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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
GREAT EVENTS OF
THEHINBIF
Progress of the War of Civiliza
tion Against Germany.
AMERICA ENTERS CONFLICT
Czar of Russia Deposed and Radicals
Seek Peace Hlndcnburg Lino
Smashed by Allies and Tcu-
tons Invade Italy Other
Important Happen
Ings of 1917.
Compiled by E. W. PICKARD.
THE WORLD WAR
Jan. I. Germans defeated Russians In
Wnllnchla.
British transport lvcrtilu sunk In Modi,
terrnnonn; ICO Inst.
Jan. 9. Premier Trepoff of Russia re
signed mid wus succeeded by I'rlnco tlollt
slne. Urltlnli warship Cornwallla sunk by tor
pedo.
Jan. 14 Japanese battleship Tsukuba
destroyed by explosion; 153 killed.
Jnn 22. I'rcrildcnt Wilson, addressing
senato, gave world outllno of terms on
which he believed lasting peace could bo
concluded.
Jnn. 23. Destroyers fought two engage
ments In North sea, tlio Germans losing
several vessels nnd tlio English one.
Jnn 26. Germans took mllo of French
trenches on Hill 304, Vordun region.
British nuxlllnry cruiser Laurcntla sunk
by mlno, 350 lives lost.
French transport Admiral Magon tor
pedoed; 141 lost.
Jan 31, Germany announced submarine
blockndo of nil enemy countries, outlined
forbidden rones nnd revoked pledges on
submarine wnrfnre.
Feb. 3. United States broke off diplo
matic relations with Oormnny: President
'Wilson dismissed Ambassador von Born
torlT and rocnllcd Ambassador Qcrnrd.
Feb. 4. Qeminny agreed to rolouso
Americans token by commerce rnlder.
German gunboat Interned at Honolulu
burned by crew; many Ocrman vcssols In
American ports dnmnged.
Feb. 6. Gorman submarlno shelled and
sank British provisional naval collier
gavestono nnd killed four men, Including
Ichnrd Wnllnce, American.
Belgian relief steamer T.nrs Kntse sunk
by German submarlno; all but one of crow
lost
Feb. 7. Anchor liner California nnd oth
er vessels sunk by German submarine; 41
lost on California.
Feb. 12. President Wilson refused parley
sought by Germany.
American schooner Lyman M. Law de
stroyed by Austrian submnrlno.
Feb. 17. British nmnshed German lines
on both sides of Ancro river.
U. B. sent peremptory demnnd to Ger
many for releaso of Yarrowdnlo prisoners.
Germnn submnrlno sank Italian trans
port: 998 lives lost.
Feb. 22. Germany freed the Tarrowdalo
prisoners.
Feb. 26. Germnn submnrlno sunk Cunnr
dor Lnconla off Irish coast: 12 lost. Includ
ing Mrs. A. H. Hoy and dnuRhter or Chi
cago, nnd ono Amerlcnn member of rrow.
British nnd German destroyers fought In
English Chnnnel.
Feb. 20. President Wilson asked con-
Sress to grant him powers to protect
merienn shipping.
British took Kut-el-Amnrn from Turks.
Feb. 28. U. 8. government revealed
German plot to Join with Mexico nnd
Japan In mnklng war on United States.
British occupied Gommecourt and other
Hinges In Ancro region.
French destroyer Casslnl torpedoed; 100
lost
March 2. Germany announced all ves
sels would bo sunk horeaftcr without
warning.
March 4. Austrian attack east of Gorlts
repulsed with grent losses.
March 9. President Wilson ordered the
arming of U. 8. morchnnt vessels.
Mnrch 11. Bngdnd captured by British.
March 12. Revolution begun In Petro
trad. March 13. China severed dlplomntla re
lations with Germany.
Russian Imperial cabinet deposed by
flu ma.
March 14. Germans In great retreat
along Somme front.
March IS. Czar Nicholas nbdlcatsd Rus
sian throne for himself nnd his son.
Russians captured Hamadan, Asiatic
Turkey. March 17. British took Bapaume and
French took Roye.
Zeppelins raided London; one shot down
ear Complcgne, France.
Brland cabinet In France resigned.
March 18. Amerlcnn freighters Vlgllan
la. City of Memphis and Illinois, sunk by
Germnn submarine: 22 perished.
British and French advanced 10 mites on
10-mlla front and took Peronno, Cliaulnes
ana noye.
March 19. Germans mado new fierce
drive at Verdun, but were repulsed with
enormous losses.
Rlbot formed new French cabinet.
March 21. British took forty more towns
in Franco.
March 28. French occupied Folembray
and La Feulllee, south of Coucy forest.
British captured Lngnlcourt.
Mnrch 28. New Russian government In
Stalled. .April 1. British captured 8avy, Ven
delles, Epchy and Pelulere.
French reached outskirts of Vnuxalllon
and Laffaux.
Armed American ship Aztec sunk by
German submarine off French coast; 19
of crew saved.
April 2. President Wilson, addressing
special session of congress, asked formal
resolution that statu of war was In exis
tence between tlio United States and Ger
many, and called for co-operation with
entente ullles to defeat German autocracy.
April 4. Senate passed resolution declar
ing state of war between U. 8. and Ger
many, by a voto of 83 to 6.
April 6. Houso passed wnr resolution
.by vote of 373 to 60: President Wilson
signed It and Issued a proclamation to
world and ordered navy mobilized at
once. All German vessels In American
ports wcro seized and many supposed Ger
man plotters were arrested.
April 7. German cruiser Cormoran,
Interned at Guam, blown up by crew,
Cuba and Panama declared state of war
with Germany.
April 8. Austria broke off diplomatic
relations, with U. 8.
April 8. British advanced two to three
miles on twelva mllo front near Arras,
smashing German lino und taking Vitny
ridge and many towns.
April 10. Brnzil soverod rolatlons with
Germany: Argentina declared It supported
the position of tlio United States; Chill
decided to remain neutral.
April 11. Costa lllca declared It sup
ported the position of the United Btate.;
Uruguay proclaimed Its neutrality.
April 12. British naval men mot In first
silled council with U. 8. officials in
Washington.
Bulgaria severed relations with U. 8.
April 13. Bolivia severed relations with
Germany.
British and French mado further big ad
ranees on west front.
April 14. House passed $7,000,000,000 war
revenue authorization bill without dissent
ing vole.
April 15. Brtlsh patrols entered suburba
of LcnB.
Gormnns routed at Lagnlcourt with ter
rible losses.
British transport Arcadian torpedoed;
279 lost. ,
British transport Cameronla sunk; 140
lost.
April 16. President Wilson Issued proc
lamation warning agalnts the commission
f treasonable acts.
Congress appropriated $100,000,000 for
emergency war fund.
French openod great offensive an 25
mlle front between Bolssons and Reims,
taking 10.000 prisoners.
April 17.-Senate unanimously passed $7,
00,000.000 bond Issue bill. .....
Germans sank two British hospital ships
loaded with wounded British and Gor
man a
April 19. American liner Mongolia sank
.German submarine in Irish sea.
Nicaragua Indorsed course of United
States. ...
April 20 -Russian council of workmen s
nnd soldleri delegates declared against
depurate pence. .
Two Gorman de ers sunk off Dover.
April 21. -British uar commission arrived
In United Stales.
Turkey sovercd relations with United
States. , .
April 24 -French wnr commission ar
rived In United States.
British mado further ndvnnces In Arms
sortor In face of despernto opposition by
Gormnns. , , ,
April 25.-Oormnn destroyers bombarded
Dunkirk but v.oro driven off.
American tanker Vacuum sunk by sub
mnrlno; naval lieutenant nnd 9 gunners
April 27.-Brltlsh occupied Atloaux nnd
half of Oppy.
April 28. Congress pnsscd army bills
with selective conscription features.
Guatcmnla sovered relations with Oor
mnny. April 29.-Gonornl Pctnln mado chief of
French stuff.
May 3 -Chilean minister to Germany
demanded his passports.
May 4. French enpturod Crnonno.
Houso passed csplnnngo hill with modi
fied piois censorship clause.
British transport Trunsylvnnla torpo
doed; 413 lives lost.
May r,. French mndo big ndvnnco on
four mllo front southwest of lion.
Mny O.-Bollvln t,overed rolatlons with
Germany.
Mny 7. Conlltlon government of provi
sional government nnd soldiers' nnd work
men's delegates formed In Hussln.
May 11. Italy reported dcstrtlrtlon of 13
Germnn submarines In ono week.
Chlcngo bonrd of trnde stopped trndlng
In May wheat.
Mny 12. Urltlnli ngnln hit the Hlndcn
burg line, establishing themselves near
Bullecourt.
May 14. Scnnto passed espionage bills
without prohibition and press censorship
clnurcs. . ...
Italians nttneked nlong tho wholo iBonzo
front, gaining ground north of Gorltz.
Mny i:..-Chnncclor Hollweg before the
rtelchstng refused to discuss Germany's
peace nlms. ...
Trndlng In wheat futures Btoppcd In six
middle, west exchanges.
Italian mndo big gains on Jullnn front,
taking Monta Cticco nnd Monto Vodleo.
Mny 17. Sennto passed nrmy draft bill.
British completed capture of Bullecourt.
Mny 18. President Wllion ordered one
division, commanded by General Pershing,
sent to France nt once He nlso signed
the nrmy draft bill and set Juno G for
registration day. , ,
Honduras severed relations with Oor
mnny. May 19. President Wilson selected II.
C. Ilnnver nn head of n fond control bonrd.
Nlcnragua severed relations with Oor
mnny. . .
Senate, passed tho 13,342,000,000 war bud
get. May 23. Houso pnsscd war tax bill car
rying 11,870,000.000.
Secrotnry Lnnslng refused passports for
American delegates to Stockholm social
ist penco conference.
American ship carrying supplies to
Switzerland sunk by torpedo.
Premier Tlsza and cntlro Hungarian
cabinet resigned.
May 24. Italians broke through Austrian
front from Cnstngnnvlzzn to Gulf of
Trieste, tailing 9,000 prisoners.
May 25 First Amerlcnn field service
corps went to front In France.
Germnns mado air raid on southeastern
EnRland. killing 7C and Injuring 1741.
May 27. Italians again broko through
Austrlnn lines.
May 29. War department Issued call for
100,000 volunteers for regular nrmy.
London reported sinking of hospital ship
and nrmed cruiser by submarines.
Brnzil chamber of deputies authorized
revocation of noutrullty docrce.
Juno 2. Scnnto passed first of admin
istration's food bills.
Fourteen Germnn nnd Hindoo plotters
Indicted by federal grnnd Jury nt Chicago.
U. 8. railroad commission to Russia ar
rived at Vladivostok.
Juno 3. Amerlcnn commission xo uua-
sla, headed by Root, reached Russian port.
French repulsed five great attacks south
of Lnon.
Juno 4. Brusslloff made commander In
chief of Russian armies.
Juno 5. Moro than ten million young
Americans registered for the National
Germnn nvlntors raided naval base In
tho Medwny near London, but wero driven
off, losing eight mnchlnes.
British mndo big ndvnnco on north bank
of the Searpe.
Amerlcnn liner snnk German submarlno
after long fight.
Juno 7. British begnn great offensive In
Belgium, blowing up Mcsslncs rldgo nnd
advancing 5 miles on 9-mlle front,
straightening out big salient.
June 8. General Pershing and staff ar
rived In Englnnd.
Gcrmnny broko off relntlons with Haiti.
June 10. General Pershing's staff ar
rived In France.
Juno 12. King Constnntlne of Greece.
forced by tho nllles. abdlcnted In favor of
Prlnco Aloxnnder. his second son.
American steamship Petrollto reported
sunk by submnrine.
Juno 13. acrmans mnde nlr raid on Lon
don, killing 97 and wounding 437.
Army nnd nnvy deficiency appropriation
bill carrying 13,000,000,000 passed by con
gress. Juno 14. British made big advance east
and south of Mosslnes. ...
Juno 16. Liberty lonn heavily over-subscribed
when books closed.
Juno 20.-Presldcnt Wilson Issued call
for 70,000 volunteers for regulnr army.
inn. - l.'ronrti renulscd violent attacks
. n.rmn nn thft Chemln des Dames.
June 23. House passed food control .bill
with "bone dry" amendment.
Juno 25. President Wilson nppolnted nn
exports council composed of tho secre
taries of stato. ngrlculture and commerce
and the food administrator.
June 26. American coal barons agreed to
flxlng'of prices.
First contingent of Pershing's army
landed In Frnnce.
June 27. Second contingent of Pershing's
army landed In France.
Now Greek cnblnot headed by Vcnlzclos
took onth of office.
Juno 23.-Brazll revoked Its decreo of
neutrality In war betweon entento allies
nnd Germnny. ... . ,,
Juno 29. Greece broko off diplomatic re
lntlons with Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
and Turkov. ...,..
July 1. Russians captured Konluchy,
Gnllcla, and Turkish strongholds in the
Caucasus.
July 3. French repulsed great German
attack near Corny. .....
July 7. Russians successfully attacked
in Plnsk sector.
Germans mndo air raid on London, kill
ing 37 nnd losing a number of planes.
July 8. President. Wilson proclaimed an
cmbnrgo on shipments of food, fuel, steel
nnd munitions, to cut off supplies from
neutrnl countries to Germnny except dairy
products fof non-combatants in exchange
lor coal,
July 9. New Austrlnn cnblnet resigned.
President Wilson called entire Nntlonul
Guard nnd Its reservo into the federal
service by August 6.
British battleship Vnngunrd destroyed
by Interior explosion; 800 lost.
east of Lcmberg nnd took Hallcz.
July 11. President Wilson called on
American business Interests to aid nation
by foregoing unusual profits In selling to
the nation nnd the public.
July 12. Russian advance checked west
of Bohorodozany.
July 14. Chnncollor Bethmnnn-Hollweg
resigned nnd Dr. G. E. Mlchnvlls succeed-
House passed 1040,000,000 nvlatlon bill.
July 17. French took Oermun trenches
near Malancourt.
Three members of Russian cabinet re
signed; riots In Petrogrnd suppressed.
Shake-up In British cabinet.
July 19. Great German attack bctwocn
Crnonnn and Hurtoblso partly successful.
Chnncollor Mlchnells declared himself
for the submarlno wnrfnre.
In Vllgna region Gormnns drovo back
Russians bernUKO Borno Russian regiments
liiiv iii.'MiiLiHmiiiin uiunc iuuiuu nun
held meetings to decide whether to obey
orders.
July 20. Draft for Amerlcnn National
army held.
Premier Lyoff of Russia resigned nnd
was succeeded by Korensky.
Julv 21, Sonato passed food control and
aviation bills.
Russian troons in disorderly retreat.
burning villages.
July 22. German nvlntors raided Eng
lnnd, killing 11 In const towns, but being
driven nwny from Ixindon.
Blnm declared stnto of war with Ger
mnny nnd Austria-Hungary.
July 23. Government of nntlonnl safety
created In Russia and Kercnsky given ub
soluto powers.
July 25. Mutinous division of KornllofTs
Russian army reported blown to pieces
with Its own artillery.
Rurslans nnd Rnumnnlans In South Car
pathians broke Teuton line.
1
Nntlonnl Guard of 19 states and District
of Columbia mobilized.
July 28.-Gcrmnny ylolded to Argontlne
demands concerning submnrlno wurfnro.
l.nndlng of moro Amorlcan troops In
France announced. . .. . ,
Wnr Industries board, F. N. 8cott chair
mnn, created. .
July 30. OermnnH penetrated Russlnn
territory enst of Zbrocz, but Russlnn ro
slstanro stiffened. ... .
Henry Chnpmnn Gilbert. Wnshlngton,
first mnn accepted for Nntlonnl nrmy.
British cruiser Arladno torpedoed; 38
killed.
July 31.-Anglo-French forces opened
Krc.-u offensive In Flnnders on 20 mllo
front taking 11 vlllnges and 5.000 prisoners.
Aug. l.-Brltlsh and French gained fur
ther ground In Yprcs sector, but Germans
recaptured St. Jullon and part of Wcst
hnelc. Aug. 2. Germnn counter-attneks In Man
dora 11'Dulned
Kornlloff succeeded Brusslloff no com
mander In chief of Russlnn armies.
Aug. 3. Austrluns enptured Czornowltz
nnd Klmpolung.
British ro-took St. Jullen, Flanders.
Serious draft riots In central Oklnhomn,
Aug. 4.-8hlpplng bonrd commandeered
ubout C75 ships under construction.
Aug G.-1'rcsldent Wilson drafted cntlro
National Guard Into federal service.
Gormnns mado violent attack on British
In Hollehcko.
Auir. 6. rimncellnr Mlchnells mndo mnny
chnngCB In Imporlul nnd Prussian -minis-lories
Premier Keronsky completed a coalition
cnblnet.
Aug. 8. Roumnnlnn forces opened now
offensive north of Fokshnnl.
Food control bill sent to President Wil
son. Cnnadlnn conscription bill pnssed.
Aug. 9. Teutons forced crossing of 8u
chltza river In Fokshnnl region.
Aug. lO.-Brltlsh drove Oermnns bnck
two miles In Flnnders nnd French ad
vnnrcd east nnd north nf Blxschonte.
Aug. 11. Arthur Henderson resigned ns
labor member of British wnr cabinet, be
In: neensed of doublo dealing concerning
Stockholm conference.
Herbert Hoover mnde Amerlcun food ad
ministrator. . . ,. ,
Aug. 12.-G6rmnn nlrplnnea raided Eng
land, killing 23.
Aug. 14. Chlnn declared war on Ger
mnny nnd Austrln-Hungnry.
Penco proposals by the popo mado pub
lic. Aug. 15. Cnnndlnn troops enptured Hill
70. dominating Lens nnc tho Loos salient,
nnd entered Lens.
II. S. government's plnn to control flour
nnd whent put In operation.
Aug. 16. British nnd French mndo big
gnlns In Flnnders, taking Lnngemnrck and
other vlllnges.
von Mncitonsen arovo itussinna across
tho Sercth rlvor.
Aug. 18. French mndo grent nlrplnno
rnlds on Germnn positions In Belgium and
Germany.
Italians begnn new offenslvo In tho Ison
zo region.
Aug. 19. British line ndvnnred COO ynrds
onst of Lnniremnrckf mnlnly with "tnnks."
Many I. W. W. lenders arrested by U.
8. federal ngents.
Aug. 20. French drovo back Germans In
Verdun sector on 11 mllo front, taking
Avocourt wood, Lo Mort Homme summits,
Corbeatix wood nnd Chnmpneuvllle.
Aug. 21. British forced their way fur
ther Into tho defenses of Lens.
French mndo further advances In Ver
dun sector.
Aug. 22. Oermnns opened offensive In
Rlgn region.
British took Important positions along
Ypres-Menln rond.
Germnn mndo air raids on English
const, killing 11.
Aug. 23. Dr. II. A. Gnrfleld mndo fuel
ndmlnlstrntnr nf U. 8.
Aug. 24. British pushed back on Ypres
Menln rond.
French took TT1II 304. Verdun, by storm.
Aug. 24. Italians enptured Monto Snnto,
northenst of Gorlzln.
Am- "S. President Wilson relccted the
popo's penco proposnls ns Imposslblo while
Germnn nutocracy exists.
Aug. 30. U. 8. wheat committee fixed
bnslo price for 1917 crop nt $2.20.
Germans mndo air raid on port of
Riga.
Sept. 1. British destroyers destroyed
four Germnn armed trawlers off Jutland.
Sept. 3. Russians nbnndoncd Riga.
Germnn airplanes raided Chatham, Eng
land, killing 108.
Sept. 4. Italians captured Monte Ban
Gabrlelo.
German submarine shelled Scarborough
and airplanes bombed London.
Sopt. 6. Amorlcan National army began
movement to cantonments.
Federal agents raided X. W. W. quar
ters throughout country.
Amerlcnn morchnntmen under convoy
attacked by U-boats; two steamships and
ono submarine sunk.
Sept. 6. Houso passed war credits bill
authorizing ?11,533,945,4(0 in bonds and cer
tificates. Sept. 7. Atlantic transport lines Mlnne
hnhu torpedoed; CO dead.
Gorman aviators bombed American hos
pital camp, killing five.
Sept. 8. Secretary Lansing exposed vio
lations of neutrality by Swedish officials in
Argentina and Stockholm, in transmitting
German cablegrams advising sinking of
Argentina vessels.
French cabinet resigned.
Sept. 9. Kornlloff, commander in chief
of Russian armies, headed military coun
ter revolution and was dismissed by Kor
ensky. Sept. 10. Sonato passed war rovenuo bill
totaling $2,411,670,000.
Paul Pululovo became French premier.
Sept. 12. Count Luxburg, Germnn m!n
later to Argentina, given his passports;
anti-German riots In Buenos Aires.
Kcrensky made commander in chief of
Russian armies.
Sept. 13. Kornlloff's revolt collapsed.
Secretary Lnnulug exposed unneutral
action of former Swedish charge in Mexico
City.
Sept. 14. Italians drove Austrlans from
Monto Bun Gubrlele bummlt.
Sept. 15. Sonato passed bill for 111.D3S,
956,400 bond Issues.
British naval aircraft destroyed one Ger
man destroyer and some trawlers near Os
ier d.
Sept. 16. Premier Kercnsky proclaimed
Russia a republic.
Sept 17. Costa Rica broke off relations
with Germnny.
Sept. IS. RuBBlft began reorganization of
army, suppressing soldiers' committees.
Houso passed tf.144,000,000 deficiency war
supply bill.
Sept. 20. British began great offensive
eabt of Ypres.
Sept. 21,-Socrctary Lansing published
message of Von Bornstorff to Berlin ask
ing leuvo to spend $50,000 "to lnlluenco con-
Costa Rica severed dlplomatlo relations
with Germany. ... ,. . , . .
Germany nnd Austria replied favorably
to popo's peaco proposal.
Germans broke through Russian lino at
Jacobstndt. ...
Sept. 2J. Secretnry Lansing revenled do
tails of Bernstorff's plotting beforo U. S.
entered tho wur.
Sept. 23. Secrotnry Lnnslng disclosed
Gormun abuso of U. 8. protection by con
cealing in uucunresi ithiuiuii uxpiosivca
nnd dlseaso germs after U. S. had taken
It over.
Sopt. 24. Gorman airplanes raided Eng
land, killing 20.
Wur Industries bonrd and producers cut
steel prices in half.
Germans lost heavily in attacks near
Verdun.
Sopt 25. Germnns mado two moro air
raids on England.
U. 8. senato passed $8,000,000,000 wnr de
ficiency bill.
Sept. 20. British took strong positions
from Germans east and nort' cust of
Yin es.
Germany offered to evacuato Belgium
under ccrtnln conditions.
Gen. SoukhomllnolT, former war minis
ter of ltusslu, sentenced for llfo for high
Sept. 28. Mnny I. W. W. leaders indicted
for sudltlouH conspiracy.
Sept. 29. British .captured Rnmndle, Me
Eopotninla. and Its largo garrison.
Gorman nit planes raided London.
British airplanes bombed Zcubruggo.
Sept. 30. Two moro air raids made on
Fuel Administrator Garfield sot limits
for retail prlceH of coal.
Oct. 1. Ilcnvy nttneks of Gormnns re
pulsed by French and British, and of Aus-
tHnnn liv Itnllnns.
Four groups of German airplanes raid
ed London and const towns.
Second Liberty lonn campaign started.
French nlrmon mado reprisal raids on
Frankfort, Stuttgart Treves nnd Cob
lenz, and British bombed Zeebruggo locks.
Oct. 2. British repulsed six desperate
Germnn attocks In Flnnders.
British cruiser Drake torpedood; 19
killed
Oct. 3. President Wilson signed the war
tax bill. .
Oct. 4. British won great battle east of
Ypres.
Oct. 6. Peru broke off rolatlons with
Germnny.
Congress comploted Its wnr program
and adjourned.
Oct. 7. Uruguay sovered relations with
Germany.
Oct. 12. -British gained half mllo on six
mllo front In Flnnders.
Germnns enptured port of Island of
Ocsel In Gulf of Riga.
Oct. 14. President Wilson crentcd wnr
bonrd to stop trading with tho enemy nnd
took other steps to curb enemy activities
In America.
Ono Russian nnd two German torpedo
boats sunk In bnttln near Ocsol.
Oct 16. Destruction of French ntenmor
Medio by submarlno announced; 250 lives
lost.
Oct. 17. Two Germnn rnldern snnk two
British destroyers nnd 12 Scandinavian
merhnntmen they were convoying In tho
North seu.
Oct. 17, Germnns In full possession of Is
land of Ocsel.
American transport Antilles torpedoed;
67 lost.
Oct. 18,-Germans captured Moon Island
from Russinns.
Oct. 19. Oermnns mndo air raid on Lon
don, killing :4.
Oct. 20. Four Zeppelins destroyed by the
French.
Oct. 23. French broke througn Germnn
lines north of tho Atsno. Inflicting heavy
losses nnd taking 8,000 prisoners.
Amerienn troops went into ursi line
trenchci nnd fired first shot nt Germnns.
Oct. 24. Austrlans nnd Gormnns bogan
offenslvo nlong lionzo front.
Oct. 25. French mndo another btg'gnln
In Alane pector.
Austro-Ocrinnn nttnek drovo Itnllnns
bnck to frontier on the Jullnn lino forc
ing abandonment of Balnslr.za plateau;
30.000 Itnllnns enptured.
Oct. 26. British nnd French mndo big at
tack enst of Yprcs.
Brnzil declared stnto of war with Ger
mnny existed.
Ort. 27. Itnllnns In general retreat. 10O.P00
enptured; Teutons ndvnnced beyond Clvl
dnle. Oct. 80. Austro-Oermnns took tTdlne
nnd broke through Cnrulc Alps Into Vcno
tin. Vlttorlo Orlando formed new Italian
cnblnet.
Count Gcorgo von Hcrtllng mndo Ger
man Imperial chancellor, Mlchnells having
resigned.
Oct. 31.-Berlln reported 120,000 Italians
and moro than 1,000 guns captured.
Arncrlrnn transport Finland struck by
torpedo; eight men killed. .
Nov. 1. Italians re-formed behind tho
Tagllnmento.
British announced capture of Bcershcba,
Palestine.
Nov. 2,-Crown prlnco withdraw from the
Chemln des Dames to the Alletto river.
Onu Germnn cruiser nnd ton nrmed
trawlers sunk by British In tho Cottcgat.
United States nnd Japan mado compact
on open door In China and co-operation In
mo war.
Not. 3. Gormnns raided salient held by
Americans, killing three, wounding 6 and
taking 12 prisoners.
Nov. 5. American patrol boat Alccdo
sunk by torpedo: 21 lost.
Nov. 6 Itullans retreated from Taglla
mento line.
British captured Passchendaole and ad
vanced 800 yards beyond.
Iso v. 7. Itnllnns fell back to Llvcnza
river, Germnns following.
Amerlcnn commission to Pnrls confer
ence, headed by Col. House, reached Eng
land. British In Palesttno captured Gaza.
Nov. 8. Russian maximalists under
Lenlno seized government and planned for
Immedlato peace; Kcrensky fled from Pe
trogrnd. Nov. 9. Britain, Franco nnd Italy cre
ated Interallied wnr committee; Gon. Diaz
mndo first commnnder of Italian armies.
Nov. 10. Russian rebel government made
Lenlno nrcmler.
Germans reached Plave river In Italy.
Nov. 11. Italians repulsed Teutons near
Aslago.
Loyal troops attacked maximalists in
Petrogrnd.
ItulluiiH held Teutons on Plnve river.
Nov. 13. Kcrensky and the Cossacks
badly defeated.
French cnblnot resigned.
Nov. 15. Georges Clemenceau became
premier of France.
Itnllnns Inundnted big section about the
lower Plavo to save Venire.
Socialist seized tho government of Fin
land. Nov. 17 Bolshevik! won in Moscow.
British light-sea forces routed German
squadron off Helgoland.
British occupied Jaffa, Palestine.
Teutons who crossed Plavo at Zenson
annihilated.
Nov. 18. Bolshevlkl generally victorious
In RusBla; Civil war halted by lack of
food.
Nov. 19. Teutons concentrating big gun
fire on north of Italian line.
President Wilson issued proclamation
putting severe restrictions on enemy
aliens In United States.
Daniel Wlllard mado head of U. 8. war
industries bonrd.
American destroyer Chauncey sunk In
collision: 21 lost. . ... .....
Nov. 20. Two American soldiers killed
and fivo wounded in artillery combat
Nov. 21. British smashed through the
Hlndenburg line toward Cambrnl. taking
mnny towns nnd thousands of prisoners.
French successfully attacked German
salient south of Juvlncourt.
Nov. 22. Furious fighting near Cambral.
Itnllans meeting great massed attack
twttvnn PlnvA nnd tlrcnta rivers.
Bolshevlkl government in iiussia pro
posed general armistice.
Nov, 23. Tho Ukraine declared separa
tion from Russia.
Nov. 24. Tho British took Bourlon wood,
nenr Cnmbrnl.
The Cnucnsus declared its Independence.
Nov. 23 British and French armies
reached Italian front.
Nov. 27. Superior war council of 11
formed for United States.
British took part of Fontalno near Cam
Italians repulsed fierce Teuton attacks.
Nov. 28. Coalition ministry formed in
Germany assented to bolshevlkl plan for
armistice ...
U. 8. government assumed control over
all Imports.
Threo Scandinavian kings agreed In
mnlntnln neutrality.
Nov. 29. Interallied war conference
opened In Paris.
Austria agreed to Russia armistice plan.
Nov. 20. Government announced safe
nrrlval In France of largo numbers of Na
tional Guard troops.
Germnns pierced British lines south cf
Cnmbrnl.
Doc. 1. British regnlned moBt of ground
lost nenr Cnmbrnl. and nlno German nt
tacks wero repulsed with great losses.
Dee. 2. British withdraw from Mas
nleres on Cnmbrnl front
Dec. 3. British repulsed furious attacks
nenr Cambral.
United States congress met for second
wnr session. ..-.
Englnnd reported East Africa complete
ly cleared of Germans.
Russlnn ceputauon negan armistico neg
otiations v,lth Germnns. Armistico an
nounced on many sections of Russian
front.
Dec. 4. President Wilson, in his nnnunl
message, doclnrcd penco would not be
mado with present rulers of Germnny.
thnt America would fight to Inst gun, nnd
asked declaration of war acalnst Austria
Hungary. Establishment of Tartar republic In
Crimen announced.
British steamer Apnpn torpedoed; SO
piiHsciiRorn nnd tho crew lost.
Dec. C Germnns rejected Russinns first
demands in armistice negotiations,
Itnllnns lost some positions on Aslago
plateau.
British nvlntors raided Swelbrucken and
Sanrbrucken.
TlrltlHh withdrew from Bourlon wnml
salient nenr Cnmbrnl.
Dec. 6. Italians driven back on Aslago
plateau.
Armistice for ten days declared on Rus
sian front
Gorman nlr raiders killed seven In Eng
land, U. 8. destroyer Jacob Jones torpedood;
CO men lost.
Doc. 7. United Stntes congress declared
wnr on Austria-Hungary.
Roumanla accepted armtstlce with the
enemy.
Deo 8. Grent Itnllnn nlr fleet mndo suc
cessful nttuck on Austro-Germans.
Kcundor severed dlplomatlo relations
with Germnny.
Dec. 9. Knlrdlncs nnd Kornlloff lending
revolt of Cossacks against Lenlne govern
ment of RiiBsln.
Deo. 10. British enptured Jerusnlem.
Jnpanese troops Innded In Vladivostok.
Doc. 11. Russian constituent assem
bly mot.
Doc. 12. Germans mndo grent nttack
east of Bullecourt. gaining slightly.
Congresslonnl Inquiry into U. a war
prepnrntlona started.
British destroyer, four trawlers and
six merchantmen sunk In North sea by
Germnns.
Dec. 15. Armistico ngrecment signed
by Russlnn bolnhovlkl government and
Teutonic utiles.
Wnr council In U. S. war department
crentcd.
Dec. 17. Chnrles Pies succeeded Rear
Admiral Harris ns general mnnnger of
tho emergency fleet corporation.
Dec. 18. Gen. Unothals mndo nctlng
qunrtcrmastcr general and Oen. Whool
cr acting chief at ordnance
German nlr raid on England.
I3BHCI
DOMESTIC
Jan. 17,-Dnnlsh West Indies passed un
der sovereignty of United Stules.
Jnn. 22.-Bluo sky laws of Ohio. Michi
gan nnd South Dakota held constitutional
by U. 8. Supremo court.
Jnn 23. Women of North Dakota grant
ed limited suffrage
Jan. 29. President Wilson vetoed tho
Immigration bill because of literacy test.
Feb. 1. Huuho pnsscd Immigration bill
over president's veto. , ,
Feb. 2. Indiana and Alaska prohibition
bills pnssed and governors of Oregon nnd
Tennessee signed "dry" bills.
Feb. 6.-Scnato passed Immigration bill
over president's veto
Feb. 8,-Utq.h'a prohibition bill signed
by governor.
Feb. 14.-Ohlo senato passed woman suf
frage bill. ,. . ,
Feb. 19.-Washlngtnn'B "bono dry" bill
signed by Gov. Lister.
fen. . uennie passed arnsiic cspion
ngo bill.
South Dnkota prohibition bill passed.
Feb. 21. Houso passed sennto mensuro
prohibiting Importation of liquor Into pro
hibition stntes.
Prohibition bill for Knnsns pnsscd.
Feb. 22.-I10U80 pnssed nrmy bill without
larger general staff nnd unlvorBul train
ing features.
Feb. 28. Hnupe pnssed sonnte bill mnk
lng city of Wnshlngton dry.
Sennto pneed administration revenue
bill to ralso $350,000,000.
March 2.-Scnnte passed $517,000,000 navy
bill. , ,
March 4.-Slxty-fourth congress expired.
Twelvo senators by MlbuMer prevented
pnssngo of ship nrmlng bill nnd much
other importnnt legislation.
Woodrow Wilson took oath of office In
private. .. ....
Mnrch C Wilson nnd Mnrshnll Innugu
rntcd. Mnrch 6. Federal grnnd Jury at New
York Indicted 163 enstern ftiPl donlers for
crlmlnnl conspiracy to ralso coal prices.
March 9. President Wilson called extra
session of congress for April 10.
Mnrch 21. President Wilson ndvnnced
dnto for extra session of congross to
April 2. ....
April 2. Congrpis met In special session
amid great patriotic enthusiasm.
April 9. Supreme court upheld womnn s
minimum wngo law of Oregon, nnd de
clared .lllegnl price fixing restrictions by
means of "licenses" for public ubo of
pntented nrtlcles.
April 17,-Rhode Islnnd leglslnturo ex
tended presidential RUffrngo to. women.
Juno 5. Serious revolt In .Toilet, 111., pen
Itentlnrv quelled by mllltnrv.
Juno 27. House passed rivers nnd har
bors bill appropriating $27,000,000
Senato pnssed daylight snvlng bill.
July 2.-Rnre riot In Enst St. Louis in
which moro thnn 20 negroes and two white
men were killed nnd heavy property loss
caused. . . , .
July 26. Senato passed rivers nnd har
bors bill.
Aug. 1. Benato passed Sheppard resolu
tion for nntlonnl prohibition amendment
to tho constitution.
Aug. 23.-Soldlers of Twenty-fourth V.
B. Infantry (colored) started race riot at
Houston, Tex., killing 15 whites.
Sept. 22. Gov. J. E. Ferguson of Tcxns
found guilty of accepting Illegal profits
and Impeached.
Nov. . Hylan elected mayor of New
York; Socialists thero and In Chlcngo
overwhelmingly defented; woman suffrago
won In New York stato.
Nov. 23. Ton Dollcemen and a woman
killed by bomb In Milwaukee.
Dec. 17. Houso of representatives
adopted Webb resolution for prohibi
tion constitutional amendment.
FOREIGN
Jan. 27. President Gonzales of Costa
Rica deposed by military and citizens,
March 4. Chinese premier resigned be
cause President LI Yuan-Hung refused to
break relations with Germany.
March 8. Amorlcan marines were land
ed at Santiago do Cuba and restored or
der. Rebels abandoned tho city.
Mnrch 16. Czar Nicholas of Russia ab
dicated. March 28. Republican government for
Russia Installed.
June 17. Irish Sinn Fein robel prison
ers all released.
Juno 80. Hsuan Tung, Manchu empe
ror, announced his succession to the throne
of China.
July 5. Civil war broke out In China.
July 10. Manchu restoration In China
collapsed.
July 13. Chang Hsun's army surren
dered nfter bnttle at Peking.
July 25. Convention to draft home rule
constitution for Ireland met In London.
Oct. 10. Prlnco Ahmed Fund mado sul
tan of Egvpt.
Dec. 9. Revolution in Portugal; Sidonlo
Pncs mado provisional president.
Dec. 17. Union government under
Borden victorious in Cnnndn election.
MEXICO
Jan. 2. U. S.-Mcxlco parleys ended,
Cnrrnnzn refusing to sign protocol.
Torreon reenptured uy uarranza rorces.
Jnn. 4. Villa defeated In big battle at
Jlmlnez. . . ,
Jan. 15. Mexican-American Joint com
mission formally dissolved.
Jan. 21. Wur department ordered more
thnn 25.000 mllltla from border.
Jnn. 27, President Wilson ordered with
drawal of Amorlcan troops from Mexico.
Fob. 6. Gen. Pershing marched out of
Mexico.
March 11. Carranza elected president of
Mexico. .....
April 23. Villa's main army defeated by
Carranza forces at Bablcora.
Nov. 13. Villa troops captured OJInaga
after hard fight
SPORTING
April 11. Basoball season opened.
May 28. Benny Leonard won world's
champion lightweight title from Freddie
Welsh In New York.
Juno 9. University of Chicago won west
ern Intercollegiate conference meet.
University of Michigan re-admlttod to
western Intercolleglato conference.
June 10. Earl Coopor In a Stutz won tho
Chicago nuto derby.
July 14. Francis Oulmet won western
amateur golf'champlonBhlp nt Midlothian.
Aug. 24. C. H. Larson, Wuupaca, Wis.,
won Grand American Handicap at Chi
cago. Bept. 1. Mrs. F. C. Letts, Chicago, won
women's western golf championship.
Sept. 15. Jim Barnes won western open
golf championship nt Chlcngo.
Sept. 21. Chicago White Box won Amer
ican ickkuo iiennurii.
Sept 24. Now York Giants won Na
tional leaguo pennnnt.
Oct 15. Chlcngo White Sox won world's
championship from New York Qlants.
DISASTERS
Jan. C Earthquako In Formosa killed
300
Jan. 11. Tremendous explosion wrecked
Canadian Car & Foundry Co. plunt at
Klngsland, N. J.
Juii. 12. Du Pont Powder Co. plant at
Haskell. N. J., destroyed by explosions.
Jan. 13. Colliery explosion in Fushun,
Manchuria, killed 770.
Jan. 27. Two million five hundred thou
sand dollar fire In business district of
Pittsburgh. Pa.
Feb. 2. Explosion and flro In Chicago
tenement killed 25.
Feb. S.-Thlrty killed, 844 hurt In ship
explosion at Archangel.
Fob. 10. Four million dollar lira la
works of Union Switch company near
Pittsburgh.
Feb. 12. Great conflagration In tho
Piraeus. Greeco; heavy loss of life
Feb. 21. British transport Mcndl sunk
In collision; C25 South African laborers
March 11. Tornado In cast central In
diana killed moro thnn 20.
Mnrch 23.-Thlrty-elght persons killed
and 200 Injured when tornado wrecked
BUburbs and part of city of Now Albany,
Ind.
April 10. Explosions In ammunition
plnnt of Russia nenr Chester, Pa., klllod
112.
April 27,-ExpIoslon In Ilnstlngs mine
nenr Ludlow. Colo., killed 119 men.
Mny 21,-Grent flro In Atlanta, Go.: toea
$3,500,000.
May 25.-Thlrty lives lost nnd great
damage dono by storm In Kansas.
Mny 26. Tornndoes In central Illinois
killed about ICO und did millions of dol
lars' worth of damage
May 29. Tornadoes In southern Illinois,
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama and Ar
knnsns klllod mnny persons.
Juno 7. Snn Salvador, cnpltnl of Sal
vndor, nnd n number of surrounding towns
destroyed by volcanic eruption, earth
quako nnd flro. , .
Juno 9. Moro than 160 men perished It
blazing mine nt Butto, Mont.
Juno 30. Wntor tnnk foil on whaleback,
Christopher Columbus nt Mllwnukeo, kill
ing 13 and hurting many.
July l.-Nlngnrn Gorge trolloy car
plunged Into rapids; 28 killed.
July 25. Mine explosion nt New Water
ford, Cnpo Breton, killed C2.
Aug. 4. Mlno explosion at Clay, Ky.,
killed 31.
Aug. 10. British stcamor City or Ainens,.
carrying missionaries to Africa, sunk by
floating mine; 19 lost.
Aug 13. Eighteen killed In trolley car
collision nenr North Branford. Cjnn.
Aug. 18. Lnrge part of Salonlkl, Grooce.
destroyed by fire. . ,
Oct. 2. Typhoon and flood nt Toklo
mnny killed.
Oct. 9.-Mllllon dollar fire In Guayaquil,
Ecuador. . . ..
Oct 2S.-Grent floods In Natal, South Af
rica: thousnnd drowned.
Oct 30-Mllllon dollnr fire on B. & O.
docks nt Bnltlmoro: seven persons killed.
Doc. G.-Kxploslon of French nmmunltlon
ship In Hnllfax hnrbor killed 4.000 and
wrecked much of tho city nnd suburbs.
Dec. 17. Amerlcnn submarlno F-l
sunk In collision; 19 lost.
NECROLOGY
Jnn lO.-WIUInm F. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
Jan. 11. Sebnstlnn Schleslngor, com
poser, at Nice
Wayne MncVcagh, formor U. 8. attor
ney general, at Wnshlngton.
Jnn. 16. Admiral Gcorgo Dewoy at
Wnshlngton.
Philip Bollcau, pninter, in New York.
Jnn. 20. William de Morgan, novelist
Feb. 7. Cardinal Dlomode Falconlo at
Pnrls.
Feb. 10. Al Hayraan, theatrical pro
ducer. Feb. 11. Duke of Norfolk In London.
Feb. 18. Carolus Duron, painter, at
Paris.
Feb. 18. MaJ. Gen. Frederick Funstoo
at 8an Antonio, Tex.
March 4. A. B. Wenzel. painter, at En
glewood, N. J.
Mnrch 5. Mnnuel de Arrlaga. former
president of Portugal.
Mnrch 8. Count Ferdinand Zeppelin, atl
Chnrlottenburg.
O. W. Guthrlo, American ambassador to
Jnpnn, nt Toklo. ..
Mnrch 11. Congressman Cyrus Sutlowari
of New Hampshire .
Mnrch 12. Walter Clark, American,
Inndscnpe pointer. In New York.
April 2,-Gcn. Lloyd B.ice, diplomat and
editor.
April 8. Rlcnara uiney, rormer secre
tary of state, at Boston. .
April 10 Congressman Henry T. Helge
sen of North Dakota, at Washington.
April 18.-Gen. von Blsslng, German gov
ernor general of Belgium.
April 20. Dave Montgomery, actor. In
Chicago.
April 21. W. H. Parry, member federal
trade commission. In Washington.
April 26. Baron Hcngelmucller von Hen
govnr, former Austrian ambassador to
U. 8. .
May 10. Joseph Benson Fornker, form
er U. 8. senator, nt Cincinnati.
May 14. Joseph II. Choato. lawyer ana
diplomat, nt New York.
Mny 18. Bela L. Pratt, sculptor, at Bos-
Mny 19. Belvn Lockwood, pioneer suff
ragist. In Washington.
D. "W. Comstock, congressman from In-
May 22. Harry Lane, TJ. 8. senator from
Mayn25. W. II. Miller, formor TJ. 8. at
torney gonral, at Indlnnapolls.
Juno 1. John C. Black, veteran banker
of Chicago.
June 8.-Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, philan
thropist nnd temperance worker, at Park
Hill. N. Y. . ,.
Louis Gathmann. Inventor, at Washlng-
Jiino G.-D. W. Potter, evangelist, at
Chicago. , , .
June 12. Mme. Tercse Careno, pianist.
In New York. . . ..
June 16. Rt Rev. J. A. McFaul, Cath
ollo bishop of Trenton. N. J.
June 17. Judson C. Clements, Interstate
commerce commissioner, at Washington
Juno 20. Dlgby Boll, American come
dian. June 27. Col. Oliver Hazard Payne.
financier. In New York.
June 80. Wllllnm Winter, veteran dra
mntlo critic, nt New Brighton, N. Y.
July 1. Wllllnm H. Moody, former aa
soclnto Justice of Supreme court.
July 2.-Slr Herbert Beerbohm Tree,
British actor, in London.
July 10. Col. B. B. Herbert, editor Na
tional Printer-Journalist, of Chicago.
Herbert Kelccy. nctor. ..,. .
July 15. Federal Judge F. M. Wright at)
Urbnnn. 111. , .
of the Interior. .. .. ., '
July 18. Archibald McLellan. Christian
Rotnnrn Adltor. nt Brookllne. Mass.
July 20. Prof. J. B. Carter, director of
ine American Jicmiemy ut iunio.
July 24.-Mnnton Marble, American put
llclnf In Knclnnd.
July 30.-Gen. Hnrrlson Gray Otis, owner
T a AnMlnM FTI ,1,.
Aug. l.-Jere J. Cohan, vetoran actor, at
Monroe. N. Y. ,t A . .
Dr. Simeon Gilbert, veteran church Jour-;
nal editor. In Chicago. .
Aug. 2. Rnphnel Klrchner, portrait
palntot. In New York.
Aug. 9. Rt. Rev. Nicholas Mats, Catta-i
ollc bishop of Denver. .
Aug 17. Former U. 8. Senator John WJ
Korn of Indlnna nt Ashevllle, N. C. '
Aug. 29. Earl Grey, former governor
general of Cnnada.
Mgr. Thomas F. Kennedy, rector of thai
Amerlcnn College In Rome . .
Bept 12. Queen Eleanoro of Bulgnrla.
Bept. 13. Henry E. Legler, publlo U
brarinn of Chicago.
Sept. 16. Henry B. Brown, president oil
Vnlpnrnlso university. I
William F. Stone, collector of the port
of Bnltlmore. )
Oct. 9. Hussein Komal. sultan of Egypt.
Oct. 15. Don M. Dickinson, former post-l
mnstor general, nt Detroit.
Oct. 20. Rev. Thomas Spurgeon, noted,
Loudon prenchcr. I
Oct. 21.-U. 8. Senator Paul O. Hustlng,
of Wisconsin. ,
Oct. 22. Robert Fltzslmmons, former
heavyweight champion, at Chicago.
Oct. 24. J. Carroll Beckwlth, painter, In
Now York.
Ort 28. Prince Christian of Bchlewlg
Holsteln In London,
Oct. 29. Congressman Charles Martin
of Chicago.
Oct. SO. Dr. E. B. Andrews, educator, at
Interlnchen, Fla.
"Private" John Allen, former congress
man from Mississippi,
Gon, Charles H, Grosvenor, former con-,
gressmnn from Ohio.
Nov. 3. Rear Admiral Rodgers, U. 8. N,
retired.
Nov. 8. W. H. Kendall, English nctor.
Nov. 11. Lllluokalanl, former queen ofi
Hawaii, at Honolulu.
Nov. 15. John W. Fostor, former secre
tary of stnto, In Washington.
Nov. 17. Auguste Rodin, French sculp,
tor.
Nov. 18,-Gen. Sir Stanley Maude, com
mander of British army In Mesopotamia.-
Nov. SO.-W. E. Chandler, formor secre
tary of the navy.
Deo 8.-Dr. A. D. Melvln. chief of V.
B. bureau of animal Industry.
Dee 12. Dr. A. T. Stilt, founder ofi
osteopathy. j
Dee 16. Henry Clay Barnabee, vet
eran comlo opera stnr.
Frank Gotch, former wrestling cham
pion of world.
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