Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-12-31


naught, launched at Brooklyn navy
yard.
s. ]. P. Morgan. the banker, shot at
Glen Cove, N. Y, by Frank Holt, a
German college professor.
IA. Harry x. 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.
81 Southold, N. Y, began the 275th an
niversary of its settlement Q640).
S. Haitian revolutions invaded the
French legation. dragged out the de-
posed president. Guilaume, and shot
him to death.
29 Haitian snipers killed United States
marines who were in Port au Prince
protecting foreigners.
80. Former Police Lieutenant Charles
Becker executed at Sing Sing for
completely in the murder of Hermann
Rosenthal
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 $19OOO,0OO in gold. arrived at
New York.
L. Riot in Boston; italian reservists as
saulted policemen who protected Ger
mans from the mob
l6 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.
a. Great Britain declared cotton contra
band.
ton.
30. Spanish American War Veterans met
at Scranton. Pa.
81. United States F-4, which sank off
Honolulu March Is, was raised.
SEPTEMBER.
g. $2OOO,OOO fire on the grain pier in New
port News. Va.
Z. $66,0O0,0O0 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
IL. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. the exnIorar
heard from after a silence of II
months. He was in Banks Land
26' In an action near Cape Haitien, Haiti,
10 Americans were wounded and 20
Haitian rebels killed.
y. Gasoline and dynamite exnIosion in
the business district of Ardmore. Okla.
killed 55 people and injured over 100:
property loss S5O0,OOO
18th annual encampment Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic opened In WASH
ington.
o. Farmers National Congress opened at
Omaha
.. wireless phone talk was accomplished
between Arlington, Va, and San Fran
cisco, 1900 miles
30. Speech transmitted by vfrelesa rbono
from Arlington. Va, to Honolulu. IsDO
miles. ''O'N
OCTOBER
4 International farm congress opened at
Denver.
IL National Womans Christian Temper-
ance union met at. Seattle. Wash. 4
H. wireless telephoning ACCOMPLISHED be-
tween Arlington. Va, and Paris.
D. steamer Hooking sailing under United
states nag seized by a British cruiser
on the port of New York.
NOVEMBER.
w. Great Britain seized at Saint Lucia the
united states steamer Tennessee
DECEMBER
WORLDS Fair: Panama-Pacific exposi-
tion closed: attendance over II mn 0oa.
profits S2.oo0.oOo ''''''
Ford's peace mission set out from New
York. -'e~
. snty-fourth congress convened.
4 Austria asked to disavow the aet n,
sinking the ocean liner Ancona.
immigration statistics for 1916 showed
a falling OF Of arrivals Of nearly e1o :
oo up to DEC. against the arrivals
of 1914 '-'''@iS
Convention: National America, w.
man Suffrage association meets in
Washington
a. conventions; American Society Of In
ternauonai Law and Pan-ArnerIcan
Scientific congress meet IN Washins-
ton.
Convention: American Historical as.o-
eiation meets IN Washington
sNTLY IT Is THE PAppp Tuari