The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-01

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King Charles. ascendsd throne Of
Rcuianiiin-
Il Sporting. Boston Nationals won third
game IN world,s series. Score s % {
n Boston.
n Sporting: Boston Nationals dsfeated
American Athletes IA fourth and do
cidtng game % the worlds series.
Is. Storm storm Rain sres. drought q !.
Panama Canal: Earth slides in culehrai
cut closed the Panama canal to trafic.
Is Mexico: Mexican convention OF dele
gates proclaimed itself sovereign irul.
err oft Mexico. 50
%. Convention: American Bar associa-
ton met In Washington.
q. Panama Canal: culebra cut reopen
ed to tradic by dredging.
4 Political: War. tax bill became q law.
q Storm: Phenomenal lrainstorm follow
ed by food In the San Antonio river;
u drowned m San Antonio.
Obituary: Rev Edward Judson. son OF
Rev. Adoniram Judson. the Indian
missionary. and pastor OF the Judson
Memorial church In New York city;
aged Il.
u Political: cd congress adjourned.
q. Obituary: Gen. Sir Charles Douglas,
chief OF stan OF the British army,
In London; aged "a.
q. Mining Disaster: Explosion In the
Mitchell mine. Royalton, Ill. caused
the loss OF 50 lives.
q. Balkan Conspiracy: Prinzip. who as
sassinated Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand Of Austria. sentenced to 20
years imprisonment for the crime:
80 d.. f.N
fenced TO death and others from a
years 10 life.
%. Sporting: Alfredo De Orc defeated
George Moore for the three cushioned
billiard championship by 20 to IS In
New York.
81. Anniversary: Historical pageant In
New York city toImark the tercenten.
nary OF thu beginning OF commerce
In that port.
Sporting: Harvard beat Michigan at In.
tersectionai football. Ito o.. at Cam.
bridge. Chicago and Wisconsin played
OTTO in football at Madison. Wis. I'LL.
nols defeated Minnesota at football.
q to 0, at Minneapolis, MINI.
NOVEMBER.
L Obituary: Gen. A. r. Chaffee, u. s. A.,
retired. veteran OF the civil and Span.
ish-American wars. ut Los Angeles
CAL; aged r.
Z Mexico: Gen. Eulaie Gutierrez was
elected provisional president OF Mex.
leo by the national convention.
.. Obituary: "prof"5 a.. 8. King. veteran
aeronaut, In Philadelphia; aged s..
T. Obituary: r. A. Iieinze. the copper
king" at Saratoga Springs, N. 7.
l. Obituary: Prof. August We!ssman. cell
ebrated zoologist. at Fre!burg, Ger
many; aged So
Cattle Disease: United States govern
ment quarantIned Iowa and Massachu-
sets against cattle diseases. making
ten states In all under quarantine.
2. Sporting: Harvard defeated Princeton
20 to o. at football at Cambridge. Yale
beat Brown. u to 8, ut New Haven.
Michigan scored 81 to Penn's at Ann
Arbor
.. Convention: American. road congress
met at Atlanta, Ga. American Fedora
ton of Labor met In Philadelphia.
Mexico: Carranza. chief OF the Mexican
Nationals, defed the national convon-
tlon.
10 Convention: United Daughters OF the
confoderacy met at Savannah, Gu.
L. Fire: Plant OF the American Window
Glass company at Jeanette. Pr, burn
cd; loss tl.ooo.ooo
Il Conventions: ". C. T. U. convention
met at Atlanta. Ga. National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage association met
Mt Nashville, Tenn.
IA. Sporting: Yale defeated Princeton ut
football, 10 to II. at Princeton. N. J.
Illinois beat Chicago. p to 4. at foot
ball ut Urbana, III.
10. Flnhncial FEDERAL reserve banks open
ed. releasing $3.50. 900 for loans.
Personal: Dr. Anna Shaw elected prcsi-
dent of National Woman Suffrage as
sociation. 80
Convention: National Apple show open
ed ut Spokane. Wash.
II. Personal: Miss Anna A. Gordon elect
ed-prcsident W. c. T. U.
Is Convention: National Municipal league
met In Baltimore.
Mexico: Villa seized Provisional Presi-
dent Gutierrez and several members OF
the national convention.
10 Mexico: Villas troops occupied Querc-
taro, a strong fortified city.
Obituary: Rev. Robert J. Burdette. for
mer newspaper hunorist, lecturer and
author. at Los Angeles: aged Il.
shipwreck: q lives lost on Lake Su-
perlor by the wreck Of steamship C. Il.
Curtis and two schooners during
storm.
q. Personal: Samuel Gompers elected
president American Federation OF La
Dor.
Sporting: Goullet and Grenda. Austria
Ian team. won the six day bicycle
race in New York; distance for u.
hours, 2f5s miles lap-7 miles lap
ahead Of record. Harvard beat Yale
at football, 50 to Q. at New Haven.
Hannes Kolehmainen ran six miles
across country II 80 min. n sec in
Brooklyn, n. Y. Illinois defeated Wis
consin In conference football contest
ut Madison. Wis. q to Q.
q Mexico: o. s. army evacuated Vera
Cruz.
~ shipwreck: IS deaths in the wreck
Ing Of the schooner Hanalei on Dux-
bury reef. Cal.
8. Mexico: Zapata's troops took posses
sion Of the Mexican capital.
Obituary: Col. r. B. Beath, noted vet
eran In G. A. R. circles. in Philadel-
phia: aged "a.
d Sporting: Cornell beat Pennsylvania
"a to u at football In Philadelphia,
q. Sporting: Army defeated the Navy at
' football on Franklin field, Philadel-
phia, 30 to o.
Financial: Now York Stock Exchange,
which closed at the beginning OF the
European war, reopened.
DECEMBER.
1 Fire: On board the steamship Mis-
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