The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1911-12-28
CHIEF EVENTS OF YEAR
WHICH COMES TO A CLOSE
Short Daily Record of the YearContemporary History of
the World in Paragraphs-Loss of Life and Property by
Accidents Shpwrecks Storms and Conhagrations
Affairs Aviation Flights Sporting and Personal Items

OF Panama canal. approprating S.-
-. 100000 ....
Obituary: Frederick Spielha gen, old
school novelist. in Berlin; aged 81
Sam Walter Foss. poet and lecturer. in
Cambridge, Mass: aged So.
2S Political: Resolution to elect United
States senators by direct vote of the
people lost in senate by votes.
MARCH.
s. Convention: Southern commercial con
gress met at Atlanta.
l. Obituary: Ellen Wade Colfax widow
of Vice President Schuyler Colfax, at
South Bend. Ind: aged 7S.
5. Fire: Minneapolis. MINI; loss nearly
$1,000, coo by the burning Of the Syndi-
cate block.
Aviation: Lieut.. Rague of France flew
over Mediterranean from Antilles, Is
miles from Nice. to island of Gorgona,
off Italy. le5 miles. record 10 date for
oversee flight.
T. Political President Taft accepted res
ignation OF RICHARD A. RaIlinger as
secretary OF the interior; Walter l..
Fisher of Chicago appointed.
Army and Navy: $4,000 United States SOL
diers, Is vessels and 1000 marines Or
dered to the Mexican border and gulf
coast for mimic warfare.
Obituary: Rear Admiral J. c. Fremont.
u. s N. son of the late Gen. J. c.
Trerlont u. 8. A.. ,The Pathfindsr), az
i;n,r"t,: ,,ed &c.
l.. at"A"n' 70 federalS and { municipal
-"ttus Huied in battle with rebels near
Artega.
l3 Judicial; United States supreme court
affirmed constitutionality of the corpo-
ration tax
Is. Disaster: 13 killed under falling walls
in Nashville. Tenn.
Obituary: w. D. Bioxham ex-governor
Of Florida. at Tallahassee: aged 76.
Frank Work. capitalist. famous lover
Of horses. who never entered an auto
mobile. in New York city: aged 80.
Aviation: First aero war message deliv.
cred at San Antonio. Tex, by Lieut..
Ben D. Foulois, U. S. A.. who few 81
miles in 4S minutes.
H. Mexico: Insurrectos' Decree No. r13"
guaranteed protection to lives and in.
terests of foreigners then in Mexico
and reimbursements for losses las
soon as the triumph Of the provisional
government will have become recog-
nized by the capture OF Mexico City"
49, Personal: Col Roosevelt opened great
Arizona dam bearing his name!
49, Obituary: Ernest Crofts. r.. A.. noted
painter and keeper OF Royal academy,
London: aged "a.
Sporting: Teddy Tetzlaft in Lozier car
established four worlds records at
Los Angeles, beating Ralph de Palma.
driving Fiat: 100 mile race finished in
hour IA minutes % l-5 seconds.
e. Battleship Texas. OF Santiago bay
fame. sunk by high explosive projec-
tiles in test.
Fire: AT Benten. Pa, loss 100000 by
the burning OF distilling plant.
e. Obituary: Col. Charles Peres Lincoln,
cousin OF Abraham Lincoln and long
connected with federal diplomatic and
departmental services. at Ell Reno.
Okla.
Fire: Leavenworth county tkanp court
house: loss 81 100000.
q. Aviation: Louis Breguet carried II pas
seneers two miles in monoplane in
France. breaking record to date.
"a. Aviation: Roger Sommer. French b.
pianist. broke Breguet's 'aerobus" rec
ord; carried l. passengers,
Shpwreck: British Columbia steamer
sunk In gale off Vancouver island: 26
lost.
IS. Fire Horror: 14s lost liveS in Are at
2c-29 Washington place. New York.
Railroad Accident: Atlantic Coast line
Dixie Fliey wrecked near OCilla. Ga.
9 killed.
Fire: Nearly 81. 900, 900. loss in Minneapo.
lis.
.6. Obituary: Brig. Gen. Ira j. Bloomfield.
civil war hero. at Montevista, Colo,
aged 76. Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins,
veteran OF the civil and Spanlsh-Amer-
lean wars. at Glen Springs. n. Y;
aged 70.
=. Cyclone: Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey swept by devastating windstorn,
extending to North Carolina; st. Law
renee. Pa, practically destroyed.
eS. Aviation: Lieut.. Erler. with passenger.
flew in biplsue from near Berlin to
Hamburg. l40 miles. in hours 30 min
uteS
Sporting: c. M Daniels set new worlds
swimming record. 2.:G for 100 meters
in tank at PittsDurg,
1S Fire: 81 100000 loss at capitol building
Albany. n. Y.
Obituary: Sir Casper Purdon Clarke
former director OK Metropolitan Mu
scum OF Art. New York. in London
AGED Is.