Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-12-31
EVENTS OF YEAR
TOLD IN brief
Complete Defeat Of Central Powers
in World War Marks An
Eroch IN History.
DATES OF TRUT0N DOWNFALL
TwelFe-MOHth Ends With Leaders
Of Victorious Nations Gath
erred 70 Settle Terms.
THE WORLD WAR

loop.
Jan president wilson preseu
ed his railway control program t
congress
British hospital ship Rewa TO,
pedoeL by Germans
Jan. 5-Prcmier lloyd Gecre
stated Brltain's war aims.
Jan. 7-U. S. government bega
mobilization Of 5000 900 workers.
q. 8 supreme court upheld drai
law.
Submarine crews uutinied a
Ki1l. killing 2S officers.
Jan. 5-pres5deut Wilson state
Americas war aims and peace dc
mauds
\ Jan 9-Russia and Bulgaria sign
Il ed separate peace
u Jan l0-Centra1 powers with
drew o,ler OF general peace and OF
ferod Russia separate peace.
Russia and Germany renewed ar
n1is-iCe for month
Jan. British airnen made bi
successful daylight raid at KarIs
rphe
Germans bombarded yarmouth
from the sea
Jan. I5-Daniel WTuar5 resignes
As head Of Z. S. war industr-ie.
board
Jan e0-In naval action At en-.
trance to DardaneIies the British
sank Turkish cruiser Braslau and
forced the Goeben ashore
Jan. 2I-Britfsh boarding shin
L0uvafn sunk; - lost.
Jan. Germany and Austria
replied TO peace proposals Of Viii
sen and Lloyd George, rejecting the
concrete sUggesrt0ns.
jan Twelve killed by eEDlos-
ions in Newport naval torpedo sta
tiuu
Odessa captured by the BoIshe-
wiki
Jan. 27-Russian government
broke relations with Rumania.
Italians began offensive between
Asiag0 and the 8renta.
Rumauians took Klshinev.
Jan. IS German air raiders kill
ed AZ in London.
Ukrainiaas defeated Bolshevfll
troops in three-day battle and took
LUts}z
la. -l.lls ozosse tifroIgh Austrian
I'M I'-eti-6 L-9VU prisoners
ian German air raid on Par
IL - hl-i'S1- ,,
"a, IAN. oI-Z4o i5lleVIk took Oren-
7ls .
50, '.f,il-tsil 50 pf'e77iie war coln-
- - - Fs-L must DC carried on
~
cover ilLheht TOOK
- con 'i9i O OIL
,'. 'r ieliZ Won fSihteien and
s-A '-lhf.Es CONVICTED OF conspiracy
- -'" oLA-
e2. - > transport Tuscania
- GALS Ll-7',
Ell 9-F5ace treaty between
III, ne anu Ine central powers
4-slf-i
Heo- Russia declared the war
al an esla so iaf as she was con
.'e-f ned ana ordered complete demo
''l---z.-Ch, Du- Fe-u used 10 sign peace
7'- 200 fastaa convicted OF
'1 --i -i-I anu sentenced 20
p 'Feslcsnt wilson put all
5 oL 5.l n lraae Oh United States IN
A.s.l lzF-t'5a submarine chaseFs
.llA D- Ger. man o=stF2yeTs IN DO
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7g from 50 at S-o5zaua TO 50 q ar
lew York.
Feb Germans rav54ured Re
al
FEB. IS americans repulsed
.rrug attack In Chprufu des DANES
scfor with heavy losses TO attack
rs
March 1-McAdoo announced