El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-04
DISASTERS. WARS AND
REV1LT5 MAR Old YEAR
Death Reigns in the Air, so AviatOrs Losing Their
Lives; Political Upheaval Marks Year in United
States; One Ocean Disaster, the Sinking Of
the Titanic Claims 1900 Victims.

New York, y. Y, Jan Much no
table history was written in the year
of 1912. Events OF vast Importance anc
OF world wide interest followed eacn
other in the quick march Of the past
u months,
The most significant of these, doubt
less was the revolt Of the Balkan
states against the Turkish emplr e
which put a period to the sultan :
supremacy in eastern Europe. The
sudden rise of the minor states which
comprised the Balkan allies, is one
Of the marvels Of the age No less M
raculous was the swift and decisive
way in which they swept the turks
across the plains of Thrace and Iorced
them back to the banks OF the Daro-
enelles-
The fortunes of this war have caused
the whole world to wonder The very
map of Europe was changed from os-y
10 day. Especially has this war broughI
into significant power the states OF
Servia and Bulgaria and given N1hen
an important voice in the diplomatic
forum, of Europe.
The most grievOus occurrence OF the
wear, especially to America, was the
sinking of the Titanic, on April IA. The
loss of this, greatest of ali ocean nm
ers, with over 1900 people, was the
greatest marine tragedy of all time.
1t was not only the multitude OF VIC
tins that made the catastrophe so
Overwhelmingly sad, but the character
and Importance OF many OF those VINO
sank-tle appalling figure being 1919
In the middle of the night while the
shin was flashing with myriads OF
brilliant lights and the great vessel
was ringing with music and laug inter-
the Titanic ran head on into giean-
tic iceberg while going at the rate o.
over 80 miles an hour
The Dynamite OutraEes.
The conviction Of IS union leaders
a. T-Efon-<ua1f1 Ind. for UEnanllLinz
non union works throughout the
United States, and their sentence to
terms in the federal penitentiary al
LeayenwOrth, was an event tna1
shocked the world in its magnitude.
The cOnfssslanA of the Mcnamara
brothers at5sJ5osF angeles during the
year 10 having bIoeEn up the Times
building, an event that really furnished
the material afpr the prosecution Al
indianapolis. was the most sensational
event in Jfe~aunals OF organized LABOR
in the United States Both these men
are now sewing their sentences in
san Quentin prison IN California.
Death In the Air.
Death seemed. to reign in the air as
welt as o1f the water, during. the year
1912.
The numbsr Of airmen who lost their
lives, was unprecedented and one.
American woman is numbered among
the Victims Miss QpiInhE, who fell
into the ocean from the height OF
1bol5se05 feef The yeeF- claimed 90
airmen, Bringing the total Of 81 sp
TO 217
The year marked some Improvement
In the hydroaeroplane,- but on the
whole, the science of flying did not
progress to any material degree.
In this year Of the most numero6s
air disasters, it is quite significant
that death should claim, by sickness,
the man who invented the first prac-
teal flying craft-Wilbur Wright.
The great American inventor passed.
away at his home in Dayton, O., and
was given one Of the most notable
funerals in the history Of the city.
In the political realm the year 1912
witnessed many remarkable things
Perhaps the most significant was the
completion of the overthrow OF the
Manchu dynasty in China and the in
DR.. Sun, a Harvard graduate as presi-
dent
In America, of course, the most i'm
portant political event was the over
Whelming defeat, of the Republican
party, and the return of the Democratic
party TO power after 16 years, with
woodrow Wilson as the new president
An interesting feature of the pO-
ltical movements in this country was
the birth Of the Progressive party
with former president Theodore ROOse-
Welt as its God father.
South Pole Discovered.
The year 1872 also witnessed the
discovery of the south pole by captain
Road Amundsen, the Danish e1-
plorer.
In the field of science great progress
was made, especially in surgical ez-
perfments. The Nobel prize, for the
most notable achievement of the year
in the latter field was awarded
to DR.. Alexis Carroll, Of the
Rockefeller Institute. Although DR..
Carroll is a Frenchman by birth.
he has labored in America for
years. He is, to all events and pur-
poses. an American, and the work he
did for which he was given the Nobel
award, was performed in an American
institute erected by an American phil
anthropist. Therefore, America claims
the honor.
The year 1912 has witnessed the
passing Of many prominent men.
Among the eminent Americans who
died during the year, were Rear Ad-
miral RObley D. Evans, ana embassa-
dor Whitelaw Reid.
The. most sensational Individual
crime OF the year. at least in Americ 2,
was the assassination OF Herman Rosen-
thai the New York gambler, by four
gunner, acting as agents of police
lieutenant Charles "A. Becker The
latter and mis- four hired murderers