Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-01-01


race at Henley. England
l. Sporting Harvard oarsmen won the
Grand Challenge cup rowing event
a Henley. England
I. Sporting: Freddie Welsh OF Wales
won the lightweight championship OF
the world at Olympia England. de-
feating Willie Richie, the American
champion, in 20 rounds
D. Aeronautics. Eight balloons started
from St Louis in the elir'nation race
for the James Gordon Rennett cup
?. Obituary: Associate Justice Horace
Harmon Lurton of the United States
supreme court, at Atlantic City. \
aged 90
Aeronautics: Balloon Goodyear won the
elimination race for the Bennett cup.
having funded at Constance. Ky. 800
miles from the starting point beating
all competitors
8. MeXico; Gen. Victorlano l1uerta re-
signed his office as provisional presi-
dent Of Mexico; succeeded by Car
bajal.
g. Sporting: Gunboat Smith lost to
Georges Carpenter in a boxing bout
in London in the 9Th round by a foul.
O. Mexico: EX-Presdent Huerta OF Mex
leo sailed from Puerta, Mexico. on
the German cruiser Dresden.
4. Railroads: United States filed suit
against the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad company
4. ireland: Ulster war clash I'm the
streets of Dublin between Nationalist
volunteers and British troops in the
Ulster war against home rule
3. Cape Cod Canal. The Cape Cod canal.
constructed at a cost of Sl2,O00,0O
thrown open to ships
Il. European War: owing to the war
events in Europe the New York Stock
Exchange closed for the first time
since 1873 (Rlack Friday)
Assassination: Jean Leon Jaures. the
noted Socialist leader of France as
sassinated in Paris.
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NOoOo' l.
S. Nicaraguan Canal: Treaty between
United States and Nicaragua secured
the United States the right to con-
struct a canal through Nicaragua.
Railroad Accident: IS killed and many
injured in a wreck on the Kansas City
Southern at Upton Ford Mo
6. Obituary: Mrs Woodrow Wilson ella
Louise Axson). wife of President Will
son. at the White House. aged 81.
Jules temaitre. French dramatist
poet and novelist. in Paris. aged CT.
10. Mexico: Carbaial. provisional presl-
dent Of Mexico, resigned.
High Prices Price of food advanced
In United States.
e Antitrust: The International Har-
vester company declared an illegal
monopoly and ordered to dissolve.
Sporting: Peter Volo made worlds rec
ord at Kalamazoo, Mich. by defeat
Ing the Harvesters time for three
heats in 1910. Peter Volos time was
2:0i&, 2:052i and 2:0j&
Obituary: John P. Holland, inventor OF
en l9, li Nc submarine 95 Ooai' IN New
70 Poace Traaties. I,rited st,tos eorota
ratifed neace treaties win NorWov
Netherlands Portugal Switzerland
Denmorl Tfalv Salvador Guatemoia
uo1dnros Nic,rac ,,o Bolivi9 poreia
Costa Rina Venezuela Ur,euav, Ar,
gontira Nm ord C,llo
IL Panama canal. panama canal for
mal1v onened "a commerce steamer
Aeon noesed IRON, OCEAN n oceon in
ton hours
10 IVeatber. r1otteet dav of tho season
in Nov Yorlf civ
9o Obituarv. pono Pine fCiusenna
Sertol In the Vatican Rome. AGED 70
Nevico con Venustiano Carranza
chief ~ tho Mevican ravolntion en-
tarod 80 CO, - NIavioo &c 1,ro,,isio,,.
al nrosidart of Tho ran,blic
97 Euronean war, Americans warned
~ leave Furone without deiav
q PanaI Conclove. ConcIove of cardi.
mis- onenad NJ Porna IN elect succes-
cor 70 pona pins
Snoring. Diractum ,rade worlds
rocorJ nv nociro second ord tbird
boats in . rlin,tos eot or Svraonea
Conventione. aSth Nation,l I,ncamnroont
~ tba Crord ARM ~ Tho ponuhiic
mot AZ Detrott Snarieb. Anerico n
war veterars mot Of T,ouisviIa
SEPTEMBER.
L Russia Official name OF st. Peters
burg. Russia, changed to Petrograd.
3. Personal: Cardinal Gacomo Della
Chiesa elected supreme pontiff to sue
coed Plus X
8. Coronation Newly elected pope crown
ed at Rome as Benedict XIV
Sporting: Francis Ouimet won the anna
teur golf championship by defeating
Jerome D Travers 6 up to play, al
Manchester Vt.
g. Anniversary: Centennial celebration
of the Star Spangled Banner" hymn
begun at Baltimore
7. Rainstorm: Phenomenal rainfall fol.
lowed by flood at Kansas City, Mo
Seven inches fell in IL hours loss
s1.5OO,O0O
10. Personal: James Gordon Bennett. pro.
prietor of the New York Herald, mar.