Moxlco, In Pnrls. July 10. Archbishop James E. Qulglcy of Chicago, at Buffalo. July 12 Col, A, J, Blethen, publisher Senttlo Times. July 13. Dr. J. A. Holmes, director ol fcdcr.il bureau of mines, at Denver July 16. St. Clair McKclwny, 'editor of tho Brooklyn Eagle. July 17. Sarah Cowoll Le Moyne, notod actress. July 26. Sir James Augustus Henrv Murray, editor of Oxford English diction ary. Aug. 4. Mnnrten Maartens, novelist. In Zotst, Holland, Aug. 6. Gen. R. F. Tracy, former sec retary of navy, ut New York. Aug. 0. George Fitch, editor and humor lBt, at Berkeley, Cnl. Aug, 17. Drlff. Gen. John C. Black, Civil war veteran, former congressman ut large from Illinois and former president of U 8. civil sorvlco commission, at Chicago, Aug. 19. Cardinal Heraflno Vannutetll, dean of tho sacred collego, at Koine, Aug. 20. Dr. Paul Erllch, discoverer of salvarsan, at Bad Homburg, Dr. C. J. Flnlay, who discovered yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes, at Havana, Cuba. Aug. 28. John D. Long, farmer secre tary of tho navy, at Hlnghatn, Muss. T,cpt. 9.-Albert G. Spuldlng in San Dlogo. Cal. Stpt. 11 -Sir William C. Von Home, former president Canadian Puclflo rail road William Bprague, war governor of Rhode Island ami foruior senator. g Hipt. 21. Anthony Comstock, vice cru sader, at Summit. N. J. Sept. 20.-J. Kulr Hurdlo, British labor leader, at Qlasgow. need little or no chawing, and so do not provldo tho mineral olemonts noc ossary to tho body fluids. A London physician Bays ho has noticed that pooplo who oat an applo aftor dinner always havo bettor tooth, and ho In sists that starchy foods should always bo accompanied by fruit or borrles. To prusorvo tho tooth good Bnllva Is abso lutely ossontlal, and Mr. Furnlss saya what most of us already know, but aro careless about, and thut Ib that tho tooth should bo cloanod after ovory meal as well as upon rotlrlng and ris- KBMurmnBaflD Oct. 7.-1U Rev. Robert Codman. Kb oopal bishop of Maine, ill ttoston. Oct 9. Daniel M llousei. publisher o the t. LaillS Ololto-PemocrHl Oct. 11. Henri Fabre, French entomol oglit Oct. IK -Hlr Lionel Garden, British dip lomat, In London. Oct. 36. Pnul tlervlou, French dramatic author. Oct 30. Sir Charles Tupper, Canadian statesman, at Uexloy Heath, ttnglnnd. Ort 31. Blanche Walsh, actress, at Cleveland, O Nov. 1. K. W. Pietorlus, publisher of St Louis Times, committed suicide. ilormon Hidden publisher Now York Stoats Zclfung. nt New York. Lowls Waller noted nclor. In London Nov. 6.-P. A. B. Wldener, Phltndolphlii financier. Nov. 'i.-K. S. WMIard, noted actor, lb London. Nov. 14 -Bunker T. Washington, notoO negro oducnlor, nt Tuskeger. Ala. Nov. M. Former Potintor Julius C Bur rows at Kalatnnzoo. Mich. Deo 4.-AiiKt?t I'Hoii. actor and play wrlgnt, at Ilobosnuml. Kin Deo 5.--Ocn Jesus Rnbl. hero nf Cubar vai -.. ni Kniillsgo. .... I'dWHid Pmlth. president Amerlcni Shipbuilding compniiy, nt Buffalo. Dei. 0. -Stephen Phillips. Engllih poet Dee i -Lt Col. C. S. llioniwell. Iioai of army engineer corps In Ilnw.UI. com milled cub hie. , ...,., Abraham Grubcr, prominent New orl politician. .. Dec 12. -Former U 8. Sonntor F. M Cnckrcll nt Washington. Enrl of Olnsijow nt Fnlrllne. Scotland Dec 15 Viscount Alverstono. formoi lord chief Justice of Gront Britain. March 8 -Chicago building contractu locked out 900 union lathers. April 15,-Great building strike declarer In Cli cngo. April 30. Federal boird of arbitration awarded slight wnge Increase to engine mon of 9S western railroads. Bridge nnd stiucturnl Iron workers of Chicago struck. Juno 13. Great street car strike In Chi cago. Juno 16. Chicago street car strlko end cd by arbitration ngrcement June 25, -Shut down of Chicago'! build Inar construction Industry oidored becnusi of strike. July lO.-Chlcago's building trndo strlk and lockout settled. July 16. Employees of Chlcngo surface lines won big victory In arbitration nwnrd July 20.-Strlko and rioting at Bayomn plnnt of Stnndnrd Oil Co. July 27.-Standard Oil Btrlko at Bnyonno N. J., unded. Sept. 27 -Twcntv-flvo thousand Chicago garment makers called out on strlko. Pec. 3. Fifty-four Chlcngo labor leaden Indicted for conspiracy, extortion ond ma llclous mischief. C MEXICO Jan. 6-T-Cnrranza forces under Obregoi stoimcd und enptured Puebln, and tonV Gen. Angelas prisoner. Jnn. 27. Provisional President Goran and hli government fled from Moxlco Clt to Cucrnavucn, Jnn 2S.-Cnrrnnzi forces under General Ol rcgon occupied Mexico City Feb. 11. Cnrrnnza expelled Joso Caro, Spnnlsh minister, from Mexico. Mnrch !). Sovcn unttlcBlilps ordered from Guontnnnmo to Vera Cms. March 12. Carrnnzn ovneunted Mexico Cltv and Zapnla entered. John B. Mc MnmiB, American, killed by Znpntlstns vhllo American flag floated ovur bin house. April 12. Villa forces defeated near Jnrltn. losing COO killed. Vlctorlnno Huertn landed at New York June 0 -Cnrrnnzn armies lod by Obro gon dofeated Villa and took Leon after battlo lasting flvo days. Juno 27. Vlclortano Huortn nrrcstod in New Mexico on charge of Inciting an other Moxlcnn revolution. Aug. 5 Diplomats from Latin America In Washington conferred on Mexico situa tion. Aug. 8. Six Mexican bnudlts killed nnd threo Americans wounded In battlo at Nuilao ranch, north of Brownsville, Tex Aug. 18. Armed Mexicans crossed Rio Grande near Mercidos, Tex., nnd nttnckd outpost of American cavalrymoti, killing Corporal Wllmr.n. Aug 10. Villa nreoptod Pan-America prnpoHitluh for penco conference Aug. 30.- Gen ruBcunl Orozen, noted Huertn hinder, killed white, lending ruld In Texas. Hept. 17. Eighteen Moxlcnns nhot In two fights botween U. B. regulnrs nnd Cnr lanzn soldiers. Oct. 9. Recognition nf Cnrrunzn recoin mended by Boerotnry Lnnslug nnd Lntln Aincrlcnn diplomats. Oct. 19. Mexican bnndlts robbed a train In Texns, killing thrco Amerlcnns; posse killed ten Moxlcnns for aliened complicity in the crlmo. Carrauzn formnlly recognized ns prcsl dent of Mexico by United States, and six Latin-American governments. ' Nov. 3. Villa's urmy withdrew from slcgo of Agua Prlcta. Dec. 18. Villa gavo up fight against Carranza. mwLj SPIRTING Jan. S. -Federal league riled suit against Natlonul and American leagues, ohargtng violation of Sherman antitrust act. Jnn, 28. American association was mado a major buseball league. April 6. Jojs Wlllsrd won heavyweight championship by knocking out Jack Johncon In 2Cth round nt Havnna, Cuba. May 31. Ralph Do Palma won 600-mlle auto race at Indianapolis, breaking rll records. July C Wisconsin university won con ference athletic meet. June 19. -Jciome Trnvors won national amatour golf championship. , June 25. Yale beat Ifnrvurd In rcguttn ut New London. June 20. Darlo Ttosta, driving Pfugrot car, won 500-mlla race at Chicago, averag ing 97.6 mllea an hour. Juno 28. Cornell won Intercollegiate re. gntta at Poughkucpsle. July 17. Olympic i up won by Chlcagc golf team at Cleveland, July 2t. Churlea Uvans, Jr., of Chlcagu won western amateur golf championship Aug, 19. lorn McNamara, Doston, won western open golf championship at Chi cago. Aug. 20. I,outs D. Clarko won Grand American trapshootlng handicap at Chi cago, Gil Anderson in a Stutz won Elgin roud race, breaking all records. Sept. 4.-Itohert Gardner of Chicago won American amateur golf championship. Sept. 7. W. M Johnston of California won national tunnls chninplonshlp, Bcpt. ll. I'ncky McFarland defeated Mike Gibbons In ten round bout at Now York. Mrs. C. II. Vnndorbeck of Philadelphia won women's national amateur golf cham pionship nt Chicago. Oct. 9. ail Andorson In a Stutz won As tor cup race at Shoupshcad Uuy speed way, averaging 102.6 miles an hour for 360 mllos. Oct. 13, Doston American league team won world championship from Philadel phia National longue team. Dec. 18. Haseball wur onded, Fedoral loaguo quitting. Ing In tho morning, In ordor to pre vent food particles from sticking be tween tho tooth and gonoratlng acids which tho right alkallno saliva ought to bo ablo to noutrallzo. Another New Fuel Ethol. A now fuel namod ethol has recent ly boon pioducod In South Africa. Its basis is alcohol. It has been subject ed to thorough tosts and has como through them successfully, according to reports. Ono advantage claimed Ib a gain In economy. INDUSTRIAL MuMmmwHiapflsMMHrMlHiiMni I mtm mm j BILIOUS, HEHttEHT. .. )) Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while you sleep. Got a 10-ccnt box. Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi ness, coated tonguo, foul taBtc and foul breathe-always trace them to torpid llvorj dolayod, fermenting food In tho bowols or bout, gaty stomach. Poisonous mattor clogged In the In testines, Instead of being cast out of tho system Is reabsorbed Into tho blood. When this poison rcachos tho dollcato brain tissues It causes con gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick ening headache Cascarots Immediately clcanso tho stomach, romovo tho sour, undigested food and foul gases, tako tho excess bllo from tho llvor and carry out all tho constipated wasto matter and poisons In tho bowels. A Cascarot to-night will surely straighten you out by morning. Thoy work whllo you sleep a lOcont box from your druggist means your head clear, Btomach sweot and your llvor nnd bowols rogular for months. Adv. Tho United Statos used one-fifth of tho 40,000,000,000 pounds of sugar pro duced In tho world list year. DR. KILMER'S SWAMP-ROOT A GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE I wish to tell about my condition. Several years ago I was afflicted with kidney and bladder troubles. My con dition was such that I had to go in s stooped position and my back caused mo much pain. I wns unable to work for about n month and wassail run down and worn out. I tried other remedies with no results until I saw your adver tisement and decided to try Swamp-Root. After taking several bottles I was re stored to health; in fact, we keep it in tho house all the time. I cheerfully re commend Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root to others afflicted with kidney and bladder troubles. Yours truly, J. R. WALSH, 605 S. Park Street, Sapulpa, Okla. County of Creek )M. Btato of Oklahoma, I Personally .nppcared before mc this 10th, day of April, 1015, J. R. Walsh, who subtcribed to the above statement and mado oath that the same is true in sub stanco and in fact. J. T. SMITH. Notary Public. Prove What Swnmp-Root Will Do For Vou Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghnmton. N. Y., for a sample size bot tle It wili convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable infor mation, telling about tho kidneys and blad der. When writing, lie sure and mention this pnncr. Regular fifty-cent and one dollar sire bottles for sale at all drug stores. Adv. Harm Done by Hertzlnn Waves. Evor bIiico tho oxteuslvo commorclnl omploymont of wireless tolography, thoro have- boon many who beliovo that tho powerful Hortzlan waves so rlously nffoct orcanlc life. In fact, Borne have oven BUggestod that laws or regulations should bo enacted to protect organic llfo against wireless wavos. With a vlow to determining tho oxtont nnd nature of the radio wavos' lnfluonco on organic llfo and cllmato, Dr. C. Abol-Musgravo recent ly naked several questions on tho sub ject to bo answorod by a number of promlnont German scientists. Tho nummary of tholr answers was that wlrolosa waves bavo no influence on organic llfo, nor do thoy alter climatic conditions, although lt is truo that cortaln electrical stresses are capablo of accelerating rainfalls. 'Nother Lnbor Union. Holny I boo by tho papers this morning thbro wan another 'tlo-up' on ono of tho western railways yesterday. Omar That so? What was tho cause? Holny Oh, a silly couplo thought it would bo romantic to get married In a parlor car. Natural Conclusion. Ho I boo the West fears a horse famine. She Why? Havon't they automo bllos out there? LACK OF MONEY Was a Godsend In This Cose, It Is not always that a lack of money is a benefit. A lady in Ark. owes hor health to tho fact ,that v8he could not pay in advance the fee domanded by a spe cialist to treat hor for stomach trou ble. In tolling of her case she saya: "I had boon treated by four dlfferont physicians during 10 years of stomach trouble. Lately I called on another who told mo ho could not cure mo; that I had nouralgla of tho stomach. Then I wont to a specialist who told mo I had catarrh of tho stomach and Bald ho could euro mo In four months, but would havo to have his money down. I could not ralso tho necessary-sum and In my extremity I was lod to quit coffoo and try Postum. "Tho results havo been magical. I now Bleep woll at night, something I had not done for a long time; tho pain In my stomach Is gone and I am a dlfferont woman. Every time I had tried to stop cof feo Buffered from sovcro hoadaches, bo I continued to drink It, although J had reason to beliovo It was injurious to mo. But when I had Postum to shift to It was different. "To my surprise I dU not miss cof foo whon I bogan to dunk Postum. "Coffee had been st'-adlly and suroly killing mo and I didn't fully realize what was doing It until I quit and changed to Postum." Name glvon by Postuefc Co., Dattlo Creole, Mich. Postum comeB In two forms: Postum Ceroal the original form must bo well boiled. lCc and 25o pack agos. Instant Postum a soluble powder dissolves quickly In a cup of hot wa ter, and, with cream and sugar, makoa a delicious beverage Instantly. SOc and 60c tins. Both kinds aro equally delicious and cost about tho same per cup. "Thoro's a Reason" for Postum. sold by Qrocerf. SICK UHGUHnUG k.