The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-01-01
1918 IN BREF
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Mexico: The sdeposed president and vice
president Of Mexico, sAfadero and sus-
Tezs were Killed In d. mysterious man.
nsrs while under guard by revolution
iists, M Z
q. Sporting: Alfredo De Orc, the pool
champion, defeated Thomas Hueston,
challenger fof the worlds champion
ship, byla score OF 2oQito 15I.
o Fire: T%heSburningl OF the Dewey hotel,
Omaha. caused a.heayy loss Of life.
MARCH
4 shlpwreck: British steamer CaIvados
if%otipdered In tile sea OF Marmora: 90
lives lost
Fire. LOSS Of 10000 at Argenta. Kan.,
by the burning OF the Gulf Compress
kcompany's plant. 6.
q Disaster at Sea-: German torpedo boat
Destroyer S:lTS sunk in c~oIlision on
Helgoland and a OF the crew perished.
Political: Woodrow Wilson %inaugurated
as the 18th president Of the United,
Q Historical: The ship Niagara. which
Commodore Perry used In his vlcto-
rloust battle o 5Lake Erie Insists, was
raised from tile bottom OF the lake
near Erie. Pa.
Balkan War: The Greeks captured ia.
nina from the Turks. securing $1,000
prisoners, !.
Political: The senate confirmed Presl.
dent Wilson'S cabinet nominations as
follows: State. William J. Bryan2of
Nebraska: treasury. william Gibbs
McAdoof Of New SYak: wnr, Lindley
Murray Garrison of New Jersey: at.
torneya general. James CLARK McReyn-.
ODDS! OF Tennessee: postmaster general,
Albert, Sidney Burleson OF Texas: navy,
Josepbuss Daniels Of North Carolina;
interior. Franklin Knight Lane Of CAL
ifornla; agriculture. David franklin
Houston of Missouri; commerce, VIII
hamlCox Redfeld of New York: labor,
William Bauchop Wilson Of Pennsyl-
yaiiias. !. size ~ r;
spoftlnsis Mcdonald scored anew worlds
record bytfurllng the y pound SHOT -
KiyiatH 'Iiadeg new worldly Record by
runniifsl 1000 yards In. . minutes IL 4.5
seconds In New York. bttggf1JT|
Z. Explosion: About 20 men killed and Cd
Injured by explosion OF dynamite In
transit on the steamship Alum Chine
IN Baltimore harbor.
8. Fire: AT Yokohama; loss OF s7,50o,U0.
u. Obituary: DR.. ]. g. Billings. Federal
war veteran, author and librarian, In
New York city: nged "a.
u. Storm: Electrical tornado swept over
the lower southern and southwestern
states: 100 deaths.
Fire: Plant Of the Elmira Telegram de.
stroyed; loss $4,000.
i. Storm; A blizzard ragged from Illinois
to tile Dakotas.
Is. Greece: King George assassinated at
Saloniki.
n. Storm: Blizzard and cyclonic storm
rnyaged the central and southwestern
states. destroying over 100 lives and
property valued at several million dol
Greece: King Constantine assembled the
throne!
q Obituary: Frank 8. Black, ex-governor
of New York and noted lawyer. in
Troy. aged CO.
a. storm:s Cyclone killed 10 outright at
Terre Haute and injured over 800 many
mortally. Over 20 killed In Omaha,
where lao houses were burned or
wrecked. Many Nebraska towns smit-
ten
o. Obituary: Field Marshal vlscount Gar
net Joseph Wolseley. amou British
soldier. at Mentone. France: aged 50.
Is. Flood: Waters reached their height In
Ohio; 400 lives lost, and estimated prop
erty loss above scoo.ooo.oO.
q. Balkan War: Turks surrendered Adri-
anopleS TO tile Bhlgafians and SeryIans
with 6l.QQol prisoners. Allied troops at
tucked the Turkish lines at the Chatai-
ia defenses of ~Constantinople.
q. Obituary: John Pierpont Morgan. cap.
ttalist, In Rome: aged 81.
APRIL.
!. Personal: Ex-Presldent W. H. Tiff
took up his duties as professor at Yale
university.
:. ConyentIon: international congress OF
Historical studies convened In London.
suffngettes: Emmeline Panxhurst SEN
tepced TO 8 years imprisonment IN.
London for s%uffragette outrages.
I. Political: President Wilson fead a mes
sage before congress In joint session,
revtytng nscustom abandoned In, 1901.
10 Sporting: Major baseball leagues OPEN
"a the.seasonSof iisi2
II Obituary. John B.S Henderson, former
United States senator and author OF
tie 18th samendment to.the constitution.
In washington aged 50! NsHg' u
IA Railroad Accident: 7skiHed, In a eoli-.
sfon on the Vermont Central near ST.
Lambert Canada.
IS Stflks.G 1JuJ SBeislanE Workncn went
on o strike for equal suffrage.
Personal: Illness o, Pope Plus changed
for(the worse 3
obltuafyS Carl Hagsnbeck, notediantmai
collector and Snowman, near Hamburg.
Germany, AGED e.. :
Convention: Congress OF the Daughters
OF the.Amerlcant Revolution opened In
WaAhington.
Personal.3 Funeral OF John PIerpont
Morgan held ineNewtY ork city.
Convention: National Council OF Women
met IN Washington.
IL Aviation Disaster: The French mi!ir
tary balloon Zodiac hurst at height
OF go feet at Noisy-le-Grand. France:
4totieers iandsa piiot killed.
PERSONAL Crisis In the Illness Of Pope
Plus; death seemed Imminent
o. Personal: Mrs. William Cumming Sto-
~ elected president general OF the
Danghtersgof the Anglican Revolution.
q. Balkan War: The 2 s@..Ssh fortress; Of
scutatft captured BY NJ ntenegrins.
=. Mining Disaster: 10 coal miners killed
by explosion In the Cincinnati mine at
COURTNEY. Pa,
Dickens Reminder: Mrs. Mary Ann Coop
et. original Of Dickens Little Dor.
ritz died In London In her 10th year.
o, Strike. The industrial strike In Bel
GUM for equal suffrage ended: loss
caused by the strike estimated at $50.
Ioco,ca2
MAY.
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