Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 58, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 28 January 1916 — Page 7

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1 1 Chronology of the Year, Giving the Most Important Events in All Countries. PROGRESS OF THE GREAT WAR Sinking of Lutltanla and the Teutonic Drives Throup;h Poland and Serbia, the Outstanding Features Prominent Persons Who Passed Away. COMPILED BY E. W. PICKARD. EUROPEAN WAR Jan. 1. British battleship Formidable sunk by German submarine in the English channel, with 579 of crew. Jan. 5. Russians annihilated Ninth Turkish army corps and routed First and Tenth corps in the Caucasus. Russians forced Uzsok pass in the Carpathians. Jan. 10. Lille evacuated by Germans and occupied by British. Jan. 17. Russians stormed southern Carpathian pass and entered Transylvania. Jan. 19. Six German Zeppelins raided the Norfolk coast, droppii;? bombs in Yarmouth, Sandringham, King's Lynn, Comer, Sherrlngrham and Beeston, causing heavy damage and some loss of life. Jan. 24. German armored cruiser Bluecher sunk and two battle cruisers crip pled by Vice Admiral Beatty's squadron In running fight in North sea. Jan. 26. Austro-Hungariari forces occu pied Kielce, Russian Poland. Jan. 27. Austrians drove Russians from TJxsok pass In Carpathians. Feb. 1. French torpedo boafc sunk off Nleuport. Feb. 2. Anglo-French fleet destroyed four forts in tho Dardanelles. Feb. 4 around ' Feb. penetrj aw. Feb Soissr Feb. man. many declared waters IsIps a war rone. ns crossed River Rawka, man front west of Warmans violently bombarded ing It afire. Russians repulsed Austro-Ger-arpathlans but were driven back in Bukowina. Britlah, held cargo of food ship Wllhelmina. Feb. 11. United States warned Germany against destroying American vessels or lives of American citizens in attacking shipping, and warned Great Britain of the danger to American interest? in the use of American flag by British vessels. Germans evacuated Lodz, but drove the Russians out of East Prussia. Feb. 17. Germany replied unfavorably to American warning not to sink American ships, and Great Britain refused to modify its shipping orders. Germany began blockade of England by sinking two vessels. Feb. 23. German blockaders sank American steamer Carlb, Norwegian ship Regln, damaged British collier and three British merchant steamers. Reims bombarded by Germans, 20 civilians killed. Feb. 25. Allied fleets reduced Turkish forts at entrance of Dardanelles. Feb. 28. Dada seized by French cruiser and taken to Brest. March 2. Great Britain laid embargo against shipment of all commodities into Germany. Hamburg-American officials indicted in New York by federal grand jury for conspiracy to defraud the United States. March 5. Austrians evacuated Czernowitz, Bukowina. March S. Zeppelin airship L-8 destroyed near 7'lrlemont and 17 of crew killed. March 10. American ship William P. Frj'e sunk by German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich. Prinz Eitel at Newport News with captain and crew of Fryo. March II. German submarine U-12 sunk by British torpedo boat Ariel. British took Ncuve Chapelle. Germans abanboned Augustowo, Poland. March 15. British order In council shut off all trade with Germany, ordering technical blockade. German cruiser Dresden sunk off Falkland Islands by British warships Glasgow and Kent and Japanese converted cruiser Onima. March 18. American sanitary commission organized for work in Serbia. British battleships Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouvet sunk by mines in the Dardanelles. March 22. Austrian fortress of Przemyrl surrendered to Russians. Turks massacred thousands of Christians at Urumlah. Persia. March 23. Germans In Ghent executed 17 Belgians ns spies. Germans drove Russians out of East Prussia. Allies landed force on Galllpoll peninBula. March 27. Russians forced way through Carpathians into Hungary. March 28. Twenty-day battle in Champagne country won by French, Germans losing 60.000. German submarine sank British steamers Aguilar and Falaba, about 140 lives being lost. April 4. Russians cleared Beskld range of Austrians. Turkish cruiser Mejidieh sunk by Russian mine. April S. Germany agreed to pay for sinking American ship William P. Frye. April 10. Steamer Harpalyco. first re lief ship of New York to Belgium, sunk in North sea hv torpedo or mine. April 21. United States replied to German government's criticism of its foreign policies, denying alienations and rejecting suggestions that exportation of arms be prohibited. April 26. French cruiser Leon Gambetta sunk by Austrian torpedo, 552 lives lost. April 29. German air raiders dropped Incendiary bombs on flvo English east coast towns. Russians occupied Loubnia. northeast of Uzsok pass. April 30. -British announced destruction of eight German submarines within week by mines and net traps. May 1. British torpedo boat destroyer and two German torpedo boats sunk in fight in North sea. American tank steamer Gulfllght torpedoed by Germans off Scilly islands, captain and two seamen lost. May 6. Austro-German forces occupied fTarnow. May 7. Cunard liner Lusltanla torpedoed .nd sunk by Germans off coast of Ireland with loss nt 1.256 lives. Including- 115 Americans; among the latter A. G. Vanderbllt, Elbert Hubbard, Chas. Frohraan. Chas. Klein and Charles Plamondon. May S. British destroyer Maori sunk by mine. Russian naval base of Llbnu captured y Germans.

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demand Germany make reparation for deaths of Americans resulting from sub marine attacks and give guaranties against repetition of offense. May 12. British battleship Goliath tor pedoed in Dardanelles, 500 lost. May 13. President Wilson's note to Ger many cabled. May 17. Zeppelin attacked English coast towns and was driven oft' and crip pled by aeroplanes. May 21. French won entire Lorette hill north of Arras after six months of continuous fighting. May 22.-Rusaian battleship Pantelelmon sunk in Black sea with 1,400 men. May 23. Italy declared war against Austria-Hungary. May 25. Italy invaded Austria at head of Gulf of Venice, seizing four towns. British warship Triumph sunk by tor pedo in Dardanelles. May 28. American steamer Nebraskan, from Liverpool without cargo, struck and crippled by torpedo off Irish coast. Italy Invaded the Trentlno. May 27. British battleship Majestic de stroyed by torpedo in Dardanelles. .British auxiliary steamship Princess Irene blown up in Sheerness harbor, 430 lives lost. May 30. German reply to Wilson note received at Washington and declarad evasive. May 31. German Zeppelins made raid on London. June 3. Przemysl recaptured by Ger mans and Austrians. June 11. Italians took Gradlsca and other important towns. June lo. Austro-Germans, advancing on Lemberg, captured Mosciska. Allied aeroplane fleet bombarded Karlsruhe, killing 27 persons. Zeppelin raided English northeast coast. killing 16 persons. June 16. Russians driven over Galiclan border. Germany called 400,000 young trained men to the colors. June 21. Austro-Germans took Rawa Ruska from Russians. General De Wet found guilty of treason. June 23. Lemberg captured by AustroGermans. French took German work called the Labyrinth, west of Lens. June 28. Italy broke diplomatic relations with Turkey. Dominion freight liner Armenian sunk by Germans, 20 Americans lost. June 30. Russians began retreat from Vistula river In Poland. July 7. Twenty allied aeroplanes raided Bruges, destroying docks. U. S. navy department seized German wireless plant at Sayvllle, L., I., for breaches of neutrality. July S. Germany'3 reply to American note on submarine warfare unyielding in most important particulars. July 0. German forces in German Southwest Africa surrendered to General Botha. British liner Orduna, bringing Ameri cana home from Europe, attacked by German submarine with torpedo and shells. July 18. Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sunk by Austrian submarine. July 22. American reply to Germany, reaffirming former stand, sent to Berlin. Terrible massacres of Armenians by Turks reported. July 25. American steamer Leelanaw sunk by German submarine; crew saved July 27. Austrians made air raid on Verona. July 30. Austrians occupied Lublin. July 31. Leyland liner Iberian sunk by German torpedo boat; seven of crew killed. Aug. 2. Mitau, capital of Courland. taken by Germans. Aug. 3. Great Britain flatly rejected American contentions against blockade Aug. 5. Warsaw occupied by the Ger mans. Aug. 6. Ivangorod taken by AustroGermans. Aug. 9. British cruiser India and de stroyer Lynx sunk. Turkish battleship Kheyr-Ed-Din Bar barossa sunk by submarine in Darda nelles. Germans occupied Praga. Zeppelins raided English east coast, killing 15; one Zeppelin destroyed Aug. 10. U. S. rejected Austro-Hungar-lan views on shipment of war supplies. Aug. 11. British submarines entered Black sea and torpedoed the Breslau and Goeben. Aug. 14. British troopship Royal Ed ward sunk by submarine in Aegean sea; 900 lost. Aug. 17. Germans took fortress of Kovno Greek cabinet resigned and Venlzelos was Invited to form new ministry. U. S. accepted German offer of compen sation in Frye case. Zeppelins raided British east coast, killing ten civilians. Aug. 19. White Star liner Arabic, Liverpool for Boston, torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off Irish coast; 45 lost. Including two Americans. Aug. 20. German fleet engaged Russian fleet in Gulf of Riga, each side losing several vessels. Germans took Russian fortress of Novogeorgievsk Aug 21. Italy declared war on Turkey. German cruiser sunk by British submarine In Baltic sea. British seaplane sank loaded Turkish troopship in Sea of Marmora. Germans captured Bielsk, Russia. Aug. 23. Germans occupied Russian fortress of Ossowetz. Aug. 25. Germans took Blalystok and Brest-Li tovsk. Aug. 26. Germans captured Russian fortress O- Olita. Germany declared the sinking of the Arabic, if done by German submarine, was decidedly condemned by the German government and full reparation would be made. Aug. 31. Adolphe Pegoud. noted French aviator, killed in action. Germans took Russian fortress of Lutsk. Sept. 2. Germany offered to submit Lusltanla and Arabic compensation claims to The Hague tribunal. Russians evacuated Grodno. Papers Involving Dumba and Bernstorff taken by British from J. F. J. Archibald Sept. 4. Allan liner Hesperian torpedoed off Fastnet: 26 lost Sept. 9. President Wilson demanded recall of Austrian Ambassador Dumba. Germany declared it would pay no Indemnity for Arabic deaths. Zeppelins raided London, killing 20 and injuring S6. Sept. 10. Germany defended attack on Orduna, saying it tried to escape submarine. Anglo-French financial commission arrived in America to arrange for loan of $500.000,000 to allies. Sept. 15. Russians checked Von Hin-' denburg's drive toward Riga and drove Austrians further back in Gallcla. Sept. IS. Vilna evacuated by Russians. Sept. 19. British transport Ramazan sunk by submarine in Aegean sea; hundreds lost. Sept. 22. French aviators dropped 100 hombs on royal palace at Stuttgart and elsewhere In Wurtemberg. Germans captured Ostrow, but bulk of Russian army in Vilna salient escaped. Sept. 23. Germany promised American ships carrying conditional contraband would not be sunk by submarines, and made other concessions. Sept. 25. Allies on western front began tremendous general attack on Germans. Sept. 2S. American loan to allies, half a billion dollars at 5 per cent, announced. Italian battleship Benedetto BrHn destroyed by interior explosion; 246 lost. Austria-Hungary recalled Ambassador Dumba.

Sept 23. Great battle in west without

definite result. Oct. 5. Venlzelos, Greek premier, re signed because the king opposed his program of aiding the allies. Germany, through Ambassador von Bernstorff, disavowed the act of the sub marine commander in sinking the Arabic and offered indemnity for two American lives lost; President Wilson accepted offer. Oct. 7. Four hundred thousand AustroGermans began invasion of Serbia, crossing the Drina, Danube and Save rivers at many points New Greek cabinet headed by Alexan der Zalmls appointed. Oct. 8. Serbia declared war on Bul garia, Greek cabinet decided on policy of "benevolent neutrality" toward allies. Oct. 9. Fierce battle between Serbians and Austro-Germans along Drina river. Belgrade captured by the Germans. Oct. 10. Six German naval otficers in terned at Norfolk, Va., disappeared. Oct. 12. Bulgaria began invasion of Serbia. Fortress of Semendria taken by the Germans. Germans executed Edith Cavell. British nurse, in Brussels. Oct. 13. Zeppelins bombarded London, killing 55 persons. Bulgaria declared war on Serbia. Oct. 15. Great Britian declared war on Bulgaria. France declared war on Bulgaria. Oct. 19. Italy declared war on Bulgaria, Bulgarians cut Nlsh-Saloniki railroad at Vranya. Oct. 22. German drive on Riga was halted. Germans defeated in bloody fight on Tahure hill, France. Oct. 23. Germany officially upheld exe cution of Edith Cavell. British submarine sank German cruiser Prinz Adalbert near Labau. Oct. 24. British submarine sank Turkish transport Carmen in Sea of Marmora. Germans drove back Russians northwest of Dvlnsk. Oct. 26. Teutons and Bulgarians joined forces and moved south in Serbia. British transport Marquette torpedoed in Aegean; 90 lost. Oct. 28. French cabinet resigned and Brland became premier. Nov. 4. Zalmls cabinet defeated In Greek chamber of deputies and resigned. Nov. 5. Bulgarians defeated French near Prllip but were beaten at Babuna pass. German cruiser Undine sunk by British submarine. Nov. 6. Bulgarians captured Nish. opening through rail route for Teutons to Turkey. King of Greece called M. Skouloudis to form new neutrality cabinet. Nov. 9. Italian liner Ancona sunk by Austrian submarine in Mediterranean; 200 lost, including some Americans. Nov. 10. German cruiser Frauenlob torpedoed by British submarine in Baltic. Nov. 12. Churchill resigned from British cabinet to join the army In France. Nov. 13. Bulgarians and Germans drove Serbians out of Morava valley. Nov. 14. Austrian aeroplanes raided Verona, killing thirty. Nov. 16. U. S. called on Austria-Hungary to explain sinking of the Ancona. Nov. 17. Bulgarians outflanked Serbians in Babuna pass and French along Cerna river. British hospital ship Anglia sunk by mine in English channel; S5 lost. Austria formally denied blame for loss of life in sinking of the Ancona. Göritz, under terrific bombardment, in flames in many places. Nov. 20. Germans occupied Novibazar. German guardship sunk by Russian de stroyers near Libau: ISO lost. Nov. 25. Germans captured thousands more Serbians and drove the northern army toward the frontier. British advance on Bagdad repulsed by Turks. Nov. 27. Serbian government and the diplomatic corps arrived at Scutari. Canadian government seized all high grade wheat in elevators from Fort Wil liam to Atlantic coast. Dec. 1. Teutons and Bulgarians pursued Serbs into Albania. Dec. 2. More Italians landed at Avlona Monastir occupied by Austrians. Managing Director Buenz and three other officials of Hamburg-American line in New York convicted of conspiracy to deceive and defraud U. S. Dec. 3. President Wilson asked Germany to recall Captain Boy-Ed, naval at tache, and Gaptain von Papen, military attache of German embassy at Washington. Foreign Minister Sonnlno declared Italy would light the war to the finish. Dec. 4. Unnamed American ship In Mediterranean sent wireless call saying It was attacked by submarine. Roumania commandeered all foreign shipping in its harbors. Henry Ford's peace crusaders sailed from New York. Buenz, Koetter and Hochmeister, Ham burg-American lino officials, sentenced to IS months' imprisonment; Popplnghause to one year. Dec. 6. Pope Benedict issued appeal for just and lasting peace. British submarine sank Turkish de stroyer and five other vessels in Sea of Marmora. Roumania closed Danube to navigation Dec. S. U. S. asked Austria to disavow attack on the Ancona, punish the sub marine commander and pay for deaths of Americans. Dec. 9. Allies driven from Serbia into Greece. Deo. 10. Kaiser recalled Boy-Ed and Von Papen. Dec. 14. U. S. demanded France re lease six Germans taken from American vessels. Dec. 15. Gen. Sir Douglas Haig suc ceeded Field Marshal French as British commander in France and Flanders. Austria made unsatisfactory reply to note on Ancona. Dec. 17. Four Germans arrested in New ork and Jersey City on charge of plot ting to blow up Weiland canal. Dec. 20. U. S. reply to Austrian note delivered at Vienna. Dec. 22. Artillery duel on western front. Dec. 24. Indecisive action in GalliDoli Dec. 26. Allied aviators raided German posts in France. DOMESTIC Jan. 1. San Diego exposition opened. Jan. 14. Alabama legislature passed bill making the state dry after June 30. Jan. 25. President Wilson inaugurated first transcontinental telephone system by speaking directly to President Moore of the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. Feb. 20 Panama-Pacific fair opened at San Francisco. March 5. North Dakota legislature passed measure abolishing capital punishment. March 11. Rear Admirals Fletcher, Howard and Cowles appointed admirals under new law. March 12. Harry K. Thaw found not guilty of conspiracy. April 3. Census bureau announced population passed löO.OOO.OOO mark. April 19. Barnes-Roosevelt libel case opened at Syracuse, N. Y. U. S. Supreme court refused final appeal of Leo M. Frank, convicted of murder of Mary Phagan at Atlanta. Ga. May 22. Roosevelt given verdict in Barnes libel suit. June 21. Governor Slaton of Georgia commuted Leo Frank's sentence to life imprisonment and martial law was proclaimed around governor's home to protect him. July 2. Bomb explosion wrecked reception room on east side of capltol in Washington.

July 3. J. P. Morgan shot twice by

Frank Holt, who placed bomb in capltol at Washington. July 5. Twenty-nine killed and 1,110 in jured in Independence day celebrations. July 6. Frank Holt, who shot J. P. Morgan, committed suicide in cell. World's Christian Endeavor convention opened in Chicago. July 10. Robbers held up L. &. N. train in Albama and got nearly $500,000. July 12. Thomas A. Edison made head of board of civilian inventors to advise navy department. July 14. Harry K. Thaw declared sane by jury. Aug. 7. Joe Cooper and Morris Keiler killed In auto race at Des Moines. Slide In Culebra cut blocked Panama canal. Aug. 10. Business men's army training camp at Plattsburg. N. Y opened. Aug. 16. .Leo Frank taken irom Geor gia prison farm by mob and hanged. Aug. 29. Powder mills in Delaware and Massachusetts mysteriously blown up. Sept. 20. Citizens' training camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, opened. Sept. 27. G. A. R. national encampment opened in Washington. Sept. 30. Wireless phone message sent from Washington to Hawaii. Oct. 1. Six midshipmen dismissed and others punished at Annapolis for hazing. Capt. E. R. Monfort, Cincinnati, elected commander in chief of G. A. R. Oct. 4. Mayor Thompson of Chicago or dered Sunday liquor selling stopped. Oct. 6. President Wilson announced his engagement to Mrs. Norman Gait of Washington. Dec. 4. Panama-Pacific exposition closed. Dec. 6. Bishop Mundelein of Brooklyn appointed archbishop of Chicago. Dec. la. President Wilson married Airs. Norman Gait. Dec. 28. American Civic association met in Washington. Convention of American Association for Labor Legislation opened In Washington. FOREIGN Jan. 1. Revolutionists in Paraguay seized President Sherer. Feb. 11. Father Wladimir Ledochowskl, a Russian Pole, was elected general of the Society of Jesus. Feb. 23. President Davilmar of Haiti fled the country. March 23. China acknowledged Japanese control over Southern Manchuria. April 23. Japan sent ultimatum to China. Danish diet granted suffrage to women. May 8. China yielded to Japan's demands. May 27. Manuel de Arriaga, president of Portugal, resigned. June 5. Danish parliament adopted new constitution giving franchise to women. July 27. Revolutionists in Haiti killed President Guillaume, and proclaimed Dr. Rossalvo Bobro president. July 23. United States marines and bluejackets landed at Port Au Prince, Haiti, and took charge. Aug. 12. Vesuvius, Etna and Stromboll in eruption. Gen. Dartlnguenave elected president of Haiti by national assembly. Sept. 17. Word received from Vllhjalmar Stefansson, arctic explorer, who had been missing for year and a half. Oct. 25. Porter Charlton convicted at Como, Italy, of wife murder and given light sentence. Nov. 10. Emperor Yoshihlto formally mounted the throne of Japan. Dec. 3. Epidemic of typhus in Mexico City reported. Dec. 5. Chinese rebels seized cruiser Chao-Ho at Shanghai and fought two other warships. Dec. 6. Pope held consistory and appointed seven cardinals. .Revolt at Shanghai suppressed. Dec. 11. Yan Shi-Kai accepted the throne of China. Belgian munitions plant at Havre blew up: thousand killed and hurt. Dec. 16. Camllle de Coppet elected president of Swiss republic. DISASTERS Jan. 13. Thirty-eight thousand persons killed, 50,000 injured and many towns destroyed by earthquake in central Italy. Feb. 10. Manua islands in American Samoa devastated by hurricane. March 2. Explosion of gas, followed by fire, in Laland mines of New River & Pocahontas Coal Co. of Hinton, W. Va., entombed about 170 men. March 25. American submarine F-4 wrecked near Honolulu, 21 men lost. April 4. Great storm on Atlantic coast, 75 lives lost in wrecks. April 13. Coal mine accident in Japan fatal to 236. April 30. Fire destroyed more than half of Colon, Panama; loss $3,500,000. May 22. One hundred sixty-four persons killed and scores injured in railway wreck In England. June 22 Earthquakes in Imperial Valley, California, killed a number of persons and seriously damaged many towns. July 24. Steamer Eastland upset in Chicago river, 812 persons losing their lives. July 29. Typhoon at Shanghai killed 500 and loss was $5,000,000. Aug. 3. Erie, Pa., Inundated by cloudburst, 27 lives lost and vast property damage. Aug. 16. Hurricane swept lower part of Texas, 230 dead and ?1S,000,000 property loss. Sept. 27. Explosion of car of gasoline wrecked Ardmore, Okla., killing 50. Sept. 29. Destructive gulf storm hit New Orleans and vicinity; 300 or more lives lost. Oct. 2S. Twenty-one children burned to death in parochial school in Peabody, Mass. Nov. 2. Steamer Santa Clara lost near Astoria, Ore.; fifteen lost. Nov. 10. Gun plant of Bethlehem Steel company burned; loss $3,000,000. Nov. 11. Million dollar fire in war material plant of Roebling Sons company at Trenton, N. J. Nov. 29. Fire destroyed much of Avalon, Catalina island. Explosion at Du Pont Powder company plant at Wilmington, Del., killed 31. Dec. 9. Hopewell, Va., Du Pont powder town, burned. POLITICAL Jan. 2. Senate passed immigration bill with literacy test. Jan. 6. President Wilson declined for sixth lime to support federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. Jan. 12. House of representatives by vote of 204 to 174 rejected Mondell resolution proposing enfranchisement of women. Eighty Terre Haute men pleaded guilty to indictments charging conspiracy to corrupt the election of November 3. 1914 Jan. 28. President Wilson vetoed the immigration bill because of the literacy test clause. Feb. 5. House passed naval appropriation bill with provision for two battleships. Feb. 22. President Wilson nominated as members of interstate trade commission Joseph E. Dacies of Wisconsin, Edward N. Hurley of Illinois, William J. Harris of Georgia, William H. Parry of Washington, and George Rublee of New Hampshire. Feb. 23. Senate passed army appropriation bill of $103,000,000 and house appropriated $6,000,000 for fortifications. March 3. Senate passed general deficiency appropriation bill carrying $5.092,-

S72, and confirmed trade commission appointees except George Rublee. Robert W. Woolley nominated as director of mint. March 4. Sixty-third congress adjourned. March 15. Samuel L. Rogers of North Carolina succeeded William J. Harris as director of census. April 6. William Hale Thompson, Republican, elected mayor of Chicago. Mayor Roberts of Terre Haute. Ind., and 26 others found guilty of conspiracy in election. June 8. Secretary of State Bryan, disapproving the note to Germany, resigned. June 21. Supreme court annulled "grandfather clause" aimed at negro suffrage. June 22. One hundred twenty-eight Indianapolis city officials and politicians, including Thomas Taggart, indicted for election fraud conspiracy. June 23. Robert Lansing made secretary of state. Aug. 28. Frank L. Polk made counselor of U. S. state department. Sept 14. South Carolina adopted statewide prohibition. Oct. 19. Woman suffrage defeated in New Jersey. Nov. 2. Suffrage defeated in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; Republicans carried Massachusetts, electing S W. McCall governor; new constitution rejected by New York; prohibition defeated In Ohio; A. O. Stanley, Dem., elected governor of Kentucky, and E. C. Harrington. Dem., of Maryland. Dec. 6. Sixty-fourth congress assembled; Clark re-elected speaker of house. Dec. 7. Democratic national committee selected St. Louis for convention of June 14. 1916. Republicans won generally in Massachusetts town elections. Dec. 14. Reubllcan national convention set for June 7 in Chicago. Dec. 17. Henry P. Fletcher nominated ambassador to Mexico.

FINANCIAL Jan. 16. President Wilson ordered federal lnquirjr into high price of wheat. March 9. Goulds lost control of Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain system. March 13. Dayton Cash Register case. Lower court reversed and remanded for new trial by U. S. circuit court of appeals at Cincinnati. March 16. Trade commission organized at Washington, Joseph R. Davies, Wisconsin, chairman. March 16. Charles C. McChord elected chairman interstate commerce commission vice James S. Harlan. April 3. International Mercantile Marine company put in receiver's hands. April 9. J. B. Greenhut company, NewYork department store, failed for $12,000,000. April 21. Receivers appointed for Rock Island railroad company. May 15. Interstate commerce commission decided railroads owning and operating steamship lines on great lakes must give them up. May 24. Pan American financial conference opened in Washington. Aug. 11. Interstate commerce commission denied most of requests of western roads for increased freight rates. Aug. 12. Interstate commerce commission ordered big reductions in freight rates on anthracite coal. Aug. 17. Interstate commerce commission found Moore-Reid syndicate guilty of plundering Rock Island road and throwing it into a receivership for its own purpose. Aug. 24. Eastman Kodak company declared a monopoly in restraint of trade by federal court at Buffalo, N. Y. Oct. 1. U. S. court at Philadelphia or dered moving picture trust to dissolve. NECROLOGY Jan. 2. Karl Goldmark, famous com poser, in Vienna. Jan. 5. Mme. Jeanne Gerville-Reache, opera star, at New York. Jan. 10. Marshall P. Wilder, author and humorist, at St. Paul. Feb. 4. Mrs. M. E. Braddon, English novelist. Feb. 5. Edward Tilden, Chicago packer. Feb. 12. James Creelman, war corre spondent, in Berlin. Fanny Crosby, famous blind hymn writ er, in Bridgeport. Conn. Feb. 16. Emil Charles Waldteufel, French composer, at Paris. Feb. 18. Frank James, once notorious bandit, at Excelsior Springs, Mo. March 12. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Sr., at Pocantico Hills, N. Y. Count Sergius Julovich Witte, in Petro grad. March 14. Aviator Lincoln Beachey dropped 3,000 feet to death at San Fran cisco. March In. Walter Crane, artist, lec turer, writer, in London, aged seventy. Capt. Henry King, editor St. Louis Globe-Democrat. March 20. Charles Francis Adams, pub licist and historian, in Washington. March 24. Morgan Robertson, author. at Atlantic City. March 31. Baron Nathan Mayer Roths child, in London. April 6. Lyman B. Glover, theatrical manager, at Chicago. Curtis Guild, Jr., former governor of Massachusetts, at Boston. April 7. F. Hopkinson Smith, engineer. artist and author, in New York. April 13. William R. Nelson, editor Kansas City Star, at Kansas City. April 16. Former United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island. April IS. Baron Herbert de Reuter, managing director of Reuter's Telegram company, committed suicide in England. May 2. Ex-Congresman Charles E. Littlefield of Maine in New York. June 29. O'Donovan Rossa, Irish patriot, in New York. July 2. Gen. Porflrio Diaz, former president of MgxIco, in Paris. July 10. Archbishop James E. Qulgley of Chicago, at Buffalo. July 12. Col. A. J. Blethen, publisher Seattle Times. July 13. Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of federal bureau of mines, at Denver. July 16 St. Clair McKelway, editor of the Brooklyn Eagle. July 17. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne, noted actress. July 26. Sir James Augustus Henry Murray, editor of Oxford English dictionary. Aug. 4. Maarten Maartens, novelist, In Zelst, Holland. Aug. 6. Gen. B. F. Tracy, former secretary of navy, at New York. Aug. 9. George Fitch, editor and humorist, at Berkeley, Cal. Aug. 17. Brig. Gen. John C. Black. Civil war veteran, former congressman at large from Illinois and former president of U. S. civil service commission, at Chicago. Aug. 19. Cardinal Seraflno Vannutelll, dean of the sacred college, at Rome. Aug. 20. Dr. Paul Erlich, discoverer of salvarsan, at Bad Homburg. Dr. C. J. Finlay, who discovered yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes, at Havana, Cuba. Aug. 2S. John D. Long, former secretary of the navy, at Hingham, Mass. Sept. 9. Albert G. Spalding in San Diego, Cal. Sept. IL Sir William C. Van Horne. former president Canadian Pacific railroad. William Sprague, war governor of Rhode Island and former senator. Sept. 2L Anthony Comstock, vice crusader, at Summit, N. J. Sept 26.-J. Keir Hardie. British labor leader, at Glasgow.

Oct. 7. Rt Rer. Robert Codman,

copal bishop of Maine, at Boston. Oct. 9. Daniel M. Houser, puwisher ax the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Oct. 11. Henri Fabre, French entomol-I ogist Oct. 16. Sir Lionel. Carden, British dip lomat, in London. Oct. 25. Paul Hervlou, French dramatic' author. Oct 30. Sir Charles Tupper, Canadlaa, statesman, at Bexley Heath, England Oct 31. Blanche Walsh, actres, mt Cleveland, G. Nov. L E. W. Pretorlus, publisher of St. Louis Times, committed suicide. j Herman Ridder, publisher New Torkj Staats Zeitung, at New York. i Lewis Waller, noted actor. In London, i Nov. 6. P. A. B. Wldener, Philadelphia' financier. Nov. 9. E. S. Willard, noted actor. In London. Nov. 14. Booker T. Washington, noted negro educator, at Tuskegee, Ala. Nov. 16. Former Senator Juliua C. Bur rows at Kalamazoo, Mich. Dec 4. August Pitou. actor and play wright at Hobesound. Fla. Dec 5. Gen. Jesus Rabi, hero of Cuban wars, at Santiago. Edward Smith, president American Shipbuilding company, at Buffalo. Dec. 9. Stephen Phillips, isngusn potDec 10. Lt. Col. C. S. Bromwell, head of army engineer corps in Hawaii, com mitted suicide. Abraham Gruber, prominent New York politician. Dec. 12. -Former u. S. Senator v. M. Cockrell at Washington. Earl of Glasgow at Fairllne. Scotland. Dec. 15. Viscount Alverstono, former lord chief justice of Great Britain. INDUSTRIAL March 8. Chicago building contractors locked out 900 union lathers. April 15. Great building strike declared in Chicago. April 30. Federal board of arbitration awarded slight wage increase to enginemen of 98 western railroads. Bridge and structural Iron workers of Chicago struck. June 13. Great street car strike in Chicago. June 16. Chicago street car strike ended by arbitration agreement June 25. Shut down of Chicago's building construction industry ordered because of strike. July 10. Chicago's building trade strike and lockout settled. July 16. Employees of Chicago surface lines won big victory in arbitration award. July 20. Strike and rioting at Bayonne plant of Standard Oil Co. July 27. Standard Oil strike at Bayonaa, N. J., ended. Sept. 27. Twenty-five thousand Chicago garment makers called out on strike. Dec. 3. Fifty-four Chicago labor leaders indicted for conspiracy, extortion and licious mischief. MEXICO Jan. 5. Cnrranza forces under Obregon stormed and captured Puebla, and took Gen. Angeles prisoner. Jan. 27. Provisional President Garza and his government fled from Mexico City to Cuernavaca. Jan. 28. Carranza forces under General Obregon occupied Mexico City. Feb. 11. Carranza expelled Jose Caro, Spanish minister, from Mexico. March 9. Seven battleships ordered from Guantanamo to Vera Cruz. March 12. Carranza evacuated Mexico City and Zapata entered. John B. McManus, American, killed by Zapatistas while American flag floated over his house. April 12. Villa forces defeated near Jarita, losing 500 killed. Victoriano Huerta landed at New York. June 6. Carranza armies led by Obrogon defeated Villa and took Leon after battle lasting five days. June 27. Victoriano Huerta arrested In New Mexico on charge of inciting anoth -: Mexican revolution. Aug. 5 Diplomats from Latin America in Washington conferred on Mexico situation. Aug. 8. Six Mexican bandits killed and three Americans wounded In battle at Norlas ranch, north of Brownsville, Tex. Aug. 16. Armed Mexicans crossed Rio Grande near Mercedes, Tex., and attacked outpost of American cavalrymen, killing Corporal Wilman. Aug. 19. Villa accepted Pan-America proposition for peace conference. Aug. 30. Gen. Pascual Orozco, noted Huerta leader, killed whil leading raid in Texas. Sept. 17. Eighteen Mexicans shot in two fights between U. S. regulars and Carranza soldiers. 1 Oct. 9. Recognition of Carranza recommended by Secretary Lansing and LatinAmerican diplomats. Oct. 19. Mexican bandits robbed a train in Texas, killing three Americans; posse killed ten Mexicans for alleged complicity In the crime. Carranza formally recognized as presl-, dent of Mexico by United States, and six. Latin-American governments. Nov. 3. Villa's army withdrew from siege of Agua Prieta. Dec. 15. Villa gave up fight against Carranza. SPORTING Jan. 5. Federal league filed suit against National and American league,! charging violation of Sherman antitrust' act Jan. 28. American association was made a major baseball league. ' April 5. Jess Willard won heavyweight championship by knocking out Jack Johnson in 23th round at Havana, Cuba, May 31. Ralph De Paima won 500-mile auto race at Indianapolis, breaking all records. July 5. Wisconsin university won conference athletic meet. June 19. Jerome Travers won national amateur golf championship. June 25. Yalo beat Harvard In regatta at New London. June :16. Dario Resta, driving Peugeot car, won 500-mlle race at Chicago, averaging 97.6 miles an hour. June 28. CorneH won intercollegiate regatta at Poughkcepsie. July 17. Olympic rup won by Chicago golf team at Cleveland. July 24. Charles Evans, Jr., of Chlcaao won western amateur golf championship. Aug. 19. Tom McNamara, Boston, worn western open golf championship at Ckicago. Aug. 20. Louis B. Clarke won Gran3 American trapshootlng handicap at Chicago. Gil Anderson in a Stutz won Elgin road race, breaking all records. Sept. 4. Robert Gardner of Chicago wv American amateur golf championship. Sept. 7. W. M. Johnston of CaJlformia won national tennis championship. Sept 11. Packy McFarland defeated Mike Gibbons in ten round bout at New York. Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck of Philadelphia won women's national amateur golf championship at Chicago. ' Oct. 9. Gil Anderson in a Stutz won Astor cup race at Sheepehead Bay speedway, averaging 102.6 miles an hour for 350 miles. Oct 13. Boston American league team won world championship from Phlladl phla National league team. Dec. IS. Baseball war ended. Federal! league quitting.

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