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~Z7 ED IN BRIEF Most Important Events of the Last Year Set Forth. PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR _»_ t Chef Development* in the Mighty Conflict of Nations—Political and Other Happenings in the United State*. COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD. | EUROPEAN WAR Jo* I —New* received of t.*-ped.tng of r A O iiim Persia in Mediterranean: about a* L~t m luding I: X MrXeely. I S nwu! as Aden •'.■-•rurjui k'eat !Te:.- .e ;n G» Id* Jan C- British i owrijMin l..,| paaerd •rv- roashn* and three i-al- mmiGr. napuf Italian *'earner rarrs lag Montenegrin rveruRs fn« t" 8 sunk by mine in She aArtaUi jm Umr Jaa flaamasy promised V. S its sob ■aar-ne* would ulsrrrr rules of ci. ill zed warfare Jan »-British battleship Edward VII sunk t y mine Albr* eatuely et a stated Gallipoli penin sula. H-—Austrians raptured Eovcen. dnmmsuntr •'attorn. British s'eamer nt* V Kariane tor ped.ad f Mrs • nt .ear ij Jo* U Austrian . re.set sunk by rr»«. +> submarine ttfaaaiei. ateatner B*)o sunk by mine. 3 kid Jaa It. —Jfur.v «:.«r-’irrentii rnnKiflfnr '«• ali-isf'* wur plot* in V * takfur fpi<«u him l»x turnmi t» Am* ni an MnhuMr K0r»Aa#h*i. Po-rsia. s*. cupiod by Turk*. Jaa tt Huh^m* rfw»«J ti#-n! «• tArk on Aui!i!k» fruit Austnai !. t * *k <V:in)r anti pursuit * or»rd A banii jAXi ZZ -Au*tn*a hy-lr piano and tor M b«At punk by Brlu*t. fubmanne in J« —-Austria sued ultimatum »« to **arr« 5- r or fa e ar nt MatlML ^Turk» frittt tan root by liisfiaiu to Dirrum. Jar. 2 —Germans mult Airplstw raid on roust v of k.r' Kcrlsnd Awtnats «e »o! Anrlnrl and I>ul tgriu. Munm-cta Jss Hr —Scutari *cc,r*ei bv Austrians Ortaanv submit*- 1 to l* ? r>e» n*»>e so laMetants but it *t> re.?e ted fhraft bill pssaed by 1 —sr of « *»mmons. J*ti — Ikssimon liner Norseman re port tv? sunk M«'.f*rs delegate* *.gr,. i Articles of surrt sder Jss >i - Austrian* took sorr e trenches nsd I.3AS Italians near rtslavta. House of lords fussed RmrripUns bill Jar- 5 German* defeated in attempts to re* apt ire tree- >*•» m Art**;* f * pe*w*« on Itr.tssti mail seizure* mad* put-!? - Jaa S Tmenty four killed in Zeppelin raid on Fans Germans took nearly a mile of French fren*e«t .a#* of s er Bntisb des-rover Viking sunk bv mines All hands lust Jar » —Another Zeppelin raid made on Paris Jan *1 — Several Zeppelins made raid oser Midland and ft. »n beast countie* of Fr • ' of f»n*r • r+m fr»»m G**cnmr <t>mnw*r' rw. * irrtvH at Norfolk with *■*1"* • » frsvrri mro other rhi..rf Frans Flsrh#-r sunk by bomb tr /arffM-iTTt !1 MS* * *' jw fwr»*d^l Gorcmvktn Af Ru» I Z fVHRn W»v defeated Ruffian* tn*r • me MI Teheran Z-'-jife in kM tft North sea and crew dro* n*4 Fffc * -Ffw‘: aviators attacked eta. of ftrrjTW't kitlirc f*r#^ den* W * #-fvr*4 Germany’s **>- ' 4-rr * Tr,* :U of no* Mh fidm jrlAdiaf ground f'*“‘ * -^>nnaD* -* yard* of IWb» h iron* hH> mar \*?mr F ri (ismindH from Austria *jv>|o^a •r*l repiraTF-n for attack on Prtrolitt. Fbwrti cruiser Amirai Charnlcr tor pH «p-d ard «jt:v 774 lost FHeltwn rejnefod nrparat# peace propo * e* Iff - R amif i the Diifenter aim] »'if*ai«wd Cffiwlti Cifmany aDnomirc] arvu«<1 enemy n#*r r* tnt t** »wiM **e treated a* warship* F»-% >t R'lMtajM r?4er Grand Duke XI- ‘ '»U/ ntfarvd 77rzerurr Fe! IT.- SereetaffT loanrine annminoKi IT Is »<*uld n»i*t Germany a># .re safer v of I ner* Feb 1ft — ?* f* declared all merchant have right to cafTv def. nsKe arma Keb Tft Rttssians * ••ntinu#**! a4ranee Id Armrn'u ’mkirg Nwli r-b > Ge-man Zej»iselin shot down «e*r Ret iimy. Fiaai * Feb. 2 <Jerman attack on Verdun br m*n Tteka *-vacated l^ake Van dtstri? t in oludinr Kitti* Fab 74 -‘ennwi 'antured village* tadflun big run rang* of V*rdun Aitwtiri* »f!fmun>e! sinking of Italian trnr*p. r* iffed with soldier« bv bonab fror- airi i«a» ft •!». i"*r French 'he-kH mm^what C*rtnaii drive oo Verdun. RtmeUn* took Kern an*hah Persia, bv •hr* Austrfon* entered I>urazzo. Italian* re tinue ft'r-n- b aruive’- Provence stark in Medi terranean * !3b lost Fnm HrrtMi steamers sunk >» loaf. Geve-rmi! K -**patkin mad- run • i.«c ler of Jha- • n ar- • * In North f' J** 4 1South Af* in ' rrinna Ilk W**t**A I *r • r * F#t* S' ltr*!jnh ffttuwr M.tlo’a wtink br win* IT4 lf«t Feb :»-Italian mvttmwm seized 34 U'rttie! German steamer* German mmwro raider Grelf and Br.- «t rtttse- Alcantara aunk in North er* flxrht S< |c*t March i—Germans drove through vil lage at tbawiMri and bevond. R selans took Bull* Armenia, br as sault r P senate refected resolution warn ku American* off armed ships Mar-da ' Free. > checked *<-. ond Ger man tnfsntrv attack on Verdun Ts - '• 1-1 e' r , 4*4 n .... coast o' i G-tt-o.- r* -*er Moeare reached port of Wilhelm shaven M r h • • le- oat.# lean new drive on Vee • •: ess* urine villaee of Force* M.rc : G* rtnan* made further calns a* Verdun at tremendous oat F It bouse of repress ntat-ve* tabled paanltitlaa * amine Ameri- an* off armed ■tatF-rn M»r*-b » -Ger-nar jr declared war on FortucaS Bel' *h troop* advanced to relief of he M'd'cl ' r'r at K :t-e!-Amara Ir Mesopo tamia but Turk* beat them of* Mm h 1* Russians advanced to within » tr.-.c. Of Tr. btzond Turks and Germans avar ua t ad ! spa ■ » n Perai a M*r-b 11 N-.-weffi-n bsrune Stilus tnr P*-'- »-d and sunk tn Havre Road* Seven Amerlcaa passe-rers escaped Mi-r.-h 14 Italian* started bie offensive aker whole Aus-rlan front Mar * If Gaihenl Fre-v h minister of war resigned and Gen Charles Rocque* * 'TT March If Russian* renewed advance aralnst Turk* in Caucasus Third Itus-.an mvaaton of Ea*- Prussia announced by cap) re of Memel. a Ger man seaport _German submarines torpedoed three prran if* Uan-h » German* repulsed French at tAffct At liert And raptured Br-tlah at Vermetlee Sftne el Ghana killed when German sea gJane.drop.-d bomtrs near letter Enf March 3»-Ro - .dron of French and Brlt Isb airplane* tombed Zee|»rueee destrov ttwr much pr -t-rty and kllimc many per March "3 —German* halted at Verdun German and British destroyer Beets tn fsenisc tiltht so North aea fUsseians Cabyd aealns- German* and Aw**rts-<* la Poland and Gall, la: and took iof pFrwa. Ms ret 3-- Austrian* evacuated f'zerno -ettl and Bukowin* BrHIah Meamar Minneapolis *unk In MedRerratwaA Marc* 3-Frawct expelled German* from ftest line tron< he# near Verdun March 3«-French bombarded German peart lot.s at MalaneOJr- and A vorourt British channel atoamer Sussex and British steamer Eafrtisbman torpedoed without warttlBf Aiwn.*,* on both. Entente antes r?jtrtrtjAiiiinQ_jro. I Mar h 25 Russians stormed.German po sitions on East front. British atta« ked German airship sheds >’ Sylt !u> ng three seaplanes: two Ger man vessels sunk. Mar h 1> -Great German attack on ! Hauoourt-Malancourt front repulsed E ?:-ian attacks repulsed with heavy loss Miles creed on unity of action in ev j err branch. M..rc 25* British steamer Eagle Point. ■n«- \ nn»ri* an aboard, torpedoed without warning. :m aerial attack on Saloniki killed » twentr Terrifi ' fighting at Goritz bridgehead, 'lie » G-rm ns attacked with liquid hre n«ar Verdun hut were repulsed. Genua* * t. rp. d ^l Russian hospital ip in R’h* ^ sea: 115 lost. M • -c ■ G* r in;*ns took village of Ma ♦ !ar art. r ear Verdun, at terrifl cost. | 1 ZeiMH-hns raided eastern counties • ' • c *.d killing 2^. one Zeppelin de atro\ el Xi 5 Sixteen killed in Zeppelin raid on England \p-:! 2 Zeppelins raided England and Smi!:md k llir.g ten *;.• 1 Enter re allies In note to U S uphel " their right to search parcel post April 4 Erer h repulse.I fierce German att k south of Pouaumont T> *" hn*»r Zent torpedoed without warning: 4* lost xp* * ’ ••• » evacuated entire salient of Rethincourt Turk* <ief fated British near Felahia. M*-*«»Patat»:a %prll - a near TV.oi M. ’! at Verdun and then re pulsed tremendous attack: losses were very large April 11 French retook trenches at Verdun after terrific battle At r'\ > -Russians captured Trebizond. Xj ; • r« President Wilson sent ultima tum • Germany on submarine question and told - on cress In joint session April B g forces of Russians landed in France. Xprii _ German warships and Zeppe lins a** i ked la»westoft and vicinity, but m ere drives off Ap-1' 2T B*i "• battleship Russell sunk by mine in Mediterranean: 124 lost Apr:; 2!* General Townshend and lO.OrtO Hr - * surrendered to Turks at Kut-el Amara R sstans defeated Austrians in big bat tle m-ar Mouravitz. May 1. —British steamer Hendonhall. la den wit} w! * at for Belgian relief, sunk by German submarine. Mav 2.— Five German airships raided •**a*t< «*f England and Scotland. R.eV an relief ship Fridland sunk by (>n»ian sul.marine May 4 Zeppelin destroyed by British cruiser Mav 5 -Germany's reply, received In etoi promised «omi liance with aws f »arf.-*re in submarine operations. ert thf .tt to itsiime former meth *-•* : * —■ X' • r: i persuades England to lif* starvation blockade. Zepj" n raided Saloniki and was de Ftr. yed by gu n fire. Mav ' President Wilson told Germany • r rel.it mrs with Britain could not enter in onf.versv with Berlin, ha-* * d great German attacks at \erjun cheeked. Liner rymrir carry ing munitions, tor ped«#ed and sunk. 5 los* 1 >' • -z ..ml Daeche. munition ship plotters. convicted in New York. M i k was tor ; • : ♦- i :»v G* rr-m submarine May II.—Germans captured British trenches at Huiluch. Ma> 13 - R us-a ns reported defeat of i - in big iuittlr near Erzingan. Rr r:s: warship defeated small German W' id:on off B* Igian coast. May 17—Dutch fteamer Ratavier V blown up. one American killed. May 3* —German seaplanes raided Eng lish »-aa«t roast. A ;*triaris made derided gains against I*a. an*, crossing the border near Vi cenza. May 25 — Rritish steamship Washington sunk by submarine. Itaan steamer Moravia torpedoed without warning May 31—Austrians reported capture of Asiag* and Arsiero. Great naval battle in North sea. British losing 14 vessels and Germans IS. June Earl Kitchener and staff lost « ‘ -r ■ -■■user Hampshire was blown up in North sea June 7—Germans took Fort Vaux by storm Austrians in Tyrol repulsed by Italians with heavy losses. Russians ret aptured Lutsk fortress. Jure 17 Russians captured Czernowitz. capital of Bukowtna. June .• Russians split Austrian Buko wma art nd occupied Zadova. Strog nierz and Gliboka. Jun* 25 -Two Austrian transports, load ed with troops. sunk in Durazzo harbor by Italian warships June 27.— Italians recaptured Posina and Arsiero. June 2S.—-C. S note to Austria demard i • g ap • ogy for attack on Petrolite pub lished Jui -Russians routed Austrians in ast Gall- a and took Kolomea. July 1 -Allies b* gar. grea* offensive on v est front making big gains on both - v * of River Somme r French captured a number of t wrs in drive toward Peronne. British took I-a Boisselle. J . French < arrled by storm German second line near Peronne. Tur; announced recapture of Kerman shah from Russians. Ju'\ •. Russians again routed Austrians in Galicia. David IJoyd-George made British sec retary of war. Julv S.—Flench took Biache, close to Pemnne German submarine Deutschland arrived at Baltimore J ilv 17 Germans opened seventh great assaul* on Verdun. .1 il. 1" - Italians captured Vanzi. in Po sina valley. R .Hsians aptured Baiburt. Armenia, bv assault. • m ans took La Maisonnette and Bi a - s in Somme sector. J 11 y 3* —Germans opened fierce counter attack on British, with gas shells, win ning tt Longueval and Delville wood. Rr tisii blacklisted large number of American individuals and firms for deal ing with the Germans. July 23—British renewed terrific drive in Somme region, entering Pozieres. July 26—Russians captured Erzingan. Armenia. July 2v — Russians captured Brody. Gali • ian railroad renter; smashed Teuton first hn** west of Lutsk, and drove back Von LUwinfen in Volhynia. Aug s Russians smashed through Teu ton 1 nes on 15-mile front in Galicia. T rks raptured Bitlis and Mush. Aug 9 Italians captured Goritz. Zeppelins raided English and Scotch coast -. •_l. c« Galicia. Turk*? beat British east of Suez canal and in Mesopotamia. Aug I.' Russians captured Jahlonitza. in t? •- Carpathians, and pierced new Teu ton lines on Lemberg front. A u- is Two British cruisers, one Ger man battleship and one German subma rir» l*.st in North sea action British -wept Germans back on 11-mile front in Somme sector. Aug 74 -British advanced south of ; a ■ 1 Fren h took Maurepas. Russians recaptured Mush. Armenia, and report'd Mg victory near Rachta. /.• ppelrtss raided east coast of England; killing eight. A ;g 27.—Italy declared war on Ger many. Ro jmania declared war on Austria-Hun gary. Aug. 28.—Germany declared war on Rou mania. Aug 29. — Hindenburg made German chief of staff in place of Falkenhayn. Aug 2*» —Roumanians took Kronstadt trd oilier Transylvanian towns. Turkey declared war on Roumania. Aug 21.—Roumanians seized Rustchuk. Bulgaria, and more Hungarian towns. Sept 2 -Zeppelins raided England, one being destroyed. Sept. 4 Dar-es-Salaam. chief town of German East Africa, taken by British. Sept. 7.—Teutons took Roumanian for tress of Turtukai. S*-pt « —Teutons and Eulgars took Do brtc. Roumania. Sept 10.—Germans and Bulgarians cap tured Roumanian fortress of Silistria. Sept 11.—Allies began new offensive in Balkans, crossing the Struma. St-pt 15.—Allies smashed German third line in Somme sector, advanced five miles and took three towns. British used terri ble new armored cars. Serbs drove Bulgars back ten miles And British and French advanced in Balkans. Sept. 16 -Roumanians and Russians crushed in the Dobrudja. Sept. 17.—British took “Danube trench,** Mouquet fortified farm and 1,000 yards of German trenches north of Courcelette. Germans sank French transport filled with troope French took Vermandovillers and Berny. Sept. 18.—French captured Deniecourt. Allies routed Bulgars in Macedonia and captured Fiorina. Sept. 10—Teutons drove Russians back over St ok hod river. Sept. 23.—Zeppelins raided England, killing 30. one Zeppelin destroyed and one captured. Sept. 2T> —Zeppelins again raided Eng land. killing 96. Sept 26 — Anglo-French forces took Com ble* and Thiepval after terrific fighting Sept. 2S — Venizelos and Admiral Coun douriotis issued proclamation of provision al government for Greece. Oct. 1.—British took 3.000 yards of Ger man trenches close to Bapaume. Zeppelins raided England: one destroyed. Serbians routed Bulgars in Macedonia. Oct 2—Roumanians crossed the Danube Oct. 4.—Allies made great advances on entire line in Macedonia Invading Roumanians forced out of Bul garia. Allied transport Gallia torpedoed; 63S lost. Oct. 8 —German submarine U-53 sank five vessels off 1". S. coast. Germans recaptured Kronstadt. Transyl vania Oct. 9.—Serbians forced crossing of Cerna river in Macedonia. Oct. 10.—Italians resumed advance on Trieste, taking 5.000 Austrians. Oct. 11.—Greek fleet turned over to allies on their demand and largely dismantled. Teutons began invasion of Roumania. Oct. 15 -French captured Sailly-Saillisel, north of the Somme. Oct. 17.—Russians badly defeated in Ga ! licia. • talians captured Mount Pasubio. Oct. 19.—Cunard liner Aiaunia sunk by, mine in English channel: part of crew lost. Oct. 20.—Roumanians won on Transyl vania frontier but lost in Dobrudja. Russian battleship Imperatritza Maria destroyed by interior explosion: 300 lost. Oct. 23.—Teutons captured Ccnstanza, Roumanian Black sea port. * Oct. 24.—French smashed German line at Verdun, taking Douaumont fort and village. Oct. 25.—Teutons occupied Czernavoda and the Vulcan pass. Roumania. Oct. 2$.—Teutons took Campulung, north ern key to Bucharest. Greek steamer torpedoed: 200 lost. Steamer Marina torpedoed without warn ing: a number of Americans lost. Oct. 31.—German submarine Deutschland arrived at New London. Conn. Nov. 2.—Germans evacuated Fort Vaux. Verdun front. Nov. 5.—Germany and Austria proclaim- j ed autonomy of Poland. No. 6.—Von Mackensen forced back in the Dobrudja. P. & O. liner Arabia sunk by subma rine in Mediterranean. Nov. 8.—American steamer Columbian sunk by submarine. Nov. 13.—Battle of the Ancre opened. British capturing five miles of positions and three strong towns. Nov. 19.—Allies captured Monastlr. Nov. 20.—Allies ordered diplomats of central powers to leave Greece. Nov. 21—Teutons took Craiova. Rou manian rail and military center. Nov. 22.—Ministers of central powers left Greece. mine in the Aegean; 24 lost. Nov. 23.—Greece refused to surrender arms and munitions to the allies. Nov. 24.—Teutons occupied Orsova and Tumu Sever!n. Nov. 25.—Provisional government of Greece declared war on Bulgaria. Entente allies demanded Greece deliver its arms and munitions. Roumanian armies in Wallachia routed. Nov. 27.—Teutons captured Alt river line in Roumania. German airships raided England; two Zeppelins destroyed. Nov. 2S.—American steamer Chemung i sunk by German suomarine; crew saved. Roumanian government moved from Bucharest to Jassy. Nov. 29.—Sir John R. Jellicoe was made first sea lord of the admiralty and Sir David Beatty, commander of the grand fleet. Falkenhayn captured Pitechti, Rouman ian railway center, and Kampulung. ^ Italian steamer Palermo torpedoed off Spain; 25 Americans aboard. Nov 30.—'Teutons opened battle for Bu charest. Greece refused demands of Admiral du Fournet and allies prepared to seize Athens, landing troops at Piraeus. Dec. 1.—Allies marched on Athens; 1-rench sailors and Greek reservists fought. Dec. 1—Germans pressed closer on Bu charest. while Russians attacked desper ately in the wooded Carpathians and also seized Czernavoda bridge. Greece and allies reached compromise. German reichstag passed “man power” bill. Announcement made in duma that al lies had agreed to give Constantinople to Russia if entente wins war. 4.—Teutons began shelling of Bu charest. German submarines shelled Funchal, capital of the Madeira Islands. Dec. 5.—Premier Asquith of England re signed. Dec. 8.—Bucharest and Ploesci taken by the Teutons. Lloyd-George appointed premier of Great Britain. Allies protested to civilized world against deportation of Belgians. Dec. 8.—U. S. protested to Germany against deportation of Belgians. Dec. 10—Lloyd-George announced his cabinet. Russians and Roumanians had successes in Trotus valley and east of Ploechtf. Dec 11.—Germans levied huge taxes on captured Roumanian cities. Dec. 12.—Germany* offered to discuss peace terms with the entente allies. Genera! Nivelle made commander in chief of the French armies of the north and northeast. King of Greece ordered a general mobi lization. Germany answered American note by defending deportation of Belgians Dec. 13.—Greek regulars took Katerina from the French. Archduke Carl Stephen of Austria se lected as regent of Poland Germany in reply to V. S. justified sinking of American steamer Lanao Dec. 14—Great Britain called 1.000.000 more men to arms. France decided to prohibit alcoholic i drinks except wine and beer. British horse transport sunk by sub marine in Mediterranean; 17 Aniericans lost. Dec. 15—French captured wide stretch of German trenches near Verdun. Russian duma rejected German peace proffer. Greece accepted ultimatum of the en tente. Dec. 17—French drove Germans from Chambrettes farm. Verdun front. Roumanian army safe behind Russian lines. Dec. 19—Premier Llovd-George replied to Germany’s peace proposals, virtually refusing to consider them. Dec. 20—Violent bombardment of Eng lish positions in France. Dec. 22—Russians attacked Turkish po sitions in Armenia. FOREIGN Jan. 7.—Chines© government admitted all Yunan province was in revolt. Feb. L—Yussuf Izzeddin. crown prince of Turkey, committed suicide. March 22.—Official mandate announced abandonment of Chinese monarchy and resumption of republic, and rejection of emperorship by Yuan Shi Kai who re sumed presidency April 6.—Kwang Tung province, China, declared its independence. April IS.—Sir Roger Casement captured and German ship sunk while landing arms in Ireland for uprising. April 24.—Sinn Fein rebels seized parts of Dublin and serious fighting followed. April 30.—Main body of Irish rebels sur rendered. May 2.—President Jiminex of Dominican republic impeached. May 3.—Pearse. Clark and MacDonagh. leaders of Irish revolt, executed. May 5.—Fighting broke out in Santo Do mingo: American marines landed. May 12.—James Connolly and John Mc Dermott. Irish rebels, executed. May 31.—Sir Ernest Shackleton reached Falkland Islands safely from Antarctic. June 6.—Yuan Li Hung oecame presi dent of China. June 29 —Casement convicted of treason and sentenced to death. July 1.—V. S. marines routed 250 Santo Domingo rebels, killing 27 and losing one man. Sept. 3.—$3hackleton brought his ma rooned comrades safe to Punta Arenas Sept. 4.—Big revolt in Sumatra against Dutch. Sept. 20.—China appealed for aid for million people driven out by great floods. Sept. 30.—Emperor Lidj Jeassu of Abys sinia deposed: Ouizero-Zeoditu proclaimed empress of Ethiopia. Oct. 4.—Gen. Count Terauchi made pre mier of Japan. Oct. 21.—Count Carl Stuergkh. Austrian premier, assassinated by Vienna editor. Oct. 24.—'Two American officers killed by Dominican rebels. Nov. 22.—Karl Franz proclaimed emperor of Austria-Hungary. Nov. 29.—Capt. H. F. Knapp. U. S. N.. commander in Santo Domingo, proclaimed a military government of that country. Dec. 4.—Pope created ten new cardinals Dec. 14.—Denmark voted to sell Danish West Indies to United States. Edmund Schulthess elected president of Swiss confederation. Jan. 10.—Nineteen foreigners, nearly ail Americans, were murdered by Mexican bandits near Chihuahua. Jan. 12.—I-ansing - demanded that Car ranza punish slayers of Americans. March 9.—Nine American civilians and eight soldiers killed and several wounded when Villa bandits raided Columbus, N. M. Many raiders slain on both sides of border by soldiers. President Wilson or dered General Funston to pursue and pun ish Villa March 10.—President Wilson ordered 5, 000 troops into Mexico to get Villa. Villa’s men raided big Arizona ranch. March 12.—First troops entered Mexico in pursuit of Villa. againct Villa. Half million cartridges for Carran.-a army seized at Douglas. Ariz. March la.—First clash between Villa out posts and American expedition. Seven troopers wounded March IT.—Carranza forbade American troops pursuing Villa to enter Mexican towns. tT. S. senate passe! resolution declaring the United States did not intend to In tervene in Mexico. March IT.—Capture of Torrecn by Villis tas reported. March 25.—Congress appropriated iS.SfVV 000 for Mexican expedition. March 19.—Carranza granted use of Mexican Northwestern railroad to U. S. for shipment of supplies. Dodd's cavalry defeated Villa forces at Guerrero, killing 60: one U. S. soldier mortally wounded Villa seriously wound ed. April l—U. S. cavalry defeated Villista detachment north of Guerrero, killing 30. April 12.—U. S. troops attacked by Car ranza troops and citizens of Parral; two Americans and 40 Mexicans killed. April 13 — Carranza demanded withdraw al of U. S. troops from Mexico. April IS.—Pursuit of Villa at standstill because of hostility of Carranzistas. April 29 —Generals Scott, Funston and Obregon conferred on Mexican situation. Mav 5.—Villa bandits raided Glenn Springs. Tex., killing three U. S. soldiers and a boy. Major Howze with six troops of cavalry routed Villista band at Ojos Azuies. killing 55. Mav 9 — President Wilson ordered mili tia of Texas. New Mexico and Arizona and 4.500 more regulars to Mexican bor der. May 11.—American-Mexican border con ference ended futilelv. Curtis Bayles. American farmer, killed bv Mexican raiders near Mercedes. Tex. May 25.—Poole ranch in Big Bend coun try. Texas, again raided by Mexicans. Candelario Cervantes. Vimsta leader killed by American troops. May si.—Carranza demanded withdrawal of American troops from Mexico on peril of "recourse to arms." June IT.—General Parker rushed rein forcements to American troops in Mexico KaIatt Vitamnwi* June IS.—War department ordered all state militia mobilized. Fourth punitive expedition withdrawn from Mexico. Carranza soldiers at Mazatlan fired on Amerk’an landing party. June 30.— General Funston called for at least 50.000 troops for border service. U. S. sharply refused to withdraw troops from Mexico. June 21.—Detachment of American cav alry attacked by Carranza troops at Car nzai. 12 being killed Mexican losses in cluded Gen. Felix Gomez. June 23.—House granted use of state militia as federal soldiers. Secretary Baker ordered all militia to border as quickly as possible. June 25.—President Wilson demanded that Mexico release captured troopers. June 26.—Administration rejected plan for mediation with Mexico. Senate passed bill for drafting militia into federal service. June 29 —Twenty-three troopers taken at Carrizal released by Mexico. Pershing's column began retiring north wards. July 6.—War department called out reg ular army reserves to fill new regiments. July 13.—President Wilson raised em bargo on food for Mexico. July 2S.—U. S. accepted Carranza’s plan for joint commission. Aug. 12.—War department ordered 32.000 more state troops to border. Aug. 22.—Secretary Lane. Judge George Gray and Dr. J. R. Mott named as Mexi can settlement commission. Aug. 30—President ordered 21.000 troops back from Mexican border. Sept. 6.—American and Mexican commis sioners began sessions at New London. Conn. Nov. 24 — American-Mexican commission signed protocol for withdrawal of Ameri can troops and patrol of border. Nov* 28 —Villa captured Chihuahua City. Dec. 2.—Villa driven from Chihuahua City by Carranza forces. Dec 6.—Parral recaptured by Carranza forces. Dec. 12.-£?arranza troop train blown up by Villistas; 200 killed or injured. NECROLOGY Jan. 2.—Associate Justice J R Lamar. U. S. Supreme court, at Washington. Jan. 3.—Gen G. M. Dodge. Civil war hero and railroad builder, at Council Biuffs. Iowa. Col. R. T. Van Horn, founder of the Kansas City Journal at Kansas City. Jan. 6.— Matthew W. Pinkerton, at Chi cago. * Charles W. Knapp, veteran newspaper man, at New York Jan. S.—Rt. Rev. Richard Scannell. Cath olic bishop of Omaha. Ada Rehan. actress, at New York. Jan. 13.—Viotoriano Huerta, fo.-mer pro visional president of Mexico, at El Paso. Jan. 17.—Hon. Arnold Morley. former British postmaster general Jeannette L. Gilder, author and editor, at New York. Jan. 25.—Samuel S. Chamberlain, pub lisher of Boston American. Jan. 30—Sir Clements R. Markham, fa mous explorer, at I-ondon. Feb. 7.—Col. W. P. Hepburn, former con gressman, at Clarinda. la Feb 12.—J. T. Trowbridge, author, at Arlington. Mass Feb 20—Dr. Henry B. Favill. of Chi cago. prominent physician and publicist. Feb. 24.—Admiral von Pohl, at Berlin. Feb. 2S.—Henry James, author, in Lon don. March 2 —Queen Mother Elizabeth of Roumania (Carmen Sylvah Mounet-Sully. famous a**tor. at Paris. March 4 —Brig. Gen. W. Sooy Smith, at Medford. Ore. March 7.—Rear Admiral Asa Walker. U. S. N.. retired, at Annapolis. March 10.—Henry Gasawuy Davis, for mer I'. S. senator from West Virginia, at Washington. March 14 —IT. S. Senator Benjamin F. Shively of Indiana, at Washington. March 19.—Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the Propaganda at the Vatican, in Rome. March 25.—C. J. Mulligan, sculptor, at Chicago. March 27.—Thomas Pence, secretary Democratic national committee, at Wash ington. April —Napnraii l.u crock. a. e.. Disnop of Montana and Dakota at La Crosse, Wis. Dr. J B, Angell. president emeritus of University of Michigan. April 4.—George W. Smalley, veteran Journalist, in Imndon. April 7 —George W. Colton, former gov ernor of Porto Rico, at Washington. April 11—Richard Harding Davis, novel ist. at Mt. Kisco. N. Y. April 14 —T. J. Burrill. famous bacterio logist and educator, at Urhana. 111. April 16.—George W. Peck, former gov ernor of Wisconsin, at Milwaukee. April 19.—Baron von der Goltz. German commandant at Constantinople. April 3ft — Earl St. Aldwyn. noted Eng lish statesman, better known as Sir Mi chael Hicks-Beach. May 11—W. A. Gardner, president Chi cago & Northwestern railway. May 13.—Bryan Lathrop. philanthropist, at Chicago. Clara Louise Kellogg, opera star, at Elp stone. Conn. May 16.—Dr. E. N. Corthell. president American Society of Civil Engineers, at Albany. N Y May 20.—George B. Cox, pblitical leader, at Cincinnati. May 26 —Rev. Dr. Thlmothy Dwight, for mer president of Tale, at New Haven. Conn. May 27.—General Galllenl. at Paris. May 29 —James J. Hill, at St. Paul. Mai- 3ft—Col. John S. Mosby. famous confederate raider, in Washington June 1.—Charles Soov Smith, famous civ il engineer, at New York. June 6—Yuan Shi Kai. president of China June 9.—John R. McLean, owner of Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer. June 16 —U. S. Senator E. C. Burleigh of Maine June IS.—Lieut. Gen. Count Helmuth von Moitke, at Berlin. June 30— Edward S. Ellis, noted writer of bovs’ stories, at ClifT Island, Me. Tulv 3 — Mrs. Hetty Green at New York. July IS.—Prof. Elie Metchnikoff, famous bacteriologist, in Paris. Julv IS.—James H. Moore, noted finan cier. at Lake Geneva. Wis. July 22.—James Whitcomb Riley, at In dianapolis. Julv 23.—Former U. S. Senator T. M. Patterson at Denver. Sir William Ramsay, famous chemist, in England. Aug. 7 —Vice Admiral Kamimura of Ja pan. Aug. 9 —J. M. Thurston, former senator from Nebraska. A. B. Stickney. founder of Chicago Great Western railway. Robert Grau, theatrical manager. Aug. 11.—Dr John B. Murphy, famous Chicago surgeon. Aug. 14.—Gen. Charles J. Paine. Civil war veteran and yachtsman, at Boston. Aug. 25.—Archbishop John L. Spalding, at Peoria. 111. Aug. 2S.—Dr. L. R. Brewer. Protestant Episcopal bishop of Montana Aug. 31.—John P. St. John, noted Pro hibitionist. at Olathe. Kan. Sept. £—S. W. Pennypacker. ex-governor of Pennsylvania. Sept. 4 —R C. Kerens, former ambassa dor to Austria. Sept. 12.—T. L. James, former postmas ter general. In New York. Sept. 13.—Dr. George K. Herman, lead er in middle West athletics, at Chicago. Sept. 16.—Horace White, famous Jouraal Sept. IS.—Maj. Gen. Albert L. Mills. G. S A., at Washington Sept. 19 —William J. Calhoun, noted law yer and diplomat, at Chicago. Sep;. 27.—Rear Admiral C. E. Vreeland, f S N . retired. Oct. 1.—IT. S. Senator James P. Clarke of Arkansas, at Little Rock. Oct. 2.—E. S. Lacey, former comptroller of the currency at Chicago. Mrs. Havelock Ellis, noted lecturer on eugenics, in London. Oct. 12.—Otto, insane former king of Be varia. Oct. 15.—Rev. Francis Brown, president Union Theological seminary, at New York. Oct. IS.—Eben Eugene Rexford. poet and author. Normal Duncan, author, at Fredonia. X. Y. Oct. 25 —William M. Chase, noted paint er. in New York. Oct. 2S.—Prof. Cleveland Al.be. "father of weather bureau.” at Washington. Oct. 31.—"Pastor” Russell, noted inde pendent preacher. Nicholas E. Young, former president Na tional Baseball league, at Washington. Nov. 5.—Cardinal Della Yolpe at Rome. Nov. 12.^-Dr. Percival Lowell, famous astronomer, at Flagstaff. Ariz. Nov. H.—Brig. Gen. D. C. Kingman. U. S A. Nov. 15 —Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Che ney. senior bishop of Reformed Episcopal church, at Chicago. Molly Elliott Seawell. author, at Wash ington. Henryk Sienkiewri z Polish novelist. Nov. IS.—F. M Lyman, president of the quorum of apostles of Mormon church. Nov. 21—Franz Josef, emperor of Aus tria-Hungary. Dr. Eugene Louis Doyen, noted French surgeon, at Paris. Nov. 22.—Jack London, author, at Santa Rosa. Cal. Nov. 24.—Sir Hiram Maxim, noted inven tor. in London. Nov. 36.—Mrs. Inez Milholland Boisse vain. noted suffragist, at Los Angeles. Nov. 27.—Emile Verhaeren. Belgian poet. Dec. 3.—Sir Francesco Tosti, composer Dec. 5.—John D. Archbold, president of Standard Oil Co., at Tarrytown. N. Y. George C. Boldt. leading hotel man. in New York. Herbert D. Peirce, former minister to Norway, at Portland. Me. I Dec. 6.—Hans Richter, noted Wagnerian conductor. Dec. 10.—Field Marshal Prince Iwao Oyama at Tokyo. Dec. 13 —J. W. Comyns Carr. English critic and dramatist. Dec. 15—W. C. Nixon, president St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. Dec 16 —Hugo Munsterberg. professor of psychology at Harvard. Dec. 17.—f'lara Ward. Princess Chimav in Padua. Italy. POLITICAL Jan. 4.—Congress reassembled. Jan. 11.—Progressive national committee called convention for June 7 in Chicago. Jan. 23.—National Prohibition convention called for July 19 in St. Paul. Jan. 25.—President Wilson nominated Louis D. Brandeis for Supreme court justice. Feb. 2.—House passed antichild labor bill. Feb. 4 —Senate passed bill for indepen dence of Philippines in 2 to 4 years. Feb. 9.—Senate passed house resolution making available tSOO.OOO for re-equipping Mare Island and New York navy yards and house bill increasing by 3% the en trance class at naval academy. Feb. 10.—Secret ary of War Garrison and Assistant Secretary Breckinridge re signed. Feb 15.—G. T. Marye. ambassador to Russia, resigned. Feb IS.—Senate ratified Nicaraguan canal route treaty Feb. 2S-—Haitian treaty ratified by sen ate. March 3.—J H. Shea of Seymour. Ind nominated ambassador to Chile. March 6—Newton D. Baker of Cleve land appointed secretary of war. March 22.—House passed Hay army re organization bill. March 30—House passed immigration bill with literacy test clause April 11 —House passed $39,000,009 rivers and harbors bill. April IS.—Sc.iate passed army reorgani zation bill. April 21.—Japanese ambassador protested to President Wilson against oriental ex clusion clause of immigration bill. April 22.—Senate passed house bill re pealing free sugar law April 25 —Henry Morgenthau resigned as ambassador to Turkey. April 39.—Socialist Labor party nomi nate! Arthur E. Reimer of Boston for president and Caleb Harrison of Chicago for vice president. May 1—House rejected bill pledging withdrawal from Philippines within defi nite time. May 15.—Senate rejected nomination of G. Rublee of N. H. as member federal trade commission. May 17.—Senate passed army bill. House passed $51.0»«0.u00 flood control bill. May 20 —House passed $50,090,000 ship purchase bill. House passed army bill. May 29.—Senate passed rivers and har bors bill. June 1.—Louis D. Brandeis confirmed as associate justice of Supreme court. June 2.—House passed naval appropria tion bill. June 7 — Republican and Progressive na tional conventions opened in Chicago. June 1<».—Charles Evans Hushes nomi nated for president by Republican con vention. June 10 —Theodore Roosevelt nominated by Progressive* June 14.—Democratic convention opened at St. Louis. June 15.—Wilson and Marshall renomi nated by Democrats. June 26.—Roosevelt declined Progressive nomination and Progressive national com mit te indorsed candidacy of Hughes. June -‘7.— Senate passed sundry civil, good roads and pension bills, carrying total of $390,000,000. June R- Willcox made chairman o* Republican national committee. June IS.—House voted $27.*.00.000 for im mediate use of army, and passed good roads bill. July 10.—House passed emergency rev enue bill. July 12.—Senate passed agricultural bill, carrying $24,090,000. July 13—Judge J. H. Clarke of Ohio nominated for associate justice U S. Su preme court. July 15.—Congressman Hay of Virginia nominated associate justice U. S. court of claims. July 18.—Abram Elk us nominated as am bassador to Turkey July 19.—Prohibition national convention opened in St. Paul. Minn. July 21.—Senate passed navy bill pro viding for 157 vessels. Prohibitionists nominated J. Frank Han ly for president and Ira D. Landritli for vice president. July 27—Senate passed army bill car rying $313.97* 447. Aug. 8.—Child labor bill passed bv sen ate. Aug. 15.—House passed big navy bill. Aug. 16.—Senate passed bill promising in dependence to Philippines when Fiiipinos are fit for self-government. Aug. IS.—President Wilson vetoed armv bill. Senate passed shipping purchase bill. Aug. 19.—Federal workmen’s compensa tion act passed by senate. Aug. 25 —House accepted senate amend ments to army bill. Sept. 5.—Senate passed emergency rev enue bill with reprisal provisions against British blacklist. Sept. 7.—Senate ratified treaty for pur chase of Danish West Indies. Sept. 8.—Congress adjourned. Sept. 12—Republicans won in Maine election. N’ov- 7.—Wilson and Marshall re-elected president and vice president of IT. S. Nov. 10.—Count Tarnowsky named Aus trian ambassador to LT. S. Dec. 4.—Congress began short session. Dr. Henry Van Dyke. American ambas sador to the Netherlands. T. A. Thomp son. minister to Colombia, and W. H. Hornibrook. minister to Siam, resigned. Dec 5.—President Wilson read his mes sage to congress. 14.—Senate passed immigration bill with literacy test clause. I INDUSTRIAL J&n. 7.—Rioting strikers looted and burn ed East Youngstown. O. Jan. 19.—One man killed and fire shot in strike riot at East Chicago. Ind. Feb. 5.—General strike of switchmen on Wabash railroad. March 6.—Wage increases of *9.000 000 annually granted in soft-coal fields. April 24.—Striking emplovees of West inghouse Co. rioted in East Pittsburgh led by masked woman. May 2.—Fatal strike riots at Carnegie Steel Works in Braddock. Pa. May 9.—Chicago Garment Workers start ed big strike Mav 16.—Chicago express drivers went on strike. July 2S.—Train service brotherhoods voted overwhelmingly for a strike. Aug. e—Strike stepped ail surface car traffic in boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Richmond. New York. Aug. 7.—New York street car strike ended. Aug. 12.—Federal board's mediation in threatened railway strike failed. Aug. 14.—President Wilson conferred with rail beads and union men. Aug. 29.—Failing to avert rail strike. President Wilson asked congress to pass I Sept. 1.—House passed tight hour rail road bill, to avert strike. Sept. 2.—Senate passed eight hour bill. Sept. 6.—Strike of subway, elevated *nd surface railway men In New York Sept 22.—General sympathy strike of union labor called in New York. Sept 2S.—General strike in New York fizzle 1. No*.. 5.—I. W. W. men from Seattle foug t sheriff's posse at Everett. Wash.; 7 killed. Nov. 21.—United States Steel corpora tion announced 10 per cent raise cf wages. Nov. 22.—Adamson S-hour law held un constitutional by federal judge in Kansas City. Nov. 22.—New England cotton mills raised wages of employees. Nov. 29.—International Harvester com pany and many other concerns announced large wage increases. Nov. 30.—Chicago Wholesalers’ associa tion raised wages Dec. 13.—New York garment workers on strike. ™""™1™l^"B■"™mm™■“mmm"mi""u DISASTERS .. Jan. 3.—Explosion on oil tanker Aztec at New York killed ten. Jan. 5.—Steamer Kanawha sank in Ohio river; 40 lost. Jan. 9 -Du Pom powder mills at Car ney’s Point. N J.. blown up; six killed. Jan 15.—l' S. submarine E-2 blown up at New York navy yard, four killed. 16 hurt. Jan. 16.—Fire did SUV »V«0 damage in Bergen. Norway, and $1.5damage in Lisbon. Jan. 17.—Fire destroyed most of Wirt. Ok la. Jan. 21.—Fire at Molde. Norway, did ISflO .*»> damage Jan 22.—Great Northern train wrecked by avalanche near Corea. Wash.; six dead. Jan. 2S.—Otay valley dam near San Diego. Cal., broke; 5** dead. Feb 2.—Japanese liner Dai jin sunk in collision; 160 lives lost. Feb. 3.—Canadian parliament building at Ottawa destroyed by fi*-e; seven lives lost. Feb. 16—Three British steamships, many lighters and a pier burned at Brooklyn; los*- ,*v- > *>v> b eb. 16.—Holland suffered from great storm and floods Feb. 2»—Great snowslides in Salzburg Alps killed nearly 10T* persons. Feb. 21.—Ten killed in wreck on New Haven road. Feb 29— Fifteen men killed by explo sion in mjne at Kempion. W. Va. March 5 —Spanish steamer Principe de Asturias hit rock and sank off Brazil; 300 lost. Marcr -2 —Mtteen trillion dol'ar fire at Nashville. Ter.n.. and $5.*A*0.000 fire at Au gusta Ga. March 29—Twenty-six killed and many injured in collision on New York Central lines near Cle\ eland. April S.—Boh Burman of Detroit and two others killed in Corona, Cai., auto race. April 17 —Six killed. 40 in;tired in wreck on New Haven road at Bradford. R. I April 19 —Tornadoes in Kansas and Mis souri killed 17. % April 22.—More than 1.000 lost in collision between Chinese cruiser and transport May S—Steamer Kirby >ank in La Su perior; 3'* lost. May 11—Carl Limb rg. driver and R. Pallotti. mechanician, killed in road race at Shcenshead Bay. May 15. Explosion in Du Pont powder plant at Gihbstown. N. 7 . killed 13. June 2.—Thirteen killed in train wreck at Packard. Ia. June 4 —Waterfront fi-e at San Francis co did 3900.009 damage. June 5.—Tornadoes killed 57 in Arkansas and 49 in other middle Western states. June 13.—Four killed in two-million-dol lar fire at Baltimore. July 4.—Eleven killed. 375 hurt in Fourth of July celebrations. July 14.—V S. navy collier Hector sunk in storm off Charleston. S. C. July 20.—Hundreds of fishermen lost in monsoon off Cevlon coast. July 22 —Six killed and 40 hurt by bomb during San Francisco preparedness pa rade. July 24.—T wen tv-two men killed bv gas explosion in a Cleveland water tunnel. Aug. 9.—Cloudburst in West Virginia re sulted in nearly MO deaths. Aug. 12.—Trolley wreck at Johnstown. Pa., killed 25. Aug 29.—U. S. armored cruiser Mem phis wrecked in Santo Domingo harbor ; 41 d?ad. Sept. 12.—Central span of great bridge over St. Lawrence at Quebec fell; 27 killed. Sept. IS —Great dam near Hannwald. Bohemia, burst: 3W> dead. Oct 25.—Nineteen killed in burning of hospital at Famham. Quebec. Nov 3—Steamers Connemara and Re triever sunk by collision in Irish sea: 92 lost. Nov. 7.—Fifty lives lost when Boston L car plunged off bridge. Nov. 21 —Explosion at Bakaritza. Rus sia^ killed 341 De< 1.—Sixty-six persons killed in train collision in Austria. Dec. 9.—Thousand killed by explosion in Russian ammunition factory. Dev. 11.—Million dollar fire destroyed Quaker Oats plant at Peterboro. Ont. Dec. 13—Canadian torpedo boat Grilse foundered; 45 losr. SPORTING Jan. 5.—C. H. Weeghman and partners bought Chicago National league club. Feb. 25.-*Charles Ellis won three-cushion billiard championship from De Oro. March —Jess Willard defeated Frank i Moran at New York. April 12.—Baseball season opened. May 39.—Dario Resta in Peugeot car won Indianapolis 300 mile race. June 17.—Syracuse crews won regatta a Poughkeepsie. June 23.—Harvard beat Yale in New Londv n regatta. June 30.—Charles Evans. Jr.. Chicago, won open national golf championship. Aug 15.—George M. Church retained i Western tennis championship. Aug. IS—Walter Hagen of Rochester, 1 N Y.. won Western open golf champion ship. Aug 25.—Mrs. F. C. Letts. Cincinnati, won women s Western golf championship. Sept. 4.—Freddie Welsh defeated Charlev White in 20 rounds. Sept. 9.—Charles Evans. Jr.. Chicago, w.m national amateur golf championship. Sept 50.—Johnny Aitken in a Peugeot won Astor cup breaking world’s record. Oct. 1.—Boston won American league championship. Oct. 3.—Brooklyn won National league i championship Oct. 7.—Alexa Stirling. Atlanta, won women’s national golf championship. Oct. 12.—Boston Red Sox won world’s 1 championship. Oct. 14.—Resta won Grand American 250- ; mile automobile race at Chicago. Nov. 15.—Dario Resta won Vanderbilt cup at Santa Monica. Cal. Nov. IS.—Grand Prtx rac#» at Santa Mon ica. Cal., won by Aitken: Driver Lewis Jaokson and three spectators killed. Nov. 25.—Ohio State university won western conference foo*b:>ll championship. I DOMESTIC Jan. 1.—Prohibition in effect in Iowa, Colorado. Washington. Oregon, Idaho. Arkansas and South Carolina. Jan. 9.—Six New Haven road former directors acquitted of violating Sherman law: jury disagreed as to five. Feb. 9—Most Rev. George W. Munde lein installed archbishop of Chicago. May 13.—Immense preparedness parade in New York. Mav 27.—Forty thousand in Boston pre- i paredness parade. May 31— Mrs. J. E. Cowles. California. ! elected president General Federation of 1 Woman's clubs. June 3.—Immense preparedness parade in Chicago. June 4.—Rockefeller education board gave $7S9.9S0 to colleges. Sept. 27.—New York-Chicago express on i Michigan Central held up and robbed near Detroit. Nov. 10.—Rockefeller boards appropriat- ; ed S2.0iP.000 for great medical and surgi- . cal institution in Chicago. Nov. 15.—Wireless service between U. S ! and Japan opened. Nov. 19.—Ruth Law broke American non- i stop airplane record. Chicago to Horaell. N. Y. Dec. 7.—Freight embargo put on ship- | ments from middle west to Atlantic sea- i board Dec. 28.—American Association for the Advancement of Science met in New York. Jan. 24.—TJ. S. Supreme court declared income tax constitutional. May 23— Richard H. Aishton elected president Northwestern railway. June 24.—Corn IToducts trust ordered dissolved by federal judge in New York. June 2S-—Western Pacific railroad Krid at auction for $18,000,000. Ckt. 2.—American loan of $60,000,000 made to China to build railways. Nov. 13.—Starch trust order i dissolved by federal court in New York. _Nov. 16.—Chicago bank made loan of $6,000,000 to China. OI Dec. 1- —Great_Brltain and France can PLANS FOR UNIVERSAL SEPVICE ARE BEING FORMULATED. ~ ' TO BE LAID BEFORE CONGRESS Gen. Scott Reiterates Recommerda. tion for Compulsory Military Training—Baker Undecided. Washington.—A definite plan for •universal military training will b. laid before congress next month m the shape of a bill formuiati d by the general staff of the arm . accom panied by complete estimates of cost as compared to the preseu volunteer system. Major General He. l. Scott, chief of staff, told the muse military committee that the work was in progress and would requir a month to complete. Chairman • nt said the committee would be glad to see the bill. General Scott was subjei ted to sharp cross-examination on his reit erated recommendation for a uni versal service measure based in part on results of the volunteer system shown in the mobilization of tie Na tional Guard for border service Five of the twenty-two members of the committee took occasion to as sert their belief in the theory of uni versal service, while two emphatic ally declared against such a system The probable nature of the bill now being drafted by a committee of the general staff was not disclosed by General Scott, who also refused to estimate the cost of such a sys’em, except to say that proportionately it would be much less than the expense of the volunteer method of training troops. It is known, however, that the possibility of welding into tho new project the various section of the defense act dealing with indus trial organization for war purpi ses, the right to take over and operate manufacturing plants, railways and other peace time agencies, is under consideration. Secretary Baker told the commit tee recently he was undecided as be tween universal military service and a system of selective conscription, the latter plan being understood to include the industrial as well as the military service. Deal for Islands Nearly Completed Washington. — Approval by Den mark’s parliament of the treaty by which the United States will acquire the Danish West Indies opens the way for a prompt exchange of ratifications between the two governments and consummation of negotiations thatj^ have been in progress intermittently since the civil war. The United States senate already has given its approval, and as soon as the formal exchanges have taken place the administration will press measures in congress ap propriating the purchase price. $25, 000.000. and providing for the institu- . tion of an American territorial gov ernment on the islands. American naval strategists for years have regarded possession of this little archipelago, lying fifty miles east of Porto Rico, as absolute, ly necessary to prevent any European power from acquiring it. and more over. to establish there a great naval base and coaling station for the United States fleet. Note is Not Threat, Says Lansing. Washington. — President Wilson's note to the belligerents urging discus sion of peace was officially interim ed as not bearing any threat that the United States might be forced to en ter the war because of the continued invasion of its rights by the warring powers on both sides. This interpre tation was made by Secretary Lansing in a formal statement, issued to overtake what was characterized as widespread misconstructions placed on one previously given, saying that because of the increasingly critical position of the United State-s as a neutral it was entitled to know ex actlv what each belligerent seeks in order that it might regulate its con duct for the future. Hollweg Given Free Hand London.—A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company from Zurich says information has been received there from Berlin that Dr. von Bethmanr Hollweg, the German chancellor, ha been given full powers to conduct peace negotiations. Seek Coal Investigation. Chicago.—Following a series of con ferences Chicago coal dealers, facing a possible coal famine, have issued an appeol for a federal investiga tion. Russia Faces New Problem. Petrograd.—The passage across the Russian frontier of thousands of Ru manians who have abandoned their houses and property in the face of in vading Teutons has cast the shadow of a new refugee problem on the Russian empire. Students Raise $4,000 for Relief. Ames, la.—In a remarkable convo cation, Ames students raised in an hour’s time $4,000 for Belgian relief. The sum is the largest ever made by tn education institution of Iowa Makes Fortune Raising Flax. Onida, S. D.—To realize a clear profit of $28.63 per acre from a crop of flax of 312 acres this year on his farm of 312 acres was the experience > of L. E. Snyder, a well-known farmer -i living near here. He made a profit of $8,932.28 on the crop. Want Derth Penalty Abolished. Queretaro, Mexico.—A petition has been presented to the constitutional congress by the citizens of Mexico asking for a provision in the new con stitution abolishing death penalty.
