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Most Important Events of the
Last Year Set Forth.
PROGRESS OF EUROPEAN WAR
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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.
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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.