The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-01-01
THE RECORD Or
II! IN DIARY FORM
Shipwrecks, Accidents,
Storms and Fires, Sporting
Events and Conventions
of the World

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IL Obituary: Mckee Rankin, veteran
actor. in San Francisco: aged ~
ls Mexico: Huerta refused TO salute thu
United States dag.
~ Mexico: President Wilson delivered
warllke message on the Mexican sit.
uation and received authority to USE
force against Huerta. American.
warned to leave Mexico.
Labor Troubles: In a riot Mt Ludlow
mining colony. Colorado, % persons
were killed.
Convention: Daughters Of the American
Revolution met In Washington.
q. Mexico: American warships captured
Vera Cruz. losing II killed and 81
wounded; Mexican loSs. 1as killed lg
wounded.
q. Mexico: United States troops ordered
to Vera Cruz. Head of the United
States legation Left the Mexican cap.
ital.
Is. Mexico: Argentina, Brazil and Chile
offered to mediate between tho United
States and Mexico
%. Fire: Fire in Baltimore caused a Ioss
of 3l.a5o.0oo.
q. Mexico: Mexico accepted mediation.
=. Mining Disaster: Mine explosion and
fire entombed 2os miners at Eccies.
w. Va.
MAY.
Z Obituary: Gen. Daniel slcl,ies, noted
Federal corps commander and Get
tysburg hero. In New YORK. city; aged
g.
& Convention: United Confederate Vet.
Grams met at Jacksonville, Fla
.. Personal: Eleanor Wilson. daughter
Of the president, married in the White
House to William Gibbs McAdoo.
10. Obituary: Nine. Lillian NordIca, not
ed singer at Batavia, island OF Java;
aged 81.
Il. War Victims: Memorial exercises to
United States sailors killed at Vera
Cruz at the Brooklyn navy yard;
President Wilson took leading part.
~ Mexico: Rebels captured Tampico.
10. Explosion: Il men killed By explosion
OF chemicals at Detroit, Mich.
IL Panama Canal: Regular barge serv.
Ice began in the Panama canal.
20. Mexico: Mexican federal army evac.
uated saltlllo: rebels occupied the
city.
Mexico: Mexican mediation congress
met ut Niagara Falls.
.. Conventions: American Library asso.
ciation met In Washington.
Obituary: Francis kossuth, son OF tho
great Hungarian patriot. Louis Kos.
suth, In Budapest. Hungary; aged Is.
Political: BY majority vote OF Il the
Irish home rule bill passed the Brit
ish parliament.
81 Obituary: Jacob A. Rlls. author and
reformer. ut Barre, Mass.
Sporting: Buskin won the Metropolitan
handicap ar Belmont park.
TT
owned horse won the British Derby
at EPSON downs.
%, Sporting: Francis ouimet. American
open golf champion. won the amateur
championship of France ut Versailles.
Disaster at sea:u sten mahip Empress of
ireland rammed and sunk by the col.
lier Storstad or Father Point, gulf
OF st. Lawrence. Out OF It7s on
board, i52 were saved. l,o4 drowned
JUNE.
!. Obituary: Theodore watts.punton.
poet novelist and critic close friend
of the late AIgernon Charles Swim
burne, In London: aged s..
Z Panama Canal: Tho 400 ton steam.
ship Ali!anca pissed through the Ca
tun locks of the Panama canal on
test.
Storm: Hall and snow, tho latter 2,i
inches deep. fell In Paris
10. Convention: Biennial convention OF
the General Federation OF women's
Clubs opened in Chicago.
u. Sporting: Mary Browne and Mrs. Rob.
ert Williams won the wonen's dou-
hles tennis championship at Phlladel-
pha: score. Sc. Co..
10. Obituary: AdlaI Ewing Stevenson.
vice president OF the United States.
1857, in Chicago: aged 70.
\
supposed extinct volcano. suddenly
awoke and sent up clouds Of rock,
smoke, FIRE and ashes.
TO- Conventions: National Society of
Daughters OF the American Revolu-
ton met at Minneapolis.
Storm: Terrific thunderstorm in Paris
caused less Of life and great dam
age TO property; sewers and subway
were flooded and chasms' opened In
the streets.
Political: Panama tolls exemption re-
peal bill became a law.
Is Sporting: English polo team won the
prize cup. defeating the American
team 4 TO ~ at Meadowbrook, N. 7.
Is Obituary: Frank Hiscock. former
United States senator and political
colleague OF the late Thomas c. Platt
In his heyday. in Syracuse. N. Y:
aged TO-
u Sporting: Yale won the varsity eight,
defeating Harvard 1-5 second, at New
London. Conn.
%. Aviation Disaster: military air men
killed in o mimic attack OF an aero
plane on dirigible ship at Vienna,
Austria.
n Obituary: Baroness Bertha Won SUIT
ner. Austrian writer on peace and
winner OF the Nobel peace prize In
1896, In Vienna: aged u.
q. Storm: Tornado at WATERFOWL, s. D.,
killed persons and injured 70 others.
Sporting: Buokhorn defeated Buskin In
the Brooklyn handicap on the Aquo-
duct course, New York.
n KIel Canal: The reconstructed Riel
canal opened by the German emperor,
William II.
Is. Mexico: A. B. c. rnediators signed
peace protocol at Niagara Falls. Tho
protocol provided for q provisional
government in Mexico and its recog-
milton by the United States and tho
mediating powers. Argentina, Brazil
and Chile
Financial Troubles: a. 3. claaln q
Co., great wholesale dry goods con-
Germ. also holding company for nu-
inerous retail stores. placed In hands
Of receivers, with iiabflitian Of "a
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