Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-01-07
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Yale, June &c. z
Francis Ouimet wins the national
open golf championship at -Brooklines
Mass, September 20. a #
~ America wins the Davis tennis cup,
July 2s. @ sS 55!.$
| Horse racing resumed in New York
state or May 80. g. .z3ss a 2 +; !,
| Jim Thorpe admits he Is a profess
sional athlete and resigns Olympic
| trophies, January ~. II y; 4.
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the
| New York Giants in the worlds cham
| pionship baseball series, October IL.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for
the Americas cup is accepted by. New
York Yacht club.
Invention and Exploration.
Vihlijamar Stefansson sails from
British Columbia on Arctic Expedi-
ton June II. .&:r2 ,s543;g3 s$ 4
/ Robert G.. Fowler flies cross the
Panama canal April ~.
Crocker Land Exposition sails from
New York July I'd. ast
DR.. Hudson Stuck reaches the sum-
nit of Mt. Mckinley June 20. * n
q. Dr.. Simon Flexner announces the
discovery of the germ Of infantile
paralysis as$, Z I. 4. Il s. -5js X XII q. 4. II
Arrival of DR.. Friedrich Franz
F'riedmann-govern test of his
tuberculosis serum started March IL.
Discovery of radium as cure for
cancer announced, doubt cast upon the
discovery by the American Associa:
| ton for the Cure Of Cancer. Il
Aviation death list In Germany for
1913 reaches 80; France 81; England
10: ItalyLl4; Russia s; Argentine Re-
public 4 Z Japan 8; Turkey 81; Aus
tria i; Brazil i; Switzerland l; Scot
Hand 1; Canada /; Portugal L; Moroc-
co 1; China l and United States 20. =
Marriages and Engagements.
ii Wedding Of Princes Victoria Louise,
only daughter Of the Kaiser and
Prince Ernst Of Cumberland May "a. 4
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, sec
ond daughter of the president. mar
ries Francis Bowes Sayre at the
White House Nov. Is. u III
Engagement of Vincent Astor to
Miss Helen Huntington announced.
Duke of Croy marries Miss Leish-
mann, daughter of the American am
bassador to Germany, Oct. p. &:
Prince Arthur Of Connaught marries
the Duchess of Fife, Oct Is. n
i Dethroned King Manuel Of Portugal
marries the Princess of Hohenzollern
at Singmaringen,G Germany. ~
Miss Helen Gould married Finley
J. Shepard. Il II. N Ri
Mexico. y
General Felix Diaz released from
penitentiary in Mexico City and at.
tackled the National Palace, Feb. s. n
i President Francisco Madero forced
to resign and is imprisoned at the Ma,
Ijtional Palace, Mexico City. ,sys 81 .s
Il, Gustavo Madero, President Ma.
'dero's brother, is arrested by General
/! Huerta and imprisoned in the Ma.
i tional Palace, February 10. ss. sa a
Gustayo Madero is executed BY the the
order Of General Felix Diaz Feb. -.
President Iadero and vice-P resi-.
dent Pine Suarez are shot down while
trying to escape. = Z 5ss 333
General Yictoriano Huertas proclaim
Il ed provisional president Of Mexico
Feb. 10.
Rise Of General Venustiano Carran
"a In the north Of N exico. I.
Capture Of Juarez and Chihuahua.
4 Rise Of General Francisco ("Pan
cho") Villa as q leader OF Carranzat
A Constitutionalists in the II north o
Z Mexico. III "A. 4 IA
d Felix Diaz stabbed in Havana, Nov
X 9Th. II 5 4. j, 81 a ~. ,F:i$
President Woodrow Wilson declines
d to recognize Huerta as Constitutions
president OF Mexico. IN Z, s5 BIZ
4 l&E Mexican rebels fail in u attack OF
I Tampico3 but resume assault. q
n United States battleship feet AM
Y internationa! squadron gather at Ver'
Il Cruz and Tampico to protect foreign
Z interests.
s Balkan Wars.
y Adrianople falls, March rs. 3
1 scutari surrendered to Montenegro
4 April %. n s5s. 4
Peace treaty Of Balkans signed 4 +
3. London. Ess. s3s
Z g i$5 Ri XII; Miscellaneous. G
Mrs. Emmelfne Pankhurst visits tn
y United States, Oct. 1S 55s slss
1 Gettysburg encampmen Of confed
crate and Union veterans fifty year
after the battle Of Gettysburg, held q
4 July is. ~ 81 IS ri 5EF
z Harry X. Thaw, slayer Of Stanford
4 White, escaped from D1atteawans8 In
y sane asylum and fees to Canada. HI
! is elected from Canada and seeks ref
a uge in New Hampshire, where thu
case is still pending In the Q. 9
courts. u a !.a'5 III K Il @
Steamship Aquitania to be the larg
Il est steamer in the world, launched II
. England, April Q, b IL y. & s.5 I'm
Colonel Roosevelt starts on Soutl
L American hunting trip; visits Ri
/ Janeiro,, Brazil; Sac Paulo, Brill
= Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic
+ and Valparaiso, Chile. S S2
Mendel Bells tried and acquitted
4 OF ritual murder at the Holy City
OF Kiev, Russia. 4
Gamboa dixie last obstruction in Thu
Panama Canal blown up with dyna
mite on Oct. 10th. A5
Buildings Of the Panama-P Pacific Ell
4 position started at San Francisco. Ger
man and English governments decline
to participate.
4:s 5Ss:3 Labor Disputes. t
| indianapolis street car strike be
gins Oct. 81. & G%
Copper strike in Michigan started
July %. sl s@
Prisoners in the indianapolis dyna
mite conspiracy spend the first day II
Fl. Leavenworth penitentiary Jan:S1
Firemen, engineers and trainmen O.
Eastern railroads demand increase
and better hours. Matter adjusted By
arbitration. LII
| Hotel walters strike in New Yorl
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