The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-07
ID eight-oared crew beats

Horse racing resumed IT. New York
tate on May 80. -.
Jim Thorpe admits he is a profess
sional athlete and resigns Olympic
trophies, January 27.
Philadelphia Athletics defeat the
New York Gia<ys in the worlds cham
pionship base Sall series, October II.
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. ... .......
/ Robert G. Fowler flies cross the
Panama canal April q.
Crocker Land Exposition sails from
New York July I'd.
DR.. Hudson Stuck reaches the sum-
init of Mt. Mckinley June 20. "
DR.. Simon Flexner announces the
discovery of the germ Of infantile
paralysis.
o.. Arrival of DR.. Friedrich Franz
acknowledgement test Of his
tuberculosis serum started March II.
Discovery Of radium as a cure for
cancer announced, doubt cast upon the
discovery by the American Associa-
ton for the Cure Of Cancer.
Aviation death list in Germany for
1918 reaches go; France 81; England
10; Italy 4; Russia 8; Argentine Re
public 4; Japan 8; Turkeys; Aus
tria /; Brazil 1; Switzerland I; Scot
land 1; Canada 1; Portugal 1; Moroc-
CO 1; China l and United States Is.
Marriages and Engagements.
Wedding Of Princes Victoria-Louise,
only daughter Of the Kaiser and
Prince Ernst of Cumberland May "a.
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, Sec
ond daughter of the president, mar
ries Francis Bowes Sayre at the
White House Nov. 25.,
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. ~.
Prince Arthur of Connaught marrtes
the Duchess of Fife, Oct. is.
Dethroned King Manuel of Portugal
marries the Princess Of Hohenzollern
at Singmaringen, Germany.
Miss Helen Gould married Finley
J. Shepard.
Mexico.
General Felix Diaz released from
p%enitentiary in Mexico City and at
tackled the National Palace, Feb. 6. :
President Francisco Madero forced
to resign and is imprisoned at the Ma
tional Palace. Mexico City.
Gustavo Madero, President Ma
dero's brother. is arrested by General
Huerta and imprisoned in the Ma
tional Palace, February 10.
Gustavo Madero is executed by the
order of General Felix Diaz Feb. 10.
President Madero and Vice-Presi-
dent Pine Suarez are shot down while
trying to escape" ~,
General Victoriano Huerta proclaim
ed provisional president Of Mexico
Feb. 10. r'
Rise of General Venustiano Carran.
"a in the north Of Mexico.
Capture of Juarez and Chihuahua.
Rise Of General Francisco ("Pan.
cho") Villa as a leader Of Carranza's
Constitutionalists in the north OF
Mexico.
Felix Diaz stabbed in Havana, Nov.
9Th.
President Woodrow Wilson declines
to recognize Euerta as Constitutional
president Of Mexico.
Mexican rebels fail in attack on
Tampico. but resume assault.
United States battleship fleet and
international squadron gather at Vera
Cruz and Tampico to protect foreign
interests. .
Balkan Wars.
Adrianople falls, March rs.
Scutari surrendered to Montenegro,
April %.
Peace treaty of Balkans signed in
London. D.,
i Miscellaneous. -.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst visits the
United States, Oct. 18.
Gettysburg encampment Of confed'
crate and Union veterans fifty years
after the battle of Gettysburg, held on
July Is.
Harry K. ,Thaw, slayer Of Stanford
White, escaped from Matteawan In
sane asylum and fees to Canada. He
Is elected from Canada and seeks ref
uge in New Hampshire, where the
Ease Is still pending in the o. 8.
courts. e.
Steamship Aquitania to be the larg'
est steamer in the world, launched in
England, April g..
Colonel Roosevelt starts on South
American hunting trip, visits Rio
Janeiro, Brazil; Sac Paulo. Brill;
Buenos Ayres. Argentine Republic
and Valparaiso, Chile:
Mendel Bells tried and acquitted
Of ritual murder at the Holy City"
of Kiev, Russia.
Gamboa dixie last obstruction In the
Panama Canal blown up with dyna-
mite on Oct. 10th.
Buildings of the Panama-Pacifc Elk
position started at San Francisco. Ger
man and English governments decline
to participate.