The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-09

Yale. June 20.
Francis Ouimet wins the national
open golf championship at Brookline,
Mass, September 20.
America wins the Davis tennis cup.
July %.
Horse racing resumed In New York
state on May 30.
Jim Thorpe admits he Is q profess
sional athlete and resigns Olympic |
trophies, January q.
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the |
New York Giants in the worlds cham
| pionship baseball series, octdszr II
sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for
the Americas cup Is accepted BY New
York Yacht club.
invention and Expssrstles
yihlijamar Stefansson gals from
| British Columbia on Arctic Expedi-
ton June II.
Robert G.. Fowler flies cross thf
Panama canal April Il.
Croker Land Exposition sails from
| New York July I'd.
Dr. Hudson Stuck reaches the sum
NIT Of Mt Mckinley June 20.
Dr.. Simon Flexner announces the
discovery Of the germ Of infantile
paralysis.
Arrival OF DR.. Friedrich Franz
F'riedmann-govern test Of his
tuberculosis serum started March II.
| Discovery Of radium az a cure for
cancer announced doubt cast upon the
discovery by the American Associa-
] sfc,, fo. Trvo NJ
Aviation death list in Germany for
1913 reaches 30; France 81; England
10. Italy 4; Russia 8; Asc1tine Re
public 4; Japan 8: Turkey 8; Aus
tria 1; Brazil / Switzerland 1; Scot
land /; Canada /; Portugal l; Moroc-
CO Z: china and United States 25.
Marriages and Engagements.
Wedding OF Princes yictoris-Louise.
only daughter Of the Kaise- and
Prince Ernst Of Cumberland May "a.
Miss Jessie Tood-pE Wilson. sec
ond daughter OF thu president, mar
ries Francis Bowes Sayre at the
White House Nov. 25.
Engagement Of Vincent Astor TO
Miss Helen Huntington announced
Duke Of Croy marries Miss Leish
mann, daughter Of the American am
ba Jsador to Germany. Oct. q.
Prince Arthur of Connaught marries
the Duchess Of Fife. Oct IS.
Dethroned King Manuel OF Portuga
marries the Princess of Hohenzollerr
at Singmaringen, Germany.
Miss Helen Gould married Finley
]. Shepard.
! MexIcn-
General Felix Dia> released from
penitentiary In Mexico City and at
: tackled the National Palace. Feb. s.
President Francisco Madero force,
!; TO resign and is imprisoned at the Ma
tional Palace. Mexico City.
Gustavo Madero. President Ma
dero's brother, is arrested BY Genera
Huerta and imprisoned in the NJ
= tional Palace, February Is.
Gustavo Madero is executed by th
order Of General Felix Diaz Feb. 10.
President Madero and yice-Pres
dent Pine Suarez are shot down Will
= trying to escape"
General yictoriano Huerta proclaim
: ed provisional president Of MeGcI
= Feb. 1e.
!. Rise OF General yenustiano CarTal
"a in the north Of Mexico.
r Capture OF Juarez and Chihuahua.
/, Rise Of General Francisco ("Pal
cho"l Villa as leader Of Carranza
ID Constitutionalists In the north I
y Mexico.
Felix Rsz stabbed IN Havana, No
d 9Th.
Is President Woodrow Wilson decline
d to recognize Huerta as Constitution
president of Mexico.
al MEXICAN rebels fail in attack {
Tampfco, but resume assault.
United States battleship feet ar
international squadron gather at We
r. Cruz and Tampico to protect foreis
i'd interests.
" Balkan Wars
Adrianople falls, March IS.
al Scutari surrendered to MontengI
April %.
Peace treaty Of Balkans signed
IN London.
NJ Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst visits {
M United States. Oct. Is
nd Gettysburg encampment OF confs
r. erxse and Union veterans fifty yea
after the battle Of Gettysburg. held
July Is.
ne Harry K. Thaw, slayer Of Stanfo
nd White, escaped from Matteawan
sane asylum and fees 10 Canada
a., e elected from Canada and seeks r
~ uge in New Hampshire, where
case is still pending in the U.
IN courts.
~ Steamship Aquitania TO be the Is
est steamer in the world. launched
an. England. April 2
nm Colonel Roosevelt starts on SOU
Americas hunting trip, visits T
ro- Janeiro, Brazil; Sac Paulo. Bril-
m. Buenos Ayres. Argentine Repuh
and Valparaiso, Chile.
Of Mendel Bells tried and acquitt