Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
MUCH IMP ORTANT
HISTORY MADE IN
CLOSING YEAR
Titanic Disaster and Balkan
Defeat of Turkey Are Most
Prominent Events.

lowed each other in the quick march of
rho past twelve months.
The most significant of these, doubt
..ss was the revolt of the Balkan
...s+es against the Turkish empire,
..hirb nut a period to the sultan's an
..arf sui remacy in eastern Europe. The
sudden rise Of the minor states which
..,ronr.sed the Balkan allies is one of
.oa ,narvels of the age. No less mirac-
,I,us was the swift and decisive way
IN which they swept the Turks across
= pIains of Thrace and forced them
hack 10 the banks. of the Dardanelles.
The fortunes of this war caused the
whole world to wonder The very map
If Europe was changed from day to
.ay Especially has this war brought
info significant power the states of
Servia and Bulgaria and given them an
important voice in the diplomatic TO
rum Of Europe.
Sinking of Titanic.
The most grievous occurrence of the
year. especially to America, was the
sinking of the Titanic on April IA. The
'oss of this greatest Of all ocean liners,
With over 1900 persons, was the great
est marine tragedy of all time.
II vas not only the multitude Of vic
Tins that made the catastrophe so
overwhelmingly sad, but the character
and importance of many Of those who
senl5-the appalling figure being 1873.
In the middle of the night, while the
ship was flashing with myriads Of bril-
liant lights and the great vessel was
ringing with music and laughter the
Titanic ran head on into gigantic
Iceberg while going at the rate OF over
50 miles an hour.
Death seemed to reign in the air as
we'll as on the water during the year
1912. The number of airmen who lost
their lives was unprecedented. And one
american woman is numbered among
.oe victims. Miss Quimby, who fell into
..e ocean from the height of 1000 feet.
1l. ,.ar claimed 30 airmen, bringing
80, total Of ali up to 21I.
one year marked some Improvement
I'D the hydro-aeroplane, but On the
whole The science of flying did nor pro-
-ress to any material degree.
Wilbur Wright Dies.
In lGis year Of The most numerous air
disasters it is quite significant that
death should claim by sickness. the
man who invented the first practical
dying craft--Wilbur Wright
The great American inventor passed
away at his home in Dayton, Ohio, and
was given one Of the most notable fu-
uerals in the history Of the city
IN the political realm the year 1872
Witnessed many remarkable things.
Perhaps the most significant was the
completion of the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty in China and the in
taIlation Of the Chinese republic with
Dr. Sun, Il Harvard graduate, as pres
dent
In America. of course, the most i'm
oortant political event was the over
wbeIming defeat of the Republican par
w and the return Of the Democratic
party to power, after sixteen years,
with Woodrow Wilson as the new
president.
An interesting feature of the political
novements in this country was the
nth of the Progressive party, with
omer President Theodore Roosevelt as
It's god father.
South Pole Discovered.
The year 1912 also witnessed the dis
overy of the South Pole by Captain
soald Amundson, the Danish explorer.
In the field of science great progress
was made especially in surgical exper-
Iments. The Nobel prize, for the most
notable achievement of the year in the
latter field, was awarded by DR.. Alexis
Carroll, of the Rockefeller institute,
New York. Although DR.. Carrell is a
Frenchman by birth, he has labored in
America for years. He is, to all events
and purposes. an American, and the
work he did for which he was given
the Nobel award, was performed III an
American institute erected by an Amer
lean philanthropist. Therefore, Amer
lea claims the honor
The year 1912 has witnessed the pass
ing of many prominent men Among
the eminent Americans who died dur
ing the year were Vice President James
;. Sherman Rear Admiral Robley d
Evans Ambassador WhitelaW Reid and
General Frederick u. Grant,
The Rosenthal Murder
The most sensational individual crime
IF the year, at least in America, was
the assassination of Herman Rosen-
yhal. the New York gambler, by four
gunner acting as agents Of Police
Lieutenant Charles A. Becker. The lat
Ter and his four hired murderers are |
now under the sentence of death.
The circumstances surrounding this
e7ime and the subsequent developments
arising from it constituted the most
earnest steps ever taken in probing |
municipal corruption.
The immediate result of the Becker
crime was the opening Of the alder
manic Investigation, which revealed the
revolving q .ails of the alliance between
the police and the underworld
Another event which stirred the !
heart of the nation was the dastardly |
attempt to assassinate Theodore Roose- |
welt at Milwaukee by John Schrank, a |
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