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I AT YEAR 1914 GAVE TO MANKIND nologica! Record of Most jjfortant Events of the i Twelve Months. jjjV- ; ^ BPEAN WAR STANDS FIRST , . e's Muddled Affalra-^-Pope Plus Earl Roberts Among the IIistrioua Dead ? Disaster* and Sports?Financial and I [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 1 [. 2fc?Atostrta sent peremptory note 1 rvitL demanding punishment of all ipUces 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. Servians I''their capital to Nlsh. 1 Austria declared war against 29.?Austrian* Invaded Servia and Kaiser demanded'Russian mobin cease 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' or MUnlUxatkm. 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 armies rard France, through Belgium, vlolatBl the neutrality of that country. |^V%*nc|i troopq crossed German frontier BMPm. 4.?Great Britain demanded that K^pnnany withdraw her troops from BelBun Germany and England declared H^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 made tish secretary of state for war. HHfreatdont Wilson offered the services of States as mediator. Hk. t? Austria-Hungary declared war ^g^pdhtf cruiser Amphlon sunk by Ger[^ WKV.-Germans entered Liege. B^'ff ^-Twenty thousand English troops UMJnJ on French coast French Invaded BH&ee-Lorralne and captured Altkirch HBy reaffirmed its neutrality. flHe-; 10,?France broke off diplomatic uHKins"Wlth Austria-Hungary. ? iff II. French driven out of Cernay Kk. 18.?Germans occupied Hasselt. 1 RKK*s and St Trond, Belgium. France ^^^Rngland declared war on Austria. < iff. It-Japan issued ultimatum to Ger- a - UUJ. 1 nA?maM wtllimawai 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 f days' hat He between Servians and faians on the/?Jadar, ending in Aus- s PRSEjg. 19.?Brussels occupied by the Ger- j HHk 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 bombardment In Namur forts and levied -war tax of c HOOO.OOO on Brussels and 110,000,000 on ^^Kng.' 22.?Germans occupied Ghent and KiflBtges. Kug. 23 ? Japa^.declared war on Ger- 1 WLunevUle, France, occupied by the Ger- t j^Busslaris drove back the Germans from Ktte teatern frontier. < BOW. 24.?The allied armies along the i fcjh^fronv Mons to the Moselle defeated Hillirtven back by the Gei'mans. captured Namur, drove the greoch out of Alsace and advanced from Hfcorraine into France. JMuap&nese warships began bombardment BOTjfclng tao.'* fortified seaport of KlauOHra 25.?A&strta declared war on JaBermaris levied 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 p of yap nearxGuam seized by JapaKK" Austrian defeated Russians on Galifrontier. Loovain sacked and burned BBBoferma^s. Bug. 27.?British cruiser Highflyer deBj^Kyed German armed merchant cruiser ^^Ktier Wllhelm der Grosae off west coast HRfug.. 28.?British fleet sunk five German flmfhipi 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 government Shoved 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 entire HUne of Invading Germans. i ? Sept. 9.?British forced Germans to reHtrcat along 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 1 Br Would Not Have Raised - * ?? ?, .Kaif a dozen men in the car were BftaOdagabout a football game, when Blto 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 archipelago and the Solomon islands. fl French troops reoccupied Lunevllle and Solssons. S Sept. 13.? Hille evacuated by Germans t and occupied by allies. h Steamer Red Cross with American Red Cross nurses and surgeons sailed from p New York. Sept. 14. ? Retreating German army t halted in strongly intrenched position along 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 defenses of Antwerp. u Oct. 2.?Germans defeated at Augustowo and 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. d rebelled. Martial law proclaimed throughout Union of South Africa. d Oct. 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 destroyers sunk four German destroyers In North sea. Oct. 18.?Allies recaptured Armentleres. Oct. 19.?Desperate fighting along Bel- jian coast. 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 e md 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 p found guilty of treason. 3 Von Falkenhayn, German minister of war, made chief of staff to succeed Von A Moltke. r, Oct 28.?De "V^et and Beyers Joined In 3outh Africa revolt. P British dreadnaught Audacious sunk by n nine ' 0 Russians reoccupled Lodz and Radom, Germans retreating. j? Oct. 28.?Prinzlp was sentenced to 20 a, years' imprisonment; four of his accomplices sentenced to death and others to various terms of imprisonment ^ Botha reported the rout of the rebel Boers. r Gorman cruiser Eriden torpedoed Rus- I >lan cruiser and French destroyer In Pe- I nang harbor. I Oct- 29.?Turkey began war on Russia, ** the cruiser Breslau bombarding Odessa, rheodosla and other places on the Black ti rea. a; "Nov. 1.?British cruiser Hermes sunk by 01 Serman 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. ni Nov. 3.?British and French fleet bom- rl jarded the Dardanelles forts^ and British pi vessels destroyed the barracks of Akabah, Arabia. el Germans abandoned left bank of the lo fser below Dlxmude. ol Nov. 5.?France, Great Britain and Rusila declared war on Turkey. Great Brit- bl iln annexed Cyprus. I pi Nov., 6.?The shelk-ul-Islam 'ordered a th joly war against Russia, France and Eng- fli and. < . r Nov. 7.?German fortress of Tslng Tao, lu }hlna, stormed by Japanese and British' ind captured. la Nov. 9.?Belgian troops penetrated to a1 >stend. _ ta Tpres set Are by German shells and deffrtVoH German cruiser Emden driven ashore >n Cocos islands and destroyed by Ana- d< ralian cruiser Sydney. cc Nov. 10.?Russian fleet In Black sea sank d< our Turkish transports. gi Nov. 11.?British gunboat Niger sunk by "1 l torpedo off Deal. hi Russians occupied Johannlsburg, East Tuasla. ?? Germans captured DIxmude. aj Nov. 15.?Germans forced from all posllons on left bank of the Tser. de British destroyed Turkish fort at en- pc ranee 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. ' oi Nov. 18.?Russians checked by Germans w it Soldau after four days of bloody fight- fi1 ng. Nov. 22.?Tpres bombarded by Germans, f> own haJl and market place being de- fc itroyed. m Nov. 23 ?Russians won great victory >ver Germans who' were advancing on rl SVarsaw. i g< Nov. 24.?Gerpians opened a terrific at- b< :ack on the> allies irora Ypres to La 3assee. F Naval base of Germans at Zeebrugge de- "m nolished by shells from British fleet. y? Nov. 28.?British battleship Bulwark deitroyed by explosion o>T Sheerness. M Nov. 27.?Germans renewed fierce bomjardment of Reims. ' v< Two British ships sunk off Havre by German submarines, and one off Qrlmsby >y a mine. ol Dec. 1.?Germans cut their way out of tl :he Russian trap In Poland but with great U oteses. H General De Wet, Boer rebel leader, capered. C Dec. 2.?Germans In Poland resumed the si jffenslve. ol Belgrade, capital of Servla, occupied by cl the Austrlans. vi Dec. 6.?Germans occupied Lodz, Russian Poland, after severe bombardment. ei Dec 7.?Germans defeated Russians ti north and south of Lodz. tl Dec. 8.?German cruisers Scharnhorst, 3nelsenau. Lelpztg and Nuernberg, under L Admiral von Spee, sunk by British squadron under Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick a Sturdee off the Falkland inlands. The B Dresden, badly damaged, escaped. 11 Emperor 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- lr tionary force from India. Z Dec. 9.?Terrific fighting around Lowlcz, u Russian Poland. ' e: Dec. 10.?Allies capturfed Roulers and Armentieres. F Austrlans In Servla compelled to retreat. a Dec. 11.?Russians checked three of the five German columns advancing on War- N saw. Allies repulsed violent attacks of Germans near Ypres. 8 German submarine attack ?n Dover repulsed. X Dec. 12.?German barracks at Kiel de- d stroyed by fire. s Governor Goethals asked that destroyDonatio rtflnol o Anr?o tA A no UC OCUl iw X UIlunu* vwiiwi (*> vjivv .V ? anforce neutrality. c British submarine passed under mines d In Dardanelles and torpedoed Turkish battleship Messudleb. n Is "Then I will tell you. The loss in killed was 3,152. The wounded figured up about 23,000." e "Well?" ' a "Well, football has been going only about a month and would you like to know 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 ?mS 2'-W>0" v: / HraEg t " V? in \wm Dec. 14.?Servians retook Belgrade after erce battle. d< Dec. 16.?German cruisers bombarded loarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on M he Yorkshire coast, killing about one pi undred and fifty persons and escaping. Dec. 17.?Great Britain proclaimed a m rotectorate over Egypt. n< Allies with aid of warships entered Osend. st Russians retreated In' Galicla and Po- v< ind. ic Dec. 18?General Potiorek, commander f Austrian army, defeated in Servia, re- nj loved from command. fc Allies made advances at Dixmude and Ilddelkerke by desperate bayonet rs harges. 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 in tat 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 for Varsaw opened. " ' Germans evacuated Dixmude. 9J Dec. 21. Desperate battle in front of M Warsaw continued. ai I C' FOREIGN M I Feb. 2.?City of Gonaive, Haiti, burned ? uring a battle between rival rebel forces. I Feb. 1?Gulllermo Blllinghurst, presi- I ent of Peru, captured by revolutionists I nd his deportation ordered. Feb. 14. ? Chinese government issued roclamation decreeing the death penalty ti >r opium smokers. i March 16.?Wife of French Minister of ti< inance Caillaux killed Gaston Calmette, Qj dltor of Paris Figaro. wi May 6.?House of Lords defeated woman ] uffrage .measure, 104 to 60. gr May 19.?Revolt broke out In Albania, th 000 suporters of Essad Pasha attacking Ca ling William's palace al Durazzo. to May 25.?Irish home rule bill passed its ] lird and final reading in the house of ra amnions by a majority of 77. \ July 5.?Carlos Mendoza, liberal, Ca lected president of Panama. of July 28.?Mme. Henriette Caillaux jund not guilty of the murder of Gas- ar jn Calmette In Paris, on the ground of smporary insanity. of Sept. 3.?Cardinal Olacomo della Chi- se sa, archbishop of Bologna, elected ope and assumed name 'of Benedict Fi V. fo Sept 6.?'William of Wled, prince of lbanla. abandoned that country to the ca ebels. Sept. 28.-r-Albanlan senate elected Ja rlnce Burhan-Eddin, son of the for- co ler sultan, Abdul Hamld. to be prince Mi f Albania. Oct 12.?Ferdinand, nephew of the ai ite king of Roumania, took the oath Fi s his successor.. Bi Oct 23.?Haiti en rebels formed a / . overnment under presidency of Gen. pc avilmar Theodore. oo MEXICO Jan. 10.?Mexican rebelB under Villa capired Ojlnaga, many of-the Federal troo;ps gf ad several of the generals taking refuse in [i American side of the Rio Orande. Wl Feb. 3. ? President Wilson lifted ernirgo on exportation of arms which waa ca rmllpfl to Mexico hv President Taft. Feb. 20.?Mexican situation brought to mm sw crisis by. slaying <of W. S. Benton, I ch rancher and a British b abject, sup- I jsedly by Villa. I April 2.?Villa captured Torreon after even days' of bloody fighting. Villa's j as GOO killed and 1,500 wounded and that m, ! the federals much greatet. 0p April 9.?Arrest of unarm ?d American q uejackets by federal authorities at TamT ] co brought demand from .ndmlral Mayo ve iat Huerta apologize and t\at American po \g be saluted. ; '' A April 12.?Huerta refused V render a ?a- ,ju ite to the American flag in Tampico. 2c April 14.?President Wilsoi. ordered At- A .ntic and Pacific fleets to Mexican waters pri : once to enforce hi* demands on Huerr dr - -of Federal army routed by Villa at end of ne days' battle at 8an Pedro. jsj, April 19.?Huerta refused to agree to the j >mands of the United States for an on- yo mditional salute of the flag, and Prefll- rl(! !IU wiison oiuura ma message iu tuu ess and two proclamation* declaring a- j lostlle" blockade of Mexico ports and g0 irbor. I April 20.?President Wilson personally jje iked ' congress for support In action m, jalnst Huerta. 8jB House adopted resolution giving prenl- j ?nt free rein, after debate In which Ms w >llcy was assailed. Senate postponed :tlon for a day. an April 21.?American marines captured ,je trt of Vera Cruz after a flght in which mr Americans were killed and twenty- ?p le wounded and about 200 Mexicans ere killed. Read Admiral Badger .with in] re ships arrived at Vera Cruz. 0f April 22.?Senate passed resolution Justl- ; ring, the president In using the arnnsd irees of the nation to enforce his de- rjg ands on Huerta. Taking of Vera Cruz completed by manes and bluejackets, supported by the. JTIS OI ine wt&rsiups, iwcivc Aiucutauo jlng killed and fifty wounded. ^ April 23.?President Wilson ordered the j.0 Ifth 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. ' j Congress passed, the volunteer army bill. I n5 April 25.?President Wilson accepted th* | Ter of Brazil, Chile and Argentina, i trough their plenipotentiaries, to mediate j le Mexican trouble, stipulating that I [uerta must resign. I April 28 ?Fifth brigade arrived at Vers ruz and General Funston assumed tba j lpreme command there. Robert J. Ke^r f Chfcago appointed civil governor of tae Isj Ity. A thousand refugees landed at Galeston. C?[ May 1.?Secretary Garrison ordered Genral Funston to establish complete mill- ] iry gove^iment In Vera Cruz, displacing la. le civil government May 10.?American naval forces seized obos island as a base for operations. sn May 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. pe May 13. ? Constitutionalists captured amplco. vj: May 20.?Mediators m(t?. at Niagara alls, Ont., and outlined program lnclud- cr" lg elimination of Huerta, Carranaa and pj apata and the holding of ?. free election < nder the auspices of a >rcvlsIonal govrnment. <j[ June 5.?Huerta accepted the Niagara Cr alls peace progran*. gj June 23.?Zacatatas taken by Villa's rmy. A< July 2.?The A. B. C. mediators left tli Magara Falls after Issuing a statement hat "all that remains to be done Is ge o organize and establish a provisional ki overnment for Mexico." July 5.?Huerta received the major- su ty of votes cast In the Mexican presi- tu entiai election ana Bianquet was cho- so en vice-president. .] July 15.?Huerta resigned as presl- st ent of Mexico and left the city. Fran- ] lsco Carbajal was sworn In as presl- m ent. ] July 20.?Huerta sailed on the Ger- ar mn cruiser Dresden for Jamaica. sli "Oh, no." "Yes, sir?yes, sir!" exclaimed the g? xcited old man. "Yes, sir, and what le re 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 to reat? The-battle of Gettysburg was ol ought for fun, sir, and football i? a hi erlous business?a very serious busi- di .ess. Yes, sir. Why not, sir?" |m j Au;?. 13.?Carbajal abandoned presisncy of Mexico. Aug. 20.?General Carranza entered exlco City and spumed tba office of rovlslonal president. Sept. 23.?Villa denounced governent headed by Carranza and an^unced his independence. Oct. 15.?Convention of Mexican conitutlonalist chleis kt Agutis Callen*?ti >ted. Itself the supreme power.in Mexo. Nov. 1.?Aguas Cillentes conference imed E. Gutierrez president of Mexico ir 20 days. Nov. 12.?War declared between Carinza and Villa factions in Mexico. Nov. 25.?American troops under Gen al Funstor: evacuated Vera Cruz. 1 Nov. 29.?Sen. Pablo Gonaiales proaimed himself provisional president ! Mexico. Nov. 30.?Villa entered Muxico Ciiy ith 25,000 troops. Deic. 8.?President Wilson sent troops, i protect Naco, Ariz., on Mexican bori Dec. 16.?General Bliss told commanders Carranza and Villa forcos at Naco, ex., that he would open fire on both if ly more shots came across the border." Dec. 18.?San Luis Potosl surrendered to irranza forces. /'... Dec. 21.?Gen. Hugh Scott and General aytorena, Villaista leader, conferred >ar Naco rearding firing across bouniry line. POLITICAL V eD. 15.?nouse pasaeu Aitustux rtunuau it Feb. 21.?Senate ratified general arbltra>n treaties between United States and reat Britain, Japan, Italy, Spain, Norjy, Sweden, Portugal and Switzerland. March 5.~Presldent "Wllsoa read to coness message urging that the clause In e Panama canal act exempting Amerin coastwlsii vessels from payment of. Us be repealed. March 10. ? Senata approved Alaska Uroad bin ' March 31?House passed bill to repeal nal tolls exemption clause by majority 86. Tune 5.?House passed the three Wilson Utrust bills by huge majorities. June 1L?Bill to repeal exemption clause the Panama canal tolls act passed by nate. ^uly 1.?George T! Henry, Jr., of San | ancisco and Washington nominated r ambassador to Russia. July 6.?Ira Kelson Morris of Chlgo appointed minister to Sweden. Aug. 19,?President Wilson'appointed 1 .mes C. McRe>nolds to the Supreme ; urt and t W, Gregory to succeed, cReynolda as attorney-general. '/ I Sept. 15.?Secretary of State Bryan id the envoys of Great Britain, j -ance, Spain and China signed the j yan peacic treaties. Sept 24.?Frederic Jesup Stimson ap>lnted ambassador to Argentine. Serf. 33.?The houBe passed the rlv- [ s and harbors bfll as reduced to $20,-.j 0,000 By the senate. ; " Oct- 24.?Congress adjourned after j session of. 567 days." it Nov. 8.?Ia gen oral 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 Arizona ent drjK v' . - . . Dei'. 7.?!3lxty-thlrd congress was lle<l to ordlor for Its final session. DOMESTIC ' Tan. 27.?President Wilson' ordered pertinent government of Canaf Zone Into ' eratlon April 1 and 7 appointed Col. iorge W. Goethals the first governor. ?eb. 24?Court of appeals reversed death rdiet In cajne of Charles Becker, former lice lieutenant in New York. Vpril L?Col. George W. Goethalu asmed his duties lis governor of Canal >ne. Kprll 5.?)3ecretary Daniels Issued order ohlbltlng use of alcohollo liquors for inking purposes'on vessels and In yards the navy. Ipril 12.?Four gunmen electrocuted In sw York for murder of Rosenthal. Hay 7.?Eleanor Randolph v, Wilson, ungest daughter of the president, marid to Secretary of the Tretisury W. G. iAdoo in the White House. tfay 19.?Colonel Roosevelt returned uth America. Jay 22.?Charles Becker, former police utenant, found guilty a second time of. jrder in) th?i flrut degree for Roiientbal' lying in New York. rune 1L?Kefmlt Roosevelt. and Belle lllard married in Madrid. July 4.?Twelve, persons were killed d more than 900 Injured In Indepennce day celebrations. Auor. 15.?Panama canal formally ened to commercial traffic. Sept. 4.?David' J. Palmer of Washgfton. la? elected commander-in-chief the Orand Army of the Republic. Sept. 10*?James Gordon Bennett, rner of New York Herald, married ironess George de Renter in Paris. Oct. 17.?Bobert Taft, son of the forer president, married Miss Martha iwers. Nov. 2.?Twenty-one directors or for?r directors of the New Haven rail-, ad indicted by federal Jury In New >rk for criminal conspiracy to violate e Sherman antitrust law. Nov. 4.?Chicago stockyards ordered ised ten days to check epidemic of e foot-and-mouth diseaso in the Iddle West. i Dec. 16.?U. S. senate ratified -the inter-" tional convention for safety at isea. DISASTERS Tan. 5.?Oil tank steamer Oklahoma nk off Sandy Hook, 25 of the crew per\lng. Tixn 10. ? Great storm on the Baltic used submarsion of several villages and owning of many persons. Floods In Belgium did millions of dolrs' worth of damage. Ian. 11.?1Terrific storm hit northwest jssia and 150 peasants lost ithelr Hives In ow. Many thousands of person* perished in uthern Japan when volcano of Sakurama burst into activity, fallowing reated earthquake shocks. Large city of agoshima partly destroyed and several llages blotted out. Ian. 16.?Bri\J?b submarine A-7 with ew of eleven, lost during maneuvers off ymouth. , . 3team whaler Karluk, flagship of Canaan government's arctic exploring expetlon undjtr Vllljalimur Stefansson. ushed in the ice and sunk northeast of beria. Jan. 17.?Loss of the German steamer :ili&. with passongers and crew of 98 of e coast of Terra del Fuego confirmed. Ian. 19.?Three hundred Japanese refues from the volcanic eruptions on Saira buried under falling cli:I and killed. Ian. 30.?Old Dominion liner Monroe nk in collision with the steamer Nan CKei Oil me v irjpnm cuutii uuu 11 perns drowned. March 8.?St. Louis Athletic club deroyed by fire: 40 perished. March 15.?Quake and volcano killed any on Hondo Island, Japan. March 16.?Many perished in hurricane id flood In Province of Stavropol, Rusi. But the old man did not answer. He ive that crowd one cold glare and ft the car. Who's Looncy Now? In this strange union of relations he rolstoy) stands alone; from no other eat projector of the human image id the human idea i* so much truth i be extracted under an equal leakage ' its value. All th^ proportions in in are so much the/largest that the rop of attention to jour nearer cases ight by its vjolende leave little of - : -I March 19.?Fifty drowned when boats collided near Venice. March 3L?Sixty-four Uvea loat In blizzard that overtook Newfoundland sealing fleets. April 2.?Fire In St Augustine, Fla., destroyed five tourist hbtels and the county court house; loss, $500,000. April 28.?Explosion In mine at Eccles, W. Va., resulted in the entombing of 172 men and hope 'of their rescue was given up. 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 Danish collier tttorstad In St Lawrence river; lj)24 lost, of whom 798 were passenger; 452 saved, of whom 246 were passengers. Lau- i rence Irving, English actor, and his wife, and Sir Henry Se'ton-Kerr, noted big game hunter, among the drowned. , ' June 4.-Orie hundred villages In Japan devastated by terrible storm. June 1).?Mine explosion at Hlllcrest, Alberta; resulted In the death of about 1 200 miners. June 2!).?Nearly Half the city of Salem. Mass., destroyed by fire, loss being about SlD.'JOO.OOO. Most of the historic buildings . were saved. Aug. !>.?Thirty-eight persons killed and 25 injured in train collision near Joplln. Mi). , Aug. 26.?Steamer Admiral 8ampson sunk by steamer Princess Victoria 20 mllen from Seattle and 11 lives lost. Sept. 18?Steamer Francis H. Leggett etinlr In a i?1a nff Drprnn onast. 70* lives boing lost -j > Oct. 3.?Earthquake destroyed Is- : bart(L and Burdur, Asia Minor, 2,600 1 lives being lost. , . Ocu 17.?Earthquake in precian provinces of Attica, Beotia and Peloponne- j sus killed many persons and wrought 1 greai: damage. Oci:. 27.?Explosion and Are in the Franklin company's coal mine at Roy- J altor, 111., resulted in death' of 59 men. Dec. 9.-?Sleven-milllon-dollar fire in plant of lSdison company at West Or- 1 ange, N. J. P NECROLOGY Jan. 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 I Jan. 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, In London." 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 j Teller 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 j schocla of Chicago. ' ' April L?"Rube" Waddell, famous ball player. ' ! ? April (>.?Frederick j Weyerhaeuser,- Minnesota lumber 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 over the nam* "Gath." , April IT.?McKee Rankin, veteran actor. April 35.?George F. Baer, president of the Steading railway. f April 23.?8.'8. Be man, 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 Santa Barbara, Cal. ' May 10.?IJllian Nordlca, grand opera star, in Batavla, Java. May 23.?William O. Bradley, U. 8. senator from Kentucky. May 23.?Jacob Rlls, noted author and I soclolloglfit. j I June 3.?W. M. French, director of the I Chictkgo Art Institute. J June 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- of the Nobel prize. . JuT,y :t.?Joseph Chamberlain, veteran British statesman. July ] 2.?Horace H. Lurton, associate Justice 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, father of penny postage between England and America. Sept 8.?Baron O'Brlan, lord chief justice of Ireland. Sept ,13.?James E. Sullivan, secretary-ttreasurer of 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. 1 P. 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, patriarch of 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 American diplomat. 1 De.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. Arnold Bennett, to return to them briefly again, derive, by multiplied if diluted 1 transmissions, 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, 1 our considerably less rounded vessels. < ?From Henry James* "Notes and Nov- ' elist*." ] : ' ' ?; : :".r * - iniTTfi mm Joseph Smith, president of theRe? organized Church of the Latter Day Saints. ~ * Dec. 18.?Major E. A. Bigelow, VS. S. A., retired. In Chicago. Dec. 20.?Eugene Zimmerman, Cincinnati millionaire. .> Gen. Thomas Sherwln at Boston. FINANCIAL Jan. 2.?J. P. Morgan A Co. announced withdrawal of members of the firm from directorates of many corporations. Feb. 9.?Mercantile bank of Memphis, Tenn., failed, President C. H. Ratne admitting he had used its funds in cotton speculation, i-. Feb. 12.?Standard Oil company arranged to lend China $15,000,000 In return for oil concessions In Shan-Si province. ; March 13?United States Express company went 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 law announced. 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 Warburg of New York, W. P. Q. Harding of Birmingham, Ala.,. A. C. Miller of San Francisco! June 2S.?T)ia TT. R ' dlaflln' comoany. leading wholesale dry goods concern of New York, failed with liabilities of about f44.000.000. . 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 railroad 1 monopoly. 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 f system. . ' ' 'r.; Aug, 12.?Dissolution Of th,a International Harvester company as a monotf-' Dly in'restraint of trade ordered by. the Pnlted States' district court at St . Paul, Minn. . i Sept. 4.-^-PresIdent Wilson.presented to congress an appeal for an .emergency Internal revenue measure to raise fl00.00ft.000 to make up for the losstn customs receipts. Sept 25.?War tax bill passed by .the house. Oct* 17.-^Senate paasedwar tax MIL VNov. 16.?United States federal re- j serve banks opened. j < Dec. 13.?Interstate commerce commis- ' ilon granted In part the 5 per cent freight rate 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 distribute imong lta employees, mostly in the form >f Increased wages. " Jan. fl,?United States circuit: .court ot ippekls confirmed the convection of 24 nembers. of the International Association ] >f.bridge.and'Structural Iron Workers- on , :he charge of dynamite conspiracy, and ' granted, new trials to six others. * April 20.?Striking coal miner* a^d mexn- ; >ers of Colorado National Guard fought , in all,day battle at Xudlow, a number of nen being killed. April 22.?Entire National Guard of Colo- 1 ado called out and order^ to Trinidad, itrike tone, where several more men were , tilled in the continued fighting. April 28.?Heavy lighting took' place in 1 he Colorado mint stnxe war ana rresir ; lent Wilson ordered federal troopa there :o restore order; J April 29.?Colorado mine strikers at- 1 lacked the Forbes camp of the Rocky- ; fountain Fuel company, killing- seven j nine guards, and burning moat of the ,, wildings.. Federal troops from Fort D. k. Russell arrived In the strike zone. 1 Ma? 1.?Fourteen more troops of federal ] :avalry Ordered( to'Colorado strike zone. ^ May It?United States Supreme court . let aside, contempt sentences of Gompers ind other, labor leaders. ' 1 May IS.?United States circuit' court of j ippeals remanded 24 union labdr men, :onvicted of conspiracy to transport dyna- " nlte, to federal penitentiary .within three veeks.. \ 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, In lorce since April. 1910, was'called off l >y the miners. ] ' ' - ' 1 SPORTING Feb. 28.?Ralph De Palma won' Vander- ' >ilt cup at Los Angeles, making average I ipeed of 75.5 miles an hour. j Feb. 28.?Edwin Pullen won fifth Inter- . latlonal Grand Prix automobile race at Janta Monica, Cal. 1 May 23.? Lawrence Jenkins of Scotland I von British amateur golf championship; < May 28.?Francis Oulmfet of Boston won ' imateur golf championship of France. ' May 80.?Rene Thomas, driving a Del age 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 of he speedway. Jbne 13.?British team won first of the 1 nternatlonal polo matches at Meadow- < jrook. June 16.?British polo team won second natch 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 heavyweight championship by defeating Frank Koran in twenty-round fight In Paris. July 4.?Harvard crew won the Heney regatta. 1 July 7.?Freddie Welsh of Wales won t :he lightweight championship by de- . 'eating Willie Ritchie of America In 1 London. < July .10.?Gfeorges ! Car pen tier of f Prance, receiving the decision over , 'Gunboat" Smith of America on a foul, n London, won the white heavyweight ^ championship. 1 Aug. 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 championship of 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 golf championship. Oct. 13.?Boston National team won world's championship from Philadelphia American league team. Nov. 21.?Harvard-won eastern footDall championship by beating Tale, and Illinois won the Western Conference title when it defeated Wisconsin. - ? Sincere Compliment. 1 "What a wonderful complexion that 5 * woman has!" 1 "Truly wonderful," replied Miss Cayenne. "I think it is the most b? I coming of any I have ever seen her s wear." Electricity In Millinery. Artificial flowers for millinery ar? being made to Inclose tiny incandescent lamps, which can be supplied c with current from storage batteriM Gently cleanse your liver and sluggish bowels while Ui. elAiMt you sleep. : ?f, ~ Geta 10-cent box. Sick headache, biliousness, dlzztneaa, coated tongue, fool taste and foul breath?alwaya trace them to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food In the bowels or sour, gassy stomach. Poisonous matter clogged In the Intestines, instead of being cast out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue' it causes con* gestion and that dull, throbbing, sickening headache. . Cascarets immediately cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases," take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste , matter and Tca^^t-wm ^ straighten you out by . morning. They work while yon sleep?a 10-cent bine from you.* druggist means youi; head clear, stomach sweet, and your liver and bowels regular for months. Adv. How "Sake" Ta Made. The crown prince.of Japan .sent ft - V, consignment of "safce>f to the British crewB attacking Klauchau, This , beverage/ which: should: be drunk warn tjJ appreciate Its ful* flavor, is of a clear, light yellow color and tastes like highly seasoned sherry. It, is made of steamed rice, treated Hit a Drocesa which converts the. starch Into sugar; fermentation sets in amj Bake is produced The charactw of liquor that results. Hehde; for the levied on sake, the amount thuk raised In 1912 totaling f28,000,000. The name is said to be derived from the town of Oaake, which, from time immemorial, hag been famoo? for-brewing. 7 TAKE SALTS TO FLUSH KIDNEYS IF BACK HUBTS Bays Too Much Meat Fortns Urto Acid Which Clogs the Kidneya and irritates the Bladder. Bed and need a flashing occasioning frise ipre have backache imd dull miserly \ in t'he kidney region. aevereUead-' V Ton almnlv must keen your kidneys active and clean, and the moment you feel an ache or pain In . the kidney ]' t region, get about four ounces of Jad Baits' from any good^drug ?tore here. take a table spoonful In a glass of water before brsakfast for a few days and ^our kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts 'Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with litfria, tad is harmless to Sttsh clogged kidneys tad stimulate ' [ ' them to normal activity. It also n'e? J [rallies the acids in the no longer Irritates, thus ending bladder disorders ^ Jad Salts Is harmless; inexpensive; makes a delightful effervescent lithla- i water drink which everybody ?W A take now and then to keep'their kid-, M leys clean, thus avoiding serious: com- ' jM plications. M A well-known local druggist says he jells lots Of Jad Salts to folks who be- M tleve in overcoming kidney trouble M while it is only trouble.?Adv. I Prisoners of War^ m . Already a large number of German prisoners have, been taken by the a!- JB lies. In the Franco-German war of JHQ 1870, the French prisoner* reaehed tbo AHMfl extraordinary total of 21,508 officers - BmH ind 702,048 men. Of these pearly 250,* V 300 were the Paris garrison, and over H J0.000 represented the French troops v llsarmed and Interned In Switzerland', Prisoners of war are always an en*barrassment and a source of considsrably worry and expense, though ^Bj their numbers are frequently lessened 8 by Interchange of prisoners taken by the enemy. BRANDMA USED SAGE TEA TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR ' the Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea and 8ulphur to Bring Back Color* Gloss, Thickness. ' { ' Almost everyone knows that Sags .V rea 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 J scalp and stops falling hair. ; Tears M tgo the only way to get this mixture JM vas to make it at home, which is nuesy and troublesome. Nowadays,./ ? jy asking at any store for "Wyethy Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you pill get a large bottle of the famous >ld recipe for about 50 cents. ' Don't stay gray! Try it! -No one 'v ;an possibly tell that you darkened rour hair, as it does It so naturally ind evenly. You dampen a sponge or 10ft brush with it and draw this hrough your hair, taking one small itrand at a time, by morning the gray lair disappears, and after another apilication or two, your. hair becomes jeautifully dark, thick and glossy.? ^dv. ' Wanted More Definite Order?. Comment on the perfect marksman- ' ihip now displayed in the navy was t nade in the form of an anecdote by sergeant Jones of the United States Marine 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. -g-^ *-- - - ?