The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-01-02

|Ayc4ce n Russia are stronger than
I5tt+ possibly made SO by the Balkan
1ere nave been some few spats be- |
q France and Germany, but moth.
I any way approaching a breach
K2matic relations. The falling of
Q or German war balloons on
territory created some little
fent, as did the mobbing of
{erman subjects by French citi-
border towns. France, as well
-. United States, underwent a
$ntial election in 1913, placing a
amocratic and a very diplomatic
In the Office Of chief executive
dent Poincare.
In the Far East.
M e far east several things Of mo-
! yen occurred In 1913, among them
Vthe pinese rebellion and establish
ugenqpr a republic, and in Japan the
Teatlp f the Mikado and the success
SION his son and the anti-American
dfmoHtrations and riots as a result
OF t~headoption of the anti-alien land
otnint law in California.
Yin tn realm Of science and explora-
tiPn tlere have been but few develop
ments that could positively be desig-
mated q disappearing.
IThediscovery OF the south pole and
thf Disaster to the Scott expedition
both occurred in 1912, although the
rate Il Captain Scott was not made
In owl TO the world until 1913. DR..
Fredrth Franz Friedman, discover
er of 1 cure" for tuberculosis, made
his appearance in 1918, but the value
Of DR.. Friedmann's cure" and other
cures for that dread disease an,
nolnctd at about the same time. are
very ouch open to doubt. Great strides
have Undoubtedly been made In the
treatment of cancer, but no positive
cura has yet been discovered, although
much nas been learned about the value
Of raaium.
Aviation is progressing rapidly
Much attention to %aeronautics ha,
been paid by the various European
goverpments from a military stand
poe but no means Of making aero
pla g anywhere neal safe have we
beel discovered. France has organize
II Famed a military aviation corp
tbs 7ould unquestionably be Of grea
yaYAin a of war, and German
haf evoted much time and money t
dill lie b%allooning. The Unite
StaI has spent some $50, 900 durin
the ar in military experiments |
avla N.
The number of deaths resulting frol
aviation has not been especially larg'
Ayiators have died. just as aviator
died IN 1912, and Germany suffered
number of disastrous accidents to Ze
pelln dirigible balloons. Many OF 81
accidents Of aeroplanes resulted fro
fancy exhibition flying and militar
experiments. The year 1913 saw tt
first ~aeropiane flight over the Pauan
, canal.
On the Panama Canal.
|, In Panama great developments ha,
| taken place. October 10 last saw IL
< ~dynamiting of Gamboa dixie, being Il
4 removal Of practically the last seriol
obstruction in the big ditch. The C
nal is now almost completed, SO far
a trans-continental waterway is co
e cerned, although not yet prepared f.
t the passage Of steamers from ocean
ocean. Work has also been begun
the buildings and grounds for the gre
n Panama-Pacifc International expo
ton, to be held in San Francisco
d 1915. as a celebration Of the form
r opening of the Panama canal. In tn
j. connection 1t may be mentioned sol
s slight international Ill feeling m
e have been caused by the refusal of t
British and German government
q participate officially in the San Fra
v cisco exposition. German and Ell
n lish merchants, however, will take pa
l. on their own accounts.
l. The United States may congratula
h itself that, barring the case Of Ha
Schmidt, the New York priest, the
have been few gruesome and startli
lie murders during the year.
a New York state furnished the mi
sensational bit Of local politics of t
a year in the impeachment and reno
ID OF Gov. William Sulzer, followed
If Suffers nomination by Progressi,
and election to the state assembly.
% In the world Of sports the Unit
I'd States still stands supreme. In ad
#. ton to humbling the British polo
in challengers, the United States furtl
il shocked Johnny Bull when Fran
W Ouimet. the youthful golf wond
walked away from the English expe
in the national open golf champions
.. at B%rookline. Mass. and by the "
a. ming of the international Davis ten
sd cup. Americas supremacy in spo
of was further recognized during the y
ID when King Gustave Of Sweden I
In scented the American athletes with
40 medals and trophies won at the Oll
pic games in Stockholm in 1912.
sporting world suffered a shock. h
he ever. when 1t was learned that III
Thorpe. the famous Carlisle Ind