Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1913-01-03
BIG EVENTS IN
THE YEAR 1872
NOTABLE HISTORICAL HAPPEN
INGS DURING THE TWELVE
MONTH JUST PASSED
BALKAN WAR GREATEST
Loss of Titanic and Deaths Of ava
tors-Manchu Dynasty Over
thrown-Victory of Dem
ocrats.


New York, Dec. 31.-Much notable
history was written in he year OF
1912. Events of vast Importance ana
of worldwide interest followed each
other in the quick march OF the past
twelve months.
The most significant of these. doubt
less, was the war Of the Balkan states
against the Turkish empire, #hicll.
put a period to the sultan's ancient
supremacy in southeastern Europe.
The sudden rise of the mino states
which comprised the Balkan allies is
one of the marvels of the age. No
less miraculous was the swift and
decisive way in which they swept the
Turks across the plains of Thrace
and forced them back almost TO the
banks of the Dardenelles.
Greatest Marine Tragedy.
The most grievous occurrence OF
the year, especially to America, was,
the sinking of the Titanic on April
ID. The loss of this, greatest of ali
ocean liners, with owe 1,50O people.
was the greatest marine tragedy of
all time. 1t was not only the multi
tude of victims that made the catas-
trophe so overwhelmingly sad, but
the character and Importance of
many of those who sank-the appall-
ing figure being 1919.
In the middle of the night while
the ship was flashing with myriads of
brilliant lights and the great vessel
was ringing with music and laughter,
the Titanic ran head on into a gi~
gantic iceberg while going at the rate
of over 80 miles an hour.
Death in Air.
Death seemed to reign in the air
as well as on the water, during the
year 1912. The number of airmen
who lost their lives was unprecedent-
ed. And one American woman is
numbered among the victims - Miss
Quimby, who fell into the ocean from
the height of a thousand feet. The
year claimed 80 airmen, bringing the
total of all up to 217.
The year marked some improvement
in the hydroaeroplane, but on the
whole the science of flying did not
progress to any material degrees s
Remarkable Political Events.
In the political realm the year 1919
witnessed many remarkable things.
Perhaps the most significant was the
completion of the overthrow of the
Manchu dynasty in China and the in
stallation of the Chinese republic,
with DR.. Sun, a Harvard graduate, as
president.
In America, of course, the most i'm
Nnrtont nn1itiOa1 nuont ~ thn quar-
whelming defeat of the Republican
party, and the return of the Demo
cratic party to power after sixteen
years, with Woodrow Wilson as the
new president.
An interesting feature of the po-
litical movements in this country was
the birth of the Progressive party.
with former President Theodore
Roosevelt as it's godfather.
The year 1912 also witnessed the
discovery of the south pole by Capt
ROAD Amundson, the Danish eX-
plorer.
In the field of science great prog
ress was made, especially in surgical
experiments, The Nobel prize for the
most notable achievement of the year
in the medical field was awarded to.
DR.. Alexis Carrel, of the Rockefeller
Institute. Although DR.. Carrel is a
Frenchman by birth, he has labored
in America for years.
Deaths and Crimes.
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 and Ambassa-
dor Whitelaw Reid.
The Most sensational individual
r crime OF the year, at least in America,
, was the assassination of Herman Ros-
, four gunner acting as agents of Po-
r lice Lieutenant Charles A. Becker.
Another event which stirred the
heart of the nation was the attempt
to assassinate Theodore Roosevelt at
Milwaukee by John Shrank, a New
York crank, who is now in an insane
asylum.
Supreme Court Decisions.
r Several important opinions were
handed down by the United States SUI
preme court, the chief of these being
the opinion touching the Union Pa
ciic merger The action taken by the
court resulted in the dissolving of the
great railroad combination which had
been effected by the late E. H. Har'
riman.