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IAT YEAR 1914GAVE TO MANKINDnologica! Record of Mostjjfortant Events of thei Twelve Months.jjjV- ^

BPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST

, . e's Muddled Affalra-^-Pope PlusEarl Roberts Among the IIistriouaDead . Disaster*

and Sports.Financial andI [industrial Happenings.

lip!LED BY E. W. PICKARD.

:UROPEAN WAR

||&Archduke Francis Ferdinand,Austrian throne, and his morwife,the duchess of Hohonberg,

BM. and killed by a. student in Sarajevo.Bosnia, after a futile attempt

|>een made to blow them up with a

[. 2fc.Atostrta sent peremptory notervitL demanding punishment of allipUces in murder of Archduke Fran- \^rdlnand and suppression of all so-

i;which had fomented rebellion in

28..Troops mobilized by Austria, 1

Russia and Montenegro. ServiansI''their capital to Nlsh. 1

Austria declared war against

29..Austrian* Invaded Servia and

Kaiser demanded'Russian mobincease and czar refused. Martial 1

©claimed la Qemany.c exchanges In nearly all cities of

ll.Germany declared war on Rus-I mobilised its army. Czar declared j 1

ftrtlal law and France Issued decree' orMUnlUxatkm. Italy declared Its neutral

Kug 2..German troops advanced on

^^Bsroe ithroagb neutral Luxembourg.Russia began invasion of East Prussia

^Htug. 3..Germans started three armiesrard France, through Belgium, vlolatBlthe neutrality of that country.

|^V%*nc|i troopq crossed German frontier

BMPm. 4..Great Britain demanded that

K^pnnany withdraw her troops from BelBunGermany and England declaredH^ofr each other and Germany declared

I^K^on. Belgium. France declared war on

States proclaimed Its neutrality.jHHVug. ^.Germans repulsed at Liege by

BMPald ; Marshal Earl' Kitchener madetish secretary of state for war.

HHfreatdont Wilson offered the services ofStates as mediator.

Hk. t.Austria-Hungary declared war

^g^pdhtf cruiser Amphlon sunk by Ger[^ WKV.-Germansentered Liege.B^'ff ^-Twenty thousand English troopsUMJnJ on French coast French InvadedBH&ee-Lorralne and captured Altkirch

HBy reaffirmed its neutrality.flHe-; 10,.France broke off diplomaticuHKins"Wlth Austria-Hungary. »

iff II. French driven out of Cernay

Kk. 18..Germans occupied Hasselt. 1RKK*s and St Trond, Belgium. France

^^^Rngland declared war on Austria. <iff. It-Japan issued ultimatum to Ger- a

UUJ. 1 nA»maMwtllimawai U1 WIIIHU1

Hj^Hrt»htp» from the Orient and evacuation (

seat of government a

refiP"erred from Brussels to AntHSIginnlnt;

of five days' battle In Lor- t

Bw, ending In repulse of French across

^Kptier with heavy loss. Beginning of fdays' hatHe between Servians and

faians on the/?Jadar, ending in Aus- s

PRSEjg. 19..Brussels occupied by the Ger- jHHk the allies retiring to Antwerp.HHpFlans defeated 80,000 Ausfrlans at

^HBbats. forty miles west of Belgrade. t

Hg, 20..French recaptured Muelhausen.^fflare, but were driven back In Lorraine, t

Hut;. 21..Germans, began bombardmentIn Namur forts and levied -war tax of c

HOOO.OOO on Brussels and 110,000,000 on

^^Kng.' 22..Germans occupied Ghent andKiflBtges.Kug. 23 .Japa^.declared war on Ger- 1

WLunevUle, France, occupied by the Ger- t

j^Busslaris drove back the Germans fromKtte teatern frontier. <BOW. 24..The allied armies along the i

fcjh^fronv Mons to the Moselle defeatedHillirtven back by the Gei'mans.

captured Namur, drove the

greoch out of Alsace and advanced fromHfcorraine into France.JMuap&nese warships began bombardmentBOTjfclng tao.'* fortified seaport of KlauOHra

25..A&strta declared war on JaBermarislevied a war tax of 190,000,000

BflBihe Belgian province of Brabant.SMra 29.'.French cabinet resigned and

cabinet formed by Premier Vlvlf.nl.

HyHgiang took. Marlenburg. German is

pof yap nearxGuam seized by JapaKK"Austrian defeated Russians on Galifrontier.Loovain sacked and burnedBBBoferma^s.Bug. 27..British cruiser Highflyer deBj^KyedGerman armed merchant cruiser

^^Ktier Wllhelm der Grosae off west coast

HRfug.. 28..British fleet sunk five Germanflmfhipi off Helgoland.

AlKes checked the march of Germans to

K'Fv'ris and terrific battle was begun at

Km** and one near Nancy.Bfmuatrls declared war on Belgium.^^Aug. 29..British forces from N'ew Zea-

HJkca seuea Apia. V'UiCl iun*4 Vi vrei Iimu j

^KRusBians defeated near Tannenberg.Mfc/AUK. 30..Germans occupied Amiens.Bgept. 2.Seat of French governmentShoved to Bordeaux.

j^Kfeusstans captured L^mberg, Ahstrla.Bhutan days' battle. '

5..Oermanp captured Reims.HHept. (L.British cruiser Pathfinder sunk

^ torpedo in North sea.

^^Bept 7..AUles victorious In a battle^Hog the tine from Nanteuil to Verdun,|H« imperial guard under the German

^Bovrn prince'being nearly annihilated by^Hte British.^Vtrermans destroyed Dinant and captured

^pSept. 8..AlHes pushed back the entireHUne of Invading Germans. i» Sept. 9..British forced Germans to reHtrcatalong the river Marne.B®-Sept. 11..Russianr drove the Germans

several fortified positions In Russian <

repulsed with heavy losses In

| pept m .British warships from Aua|tralia tool* Hefbertshoehe, seat of govern-

miULD BC NO COMPARISON .

Juid Gentlemjui Evidently No Sport, or

Br Would Not Have Raised

*..

», .Kaif a dozen men in the car were

BftaOdagabout a football game, whenBlto bid man who bad never been a

Kjx&me sport butted in with:

^"Football? Oh, yes. Say, do you

^Rfers know how many njen were

hi 1-?djat the battle of Gett^sbwrg!"'

merit of the German BIsmarcK archipelagoand the Solomon islands. flFrench troops reoccupied Lunevllle and

Solssons. SSept. 13..Hille evacuated by Germans t

and occupied by allies. hSteamer Red Cross with American Red

Cross nurses and surgeons sailed from pNew York.Sept. 14. . Retreating German army t

halted in strongly intrenched positionalong the Aisne river. Amiens reoccupied 1'by the French.Sept. 22..Three. British cruisert were 0

torpedoed and sunk by German submarine n

in the North sea.Sept 26..British troops from India ^

landed at Marseilles.Sept. 29..Germans began attack on defensesof Antwerp. u

Oct. 2..Germans defeated at Augustowoand forced out of Russia.Oct. 5..Belgian government moved to v

Ostend. v

Oct. 9..Germans entered Antwerp.Russian army occupied Lyck, East Prus- n

sia.Oct. 10..German army of 20,000 was re- t

pulsed at Quatrecht, east of Ghent.Oct. 11..Germany Imposed war fine of

&100,000.000 on Antwerp.Russian cruiser Pallada sunk by German

submarines.Oct. 12..Ghent occupied by the Ger- F

mans.Oct. 13..Belgian government moved to I

Havre, France.Colonel Maritz and his troops in the

northwest of Cape province, South Africa. drebelled. Martial law proclaimed throughoutUnion of South Africa. dOct. 15..Germans occupied Ostend and

Bruges.Oct. 16..British cruiser Hawke sunk In

the North sea by German submarine.Oct. 17..Japanese cruiser Takachiho

sunk by torpedo In Klauchau bay. t-British cruiser Undaunted and four destroyerssunk four German destroyers In

North sea.Oct. 18..Allies recaptured Armentleres.Oct. 19..Desperate fighting along Bel-

jiancoast. British warships taking part. ^Oct. 28..French retook Altklrch, Alsace,it the point of the bayonet. *i

Oct. 24..Ten days' battle before War-C(

jaw ended in German defat.Oct. 25..Germans crossed River Tser emd slowly pressed toward the south.Oct. 26..Germans^ bombarded Nieuport

but were checked by allies. , (

Mantz and his rebel force defeated by t|CJnion of South Africa troops.Prlnzip, slayer of Archduke Francis e,

Ferdinand and his/ wife, and 23 others pfound guilty of treason. 3Von Falkenhayn, German minister of

war, made chief of staff to succeed Von AMoltke. r,Oct 28..De "V^et and Beyers Joined In

3outh Africa revolt. PBritish dreadnaught Audacious sunk by n

nine '

0Russians reoccupled Lodz and Radom,

Germans retreating. j£Oct. 28..Prinzlp was sentenced to 20 a,

years' imprisonment; four of his accomplicessentenced to death and others tovarious terms of imprisonment ^Botha reported the rout of the rebel

Boers. rGorman cruiser Eriden torpedoed Rus- I

>lan cruiser and French destroyer In Pe- Inang harbor. IOct- 29..Turkey began war on Russia, **

the cruiser Breslau bombarding Odessa,rheodosla and other places on the Black tirea. a;"Nov. 1..British cruiser Hermes sunk by 01Serman submarine In Dover straits.Five German warships engaged four bi

British warships off the coast of Chile a]ind sank two and disabled a third; the \'ourth Escaped. niNov. 3..British and French fleet bom- rl

jarded the Dardanelles forts^ and British pivessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah,Arabia. elGermans abandoned left bank of the lo

fser below Dlxmude. olNov. 5..France, Great Britain and Rusiladeclared war on Turkey. Great Brit- bl

iln annexed Cyprus. I piNov., 6..The shelk-ul-Islam 'ordered a th

joly war against Russia, France and Eng- fliand. < r

Nov. 7..German fortress of Tslng Tao, lu}hlna, stormed by Japanese and British'ind captured. laNov. 9..Belgian troops penetrated to a1

>stend. _ taTpres set Are by German shells and deffrtVoHGerman cruiser Emden driven ashore

>n Cocos islands and destroyed by Ana- d<ralian cruiser Sydney. ccNov. 10..Russian fleet In Black sea sank d<our Turkish transports. giNov. 11..British gunboat Niger sunk by "1

l torpedo off Deal. hiRussians occupied Johannlsburg, EastTuasla. ȣ

Germans captured DIxmude. ajNov. 15..Germans forced from all posllonson left bank of the Tser. deBritish destroyed Turkish fort at en- pcranee to Red sea. a<Nov. 18..Floods in West Flanders cut

>ff a large number of. Germans. P«Pope Issued encyclical urging cessation fc

if warfare. ' oiNov. 18..Russians checked by Germans w

it Soldau after four days of bloody fight- fi1ng.Nov. 22..Tpres bombarded by Germans, f>own haJl and market place being de- fcitroyed. m

Nov. 23 .Russians won great victory>ver Germans who' were advancing on rlSVarsaw. i g<Nov. 24..Gerpians opened a terrific at- b<

:ack on the> allies irora Ypres to La3assee. FNaval base of Germans at Zeebrugge de- "m

nolished by shells from British fleet. y»Nov. 28..British battleship Bulwark deitroyedby explosion o>T Sheerness. MNov. 27..Germans renewed fierce bomjardmentof Reims. 'v<Two British ships sunk off Havre byGerman submarines, and one off Qrlmsby>y a mine. olDec. 1..Germans cut their way out of tl

:he Russian trap In Poland but with great Uoteses. HGeneral De Wet, Boer rebel leader, capered.CDec. 2..Germans In Poland resumed the si

jffenslve. olBelgrade, capital of Servla, occupied by cl

the Austrlans. viDec. 6..Germans occupied Lodz, RussianPoland, after severe bombardment. eiDec 7..Germans defeated Russians ti

north and south of Lodz. tlDec. 8..German cruisers Scharnhorst,

3nelsenau. Lelpztg and Nuernberg, under LAdmiral von Spee, sunk by British squadronunder Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick a

Sturdee off the Falkland inlands. The BDresden, badly damaged, escaped. 11Emperor William ill In Berlin.General Beyers, rebel Boer leader, re- T

ported dead.Turkish forces at Kurna. at head of Per- F

*lan gulf, surrendered to a British expedi- lrtionary force from India. Z

Dec. 9..Terrific fighting around Lowlcz, u

Russian Poland. 'e:

Dec. 10..Allies capturfed Roulers andArmentieres. F

Austrlans In Servla compelled to retreat.aDec. 11..Russians checked three of the

five German columns advancing on War- Nsaw.Allies repulsed violent attacks of Germansnear Ypres. 8German submarine attack «n Dover repulsed.XDec. 12..German barracks at Kiel de- d

stroyed by fire. s

Governor Goethals asked that destroyDonatiortflnol o Anr»o tA Ano UC OCUl iw X UIlunu* vwiiwi (*> vjivv .V .

anforce neutrality. c

British submarine passed under mines dIn Dardanelles and torpedoed Turkishbattleship Messudleb. n

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"Then I will tell you. The loss inkilled was 3,152. The wounded figuredup about 23,000." e

"Well?"' a

"Well, football has been going onlyabout a month and would you like toknow the loss in killed and wounded?" G"Yes.""I think I have the figures some- G

where." \"And what are they, sir?" g"Why. I think the killed number f<

about V0% to date and the"wounded s

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Dec. 14..Servians retook Belgrade aftererce battle. d<Dec. 16..German cruisers bombardedloarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on Mhe Yorkshire coast, killing about one piundred and fifty persons and escaping.Dec. 17..Great Britain proclaimed a m

rotectorate over Egypt. n<

Allies with aid of warships entered Osend.stRussians retreated In' Galicla and Po- v<ind. icDec. 18.General Potiorek, commanderf Austrian army, defeated in Servia, re- njloved from command. fcAllies made advances at Dixmude andIlddelkerke by desperate bayonet rsharges.British appointed Prince Hussein Kamel,ncle of the ex-khedlve, sultan of Egypt.Russians captured Lowicz. .

Dec. 19..The kings of Denmark, Nor-ray and Sweden agreed to act together intat matters and to remain neutral.Two British mine sweepers sunk by w

lines.Dec. 20..German army In Poland reach- *

d new Russian positions and battle forVarsaw opened. "'

Germans evacuated Dixmude. 9JDec. 21. Desperate battle in front of M

Warsaw continued. ai

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FOREIGN MI

Feb. 2..City of Gonaive, Haiti, burned «

uring a battle between rival rebel forces. IFeb. 1.Gulllermo Blllinghurst, presi- Ient of Peru, captured by revolutionists Ind his deportation ordered.Feb. 14. . Chinese government issuedroclamation decreeing the death penalty ti>r opium smokers. i

March 16..Wife of French Minister of ti<inance Caillaux killed Gaston Calmette, Qjdltor of Paris Figaro. wiMay 6..House of Lords defeated woman ]uffrage .measure, 104 to 60. grMay 19..Revolt broke out In Albania, th000 suporters of Essad Pasha attacking Caling William's palace al Durazzo. toMay 25..Irish home rule bill passed its ]lird and final reading in the house of raamnions by a majority of 77. \July 5..Carlos Mendoza, liberal, Calected president of Panama. ofJuly 28..Mme. Henriette Caillauxjund not guilty of the murder of Gas- arjn Calmette In Paris, on the ground ofsmporary insanity. ofSept. 3..Cardinal Olacomo della Chi- se

sa, archbishop of Bologna, electedope and assumed name 'of Benedict FiV. foSept 6..'William of Wled, prince oflbanla. abandoned that country to the caebels.Sept. 28.-r-Albanlan senate elected Jarlnce Burhan-Eddin, son of the for- coler sultan, Abdul Hamld. to be prince Mif Albania.Oct 12..Ferdinand, nephew of the ai

ite king of Roumania, took the oath Fis his successor.. BiOct 23..Haitien rebels formed a /

overnment under presidency of Gen. pcavilmar Theodore.

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MEXICO

Jan. 10..Mexican rebelB under Villa capiredOjlnaga, many of-the Federal troo;ps gfad several of the generals taking refuse in[i American side of the Rio Orande. WlFeb. 3. . President Wilson lifted ernirgoon exportation of arms which waa carmllpfl to Mexico hv President Taft.Feb. 20..Mexican situation brought to mm

sw crisis by. slaying <of W. S. Benton, Ich rancher and a British b abject, sup- Ijsedly by Villa. IApril 2..Villa captured Torreon aftereven days' of bloody fighting. Villa's jas GOO killed and 1,500 wounded and that m,! the federals much greatet. 0pApril 9..Arrest of unarm ?d American quejackets by federal authorities at TamT ]co brought demand from .ndmlral Mayo veiat Huerta apologize and t\at American po\g be saluted. ;

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April 12..Huerta refused V render a »a- ,juite to the American flag in Tampico. 2cApril 14..President Wilsoi. ordered At- A.ntic and Pacific fleets to Mexican waters pri: once to enforce hi* demands on Huerr dr- -ofFederal army routed by Villa at end ofne days' battle at 8an Pedro. jsj,April 19..Huerta refused to agree to the j>mands of the United States for an on- yomditional salute of the flag, and Prefll- rl(!!IU wiison oiuura ma message iu tuu

essand two proclamation* declaring a- jlostlle" blockade of Mexico ports and g0irbor. IApril 20..President Wilson personally jjeiked congress for support In action m,

jalnst Huerta. 8jBHouse adopted resolution giving prenl- j»nt free rein, after debate In which Ms w>llcy was assailed. Senate postponed:tlon for a day. anApril 21..American marines captured ,jetrt of Vera Cruz after a flght in whichmr Americans were killed and twenty- ©ple wounded and about 200 Mexicansere killed. Read Admiral Badger .with in]re ships arrived at Vera Cruz. 0fApril 22..Senate passed resolution Justl-ring, the president In using the arnnsdirees of the nation to enforce his de- rjgands on Huerta.Taking of Vera Cruz completed by manesand bluejackets, supported by the.JTIS OI ine wt&rsiups, iwcivc Aiucutauo

jlng killed and fifty wounded. ^April 23..President Wilson ordered the j.0Ifth brigade. General Funston In comiand,to embark for Vera Cruz at Gal- \j,jston.The embargo on shipment of arms to c]([exlco was restored.April 24..Fifth brigade sailed from Gal-sston for Vera Cruz. '

jCongress passed, the volunteer army bill. n5April 25..President Wilson accepted th* |Ter of Brazil, Chile and Argentina,trough their plenipotentiaries, to mediate jle Mexican trouble, stipulating that I[uerta must resign. IApril 28 .Fifth brigade arrived at Versruz and General Funston assumed tba jlpreme command there. Robert J. Ke^rf Chfcago appointed civil governor of tae IsjIty. A thousand refugees landed at Galeston.C£[May 1..Secretary Garrison ordered GenralFunston to establish complete mill- ]iry gove^iment In Vera Cruz, displacing la.le civil governmentMay 10..American naval forces seizedobos island as a base for operations. snMay 11..Funeral services for marines i

nd 'sailors killed at Vera Cruz hekl at HO'irooklyn navy yard, President Wilson de- j):verlng the address. peMay 13. . Constitutionalists capturedamplco. vj:May 20..Mediators m(t». at Niagaraalls, Ont., and outlined program lnclud- cr"lg elimination of Huerta, Carranaa and pjapata and the holding of ?. free election <

nder the auspices of a >rcvlsIonal govrnment.<j[June 5..Huerta accepted the Niagara Cralls peace progran*. gjJune 23..Zacatatas taken by Villa'srmy. A<July 2..The A. B. C. mediators left tliMagara Falls after Issuing a statementhat "all that remains to be done Is geo organize and establish a provisional kiovernment for Mexico."July 5..Huerta received the major- su

ty of votes cast In the Mexican presi- tuentiai election ana Bianquet was cho- soen vice-president. .]July 15..Huerta resigned as presl- stent of Mexico and left the city. Fran- ]lsco Carbajal was sworn In as presl- ment. ]July 20..Huerta sailed on the Ger- armn cruiser Dresden for Jamaica. sli

"Oh, no.""Yes, sir.yes, sir!" exclaimed the g£

xcited old man. "Yes, sir, and what lere you going to do about It?""Nothing.""Nothing, and the losses exceed

rettysburg!" (1"But why shouldn't they exceed gi

(ettysburg, r r? Why shouldn't they? ai

Vhy shouldn't the loss be ten times as toreat? The-battle of Gettysburg was olought for fun, sir, and football i» a hierlous business.a very serious busi- di.ess. Yes, sir. Why not, sir?" |mj

Au;?. 13..Carbajal abandoned presisncyof Mexico.Aug. 20..General Carranza enteredexlco City and spumed tba office ofrovlslonal president.Sept. 23..Villa denounced governentheaded by Carranza and an^uncedhis independence.Oct. 15..Convention of Mexican conitutlonalistchleis kt Agutis Callen*?ti>ted. Itself the supreme power.in Mexo.Nov. 1..Aguas Cillentes conferenceimed E. Gutierrez president of Mexicoir 20 days.Nov. 12..War declared between Carinzaand Villa factions in Mexico.Nov. 25..American troops under Gen

alFunstor: evacuated Vera Cruz.Nov. 29..Sen. Pablo Gonaiales proaimedhimself provisional president

! Mexico.Nov. 30..Villa entered Muxico Ciiyith 25,000 troops.Deic. 8..President Wilson sent troops,protect Naco, Ariz., on Mexican bori

Dec. 16..General Bliss told commandersCarranza and Villa forcos at Naco,

ex., that he would open fire on both ifly more shots came across the border."Dec. 18..San Luis Potosl surrendered toirranza forces. /'...Dec. 21..Gen. Hugh Scott and Generalaytorena, Villaista leader, conferred>ar Naco rearding firing across bouniryline.

POLITICALV eD. 15..nouse pasaeu Aitustux rtunuau

itFeb. 21..Senate ratified general arbltra>ntreaties between United States andreat Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norjy,Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland.March 5.~Presldent "Wllsoa read to conessmessage urging that the clause Ine Panama canal act exempting Amerincoastwlsii vessels from payment of.Us be repealed.March 10. Senata approved AlaskaUroad binMarch 31.House passed bill to repealnal tolls exemption clause by majority86.

Tune 5..House passed the three WilsonUtrust bills by huge majorities.June 1L.Bill to repeal exemption clausethe Panama canal tolls act passed by

nate.^uly 1..George T! Henry, Jr., of San |ancisco and Washington nominatedr ambassador to Russia.July 6..Ira Kelson Morris of Chlgoappointed minister to Sweden.Aug. 19,.President Wilson'appointed 1.mes C. McRe>nolds to the Supremeurt and t W, Gregory to succeed,cReynolda as attorney-general. '/Sept. 15..Secretary of State Bryanid the envoys of Great Britain,-ance, Spain and China signed theyan peacic treaties.Sept 24..Frederic Jesup Stimson ap>lntedambassador to Argentine.

Serf.33..The houBe passed the rlv-s and harbors bfll as reduced to $20,-.j0,000 By the senate. ; "

Oct- 24..Congress adjourned aftersession of. 567 days." itNov. 8..Ia genoral elections Beputo-:au party, iralned over the vote of l'91t,it 1'alled Co control congress. Pro-,enslve ps.rky fell to third pluce,. Washgtor*Colorado, Oregon and Arizonaent drjK v' - .

Dei'. 7..!3lxty-thlrd congress waslle<l to ordlor for Its final session.

DOMESTICTan. 27..President Wilson' ordered pertinentgovernment of Canaf Zone Intoeratlon April 1 and 7 appointed Col.iorge W. Goethals the first governor.?eb. 24.Court of appeals reversed deathrdiet In cajne of Charles Becker, formerlice lieutenant in New York.Vpril L.Col. George W. Goethalu asmedhis duties lis governor of Canal>ne.Kprll 5..)3ecretary Daniels Issued orderohlbltlng use of alcohollo liquors forinking purposes'on vessels and In yardsthe navy.Ipril 12..Four gunmen electrocuted Insw York for murder of Rosenthal.Hay 7..Eleanor Randolph v, Wilson,ungest daughter of the president, maridto Secretary of the Tretisury W. G.iAdoo in the White House.tfay 19..Colonel Roosevelt returneduth America.Jay 22..Charles Becker, former policeutenant, found guilty a second time of.jrder in) th«i flrut degree for Roiientbal'lying in New York.rune 1L.Kefmlt Roosevelt. and Bellelllard married in Madrid.July 4..Twelve, persons were killedd more than 900 Injured In Indepennceday celebrations.Auor. 15..Panama canal formallyened to commercial traffic.Sept. 4..David' J. Palmer of Washgfton.la. elected commander-in-chiefthe Orand Army of the Republic.Sept. 10*.James Gordon Bennett,rner of New York Herald, marriedironess George de Renter in Paris.Oct. 17..Bobert Taft, son of the forerpresident, married Miss Marthaiwers.Nov. 2..Twenty-one directors or for?rdirectors of the New Haven rail-,ad indicted by federal Jury In New>rk for criminal conspiracy to violatee Sherman antitrust law.Nov. 4..Chicago stockyards orderedised ten days to check epidemic ofe foot-and-mouth diseaso in theIddle West. iDec. 16..U. S. senate ratified -the inter-"tional convention for safety at isea.

DISASTERSTan. 5..Oil tank steamer Oklahomank off Sandy Hook, 25 of the crew per\lng.Tixn 10. . Great storm on the Balticused submarsion of several villages andowning of many persons.Floods In Belgium did millions of dolrs'worth of damage.Ian. 11..1Terrific storm hit northwestjssia and 150 peasants lost ithelr Hives Inow.Many thousands of person* perished inuthern Japan when volcano of Sakuramaburst into activity, fallowing reatedearthquake shocks. Large city ofagoshima partly destroyed and severalllages blotted out.Ian. 16..Bri\J?b submarine A-7 withew of eleven, lost during maneuvers offymouth. ,

3team whaler Karluk, flagship of Canaangovernment's arctic exploring expetlonundjtr Vllljalimur Stefansson.ushed in the ice and sunk northeast ofberia.Jan. 17..Loss of the German steamer:ili&. with passongers and crew of 98 ofe coast of Terra del Fuego confirmed.Ian. 19..Three hundred Japanese refuesfrom the volcanic eruptions on Sairaburied under falling cli:I and killed.Ian. 30..Old Dominion liner Monroenk in collision with the steamer Nan-CKei Oil me v irjpnm cuutii uuu 11 pernsdrowned.March 8..St. Louis Athletic club deroyedby fire: 40 perished.March 15..Quake and volcano killedany on Hondo Island, Japan.March 16..Many perished in hurricaneid flood In Province of Stavropol, Rusi.But the old man did not answer. Heive that crowd one cold glare andft the car.

Who's Looncy Now?In this strange union of relations herolstoy) stands alone; from no othereat projector of the human imageid the human idea i* so much truthbe extracted under an equal leakage

' its value. All th^ proportions inin are so much the/largest that therop of attention to jour nearer cases

ight by its vjolende leave little of

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March 19..Fifty drowned when boatscollided near Venice.March 3L.Sixty-four Uvea loat In blizzardthat overtook Newfoundland sealingfleets.April 2..Fire In St Augustine, Fla., destroyedfive tourist hbtels and the county

court house; loss, $500,000.April 28..Explosion In mine at Eccles,

W. Va., resulted in the entombing of 172men and hope 'of their rescue was givenup. Fifty-nine men, severely burned,st.ved.May 4..Fire in commercial center of

Valparaluo, Chile, burned over two and a

half acres and cost more than fifty lives.May 29 .Canadian Pacific liner Empress

of Ireland sunk in collision with Danishcollier tttorstad In St Lawrence river;lj)24 lost, of whom 798 were passenger; 452saved, of whom 246 were passengers. Lau-rence Irving, English actor, and his wife,and Sir Henry Se'ton-Kerr, noted biggame hunter, among the drowned. ,

June 4.-Orie hundred villages In Japandevastated by terrible storm.June 1)..Mine explosion at Hlllcrest,

Alberta; resulted In the death of about200 miners.June 2!)..Nearly Half the city of Salem.

Mass., destroyed by fire, loss being aboutSlD.'JOO.OOO. Most of the historic buildingswere saved.Aug. !>..Thirty-eight persons killed

and 25 injured in train collision nearJoplln. Mi). ,

Aug. 26..Steamer Admiral 8ampsonsunk by steamer Princess Victoria 20mllen from Seattle and 11 lives lost.

Sept. 18.Steamer Francis H. Leggettetinlr In a i»1a nff Drprnn onast. 70* livesboing lost -j >

Oct. 3..Earthquake destroyed Is-bart(L and Burdur, Asia Minor, 2,600 1

lives being lost. ,

Ocu 17..Earthquake in precian provincesof Attica, Beotia and Peloponne- jsus killed many persons and wroughtgreai: damage.

Oci:. 27..Explosion and Are in theFranklin company's coal mine at Roy- Jaltor, 111., resulted in death' of 59 men.

Dec. 9.-.Sleven-milllon-dollar fire inplant of lSdison company at West Or- 1

ange, N. J.

P NECROLOGYJan. 4..15r. 8. Weir Mitchell, noted au- .<

thpr and physician, in Philadelphia. ;(Jan. 8.~Oeri. Simon B. Buckner, veteran i

of Mexican and Civil wars. ^ 1 ;Jan. If..Dr. Edgar C. Spitzka, famous .'

alienist, fn New Tories IJan. 14.-Count Yukyo ltd, fleet admiral

of the Japanese navy, in Toklo.Jan. Mi..Gun. Marie-George Picquart. ]

lirevfiis. at Amiens. France.Jan. 20..Lord Strathcona and Mount ..]

Royal, hligh commissioner for Canada, InLondon."Jan. 21..Edwin Ginn; Boston publisher, j

leaving $1,000,000 to the "world peace foundation'/which he established in 1909.Jan, 28..Shelby M. Cullom, former Uni- ,

ted States senator from Illinois. \Feb. 5..Congressman Robert G. Bremer

of 'Ninr Jersey.Feb. XI.AlpHonse Berttllon, creator of

the famous system of criminal identification.Feb. U..Senator Augustus O. Bacon of

Qeorjfia.Feb. 19..Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, 1

widow of the famous noyellst. 1

Feb. 22..Samuel W. Allerton. pioneer *

Chicago packer. ;

Joseph Fels, milllonaii'e philanthropist '

and cipgle tax advocate, of Philadelphia. 1

Fell. 211..Former United States Senator jTeller of Colorado.)March 8..George W. VanderhJIt, owner '

of Biltmore.March 8..Frederick Townsend Martin. '

March 12. . George Westlnghouse, fa- 1

moug Inventor. -1

March 27. Dr. Josiah L. Pickard.former president of the Iowa 8tate unl- 1

verau.y ana oeiore inai gupennieiraeui ui jschocla of Chicago. 'April L."Rube" Waddell, famous ball

player.'

! »April (>..Frederick j Weyerhaeuser,- Minnesotalumber magnate.April 6..Mrs. Lillian M; W. Stevens,

head of this W. C. T. TJ.April Haruko, dowager empress of

Japan.Ex-Governor EL:S. Draper of Massachusetts.April 115..George Alfred Townsend,

Journalist who won fame writing overthe nam* "Gath." ,

April IT..McKee Rankin, veteran actor.April 35..George F. Baer, president of

the Steading railway. fApril 23..8.'8. Beman, famous architect.May, 2..buke of Argyll, son-in-law of

the late Queen Victoria. /May 3..Gjn. Daniel E. Sickles, last of

the great Civil war commanders.May 9,-Charles W. Post, millionaire

breakfast: food manufacturer of Battle i

Creek, Mich., oommitted suicide at SantaBarbara, Cal. '

May 10..IJllian Nordlca, grand operastar, in Batavla, Java.May 23..William O. Bradley, U. 8. senatorfrom Kentucky.May 23..Jacob Rlls, noted author and I

soclolloglfit. j IJune 3..W. M. French, director of the I

Chictkgo Art Institute. JJune 11..Adlal E. Stevenson, former

vlce-preiildfiiit of the United States.June IS..Fc^ner United States Senator

Fran1* M. Hlseock of New York.Jurie 21..Baroness Bertha von Suttner,.

Austrian peace advocate and winner- ofthe Nobel prize.

JuT,y :t..Joseph Chamberlain, veteranBritish statesman.July ] 2..Horace H. Lurton, associateJustice of the Supreme court of the

United States.Aug. ft..Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife

of the president »

Julles Lemaitre, famous French litterateur.Aug. 12..Pol Plancon, famous grand

opera singer.Aug. £9..Pope Plus X.Aug. 20..Father Francis Xavler

Wemz, head of the 8oc!ety of Jesus.Aug. 23..Darius Miller, president of

the Burlington railroad.Sept 8..Sir J. Henniker Heaton, fatherof penny postage between Englandand America.Sept 8..Baron O'Brlan, lord chief

justice of Ireland.Sept ,13..James E. Sullivan, secretary-ttreasurerof the Amateur Athletic

union. ,

Sept. 18..Mrs. Frank Leslie.Sept. 2E..Rear Admiral Herbert

Wlnulow, U. S. N.. retired.Sir Je.meis P. Whitney, premier of Ontario.Oct 10..King Charles of Roumanla.Cardinal Ferrata, papal secretary of

stato.Oct 16..Marquis dl San Gluliano,

Italian foreign minister.Oct. 25..Sir Charles H. Douglas,

chiei; of the British imperial, staff.Nov. 1..Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee

Nov. 4...John Kean, former U. S. een- i

ator from New Jersey. 1P. Augustus Helnze. copper magnate, i

Nov. 14..Field Marshal Earl Roberts.Nov. 19..Dr. Robert J. Burdette, hu-

morlst, writer and pastor. s

Nov. 20..Mrs. Vinnle Ream Hozle,noted sculptor.Nov. 24..Cardinal Cavallerl, patriarchof Venice. ]Dec. 1..Rear Admiral Alfred T. Ma- <

han. U. S. N.. retired.Doc. 4..Slg. Peruglni, noted singer i

and actor.Dcc. 8..W. W. Rockhlll, noted Americandiplomat. 1De.c. 10..Congressman Sereno E. ]

Payne of New York. . 1

that principle alive; which fact need |not disguise rrom us, none uie i«»»,

that as Mr. H. G. Wells and Mr. ArnoldBennett, to return to them brieflyagain, derive, by multiplied if dilutedtransmissions, from the great Russian(from whose all but equal companion,Turgenleff, we recognize no derivative!;at all), so, observing the distances,we may profitably detect an

unexhausted influence in our minor,our considerably less rounded vessels. <

.From Henry James* "Notes and Nov- '

elist*."]: ' ?; :".r

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Joseph Smith, president of theRe»organized Church of the Latter DaySaints.

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Dec. 18..Major E. A. Bigelow, VS. S. A.,retired. In Chicago.Dec. 20..Eugene Zimmerman, Cincinnati

millionaire. .>

Gen. Thomas Sherwln at Boston.

FINANCIALJan. 2..J. P. Morgan A Co. announced

withdrawal of members of the firm fromdirectorates of many corporations.Feb. 9..Mercantile bank of Memphis,

Tenn., failed, President C. H. Ratne admittinghe had used its funds in cottonspeculation, i-.Feb. 12..Standard Oil company arranged

to lend China $15,000,000 In return for oilconcessions In Shan-Si province. ;March 13.United States Express companywent out of business.April 1..The great "Princtes' Trust" of

Germany collapsed with loss of 125,000,000.April 2..Location of the twelve regional

reserve banks under the new currency lawannounced.June 6..Chaplin, Milne,. Grenfell & Co.,

London .bankers, failed for J5.000.000.June 15..President Wilson nominated

following as members 4>f federal reserve*board: Charles 8. Hamlin of Boston.Phobias D, Jones of Chicago, Paul Warburgof New York, W. P. Q. Harding ofBirmingham, Ala.,. A. C. Miller of SanFrancisco!June 2S..T)ia TT. R ' dlaflln' comoany.

leading wholesale dry goods concern ofNew York, failed with liabilities of aboutf44.000.000.July 6..Iowa's blue sky law providing'for the regulation and supervision' >

of Investment companies held unconsti-tutional by federal Judges.July 28..Government began suit

for dissolution of New fiaveri railroadmonopoly.July 28^.President'Wilson withdrew

nomination of Th'omas D. Jones as<member of the. federal reserve board.Aug. 4..Frederick A. Delano selected

for federal reserve board.Aug. 11..Director* of the New Paven

road agreed to the attorney general's;termsfor a peaceful dissolution of the fsystem. . 'r.;Aug, 12..Dissolution Of th,a InternationalHarvester company as a monotf-'

Dly in'restraint of trade ordered by. thePnlted States' district court at StPaul, Minn. iSept. 4.-^-PresIdent Wilson.presented

to congress an appeal for an .emergencyInternal revenue measure toraise fl00.00ft.000 to make up for thelosstn customs receipts.Sept 25..War tax bill passed by .the

house.Oct* 17.-^Senate paasedwar tax MIL

VNov. 16..United States federal re-serve banks opened. j <Dec. 13..Interstate commerce commis-

ilon granted In part the 5 per cent freightrate advance asked by railroads east of:he Mississippi and north of the Ohio.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn/

; ; wdostrial\ | > *.* V ir- j

Jan. 6..'Ford Automobile .company set *

ifllde, 110,000,000 of Its profits to distributeimong lta employees, mostly in the form>f Increased wages.

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Jan. fl,.United States circuit: .court otippekls confirmed the convection of 24nembers. of the International Association>f.bridge.and'Structural Iron Workers- on:he charge of dynamite conspiracy, andgranted, new trials to six others. *

April 20..Striking coal miner* a^d mexn->ers of Colorado National Guard foughtin all,day battle at Xudlow, a number ofnen being killed.April 22..Entire National Guard of Colo-ado called out and order^ to Trinidad,itrike tone, where several more men weretilled in the continued fighting.April 28..Heavy lighting took' place inhe Colorado mint stnxe war ana rresirlent Wilson ordered federal troopa there:o restore order; JApril 29..Colorado mine strikers at-

lacked the Forbes camp of the Rocky- ;fountain Fuel company, killing- sevennine guards, and burning moat of the ,,

wildings.. Federal troops from Fort D.k. Russell arrived In the strike zone.Ma£ 1..Fourteen more troops of federal ]

:avalry Ordered( to'Colorado strike zone. ^May It.United States Supreme court

let aside, contempt sentences of Gompersind other, labor leaders. ' 1May IS..United States circuit' court of j

ippeals remanded 24 union labdr men,:onvicted of conspiracy to transport dyna-

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nlte, to federal penitentiary .within threeveeks.. \June'. 22. . One man killed and two ,

rounded fighting between faotlons of mliv>rs' union at Butte. Mont. '

Aug. 3..Western railroad managers ]igreed to mediate trouble with engine- i

nen. .

Dec. 8..The Colorado coal strike, Inlorce since April. 1910, was'called off l

>y the miners. ]' 1

SPORTINGFeb. 28..Ralph De Palma won' Vander- '

>ilt cup at Los Angeles, making average Iipeed of 75.5 miles an hour. jFeb. 28..Edwin Pullen won fifth Inter-

latlonal Grand Prix automobile race atJanta Monica, Cal. 1

May 23..Lawrence Jenkins of Scotland Ivon British amateur golf championship; <

May 28..Francis Oulmfet of Boston wonimateur golf championship of France. '

May 80..Rene Thomas, driving a Delage J:ar for' France, won 600-mlle race at In- j]llanapolls in 6:03:45.99, an average of ;.12.47 miles an hour, breaking the record ofhe speedway.Jbne 13..British team won first of the 1nternatlonal polo matches at Meadow- <jrook.June 16..British polo team won secondnatch and International cup. |June IB..Yale defeated Harvard by four

'eet in Annual boat race.Harnr Vardon won British open golf:hamplonshlp for sixth time.' .

June 26..Columbia University won inter* '

:ollegiate regatta at Poughkeepslp.June 27..Jack Johnson retained heavyweightchampionship by defeating Frank

Koran in twenty-round fight In Paris.July 4..Harvard crew won the Heneyregatta. 1July 7..Freddie Welsh of Wales won t

:he lightweight championship by de- .

'eating Willie Ritchie of America In 1

London. <July .10..Gfeorges Carpen tier of f

Prance, receiving the decision over ,

'Gunboat" Smith of America on a foul,n London, won the white heavyweight ^

championship. 1Aug. 1..Charles Evans. Jr.. of Chi- |

:ago won the western amateur golf ,

championship.Aug. 21..Walter C. Hagen, profes- \

slonal, of the Country club of Roches- (ter. N. Y., won the open golf championshipof the United States.Aug. 26..J. M. Barnes of Phlladel- <

- * nVnvnniAn. «

pma won me imuuuai icumo vuiuu|>ii/i>- j

ship.Sept. 5..Francis Oulmet won the

American amateur golf championship.Sept. 19..Mrs. H. Arnold Jackson of

Boston won the national woman's golfchampionship.Oct. 13..Boston National team won

world's championship from PhiladelphiaAmerican league team.Nov. 21..Harvard-won eastern footDallchampionship by beating Tale, and

Illinois won the Western Conferencetitle when it defeated Wisconsin.

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Sincere Compliment. 1

"What a wonderful complexion that 5*

woman has!" 1

"Truly wonderful," replied MissCayenne. "I think it is the most b» Icoming of any I have ever seen her s

wear."

Electricity In Millinery.Artificial flowers for millinery ar«

being made to Inclose tiny incandescentlamps, which can be supplied c

with current from storage batteriM

Gently cleanse your liver andsluggish bowels while

Ui. elAiMtyou sleep..f, ~

Geta 10-cent box.Sick headache, biliousness, dlzztneaa,coated tongue, fool taste and foul

breath.alwaya trace them to torpidliver; delayed, fermenting food In thebowels or sour, gassy stomach.Poisonous matter clogged In the Intestines,instead of being cast out

of the system is re-absorbed into theblood. When this poison reaches thedelicate brain tissue' it causes con*gestion and that dull, throbbing, sickeningheadache.

Cascarets immediately cleanse thestomach, remove the sour, undigestedfood and foul gases," take the excessbile from the liver and carry out allthe constipated waste matter and

Tca^^t-wm ^straighten you out by morning. Theywork while yon sleep.a 10-cent binefrom you.* druggist means youi; headclear, stomach sweet, and your liverand bowels regular for months. Adv.

How "Sake" Ta Made.The crown prince.of Japan .sent ft - V,

consignment of "safce>f to the BritishcrewB attacking Klauchau, This beverage/which: should: be drunk warntjJ appreciate Its ful* flavor, is of a

clear, light yellow color and tasteslike highly seasoned sherry. It, ismade of steamed rice, treated Hit aDrocesa which converts the. starchInto sugar; fermentation sets in amjBake is produced The charactw of

liquor that results. Hehde; for the

levied on sake, the amount thuk raisedIn 1912 totaling f28,000,000. The nameis said to be derived from the town ofOaake, which, from time immemorial,hag been famoo« for-brewing. 7

TAKE SALTS TO FLUSHKIDNEYS IF BACK HUBTS

Bays Too Much Meat Fortns Urto AcidWhich Clogs the Kidneya and

irritates the Bladder.

Bed and need a flashing occasioningfrise ipre have backache imd dull miserly \in t'he kidney region. aevereUead-' V

Ton almnlv must keen your kidneysactive and clean, and the moment youfeel an ache or pain In the kidney ]' tregion, get about four ounces of JadBaits' from any good^drug »tore here.take a tablespoonful In a glass ofwater before brsakfast for a few daysand ^our kidneys will then act fine.This famous salts 'Is made from theacid of grapes and lemon Juice, combinedwith litfria, tad is harmless toSttsh clogged kidneys tad stimulate [ '

them to normal activity. It also n'e» J[rallies the acids in theno longer Irritates, thus ending bladderdisorders ^

Jad Salts Is harmless; inexpensive;makes a delightful effervescent lithla- i

water drink which everybody «WAtake now and then to keep'their kid-, Mleys clean, thus avoiding serious:com- jMplications. MA well-known local druggist says he

jells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who be- Mtleve in overcoming kidney trouble Mwhile it is only trouble..Adv. I

Prisoners of War^mAlready a large number of German

prisoners have, been taken by the a!- JBlies. In the Franco-German war of JHQ1870, the French prisoner* reaehed tbo AHMflextraordinary total of 21,508 officers - BmHind 702,048 men. Of these pearly 250,* V300 were the Paris garrison, and over HJ0.000 represented the French troops v

llsarmed and Interned In Switzerland',Prisoners of war are always an en*barrassmentand a source of considsrablyworry and expense, though ^Bjtheir numbers are frequently lessened 8by Interchange of prisoners taken bythe enemy.

BRANDMA USED SAGE TEATO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR

the Made Up a Mixture of Sage Teaand 8ulphur to Bring Back Color*

Gloss, Thickness. ' { '

Almost everyone knows that Sags .Vrea and Sulphur, properly compound- v.

»a, onus8 uau& ujc iwnmw ww*

ustre to the hair when faded, streaked v 'j>r gray; also ends dandruff, itching Jscalp and stops falling hair. ; Tears Mtgo the only way to get this mixture JMvas to make it at home, which isnuesy and troublesome. Nowadays,./ »

jy asking at any store for "WyethySage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," youpill get a large bottle of the famous>ld recipe for about 50 cents.

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Don't stay gray! Try it! -No one 'v;an possibly tell that you darkenedrour hair, as it does It so naturallyind evenly. You dampen a sponge or

10ft brush with it and draw thishrough your hair, taking one smallitrand at a time, by morning the graylair disappears, and after another apilicationor two, your. hair becomesjeautifully dark, thick and glossy..^dv.

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Wanted More Definite Order®.Comment on the perfect marksman- '

ihip now displayed in the navy was tnade in the form of an anecdote bysergeant Jones of the United StatesMarine Recruiting corps.The captain called up/a gunner andj^^^^f^H

jointing out a battleship several milj^^^^^^^B"You see ship?""Aye, aye, sir," said the gunneflS^H^^^I"You see the officer on deck?""Aye, aye,"Well, you hit him In the eye

116-inch shell.""Aye, aye, sir. Which eye,

iflked the gunner.

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