Graham guardian., 1913-01-31

| WRECKS ana FlOOQ6-O6meS All
Races A Chronological Review.
| JULY.
1. Sporting: Miss May Sutton won th
clay court tennis championship Of tn
| United States by defeating Miss Mar
Brown at Pittsburgh
Aviation Disaster: Miss Harriet Quimby
the frst woman to cross the Englis
channel In an aeroplane. killed In tigh
at Boston.
Z Aviation Disaster: The great dir,Eibl
balloon Akron exploded In night at Al
lantic City. N. j.. killing s aeronauti
including Melvin Vaniman. her pilot
Personal: The cornerstone Of the Pulitse
school Of journalism laid In New York
Political: Woodrow Wilson nominate,
for president by the Democratic con
vention at Baltimore
Fire: Fire In the business district o
North Adams. Masa. caused loss o
100000
L Obituary: Gen. Robert Frederick Hoks
. distinguished Confederate veteran, q
Raleigh. N. c.; aged 70.
Political: Governor Thomas r. Marshal
nominated for vice president by tn,
Democratic convention al Baltimore.
1 Railroad Accident: Il killed and man,
injured on the Delaware and Lacka
wanna railroad In a rear end collision
at Gibson's Narrows. N. 7.
Sporting: Ad Wolgast declared winner
In a II round contest for the light.
weight championship. defeating Joe
Rivers at Los Angeles, Cal. Jacl
johnson defeated Jim Flynn in the
ninth round for the heavyweight cham
pionship at East Las Vegas. N. M.
/ Anniversary; The memorial lighthouse
to commemorate the tercsntenary OF
Champiain's discovery Of tho lake
which bears his name was unveiled al
Crown Point, N. Y.
Railroad Accident: q killed anc 30 in
jured In an accident on the LigonieI
Valley railroad at Wilpen. Pa
{ Sporting: Formal openieg of the Olym.
pic games at Stockholm.
Z. Sporting: Jim Thorpe Of Carlisle. Pa
won the pentathlon In the Olympic
games at Stockholm.
L Obituary: Robert Wiedemann Barrett
Browning. only son Of the English
poets Robert Browning and Elaabet
Barrett Browning. at Asolo. Italy
aged g.
Convention: 6oth annual convention OF
the National Education associat ion
met at Chicago.
4 Fire: Thousand island park swept by
FIRE: loss $4,000
Convention: The North American Es.
peranto congress met In Boston.
Mine Disaster: 81 lives lost in a mine ex.
plosion at Conisboro. Yorkshire. Eng.
land.
10 Political: The national Prohibition con.
= vention met At Atlantic City. ". j
Il Sporting: Ted Meredith (American NJ
won the 400 meter race in the Olympic
games. making q new worlds record:
time g seconds. y
n Obituary: Gen. H. M. Dufield. veteran
Of the civil and Spanish American
wars. at Detroit.
Political: BY q vote Of IS to % the Unit.
cd States senate declared that William
Lorimer Of Illinois had not been duly
elected to that body.
II Railroad Accident: l6 killed in q colli-
sion on the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy railroad at Western Springs,
Ill
IL Sporting: X. X. Macarthur Of South
Africa won the Olympic Marathon at
Stockholm.
Is. Sporting: America won the track and
field meet at Stockholm with l2S points
to Sweden's lN and Englands &c
Thorpe. tho Indian. won the deca thlon
Is. Storm: A cloudburst at Denver caused
100000 damage.
IT, Obituary: Henri Poincsre. the world
famous mathematician. In Paris: aged
S.
10. Italian War: 8 italian torpedo boats
tried to run the Dardanelles and were
driven back by the fire Of Turkish
forts.
Storm: The mining towns OF Mazuma
and Seventroughs, New, were nearly
wiped out by cloudburst: many per.
sons killed. .'
40 Fire: A 100000 fire In Vancouver
B. Z.
Obituary: Andrew Lang. English poet
critic and novelist. at Banchory. Scot
land; aged g.
a Sporting: Olympic games ended Swe-
den won with a total of 1888 points
United States. 12s: England. Is United
states led In firsts with S: Sweden
Second with 23. We
y. Fire: A 100000 oil fire at Marcus Hook
Pa
Obituary: Fannie Denham Rouse, prob.
ably the oldest actress In America. al
Ohiovilie, N. p: aged 81.
Convention: The first international eu.
genics congress met In London
sporting: Arthur Chapple ran a motor.
cycle a mile a 39l-6 seconds and 81
records, at Brighton Beach, n Y
Is Storm; A cioudburst caused da mage ir
southwest Pennsylvania; mines flood
ed and a wide area Inundated: many
deaths " 81" ~ ''
~ Aerohautics: Z huge gas balloons start.
ed from Kansas City In an elminat tior
race for the James Gordon Bennet,
contest 10 be held In Germany
~ Aeronautics The balloon Uncle Sam
which left Kansas City on the Tth
landed al Manassas. Va, having trav
eled 92s miles. beating 8 competitors II
the Bennett elimination race.
~ Sporting: Ernest Barry. the English
hampton sculler defeated Richard
Arnst Of Australia on tho Thames
course for the sculling championship
Of the world
y Obituary: Mutsuhito, emperor of ia
pan. at Tokyo: aged 90, tSucceeded b.
his son Yoshihito)
AUGUST.
4 Political: The United States senat,
warned foreign nations against acquir
ing naval military sites near Unitet
States possessions.
3. Storm: Snow fell in Pennsylvania.
l. Sporting: Arthur Chapple drove a mo
torcycle mile In 3S as seconds a
Brighton Beach. beating his own rec
ord Of July ~
s. Political: National convention Of tn,
Progressive party met at Chicago.
Z Political: The sultan Of Turkey dis
solved parliament: Young Turks lead
ers removed.
T. Political: Theodore Roosevelt and FIJI
ram Johnson nominated by the Pro
gressive national convention at Chica
90.
J. Accident: Explosion In the nationa
palace Of Haiti at Port au Prince Kill
cd President Leconte. and 100 other
we're killed or wounded.
Earthquake: An earthquake In Turke,