Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1915-01-05
:GLEAN|NCS FROM THE RECORD Of
1874 PRESENTED IN DIARY FORM
Shipwrecks, Accidents,
Storms and Fires, Sporting
Events and Conventions
of the World

of the World !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
II. Obituary: Mckee Rankin. veteran
actor. In San Francisco: aged 70.
l9 Mexico: Huerta refused to salute the
United States flag.
20 Mexico: President Wilson delivered
warlike message on the Mexican sit
uation and received authority to use
force against Huerta. Americans
warned to leave Mexico.
Labor Troubles: In q riot at Ludlow
mining colony. Colorado. 26 persons
were killed.
Conventions: Daughters of the American
Revolution met in Washington.
q. Mexico: American warships captured
Vera Cruz. losing II killed and 81
wounded: Mexican loss l26 killed l9E
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 the United
States and Mexico
26. Fire: Fire in Baltimore caused a loss
of $l.35O.OOO
q. Mexico: Mexico accepted mediation.
%. Mining Disaster: Mine explosion and
fire entombed 206 miners at Eccles.
w. Va.
4 Obituary: Gen. Daniel Sickles. noted
Federal corps commander and Get
tysburg hero. in New York city: aged
50.
g. Conventions: United Confederate Vet
Grams met at Jacksonville. Fla.
Z. Personal: Eleanor Wilson. daughter
Of the president. married in the White
House to William Gibbs McAdoo.
TO- Obituary: Nine Lillian Nordica, not
ed singer. at Batavia. island Of Java:
aged S..
II. War Victims: Memorial exercises to
United States sailors killed at Vera
Cruz at the Brooklyn navy yard:
President Wilson took a leading part.
13 Mexico: Rebels captured Tampico.
Is. Explosion: IA men killed by explosion
of chemicals at Detroit. Mich.
l8 Panama Canal: Regular barge serv-
ice began In the Panama canal.
90 Mexico: Mexican federal army evac-
uated Saltillo: rebels occupied the
city.
Mexico: Mexican mediation congress
met at Niagara Falls.
Is. Conventions: American Library asso-
citation met in Washington.
Obituary: Francis Kossuth. son Of the
great Hungarian patriot, Louis Kos
suth. in Budapest. Hungary; aged g.
Political: BY a majority vote Of n the
Irish home rule bill passed the Brit
ish parliament.
26 Obituary: Jacob A. Riis. author and
reformer, at Barre. Mass.
Sporting: Buskin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park, ).
e. Sporting: Durbar H.. an American
owned horse. won the British Derby
at EPSON downs.
o. Sporting: Francis Ouimet. American
open golf champion. won the amateur
championship Of France at Versailles
Disaster at Sea: Steamship Empress of
Ireland rammed and sunk by the col
lier Storstad off Father Point. gulf
Of st. Lawrence Out Of LAG on
board. 452 were saved. l.024 drowned.
JUNE.
Z. Obituary: Theodore Watts Dunton
poet. novelist and critic. close friend
of the late Algernon Charles Swim
. burne. in London: aged g..
& Panama Canal: The 1900 ton steam
ship Alliance passed through the Ga
tun locks of the Panama canal on a
test.
Storm: Hail and snow. the latter ~
inches deep. fell In Paris.
10 Convention: Biennial convention OF
the General Federation of Womens
Clubs opened in Chicago
II. Sporting: Mary Browne and Mrs. Rob-
ert Williams won the Women's dou-
bles tennis championship at Philadel-
pha: score. Sc. 6-2
la Obituary: Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
vice president of the United States.
1881. in Chicago: aged 70.
a. Volcano: Lassen peak. California. q
supposed extinct volcano suddenly
awoke and sent up clouds Of rock
smoke. fire and ashes.
l6 Conventions: National Society of
Daughters of the american Revolu-
ton met at Minneapolis.
Storm: Terrific thunderstorm in Paris
caused loss 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 law.
l6 Sporting: English polo team won the
/ prize cup. defeating the American
team to "a at Meadowbrook. N. 7.
l& Obituary: Frank Hiscock. former
United States senator and political
colleague of the late Thomas c. Platt
in his heyday. in Syracuse N. T.;
aged 70.
49, Sporting: Yale won the varsity eight.
defeating Harvard is second. at New
London. Conn.
killed in a mimic attack Of an aero
plane on a dirigible ship at Vienna.
Austria.
q. Obituary: Baroness Bertha Won SUIT
ner. Austrian writer on peace and
winner Of the Nobel peace prizo In
1905, in Vienna: aged IL
g Storm: Tornado at WATERFOWL. 8. D..
killed 9 persons and injured 40 others
Sporting: Buckhorn defeated Buskin in
the Brooklyn handicap on the Aque.
duct course, New York.
a Kiel Canal: The reconstructed KieI
canal opened by the German emperor.
William II.
g. Mexico: A. r Z. mediators signed
peace protocol at Niagara Falls The
protocol provided for a provisional
government in Mexico and its recog.
milton by the United States and the
medatng powers. Argentina. Brazil
and Chile
Financial Troubles: H. q. Clafiin &
Co.. great wholesale dry goods con-
Germ. also holding company for nu-
merous retail stores. placed in hands
Of receivers. with liabilities Of $34.-
100000.
b. Fire: In Salem. Mass. caused a loss
Of about 1000: 10000 people made
homeless.
Sporting: Columbia crew won the var.
sity race at Poughkeepsie, leaving
Pennsylvania second and Cornell
third time, 10 minutes 81 40 seconds.
g. Sporting: Sardanople won the Grand
Prix de Paris the turf classic oi
France. at Paris. with a purse OF
t600O0
JULY.
l. Navy: The use of liquor on ship
board In the United States navy was
prohibited by order of the secretary