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RECORD OF 1915
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Chronology of the . Year, Giving
the Most Important Events
in All Countries.
PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR
Inking of Lusltanla and the Teutonic
- Drives Through Poland and 8ar
bla, th Outstanding Features
Prominent Persons Who
Passed Away.
COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD.
EUROPEAN WAR
Jan. t British -battleship Formidable
sunk by German submarine In the Eng
lish channel, with 57t of crew.
Jan. 6. Russians annihilated Ninth
Turkish aimy tor pa Mid routed First and
Tenth corps In the Caucasus,
Russians forced tlamik pans In the
Carpathians.
Jan. 10. Lille evacuated by Germans
and occupied by British.
Jan. 17. Russians stormed anuthern
Carpathian pain on I entered Transyl
vania. Jan. It. Six German Zeppelins raided
the Norfolk count, dropping bombs In
Yarmouth. Randrtngliem, King's Lynn,
Comer. Sherrtngham nd Beeaton. caue
Inn heavy dnmnge an1 name lone of life.
Jan. II. Oerman armored cruleer Blue
rher sunk and two battle cruisers crip
pled by Vice Admiral Beatty'a squadron
In running fight In North sea.
Jan. 6. Austro-llungarlsn forces occu
pied Klelce, Russian Poland. s
Jan. J7. Austrian drove Russians from
Vssok pass In Carpathians.
Feb. 1. French torpedo bos' sunk off
Nteuport
Feb. t Anglo-French fleet destroyed
four forts In the Dardanelles.
Feb. 4. Germany declared waters
around British Isles a war sons. V
Feb. (.Russians crossed River Rawka,
penetrating Oerman front west of War
saw. Feb. I. Germane violently bombarded
Bnlssons, setting It a Are.
Feb. 10. Russians repulsed Auatro-Oer-mans
In Carpathians but were driven back
In- Bukowlna.
British held cargo of food ship Wtl-
helmlna.
Feb. 11. United States warned Germany
sgalnst destroying American vessels or
Uvea of American rltlsrns In attacking
sh'pplng, and warned Great Britain of
the danger to American Interests In the
vse of American flag by British vessels.
Germans evacuated Lods, but drove the
Russians out of Knst Prussia.
Feb. 17. Germany replied unfavorably
to American warning not to sink Ameri
can ships, and (treat Britain refused to
modify Its shipping orders.
Germany began blockade of England by
Inking two vessels.
Feb. 1 21 German blockade sank
American steamer Carlo. Norwegian ship
Regtn. damaged Brltleh collier and three
British merchant steamers.
Reims bombarded by Germans. 20 ci
vilians killed.
Feb. 26. Allied fleets reduced Turkish
forts st entrance of Dardanelles.
Feb. 21 Paris seised by French cruiser
end taken to Brest.
March 2. Great Britain laid embargo
against sfllpment of all commodities Into
Germany.
Hamburg-American officials Indicted In
New Tork by federal grand jury for con
spiracy to defraud the United States.
March . Austrlans evacuated Caerno
wlts, Bukowlns.
March I. Zeppelin airship L-l de
stroyed near Tlrlemont snd 17 of crew
killed.
March 10.-American ship William P.
' Frye sunk by German cruiser Prlns Eltel
Frledrich. Prlns Eltel at Newport News
with rsptsln snd crew of Frye.
March 11. Oerman submarine U-tl sunk
by British torpedo boat Artel. ...
British took Neuve Chapelle.
Germans abanboned Augustowo. Po
und. March IS. British order In council shut
eft all trade with Germany, ordering tech
;nlcal block ede.
German cruiser Dresden sunk off FaJk
Isnd Islands by British warships Glasgow
and Kent and Japanese convene cruleer
Orama.
March IS. American sanitary commla-l
alen organise.'! for work In Herbla.
British battleships Irresistible and Ocean
and French battleship iiotitet sunk by i
mines In the Dardanelles
March 22. Austrian fortress of Prsem
ysl surrendered to Russians.
Turks massacred thousands of Chris
tians at Urumtah, Persia.
March 23. Germans In Ghent executed
77 Belgians ss spies.
Germans drove Russians out of East
Prussia.
Allies landed force on Oallipoll penin
sula. March 27. Russians forced way through
Carpathlana Into Hungary.
March 28. Twenty-day bsttle In Cham
pagne country won by French, Germans
losing 60.000.
- Oerman submarine sank British steam
ers Aaullar and Falaba, about, 140 lives
being lose
April 4. Russians cleared Beskld range
ef Austrisns. ,
Turkish cruiser MeJIdlea aunk by Rus
sian mine.
April 1 Germany agreed to pay for
sinking American ship William P. Frye.
April jo. -ei earner narpaiyce. nrst re
lief ship of New Tork to Belgium, sunk
m North ses by torpedo or mine.
April 21 -United 8tstea replied to Oer
man government's criticism of Its for
eign policies, denying allegations and rs
Jectlng suggestions that exportation of
erms be prohibited.
April 26 French cruiser I .eon Oambet
ta sunk by Austrian torpedo. 663 lives
lost
April 2t. Oerman air raiders dropped
Incendiary bombs on Bve Ungllsh east
coast towna.
Russians occupied Loubnla, northeast
sf llssok pass.
, April an. - British announced destruction
of eight Oerman submarine within weak
by mines and net traps.
May I-British torpedo boat destroyer
and two German torpedo boats sunk. t
light in North ses
American tank steamer Oulfllgbt tor
pedoed by Germans off Bcilly islands,. op
tsln snd two seamen lost,
Msy s. Austro -Oarman foroes oocupled
Tarnow.
May T. Cunard liner Lusitanla torpedoed
snd sunk by Germans off coast of Ireland
with loss ef 1.2M Uvea. - Including" Ul
Americans: among the latter A. O. Van-
derbllt. Elbert Hubbard. CD as. Frohsnaq.
Chss. Klein and Charles Plamondon
May I. -British destroyer Maori soak
by mine
Russian naval bass of Libau captured
sy Germans.
May lt-Csbinet decided V. S. should
demand Oermany make reparation for
deaths of tmerk-ane resulting from sub
marine attacka and give gusranilee
against repetition of offense.
Msy t-Brltlah battleship Goliath tor
pedoed In Dardsnellee, 100 lost.
May II.-President Wilson's note to Oer
many a hied.
May 17. Zeppelin attacked English
const (owns and wss drlvsn off and crip
pled by aeroplanee.
May 21. -French won entire Lorette hill
north of Arras after sis months .of con
tinuous fighting.
Msy 3. -Russian battleship Pantelel
mnn sunk In Blsck ses with L400 men.
Msy 23. Italy declared war agalnat
Austria-Hungary.
May !.". -Italy Invaded Austria at head
of Gulf of Venice, selxliig four towns.
British warship Triumph sunk by tor
pedo In I iHrilnm-llHS
May 2:. American steamer Nebraakan,
from Liverpool without cargo, struck and
crippled by torpedo off IrlsH roast.
Italy Invaded the Trentlno.
May C7. -llrltlsh battleship Majestic de
stroyed by toipedo In Dardanelles
British auxiliary steamship Primes
Irene blown up In Hheerness harbor. 430
lives lost.
May 30. German reply to Wilson note
received at Washington and declared
evasive.
May SI German Zeppelins made raid
on London.
June t.-Przemyal recaptured by Ger
mans and Austrian.
June 11. Itiillnns took Gradlsra and
other Important towns.
June 15. Ausiro-ilermans, advancing
on I-emberg. enptmed Mnsclska
Allied aeroplane fleet bombarded Karls
ruhe, killing 27 persons.
Zeppelin raided English northeast coast,
killing Ik persona.
June 16. Russians driven over Gallrlan
border.
Germany called 4(10.000 young trained
men to the colors.
June 21. Austrn-Ocrmans took Raws
Ruska from Russians.
General Da Wet found guilty of trea
son. June 23 Lemberg captured by Austro
Germans. .French took German work called the
LaDyrlnth, west of Lena.
June ' 2k -Italy broke dlplomatlo rela
tions with Turkey.
Dominion freight liner Armenian sunk
by Germans, 20 Americans loot.
June SO. -Russians began retreat from
Vistula rlvr In Poland.
July 7.-Twenty allied aeroplanes raided
Bruges, destroying docks.
"J. 8. navy department seised Oerman
wlreles; plnnt itt flayvtlle, L. I., for
breaches of neutrality.
, Ju4y 8. Otrniany'u reply to American
note on submarine warfare unyielding In
most important particulars.
July 9. Oerman forces in Oerman
Southwest Africa surrendered to General
Bdtha.
"British liner Orduna. bringing Ameri
can! home from Europe, attacked by
German submarine with torpedo and
shells.
, July II. Italian cruiser Giuseppe Gari
baldi sunk by Austrian submarine.
July 22. American reply to Germany,
reaffirming former stand. Rent to Berlin.
Terrible massacres of Armenians by
Turks reported.
.'July 6 -American steamer Leelanaw
sunk by German submarine; crew esved
July 27. Austrian made air raid on
Verona. v
t July SO. -"Austrian occupied Lublin.
July ;)l.-l.eyland liner Iberian sunk by
Oerman torpedo boat; seven of crew
killed.
Aug. t-Mltau. capital of Courland,
taken by Germans.
Aug. I. -Great Britain flatly rejected
American contentions agalnat blockade.
Aug. 6. Warsaw occupied by the Ger
mans. Aug Ivangornd taken by Austro
Oermans. Aug. t. British cruiser India and de
stroyer Lynx sunk.
Turkish battleship Kheyr-Ed-Dln Bar
bamssa aunk by submarine In Darda
nelles. Germs ns occupied Prsga.
Zeppelins raided English east coast,
killing 15; one Zeppelin destroyed.
Aug. 10.-U. 8 rejected Austro-Hungar-lan
views on shipment of war supplies.
Aug. 1L British submarines entered
Black sea and torpedoed the Breslau and
Ooeben.
, Aug. 14. British troopship Royal Ed
ward sunk by submarine in Aegean sea;
WO lost.
Aug. 17. Germans took fortress of Kov-
no.
Greek cabinet resigned and Venlseloa
was Invited to form new ministry,
11. H. accepted Oerman offer of compen
sation In Frye case.
Zeppelins raided British esst coast,
killing ten civilians.
Aug. lt.-Whlte Star liner Arabic, Liv
erpool for Boston, torpedoed and aunk by
German submarine off Irish coast; at lost,
' Including two Americana.
. Aug. 20. Herman fleet engaged Russian
fleet In Oulf of Riga, each side losing sev
eral vessels.
Germans took Russian fortress of Novo-
georglevsk
Aug 21. Italy declared war on Turkey
Germsn cruiser sunk by British sub
marine In Baltic sea.
British seaplane sank loaded Turkish
troopship In Hea of Marmora.
Germans captured Blelsk, Russia.
Aug. 23. Germanr occupied Russian
fortress of Ossowets.
Aug. 26. Germans took Blalyatok and
Brest-Lltovsk.
Aug. 26. Germans captured Russlsn
fortress c Ollta.
Germany declared the sinking of the
Arabic, If done by Oerman submarine.
was decidedly condemned by the Oerman
government and full reparation would be
made.
Aug. Jl. Adolph Pegoud. notetf French
aviator, killed In action.
Germans took Russian fortress of
Lutsk.
8epL t Germany offered to submit Lu
sltsnta snd Arabic compensation claims
to The Hague tribunal.
Russians svacuated Orodno.
Papers Involving Dumba and Bemstorff
taken by British from J. F. J. Archibald
Sept. 4. Allan liner Hesperian torpedoed
on rest net: zs tost.
Sept. t. President Wilson demanded re
call of Austrian Ambassador Dumba.
Germany declared It would pay no In
demnity for Arable deaths.
Zeppelins raided London, killing 20 and
injuring sf.
Bept 10, Germany defended attack on
Orduns. saying It tried to escape subma
rine.
' Anglo-French financial commission ar
lived In America to arrange for loan of
auo.ooo.ooo to allies
Sept. U. Russians checked Von Hln
denburg drive toward Riga and drove
Austrlans further back In Oallcia.
Bept. It Vllna evacuated by Russians,
8ept. It.-British transport Ramasan
aunk by submarine In Aegean sea; bun
dreds lost.
Bept. 23. French aviators dropped 109
oomoe on royal palace at Stuttgart and
elsewnere in wurtemberg.
Germans captured Ostrow, but bulk of
Russian army In Vllna aallent escaped.
Bept 23. Germany promised American
ships carrying conditional contraband
would not be sunk by submarines, and
made other concessions
8ept. 26. Allies on western front began
tremendous genetai attack on Germans
Bept. 23.-Amerlcan loan to allies half
a billion dollars at I Der cent, announced
Italian battleship Benedetto Brln de
stroyed by Interior explosion: 241 lost.
Austria-Hungary recalled Ambassador
Dumba.
fnt It Great battle, ra west without
definite result. 1
Oil Venlreloe. Greek premier, re
signed because the king opposed his pro
grant of aiding the allies.
Oertnsny, through Ambasasdor von
rternstorff, dlssvowed the net of the sub
marine commander In sinking the Arabic
snd offered Indemnity for two American
three lost; President Wilson accepted of
fer. Oct. T. Four hundred thousand Austro
Germans began Invasion of BerMa. cross
ing the Diina. Dsnube and Beva rivers at
many points
New Greek cabinet headed by Alexan
der Zalmle appointed.
Oct. . Serbia declared war an Bul
garia. Greek cabinet decided on policy of
"benevolent neutrality" toward allies
Oct. t. Fierce battle between Serbians
and Aurtro-Oermnjis along Drlna river
MclKiii't mptured by the Germans
Oct xi. -Hi Oerman navsl officers In
terned hi Ni l folk. Vs.. disappeared
l t?.-Ku.gsrla began , Invasion of
f-Vl l.l.i
l-friref,s of Semendna taken by the
Uertnuns
Germans executed Edith Cavell. British
nurse. In Brussels.
let 13. Zeppelins bombarded Ixindon,
I. Illlni; &" pcixona.
ftiilKrirui declared war on Serbia.
net ir,.-Oiat Brltlan declared war on
MulKarln
France de. tared war on Bulgaria.
Oct. !! -Italy declared war on Bulgaria.
Bulgarians cut Nlsh-Balonikl railroad at
Vranva.
ot. 22. Oerman drive on Rla km
hailed. s
Germans defeated In bloody fight on
Tahure hill. France.
Oct. 23 Germany officially upheld exe
cution of Edith Cavell.
British submarine sank Oerman cruiser
Prtns Adalbert near Labau.
Oct. 24. British submarine sank Turkish
transport Carmen In Hea of Marmora
Germans drove back Russians north
west of Dvlnsk.
Oct. 26. Teutons and Bulgarians Joined
forces and moved south In Serbia.
British transport Marquette torpedoed
In Aegean; 90 loet.
Oct. 28 -French cahlnet resigned and
Brland became premier.
Nov. . Zaimle cabinet defeated In
Greek chamber of deputlea and resigned.
Nov. 6. Bulgarians defeated French
near Prlllp but were beaten at Babuna
pass.
German cruiser Undine sunk by British
submarine.
Nov. . Bulgarians captured Nlsh.
opening through rail route for Teutons
to Turkey.
King of Greece called M. Skouloudls to
form new neutrality cabinet.
Nov. t. Italian liner Ancona sunk by
Austrian submarine In Mediterranean; 200
lost. Including some Americans
Nor. 10. Oerman cruiser Frauenlob tor
pedoed by British submarine In Baltic.
Nov. 12. Churchill resigned from Brit
ish cabinet to Join the army In France.
Nov. 13. Bulgarians and Germans drove
Serbians out of Morava valley.
Nov. 14. Austrian aeroplanes raided Ve
rona, killing thirty.
Nov. U.-U. 8. called on Austria-Hungary
to explain sinking of the Ancona.
Nov. 17. Bulgarians outflanked Serbians
In Babuna pass and French along Cerna
river.
Britlvh hoapttnl ship Antlla sunk by
mine In English channel: K, lost.
Austria formally denied blame for loss
of life In sinking of the Ancona.
Oorlts. under terrific bombardment. In
flames In many places.
Nov. 'JO. Hermans occupied Novlhnxar.
German guardshlp sunk by Russian de
stroyers near Llbnu: isn lost.
Nov. 25. Germans captured thousands
more Serbians and drove the northern
army toward the frontier.
lir tish advance on Bagdad repulsed by
Tuika.
Nov. 27. Serbian government snd the
diplomatic corps arrived at Scutari.
Canadian government seised all high
grade wheat In elevators from Fort Wil
liam to Atlantic coast.
Dec. 1. Teutons and Bulgarians pursued
Serbs into Albania.
Dec 2. More Italians landed at Avlona
Monastlr occupied by Austrlans.
Managing Director linens and three oth
er officials of Hamburg-American Una
in New York convicted of conspiracy to
deceive and defraud IT. S.
Dec. (.President Wilson asked Oer
many to recall Captain Boy-Ed, naval at
tache, and Captain von Pspen. military
attache of German embassy at Washing
ton.
Foreign Minister Bonnlno declared Italy
would fight the war to the finish.
Dec. 4. Unnamed American ship In
Mediterranean sent wireless call saying It
was attacked ay submarine.
Roumanla commandeered all. foreign
chipping In It harbors.
Henry Ford a peace crusaders sailed
from New Tork.
Buens. Koetter and Hochmeister, Ham
burg-American line officials, sentenced to
It months' Imprisonment: Popplnghsuse
to one year.
Dec. t. Pope Benedict Issued appeal
for Just and lasting peace
British submarine sank Turkish de
stroyer and five other vessele In Sea of
Marmora.
Roumanla closed Danube to navigation.
Deo. I. U. 8. asked Austria to disavow
ttack on the Ancona, punish the sub'
marine, commander and pay for deaths of
Americans.
Dec. t. Allies driven from Serbia Into
Greece.
Dec. 10 Kaiser recalled Boy-Ed and
Von Pa pen.
uec. M. u. H. demanded France re
lease six Germans taken from American
vessels. .
Dec. - 16. Gen. Sir Douglas Hals sue
ceeded Mold Marshal French as British
commander in r ranee and Flanders.
Austria made unsatisfactory reply to
note on Ancona.
Dec. 17. Four Germans arrested In New
Tork and Jersey City on charge of plot-
uns in uiuw up vvvtiana canal.
Deo. 20. U. 8. reply to Austrian note
delivered st Vienna.
Dec, 22. Artillery duel on western front.
Dec 24. Indecisive action In Oalllnoll
Dec 26 Allied aviators raided Oerman
posts in France.
DOMESTIC
Jan. 1 8an Diego exposition opened.
Jan. 14. Alabama legislature pasaed bill
making the stats dry sfter June to.
Jan. 25. President Wilson inaugurated
first transcontinental telephone system
by speaking directly to President Moors
of the Psnama-Paclflo exposition in Ban
Francisco.
Feb. 20 Panama-Pacific fair opened at
Ban Francisco.
March 6. -North Dakota legislature
passed measure abolishing capital pun
isnment '
March U. Rear Admirals Fletcher.
Howard and Cowlea appointed admirals
under new law.
March 12 Harry K. Thaw found not
guilty of conspiracy.
April I. Census bureau announced pop
ulation passed iw.wu.ooo mark.
April it.-Harnes-Kooeevell Ubel case
opened at Syracuse. N. T.
U. 8. Supreme court refused final ap
peal of Leo M. Frank, convicted of mur
der of Mary Phagan at Atlanta, Ga.
May 23 -Roosevelt given verdict In
Barnes libel suit.
June 21. Governor Slaton of Georgia
commuted leo Frank's sentence to Ufa
Imprisonment snd martial law was pro
claimed around governor's horns to pro
tect lilm.
July 1 Bomb explosion wrecked ' re
ception room on east side of capltol la
vvaahiogtoD,
July t J. P. Morgan shot twice by
Frsnk Holt. Who placed htutib In capitol
at Washington.
July 6. Twenty-nine killed and 1.110 In
jured In Independence day celebrations
July 1-Frank HoK. who ahot J. P.
Morgan, committed suicide In cell.
World's Christian Endeavor convention
opened In Chicago.
July lO.-Robbers held up L. A. N. train
In Albama and got nearly 1600.000.
July 11. Thomas A. Edison made head
of board of civilian inventors to advise
navy department
July 14. Harry K. Thaw declared aana
by Jury.
Aug. 7. Joe Cooper and Morris Keller
killed In auto race at Dea Moines
Slide In Culebra cut blocked Panama
canal.
Aug. 10. Bnslnese men's army training
camp at Plattsburg. N. T., opened.
Aug. 16. Leo Frank taken from Geor
gia prison farm by mob and hanged.
Aug. 21. Powder mills In Delaware and
Massachusetts mysteriously blown up.
Sept. 20. Cltlxens' training camp at Fort
Sheridan. Illinois, opened.
Sept. 27. Q. A. R. national encampment
opened In Washington.
Sept. 10. Wireless phone message sent
from Washington to Hawaii.
Oct. 1. Six midshipmen dismissed and
others punished at Annapolis for hazing.
Capt. E. R. Mnnfort, Cincinnati, elected
commander in chief of O. A. R.
Oct. 4 Mayor Thompson of Chicago or
dered Sunday liquor selling stopped.
Oct .President Wilson announced his
ngagement to Mrs. Norman Gait of
Washington.
Dec. 4. Panama-Pacific exposition
closed.
Dec. 6 Bishop Mundelein of Brooklyn
rpolnted archbishop of Chicago.
Dec. 18. President Wilson married Mrs.
Norman Oalt.
Dec. 28. American Civic association mat
In Washington.
Convention of American Association for
Labor Legislation opened In Washington.
FOREIGN
Jan. 1. Revolutionists in Paraguay
seized President Sherer.
Feb. ll.-Father Wladlmlr Ledochowskl.
Russian Pole, was elected general of
he Society of Jesus.
Feb. S3.-Presldent Davllmar of Haiti
fled the country. -
March 23. China acknowledged Japa
nese control over Southern Manchuria.
April 21 Japan sent ultimatum to
China-
Danish diet granted suffrage to women.
May I. China yielded to Japan's de
mands.
May 27. Manuel de Arrlaga. president
of Portugal, resigned.
June 6. Danish parliament adopted new
constitution giving franchise to women.
July 27. Revolutionists In Haiti killed
President Outllaume, and proclaimed Dr.
Rossatvo Bobro president
July 28. United States marines and blue-
Jackets landed at Port Au Prince, Haiti,
and took charge.
Aug. 12. Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboll
In eruption.
Gen. Dartlnguenave elected president of
Haiti by national assembly.
Sept. 17.-Word received from Vllhjal-
mar Stefansson, arctic explorer, who had
been missing for year and a half.
Oct. 25. Porter Charlton convicted at
Como. ' Italy, of wife murder and given
lltrht sentence.
Nov. 10 -Emperor Tnshlhlto formally
mounted the throne of Japan.
Dec. 3. Knldemlc of tVDhus In Mexico
Cltv reported.
Ier. 5. hlnese rebels seised cruiser
Chao-Ho et Shanghai and fought twe
other warships.
iiec. . roue tieid consistory and ap
pointed even cardinals.
ttevolt at Shanghai suppressed.
Dec. 11. Tan Slii-Kal accented the
throne of China.
Belgian munitions plant at Havre blew
up: thousand killed nnd hurt.
Dec. 16. t amtlle de Coppct elected pres-
Ident of Swiss republic.
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DISASTERS
Jan. 18. Thirty-eight thousand persons
killed. 60.000 Injured and many towns de
stroyed by earthquake In central Italy
Feb. 10. Manua Islands In American
Samoa devastated by hurricane.
March 2. Explosion of gas. folio d bv
Are, In Laland mines of New River at
Pocahontas Coal Co. of Hinton. W. Vs..
entombed about 170 men.
March 26. American submarine F-4
wrecked near Honolulu, 21 men lost.
April 4. Great storm on Atlantic coast.
76 lives lost In wrecks.
April IS. Coal mine accident In Japan
fatal to 236.
April 30. Fire destroyed more thin half
of Colon, Panama: loss $3,600,000.
May 22. One hundred alxty-four person?
killed snd scores injured In railway wreck
In England.
June 23 Earthquakes In Imperial Val
ley, California, killed a number of per
sons and seriously damaged many towns.
July 24. Steamer Eastland upaet In
Chicago river. 812 persons losing their
lives.
July 2.-Typhoon at Shanghai killed 600
and loss was 16.000.000.
Aug. 8. Erie. Pa., Inundated by cloud
burst. 27 lives lost and vast property
damsge.
Aug. 16. Hurricane swept lower part of
Texas. ZM dead and $15,000,000 property
loss.
Sept. 27. Explosion of car of gasoline
wrecked Ardmore, Okla., killing 60.
8ept. 29.-Destructlve gulf storm hit
New Orleans and vicinity; 300 or more
lives lost.
Oct IS. Twenty-one children burned to
death In parochial school In Psabody,
Maas
Nor. I. Steamer Santa Clara lost nesr
Astorls, Ore.; fifteen lost.
Nov. M. Gun plant of Bethlehem Steel
company burned; loss S3.000.000.
Nov. It Million dollar Are In wnr mate
rial plant of Roebllng Bona company at
Trenton, N. J.
Nov. J. Fire destroyed much of Ava-
lon. Cat all na Island.
Explosion at Du Pont Powder company
plant at Wilmington. Dot, killed It
Dec. I Hopewell, Vs., Du Pont pow
der town, burned.
POLITICAL
Jan. 1 Senatee passed Immigration bill
with literacy test
Jan. .President Wilson declined for
sixth lime to support federal constitu
tional amendment for woman auffrage.
Jan. 12. House of representatives by
vote of 204 to 174 rejected Mondell reso
lution proposing enfranchisement of wom
an.
Eighty Terrs Haute men pleaded guilty
to indictments charging conspiracy to
corrupt the election of November I. M14
Jan. 28. President Wilson vetoed the
Immigration bill because of tha literacy
test clause.
Feb. 6 --Mouse passed naval approprta
tlon bill with provision for two battle
ships
Feb. 22. President Wilson nominated as
members of Interstate trade commission
Joseph E. Dacles of Wisconsin, Edward
N. Hurley of Illinois, William J. Harris
of Georgia, William H. Parry of Wash
tngton, snd George Rubles of New Hamp
shire.
Feb. 23. Senate passed army appro
priation bill of tiOlOOU.OOO and house ap
propriated sa.ooo.ouo lor rortlncatlona.
March t -Senate passed general defl
ciency appropriation bill carry lug tS.0$V
472. and confirmed trade commission ap
pointees except George Rubles.
Robert W. Wool ley nominated as di
rector of mint.
March 4. Sixty-third congress ad
journed. March lt.-Rsmuel U Rogers of North
Carolina succeeded William i, Harris as
director of census.
April .William Hale Thompson, Re
publican, elected mayor of Chicago.
Mayor Roberta of Terrs Haute. Tnd..
sn.l 2 others found guilty of coneplrecy
In election.
June l.-8ecretsry of State Bryan, dis
approving the note to Germany, resigned.
Juno 21. 8upreme court snnulled
"grandfather clause" aimed at negro suf
frage. June 23. One hundred twenty-eight In
dlnnspolls cltv oflicttiM and politicians. In
cluding Thomas Taggnrt. Indicted for elec
tion fraud conspiracy.
June 23. Robert Lansing made secretary
of state.
Aug. 28. Frank L. Polk made counselor
of U. 8. state department.
Sept 14.-South Carolina adopted state
wide prohibit inn.
Oct. It. Women suffrage defeated In
New Jersey.
Nor. 1 Suffrage defeated In New Tork.
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; Repub
licans carried Massachusetts, electing S
W. McCall governor; new constitution re
jected by New York; prohibition defeated
In Ohio; A. O Stanley. Dem., elected
governor of Kentucky, and K. C. Harring
ton, Dem.. of Maryland.
Deo. 8. Sixty-fourth congress assem
bled; Clark re-elected speaker of house.
Tec. 7. Democratic national committee
selected St. Louis for convention of June
14. 1918.
Republicans won generally In Massa
chusetts town elections.
Dec. 14. Reubllcan national convention
set for June 7 In Chicago.
Dea 17. Henrv P. Fletcher nominated
ambassador to Mexico.
FINANCIAL
Jan. 1. President Wilson ordered fed
eral Inquiry Into high price of wheat.
March I. Goulds lost control of Mis
souri Pacific-Iron Mountain system.
March 13 Dnyton Cash Register esse.
Lower court reversed and remanded for
new trial by U. 8 circuit court of ap
peals at Cincinnati.
March IS. Trade commission organized
at Washington, Joseph R. Davles, Wis
consin, chairman.
March 16. Charles C. McChord elected
chairman Interstate commerce commis
sion vice James 8. Harlan.
April 3. International Mercantile Ma
rine company put In receiver's hands.
April $. J. B. Oreenhut company. New
York department store, failed for 112,
000,000. April 2L Receivers appointed for Rock
Island railroad company. '
May 16. Interstate commerce commis
sion decided rullroads owning and oper
ating steamship lines on great lakes must
give them up.
Msy 24. Pan American financial confer
ence opened in Washington.
Aug. 11. Interstate commerce commis
sion denied most of requests of western
roads for Increased freight rates.
Aug. 11 Interstate commerce commis
sion ordered big reductions in freight
rates on anthracite coal.
Aug. 17. Interstate commerce commis
sion found Moore-Reld syndicate guiitv of
plundering Rock Islund rond and throw
ing It Into a receivership for Its own pur
pose. Aug. 24. Eastman Kodak company de
clared a monopoly in restraint of trade
by federal court at Buffalo, N. T.
Oct. 1. U. 8. court at Philadelphia or
dered moving picture trust to dlsaolvo.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 1. Karl Goldmsrk, famous com
poser. In Vienna.
Jan. 6. Mme. Jeanne Oervllle-Reache,
opera star, at New York.
Jan. in. Marshall P. Wilder, author
and humorist, at St. Paul.
Feb. 4. -Mrs. M. E. Braddon. English
novelist
Fsb. (.Edward Tllden. Chicago packer.
Feb. 13. James Creelman. war corre
spondent. In Berlin.
Fanny Crosby, lamniia blind hymn writ
er. In Bridgeport. Conn,,
Feb. l.-r:mll Charles Waldteufel.
French composer, at Parts.
Feb. 18. Frank James, once notorious
bandit at Excelsior Springs. Mo.
March 13. -Mrs. John D. Rockefeller.
Br., at Pocantlco Hllla. N. T.
Count Bergtus Julovlch Wltte, In Petro-
rnd.
March 14. Aviator Lincoln Beachey
dropped 3,000 feet to death at Ban Fran
cisco. March 16 Walter Crane, artist lec
turer, writer. In London, aged aeventy.
Cspt Henry King, editor St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
March 20. Charles Francis Adams, pub
licist snd historian, in Washington.
March 24. Morgan Robertson, author.
st Atlantic City.
March 81. Baron Nathan Mayer Roths
child, In London.
April Lyman B. Glover, theatrical
manager, at Chicago.
Curtis Guild, Jr.. former governor of
Massachusetts, at Boston.
April ?. F. Hopklnson Smith, engineer.
artist and author, In New York.
April 13.-W111iam R. Nelson, editor
Kansas City Star, at Kansas City.
April 18. Former united States Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Islund.
April It. Baron Herbert de Reuter.
managing director of Router's Telegram
company, committed suicide In England.
May 3. Ex-Congresman Charles E. Lit-
tlefleld of Mains In New Tork.
Juns . O' Donovan Rossa, Irish pa
triot. In New York.
July 1 Oen. Porflrlo Diss, former presi
dent of Mexico, in Paris.
July M. Archbishop James B. Qulgley
of Chicago, at Buffalo.
July 12. CoU A. J. Blethen. publisher
Seattle Tiroes.
July 11 Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of
federal bureau of mines, at Denver.
July It. 8t. Clair McKslway, editor of
the Brooklyn Eagle.
July 17. Sarah Cowell Le Moyno, noted
actress
July 21-8fr Jamea Augustus Henry
Murray, editor of Oxford English diction
ary. Aug. 4. Maarten Maartena. novelist. In
Zelst. Holland.
Aug. .-Oeti. B. F. Tracy, former sec
retary of navy, at New York.
Aug. t.-Oeorge Fitch, editor and humor
ist, at Berkeley. Cat
Aug. 17.-Brlg. Gen. John C. Black, Civil
war vetersn, former congressman at large
from Illinois and former president of U.
8. civil service commission, at Chicago.
Aug. 19. -Cardinal Seraflno Vannutellt,
dean of the sacred college, at Roma.
Aug. 30.-Dr. Paul Erllch. discoverer of
saivarsan, at nao Homourg,
Dr. C. J. Fin lay. who discovered yellow
fever was transmitted by mosquitoes, at
Havana, Cuba.
Aug. 28. John D. Long, former secre
tary or ins navy, at riingham, Mass.
Bept. s.-Aioen O. Spalding in Ban
l 'lego, Lai.
Sept. ll.-SIr William C. Van Horn.
former president Canadian Pacific rail-
ruaa.
William Sprague, war governor
Rhode laland and former senator.
of
Bept 3L Anthony Corostock, vie cru
sader, at Summit N. J.
Sept 36. -J. Keir Hardia, British labor
eauer, st utasgow.
Oct. f.-Ri Rev. Robert Cod man. Epls
:opsl bishop of Maine, at Boston.
tci .- Daniel M Houser. publisher Of
r-e Pi. I euls Globe-Iemocrel.
fxt 11. Henri Fabra, French entorool-
nalst.
th i. II -Sir Lionel Csrden, Britixn flip
lomat. In London.
Oct. 25. -Paul Hervleu, French dramatic
author.
Oct to. Sir Charles Tupper. Canadian
statesman, at Bexley Heath. England.
Oct. 31. Blanche Walah. actresS. at
t'leveland, O
Nov. 1. E. W. Pretorius. publisher of
8t. Louis Times, committed suicide.
Herman Rldder. publisher New Tork
Staats Zettung. at New York.
Lewis Waller, noted actor. In London
Nov. (.-P. A. B. Wldsner. Philadelphia
financier.
Nov. t.-E. 8 Wlllard. noted actor, tm
tendon.
Nov. 14. Booker T. Washington, noted
negro educator, at Tuskegee, Ala.
Nov. 18. Former Senator Julius C. Bur
rows at Kalamasoo, Mich.
Dec. 4. August Pltou, actor and play
wright, at Hobesound. Fla.
Dec. 6. Oen. Jesus Rabl, hero of Cuban
wars, at Santiago.
Edward Smith. president American
Shipbuilding company, at Buffalo.
Dec. t. Stephen Phillips, English poet
Dec. 10. Lt. Col. C. S. Bromwell. head
of army engineer corps In Hawaii, com
mitted suicide.
Abraham Oruber, prominent New York
politician.
Dec. 12. -Former IT. 8. Senator F. M
Cockrell nt Washington.
Earl of Olnsirow at Fairllne. 8colland.
Dec. IS Viscount Alverstone. former
lord chief Justice of Great Britain.
INDUSTRIAL
March M. Chicago building contractors
locked out 900 union lathers.
April Vt. -Great building strike declared
In Chicago.
April 30. Federal board of arbitration
awarded slight wage Increase to engine
men of 88 western railroads.
Bridge and structural iron workers of
Chicago struck.
June 13. Great street car strike in Chi
cago. June Ifi. Chicago street car strike end
ed by arbitration agreement.
June IS -Shut down of Chicago's build
ing construction Industry ordered because
of strike.
July 10. Chicago's building trade strike
and lockout settled.
July 11. Employees of Chicago surface
lines won big victory in arbitration award.
July 20. Strike and rioting at Bayonns
plant of Standard Oil Co.
July 27. Standard Oil strike at Bayoana,
N. J., ended.
Sept. 27. Twenty-five thoussnd Chicago
garment makers called out on strike.
Iec. 8. Fifty-four Chicago labor leaders
Indicted for conspiracy, extortion and i
llclous mischief.
MEXICO
Jan. 6. Carranzn forces under Obregon
stormed snd captured Puc-Uia. and took
Oen. Angeles prisoner.
Jan. 27. Provisional President Garsa
and his government fled from Mexico City
to Cuernavaca.
Jan. 28. Carranxa forces under General
Obregon occupied Mexico City.
Feb 11. Carransa expelled Jose Caro.
Spanish minister, from Mexico.
March t. Seven battleships ordered
from Guantanamo to Vera Crus.
March 12. Carransa evacuated Mexloo
City and Zapata entered. John B. Me
Manus. American, killed by Zapatistas
while American flag floated over his
house.
April 11 Villa force defeated near
Jarlta. losing 600 killed.
Vlctoriano Huerta landed at New Tork.
June 6 Carransa armies led by Obre
gon defeated Villa and took Leon after,
battle lasting five days.
June 27. Vlctoriano Huerta arrested la
New Mexico on charite of Inciting an
other Mexican revolution.
Aug. S Diplomats from Latin America
In Washington conferred on Mexico sltuev
tlon. Aug. 1 Six Mexlcsn bandits killed and
three Americans wounded la battle aft
Norias ranch, north of Brownsville, Tea.
Aug. 16. Armed Mexicans crossed Me)
Grande near Mercedea, Tex., and attacked
outpost of American cavalrymen, killing
Corporal Wllman.
Aug. it. -VI lla accepted Pan-America
proposition for peace conference.
Aug. 80 Oen. Pascual Orosco, noted
Huerta leader, killed while leading raJA
In Texas.
Sept 17. Eighteen Mexicans shot la tws
fights between U. S. regulars and Car-"
rsnsa soldiers.
Oct. t. Recognition of Carransa recom
mended by Secretary Lansing and Latla
American diplomats.
Oct It. Mexican bandits robbed a train
In Texas, killing three Americans: poses
killed ten Mexicans for alleged complicity
In the crime.
Carransa formally recognised as presi
dent of Mexico by United States, and sis
Latin-American governments.
Nov. 1-Vllla's srmy withdrew from
siege of Agua Prleta.
Dec. 11 Villa ..gave up fight agalnat
Carransa.
SPORTING
Jan. 6. -Federal league filed ault
against National and American lesguea,
charging violation of Sherman antitrust
act
Jan. 28. American association was
made a major baseball league.
April 6. Jeis Wlllard won heavyweight
championship by knocking out Jack
Johnson In 26th round at Havana, Cuba. .
May IL Ralph De Palma won 600-mile
auto race at Indianapolis, breaking all
records.
July I. Wisconsin university won con
ference athletic meet.
June 19.-Jerome Travere won national
amateur golf chsmplonshlp.
June 26 -Yale beat Harvard In regatta
at New London.
June 26.-Dario Rests, driving Peugeot
car. won 500-mile race at Chicago, averag
ing t74 miles an hour.
June 28. -Cornell won Intercollegiate re
gatta at Poughkeepste.
July l7.-Olympic cup won by Chicago
golf team at Cleveland.
July 34. Charles Evsna. Jr., of Chicago
won western amateur golf championship.
Aug. It. lorn McNamara. Boston, west
western open golf chsmplonshlp at Chi
cago. Aug. 20,-Loute B. Clarke won Grand
American trapshootlng handicap at Chi
cago. Gil Anderson In a Btuts woo Elgin road
racs, breaking all records,
Sept. 4. -Robert Gardner of Chicago won
American amateur golf championship.
Sept. 7. W. M Johnston of California
won national tennis championship.
Sept. u.-Packy McFarland defeated
Mike Gibbons In tsn round bout at Now
York.
Mrs. C. H. Vsnderbeck of Philadelphia
won women's national amateur golf cham
pionship at Chicago.
Oct t.-GIl Anderson In a Stuts won As
tor cup race a Sheep head Bay speed
wsy. averaging 1016 miles an hour for
taO mtles.
Oct. 13 Boston American leagus team
won world championship from Philadel
phia National league team.
Dec. M.-Busvuu war ended. Federal
league quitting.