Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-31

Of the 2 M c. A. of North America
opened in Toronto.
2. Aviation: Claude Grahame-White won
the speed race at Belmont park; time
for G2.1 miles 81 minutes IA seconds.
20. Aviation: J. 3. Moisant won the race
from BelmoT park to tine statue OF
Liberty and return, covering 81 miles
in "a minutes 34.s4 seconds.
Il. Aviation: Ralph tombstone ascendo4
9.714 feet at Belmont park. the worlds
record.
NOVEMBER.
l. Personal: John Morley Discount OF
Blackburn, best known as a man OF
letters, resigned his place IN the Brit
ish cabinet as secretary OF state for
India.
g. Fire: In Philadelphia loss of over $780,
600 in the business district.
4. Obituary: william st. John Harper.
noted artist and illustrator. IN New
York; aged 80.
s. Mexico: Anti American demonstrations
in the City OF Mexico and elsewhere.
6. Mine Disaster: IL miners killed by ex-
plosion in the Lawson mine at Black
Diamond. Wash.
s. Elections: Democratic landslide in sew
eral state elections and a Democratic
= house OF representatives, returned 10
congress. Massachusetts. Connecticut.
New York and New Jersey elected
Democratic governors TO succeed Re
publican governors and Ohio re-elect-
Nu a 4INlAACNA eNlA@ EOf tA AlSAs
Mine Disaster: Explosion IN mine No.
Of the Victor American Fuel company
Colorado, entombed 40 miners.
10. Political: President Taft sailed on the
cruiser Tennessee from Charleston on
an official visit to the republic OF Pan
anna and the canal zone.
T. Sporting: Harvard beat Dartmouth, 1S1
to O. in the annual football game
at Cambridge. Yale defeated Prince
ton. to 3. at Princeton. Michigan
and Pennsylvania played a tie game
at Franklin field; score 0 10 0.
,3 Obituary: United States Senator Alex
ander Stephens Clay Of Georgia, at At
lanta; aged 81.
IA. Personal: Prince Victor Napoleon
Bonaparte, prctender TO the throne OF
France. married Princess Clementine
OF Belgium at AIoncalieri. Italy.
Count TOlstoy. who Inysteriously disap-
peared IN October. discovered in a rail-
way station about so miles from his
home in an enfeebled condition.
Obituary: John La Fargo. distinguished
mural painter and stained glass art
ist. in Providence. r. L; aged c..
Aviation: Eugene p. Ely in the Curtiss
biplane Hudson Filler few from the
deck Of the United States scout cruiser
Birmingham in Hampton Roads to
Willoughby beach, Z miles distant.
Personal: President Taft reached Pan
anna and had a conference with Col
Goethals and other members of the
canal commission.
6. Political: President Taft addressed the
Panamans at a state banquet and de-
clared that there would be no annexa-
tion of the republic OF Panama TO the
United States.
= Aviation: Ralph tombstone. the avi-
ator. killed by the fall of his biplane
at Denver; aged 80.
O. Sporting: Vale and Harvards football
match at New Haven resulted in a no
score game.
0. Obituary: Count Leo Tclstoy, the IA
nous Russian novelist. at AstaDova,
Russia: aged 50.
?. Personal: President Taft reached Fort
Monroe on his return from Panama.
?. Aviation: J. Armstrong DreXel ascend
ed 9So7 feet in a monoplane ar PhiIa-
delphia.
s. Sporting: The Navy defeated the Army
at football on Franklin field. Philadel-
phia. TO O.
Fatal Fire: . operatives killed and q
injured at a factory fire in Newark,
y. J.
:. Mexico: Government troops defeated
400 revolutionists in battle at Chihua-
hUa.
:. Political: The British parliament dis
solved by royal proclamation.
; Political: The government asked the
dissolution Of the sugar trust "as a
combina lion in restraint Of trade"
The conference OF governors met at I
II fort