South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-12-31


lerta resigned and fed. leaving ths
"a 10 CsrTanza. the ConStitutiUnaliSl
rst chief. villa and others.
carrsnzs ana Villa Break.
The United States was beginning Il
reathe easily when the break betW,e.i
Ie first chef and Villa occurred
le Ia 'he dictatOr:al attitude OF g
rmer This rupture threatened
I'D our soldiers III Vera cruz .ndti
IJely but 10 shaw our good faitb the
ere wIthdra VII Oh Nov Il. Short
ter this CarranZa established his pro
,SiOnai government In Vera Cruz
nile Zapata. the bandit hirf. an,
lila took possession OF Mexico City
wing Us three men TO deal with.
The .ong session OF congress eventu
.ly came 10 an END Oh Oct ~. bur re
JLvened OH Dec Z. Four times since
he first of the year both houses A.
nt session have been addressed pei
unally by the president
A feature of congress this year is III
4O.On.OuO APPROPRIATED for an Ala
an railroad TO be owned and built b
le government, opening rich territory
he war tax bill became law Oct. ?:
nd AT one stroke congress wiped uu
he deficit In the budget caused by III
falling of of customs revenue fO
which the great war was responsible
The sum of S25.OOOOOO went from
our Golfers TO those OF Colombia in tn,
nelated recognition or her rights I'm IN.
i'anama ca nal deal Many treaties nav
ueen made within the past year. u
merous peace agreements having beei
signed
The general elections in November
reduced the Democratic majority from
TAI IN the present house to 10 In the
next
Fire and tragedy gave their nsuai
shares Of destruction and death 10 this
year The historic city of Salem
Mass, burned with a loss of $4,000.
90 But OvershadOwing this was the
sinking of the steamship Empress OF
roland by the collier StOrstad in the
It Lawrence river May 29. resulting
n the drowning of 1.O24 persons.
Panama Canal Opened.
The Panama canal was opened e
traffic in 1914 Ships are now passing
through regularly, although landslide:
sometimes impede traffic Colone
tiOethais was nominated governor OF
me canal zone on April l.
For many months an internal strife
brew the attention OF state and IA
rional authority Ii was ip April thar
the country first awOke TO the serious
ness of the Colorado coal strike. Oh
the Goth the miners and militia clash
ed. twenty-five being killed. including
women and children. Federal troops
were called. and only this held IL
check what at one time looked as
though 1t might develop into uncon
trollabl proportions.
The Boston Nationals (the Braves
dnder the leadership OF George L
Stallings. crept up from the bottom
and defeated the Philadelphia Ameri
'anS 1E four straight games TOT Tue
worlds championship. the tirst time
such a thing has ever happened
Americans of world renOwn have
lied during 1914 The whole country
nourned with President Wilson the
oss OF his wife on July 6 A south,
ern and a northern general died. re
>pectively. General Buckner. at eighty
and General Sickles. at ninety
George Westinghouse. inventor of tn
tir brake. died ar sixty seven Adlai /
Stevenson. vice president during Cleyc
lands second term. was seventy -eis
when be died in June. The highe.
court in the land lost one Of its men
bers. Supreme Court Justice Horace !
Lurton dying at the age of seventE