Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-10
WORLD HAS HAD A
FORTUNATE YEAR
No Terrible Catastrophe Has
Marked the TWeIvemo1th.
DEATH TAKES NOTABLE MEN
General Success Of the Democrats and
Startling Developments South OF
the Rio Grande Chief Events
in Western Hemisphere.

New York.-Taken all in all, the
year 1913 has been happy and rather
fortunate one for the world in gen
eral. It was rot marked by any great
catastrophe, such as the San Francisco
earthquake or the Titanic disaster. II
saw the end OF the wars in the Bal
kare, il Witnessed the inauguration 'ol
a Democratic president in the United
States. followed by genuine tariff re
duction without financial panic.
The death roll for the past year has
hit the financial world rather hard, in
GLIDING such notable figures as J. r..
Morgan, Henry NJ. Flagler and James
r. Keene. The Roman Catholic
church also lost two of its most ven
cradle cardinals, Oreglia, dean OF the
sacred college, and Rampolia, once
secretary at the Vatican and who
would have been pope instead of Plus
y had not the emperor Of Austria vot-
ed against him.
In the United States political de-
vcloUments have been extremely IN
teresting. but not startling. Every
thing seems TO have gone The way o.
the Democrats. Democratic victories
were won last November in New York
city. the state Of New Jersey and
state Of Massachusetts. Congress has
passed TIE currency bill, and the bank
ing interests OF the country are ad
justng themselves to it.
AS alarmed as high finance may
have been when it was learned thai
President Wilson believed in Sherma,
law should be clarified" business anC
financial interests have apparently be
come convinced that the presidentt
attitude is not one OF opposition, bu
rather an attitude in which he wOul,
consult and confer with business an'
finance to remedy evils generally ad
mitted to exist.
DoinQs in Mexico.
South of the Rio GraHde develop
ments have been startling and rapid
The year 1913 saw in Mexico the as
sassination of President Francisco Ma
dero, Vice-President Pine Suare2 an
Gustayo Madero. brother of the pres
dent, the usurpation of the presidenc
by Gen. VictOr.ano Huerta, bOoste
into that position by General Fell
Diaz. Then came the rupture betwee
Diaz and Huerta, with the practice
Punishment of DiaZ. Later in 19l
camNthe rise of Venustiano Carranz;
leader of the cons ,itutionalists in tn
north of Mexico with the result tina
the powerful northern states OF Mel
leo are now under his control Scarce
ly had Carranza become famous tina
Francisco "Pancho" Villa, former bal
dit, with a price on his head, leape
into the limelight as a rebel leadC
serving CarranZa, and ii is now que
toned whether Carranza or Villa
the stronger in the leadership OF I'll
constitutionalist forces.
In it's relations with Mexico II
United States has stood firm. Ear
in his administration President WilsC
announced his determination TO vii
hold recognition from the Huerta a
ministration. and although muC
pressure has been brought to a
the president has refused to chanl
; his attitude. Efforts have been maC
to induce Huerta to retire and allow
fair and honest election, without 7
, suit. Today the United States has
; heavy armed force at the border al
an impressive array of battleships c
the coast
, There have been several marriag
of Importance in the past year, al
) a number of engagements of prom
nent persons announced. Foremost
2 the minds of Americans, of course,
; the wedding of Miss Jessie Woodrc
Wilson, daughter of the president.
Assassinations of the Year.
Barring Mexico's barbarous achiey
3 ments, there have been few assassin
= tons in countries generally recogniz
0 as being civilized. George |, king
= Greece. was assaSsinated by mi
5 anarchist in Salonika, March IS.
4 Turkey the commander-in-chief of t
Ottoman forces in the Balkan wa
= Enver Bey, was slain on February
This was followed soon after by {
assassination of Nazim Pasha, Turk
premier. Turkey and Mexico appe
10 have been contending with ca
other for honors in the line of ass;
sination. with Mexico slightly in t
lead
European affairs have gone alo
rather as usual, barring a few ext
startling outbursts by suffragists
England, such as the sensational S
eide of the young suffragette W
threw herself before the kings hor
in the derby and was killed. Poll
cally England has been in a fur
uhich hnmarar il NOTHING nl1t of [