THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.1 NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA,
I
OF YEAR
TOLD IN BRIEF
COMPLETE DEFEAT OF CENTRAL
POWERS IN WORLD WAR MARKS
AN EPOCH IN HISTORY.
DATES OF TEUTON DOWNFALL
Twelve-Month Ends With Leaders of
Victorious Nations Gathered to Set
tle Peace Terms Other Foreign and
Domestic Occurrences.
COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD.
THE WORLD WAR
Jan. 1 Italians drove Teutons across
Plnve rlvor from Zenson loop.
Jan. 4 President Wilson presented Ills
railway control program to congress.
Brtlsh hospital ship Ilewa torpedoed by
German.
Jan. 6 Premier Lloyd George stated
Britain's war alms.
Jan. 7U. 8. government began mobili
sation 0f 3,000,000 workers.
y. B. Supreme court upheld draft law.
Submarlno crcs mutinied at Kiel, kill
Inc 33 officers.
Jan. 8-Presldcnt Wilson stated Amer
icaa war alms and dbum ilnmnndn
Jan. 9 Russia and Bulgaria Bigned sep-
Jan. 10 Central powers withdrew offer
of general peace and offered Russia sep
arate peacv.
Russia and Germany renewed armis
tice for month.
Jan. 14 British airmen made big sue-
tunmui uuyiigui raiu .on Karisruno.
Germans bombarded Yarmouth from
tn n sea.
Jan. 16-DanIel Wlllard resigned as
Il6ad of U. fit YJlir Intlllnrrln limiril
Jan. 20 In naval action at entrance to
Dardanelles the British sank Turkish
cruiser Brcslnu and forced the Goobcn
asnoro.
Jan. 21 British boardlnir shin Tnivnln
Burnt ; Z2J lost. . I
Jan. 24 Germany arid Austria repllod to
peace proposals of Wilson and Lloyd
George, rejecting tho concrete sugges
tlons. Jan. 20-Twelvo killed by explosion In
jiewpon navai torpcuo station.
Odessa captured by tho bolshevlkl.
Jan. 27 Itusslnn government broke rela
tlons with Houmnnla.
Italians began offensive between Aslago
ana mo urenm.
Tloumnnlans took Kishinev.
Jan. 28-Gormun air raiders killed 47 In
London.
Ukrainians defeated bolshevik troops In
tlirco dav.bnttln ami tnnk T.utalc.
Italians broko through Austrian line,
taking 1.C00 prisoner.
. Jan. 30 German air raid on Paris: 49
Killed.
Jan. 31 Bolshevlkl took Orcnburr.
Fob. 3 Alllod "supremo wnr council de
clared war must lie carried on to vic
tory.
Fob.' 4-U. S.
control of oil.
government took over
Fob. 6 Frnnz von Rlntelen and six
others convicted ox consplrucy In Now
lorn.
Feb. 6 United States trnnsnort Tim
canla sunk by torpedo off Irish coast; 201
.Americans lost.
Feb. 9 Peace treaty between Ukraine
and tho central powers-signed.
Feb. 10 Itussla declared the war at nn
end so far as sho was concerned and
ordered compieto demobilization; but re
fused to sign peace tronty.
Feb. 14 Bolo I'ftsha convicted of trea
son In Franco and sentenced to death.
Feb. 16-Prosldcnt Wilson put nil for
eign trnoo or u. w. unuor nconso.
Eight British submarine chnsors sunk
by German destroyers In Dover strnlts.
Fob. lft-German aviators attacked Lon
don, killing 21.
Fob, 18 Gormnns resumed war on Itua
sin. crossing tho Dvlnn.
Fob. 19-aermnna took Dvlnsk and
Lutsk; Bolshevlkl offored to sign peaco
irnuiy. p
Bolshevik Don Cossack remibllc orcan
Ised ntTchorkask, Gen. Knledlncs hav
ing committed sulcldo,
Feb. SO Gormnns Invested Ilovnl and
landed troops In Finland.
Fob. 21 Germans took Minsk and
liovno.
Jorlchn captured by tho British.
Fob. 22-Sonato passed Wilson bill to
rule railroads.
Feb. 23 President Issued proclamation
stipulating government guaranteed nrlce
for wheat at prlnclpnl primary markets,
prices varying from i at Spokane to J2.2S
at rvow iorn.
Fob. fi Gormnns enntured Itovnl
Feb. 28 Amorlcnns repulsed strong nt
tack In Chomin dos .Damos soctor with
henvy losses .to nttockors. i
March 1 McAdoo announced third Lib
erty loan to opon April 0.
U. H. troons rentilscd raid In Toul seo
tor, sufforlng many casualties; Gorman
losRes vorv heavy.
British cruiser Calgarlan torpedoed; 4S
lives lost.
March 3 Germans halted Invasion of
Russia; Slavs signed penco treaty giving
Turkey big slice of territory.
March 4 French delivered surprise
blow near Vordun, penotratlng German
lines.
British. French and Italian ambaSMa
dors asked Japan to take necessary steps
to safeguard allied Interests In Siberia. '
British advanced on 12-mllo front In
Palestine
March b Americans In I.orrnlno re
piUsed German attack nnd took prisoners,
President wwson rerusoti nssont to jap
.nns Intervuntlon In Hussla.
Bernard M. Baruch named chairman of
tho wnr Industries board.
March 6 Houmnnla signed preliminary
feace treaty giving up uourucija aim con
rnl nf thn Dnnnbfl.
March 7 Gormnny and Finland slgnod
peace troaty. . , M
March 8 Trotsky resigned as foreign
mlnljitnr nf nilsnla.
British advnnccd threo miles on 18-mllo
front in Palestine.
British repulsed attack .on Ypres-DIx
miM linn with hoavv losses to enemy.
Kleven killed, 4S Injured In air raid on
f jmAnn.
March 9 Nine persons killed In air
raid on Tarls. ,
Mnrch 11 Sixty airplanes bombed
T'nrl. X4 hilled.
lCnemy aviators attacked Naples. Seven
llltJ In tinnnltnl.
President, In messago to Soviets, pledg
ed aid of United States to trco Hussla
from Oerman control.
March 12 Nlncty-ilve thousand drafted
men called to uegin movement to van
Innm.ntfl Xffirch 29
British aviators droped ton of cxplos
Ives on contents. , , ,
Mnrch 13 Germans seized Odessa.
March 14 American Balnbow division
occupied trenches In I.unevllle sector
from which they drovo the enemy; tlrst
nrmnnnt nilvnllPO tlV AlllOrlClina.
March 16 Germans.repulsed with lieavy
loss In Flanders by British.
All-Russian congress of Soviets at Mos
mu mtlflrit German Deace terms.
March 18 Allied supremo war council
condemned German treatment of Rus
sians nnd Roumanians and refused to
itifnAwUdirH thn neaca treaties.
March 19 American destroyer Mnnloy
collided with British war vessel; IS killed.
March zo America ana ureat iiritain
lcAri l.eoo.OOO tans of Dutch alilDDlnc.
March 21 Germans opened heavy at
tack on British lines north of St. Quentln.
March 22 Great battlo In Franco con
tinued. Germans falling to break British
line; uotn sioes sustained neavy tosses,
Itrltlah In Palestine crossed the Jordan.
March 23 British fell back from ftvo to
ten miles, tneir lines still unuroiien, esu
mated casualties. German. 200,000: British
100,000; French and American troops
brought up to support British.
Paris shelled by new German gun from
tstsnce or 70 miles.
Marcti 26 Germans took Bapaume.
Nesle and Gulscard.
March 2S British destroyed entire Turk
irmv near Hit. MesoDOtamls-
March 27 Gormans took Albert and
British recaptured Morlancourt and Chip
Illy. March 2S French retook three towns
and Germans advanced toward Amiens
but wore Mopped with heavy losses.
Man-h fa-Gen. Koch put In command
of allied armies In France, and Gon. Per
shing offered to him all his troops and
resources.
Shell from German long ran go gun
killed 76 In a Paris church.
Caucasus, actor proclaiming Its lnde-
Iiondence, mado separate- pence with Tur
;ey. April 4-Germans .resumed drive toward
Amiens, gaining little at heavy cost.
Armenians recupturod Erzorunt from
Turks.
April C Allies held their lines against
heavy attacks,
Berlin announced tile capture oi osKni
crltiosluv, Hussla.
jnpan and ureat uritnin innucn smut;
force at Vladivostok to pretect life and
property.
April 6-Thlrd Liberty loan campaign
opened In United States. ,,
Provost Marshal General Crowder call
ed 160.000 draft men to colors.
April 9-Germans hit British front be-
twoen La Basse and Armentlcres, gain
ing 3 miles. ,
April 10 Germans drovo British back
north and. south of Armentlores.
American troops on firing line in great
battle.
April ll-llrltlih evacuated Armentlercs
but recaptured other positions.
April 12 Tremendous fighting continued
In Flanders, Germans advancing to Mar-
vine. . .
Americans won all day fight on ioui
front.
April 13 Turks took Datum.
'.iimnlln nml nlrnlnnn fnctorv at Man-
zcl, Germany, burned "with great loss.
Aprn i count uzernin, Ausinun ior
clgn minister, resigned.
American navy collier Cyclops, 293 on
ooani, reported missing.
J"'", 'fir ,"' .""'?, ,, nrnnci.
tlon of IlelHlnsforii bv Herman troops.
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British wnrslilps, sweeping the Katte
gat, sank 10 German trawlers.
Allies took ten villages from uuiganans
on Macedonian front. .. .
April 16 Germans took Baiueui,
Wytschaetc and most of Mosslncs ridge.
C MP Schwab made director general or
U. 8. shipbuilding.
April 17 Viscount Mllner made British
war secretary,
Huron Ilurlart made Austrian foreign
minister,
Bolo Pasha executed for treason against
France,
April 20 Germans mado stronir attack
on Americans In Toul sector and took
Selchcprey village, but were driven back
wun neavy loss.
April -a liriusn ana Frencn navni
forces raided German U-boat bases at
Ostein! and Koebrugge and sank concrcte-
lauen vcssois at channel mourns.
April 25 British drovo back Germans
caHt of Amiens. .
Germans took Mount Kcmmcl and ad
vanced to northwest, threatening Yprcs.
April 2G Germans captured Dranoutro
and fit. Klol.
April 29-Gcrnmns attacked strongly on
threo sides of Yores salient nnd on Bel
gian lino, but wore repulsed, losing heav
ily. French retook Locro.
Henato passed overman co-ordination
bill.
Mav 4 Cnmnnlirn for Thin! T.lhnrtv lnnn
closed with loan hfcavlly over-subscribed.
juny u i-resiiioni wuson oruoroa inves
tigation of alleed graft In aircraft work.
juny 7 Nicaragua declared war on Uer
mnny and her allies.
Houmunlii signed penco treaty with cciv
trnl powers. v
May 10-Ostcnd U-boat baso bottled up
by tho sinking of old cruiser by British.
May 11 Italians took tho Col del Orso
nnu Aionto corno by storm.
, iay- ii uouse pasBCU tno uvcrman
mn.
May 17 Gorman nlot In Ireland ex.
posed nnd Sinn Fein leaders arrested.
Slay 18 Entente nawom. .Tntmn nnd
China, agreed on plan for preservation gf
May 19 Austrahun troops capturod Vllle
sur Ancre.
German air raiders killed 44 persons
In London and lost llvo nlancs.
Mny 23 U. S. took over piirrlnr tmnl.
ness ot l'uuman company,
British merchant troop transport Mol
fill V In f nrrtOffnl T.K A mnnnnn I.IIIa
May 24-nepubllc of Whlto Hussla pro-
WldllllUll.
Costa Rica declared wnr nn thn ron
trnl powers.
May 27 Gormans nttnekoil nn ttin AUnn
front, taking the Chemln des Dames;
and between Voormezcelo nnd Iocre In
1'ianucrs, wnere they woro repulsed,
Itnllnns broko through enemy lines at
Capo Bile on lower Plavu.
May 28 Conter of crown iirtnen'n nrmv
crossed the Vcsle at Fismcs but allies
cuecKeu advance, on nnnks.
Americans in I'lcnrdy captured Can
tlgny by dnahtnc attack.
May 29 Allies evacuated Solssons and
Germans nushed ndvunca to Fern nn Tnr.
"denols, six miles north of tho Mnrno. '
may w uormnn aviators bombed Cana
dian hospital, killing many.
Muy-31 Gormuns reached tho Marno at
apex of their salient.
, u. h. transport President Lincoln sunk
uy u-uont; w nnvy men lost.
IIouso pnssod $12,000,000,000 army appro
prlntlon bill.
Juno 2 Allied reserves stopped Gormnn
advance.
Juno 3 U. 8. lenrned German IT. limit
oporntlng in Arnerlcnn wntors, had sunk
iv vessels nince aiiiv zti.
Juno 5 Germans shifted main nttack to
uihb ironi, wun no success.
Two moro vessels sunk by Gorman U
uuui in jmuricun waiern.
Juno C Americans defeated Gormans In
Chateau Thlorry sector.
Juno 10 Germans advanced two mllos
oast oi juonunuier, losing Heavily,
Americans ciearcu uennans from Bel
lean wood.
Italian torpedo bonts raided Au&trlmi
navai naso near uaimutlan Islands, sink
ing one battleship nnd damaging another.
June ii i' roncn finrent(ii iiiirmnnu
southeast of Montdldler and AmurlcniiH
won ngaln near tJltntonu Thierry; Gor
nwns reached tho Olso at Mnchsmont and
iiuinaneouri.
Tornednlmr nf IlrltUI. imn.n A...ni..
role 4i?-.i.fi; i , t
....iv uvi.ivuu v.uuiLciiL-s uiiii iiury, anu
nuulo succtjHSful counter-attack southweat
ut jMoyon.
Juno 14 Turks seized Tabriz, Persia
itiui iuuicu Ainari-an consuiuie and hos
tiitai. .
Juno 15 Austrlans bcirnii irrnat nfTonlv.,
on front of 100 miles In Italy, crossing tho
Plavo nt various places.
j una it iian.tns cnecxed Austrian
drive, retnklnc mnnv nnMltlnns
Americans repulsed heavy attacks In
Tnill BAninit n 4 I., A ton -m.
Villi OI V-lUl BkllU III V1IIULLD.
Juno 20 Allies drdvn l.nrW- Aimtrln... I..
Italy.
Americans stormed Germnn tronchrM
and positions near Cantlgny.
untie w Austrians oegan retreat In
ltntv
June 73Austrlan retreat turned Into
a rout.
Juno 20 Italians cleared west bank of
mo i-iave oi Austrian, and attacked
heavily In mountain ruelon.
june si Hfconti national draft drawing
iicui in wiiitniiiiduii,
Canudlnn hospital ship Llandovery Cas
liu iuiivuuru, iiiuiijt lust.
Juno 28 Important gains made bv Hrlt
Ish betweon llazclirouck and Bcthune.
ami uy i' rencn Boutnwest ot Hoissons.
First American troons landed In itnlv
Juno 29 Packers and others nttnofend
as profiteers In report of federal trade
commission.
congress voieti r;i,iw,ooo.ooo for war
purposes.
July 1 Americans cantured Vnnr vll
lage and with French took other Impor
tant puniiiuiiB.
Amorlcnu transport Covington, home
ward bound, torpedoed; 6 lost.
July 4 Australians nnd Americans cap
turnil llamnl.
Eighty-two ships launched tn Amorlcan
shipyards.
July & Count von Mtrbach, German am
bassador to Russia, assassinated In Mos-
Ponulatlon of Murtnan coast. Russia.
lolned.tho entente.
Italians nnu I'lunuu upeueu an onen
slvo In Albania.
July 9-Von Kuehlmann's resignation ns
foreign secretary accepted by tho kaiser.
von iiintzo succeoueu nun.
Julv 11 -Austrian army In Albania re.
treated to tho Skumbl river.
U. S. army transport Westover torpe
doed: ten men lost.
juiy is i'rencn mane a mno advance
on Plcnrdv front southeast of Amiens.
July 13-Prcsldcnt Wilson authorized to
taKo over control oi teiegrnpn anu teie
nhona lines of country.
July lt-Brltlsh forces occuplod Krnw
on wniie sea.
Julv 16 Germans resumed offensive, nt
tacking along the Mnrne and on both
Bides ot nelms. Americans drove them
back across the river and French with
stood all assaults further cnBt.
Haytl dcclnreil war against Germany.
July 16 Americano smnshed Gormun
attacks oast of Chateau Thierry.
Hx-Czar of Hussla executed.
July 18 French and Americans began
big drive, pushing eastward on 26-inllo
front from Holleau to the Alsne and tak
ing many towns and prisoners.
July la Franco-American troops mado
further advances on Solssons-ChateaU
Thierry front.
British took town of Mctcren.
U. H. armored cruiser wan Diego de
stroyed near New York by subimtrine.
July 20 Franco-American oltenslvu con
tinued, more towns and great numbers of
guns and prisoners being taken.
Germans rntrnatpd frnm alinth hunk of
Marno.
Ulir tmnmnrl Tiitlctn tnrnfdnnd ii n
Ireland; ten of ciew lost.
July 21 Chntemi Tlilorrw rnnttired bv
allies.
German U-boat snnl thren lurcen and
dnmuged a tug closo to Cape Cod.
juiy sis-neavy lighting north or the
Marno, French retaking Reull
July 27 Germans rrtreiiteil alone tho
whole front north of tho Marnc.
Julv 28 Frnnnn-A mnrlnn nu i.rciuaAd thn
Ourcq on wide front.
Juiy aiiios took Fero-cn-Tardenois,
Grand Itozov. Cuenv nml other towns.
despite fierce resistance, and gained con
trol or me iJormnns-itcims road.
Americans In riiernln (li-hl look H-
rlnges, hergy nnd lloncheros.
juiy 3i control of telegraph and tele
phone linen tul(in riVAr liv 11 H. irnv.irn-
jiijbnu
nue. i Americans cieureu ino uois ae
Meunlcro of Ituns.
Aug. 2 Allies advanced their entlro
line, taking Solssons and VIUe-cn-Tar-donolii,
Germans retreated precipitately
tuwum mo vesie.
Germans in Albert region retreated cast
ox mo Ancro.
Allied forces occuolod Archancel.
Two British destroyers sunk bv mines:
97 lost.
Aug. 3-Allles pushed their line to the
Vesle.
Government announced America and
Japan would send troops to Vladivostok
to occupy city and protect roar of Czecho
slovak force.
British ambulance transnnrt Warllda.
torpedoed; 123 lout.
Aug. 6-umerlcan and French units
forced crossings of the Vosla on both
sides of Flsrnes.
Aug. 8-BHtlsh and French started of
fensive on the Amiens front, taking many
towns nnd 10,000 prisoners.
Aug. 9 Further progress mado by the
allies In Plcardy, 7,000 moro prisoners
taken.
Aug. 10 Allies took Montdldler nnd
Chaulnesf Americans with British won
severe fight north of tho Somrno.
Americans canturcd Flsmette. across
the Vcslo from Fismes.
Aug, 11 German U-boat sank nine fish
ing boats off Massachusetts coast.
Organization of First American field
nrmy, under Pershing, completed.
Aug, io uermuns wunurew irom iieou
tornu salient north of Albert.
British troons occunled Baku, center of
vuuiiuii acu vil li;iiuil.
American regiment landed at viauivos.
tok.
Aug. 17 One hundred I. W. w. mem
bers convicted In Chicago of disloyalty.
Aug. 19 Germnns were forced back in
tho Lvs sector, between tho Matz and tho
uiso aim nortuwest oi aoiBsona.
Aug. 21 French took Lnsslgny and ad'
vnnced In other sectors.
British attacked In tho Ilobutcrne sec
tor between Albert and Arras, taking
several towns.
Auir. 22 nrltlah took Albert.
Aug. 24 British took Bray. Thlenval
and Grandcourt.
French cleared south banks of the Olso
and tho Allctte.
House nasscd draft ago extension bill
Bolshevlkl defeated by allies on Ussurl
ironi.
Aug. 25 British entered Bnpaume.
Aug. 27 Xi'rench took -Royo and neigh
Dnrlnir towns.
Allies broko through Hlndonburg line In
scarpo river region.
uenaie nnsscu aran nnn extension mil.
Aug. 28 British advanced astride the
Scnrpe, taking Crolselles and 1'elves.
iTancn tooK unauinus ana isesie ana
many other towns and reached the
Somme.
Aui.'. 29 French took Noyon
Americans defeated Germans at Ju-
vlgny.
Senate passed bill making U. S. dry
niter Juno M,
Aug. 30 uermnnn lost uomuics ana rcu
back toward Pcronne. In the Lys sector
they abandoned Ballleul.
Aug, 31 Franco-American 'forces won
big battle north ot Solssons,
British recaptured Mount Kcmmel In
i.ys salient.
Sept. 1 British cantured Pcronno.
Sent. 2 French and Americans trained
uin possession oi ino eoissons piatcuu.
uriiisu smasueu urocourt-uueant line.
Scut. 4 British advanced far bevond thn
Canal du Nord toward Cambral.
1'rench drovo Germans north of tho
Olso.
Germans In vcslo sector retreated to
ward tho Alsne. pursued bv Americans
nnu I'rencn.
Sopt. 6 Entlro Gorman lino from Peroniin
almost
to Reims
retroatcd for several
miles,
German Chancollor Von Hertllmr -
signed. .
U. S. trnnsnort Mount Vernon hit bv
torpedo; Ji kiiiox-
Sept. C Frcncn captured Ham and
unnuny.
Aianiirncturo of malt liauors in U. s.
inter uec. l ordered stonned.
faopi. is American First nrmy, aided b
French, attacked on both Bides of Ki
Mlhlel salient, making big advances ami
tuKing many towns.
llrltlHh took Ilavrlncourt and Moeuvres
British steamer Galwav Cnstlo tortiu-
dood, U9 lost, lrcludlng 90 women and
liliuren.
Approximately 14,000,000 Americans rec
lsterod under new draft law.
hept, m Amnricaus cioured out the St
Tllll.il unllnnl l.ltrliw. n,.r.t.t nil 1
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fe-lt. 16-Germany hskod Belgium
Serbians nnd French took stronir Bui
Karlan positions on Salonikl front.
ftcpi. us uriiisn successfully attncknl
iiuriiiwpst ot ot. wuentiu ana r rencn nu
vunrea south or mat city.
Ainoa pusneti tneir auvanco on snlonlk.
ironi to a ueptn or leu nines. -
iteigium reiused uerinan peaco offer.
Sept. 19-Blg food riots In Holland
towns.
liriusn anu Arabs routca tne Turns in
Palestine.
Sent. 22 Gen. Allenby renarted advan i
of U) miles In Palestine and capture or
.-vuzaretn.
Sent. 23 Frenclk reached the Olsn rlv. r
south ot ut. ijuenun.
Allies continued tneir big advance in
Macedonia, occupying Prllen.
Snt. 21 Gen. Allenby reported enntum
or Acre unu nana.
bent. 26 Serbs captured Veles and Brn
Ish invaded Bulgaria.
Sept, 26 Americans and French opened
big drive between tho Sulppo nnd the
.Meuse, taKiug many towns aim prisoners
British captured birumnuza, wuigaria
II. H. wnrs iln Tamna torpedoed: lis os;
Sent. 27 Bulgaria usked allies for am.
lstlco.
Sent. 2S Belgians ana British made In.-
ndvanco In Yprcs region, and allies galm i
on every ironi.
Fourtn i.iuorty loan campaign opened
bent, i-y-iirutsn ana Americans suiashf i
through llludenburg line between Can
brni and hi. wueniin.
lie c ans cantured inxmuue.
Bent. 29 Bulgaria signed armistice, mil
mining to aiuea- terms, including oemob
Izntlon, evacuation of Greece and Sort.,
and surrender of all-ner linos of con
muuication, French cavalry entered U
kub.
Sent. 30 Mora victories won bv alll.
in i innuern anil on tne l-rcncn ironts.
Arnerlcnn cargo boat Tlcondoroca tt
Pedocd; 213 lost.
cnnnceiior von Uertung, vico Chnnei I
ior von i-ayer ana Foreign secretary
Hlntzo resigned.
uct. i L
-Damascus cantured bv Allenb a
lurcoa.
Germnns
Lens.
evacuated Armentlores and
Oct. 2 French occunled St. Quentln.
Germans drlvxn out of entlro area bi
tween Alsno and Voslo rivers.
American, British nnd Italian warshlis
raided Durazzo, destroying the Austrian
naval base there and all vessels In ti e
unrbor.
Oct. 3 Austria announced withdrawal f
her troops from Albania.
Germans driven back everywhere exec: i
around famnrai.
Prtnco Maximilian of Baden made Ger
man chancellor
Oct. 4 Vienn t asked Holland to Invito
the belligerents to a pence conference.
Americans made big advance west of
the Meuse. ,
Jnptfneso liner Hlrano torpedc.d; 290
6 Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdi
cated In favor of Prince Boris.
Germany and Austria asked nrmlsticc
and peace negotiations based on Wilson s
program. .
Oct. C German lino north of nelms
smashed ,,,
U. 6. transport Otranto sunk In colli
sion; 4S0 lost.
Oct. 7 Americans In furious battlo for
north end of Argonno forest.
Oct. S President Wilson answered Gor
mnn peaco noto by demanding tho evue
uatlon of nil occupied territory and ask
ing whether tho chancellor meant Ger
many accepted tno Wilson terms, ana
whether he spoke only for the present
authorities or tne empire.
Allies smashed Hlndonburg defenses' on
20-mlle front between ' Cambral and St.
Quentln,, nnd Franco-Amerlcnns started
new drive east of tne Meuse.
Oct. 9 British occunled Cambral and
pushed far bevnnd.
Prince Fredorick Charles of Hesse elect
ed king of "Finland by landing.
Oct. 10 Irish mall boat-Lelnster torpe
doed; 400 lost.
Le Cateau, railway center, taken by al
lies. Oct. 11 Argonne wood cleared of Ger
mans by Americans.
Kaiser called .rulers of all German fed
erated states to conference.
urt. iz ucrman cnanceuor sent repiy to
Wilson, savlnir Germany accented all his
terms and agreed to evacuate all Invaded
territory.
Kntlro German defense system In Cham
pagne smnshed.
uct. 13 i.a f ere ana jion inKcn Dy tne
French.
Serbs captured Nlsh.
Oct. 14 President Wilson rejected Ger
many's peace and armistice proposals.
Allies began Dig drive in I'innuers, tail
ing Roulers and other towns.
Italians captured Uurazzo.
Oct. 15 Allies took Mcnln. flanked Os-
tend and threatened Bruges; 12,000, pris
oners taken.
Oct. 16 General retreat from northern
Belgium by Germans,
Americans enptured Grand Pre, north of
the Argonne.
Allies pursued Austrlans into Montene
gro.
Oct. 17 Germans ova&uated Ostcnd, Lille
and Doual.
Oct. 18 Allies occupied Turcolng, Hou
balx, Kcebrugge and Thlelt.
Independence ot Czecho-'Slovnk nation
declared by Its provisional government.
wmperor unaries decreed federalization
of Austro-Hungnrlan empire.
Oct. 19 President Wilson rejected Austria-Hungary's
peaco proposals.
Allien armies in lielgium readied tno
Dutch frontier.
Fourth Liberty loan closed, heavllv over
subscribed.
Oct. 2015,000 retreating Germans In
terned in Holland.
Oct. 21 Germany mado reply to Presi
dent Wilson, full of evasions, denials and
assurances.
Allies In Serbia .reached tho Danube and
Isolated Turkey.
Oct. 22 British entered suburbs of Val
enciennes and crossed thn Schrddt.
uct. 23 president Wilson told Germarn.
government lie would take up with allies
tho subject of an armlstlco; but that tho
U. 8., If It must deal with tho kaiser nnd
ins crow, demanded not peaco negothv
nous, uut surrcnaer.
British broko throueh German defenses
south of Valenciennes.
Amorlcnns made advance In terrific
fighting lu Meuse vnlley.
Serbs, Slovenes and Croatlnns announced
formation of sovereign state.
uct. i Italians began big offenslvo on
uie i-iavo lino.
Oct. 26 French In hie ndvnnrA In Rrrrn,
Olso region.
l.uoendorrr resigned.
Declaration of Indenendnncn nf thn
peoples of middle Europo promulgated In
inuepenucnco uuu, t'liiiaaeiphla.
j-iriusn occiinica jviennn.
Oct. 27 Germany rcnlled tn Prixdilnnt
Wilson, asking terms for armlsfle...
German relchstng put control of mili
tary In civil government.
Aiues crossou tne Plavo In Italian drive.
Oct. 23 Austrla-Hlincarv asked for sen.
arato armlstlco and peaco on allies' terms.
Oct. 29 Austrian lines bevond thn Plnvn
.oimieneu uy aiues.
Turkey presented separate peaco propos-
uin,
Oct. 30 Entlrn Turkish nrmv nn h.
Austrian commander In Italy asked Gen.
Til n v fnn n iitiliiMnA
e Oct. 31-Arm.st.ce with Turkey went Into
Allies opened new drlvo on Ghent,
Kingdom of Greater Serbia nrnnlnlmed
Croatian Darllament dRcronii nnrntin,,
of Croatia, Slavonla and Dalmntla from
Hungary.
Nov. 1 American First nrmv mnshad
German lines west nf thn M..n.
Allien drnvn n.irmnna mil nr in i-
, . , : - - ......... Mt vj . i u iu y ,i3 in
Belgium.
Austrlan armv llcelncr ncrnsi th Tm-iin-
i i.i..- " - --n."-
tttviiiu iii iiaij .
Count TIza, former Hungarian premier
assnssinatcd.
UKralnlajis nnd Teutons captured Lcm
berg. isov. 2-Klng Boris of Bulgaria nbdlcat-
ed nnd a peasant republic was established
iiuigarys complute separation from
Austria declared.
Americans made crent ndvnnn i.ntv.
BIUIW1 Ul llltt. ilUIIHC.
Tronto taken by Italians.
Vnlencletines tuken by British.
Nov. 3. Trieste occupied by Italians.
Armlstlco with Austria slcmed
Nov. 4 Armistice terms fur Gorinniiv
fixed by allies. ;
British captured La Quosney In great
offensivo between tho Sombre nnd the
Scheldt.
Nov. 6 Americans win fierce battln for
crossing of tho Mouse.
President Wilson told Germany tt, nak
nrmistlce terms trom Foch.
1' icnch made bin advance, t.iltlnir Gulst
unti Aiarie.
Nov. C-Grcat French v ctorv on 100.
uuio front.
Ainer can troops entered Sedan.
Revolution sprcndlng through Schleswlc
nnd other parts of Germany.
imov. T-praciicauy all or German licet
reported In revolt.
German emissarlos reached Marshal
Foch to usk armistice terms.
Germans evnouated liiient.
Socialist party demanded abdication of
tho kaiser.
Nov. 8 Bavarian d ot- tlenosed King
Ltidwlg and tho wittelsbncu dynasty.
ureal advances mauu by aiues on entire
west front.
Nov. a Kaiser wiineim abdicated.
Social Democrats In control of Kovem-
nicut In Germany; Ebert mado chancel
lor: republic proclaimed in Merlin.
Nov. iii itaiacr neii to tiouanu.
Nov. 11 Germany signed armlstlco
terms, amounting to unconditional surren
der, and the war came to a close,
liiiisneviKi ueieatcu uy Americans una
Uriiisn on mo uvinn.
Nov. is Kmpsror uiuiries oi Austria au
dlcated.
Nov. 13 Allied neet arrived at consian
tlnonlo
Nov. 14 American" and Fronch troops
moved into Alsace.
Former crown princo of Germany in
tnmed In Holland.
Nov. 15 New German government op-
1 .1 . n..at,l,l,l U'll.nn in o , Oa..-
manv from starvation and anarchy.
Czecho-HIovak republic under Musnryk
as prcsldont ratined by national assembly
at I'raguo.
Nov. 16 weigian troops entered Am
worn.
Ainerienn troons ucenn marcn to itnine.
Nov. 17 British troops sturted for tho
Rhine.
Nov. 18 I'resment wuson announced no
would attend opening of peace conference.
Admiral ivoicunu put in control or an-
mission government at iiiusk.
Nov. 20 Overthrow of Ukrainian eovorn
ment by nntl-bolshovlk forces announced
rtov, zi uerinan ueei was surrenaureu,
Nov. 22 King Albert of Bolglum entered
Brussels.
Nov. 23 American troops crossed tne
Prussian rroniier.
Poles cantured Lemborg.
Nov. 21 North German states proclaim
ed a republic.
French under Gen. Gournnd entered
Strassburc.
Nov. 26 Soviets gnlned per hand In
Berlin, but were outvoted elsewhere in
acrmany.
Nov. 20 Crown Prince Alexander of Ser
bia mnda resent of Jugo-Slav stntb.
Nov, 27 Bavaria broko relations with
Tlnrlln.
Nov. 28 Wllholm definitely renounced all
his rights to the throno.
Nov. 29llungary Interned Mnekenson's
King Nicholas of Montenegro deposed
by nat'onnl assembly
Nov. SO Lithuania proclaimed a repub
lic.
Secretary Lansing, Henry White, Gen
ornl Bliss and Colonel House named U.
S. pence delegate.
Dec. 1-Flrst of U. S. reluming army
reached New Yoik.
Dec. 2 Congress reconvened nnd hoard
President WlUon's message and farewell.
British fleet arrived at Llbau.
Dec. 4-ProBldcnt Wilson and party
sailed for France. . , ..
Dec. 5-Skoropadskl, hetmnn of the
Ukraine, killed and that country Under
control of the Unionists.
. Dec. C Belgian troops occupied Dussol
dorf on ho Rhino.
Bloody lighting In Berlin between so
cialist factions. . . ,
Dec. 7-Brltlsh occupied Cologne.
Dec, 8 American, troops rushed to Cob
lenz as last Gorman forces crossed Rhine.
Dec. 9 Former Kaiser auompieu su
el'Ie. .
Dec. 10 Kronen army occupied nuunz.
Dec. 12 British troops crossed tho Rhine
ut Cologne , A.
Dec. 13 American troops crosseu mo
Rhine at Coblonz.
Pro3ldent Wilson lanueu at iiresi.
Dec. 14 President Wilson received In
Paris.
Armlstlco extended to Jan. l.
Klov occupied by troops ot mo uneu-
tory."
Dec. 15 Gen. Manncrhelm elected re
gent of Finland.
Dec. 16-Contral congress of soldiers and
workmenVdelegntes mot In Berlin; Lleb
knecht and Spartacldcs defeated.
Deo. 17 Polish geiicral start oraercu
moblllkatlon of 1,600,000 men.
Dec. 26-Presldent Wilson nto Christmas
dinner with troops of American army of
occupation.
DOMESTIC
.Tan. 6 Charles B. Henderson appointed
senator from Nevada,
Jan. 8 Mississippi legislature ratined
prohibition constitutional amendment.
Jan. 10 House -adopted national woman
suffrage amendment resolution.
Jan. 12 Chicago and middle west para
lyzed by terrific blizzard.
jeo. in .Montana legislature ratinea
federal prohibition amendment.
Feb. 25 Wisconsin senate passed reso
lution, 22 to 7, denouncing La Follettc,
March 1 Brig. Gon. Thomas Cruse.
quartermaster's department, U. S. A.,
named in charges ot conspiracy In fur
nishing army supplies.
March 3 Miss Anne Martin of Reno,
Nov., announced her candidacy for tho
u. a. senate.
March 5 Wisconsin assembly deadlock
ed ull night on Joint resolution denounc
ing La Follette us disloyal.
March 6 Wisconsin assembly passes
Joint resolution denouncing La Follette.
faecretary Dan els established llvc-nii a
"dry" zono around naval training sta
tions.
House passed sabotago bill, 219 to 0.
March 7 Conferees airreed an admlnls
tratlon railroad bill.
-Automobile chamber of commerce an
nounced cut of 31; per cent in production
or pieasuro automobiles ror nscai year.
Metronolltnn mucazlno for March ex
eluded from malls for publication of ar
ticle "Is America Honest?" by William
iiaru.
March 8 Senato ordered lnnulry Into
price of food.
March 9 Victor Berger. Milwaukee:
Adolph Germer, J. Louis Engdahl, W. P.
Jtruse, irwin St. jonn Tucker, unicago,
Indicted under snv act.
March 11 Senate unanimously nuthor
Ized sale of German-owned property In
United States to American citizens.
March 12 Senate passed urgent defi
ciency bill, carrying Jl ,180,000,000.
Congressman Scott Ferris of Oklahoma
elected cnairman or Democratic congres
sional committee
March 13 Senate passed conference re
port on railroad control bill, i
.Maryland nouso oi delegates- ueieateu
woman's suffrnge bill.
March 14 World's largest reinforced
concrete ship, launched at a Pacific port,
Dronounceil comnleto success ny experts.
Esther Cleveland, daughter of Grover
Cleveland, married to rapt. w. a. n. uos
anauet of Coldstream Guards, In London,
March 15 Congress passed dnyliglit sav
ing bill to take eiiect Aiarcn ai
March 18 Delaware legislature ratined
prohibition amendment.
April 2 Irvlno L. Lenroot, Republican,
elected U. S. senator from Wisconsin.
Massachusetts, legislature ratinea nn
"J'p! VhTleyTppo.nted
sena
tor from Missouri. .
Mnv 15-A r nTnll route between wasn
lngton. Philadelphia and New York
opened.
Ann- 57 Wnltnr II. Pace. American am-
Jjassador to Great Britain, resigned.
Two American soiaiers anu n. numuct
of Mexicnns killed In battlo at Nogales.
Sept. 4-Bomb explosion in Feaerai
building, Chicago, killed 4 and injured 30.
Sept. IS John W. Davis mado American
ambassador to Great Britain.
Oct. 1 Senato dereated woman suurage
amendment to constitution.
Nov. 5 Republicans gained control oi
tho senate' and tho houso of representa
tives in general election.
Nov. 2u Government assumed control
of nil cable llno3.
Nov. 22 Secretary of tno Treasury flic-
Adoo resigned.
Dec. ic tarter Glass sworn in as sec
retary of tho treasury.
NECROLOGY
,t :
Jnn. 1 Dr. Frederick A. Ntoble, lealllng
Congregational clergyman, at Evunston,
in.
Jnn. 5 Dr. John S. Foley. Catliollc uisn-
op of Detroit.
Jnn. 13 u. S. senator James ii. ure.ny
of Idaho.
Jan. 14 MaJ. A. P. Gardner, former
congressman from Massachusetts.
Jan. 30 united Slates senator wuuaiii
Hughes of Now Jcrsoy.
Fob. 2 John L. suuivan. rormor Heavy
weight champion, at West Ablngton.
Alass.
Leander Richardson, dramatic editor
and 'author.
Feb. 4 Col. Frederick H. Smith, Repub
lican leader In Illinois, nt Peoria.
Feb. 10 Abdul Uamld. former sultan ot
Turkey
Fob, 14 Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce, former
British ambassador to America.
Feb. 22 Terry McGovern, former world's
featnerwelgni champion, nt ixew xorK.
Feb. 2S Dr. Samuel G. Nixon, commts.
sinner of health of Pennsylvania, at Phil
adelphia. Archbishop Kumonu Francis 1'renuer
gast at Philadelphia.
March 6 John Redmond, Irish National
f .. . 1 .. ,1 t nn.ln.i
Murch 7 Rear Admiral Thomas Perry,
retired, nt Southern Pines, N. C
Cardinal Seratlnl, prefect of tho congre
cation of tho propaganda, at Rome.
March 9 Goorgo Von L. Moyer, former
cabinet member una diplomat, at uosion.
Prof. J, M. siunyon ot r nuaueipnin, at
Palm lieacn.
March 13 Mrs. James A. Garfield, wid
ow of Prcsldont Gnrtiold, at Pasadena,
Cal.
Charles Pago Bryan, diplomat, nt Wash
lngton.
Murch 15 Former Senator Isaac, Steph
enson of Wisconsin. v
Sir Georeo Alexander. English nctor.
James Stlllman, financier, lit New York.
Mnrch 21-wnrner Miner, former u. o
senntor from New York.
March 22 Mugglo Mitchell, fnipous ac
tress, In New York.
March 2C Claude Achllle Debussy, com
noser. In Paris.
March 27 Martin J. Sheridan, famous
athlete, in New vorK.
April 3-Charley Mitchell, famous Eng
lish pugilist.
April U-Rear Admiral S. V. Comly, U,
S. N. retired.
W. C, Mqponuld, tlrst governor of New
Moxlco.
April 12 U. S. Senator R. F. Broussard
of I.nulAlaim.
Former Mayor Rudolph Blonkcnburg of
Philadelphia.
April 13 Hempstead Washburno, form
er mayor of Chicago.
April 14 William Joel Stone, U. S. sen
ator from Missouri.
April 17 Senor Aldunnte, Chilean nm-'
bnssanor to u. a., at xvnsuington,
April 20 Col. George Pope, at Hart
fnrd Conn.
April 3rt -Dr. Cnrlos de Pena, Uruguay-
Ull IIllHIBIl I . 11 " ilS.M!ll .Ull.
Dr. K. Fletcher Ineals, noted physl Inn
In Chlenno.
May t Mrs Pctter Palmer of Chicago.
at Barasota, mb.
Mny 8 Mnrcu Mayer, famous thatrl
cal maiuiger, at Amltyvlllo, L. I.
May 11-Fedural Judge C. C. Kohlsaat.
nt Clilrago.
May Ij-Pastor Charles Wngner, ln
Pnrls. ,
May 14 James Gordon Bennett, pro
prietor of New ork Herald, In Franco.
Mny 22-Dr. Mlnot J. Savage, noted Uni
tarian minister.
May 28 Gon. John B. Cnstleman, fam
ous t'onfedorato soldier, at Louisville.
May 26-Maltlund Armstrong, Amorlcan
artist. In New York.
June 3 Ramon M. Vnldez, president of
Panama.
June 4 -Charles Warren Fairbanks,
former vice president, at Indianapolis,
June 6-Brlg. Gen. H. E. D. Mlchle, U.
S. A., In Franca.
June 5 Dr. John Merrlttce Driver, noted-
preacher and lecturer, at Chicago.
June 10 George. B. Harris, head of Bur--llngton
Railway.
Arrigo Bono. Italian composer.
June 22 Archblshon John J Keane ot '
Dubuque, la.
june .j j. a. Mitcnen, eaiiur or i.ne.
July 2 Rov. Dr. Washington Gladden.
at Columbus, O.
July 3 .Mohammed V, sultan of Turkey.
Viscount Rhondda. British food con
troller.
Benlamln 11. Tillman. 11. S. senntnr from
South Carolina.
July 13 John D. O'Rear, American min
ister to Bolivia.
July 27 Gustav Kobbe. American nu.
,thor and critic.
Aug. u Congressman James H. David
son of Oshkosh, Wis.
Aug. 8 Max Rosenthal, famous artist,
at Philadelphia.
Aug. 9 John D. Shooo. sunerlntendent
of schools of Chicago.
Aug. 10 William P. Koliogg,. former
governor of Louisiana, In Washington:
Aug. 12 Anna Held, actress, nt New
York.
Aug. 17 Jacob H. Galllngcr, U. S. sena
tor from New Hampshire.
Aug. 22 Herman F. Schuettler. chief of -
police of Chicago.
Aug. 2S unio M. James, u. a. senator
from Kentucky.
Aug. 30-Prof. S. II. Wllllston, noted
paleontologist, at Chicago. .
Sept. 7-Francls S. Chatford. Catholic
bishop of Indianapolis.
Sept. 9-Brlg. Gen. L. W. V. Kcnnon, in
Now York.
Sept. 12 Rev. Jenkln Lloyd Jones, noted
preacher and pnclflst of Chicago.
Former U. S. Senator J. C. S. Blackburn
of Kentucky.
Anthony W. Dlmock of New York.
Sept. 17 Cardinal John M. Farley, arch
bishop of New, York.
MaJ. Gen. Lloyd Whcaton, V. S. A., re
tired, In Chicago.
Viscount Ichiro Motono, Japanese
statesman.
Sept. 23 John Ireland, Catholic arch
bishop of St. Paul.
Oct. 7 MaJ. Gen. C. G. Doyan. U. S.
M. C.
Oct! 8 James B. McCreary, former
United States senator and governor of
Kentucky.
Oct. 13 John F. Hopkins, former mayor
of Chicago.
Oct. 14 Solon Menos, minister from
Haiti, at Washington.
Oct. 17 Congressman- John A. Sterling
of Illinois.
Oct. 22 Dr. F. Id Brooke. Episcopal
bishop of Oklahoma.
Oct. 25 Charles Lecocq, Frenuh com
poser. Oct. 26 Ella Flagg Young, former, su
perintendent of schools of Chicago.
Oct. 27 Eugeno Halo, former U. S. sen
ator from Maine.
Oct. 30 Nelson N. Lampert, well known
Chicago banker.
Nov. 4 Mrs. Russell Snge.
Morton F. Plant, inlander and yachts
man. Dr. Andrew Whlto, educator and diplo
mat. Nov. 8 Robert J. Collier, editor and
publisher.
Nov. 15 Gen. H. C. King, soldier and
nuthor, in New York.
Nov. 19 Dr. C. R, Van Hlse, president
of University of Wisconsin.
Joseph F. Smith, president of Mormon
church.
Nov,, 22 Former Governor W. D. Hoard
of Wisconsin.
Nov. 25 N. M. Kaufman, copper and
Iron magnate and hotel map, of Chicago.
Dec. 2 Edmond Rostand, poet and
dramatist, In Paris.
Dec. 9 L. W. Page, head of U. S. bu
reau of roads.
Dec. 12 Efflo Ellslcr, actress, aged . 95.
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DISASTERS
:
Jan. 1 Conflagration in Norfolk, Va.;
loss $2,000,000.
Jan. 13 Million dollar Are In Indianapo
lis Industrial district.
Feb. 14 Forty-two children Killed in.
nunnery llro In Montreal. ,
Feb. 24 Liner Florlzel. St. Johns, N. Ft,
to New York, wrecked In blizzard near
Cape Race; 92 lost.
.March y twelve nuieu in coimpse o
moving picture theater at Winchester,
Ky. ,
Five killed nnd,$5;000.000 damage by tor
nado In northwestern Ohio.
April 13 Seventy killed In burning or
Insane asylum at Norman, Okla.
April 21 Earthquake In southern Cali
fornia; towns 'of Unmet nnd San Jacinto
wrecked.
May 1 Savannah liner City of Athens
sunk In collision with French cruiser oft
Delaware cost; us lives lost.
Mav 18 Nearly a hundred persons killed.
by explosions In Aotna Chemical plant,
near Pittsburgh, Pa.
June 2 Circus train telescoped at
Gnrj'; Ind.: C3 killed, i
Juno 29 Fifty persons killed by collapB
of building In Sioux City, la.
July i-THiien ractory explosion in Eng
land killed 60.
July 2 Explosion In munitions plant
nfear Syracuse, N. Y., killed 10.
July 6 Excursion boat sank In Illinois
river; 85 lives lost.
Guam devastated tby typhoon. ,
July 9 Hundred persons killed In train
collision near Naslivlllo, Tonn.
July 12 Japanese battleship blew up,
killing COO men.
Aug. 21 Tornado In Minnesota destroyed
Tyler nnd Connors, killing nbout 60. .
Oct. 3 Shell loading plnnt at Morgan,
N. J., blow up; 94 killed. '
Oct. 11 Severe earthquake In Porto
Rico; 150 killed.
Oct. 12 Great forest fires In northeast
ern Mlnnosotn; many towns destroyed and
nbout 1,(00 lives lost.
Oct. 25 Steamship Princess Sophia
wrecked on Alaska coast; 343 lives 'lost.
Nov. 1 Ninety-eight persons killed In
wreck on Brooklyn Rapid Transit train.
Nov. 21 About 1,600 killed by explosion
of munition trains in Belgium.
SPORTS
Feb, 8 Kleckhefor won three-cushion
billiard championship from De Oro.
Feb. 25 Jack Dcmpsoy defeated Bill
Brennan In six tounds ut 'Milwaukee.
March 15 KleckKefer successfully de
fended three-cushion billiard champion
Bhln against Canuefax.
March 23 Michigan university won the
eighth annual Indoor conference meet.
April 19 Kleckhefer retnlnd three-cushion
championship, beating Mnupome.
Sept. 11 Boston American league team
defeated Chicago National league team
for world's championship, ami profes
sional bat-cball quit for perlou of tho wur.
Nov. 8 Kleckhefor retained three-cushion
title, dofentlng McCourt.
Nov. 22 Kleckhefer retained three-cushion
title, defeating Canuofax.
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FOREIGN
K
April 22-Flvp hundred killed In battle
between Mexican federul forcB and
rebels. ,u
debnetPof ffl S'"h C"anK e,eC,ed
Dec. 1-Peru and Chile preparing for
war over provinces of Tacna and Arloa.
orwiiVrffl1' Mor ele,,,el, Mint
tigftl. a4SBa8ss,.0n'aIledPtte"' prMWenl "f
PrcmUr Lloy I George and rr,..iiiinn
cabinet won in British general Vl, , t "
Dec 17 Admiral Csjttro eltrted i resi
dent of Portugal.