Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-31

II 1OHYGQ4iQH.# aIHaS1S ASAAfO,tNi 49,
eress opened al Omaha.
p~rsanai President Wilson welcomed
the q, A. r. veterans in Camp hna-
cry. Washington.
Sporting: The Philadelphia club ci'ncn-
ed the National league pennFHt II
Boston by defeating Boston 10 o.
wireless Wireless phone talk Tas ae~
cornplshed between Arlington. Va,
and San Francisco. 5000 miles
Convention. Sons OF Veterans annual
encanpment, In Washington
War Anniversary: Semicentennaai aHhl-
versarv of the Washington grand re-
view Of 1866 by 2n,1M G. A, r yetef-
ans.
Storm Disaster: Guif hurricane struck
Louisiana coast. deaths estimated
about 5so
40 Wireless. Speech transmitted by wire
less phone from Arlington Va. to
Honolulu. $3.50 miles.
gnartinx Boston became American
league champion through the defeat
OF Detroit by St. Louis. to . at De
troit
OCTOBER.
/ Personal. Capt f. R Monfert OF
Ohio e2seted commander tn chief OF
the G. A. II.
l. Convention: International Farm con-
srsss opened al Denver.
s. Submarine Germany disavowed the
sinking Of the liner Arabic and agreed
10 nay Indemnify for loss OF american
lives when the ship was torpedoed.
. Sporting Harvard defeated Carlisle
In football, 20 to :. at Cambridge.
Gil Anderson won so mile auto race
for the Astor cup. at fSheepshead BAY.
Mexico. Pan-American conferees voted
,r.s f1aYty III
Mexico as the de facto government,
II. Convention: National Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union met at Seat
tie, Wash.
IA Sporting. Boston Americans defeated
the Philadelphia Nationals in the NTH
and deciding game Of the worlds Sc
ries, to 1. at Philadelphia.
10 Mexico The United States, Brazil,
Chile Argentina. Guatemala. Bolivia,
Uruguay. Colombia and Nicaragua
forrnalIy. recognized Gen. Carranza
read of the de facto government Of
Mexico.
Il. Wireless. Wireless telephoning sc-
eomultshed between Arlington, Va
and Paris.
n suorfing: Cornell defeated Harvard.
10 to O. Ut Cambridge, Mass. Princeton
defeated Dartmouth. 80 20 7. AT Prince
ton.
a. War Blockade: Steamer HcckiuE.
sailing under United States flag, seiz-
ed by q British cruiser off the port
Of New York.
NOVEMBER.
/. ohltuary. Herman Rfdder, German
American editor. In New York aged III.
Z. sf1ipwreck: Steamer Santa Claus, OF
Oregon; Is deaths.
! fs Obituary: P. A. y. Wide1er. capital
/ ist, In Philadelphia; aged &C.
| Football: Harvard defeated Princeton,
10 10 6.
| I. Neutral Protest United States note
| 10 Great Britain declared the British
! blockade Illegal and a curtailment OF
/ neutral rights.
/ 10. Japan: Emperor Yoshlhito, formally
/ crowned at Kioto.
Storm. Kansas Nebraska and South
| Dakota hit by a tornado; many deaths.
| Fire: Loss Of s4,o0o.o90 at plant Of Beth
iehem Steel works.
/ Is. Football: Yale defeated Princeton by
Is to T.
Il. Obituary: Booker T. Washington.
/ negro leader and educator, at Tuske-
gee, Ala: aged 81.
I l6- Obituary: Susan L, Dickinson jour
| naliat, sister Of. Anna E, the girl
orator" Of civil war days, in Seran-
Z tG1s ia dESu u.
| Mine Accident sc miners killed by dust
/ explosion At Rayensdale. Wash
a. Storm: Record eastern gale Of z
miles an hour on the upper Atlantic
coast
Obituary: Or. Solomon schechter noted
Biblical scholar and authority. In New
York; aged GO.
10 Football: Harvard defeated Yale, 4
to 0, at Cambridge. Mass
e Railroad Accident: Is persons killed
In "a circus train bead-on collision near
Columbus, Ga.
o. Tornado: Il killed and 80 injured by
violent windstorm near Hot Springs
Ark
g. Mexico: At NogaIes, Sonora, about q
Mexicans anu : American soldiers
were Killed in long range shooting
affair
q. Football: Army beat Navy. Il to 0
in New York.
80 Neutral Rights: Great Britain seized
at Saint Lucia the American steamer
Tennessee.
Explosion: 20 workmen killed &; the DE-
Pont powder plant at Upper Hogley
Del.
I DECEMBER.
q German War Charges: The Unite{
States requested Germany to recall