Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-31

King Charles. ascenued throne Oh
Roumania-
i2 Sporting: Boston Nationals won third
game I'm worlds series. Score. 5 to T.
In Boston.
Is Sporting: Boston Nationals defeated
American Athletics in fourth and de-
Gliding game of the worlds series
Score. s TO l.
Is. Storm: Rain broke drought OF
weeks duration.
Panama Canal: Earth slides in CuIebra
cut closed the Panama canal to traffic.
Is. Mexico: Mexican convention of dele
gates proclaimed itself sovereign rul-
er of Mexico
90 Convention: American Bar associa-
ton met in Washington.
Il Panama Canal: Culebra cut reopen
ed to traffic by dredging.
q Political: War tax bill became a law.
g. Storm: Phenomenal rainstorm follow
ed by flood in the San Antonio river:
10 drowned in San Antonio.
Obituary: Rev. Edward Judson. son OF
Rev. Adouiram Judson. the Indian
missionary and pastor OF the Judson
Memorial church In New York city;
aged IL
%. Obituary: Gen. Sir Charles Douglas,
chief of stan OF the British army.
in London: aged Ga.
a. Mining Disaster: Explosion in the
Mitchell mine, Royalton. Ill. caused
the loss of SO lives.
Is. Balkan Conspiracy: Prinzip, VINO As
sassinated Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand OF Austria sentenced TO %
years imprisonment for the crime:
OF his fellow conspirators were SEN
fenced to death and others from
years to life.
40 Sporting: Alfredo De Orc defeated
George Moore for the three cushioned
billiard championship by 80 to IS in
New York.
n. Anniversary: Historical pageant in
n terCAntey-
nary OF the beginning OF commerce
in that port
Sporting: Harvard beat Michigan at in
tersectional football. I to o. at Cam
bridge. Chicago and Wisconsin played
to in football at Madison. Wis. Illi-
nois defeated Minnesota at football.
u to G. at Minneapolis. MINI.
NOVEMBER.
l. Obituary: Gen. A. r. Chaffee, u. g. A.
retired. veteran OF the civil and Span
ish-American wars. at Los Angeles,
Cal: aged -.
2. Mexico: Gen. EulaMe Gutierrez was
elected provisional president of Mex
leo by the national convention.
s. Obituary: Prof A. s. King, veteran
aeronaut. in Philadelphia; aged So
4 Obituary: F. A. Heinze. the copper
king" at Saratoga Springs, n. Y.
6. Obituary: Prof. August Weissman. cell
ebrated zoologist. at Freiburg, Ger
many; aged so.
Cattle Disease: United States govern
ment Guaranteed Iowa and Massachu
sets against cattle diseases. making
ten states in all under quarantine
]. Sporting: Harvard defeated Princeton
20 to 0. at football at Cambridge. Yale
beat Brown. IA TO 6. II New Haven
Michigan scored 81 to PENIS at Ann
Arbor.
;. Convention: American road congress
met at Atlanta. Ga. American Fedora
ton OF Labor met IN Philadelphia.
Mexico: Carranza. chief OF the Mexican
Nationals. defied the national conven-
ton.
}. Convention: United Daughters of the |
Confederacy met at Savannah. Ga.
|. Fire: Plant OF the American Window |
Glass company at Jeanette. Pa. burn |
ed: loss 81. O0O.O0O.
Conventions: w. =. T. U. convention |
met at Atlanta. Ga. National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage association met |
At Nashville. Tenn
. Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton al |
football, 10 to IA. al Princeton. y. J.
Illinois beat Chicago. Il to /. at foot
ball at Crbana. III.
/. Financial: Fed eral reserve banks open
ed. releasing 1860. $4,000 for loans.
Personal: DIR. Anna Shaw elected presi-
dent OF National Woman Suffrage as
ISOLATION.
Convention: National Apple show open
ed at Spokane. Wash.
. Personal: Miss An1a A. Gordon elect
ed president w. g. T. L.
Convention: National Municipal league
met in Baltimore.
Mexico: villa seized Provisional Presi-
dent Gutierrez and several members of
the national convention
Mexico: Villas troops occupied Quere-
taro. a strong fortified city
Obituary: Rev. Robert J. Burdette. for
mer newspaper humorist lecturer and
author, at Los Angeles: aged a.
Shipwreck: % lives lost on Lake SUI
perior by the wreck OF steamship c. r.
Curtis and two scnooners during a
Personal: Samuel Gompers elected
president American Federation of La
Dor.
Sporting: Gourlet and Grenda. Austria
liam team. won the six day bicycle 3
race in New York: distance for l42
hours. 2.75s miles l lap miles l lap
ahead OF record Harvard beat Yale
at football. SO to 0. at New Haven.
Hannes kolehmainen ran six miles
across country in Sc min. ~ sec in
Brooklyn. n. Y. Illinois defeated Wis
consin in conference football contest
Madison. Wis. % ~ g
Mexico: u. :. army evacuated Vera
Cruz.
shipwreck: IS deaths in the wreck
ing OF the schooner Hanalei on Dux-
bury reef, Cal
Mexico: Zapata's troops took posses
sion OF the Mexican capital
Col X b. beatn, noted vet |
eran in G. A. r. circles, in Philadel-
phia; aged "A.
Sporting: Cornell beat PENNSYLVANIA
"a to u at football in Philadelphia.
Sporting: Army defeated the Navy at
football on Franklin field, PhiladeI-
phia, % to o.
financial: New York Stock Exchange
which closed at the beginning OF the
European war. reopened.
DECEMBER. ,
Fire: On board the steamship Mis-
sissippi destroyed art objects in trans
nit from Europe valued at 81, o0o.OoO
Rear Admiral A T. Mahan.
u S. N. strategist and writer in &
Washington: aged "a
American Civic association met In q
Mexico: Gutierrez. president OF Mex
leo. entered the capital protected by
troops OF villa. and Zapata- L.
Convention: National civic federation
met in Washington
Mexico: Salazar and Campo two for
mer generals under Huerta, proclaim
ed a revolution in Mexico. L.
Socialist international peace confer
ence met at Copenhagen. Denmark.
Convention: American National Red IL
in,