Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-31
THE RECORD OF
IN DIARY FORM
Shipwrecks, Accidents,
Storms and Fires, Sporting
Events ind Conventions
of the World

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Il. Obituary: Mckee Rankin. veteran
actor. In San Francisco: aged q.
ls. Mexico: Euerts refused to salute the
United States nag.
u Mexico: President Wilson delivered
n Nsriike message on the Mexican sit
uation and received authority TO use
force against Huerta Americans
warned TO leave Mexico.
Labor Troubles: In a rios at Ludlow
mining colony. Colorado. Is persons
were killed.
Convention: Daughters OF the American
Revolution met in Washington.
Il Mexico: American warships captured
Vera Cruz, losing u killed and 81
wounded: Mexican !oss. l25 killed lsS
wounded
g Mexico: United States troops ordered
20 Vera Cruz Head OF the United
States legation left the Mexican cap
ital
Is. Mexico. Argentina, Brazil and Chile
offered TO mediate between the United
States and Mexico.
%. Fire: Fire in Baltimore caused loss
OF Sl.S5OOdO-
n Mexico: Mexico accepted mediation.
IS. Mining Disaster. Mine explosion and
fire entombed 2Os miners at EccIes.
W. Va
= Obituary: Gen. Daniel Siclies. noted
Federal corps commander and a Get
tysburg hero, in New York city: aged
g. Convention: United Confederate Vet
Grams met Mt Jacksonville. Fla.
I. Personal: Eleanor Wilson. daughter
Of the president married in the White
House TO William Gibbs McAdoo.
10. Obituary: Nine. Lillian Nordica, not
eel singer. at Batavia island OF Java:
aged g.
IL War Victims: Memorial exercises to
United States sailors killed at Vera
Cruz ~ the Brooklyn navy yard: [.
President Wilson took a leading part /.
13 Mexico: Rebels captured Tampico.
Is. Explosion: IA men killed by explosion I
OF chemicals at Detroit Mich.
IS Panama Canal: Regular barge serv- f.
ice began in the Panama canal
%. Mexico: Mexican federal army evac- 4
uated Ssitillo: rebels occupied the
Mexico: Mexican mediation congress !
met at Niagara Falls.
3. Convention: American Library aSso-
citation met IN Washington.
Obituary: Francis Kossuth. son OF the
great Hungarian patriot. Louis Kos
suth. in Budapest. Hungary: aged 80
Political: BY n majority vote OF Il the
Irish home rule bill passed the Brit
ish parliament.
&c Obituary: Jacob a Riis. author and
reforruer. at Barre. Mass.
Sporting: Buskin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park.
"a Sporting: Durbar IL. an American
owned horse. Won the British Derby
~ EPSON downs.
Is Sporting: Francis Ouimet. American
open golf champion. won the amateur
championship OF France at Versailles
Disaster at Sea: Steamship Empress OF
Ireland rammed and sunk by the col
lier Storstad of Father Point. gulr
or St Lawrence. Out OF 1916 on
board. f52 were saved. 1O2i drowned.
JUNE.
Z. Obituary: Theodore watts-Dunton.
poet. novelist and critic. close friend
OF the late Algernon Charles Swim
burne. in London; aged s.
s. Panama Canal: The 1900 ton steam /
ship Alliance passed through the Ga
tun locks of the Panama canal on
test
Storm: Hail and snow. the latter IA
inches deep. fell in Paris
o. Convention: Biennial convention OF
the General Federation OF women's
Clubs opened in Chicago.
/ Sporting: Mary Browne and Mrs. Rob
ert Williams won the women's dou-
bles tennis championship at Phnadei-
phia: score. Sc. g.
g. Obituary: Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
vice president OF the United States.
1897. in Chicago: aged 20
L Volcano: Lassen peak. California.
supposed extinct volcano. suddenly
awoke and sent up clouds of rock.
smoke. fire and ashes.
g. Convention: National Society of
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton met at Minneapolis
bIOfTn. IeTEluc thunderstorm In Paris |
caused a loss OF life and great dam Il
age 20 property; sewers and subway
were flooded and chasms opened in
the streets.
Political: Panama tolls exemption re-
peal blu became a law.
s Sporting: English polo team won the /!
prize cup. defeating the American
team TO "a at Meadowbrook. n. Y. II
! Obituary: Frank HiScock former
United States senator and political
colleague OF the late Thomas c. Piatt
in his heyday. in Syracuse. n. Y:
aged -.
defeating Harvard I-5 second, al New
London. Conn II
Aviation Disaster: military air men
killed in a mimic attack OF an aero
plane a dirigiole ship at Vienna
Austria
: Obituary: Baroness Bertha Won SUIT
ner. Austrian writer peace and Is
winner OF the Nobel peace prize in
1s0o. In Vienna; aged n. 10
/ Storm Tornado at WATERFOWL. s. D..
killed persons and injured 20 others
Sporting; Buckhorn defeated Buskin IN
the Brooklyn handicap on the Aque- n
duct course. New York
: kiei Canal: The reconstructed Riei
canal opened by the German emperor.
William II "a
Mexico: A 3. {. mediators signed
peace protocol At Niagara Falls. The
protocol provided for a provisional
government IN MEXICO and its recog- -.
Aiuosl o. the United states and the
medIattuB powers. Argentina Brazil
and Chile
Financial Troubles: H b. Claim 4
Co. great wholesale dry goods con-
cern. also holding company for nu-
fnerous retail stores. placed In hands %
OF receivers. with liabilities OF Ss4.-
Oo0OoO.
Fire: In Salem. Mass. caused a loss
81 about f12oOo 900: 2o,ooo people made
homeless.
Sporting: Columbia crew won the var
s.ty race NJ Poughkeepsie. leaving
Pennsylvania second and Cornell
third. time, - minutes u as secondH
Sporting: Sardanopis won the Grand a
Pri1 do Paris. tie turf classic of ~
Francs. al Paris. with n pure of
s19.cJJ -
JULY.
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