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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-30

seconds and 200 yard dash in IS Sec
onds al Auckland. New Zealand. Both
are worlds records.
APRIL.
oxford won the annual race with Cam
bridge on the Thames; time for AZ
miles, % minutes 8 seconds.
II. Major league baseball season opened.
i9. Mike Ryan of the New York Athletic
club won the annual American Mara
thon at Boston. covering the rs mile
course in hours q minutes is is Sec
onds,.
MAY.
Is. Jerome d. Travers. defended his title
of champion by defeating Oswald
Kirkby at the Metropolitan Golf ASSOC
citation tournament at Short Hills.
N. j.
q. Abel r. KivIat made a new record By
running the 1,500 meter race in min
utes IS 1-5 seconds at New York.
q James Duncan made a new record
with the dscus-145 feet 9h inches.
Kiviat ran l,500 meter race in 3 min
utes 56 As seconds in New York city.
beating his own record made May q.
s. Tagalie won the English Derby at Ep-
som.
8. Mark s. Wright cleared l3 feet "a
1ncheS In pole vault at Cambridge.
Oswald Kirkby defeated Jerome d.
Travers at Atlantic City for the New
Jersey golf championship.
q. Harvard won varsity eight rowing race
from Yale at New London.
g. American marksmen won the inter
national shooting competition at the
Olympic games In Stockholm: grand
aggregate score OF 1,6SS.
Cornell won all three boat racing events
at ughkeepsie-varsity 8 cared race,
miles, time IS minutes q Us seconds;
varsity 4 cared race, 2 miles, time lei
minutes "a 1-5 seconds: freshman 81
cared race. miles. time 8 minutes.
81 2-6 seconds.
JULY.
]. Miss May Sutton won the clay court
tennis championship of the United
States by defeating Miss Mary Brown
at Pittsburgh.
L. Jack Johnson defeated Jim Flynn IN
the 9Th round for the heavyweight
championship at East Las Vegas.
N. M.
Ad Wolgast declared winner in a III
round contest for the lightweight |
championship. defeating Joe Rivers at
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STORMS AND EARTHQUAKES,

JANUARY.
S. A blizzard ragged in the Mississippi
valley from Kansas to the lakes; II
persons frozen to death.
l& England blizzard bound. traffic tied
up and telegraph lines wrecked.
20. deaths in a tornado which swept over
southeastern Missouri
FEBRUARY.
90 20 lives lost in a windstorm which
swept over Louisiana and Mississippi.
q. The middle west struck by blizzard
which i'm some places was the worst in
many years.
z The Atlantic coast swept by wind
travelling at the rate of over 80 miles
an hour and often over 100 miles.
Is. A tornado ragged over Texas, Kansas,
Mississippi and Missouri. causing
heavy loss OF life and property.
MARCH.
i5 The south Atlantic coast states swept
by hurricane, many deaths; traffic
paralyzed.
g. 1900 square miles inundated by a food
In the Mississippi; damage estimate
slO,000.00o 1000 homeless.
q. Near 100 people killed by cyclone in
Illinois and Indiana.
q. Oklahoma swept by tornado; 81 dead.
JUNE.
LIS. Tornadoes swept over Missouri and
Ohio; loss of lives 80 or more.
"a Nearly the entire city of Guanajuato.
Mexico, destroyed and about 1000 lives
lost as the result Of cloudburst.
30 Regina. the Wheat City" of Sas-
katchewan province. almost entirely
ruined by a cyclone: so to 10 deaths;
property loss estimated at 81 100000.
JULY.
Is. A cloudburst at Denver caused N,o0o,-
900 damage.
IS. The mining towns of Mazuma and Sew
entroughs. New. We're nearly wiped
out by cloudburst; many persons
killed
Is. A cloudburst caused damage in SOUTH
west Pennsylvania; mines flooded and
a wide area inundated; many deaths.
AUGUST.
8. Snow fell in Pennsylvania.
4. An earthquake in Turkey destroyed
5000 lives. Adrianople and Gallipoh
suffered severely.
10. A cloudburst centering at Niles. Mich.
caused damage of 100000.
%. Typhoon in Chekiang province. China,
caused less of $1,000 to 10000 lives.
SEPTEMBER
!. A death roll of go and property loss
of s, 000,000 resulted from storm and
cloudburst in the Panhandle district of
Pennsylvania. West Virginia and Ohio.
killed and q hurt by a cloudburst
which struck Northwestern passen-
ger train near Green Bay. Wis.
q. A typhoon in Japan caused a loss of
20,O00O00
OCTOBER.
l6. Loss of $4,000. 900 In q typhoon in the
Philippines
NOVEMBER.
ID. Hurricane followed by q tidal wave
struck the island of Jamaica; over 100
deaths.
IL. Earthquake on the Pacific coast; se-
we're in Mexico. with heavy loss of life
r. Heavy snowstorms prevailed in the
lake states and the Mississippi valley
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

JANUARY.
q. New Mexico proclaimed a state in the
Union.
II battalion OF United States troops
sailed from Ma9ila for China
IL. CHARLES w. Morse. the banker, freed
from Atlanta penitentiary on q pardon
by the president
~. rutherford Page of New York killed
IN Curtiss bipfane at Los Angeles,
the first fatality in the United States
In 1872
FEBRUARY
T. The hulk of the battleship Maine was
foated at Havana
IL Al officials and ex-officials of the In
ternatioral Association OF Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers arrested in
various parts of the country charged
with completely in a dynamite conspir-
acy.
Il. Jungfrau railroad tunnel, in the Alps.
pierced at an altitude OF 1900 feet,
where station is located.
~ Juarsz. Mexico. captured by insur-
gents against Madero's government.
MARCH
l. Strike OF 1.o0).000 British miners in 4
dispute over wages.
Z. Amundsen. the explorer. announced
that he reached the south pole on Dec.
IL. 1910
h. End OF the strike of mill operatives at
Law renee. Mass. which began Jan. IL,
1912.
i6. TIL. hulk of the battleshin Maine wa.
su nix with Imposing ceremonies off the
G ,ast OF Cuba.
l6. Chicago meat packers declared not
guilty Of violating the antitrust law.
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BOXING NOTES.

Frank Mantell of Providence had
chance to go to France for SIX nghts.
but as he wanted 5000 for expenses.
in addition to transportation both
ways for himself and his wife. the
officials of Cirque de Paris have call
ed off negotiations.
Tom Jones, manager for AID Vol
CAST, is trying to get Jess Willard, the
big heavyweight, under his wing.
Jones wants to take Willard to Cali
fornia and match him with the win
ner of the AL Paizer- Luther Me
Carthy fight, but Willard is undecided.
Kid Williams of Baltimore has
been signed for a six-round bout be-
fore he leaves for the Pacific Coast to
box Eddie Campi. He will meet
frankie Conway of Philadelphia in a
round bout at the National A. C.
in Philadelphia the night of Jan. 4.
Sheriff Hamburger reported by let
ter to Governor Dix, Saturday, on the
Governors request of Friday that the
sheriff make sure the Frawley law
was not violated during the bout be-
tween Soldier" Kearns and Jesse
Willard at Madison Square Garden.
New York, Friday night. Willard
knocked out Kearns in the eighth
round Sheriff Hamburger wrote FRI
day: Under your instructions ] at
tended the Willard Kearns boxing
exhibition. | found the law was not
violated in this instance. | also notice
that there is steady Improvement
in the observance of the Frawley
boxing law which guarantees the
public sound just boxing exhibitions"
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RECORD OF THE YEAR NOW CLOSING-POIITICS SPORTS
PERSONAL MENTION FIRES DISASTERS THE DEATH ROLL

"a. J. p. Jones, forIser United States SEN
ator from Nevada, at Los Angeles. Cal;
aged SO.
n Col James Gordon, noted ex-Confed-
crate, at Okolona, Miss; aged 70.
%. Rev. DR.. Robert Coliyer. noted Uni.
tartan preacher. in New York city
aged SO.
= DECEMBER.
Z Gen. Julius II. Stahel, Federal veteran
of the civil war, in New York city;
aged 81.
Gen. Gates p. Thruston, civil war vet.
etran. author and historian. at Nash
vile; aged n.
IL Prince Luitpold, regent ~ Bavaria, al
Munich; aged 81
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Isidor Straus. merchant and philanthro-
pist, at sea; aged 81.
Francis ID. Millet. artist, at sea; aged s.
Col. j. j. Aston. soldier and capitalist,
at sea: aged II.
Jacques Futrelle, author, at sea; aged 81
"a Justin Mccarthy. novelist. historian
former member of parliament. at
Folkestone. England: aged 81
MAY.
z Homer C. Davenport. famous cartoon
ist. in New York; aged As.
IA Frederick VIII. of Denmark at Ham
burg, Germany; aged Co.
80. Wilbur Wright, aviator and aeroplane
inventor, at Dayton, o.; aged As.
JUNE.
Mrs. Margaret Sangster. poet and ar-
thor. at Maplewood. y. j.; aged IA
L Eliza Archard Conner, social reformer
and writer. in New York city; aged IL
10. Lottie ellison. actress known for years
as the Little Magnet" in New York
city; aged Al.
20. Gen. Edward Stuyvesant Bragg. noted
civil war veteran who commanded the
famous Iron brigade, at Fond du Lac;
aged IS.
"a Field Marshal Sir George Stuart
White, defender of Ladysmith in the
Boer war. at London. aged n.
nous English artist, at Wiesbader,
Germany: aged ID.
JULY.
3 Gen. Robert Frederick Hoke, a distin.
guished Confederate veteran, at Ra.
leigh. N. c.; aged rs.
Robert Wiedemann Barrett Browning,
only son of the English poets Rob-
ert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
Browning. at Asolo. Italy; aged 63.
20. Andrew Lang English poet, critic and
novelist. at Banchory. Scotland: aged
IS.
"a. Fannie Denham Rouse, probably the
Oldest actress in America, at Ohio
Vile, N. Y; aged 81.
90 Mutsuhito. emperor of Japan, at To-
kyo; aged 60. Succeeded by his son
Yoshihito.1
IL. Massenet. French composer Of opera
music at Paris: aged 70.
DR.. Horace Howard Furnace, noted
Shakespearean scholar. at Walling-
ford Pa: aged 49,
20. Rev. William Booth, founder and gen.
eral of the Salvation Army. in Lon
don; aged SO.
SEPTEMBER
!. Maj. A. r. Calhoun, a civil war vet.
eran. journalist and author. IN Brook
1yn; aged 6S.
s. Lieut.. Gen. Arthur Macarthur. u. 8.
A. retired. at Milwaukee,; aged 81.
IL. Ex-senator fernando De Soto Money,
at Gulfport. Miss: aged 70.
~ Baron Marshall Won Bieberstein, not
ed German diplomat, at Berlin; aged
20
OCTOBER
.. Ex-senator w. A. PETER. one of the
Populist leaders in the senate, at Gre
nola, Kan: aged 81.
H. Weldon Brinton Hepburn, United
States senator from Idaho, in WASH
ington; aged 60.
q. Robert Barr. the novelist at Wolding-
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ACCIDENTS ON LAND

JANUARY.
81 Is miners killed and 10 injured by dust
explosion at Kemmerer. Wyo.
2. In a wreck ON the Illinois Central al
Kinmundy ILL.,, the former president
of the road, ]. T. Harahan. was killed.
also F. o. Melcher. second vice presi'
dent OF the Rock Island. and E. b
Pierce, general solicitor of the samt
system.
Is. mysterious explosion killed 81 mer
at San Antonio, Tex.
40. Explosion wrecked the San Bots mines
at McCurtain. Okla. burying over lU
miners
e. 81 miners killed by an explosion al
Jed, w. Va
%. 40 people killed by the collapse of 9
decayed dock at Eagle Park. Crane
island. Niagara river.
JULY.
l. Al killed and many injured on the Della
ware and Lackawanna railroad in 9
rear end collision at Gibson's Narrows
N
8. q killed and go injured in an accident
on the Ligonier Valley railroad at VIII.
pen, Pa.
a. ls killed In a collision on the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad al
Western Springs. Ill.
NOVEMBER.
II. 10 people killed and 4s injured in col.
lision on the YaZoo and Mississippi
Valley railroad at MONTE, La
Is. 16 people killed and IA injured in Q
wreck on the Cincinnati, Hamilton anc
Dayton railroad near Indianapolis
DECEMBER.
3. II killed and many injured in Q rail
road collision at Dresden. o.
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Joe Wood worlo series at
New York the
Boston Americans. with Joe Wood in
the box, defeated the New York Ma.
uonals by score OF 4 to g.
To- BOSTON Red Sox won the final game In
the worlds championship series, de-
feating New York Giants to 2 at
Boston
", Willie Koiehmainen. the Finnish cham
pion, made new record in Marathon
racing by running the distance in 4
hours q minutes 80 is seconds in New
ark. N. J.
NOVEMBER.
2 Harvard defeated Princeton I'm the an
nual game at Soldiers field. Cambridge.
l6 to 3. Wisconsin defeated Chicago "A
10 IL, at Madison
8. Carlisle Indians defeated Army y m
=, at West Point. Pennsylvania won
over Michigan. q TO Il, at Philadel-
phIa.
IT, The annual football game of Yale and
Princeton resulted in a lie score of &
10 at Princeton. Pennsylvania de-
IeHteo Carlisle Indians. "a to rs, at
Fhiiaoeiphia Wisconsin defeated Min
hesota al Football. Ia to O. at Minneap-
OILS. Michigan won over Cornell at
Ann Arbor. 20 to z.
q. Harvard football team defeated Yale
~ TO y at New Haven. Chicago won
a. over Minnesota. TO 0. at Chicago.
~ AZ Wolgast defeated for the light
weight championship by Willie Richie
IN 10 rounds at DAILY City. Cal.
Tehnsyivania won at football over Cor.
nell. 70 z. at Philadelphia.
DECEMBER.
= pa day bicycle race began II NJ
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The Events of the World
In Paragraphs.
TWO ATTACKS ON TURKEY.
4 Summary of Affairs Abroad and
at Observation-Disclosures Happen
fngs-Accidents-St and Ship
Disasters-Sports.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL

JANUARY.
l6 The United States government warned
Cuba that political disturbance on the
island must cease.
FEBRUARY.
II The Manchu dynasty abdicated the
throne Of China by an edict yestins
the sovereignty in the people.
Il Arizona proclaimed q state of the
Union.
i5. Yuan shih Kali elected president OF the
Chinese republic.
a Roosevelt formally announced that he
would accept the Republican nomina-
ton II offered him.
MARCH.
TO- Yuan Shin Kai inaugurated provision
al president Of China
L. Judge Mahlon Pitney OF New Jersey
was Installed as associate justice Of
the United States supreme court
APRIL
ID The state department warned the Mex
leans that their country will be held
responsible for the protection OF Amer
leans.
g. Gen. Bennett H. Young elected COM
mander in chief of the United Confed-
crate Veterans.
Is The Danish crown prince proclaimed
king as Christian X
is The Socialist national convention at
indianapolis nominated Eugene v.
Debs and Emil Seidel for president and
vice president.
q. President Taft informed the Cuban
government that the United States
would not intervene In Cuba
JUNE.
u Republican national convention met in
Chicago
u President w. H. Taft and Vice Presi-
dent James s Sherman renomdnated
by the Republican party.
q. Democratic national convention met at
Baltimore,
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from tHe Atlantic to the Pacific in 1911,
killed In hight at Long Beach. Cal.
6 English Miners Confederation aban-
doned their coal strike.
10 The White Star liner Titanic. largest
passenger steamer afioat sailed from
Southampton on her maiden voyage
for New York.
i6 Miss Harriet Quimby. the American
air woman. few across the English
channel. the first woman TO accom-
plish tile feat.
co. Cable ship Mackay Bennett with her
cargo CT 100 of the Titanic dead re-
covered from the sea reached Halifax.
N. s.
L. Coal miners convention at Wilkes
barre adopted an agreement with mine
owners and ended the strike; 10000
miners resumed work
JUNE.
l. Philip o. Parmalee killed in aviation
flight at North Yakima. Wash.
8. President Taft welcomed the visiting
division of the German navy to Amer
lean waters at Fort Monroe. Va.
o. The squadron of three German war
ships visiting the United States steam
ed into the Hudson. escorted by four
American batteships
8. Capt Dubois and Lieut.. Albert Pei
gnan. officers in the French army.
killed when their biplanes collided In
mdair at Douai, France.
July
l. Miss Harriet Quimby, the first woman
to cross the English channel in an
aeroplane. killed in flight at Boston
The great dirigible balloon Akron ex-
ploded in flight at Atlantic City, N. J..
killing aeronauts. including Melvin
Vaniman. her pilot.
s. The memorial lighthouse to comment
crate the tercentenary OF Champlain's
discovery of the lake which bears his
name, was unveiled at Crown Point.
n. Y.
6 Herman Rosenthal. New York gam
bier and accuser of the police. shot
dead in the street.
g. The balloon Uncle Sam. which left
Kansas City on the 9th, landed at
Manassas. Va, having Travelled 925
miles. beating competitors in the
Bennett elimination race.
0. United States army maneuvers began
In Connecticut.
2. Mulai Hafid, the sultan of Morocco.
abdicated the throne; Mulai Youssef
was proclaimed sultan.
Z. The war game ended at Newtown.
Conn.
1. President Taft signed the Panama ca
nal bill regulating the canal tolls.
SEPTEMBER.
3. Gen. CoRnt Marosuke Nogi. the Japa-
nese hero of Port Arthur. and his wife
killed themselves at Tokyo because of
the death of the emperor.
5. The 5oth anniversary OF the meeting
OF IA governors on the 18th of Septem
Der, 1862, at Altoona, Pa, was cele-
brated in that city.
J. The Pulitzer school Of Journalism at
Columbia university opened in New
York.
OCTOBER.
/ Trial of the dynamite plotters at Los
Angeles Oct. l. 1910, was begun in In
danapolis.
l. Col Theodore Roosevelt was shot at
Milwaukee by a would be assassin
named John Schrank.
! The city of Vera Cruz. Mexico. arose
in rebellion against President Madero.
Gen. Felix Diaz nephew of ex-Presi-
dent Diaz. was at the head of the in
surrection.
J. Vera Cruz, Mexico, recaptured from
the insurgents by federal forces.
!, Lieut. Charles Becker of the New
York police found guilty of the muir
der of Herman Rosenthal on July l6
In New York city.
J. The French balloon Picardie won the
James Gordon Bennett cup by flight
of 1861 miles "a worlds record) from
Stuttgart Germany, nearly to Moscow,
Russia.
NOVEMBER
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DISASTERS AT SEA

JANUARY.
II. The Russian steamer Russ foundered
in the Black sea; 172 lives lost
IL The British steamship Wlston Hall
wrecked off the coast OF Aberdeen.
shire; SO seamen drowned.
FEBRUARY.
Tho British submarine torpedo boat
A-3 sunk in collision with gunboai
Hazard off the Isle of Wight; crew OF
IL drowned.
MARCH.
u. American fishing schooner Patriciar
wrecked OFF Cape Sable; captain and
of the crew drowned
i6. 10 lives lost by the sinking of the Orr.
entail liner Oceana after collision In
the English channel.
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THE FIELD OF SPORTS

JANUARY.
= kohlemainen of Finland won Mara
thon and championship OF the world
at Edinburgh: time hours 80 minutes
Ga seconds
Barney Reilly broke the record of the
Stoughton slide tski) at Milwaukee
with ls7 foot jump.
= George Bonhag ran 5000 meters In is
minutes as seconds In New YORK a
worlds record
Pat Macdonald heaved an IS pound shot
a feet and a half inch In New York. a
record
Jack Eller made new record In a rs
yard hurdle race In New York: time Q
seconds
FEBRUARY.
Willie Hoppe retained his title OF
worlds champion at 1872 balk line bill.
lizards BY defeating George Sutton 900
10 go In New York.
The worlds record Of 6 feet 3A inches
for indoor high jump beaten by s. C.
Lawrence. VINO ieaped 6 feet ~ inches
At Boston
Kiibans defeated Atteli In 20 round
contest for the featherweight cham
pionship az Los Angeles. Cal
/ Arthur PostIe. famous professional
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matum of the
Balkan states.
Turkey declar-
ed war upon
Servia and Bull
garia. Greco g
and Bulgaria
de clared war
against Turkey.
King Ferdinand
of Bulgaria
joined the army
at the front.
Battle at Kirk
[ilise between
Bulgars and
Turks.
The Turks re-
treated from
Kirk Kilise. be-
ing driven out
by the Bulga-
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x. America won Press Association.
the track and lin Thorpe
field meet at
Stockholm with 1913 points to Sweden's
104 and England's &C. Thorpe. the In.
dian. won the decathlon.
2. Olympic games ended. Sweden won
with a total of 1873 points; United
States. 129: England, 76. United States
led In firsts with Is; Sweden second
with g.
A. Arthur Chapple ran a motorcycle a
mile In l-5 seconds and 80 miles In
Fl minutes 38 As seconds, both records.
at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
g. Ernest Barry. the English champion
sculler. defeated Richard Arnst of Aus
tralia over the Thames course for the
championship of the world.
AUGUST.
l. Arthur Chapple drove a motorcycle
mile in IS AS seconds at Brighton
Beach. beating his own record of July
"a
SEPTEMBER
T. Jerome Travers won the amateur golf
championship of the United States, de-
eating Charles Evans, Jr.. at Whea-
ton. ILL.,, In the final round
g. The Chicago Americans defeated Phil
adelphia at Chicago, insuring the
league pennant to the Boston Red Sox
for the worlds SERIES
q The New York club of the National
baseball league cinched the pennant
by defeating the Boston club in New
York. to 3.
g. Matt McGrath made a new worlds
record by throwing 10 pound hammer
record distance of l9l feet inches;
former record $50 feet inch.
OCTOBER.
Z Ralph De Palma won the Vanderbilt
auto cup on the Wauwatosa course,
Wis: time hours 20 minutes 3l.54
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JUNE.
d French submarine warship Vende
marie sunk in collision with the bat
tleship Saint Louis OFF Cherbourg
crew of q drowned.
OCTOBER.
1 The British b. submarine cut in tive
by an ocean liner In the English chan.
mel; 10 drowned.
DECEMBER.
10. British battleship Centurion ran dowr
the Italian steamer Derna in the Eng.
lish channel and sank her with all hei
crew,
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Servian army defeated the Turks at
KumanoVa.
NOVEMBER.
g. Greek troops captured Saloniki from
the Turks.
Il. Desperate Bulgarian attack in front OF
Constantinople repulsed by the Turks.
is The Balkan allies captured Monastfr
from the Turks.
Is. Delegates representing Turkey and the
Balkan states met near Constantine
pie to confer on peace.
q. Servian troops seized Durazzo, an AL
bantam port on the Adriatic sea-
DECEMBER.
8. The Balkan league powers. with the
exception of Greece. signed an armis-
tice with Turkey.
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occldTtu tHdL - ny AIHericdH Frese
William Lori Association.
had not hesn Woodrow Wilson.
duly elected TO that body.
AUGUST
Z The United States senate warned for
eign nations against acquiring naval
military sites near United States pos
sessions
s. National convention OF the Progressive
party met at Chicago.
I. Theodore Roosevelt and Hiram John
son nominated by the Progressive ma
tional convention at Chicago.
h Second regular session OF the ed con-
gress closed.
SEPTEMBER.
u Judge Alfred B. Beers of Connecticut
elected commander In chief of the @.
A. r. at Los Angeles.
OCTOBER.
10. DR.. Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller
institute was awarded the Nobel prize
OF $4,000 for achievement in surgery.
Us. Peace protocol signed by Italy and
Turkey, bringing to an end the war
over Tripoli.
NOVEMBER.
8. Governor Woodrow Wilson OF New
Jersey and Governor Thomas R. Mar
shall OF Indiana elected president and
vice president on the Democratic tick
ct by an overwhelming electoral ma
1ority. Popular vote: Wilson, s,l56, 74S:
Roosevelt, 3,s2s.i4o; Taft. 1916, APP; Debs.
673.7S3 approximately: Chafin 1854
= Treaty between Great Britain and the
United States adjusting the north At
lantic fisheries controversy ratified in
Washington.
DECEMBER
Z Last session OF the SD congress
opened.
& President Taft recommended measures
to strengthen the army and navy In
his annual message to congress.
B. woodrow Wilson's 10Th birthday cele-
brated at Staunton. Va. where he was
born in 1856.
y. The commercial treaty OF 1892 with
Russia. which was abrogatsd by the
United States, terminated