The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-30

Is. Heat Wave: Temperature IS In Nee,
York; hottest Sept. 15 on record.
Sporting: Directum I. made new worlds
pacing record of / sc for three-uuar-
tiers Of mile without wind shield. at
Syracuse, N. Y.
Is. Contraband Trading: British prize
court condemned S15,000O00 worth of
American goods as contraband forfeit
to Great Britain.
Haiti: The United States recognized
the new Haitian government of Pres
ident Dartiguenave and concluded a
treaty establishing protectorate for
ten years
IL. Arctic Exploration: VilhiaIrnur Stef-
ansson, the explorer, heard from after
q silence of II months. He was in
Banks Land and reported finding I'M
charted land.
10. Mexico: Pan-American conferees on
Mexican affairs postponed decision
three weeks
e. Mexico In an affair between United
States troops and Mexican invaders at
Progreso, Tex, l American and II
Mexicans were killed.
Obituary: DR.. Austin Flint, noted physi-
clan and alienist, In New York city:
aged 80.
Is. Obituary: ]. Kerr Hardie noted Eng
lish Socialist, Nj. P. and lecturer, In
Glasgow, Scotland.
II. Explosion: Gasoline and dynamite ex.
plosion in the business district of Ard
more, OKLA, killed IS people and in
jured over 100; property loss $5o0,0 600
Convention: 49th annual encampment of
the Grand Army OF the Republic open
ed In Washington.
IS. Convention: Farmers National con-
gress opened at Omaha.
Personal: President Wilson welcomed
fta NYo+n in No., N
cry. Washington.
Sporting: The Philadelphia club clinch-
ed the National league pennant at
Boston by defeating Boston s to 0.
Wireless: Wireless phone talk was ac-
complished between Arlington, Va,
and San Francisco, 5000 miles.
Conventions: Sons of Veterans annual
encampment in Washington.
War Anniversary: Semicentennial ami
versary of the Washington grand re-
view of 1866 by 10000 G.. A R. veter-
Storm Disaster: Gulf hurricane struck
Louisiana coast; deaths estimated
about $50.
80. Wireless: Speech transmitted by wire
less phone from Arlington, Va, to
Honolulu, 1900 miles.
Sporting: Boston became American
league champion through the defeat
of Detroit by st. Louis, to 2 at De-
troit.
OCTOBER.
/. Personal: Capt E, r. Monfort Of
Ohio elected commander in chief of
the G. A. r.
4. Convention: International Farm con-
gress opened at Denver.
8. Submarine: Germany disavowed the
sinking of the liner Arabic and agreed
RI loco f,P AYno troV
lives when the ship was torpedoed.
9. Sporting: Harvard defeated Carlisle
in football, 20 to z at Cambridge
Gil Anderson won $50 mile auto race
for the Aston cup, at Sheepshead Bay.
Mexico: Pan-American conferees voted
to recommend the Carranza party In
Mexico as the de facto government.
IL. Convention: National Woman's Chris
tan Temperance union met at Seat
tie, Wash.
10. Sporting: Boston Americans defeated
the Philadelphia Nationals in the fifth
and deciding game of the worlds So
ries, to 4, at Philadelphia
10. Mexico: The United States, Brazil,
Chile, Argentina, Guatemala. Bolivia,
Uruguay, Colombia and Nicaragua
formally recognized Gen. Carranza
head of the de facto government of
Mexico.
q Wireless: Wireless telephoning &C
complished between Arlington, Va,
23. Sporting: Cornell defeated Harvard,
10 to Q, at Cambridge, Mass. Princeton
defeated Dartmouth. so to Z, at Prince
ton.
&C. War Blockade: Steamer Hooking,
sailing under United States flag, seiz-
ed by a British cruiser off the port
of New York.
NOVEMBER.
L Obituary: Herman Bidder, German
American editor, in New York: aged Ga.
2 Shipwreck: Steamer Santa Claus, off
Oregon; Is deaths.
G Obituary: P. A. B. Widener. capital
list, in Philadelphia; aged 50.
Football: Harvard defeated Princeton.
10 to 6.
J. Neutral Protest: United States note
to Great Britain declared the British
blockade illegal and q curtailment Of
neutral rights.
10 Japan: Emperor Yoshihito, formally
crowned at Kioto.
Storm: Kansas Nebraska and South
Dakota hit by a tornado; many deaths.
Fire: Loss Of $4,000,0O0 at plant Of Beth
lehem Steel works.
1B. Football: Yale defeated Princeton by
Is to z.
IA. OplCuary: BOOKER L. aSnlngIOus
negro leader and educator, at Tuske-
gee, Ala; aged 81
16. Obituary: Susan E. Dickinson, jour-
nalist sister of Anna E., the girl
orator Of civil war days, in Scran-
ton, Pa; aged 81.
Mine Accident: 80 miners killed by dust
explosion at Ravensdale, Wash.
19. Storm: Record eastern gale Of u
miles an hour on the upper Atlantic
coast.
Obituary: DR.. Solomon Schechter, noted
Biblical scholar and authority, in New
York; aged 60.
20. Football: Harvard defeated Yale, Al
to o. at Cambridge, Mass.
%. Railroad Accident: Is persons killed
in circus train head-on collision near
Columbus, Ga.
Is. Tornado: IL killed and 80 injured by
violent windStorm near Hot Springs,
Ark.
e. Mexico: AT Nogales, Sonora, about 20
Mexicans and American soldiers
were killed in a long range shooting
affair
81. Football: Army beat Navy. IA to O.
in New York.
so. Neutral Rights: Great Britain seized
at Saint Lucia the American steamer
Tennessee.
Explosion 80 workmen killed at the Du
Pont powder plant at Upper Hogley,