Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-31

L conventJSn: Colonial Danes met z
Washington
2 Obituary; Homer c. Davenport. Ia
nous cartoonist. in New York: aged IS.
Army Aviation: Italian airships dropped
90 bombs on the Turkish works at
AziZiatl. Trfpou
T. Convention: United Confederate Vet
Grams met at Macon, Ca
8 Personal: Gen. Bennett II. Young,
elected commander in chief of the
United Confederate Veterans. King
George V. OF England went down In q
submarine boat in Weymouth bay.
Is. Political: The house OF representatives
passed the bill for the popular election
OF United States senator's. 81 to Sc.
IA Obituary: Frederick VIII. OF Denmark.
at Hamburg. Germany; aged So.
Is. Convention: Peace conference met At
Lake Mohonk, n Y.
Personal: The Danish crown prince pro-
claimed king as Christian Il
19. Political: The Socialist national con-
vention at Indianapolis nominated Eu-
gene V. Debs and Emil Seidsl for pres
ident and vice president.
Coal Strike: Coal miners convention at
wilkesbarre adopted an agreement with
mine owners and ended the strike; no.
900 miners resumed work
Naval: Battleship Texas. largest in the
United States navy, launched 1t New
port News. Va
L. Fire: Flames In the business district
OF Houston. Tex. caused q loss OF
Sl.oO0.O0o
20 Cuba: Uprising Of negroes In Cuba
n Convention: Sons OF the American Rev
olution met IN Boston.
= Personal: Mrs Emmellne Pankhurst
and other suffragists convicted of con-
spiracy In London
q. Cuba: United States marines ordered
to Cuba to protect American residents
against the rsbeIlious negroes.
Marine: Hannburg-American liner I'm
perator, largest vessel In the world.
launched at Hamburg with Emperor
William as sponsor.
Convention: international congress of
navigation met at Philadelphia.
8. Fire: Historic old Eutaw House burned
In Baltimore
Sporting: Jerome d. Travers defended
his title Of champion by defeating Os-
wald KirkSy at the Metropolitan Golf
association tournament at Short Hills,
Nj
Cuba: Revolt spreading in Cuba; United
States battleship ordered to sail south.
g. Obituary: Jan Blockx, composer and
authority on Flemish music and folk
song. at Antwerp. Belgium; aged 90.
n. Sporting: Abel R. Kiviat madePa new
record by running the 1,50O meter race
IN minutes SO 1-6 seconds at New York
Political President Taft inforned the
Cuban government that the United
States would not intervene in Cuba.
%. Fire Disaster: los lives lost in q thea
ter fire at Villa Real. Spain.
30. Obituary: Wilbur Wright, aviator and
aeroplane inventor. at Dayton. o.;
aged As
JUNE.
/. Aviation Disaster: Philip o. Parmalee,
killed in aviation flight at North Yaki-
ma. Wash.
9 Sporting: James n. Duncan made a
new record with the dlscus-145 feet
91a inches. Kiviat ran 1.5oo meter race
IN 3 minutes SC AS seconds In New
York, beating his own record made
May a.
8 Fire: 1000 houses burned In CONSTANT
nople.
Obituary: Mrs Margaret Sangster, poet
and author. at Maplewood. N. J.; aged
Personal: President Taft welcomed the
visiting division Of the German navy
to American waters at Fort Monroe,
Va.
L. Convention: American Medical associ-
alton met at Atlantic City.
/ . Obituary: Eliza Archsrd Conner, social
reformer and writer, in New York city
, aged 70.
6. Sporting: Tagalie won the English
! Derby at EPSON.
/ 8. Sporting: Mark s. Wright cleared Il
feet On inches In a pole vault at CAM
bridge. Oswald Kirkby defeated Js-
rome d. Travers at Atlantic City fol-
the New Jersey golf championship.
4 Ship Disaster: French submarine wal
ship Vendemaire sunk ia collition with
the bsttlcship Saint Louis OF Cher
burg peninsula; crew OF % drowned.
3. Obituary: Rear Admiral Benjamin PEI
fer Lamberton. L. s. N, retired. who
al ha Of h. ngcE
! fleet at Manila bay. in Washington.
10 Obituary: Lottie Gibson, actress KNOWN
for years as the Little Magnet" n
New York city; aged Al.
L. Storm: Tornadoes swept over Missouri
and ohio; loss of lives. 30 or more.
IS Mining Accident: u men killed by ex
plosion in the Victor American Fue
company mines at Trinidad. Colo.
Political: Republican national conveh
ton met in Chicago.
19 Aviation Disaster: Capt Dubois anC
Lieut.. Albert Peignan. officers in tn.
French army, killed when their pi
planes collided in midair at Douai
France.
20. Obituary: Edward Stuyvesant Bragg
noted civil war veteran who command
ed the famous Iron brigade at FonC
du Lac; aged s..
Il. Harvard won the varsity eight row
ing race. defeating Yale at New Lon
don.
q Political: President w. H., Taft anS
Vice President Sherman renominateS
at Chicago.
q. Accident: 40 people killed by the col
lapse Of a decayed dock at Eagle park
Grand island. Niagara river
a. Obituary: Field Marshal Sir GeorE
Stuart White. defender Of Ladysmitl
IL the Boer war al LONDON; aged a.
Storm: Nearly the entire city OF Guiana
juato. Mexico. destroyed and abou
Loo lives lost as the result Of a cloud
burst
Is. Sporting: Edwin Ray won the British
open golf championship at Muirfield
England.
Obituary: Sir Laurence Alra-Tadems
the famous English artist. at wiesba
den. Germany; aged 20.
Political: Democratic national conven
tio.Stnet at Baltimore.
Convention: General Federation of Wo
mans Clubs met at San Francisco.
- Sporting: American marksmen won Il
the international shooting competition
at the Olympic games in Stockholm
grand aggregate score OF 1,6Ss Cornel
, won all three boat racing events a
, Poughkeepsis-varsfty eight Dared race
} mi es. time. 10 minutes q rs seconds
VARSITY four cared race. 2 miles, time
10 minutes "a is seconds: freshman
eight cared race, 2 miles, time 9 min
utes u z-5 seconds.
D. Storm Disaster: Regina, the 'whea
city" OF Saskatchewan province Al
most entirely ruined by a cyclone; s
to 20 deaths; property loss estimate