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STORY OF YEAR HARKED
BY SENSATIONAL EVENTS
Most Momentous Twelve Months of Modern Times
Reviewed-fireat European War, Mexican
Troublee and Other World Happenings.
TIM IMT of our Lord, 1S14. to unKju*.
It dow not (all Into ths procession otthe
jtin with th. accustomed swing. That
which hM transformed It Into a horror
without precedent In bresth and malig-
nity to war-war which la devastating the
Old world and fixing ita alnlatar Impress
on tha naw.
It cama swiftly and with a terrific
claah. On July a. the Austro-Hungarian
government Mnt an ultimatum^to Servla
demanding tha punishment of the per*
sons concerned In the aaaaaalnatlon of
tha Archduke Frana Ferdinand and In-
atant suppression of all anti-Austrian
propaganda In that country and giving
48 houra for conalderatlon. The Belgrade
government agreed to the A uatrlan de-
mand with a single exception—that which
would have empowered Austrian officials
to take a leading part In the punlahment
of the murderers, and aaked for further
Information on thto point
Tha reply waa not aatlafactory to Aua-
trta. She promptly declared war on Ber-
vla and began to move troops toward
the border. Tha Serbs began active mob-
ilisation and removed their capital from
Belgrade to Nlah, In tha Interior. In-
atantly the eyes of all the civilised world
were turned toward Russia
The day after Auatrta declared war
on Servla. the Russian minister of tor-
elm affairs warned the German ambas-
aador that If Servla were Invaded Rus-
ala would not be able to remain neutral.
Great Britain proposed to Germany,
Prance and Italy that a council ahould
be arranged to mediate between the two
dlaputanta. Germany declined to become
party to such an arrangement. The cxar
urged the kaiser to use ids Influence with
the Austrian emperor. According to tho
German account, the kalaer compiled
with thla request to the best of hla abil-
ity. When he discovered. however, that
mobilisation was going on actively In
Ruaala, he wired the csar that his course
waa making mediation Impoaalble.
Two daya later the kaiser proclaimed
martial law throughout the country and
aent a twenty-four hour ultimatum to
the Muacovlte government demanding an
Instant abandonment of all war prep-
aration. At the expiration of thla ulti-
matum. August 1. the kaiser gave.the
order for mobilisation to begin and on
the aame day Count von Pourtalea, the
German ambassador at 8t. Peteraburg,
started homeward.
Meanwhile the mobtlliatlon of the en-
tire French army waa begun. Martial
law was declared and, Auguat 4. the Ger-
man ambassador announced that the war
between his country and France waa on.
England had aaked both France and
Germany, if they would respect the neu-
trality of Belgium in case of war. The
former had answered In the affirmative.
The latter made no direct reply, and Bel-
gian mobilisation began at once.
On August 2 a German army marched
Into the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg,
whoae neutrality had been guaranteed
by the powers In 1867. A day later, the
German government aent a note to the
Belgian government demanding passage
for German troopa through the country
and promising ample compensation for
all damage at the cloae of the war. This
was in tha^ form of an ultimatum and
specified twelve hours as a time limit.
The reply was that Belgium would de-
fend her neutrality by force of arms If
It were necessary.
Great Britain Declare* War.
At this move of Germany. Great Brit-
ain began active mobilisation of her
forces and all the naval reserves were
called out at once. War against Germany
was declared on Auguat 4, a war budget
of 8MO.OOO,flnn was voted, and within a few
days a British force of 130.000 men had
been landed In France. On August S Aus-
trla-Hungary declared war on Rusala
and her troopa crossed the Russian bor-
der. The Montenegrins joined the Serbs
against Austria and Bosnia was Invaded.
On August 10 the French government
proclaimed war against Austria, and two
days later England followed her exam-
ple. Japan announced her Intention to
side with her British ally.
Scandinavia and Holland asserted their
neutrality, but at once put all their mili-
tary resources Into requisition for de-
fense. Portugal announced her Inten-
tion to fulfill her treaty obligations'with
Great Britain, but she did not become a
belligerent at once. 8paln profesaed ab-
solute neutrality, but began Immediate
mobilisation of all her forcea. Turkey de-
clared for neutrality, but mobilised her
army and began to advance toward Bul-
garia It was not until the last of Octo-
ber that she made her Initial demonstra*
tlon in the Black sea against Rusala.
Greece, as well as the minor Balkan
states, was In a condition or armed ex-
pectancy. As for Italy, sworn ally of
Germany and Austria In the so-called
Drelbund, she took advantage of the fact
that her partners were not engaged In a
defensive war to rt-nmln neutral despite
strong pressure from Rerlln and Vienna.
At the outbreak of hostilities, a censor-
ahlp which is the most effective ever
known waa established in all the warring
countries. About all that was actually
revealed was that the kaiser's forces
msde their way through Belgium with a
tremendoua loss of men and property,
the Belgian defenders of the little king-
dom exhibiting a power of resistance and
a stubbornneaa which amaaed the world.
The forts at Uege halted the German
legions for a week. But the odds were
too great. By the end of August the ter-
rible German war machine had literally
mowed its way through Belgium, and by
September 4 had reached a point within
twenty miles of Paria, which waa In ac-
tive preparation for a siege The seat of
government was removed to llordeuux
Suddenly, on September 4. the Herman
army of the right turned eastward. Since
that time, the kaiser's forces have been
ratlrtng slowly, llghtln* with a persis-
tency never before recorded In the his
tory of modern war.
Russian mobilisation by the middle of
August waa practically completed and
the ciar'a armlea were In rapid advance
toward the Oerman and Austrian fron-
tiers Great forces opposed the Slavic
advance and Many bloody contests fol-
Before hostilities were carried further
: tha diplomatic representatives at Wash-
ington of Argentina, Brasll and Chile aent
In to the office of the department of state
a formal tender of their services as msdl-
| aloes. President Wilson accepted the of-
fer and both Huerta and Carranaa ac-
oepted the proffered mediation.
The mediatory conference was held at
Niagara Falla. Canada, and opened on
May SO. On June 11 the conference had
upon a plan accepted both by
President Wilson and Huerta. Than a
deadlock arose over the choice for presl-
dsnt—the American dslegates declined to
| accept the name of any nonconstltutlonal-
st
Meanwhile, the conatltutlonallata were
making unmistakable advance toward the
capita L Their success was so pronounced
that It was evident they would soon be In
| control of the government.
On July 1 the conference came to an
with overstatement of Income and other
wn«m-i t Irregularities, and suit was
brought against the Lehigh Valley road
under the charge that It waa monopolis-
ing the anthracite coal Industry through
subsidiary companies. In this month, also,
th* department of Justice announced that
a plan for breaking up the transportation
monopoly practiced by the New York,
New Haven and Hartford had been ar-
ranged aatlafactory to all parties.
Early tn April the government met with
-defeat In Ita attempt to prove that tha
_ . ~ • * * a.il TIT site ■■ an*
lowed In rapid succession, until lata ta
the autumn, the greatly outnumbered cnd without definite result, and four days
Teutonic allies began to show signs of tater Huerta was re-elected president by
declining offensive ability. hla partisans. On July V th* dictator r*-
Th* Japan*** confined thalr military signed the presidency and took passa?.
operations entirely to Asia. They im- for Europe, leaving the executive author-
mediately proceeded against th* German fty |n the hands of a prominent d ti sen.
forts at Klauchau, China, which were frandaco CarbajaL
taken by assault after ton weeks' attack. Tb« new president and Carranaa could
Russian and Turkish fleets have been en- I not agree upon the surrender of the gov-
gaged in th* Black sea, there haa been ernment to the vlctorioua constitutional-
fighting on a small scale In Egypt, and 1st army, and on August 10 Carbajal ra-
the Portuguese In Africa have made sev- signed and the chamber of deputlea dls-
eral attacks upon German colonists. In- solved. Five daya later, the constltutlon-
dlan troopa have been engaged with Tur- a|t,t army entered the City of Mexico
klah forces In an effort to ke*p th* Sues without opposition. Venuatlano Carranaa
Canal open. Immediately took upon himself the office
From the first, there has been a prao- 0f president, although he soon announced
tical deadlock In the naval sltustton. The his purpoee of turning over the executive
British fleet sailed under aealed ordera Au- function to a provisional substitute and
guat 4, and a big naval battle In tha himself becoming a candidate.
North aea was confidently expected by 0n September 23 Villa declared war up-
the waiting world. It eoon became ap- on the provlaional president. The consti-
parent that Great Britain's purpose waa tutlonallsts held a meeting at Mexico
to deal a fatal blow at German commerce, city on October 4 and refused to accept
safeguard that of Belgium. France and Ita their chlef'a resignation. At a conven-
own and render the enemy's fleet inopera- tlon of the party held at Aguaa Callentes
tlve by holding It In the Baltic. A week on October 14, Carranaa again presented
later, the port authorltlea of New Tork hla resignation and a few days later Villa
were notified that the Atlantic line* were promised to support a provisional presi-
unobstructed. and a few daya afterward dent named by the convention. At that,
the Pacific lines were pronounced "open <jen. Eulallo Gutierres waa appointed by
and safe." Sixty Brltlah war veaaels the convention, but Carranaa refused to
guarded the exit of the Kiel Canal and recognise him. The new president ap-
prevented the thirty German battleships pointed Villa commander in chief of the
anchored there from coming out. Within government forces and ordered him to
a few days, more than thirty of the great proceed at once against Carranaa. Aa
German ocean liners were Interned In villa and his men neared the capital,
neutral waters and a number of German Carranxa and hla soldiers withdrew,
merchant ahipa were captured or de- On November 2S the American forces
stroyed. were withdrawn from Vera Crux and
By the middle of November more than aoon afterward Carranaa and his follow-
four hundred war veaaels and merchant- era took possession of the seaport Villa
men on all sides had been captured or In- and Zapata united In support of the
terned in neutral ports. The Emden In Gutierres Interests, snd the prospect of
the Pacific and the Karlsruhe In the peace In the immediate future la far from
South Atlantic, two German raiders, encouraging.
preyed successfully upon allied and neu- On December IS, 1.000 United States
tral commerce until the former was put troops were sent to Naco to atop continued
out of action. During the past three firing by the Mexican factions Into United
months the Germane have destroyed a States territory. The struggle between
number of JSritlsh cruisers by meana of the combatants In northern Mexico con-
torpedoes. In an action off the coast of ti noes unabated.
Chile, a squadron of five German war- Longest Congressional Session,
ships sank the Monmouth and Good Hope The flrat regular seaalon of. the Sixty-
with all on board. On October 27—al- third congress was the longest since that
though it was not known to the public great law-making body came Into exist-
for a fortnight afterward—the British ence—from December 1. ISIS, to October
super-dreadnaught Audacious was sunk 24, 1914. After the holiday recess both
by a mine off the coast of Ireland. Short- branches were addressed by President
ly afterward, the Brltlah admiralty de- wilson upon the regulation of corpora-
clared the North sea a closed military tions. In his address the president recom-
area. mended the formation of a trade commla-
On December 8 the German cruisers slon, the doing away with Interlocking dl-
Scharnhorst, Gnelsau, Lelpslg and Nuern- rectorates and holding companlea, and an
berg, under Admiral von Spee, were sunk antitrust law. On January 24 the senate
by a British squaaron under Vlce-Admiral paased a bill authorising the government
Sir Frederick Sturdee, off the Falkland to construct a railroad In Alaska. On
islands. The German cruiser Dresden es- February 18 the houae passed the bill,
caped, badly damaged. December IS a During this month, also, the adminls-
German fleet bombarded the Engllah coast tratton Introduced a measure Into both
towns of Hartlepool. Whitby and 8car- houses to establish a rural credit system
borough, killing lfiO and wounding 800 cltl- I by means of co-operative banks. On Feb-
sens and causing much property damage, ruary a bill was Introduced Into both
Three British merchant vessels were sunk branches which provided that the govern-
by mines laid by the bombarding fleet. ment might mine or lease on a royalty
At the close of the year operations In basis certain coal lands in Alaska,
the west seem practically at a standstill. on March S the president delivered an-
December 17 the Germans reported a vie- other address to congress in the house
tory In Poland. chamber, In which he urged the repeal
As a result of the Immediate paralysis 0f the provision in the Panama Canal act
In the financial world due to the sudden 0f August, 1912. 'exempting vessels en-
embroilment of the European nations, gaged In coastwise trade from the pay-
Americans abroad were subjected to ment 0f tolls. With a senate amendment
great Inconvenience and ftot a little actual to the effect that the United Statea re-
hardship. Much relief was afforded the Hnqulshed no lights under treaties with
Belgian sufferers and large sums of Great Britain and with Panama, ths tolls
money for the purpose were raised all repeal bill became law.
over the country. ... On April 20 the president again ad-
The American Red Cross sent the relief dressed congress, Riving the facta In the
ship Red Cross to European waters, | famplco affair and asking authority to
with a full equipment of physlclana Ufe force |„ compelling a eettlement. Both
nurses and supplies, on September 12. houses passed the neceaaary measures
Chaotle Conditions In Mexico. I without delay. On June 6 the three
Early In the year foreign natlona began msaaurse prominentIn the president's sn-
to be critical of the administration's "trust legislatlon-the nation®f * trsds
"handa-off" Mexican policy and to Inalat commission, the Clayton bill, and the ra -
that the Job of pacifying Mexico belonged capitalisation bill-were passed, but
logically to the United States. Victo- « • was not until August that the senate
rlano Huerta had held the provisional ""opted the measure creating;
presidency for a year and boasted In his The Clayton anUtruet
cups that he would hold his office longer b,n d,d not become law until October,
than Preeldent Wilson would remain In August 4 both houses unanimously
the White House. Meanwhile the bandit adopted an amendment to the federal re-
chief Pancho Villa waa steadily gaining nerve act, by which the secretary of the
ground in the north. The fiercest battle treasury was given power to Issue eddl-
of the revolution, which was fought for tlonal bank currency In such amount as
almost two weeks, ended In victory for would be necessary to protect the busl-
the rebel forces situation and avoid financial panic.
u... .rtnoiiinff inss nf life in September 4 the president once more
four thousand fugltlvss crossed the Rio «*"} * J?n
Grande and took refuge In American ter-
ritory. Here they were cared for by the d 7h^'r«n*r*as nassed
TiniiAii Rtutea authorities I The cloelng days of the congress passed
o P.^1 . Snt Wilson re- ™ "tlve effort conducted by members
v.Ss.1 bv hlTVedecessor in of- from the cotton-growing states to obtain
srxyvss I «To H-«->
dent Wilson instructed Secretary Daniels
to sssemble an Imposing naval force at
Tamplco, on the Mexican coast. This
was due to the refusal of the Mexican
Imports
of the Sixty-third congress came to an
end.
American Government and Politic*.
On January 1 Becrelary McAdoo and
president and his military aids to salute Secretary Houston began a series of
tho American flag aa an essential feature hearings to determine where the new fed-
of an apology for an unwarranted arreat eral reserve banks were to be established,
and Imprlaonment of aeveral American The federal reeerve bank system went In-
bluejacketa who had landed on Mexican to effect November M. On January 10
soil to obtain a supply of gasoline. the Washington authorities and the New
Although the episode waa the result of York, New Haven and Hartford railroad
a misunderstanding In which all the par- officials came to an agreement by which
tiea concerned shared about equally. It the railroad rellnqulahed Its trolley lines,
waa manifest that Huerta waa In no mood Its control of the Boston and Maine, and
to comply with any requeet of the Wash- moat of Its steamship llhes, In order to
Ington authorities, however politely and I avoid further conflict with the Sherman
even delicately made. He refused to or- I antitrust law. Preeldent Wilson noml-
der the salute, and the naval demonstra- nated John Skelton Williams, then sssls-
tlon followed. I tant secretary of ths treasury, to be
Congress passed a resolution sustaining I comptroller of the currency and ex-officlo
the president In the poult Ion which he member of the new federal reserve board,
had taken. On April ti Admiral Fletcher On January 87 the president signed an
seised the custom house at Vera Crua. Important order which established a per-
The Mexlcsns resisted the occupation of I manent civit government In tho Panama
the custom house and the result was a Canal Stone, to go Into effect April 1. A
fight. In which W Americans were killed few days later he nominated Col, George
and 71 wounded. General Maas. In com- W. Goethals to be first governor. On
mand of the garrison, withdrew snd left February 11 the government brought suit
war* closed dow* on acoount of the fail
ure to unite on an agreement as to a
of payment to supersede the on«
already in use. On ths following day the
Yorkshire coal miner*, to ths number of
178,000 men. went on strike to support
their demand for a minimum wage. June
1* a strike among the West Virginia ooal
miners, which had been on since the pre-
yIous September, waa declared off. the
miners waiving recognition of-the union
In order to obtain othsr Important con-
cessions. On July 17 th* federal board
and th. company of tho 1U .Nitty M \
name exlated as an Illegal and monopolla- and firemeni of
tic combination. On April I the commit- "^-V^Skfai on Uind^and ^e
toe appointed tor the purpoee announced I Casuaitiss en i.«n« arm wmm.
that It had selected twelve federal re-1 Early In January the second phenom-
serve districts, with their central bank- enal storm of the season added largely to
ing cltlea, under the new currency law. I the deetruction of property along the
On June • th* American Thread com-1 ocean front of New J*rs*y and Long Is-
pany, which was proved to bs a comblna- land.' On January 11, a Japanese vol-
tion of manufacturers which practically cano on Sakura Island burst suddenly ln-
eontrolled the output foreetalled the ac- to activity and destroyed three towns and
tlon oontemplated by the department of killed more than a thousand psnena. Dur-
Justice by dissolving. In. June, also, the ing a performance at a moving picture
United States supreme court affirmed the theater at Surabaya, Java, 71 woman and
power of the Interstate commerce com- children were burned to death. The
mission to fix rates, and held that pip* steamer Monroe, from Norfolk to N*w
lines are common carriers and must carry York city, was rammed by the Nantucket
products at rates fixed by the commission, during a night fog off Caps Charles, Jan-
On June It th* president made public uary 80. and 41 persons were lost On
a charge that big business Interests had March 14 more than a thousand parsons
been trying to force congress to adjourn, lost their lives during a storm which
He declared that he should do everything flooded several towns In Southern Basal a.
in his power to keep congress tn session and about the same time quay persons
until the proper business legislation had were killed by an earthquake at Aklta,
July the commission found that the On" March SI the sealing steamer
former management of the New Haven Newfoundland stranded on an toe floe
road was criminally wasteful and negll- In the Strait of Bells Isls aad 11 of
gent. President Wilson directed the at- her crew were frosen to death# The
torney general. July 21, to begin civil and same day the stsamer Southern Cross
criminal proceedings sgainst ths New and her crew disappeared. On April
York. New Haven and Hartford road, and 28 an explosion In a mine shaft at
two daya later the suit waa begun in the Ecplea. W. Va., cauaed the death of ISO
United States district court at New York, miners. Early in May Sicily was vls-
On the flrat day of August the interstate I ited by a series of shocks which did
commerce commission denied the petition great damage along the eastern coast
of the eastern railroads for a general In- The steamship Empress of Ireland waa
crease of S per cent tn freight rates, but struck by the Norwegian collier Stor-
allowed certain lncreaaes In the middle Btad in the St. Lawrence river. May IS.
Weat On August 12 the dissolution of the and sank almost immediately, more
International Harvester company, deslg- than a thousand passengers losing their
nated as a monopoly In restraint of trade, ItvM May 80. Capt Robert A. Barlett of
was ordered by the United Statea district the Stefansson arctic expedition returned
court at Bt Paul, Minn. to St. Michael, Alaska, with the new* that
The Panama Canal waa formally opened the Karluk sank, January 11. after having
for world traffic on August 15. The steam- t>eea cruahed by Ice, and that her crew
er Ancon, belonging to the Panama rail- wa> marooned on Wrangel Island. On
road, passed from ocean to ocean In ten September 7, eight membevs of this crew
-houra In September the railroad rate were f0und by a reaculng party. On
case showed Increased activity. The roads june 19 more than two hundred mlnera
east of the Mississippi and north of the were logt bjr an explosion In a coal mine
Potomac* again petitioned the Interstate near Alberta, Canada. A fire at Salem,
commerce commission for permission to Maga., June S. destroyed half of the city,
advance freight rates S per cent, and the I including several thouaand homes and
commission consented to reopen the case. many industrial establishment*. In
The commission granted the Increaae, thl> month, also, American conauls In va-
wlth certain exceptions, on December 18. Chinese cities reported that floods In
In October the court dismissed all but southern China had destroyed the crops
one of the government's charges In Its and made 2,000.000 persona homeless. On
suit to dissolve the Atlantio steamship September 18 the Francis H. Leggett
trust Final argument In the suit to dls- collided with an unknown vessel off
solve the Steel trust was made at Phi la- the Oregon coast and 72 of her passen-
delphla, and th* discussion of Increased gera and crew were lost. In October
railroad freight rates was resumed before an earthquake In Turkey destroyed
the Interstate commerce commission. more than 8,000 persons In a fsw mln-
At the elections held on November 8 the utes.
Democratic majority In the houae of rep- Edison's great electrical plant at
resentstlves was reduced from 147 to . Orange. N. J., was destroyed by fir* on
although th* Democratic majority In the December •.
aenate waa Increased from 10 to 16. Con- Notabl* Events.
stltutlonal amendments giving the suf- Early In January the firm of J. P.
frag* to women were carried In Nevada Morgan & Co. announced the wlth-
and Montana and prohibition triumphed drawal of Ita members from dlrector-
tn Washington. Oregon. Arisona, and shlpa In 17 large corporations, thus
Colorado. In Missouri the ao-called "full complying with the government's new
crew" law passed by the legislature waa regulation condemning Interlocking di-
rejected. rectorates. On January t Harvard unl-
Polltlca In Other Land*. verslty and the Massachusetts Institute
On January 27 Michel Oreste. president of Technology arranged to combine
of Haiti, warned of the approach of a their engineering departments. On
large body of revolutionists, abdicated haa- February 10 Andrew Carnegie gave
tlly and took refuge on a German cruiser. 81.000,000 toward the propaganda car-
On February 8 Orestes Zamor was elected rled on by the Church Peace union. On
president of Haiti, and on the same day April 18 the International Surgical
.rose Vicente Concha was elected presl- congress m*t at New York city. Water
dent of Colombia. . waa let Into th* new canal across Cape
On March 17. as the finale to a bitter Cod on April «L Thto canal ahortens th*
political and personal controversy, the distance by water between Boston and
wife of the French minister of finance. New York by seventy miles and cuts out
Mme. Calllaux. shot and killed the editor the danger of rounding the cape In stormy
of Figaro. Oaaton Calmette. Her hus- weather. The canal waa formally opened
band resigned Ma office at once and a July 9.
new cabinet was formed. The trial of President Wilson's youngest daugh-
Mme Calllaux resulted In her acquittal ter. Eleanor Randotph Wilson, waa
on July 28. On March 14 a treaty of peace married. May 7, at the White Hooa* to
between Turkey and Servla was signed at William Glbbs McAdoo. secretary of the
Constantinople, a sequel to the Balkan Treaaury. The Norwegians celebrated
war. On May 1 the new Chinese constl- the centennial of the aeparatlon of
tutlon waa published. It abolished the Norway from Denmark on May lk On
premiership and gave increased power to May 18 the Panama canal was opened
the president. On May « Prince Alexan- for barge traffic. The Engllah Derby
der of Teck, Queen Mary'a brother, waa was won by Durbar III. a horse be-
appolnted governor-general of Canada. longing to an American. Herman &
On May 15 Colonel Benavldes. leader Duryea, on May 17. The monument
of the Peruvian faction which expelled erected by the Daughtera of the Con-
President Bllllnghurst. was elected pro- federacy In the national cemetery at
visional president Three days later a Arlington was unveiled June 4.
group of senators and deputies declared On June 1# England captured the ta-
Roberto Legula provisional president. The teraatlonal polo championship at
Peruvian aupreme court however, recog- Meadowbrook. N. Y. It was mads pub-
nlsed Benavidea. On July 21 Ahmed Mir- c on June 24 that Mra Morris K. Jesup
sa sixteen years of sge, waa crowned I had bequeathed $8,800,000 to publlo In-
shah of Persia. On August 88 the French stltutlons. The American Museum of
cabinet waa reconstructed on a commit- Natural History was a beneficiary to
tee of national defense basis. Rene VI- the extent of 16,000,000. That also,
vlanl, Socialist, remained premier. was the day on which the reconstruct-
On September 28 the Albanian senate, ed Kiel canal was opened by ths Q*r-
whlch had driven Its recently elected ruler man kalaer.
-Prince William of Wled-out of the On September 8 Cardinal Qlacomo
country, chos* a Turk for king-Prince dfclla Chtesa. archbishop of Bologna,
Burhan-Eddln, son of the deposed Abdul was elected pope to succeed the 1st*
Hamld of Turkey. The European powers P'u* *• The new pontiff assumed the
protested, but their wishes were dlsre- title of Benedict XV. The government
garded. On October 4, after four months' cr°P report, made public October t, an-
exlle, Essad Pasha, accompanied by an nounced a record wheat harvest of
armed force, entered Albania and took 898,000.000 and a normal corn crop of
possession of the government. On the 8.670.000.000. The world's championship
day following the death of King Charles series was won October IS by ths Bos-
of Roumanla hla nephew. Ferdinand, took ton National league baseball team,
th* oath of office as sovereign. October 14 one of the moat com-
Induetrial Triale and Triumphs. prehensive financial schemes on record
The Ford Motor company at the begin- SK^^^auTn'g^r JnS
"I""'bt^i^h'SloSoWl1!? X'TSZ of * fund of H80.000.000 which was to
^JnTh: zrin ss; s
p,n*ma canal was closed for traffic a
' r V.rt* of thsVlswa™ and ,econd t,n * on of an earth
January 18 a strike of th* Delaware ana 1 jnt Culebra cut.
.^rchTilTof ?; emolo^ wa*.^ °n November • th. Chicago stock-
the discharge of two employes, was^set^ | wat, closed on account of an
SMStta and eonclliation epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease
^ ■■ .T - - *°*°?to-^ which had alrsady led the federal au-
th* Michigan copper mines.
ths Americans In possession.
Nelson O'Shaugnesay, the American rep.
resentattve, waa given hla passports and
requested to leave ths country. Brig.
Oen. Frederick Funston. commander of
the American forcss at Vera Crus, was
ready to enter on a vigorous campaign.
at Salt take City to compel the Southern
Pacific railroad to relinquish Its control
of the Central Pacific.
In March government proceedings were
begun against two railroads: The Inter-
state commerce commission accused the
Chicago, Mllwsuke* and St Paul road
r
hirh •'Sk* etates against the shipment of
V"T "iSi-." *«;„♦ .-- in ih. rnS cattle. Later thla prohibition was ex-
,U'T f'.i!1u£ toSTfS tended to sevsral other states. Th* so-
*—? U>'**• ft* oalUd "hous* of governors" met In Its
strike since September 88 of the previous | R(vanth annual session at Madison.
Wis., November 10.
miners clashed with the state militia near I ?!
Trinidad. Colo., snd tw.nty.flv* p*rsons „®hSie? of New Yo?kVnd
"SVf'IM "preSdent WninUe^l New Orl.ans open?d for trading™ No
i trnnnt tn th« aeene^ H was JKrt • The New York .Tock ex-
,mm ^n 3ber l5 thaT^he strikTnr snd oh n«*. wh,oh wn# cl°Md at the break-
son's offer for a settlement of their d' -
puts, but his plan was rsJ*ot*d. On th. .
last dsy of November the president named bowl ssetTni «oeeommoi!s
s commission of thr*.. headed by Seth MM lgatingr MOM pmto
UM^strifcs will declared off."1* ylLr* football contest rssultsd In a Bar-
UoTa£S ? air^the coal mines of Ok*1 *ard victory. 81 to 0.
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Colburn, C. Dee. The Terlton Enterprise (Terlton, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1914, newspaper, December 31, 1914; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc178670/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.