Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08

In 1913 The first writ issued summon
ing representatives of countries TO form
English parliament. This was the hneai
ancestor of the American congress anu
many of the other World-goveining bod
les In this year King John also yielded
to the Pope. became his vaSsal and coded
him ireland.
In 1919 "A monk. otherwise obscure. dis
covered that certain ingredients. when
placed in hollow obstacle, would propel
stone with great force. In other words,
the cannon was discovered this year.
In 14l3 the union Of France and Ma
varre was contaminated.
Up to this point America was non-eX-
istent as far as history was concerned.
and consequently il is only in LIB that
events dealing directly with this country
begin.
In 1913 Ponce de Leon sailed from Porto
Rico to find the fountain of perpetual
youth. Balboa led an expedition of
twenty i've men across the Isthmus of
Panama and discovered the Pacific ocean.
Spain claimed Florida as a result of its
discovery by a Spaniard. and England
claimed the wholef continent because OF
Cabot's discovery.
In 1919 Capt Argall of jamestown de-
stroyed. pillaged and burnt the French
settlement at Mount Desert. capt. Smith
destroyed the French colony at the mouth
of the st. CroiZ river, burned the desert
ed village of Port Royal in Arcadia Nova
Scotia, and destroyed the cabins of the
Dutch on Manhattan Island. compelling
them. in consequence. To acknowledge the
sovereignty of King James /.
In this year also Pocahontas was
stolen by the coloniStS for ransom and
then married John Rolfe. Also the Dutch
established a trading post on Manhattan
Island. which can be taken as the seed
which today represents the biggest tree
of trade in this country.
In 1113 Col. James Moore of South Car
DINA defeated the Tuscaroras, who were
fortified at Snow Hill in North arolina.
The tribe then moved north. joining the
Iroquios Confederation as the sixth ma
ton. Also the treaty of Utrecht ended
the hostilites between France and Eng
land. giving TO the latter Canada and
suzerainty of the Iroquois Confederation
of Indians. This treaty, also. is blamed
by MANY as being the f.ginning of a
state of affairs which VS. wired out only
with the civil war. liz tie twelfth article
Of the treaty exclusive right was given
to an English coHipanH to land African
slaves It American ports.
1t was during !.!i. to-, that $40 fami
lies of Lutherans settled 81 Schoharie, n.
Y. ana mar. irish iA-tsnytarians We're
driven to America hy the test act. The
English also established a trading post
i'm this year ~ Os1 ego y. Y. and by a
treaty Wit tie Five Nations diverted the
Indian trad from the French to the
British settlers.
In 1918 came the military operations
against Great Britain by Gen. William
Henry Harrison, comma nding the army
of the west: 10y Gen. Dearborn, com
manding the army of Americans near
Niagara river. and Gen. Hampton lead
ing the army of the north. near Lake
Champlain. During this year there were
also FIVE great naval battles, in which
ships Were either captured sunk At
one Of the prime pal Sieges. at Fort MefSs,
Gen. Hampton with 1900 men, reinforced
by LOO under Gen. Henry Clay of Ken
lucky, beat off the British. The British
We're also repulsed by other Americans
at Sacketts Harbor and Fort George.
Admiral Cockburn burned Havre de
Grace. Md. in this year. The British
frigate Shannon defeated and captured
the American frgate Chesapeake, east of
Cape Ann, in about fifteen minutes. 1t
was also during 1913 that Capt. Law
renee. the American commanding officer,
died with the words which have inspired
American boys in all these 1O0 years
which have followed, Don't give up the
ship" During the whole year American
privateers burned more than 800 British
vessels.
Also in 1879 there were many men
born who in the years that followed dis
tinguished both themselves and the coun-
try of their birth Among these were
James Dwight Dana, Henry Ward Beecher,
Stephen A. Douglas. Gen. John c. Free
mont. Admiral David Dixon Porter. Allen
G. Thurman. Lyman Trumbull and, it is
said. the famous Indian chief Tecumseh,
head of the Shawnees. 1t is also inter-
esting to note of Admiral Porter that he
was not only born in the year 1913. but
died Friday, February Is. 1871.
But whether or not Friday the 18TH pof-
tends good or evil is a matter of personal
opinion and belief. Among the prominent
men Of the United States are many who