The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, January 01, 1915, Image 7

Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more

{
                  title: 'The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, January 01, 1915, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7',
                  download_links: [
                  {
                   link: 'https://www.loc.gov/rss/ndnp/ndnp.xml',
                   label: 'application/rss+xml',
                   meta: 'News about Chronicling America - RSS Feed',
                  },
                  
{
    link: '/lccn/sn86072054/1915-01-01/ed-1/seq-7.jp2',
    label: 'image/jp2',
    meta: '',
},
{
    link: '/lccn/sn86072054/1915-01-01/ed-1/seq-7.pdf',
    label: 'application/pdf',
    meta: '',
},
{
    link: '/lccn/sn86072054/1915-01-01/ed-1/seq-7/ocr.xml',
    label: 'application/xml',
    meta: '',
},
{
    link: '/lccn/sn86072054/1915-01-01/ed-1/seq-7/ocr.txt',
    label: 'text/plain',
    meta: '',
},

                  ]
                }

The West Virginian. [volume], January 01, 1915, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
About The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974

Image provided by: West Virginia University

Image: of 8.

Page

All Pages

Issues

All Issues Text | PDF | JP2 (2.2 MB)

The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.), 01 Jan. 1915. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86072054/1915-01-01/ed-1/seq-7/>

Newspaper Page Text

leal. Social and Miscel
leous Happenings of
leneral Interest?Ne
Urology of tbe Year
Shipwrecks, Accidents,
Storms and Fires, Sporting
Events and Conventions
of the World
??
i
-r
JANUARY.
Dr. 8 Has Weir Mitchell,!
tlngulshed nerve specialist. also
(jt;; note. In Philadelphia; I
ibituary: Oen. Simon Bolivar Buck-1
^Koted Confederate leader In thef]
I war, and Mexican war veteran, i1
liunfordvllle, Kyi; uged 80.
aSo^Gen: Francisco Villa's Mexi
"" gent force* captured OJin-l
ng out the federal garrison
g'ajsplr^ted attack.
w Case: A commission of the I
States court reported that|
fcThaw Is sane.
fttuaryt; Count Yukyo Ito, noted
, Japanese fleet admlnrt, at Tokyo;
Obituary: Gen. Louis Warner, noted
UiiralTwar veteran, head of the G.
lp?$R???r81,Mn" Philadelphia; aged 76.
Convention: International waterways
(coprms1'met at San Francisco.
hlpwreck: British submarine A-7
isSakyatBtorPodo practice, carrying
tdpwnjhsr1 crew of u men.
Obituary: ' Gen. Marie Georges Pic
l^qttiirtY French olllcer, noted In thsl
*""in6tJs,^l?eyfu8 persecution case. In I
_ _ Jrjsj'/nged GO.
rotilrary.^ Lord Strathcona (Donald
Alexander Smith), Canadian capital- P
?lsY,and statesman. In London, aged 91. I
KObituafytj Former United States Sen- '
^ator Shelby Moore Cullom of Illinois;
.Shipwreck: Old Dominion liner Mon- I
roe sunk by collision off the Virginia |
capes with a loss of 41 lives.
c5bituary: ; Gen. James Adams Beav
jver^icivil war veteran nnd ex-governor I
fot| Pennsylvania, at Bellefonte,, Pa.; I
gked-77.-^
^FEBRUARY.
li^rtlng: ' Willie Iloppe maintained I
J1*-is title for the 13.2 balk line billiard I
b'amplon'ship by a score of &00 to 2201
Winnings, defeating George Sutton, i
t Hotel Astor, New York.
it^iFJre destroyed 41.C00,000 worth of
i^ttonTa t jCl In to n, Tex.
fxlco: United States embargo on
fshipment of urms and munitions of
jwar^to Mexico lifted by executive
order. i? ,
^int'j'f^Peruylan revolutionists depos
llKresident Gulllermo Bllllnghurst
I, flSn^t.S&kl^plthe' pa I a ce Prime Min
uter Yrireloi was killed.
OUltusryi. Elisabeth O'Brien Brown
Igw^&'idow.of., "Parson" ? Brownlow,
notMjrclyilfcinar character, at Knox
Yille, Tenn.: aged 95.
iCfflflitfave: Flrat extensive cold wave
BdfitHeiseason In the east; zero weath
er in New Toric city; 60 below nt Big
HooiepN.^Y.
P^iiuaVy'::/ Alphonse Bert lllon, origi
nator.6f<system of criminal Identifies
JonTTatiPorlsraged 00.
Lptytuary:, AugUHtim Octavlus Bacon,
iUfiitsd'? States 'senator from Georgia.
gn^VVnshlrigton; ngod 7a.
w l^yiP^rd^nf Jleet nud snow In
), galo swept tho eastorn
MroC^fblockutllng tratHn?*onflrsIly.
I0j)luiriry:<- Viscount Aokl,' noted Jnpa
igfle 'statesman. fonnerly ambassador
[the^Uhlted States, in Tokyo; uged
Situmyr M?s. Robert Louis St even
^n.^wldo'w of tho noted author, tn
Irfonteclto.r.Col.
^jjOdi^CuIminatlon of floods In south
twrCalifortila,- accompnniod by tiov
?#al'J>'deathB', and a property loss of
iKwacpo. -
)bltuary: - Former .United States Sena
I'tor Henry M. Teller of Colorado, at
^enyeri aged 84.
judicial:'Now York court of appeals
a how trial to Becker, pollco
hi toutSnant-convicted for the murder of
[ gambler IJermnn Rosenthal.
MARCH.
Jaituary: George W. Vanderbllt, mll
llbnaire.^ln1 Washington; aged Li
Fire Disaster: In a fire which do
|itiwedilhe Missouri Athlotlc club
libtise^ St. Louis, 30 persons perished.
HttjKryj'.Edward II. Butler, noted ed
itor.*: proprietor of tho Buffalo News,
ri Buffalo; aged 64.
Jbltuariv'^Goorge Westlnghouse, tn- I
fentorA'cfrthe 'railway air brako and i
ither^devlcea, in Now York city; aged I
^ - I
feet Loss of nearly $1,000,000 by tho I
urning of the Columbia docks at 1
Jortlahd, Ore
ftlhf:*v, Willie Ritchie, world light-I
alght,champion, defeated Ad Wol- I
^rt^ln".teri rounds at Milwaukee.
'aval: New dreadnought, compan- I
ifffshlp'of the-matnmoth battleship I
ennaylvania. launched at New York. I
- ipwreck: CO persons drowned at
74nl?e,&taly, by the sinking of a pas
jenger isteamer In collision with a
[torpedo boat
^porting: Champion Willie Hoppe de- I
teated George Sutton in an 18.1 inch I
""(ardiichamplonshlp match in New |
..._ary: Marie Jansen, formerly noted !
|comIc opera singer, at Medford. Mass.
dco: Merlcan rebels, led by Gen. j
itidro/Villa, attacked the federals ,
'tjTprreoh.
lire: Loss of 8,000,000 by the burn- J
ot'Ja. tobacco plant at Durham,
\
MJ^Rebel forces checked in attack
d ^orreon by fede/?l garrison.
B. Obituary:, .Frederic Mistral, French
fiL Provencal poet, winner of a Nobel '
md prize, at Mall lane, France; aged 84.
? It, Obituary: B. F. Keith, vaudeville pio
H neer,fat Palm Beach, Via.
fl. An&versary: New Yuis city began
^^^?ierlealof celebrations t< wmmerao
raitii)the 900th anniversary t its com
t . .
^olltloal: /House of repi lentatlves
ledifor the Panama canal tolls re
Mo 162.
8ir Hubert von Herkomer,
J.German artist a resident of
'nited States in the fifties, in
aged 86.
M^april.
Jn^St Augustine, FJa., court
?tand several hotels and resi
dences destroyed; loss, *600,000 to 1750,
r: Pattl Heyse, author and
itiit (awarded Nobel prize In
JttiSManldh; aged 84.
Mexican rebels captured Tor
after battle of eleven days' da
loss of 1,000 killed sad
i Halations: Treaty between
L8tatss and Colombia signed at
Opening of baseball season
I George Alfred Townsend
iwspaper and magazino writ
ar?d 73.
3RS QUARREL
" SHOT IN LUNG
Dec. SL ?
, 27 year* old. is In
hoapltal^ber* with
~
I fcrother, Hmrry McMIlI*n, M r?r,
*
*
bllu
17. Obituary: McKee Rankin, veterai
actor, In San Francisco; aged 71.
IS. Mexico: Hucrta refused to salute thi
United Btatea flag. \
2a Mexico; President Wllaon delivered
a warlike raeaaaee on the Mexican alt*
uatlon and received authority to um
force against Hucrta. American!
warned to leave Mexico.
Labor Troubles: In a riot at Ludlow
raining colony, Colorado, 26 person*
were killed.
Convention: Daughters of the American j
Revolution met In Waablngton.
ZL Mexico: American warahips captured
Vera Crux, losing 17 killed and 61
wounded; Mexican lois. 12G killed IX
wounded.
23. Mexico: United States troopi ordered
to Vera Cruz, Head of the United
States legation left the Mexican cap
JtaL
26. Mexico: Argentina, Brazil and Chile
offered to mediate between the United
States and Mexico
26. Fire: Flro in Baltimore caused a Ion
of 11,320,000.
I 27. Mexico: Mexico accepted mediation.
28. Mining Disaster: Mine oxplosion and
flro entombed 208 miners at Eccles,
W. Va.
MAY.
ft, Obituary: Gen. Daniel Sickles, noted
Federal corps commander and a Get
tysburg hero, in New York city; aged
83. '
1 Convention: United Confederate Vet
erans met at Jacksonville, Flo.
7. Personal: Eleanor Wilson, daughtei
of tho president, married In the White
Houso to William Glbba McAdoo.
10. Obituary: Mmo. Lillian Nordlca, not
ed singer, at Batavla, island of Java;
aged K?.
1L War Victims: Memorial exercises to
United States sailors killed at Vora
Crux at the Brooklyn navy yard;
President Wilson took a leading part
18. Mexico: P.ebels captured Tamplco.
15. Explosion: 14 men killed by explosion
of chemicals at Detroit. Mich.
18. Panama Canal: Regular barge serv
ice began in the Pannma canal.
20. Moxlco: Mexican federal army evac
uated Saltlllo; rebels occuplcd the
clt>'.
Mexico: Mexican mediation congress
met at Niagara Falls.
26. Convention: American Library asso
ciation met in Washington.
Obituary: Francis Kossuth, son of tho
great Hungarian patriot, Louis Kos
suth, In Budapest, Hungary; aged 73.
Political: By a majority vote of 77 tho
Irish home rule bill passed the Brit
ish parliament.
26. Obituary: Jacob A. Rila, author and
reformer, at Barre, Moss.
Sporting: Buskin won the Metropolitan
handicap at Belmont park.
27. Sporting: Durbar II., an American
owned horse, won tho British Derby
at Epsom downs.
28. Sporting: Francis Ouimet, American
open golf champion, won the amatour
championship of Franco at Versailles.
Disaster at Sea^Utcamahlp.EmpreseiOf
Ireland rammed and suhk by the col
lier Storstad ofT Father Point, gulf
! of St. Lawrence, dut of 1.473 on
I buard, 452 were saved, 1,024 drowned.
JUNE.
?. Obituary: Thoodore Watts-Dunton,
poet, novollst and critic, close friend
of the late Algernon Charles Swin
burne. In London; aged 81
ft. Panama Canal: Tho 4,000 ton steam
ship Alllanca passed through the Ga
tun locks of the Panamu canal on a
teat.
v Storm: Hall and snow, the latter
inches deep, fell In Paris.
1 10. Convention: Biennial convention of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs opened in Chicago.
U. Sporting: Mary Browne and Mrs. Rob
ert Williams won the women's dou
bles tonnls championship at Philadel
phia; score, 8-0, 6-1
13. Obituary: Adlal Ewing Stevenson,
vico president of the United States,
IS93-7, In Chicago; aged 79.
II Volcano: Lassen peak, California, a
supposed extinct volcano, suddenly
awoke and sent up clouds of rock,
smoko, fire and ashes.
16. Convention: National Society of
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion met at Minneapolis.
Storm: Terrific thunderstorm In Paris
caused a lean 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 a law.
IS. Sporting: English polo team won the
prlzo cup, defeating tho American
team 4 to at Meadowbrook. N. Y.
18. Obituary: Frank HIscock. formor
United States senator and political,
colleaguo of the late Thomas C. Piatt
in hla heyday, in Syracuse, N. Y.;
aged 79.
19. Sporting: Yale won the varsity eight,
defeating Harvard 1-5 second, at New
London, Conn. ?
20. Aviation Disaster: 9 military air men'
killed In a mimic attack of an aero
plane on a dirigible ship at Vienna,
Austria.
2L Obituary: Baroness Bertha von Sutt
ner. Austrian writer on peace and
winner of the Nobel peace prize Jn
1906, in Vienna; aged 71.
21 Storm: Tornado at Watertown, 8. D.,
killed 9 persons and injured 40 others.
Sporting: Buokhorn defeated Buskin in
the Brooklyn handicap on the Aque
duct course, New York.
24. Kiel Canal: The reconstructed Kiel
canal opened by the German emperor,
William IL
B. Mexico: A. B. C. mediators signed
peaoe protocol at Niagara Falls. The
protocol provided for a provisional
government in Mexico and its recog
nition by the United States and the
mediating powers, Argentina, Brazil
and Chile.
Financial Troubles: H. B. Cloflln St
Co., great wholesale dry goods con
cern. also holding company for nu
merous retail stores, placed In bands
of receivers, with liability of tM,
300,000.
M. Fire: In Salem, Mass., caused a loss
of about 113,000,000; 20,000 people mad?
homeless.
Sporting: Columbia crew won the var
sity race at Poughkeepeie, leaving
Pennsylvania second and Cornell
third; time, 19 minutes 17 44 seconds.
B. 8porting: Sardanople won the Grand
Prix de Paria, the turt daeslo of
France, at Paria, with a purse of
9*0.000.
JULY.
tL Navy: The use of liquor on ship
board in the United States nary was
prohibited by order of the secretary
of war.
old, !b in Jail, In connection with the
shooting, which occurred yesterday
afternoon.
It is alleged the younger brother
bad been drinking. " Chided about taU
failure to quit drinking and go to
work, tho younger McMillan li s}.
l^iced^^ hare ml^iitck^^ltilft brother
? - ___
f:*??the *Bi1ti*x?Leandsrlcrrw in a! rowing i
race at Henley. England.
I 4 Sporting: Harvard oarsmen won the
Grand Challenge cop rowing event
at Henley. England.
7. Sporting: rreddle Welsh of Walts
won the lightweight championship of
the world atw0lympla,. England,*-d?*
feating Willie Ritchie, the American
champion, in 20 rounds.
10. Aeronautics: Eight balloons started
from fit Louis In the elimination race
for the Jamas Gordon Bennett cup.
II Obituary: Associate Justice Horaoe
Harmon Lurton of the United States
supreme court, at Atlantic City. N. J.;
-aged 70.
Aeronautics: Balloon Goodyear won the
elimination race for the Bennett cup,
having landed at Constance, Ky., 800
miles from the starting point, beating
all competitors.
IB. Mexico: Gen. Vlctorlsno Huerta re
signed his office as provisional presl
dent of Mexico; succeeded by Car
baJaL
11 Sporting: Gunboat Smith lost to
Georges Carpentler In a boxing bout
In London In the 6th round by a foul.
30. Mexico: Jlx-Presldent Huerta of Mex
ico sailed from Puerta. Mexico, on
the German cruiser Dresden.
?. Railroads: United Statee filed suit
against the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroad company.
27. Ireland: Ulster war clash in the
streets of Dublin between Nationalist
volunteers and British troops In the
Ulster war against home rule.
29. Cape Cod Canal: The Cape Cod canal,
constructed at a cost of *12,000.000.
thrown open to ships.
SL European War: Owing to the war
events In Europe the New York 8tock
Exchange closed for the first time
since 1873 (Black Friday).
Assassination: Jean Leon Jaures, the
noted Socialist leader of France^ as
sassinated in Paris.
AUGUST.
1 Nicaraguan Canal: Treaty between
United States and Nicaragua Becured
the United States the right to con
struct a canal through Nicaragua.
Railroad Accident: 38 killed and many
injured In a wreck on the Kansas City
Southern at Tipton Ford, Mo.
I Obituary: Mrs. Woodrow Wilson (Ella
Louise Axson), wife of President Wil
son, at the White House; nged 6L
Jules Lemaltre, French dramatist,
po?t and novelist. In Paris; aged 6L
10. Mexico: Carbajul, provisional presi
dent of Mexico, resigned.
High Prices: Price of food advanced
in United 8tates.
II Anti-trust: The International Har
vester company declared an illegal
monopoly and ordered to dissolve.
Soortlng: Petsr Volo made world's rec
ord at ICalamazoo, Mich., by defeat
ing the Han-ester's time for three
heats in 1910. Potor Volo's time wan
2:Wfc. 2:0G% and 2:W14.
Obituary: John P. Holland, Inventor of
the Holland submarine boat, In New
ark, N. J.; aged 72.
11 Peace Treaties: United 8tntes senate
ratified peace treaties with Norway,
Netherlands, Portugal. Switzerland,
Denmark, Italy. Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Nicaragua. Bolivia, Persia.
Costa Rica, Venezuela. Uruguay, Ar
gentina, Brazil and Chile.
15. Panama Canal: Panama canal for
mally opened to commerce. Steamer
Ancon passed from ocean to ocean In
ten hours.
19. Weather: Hottest day of the season
In New York city.
20. Obituary: Pope Plus X. (Giuseppe
Snrto) In the Vatican, Rome; aged 70.
Mexico: Gen. Venustlano Carranza,
? chief.,of; the Mexican revolution, en
tered tho City of Mexico as provision
al president of the republic.
27. European War: Americans warned
to leave Europe without delay.
SL Papal Conclave: Conclave of cardi
nals opened at Rome to elect succes
sor to Pope Plus X.
Sporting: Directum I. made world's
record by pacing second and third
heats in 2 minutes fiat, at Syracuse.
Conventions: 4Sth National Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic
met at Detroit Spanish-American
War veterans met at Louisville.
SEPTEMBER.
L Russia: Official namo of St Peters
burg, Russia, changed to Petrogrnd.
1 Personal: Cardinal Glacorno Delia
Chiesa elected supremo pontiff to suc
ceed Pius X.
?. Coronation: Newly elected pope crown
ed at Rome as Benedict XV.
Sporting: Francis Oulmet won the ama
teur golf championship by defeating
Jerome D. Travel* 6 up 5 to play, at
Manchester, Vt
1 Anniversary: Centennial celebration
of the "Star Spangled Banner" hymn
begun at Baltimore.
I Rainstorm: Phenomenal rainfall fol
lowed by flood at Kansas City, Mo.
Seven inches fell in 11 hours; loss,
11,600,000.
10. Personal: James Gordon Bennett, pro
prietor of the Now York Herald, mar
ried in Paris to Baron'ess de Reuter.
Political: Turkey abolished conven
tions, treaties and privileges protect
ing foreigners in the empire.
II A 9th satellite discovered to the planet
Jupiter.
11 Railroad Accident: 27 dead and 18 in
jured In a St Louis and San Francis
co railroad wreck, caused by a cloud
burst near Lebanon. Mo.
Political: Peace treaties between the
United Statos and Great Britain,
France, Spain and China signed at
Washington.
17, Railroad Accident: 30 killed and many
hurt In collision on Illinois Central at
Blnghamton, III.
Political: United States warned Turkey
that rights of her citizens must be
respected by the Ottoman government
11 Political: Irish home rule bill be
came a law in Great Britain.
11 8hlpwreck: 71 deaths In wreck of
schooner Francis M. Leggett off the
Oregon coast south of Columbia
river.
21 Mexloo: Villa, the Mexican Constitu
tionalist leader, renounced Carranza,
acting president of Mexico, as head
of the party.
24 Personal: Rustem' Bay. Turkish am
bassador to the United States, left his
post on aooount of hostile criticism
of this country.
m Sporting: National baseball league
pennant clinched for Boston club at
New York, the Pittsburgh Pirates de
feating the New York Giants.
Obituary: Gen. S. 8. Burdett civil war
veteran and former national chief of
the G. A. R-, in England; aged 71
H Sporting: Directum I. mads a world's
record by pacing first mile In 141 in
competition.
OCTOBER.
4 Peace: Day of prayer for peace as
appointed by President Wilson.
I Sporting: World's baseball series
opened In Philadelphia; Boston Na
tionals defeated American Athletics
T to L
II Sporting: Boston Nationals defeated
American Athletics 1 to 0 In Philadel
phia.
Obituary: King Charles of Ronmanla.
consort of Carmen 8ylra, died; aged
71
Storm: Tornadoes In Kansas destroyed
11 lives and injured 21 people.
U* Roumania: Ferdinand, nephew of late
and his mother, Mrs. Mary McMillan
with a razor. The elder brother al
leges that in self-defense lie was com
pelled to shoot. ?*
CAT GIVE8 FIRE ALARM.
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. JL-TOfei
ii^^||farfciFo|| Stamford, Conn*'
^Mexican! ????????
gates proclaimed Itself sovereign rul
. / er of
SO. Convention: American Bar assocla- |
. ,.tlon mot In Washington. .. ? ^]
XL Panama Canal; Culebra cut reopen- ,
ed to traffic by dredging.
22. Political: War tax bill became a law.
23. Storm: Phenomenal rainstorm follow-i
ed by flood In the San Antonio river;
13 drowned fn San Antonio.
Obituary: Rev. Edward Judson, eon of
Rev. Adonlram Judson. tbe Indian j
missionary, end pastor of the Judson
Memorial church In New York city; j
aged 71.
24. Political: 63d congress adjourned. {
25. Obituary: Gen. Sir Charles Douglas, 1
chief of staff of the British army,
in London; aged 04.
Mining Disaster: Explosion In the
Mitchell mine, Royalton, III., caused |
the loas of S9 lives.
Balkan Conspiracy: Prinxlp. who as
sassinated Archduke Francis Ferdi
nand of Austria, sentenced to 20 1
years' Imprisonment for the crime; 4 '
of his fellow conspirators were sen
tenced to death and others from 2 I
years to life. 1
30. Sporting: Alfredo De Oro defeated
George Moore for the three cushioned
blillard championship by DO to 25 In
New York.
& Anniversary: historical pageant In
New York city to mark the tercenten
nary of tho beginning of commerco
In that port
Sporting: Harvard beat Michigan at In*
tersectlonal football. 7 to 0. at Cam
bridge. Chicago and Wisconsin played
0 to 0 In football at Madison, Wis. Illi
nois defeated Minnesota at football.
21 to C, at Minneapolis, Minn.
NOVEMBER.
L Obituary: Gen. A R. Chaffee, U. S. A.
retired, veteran of the civil and Span
ish-American wars, at Los Angeles,
Cal.; aged 72.
I Mexico: Gen. Eulallo Gutierrez wan
elocted provisional president of Mex
ico by the national convention.
3. Obituary: "Prof." A. 8. King, veteran
aeronaut; In Philadelphia; aged St}.
4. Obituary: F. A. Helnte, the "copper
king," at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
4. Obituary: Prof. August Weissman, cel
ebrated zoologist, at Freiburg, Ger
many; aged 8a
Cattle Disease: United States govcrn
T ment quarantined Iowa and Massachu
I setts against cattle diseases, making
ten states in all under quarantine.
7. Sporting: Harvard defeated Princeton
20 to 0, at football at Cambrldgo. Yale
beat Brown, 14 to 6, at New Haven.
Michigan scored 34 to Penn's 3 at Ann
Arbor.
9. Convention: American rond congress
met at Atlanta, Gn. American Federa
tion of Labor met In Philadelphia.
Mexico: Carranza, chief of the Mexican
Nationals, defied the national conven
tion.
10. Convention: United Daughters of the
Confederacy met at Savannah, Ga.
1L Fire: Plant of the American Window
j Glass company at Jeannctte, Pa., burn
I ed; loss 11,000.000.
II Conventions: W. C. T. U. convention
met at Atlanta, Ga. National Ameri
can Woman Suffrage association met
I at Nashville, Tonn.
14. 8portlng: Yale defeated Princeton at
; football, 19 to 14. at Prlnccton, N. J.
Illinois beat Chicago. 21 to 7. ut foot
ball at Urbana, 111.
10. Financial: Ffcderul reserve banks open
ed, releasing J4SO.<VX>.000 for loans.
Personal: Dr. Anna Shaw electcd presi
dent of National Woman Suffrage as
sociation. : - u.
Convention: National Apple show open
ed at Spokane. Wash.
17. Personal: Miss Anna A Gordon elect
ed-president W. C. T. U.
18. Convention: National Municipal leaguo
met In Baltimore.
Mexico: Villa seized Provisional Presi
dent Gutierrez and several members of
the national convention.
18. Mexico: Villa's troops occupied Quere
taro, a strong fortified city.
Obituary: Rev. Robert J. Burdette, for
mer newspaper humorist, lecturor and
author, nt Los Angeles; aged 7L
Shipwreck: 24 lives lost on Lake Su
perior by the wreck of steamship C. F.
Curtis and two schooners during a
storm.
2L Personal: Samuel Gompers elected |
president American Federation of La
bor.
8porting: Goullet and Grenda. Austra
lian team, won the six day bicycle
race In New York; distance for 14"
hours, 2,758 miles 1 lap-7 miles 1 lop
ahead of record. Harvard beat Yale
at football. 38 to 0, at New Haven.
Hannes Kolehmalnen ran six miles
ncross country In 3d mln. 47 sea In
Brooklyn, N. Y. Illinois defeated Wis
consin in conference football contest
nt Madison, Wis., 24 to 9.
23. Mexico: U. S. array evacuated Vera
Cruz.
24. Shipwreck: 18 deaths in the wreck- I
Ing of the schooner Hanalel on Dux
bury reef, Cal.. ,
25. Mexico: Zapata's troops took posses- I
slon of the Mexican capital.
Obituary: Col. R. B. Beath, noted vet
eran in G. A. R. circles, In Philadel
phia; aged 74.
21 Sporting: Cornell beat Pennsylvania I
24 to 12 at football In Philadelphia.
2S. Sporting: Army defeated tho Navy at
1 football on Franklin field, Phlladel- 1
phi a, 20 to 0.
Financial: Now York Stock Exchange,
which closed at the beginning of the I
European war, reopened.
DECEMBER.
L Fire: On board the steamship Mis- i
slssippl destroyed art objects In trans
mit from Europe valued at *1,000.000.
Obituary: Rear Admiral A. T. Mahan,
U. 8. N., strategist and writer, In
Washington: aged 74.
1 American Civic association met In
Washington.
1 Mexico: Gutierrez, president of Mex
ico, entered the capital protected by
troops of VUla and Zapata.
4. Convention: National civic federation
met in Washington.
. S. Mexico: Salazar and Campa, two for
mer generals under Huerta, proclaim
ed a revolution In Mexico.
1 Socialist international peace confer
ence met at Copenhagen, Denmark.
1 Convention: American National Red
Cross society met in Washington,
f. Political: Third and final session of '
the 63d congress met
fc Tire: Nearly the whole of Thomas
A. Edison's plant in West Orange, N.
J? destroyed; loss $7,000,000.
Mi Obituary: Sereno E. Payne, noted
congressman, author of the Payne
Aldrich tariff bill, in Washington;
aged 7L
10. Obituary: Joseph Smith, president of
the reorganized Mormon church, at
Independence, Mo.
14 American Good Roads congress met in
Chicago,
M. Centenary of Ihe treaty of peace be- I
tween the United States and Great
Britain (war of 1312) celebrated in the
ITnlted States and the British domin
ions. V
9. Sporting: National Junior indoor cham- I
plonshlp contests in New York.
gives credit to an Angora cat for sav
ing his Ufa and those of five other
families who occupy the fonr-story
building at Noa. 626-528 Main street
Marks was- awakened last midnight
hy.toe ca^fcich clawed his face until
hr *At SB tad ftwniJ ?h? winin li "
Interesting Preliminaries of
tbe World Conflict, Fol
lowed by Accounts of
Actions and Losses
Aerial Warfare and Work
of the Submarine Ships
and Mines?The War
at a Glance
JUNE.
23. Archduke Ferdinand, heir to the Aus
trian throne, and his morganatic
wife, Duchess of Hofienberg, assasai
rated by Oavrio Prinzlp, a Bosnian
student, while public guests at Sara
jevo, Bosnia.
JULY.
23. Austria's Ultimatum: Austria deliv
ered ultimatum to Servla demanding
prompt punishment of assassin of
Archduke Ferdinand on June 28 and
his aooompllcee.
24. Russia Intervenes: Russia asked Aus
tria to extend the time of ultimatum
to Servla.
25. Servla Defiant: Servia'a reply to Aus
tria resulted In the severance of diplo
matic relations.
28. Hostilities Begin: Hostilities between
Austria and Servla near Belgrade.
27. Austria Invaded Servla.
Peace Proposals: England proposed con
ference. Crar asked Austria to mod
ify demands on Bervla.
28. War Declared: Austria formally de
clared war on Servla. Russia moved
troops to frontier.
29. Russia, England and France: Russia
callcd out 1,200,000 men. France mass
ed troops on German frontier. Eng
lish fleet sailed under sealod orders.
20. German Ultimatum: Germany de
manded that Russia cease moblllxa- |
tlon within 24 hours.
SL Peace Negotiations: Negotiations for
pcaco between Crar, Emperor William
and King George. Germany under
martial law. All Europe 'arming.
AUGUST.
L War Declared: Germany declared war j
on Russia and mobilized her army;
Franco mobilized,
1 Invasions: Germans invaded France
through neutral territory of Luxem
burg. Russians invaded eastern Prus
sia.
England and Belgium: England mobi
lized. Belgium refused to permit Ger
man troops to cross her territory,
t German Invasion: Germans Invaded
Russian Poland, also France.
1 Wilson Offers Mediation: President j
Wilson offered to mediate in Europe.
Belgium Defiant: Belgians resisted Ger
man invaders at Liege and Namur.
England Declaros War: Great Britain j
declared war on Germany, also Ger
many on Great Britain.
e. Naval Action: British cruiser Am
phlon sunlc by a German mine.
Austria Declared War: Austria-Hun
gary declared war on Russia.
7. Montenegro at War: Montenegro de- |
clared war on Austria.
Alsace Invaded: French troops Invaded |
German province of Alsace.
British In France: British troops land
ed on French coast.
8. Germans In Liege: Germans occupied i
city of Liege, Belgium.
10. France: France declared war on Aus- |
trln.
12. Great Britain: Great Britain declared j
wur on Austria.
13. Belgian Campaign: German march In |
Belgium checked at Hnelen.
1G. Japan: Japan demanded that Germa
ny evacuate Klauchau. China.
21. Brussels: Germans occupied Brussels !
and attacked Namur. Belgium.
23. Belgium: Germans took Namur and |
attacked Mons.
5. Austria and Japan: Austria declared |
war on Japan.
Aerial War: Zeppelin airships dropped i
bombs on Antwerp.
26. France: Allies defeated at CambroL
27. Germans-In France: French surren
dered Longwy to Germans.
Naval Actions: Gorman auxiliary cruis
er Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse sunk
by the British cruiser Highflyer off
the coast of Africa. German cruiser
Madgeburg destroyed by Russian ships
in the gulf of Finland.
28. Louvain: City of Louvaln, Belgium,
sacked and burned by Germans.
Naval Battle: British cruiser fleet de
stroyed 5 German worships off Helgo- j
land.
20. Aerial Warfare: German aviator drop- j
ped 5 bombs on Paris.
Paris: German advance at Amiens 60 J
miles north.
SEPTEMBER.
L Army Strength: Estimated that 6,000,
000 combatants were In the field, 3,000,
000 In ?the east' and 3.000.000 on the |
Franco-German-Belgian lines.
Germans defeated Russian invaders at !
Allensteln and Tannenberg, East Prus- |
sla, capturing many prisoners.
Fall of Lotnbcrg: Austrisns abandoned '
the fortress of Lemberg, Galicia.
Antwerp: Fourth raid of Zeppelin air
ships at Antwerp.
3. Paris Abandoned: French capital
transferred from Paris to Bordeaux.
4. Germans Near Paris: French city of
Rhelms occupied by German troops.
Germans 2S miles from Paris on the
north and 20 on the east.
6. Battle on the Marne: Gorman right
wing, commanded by Gon. Von Kluck,
nttackod on the march and forced to
retreat Battle began on line of river
Marne, east of Paris, between Von
Kluck's columns and allies In pursuit.
7. Cruiser Sunk: British cruiser Path
finder sunk by German submarine in
North sea.
Maubeuge: Germans captured
beugc. France.
8. France: Von Kluck's column retreated
from the Mime toward the Alsne.
t, River Marne: German retirement
from the river Marne began. Gen.
French's British force crossed the
Msrne in pursuit
11 Battle on the Alsne: Action began on
the Alsne between British and Ger
mans around Solssons; Von Kluck's
retiring column halted and faced
about
13. Allies Cross the Alsne: Allies crossed
to east bank of the Alsne; Germans
Intrenched.
14. Naval Action: British auxiliary cruis
er Carman la (Cunarder) sunk the Ger
man cruiser Cap Trafalgar off South
America.
Allies Checked: Allies' advance checked
by German artillery on the line be
tewen Noyon and Solssons.
Rhelms: Rhelms reoccupied by the al
lies.
20. Rhelms Attacked: German artillery
bombarded Rhelms.
22. Submarine Action: German subma
rine U-8 sunk the British armored
cruisers Aboukir, Creasy and Hcgue
by torpedoes in the North sea.
H Siege of Antwerp: Germans laidrini:
to Antwerp.
OCTOBER.
L War Prisoners: The Germans held as
prisoners of war 8,900 British. 3U00
Belgians,- W 400 Russians, 122,000French.
Klauchau: Japanese opened bfembard
other families. The proprietors of a |
store in the building are nnder arrest
on charge of arson.
ment of Tsingtoo, German seaport of
KiauchJiu. China.
L Antwerp: Germans eUenoed three
forts at Antwerp. w w "
I. Antwerp: Cermaoi began bombard
ment of Antwerp. ,, . .
Gallcia: * Series of combats called the
battle of the Vistula, In Gallcia, be
tween Russians and Austrian* began.
L Antwerp Falls: Capture of Antwerp
by ttao Germans. Kin* Albert and
the government escaped to Qstend.
L Bombs In Paris: German aviators
dropped bombs in Paris.
13. Gallcia: The battle on the Vistula,
which began on the 7th, raged fu
riously.
South Africa: Boers In South Africa re
belled against British rule.
IS. Belgium: Germans took possession of
Os tend. ? ,
Naval: The British cruiser Hawke was
sunk In North sea by German subma
rine U-9. Hawke loet 414 men.
17. Naval Battle: British cruiser Un
daunted, with four destroyers, sank
four German destroyers off the Dutch
coast; Gorman loss 183.
Naval: The Japanese cruiser Takacblho
sunk by a German submarine on the
coast of China.
11. Gallcia: The battle of the Vistula In
Gallcia ended In Russian victory.
Naval: British submarlno E-3 sunk by
a German warship in the North sea.
19. Nsval: Austrian submarine sunk in
tho Adriatic sea by French cruiser.
20. Naval: Japanese destroyed the Ger
man torpedo boat S-90 outside of Kiau
chau bay.
?. Naval: Tho German cruiser Emaen
sank four British steamers and cap
tured one oft the coast of British India,
Poland: German troops within ten miles
of Warsaw, Russian Poland, rotreated
os the result of a prolongod battle.
24, Naval: British destroyer Badger ram
med and sunk a German submarine
off the Dutch coast
Belgium: Germans crossed the Yser
Ypres canal, near Nleuport
S& South Africa: Second revolt of the
Boers in South Africa. Former Boer
generals, Do Wet and Beyers, appear
ed at the head of this movement.
Poland: Desperate battle in progress
near Plllza river In Russian Poland.
Russian advance forced the Austro
Germans to withdraw.
27, Navnl: BrltlBh battleship Auflaclous
hopelessly wrecked by a German sub
marine mine off tho northeast coast
of Ireland. _ ^
28. Naval Action: German cruiser F.mden I
sank the Russian cruiser Jemtchug |
and a French destroyer at Fenang,
British strait settlements.
23. Turkey: Turkish warships. Goeben I
and Breslau sank two Russian war- |
ships in the Block sea: Turkish torpe- \
do boats raided harbor of Odessa and |
sank n Russian gunboat and a Turk
ish cruiser bombarded Sebastopol.
80. Belgium: Belgian troops flooded the
German lines on the river Yser, com
pelling the Germans to withdraw.
Turkoy: Turkish government severed
communications with Great Britain:
also declared war on Russia.
8L Naval: German submarine sunk tho
* British cruiser Hermes In the strait
of Dover.
NOVEMBER.
L Naval Battle: Battle off Chile I
tween the German cruisers Scham- I
horst, Gneisenau, Leipzig and Dres
den and the British Good Hope, Mon
mouth and Glasgow. Good Hope and |
Monmouth destroyed.
I Turkey: Battles on the Russian
Turklsh frontier.
4. Naval: /-German cruiser Yorck sunk
by a British mlno In Jade bay, North
sea; loss 288.
5. Turkey: France and Great Britain
declared war on Turkey. .
?. Gallcia: Russians recaptured Jaro- |
slaw. ,
Russia: Cossacks crossed the German ,
frontier Into Posen. ? ? .
7. Losses: England's loss in army offi
cers killed, wounded and missing had j
reached a total of 1.133.
Japan: Japanese captured Tslngtao,
China, after a siege of 38 days; Ger- |
man loss, 2,800 prisoners.
8. Turkey: Turkish troops crossed the
frontier Into Egypt.
9. Naval Battle: German cruiser Emden
destroyed at Cocos island, Indian
ocean, by British cruiser Sydney.
10. Belgium: Germans captured Dlxmude.
12. Belgium: Germans crossed the Ypres
canal, defeating the allies.
Naval: German submarine *? .
French torpedo boat, Wei e, Bel- j
glan coast
13. Belgium: Germans forced back north |
of Yser canal. . , \ . .
15. Losses: German official casualty list
MS.W7. ? ??
Russia: Continuous battle in East Prus
sia. Germans repulsed Russians
around Soldau. . .
17. Naval: Gorman warships bombarded
Russian port of Llbau, Balticisw.
Poland: Germans defeated tho Russians
south of Kutno. ,
18. Naval: Battle in the Block sea be- t
tween Russian fleet and tho German- |
Turkish cruisers Goeben and Breslau.
18. France: Germans blew up part of |
French position at Chauvoncourt
*L Aerial Warfare: British aerial squad- ]
ron dropped bombs on a Zeppelin fac
tory at Friederlchshaven.
SI Naval: German submarine 11-18 sunk
by British worship off Scotland
23. Naval: German base at Zeebrugge,
Belgium, shelled by British warships.
16. Naval: BriUsh 15,000 ton battleship
' Bulwark sunk by explosion st Sheer
ness, England; about 800 Uvea lost
Poland: Germans, re-enforced, defeated
Russians around Lodz and Lories.
DECEMBER.
% Aerial "Warfare; Allies' airship droj*
ped bombs upon the famous Krupp |
gunworks at Essen, Germany.
Poland: - Russians captured Plock. c_
the Vistula. In Poland, and repulsed
the Germans at Lodx.
Servla: Austrian* took Belgrade, capi
tal of Servla. after siege of 1* days.
6. Russia: Germans occupied Lodx, Po
land, which Russians abandoned.
8. Naval: In acUon off Falkbnd Islands,
In the Atlantic,. Sturdee's BriUsh
squadron defeated flpee's German ,
squadron, sinking the cruisers Scham
horst. Gneisenau, Narnberg and Leip
zig.
9. Aerial Welfare: Frock elrebtpe drop
jwd extern bomb, on Ornm army
aviation camp at Fr,nw*. IT'J
B. ilml: TurkUh battlMhlp Mwudleh
ttrpUota by Britiih rabmariu B-ll
In the Dardanelles
BervU: Belrrad. r?c*?tm?3 from Au?
trluw by Borrlan troop,.
11. Navali German .hip, shelled 8:arbor
ouja and Hart]tpool.5Bos1aid.H8ul
with TlolaUmi of (he Mann white slaTe
retained tn Federal court to
day. together with an Indictment chare
In* att
? to *
yearly
of 80
MM
SOLO BY DRUGGISTS I
Barry R. Cole
Cleaning, Preuiiw, Benabfac. |
ladies' Work a.Spcidtttf. J
Suit* Made feKeM0i?|2;|
Send us yonr work by panel
post and let ns know when you
will call lor it
121 mm ST.
Opp. Colonial Theatre, Over Bar
ter Shop. Bell phone 43-J.
Result o:
Lawyers Meet
SOLICITOR???
SENT OWINQ TO 0
PAMIf"
?
HIS
TH
PARKERSBl^SS
tleth-annual conventtgfiTotli
Virginia Bar Association c
closo here last night with tl
banquet. Owing to the absenc*
llcltor General John W. Dar
by death In his family, Attorna
Ambler, of Parkerahurg. ,T*5w
toaatmaster. Among those on the si
gram for toasts were Judge MBar
Inson, Grafton: Hon. Taylor Vli
Huntington; Hon. Andrew Price,
llnton, and Hon. Hannls Taylor.V
ngton, D. C. ' r
Speaking during the day wertf Att
ney General A. A. Lilly, on the sub*
"The West Virginia Debt Casa&|
Governor George W. Atkli
ry of the Bench and Bar";j
Breckenrldge, of SummerviUa
tutory Provisions Relating jf"
Hons to Juries." The repol
biography was presented by Hon
drew Price.
I MAN BLOWN THROUGI
ROOF ALIGHTS IN|
ROCHESTER, Pa,
mixing gun powder, dynamlti
other high explosives wlthTvrt ^ ^
make fireworks. In the North|HixS5
tcr Fireworks Factory, James
was blown through the faatory
tree. The building a onffaioiMI
structure was demolished.
The shock of the explosion i
for mllos around. Paluso swret
from the treetop and hurried
Rochester Goneral hospital.
leg and arm were blowffijSffif
suffering also from Internal
and will probably lose'hlaeys...
?? .
WIFE SAID TO AD1Z
POISONING HUSB^
ATLANTIC CITY, De&SlSji
ing to the police,^NeUJo^8tltn
years old, who has been ukaniS
rustody, confessed that
the death of her husband, Alexande
Salln'oB. by putting poison
cn December 20;Hto^jollee
of $1,000 he hBd recently!
The woman was held without
r.walt the action of the iSSBjL???
The coroner of Atlantic county said
I he Is Investigating the circumstances
of tho death of the woman's former
husband, who died about
ago)
Palm Oil Feed for hogs or cat
tle. $16.00 par ton, f. o. b. Clarks
burg. Can make prompt shipment.
PHILLIPS 8 H E ET iVflWjgBWM
Clarksburg,W.
Many hap? ........
can trace thslr Mart
to proaperlty to a
smsll savings account.
g Ws'-' Invite you to
make use of our bank
as your business quar> .
|jts?3gf j
matter W your j
WMjHsa l? unaJV you
are lust as welcome
THE
HATJ0B41 bask
0? FAIRMGKT

The West Virginian. [volume], January 01, 1915, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
About The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974

Connect with the Library

Find Us On

Subscribe & Comment

Download & Play

Questions

The West Virginian. [volume], January 01, 1915, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7 About The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974

Connect with the Library

Find Us On

Subscribe & Comment

Download & Play

Questions

The West Virginian. [volume], January 01, 1915, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
About The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974