The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-12-28

Domingo hafbor; 90 ~ the crew dead
75 in urea
Sporting: The lawn tennis double,
champions W n Johnston aud g. J
Gridln, retained their titles by defeat.
ing MCLoushln ana Dawson at For
est IIiils. y. Y. scores 6-i J-i G-3
Convention; G0th national csclmpmeni
Of the Grand Army of the Republic
opened at Kansas city, Mo
o. Obituary; John r ST. John, noted
Prohibition leader, nominee for presi-
dent IA 1855 at Olathc Kan; need SG,
Personal. William II. Patterson of PHts-
burgh elected commander in chief OF
the G. A. r. w r. Church of Chi
cago elected commander in chief OF
the Sons u Veterans,
SEPTEMBER,
. Obituary: Samuel w, Pennypacker,
noted ex-governor Of Pennsylvania, at
Schwouckayillc, Pa. aged q.
g. China: Janan demanded that China
give up police authority in inner Mon
golla
Labor: hour railroad labor bin signed
by the president
Explorations Lieut.. Shackleton antare-
tic explorer landed IN Chile with %
survivors Of the marooned party on
Elephant island
l. Memorial: Lincoln cabin shrine at
Hodgenvllle, Ky, formally delivered
to the United States
Sporting: Welsh, lightweight champion
boxer of the world, defended his title
at Colorado Springs by defeating
White in 20 rounds.
s. Sporting: Richard Norris Williams of
Philadelphia won the Sational tennis
championship by defeating William M
Johnston of San Francisco, at Forrest
Hills, n. Y. Score, 4-G, GA G-2. GA.
Belligerent Rights: United States de-
clined to class submarine merchant
ships as warships.
g. Panama Canal: Navigation reopened
by removal of bowlder which fell on
Sept. l.
Mexico: American-Mexican conference
met at New London, Conn.
Z. The Plague: Deaths from paralysis
plague In New York city reached
2047.
3. Sporting: Charles Evans, Jr C'Chick')
won the national amateur golf cham
pionship by defeating Champion Rob-
ert A. Gardiner at Philadelphia, up
and to play.
ls Fire at Sea: Pacific coast liner Con-
Ore; loss S1,250.0Oo.
lG Obituary: Horace White old time jour.
nalist, in New York city: aged 50.
Mexico: band of troops estimated at
500 TO LOO led by Villa, raided city Of
Chihuahua Fighting reported with
Carranza troops in which bandits lost
heavily.
II. Obituary: Seth Low, educator and civ
ic leader in New York city; aged 65
49, Obituary: Prof. Frank Dempster
Sherman, art teacher and poet, in New
York city; aged t6.
o5 Sporting: New York Baseball club
(Giants) completed string of q con-
secutive games by defeating st. Louis
Cardinals in double header In New
York.
Stocks: Steel leaped to 100 on New York
Exchange.
3d. Sporting: James Aitken won the As
tor cup auto race $4,000, at Sleeps
head Bay.
OCTOBER.
l. Accident. IA killed, 2J hurt, In collision
of street car with train In Detroit
Baseball: Boston Red Sox clinched
American league pennant.
8. Baseball: Brooklyn cinched the Ma
u nal league penn1nt.
L. Obituary: Maj William Warner, for
mer T. S. senator from Missouri and
past commander in chief of the G. A.
r., in Kansas City, Mo-; aged 70.
7. Submarine: German U-53 dropped an
chor in Newport narbor al the end
of II days run from Wilhelmshaven.
O. Neutrality: United States notified al
lied powers that 1t would continue to
ayfe pf int a
law to submarines.
/. Greece: France took over the navy
of Greece
2 Baseball: Red Sox defeated Brooklyn |
in the fifth and decisive game of the |
world series, winning the champion
ship.
7. Greece: Allies took control Of Athens |
by force.
!. Anniversary: Yale university com /
memorated z00th anniversary OF re-
moyal to New Haven by mammoth |
pageant.
Austria Austrian premier Count |
Ssucrgkb, asgassiBated in Vienna by /
Ludwig Adler. political opponent
3. Sbipwrcck: Steamer Merida lost In a
storm on Lake Erie with Is sailors.
Tie James l.. Colgate also went down
with Il sailors.
). Obituary: william M. Chase, noted
portrait painter, in New York city;
aged q.
,. Anniversary: Pittsburgh began cele-
bration CT its loJth year as a city
|. Obituary: Charles Taze Russell,
prelcbcr and editor. known as Pas
tor Russell. at Pampa, Tex; aged "a.
NOVEMBER.
/ Submarine. Merchant submarine
Deutschland reached New London; 4
days out Of Bremen. boat J3 reach
ed home port. British steamer Ma
rina sunk off Irish coast; FIVE Ameri-
cans lost
Aviation: Victor Carlstrom broke the
American eTCes country aviation rec
ord by flying from Chicago to Erie,
Pa, 45i miles In hours and 10 min
utes.
!. shlpwreck. Steamers Retriever and
Connemara wrecked off Irish coast;
% lives lost.
Po.and Austria and Germany pro-
claimed Poland an independent state.
Political. Woodrow Wilson reelected
president
Electoral Vote: Wilson. 27e; Hughes. rs,
Popular vote lapproximatej; Wilson.
s.5;s,t4l: Hughes, G,l4,4J5.
Obituary. Charcs y. Flagg, portrait
painter. IA Hartford Conn. aged %.
Aviation: Lieut. Guido Cuidl, Italian
aviator, attained .5S5G feet, a record.
Football. Ohio state defeated Indiana
at Columbus. - 10 q Cornell defeated
.--.-...--4n az Ith-ca, q to y, Harvard
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