Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-31

States super-dread-
naught, launched at Brooklyn navy
yard.
8. J.. P. Morgan, the banker. shot at
Glen Cove, n. Y, b Frank Holt, a
German college professor.
IA. Harry K. Thaw declared sane by an
advisory jury in New York city.
IA. The state department notified Great
Britain, through Ambassador w. H.
Page. that this country would not
recognize British orders in council as
valid.
q. southold, N. Y, began the 275th an
nfversary of its settlement Q640).
Is. Haitian revolutions invaded the
French legation, dragged out the de-
posed president, Guillaume, and shot
him to death.
q. Haitian snipers killed 2 United States
marines who were in Port au Prime
protecting foreigners.
81. Former Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker executed at Sing Sing for
completely in the murder of Hermann
Rosenthal.
AUGUST
10. United states battleships Louisiana
and New Hampshire sailed for Vera
Cruz, Mexico, to quell anti-foreign
demonstrations.
II. Heavy shipment of British treasure,
including SIS, coo, 900 in gold, arrived at
New York.
Is. Riot in Boston; Italian reservists as
saulted policemen who protected Ger
mans from the mob.
16. National Educational association met
at Oakland, Cal.
Leo Frank, Georgia life convict, forcibly
taken from prison at Milledgeville and
hanged near Marietta, home of his al
legged victim, Mary Phagan.
Il. Great Britain declared cotton contra
band.
"a. Conference of governors met in Bos-
ton.
80. Spanish American War Veterans met
at Scranton, Pa.
81. United States F-4, which sank off
Honolulu March Is, was raised.
SEPTEMBER.
4. 100000 fire on the grain pier in New
port News, Va.
Z. $66, 00O, 900 in British gold reached New
York via the American Express.
Semicentennial anniversary of the Wash
ington grand review of 1866 by 10000
G. A. r. veterans.
Sons of Veterans annual encampment
in Washington.
II. Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the explorer,
heard from after a silence of II
months. He was in Banks Land.
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10 Americans were wounded and 40
Haitian rebels killed.
q. Gasoline and dynamite explosion in
the business district Of Ardmore. Okla.
killed SIS people and injured over 100;
property loss $500, 900,
49th annual encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic opened in Wash
ington.
Is. Farmers National Congress opened at
mah
q. Wireless phone talk was accomplished
between Arlington, Va, and San Fran
cisco, 5000 miles.
30, Speech transmitted by wireless phone
from Arlington, Va, to Honolulu, $500
miles.
4. International farm congress opened at
Denver.
Il. National Woman's Christian Temper
ance union met at Seattle, Wash.
q. Wireless t%elephoning accomplished be-
tween Arlington, Va, and Paris.
26. Steamer Hooking sailing under United
States flag seized by a British cruiser
off the port of New York.
30. Great Britain seized at Saint Lucia the
United States steamer Tennessee.
4. Worlds Fair: Panama-Paci1e exposi-
ton closed: attendance over 17,00O, 600;
profits 49, 600, 600.
Ftrd's peace mission set out from New
York.
6. Sixty-fouwth congress convened.
s. Austria asked to disaYow the act of
sinking the ocean liner Ancona.
immigration statistics for 1915 showed
a falling off of arrivals of nearly 6O0,-
900 up to Dec. 1 against the arrivals
of 1914.
a. Conventions: National American Wo-
man Suffrage association meets in
Washington.
Conventions: American Society of In
ternational Law and Pan-American
Scientific congress meet in Washing
ton.
&. Convention: American Historical asso-
citation meets in Washington.