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I 11 The Year 1912 at Home THEODORE ROOSEVELT. WHOSE SHOOTING SHOCKED THE NATION PRESIDENT ELECT WOOD ROW WILSON THE LATE VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN TITANIC STRIKING ICEBERG. HISTORY OF 1912 IN UNITED STATES Chief Even's In Politics Dis asters, Oiilliiary, Spoils, llv .IAMI S A. DM It TON. H i:ill; is niiollli I' fill In In' re- mi I They tin- going by with ever Increasing iivipicii- c.v. like stations seen from mi express iiiiln Why Is ll 1 li.'t I Father Time scene, in sprint faster tin- older wo get Ho should he arrested for overspccdlng. The chief Htlils uf IIIVJ In the "gisil old IT. S. A." were lu presidential campaign, the attempted osMilnatloii of Theodore IIuom'vi'II iiinl the Titanic disaster. White hi n technical hiiinii the sinking of (lie Titanic was more of fori'licu tlimi 11 domestic happening, there were mi iimny noted Anictieiiiis who lost their lli' In the wreck (lint we should have I In- melancholy priv ilege 11 f t-ltiiiuliiu ll us mir own. The unusual features uf the light fur the presidency were tlie first trial mi au extensive mile of Hie preferential primary, tliu Roosevelt candidacy, the ierce preconventlou campaign In which fur the llrst time In our history u prcsl dent of the United Slates was driven to take the Mump In his own defense, the splitting nf Hie l(einlilli'iin party ml the orgiiulzutlnu nf the Progres sive party, tliu long iiihI llerre light In the Democratic convention ending In thfl.namluutlou of Unvcruor Woodrow I Wilson of New Jersey, the dentil of Vice President Sherman mid the treat plurality given Wll-nii lit the mlN. It wus Nome tliuo lifter the announce .went of Colonel Roosevelt Unit "my hat In In tliu ring" ere the tide began 1o show In his fiivnr. He IihiI pre. viouoly snld that he. would nut again be u candidate, mid the reiiuinluiitlon of President Tuft was taken as n mut ter of course. States having the old convention system still I'outluueil for Teft. hut most of tliu primary state began swlnglug Into lino for Koosevelt, IIIIiioIh end l'eiinsylvnnhugolng with i rush thnt mndo the io)ltlcl:ina gasp. Taft Wim and Loiei. Itoosevelt was on tbu stuiiip through out this struggle, ami Mr. Tuft uow followed lilin. Tho two campaigned Massachusetts, Maryland and Ohio. Massachusetts and Marylund were dose, Tart currying ono'and Roosevelt tike other, but Oblo gave a large plural ity to tbe colonel. The Republican convention was pre ceded by an acrimonious struggle In Mm national commit tee over contested ..saass. RaeasveU aaJ sis' fries etara . b4 theft, and the f- " nier president went tn Chicago In per sun In the 1 oiiveiillon 'I'n ft mid Slier mini were leiiiiiuliiati'il hy n slim mil Jmlly. while the colonel's followers re fused to vole l.iih i' they organl.cd I III Progressive plll'ty llllii held 11 11:1 llnllill iiiiiventliill III Chicago, W'lilrh 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 a - I I'liliiiiel Itiui-evell fur pres ident mid tiiiveiiinr lllrmn W. John miii of I'nliriiriilii for vleii pi'eslileiit. TI1I1 launching of the lollg expelled new pin ly aliuio uiiil.es l!ij hlstnrle. The tlulil III Hie I 1 1 1. r; I i. ruliveu tlnli was ulnint ic tleii e. t'lialup I'lilll; led el the -lull, '.'.illilli'.- fur leu Imlluts mi iii'iual 111. i.l 'i in. Inn liii l.luu the two-third liei i-ar. i iiniiiliiiite Wll II11111 .1. 1 1 r 1 1 1 1 . ulm hail I'niiulit .linlu'e .Minn ll, I'lirkiT 1 up the leiiipnrary rhall'lliallKlllp. hail wilt'e'i nilli-li of the pljtfurui and furied lluniicli lesir llllliilis attneKluu' the reai'tliiuary ele tiH'lit. here threw his liillueiiee m;alllH Clark Wilson had In-imi steadily fore luu In the Irmil mid was nuiiilnatod on the fnrly-sevelitli liallot. The ai'luiil emupalu'ti wan milder than hud deeu the Unlit fur the nomi nation, and the Mile was surprisingly Unlit. Wilson earried the election hy more than '.'.innUkki plurality hi the popular vole and liy iiImiiU ,'Itll majori ty In the eleetoral eollece, lloth houses of eoiiuiess went Willi til til. the senule li.v a iiaiTow margin. House- : velt led Tuft In the hallotlnu'. Tim fii elallsts iiiaterlally Inereased their vote, i nnd woman sufTrniie euptured Arlxona, ' Kansas and OreKou, The Titanic Diiuter. The other III;; dntuestle eUMit of the yeur was the eolllslon of the Titanic with un leeliein In uildoeeun, sluklni; with lsil out of '-7JOS souls alioard. Many nf thoo who perlshod were men of worldwide fame, such us W. T. Stead, the llrllUti' Joiiruallst; Clmrles I M. Mays, proNldent of the (!rHtid Trunk railroad; Colonel .lohn Jacob ABtor, I Mr. mid Mrs. Isldor Htraits, Major A. W. Itutt, the aid to the president; j rraui'ls l. Millet, the artist; Jaciiuen 1'iilrelle, the novelist, and many more I almost as well known. The Titanic was the lurnost Hteutiishlp then afloat , nnd was iiiuklnR her maiden voyiiKC. ' luiiilrleH Into the disaster were held on both sides of the Atlantic. The Khontlui: of Colonel Itoosevelt occurred on Out. II at Milwaukee. , The Hssulluut was .Inlui Scliiank of New York, nftervvard adjudged Iiikiiiu. ' The liullet llnlced iiKiilust a rih, w hich i It broke. Despite his wound, the colo-, liel liiiule a Npeeeh to which lie was piluu when attacked mid before the i jnniitli was out was hack on the stump, t Tho dentil of Vice I'resldent ,1 in lies i .Schoolcraft Sherman occurred only u few days Isifore election at his home, In Utlea, X. V. lie was the llrst Re publican vice president over renomi nated. Other Important domestic events of tue yeur were an follows: I'roclauui tlnn of Rtatebood for New Mexico nnd Arlzoim; iKmltui; at the wreck of tbu Maine In Havana harbor; appointment of .Miihlon lllney of New Jersey assn clnle Justbe of Ihu I'lilted States mi preuie court, iislmiailoii of Dr. II. W Wiley, the pure fund crusader; Chicago meat packers declared not guilty by n Jury; passage ,y coic-ress of the con stltullonal mneiiiluient for populai elts'lloii of Culled Stales senators; the e.pnllou of William l.oilmer of llll liols from the senate; openhiK f the I'lilllzcr mIiohI of Journalism; award Iiik of the Nobel prize In BurKery to lr. Alexis Carrel of New Yolk; an liouuceuieiit of the rcsiunutioil of llllt Mi Ambassador .lames llryce; dlssolu, lion of the bath tub trust; tho luvestl cation of the money trust; tho passage of ii parcels post law; tho report o( Kxplorer Stefaussou Hint ho hnd found u race of white Ksklmos on tho north cm edKe of the continent, and the ilcht over the I'aiumia canal tolls. Labor Strikes and Trial. In the world of labor tho chief event was the trial of more than forty union otllelals at Indianapolis on dyuaiult'o liiaiues crowhiK out of tho MoNainara case, Clarence 8. Harrow wus uciiult ted on u charge of Jury brlbiuK In t on ncct (on with the same case. The strike at Lawrence, Mass.. resulted lu the ar rest nf (luce lulxir lenders on n murder charge. They were ticipiltted. The an thracite eoal strike wns ended by a compromise, and u board of arbitration decided lu favor of the engineers hi their tight with northeastern railroads. Sporting features were the spleudld showing of American athletes lu the Olympic games nt Stockholm; winning of the American golf championship py Jerome I). Travers over the HrltUb champion and others; the tight for tho world's baseball championship between tliVftoKton Ited Hoc mid tne.Nes' York flluiilH, llostou wlnulng.utidllnrvnrd de feating Yale nnd I'rincelon In football. The Itusslaii treaty expired on Dee. III. America warned Mexico to protect the lives of Americans mid went troops Into Cuba "mid Nicaragua during upris ings tit those countries. Home of the noted Americans who died during Hie year were, In addition to those already named. Hear Admi rals Holilcy H. Kvans nnd (1. W, Mel ville: Hcncnil .liuiies 11, Weaver. I'opu list cniidldate for president; (leueral 11. II. Itlngiiaiii, 'father of Hie house; PenatorM It. I.. Taylor, W. II, Heyburn and Isldor Ituyner mid ex-Senators II. 1). Money, W, A. Coffer, James (lordon and John I', Jones; Heiienil Crtslerkk pent (Iriint; Dr. It. K. Pearsons, the phlliiuthroplsi; lloiniir Davcmwrt, the cnriooiilst: Wllluir Wright, lnveu(or of the aernplano; Margaivt Sangster; (Jen oral IMward 8. Itragg; Miss Harriet Qithuby, the lint woman to fly across the KntfUih cbunnel; tienerul Arthur McAithur: (leneral Homer T.ea, who had nssiHted In tbe Chinese revolution; Cslhroltb I. Uodjiers, who bad tewn across the Aumrlcatt ' crmtlsent, aa4 Hv. Honert Collrer. The Year 1912 I'linto ' hy American Pros Atsnclatlnn BULGARIAN TROOPS CAMPAIGNING AOAINST TURKEY AMUNDSEN. DISCOVERER OF THE SOUTH POLE-MUTSUHITO, JAPAN'S LATE EMPEROR OLYMPIC GAMES IN SWEDEN. HISTORY OF 1912 IN FOREIGN LANDS Balkan fifar, Olympic Games and Older Happenings, Hv .lAl.s a. i tir.r.n ton. Till-: diliT eveiits nf Ui abroad wen the ii.ilkmi war. ihu per in HI iwtubllsliiuent of the Chinese lepubllc the an- uiiiiui 'itieiil of Hie dls'-iiM'ry of the siiull, pole. Hie death of the mikado of Japan, the Miulllug out of itprMugs lu Mexico, Cuba and Nicaragua, the as- sasslnallo.i of I'lemler Canalejas of Spain, Hie Olympic games ut Stock holm and the Inline rule light ill the Ilrltlsb parliament. It certainly was a disastrous year for Turkey. In closing the war with Italy she was forces;! to give up Tripoli, the last ut her African provinces, She bad nn earthipinko that destroyed :i,iH) lives, a cholera epidemic, n near revo lution and n war with (be llalkau allies that bas cost her nearly all of bet provinces In Kurope. Hho has bad nearly everything tbe matter witli her except mumps and housemaid's knee. Ucr harems have tied to Asia Minor, ami her soldiers have tied wherever tbe fleeing wan good. She declared war on Oct. 17 nnd only regained conscious ness In lime to talk peace with her conqueror. Shortest War on Record. In Europe It, Is known as tbe "thirty days'" war,..tno shortest on record. Every one of tbe allies won Impor tant victories, and won them lu such rapid succession that tho world looked on ninaied. Tbu reputation of tbe Turkish array crumbled overnight. Tho first clash occurred on Oct. 4, nud four days later little Montenegro de clared war, capturing Dutchltch tnouu tain nnd Investing Kcutnrl. Tho Bul garians smashed tho Turks In n dis astrous defeat ut Kirk Klllse, be sieged Adrlanople nud Invested tbe Inst line of Turkish defense licfore Constantinople. Tho Servian army drovo nil before it and participated In the capture of Moimstlr aud other strongholds. The Greeks won u succes sion of victories and took tbo historic city of Saloulkl. It was at about this time that Turkey recovered conscious ness nud asked for nn armistice. Tbe meeting for icace negotiations was held lu Londou. Tbe Insistence of Servla on su Adri atic port as a result of ber victories aroused opposition tn Austria, and for a tlase there was widespread fear of a general Baropean war, which had aot entirely ataaypearsa at the end of the year. The work of the Chines,. r,,.,i, which started last year was i. completed, and the republic i t. llxcd fad. Or. Sun Vol m-h -augtiraled us provisional pr-i' Jan. 1, bin titis(liNhl res,. in-.' vor of Yuan Sliili Ual in m u.i or. The Miiiichu il.iuii' i al - Kelt. I SJ, lltld llllee ilnys hit' ' - lion of Yuan . ri n r. ; . :i,s m ; taking place mi .. r. ii ., of the soldiers iiIhmiI l',,,n. . - 1 put down, mid tin' I', iicl ; : i was tempnraril, s,.;vi'.: , 1 1 foreign loans Wmi i ) other aduiliceil tin is i.i s m ,..,. i - -, i a i i . ed lu some ol the pi'.n in- - The illseoM ry of i'ii- s.uiiii p,,;., w -s really inade on In-- 17. mil. Imt the announcement wus det'erred until March T, ItH'J. when the discoverer, Captain Itould Amiiiiilseu, returned to livllbtallou, Tbe death of I'.iuperor Mulsiiblto of Japan, umler whom that wonderful na tion bas been transformed from semi barbarism to a place lu the front rank of nations, occurred on July !Ui, and Ids son, Yoshlhlto, ascended I hi' throne. The funeral of tho dead lulkadu was ac companied hy oriental muiii nnd was attended by representatives from tbe whole world. A sensational aftermath was Hie suicide nf (leneral Count Nogl uud bis wife, Nogl was tliu command er who took Tort Arthur. Latin American Insurrection!. Tbu Mexican revtilutlon against res ident Madero ninile considerable bead way early In the yeur. tho rels-ls cap turing the city of Juarez on Feb. ti" Later tliu federals gained Important victories, driving tbe Insurgents Into the mountains. A new dlfflenlly oc curred when Vera Crua arose in Insur rection, bsl by Felix Itluic, nephew of Hie former president. This uprising wns speedily suppressed, however, and IHnx, with Ills other otlleers, wns cap tured, two of his lieutenants liclug put to death. There was also nn Insurrection In Nicaragua. American murines wero landed to protect property nnd lives of our citizens. On Sept. 2d (leneral Menu, n leader of tbe Insurrection, sur rendered to the federal uud American forces. A rebellion of the negroes In ono of the Cuban provinces also caused the landing of Aiucrlcnn forces, ami there was some talk of Intervention, but the disturbance wns simhi quelled. Cuba held her presidential election In tbe full without tho presence, of American troops. Tho now president, (leneral Matin Menoeal. Is friendly to the Unit ed States. End of Turko-Italian War. The war betwecu Italy aud Turkey dragged on through tho early part of tho year, with no very heavy fighting on oltlu-r side. Tbe Italian navy took tbe islands of the Aegean. Tbe use of the aeroplane in war had further dem onstration, Italian aviators dropping Abroad bombs lu a Turkish eump, killing ten. On Oct. I.' the peace protocol was sign, ed between the two countries. Hy its, terms duly gained practical control of Tripoli, Imt gave up the Aegean Islands that Orcoco is uow battling to free. lu ileal Itiitalu the most, notable events of the year, aside from Kim land's part lu the general Kuropeaii sit ual Inn. wore the coal strike In I'ehru a r.v uud March, the continued ills turbaiices by the suttrugcttcs and tliu home rule light. The coal strike threw out of employment upward of 1,000,004) workers and threatened for a time to become worldwide, there being also u strike In Hermaiiy and trouble threat ened lu Franco and the Hulled States, Tho Hrillsh government Interposed, and tbe contest was llnully settled by tbo passage of a minimum wage law satis factory to the miners. France Subdues Morocco. There was some friction between France und Spain over the division of Morocco, but It wns llnully Adjusted, France retaining control of nil of It, except some towns and n small amount f territory nearest to Spnln. Mulal llntld nbdlcuted as sultan. Among the ssirtlng events abroad were Hie quadrennial Olympic races at Stockholm, In which tbu United States took most of the track uud Held events, ami Hie annual Isiat race betwecu Ox ford and Cambridge, Oxford winning. Oilier events of tbe yenr wero tbo honoring of William Marconi, Inventor of wireless, by n life scut In tbe Ital ian senate; Hid completion of the Al pine tunnel through the Arl mountnln, six and three-ipiurter miles long; tbo sinking of tbo steamer Texas under tbo Turkish flag, sixty-six passengers U'lng drowned, and tbe review of seventy-two war aeroplanes and dirigibles nl Paris, Among tho noted deud abroad were Alfred Tennyson Dickens, In New York to celebrate the centenary of his fa ther's birth; Henry Laboucbere, tbo brllllaut Ilrltlsb editor and statesman; Abbo Charles l.ayson iPcre Hvn clnthe); W. T. Stead, tbo famous Lon don editor, who went down lu tbo wreck of the Titanic; Count von Aebreutbnl, Austrian premier; Kdwnrd Terry, tbo Kngllsh actor: llraiu Stoker, London author and mannger; Justin .McCarthy, tho famous author nnd statesman; llobert W. I), Ilruwnlng, only sou of the poets llobert nnd Eliz abeth Barrett Browning; Henri I'oln care, celebrated French niatbcmatl dun; Andrew I.aug, poet nnd novelist; Massenet, tho composer; Johuim M. Hcbleyer, Inventor of Volapuk, tbe lan guage having died before Its author: Iter. William Booth, founder nnd head of the Salvation Army: Baron Mur scball von Dleberatein, Herman diplo mat; Rev, Augustus Orlebar. orlilnnl of "Tom Brown;" Robert Barr, tbe Scotch novelist; Laurance Aluia-Ta-dema, the fajoous artist, and. Premier Caaalejaa of Spain, who was aaaasslr ste4 by aa' anarchist