Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, December 31, 1913, Page 13

is EIGHT '* Chief Events of the Past Twelve Months. “SHORT DAILY REGORD. EES | History of the World Told In Paragraphs. THE YEAR'S OBITUARY ROLL. | Political Affairs, Sporting, Personal and Miscellaneous Items—Loss of Life and Property by Accidents, Shipwrecks, Storms and Confla- |. grations—A Chronological Review. | JANUARY. 1 Parcel Post: Parcel post service began. | Sporting: Al Palzer was defeated in the eighteenth round in a contest for the white heavyweight belt with Luther McCarty at Los Angeles, Cal. 2 Obituary: Gen. E. M. Lee, civil war veteran and ex-governor of Wyoming territory; aged 77. % Storm: Violent wind and rain storm worked destruction in sections of the United States. Obituary: James R. Keene, noted finan- cier and turfman, in New York; aged %. Jeff Davis, United States senator from Arkansas and former governor. at Little Rock; aged 51. & Obituary: Lewis Swift, noted astrono- mer, at Marathon, N. Y.; aged 93. 7. Shipwreck: The steamer Rosecrans was wrecked on Peacock Spit, Ore.; 31 seamen drowned. & Sporting: Alfredo De Oro, champion pocket billiard player of the world, saved his title by defeating James Ma- turo in New York. Fire: Loss of $2,000,000 by burning of a cold storage plant at Calgary, Alberta. 2. Political: The British house of com- Hy mons passed the Irish home rule bill by a majority of 110. Raymond Poin- care, prime minister of France, was elected president of the republic. Obituary: Dr. Thaddeus 8S. C. Lowe, aero- naut and inventor, at Pasadena, Cal.; aged 81. E. Prentiss Bailey, editor, connected with the Utica Observer for 60 years, at Utica; aged 79. 38 Obituary: Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr, poet and author, at Rutland, Vt.; aged 87. Shipwreck: 43 lives lost in the wrecking " of the passenger liner Veronese off Portugal. 2 Personal: Helen Gould, the philanthro- | pist, married to Finley J. Shepard in New York. | Naval: The Brazilian super-Dreadnought, largest and most powerful battleship afloat, was launched at Newcastle-on- Tyne, England. Political: Nazim Pasha, commander of at the Turkish army, Killed in a political uprising which overthrew the govern- ment. Balkan War: Turkish batteries de- fending Constantinople opened fire upon | the Bulgarians, Shipwreck: The German bark Pangani sunk in a collision in the English chan- nel and 26 of her crew. drowned. Political: The British house of lords oe | rejected the Irish home rule bill by a | vote of 32) to 69. FEBRUARY. 1. Obituary: Dr. Theodor von Holleben, | noted German diplomat, in Berlin; aged 74. | Balkan War: The Bulgarian artillery re- | sumed bombardment of Adrianople on expiration of the peace truce. | & Constitutional Amendment: The 16th amendment to the United States con- sitution authorizing an income tax was | approved by Delaware, Wyoming and | New Mexico; three-fourths of the states | having indorsed it, the amendment be- came law. \5. Sporting: Willie Hoppe retained his 18.2 balk line billiard championship by defeating George Sutton in a title match in New: York; final count 600 to 301. Balkan War: Bulgarians attacked Turk- ish forts at Gallipoli, on the Darda- nelles. & Sporting: Hannes Kolehmainen made a new world’s indoor record by running 5 miles in 24 minutes 48 seconds in New York. & Obituary: John George Brown, noted painter of street boys, died in New York city; aged 81. ®& Mexico: Revolution in Mexico, headed by Col. Felix Diaz, besieged President Madero in his palace.. The revolution- ist leader Gen. Bernardo Reyes killed in battle. South Pole: News of the disaster to Capt. R. F. Scott's antarctic expedi- tion was cabled from New Zealand; the south pole was reached March 29, 1912, and subsequently Scott and four of his companions perished in a bliz- zard. Mexico: A truce reigned between Ma dero’s government and the Mexicar revolutionists. Strike Riot: In a coal strike riot nea: Mucklow, W. Va., 12 strikers and + mine police were killed and 2 person injured. Mexico: The Mexican revolutionists and government forces bombarded each j other’: positions with heavy artillery. Spor. .g: Hennes Aelehmainen, the { Finnis!funner, made a new world’s 6 mile record by going the distance in 4 minutes 29 1-5 seconds in New York. Mexico: Mexican forces continued artil- lery firing in the streets of the City of Mexico. The revolution gained fresh adherents. %% Obituary: Charles Major, author of many popular novels of old English Hife, including “When ‘Knighthood Was In Flower,” at Shelbyville, Ind.; aged 57. 14 Mexico: Fighting continued in the City of Mexico. Government troops revolt- ed. Madero agreed to resign the presi- dency. Obituary: Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, soldier and diplomat, in New York city; aged TI. Sporting: A. R. Kiviat made a new mile running record in New York; time 4 minutes 181-4 seconds. Balkan War: Fierce attack of Monte- negrin troops on the Turks at Scutari ‘was successful, with loss to the assail- ants of 2,500. Obituary: Joaquin Miller, the “poet of the Sierras,” in the Piedmont hills, California; aged 72. Obituary: Gen. George Washington Custis Lee, eldest son of the late Gen. wu. 13. ua B. 22 B. 6. 13. mu 17. Aviation Disaster: Robert E. Lee, at Ravensworth, Va; aged 80. : - Mexico: President Madero resigned his office after arrest by Gen. Blanquet, Tokyo; loss $2,500,000. 22, Obituary: Ye Ho Na La, titular em- press dowager of China, at Peking; | 48. aged 48. Mexico: The deposed president and vice president of Mexico, Madero and Sua- rez, were killed in a mysterious man- ner while under guard by revolution- ists. Sporting: Alfredo De Oro, the pool champion, defeated Thomas Hueston, challenger for the world's champion- ship, by a score of 200 to 157. Fire: The burning of the Dewey hotel, Omaha, caused a heavy loss of life. MARCH. 1 Shipwreck: foundered in the sea of Marmora; 200 lives lost. Fire: Loss of $500,000 at Argenta, Kan., by the burning of the Gulf Compress company’s plant. 4 Disaster at Sea: German torpedo boat destroyer S-178 sunk in collision off Helgoland and 71 of the crew perished. Political: Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as the 28th president of the United States. 6 Historical: The ship Niagara, which Commodore Perry used in his victo- rious battle on Lake Erie in 1813, was raised from the bottom of the lake near Erie, Pa. Balkan War: The Greeks captured Ja- nina from the Turks, securing 32,000 prisoners. Political: The senate confirmed Presi- dent Wilson’s cabinet nominations as follows: State, William J. Bryan of Nebraska; treasury, William Gibbs McAdoo of New York; war, Lindley Murray Garrison of New Jersey; at- torney general, James Clark McReyn- olds of Tennessee; postmaster general, Albert Sidney Burleson of Texas; navy, Josephus Daniels of North Carolina; interior, Franklin Knight Lane of Cal- ifornia; agriculture, David Franklin Houston of Missouri; commerce, Wil- Mam Cox Redfield of New York; labor, William Bauchop Wilson of Pennsyl- vania. Sporting: McDonald scored a. new world’s record by hurling the 24 pound shot 39 feet and 3% inches in New York. Kiviat made a new world’s record by running 1,000 yards in 2 minutes 1546 seconds in New York. 7. Explosion: About 30 men killed and 60 injured by explosion of dynamite in transit on the steamship Alum Chine in Baltimore harbor. 8 Fire: At Yokohama; loss of $7,500,000. Obituary: Dr. J. S. Billings, Federal war veteran, author and librarian, in New York city; aged 74. Storm: Electrical tornado swept over the lower southern and southwestern states; 100 deaths. Fire: Plant of the Elmira Telegram de- stroyed; loss $350,000. 15. Storm: A blizzard raged from Illinois to the Dakotas. Greece: King George assassinated at Saloniki. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonic storm ravaged the central and southwestern states, destroying over 100 lives and property valued at several million dol- lars. Greece: King Constantine ascended the throne. Obituary: Frank 8. Black, ex-governor of New York and noted lawyer, in Troy; aged 60. Storm: Cyclone killed 15 outright at Terre Haute and injured over 200, many mortally. Over 200 killed in Omaha, where 1,200 houses were burned or wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit- ten. Obituary: Field Marshal Viscount Gar- net Joseph Wolseley, famous British soldier, at Mentone, France; aged 80. Flood: Waters reached their height in Ohio; 460 lives lost, and estimated prop- erty loss above $300,000,000. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adri- anople to the:Bulgarians and Servians with 61,000 prisoners. Allied troops at- tacked the Turkish lines at the Chatal- ja defenses of Constantinople. Obituary: John Pierpont Morgan, cap- italist, in Rome; aged 7b. APRIL, 1. Personal: Ex-President W. H. Taft took up his duties as professor at Yale university. 8. Convention: International congress of historical studies convened in London. Suffragettes: Emmeline Pankhurst sen- tenced to 3 years’ imprisonment in London for suffragette outrages. 8. Political: President Wilson read a mes- sage before congress in joint session, reviving a custom abandoned in 1801. 10. Sporting: Major baseball leagues open- ed the season of 1913. Obituary: John B. Henderson, former United States senator and author of the 13th amendment to the constitution, in Washingon; aged 86. Railroad Accident: 7 killed in a colli- sion on the Vermont Central near St. Lambert, Canada. Strike: 200,000 Belgian workmen went on a strike for equal suffrage. Personal: Illness of Pope Pius changed for the worse, : Obituary: Carl Hagenbeck, noted animal collector and showman, near Hamburg, Germany; aged 69. Convention: Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution opened in Washington. ;16. Personal: Funeral of John Pierpont Morgan held in New York city. Convention: National Council of Women met in Washington. The French mili- tary balloon Zodiac burst at a height of 60 feet at Noisy-le-Grand, France; 4 officers and a pilot killed. Personal: Crisis in the illness of Pope Pius; death seemed imminent. 18. Personal: Mrs. William Cumming Sto- ry elected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. 22, Balkan War: The Turkish fortress of Scutari captured by Montenegrins. 2%. Mining Disaster: 12) coal miners killed by explosion in the Cincinnati mine at Courtney, Pa. Dickens Reminder: Mrs. Mary Ann Coop- er, original of Dickens’ “Little Dor- rit,” died in London in her 100th year. 2%. Strike: The industrial strike in Bel- gium for equal suffrage ended; toss caused by the strike estimated at $20,- 000,000. MAY. 2. Shipwreck: The steamer Concordia col- Mded with a bridge pier at the mouth of Tensas river, La., drowning 2 peo- ple. China: President Wilson recognized the Chinese republic. 4 Sporting: Willie Kolehmainen won the professional 15 mile race in New York; time 1 hour 20 minutes 14 seconds. 6. Fire: Loss of $1,000,000 in the plant of the American Fertilizer company at Buffalo. Convention: Congress of American sur- geons and physicians in Washington. 7. Convention: Congress of the Salvation Army met in Philadelphia. & Convention: National Association For Political: The Underwood tariff bill pass- ed the house of representatives by a vote of 281 to 139. 14 Storm: 14 killed and 30 injured by a at Omaha. British steamer Calvados | 19. Political: Governor Hiram «Johnson 2%. Obituary: H. M. Flagler, capitalist and a 2. Personal: mM TS 16. un. 18 1. a. us %. Sporting: Whisk Broom Il. won Miraflores. signed the California alien -land. bill. railway magnate, at West Palm Beach, Fila.; aged 83. Cuba: Gen Mario G. Menocal was in- augurated president of the Cuban re- Centenary: The 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Wagner, the mas- ter composer, celebrated throughout Germany. Accident: 34 people killed and many‘ injured by the collapse of a pier at Long Beach, Cal. Sporting. Jerome D. Travers won the metropolitan amateur golf champion- ship in New York, defeating A. Kammer. Personal: Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia and Prince Earnest Augustus of Cumberland married in Berlin. 26. Ship Disaster: 40 persons killed by the destruction of the steamer Nevada by Turkish mines in the gulf of Smyrna. Obituary: Gen. James Heaton Baker, civil war soldier, editor and historian, at Mankato, Minn.; aged 84 2%. Convention: United Confederate Vet- erans met at Chattanooga. Bennett H. Young elected commander in chief.of the United Con- federate Veterans. Obituary: Lord Avebury (Sir John Lub- bock), distinguished British scholar and author, in London; aged 79. Balkan War: Treaty of peace between Turkey and the Balkan allies signed at London. To the Maine Heroes: National monu- ment to commemorate the martyrdom of the crew of the battleship Maine unveiled in New York. Sporting: Whisk Broom Il. won the Metropolitan at Belmont Park, N. Y. where racing was resumed after three years’ suspension. JUNE. 2 Obituary: F. A. Ober, ornithologist and author, at Hackensack, N. J.; aged 65. Alfred Austin, poet laureate of Eng- land, at Ashford, England; aged 78. Pedestrianism: E. P. Weston started from New York city on a walking match to Minneapolis, expecting to cover 1,446 miles in 60 days. 4 Sporting: Aboyer won the English Derby. 6 Railroad Accident: 6 killed, many in- jured in a railway collision at Stam- ford, Conn. Sporting: Rockview won the Brooklyn Derby. Obituary: C. H. Cramp, noted shipbuild- er, in Philadelphia; aged 83. 1. Sporting: Jerome D. Travers won the ‘New Jersey golf championship, defeat- ing Oswald Kirkby 3 up.and 2 to play. 8 Obituary: Dr. C. A. Briggs, noted thi logian once tried for heresy, in New York city; aged 72 Dr. L. Forbes ‘Winslow, noted English alienist, in London; aged 69. 9 Fire: Fire’ in a business block in _ Springfield, Mo., caused a loss of over Sporting: Americans won the first game of the international polo cham- Pionship match at Meadowbrook, N. ¥., by 6% goals to 3 for the English team. Aviation: Count Zeppelin’s dirigible bal- loon flew from Baden-Baden to Vienna, 430 miles, about, in 8 hours, beating ex- press train time, which is 16% hours, by over 8 hours. Political: The British house of commons passed to a second reading the home rule for Ireland bill im the face of fiery opposition. Turkey: Schefket Pasha, grand vizier of Turkey, assassinated in the streets | of Constantinople. Philippines: 6 American soldiers killed and 12 wounded in a battle between troops and Moros. n6t Sporting: American team won the ciding game in international polo match at Meadowbrook, N. Y., defeat- ing the English team by 4% to 4% goals. Anniversary: 2th anniversary of the reign of Emperor William of Germany celebrated by ceremonies in Berlin. Obituary: Della Fox, popular light opera actress, in New York; aged 4L Convention: American Medical associ- ation met in Minneapolis. Sporting: New world’s record for a four mile relay race made by the team of the Boston Athletic association at Easton; time 17 minutes 51 1-6 seconds. Obituary: Thomas A. Janvier, jqurnal- ist and author, in New York city; aged 64 A Sporting: Gilliwinkle won the Ascot Der- by at Ascot Heath, England. Railroad Accident: 13 killed, 30 injured. in a head-on collision of electric trains at Vallejo, Cal. Sporting: Syracuse won the varsity eight oared race, defeating Cornell; time 19 minutes 283-5 seconds. Whisk Broom Il. won the Brooklyn Handicap. Harvard won the deciding game in the championship baseball series with Yale in Brooklyn; score 6 to 5. Explosion: 20 killed and many injured by explosion of mill dust in the Husted plant, Buffalo. Milling Wave: %, Cold Wave: Snow in peectamggen a 8 w, Mich. ; d about 1% y agea |% Convention: International Esperanto Obituary: George Thatcher, minstrel, at East Orange, N. J.; C3 Balkan War: Bulgarian troops defeated in battle with Servians at Ziletovo, Macedonia. Suburban Handicap, beating a 9 world’s record by running a mile and a quarter in 2 minutes flat. Accident: 10 persons drowned by the sinking of a raft ferry near Leech- burg, Pa. 80. Accident: 11 persons drowned by the collapse of a bathhouse gangway on Merrimac river at Lawrence, Mass. Hot Wave: Record breaking heat day in Chicago; thermometer 102 on street level; 46 deaths. JULY, L Veteran Reunion: Opening of the Blue and Gray reunion at Gettysburg to cel- — the 60th anniversary of the bat- je. burg; close of the 60th anniversary re- union. §. Convention: National Educational as- sociation met at Salt Lake City. 6 Convention: Internationa! Institute of. Agriculture opened in Rome. mM Bb. 16. a 22 30. BON 18. Personal: 834 birthday of the Ei 2%. Obituary: Emile Olivier, noted 23, Miscellaneous: Frederick J. loss 5 > the | 2% Fire: $1,000,000 loss by fire in the Smith year company lumber yards at Bay Point, territ declaration of war by King Charles of Roumania. Fire: Fire in the plant of the Haskell & Basker Car company at Michigan City, Ind., caused a loss of $1,000,000. 18. Aviation: Leon Letort, French aviator, fiew from Paris to Berlin, 500 miles air line, in 9 hours without stop. Accident: 14 persons killed and 150 in- jured in a collision of electric trains at Los Angeles, Cal. Obituary: Daniel Dowling, survivor of the famous charge of the Light brigade in 1854, az Utica, N. Y.; aged 91. Personal: Robert Bridges appointed poet laureate of England. Balkan War: Turkish troops re-entered Adrianople after expelling the Bulga- rian garrison. China: Rebellion against the republic broke out in China, 3 provinces declar- ing their independence. Fire Disaster: Fire in a clothing fac- tory at Binghamton, N. Y., resulted in a heavy loss of life. %. China: Chinese government troops re- sisted an attack of rebels at Shanghal. Sporting: The world’s’ tennis champion- ship won by Maurice E. McLoughlin of the United States, who defeated the English champion, Charles P. Dixon, at ‘Wimbledon. Balkan War: Balkan peace conference met at Bukharest. Storm: A windstorm caused a loss of $1,000,000 in Washington, D. C. 31. Fire: The Flory Manufacturing plant at Bangor, Pa. burned; loss upward of $1,000,000. AUGUST. 2 Pedestrianism: Edward Payson Wes- ton, the pedestrian, arrived at Milwau- kee, ending his walk of 1,546 miles from New York city, whence he started June 2. Mining Accident: 19 miners killed in a colliery accident at Tower City, Pa. 4 War Game: War game between battle- ships, torpedo boats and submarines of the north Atlantic fleet and forts at the eastern end of Long Island sound opened with Admiral! Charles J. Badger in’ command of the enemy (navy) and Gen. T. H. Barry head of the defend- ing army; Obituary: George Hitchcock, noted Amer- {| ican painter, on the island of Marken, Holland; aged 63. Personal:.Resignation of H. L. Wilson, ambassador to Mexico, accepted by the president. & Sporting: Peter Volo made a new world’s. trotting record for 2-year-olds at Kalamazoo, going the first mile in 2:09. Fire: Blue Mountain House, a famous hotel in the Blue Ridge at Pen Mar, Pa., destroyed by fire; loss about $500,- 000. & World Tour: J. H. Mears ‘arrived in . New York city, ending an around the world trip in % days, 21 hours, % min- utes and 4% seconds, a record. Obituary: Robert C. Ogden, philanthro- pist, at Kennebunkport, Me.; aged TT. Convention: International congress of medicine opened in London. 7. Explosion: Benzine explosion in the Union Petroleum works, Philadelphia, caused a loss of $800,000. Aviation Accident: Capt. 8. F. Cody, British-American aeronaut, killed at Aldershot, England, by the fall of a war aeroplane, which he piloted for the government. 8 War Game: In the army and navy war game in Long Island sound the enemy (navy) was victorious, forcing @ passage at 3 forts defended by army forces. Political: New alien and law, anti- Japanese, went into effect in California. Balkan War: Peace treaty between Bul- garia against Greece, Servia and Rou- mania was signed at Bukharest. i. Obituary: Gen. Edward F. Jones, civil war veteran, hero of the march through Baltimore April 19, 1861, and noted in politics and commerce, at Binghamton, N. Y.; aged %. 13 Obituary: August Bebel, German so- cialist leader, at Zurich; aged 73. Personal: Governor William Sulzer of New York impeached by the assembly. 14. Obituary: Rear Admiral Silas Casey, U. S. N., retired, veteran of the civil war, at Warm Springs, Va.; aged 72. 1. Personal: Harry K. Thaw, slayer of | Stanford White, escaped from the state asylum for insane criminais at Mat- teawan, N. Y. Shipwreck: 40 lives lost at the wreck of the State of California in Gambier bay, off Alaska. “5 eror Franz Joseph celebrated throughout Austria and Hungary. of France under Napoleon IIL, at An- necy, France; aged 89. Sporting: Directum L made a world’s pacing record of 2:02% at Goshen, N. Y. Convention: 2th international peace con- gress opened at The Hague. Fire: $1,500,000 loss by fire in the factory district of Jersey City. for 40 years an astronomer on Madison Square, New York, and G. A. R. vet- eran, died in Hoboken, N. J. Luke Martin, “last of the Crows,” died near congress opened at Berne with 1,100 delegates present. Fire: shops burned at Teague, Tex. 000. Hi 108 in the streets. : Pennant won the Futurity at Sarat N. Y. ;aged 6. 1. Obituary: George E. Baker, noted teleg- rapher in the field and at the White| 3. & Convention; The Army and Navy un- 10. Memorial: B. 18. 19. 2. Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics clinch- 2%. Mexico: Frederico Gamboa, minister of %. Obituary: Patrick Ford, editor of the 2. Sporting: New York Giants cinched the %. Lynching Riot: 10 killed, 20 injured in Miss. %. Fire: Loss of $1,000,000 by fire in Barker 1 Panama Canal: Water was let into 2 Political:. United States senate passed 4 Political: The Underwood-Simmons tar- 6 Storm: Coast storm destroyed 600 L 9 Ocean Disaster: 10. il. Obituary: Stanley Waterloo, journalist, 12 Aeronautics: 18 balloons, * Paris, House under Gen. Grant, in phia; aged 65. Japan: A mob of 15,000 Japanese stormed the offices of the government ministers as a protest against their foreign pol- icy, notably toward China, jon, composed of veterans of the Mex- ican, civil and Spanish-American wars, met in Philadelphia. Airship Disaster: Zeppelin airship L No 1 wrecked by a hurricane over, the North sea; 15 drowned. Pol : The senate passed the Under- wood-Simmons tariff bill, 47-37. Fire. Flames destroyed 150 cottages, 6 hoteis and a church at Salisbury Beach, Mass.; loss $200,000. Monument commemorating Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's na- val victory over the British fleet Sept. 10, 1815, unveiled on Put-in-Bay island, Lake Erie Obituary: William J. Gaynor, mayor of New York. died on board the Baltic at sea; aged 62 Personal: Harry K. Thaw deported from Canada «across the Vermont. border near Norton Mills. Convention; 47th annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic opened at Chattanooga, Tenn. Personal: Sons of Veterans in session at Chattanooga, Tenn., elected John £. Sautter of Pittsburgh commander in chief. Political: Court of impeachment to try Governor William Sulzer organized at Albany. Personal: Washington Gardner of Al- bion, Mich., elected commander in chief of the G. A. R. at Chattanooga. Convention: Congress to test the mer- its of the divining rod for discovering buried water, minerals, etc. met at Halle, Germany. Sporting: Francis Ouimet, American amateur, won the open golf cham- pionship of the United States, defeat- ing the British golfers Harry Vardon and Edward Ray at Brookline, Mass. ed the American league pennant at Philadelphia, defeating the Detroit Ti- gers 4 to 0 and 1 to 0. foreign affairs, nominated for president of Mexico. Irish World, in Brooklyn; aged 76. Panama Canal: Water was let into the Gatun locks of the Panama canal. Sporting: Peter Volo made a new mark for 2-year-olds, trotting a mile in 2:06%4 at Columbus. National league pennant, Philadelphia losing to Boston by 9 to 3. @ race riot and lynching at Harriston, Bros.’ furniture warehouse, Los An- geles, Cal. Political: The Underwood tariff bill pass- — the house of representatives, 254 to OCTOBER. Culebra cut. the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill, 36 to 17. iff act became law. shocks in the Panama canal zone. houses at Nome, Alaska; loss $1,500,000. China: Provisional President Yuan Shih Kai elected president of the Chinese republic. Sporting: In the opening game of the world’s baseball series Philadelphia Athletics (American league) defeated the New York Giants (National league) 6 to 4 at New York Convention: General convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Amer- ica opened in New York. Ocean steamer Vol- turno, Uranium line, from Rotterdam, Holiand, to New York, burned in mid- ocean; deaths 131; over 500 persons res- cued by ships summoned by wireless. China: Yuan Shih Kai inaugurated first president of China. Mexico: Provisional President Huerta of Mexico arrested the chamber of depu- ties and assumed the powers of dic- tator, dissolving congress. in, Chicago; aged 67. Spotting: The world’s baseball series be- tween the American and National Yeagues won by Philadelphia Athletics, American league, in New York; score 8 to 1 Gth game). the including Uncle Sam and the Goodyear from the United States, started from Paris in a race for the Gordon Bennett cup; 8 countries represented. Obituary: Timothy L. Woodruff, noted Republican leader, in New York; aged opened at Indianapolis. 14 Panama Canal: The first vessels lifted Garros, French avi- ator, made a nonstop flight. of 5% miles, from Marseilles to Paris. Sporting: Pennsylvania university foot- ball team defeated Brown university in the annual game at Philadelphia; score 2%. to 0. Miss Gladys Ravenscroft of England won the women’s golf cham- % Storm: 16. Bua 1B. lyn. Sporting: team ‘to 0, at Princeton. tiled with Pennsylvania Philadelphia; score 7 to 7. rebels of Gen. Huerta, given.refuge on & United States warship at Vera Cruz NOVEMBER. 1 Sporting: Cornell defeated at football by Harvard, 2 to 6, at Cambridge. Mass. 1. Obituary: Dr. Charles McBurney, noted _ specialist Brookline, in appendicitis, at Mass. Earthquake: Shocks in Peru wrecked the city of Abancay, killing 300 persons. & Political: Ludwig IIL took the oath as king of Bavaria. Sporting: Yale defeated Brown at foot- ball, 17 to 0, at New Haven. Dart- mouth won over Pennsylvania at foot- ball, 34 to 21, at Philadelphia. Harvard beat Princeton in the annual football game, 3 to 0, at Princeton. : Fierce blizzard swept the mid- vessels leveland. Convention: American Federation of Labor met at Seattle, Wash. National Association of Good Roads met in St Louis. Mexico: The premier of Great Britain announced that his government would uphold the Mexican policy of the Unit- ed States. Convention: Daughters of the Confed- eracy met at New Orleans. 1 spare Chinese parliament suspend- Railroad Accident: 12 killed and over 100 injured in a wreck on the Central of Co., noted banking house of New York, failed with liabilities estimated as high alists) captured Juarez from the fed- erals. i Sporting: Carlisle Indians defeated Dart- mouth by 3 to 10 at football in New York. Michigan defeated Pennsylva- nia at football, 13 to 0, at Ann Arbor, Mich. Chicago won a 13 to 7 victory over Minneapolis at football in Min- neapolis. Yale-Princeton annual foot- ball game a tie at New Haven; score 3 to 3 x Mexico: Aldape, Mexican minister of the interior, resigned. Panama Canal: Steam tug Louise, with official party on board, passed through the canal from ocean to ocean. Sporting: Harvard won a 37 to 0 foot- ball victory over Brown at Cambridge. Mass. Mexico: Rebels captured Victoria, cap- ital of Tamaulipas. Convention: Atlantic Deeper Waterways association opened at Jacksonville, Fla. National conservation congress met in ‘Washington. at Chicago, capturing the conference football championship; score 19 to 9. Harvard defeated ¥ale, 15 to 6, at Cam- bridge. Pe al: Jessie Woodrow Wilson, sec~ ughter of the president, married to Francis Bowes Sayre in the White House at Washington. © Mexico: Mexican rebels defeated the fed- erals at Tierra Blanca, near Juarez; losses estimated at 1,500 federals and 600 rebels. 2%. Aviation: Glenn L. Martin made a new at Los American record by Re ger to a height of 9,800 ft Angeles, Cal. Naval: England launched the super~ Dreadnought Warspite, greatest bat- tleship in the world. %. Mexico: Rebels captured Mazatlan, on the west coast. Sporting: Cornell defeated Pennsylvania at football, 21 to 0, in Philadelphia. Financial: New York Real Estate Se- curities company failed with liabilities amounting to $16,000,000. 2%. Sporting: Army defeated Navy in the Convention: National Woman Suffrage association met in Washington. DECEMBER. get foundered off Bodo, Norway; @. in football at —e