Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-30


L. Mexico: 20 tederais and municipal
guards killed 10 battle with rebels near
Artega
IL judicial: United States supreme court
affirmed constitutionahty of the coTpo-
ration tax.
Is. Disaster: Is killed under falling walls
in Nashville. Tenn.
Obituary: W. d. Bloxhau. ex-governor
of Florida. at Tallahassee: aged IS.
Frank Work. capitalist. famous lover
of horses. who never entered an auto
mobile. In New York city: aged %.
Aviation: First aero war message deliv-
cred al san Antonio. Tex. by Lieut..
Ben D. Foulois. L. s A. who few So
miles in IS minutes.
H. Mexico: Insurrectos' Decree No. l3''
guaranteed protection 20 lives and in
terests of foreigners then in Mexico
and reinbursements for losses as
soon as the triumph OF the provisional
government will have become recog-
nized by the ca pture OF Mexico City"
Is. Personal: Col. Roosevelt opened great
Arizona dam bearing mis- name.
10. Obituary: Ernest Crofts. r. A. noted
painter and keeper OF Royal academy.
London; aged a.
Sporting: Teddy TetzlafI in Lozier car
established four worlds records at
Los Angeles. beating Ralph de Palma.
driving a Flat: lOO mile race finished In
hour IL minutes q is seconds.
2. Battleship Texas. of Santiago bay
fame. sunk by high explosive projec-
tiles in test.
Fire: At Benton. Pa. loss 100000 by
the burning OF distiiling plant
p Obituary: Col. Charles Pereg Lincoln
cousin of Abraham Lincoln and long
connected with federal diplomatic and
departmental services. at FL Reno.
Okla
Fire: Leavenworth county CKan.) court
house: loss 100000.
q. Aviation: Louis Breguet carried II pas
sengers two miles in monoplane in
France. breaking record to date.
"a Aviation: Roger Sommer. French b.
pianist. broke Breguet's "aerobus" rec
ord. carried II passengers.
Shipwreck: British Columbia steamer
sunk in gale on Vancouver island; 2s
lost
Is. Fire Horror: l46 lost lives in FIRE at
1873 Washington place. New York.
Railroad Accident: Atlantic Coast line
Dixie Filler wrecked near Ociila. Ga;
killed
Fire: Nearly sl.OOo.OOO loss in Minneapo-
lis
g Obituary: Brig. Gen. Ira J. Bloomfield.
civil war hero. at Montevlsta. Colo:
aged TO- Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins.
veteran OF the civil and Spanish-Amer-
lean wars. at Glen Springs. N. Y:
aged Is.
q. Cyclone: Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey swept by devastating windstorm
extending 20 North Carolina: ST. Law
renee Pa. practically destroyed.
Is. Aviation: Lieut. Erler. with passenger.
few in biplane from near Berlin to
Hamburg. 40 miles. in hours 80 min
utes
Sporting: c. NJ. Daniels set new worlds
swimming record. 2.25 for 100 meters
in tank at Pittsburg.
D
Albany. n. Y.
Obituary: Sir Casper Purdon Clarke.
former director OF Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art, New York. in London:
aged e.
90 Sporting: Bob Burman drove autocar
20 miles in 10 minutes 11.92 seconds
(9l.06 miles an hour a record at Pablo
Beach, Fla
81. Political: James Aloysius O'Gorman.
supreme court justice. elected senator
from New York.
Sporting: Louis Disbrow at Pablo Beach,
Fla, made world auto marks: so miles.
81 minutes 3 80 seconds: 200 miles, 2
hours "a minutes u seconds; go miles
(no previous time for this straight
away recorded). hours IA minutes IS
! seconds
Obituary: Otto Ringing. circus man, in
J New York city: aged 81
APRIL.
L Obituary: Martin Greif. lyric poet OF
modern Germany, at Kufstein, Austria
, Hungary; aged ~
Sporting: oxford won 6sth annual boat
race from Cambridge breaking oxford
Cambridge regatta records.
4. Personal: Carter II. Harrison elected
mayor OF Chicago for fifth time.
Political: cd congress convened: Champ
Clark speaker. American-Japanese
commercial treaty ratified.
! z. Mine Disaster: g. men and boys per-
ished in the Pancoast mine at Throop
Pa; l2s lives lost in the Banner mines
Alabama.
10. Shipwreck: Steamer Iroquois founder.
ed off Coal island. British Columbia: q
lives lost
Obituary: Tom L. Johnson. former may.
or OF Cleveland. o.. noted for his fight
for cent railroad fares. in Cleveland
aged &c.
Il Sporting: National and American
league baseball season opened.
l2- Cyclone: Missouri. Kansas, Arkansa:
and Oklahoma stormswept; 40 killed
over 800 injured; loss in St Louis ovel
s2,oOo.OoO
painter, at Berkeley. Cal; aged r.
H. Obituary: Denman Thompson, the &C
tor, at West Swanzey. n. h; aged 70
George Cary EEgleston, author. in New
York city: aged IL
Personal: President accepted resignation
OF DR.. David Jayne Hill. ambassador
to Germany.
Is. Mexico: The 9th United States cavalr!
ordered by president TO protect Amer
leans along Mexican border
Sporting: j. Krirnrnel won national gym
nastic championship. 1910 points. Ii
New York. William Queal ran 10 mile
In 81 minutes s. rs seconds in New
York: new worlds indoor record
l6 Mexico: Rebels repulsed fecerals striv
ing 20 recapture Aqua PrietR- Bullet
wounded Americans In Douglas. Ariz
II. Convention: National Society o
IN Washington
: shipwreck: Spanish steamer San Fer
nand sank on Finnisterre. Spain;
drowned.
n Personal: Mrs. Matthew T. Scott o
Illinois elected president general o
National d. A. r
Obituary: Rear Admiral Richard Inch
U. s. N. retired. at Washington: age
g.. Harry Fem artist who made frs
gift book Illustrations produced IN thi
country, at Montciair. n. J.: aged n
- Sporting: Americans lost deciding In
ternational chess match. 6 games TO 4
British players won Newnes cup.
q Auto Record: Bob Burman did mile 4
z. 20 seconds. lowering own worlds rec
ord. 3.l2 made day previous He ais
beat Barney Oldneld's mile record o
came course: time 81 = seconds
~ Sporting: Alfred Shrubb OF Englan
ran 10 miles In 81 minutes second.
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