The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
to English house Of commons bill aboi
Ishing veto power OF house OF lords.
MARCH

Senator Lorlmer OF Illinois re-
tains his seat by senate vote with mar.
gin OF six.
t-Reciprocity fails IN senate. Six.
ty-first congress adjourns
President Taft makes good on ex.
ira session threat. setting special ses-
sion ut April T.
s--United States troops ordered to
Mexican frontier
11-Triai Of the Camorrists begi-s at
viterbo, Italy.
IS-Supereme court sustains consti.
tutionality Of corporation tax law, In
creasing national income by So ,000,-
00O
25-Triangle Shirt Waist company
nre In the Asch building. New York.
resulting in 1ii deaths.
APRIL.
Especial session Of Sixty.second
congress convenes.
i0-Tom L. Johnson. former mayor
OF Cleveland. dies.
I2-Canadian reciprocity bill and
farmers free list bill introduced In
house.
13-House approves direct election
Of senators by 296 TO 16.
14-David Jayne Hill resigns as
ambassador to Germany.
2i-House passes Canadian recipro-
city. 265 to SO.
22-McNamara brothers arrested in
Chicago and indianapolis; rushed by
automobile on way to Los Angeles to
face dynamite charges.
29-Jay Gould marries Annie Doug
lass Graham OF Hawaii. in New York
30-Bangor. Me, devastated by hre.
MAY.
tung province.
3-House orders investigation Of
steel trust.
S-Battle of Juarez begins, resulting
in capture BY Mexican rebels two days
later.
12-J. NJ. Dickinson resigns as sec
rotary OF war; succeeded by Henry
L. Stimson of New York.
15-Standard OIL company ordered
dissolved by Supreme court decision.
17-Porfirio Diaz announces he will
resign presidency of Mexico.
23-New Mexico and Arizona state
hood resolution passes in house.
25-D!az resigns presidency Of Mex
leo.
29-Tobacco trust ordered dissolved
by Supreme court decision.
JUNE.
8-W. II. d. Stokes shot in New
York by Lillian Graham and Ethel
Conrad.
10-American polo team beats Brit
isb In deciding game OF international
series.
13-Resolution for popular election
OF senators passed by senate.
1S-European aviation circuit race
begins at Vincennes, France. Three
aviators-Captain Prihceteau. NJ.
La Martin and NJ. Lendran-killed
when machines fall to ground.
19-President Taft celebrates his
silver wedding anniversary.
21-Arrival in New York of Olym-
pic. largest passenger boat In world.
Reformation of King George OF
England.
2s-Cornell crew wins Poughkeep-
sic regatta.
JULY.
2-Harry n. Atwood flies In bl-
plane from Boston to New York.
8-Lieutenant Conneau CAndre
Beaumont") wins 1,00O-mile aviation
circuit race. from vincennes. over
France. Belgium. Holland and Eng
land.
12-American Harvard-Yale athlet-
ic team defeated by Oxford-Cam-
bridge team at London.
14--lnvestiture of prince of Wales.
1s-Henry Clay Beattie shoots his
wife.
22-Canadian reciprocity passed by
senate.
27-President Taft signs Canadian
reciprocity treaty.
AUGUST.
10-London dock strike begins.
15-Harry N. Atwood starts flight
for New York from st. Louis.
i9-English dock strike settled.
Especial session OF congress ad-
journs.
22-G. A. II. special train wrecked
near Manchester. N. Y, 81 civil war
veterans and members OF their fami-
lies being killed.
27-Atwood arrives at New York.
finishing his flight from st. Louis.
SEPTEMBER.
9-Col. John Jacob Aston marries
Madeline Talmage Force.
lO-Cross-continent aeroplane flight
for Hearst $4,000 prize officially be-
gins.
12-H. II. Hilton OF England wins
American golf championship at Apawa-
mis links.
l6-Premier Stolypln OF Russia
shot while attending opera at Kiev.
dying two days later.
President Taft starts on trip
through west.
i7-Cai p. Rodgers leaves New
York on cross-continent fight. Rod.
gers was the only one to complete the
trip.