Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-01-04

Lne German DaliOou Berlln H., won
the Bennett trophy by covering 46S
miles, Kansas City to Ladysmith Wis.
Q. Obituary: Gen. Charette of the French
army. former Papa Zouave and noted
In the Franco Prussian war, at Nantes,
France; aged ~ Hesba Stretton, Eng
lish novelist. in London; aged 70.
10. Conventions: Society of the Army Of
the Tennessee met at Council Bluffs, la.
II. Political: Anti-Manchu revolt broke
out in China.
Aviation: c. p Rodgers who left New
York Sept. ls to fiy to the Pacific.
reached Kansas City, having covered
1883 miles, a cross country record.
IL. Sporting: De Oro won the three cush-
ion carrom championship beating
John Daily, in New York; final score
$50 to 146.
Convention: National farmers congress
met at Columbus. o. First session of
the American Indian association at CO.
lumbus, O.
Anniversary: 200th anniversary of the
birth of DR. Henry NJ Muhlenberg,
German American church pioneer, cell
ebrated at Allentown.
1s. Personal: The Duke of Connaught in
stalled as governor general OF Canada
at Quebec
H. Obituary: Associate Justice John NJ
Harlan of the United States supreme
court died in Washington; aged 7S.
15 Railroad Accident killed in head
on collision on the Missouri Pacific rail-
road near Fort Crook, Neb.
H. Obituary: r. K Munkittrick, humor-
Gus poet. in Stamford. Conn; aged So
49, Convention: The Military Order of the
Loyal Legion met in Philadelphia.
19 Convention: National Womans Suf-
frage association met in Louisville
Aviation Disaster: Eugene B. Ely, noted
airman killed at Macon, Ga.
a. Obituary: Ida Lewis Wilson. lighthouse
heroine, at Newport. R. l.; aged 72.
25 China: The national assembly de-
manded reforms by the imperial gov
ernment
2G. Sporting: Philadelphia Athletics (Amer-
lean league) won the worlds baseball
championship by defeating New York
(National league) at Philadelphia;
score Is to 3
a. Rear Admiral ]. II. Sands, U. S. N,
retired. a civil war veteran, in Wash
ington: aged 66.
%. Obituary. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor
of the New York World. at Charleston.
S. c.: aged Ca
Sporting: Matt McGrath threw the ham,
mer 1S7 feet 4 inches in New York,
breaking John Flanagan's record by 3
feet.
30 China: The throne yielded to the ma
tional assemblys demand for constitu-
tional government.
NOVEMBER.
L Personal: President Taft arrived in
Washington at the close of his western
trip.
Shipwreck: French steamer Diolobah
wrecked off Canary islands; "a drown
q Obituary: Kyrle Belew, the actor, at
Salt Lake City: aged Sc.
Naval Review: Fleet of over 100 battle
ships, cruisers and auxiliary vessels
reviewed by President Taft at New
York.
D. Football: Princeton defeated Harvard,
to 6. at Princeton. Minnesota de-
feated Chicago 80 to 0, at Chicago.
Carlisle Indians beat Pennsylvania. 16
to 0, at Philadelphia. Syracuse and
Michigan tied. 6 to 6. at Ann Arbor.
U. Aviation: C. p Rodgers, the aviator,
landed at Pasadena, Cal. making a
worlds record of 1920 miles; he left
New York city Sept. II on the Atlantic
to Pacific prize flight.
Political: Madero was inaugurated
president of Mexico.
8. Political: Hon. A. J. Balfour resigned
as leader of the British Conservatives.
Obituary: w Clark Russell author of
sea stories in London; aged g..
0. Howard Pyle, artist and author, in
Florence. Italy: aged S.
Ii. Cyclone: Wisconsin and Illinois swept
by an electric and wind storm; II dead
in Rock county. Wis.
Football: Carlisle Indians beat Harvard,
IS to l5, at Cambridge. Michigan lost
to Cornell, to 0. at Ithaca.
IL. Cold Wave: The temperature fell rap
idly from the Rockies to the Atlantic
coast
Obituary: John L. Carncross noted old
time minstrel in Philadelphia; aged n.
10. Convention: American Federation of
Labor at Atlanta.
Is. Fire. AT Ogden Utah. the Eccles
building wrecked; loss s750,000.
China: Yuan Shin Kai assumed the reins
as premier.
Convention. National Good Roads asso-
citation in Chicago.
16. Shipwreck. Norwegian ship Antigua
wrecked at the mouth of the St. Law
renee; Is sailors lost.
Is. Naval: England launched her list
Dreadnought, the Centurion.
Shipwreck: Russian steamer Hermann
Lerche in the North sea; 26 drowned.
Mining Disaster: 10 operatives and sur
veyors killed in an explosion in the
Bottom Creek mime at Vivian, w. Va.
Football: Princeton, 6; Yale, 8, at New
Haven. Harvard, S; Dartmouth 3, at
Cambridge Chicago, 6; Cornell. 0. at
Chicago Michigan, II: Pennsylvania,
y.
consin, G. at Madison.
10. Wireless Telegraphy: A wireless mes
sage was transmitted from Coltano,
Italy. to Glace Bay Nova Scotia. 1900
miles
40. Convention: American good roads con-
gress in Richmond. Va.
Is. Railroad Accident: Train on the state
railway plunged into the river Thouet
at Montreuil- Bellay. France; about 100
passengers killed or seriously injured.
~. Obituary: Marquis Jutaro Komura,
Japanese statesman and diplomat. in
Tokyo; aged Sc.
Is. Football: Yale and Harvard tied at
Cambridge, o to 0. Navy beat Army 3
to 0. at Philadelphia. Minnesota de-
feated Illinois. II to o. at Champaign,
Ill. Chicago beat Wisconsin. to o. at
Chicago
30. Football: Pennsylvania outplayed Cor
nell, q to 3. at Philadelphia. Carlisle
Indians defeated Brown, II to 6. at
Providence.
DECEMBER,
j. Obituary: Charles S. Francis. journal
ist and diplomat in Troy>-Ns Y; aged
S.