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THE SPANISH-AMERICAN
Chronology
of the Year 1919
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WAR AND PEACE
Jan. 2 President Wilson arrived In
Italy.
British landed troops in Riga, I.lbau
and Windnu tu combat the bolshevikl.
.tan. 3 President tVllson received In
Koine.
Hoover made head of International re
lief organization.
Poles In rul I possession of Posen.
Jan. 4 New Serbian-Croatian-Slovene
government formed at Belgrade,
ttolshevikl captured Riga.
Jan. 6 Civil war between government
forces and the Spartacans broke out In
Berlin; the latter captured the Spaudau
arsenal.
Jan. 7 President Wilson returned to
Paris.
Uerlln rioters forced Gen. Harries to
haul down the American I In tí.
K.bert faction on top in Berlin after se
vere street lighting.
Jan. 9 Independent socialists set up new
government in Uerlln.
Jan. 10 Republic proclaimed In Luxem
burg, but suppressed ,at once by the
French.
Jan. 11 Socialist republic proclulmed In
Bremen.
Count Karolyl made president of Hun
garian republic.
Jan. 12 Supreme council of peace con
gress held Its first meeting in Paris.
Spaitacana defeated in Berlin.
Spartacans gained control oí Constance,
Itaden.
Jan. 13 Many Spartacans executed In
Uerlln.
Jan. 16 Grand Duchess Marie of Lux
emburg abdicated and was succeeded by
her sister Charlotte.
Jan. lt Karl Llebknecht and Rosa Lux
emburg killed In Berlin.
Jan. 17 Counter-revolution broke out In
Petrograd and bolslievikl began retreat
eastward from Esthonia.
Armistice granted Germany extended
one month.
Jan. l-lnterallled peace congress for
mally opened.
.tan. 19 Bolshevists captured Kiev.
Polish coalition, cabinet formed by Pn
derewskl. Cernían elections resulted generally fa
vorably to the majority socialists.
Jan. 20 White Russia proclaimed its
union with the Russian soviet republic.
Jan. 22 Allied supreme council asked
Russian factions to send representative
to conference at the Princes' islands. Sea
of Marmora,
Jan. 25 American troops forced to re
treat from 8henkursk, northern Russia.
Peace conference adopted plan for
Iague of Rations.
Czecha captured Oderburg from the
Poles.
Jan. 26 President Wilson visited the
Chateau Thierry and Reims regions.
Keb. 1 Plan of giving German colonies
to allied countries as mandatories of
ieague of Nations adopted by supreme
council.
Peo. 4 Fighting between Czechs and
i'file slopped by order of supreme council.
Americans defeated bolslievikl at Vistav
ka, northern Russia,
German government troops bombarded
Bremen and ejected the Spartacans.
Keb. 6 German national assembly
opened In Weimar.
Feb. 8 Russlun anarchists evacuated
Vltna,
Keb. Polish constitutional assembly
met in Warsaw., ,
Keb. 11-Friederlch Ebert elected presi
dent of German republic and Philipp
tk-heidemann made premier.
Keb. 12-Republican revolt In Rnumanla;
King Ferdinand slightly wounded.
Keb, 1.1 Draft of League of Nations
plan completed and adopted by commis
sion. Gen. Denlklne' antl-holshevik army
reached the Caspian after heating hi
aoviet army and taking 31.OU0 prisoners.
Keb. 10 President YVilson sailed for
home.
Keb. IB Germans accepted new terms
for renewal of armistice, under protest.
Keb. lfl Premier Clemenceau shot In
shoulder by an anarchist.
Governments of Siberia Archangel and
.Southern Russia formally rejected the
proposal for conference at Princes' Islands.
Keb. 21 Premier Kurt Eisner and sev
eral other members of the Bavarian gov.
rnment assassinated,
v Feb. 24 President Wilson landed In Bos
ton and spoke In behalf of League of Na
tions plan
March 5 President Wilson sailed for
Paris.
March -Many Spartacans summarily
executed In Berlin after bloody battles
March 13 President Wilson landed In
France.
March 19 Ukrainians captured Lemberg
from Poles.
'March 22 Count Karolyl, head of pro
visional government of Hungary, re
signed, and new government proclaimed
ulldarlty and armed alliance with the
Russian soviet government.
March 25 British Secretary of War
Churchill announced Egypt was In a vir
tual state of insurrection.
March 31 General strikes and fatal riots
4n Berlin and other German cities.
April 1 Several hundreds , killed in
trlke riots In Frankfort
April 4 Soviet government established
In Munich
Antanas 8metonas elected president of
Lithuanian republic.
April 7 Ukrainian soviet troops captured
Odessa.
. General, strike In Magdeburg, followed
by riots.
April 9 Government troops regained
possession of Magdeburg and Essen.
April 10 Geneva, Switzerland, chosen as
seat of League of Nations.
American engineers reached Murmansk.-
April lf Gen. Halter's Polish divisions
teft France for Poland.
April IS Iibau seized by German troops
and Lettish, provisional government over
thrown. - " -
April 17 First bolshevik army, on the
Prlpet, surrendered to Ukrainians.
April IS Soldiers' council took control
of Vienna.
April lit Reds put to rout In Vienna.
April 20 F.vacuatlon of Sebastopol by
allies announced. ,.
April 21 Victory loan campaign' opened
In V S.
Ukrainians took Kiev from bolshevik!.
April 24 President Wilson declared Italy
could not have Flume, and the Italian
delegates abandoned the peace confer
ence Mexico declared It would not recognize
(lie Monroe doctrine, and withdrew Its
minister to France.
April 2H league of Nations covenant
onanlmously adopted by peace confer-'
once
April 29-Oerman peace envoys reached
Versailles.
April 30 Peace council decided dispute
over Klau-Chau In Japan's favor.
May 2 Most of Munich taken by gov
ernment troops.
May 4-Wilson. Lloyd George and Cle
menceau Invited Italy to return to peace
conference, promising to give her Flume
after two years.
Surrender of Hungarian- soviet govern
ment announced.
Mav 6 Complete peace treaty adopted
bv allied delegates.
Great Britain recognized Independence
of Finland. -
Chinese cabinet Instructed Chinese dele
gales not to sign peace treaty.
Mav 7-Peace treaty handed to German
delegates.
1 1. S. recognized government of Finland.
May 14 Austrian peace delegates ar
rived at St. Germain.
May IS Greek troops occupied Smyrna
after fighting.
Mav i(;New antl-communlst govern
ment of Hungary set up at Arnad.
May is British ships dereated bolshevik
fleet In Gulf of Finland
May 21 German delegates given exten
sion of time to May 29 to reply to terms.
Mav 30-Germany'e reply to peace terms
submitted. . , . . . . . ,
Mav 31 British warships defeated Dol
nevik licet In the Baltic.
June 1 Rhine republic proclaimed In va
rious cities, with Dr. Hans A. Dorten at
Its head.
June 2 Peace terms presented to Aus
tria's delegates.
June 6 U. 8. Senate adopted resolution
asking hearing by peace congress for
"free Ireland" representatives.
June 16 Allies' reply to German counter-proposals
and tiiial draft of treaty
handed to Germans and seven days al
lowed them to sign. . .
Jpne IK President Wilson visited the
ruins of Belgium.
Russian cruisers Oleg and Slava sunk
by British warships.
June 19-Italian cabinet resigned, being
refused a vote of confidence.
June 20 German government decided to
sign peace treaty and the Scheidemann
cabinet resigned.
June 21 Gustuv Bauer formed new Ger
man cabinet.
Surrendered Gorman warships at Scapa
Flow nearly all sunk by their crews.
Francesco Nltti made premier of Italy.
June 22 German national assembly vot
ed to sign treaty. Allies refused any fur
ther modification of terms.
June 23 crinan government officially
agreed to sign the treaty.
June 25 Bloody rioting In Berlin and
Hamburg.
June 26 Allies rejected appeal against
dismemberment of Turkey.
June 28-Peace treaty with Germnny
signed at Versailles, only the Chinese del
egates refusing to sign.
Warfare between Germans and Poles
ceased.
June 29 President Wilson sailed from
France.
July 8 President Wilson arrived at New
York on George Washington.
July 9 German national assembly rntt
tled pence treaty by vote of 208 to 115.
July lu-otttclal notification of ratifica
tion of peace treaty by German assembly
given peace conference at Versailles.
July 11-Trade between United States
and Germany ordered resumed by state
department at Washington.
July 13 Enver Pasha, Talaat Bey and
DJemal Pasha, leaders of Turkish gov
ernment during war, condemned to death
by Turkish court martial.
July 14 Victory parade in Paris marked
Bastille day.
July 1! Great victory parade In London.
July 20 Completed text of treaty with
Austria handed to delegates from Vienna.
"Terror troops" reported In control of
Budapest. Belli Kiln ousted.
July 21 British house of commons passed
peace treaty and Anglo-French pact.
July 29 President Wilson sent Franco
American treaty to the senate.
July 31 Polish parliament ratified treutv
with Germany.
Aug. 1 Socialists seized control in Hun
gary and Bela Kun and his communist
government fled.
Aug. 4 Roumanian troops entered Bu
dapest. Aug. 6 Austrian delegates made coun
ter peace proposals.
Socialist government of Hungary over
thrown and Archduke Joseph put In
power as governor, supported by entente.
Aug. ID Six bolshevik battalions de
stroyed at battle on the Dvina.
Aug. 17 Four bnlshevist vessels sunk
by British tieet In Gulf of Finland.
Bolshevikl driven out of Odessa by Denl
klne. Aug. 22 Archduke Joseph resigned as
head of Hungarian government.
Aug. 25 Two V. 8. regiments ordered
from U. S. to Silesia.
Sept. 1 General Pershing sailed for
home.
Martial law In Munich.
Sept. 2-Flnal peace terms handed to
Austria.
Sept. 3 Supreme council ordered Rou
manians to quit Hungary and restore loot,
Sept. 6 Austrian national assembly vot
ed to sign peace treaty, under protest.
Supreme council awarded Spltzbergen
to Norway.
Sept. 10 Dr. Karl Renner signed the
peace treaty for Austria.
Peace treaty reported to U. S. senate
with suggested amendments and reserva
tions. Sept. 12 Bolslievikl announced capture
of Kolchak's southern army, 45,(1(10 men,
D'Annunzio at head of Italian troops
seized Flume; other troops, ordered to
disarm his men, mutinied. .
Sept. 15 China decreed separate peace
with Germany.
Sept. 19 Peace treaty handed to Bulga
rian delegates.
Sept. 22 Italians ousted from Trau by
American marines, who turned town over
to Jugo-Slavs.
Sept. Peace conference ordered ulti
matum to Germany on evacuation of
Lithuania by Von der Goltz' troops.
Oct 1 Italians and Serbs fought In Spa
lato; 200 killed.
Russian northwestern army began of
fensive against bolslievikl.
Oct. 2 Fall amendments, to peace treaty
rejected by the senate.
French chamber of deputies ratified
peace treaty and treaties with America
and Great Britain.
Ort 6 Bolslievikl evacuated Dvlnsk
after great defeat.
Peace treaties ratified by Italy by royal
decree.
Oct. 8 Germans and Russians attacked
Riga.
Oct. 10 King George signed British rat
ification of German treaty.
Oct. 11 Part of Riga taken by Ruaso
Germnn force and Letts landed at Libau
for counter-attack.
France ratified the German treaty.
Oct. 13 I-eague of Nations officially
brought into being.
Oct. 15 General Denlklne announced cap
ture of Orel and other victories over bol
slievikl. Oot. 16 Russian northwest army took
Pskov and Tsarskoe Selo.
Oct. 17 Kronstadt taken by British fleet.
Oct. 23 Bolshevikl recaptured Tsarskoe
Selo and Krasnoe Selo from White army.
Oct. 25 Reverses for Denlklne and Kol
chak reported.
Oct. 26 White army resumed advance on
Petrograd.
Nov. 3 Bolshevikl recaptured Gatchlna
from YudeniUh.
Nov. 7 Lodge preamble to treaty ratifi
cation adopted by senate. 48 to 40.
Supreme council ordered Roumanian
trootis out of Hungary at once.
Nov. 13 Senate adopted reservation to
Article X of league covenant.
Nov. 14 D Annunzlo seized Zara, Dal
matian Nov. 15 Ten drastic reservations to
treaty adopted by senate.
General Yudenltch retreated to Estho-
nian border and resigned command of
Russian Northwest army.
Bolshevists captured Omsk.
Nov, 19 Senate rejected ratification of
treaty with and without reservations.
Nov. 21 Lettish troops captured Mitau
from German-Russ army.
Nov. 27 Treaty of peace with Bulgaria
signed.
Dec. 7 Russian bolshevikl offered terms.
of peace to Esthonta.
Dec. 8 supreme council warned Ger.
many that utiles would denounce armis
tice If protocol were not signed.
Dec. 12 Bolshevikl raptured Kharkov,
Denlklne's base in southern Russia.
Dec 14 Agreement reached bv Eneland.
France and Italy that Italy shall have
Flume; D'Annunzlo to hand city over to
regulars.
Dec. 17 Bolshevikl announced capture
of Kleff and Kuplansk,
Dec. 18 German delegates declared Ger
many could not deliver the 400,000 tons of
harbor and dock material demanded In
reparation for sinking of interned war
ships at Scapa Flow.
Objections by D'Annunzln's troops
blocked the turning over of Flume to the
Italian regulars.
David Lloyd George announced the al
lies would make peace with Turkey wlla.
out waiting longer for America.
DOMESTIC
Jan. 2 Michigan legislature ratified pro
hibitlon constitutional amendment.
Jan. ,7 Legislatures of Ohio, Oklahoma
and Colorado ratinea the prohibition
umnnriment
Supreme court declared constitutional
the act forbidding shipment of liquor into
dry territory.
Jan, 8 Berger, Kruse, Germer, Engdahl
and Tucker Socialists, convicted in Chi
cairo of sedition and disloyalty.
Tennessee, Idaho and Maine legislatures
ratllied prohibition amendment.
Jan. 9 West Virginia ratified prohibi
tion amendment.
Attorney General Gregory resigned, ef
fective March 4.
Jan. 14 Prohibition amendment ratified
by Illinois, Alabama, Arkansas, Califor
nia, Indiana, Kansas and North Carolina.
Jan. ID Iowa, Utah, Colorado, Oregon
and New Hampshire ratified dry amend
ment. Jan. 16 Nebraska ratified prohibition
amendment, making the three-fourths
majority necessary, ana Missouri and
Wyoming louoweo.
Forty-six I. W. W.'s convicted of con
spiracy in Sacramento, Cal.
Jan. 17 Wisconsin and Minnesota rati
fied prohibition amendment.
Jan. 21 Nevada ratiiled prohibition
amendment.
Jan. 29 State department proclaimed
ratification of prohibition amendment and
set Jan. 16. 1920, aa date when It la effec
tive. Feb. 10 Suffrage amendment beaten In
senate by one vote.
Keb. 18 Berger, Kruse, Germer, Eng
dahl and Tucker, socialists, sentenced to
20 years' Imprisonment for violating es
pionage act.
Feb. 26 New revenue law, signed by
president went into effect
Feb. 27-H. C. Wallace, Tacoma, ap
pointed ambassador to France.
A. Mitchell Palmer made attorney general.
March 1 Norman flnncnrwl ronde minis
ter to Denmark.
mnrcn a Victory loan bill passed ly
senate. i
March 4 Congress ndlnurned sine die.
Aoril 7 ThnmsiB Vul..n Uuun umliUHuu.
dor to Italy, resigned.
prn ib Hugh Gibson appointed tlrst
U. 8. Minister to Poland.
April 2! PoHtttinHiMi.janirnl Riirlpsnn
directed return of cable companies to prl-
uwnersnip May ü.
April 30 Plot to kilt mnnv nromlnent
Americans with mailed bombs uncovered.
winy i May day riots In many cities.
May 7 President called extra session of
congress tor May 19.
May 19 Soevtnl session of ennrress
opened; Gillett elected speaker.
Frederick Ulllett elected speaker of next
house.
May 20 President Wilson's cabled mes
sage read to congress.
May 21 House adopted woman suffrage
constitutional amendment resolution.
May 2i Dr. Lvnn llaroirl llnuirh elected
president of Northwestern university.
June 2 Anarchist plot to destrov homes
of law enforcement officials in eight east
ern cities attempted. Two persons killed.
June 4 Senate adopted woman suffrage
constitutional amendment resolution.
June 6 Postmaster (ieneral Burleson
surrendered operation of telegraph and
leieimuue systems to tne companies.
June 10 Legislatures of Illinois. Wis
consin and Michigan ratified woman suf-
irage amendment
July 1 Wurtime emerirencv nrohlbltion
law went Into effect.
July 11 Federal trade commission re
ported to President that packers planned
complete control of ail foodstuffs.
July 12 President Wilson vetoed agri
cultural bill because of Its provision re
peating nayngnt saving law.
July 13 President A. C. Townlev nnd
Joseph Gilbert of Nonpartisan league of
North Dakota found guilty by Jury at
Jackson, Minn., of conspiracy to teach
aisioyauy.
July 21 Race riots In Washington, four
persons killed.
July 27 Race rots In Chlcaao: two
killed, many hurt.
July 28 Chicago race war spread: 36 in
all were killed and hundreds hurt.
July JO State trooos in action to aue II
Chicago race riots.
July ,il Government rellnrjulshed con
trol of the telegraph and telephone sys
tems.
Aug. 1 Congress reDealed davllirht-sav-
ing law.
Aug. 6 President Wilson ordered e vil
and criminal proceedings against the "Big
r ive packers.
Aug. 8 President Wilson addressed con
gress on high cost of living.
Aug. 14 Henry Ford won libel suit
against Chicago Tribune, with nominal
damages.
Aug. 15 President Wilson vetoed the
daylight-saving repeal act.
Aug. 20 Daylight-saving repeal bill
passed over president's veto.
A. Mitchell Palmer confirmed by senate
a U, 8. attorney general.
Sept. 2 BUI to make Pershinr sreneral
for life passed by congress.
Sept. 3 President Wilson started on
speaking tour of country.
Sept. 4 Pershing nominated general and
confirmed by senate.
Sept. 6 Secretary of Commerce Redfield
resigned, effective Oct. 3L
Prohibition enforcement bill passed by
senate.
Sept. 6 Charles M. Galloway resigned
as federal civil service commissioner, and
attacked postmaster General Burleson.
Sent. 7 Great fake stock swindle J Jot
bared by arrests in Chicago.
Five hundred convicts at Pontlac. III..
revolted and killed a guard.
Sept. 8 General Pershing landed at
New York and was given great reception
and commissioned general for life.
Sept. 9 Cardinal Mercler of Belgium
landed at New York.
Sept. 12 Col. J. r. Bell. Brook yn. elect
ed commander-tn-rhlef of the G. A. R.
Sept. 18 Thanks of congress given to
General Pershing.
Sent. 26 President Wilson's tr d ended
by his Illness.
Sept. 28 Great mob In Omaha lynched
negro prisoner, fought police, set fire to
courthouse and almost killed Mayor U. P.
Smith.
8ept. 30-Brand Whltlock made ambas
sador to Belgium.
Oct. 1 Five white men and eleven ne
groes killed in race war at Elaine. Ark.
Oct. 2 King and queen of the Belgians
landed in New York.
Oct. 20 International trade conference
opened In Atlantic City.
Oct. 27 President Wilson vetoed prohi
bition enforcement bill and house re
passed It.
Oct 28 Senate passed prohibition en
forcement bill over president's veto and
it became law.
Farmer's national congress opened In
Hagerstown. Md.
Oct 31 Secretary of Commerce Redfield
retired from the cabinet.
Nov 4 Remihlicans won election In
Massachusetts, New York and Kentucky
and Democrats won in New Jersey,
Maryland and Mississippi. Wets won in
Ohio.
Nov. 7 Hundreds of Reds arrested by
federal agents all over country.
Nov. 11 I. W. W. members fired Into
American legion parade at Centralla.
Wash., killing four ex-soldlers; one of
murderers lynched.
Prince of Wales arrived in Washington.
President Wilson left his bed for first
time In six weeks.
Nov. 12 Franklin D'Oller elected na
tional commander of American legion.
Nov. 15 Secretary of the Treasury Car
ter Glass appointed TJ, S. senator from
Virginia.
Nov. 18 House adjourned.
Nov. 19 Senate adjourned.
Nov. 29 IT. S. Senntor Newberry of
Michigan and 134 others Indicted for
election frauds.
Dec. 1 Regular Besslon of congress
opened.
Dec. 2 President Wilson's message
read to congress.
Congressman J. W. Alexander of Mis
souri made secretary of commerce.
Dec. 10 Republican national committee
set the convention for June 8 In Chicago.
Dee. 11 Dr. H. A. Garfield resigned as
fuel administrator,
Dec. 13 Senator Johnson, California,
announced his candidacy for presidency.
Dec. 15U. 8. Supreme court upheld con
stitutionality of war-time prohibition art,
Dec. 16 Senator Harding, Ohio, an
nounced his candidacy for Republican
nomination for presidency.
Dec. 17 Big packers agree to discon
tinue all their side lines.
Dec. 19 Victor Berger, convicted Social
ist, re-elected to congress from Fifth Wis
consin district.
INDUSTRIAL
Jan. 9 Great strike of marine workers
of New York begun.
Bloody battles between strikers and
trooos In Buenos Aires.
Jan. 12 New York strike ended pending
arbitration oy war lauur ouaru.
Jan. 13 General strike in Lima and
Callao. Peru.
Jan. 31 Great strike in England, Scot
land and Ireland.
Feb. 4 Building Trades Employers' as
sociation declared a lockout In New .York.
Feb. 6 General strike in Seattle to sup
port striking shipbuilders.
Feb. 10-Seattle general strike called
off.
March 4 Marine workers at New York
struck again.
April 15 New England telephone work,
ers struck.
April 20-New England ,phone strike
settled.
May 14 Chicago milk drivers struck.
May 15-Great general strike In Wlnm-
May 16-Chic.ago milk wagon drivers
won tneir siriae.
May 26-General strike called (n Calgary
and Edmonton, Canada.
May 29 General strike In Toiunio,
June ! Toronto strike called off.
June 6 Commercial telegraphers' union
members In southeast struck.
June 8 Detroit carmen struck.
June 10 General strike of telegraph op
erators started.
June 22 Gompers re-elected president
of A. F. of L.
June 23 A. F. of L. declared for 44-hour
Week for all crafts and U. S. employees.
July IS Building Employers' association
of Chicago locked out 2O0.0O9 employees
because of carpenters' strike.
Boston street car men on strike.
July 28 Strike ef Atlantic coast ship
workers ended.
July 29 Chicago surface and elevated
car men struck
July 31-Pollce of London and English
provinces called on strike, but few re
sponded. Aug. 1 Chicago street car strike ended
by compromise.
Railroad shop workers of 11. S. struck.
Aug, 6 Brooklyn Rapid Transit work
ers struck.
Fourteen railroad unions demanded in
creased wages.
Aug. 7 Actors on strike in New York.
Aug. 13 Actors' strike spread to Chi
cago. '
Aug. 14 Railway shopmen voted to re
turn to work
Aug. 24 Pacific coast railways tied' up
by strike.
Aug. 25 President Wilson granted 4-
cent an hour raise to railway shopmen
and Issued explanatory statement to pub
lic, calling for Industrial truce.
Aug. 2b Railway shopmen s committee
rejected President Wilson's offer and or
dered vote on strike by the men.
Aug. rj t'aciftc coast railway men
voted to call off strike.
Sept. b Actors won their strike.
Sept. 9 Three strikers killed In riots
in Hammond, Ind.
Unionized police of Boston struck.
Sept. 10 State troops called to Boston:
seven persons killed In riots. -
steel workers committee called strike
for September 22 against United States
Steel corporation.
Sept. 19 Carpenters' strike in Chicago
dlsliii-t ended by victory for union.
oept. 22 i treat strike of steel workers
begun. Two killed and several hurt in
riots In Pittsburgh region.
Sept. 27 British railway men struck.
Sept. 29 Strike begun in Bethlehem sleel
works.
Oct. 1 Lockout and strike in printing
trade In New York: maiiv oublications
suspended.
Oct. ft Serious strike riots in Gary, Ind.
British rail workers' strike ended by
compromise.
Oct. 6 rederal troops sent to Garv and
martial law proclaimed In Gary. East
Chicago and Indiana Harbor.
industrial conference ooened in Wash
ington.
Oct. 10 New York harbor tied un bv
strikes.
Oct. 14 Nation-wide strike of soft coal
miners ordered for, Noy. 1.
Oct. 15 New York harbor workers
strike called oft.
Oct. 22 Labor bloc withdrew from In
dustrial conference because Its resolution
on. collective) bargaining was rejected.
wet. 24 industrial conference dissolved.
Miners rejected all offers of comuro-
mlse
Oct. 28 International congress of work
ing women opened In Washington.
International labor conference opened
In Washington.
Oct. 31 Government obtained injunction
against the coal strike.
Nov, 1 Strike of soft coal miners be
gan.
Nov. 8 Federal Judge Anderson ordered
mine leaders to call off strike by Nov. 11.
Nov. U Miners' union officials canceled
the strike order.
Nov. 23 New York Drinters voted to
abandon strike.
Nov. 27 Government's efforts to end
coal strike by negotiation failed, miners
rejecting offer of 14 per cent increase In
wages.
Dec. 1 War time coal order renewed bv
Fuel Administrator Garfield.
New Industrial conference opened in
Washington.
Dec. 2 General strike in Rome, Milan
and Florence, Italy.
Dec. 8 Fuel Director Garfield issued
drastic orders for conservation of coal.
Dec. 9 Compromise offer from Presi
dent Wilson presented to miners' offi
cials. Dec. 10 Miners accepted President Wil
son's offer of 14 per Cent Wfige Increase
and commission to determine scsle and
conditions for future, and called off their
strike.
Dec. 13 Ijoridon tailoring contractors
and garment workers struck.
FOREIGN
Jan. 20 Royalist revolution broke out
In Portugal.
Jan. 21 The Irish parliament met In
Dublin and proclaimed the independence
of Ireland.
Jan. 25 Portuguese royalists defeated
In several battles.
Feb. 17 Portuguese government an
nounced royalist rebellion was ended.
March 19 Wireless telephony estab
lished between Canada snd Ireland.
April 13 Open rebellion in the Punab,
India.
June 13 Serious anarchist riots in Zu
rich, Switzerland.
July 1 Great food riots in Fori!, Italy.
July 8 King Emmanuel of Italy Issued
decree that profiteers will be fined 13,000
and Imprisoned and goods confiscated.
July 11 Resignation of Viscount Ishll
as Japanese ambassador to United States
announced by government at Tokyo.
July 28 Doctor Pessoa inaugurated pres
ident of Brazil.
Aug. 6 Antonio Almeida elected presi
dent of Portugal.
Aug 8 About 80 killed In food riots in
Chemnitz, Germany.
Aug. 12 Shah of Persia fled his country.
President Tinoco of Costa Rica fled. Ba
tista Qulroz took the office.
Aug. 13 Viscount Grey made.? British
ambassador to America.
Aug. 16 Suppression of Sinn Felners In
County Clare, Ireland, caused much fight
ing. Sept. 8 Honduras revolutionists forced
President Bertrand to flee the country.
Kinjuro Shldehara appointed Japanese
ambassador to United States.
Sept. 28 Luxemburg voted to retain
Grand Duchess Charlotte as ruler.
Oct. 7 Norway adopted prohibition, ex
cepting wines and beer, by plebiscite.
Nov. 6 Grand Duchess Charlotte of
Luxemburg married to Prince Felix of
Bourbon-Parma.
Nov. 15 Lady Astor elected member of
British parliament.
Nov. 16 Radicals routed In French elec
tions. Nov. 26 British government proclaimed
suppression of Sinn Fein and like organ
izations throughout, Ireland.
Dec. 19 Assassins attempted to kill Vis
count French, lord lieutenant of Ireland.
MEXICO
April 16 General Blanquet, revolutionist
leader, killed in fight
May 29 Vllllstas proclaimed revolution
ary government with Gen. Felipe An
geles as provisional president
June 14 Villa forces began an attacit on
Juarez.
June 15 Several Americans in El Paso
having been killed or wounded by shots
from Vllllstas, American troops crossed
to Juarez and attacked the Villa forces.
June 16 American troops routed Vlllls
tas at Juarez and returned to El Paso.
July 6 Armed Mexicans attacked and
robbed boatload of American sailors near
Tampico.
Aug. 16 British charge ordered from
Mexico by Carranza.
Aug. 17 Two American army aviators
held for ransom by Mexican bandits,
Aug. 19 U. 8. troops entered Mexico In
pursuit of bandits.
i Aug. 21 Carranza demanded withdrawal
of U. 8. troops and President Wilson re
fused. Punitive expedition killed four ban
dits. Aug. 24 Pursuit of Mexican bandits by
U. S. troops abandoned.
Aug. 29 Complete victory of Carranza
In elections announced.
Sept. 1 President Carranza In address
to congress defended Mexico against ac
cusations, denounced league of Nations
and defied Monroe Doctrine.
Sept. 2 U. 8. army aviator shot by Mex
icans near Laredo, Tex
Sept. 9 Mexican government protested
against U. 8. aviators flying over Mexico.
Mexican rebel organizations appealed to
Uniled States to restore order In Mexico.
Nov. 2 Zapatistas surrendered to gov
ernment forces.
Nov. 15 General Angeles, Villa's chief
aid. captured.
Nov. 19 U. 6. requested immediate re
lease of Consular Agent Jenkins, arrested
at Puebla on charge of complicity with
bandits who kidnaped him.
Nov. 26 Mexico rejected the l 8. re
quest for the release of Jenkins.
Gen. Felipe Angeles executed.
Nov. 30 Secretary Lansing sent re
joinder to Mexico's defiant note, repeat
ing request for Jenkins' release.
Dec. 4 Consular Agent Jenkins released
on ball.
Decy 8 President Wilson asked senate
to leíve Mexican matter to him.
Dec 16 Mexico replied to U. 8. that
Jenkins case was closed by his release,
and refused to drop, the proceedings
against him.
AERONAUTICS
April 19-Capt. E. F. White made first
nonstop flight from Chicago to New York.
May 15 Air mall service between Chi
cago and Cleveland established.
May 16 Three American naval planes
started transatlantic flight from New
foundland. .
May 17 American naval plane NC4
reached the Azores: NC3 landed on water,
crew rescued; NCI landed on water, "tax
led" 205 miles and reached Ponta Delgada,
Azores.
May 18 Hawker and Grieve started aiN
plane flight from Newfoundland to Ire
land; landed on water 1,100 miles out and
Were picked up by steamer.
May 24 Lieutenant Roget made nonstop
flight from Paris to Kenltra, Morocco,
1.138 miles.
Muy 27 U.S. navy plane NCI flew from
the Azores to Lisbon, thus completing
the first transatlantic flight.
Air mall service between Paris and
Switzerland started.
May 28 Adjutant Cásale. French avia,
tor, ascended 31,000 feet, world record for
altitude.
May 30 NC4 left Lisbon, stopped twice
and arrived at Plymouth, England, next
day.
June 14-15 Capt. John Alcock and TJeut.
Arthur W. Brown of England made first
nonstop flight across Atlantic, from New
Foundlnnd to Ireland In Vlckers-Vlmy
plane in 16 hours 12 minutes.
July 2-Britlsh dirigible R34 started
from Scotland for the United States.
July 6 R34 reached Mineóla, L. I., com
pleting trip In 1(H) hours.
July 9-Brltlsh dirigible R34 sailed from
Mineóla, L. I., on return trip to Scotland.
July 13-Brltlsh dirigible R34 arrived at
Pulhsm, England, from Mineóla, L. I.,
having made homeward voyage In 74
hours 56 minutes.
Sept. 18 Roland Rohlfs made world's
altitude record, 36.610 feet, from Mineóla.
Oct. 8 Coast-to-coast race started from
Mineóla and 8an Francisco. Two aviators
killed at Salt Lake City and one at De
posit, N. Y.
Oct, Fourth aviator killed In coast-to-coast
race.
Oct. 10-Flfth aviator killed.
Oct. 11 Lieut. B. W. Maynard won east
to west part of airplane race.
Oct. 15 Two more contestants In trans
continental race killed In Utah.
Oct. 23 Lieut. Alexander Pearson de
clared winner of transcontinental race.
Dec. 10 Capt. noss Smith completed
airplane flight from England to Port Dar
win, Australia, winning prize of $50,000.
Dec. 19 Capt. Sir John Alcock, first
transatlantic nonstop flyer, killed by acci
dent in France.
SPORTS
Jan. 8 Kieckhefer defended three-cushion
title, defeating- Maupome.
Feb. 15 De Oro won three-cushion title
from Kieckhefer.
May 3 Cannefax won three-cushion
title from De Oro.
May 31 Indianapolis 500-mile auto race
won by Wilcox In a Peugeot Three men
killed.
June 7 Michigan won Western Intercol
legiate conference athletic meet
June 12 Walter Hagen won national
open golf championship.
July 4 Dempsey knocked out Willard
In third round, winning heavyweight
championship. ,
July 25 Jim Barnes retained Western
open golf championship.
July 30 Canadian open golf champion
ship won by Douglas Edgar of Atlanta,
Ga., with 278 strokes, new competitive rec
ord for 72 holes.
Aug. 13-F. S. Wright of Buffalo, N. T.,
won amateur championship at single tar
gets and Nick Arle of Menard, Tex., the
title at doubles.
Aug. 15 G. W; Lorlmer, Troy, O., won
grand American handicap at Chicago.
Aug. 23 Davidson Herrón, Pittsburgh,
won national amateur golf championship.
.Aug. SOn-Mrs. Perry Flak, De Kaib, 111.,
won womens' western golf championship.
Sept. 4 William M. Johnston, San Fran
cisco, won national tennis championship.
Sept. 16 Cincinnati Reds won National
league pennant.
Sept. 24 Chicago White Sox won Ameri
can league pennant
Oct 9 Cincinnati Reds won world's
champlonshln.
Oct. 25-Wllllam Hoppe retained 18-Sbalk
line championship.
Nov. 19 R. L. Cannefax won three-cushion
championship.
Nov. 22 University of Illinois won foot
ball championship of western conference.
Dec. 6 Jack Sharkey defeated Jimmy
Wilde of England In Milwaukee.
Dec. 12 Ralph Greenleaf won pocket
billiard championship of United States.
Dec. 17 Harvard's executive committee
of the board of control approved new
football committee from which Walter
Camp was omitted.
DISASTERS
Jan. 1270 British sailors drowned , when
boat was wrecked near Stornoway.
U. 8. army transport Northern Pacific
aground off Fire island.
Jan. 12-21 killed in New York Central
wreck at South Byron, N. Y.
Jan. 16 French steamer Chaprol sunk
by mine ih Straits of Messina; 6u0 lost,
April 8 Hundred persons killed by tor
nadoes In Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan
sas. April 28 Large section of Yokohama de
stroyed by fire.
Earthquake in San Salvador caused
great loss of life and property.
May 20 Kalut volcano, Java, In erup
tion; 15,000 persons killed.
May 22 Stromboli volcano, Sicily, In
eruption; many lives lost
June 5 Mine explosion at Wllkesbarre
killed 83.
June 22 More than 50 persons killed by
tornado at Fergus Falls, Minn.
June 29 Vlcchlo, Italy, ruined by earth
quake;, 120 killed.
July 1-U. 8. Navy dirigible exploded
near Baltimore, injuring lb.
July 9 Allan line steamship Grampian
struck Iceberg off Cape Race; two killed,
two Injured.
July 21 Dirigible balloon caught fire
over Chicago and fell through roof of
bank; 13 persons killed, 25 injured.
Aug. 15 Italian cruiser Baslllcata blown
up near Tewflk, blocking Suez canal.
Japanese transport foundered; 110 lost.
Sept. 10 Hurricane did Immense dam
age in southern Florida and Cuba..
Sept. 14 Hundreds killed and Immense
damage by hurricane on Texas Gulf coast.
Oct. 2821 lives lost In steamship wreck
at Muskegon. Mich.
Dec. 17 Forty-three killed in ammuni
tion plant explosion at Wilhelmshaven,
Germany.
Plcatny arsenal, near Dover, N. J.,
blew up, loss 11.000,000.
NECROLOGY
Jan. 1 David Lubln, patron of agricul
ture. In Rome.
Jan. 2 John E. Williams, noted Indus
trial arbitrator, at Streator, 111.
Jan. 6 Col. Theodore Roosevelt, at Oy
ster Bay, N. Y.
Jan. 8-Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell. U.
S A., in New York.
Jan. 9 Rev. Dr. S. J. McPherson, cler
gyman ana euueator, at Lawrenceville,
N J.
Jan. 10 Roswell M. Field, author,, at
Mornstown, r. j.
Jan. 12 Sir Charles Wyndham, British
actor.
John Mason, American actor.
W. J. Onahan, prominent Catholic lay
man. In Chicago.'
Jan. 13-Dr. Horace Fletcher, dietetics
expert, In Copenhagen. '
Jan. 16 Rodriguez Alves. president
elect of Brazil. '
Jan. 18 Prince John, youngest son of
king of England.
Jan 22 Former U. S. Senator George
T. Oliver at Pittsburgh. ,
Jan. 25 Congressman Edward Robblns
of Greensburg. Pa.
Jan. 27 Rear Admiral F. E. Chadwlck,
u. a. jn., retiree.
Jan. 81 Nat C. Goodwin, actor.
John T. Milliken, oil and mine magnate,
at St. Louis.
Feb. 2 Xavier Leroux, French operatic
composer.
Feb. 8 Prof. E. C. Pickering, director of
Harvard observatory.
Feb. 5 Rudolf Aronson, light opera com
poser and producer, In New York.
Keb, 9 Bessie Abbott, operatic prima
donna,
Feb. 17 Sir Wilfrid Laurler, former pre
mier of Canada,
Keb. Í8 Gen. Baron T. Fukushima,
noted Japanese soldier.
Feb. 21 Dr. Mary Walker, pioneer suf
fragist, in Washington.
W. p. Borland, congressman trom Mis
souri, in France.
Feb. 24 Julian Btory, American artist.
Feb. 27 Former U. 8. Senator G. F. Ed
munds of Vermont.
Robert Harris Canadian artist.
March 2 Charles E. Van Loan, author.
W, R, Burt. lumber magnate, at Saginaw,-
Mich.
March 2 James Wltheycombe, governor
of Oregon.
March 6 Hilary A. Herbert, former ec-
retary of the navy.
March 11 Amelia E. Barr, author. In
New York.
March 14 Roger A. Pryor, in New Tork.
March 17 Kenvon Cox. noted artist in
New York.
March 23 Henry M. Blossom, musical
comedy writer, in New York.
March 2ft Fred M. Hall, veteran jour
nalist, in Chicago.
George Fort, assistant treasurer of the
U. 8.
April 8 F. W. Woolworth. originator of
five and ten cent stores.
Lew Shaw, famous billiard player.
April 9 Sidney Drew. American come
dian.
April 13 Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst In ban
Francisco.
April 16 Former Ambassador Robert 8.
McCormick of Chicago.
Henry Morse Stephens, educator ana
author, in San Francisco.
Miss June Delano, Red Cross Nursing
director, in France.
April 17 Dr. J. Cleveland Cady. noted
architect, In New York.
April 18 Harlow N. Hlglnbotnam of
Chicago. .
April 21 Jules Vedrines. famous French
aviator.
Verner Z. Reed, western oil magnate.
April 27 Imre Klratiy. pageant and
spectacle producer, at Brighton, England.
April 28 Afbert Estoplnat, congressman
from Louisiana, in New Orleans.
May 1 Joseph W. Jefferson, American
actor.
Asher Hinds, parliamentarian, in Wash?
lngton.
Mav 11 Rear Admiral Chauncey Thom
as, U. S. N.
May 14-H. J. Heinz of Pittsburgh.
Helen Hyde, American artist.
May IS Will J. Davis, veteran theatri
cal manager, in Chicago.
Mav 17 General Zelaya. ex-president or
Nicaragua, in New York,
May 19 David H. Greer, Protestant
Episcopal bishop of New York.
George P. Upton, noted writer on mu
sic, In Chicago.
May 20 Congressman c. C. van Dyke
of St Paul, Minn., commander in chief
of United Spanish War Veterans.
June 6 Frederick Thompson, noted the
atrical manager, in New York.
June 10 Former U. 8. 8enator John C.
Bpooner of Wisconsin.
June 12 Former Congressman Jame A.
Tawney of Minnesota.
June 14 Weedon Grossmlth, British ac
tor and artist
Ernest Lister, governor of Washington.
July 2 Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, veteran
suffragist, at Moylan. Pa.
ux-longressman Lemuel Ely Wuigg. in
New York.
July 8 John Fox. Jr.. novelist, at Big
Stone Gap. Va.
July 12 Dr. W. Max Muller, orientalist,
professor of Egyptology at University of
Pennsylvania.
Charles Kock, Kngiisn actor.
Albert Vlckers. England's greatest man
ufacturer of steel products and airplanes,
at Eastbourne.
July 23-Slr Edward II. Holden. noted
British financier.
George H. Primrose, famous minstrel.
July 24 La Verne W. Noyes. Chicago
manufacturer. Inventor and philanthropist
July 25 Ellas Greenebaum. noted Chica
go banker, aged 97.
July 26 sir Edward J. Foynter. presi
dent of Royal academy.
July 29 George A. storey, famous paint
er, in London.
Aug. 1 Oscar Hammerateln. opera Im
presario, In New York.
Aug. 7 Will N. Harben, American au
thor. J. E. ("Gas") Addlcks. Delaware finan
cier.
Aug. s Ralph Biakeiock, American ar
tist. Aug. 9 Rucglero Leoncavallo, composer.
at Rome.
Prof. Ernst Haeckel. at Jena
Aug. 11 Andrew Carnegie, at Lenox,
Mass.
Aug. 16 Frederick Layton, veteran
packer, at Milwaukee.
Baron Inverclyde. at Glasgow.
Aug. 28 Gen. Louis Botha, premier of
South Africa.
Sept. 3 Budd Doble, famous driver of
harness horses, at Los Angeles.
Sent. 6 Admiral Baron Beresford of
England.
James W. Osborne, noted criminal law
yer. In New York.
Sept. 8 Duncan C. Ross, famous swords
man and wrestler, In Baltimore.
Sept. 9 John Mitchell, former president
United Mine Workers.
F.lol Sylva, noted Belgian operatic
singer.
Sept. 12 Leonid Andreef, Russian au
thor. Sept. 13 Arthur M. Beaupre. former
U. 8. minister to Colombia, In Chicago.
Sept 18 Congressman J. B, Thompson,
Oklahoma: -
Sept. 21 T. P. Shonts, New York trac
tion magnate.
Sept. 25 Charles L. Freer, capitalist and
art connoisseur, of Detroit
John 8. Washburn of Minneapolis, big
flour miller.
Sept. 27 Adelina Pattl, at Penycae.
Wales.
Sept. 28-Chlef Justice H. W. Bond of
Missouri supreme court.
Sept. 29 Rev. E. J. Vattman, noted
Catholic priest and army chaplain, at Chi
cago. Sept. SO Gen. Patrick Egan. pioneer
home ruler and former U. 8. minister to
Chile, in New York.
Bept. 29 Dr. Nathaniel I. Rublnkam,
noted lecturer, In Chicago.
Oct. 1 Charles W. ("Buffalo") Jones,
famous plainsman and hunter, at Topeka,
Kan. ,
Oct. S Rt. Rev. J. C Sage, Episcopal
bishop of Salina, Kan.
Dr. Daniel B. Towner, noted evangelist,
Longwood. Mo.
Oct. 4 Philip H. McMillan, owner De
troit Free Press.
Oct. 7 Henry Mills Alden, editor Har
per's Magazine.
Don Ricardo Palma, noted Peruvian
author.
Alfred Deakln, former premier of Aus
tralia. Oct. 8 Rr. Cyril Hopkins of University
of Illinois, at Gibraltar.
Oct. 14 Rodman Law, noted aviator, at
Greenville, 8. C.
Bishop P. J. Garrlgan of Catholic dio
cese of Sioux City. Iowa.
Oct. 15 Rear Admiral Richardson Clo
ver, U. S. N., retired.
Oct. 18 Viscount Astor, in London.
Oct 20Count V. Macchl di Célere, Ital
ian ambassador to U. 8.
Oct 21 Alt T. Ringllng, circus owner,
at Dover, N. J.
Oct. 25 6lr Ernest Waterlow, noted Brit
ish painter
Oct. SO Ella Wheeler Wilcox, poet and
author.
Nov. 1 Col. J. D. Bell, commander In
chief of G. A. R.
Nov. 3 Evan Lewis, former champion
heavyweight wrestler.
Edgar Stanton Maclay, American naval
historian.
Nov. 7 Huga Haase, head of German
Independent socialists.
Nov. 9 W E. Weyl, noted statistician,
In New York.
Nov. 11 Cardinal von Hartmann, arch
bishop of Cologne.
Nov. 12 Thomas 8. Martin, U. 8. sena
tor from Virginia.
Nov. 15 Maj., Henry L. Hlgglnson,
founder of Boston Symphony orchestra.
Nov. 19 Florencio Constantino, noted
Spanish dramatic tenor.
Nov. 25 Countess Primo Magrl (Mrs.
Tom Thumb), at Middlehoro, Mass.
Dec. 2 Henry C. Frlck, steel magnate.
In New York.
Dec. SVJulian Alden Weir, American
artist, In New York.
Dec. 15 Sir John Jackson, famous Brit
ish civil engineer.
Dec. 17 Dr. .William H. Hopkins, vet
eran educator, In Chicago.
Lulgl Illlca, Italy's foremost grand opera
librettist, in Rome.
Dec. 18 Horatio W. Parker, American
composer.
Dec. 18 Cleofonte Campanlnl, director of
Chicago Opera company.

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