The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-12-31
THE RECORD OF
N | DIARY FORM /:
Shipwrecks, Accidents,
Storms and Fires, Sporting
Events and Conventions
" Of the World

force against Huerta. Americans
warned to leave Mexico.
Labor Troubles: In riot at Ludlow
mining colony. Colorado. 26 persons
were killed
Convention: Daughters of the American
Revolution met In Washington.
q. Mexico; American warships captured
Vera Cruz, losing II killed and 81
wounded: Mexican loss. 126 killed 1876
wounded.
e. Mexico: United States troops ordered
to Vera Cruz. Head of the United
States legation left the Mexican cap
ital
q. Mexico: Argentina, Brazil and Chile
offered to mediate between the United
States and Mexico
e. Fire: Fire in Baltimore caused loss
OF <,35O,00O. ;.
q. Mexico: Mexico accepted mediation.
%. Mining Disaster: Mine explosion and
fire entombed 206 miners at Eccles.
w. Va
MAY.
1 Obituary: Gen. Daniel Sickles, noted
Federal corps commander and Get
tysburg hero, in New York city: aged
s..
6 Conventions: United Confederate Vet
Grams met at Jacksonville Fla.
T.. Personal: Eleanor Wilson. daughter
of the president, married in the White
House to William Gibbs McAdoo.
10 Obituary: Nine. Lillian Nordica, not
ed singer. at Batavia. island Of Java;
aged IS.
II. War Victims: Memorial exercises to
United States sailors killed at Vera
Cruz at the Brooklyn navy yard;
President Wilson took a leading part.
Is. Mexico: Rebels captured Tampico.
Is. Explosion: IA men killed by explosion
Of chemicals at Detroit, Mich.
1a Panama Canal: Regular barge serv-
ice began in the Panama canal.
20. Mexico: Mexican federal army evac-
uated Saltillo: rebels occupied the
city.
Mexico: Mexican mediation congress
met at Niagara Falls.
Is. Conventions: American Library asso-
citation met in Washington.
Obituary: Francis kossuth. son Of the
great Hungarian patriot, Louis Kos
suth. in Budapest. Hungary; aged 70.
Political: BY majority vote Of II the
Irish home rule bill passed the Brit
ish parliament.
26. Obituary: Jacob A. Riis. author and
reformer. at Barre, Mass.
Sporting: Buskin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park.
q. Sporting: Durbar H.. an American
owned horse. won the British Derby
at EPSON downs.
q 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. gulf
Of st. Lawrence. Out Of LAG on
board. 452 were saved. l.0A drowned.
JUNE.
I. Obituary: Theodore Watts Dunton,
poet, novelist and critic, close friend
Of the late Algernon Charles Swim
burne In London: aged g..
& Panama Canal: The 1000 ton steam
ship Alliance passed through the Ga
tun locks Of the Panama canal on
test
Storm: Hail and snow, the latter ~
inches deep. fell in Paris
10. Conventions: Biennial convention OF
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs opened In Chicago.
II. Sporting: Mary Browne and Mrs. Rob-
ert Williams won the womens dou-
bles tennis championship at Philade-
phia: score. Sc, 6-2
IL Obituary: Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
vice president Of the United States.
1887. in Chicago: aged 70.
H. Volcano: Lassen peak. California. .
supposed extinct volcano. suddenly
81
smoke. fire and ashes
l6. Conventions: National Society Of
Daughters Of the American Revoiu-
ton met at Minneapolis.
Storm: Terrific thunderstorm in Paris
caused loss OF life and great dam
age to property; sewers and subway
were flooded and chasms opened in
the streets
Political: Panama tolls exemption re-
a 0oV -.
le Sporting: English polo team won the
prize cup. defeating the American
team 1 to 2A at Meadowbrook. N. 7.
IL Obituary: Frank Hiscock. former
United States senator and political
colleague of the late Thomas c. Plat
In his heyday, in Syracuse. N. T.:
IA Sporting: Yale won the varsity eight
& defeating Harvard Is second, at New
London. Conn.
- Aviation Disaster: military air men
killed in a mimic attack of an aero
plane on dirigible ship at Vienna.
Austria. 81 ~
q. Obituary: Baroness Bertha Won SUIT
ner. Austrian writer on peace and
winner Of the Nobel peace prise In
1906, in Vienna; aged Il.
q Storm: Tornado at WATERFOWL. 8. D..
killed 3 persons and injured % others.
Sporting: Buckhorn defeated Buskin in
sf the Brooklyn handicap on the Aque-
duct course. New York.
~ Kiel Canal: The reconstructed kiel
canal opened by the German emperor.
William IL
Is. Mexico: A. B. G. mediators signed
peace protocol at Niagara Falls. The
protocol provided for a provisional
government in Mexico and its recog-
milton by the United States and the
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