The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-31
CLOSING YEAR HELD
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son, beautiful daughter of the Presi-
dent.
Barring Mexico's barbarous active
ments, there have been few assassi-
nations in countries generally recog-
nized as being civilized. George l.
King of Greece, was assassinated by
a mad anarchist in Salonika, March
Is. In Turkey the Commander-in-Ch chief
of the Ottoman forces in the Balkan
war, Envery Bey, was slain on Febru-
airy II. This was followed soon after
by the assassination of Nazim Pacha,
Turkish Premier. Turkey and Mexico
appear to have been contending with
each other for honors in the line of as
sassinations, with Mexico slightly in
the lead.
European affairs have gone along
rather as usual, barring a few extra
startling outbursts by suffragists in
England, such as the sensational sui
eide OF the young suffragette who
threw herself before the Kings horse
in the Derby and was killed Political
ly England has been in a Juror, which,
however, is nothing out of the ordi-
nary. The year has seen the very re
markable rebellion" of Ulster, under
-
and the organization of an army" OF
Ulstermen to resist enforcement OF
the Home Rule Bill should it pass Par
lament.
British Labor Troubles.
England has also had its share OF
labor troubles. There have been large
strikes at home and in Ireland, nota.
bly, the Dublin riots, led by Jim Lar
kin. All of the European powers have
gone on as heretofore in the construc.
ton of battleships and the armed
camp" policies of Germany, England
and Russia are stronger than ever
possibly made so by the Balkan wars
There have been some few spats be
tween France and Germany but moth
ing in any way approaching a breach
of diplomatic relations. The falling OF
couple of German war balloons on
French territory created some little
excitement, as did the mobbing Of
some German subjects by French Cit
liens in border towns.
In the Far East several things Of
moment occurred in 1918, among them
the Chinese rebellion and establish
ment of Republic, and in Japan the
death of the Mikado and the success
sion of his son and the anti-American
demonstrations and riots as a result
of the adoption of the anti-alien land
owning law in California.
Few Scientific Achievements.
In the real of science and eXplora
ton there have been but few devel
opments that could positively be desig
mated as disappearing The dis
covery of the South Pole and the dis
aster to the Scott Expedition both oc
| Cured in 1912, although the fate oil
| Captain Scott was not made known
to the world until 1913. DR.. Frederick
Frantz Friedman, discovered of {
"cure" for tuberculosis, made his APP
| pearance in 1913, but the value of DR.
Friedmann's cure" and other cures
| for that dread disease announced al
about the same time, are very much
open to doubt.
Aviation is progressing rapidly
Much attention to aeronauticS has
| been paid by the various European
governments from a military stand
point, but no means of making aero
planning anywhere near safe have vel
heen discovered. The United States
has spent some $4,000 during the veal
in military experiments in aviation.
Aviation Fatalities Decrease.
The number of deaths resulting from
aviation has not been especially large
Aviators have died, just as aviator:
died in 1912, and Germany suffered {
number of disastrous accidents tt
Zepplin dirigible balloons. Many of the
accidents of aeroplanes resulted from
! fancy exhibition flying and military ex
! periments. The ar 1913 saw the frs
aeroplane flight over the Panama Ca
nal.
In Panama great developments have
taken place October 10 last saw th'
dynamiting of Gamboa Dyke, being thu
removal of practically the last serious
obstruction in the big ditch. The Ca
nal is now almost completed, so IA
as a trans-continental water way il
concerned, although not yet prepared
for the passage of steamers from oceal
to ocean. Work has also been begun OF
! the buildings and grounds for thu
great Panama-Pacific International Elk
position, to be held in San Francisco
in -915, as a celebration of the forma
| opening of the Panama Canal.
Few Grewsome Murders.
The United States may congratulate,
itself that, barring the case OF Ham
Schmidt, the New York priest, Their
! have been few gruesome and startlfn!
| murders during the year.
New York state furnished the mos
sensational bit of local politics of tn
year in the impeachment and remov
al of Governor William Sulzer, follow
ed by Suffers nomination by Progress
sives and election to the State Assem-
bly,.
In the world of sports the Unite'
States still stands supreme. In add
ton to humbling the British Polo Gu
challengers, the United States furthe
shocked Johnny Bull when Franci
Ouimet, the youthful golf wonder
walked away fro mthe English expert
in the National Golf Championship a
Brookline, Mass, and by the winnin
of the International Davis Tennis Guy
Americans supremacy in sports wa
further recognized during the yea
| when King Gustave of Sweden pre-
sented the American athletes with tn
medals and trophies won at the Olyu
pic games in Stockholm in 1912. Tn
sporting world suffered a shock how
ever, when it was learned that Jim
Thorpe, the famous Carlisle India
athlete. really belonged IN the class
fication OF professional" He volul
tarily renounced the trophies he ha
won as an amateur in the 0lympi
games.
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